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Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-05-14

girls from England and France, as
we'll as Germany, and so, like the pen
sions throughout Dresden, we consti'
tuted what is known as an "interna-
tional family"
The language is principally what
the girls come for, and the same adj
vantage which they have of learning
German from the pupils who speak it
as their native tongue the German
girl may obtain by associating with
the English girl out OF hours.
There is a regular system about
this, and so far as possible no two
girls of the same nationality room to-
gether. OF course, there are not
enough English or French girls to go
around, but the system makes pro-
vision for that by requiring that the
room-mates change every few weeks.
The number of rules in the school
was awful No one was allowed to
speak after the bell rang at night. No
two foreigners were allowed to room
together, nor two intimate friends. AS
soon as room-mates became well ac-
quainted or even two girls who did
not occupy the same room got chum-
my. they were separated That is be-
cause German girls are inclined to be
schwarmerisch or gushing and senti-
mental. They were schwarmer about
the opera singers. They never know
any men. l scarcely saw one during
the two years / was in the school.
Music was an important feature of
the school, second only to language, if
anything, and there was hardly a girl
but was pursuing a musical education
of some kind. The violin and cello
were the instruments of nearly every
girl who was not studying piano.
The music teachers came in from
outside, men from the royal orchestra
for violin and cello and piano teach,
ers from the city. l went out for or
gan lessons and practice to the home
of the little Herr Braune, who, taught
us in his gartenhaus. 1t was all music
room, With couple Of cubby holes
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-05-14

owner to demonstrate with him upon
his deception.
Pierre trudged heavily into the
room, hat in hand, and the artist turn
ed around. armed with some righteous
rebuke.
But neither he nor Pierre was al
lowed to SPEAK; for no sooner had
the old man made his appearance in
the room than the thrush leaped down
from its perch, tapped its wings joy
ously and burst into so triumphant
vibrate with its melody.
"What Chrysostome, lie jolt Chrysos-
tome" said the old man, going up
close to the wicker cage, you haven't
forgotten me, them"
Forgotten him, indeed! The bird
extended it's slender body, expanded
its soft chest and filled its little lungs.
Its song of greeting rose upon the
voluble air with the splendor of in
visible color and the artist found him
self thinking. And all the while it
kept moving from side to side in the
cage-dancing with joy, one might
| say.
Yes, there could be no doubt about
it; it was the same bird that had SO
charmed the ears of the artist and is
| little daughter at the foot of the hill
lear Champrosay. But like the He.
brew captives, it had not been able
to sing it's songs in strange land. :
"You can have your bird, my old
man." the artist said with a smile.
| And then, to Carolyn:
1--WE would not part such loving
friends for boxes of bon-bons, would
we, dear?"
So off together they trudged, happy
| Pierre and Chrysostome, Chrysos'
tome still in full song. And Babel
| wept for joy at their return.-New
| York Press.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-05-14
School Teachers Salaries.

A summary of the salaries paid to
the school teachers in the chief Euro
pean countries appeared recently in
several American newspapers. This re-
port showed that the salaries of teach
ers in England range from an average
of $3.50 for men to $3.50, or even as low
as 5000, for women. The lowest annual
salary paid to a full-fedged teacher
in Belgium is 1892. In Denmark city
teachers begin with $3.50 and village
teachers with 1882. The average for a
country or village teacher in Prussia
is S21S per year, although Berlin teach
ers receive from $315 to $3.50; women
are paid from $40 to $400. France has
an irreducible minimum of 1920. Hol-
land $160, Portugal 500 for the country
and sos for the city and Sweden and
Norway $136 for men and less than
$50 for women. The average salary in
Switzerland is S340 for men and 1915
for women. Greece divides its teachers
into classes, those in the first receiv-
ing a maximum salary of $26 per
month. those in the second SIG, and
those in the third S13. Teachers sal
aries in Spain vary from 500 per year
in the villages to $3.50 in Madrid.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-05-14
ROYAL Discipline in italy.

