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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-07-09


.vanc:ng as she spoke It seemed Il
if she were longing for, him to in IN,
cover his face, to take her into his
arms. M ..-!,,@
g.; ALAN she cried, ooh, my darling.
are you not glad to see me?" WI
! There was still no doubt in her
mind. She thought that the Joy of
seeing her had been too great. and
that he was trying to recover from
the shock. She had no doubt, moor
soul, at all. He loved her, therefore
her coming to him must be inexpres-
sible joy.
Then Alan uncovered his haggard
face. ''Glad? No! It has ruined my
life!" he cried brutally. But for the
moment he could think of nothing but
Joyce-his Joyce, with whom life had
begun so joyfully, and whose heart he
must now break, as his own had been
broken. II wish I were dead!" he
said, with a sob.
"Alan!" The anguish in her voice
matched his. "Is that what you have
to say to me, your wife, the mother
of your child, who has undergone
all hardships, and who has Just lived
on because you were in the world?
Oh, Alan, if you do not want me. I
had better CO."
She turned, walking unsteadilv.
holding her child's hand tightly, And
then great temptation assailed Alan
Mackenzie. The temptation to let
her 60, to let her be lost to him, to
say nothing to Joyce; but to 20 on
as if the days work had never been,
And then he saw in a flash what his
life would be. How every moment of
happiness with Joyce would have it's
corresponding moment of bitterness
when he was alone; how he must live
a double life, always on the brink of
detection. Not worse, perhaps, that
the life parted from Joyce; but then
he would be an honest man, and not
traitor. He put his temptation away
from him, thanking God that he could
do so, knowing that Joyce would not
love man who was dishonorable So
before Veronica had staggered a dozen
steps away he called to her hoarsely
to come back. She turned at once.
obedient as always, and for a mo-
ment he hated himself for his brutal
ity to so gentle woman. Her tears
were falling down the beautiful face.
She looked up at him with the old
look of faithful love, still pushing
the child towards him.
eyes," she said, questioning him,
what is it, Alan?"
Il am married." he said, crudely
and hoarsely, thinking it best to tell
her at once. Il thought you we're
dead. heard nothing from you since
I left you; it is four years ago. They
told me all on board were drowned.
and l could hear nothing of you.
What wonder then I thought you
were dead? And so I married, Ver-
onica-I am married now!"
And then for long time there was
silence between them.
(To be continued.)
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-07-09
BAPTISMAL VAGARlES.

Names from South Africa Are Given to
Unfortunate Youngsters.
One Of the results of the war in South
Africa is an outbreak of curious
names. Luckless infants born at or
about the time Of great events are be-
ing christened after the events them
selves, as well as after the more promi-
nent individuals concerned. Redvers
Butler Thompson was used a few days
ago, and Dundee, Glencoe and Glands
laagte have all been given. At the
Cape, among. the many curiosities are
Talana Elanda Smith, Belmontina
Grasspana Modderivvo Brown and
Penn Symons White Robinson. A
Boer named Troskie, residing in the
Craddock district in Cape Colony, had
his son baptized Emmanuel Kruger
Steyn Triomphus. The mania appears
to have taken South Wales in very
acute form. A few days ago Modder
River Jones, John Redvers Butler
Thomas, Harry White Redvers Joseph,
Harold Baden Mafeking Powell, and
Ezekiel Methuen Macdonald Baden
Powell Williams were the names given
to helpless infants by patriotic parents
in Meath. At Pontypridd there are
poor babes called Richard Colenso
Scott, Oliver Colenso Williams, KIM
berley Clifford, Charles Redvers
James, and Baden-Powell Williams;
and at Mountain Ash, Victor Colenso
Claremont, Methuen Phillips, John
Stanley Methuen Williams, and Baden
Powell Price. Mr.. Shandy, father Of
the famous Tristram, it will be remem-
bered, believed there was something
fateful in name. The world seems
to have been blessed with a sufficient
number Of individuals of opinions
similar to this, else how can one &C.
count for such names as Peter the
Great Wright and William the Con-
queror Wright (twins), King David
Hayden, John Bunyan Parsonage,
King George Westgate, Martin Luther
Upright, General George Washington
Jones, Lord Nelson Putnam, Empress
Eugene Aldridge, and John Robinson
Crusoe Heaton?> The parents, no
doubt, had pious hope that the child
rem so named would grow to be worthy
of the great persons whose names
had been appropriated. The hope has
not been realized, for none of these in
dividuals seem ever to have set the
Thames on fire. And perhaps it is
rather we'll for humanity that there
are no second editions of these "kinqs
Of men," But even quiet times have
their remarkable names, Lyulph
Ydwallo Odin Nestor Egbert Lyonel
Toedmag Hug Erchenwys Saxon Esa
Cromwell Orem Nevill Dysart Plan
tagenet is still living in Wales-per.
haps because he never attempts to usa
all his own name.-London Leader.
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PLEASE TELL YOUR READERS /
our2i Big 5o.cenf Catalogue 10 Now

