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Charlevoix county herald., 1904-08-13

] mean the Abbey Of Cong. on Tough
Corrib, and the Abbey of Inismaine
on Tough Mask.
1t is not to be wondered at that
a land so rich in natures choicest
gifts should have been the battle-ground
of warning races and the choicest
prize Of conquerng kings. And such
it was III very truth from the morning
prime Of Irelands story almost down
to our own Times. The undulating
plain between the lakes is dotted over
with the burial mounds and monu-
mental pillar stones of the warriors
who fell in the first great battle be-
tween hostile races recorded in Irish
history; that is, the famous battle of
Moytura.
There is one grand monument still
remaining in proud defiance of all
conquering time"-Carn Eochy, which
is undoubtedly tho grave mound of
the Belgic King Eochy. who was slain
on the third day of the fight. 1t over
looks Tough Mask and Inismaine and
is one of the finest monuments of its
1t was raised over the dead warrior
by his devoted followers more than
1000 years ago and it is likely to last
at least 5000 years more. Every
other work of human hands around
has either totally disappeared or is
a shapeless ruin, but the grand old
monument Of the Firbolgic king
seems to be as enduring as the lakes
and mountains of the west.
Let me return to the two famous
abbeys. The primitive Monastery of
Inismaine was founded about one hun
dred years before the great Monas-
terry of Cong. This latter was begun
about the year 627. 1t came about in
this way There was very famous
saint called Feichin, a native of Ley
ney, in the County Sligo, who flourish
ed during the first sixty years of the
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-08-13
Alone.


Alone when the day is dawning,
Alone when the night dews fall;
Under the veil at the bridal.
Under the gloom of the pail,
Behind impenetrable barriers
TO work out its life of dole,
From its first faint cry till the hour to
die
Is the doom of each mortal soul
First tender thoughts of the mother
Who brings us forth in pain,
AS she looks in the eyes of her off,
spring
Some clew to its soul to gain.
"Of what is my baby thinking,
With that gaze intent and wise?'
But ever remains the mystery,
And never voice replies.
Alone is the child in his sorrow
Over the broken toy:
Alone is the stricken lover
Mourning a vanished joy:
Alone is the bride at the altar.
Alone the bridegroom stands.
With his hidden life between them,
That-and their plighted hands.
Alone lies the wife, with the canker
OF blighted hope I'm her heart
Alone is the husband dreaming
OF baked ambitions smart:
And so from the birth to the burial
From the first to the latest breath,
In crowded streets. on lonely sleeps,
The soul goes alone till death
Francis r. Haswin. in Boston Tran
script,
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-08-13

On the occasion of his visit to Gal
way last fall heard King Edward say
that lin his whole empire there was
no scenery to equal, certainly none to
surpass. in beauty and picturesque
ness" what he had seen along the
southwestern coast of Ireland. Those
who have visited, as the writer did.
that magnificent stretch OF coast from
Glengariff to Westport by coach will
agree with the kings estimate of this
charming region.
The natural beauty of this western
lake land is greatly enhanced by the
historical associations, especially of a
religious character, that still haunt it's
rified shrines and ruined castles. But
there are two of these ruins which
more than all the rest deserve the
earnest attention of every visitor who
loves the ancient glories of Ireland
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-08-13
Powerful! Love PhiIter.

What world of misery would be
saved if other wives who are annoyed
by similar possibilities would follow
the advice given to- a young woman
who thought she was losing her hus
bands affection. She went to a sew.
enth daughter of n seventh daughter
for love powder. The mystery
woman told her: Get raw piece of
beef, cut fiat, about an inch thick.
Slice an onion in two and rub the
meat on both sides with it. Put on
pepper and salt and toast it on each
side over a red coal fire. Drop on ii
three Jumps of butter and two sprigs
of parsley. and get him to eat it." The
young wife did so, and her husband
loved her ever after.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-08-13
pesnise Iapanese pelicacx.

