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The Cook County herald., 1905-11-25
He Wanted Music ANYWAY,

Thomas Sellers, noted double bass
player of Boston, was engaged to
play for Hibernian picnic at one of
the harbor resorts, and was ordered
to be at certain wharf to take the
boat. The morning of the picnic was
cold and rainy and Mr.. Sellers at first
hesitated about going, but later pu,
the rubber cover over his bass and
started.
Arriving at the wharf, he found that
he was the only member of the orches
ira foolish enough to start, and had
about made up his mind to return
when he noticed small Irishman
with long Prince Albert coat, big
badge and tall hat coming toward him
in the rain.
Swelling with pride, and disappoirt-
ed at not finding crowd to show his
authority, he accosted Sellers in the
following manner: Are you one OF
the musichanes?'
Il am,'' was the response.
We'll, I'm one of the committee,
and I want you to take the skin OF
that thing and give us a thune.''
The Cook County herald., 1905-11-25
The Dear Old DAYS.

Gimme back the dear old days-all the
boy stood on the burnin' deck" an
"Bingen on the Rhine.''
Twas midnight; in his guarded tent
We spoke it high and low,
While Mary trotted out that lamb whose
fleece was white as snow!''
Gimme back the dear old days that
Mem'ry loves to keep,
With ''Pilot, tits a fearful night-there' :
danger c. the deep!"
The old-time, awkward gestures-thc
jerk meant for a bow
We said that ''Curfew should not ring -
but Lord, it's ringing now!
Gimme back the dear old days-the path
way through the dells
To the schoolhouse in the blossoms; the
sound of zfar-off bells - ..-
TinkliR 'crost the meadows; the song OF
-, the bird an brook; - =
The old-tim dictionary, an the blue ba ok
spellin' book! ~ X.
Gone, like dream forever.-A, city's hie
the place ss%$
Where stood the OF log schoolhouse; an,
no familiar face s5.T -
Is smilin. there in welcome beneath a
mornin' sky ~ Sss ssfs5s
we've crossed. an said tGoodby.....
AtlantA Constitution.
The Cook County herald., 1905-11-25
Land Deficient in Fertility,

Inc qnestlQns is often asked, How
can l tell when my land is deficient in
fertility?" The questioner seems to
think that there is some rule that
can be laid down by which all ques.
tions of the kind can be solved. The
students of soils would have been glad
long ago to have found some short
way of arriving at conclusions regard
ing fertility Of soils. There is, how.
ever, no such short method possible.
1t takes long series of experiments
to determine what qualities, if any,
are lacking in the soil. This is usual
ly done by planting rows of different
kinds of vegetables and then fertiliz-
ing strips crossways, using one kind
of commercial fertilizer in each strip.
This requires years of time and care
full records, but it is the only certain
way known of determining what kind
of fertility land needs--Weston Sin.
clair, Buffalo Co., Wis, in Farmers
Review.
The Cook County herald., 1905-11-25
MAKING THE WINDMILL SECURE
Precautions to Prevent Violent Strain
-. on Barn Frame.

Precautions to Prevent Violent Strain
on Barn Frame.
A heavy steel tower and windmill
built on barn frame makes a con-
siderable weight for the timbers to
bear. 1t is well to have the tower SO
thoroughly braced as to be perfectly
rigid. Three twisted wire cables can
be used for guys to run from the top
of the tower to heavy anchor posts set
deeply in the ground. These guys will
keep the tower rigidly in position and
prevent any strain on the barn frame
in a violent windstorm.
The sketch and the following de-
scription will fully explain:
Two of the tower corner posts (E)
rest on the main cross beam The
other two (F) rest upon the purlin,
shown at G. The vertical shaft runs
down alongside the purlin to the beam
at A. The bevel foot gear is located
here, and this runs the horizontal
shaft.
The vertical shaft is of cold rolled
spring steel, one inch in diameter. The
line shafting is of the same material,
one and one-half inches in diameter.
and runs through three adjustable
hangers. Wood split pulleys of prop
er diameter and face are adjusted Cd
The Cook County herald., 1905-11-25
Odorous Substances Lose Weioht,


A French scientist has submitted to
the Paris Academic des Sciences some
instructive measurements of the loss
Of weight which odorous substances
sustain in giving out their character
is1ic smells. He determined that
grain of iodoform lost in an hour one
mi'lionth part of its weight At this
rate the substance would lose in one
year $3.50 millionths, or less than one
hundredth part of a milligram. There
lore, it would require more than ia
wears for a single milligram to be
used up in odorous emanations alone.
When one remembers the pungent ef-
ficac! of that odor one cannot but be
astounded at the fact. These remark
able figures are, however, far sur
passed in the case of musk, which in
using up milligram of it's substance
for scenting purposes would occupy
something approaching 100000 years.
The Cook County herald., 1905-11-25
AGRICULTURE
A Homemade Post Driver.

