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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-09-03

The, convicts of the state of New
York confined in the four state pris-
ons, one reformatory and two asylums
for the criminal insane, number all
told about 300 men and woman, and
as their literacy is something like SO
per cent, it is not strange that they
have a newspaper. 1t is called the
Star of Hope, is published bi-weekly
in Sing Sing prison, is of twenty-four
pages and is written, edited, printed
and published by the convicts them
selves. 1t has just passed it's fifth
birthday, and it may be said to have
left the experimental stage and en-
tered as permanent factor into the
education, instruction and advance
ment of it's convict clientele.
At present it's editor is a prisoner
who was a. broker of Wall street, a
man of scholastic training and a wide
experience in the world, from which
ten years-a writer of vigor and force
and with literary equipment that fits
him for editorial duties of a much
higher class than those to be per-
formed in the chair of the Star of Hope
Nevertheless, his abilities are by no
means misplaced. For some years
shared his responsibilities and cares
and became familiar with all the af-
fairs of the. paper, and, although my
experience includes some important
employments, no duties that I ever
discharged in these relations ever gave
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-09-03
To Lessen Smoke Nuisance.

Prevention of the smoke which pours
out of chimneys at each firing up" is
made practicable by recent simple
invention attached to the door of the
firebox. Opening the door to add fuel
moves lever raising weighted pis-
ton in an auxiliary steam cylinder, al
lowing steam to be sprayed into the
furnace. 1t also allows air to pass
from the ashpit up over the top of the
fire, thus giving both steam and heat
ed air to assist in burning the gases
coming from the fresh coal. The drop
ping of the piston, slowly falling of
it's own weight, gradually shuts off
both steam and air openings, so that
when the combustion of the smoke
from the fresh coal is completed the
draft is suited to the depth of fire I'm
der ordinary conditions.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-09-03
Selling or Pasturing Cows.

F. H. HI have two acres of a
small kind of clover and one-Guarter
of all acre of winter rye. Would it be
better to pasture the cows on these
plots, or keep them in the stable and
cut the feed for them?
Provided the clover is not too short
to NOW, soiling would no doubt be
the more economical, as injury to the
crop by tramping would be avoided.
BY the time the rye is used the clover
will be about ready to cut; the. rye
would then produce a light second
growth, which would provide change
of food while the last of the clover is
being fed. It would be well to allow
the COWS a few hours of exercise in
the open air each day or night. It
would be advisable to cut the rye for
the cows in any case; as if it is pas
tured a good deal of the feed would
be wasted.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-09-03
Iron Turned Into Copper,


A curious find was recently made
in one of the copper mines at Ell
Cobre, Cuba. These mines, once
among the richest in the world, have
been abandoned for over thirty years
because during the Cuban insurrec-
ton Of 1868 the coal supply was cut
off by the insurgents, and consequent
ly pumping became impossible, so
that the mines filed with water. After
the Spanish war an American COM
pany bought the mines and proceeded
to pump out the water. In one of the
shafts thus made accessible was
found what once represented an iron
pickaxe as we'll as some crowbars.
The metal in these implements had,
however, turned to copper.
Wonderful as this may appear,
there is a simple scientific explana-
ton. The water filtering through the
rocks and the copper ore veins dis
solved some of the copper, the solu-
ton containing sulphate of copper.
AS soon as the sulphuric acid in this
solution touched the iron it at once
dissolved that metal and deposited
copper in it's place, for sulphuric acid
has greater affinity for iron than for
copper. In the process certain i'm
purities which had existed in the iron
were left behind undisturbed The
wooden handle of the axe was in good
condition. The metal was porous and
irregular in shape, but in the general
outlines preserved the form of the
axe somewhat enlarged in size.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-09-03

Designed for the Suburbanite.
along through the rain or snow, with
his arms full of purchases he has
made in town.
This seems to be the plight of the
man in the picture. At first glance
one would pick him out for resident
of the suburbs, from his load and gen.
eral appearance. But this man should
have cause to rejoice, even in the
storm, for he is not troubled with his
umbrella. 1t is difficult to say what
he would do with it, were it not for
the arrangement with which he is
provided to support it for him, as
both his hands are already in USE It
is SO often the case that the suburb
ante finds himself thus loaded that
his umbrella holder may be destined
to become one of his constant COM
panions. In this device there is no
central ring as on the ordinary UNI
brella, but two vertical supports are
provided, having Sits for the passage
of the braces. These supports are
strapped to the body, and hold the
framework rigidly in position, and
when not' in use occupy no more
space than the ordinary handle.
William A. Feazell of Ferrum, Va,
is the patentee.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-09-03