When the King OF Italy came to the
throne he determined to lessen the ex-
penses of the royal household and to
abolish sinecures. Being an early riser,
he turned up one morning at the office
of the household at eight o'clock. and
found two attendants lazily beginning
to dust the furniture. Being anxious
to dictate some letters, and finding no
one to write them, he seized a duster
from one of the alarmed men, and
having busted one of the desks, sat
down and occupied the next hour and
a half in writing the letters himself
When at half-past nine one of the
clerks sauntered in he was staggered
to see the King sitting there.
The King, looking at his watch sig
nificantly asked him at what time he
and his still absent colleagues were
supposed TO commence work. Eight
O'Clock, SIRE" was the faltering reply.
"Ah, see you have not enough to do.
/ must get rid of some of YOU" He
was as good as his word, and there has
not been another case of unpunctu.
atty in that department from that day
to this.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-05-14

stand with the mouth open, some were
always ready to flirt whenever they
got chance, and one or two, like
Helena Rosa, head of the school, would
take it all in.
The gallerie is located in al in.
closed square called the gallerie piatz,
which contains also the museums. Be-
yond that is the Roman Catholic Ca
thedral The royal family are OF that
religion, although Saxony is Protes'
tant country. 1t is here that tourists
visit Sunday mornings to hear the
beautiful music.
The Frauenkirche, where they have
q Lutheran service, is one Of the old
est churches in Dresden, and you real
ize it when you go inside. 1t seems
hoary, and, as in all the old churches
there is no comfort in the way OF
seats. Apparently they used never
to think Of such things.
Leading up from the gallerie plat7
is a beautiful stairway, which con
meets with the Bruhl Terrace. This
is a place which everybody wants &c
visit, for it runs along the bank Of the
Elbe, commanding a fine view Of the
river, and the best hotels and res
taurants are located there. The steps
by which one approaches it from the
square, or the square from the terrace
are ornamented 'wftK four sculptured
groups, which are .gilded and repre-
sent Morning Noon, Twilight ant
Evening. They are the work of the
German sculptor, Schilling.
Numerous places about the city
were considered a part of the student
program, and to Meissen, where the
Dresden china is made, the schoo
went on pilgrimage once year. Il
was the most interesting of all our ex
/ cursions, and included visit to the
castle, as well as the pottery.
The castle above the town was mo-
then occupied by the royal family, sc
we could be taken all over it, and theI
to the garden for a glass of beer
Everywhere in Germany one can fine
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-05-14

Americans, since it is so. much less
expensive than in this country. Here
we think of it as a luxury. but in Ores
den one can get gallery seat for 25
cents and admission for Is. 1t may
be on account of the novelty, or. be-
cause so many of them are students,
and therefore thrifty, that Americans
are the only ones who occupy the %
cent. seats.
Art as well as music Is always a
part of the Dresden student life. II
is taught in school in history OF art
courses, but most important are the
visits to the galleries. We used to &c
once week, half of the school at a
time, with the art teachers. and the
girls would stand grouped around q
picture or statue while the teacher
talked about it. Most girls would
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-05-14
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Dresden is popular as place # resi-
dence for Americans, but why sais is
SO l do not know, unless becarGe the
cost of living there Is less than n any
other city of it's advantages. the gal
lery and museums, and the opera.
which in Germany is always supported
by royalty, attract students OF music
and art and there are many mothers
with daughters to be educated. One
sees them at the opera, where Is the
best place to have good View OF
Americans.
The usual experience OF a music
student abroad is much the same as
it is here. Through friend OF mine
who was a teacher there | had an op-
portunity to attend as special stu
dent girls boarding school. One OF
these high-class finishing schools has
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-05-14
A SHRINKAGE IN VALUES.
Poets Experience With the Child o
His Brain.


His Brain.
The eager poet wrapped it up care
fully and set out for the city, where
the leading magazine editors sat in
Judgment on such as his-or, rather,
on such as might not hope to be quite
as his, and it was night when he came
to the city. At the hotel where he
chose to lodge he passed it to the
clerk, with instructions to place it in
the safe, where valuables were kept
for security.
What value?" the clerk inquired.
The poets face flushed with pride.
1T is, perhaps, scarcely possible to
place a value upon it, but"
Say two hundred?" suggested the
busy and practical clerk.
THAT is, perhaps, something of the
sort they will place on it," replied the
lip. Yes" say two hundred" and he
sighed.
The clerk checked it at two hun
dred, and put it away in the safe. Next
morning the poet arose, paid for his
lodge, received it safely into his hands
again, and went forth. The after
noon was waning when the poet, look
ing wan and weary, stood again at
the hotel desk, with il (no longer with
a large u in his hand.
"Ah." said the clerk. "Care for ii
again? Same value, l suppose?"
"Well-er-ah-not exactly" said
the poet, still eagerly, but of a diff
ferent variety of eager. 81 thinker
-ah-what l was going to say, was
er-as matter of fact-er-could you
let me have half dollar on it?"
The clerk said he couldn't hardly dc
it just then, and the poet took it and
went back to his humble village
where he opened tin shop and die
quite well.-New York Times.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-05-14

