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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-07-23
Feeding the Chicks.

FeeoIH9 the CnlCkS.
Many people have asked, on seeing
the healthy-growing, well-feathered
young chicks, what food we were u.s.
ing. The winters experience, in
which variety of grains were used,
says Cooper Curtice of the Rhode Is
land Agricultural College, indicates
that it is not so much what the food
IS as how the food is supplied, pro-
viding there are plenty of starchy,
albuminous, and green matters. In
nature, small seeds, insects and grass
furnish food for chickens. These are
most abundant in the spring and sum.
mer months, and it is at this time
that the chickens thrive. To secure
the best results, foods Stimulating both
the composition and the mechanical
character of these should be supplied.
For instance, in the summer the tips
OF grasses are young and tender and
easily broken by the Chickens For
green stuff to be easily assimilable,
some plant should be supplied which
may also be easily broken. We have
found hanging a head of lettuce in
the brCoder by string to exactly fur
nlsh the desired want and be greedily,
even crazilv, eaten by the chickens.
we have found that Sitting the crack
ed corn, scraps, and cracked wheat
through sieves, SO as to remove both
the meal and larger pieces, gives fav-
Orable results. Millet seeds, broken
rice, rolled oats, and other things Of
this character were greedily eaten and
well digested. For meat for the
Youngest chickens, we have given the
sterile eggs boiled hard and ground
through a sausage machine While
it is preferable, if one has time. to
chop the egg fine and mix it with
bran, or even feed it little at time
10 the chickens, we found it satisfac-
tory to mix it with the bran until it
was cr1lmbly and feed it in bulk; a
Sunclent quantity being given for the
number Of chickens in the brooder,
Mixing the eggs with cracker did not
succeed with us as we'll for very
young chicks, although it is fed by
others apparently without. harm. AS
the chickens grew older meat scraps
we're substituted. These were usually
slfted, added to the grain ration, and
streWn upon the floor of the brooder
Boiled liver and animal meal was also
used, but there was very little diff
ference in the gain of the different
chickens when fed upon the animal
meal, meat scraps, or egg.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-07-23
Beauty of the Arctic

One of the most vivid descriptions
Of arctic scenery ever penned is given
by Harry De Windt in his book, Paris
to New York by Land In it he gives
the following picture of the Arctic
sea:
place a piece of coal sprinkled
with salt on a white tablecloth, q few
inches off it scatter some lump sugar,
and it will give you in miniature a very
fair presentment of the scenery. The
coal is the bleak coast line, continu-
ally swept clear of snow by furious
gales; the sugar, sea ice, and the cloth
frozen beach over which we journeyed
for 100 miles. The dreary outlook
never changed; occasionally the cliffs
vanished and our way would lie across
the tundras-marshy plains-Which in
summer encircle the Polar sea with
a belt of verdure and wild flowers,
but which in winter time are merged
with the frozen ocean in one bound
less, bewildering, wilderness of white
In hazy weather land and sky formed
one impenetrable veil, with no horiz-
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-07-23
SEVEN AND THIRTEEN
MOST POPULAR NUMBERS IN A.
MANS MIND.
Nine out Of Ten Will Think of One Of
These If Asked to Pick Out Fiq-
ure in His Mind-One Man Put It,
to the Test.

ASK man to pick out some num-
Der between one and ten, and you
can tell him nine times out of ten
What number he has selected, though
MS selection is made mentally said
man who is fond. of the old things.
and when you come to think of it.
the task Of naming the correct num-
Der is not a difficult one. In the
course OF an hour the other day I
ASKED ten men to think of a certain
number-any number between one
and ten-and would tell them what
number they had fixed their mind on.
IN nine cases out of ten | was cor
rect, missing it only once. The minds
OF nine of the persons selected the
number seven and one of them select
ed nine. 1t is not difficult to under
stand why the mind should run to the
number seven. It is the most natural
thing IN the world for the mind to
select seven. Even in the case of the
man who fixed mis- mind on the num-
Der nine, he told me when it was all
over that his mind had first run to
seven, but he quickly changed to nine
without knowing Just why it was that
he changed Seven is the most
prominent figure between one and ten.
1t is the most popular number in the
line and is associated with more
things than any other number. and if
is quite reasonable that the mind
should light on seven I made an
Cther test the other day with five per
sons, asking each of them to write
some number between one and ten
and give it to sixth person. When
the slips had been handed to the sixth
man [ said: Seven is the number on
each of the Slips
correct, said the man to whom
they had been handed, and the five
men were bit bewildered for the mo-
ment by the fact that they had all hi,
upon the same number and that was
able to tell what the number was. II
would be quite as easy to name a
number. between ten and ztwenty
though T have maze no tests along 7fhi
line. l dare say that thirteen would
be the first number to fash in the
mind, simply because it is the most
talked of and the only number be,
tween ten and twenty tLat has the
widest association So you can tell
there is no trick about it and it does
not require any knowledge of the oc
cult philosophies.'
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-07-23