Travellers say that there is a certain
indeflnable, unnamable smell peculiar
to Japanese steamships that makes
life on board of them not worth living.
1t has been traced to "daikon," a large
leaved vegetable as dear to the Japa-
nese palate as cabbage to the Teu-
tonic. 1t is kind of white radish,
boiled and cut in strips and served in
everything. "The smell and flavor are
repulsive beyond anything the East
has offered to our Senses" says cor.
respondent.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-08-13
Tests with Oats.

The Farm Crops Department of the
Iowa Agricultural College is making
test on the College farm of 20 OF
the leading varieties of oats. In addi-
ton to the test, Prof. w. II. Olin of
this Department, has arranged with
Mr.. A. e. Cook of the Brookmont
Farm, Odebolt, Iowa, for a co-opera.
tive test on a large scale of three Of
the varieties of oats best adapted to
iowa conditions. Six hundred acres
have been seeded to oats on the
Brookmont Farm for this experiment.
One variety has been selected as the
best oats for feeding horses and as
a heavy yielder. A second variety
has been selected to meet the de-
mands for a choice milling oats and
samples of the crop will be submitted
to the great oat meal combination to
be tested for milling. A third variety
was selected for good feeding quail
ties and high yields, it having shown
q yield of 102 bushels per acre on
large fields. Prof. Olin will make a
careful study of the habits of growth
of these varieties, their yield and
adaptation to Iowa soils; and will re-
port through press bulletins. 81
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-08-13
Why Korea Has No Bicycles.

A missionary who has resided in
Korea says the Koreans are particu-
larly fond of tall" story. He once
asked venerable Korean why his
people did not use the bicycle. 1--WE
had bicycle once" was the reply of
the patriarch. ut was invented by
one of our great mon about 700 years
ago. 1t had two mechanisms, a going
out and a coming home mechanism.
But one day the mother of the in
ventor, in order to test the joys of
cycling, stole the machine and rode
off on it. Unfortunately, however,
she did not take the coming home
mechanism, and since then" added
the old man, Korea has not had a
bicycle"
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-08-13
OLDEST OF LIBEL SUITS.
One In England Has Been in Court
for Nearly a Century.

tST 'NcdT'J SSueu'ys
There is a libel case between the
postoffice authorities and the Times
standing unheard for nearly 100 years
1t seems that in 807 the Times bit
terly attacked the postofiice. and the
occasion of its attack was as follows:
In these days the postal authorities
acted not merely as carriers Of let.
tiers and the like, but there was a
news agency in connection with the
department, and this news agency
charged the sum of e100 to each
newspaper in the kingdom for the
supply of brief summary of foreign
news daily. In order to encourage
this side Of their business the heads
OF the pcstofice of that time con-
ceived the brilliant notion of delaying
foreign newspapers in order that
news services might not suffer from
competition. This went on for time,
until the Times got to hear of it, and
a bitter and not undeserved attack
was the consequence. The postofice
replied by the service of writ for
libel, and it was considered to be
desirable to say nothing more about
it. But the function of supplying the
summary of news was soon discon'
tinued by the department.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-08-13
TO DEAL WITH DIFFICULTIES.
Writer'S Sage Advice Is to Meet
Them with Boldness.

1t makes great difference how you
approach a difficulty. Obstacles are
like wild animals. They are towards,
but they will bluff you if they can.
If they see you are afraid of them,
II you stand and hesitate, if you take
your eye from theirs, they are liable
to spring upon you, but, if you do
not finch, if you look them squarely
in the eye, they will stink out of sight
So difficulties fee before absolute
fearlessness, though they are very
real and formidable to the timid and
hesitating, and grow larger and larger
and more formidable with vacillating
contemplation.-Orison SWEET Marden,
in Success.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-08-13
RGLANDS
BEAUTIFUL SCENERY
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The saint set out with a few OF his
disciples and made his way to Omey
from Westport. | think. where he at
once proceeded to build his little
church and a few cells for himself
and his disciples. The church is still
there, nearly covered at times with
the blown sand. But it was hard
work to build it, for the natives re-
ceived the saint and his monks badly,
and during the night they used to
steal their few tools and throw them
into the sea-lake close at hand. But
God did not forget his own, for angels
brought back the tools in the morn
ing. Then the islanders would give
them no food, SO that Feichin and his
monks were nearly all starved-two
OF them, it is said, persisted of want.
but were restored to life at the pray
ers of the saint. Then GUAR, Knight
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-08-13
His Letter of Introduction.

