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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-05-23
THE TEXT FROM "cLOVER."
Colored Parsons Error PardonabIe
Under the Circumstances.

Coiored Parsons Error PardonabIe
Under the Circumstances.
In portions of the South the minis
tiers OF the colored congregations are
often more noted for their fervor than
their erudition. In a certain revival
meeting in church in North Carolina
the minister announced from the pull
pit, my tex is Let de woman larn in
silence wild all subsection You will
done fin it in de seconI chapter, lev
enth varse, oh Clover"
At this mention of an unknown
epistle good brother plucked the
coattails of the minister. The lattc~
turned round. then again faced the
audience. "1n spite oh de Interrupt
tion," he said, Il repeat de tex am
from de secon' chapter, Eleventh varse,
OBJ Clover"
Again the coattails were plucked,
and the minister glared at the p1ucker,
only to turn once more to the congre-
cation.
"Brudder Johnson" he said, lob.
jects to de tex, Let woman larn in
silence We all know dat Sister John
son am not a silent woman. But I
done repeats dat de tex will be foun'
In de secon' chapter, Eleventh varse,
OBJ Clover
Here Brother Johnson rose to the
minister's ear and whispered earn
estly.
"Oh," said the dominic. Then to
the gaping people. II asks Sister
Johnson's pardon. Her husband says
l made mistake, he is dat trif1in'. MY
tex, will not be found in de secon'
chapter, ELEVENTH varse, oh Clover;
but In de secon' chapter, Eleventh
varse OBJ Timothy. I knowed it was
some kind OBJ grass
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-05-23
Inevitable Mistakes.

y No one that has not had experience
IN poultry raising should invest haav-
lly In that business. The only safe
way is to start small and increase the
mock as rapidly as experience in
ereases. The novice generally starts
IN with the firm resolve to succeed
from the start. Frequently he gets all
the Information he can from books
and from practical poultrymen, and he
vafnly imagines that the information
so acquired will save him from mis-
takes. But the mistakes are made
Just the same, though they are doubt
less fewer on account Of what has
been cleaned from the experiences of
others. People must have expert
ence by themselves to really 1T them
10 cope with the numerous situations
they must face. Let the novice set it
down as certainty that he will make
mistakes Of most serious nature,
and that as q result of such mistakes
great losses will result. In,some cases
these losses will be greater than the
profits for the entire year in which
they occur. We tell the novice of this
before they occur, so that he may'not
De- entirely discouraged. and give up
the effort when they do occur. Even
people that have been brought up on
farms encounter these discouraging
experiences when they try to handle
owls in considerable numbers. The
ones that have had little experience
In raising poultry are the ones most
likely to invest considerable sums in
an equipment before they are really
competent to manage such equipment
Because they have had some expert
ence they imagine themselves to be
experts. Most OF the failures are due
to inexperience, but the people that
have failed are not usually willing tc
admit this even to themselves. Ever
the farm boy that has fed chickens
and gathered eggs since childhood
will do well to go little slow whe1
he enters the ranks of professional
chicken raisers, for it hurts less tt
lose so per cent of a flock of a hun
dred than it does to lose like proper
ton of thousand fowls.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-05-23
RULES FOR THE EDITOR.
Ten Comma ndm ants hitch us Should
5z Be Implicitly obeyed.

Ten comnnandme s,ts D Ihlch T Should
Be implicitly obeyed.
4 l. Thou shalt not have respect to
thine own style to the exclusion Of
all Others II :: %..s s.s. II 3.is :,
IL Thou shalt not make unto thy.
self q symbolic craven image Of
thine own conn osition, nor bow down
to IT., nor worship. it. because it is
thine own, for the public may not
agree with thee and may visit it's
contempt upon, thee and upon the
generation of thy precious gray brain
tissue, sending all into Justly deserv'
ed oblivion. - -. :, s,,1=t-'.
III. Thou shalt not take the blue
pencil to an authors work that is
superior to what thou canst do thy.
self. ; -:
w. Remember that thou leave the
authors work whole. Six days shalt
thou labor to improve: thine own
style. Then on the seventh day
thou shalt respect the individuality
of >another's composition and give
unto thy overworked blue pencil rest
v. Honor the parentage of al
work falling into they hands, thai
thy days of revision may be long II
the office Of thy activities.
vi. Thou shalt not murder the cere
bral offspring. of another.
VII. Thou shalt not adulterate the
authors composition with any o.
thine own. g..
VIII. Thou shalt not steal the ideas
of a manuscript that thou hast read
and rejected.
TX. Thou shalt not bear false wit
ness against the character of a manu-
script, thereby causing it's rejection
K. Thou shalt not covet they neigh
boris manuscript, nor his intuitions
nor anything that is thy neighbor's
Neither shalt thou so revise the
manuscript of another as to cause
myself to be ;likened unto the AMI
NAL whose name is written with the
first vowel and double sibilant.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-05-23
A New Butterine Color.