me more assurance that I was doing
such useful work as I did in an edi-
torial chair of this prison journal.
l say this at the outset, for, incon-
gruous as a free press may appear as
part of penal system, the fact re-
mains that in it's operation and influ-
ence the Star of Hope has become more
important as a reformatory influence
than the schools and chapel exercises,
and the management of the state pris-
ons in New York regard the paper as a
fixture in their system of discipline
and reform whose value cannot be
Overestimated.
Although, the paper is printed by
men in penal servitude, it is never
theless distinctively member of the
boosted free press. 1t is absolutely
under no restraint except the sense of
right and decency which its editors
may entertain, and as these men are
chosen for their capacity, good con-
duct and intellectual superiority, they
have fulfilled the expectation of the
superintendent of prisons and brought
forth paper of reasonable conserva-
tism which teaches good morals, clean
speech, truthfulness, the common
sense view of prison discipline and
the value of making strong effort to
reform if possible-and at any rate
the Importance of keeping out of pris-
On after discharge.
Naturally a good deal of hypocrisy
creeps into the contributed columns
without any editorial demur because
the paper aims to be representative of
convict thought and aspirations, and
to bar the Pharisee is to suppress one
Of the most assertive tendencies in
,, prison life. But no hypocrisy nor pre-
tense finds expression on it's editorial
page, and as the prison authorities
never find criticism of. their official
acts, which of course would not be
permitted, they look as vainly for any
kind Of commentator or praise,
Not that subjects of the most seri-
GUS Importance touching prison admin
tstration arc not dealt with by the
| writer's tn all departments. For exam
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-09-03
Are Soils Exhausted or Poisoned?

Are Soils Exhausted or Poisoned?
Horticulturists and fruit growers
have long known that grasses are in
furious to young apple trees, but it
seems that they were wrong in at
tr;buting the injury to interference
with the air, the water and the food
supply of the trees. Carefully con-
Quoted experiments and observation
at the Wodburn experimental farm,
in England, have shown, however.
that there is some direct or indirect
product of grass growth that has an
actively poisonous effect on the roots
Of the trees. It is suggested that the
so-called exhaustion of the soil by GER
tain plants.' preventing the subse-
quent growth of other plants in the
same ground, may be due really to
some poisonous product left by the
first plants. E s&s5 T ~ So: T. ~ i.
r = - +
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-09-03

An expert witness in New York re-
Gently gave long technical analysis
of a "highball," from a professional
point of view. We should now hear
something along these lines from the
point of view of the customer who
has had too many highballs.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-09-03
Something Did Happen

AS little Jim was going 10 he'd
crawling under the coverlets, his
mother asked him if he had not for.
gotten something.
Nope" he answered.
Didn't you forget to say your pray
ers?"
+ Nope. didn't say 'em last night,
an nothin' didn't happen to me. I
amt a-goin' to say 'em tonight, Meth.
er; an if nothin' don't happen to me
tonight. I amt never goin' to say
'em." - 3.r
But he did; something hap1ened.-
New York Evening Post. 1, s..
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-09-03
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Novel Umbrella Support Il.

The man who braves all the sar-
casm about the suburbanite and set
ties himself in a quiet. country home
soon finds that the pleasure to be had
In the open air, with pure water, and
fresh vegetables from his own gar
den, repay him for the ride back and
forth to his work in the city every
day, and comparatively few who make
the experiment are. content to settle
down to city life again, especially in
the summer time. In the winter and
IN stormy weather the country resi-.
dent finds life not so enjoyable, and
many a jest made at his expense
comes home to his mind as he trudges
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-09-03

The man who lives to make money
prefers a glowing epitaph on a tomb
to living happiness. But he is con:
sidered wise in his hearing, and he
does not hear the truth that is spo-
ken behind his back.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-09-03

The editor of the Newark Sunday
Call allows that he can't decide the
old dispute as to whether Tomorrow
Is Saturday" is proper English. Let
him try to say yesterday is Thurs
day. and he will perhaps get some
light upon the subject.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-09-03

One reason why so many of tho
ancient Romans were able to turn
their thumbs down was that they
didn't celebrate with tirecrackers in
those days.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-09-03