From the summit of a certain ample
hill near Champrosay the view is rare
ly beautiful and has inspired many a
poet and painter But this story is
not concerned with the landscape. At
the foot of the hill in the winding, pic
turesque valley, stands rough,
weather-beaten cottage. 1t has stood
there for years and years, and the
woods of Senart, opposite, look down
upon it with a long-recognized COM
radeship.
The cottage is not empty, oh, no,
indeed! That can be attested easily
enough by the white muslin curtains,
coarse, but clean, that flutter in the
tiny. open windows; and, also, by the
pretty roses that bloom on every side.
Out Of the open cottage door come
two flgures-an old brown man and
an old gray woman, the man in cordu-
roys, the woman wearing neat white
cotton cap and a blue apron.
20 sooner have they come into view
thai burst of exquisite melody
greets them, shrill and sweet, pierre
ingly sweet, now diving. swallow-wise
into tender warnings, fluting of liquid
cadences; now fastening to ascend,
soaring high and higher in eager, joy
full ecstasies.
Then one sees what one has failed
to observe before, up among the yell
low eglantine and the climbing Pro-
vence rose vines hangs a wicker cage
containing thrush.
"Chrysostome! lie JOLT Chrysos-
tome!" says the old man, approaching
the cage. Good morning, Chrysos-
tome He feeds the bird out of a
small store of millet with which he
has filed his pocket. Babel, his wife,
watches him furtively for a second,
and as she sees his crippled move
ments she signs to herself:
MY poor Pierre, he grows weaker
every day. If l only had some rich
Burgundy to give him. But, helas! we
sres poor. Well, the good God knows
what he does"
AS Pierre turns around Babet dis.
misses the worried expression from
her nervous, little face and summons
the ever-ready smile.
They had not always been poor, this
loving old couple-not SO very poor, al
least. Before the rheumatism had set
tied down upon him, when he had the
use of his strong, willing limbs
Pierre had gotten along very com
fortably with bis modest bit of farm
ing in that fertile valley. Often the
artists, who would hang around the
hills of Champrosay with their easels
and canvas as the bees hang around
the clover would say to him
'Why do you not move into towr
and work? You would make much
more money in a town. Now, beyond
the woods, there, at Soisy, for exam
pie, | know a baker"
But the broad-shouldered, hearty
peasant would smile cheerrully ant
wdid wisely shake his head.
Monsieur is kind to suggest. But
no, no. We have been happy here
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-05-14
BURNING Bone.

A. A. Good raw" bone contains
about % per cent of phosphoric acid
md almost per cent of nitrogen. In
he burning of bone all the nitrogen
lost. Valuing this nitrogen at 100
Der pound, the loss in burning would
re SO per ton of bone. In addition TO
his loss of nitrogen (among the most
essential constituents of plant food)
we have also the destruction of the
,rganic matter of the bone in burning.
{ is this organic matter (other than
he fat of the bone) that promotes. by
its fermentation, the disintegration
md decomposition Of the bone in the
,oil, without which, of course, it is
VI no value as a fertilizer.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-05-14
improving a Pasture.

w. w. HI have q new pasture in
which there is a strip where the seed
ing did not catch well. Could | scat
ter some more seed on this in the
spring as to have it fit for pasture by
the 25th of June? If so, what would
be the best kind of grass to use?
You can hardly have much of a
pasture by the 25th of June, but you
can pick up your pasture as you sug-
gest by broadcasting more seed over
The vacant strip. If the seed is sown
Us the frost is coming out of the
ground, IL will be sufficiently covered
without narrowing; but, if the ground
is very heavy and it is impossible to
10 so, stroke with light harrow
before seeding. followed with a roller
afterwards, will cause the seed to
start at once. For permanently improv-
ing your pasture, should make a mix
lure for this bare strip in the follow
ng proportion per acre: Timothy, IL
bs.; Red Glover, lbs: Hungarian
grass or German millet. 10 lbs. The
.imothy and clover will permanently
improve the pasture, and the millet,
which is an annual, will give a crop
the first year.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-05-14