=
For years tho price Of our big Gen.
eral MerchaSdtse Catalogue has been
SO cents, but we have reduced our
selling prices on all kinds Of goods so.
far below all other houses as to in
sure almost every catalogue bringing
orders and making new customers,
and by the Introduction of new paper
making machinery, new automatic
rotary printing, folding, binding and
covering machinery we have so re-
duced the cost Of making this big
book that we will now send it by mail.
post paid, free to any address on ap-
plication.
The big book, which heretofore was
sold at SO cents each, and which is
now free for the asking, is 8hx11h
inches in size, contains thousands of
illustrations, descriptions and prices,
is thoroughly complete in nearly every
kind of merchandise, Including dry
goods, clothing, boots and shoes, fur
nishing goods, notions, millinery, car
pets, upholstering, hardware, tools,
electrical goods, guns, sporting goods,
sewing machines, musical tnstru-
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ture apparatus, buggies, harness, sad
dies, saddlery, watches, jewelry, sill
verware, clocks, safes, refrigerators,
tinware, everything used in the home,
in the shop, in the factory and on the
farm, and all priced at prices much
lower than were ever offered by any
other house.
II you have one of our big cata-
logues or have ever seen one you
know what it is, the most complete,
most up to date and lowest-priced cat
alogue ever published. If you haven't
our big catalogue don't fail to send
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and they can get one for the asking.
Simply on postal card or in letter
say, Send me your Big Catalogue"
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your neighbor who hasn't the big book
that the big 50-cent book is now free
to anyone for the asking. Address
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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-07-09
The Truth Comes Out.

The Truth Comes Out.
Il say, ADAM" remarked Darwin, as
they met on the golden sidewalk one
morning, chow about that pet hobby
Of mine; did the original man really
have a tail?"
Sure he did," replied Adam, "but
not the kind you alluded to in trying
to make monkey of yourself. It was
just an ordinary, everyday tale OF
woe. See?"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-07-09
Nurse Crops for Glover.

The agricultural world will be in.
terested in noting the results of some
experiments being carried on this
summer by Professor DIN of the
Iowa Agricultural college. Mr.. Olin
has arranged with Mr.. Cook, the pro-
prietor of the Brookmont farms, near
Odebolt, Iowa, to seed 1920 acres
with clover with various nurse crops.
On part Of this area clover was
seeded with oats at seeding time, on
another part with barley, and the
third part will be planted to corn, and
the clover will be sown just ahead of
the cultivators the last time the corn
is cultivated. Mr.. Cook furnishes all
seed and labor, while the Iowa Expert
ment station supervises the work and
makes accurate observations on the
growth Of the clover.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-07-09
The Cheerful Idiots Conundrum.

The Cheerful Idiots Conundrum.
what is the difference" began the
Cheerful Idiot.
"Oh, it don't make any difference"
moaned the Tired Citizen.
whats the difference" repeated
the Cheerful Idiot, serenely, "between
an athlete and an invalid?"
"Why," responded the Tired Citizen
II should think there would be enough
difference between those two to make
it unnecessary even for you to ask
about it"
"Well," said the Cheerful Idiot, with
out turning hair, zone is well-knit
and the other is well-nit. Ha, hall
Baltimore American.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-07-09
Substantial Agreement.