A Homemade Post Driver.
Fence building, where the posts are
driven by hand maui, is a pretty
strenuous proposition the fellow
who drives the posts. Have you stood
on the wagon, or a box and putting all
your strength into the stroke of the
maui missed the end of the post and
Immediately found yourself top end
down with your feet playing spectacu-
lar gyrations in the air and your legs
doing double time in trying to olsen
tangle themselves from the post along
side of which you are planted with
head and shoulders jammed tight to
the base? l have. It's very funny
for the other fellow. The maui is all
right where there are only few posts
to drive or some to "settle" after the
winters freezing and the spring thaw-
ing, but where there is fence to build
some more handy and practical de-
vice >is desirable. If you are going to
build any fence this year, or any 9th
er, it will pay you to have such an
arrangement as is shown in the illus
tration for driving the posts:
Nearly every farmer in the west has
more or less fence to build every year
and in most sections the posts for
such fences are driven instead of be-
ing set into dug holes. Where the
nature of the soil will permit it this
is the quickest and cheapest way, and,
where driver is used, the easiest
way, as well. The cut shows a rear
end view of home made post driver
that acts on the same principle as a
pile driver, that is easily and cheaply
constructed and that will drive the
post quickly with a minimum expen-
diture of energy on the part of the
operator. The whole outfit is made
to set on the running gears of a farm
wagon having the ordinary height of
Wheel The frame with the driving
maui is intended to extend two feet
or more beyond the rear axle. The
bed pieces IS" should be made of
sound timber 6xS inches, and Sx10
inches is none too heavy to make q
rigid frame that will not give n trou-
blesome vibration from the jar of
the maui. These side frame pieces
IS" are framed together at the for
ward end and at about feet from the
rear end by pieces of same dimensions
long enough to have the upright guide
pieces "g' set two feet apart when
placed flush with IS" at bottom. The
uprights "g' are framed into the bed
The Cook County herald., 1905-11-25
OLD NAMES DIE OUT
CURIOUS POINTS IN DECAY OF
NOBLE FAMILIES.
No Descendants Left Of Men Whose
Deeds Adorn the Pages Of English
History-Nature Seems to Set Limit
to Glory Of One Line.

The recent death of young noble
man, who, to recall very old phrase,
had during his short life been appar-
nelly possessed Of more money than
wit, reminds one again, il, indeed. re-
minder be necessary, that many and
many an ancient family has either
entirely passed away or has fallen
from its former high estate.
The curious thing about such de-
cadence is that the families of illus
trious men are somewhat prone to de-
terioration, reminding one of the say
ing that when a human race has given
birth to it's bright consummate flower
There is not now living single de-
ecendant in the male line Of Chaucer,
Shakespeare, Spenser, Milton, Cowper,
Butler, Dryden. Pope, Cowley, Gold
smith, Scott, Byron or Moore; not one
of Sir Philip Sidney, or, believe OF
Sir Walter Raleigh; not one of Drake.
Cromwell, Hampden, Monk, Peter
borough or Nelson: not one OF Stat
ford, Ormonde, or Clarendon; not one
of Addison, Swift or Johnson; not one
of Bolingbroke, Walpole, Chatham,
Pitt, Fox, Burke, Grattan, Canning, or
Disraeli; not one Of Bacon, Locke.
Newton or Davy; not one Of Hume,
Gibbon or Macaulay; not one of Ho-
garth, Sir Joshua Reynolds; not one
of David Garrick, John Kemble or Ed
mund Kean.
1t should be remembered that many
of the families of the above mer-
toned illustrious band simply died
out; but in the case of: large number
Of this country's old families the de-
cadence or disappearance can too Oft
en- be laid to other causes, for it has
we'll been said that the ruin of great
families may very generally be traced
to personal extravaganza, gradual de-
cay, electioneering, contests, expen-
sive ostentation or the alienation OF
estates through heiresses.
sFors sInstanee,1a letter appears sinathe
Gentleman's Magazine for December
1889, in which mention is made of the
family of Conyers, famous landowners
IN the north country. but one of whose
last representatives squandered his
| whole fortune in scenes of the loves.
dissipation, and whose uncle and heir
Thomas Conyers. was found living in
his 72d year as pauper in the parish
workhouse of Chester-le-st, whittier he
had come after life perhaps of much
imprudence, certainly of much hard
ship. after an unsuccessful attempt in
humble business and subsequen,
service of several years at sea-
Again. descendants of the great
Plartagenets were said in the seven
teenth century to be following the
trade of cobblers, while in compare
lively recent times an alleged descend
ant of Edward ILL., was found in the
person of a sexton at West Enc
| church.-London Queen.
The Cook County herald., 1905-11-25
Auto Bank to Collect Deposits.