The makers of butterine have been
looking far and near for some ingre-
dent that will color oleomargarine
and yet form a very considerable pro-
portion Of the butterine made. The
internal revenue officers have hither-
to decided against every coloring in
gredient found on the ground that SO
small a percentage was used that it
was evident that it was not intended
as a substantial part Of the compound,
but was added for it's coloring effects
only. Had the coloring matter CON-
posed say 10 per cent of the bulk of
the oleomargarine and possessed food
value the internal revenue officers
might have ruled that it was a legiti-
mate part of the compound. Now.
however, Chicago savant thinks he
has found a solution of the coloring
problem in eggs. He has therefore
taken out a patent on what he con.
siders the key to the oleomargarine
situation In his application for papers
patent he claims his butterine is to
consist of 30 per cent fresh eggs.
20 per cent tallow, and so per cent
lard. The tallow and the lard are to
be melted and thus mixed. The eggs
are to be beaten for fifteen minutes
and then mixed with the other ingre.
dents, after which the mixture is to
be boiled from Is minutes to half an
hour, when It is cooled OH and worked.
How the eggs will suit the consumers
Of CLEO is yet to be found out. s.a# E.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-05-23
Midday Maps as Beautifiers.

Il am asked almost every day."
said an actress, who is one O. the
Broadway hits of the season, chow
am able to reconcile late hours and
midnight supper with digestion and
a good complexion. The secret is
very simple-a midday nap. No mat.
ter how urgent the appointment, l
sleep for two hours every afternoon
except on matinee days. Not merely
lie down for nap, but undress, 20 to
bed, and sleep. When on the road,
If we reach a hotel in a overnight
town too late for their noon dinner,
I go straight to bed, and come down
as fresh as daisy, for a good sup
per and the evening perform nce.
Most actresses, and actors also. who
have been in; the business for some
time do the same thing. New York
Times. Bid 4 =. B. 8. s&4 s%.:s. $.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-05-23
Small Things About the Orchard.

Small Things About the Orchard.
In talk to fruit growers R. Morrill,
said: If were to have an orchard
to lay out in an ideal manner would
have it laid out with view of being
able to do all the work in that orchard
economically, to be able to gather the
fruit economically. will mention one
thing to call your attention to what I
mean. If there is no other reason, no
climatic reason, why a tree should
have long body, would give it a
short body, because by and by you
have got to prune that tree, and every
foot you raise that tree in the air you
have expended energy from the be-
ginning of the pruning of the tree to
the end of. its existence in going I'D
and down ladders; every foot means
that percentage Of extra labor for
every man that goes up and down that
ladder thousands and thousands of
times during the life of that tree.
That means difference of 10 percent
on your expense; it might make 20 per
cent difference on your expenses
Those are little things, but those are
among the little things that count
so much. So say, unless there
is some other excellent reason
why you should not do, it., /
would advocate short bodies. Another
reason is there is not the same lever
age from the wind on the short body
that there is on long body. By the
same rule would shorten my limbs
and keep my tree compact and open
for. the same purpose; it is economi-
cal. say "open'' here, but if l were
clear down in southern Illinois proba-
bly, I would not say open, because the
question Of: protection from the hot
and scalding sun makes difference.
That is why wish to modify my state
ment, and what say may be open to
criticism il taken in a different To-
cality - - = ~ ~ VIZ s. III.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-05-23