on as dividing line, when, even at a
short distance away, men and dog
sleds resembled flies crawling up a
white curtain
But on clear days, unfortunately
rare, the. blue sky was Mediterranean
and at such times the bergs out at
sea would flash like jewels in the
full blaze of the sunshine, while
blocks of dark green ice half buried
in snow under shadow of the cliffs
would appear for all the world like
"cabochon'' emeralds dropped into a
mass of whipped cream. But the re-
verse of this picture was depressing
IN the extreme. For on cloudy davs
the snow would assume a dull leaden
appearance, and the sea ice become =
slate gray, with dense banks of WOOL
ly, white fog encircling the dismal
scene. Fair and foul weather in the
Arctic reminded ME of some beautiful
woman, bejeweled and radiant amid
lights and laughter, and the same di:
vinity landing disheveled, pale and
seasick from the deck of a channor
steamer :
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-07-23
RELIGION HAD TO BEND.
Darky Had No Use for Too Straiuht.
Laced Faith.

The Rev. V. B. Carroll. a Southern
clergyman, tells the following story:
I'VE were driving out one Sunday
from Decatur, when we came upon a
negro with club in his hand and a
freshly killed 'possum on his shoul.
der. We stopped to examine his
prize, and the colonel said:
my friend, do you know it is Sun.
day?'
''Sartin, boss
Are you religious man?'
"I are. Use jist on my way home
from church.
And what sort of religion have
you got that permits you to go hunt.
ing on Sunday?'
Religion? Religion?' queried the:
man, as he held the 'possum up with
one hand and scratched his head with
the other. Does you 'spect any black
man in Alabama is gwine to tie his
self up to any religion dat lows a
''possum to walk right across the road
ahead of him an git away free? No
sab! religion which won't bend a
little when a fat 'possum heads YOU
eff couldn't be Established round we're
by all the preachers in the universe p
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-07-23

"Oh, I don't know put in third.
Il had practically the same expert
ence in California a year or two ago.
A banker there advanced me a hun
dred dollars on my check without any
personal Identification whatsoever.
These people evidently get to be the
keenest possible judges of human ma
ture, that's all there is to it,
Several other members of the party
then remembered similar experiences,
and the general conclusion was that
the original speaker was right in
averring that no man need carry a
large sum of money in his pocket.
These were all business men, but of
no special prominence. No one of
them would be recognized on sight as
public man, a financier or capitalist.
And as they had no incentive for 9th
er than truth-telling their exposition
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-07-23

apples had skins and who put them
there. After dinner he announced
that he wanted to write a letter on
his fathers typewriter. In few min
utes he produced a letter consisting
chiefly of "q's" and u.s." He was
asked whom he had written to, and
read his letter as follows:
Dear God: Please come around
and see us some night. I never saw
you yet, but my papa says you are
very nice. Please God don't make any
more baked apples with skins.
.r "Freddie."
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-07-23
Presidential Year Buuaboo.

The business man to his wife:
TO cut expenses down. my dear
Is absolutely needfu!
OF frugal ways. just make it clear
Marie must be more heedful.
Aud surely. now that Tad is three.
A nurse is not essential!
Black ruin is our vis-a-vis-
This years a presidential
To the rector:
like your project to reclaim
The festive Filipino
But trade just now's as dull a game
AS old maid or cassino
And if my pew rents to be paid,
Those islands pestilential
Must get along on moral aid
TniS years a presidential
To his office boy:
You're seventeen and want a raise?
What is it now two fifty?
That should provide for rainy days
If you are good and thrifty;~
But-wen. I'll make it three-and, son,
Don't grow too consequential!
What! Four's your price? 1t can't be-
4 This Years a presidential
To himself: -. 49, ...,.
It's all a huge canard, Of course, -
This claimant cry of evil;
Hard times do not attend, perforce, ~-
Political upheaval tE6 .a Il
T But we will profit by the scare \ ISL ~
# Who are intelligential; : r-.-z
I'll mend my fortunes now. for fair
Thts year'ssa presidential. y5sg I
s New York Sun.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-07-23
POULTRY:
aught by Mistakes.

