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The Dolores star., 1904-03-04

First comes the doctor. then the lawyer
then the undertaken. then the lawyer
again.
The Dolores star., 1904-03-04

Can you live on 90 cents a day?" asks
the Chicago News. We can If our credit
holds out.
The Dolores star., 1904-03-04

to borrow
The Dolores star., 1904-03-04

Stops the Cough and
Works on the Cold
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Price25c.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-10-22
In a Lions Mouth.

Not ali of the delights of spring are
for the country boy. We who live in
the city have host of them, and can
see many strange and pleasing sight
If we keep our eyes open. A few
days ago. while riding my. bicycle
down Madison avenue, I heard the
twittering Of sparrows, and, looking
up, saw in the mouth of the stone lion
on the corner Of the building of one
of the city's prominent clubs the re-
mains of last years nest, and two
sparrows getting ready to build a
new one for this year.
It was such novel place for a bird
to choose for housekeeping that I
stopped and made a sketch of it.
While standing on the opposite corner
sketching, the policeman of that
"beat" came over to talk with me.
He seemed pleased that I should have
noticed the birds. He said that the
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-10-22

Seals, according to the crew of the
antarctic exploring ship Discovery, are
abundant near the south POLE They
are very tame and can be dubbed by
anyone without showing more fight
than opening their jaws and making
a harsh noise. They are possessed of
extraordinary vitality and are not easy
to kill. Antarctic seals are not pro-
vided with marketable fur. The skins
Of the majority of seals in the antarc-
tic regions show an extraordinary
number of cicatrices, some old and
some recent, which for some time
have been a puzzle to biologists. 1t
is question whether they are the re-
suit of warfare among the bull seals
or are caused by attacks of some mon
ster not yet known to science Some
light has been shed on this subject by
the discovery Of remains of an ordi-
nary seal in the stomach of a sea leop-
ard, which is provided with a very
fierce set of teeth, quite in keeping
with the possible habit of feeding on
other seals.
A kind of penguin, the adele, is
laugh-provoking bird. Adelies are
most inquisitive and at times are in
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-10-22
The Benefit of PRAYER

not the power to pray that life may
return to the body; but who can tell
how many ca1amities may have been
avoided by spiritual suggestion? To
deny that instances of answers to.
prayer have occurred is, in the opinion
of the present writer at least, to shut
ones eyes to evidence.
The explanation of the whole mat
ter which commends itself to our
mind is this-that prayer is bene-
cent force to which our instinct bears
witness. That which we so dimly re-
alize, our Lord, with His infinitely
greater spiritual sensitiveness, clear
ly saw-so clearly that He could hard
ly find words strong enough to ex-
press His meaning, or to impress it
upon the minds Of His followers. He
speaks as though those who pray put
in motion some force whose working
is as certain as that of any law OF
nature, and He teaches this as part
of the Christian faith. But exactly
how that law works we do not know,
and He did not explain. Why He did
not every man must decide for him.
self in accordance with the dogmatic
medium through which he is able to
receive the Christian verify.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-10-22
The Rat and the Dove.

There can be no doubt that strong
attachments are formed between ami
mails, and that they are capable of
emotions of pity and acts of generos-
ity, not only toward their own kind.
but even toward creatures of another
species.
A gentleman who had a great num-
Der of doves used to feed them near
the barn. At such times not only
chickens and sparrows, but also rats,
were accustomed to come and share
the meal. ;ne day he saw large
rat fill it's cheeks with kernels of corn
and ruiz TO the coach house, repeating
this performance several times. On
going over to Investigate, he found a
lame dove eating the corn which the
rat had brought.
Such an action on the part of human
beings would be looked upon as a
charitable desire to relieve the neces-
stiles of helpless cripple-and we
must also so consider it in the case
of the rat.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-10-22
Life Near South Pole

