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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-08-06
Tit for Tat,

MIR. A was a millionaire. He vas
fifty. He met Miss B. Miss B was
milliner. She was twenty.
Mr.. A fell in love with Miss B. He
asked her to marry him. They were
married.
In ten years Mr.. A was sixty. Mrs.
A was then thirty. Mr.. A was still
in love with his wife. But he had
with him, that she never had been
in love with him and that she never
would be in love with him. He brood
ed over this. And he died from a
broken heart. But he left her all his
money.
Mrs. A was a millionairess. She
was forty. She met Mr.. c. Mr.. c. was
a musician. He was twenty-five.
Mrs. A fell in love with Mr.. c.. He
asked her to marry him. They were
married.
In ten years Mrs. G was fifty. Mr..
was then thirty-fve. Mrs. C was
still in love with her husband. But
she had found out that he was not in
love with her, that he never had been
in love with her and that he never
would be in love with her. She brood
ed over this. And she died from a
broken heart. But she left him all
her money.-Town Topics.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-08-06

of her own. For instance, few con-
f1rmed bachelors having the poetical
ideas that go with spring would make
guess so seemingly wild that May
is the poorest of all the months for
wedding festivities. But, grouping
the thousands again, the figures are
conclusive that the slowest month and
the gayest month of the year are side
by side on the calendar.
Marry in May and repent for ave .
may be an old couplet that has in
auenced Cupid, but in 1000 weddings
only focty-one have been celebrated
in May, as compared to the 145 to the
credit of June, the month of roses.
July, with it's summer resort uppor-
tuhities and it's outings and picnics.
cuts considerable figure in the ac-
companying chart, while December.
with 119 weddings, and January, with
139, rank next to June.
Once married, the prospects for
married life of long duration are good
taking the 1000 representative group
In. the United States the average
term of welded life is a little more
than twenty-eight years. Counting the
differences in the ages at which Won
en- and men marry, the proportion of
the life period for the married may
be appropriated in the United States
as at least half of the individual life
period.
How this compares with the we'd
ded periods in other countries may
be shown in the figures from Holland
and Belgium, giving only twenty
three years as the period of married
life, twenty-six years in France,
twenty years in Great Britain,
and thirty years in Russia. In this
respect the dominion of the car
shows longer welded period for it's
subjects than does any other Euro
pean country, accountable to the fact
that marriages are made earlier there
than in any of the other countries
quoted.
AS to married life in the United
States, more than one economist has
made his observations upon the de-
creasing number Of children in the
homes of the nation. In the last ten
years, despite the increase in the i'm
migration to this country, the birth
rate has dwindled distinctly. Taking
the occupants of homes; the enumera-
tors Of the last census found only
AZ persons to a home. Accounting
for the loss of father or mother in a
home, this probably would give to
the United States an added popula-
ton OF 5000 for each 1000 couples
married. 4. S5f:S : .:s%: i
This MAY be compared to most fot
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-08-06
The Deaconess,

Alone and ,unafraid she goes where
stouter hearts would HESITATE
Secure from insult, CARRIED in peace, i'm
mune from harm or hate,
With calm, sweet face beneath a brow
untroubled by the fear of wrong.
She goes to minister to want-to love and
serve, the whole day long,
A happy secret seems to have a place
Behind the quiet sunshine of her face
And just to meet her somehow makes
you glad,
Because it's hers to make the world less
No task, too menialt for her willing
hands
A floor to sweep-a bed to make-a little
To wash-.loving and full of peace she
goes,
And knows not with what queenly grace
Perhaps the world may never hear Of
her
But what of that? Her business is with
Him
Who sent her forth, and there are humble
lives
Enriched because she let the sunshine
in.
Harriet Croker LIE Roy.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-08-06
CULTIVATION OF CHINA GRASS.
Profitable Crop for Southern Part Of
= ~ s5Sz United States, ~ G,se: 5{E@