That Chicago professor who says he
has demonstrated that a man can live
on fifteen cents a day, ought to lose
no time in living down to his profes.
sions
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-09-03

A thoughtful contemporary is OF the
opinion that there are "too many
small men in politics. And some OBJ.
servers say that there are altogether
too many small bills in them, too.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-09-03

In a Missouri town two eccentric
couples were recently married on
flying trapeze. 1t is by no means the
first time that Cupid has caught a
young couple on the fly.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-09-03

What gravelly soil is most in need
of is humus, and to produce this a
green crop should be grown and
plowed down. AS early as possible
after the hay is taken Off the sod
should be plowed and we'll narrowed.
1t should then be seeded with a quick
growing crop, such as rape or buck
wheat. If rape is chosen, about FIVE
pounds of seed should be applied
While the crop is growing the sod
will be rotting, and by autumn the
green crop should be plowed under.
If a light dressing of stable manure
could be plowed in along with the
green crop SO much the better. Next
spring the field should be sown with
barley or a light strawed variey of
oats, and seeded with red clover and
timothy. The grain should be sown
not thicker than five pecks per acre.
The grass and clover seed should be
sown at the rate of about six pounds of
each per acre. When the grain is
harvested a fairly long stubble should
be left and no stock should be al
lowed to Craze in the field after har-
vest.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-09-03

Lunatic asylums are said to contain
a larger proportion of piano-tuners
than any other class of men. The
piano habit has certainly caused a
good many people to "get mad
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-09-03

The Atlanta Constitution thinks
that a pretty face will cure a broken
heart. Only trouble is that it often
breaks the party of the second part
in the operation.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-09-03

Is there anybody who hasn't got a
degree, a diploma, or something OF
that sort? If so, will they please rise
and signify it, in order that the mad:
vertence may be corrected some other
year?
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-09-03

A government transport recently
sailed for the Philippines with $4,000,
900 of silver coin in her hold. Few
of US would refuse to hold that.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-09-03

A lot Of Boston girls who inspected
the St. Louis Pike the other day pro
nounce it harmless, and even elevat.
ing. The Pikers cannot do less than
return the compliment.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-09-03

TO the man past the prime of life
how different are the boyhood memo
ries of mothers knee, according to
whether he was kneeling at it or bent
over it.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-09-03

Russia's Baltic squadron is going to
sail with sealed orders. It may be
taken for granted that they'll be I'm:
sealed in a hurry if the fleet happens
to meet any Japs.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-09-03

The Rev. Charles Luther Kloss pun
gently says that the devil and MIR. Rus
sell Sage are the only two people who
never take vacations.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-09-03

The Synthesis of Crime

with view to making the paper rep
resentative Of the average mentality
of the prison. But pride in it's better
qualities worked out the selection of
the fittest at the end, and we put our
best foot forward every time at the
expense of our creed. AS result the
Star of Hope is indicative of the best
mentality of the prison population.
Contributors were abundant. They
wrote on every subject under the sun.
AS the convicts are, in fact, mi
crocosm Of the whole life of highly
civilized community numbering near
ly 100000 souls, and include men
and women of every profession and
trade from nearly every country and
cline, this was to be expected. So we
received translations Of Homer, with
glossary notes, from university men;
the odes of Horace done into English
in faultless iambics, and printed spec
ulations upon the realm opened by the
discovery of radium written by men
who had lectured to the college classes
on chemistry. No subject came amiss,
and the educational value of the paper
became apparent almost from the first
in the steady improvement in all
classes of contributions.
At first large body of contributors
seemed to think that literary produc-
ton meant poetry, and it is no exag-
geration to say we received for every
issue of the paper as many as 1000
lines of verse. Gradually we were
able to check this aff1uence and also
to spread an intelligent conception of
the poorest kind of poetry we would
print, and in time we were able to
offer to our readers in every issue one
or more very creditable compositions
Of verse.
These differences are the common
lot of the editorial guild, however, and
I shall try to tell something more
characteristic Of the convict publica-
ton. Its composing room contains
some forty or fifty cases for the type
settlers, and a section OF it is ~occu-
pied by Gordon power press with a
capacity of 1000 sheets an hour. Con-
siderable job work is done in the same
Office, and all it's business is conducted
by the convicts themselves. The fore
man is a young lifer, Eddie Burnz,
who never touched a type nor saw
press except through window till he
came to prison. He is now an accom-
plished printer and has charge of all
the work from the time the copy
leaves the editorial desk until the
printed papers are folded and ad-
dressed ready for distribution. A uni
formed keeper is in the room and has
disciplinary charge of the men. The
foreman's authority is an uncertain
factor and depends largely upon his
own tact.
The editors, two in number, occupy
a room by themselves, with desks and
swinging chairs, files Of papers and a
reference library, carpeted floor and
all the conveniences and comforts that
any editorial corps could expect in a
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-09-03