Archie was not sure her opinion
would coincide with his, and he pro-
ceeded to feel his way with caution.
'Does it not seem to you," he said
'that this production has been hastily
staged, and that the actors appear tc
be deficient in that -er-enthusiasm
and self-abandonment that enables one
to lose ones self in the illusion of the
play?"
'Oh, yes" YEARLY answered Mis-.
Quickstep. cts punk" Chicago
Tribune.
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Success With Alfalfa.

success with AJTdiIas ii
Previous to five years ago most OF
the attempts to grow alfalfa in ILL.,
nois and neighboying states had re-
suited In failures, but since that time
tnere have been many successes, and
these successes have led many far.
mers to embark quite heavily in the
growing OF alfalfa. To large extent|
perhaps the successful growing Of this
depends on the proper incubation OF
the soil with the bacteria that makes
the nodule in which is gathered the
nitrogen from the air to be changed
into form that can later be used
oy the rootlets Of the plants for food.
Inc sending out by the Illinois ex-
pertinent station of large quantities
OF 1noculated soil has been a step in
advance and has commenced the ino-
culatlon OF the soil in many widely
separated sections. In the meantime
the apparent fact that the bacteria
that works on sweet clover is the
same that works on alfalfa is another
sign pointing to the successful grow
ing of alfalfa in states where it has
been little grown in the past.
There are many sections of ILL
nois and Michigan where the writer
has seen sweet clover growing in
abundance, and it is very likely that
alfalfa on such lands will prove Sue
cessful. Perhaps one reason why al
talfa has not in the past done we'll
on such lands is that the bacteria on
the sweet clover did not come into
contact with the roots of the alfalfa.
Sweet clover does not in the main
grow in cultivated fields, but by the
hard roadside. In fact it is averse
to cultivation. We would suggest to
our readers that those living in a
region where sweet clover grows
thlckly by the roadside should sow
some alfalfa in cultivated field and
carry some soil from the roadside
where the sweet clover grows for ino-
culation, and at the same time plant
patch of alfalfa in a place distant
from the places where the sweet clov-
er and other alfalfa are growing, but
on the same kind Of soil. This latter
will be a check plot by which the
success of the other treatment can
be judged.
A few cases of this kind will prove
OF little value, but there should be
several hundreds of farmers that are
in position to make this experiment
this spring. The results may be far
reaching, for if way is found to
grow alfalfa successfully in the coun-
ties where it is not now grown it will
add immensely to the profits of the
farms in such localities.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-07-09
Eve Was the First Summer Girl.

EVe was the FIST Summer GIrl.
"Can you tell me-" said Eve, why
am summer girl?"
Little Eva" said Adam, who was
interlocutor, and, it may be added, the
whole show, *'you ask me why you are
a summer girl. I do not know why
you are summer girl. Why are you a
summer girl?"
II am summer girl" said the orig.
inal sinner, because am just before
the fall" Saying which she prepared
to fix apple sauce for supper.-Chicago
Journal.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-07-09
Unusual Emphasis Necessary.

willie, DEAR" his mother said, 81
wish you would go out and see what
all that racket in the next block is
about"
Willie went away and returned hall
an hour later with the desired informa-
ton.
There was deaf and dumb couple
married down there this evening"" he
said, an the boys is trying to charivari
en- accordin'." Chicago Tribune. n,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-07-09
Sprayinu for Potato Blioh+.