such hurry to follow up a clew that
they will scramble along the ice on
the belly, pushing with their legs and
using their flippers alternately like
the paddle of a canoe. They get over
the ground at an astonishing rate and
it is hard work to overtak9 a penguin
when it takes to this means Of loco
motion, especially when it doubles. In
the water the penguin is perfectly at
home, diving and steeplechasing in
grand style. He can jump clean out
of the water and pop down on the ice
exactly like someone coming up
through trapdoor on the stage and
dropping on his feet. The penguins col
lect in enormous numbers and are
sometimes seen marching about like
regiment Of soldiers in Indian file,
all acting in unison.
A much larger penguin, the emperor,
weighs sixty or seventy pounds and
stands we'll over three feet high. 1t
possesses the most extraordinary mus
cular powers in it's fippers. When
presented with the end of a ski stick
the emperor gives it such a smack
that ones hands Jingle. At the same
time it utters an angry cultural ex-
clamatiOn.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-10-22

The undoubted habit of civilized
men and women the world over to
resort to prayer when in acute dis
tress, no matter what their religion
may be, gives evidence of a human
instinct which neither argument nor
disappointment is able to eradicate.
Pursuing this line of reasoning, re-
cent contributor to the London Spec
tator points out that those who desire
to be delivered from some sudden
pain or peril do not ask to have words
found for them in which they may ex-
press themselves, and they do not turn
to the Lords Prayer or the Bible.
Christ suggested to all men to pray
every day for the means of livelihood,
and His followers, by their own ac-
count, prayed for temporal blessings.
Our Lord himself-with the reserva-
ton of complete obedience to Gods
will-prayed fervently that the doom
He foresaw might be averted. Again,
it is almost impossible to distinguish
between spiritual and temporal bene-
fits, so complex is the world we live
in. Most men in the present day
simply could not pray for what seems
to them a miracle. When the doctor
tells US that life is extinct we have
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-10-22
Tragedy Of a Pet Rat.

once had for a pet a white rat
which was very cunning and mischiev-
Gus. One day, when papa and were
going to town, we stopped at a neigh
boris or business.
Mr.. S. and papa were. discussing
their business affairs when Mr.. S. be-
gan laughing and asked papa: What
is that thing" Papa looked around,
and there was that rat sitting on the
seat beside him, as contented as could
be. 1t had been in papa's pocket
had to carry it to town and get box
to bring it home in.
kept the rat in a cage, but it al
ways managed to get out and gnaw
the clothing. One day my sister and
I were driving, when I felt something
in my sleeve. 1t kept running up and
down my sleeve, and frightened me
so that I slipped off my jacket, and
out jumped the rat and ran under the
wheel and was killed instantly. How
it got into my jacket and remained
there so long without my knowing it
is mystery to this day.-Christian
Endeavor World.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-10-22
MiIe-a-Minute Flies.

It is easy enough to understand why
we have so much trouble in catching
that fly that comes buzzing aroun6
our ears when we stop to consider
that flies have been known to fly al
the rate of about two miles a minute
The common house fly moves at the
rate of twenty-five feet to the second
or about eighteen miles an hour
When frightened, though, the house
fly settles right down to business and
travels at the rate of 100 feet a sec
ond. If it should keep up this rapid
flight for a mile it would cover the
distance in exactly thirty-three sec
onds, or faster than any "lightning
express has ever moved.
The common humble bee blunders
along faster than a horse commonly
trots, and even the fairy-like butter
flies fit ahead of the fastest boy run.
ner without trouble. Indeed, insects
as rule fly faster than birds, so that
only few Of the cleverest birds can
catch them on the wing.
If you don't believe that an insect
can go like thanksgiving just knock
down hornets nest and try to get
away from a mad hornet that is com
ing for you. She'll show you!
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-10-22
See-Saw in Operation.

lead pencil in the end of spool of
thread so that it will stand upright.
Now get piece of very stiff blotting
paper and from it cut a strip two
inches wide and about a foot long.
On each end of this put a drop of
molasses or syrup.
Now balance the strip of blotting
paper, with the syrup side up, on the
point of the pencil. You should have
two players, although one will do.
Each player chooses an end of the
paper. In moment fly will alight
on one end, attracted by the syrup,
and that end Of the paper will go
down trif1e. Then another fly will
light on the other end, or perhaps sew
eral will come there for the sweets
and things will be reversed.
AS more flies come, alighting on the
ends, the paper will lean first this
way, then that, till it overbalarces
and falls to the tables. Then the
player whose end grew so heavy as to
cause the tumble wins.
We would not advise you to try this
in the house, but rather out of doors
in the warm sunshine, where the flies
will not bother any one.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-10-22
A Quiet Game,