for parlor and bedroom. He was a
dear little man, and is now one of the
prominent organists in Dresden. My
music teacher was a Polish lady, a
fine player and pupil of Bernstrand
Roth. Herr Roth and Carl Faelten
used to teach together in the north of
Germany somewhere.
The singing of the girls was mostly
in school hours. There was any
amount of that with a teacher who
came in for that purpose. The girls
sang finely the best music. German
girls all expect to sing just as they
expect to eat. A few had private
lessons.
But the musical advantages offered
by the city that one thought of most
is the opera. 1t appeals especially to
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-05-14

: If the land is sufficiently rich to
grow a fair crop of clover we should
assuredly advise the course you speak
Of to improve it. The first cutting Of
clover may be made into hay, turning
the second growth under at the close
Of the season. If, however, the soil is
very poor and the growth of clover
will, unaided, be but thin and meager,
it would certainly be profitable 10 APP
ply a sufficiency of a suitable fertilizer
to give the clover a good start. For
this purpose, nothing could be better
than wood ashes, say, at the rate of
25 to so bushels per acre, lightly
ploughed under; or, better still, har-
rowed in just before seeding. A good
substitute for wood dishes could be
made as follows: Muriate of potash,
100 lbs; superphosphate, 800 lbs; ap-
piled at the rate of, say, 200 to 800
lbs. per acre. AS a green crop for
blowing under, probably the best will
be found to be common red clover,
sown at the rate of TO 10 lbs. per
acre.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-05-14

Well Arranged Structure at Compare
tiveiy Small Cost

An excellent plan for a six-room
house is shown in the accompanying
sketches. The rooms are of good size,
and the plan is exceptionally well ar
ranged, being very compact and eco
nomica1. The cellar stairs go down
from the kitchen under the main front
stairs; there is an outside entrance on
the landing at the ground level. The
exterior is very neat and satisfying,
and the house is a popular one. 1t is
well finished in natural woods
throughout. The dimensions are as
follows: Width, 81 feet 6 inches;
length, including veranda. Al feet 8
inches. Ceiling heights: Basement, z
feet; first story, 9 feet 6 inches; Sec
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-05-14

refreshments, and from here we over.
looked the river Elbe.
In the summer the school moved
into the mountains of Saxon Switzer
land, and it was then that we climbed
the Bartei. the most famous of the
picturesque mountains in this region
It is here is built the bridge which is
such a marvel Of engineering. while
south of it is Prebisch Thor, where is
the bridge or rock, natural phe.
nomenon. Here also was the restayr.
ant which one finds at every turn in
Germany. and everywhere were the
we'll cared for roads. built by the Ger
man government. The Konigstein has
q fortress on it. All of these noun
tains are called stems, because they
are straight up in the air like stones
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-05-14

my wife and /. This is our place in
the world, and here we will live until
the good God says Come Even then
-ah! you will laugh, monster, but l
will tell you what | say to my wife.
/ say, Babel, let us pray that the good
God will permit us to have in his hea-
ven just such a cottage as this
MAY your wish be fulfilled" the
artists would reply before going their
way.
That was some years back. Now
well, they are still happy, Pierre and
Babel. Have they not each other, and
have they not their little brown
thrush to cheer them? But, beyond
doubt. they are very poor.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-05-14


Feeding Bran; Curing a Kicker.
A. ST.. What is the best method
Of feeding bran to mich COWS? What
is the best method of curing a heifer
Of kicking while she is being MIXED?
Many dairymen prefer to feed bran
in the form of mash, but feeding ex-
pcriments prove that there is little or
no advantage in adding water over
feeding it dry. A very good use can
be made Of bran by mixing It with en-
s:lage, pulped roots or cut hay. If fed
with cut hay it is well to moisten the
MIXTURE so that the bran will adhere
to the coarser food and not be blown
out of the margin or inhaled by the
animals.
2. A good way to cure kicking
cow is to attach short chain, with
ring in the end to the rack or
stanchion frame; put hook in each
end of a rope and ring eighteen
inches from one enc. Put the rope
around the left hind leg above the
hook and hook it in the ring and draw
the leg forward until the foot is raised
from the floor and hook it in the
chain. Do not put the rope below the
hook, for She can then knock the
bucket over by swinging her foot. A
COW cannot kick with this tackle on
her and she will soon give up trying.
She should be handled quietly.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-05-14
Fertilizer For Glover.