dy"S UT TOIdIC 6Il0nCs
Where there has been trouble with
potato blight, spraying has been re-
sorted to successfully for the checking
of this fungus disease. 1t has been
found that some varieties of potatoes
are more resistant to blight than are
others, and that as general thing the
early varieties are first attacked. This
may be due to the possible fact that
the early potato vines reach a partly
mature stage before the others.
Spraying will delay the attack on all
varieties but will not entirely prevent
the attacks. But always the spraying
will give results that will more than
pay the cost, and will frequently stop
the blight altogether. The spray used
is the well-known Bordeaux Mixture,
which is made as follows: Four
pounds copper sulphate, four pounds
lime and fifty gallons Of water. Dis.
solve the copper sulphate in hot water
or from coarse bag suspended in
cold water. Stake the lime separately.
Dilute the copper sulphate to about
twenty gallons and dilute the lime to
ten gallons. Pour the diluted lime
into the diluted copper sulphate. Stir
the mixture while the mixing is being
done. Then dilute to so gallons. Some
make it stronger by diluting only to
forty gallons. The sprayings should
be done about July, but this will de-
pend on the time of planting. Three
sprayings should do the work. But
it is well to keep good watch over
the vines till the middle of August.
Some Of our potato growers that
have had heavy losses from the pres
ence Of blight have received great
benefits from the use of this spray and
have increased the yield Of their po
tatoes from so to so per cent, the
comparison being made with plots left
unsprayed. The spray mentioned is
not expensive and can be quickly
used. Its benefits are far in excess
of cost and labor.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-07-09
Not a REGULAR Game.

Little boys,' said the old lady as
she stopped and looked over the fence,
don't you know you shouldn't play
a ball game on Sunday?"
The catcher looked around.
'This amt no game, ma'am," he
said. "We're short our reglar
pitcher"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-07-09
leap-Year Maid.

*'But as he never said he would
marry you," remarked the widow, II
fail to see where the breach of prom.
Use comes in"
when I proposed to him." ex.
planned the leap-year maid, che prom
Used to be brother to me. and he
hasn't been anything of the kind"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-07-09
Philadelphia Life Not Strenuous.

Figures show that Philadelphia
teachers do not receive as much pay
as the teachers In New York and Chi
cago.
"That's all right; they don't earn as
much"
"Why not?'
''They don't have to do as much
work."
why not?"
There are so many things that Phil.
adelphia children don't have to know
Brooklyn Life.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-07-09
Loyal to the Last.

Loyal to the Last.
Weren't you slightly annoyed by the
manner in which your wife played
when she was your partner at whist?"
mo-" answered MIR. Meekton stout
ly, II wasn't annoyed. was puzzled.
| couldn't help wondering who made
that fool assertion about it's being
wrong to trump your partners ace."
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Nearing the Limit,

~ Nearing the Limit.
DO you know, darling" said the
loyesick young man who was busy
planting microbes, that I believe il
makes me better man every time I
kiss you?"
WELL" rejoined the taffy.haired girl
In the parlor scene, lat the pace you
are going now there will soon be no
more room for improvement"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-07-09
Taking Him Literally.

Would you like the cause of your
late husbands death explained on
the monument?'
"Well, if it don't cost any more,
you might engrave a couple Of cucum.
bers on it.'-Hour Glass.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-07-09

Barton county - one Of the principal
wheat growing sections in Kansas, M
crop will probably reach .Y6,ooooee
bushels. and It has population q 6an
1900. t. 2. .z.E <s.>3 :.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-07-09
Cash VS.. Credit,
prisoner

Judge-What is the prisoner
charged with?
Policeman-He's full of whisky.
your honor, but whether charged
with the stuff or whether he paid
cash, can't say.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-07-09
How to be Aannv.

They were speaking of the actress.
eyes, she's married, but her hus-
band travels with one company and
she travels with another"
"Then they surely ought to have q
happy married life.'
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Worse Than a Crime,

'fYou seem angry, Mr.. Peck.
II am. The inspector Of weights
and measures has just been in.''
'Ha, ha! He caught you giving Is
ounces to the pound, did he?"
Worse than that. He said I'd
been giving 17."-Stray Stories.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-07-09
Not Due to Gravitation.

N01 0VT 20 VTdVIIatIOn.
Newton evolved the law Of gravity.
THAT may do for an APPLE" ex-
claimed the rivals, "but why do the
smallest berries fall to the bottom of
the box?"
Sadly he was compelled to acknowl.
edge the partial failure of his scheme.
New York Tribune.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-07-09
Ladies' Day at the Club.