II mother has asked you not to get
dirty after you have dressed for a
drive, and you do not know just what
to do to amuse yourself, get some one
to play the following little game with
you. 1t is very simple, but will help
the time to pass pleasantly:
Il see color you don't see,'' says
one.
What color may it be-" asks the
other.
1T may be pink (or some other COL
or in the room,) says the first in
quirer. Then he begins the question
ing. Is it the paper? The ribbon on
your hair? The pink in the dolls
dress? And so on, until happily the
guesser mentions the exact article of
pink that has been chosen The sue
cessful guesser than takes her turn
at saying, II see color that you don't
see.' -Washington Star.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-10-22

From the depths Of the green garden
Where the summer in darkness dozes,
tn autumn pluck from his hand
From the maze that a s,1ower-bc.t in
TO the stones and sea grass on the
How red was the reign Of the roses
over the fose-crowned land!
The year of the rose is brief;
From the first: blade down to the sheaf,
from the thin green leaf to the gold,
~, It has time to be sweet and grow old,
70 triumph and leave not leaf,
For witness in winters sight,
How lovers once in the light
Wcu!c mix their breath with it's breath;
And ITS spirit was quenched not of
AS love is subdued not of death. v,
In the red-rose land not a mile
OF the tha meadoWs fF9m stile to stile
But the air was long. sweet dream,
And the earth was a sweet wide smile,
Red-mouthed of a goddess, returned
From Sf,, the sea which had borne her and
That with one swift smile of her month
Looked full on the North as it yearned
And the North was more than the South,
For the North. when winter was long.
In his heart had made him a song.
And clothed it with wings of desire,
And shod it with shoon as Of fire,
To carry the tale of his wrong
To the southwest wind by the sea,
That who might bear it but he
To the ears of the goddess unknown,
That waits till her time shall be
To take the world for a throne?
In the earth beneath, and above
In the heaven where her name is love,
She warns with light from her eyes
The seasons of life they rise:
And her eyes are as eyes of dove.
But the wings that light her and bear
AS an eagles, and all her hair
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-10-22
A Chinese Story.


Two short-sighted men, Ching and
Chang, always quarreled over who
could see the best. Hearing that a
tablet was to be erected at neighbor-
ing temple, they determined to visit it
together and put their eyesight to the
test. Neither Ching nor Chang was
as honest as he might have been.
Each tried to get ahead Of the other,
so visited the temple by stealth.
Standing very close Ching read, ITO
the great men Of the past and the
future"
Chang also went, and peering closer,
read, ITO the great men of the past
and the future" In smaller letters he
read what had escaped Chings notice,
This tablet is erected by the family
of Ting"
On the day appointed, standing at
distance from which neither could
read, Ching exclaimed: 'tThe inscrip-
ton is TO the great men of the past
and the future.''
"True!" said Chang, "but there is
more. can see what you cannot.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-10-22
Wire Rope from Pompeii

Ropes made of various kinds of fiber
and leather are Of very ancient date.
Ropes of palm have been found in
Egypt in the tombs of Beni-Hassan
(about 5000 B. c., and on the walls of
these tombs is also shown the process
Of preparing hemp.
The Bible tells us that Samson was
bound with ropes and that the spies
sent by Joshua into Jericho we're let
down in a basket, presumably by
means Of rope.
At Nimrud, Assyria, a carved slab
showing the siege Of castle was
found, on which a soldier was repre-
sented in the act of cutting a rope to
which a bucket for drawing water
from a well outside the castle walls
was attached.
The wire rope is generally consid-
cred a modern invention, product Of
modern skill, and it will surprise many
to learn that its manufacture is really
a rediscovered lost art. >
Although the Assyrians practiced
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-10-22
Y e Al u. the Rose R D S J.