An Elusive Criminal

In the darkness until was satisfied
no one had been aroused. Then l re-
moved my shoes, raised the window
and climbed in.
Il found myself in the parlor. Noise
aessly inspected the room, flashing
the light from my dark lantern into
every corner. From there I passed to
the other rooms on the ground floor,
opening every door and peering into
every possible hiding place.
Then assembled the stairs. On the
second floor I found four rooms. In
one the mayor and his wife were
asleep. I flashed the light in their
faces, but they did not awaken. l
walked around the room, looked under
their bed and in the closets.
From there passed into another
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-05-23
High Protein and Hiqh Starch Cor,

High Protein and High Starch Corn.
From the Farmers Review: Now
that the farmers of Illinois are turn
ing their attention to growing high
protein corn for the purpose of get.
ting a better balanced ration for
stock feeding, it will be well to- con.
slider some Of the probable results,
TO grow a large crop of high protein
corn will require a soil rich in nitro
gen. The trouble with most Illinois
farms, where proper rotation of
corn and clover or other leguminous
plants have not been followed, is that
these lands are already deficient in
nitrogen, and to attempt to grow a
high protein corn upon them in their
present condition, will likely result
in disappointing yields. It seems prob
able that the yield from such lands
will decrease as the protein content
OF the corn is increased. It is now
an established fact that the corn plant
cannot obtain nitrogen from the air,
but is dependent entirely upon that
which is available in the soil. There
is, therefore, but one course for the
grower of high protein corn to follow,
and that is to increase the nitrogen
In the soil by growing more clover,
cow peas, soy beans and other
legumes, all of which have the power
of obtaining nitrogen from the air
through the agency of bacteria in
their root tubercles. While it is es.
sential that these leguminous crops
should be grown by every corn grow.
er. l wish to- emphasize the point
that the grower of high protein corn
will exhaust available nitrogen in the
soil more rapidly than the grower of
high starch corn and must, therefore.
have soil rich in that element to oh.
tain the best results.
AS feeders we want the high nro-
tein corn for our live stock, but it
seems probable that a high starch
corn would be less exhausting upon
the soil and give larger yield on
light and thin soils. We do not know
this to be true. But since all plants
get their carbon from the air it
would seem that the variety of corn
containing the most %carbonaceous
matter and least protein would pro.
tduce the largest yield in bushels on
thin soils. This is a point of much
interest to the grain seller. who cares
more for yield than for feeding value
We would like to hear from Prof
Hopkins on this point C Clayton G,
Pervier, Bureau County, Illinois. ! +
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-05-23

Psints on sugar Beet Growing.

!. =
The growers Of sugar beets in Neb-,
raska declare that. the sugar beet is q
great drouth resister. This is GER
tafnly one point in favor of the sugar
beet, whether for sugar making or for
stock feeding. Whether the sugar
beet can be best produced on light or
heavy soil Is question yet in dis
pute. In some experiments the larg-
est yields were on the heavy soils,
but the largest average yields were
on the light soils. On the whole. the
results were more favorable to the
heavy soils. The use of commercial
fertilizers has resulted in increasing
the sugar contents of beets, but fire.
quently not enough to pay the cost Of
the fertilizers used. The phosphates
made the best showing as to returns.
In the cultivation OF sugar beets, It
Is desirable to provide a dust mulch,
and the depth of cultivation will be
generally regulated by the depth re.
CURED to keep up a dust mulch, which
differs in different soils. In some
cases It cannot be maintained by any
thing less than a three or four-inch
deep cultivation. The distance apart
Of the COWS will have much . to do
with the size Of the beets and some.
thing to do with sugar contents.
About eighteen inches seems to be
the ideal distance apart for the rows,
and the beets in the rows should not
be separated by more than eight
inches. Too much room means too
big beets with too little proportion
of sugar.
1t Is rather surprising to learn that
the weeds that are sometimes allowed
to grow in the sugar beet field have
the power of stealing the sugar from
the sugar beets or of at least keep
Ing the beets from getting all the
sugar they would otherwise acquire
A test to prove this was made at the
Nebraska station. On four plats Of
beets some were left weedy and some
were kept clean. Beets from the foul
Weedy plats were analysed and gave
respectively 1928, 1870, 9.S, go, pei
cent of sugar content. From the clear
plats the beets analysed 1872, 1875, ITO
1917. In all cases the difference wa:
In favor OF the plat that was KEEP
clean. 1t is true that this was bu
one experiment and a great Law
should not be laid down on a singl.
experiment, but it must be consid
cred as, having some weight.
1t is not desired to have beets yer,
large, nor is it desirable to start
growth in the fall after the beet Il
properly mature. A season of we
weather in the fall is very likely t,
start a new growth of the beet, which
increases in size without increasin,
the amount Of sugar contained. l
the buds form and expand on tn
crown Of the beet there is an actua
loss Of sugar.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-05-23

