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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-01-31
Appearances.

Whether butter or cheese is being
made, appearances count for much If
the product is to be disposed of other
wise than in the family of the pro-
Queer. The man that is making but
ter for private customers will find it
to his financial advantage to put his
butter into the most tasty package
possible. The converse of this is also
true-bad appearances lose money for
ter-makers trying to sell butter that
was put up in discolored wooden pack
ages and with crash towel over the
top. This does not increase it's chance
of sale. The bright new package,
with the clean crisp parchment paper
over it takes the lead by long ways.
Most of our readers doubtless dispose
of their butter to private customers
and need to take this lesson to heart
Everything else being equal there is
no doubt that cent pound more
can be obtained for butter put up in
neat and tasty packages than for hut
ter put up in the ordinary way. In
every business it has been found that
appearances count for much. In our
great cities the goods that are sold
in one place at a certain price are
disposed of in another at a very much
higher price because they are i'm
proved in appearance, and many times
it is appearance only. 1t is a gen.
eral principle imbedded in human ma
ture
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-01-31
\ The Cost OF LivinuI.,S,.,..55 !,

lit seems to cost Al great deal to
live nowadays. Most, persons notice
it. especially persons who are hard
put to- IT to- find the money 1 atoE pay
their bills. The statisticians report
that commodIti ia general use cost,
on en- average, about & per cent;
more than they did last year. The
rise 81 the price 81. meat contributes
y good deal #to. this advance, though.
5breadstuhs have been high TOO. Ar
sticles nf luxury, like good clothes
md country house, II atYe grown grow dear
zar in prop drtions than MOST articles;
sspff Necessity, because the huge influx
sof money that the counttf s HAS suss
stained has made brisk market for
Iluxuri es. Rent are higher. houses.
cost more, servants set higher. wages,
board So hig @ st summer hotels,
saYs The Ptttsbur1 Dispatch
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-01-31
Qualities of Polish Fowls.

Polish are bred extensively in this
country and by some are considered
practical for general purposes, but
while some may have good results In,
breeding them they are not to !, be
fully recommended as a general-pur.
pose fowl. They are considered more
as q fancy fowl, and are generally
bred for pleasure and the showroom,
Their large crests are against them,
hindering their vision and causing
them to become listless, inactive, and
suspicious in their natures. Extra
care must be given them to be fairly
successful in raising them. and their
houses and coops must bekept abso.
lutely dry-the least water in their
crests is likely to result fatally Is
them. They are fairly good layers of
medium-sized eggs, and are nonsit.
ters. For table purposes they are
considered good. their 5desh being
flne-grained. tender and sweet. .1s
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-01-31

Useful Grasses and Clovers.

Prof. Andrew M. Soule: It Is also
well to remember that there are but
comparatively few grasses and clo-
vers adapted for general culture In
any one section of the country, and
when one or more is discovered OF
general excellence the farmers ef-
forts should be concentrated on the
successful culture Of these. Too fire.
quently we are ready to run after
false gods; to take up with the glow
ing and marvellous advertisement put
forth by the resourceful scotsman as
a bait for the unwary. It is my desire
to emphasize the fact that there are
comparatively few well established
varieties of either grass or clover
adapted to general culture In the mid
die south and that from these We
must make our selection whether the
varieties are always to our liking or
not. In the meantime let the man
with the novelty exploit it to his en-
tire satisfaction and after he has
demonstrated it's value and utility be-
You'd all question, there will still be
time enough for the farmer to COM
mence it's culture. Some of the
primary lessons to learn concerning
the successful culture of grasses and
clovers are therefore clear, namely,
that they are not all adapted to the
same kind of soil; that they vary in
their characteristics; that they give
their very best results under certain
environments; that the number to
choose from is comparatively limited;
and that in order to be successful it
is essential that care and study be
given to the selection of varieties
and their adaptability to the respec-
tive soils of the middle south.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-01-31
HIS ELoQUENcE WAS LOST
Lawyers Efforts Weakened by Witty
Story of His Opponent.