we learn much from our mistakes,
G'nd the lessons we so learn are i'm
pressed upon us. Every poultry raiss
er could cite large number of disas-
'rous accidents occurring as the re-
suit OF precautions not taken. One
man had two beautiful broods of half
grown Plymouth Rocks. He had them
IN two coops, the Stats of which were
nut lndifferently nailed on. Two cats
got in one night and slaughtered all
the feathered innocents: That was
lesson in favor of well-built coops, and
the owner of the said broods then
oought wire netting and made coops
that were cat-proof and rat-proof. An
N1Aer man had fine flock of hens,
but left the door of their house open
nights, as it was some trouble to shut
It. mink recognized it as his op-
portunity and slaughtered %. The
owner shut the door after that. A
man we know of accidentally broke
pane OF glass in a window adjoining
the roosts of the poultry. 1t was
March and the winds were cold and
the rains frequent. He knew he ought
10 nave the window fixed at once, but
:" ~! not. In a week two of the birds
Aad sWelled heads and the man began
20 doctor for roup. But that was only
me beginning. The roup had come in
through the broken window, and it
stand with the flock for four months.
v Ihe man fixed the broken window and
moved his fowls to a new poultry
mouse. but the rOup remained After
ne mad lost 16 birds he killed the 40
that remained, and went out of the
poultry business for a year, to give
his yards chance to cleanse them
selves through the processes of ma
ture.
We knew of a man that had 200
Young chicks, the result of setting
three Or four hundred eggs under
large number Of hens. He staked eacl!
hen in the yard and left a box for
J each hen and brood to run under. It
would be so nice and natural for them
to sit on the ground The ground was
d level grass plot bounded on two
sides by raised walk and on the
other two sides by a picket fence
with board at the bottom One
night there came tremendous down
pour OF rain, the water falling with
such rapidity that it could not run off
the level land fast enough to prevent
me lnundatiOn Of the coops surround
ed as they were by fences and walks.
ny the glare of the flashes of light
ming the man succeeded in saving a
, part of the frightened broods After
that none of his chicks slept on the
ground.
farmer that had been raising
chlckens for good many years
thought he had learned about all there
"A was to learn. He at least had learned
one thing we'll, he believed, and that
was that lard alone would kill chicken
lice without the help of kerosene
But once he wanted to save time,
and instead of giving the chicks sew
eral treatments with grease a few
days apart, decided to do the lob I'D
at one time. If little grease was
good, more should be better. So he
creased the chicks all over. But too
much grease is fatal to chicks. and
this man lost thirteen out of sixteen
so creased. But he didn't make that
mistake again.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-07-23

phia he saw newsboy leading a dis
reputable yellow dog by a string. eff
you will give me that dog" said Dor
say, ''I'll get you into the show" The
boy replied: How do 1 know you'd
take care O. de pup" The actor laugh
ed and got the little chap a front seat
in the gallery. Next day he saw the
newsboy and asked: How did you
like the show?" "Huh!" growled the
gamin, ''Im glad I kept me dog"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-07-23
EASY TO GET MONEY.
NO NEED FOR BUSINESS MEN TO
CARRY CURRENCY.
Banks Always Ready to Accommodate
Men Whom They Size Up as Being
Right-Some Experiences That
Prove the Fact.

Somebody happened to refer to the
exposure Of the up-to-date "creeper'
game as it was recently conducted in
Fifth avenue.
And they got $500 from one man, "
remarked ore of the group of speak
ers in an uptown apartment house a
night or two ago.
"Wen," interrupted the gray-haired
man opposite, 'all can say is he de-
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-07-23
Poultry Culture in Denmark,

Poultry culture has assumed large
proportions in Denmark during recent
years. In 1871 only $4,000 dozen of
eggs were exported, but the next year
aJ jumped up to $4,000 dozen, and in
1878 it made another great gain,
,2,310,000 dozen being exported that
year. In 1895 the Danish Cooperative
Egg Export association was organized,
;and the next year the eggs exported
amounted to 20,379 900 dozen. In 1902,
the last year for which we have sta
,tistics, there were exported 35,967,0
dozen. The producers of these eggs
.:are mostly small farmers with only
two or three acres of land.
, The breeds most popular in Den
imar..i are said to be the Brown Leg
horns, Spanish Minorcas and the An
dalusians. Plymouth Rocks and wy
hndottes have been introduced there,
and are growing in favor. Langshans
and Orpingtons are also beginning to
draw attention. Brahmas and Co.
chins are not popular, being consid-
cred too coarse and too often
'broody."
Mechanical incubators and brooders
are being used, but the most popular
brooder is said to be the turkey. Few
people, however, make a speciality of
poultry farming, and there are few
large poultry establishments in the
kingdom. Egg production is carried
on as side issue.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-07-23
Shorten the Feedinu Period.