GauteS 0dy at TIE VIuU.
p; Evangeline Catching sight Of bat
flying about the room)-Isn't it
strange to see bat here?
; Arthur (half reminiscently)-1 guess
you don't know this club!-Indianap-
Lolis News.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-07-09
Knew His Business.

Romantic Resale lat the reception)
That young man over by the piano
is just too killing for anything.
Practical Pauline-Sure he is. He
owns big slaughter house in Omaha,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-07-09
Poor Man.!

Hubby-Haf of him belongs to you,
you know.
Wife-O, we'll, let my half holler!-
Chips.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-07-09

In getting wheat or other small
grain seed from neighbors there is al
ways the danger of bringing in trouble
some weed seeds.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-07-09

When a man comes along with an
oat that produces at the rate of It's to
200 bushels an acre, let him pass by
In peace. :=so.t !. ?. ~
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-07-09
Saw the Human Friaht.

Maud-Did you hear about that
fright George got on his wedding day?
Mabel-Yes, I was there: saw
her, $'*.:a IL ..~s.:.-.. - i m - II
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-01-06
cozad Waterman ls Shot.

Cozad. Neb., De-. 29.-About 1 a. m.
Samuel Burgess, night man at the
Pendee hotel, was shot while standing
in the Office. The shot was fired
through the window by some one I'M
identified. The weapon used was evil
IDENTIFY shotgun loaded with buck
shot. The charge struck Burgess in
the face, four OF the heavy buckshots
passing through the lower part of the
face. The wound is serious, but not
necessarily fatal. There is no clue
as yet to the identity of the would
be assassin. The wounded man has
been marshal and night Waterman for
the last six weeks.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-01-06
NOS oNLY LACKS LEADER.
Attempt Made to Lynch TWO Negroes
in Council sluffs Jail.

Attempt Made to Lynch TWO Negroes
in Council sluffs Jail.
Council Bluffs, Ia, Dec. ga crowd
gathered around the county Jail last
night, threatening to seize and lynch
Nicely Zimmerman and George Will
Jams, the two negroes under arrest
on the charge oil robbing and attempt
ed assault on Mrs. Mary Sparks and
her daughter, Mrs. Harry Sanders.
A force OF six policemen stood guard
in front of the Jail for while and
then circled among the crowd urging
the members to dispense. Their adj
vice was met with derisive cheers
and one of the policemen fired two
shots into the air with the evident in
tentiol of intimidating the crowd.
Mayor Morgan also urged the people
to dispense. Some men arrived with a
rail from the railroad yards and the
crowd began to surge towards the
jail. The crowd, however, appeared
to lack leader. Later the mob made
run for the jail and broke down the
front door with stick Of timber.
Those in the lead surged in through
the opening. The deputy sheriffs on
guard were lined up with drawn re-
volvcrs and when they commanded
the crowd to fell back the order was
obeyed. At this point Congressman
Smith addressed the crowd, assuring
the people that the accused would be
promptly tried. This, together with
the cool determination of the officers
in the Jail had the desired effect and
the mob dispersed. AS a precaution.
airy measure the Dodge Light Guards
were called out to guard the Jail.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-01-06
PNEUMONIA RAvAeEs A CITY.
In Seven Days Its Victims in Chicago
Number 1879.

In Seven Days Its Victims in Chicago
Number 1879.
Chicago, Dec. 29.-With pneumonia
establishing a new death record in
Chicago and the county hospital so
crowded that patients are sleeping on
mattresses on the floor, and less seri-
GUS cases being turned away, a serious
problem confronts the Chicago health
authorities.
The many varieties of weather from
which the city has suffered during the
last week is blamed not only for the
many pneumonia deaths, but for the
crowding of the hospital in another
way. Within the last few days an un-
usual number of persons, injured by
falls on icy sidewalks, have been
taken to the county institution and.
though new emergency ward had
been opened, all can not be cared for
properly.
Last weeks alarming increase in
deaths from pneumonia is made the
subject of the latest health bulletin.
Durin, the seven days ending Satur-
day pneumonia claimed 139 victims n
| Chicago, or q per cent of the total
| mortality