The scampering cashier hereafter
can fee Canadaward in a bank of his
own. This motor bank, for which
patents have been issued, is an elec-
tric car to be built of chilled steel,
with double walls, with one-half inch
space between. In one corner is To-
Gated burglar proof safe, while desk
and working room for several clerks
are also provided. The car has a
touring radius of fifty miles and will
cost over $4,000. 1t is to be used by the
hank in collecting from derositors,
especially from shopkeepers at night,
and is to be sent to various parts OF
the city to receive deposits of com
mercial and savings accounts. This
can be done with perfect safety since
'he automobile bank is to be absolute
~ burglar proof
The Cook County herald., 1905-11-25
THOUGHT II WAS HuBBrs HAT.
Wtfe's Heety Action the Cause Of
Much IribuIstion,

Wtfe's Heety Action the Cause Of
Much Tribuiztion.
Charles Bloomingdele, the novelist,
was relating some of the pleasant
green room gossip for which he is re-
nowned.
There is one actor" he said.
whose wife has a mania for making
waste baskets out OF silk hats. It is
impossible for this man ever to have a
second.best t1le-a tile for stormy days
and traveling-for no sooner does he
bring new one home than his wife
turns the old one into dainty waste
basket confection with pale blue lin
ing and baby ribbon rosettes.
..The lady came downstairs one
morning rather early. Her husband
still slept. AS she passed through the
hall she perceived on the table very
shabby hat, while on the rack hat
brilliant and handsome hung.
"tAha!' she said, James has
bought new tile. Well, it was time.
I'll confscate this shabby old thing
And with it she retired to her sew
ing room. 1t was the work of a mo-
ment there to snip of the brim, tear
out the shabby white lining and insert
new lavender one, tack on two laven-
der loops for handles, and
But loud, hurried, scufling noises
were now to be heard downstairs, and
a maid fastened in, breathless, vexed.
"'Oh, madam she said, the piano
tuner is in a dreadful temper. He
says he can't find his silk hat no
where's. And he left it in the hall, he
savs.'"
The Cook County herald., 1905-11-25
Bridge Whist an Absorbing Game.

Bridge Whist an Absorbing Game.
The following is being told "on" a
Kansas City couple, whose marriage
was announced recently The young
man persuaded the girl to marry him
While they were in another town on
an excursion trip. They came home
and for two weeks told no one of their
secret One night they were playing
bridge whist with the girls parents.
They had decided to spring their sur
prise that night. and the young man
was trying all through the game to
get up nerve enough to do so. Finally
he screwed his courage up. In the
middle of a hand he turned to the
girls father and said:
I've something to tell you. Grace
and l were married three weeks ago."
A look of anger spread over the
fathers face. Glaring across the board
at the girls mother, he said:
Hang it, Hattie! What made you
lead that ace? You've lost us another
trick.'-Kansas City Times.
The Cook County herald., 1905-11-25
Manifestlv lmpossible.

1t is notorious that French juries-
aye, and French judges, too-are not
wholly Indifferent to feminine charms.
But really the latest story on this sub
ject seems a little "steep."
The story is that a young and love-
ly actress declined to take part in a
"curtain-raiser," and was consequently
sued for breach of contract
Her counsel had a brilliant idea. He
pointed to the slender figure of the
charming defendant, and asked how
any manager could be SO brutal as to
order this delicate lady de lever lie
rideau-to work the machinery of a
heavy theatcr curtain! d..
And, without the slightest hesitation
the court decided to give her a YER
dict with costs. Sketch.
The Cook County herald., 1905-11-25
Wanted Trick Played Aoain.