Story of His Opponent.
A certain excellent but loud-voiced
lawyer was addressing a jury. Fin
ally, in a perfect hurricane of sounds
ne closed his argument and sat down.
The jury were impressed, and the
other side was in danger.
The lawyer opposite had a sad, wat
cry eye and hatchet-like face, He,
sat patiently through the tumultuous
gusts OF his friend, and after the.
reverberations of the closing crash he
rose quietly from his seat.
LAS listened to the thunderous ap~
peals of my learned friend" he said,
addressing the jury in drawing
tone, Il recalled an old fable. You
will remember, gentlemen, how the
lion and the ass agreed to STAY the
beasts of the felas and divide the
spoil. The ass: was to go into the
thicket and bray and brighten the ami
mails out, while the lion was to lie
IN wait and kill the fugitives as fast
as they appeared. The ass scugh. the
darkest part of the jungle and, lift
ing up his awful voice, brayed and:
prayed and prayed. The ass was:
quite intoxicated with his uproar and
thought he'd return and see what the.
lion thought of it. With a light heart
he went back and found the lien look
ing doubtfully about him.
"'What do you think of that?' said
the exultant ass. Don't you think I.
scared 'em?'
Scared emp repeated the lion, in
an agitated tone. Why, you'd a scared
me if didn't know you were a jack
ass.''
The jury laughed, the effect CT the.
lawyers sonorous eloquence was Wis.
IDLY weakened, and he lost the case.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-01-31
GREAT FEAR I FOR FINDS.
Recent Dissolve 81 colns Ia Wales
Reveals Other Treasures.

Recent DtscoY OF q olnS IN Wales
Reveals Other Treasures.
The recent discovery III North
Wales Of several valuable silver. .urns,
gold rings armlets and spoons, dating
from about the year i 600, recalls Is
mind says an English writer, some
interesting facts concerning the re
covery ofstreasure trove.s Is=@$ s11$s 5S33s
The year 1882, appears Is have been
the most prolific III these unexpected
finds. In january OF that year, while
repairs were being carried out iii q
house at Broughton, the 'WaorkmennS 3, u IL,
earthed q large leather bag contain.
ing 80 crowns and several shillings
of the reign of Charles H., James II.
and Queen Anne. at&' 1@HsS4 - ~
In the following month, discovery
Of great !: antiquarian interest was
made at ,Vufarfre, Sweden, when a
number Of antique silver sbowls were
brought to light. They proved to be
excellent examples OF 18th: and 18th
century work, and were covered with
quaint inscriptions. @>*",5s22>s :: ~e,.s
ooHe 1nOntns. later. a. clay, vessel
full t. of Roman coins was found near
Yeovil, Somershire, and, at about the
same time, $50 coins of Queene Anne's
reign were found at .Watford. ~
The greatest: discovery of the 18th
century took place IN December OF
the same year in an, old house in the
Rue Vietlle de Temple, Paris. Upon
its demolition a, copper jar was found
in one Of: the walls, = It, contained
1882 gold coins, worth nearly SIC, 900
as bullion, but to the collector their
value was untold, for they belonged,
Enthusiastically, to the rarest reigns
of France. 1850 ':~*> &c.; d..
In other parts. of the house were
found 1910 coins of Jean lie Bon, 6199
Of Charles " and over 500 pieces Of
other mipts, the latter being alone
valued at $15O,0OO - ''Si''' =: -
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-01-31
Packed and Print Butter.