E. A. WI wish to enrich a piece
IF land and cannot obtain yard ma
nure; would it be better to apply ar.
tificlal fertilizer or to grow clover and
plough the crop under?
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1904-05-14

ond story, feet. Cost, including
plumbing and furnace heat. $4,000 to
$500.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-10-14
Brique tting Plant.

Dickinson Press: On 'Thprsday,
Gen. Geo. Hughes aud son Id. COM
pleted arrangethents with the Consol.
dated Coal g tor Installing / brl.
quetting plant g Lehigh. Tne ma.
ehinery is oil purchased and viii be
placed As s,oa q buildings can be
erected, II q expected that the pla,,t
will bein operation BY Dec. j. Tie
capacity IT TIN plant VIII De 200 tons
cer day and tsie soiidated Coal ca.
has contractes n u, furnish this a,nou,,t
ot Ignite daily, which, il addition TO
their regular Ordera, lneanx that the
company must put on m additional
force OF fortyto 6fty men. General
Hughes has been working on the bri-
quetting proposition for the past tel,
years and knows Just what he is doing
His company Kill manufacture d fuel
that will be equal the Pennsy .v;.l,s.
anthracite which has made tile Key
Stone state famous, and there Is every
reason to expect that the briqnetting
Industry win set make western North
Dakota faIauns. I'd Hughes viii be
at Lehigh In Asday or two to superin-
tend operations. Fuller particulars
will be publlaaled next week.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-10-14
Progress in Breeding Fruits

Two horticultural bulletins by Prof.
N. e. Hansen have just been issued
by the South Dakota Experiment Sta
tion. No. 81, The Western Sand
Cherry, contains 81 pages illustrated
by 20 cuts, gives the progress in inn
proving this native Dakota fruit by
crossing and selection. Announce
ment is made OF new fruits originated
at this Station by crossing the akota
sand cherry with choieer cuitiyateda
fruits su.h rs the peach, apricot and
Japanese plum. BY careful selection
through number of years new yari-
eties have been obtained with fruit
soyen-eights OF All inch in diameter
and Of quality acceptable for table
fuse. The Sand Cherry is also found
useful in the propagation Of stone
fruits.
Bulletin No. 49, Breeding Hardy.
Fruits, contains 30 pages Illustrated
by cuts and gives outline of expert
ments in improving the native fruits
OF the Northwest by selection and
Icrossing This bulletin should be
read widely inasmucll as the South
Dakota Experiment Station In extent
lof its fruit breed ling work is second
Ionly TO that Of Burbank Of California.
COPIES OF both will be sent upon ap-
Iplication to Dire tor ] James Il
lson, Experiment Station. Brookings.
!Soutll OAK kota,
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-10-14
GRAND DEMOCRATIC RALLY
Ion. l. N GRILL, CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR, AND HON.
WESLEY A. STEWART, CANDIDATE FOR ]
y CONGRESS ARE COMING
hey Will Both Address the Voters Of Brown County Week
II From Next Monday Evening Oct. u.

Democratic state chairman, Hon !,
John A Martin las announced the it
nerary Of Hon. 8. N. Gill, candidate
or governor and Hon. Weslcy A.
Stewart, candidate for congress, who
Ire going over the state together.
Fheir date at Aberdeen has been fix
ID as Monday, the 24th of October, a
Feek from next Monday, This viii
e the one big rally OF the campaign
the Democrats. The speaking will
e at the Gottschalk in the evening.
fhe voter who comes cut to lear Mr..
erill will hear the best campaigner In
South Dakota, who never fails to
make 1t exceedingly warm for cur
friends, the enemy. By that date the
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-10-14

growing conviction that Parker will
be elected shall have become GER
tainty and Democratic fervor should
then be at white heat Come out and
feel the contagious enthusiasm that
presages victory.
1t was desired by State Chairman
Martin to have had Mr., Grill give one
date to Groton. but the dates from
now on until election are all filled and
only one meeting o each county could
be given. Consequently it is to be
hop d that every part of the county
viii see that it is represented by
strong delegatiors at the rally at Alb
erdeen on the night of the oath.