A traveller entered the dining room
of a leading hotel in Colorado Springs
the other day and, after he was served
with soup he drew a two-dollar bill
from his pocket and showed it to the
waiter, saying:
Jim, shall be here until next We'd
nesday night and then this will ne
yours .
"All right, sir, I'll take the best=care
of you, sure,'' replied the waiter
And he did serve the traveller ex-
cellently. It happened that on Wed
nesday morning the traveller was hast
lily summoned to Denver and it was
six weeks before he returned to tie
Colorado Springs hotel. Presently his
former waiter, whom he had forgotten
along with the incident. came up to
him and said: IA
s Say, boss, please play that two
dollar trick on your new waiter, TO,
he's de meanes' man what's in de
whole house. Under tie SpreaaSns
Chestnut-Tree, Everybodys Na:sa
Eina
The Cook County herald., 1905-11-25

pieces at the extreme rear end and
should be of AKA or 4x6 inch STUFF
They may be IL or IA feet high. With
a we'll weighted maui IL feet is ample.
Care should be taken in selecting the
material for these upright pieces
which are to act as the guide for the
slides for the heavy maui and they
should be of straight grained stun
that will not warp. From the top of
these pieces are run other pieces AKA
to the front of the frame to act as
braces. Other short braces are placed
on each side frame framed into 'g"
about 3 feet up and into IS" about 3
feet forward. The windlass "w''
made by rounding of the edges OF an
Sx8 or 10x10 inch timber is placed
three-fourths of the way from the rear
to the front. Run square iron rod
through the center of the piece and
round it where it rests in its bearings
on either side. The handle ''f'' may
be an extension of the same rod.
rounded at the handle.
cross bar shown at &C. is nailed
on or framed into the two side tim.
bers that run from the top OF e" to
the bed frame to near the front end
On this cross piece CO.. is bolted the
trip block, indicated at st b." This
extends far enough toward the center
OF the upright frame "g,' ''g,'' to touch
the end of the trip hook, which is To-
Gated at the point shown by It h."
Thus, when the maui is elevated until
the trip hook is released from the ring
in the maui the driving maui falls un-
impeded by the weight of the rope on
the end of the post being driven. In
the small cut the pattern of the trip
bar is shown "o," and the manner of
connecting the maui to the rope at
Tackled to the guide bar by the ring
bolt shown at On reaching the
The Cook County herald., 1905-11-25
ORIGIN OF THE sTATE.RooAa.
Mississippi River Captain the First to
-.-,- Introduce. idea. - +

ia.- Introduce idea. S
According to Representative Aldrich
OF Alabama, the origin of the term
"state-room" was on this wise: '
Down in Louisiana is the thriving
city of Shreveport The man after
whom the city was named was old
Capt. Shreve, who used to run some,
of the finest craft that ever carried
the travelling public up and down the
Mississippi river. Capt. Shreve was
progressive sort of old fellow, and he
believed in giving the passengers the
best possible appointments; and his
boats were the most luxurious that
were ever piloted on the famous water
thorOughfare. There used to be Ordi-
nary hunks on the line, the crudest
kind of berths. Shreve made up his
mind that something better was de-
manded, and that the more luxurious
night travel was made the more eraf-
flc there would be on his liners. So
he had number of rooms built on his
boats for night travellers. Then the
idea suggested itself to him that in
| stead of numbering the ROOMS he
| would give each of them a name. This
was done forthwith. He was a patri
otto soul and he named the rooms
after the great commopwealths
through which the Father of Waters
Travelled. There, for instance, was
the Mississippi room, the Arkansas
| room, the Louisiana room. the Mis-,
souri, room and so ON down the list OF
states. In booking these names fcr
| passengers he called them state
rooms,' hence the now universal ex
preston. n.-Mariner'S Advocate.
The Cook County herald., 1905-11-25
Puts the Weight on the Shoulders.

effective the chest strap is arranged
TO slide upon the shoulder strap in
front, but riveted at the back. The
brace has a yoke at the end whicn
bears against the wearer. At the 9TH
er end is an attachment having hand
grip on one side and a socket on the
other to receive the handle of the lug
gage to be carried. By this arrange
mert valise. grip or other article OF
similar form can be suspended from
the handle of the device and easily
carried. the wearer not being annoyed
or having his progress retarded by
the luggage coming in contact with
his limbs. A comparatively heavy ar
1icle can thus be carried without in
convenience.
The Cook County herald., 1905-11-25
Fall fertiIizino.