EJslS2
From a census bulletin we take the
following: The quantity of butter
made sat. creameries has been reported
under two head packed solid and
prints OF rolls. Z Il appears that Of.
all creamery butter. 81, 956, $50 pounds,
or 1873 per cent iss8packed in solid
form, and 81, 169, $50 pounds, or 81. 7s
per cent, in prints or rolls. The totals
of these two forms in the several
states indicate differences in the mar
ket requirements and the local Gus.
toms as to preparing butter for ship
ment and sale. In the New England
states, the numerous cities and large
towns easy of access furnish markets
where butter can be sold directly to
retail dealers or consumers. For this
purpose tits prepared in bricks, prints
or balls weighing q, half pound or a
pound. Vermont excepted, the cream.
cries Of these states make twice as
much butter into prints as they pack
in solid form. In, Rhode Island and
Connecticut, with consuming markets
at their doors, eight pounds Of cream
cry butter is put into prints to- every
pound packed. In Vermont, on the
contrary, with little local demand and
the consequent necessity Of shipping
away to market, only about one-fourth
of the creamery butter is made into
prints. In New, York the practice has
always been to pack butter solidly in
flrkins, tubs, or boxes; and print
butter is rather exceptional in the
great market of New York city. In
that state, therefore, four and half
pounds Of butter are packed to one
pound put in prints. The. Philadel-
phia market, &on.athe contrary, and
Pennsylvania markets. =. in 4 general,
have always been noted for print but
ter; consequently it is not surprising
to find that the, creameries OF that
state report almost as much made into
prints as the quantity solid packed.
From Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota
butter must be sent long distances to
market, and naturally goes mainly in
bulk; less than one-eighth of the
creamery product. OF. those states is
made into prints. South Dakota, even
more remote from market, packs 80
per cent of It's creamery butter in solid
form. But upon the Pacific coast
local customs favor butter in rolls of
two pounds weight, accordingly in the
states of California, Oregon, and
Washington, three-fourths of all the
butter made at creameries is reported I
as in prints or rolls.-Farmers' Re-
view. y. >:ae t,.saMA ss.4
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-01-31
sERvANTs IN 1000 "a. 8.
VIII Not Be Needed --Laborsavinaa
e s ..z Devices lin Homes. -. BIB:

!: s Devices In Homes. s1: 4: 81
The thread :bare servant problems
will have become q thing 81 the past
by 1000 "A. ID. Domestics seem to- be-,
necessary nowadays to supplement-
the deficiencies of some housewives,
and owing to the incompleteness in
the construction of many houses. The
tendency of modern apartment houses.
is to minimize work so that no sery-:
ants will be needed: y u.
The homes of the future will prob. ::
ably be warmed in the walls from
some power-generating station. Air
Will enter through proper tubes in the.
walls which. will warm the house and
will capture the dust, and it will be
spun out again by simple devices.
Scientific builders are now planning
to DO away with the walls meeting
the floors at right angles, as by.
rounding off the angles between wall
and floor, sweeping and cleaning will
be lightened.
If window is cleaned hurriedlv
and left wet, it dries in spots, and
dirt is left in solution. BY tae touch
ing OF button and turning on of
water that contains a solvent, water
would be forced down the window
panes from pin holes in a pipe above.
into a groove below, and this would
pc followed by pure rain water and
window cleaning would be done "sans
domestiques."
And within a few years, perhaps.
the French scientists will have fur
Their perfected the taking of nourish-
ment and enjoying whole meals from
a few drops, or few pellets, from
two to three walls, thus doing away
with chefs, and the elaborate part Of
homework.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-01-31
BIanketing Cows.

From time to time blanketing Of
cows is advocated. This has been
tried in various parts Of the world
in the United States, Europe and Aus
tralia. It has several times been re-
ported on quite favorably. Yet it al
ways drops out Of sight again in this
country, Some of the Dutch farmers
have the habit we'll fixed. One of the
leading butter makers in Wisconsin
has in past years followed the prac-
tice Of covering his cows. Generally
the covering is done to keep off the
cold, but sometimes to keep of flies.
Covers for the. latter purpose are Of
course too light to be Of use in cold
weather, and if covering were extern
sively practiced summer and winter
sit&would require two sets Of covers.
For the present there is little likeli;
hood that American dairymen will
take kindly to. the blanketing idea.
certainly not 50 with those that be.
lieve a wire fence Is all the protection
q dairy cow needs in winter. 49,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-01-31
MIXED THE ORGANS UP.
Two Mind Musicians and Their Little
--> $3.50 Mistake. u..

Two Mind Musicians and Their Little
-~. Mistake Z = ~:
Visitors to Blackpool recently were
much puzzled by an old woman who
was playing a barrel organ. ...
At one end of the instrument she
had pasted this notice: Help the
blind" Beneath this appeared a Sec
ond appeal-"I am the father of sew
en- motherless children"
The old woman wore a pair Of Blue
spectacles, behind which her eyes,
were completely hidden. y. & ..',j - =. :
A few streets farther on the mys"
terry of the Inscription was cleared up,
for there sat an old man turning
music out of another organ, as dilap-
idated as the one whose faint strains
could almost be- heard from up the
street. ..... - . a%& .,:.ss5ss ;...,:.=.y /
He, too, wore glasses, and his or
gan bore this legend: "Help the
Blind And under. il, II AamsEthe moth
er of seven .fatherless children - "
A man stepped up to him and said:
Look here, my friend, next time you
Ego out you had better get the right
LABEL ons your organ" -.
7 The grinder must have guessed
what the error was, for, pushing the
glasses back from his eyes, he peered
quickly UP and down the, street, as If
looking for aEpolic eman.< Seeing none,
he leaned over and read the sign. u -sss s
That's the old woman, all 4 over
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-01-31
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THRIFT OF 3r & FNEMct.
Get the Last vestioe Of valus from,
@.a$sS- Everything They Use. i5$5