..SEs
AS fire,by the winds breath >curled:,
And her passage is song through tho
air, e..
And her presence is spring through the
So turned she northward and came. ~
And the white-thorn land was afame
With the fires that were shed from her
That the North. by her love made
Should be called by a rose-red name:
And a murmur was heard as Of doves.
And music beginning of loves ~
In the light that the roses made. =.
Such light as the music loves,
The music of man with maid.
But the days drop one upon one,
And a chill soft wind is begun
In the heart of the rose-red maze
That w:eps for the rose-leaf Gays
And the reign Of the rose undons
Hnd BY 5 spr a 1nf not IN f by aisht
Through the darkness thrilled with ito
st,ll ruled in the the vi 6:yss aa night.
The time of lovers is brief;
From the fair first joy to the grief
That tells when love is grown old,
From the warm wild kiss to the cold,
From the red to the white rose leaf,
They have but a season to seek
AS rose leaves lost on stream
That part not and pass not apart,
AS a spirit from dream to dream,
AS sorrow from heart to heart.
From the bloom and the gloom that in
closes
The death-bed Of love, where he dozes
Till relic be left not of sand,
To the hour-glass that breaks In tho
hand,
From the change in the gray garden
closes,
To the last stray grass Of the strand.
A rain and ruin of roses
Over the red-rose land.
-Algernon Charles Swinburne.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-10-22
Indoor Garden Patch.


This is source of endless delight
to little, girl just able to use her
needle.
The necessary requisites are small
square of green art denim, some pref
ty remnants of Powered chintz, and a
small box of tiny crystal beads. If
the little one is able to sit and use
her needle, she will take unlimited
pleasure in clipping the flowers and
foliage from the chintz and transfer
ring them to her square of green in
artistic and odd effects. The crystal
beads are good substitute for dew.
and with a little ingenuity can be
most effectively placed. When con-
pleted the garden patch can be utilized
for a pillow top, or can be made the
nucleus of quilt.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-10-22

Induce a shoemaker to give you a
piece of sole leather about 4 inches
square. Then with sharp knife trim
the corners away until the leather is
perfectly round, after which the bot
tom must be pared away smoothly,
say quarter Of an inch back from
the edge, until a good bevel is as
sured, resulting in a. very thin edge.
Bore a. hole through the center and
insert q piece Of strong cord. Tie a
knot in the, end, large enough to pre-
vent it slipping through the hole. and
cut off the supsrdllous end. s :.. A. \
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-10-22

GIovemakers Meet New Conditions.
A size glove today. is larger than
. size 6 glove five years ago, and this
applies to all the sizes made. The ,ex-
PLANTATION is that ladies' hands have
grown larger than they used to be-
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-10-22
HOW TO MAKE A SUCKER.

Soak the leather in water until it is
pliable. The softer the better. When
thoroughly soaked, place the leather
on top of half brick, press the leatn.
er hard against the surface with your
foot and then. carefully lift the brick
by means of the string.
If the work has been done properly
the square of leather you began work
with has been + transformed into a
sucker and you can surprise your play:
mates by lifting heavy articles with
the SinI Grant lOokinK 3iece of leather,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-10-22
A New Coin Trick,

Here is very simple little trick
which looks not at all easy and quite
as if the performer must be very skill
full indeed.
Take a silver coin, a quarter or q
half dollar, and pick it up by placing
the points of two pins one on either
side Of the coins edge. You may hold
the coin securely in this position il
you press firmly with both pins.
Now, blow smartly against the up.
per edge of the coin and it will fly
around and around, revolving With
great rapidity between the pins.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-10-22
Since Mother's Gone.