1T pays to have a good dairy barn.
Money rs well invested in such an
Improvement. We have known farm
.ers that were well-to-do and yet all
their lives never oWnetl decent barn
for the housing OF their dairy cows.
Barns dark In summer and cold ID
winter are not places IN which the
COWS can be comfortable u their
keepers happy while they are work.
Ing around them. Ss#sss
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-05-23

It is evident that silage is to be a
great factor in the future feeding Of
cattle In Illinois and neighboring
states. The digestions Of cattle are
worn out by too high feeding Of con.
5centrated stuffs. Besides. the waste
in undigested material is great. silage
comes ii as kind OF feed that helps.
out the others and saves the digestive
apparatus Of the animals.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-05-23


my professional career" said the Sc
cret service man, occurred in a small
but ambitious city in Missouri. do
not believe ever related all the par
uculars, even to my most intimate
friends, and l am sure my official re-
ports failed to relate the story in It's
entirety.
II was in search OF a young man,
who was wanted for using the mails
10 defraud, and had reason to believe
that he was hiding in this little Mis-
souri, city. l had not traced him to
the place, but based my belief on my
knowledge of his habits, coupled with
the information that he had relatives
In M.
80 took two men and went to M
to investigate We put up at an OBJ
scure lodging house, and l made eau
tious inquiries. l found many who
we're we'll acquainted with the man l
was after, for he had been frequent
visitor in the place, but none of them
Moreover l learned that the relatives
who, had been led to believe, were
concealing him, were the mayor Of the
city and his family.
Nov, the mayor aside from having
an excellent reputation for honor and
honesty, was one of the leading poll
ticians of the state.
Firmly believing that the mayer
was harboring criminal, l dare not
let him know that I even suspected
such thing unless l was absolutely
certain that such was the fact For, if
| was wrong, the mayor who very
naturally would feel highly indignant
at me, would doubtless take such &C
ton as would certainly result in my
losing my official head.
"Still, my sixth sense told me that l
had my man located, and have al
ways found my sixth sense unerring.
I'm my extremity 1 enlisted the aid OF
a man and his wife, in whom knew I
could place implicit confidence, and to
were neighbors of the mayor and his
family and they agreed to assist me.
"Following my suggestion, the hus-
band called upon the mayor at his
office, and the wife called upon the
family at their home, at the same
hour of the day. Thus, separately and
apart, the mayor and his wife were
casually questioned about their nephew
who, it was rumored, was visiting
them.
Both expressed genuine surprise at
the question, and both, with all the
semblance of candor and truthfulness,
denied that they had seen the nephew
for several months.
'The woman whose services I had
secured went even further. With
great adroitness she obtained permits
sion to examine every room in the
house under pretense of inspecting
the arrangements of the building. But
she saw not the slightest thing to in
dictate that anyone was in hiding.
"'Boys, said I, 4 am positive the
man is in that house, and I am going
to find him. intend to burglarize the
place tonight. If I am discovered I
shall make my escape and they will
not suspect that their nocturnal visitor
was other than thief
well, I carried out my plan.
waited until long after midnight, for
knew the family kept late hours, and /,
naturally, desired that they should be
exceedingly sound asleep. The town
had inferior police protection, and l
knew had little to fear in that dxrec-
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-05-23

s. It pays to make f1rst-class butter.
but It is also necessary that the maker
should know how to get first-class
prices for It. The man that takes his
butter to the corner grocery and sells
It at the same price his neighborsI are
getting Tor poor butter has not vet
learned how TO get the most out 81 his
product.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-05-23
= A Gallant Little cuIprit,