IN grading up the herd the farmer
should have one object in view if he
IS trying to produce profitable beef.
mat one aim should be to produce
an animal that will mature in a short
TIME and be of a conformation Sat
Will yield the largest possible amount
OF hlgh-priced cuts. This is a great
item in the matter of profits, as the
less time required TO get an animal
ready for market, the less feed will
be used and the less money paid out
Tor care, which must always be fig
ured as having some marketable
value. The work of more than a hun
dred years in scientific breeding has
been to produce an animal that would
mature rapidly. In grading up this
should be kept fully in mind. Also at
time of putting such cattle into the
feed lot the fact should not be forgot
ten that the herdsman is dealing with
cattle that have been bred up to be
fattened in a short instead of long
time. A good many herdsmen that
nave been accustomed to feeding the
old-fashioned steer make the mistake
II feeding the improved steer for too
long time, and so both over-fnish
hlm and lose valuable time and feed.
Beyond a certain point every pound
u iced put into the steer is so much
money thrown away. The professional
-eeder must watch this matter and
turn Off his animals as soon as they
are ready to go to the slaughter pens,
and at once put in a new lot of ami
mails to be fed. In this way it is per-
tectly easy to feed to ripeness three
bunches OF cattle in the same time it
took to feed two of the scrub variety.
The color Of butter is too high for
the best good of the butter making in
dustry, if vegetable coloring matter is
to be used. We are trying to get back
to vegetable coloring matter, as the
analine dyes are now being prohibited
in different states and are likely to
be in all states where butter-making
is largely carried on. The use of
these coal tar dyes has led to the
higher coloring of the butter than for
merly, and the vegetable colors being
weaker have to be used in too large
quantities if the same color is to be
kept up. The large use of these veg
etable colors does not injure the food
value of the butter, but does some
times affect the flavor, according to
the testimony of experts. The rene.
DIV would seem to be tn lower tho
standard of color.
If a good many chicks are being an
nually raised on the farm, try an in
CubatOr It will he a good nra ctiao
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-07-23
Freddie'S Letter to God,

Freddie was years old, and had
been devoutly reared. He had been
struggling at dinner with an apple
baked with the skin on. and had made
detailed inquiries into the reason why
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-07-23

of the ease with which money may be
obtained seemed as interesting as it
was surprising-NeW York Times
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-07-23

A Gamin's Caustic Criticism.
Lawrence D'Orsay, the English ac-
tor, finds the American gamin a source
of endless delight. While standing I'M
the doorway of a. theater in Philadelii
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-07-23

Chicago's Mail Order Business.
The mail order business of Chicago
amounts to more than $50 900 900
year.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-07-23

If good many chicks are being an
nually raised on the farm, try an in
cubator. twill be, a good practice
to learn how to use one, and may
prove very profitable.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-07-23

Pullets must largely be depended
on for winter layers. At least this is
the opinion held by most of the men
that have studied the matter, though
it is true that our data for forming
this opinion are not numerous.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-07-23

The laying qualities of old hens are
very doubtful at, the time Of year
when eggs are most needed.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-03-10
A TEXAS WONDER
Hall,s Great Discovery

One small bottle of the Texas Wonder
Halls Great Discovery, cures all kidney
and bladder troubles, removes gravel,
cures diabetes, seminal emissions, weak
and lame back, rheumatism and all ir-
Irregularities of the kidneys and bladder,
in both men and women, regulates blad-
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your druggist, will be sent by mail on
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months treatment, and will cure any
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Louis, Mo. Send for testimonials. Sold
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Read This.
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by the of bottle of the Texas Wonder, Halls
Great Discovery. can say 1t is the best and cheap
est medicine ever used. l can recommend it tolthe
public. Yours truly, w. w. Winchell
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-03-10
Grip
Brought On Sciatic
Rheumatism.
Nervous Prostitution
Followed.
DR.. Miles Nervine Gave
Back Health.

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with sciatic rheumatism and nervous prostra-
ton brought on by severe attack of La
Grippe, The rheumatic pains were SO Sc
we're at times that it was impossible for me to
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two of our best physicians in attendance,
took all the advertised remedies for troubles
of this kind but gotno help whatever until
took DR.. Miles Restorative Nervine. Six
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can say with clear conscience that it was
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II was taken with pain in my heart and
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pressed feeling in my chest that / could
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until friend recommended DR.. Miles Heart
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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-03-10
Not the LlneviIle Burglar.

Miss Floy Rockhold arrived home
from her trip to Omaha last Friday and
reports that the man under arrest is
Frank Hutchinson, formerly of Mercer,
but not the fellow who burglarized and
robbed the Rockhold and other Line
vile residences on the night of the 23d
of last April. Hutchinson is large and
heavily built man, while the fellow who
entered the Rockhold home was under
sized and thin. Hutchinson is under
arrest at Omaha for committing several
robberies and burglaries last spring in
that city, among which was that Of the
Mayor of Omaha, whom he robbed of
$500 in money and valuable watch.
He is known by the police as the "Tea-
pot Burglar" as he carries lighted
candle in teapot when ransacking a
house instead Of using a dark lantern
The police also regard him as one of the
coolest, boldest and most dangerous
criminals they ever encountered Line.
vile Tribune.