Clarence King wrote from San Fran.
cisco to John Hay the following let
ter of introduction some years ago:
"My Dear John: My friend, Horace
F. Cutter, in the next geological period
will go east. 1t would be a catastro.
phe If he did not know you. You will
swarm in as the Germans say, when
you meet. Lest should not be there
to expose Mr.. Cutters alias, take this
opportunity to divulge to you that the
police are divided in opinion as to
whether he is Socrates or Don Quix.
ote. know better-he is both"
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-08-13
Coed Breeding Ste OK.


Very few men can make money out
of hogs If they have poor breeding
stock. 1t may be that here and there
a man can raise scrubs and make
money out Of them, but it has to be
under conditions where the feed costs
practically nothing. That is not the
circumstances under which most OF
our readers are raising swine. With
them the competition with other
breeders is strong, and feed has to be
purchased often at a very high price.
This high-priced feed must be put into
an animal that can make the most
possible out of tTn short time. and
this is the reason why good breeding
stock only is safe for the farmer on
high-priced land. Then the farmer
must have good breeding swine be-
cause he wants animals that will give
him numerous progeny. 1t is safe to
buy sows from men that make bust.
ness of breeding and who consequent.
ly feed their animals in way to give
them both strong bone and muscle.
Such animals have vitality and tenG
to produce large number or pigs
rather than the small filters that
some are in the habit of bringing
forth every year. 1t is no easy mat.
ter to secure the kind of stock a man
needs. A good many herds will need
to be locked over before the purchas-
es are made. The good animals will
cost considerably more than the poor
ones. but. for the foundation of herd,
the expensive ones are likely to prove
the cheapest in the long run.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-08-13
Spraying a Preventive, Not a Cure.


The man that believes in spraying
should spray whether there seems the
least call for it or not. Spraying does
not make up for losses already sus-
tanned from the attacks of fungi or
insects. 1t will rot cause new leaves
to grow where the old ones have
been eaten off, and it will not cause
the fruit to improve after it has been
shrunken by reason of being deprived
of food that the leaves failed to elab-
crate, they having been destroyed by
either insects or fungi Some of our
most enterprising horticulturists have
accomplished wonders by simply
spraying, on the principle that they
would thus insure themselves against
the presence OF their enemies in the
fruit orchard. Their trees have re-
sponded remarkably-so well indeed
that they have been led to believe that
previously their trees were assailed
far more seriously by insects and fun
gous pests than had been supposed.
There is no other way to spray sue
cessfully. The man that does not
spray till the leaves of his trees are
eaten up by insects, or till they have
turned brown from the attacks Of
fungi, will pronounce spraying to be
failure.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-08-13
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Dirty Water Troughs and Stasnam
Water.

Sometimes the milk gets a flavor I'D
1t that is not relished, but the COW
owner Is unable to discover the rea-
son for 1t. Good authorities on COW
feeding declare that 1t is possible lor
the drinking water to be the cause.
Others will dispute this; but In any
event, it is an open subject, and the
water may fairly we'll be under suspi'
cion. We do know, at least, that wa
ter does sometimes contain SUD
stances that cause sickness among
COWS. and whenever a COW is sick her
milk gets off," whether anything
passes directly through the COW and
into the milk or not. We have pub
lished much against cows being al
lowed to drink dirty and stagnant
water, but there is always something
more to be said. We have seen old
moss-grown watering troughs In the
pastures that were never c}e1ned out
from year to year. A wooden trough
led back to some rill at the foot OF
a hill, and this perennial rill 1ur
nished water for the COWS during all
the summer. The water consisted
largely of the rain water that had TALL
en- on the land and reached the trough
after being laden with much vege-
table matter of various kinds. In the
trough it lies under the hot sun, while
the germs in it's Shiny depth luxuriate
and multiply. having for food the veg
etable matter that the rill has brought
from the hillside.
Even worse is the stagnant pond,
for in it the COWS can stand and can
thus stir up it's muddy depths, which
indeed are not generally very deep
The old trough, bad as it is, has one
virtue, in that the water is not only
always running in, but also running
out; and running water is supposed to
have some virtue. The old pond does
not supply enough water to keep its
outlet open after the beginning of
summer. It's only supply is the drain
ing of the land with any disease
germs the land may have received
from any source. If the eggs of.
tapeworms have been dropped by 9TH
er animals. as is sometimes the case,
they find ready access into the pond.
AS the summer heat becomes greater
the surface Of the pond sinks ever
lower and lower, and the cows stand
each day further out in the water.
The warm water becomes alive with
all kinds of water insects, and who
shall say that it does not also become
alive with vegetable growths, some
of which are the organisms that man.
ifest themselves as bovine diseases?
Both the dirty watering trough and
the stagnant pond should be elemi-
mated from the pasture. Good, pure
water is the only kind that should be
given to animals or humans. In these
days Of cheap windmills, there is no
reason why every cow pasture should
not have supply of pure and safe
water from some point.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-08-13
Be Clean.