Get the Last vestige Of Value from
81 81 !. i Everything They Use.
There is no better place to study
French frugality than In the parks
and open squares OF Paris. Go to one
Of the secondhand fairs held on the
outer Sboulevards What in other
countries would be cast aside as use
less is here exposed for sale, having
been carefully sorted over by ragpick-
ers, whose sole support is the rubbish
which you see-broken china, bits Of
glass, pieces of stone, old nails, old
pots and pans, old shoes, old combs
and brushes. Does woman need a
cup ~ Has she broken a saucer? For
two cents she can replace them. Is
her lock broken, her. key lost !? Be:
hold a., thousand from which to
choose!% The poor students may find
their books, mothers their children's
shoes. 49,: -, $780, ..y..>,:
Each house in Paris is provided by
the city with large box. Into this
the servants throw all that is not
needed by the family, whether of food
or raiment. Every morning the chit
foniers or ragpickers are privileged to
search through these boxes before the
contents are carted by the city to dis
tant fields, where the refuse is en-
ployed in fertilizing the soil. From
the homes of the wealthy, the poor re-
ceive many articles of real value. Fiji
ty thousand ragpickers, say the sta
tistics, realize 10000 daily from their
pickings.-Anna seaton Schmidt in
September Donahoe's., &%,s%g I i .5#$ n
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-01-31
!, . q. / ~ 2 II . . 1s...l.5 7
-. "A Natural MiStake.

i, In, a city not subject to earthquakes
there lived q family who had one OF
those domestics Of the break every
thing they-t touch sort. Recently the
town experienced q slight shock. Pic
lures were thrown down, crockery
and furniture ratified about. In the
midst Of the tumult the mistress went
to the head OF the stairs and called
out IN q would -be patient tone: Mary
Ann AM what are you doing now ?''
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-01-31
New Use Tor The Pupil. s.55s !:
lere are queer hooks and corners

.ssy There ire queer hooks and corners
in England
s q country Y parsons lately went tos
preach anSold remote parish one
Snnday Isl S ss vi 81 gS' {.
d s. The AGED sexton taking him I'll
the place einsin,lat g1y said sessss d
st ~ hope your renee wont mind
preachin,, from the chancel. Ye Gee.
this q g quiet place, and I've GOT =
duck sittin On fourteen eggs s. the
pulnit.''
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-01-31
BABY CRIES OVER TELEPHONE
Doting Grandmother for First limo
...--.- Hears Infants Voice.

Doting Grandmother for First limo
:....~. Hears Infants Voice.
A Staten Island boy baby now holds
the record for long distance crying.
says the New York Sun. He is some
thing less than year old and his
father says that he seldom cries.
The baby's grandmother lives in At
lanta, Ca, and she has never seen the
baby. One evening last week the
father had occasion to call. up his
mother in Atlanta on the long dis
lance telephone to, give her some i'm
portant news, including the fact that
baby had cut a tooth. w. - >
~ She expressed a desire to hear the
baby's voice. Any one who knows
anything about young babies knows
that they exercise their voices chiefly
in crying. This particular baby was
brought to the telephone and by a lit
tie proper manipulation was induced
to cry for his grandmother in Atlanta.
"The dear little thing replied the
grandmother to her. son, sI:couldI hear
him plainly: What, an awfully nice
cry he has 49,. 49,.
EYES," said the son, enthusiastic
ally. cts great cry and it don't get
on your nerves as other babies cries
do. He lis the; finest baby in this
town Well, !. good-by,,sa mother. I'll
call you up next time baby cuts a
tooth, - and he rang off, ri ,-'5 .s:''
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-01-31
BUNDLES IN THE CAPITAL.