+ Bobby was kept after. school for
some misdemeanor. 1t was at kinder
garten, and his. first punishment. s st.
The teacher inquired, Aren't you
very sorry, Bobby, to have to stay
after school when the others go?''' ; !. h.
oh, nc" replied Bobby !. 1T was
just what wanted, SO as to have you
all to myself. 81 Little Chronicle.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-05-23

ton. left my assistant at our lodging
house, for believed could best es-
cape detection by going alone.
1T was as dark Ue the ace of spades
when I finally approached window of
the house, nor was there any light
within. Cautiously I opened the blinds
and carefully lifted out the screen.
Then, taking the Jimmy with which
had provided myself, slipped its end
under tho sash and gave q sudden
wrench. The latch snapped with a
report like pistol shot. j croucheds
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-05-23
The Asparagus Bed.

4, III most OF the : NOTL0eTn STATES, :,
spring is the best time to start an
asparagus bed. The work should be
begun as soon as the soil is dry
enough. The advantage of beginning
early is to get the asparagus roots
into the soil in time to receive the
benefit of the spring rains. The bed
may indeed be put in late. say June
or July, but in that case the roots
will be trying to send up shoots at q
time of year when there is the least
supply Of moisture. Artificial water
ing is often resorted to in such cases,
but such application of water is often
neglected, or made too scantily, and
the supply that nature gives Is thus
much to be preferred. Moreover. in
the case of a large bed on sandy
soil, the application of water would
be found to entail an immense amount
Of labor.
For asparagus the ground should be-
thoroughly worked. II the land has a
decided slope, run the asparagus rows
in accordance with it, so that the
soil may to some extent have a nat
ural drainage. 1t is best to give the
plants room enough, and II they are
from four to five feet apart, it will
be better for them and make it easier
to cultivate with horse, If the bed
be of sufficient size to require it. AS
paragus roots spread rapidly and soon
cover a large area. They will pro-
duce larger shoots and will continue
to produce longer than will be the case
If the roots are planted close together,
as used to be done. In too close plant
ings, the beds in a few years become
a mass of roots, and the stalks become
smaller and tougher from year to
year.
When a large field is to be planted
to asparagus it is interesting to know
how many plants will be required. If
they are set three feet apart each
way an acre will require 4,84O; three
by four feet, 3,640; four by four feet.
2,722 plants; four by five feet, 2,17S
plants per acre; five by five feet,
1852; five by six feet, 1852; six by
six feet, 1,210. The roots of asparagus
will sometimes be found in the soil
ten feet from the parent stem, so it
is readily seen that they can use all
the room given them. <xgzsx. :,
Asparagus is not a deep-rooted plant
and does not require 20 be planted
in deep trenches, az some seem to
think. In it's wild state it grows on
the edges of marshes and has to send
its roots down only a few inches to
reach water. The roots cannot live
in water and hence run far over the
ground near the surface. When they
are planted in deep trenches on heavy
soil the roots lie in water for weeks
at a time and the plants die. The
writer knows Of such a bed being
made in the spring Of 1902. 1t was
on heavy, wet soil. The old man that
dug the trench. followed the old no.
ton and put it down good and deep"
which meant over two feet. He filled
the bottom with tomato cans and the
like rubbish, piled a lot Of manure.
Continued from page 241.)
on top Of that, then put in the as
paragus roots and the dirt A good
rain came on and filled the trench.
Not an asparagus shoot appeared dur
ing the entire season. The proper
depth to plant asparagus is from four
to ten inches. depending on condi-
tons Of soil, moisture supply and va.
riety Of plant.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-05-23
81 cad" Made from, r.nke.

4 The lead I" Of black pencils is now.
made from coke It is ri ground ,e,lld and
mixed with iron ore and chemicals,
and subjected 70 pressure under great
heat s5s45
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-05-23
THE BLUE HIGHWAY.

The behind Of
With white O.
We're highway
Wives sweethearts to OF home,
The red CLEAN OF tavern foam
And all the ashnn on
Comrades voices warn Of the road -.
The lips OF the drowned crying wake
notchd
And Mother Carey feeds chicks
The cold behind Of
We've in
With white dirty gray
We're off to meet old friends the blue highway
walter Riddan ribune.
Anoo 11Rd93R:oe OH -.