Fall fertilizing is advisable in
some cases and not in others.
It is not wise to apply it to
the orchard in the fall, lest It start
a fall growth of new wood, which will
fall an easy prey to the cold of win
ter. If the orchard is fertilized at all
in the fall, it should be after all the
leaves have fallen, when the danger
of starting a new growth is past. The
land that has to be used for a vegeta-
bic garden should be fertilized in the
fall, so that the ground may be in
shape to receive the crop the first
thing in the spring, and the fertility
will be in shape for the plants to lay
hold of as soon as their roots have
developed.
The Cook County herald., 1905-11-25
kuRps QUICK TO GIVE BATTLE
Ready Fighting Follows Attempted
Theft Of Sheep.

Theft Of Sheep.
Col. P. H. H. Massey tells OF this
battle which he witnessed in the
course of his explorations in Asiatic
Turkey. The cause of the fight was
an attempted theft of sheep. He says:
"Some f1ocks were being driven of
across the Sipkanli Kurds' border
when the usual alarm signals, shots
fired and smoke fires kindled at all
the villages around, brought clouds
of horsemen gslloping wildly across
in that direction. This did not look
very reassuring in the middle of SO
wild country, where human life is
never worth that of a good sheep. but
we soon perceived, by the yelling
kurds with grinning faces who dashed
past US, that fo Us no harm was 1n-
tended.
I'VE reached the village not far from
which the battle was raging to find the
fiat roofs occupied by all the women.
Quite regardless of stray bullets they
followed the fluctuating fortunes of
their side amid the din of their own
shrill tongues. which almost drowned
the laundering reports of the Kurdish
powder, anything but noiseless or
smokeless.
ut was soon over. The fOcks were
triumphantly brought back, together
with the bodies of a few dead Kurds
and some others wounded. We passed
on amid the wailing of the women just
widowed in fight for few sheep"
The Cook County herald., 1905-11-25

The size of porch for house as
mentioned is governed by conditions,
and Surroundings Ask the advice OF
a carpenter. The foundations should
go down in ground deep enough to
prevent the frost heaving them. The
concrete for walls of porch is mixed
eight parts gravel to one part Portland
cement, and the floors are laid in two
coats. The first coat from two to three
inches thick is mixed with six of grav-
Ell to one part cement and the top
coats two parts coarse sand to one
part cement. One barrel of Portland
cement will build forty cubic feet OF
wall when mixed eight parts gravel
ard stone filters are used. A barrel
of cement will lay eighty square feet
of floor as described above.
The Cook County herald., 1905-11-25
Rice PAPER,

Most of our readers have seen
rice paper. which is quite
largely imported from China. This is
made from plant botanically known
as ''fatsia papyrifera." The part used
is the pulp, which is split open and
pressed fiat, after which it is dried.
1t is used for painting on and also for
pen work. An attempt is to be made
to grow it in this country, and it has
been imported into Florida. The plant
belongs to the same family as gin.
seng.
The Cook County herald., 1905-11-25
MINNESOTA, SATURDAY

top the trip block It b" touches the
end Of the bar Co. % throwing it down
ward and Withdrawing the lower point
from the ring bolt IT set into the
end of the driving maui as shown in
the outline. This outline ''m," of the
driving maui also shown at N" the
groove that is cut from each side to
fit over the uprights ''g" This maui
may be made of well seasoned oak,
apple. walnut, hickory,Eor other heavy
woods. If extra weight is required
heavy plates Of iron may be attached
to the driving block. The cross bar
marked Guide is necessary to keep
the trip bar co.. always in position to
strike the trip block It b. Where a
new line Of fencing is being put up
the wagon is driven astride the line.
The post "P" is placed in position and
The Cook County herald., 1905-11-25
Methods Of British Fruit Growers.

British fruit growers are meeting
foreign competition by new methods
1t has been discovered that the, 3leld
of the small trees can be increased l.y
growing in pots under glass. Irriga-
ton on a large scale by means of wells,
gas-driven pumps and an extensive dis
trlbution of hose piping is also being
employed. The old round boxes which
the purchaser of fruit had to return to
the seller are being discarded for
lighter receptacles which need not be
returned. sa: 81 d
The Cook County herald., 1905-11-25
Death to Field Mice.

The Pasteur institute of Paris has
again done a valuable service to the
the field mice, which in the Charentes
have multiplied at a terrific rate, and
done enormous harm. The Danysz
virus, as. it is called, if properly dis
tributed, kills SO per cent of the mice
in two weeks. 1t causes a contagious
disease resembling typhoid, which is
innocuous to all living beings except
mice and rats. ts