You May Take Them Into the; Treas
~ury Building, but Not, Out Of 1t.
Among all the departments in
Washington the most strict is the
treasury. A citizen may carry any
thing he likes into the treasury build
ing, but when he undertakes to car
ry anything bulky out Of the build
ing he is apt to get into trouble f5he
does not explain with readiness. r.
A visitor to Washington the other
day carried a fairly large package
into the building. Nobody said a word
to him about it, when he was going
in, but when he started out with the
package he was held up, made to open
it, and to explain all about himself
and his business.
The good sense Of the rule is ap-
parent. AT the capitol it is against
the rules to carry any sort: of a
bundle into the building. The fear
is that somebody will carry in bomb.
The rule was never enforced Until
the senate took up the Sherman re-
peal bill. At that time the public
mind became so Influenced ] against
the delay in the senate that violence
was feared, and the rule was put into
active operation and continued for
some years. v'z''* .s@>
Then it dropped out of sight until
the Spanish war excitement came on,
when it was again enforced, and it is
still enforced rather strongly. al
though during the last ! session of
congress few cameras were allowed
in the building.-New York Mail and
Express. - ! - -. I "
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-01-31

= 1872 fAsN1ueSrsptSAksOnf !Ora.AalNe9.
!; No less q paper than, the New Zeal.
and Dairyman is advocating the use
Of. cod liver oil lin the raising of
calves It claims to have discovered
its emcacy as q partial ration. This.
oil Is fed with separator skim; milk,
and is, supposed to take the place Ut
the cream that has ibsen removed from
the milk In sseparating. The amount
to be fed each day IS two LIQUID
lunces. The OIL costs about 81 rs per
gallon, which means that the cost Der
calf IS about cents per day. This is
not an excessive cost Il does the
work proposed. n the United States
We have many cheaper things, such
a. fax seed, IS this count to but
scalvean Oh q partiis rsLtion 81 cod liver.
ould nj % n into lance lthhle
seornar drlle ora. wat .sto
80 how the New Zeal a a. e,,ccaed
sbstore WE take up With the i,ovaltv.
Possib ~ III method VIII:
= 1a q z lropped ont
The fool who rocks the host xaner a..
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-07

denly the S2 pounder opened, and the entire charge-of canister went through the body of the Connecticut rifeman. That cannon shot was signal for the batteries to open, and under the sud den, awful fire of columbiads, carron- ades, howitzers and mortars the storm ing column was swept from the beach.
 Not only Wagner's storm of iron del uged the sandy plain in front, but Sum- ters shells raked the charging lines @Aim lowr' was General Srong's com mand as he placed himself at the head of the storming parties. Just in front of the fort was a marsh, and after struggling through that the men leaped into the ditch A few climbed the bank and waited under the shelter of the parapet for endorsements But the enemy's fire became so hot that line of battle could not survive the march. The assailants who reached the para pet fred bHnd1y over the wall and picked off the gunners in the exposed angles of the fort. Tn retaliation the Confederates tossed hand grenades over the wall. Finally Strong declared, with tears in his eyes, it was useless and gave the order to fall back.
 Tn the still more desperate attack of July IS Strong's brigade was given the post of honor. An eyewitness in the fort, Paul Hamilton Hayne, the poet, described the thrilling scene in the Southern Bivouac. t"The sun had al most reached the horizon" says MT. Hayne, when these regiments, gilt tering in blue and gold, the last rays of the luminary flashing in ominous brightness from their bayonets, swords and epaulets, formed upon the beach, the Sixth Connecticut to lead and at ea.ck the southeast angle of the fort, the Forty eighth New York to pass along the sea front and, facing inward, at tack there, the other regiments of the brigade to charge the south front, ex- tending inward toward the marshes on the left, while to the Fifty fourth Mas sachusetts, colored volunteers, 1000 strong, the honor was given of posi- ton in advance of all.
 'sThey were to distinguish themselves in the ambitious and romantic role of enfants perdus. Colonel Robert q. Shaw commanded these men, and doubtless his pride and confidence were high as he behed-
 ~Down the long and dusky line
 Teeth gleam and eyebaIls shine.
 s@The Federal bombardment on land and sea suddenly ceased. A great calm ensued, but it was portentous and terrible. It seemed as If the heart of nature stood stiH, awed by a prescience of the impending and fearful catastro- Dhe Gradually the smoke of the can,