Profitable Crop for Southern Part Of
IA * rs. United States. ~ .@#
China grass is the old name for
ramie,*a fiber much resembling hemp.
1t Is the strongest of the tibers from
which textiles are made; it is as fine
as flax, as lustrous as jute, and is in
an exceptional degree unaffected by
moisture. "Grass cloth" of great
beauty is made from it in China and
Japan, :..><' 80
In recent years the use of ramie,
as it is always called in commerce, has
been making progress in Europe and
America. In the United States i'm
port statistics it has not yet risen to
the dignity Of separate mention, but
the British Commercial Intelligence
gives some facts about it's use on the
continent of Europe. Germany's i'm
ports of it have risen to $150,00O a
year, while France takes from $50. 900
to 100000 of it. The French ramie
mills have $4,000 spindles.
The interest of America in ramie
lies, largely in the fact that the south
ern part of the United States, Mexico.
Central America and the northern part
of South America are excellently
adapted to raising it. In Mexico ex-
periments in it's culture have been
especially successful, both as regards
yield and quality. 1t is a crop worth
watching because of it's excellent pros
poets for future development.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-08-06

GRAFTON, while the 861 will have made
the VOWS for the first time. OF the
1000 women in the case only ninety
eight will have worn widows weeds
before the wedding. Thus out of the
1000 individuals parties to the 1000
marriages 237 will have bought or
have worn wedding rings before, leav-
ing in the chart proportions the band
represented by 1893 previously ring
less fingers or undisturbed purses.
Illustrative of the married, the I'M
married, and the widowed, we pre-
sent some comparative apartment
buildings on a scale to house all that
are considered. In the unmarried
figures of $40 in 1000 it must be re.
membered that the young and old
"unmarried' of both sexes, from
babes to octoge:narians, are there in.
Guided.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-08-06
1PIRM0Q2 THAT Mlli6EdS2lls5l56ddE
IS NOT AI@eDT TERRY

women to thirty-eight men. These fig
ures call attention to the chief fact
that a few more women and nearly
four times more men marry in their
teens in Great Britain than marry so
early in this country, Nv ~. :
But, whatever the comparative
chances of the women and the man
fol-. marriage it is considered every
where that the woman will name the
day for the ceremony, and that in
naming it she has whims and dislikes
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-08-06

the, countries of Europe to the disad-
vantage of America For instance, in
Russia, these 1000 couples would add
to the population $500 souls, in Scot
land there would, be 1900 children,
in England $500, and in France only
2,70O children of the 1000 marriages.
OF the marriages in general in the
United States it is discovered that
out of the 1000 considered 139 men
will have been married at least once
before the. celebration under consid.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-08-06

chance of marriage at any age. With
the statistician, however, it becomes
easy, and, punching men and women
in groups of thousands, he is able to
make the individual age calculation
in a moment. Not only this, but he
may give the best of pointers on the
probable month for the marriage, how
long the married state will exist be-
tween them, and just what percent
age of the future population will be
expected of the union.
There are figures in general bear
ing upon several nations of Europe,
but those of the United States will be
given the first place. Here, perhaps,
one of the most striking first state.
ments that can be made is that, in
taking up section of the country hav.
ing just 1000 people in it of all ages
and all shades and nationalities as
they run, $40 of the individuals will
be unmarried, 365 will be living in a.
state Of wedlock, while Sc, for one rea.
son or another, will have been widow
ed. In the group of the widowed.
too, there will be twice as many
women as men, due to the fact that
the women marry much earlier in life
and lead much, less hazardous ex-
istence.
The figures on how much earlier in
life women marry than do men may
surprise the reader. Considering the
ages from 10 years to "a years, in
periods of ten years each, one may
get an idea of the chances of the
two sexes in the United States to find
partners, early and late. Out of the
1000 weddings, representing a thou
sand men and thousand women, 100
women have been married at 10
years, while only ten young men will
have found the heart and the means
to accomplish the evident wish. This
will mean that at the least ninety
nine young women at this age will
have married men older than them
selves Indeed, it may be taken for
granted that 100 of them did so, for
at the age of 10 years and under the
young mans fancy always runs to-
ward woman much older than him
self.
Even at 20 years old the women
lead the men in marriage, the record
showing $50 to SIS in comparison. At
A years, however, thes chances of
the man improve materially in his
showing of 255 to 208, while at 81
years he has 220 chances of finding a
bride where the woman has only 103
chances of some husband taking her.
In contrast to these figures are
those Of Great Britain, from which
there has been so much emigration Of
the males in years past. At 20 years
old 149 women and thirty-ive men
will have married; at thirty years the
figures will be $50 women and 731
men,; at 40 years the chances, are for
Ill women and IA men; at 50 years
they are Al women and So men; while
at 60 years they are only nineteen
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-08-06
The Servant Question.