0tFIVVI 'S0T1Cs.
Since mothers gone I miss the smile
And gentle voice that used to cheer
My boyfsh heart. day after day,
And put to flight each care and fear
Which CHANGED to be along my way.
No more about the humble home
see her ply her daily care,
Or hear her sing some sacred song,
Or plead with God in fervent pray;r
For right to triumph over wrong.
love to hear some sacred song
or hallowed hymn she used to sing,
That to Him may firmly cling
Who was her comfort day by day.
The n1em'ry of her holy life
Remains to cheer me on my way,
Strengthens my soul as I press ON
Amid life's toll, from day to day,
10 that sweet place where mothers
gone. ~
-Alva N. Turner, in Washington Post.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-10-22

Still, the action of the car in iss,.
ing the manifesto providing that in
case of his death before the care
witch attains his majority. the Grand
Duke Michael shall become regent,
does not prove conclusively that the
emperor Is going to the front. -
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-10-22

Realizing that woman climber set
upon mountain top cannot be hid.
Miss Peck of Boston shows no dis
position to hide her light beneath a
bushel.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-10-22

Hazel Belle Melvin of Hudson, N.
H., boasts of hydrangea which was
planted the day she was born and
which now has 129 blossoms. But
that doesn't give away the secret of
Miss Eazel's age.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-10-22

the art OF wife beating, no, evidence
has been found to indicate that, they
used wire for making rope.
The excavations at Pompeii have,
however, brought to light piece Of
bronze wire rope nearly fifteen feet
long and about one inch in circumfer-
ence. This rope is now in the museo
Borbonico at Naples.
It consists of three strands laid
spirally together, each strand beinx
made up Of fifteen wires twisted to-
gether, and it's construction does not.
therefore, differ greatly from that of
wire ropes made to-day.
Pompeii was buried A. D. 70. 1928.
years ago, but how long wire ropes
had then been. known it is Impossible
to tell, though, Judging by the knowl-
edge shown in the construction, It NAV
be safely concluded that they had.
been known for considerable time
AS to the use of rope tramways. it
is said that they were in use as early
as 1644.-Philadelphia Record. -
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-10-22

man has been discovered in the
south of France who remembers see.
ing Napoleon cross the Alps. Some
body will turn up some day who re-
members seeing old Russell Sage
come across"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-10-22
How Elephants Gather Fruit.

The elephant (says Capt. Skies, il
his book on the Tropical Nile'') does
not bother to pick fruit singly off g
tree, but will but the trunk with such
force that all the ripe fruit is shaken
off. He then picks it off the ground
with his trunk and pops it into his
mouth. His favorite species is the
wild plum, though he will eat many
other fruits.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-10-22

The young Count Won Arnim, Just
killed in battle with the natives OF
South Africa, once threatened Bis.
marck with a challenge to duel, but
as Bismarck was sensible the young
man lived to die in the battle with the
Hamakari.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-10-22

sparrows had been keeping house
there for several years.
He had often stopped to watch them
build their nests, and later feed their
little ones, which later would play
around the Tons head, sitting ON his
nose or eyebrows\as saucily as could
be, as much as to say: You may
look fierce, but-who's afraid?"-St.
Nicholas.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-10-22

The Newport society leaders who
are setting the fashion of short skirts
for fall suits are probably Indifferent
to the fact that at last they are doing
something that will meet with gen
erai popular approval.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-10-22

II was kind OF the kaiser to give his
American-built yacht Meteor, of which
he is tired, to the crown prince: but
will she be fast enough for such a
speedy youth?
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-10-22

King Edward would doubtless feel
f1attered' if he could know what wide
attention his double-creased trousers
are attracting in tie editorial columns
of the newspapers of the United
States.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-10-22

The man who is fool enough to hunt
trouble is scarcely man enough to
face it after his search has been re-
Warded.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-10-22

1t is quite evident that there is no
meat strike in China, for we read that
the dowager empress is reducing her
household expenses.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-10-22

" Venezuela has entered suit against
an asphalt company for 100000 boil
'ivars. The exact value of a *bolivar"
IS unknown to us, but we are always
willing to learn.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-10-22

Now that he has taken UP smoking,
1T is up to Edward Atkinson to invent
a tobacco consumer that will give
three times the smoke with half the
material. t.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-10-22

During fire in New York hotel
woman dressed herself in less than
fifteen minutes. The record will doubt
less stand for eternity.