II has been said that successful
dairying can be summed up in two
words, BE clean" This is overdraw-
ing it just little, because, no matter
how clean you keep the milk of poor
dairy COW, it will not be profitable.
But as to the quality and flavor of
butter, the truth is largely told in
the two words given. 1t is easy
enough to cure bad sailing, bad color
ing and bad working. The great
struggle comes in trying to keep the
milk, cream and butter clean. This
is because dirt is almost universal.
1t is in the water, on the ground and
in the air. It fastens itself to the
cows udder, her sides and her hair.
II attaches itself to the hands of the
mixer and to his clothes. 1t gets into.
the milk as soon as it leaves the teats,-
and often it continues to add itself to
the milk during all the processes of
handling and of Swimming. Dirt in
this sense includes many things that
ordinarily are not considered dirt,
like the smells that arise from tur-
nips, cabbages in the cellar and cook
ing vegetables and meats in the
kitchen. To quarantine against these
is colossal task, too great to be ac--
complished by the lazy man or the
man that does not think. That is
why we have few eminent dairymena
and a good many that are failures.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-08-13

When the liberty bell was in Min
neapolis the public schools were dis
missed and the Rapid Transit COM
pany gave each of the $4,000 children
a free ride to view the bell and return.
That was better than any lesson in
history that the children may have
missed.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-08-13
Oldest Settler at EXPOSITION.

Frederick Saugrain, the oldest liy
ing native of the Louisiana purchase
territory is attending the meetings Of
the American Surgical society in St.
Louis. He is the only surviving child
of DIR. Antoine Francois Saugrain, who
was known as "the first scientist CT
the Mississippi valley"
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-08-13

We read with delight that Alfred
Austin anonymously sent a one-act
play to a London theater-manager a
while ago which the manager thought
was capital and which he has accept.
ed. It's such a pleasure to learn that
Alfred can write something.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-08-13

Two New York amusement manag-
ers have just signed a contract with
Edouard de Rcszke for a tour of sixty
concerts III this country next season,
just as if they had never heard of
Patti.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-08-13
Poor Feeding and Fat Percentage. II

Poor Feeding and Fat Percentage. :
The question of feeding fat into milk
has been long and heatedly debated.
The experiment stations generally
have demonstrated, by a multitude of
tests, that cows capacity to produce
butter-fat cannot be increased beyond
the normal of that animal. On the
other hand a few isolated cases of
carefully tested COWS have seemed to
show that it was possible to feed but
ter-fat into milk. The problem has
been recently attacked from another
side, and the experiment tried of re-
drcing the fat content of the milk by
pocr feeding. This has been accom-
plished both at home and abroad
Cows were fed on insufficient rations
for a period of two weeks or more. In
that time the average tat content Of
all the cows dropped from 4 per cent
to 1925 per cent of butter fat This
will explain some of the cases where
it was claimed that the feeding of a
richer ration increased the amount OF
butter fat. Cows that were too poorly
fed haG been used and naturally tend
ed to come back to the normal of
their capacity. The practical Ques-
ton, however, is not, if poorly fed
cows can be made to give Pormal milk
by normal feeding, but If cows that
are being fed normally and are giving
normal milk already can be forced to
give abnormally rich milk by feeding
richer food than usual. We believe
that it is well demonstrated that this
cannot be done.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-08-13