Mrs. Dore Lyon of the National
Federation of Women's Clubs, was
talking about the servant question.
"A maid at my hotel" said Mrs.
Lyon, told me last night a new serv-
ant girl story. She said that a St.
Louis woman engaged a new servant
and gave her a number of instruc-
tons about her duties. In conclusion
she said:
"'And, Hannah, we have breakfast
at O'clock
Very well, num- Hannah an
swered. If I'm not down by that
time don't wait for me-"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-08-06
Marriage is not a lottery;

Marriage is not a lottery. = q. = =
So far from it that man with a
statistical bent and the ever ready
sources of compiled information may
take up the subject Of marriage on a
piece of paper and with a pencil out
line it's conditions, probabilities, and
possibilities to surprising finish"
For the average man who has hopes
in his affinity it would be a poser
under certain circumstances. for him
to attempt, to figure his own one
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-08-06
Mosquito Still in the Rino

Expert confidence last year that the
mosquito was downed and on the way
to extirpation this spring gives place
to equally expert assurance that he is
nothing of the kind, and that all the
measures taken against him leave him
multiplying his generations under the
pavilion of the suns throne as vigor-
ously and generously as ever. His
couriers came with the daffodils, and
his rear guard bids far to ebb slowly
put with the October asters. al usual
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-08-06
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56urdensomea ResnIol,nIlIeibiIfty,

Seurdensome. Responsibility. :.
= me new office boy stood beside his
employers desk, waiting for orders.
Inc employer, who was new to the
once boys, turned with a smile of
kindly discipline. .
r. my lad, remember that a first-rate
once boy should be diligent, modest,
accurate and attentive. %
Inc boy looked scornful. "Say, mis-
Ter nave cot to do all dat for. 81
4 week?-Youth's Companion.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-08-06
How 5000 Became $4,000.

Fifty years ago Charles and Anna
H. Girding were married in New
York. They we're poor but the groom
owned small lot valued at 5000 and
situated at what was then way out in
the country, but which is now on
Third avenue and One Hundred and
Forty-seventh street. He gave the
lot to his bride as a wedding gift. Dur
Ing, these fifty years she has paid the
taxes on It. This week she sold the
lot for $40. 600 5@ 81
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-08-06

Just what he is going to do with
the Gillian cruisers, Esmeralda and
Chacabuco, the purchase price of
which he has deposited in Paris, Mr.
Charles r. Flint declines to say. In
the meantime he is probably the most
heavily armed american citizen.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-08-06

1t is reported that immigration in.
spectors have detained an Italian dam.
sci for flirting on the voyage" Let
her pass, gentlemen, let her pass, and
give others chance!!
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-08-06

The Wight brothers announce glee-
fully that they made their flying ma.
chine go thirty feet the other day be-.
fore something broke. As flying.
: machine inventors look at things, this
Is Encouraging Success.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-08-06