Public opinion in England demands
that women shall put pockets in their
dresses. What good would it do-no.
body could ever find them?
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-09-03

Sir Henry Irving announces that he
will make a farewell tour of America
next year. May he live to make many
Of them.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-09-03

You may SOW the tulip seed as soon
as ripe in shallow boxes, using soil
containing large proportion of sharp
sand and covering the seed to the
depth of one inch. These boxes should
be placed in frames or otherwise pro-
tected in order that they do not be-
come dry, If the seed terminates
quickly, the boxes will require good
protection next winter and through
the following summer. The small
bulbs may be planted out in the fall.
the ground around them mulched with
coarse litter and cultivation given
each summer until they bloom, which
will be from five to six years from
time of sowing seed. Tulip bulbs are
usually very cheap and except for
''tEe fun of the thing" it does not
pay to raise them from seed.-C.
E. H
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-09-03

1t is true that we are trif1e giddy
on the Fourth of July, but what can
you expect of a nation only 128 years
old?
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-09-03

A New York state man recently
dropped dead while pushing lawn
mower. It's not always safe, after
all, to get in the push.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-09-03

During a bargain counter rush in
Brooklyn a riot call was sent for the
police. Yet we continue to refer to
women as the weaker sex!
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-09-03

Why is it that we never find bank
cashier embezzling and going to jail
who has not always been a model to
young men?
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-09-03

Judging by the way the Japanese
are carrying on the war, we should
say without hesitation that they are
qualified to play baseball.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-09-03

Yakutsk, in eastern Siberia, is max
ing bid as a summer resort. It is
officially declared to be the coolest
city in the world.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-09-03
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examples as these are continually
urged upon the attention of the con.
Wet readers of the Star of Hope, and
the encouragement thus given bears
good frult.-New York Press.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-09-03

If, as an eminent authority asserts,
"all money makers have projecting
chins," Russell Sage must be a sight
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-09-03

A man never can realize how foolish
he looks until his picture is published
on the front page of a newspaper.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-09-03

William Waldorf Astor hasn't done
anything foolish for long time. Per-
haps he's in a sanitarium.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-09-03

have had no experience with this
trouble, but should think traps at the
foot of the trees would answer the
purpose, or perhaps it would be cas-
Ter to shoot them, as they are slow
moving animals and do not seem to
take much trouble to get out of ones
way. ,5:*:z bay 81. { RI, 2y'S
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-09-03

It may be true that the crinoline II
coming in again, but 1t it is. golf tor
girls is going out. ~, e'~.e:.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-09-03
GOOD WINDMILL FOR FARM


Recommended ~ Authorities Of the
e University of Nebraska. 5# .5;s8
The windmill represented in the ac-;
companying illustration is described
in bulletin No. 49,, issued by the Uni
versity Of Nebraska. It is: known as
the Dutch or Holland MILL The wind
mill of this form is used to pump
water for town herd of COWS vary
ing from 60 to 100 head near Grand
Island, Neb. Mills of this style are
mounted on tall slender towers or;
upon milk houses, sheds or barns
For the four fans covered with duck.
are often substituted six fans Of thin
lumber. The smallest of them aret
ten to twelve feet in diameter, the
largest being about thirty-six feet
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-09-03

across. The canvas sails are fitted
with brass eyelets and fastened on
with rope. The sails are removed or
furled when in disuse.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-09-03
Growing Tulips From Seed.

". S.-Tulips are producing seed.
which I shall allow to ripen. How
should the seed be planted and treat
ed afterwards?
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-09-03
Destroying Porcupines.

R. A. GLOW can l destroy porch
pines? They eat young gratis one
and two years old in the orchard.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-09-03
Re-Seedinq Sod Land,

d. A. 81 wish to break up a five
acre field of gravelly soil, which has
grown hay for number of years. and
seed it down afresh. What would be
the best fertilizer to use?