One of the amiable professors of
Chicago university announces that
hell is not a fact, merely a condition.
But when the condition is sizzling,
what's the odds about the fact?
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-08-13

According to the pure food authori-
ties, much of the raspberry jam of
commerce is composed of syrup of APP
pie cores, aniline dye and hayseed.
1t is almost as base a deceiver as
maple syrup.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-08-13

According to a London newspaper
nothing remains for Kuropatkin but
to stake his all upon one last wild fling
of the iron dice" Previous to writing
this the author must have taken one
last wild fling at a dope bottle.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-08-13

Hereafter" says a contemporary,
"the average man will examine the
life RATS and life preservers before he
er." Probably not. The careful man
may do so, but the average man will
continue to take things for granted.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-08-13

Perhaps in the scientific assertion
that a mans beard is the home and
haunt of countless harmful microbes
there is some comfort for the youth
who is trying desperately to raise a
small mustache and can't.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-08-13

The directors of the Yale library an
nounce that they have fragment of a
lost tragedy by Eschylus or Sophocles
in a package of papyrus fragments
lately found in Egypt. More trouble
for the students.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-08-13

Rear Admiral Sigsbee cabled from
San Domingo to the navy department
as follows: Revolution now ended"
He carelessly neglected, however, to
mention which one.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-08-13

The Sultan of Turkey has received
another protest from the powers in re-
gard to the Armenian atrocities. Like
the other ALA protests, it has been
placed on file.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-08-13

Mr.. Carnegie declares that he has
prospered because of his ability to
employ men cleverer than himself.
Such modesty seems too good to be
true.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-08-13

Miss Carls portrait of Tsi An makes
the dowager empress look quite young
and handsome. This shows how kind
hearted girl the young American
artist is.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-08-13

An esteemed contemporary raises
the question of how to distinguish be-
tween poison ivy and Virginia creep
er. One sure way is to rub the face
and hands thoroughly with the sus-
pect and note results.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-08-13

The newspaper correspondents in
the field with the Japanese army have
submitted a round-robin protest to
the staff, and in all probability the
staff knows precisely what to do with
il
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-08-13

There is a great deal of pretense in
the culture of some people. They
carry an imitation gold case in cha
mois bag
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-08-13

If the ministers of Cincinnati stick
to their intention of telling the truth
about the deceased in all cases, a
good many of their fellow-citizens will
be afraid to die.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-08-13

It's queer thing that champion
Jeffries, after surviving all the perils
of championship prize fights, should
be disabled at baseball.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-08-13

They are passing around the doctor
of letters degree more freely than
usual this season. 1t makes q very
pretty boutonniere.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-08-13

Does your lawn mower need sharp
ening?" asks an advertiser, in big,
large type. OF course it does. All
lawn mowers always do.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-08-13
G. A. LIsK, Publisher

The air cocktail is cheap. The
headacheless feature also commends
ii.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-08-13

What fun Japan is storing up for
herself in investigating" her heroes
after the war is over!
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-08-13

The pounding of the hammer and
of the riveter are the chief sounds
that now greet the ears of visitors to
Baltimore.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-08-13

Among those who think a Derby
isn't all they claim it to be is the lady
whose beautiful train was stepped on.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-08-13

Residents Of Port Arthur can prac-
tice economy in one direction. They
do not need to buy alarm clocks.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-08-13

seventh century. lie founded several
monasteries in his native district of
which the most celebrated was the
Monastery of Ballisodare, four miles
south of Sligo. While Feichin was
sojourning with his monks an angel
came in sleep to tell him that 1t was
Gods will that he should journey to
a certain island of the ocean, situated
in the extreme west of Connaught,
called Imaidh, now Omey, to preach
TO the half-pagap natives.