New Kind Ut hett.<r-;r~ laws.
You're one Of the few men I have
met who don't object to his mother.
in-law paying a long VISIT
me object to my mother-in-law! l
should say mott"
You get along well, then
you bet we do. And you ought to
see her loss my wife around"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-08-06
Exclamation,

Bangs-Funny about you. You
laughed as though you would split at
that joke in the second act; but when
| told it to you a week or so ago it
didn't seem to strike you as a bit
comical.
Bings-1 paid money to hear that
joke at the theater; when you told it
it was not sought by me. People pay
money for advice from the doctor, but
they have no use for gratuitous ad
vice.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-08-06

This new doctrine that children
ought to be taught to bawl in unison
will meet with stiff opposition from
unsentimental persons who have lis
tened to cats bowling in unison on the
back yard fence.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-08-06

A famous dealer in sporting goods
says fishermen are invariably honest
So after this you must accept the
whole story about the number, weight
and fighting qualities of the catch.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-08-06

Now that Golfer Travis has taken
the championship away from Eng
land it will be harder than ever to
convince the average Briton that the
American invasion is not a terrible
reality.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-08-06
The Better Man,

"The last time I passed through
here" said the drummer, your editor
and the Rev. Bill Cunning were hav-
ing quite a religious discussion.
guess the editor, after all, was just
as good a man as the minister"
Eyes wrong thar, stranger replied
Alkali Ike.
How do you know?"
II jest come from the editors fun.
eral"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-08-06

A church in Pennsylvania is almost
disrupted because the women of the
congregation proposed serving deviled
eggs and angel cake at a sociable.
There's something, after all, in
name
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-08-06

"A London firm has decided to make
war on the Standard Oil company.
One needn't be much Of a prophet
to predict what will happen to the
London firm.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-08-06

A. New York society woman an.
nounces that she is going to Europe
ION business trip" The nature OF
the business may be inferred from
the fact that she is going to take her
19-year-old daughter and 100000
along with her.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-08-06

Evidently Mrs. Ballington Booth
unaccountably omitted to take her
tact with her when she went to Sing
Sing. Otherwise, she wouldn't have
asked the prisoners to sing s"Sweet
Land Of Liberty"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-08-06

Rev. DR.. Hills declares his belief
that in the next generation it will be
vulgar to be rich, vulgar to spend
money lavishly. Rev. DR.. Hills must
be very credulous.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-08-06

King Edward and Waldorf Astor
have become reconciled. Waldorf
held out until he realized that the
further humiliation of the king would
be useless.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-08-06

No doubt it may be true that if a
man loves his wife he will eat her
cooking, but the wise wife will strive
to arrange it so that he will love
both her and the cooking.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-08-06

Physicians are again advising
against drinking water while eating.
Many men carry the advice to the ex>
IRENE of refusing to drink water
while drinking.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-08-06
Like the Real Thino,

"Ah!" sighed the elderly VI TOR,
would that were little girl again,
like you
"Well,' said four-year.o1d Bessie,
you pretend to be naughty, then I'll
"let's play you are my little girl and
whip you and send you to bed without
your supper"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-08-06
Her Proof.

do you know anything about hyp-
notism?" asked the girl in the pink
waist.
"Well,'' replied the fuffy-haired
maid, as she held up her left hand to
display a sparkling solitaire to better
advantage, you can judge for your:
SELF"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-08-06

No matter how jovial a bachelor
may seem, woman always believes
in her secret heart that his alleged
happiness is hollow.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-08-06

The fashion news about the start
ling new styles in bathing suits in
spires in many a worthy man long
ing for old ocean.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-08-06

You dreamed last night that Pres.
ident Baer had recommended re.
duction in the price of coal, did you!
Huh!
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-08-06

Any one who could be so irreverent
as to eat COOLERS at an Ibsen play
probably deserves the severest rebuke
that could be administered.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-08-06

A Pennsylvania man claims to have
found the ideal woman. Let him re-
main single and preserve his pleas
ant ~delusion.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-08-06

Great Britain is trying to digest the
pleasant information that the cost OF
the expedition into Tibet will hence.
forth be s1,500,00O month. The
British taxpayer, of course, is good for
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-08-06

Charlie Schwab has sailed for Eu-
rope and the fur of the Monte Carlo
tiger is again standing on end.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-08-06

A Kentuckian died recently from a
rattlesnake bite. The only known
remedy has failed at last.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-08-06

When you don't get quick attention
in place, just make noise like a
piece of money. Jingle coin on the
counter and see how quick the boss
will come to you.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-08-06

Some people are so economical
when it comes to truth as to be posi-
lively parsimonious.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-08-06

Beef, it is said, commands fabu~
lous prices at Port Arthur" Same
here.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-08-06
As Others See u.

Biggs- What do you think of young
Smyth's bride? ..
Diggs-Is she wealthy? +
Biggs--Very:
:. Diggs-Then he must have married
her money and invited her to the
wedding. a% -
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-08-06

Never borrow trouble. Hit your
friend for the cash and let him keep
the trouble.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-08-06

FargOne-What is reciprocity?
Why, suppose I kissed you and you
kissed me in return; why, that would
be reciprocity
Miss Willin-Why, that isn't bad at
all, and I always thought it was some
thing dreadful
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-08-06

The Mercy on US! Why are
you sitting there making that queer
noise?"
The Bum-"Aw, I'm a-imitatin' er
robin, lady, thinkin' dat mebbe youse'd
come to de window and throw me a
few crumbs, missus!"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-08-06

Neighborly sympathy, as = rule,
turns out to be about nine tenths Gu:
riosiity. sssssl DIN - .s
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-08-06
Fatal Oversight.

patriotic songs? HUH" snorted
the publisher, handing back the manu-.
script.
"Why, isn't it a patriotic song?"
demanded the author.
my dear sir, you don't rhyme sol
der boy and mothers joy in it any
WHERE
The Grit-advocate., 1904-11-18
Better Than Salary.

ccy OF nsn who wo;ks simply for
Is = AT. ard IL actu2tec by no higher
70 - e dishonest. aEd the one whom
u 20. dafEsGd. IL himself He is
,.ez-1z EIU-sslf IN the qualit.- O. hlE
Il zork, of that which all the after
yezF ~ a. ne may, can nsyer give
.ir- 1zck. II we're allowed but one
gtrzrzLce On this EubIecr. 70 vital r
sre-F yollg man starting On the jour
~ q lie. would say: Don't think
-e,5 z Ich Of the amount Gf salary your
en- oyer gives you al the start. Think.
rz-.s- ot the poasiD!s sa!ary you can
giss gogrsslf, in increasing your skill.
Ia sIyanding your experience. in so-
Iz-z q and ennobling yourself"
! mans or a boys work IL material
q. which TO build characte. and
uzE1C1d. IL is life's school for prac-
-irz. raining Of the faculties. stretch
Ing ne mind. and strengthening and
4. e.Cplng the intellect. not mere
Il for grinding out d salary Of dol
lar and cents.-Succesg
The Grit-advocate., 1904-11-18
Eeu,s,inc II. Eiiirines.

There srs pa Ansrlezn tssrts-s IN
the Pniipy'Iss csntErs1 in ~ larger
towns Out II the rs iDsUs in the en-
tire archipelago. TgD thDgszrd pr
many sehoD!s are In operation. AID
they employ the Esrs!csE If @gJ Ezi-ys
t.acGsfE The Inhabitants there are
the only Oriental psDpIe "So have ar
eepts1 Cbrist!anity and shoSn azD.'s-
Onnx toSard en- liberty It u 2r'rd
material for western educational meth
ocs To sOTk On. ,hO~s good progress
~ far and ~l'h better st!ll IL Dyososc,
aS the yssJH 20 On.