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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-01-28

Foley was the unluckiest cuss in
the colony; this was the verdict OF
the street which the boys stood ready
to prove with any number of pic
turesque facts. lis Foley. in this
deal?" they would ask, cause if he
is, it let's me out He's Jonah. ne
is" Jest though it was, it began TO
have it's effect on Foley. He grew
discouraged and low-spirited. Now
when a man loses faith in himself
he's in a very bad way. Courage 70
dare and do are born of confidence.
One day something wonderful hap
pened Dick Foley struck the lot
terry and won the capital prize.
The news went the rounds OF can
tinas, hotels and restaurants, the boys
telling it with thrilling detail.
Where did he get the price?" Not
even Stanley, his best friend, could
answer this. Yet it was Stanley, next
to Dick, himself, who could tell most
about it.
At the hour when the big lottery
building caught the blaze Of the mid
day sun, Stanley, sauntering by on
the shady side of the street, spied
Foley. He seemed faint, and was
leaning heavily against one OF the
pillars.
Hello, Dick!" he called OUT jovial-
ly, "don't you know better than to
stand in a sun like this?'
Then catching sight of Foley's white
face, "Why, man, you look as if you'd
seen a ghost!"
so l have,' said Dick, *and it's
brought me $60,000."
Look here, old chap, believe
you're light-headed. This sun and
too many copitas will do it, sure"
For answer, Foley put into Stanley's
hand ticket.
Read this, and that" pointing to
the figures on the board opposite.
Now tell me if the worlds topsy-
turvy and I've lost my head entirely"
Stanley looked at the ticket, then
at the board; again he read the tick
et
by the Lord Harry, you've struck
it, Foley. Shake, old chap, and tell
me how you did it,"
Foley. It was the unanimous opinion
that he didn't behave at all like man
just snatched from poverty. Not
dinner had he given to celebrate the
windfall, nor, strangest of all, had he
taken up any of the ''dead.sure" prop
ositions that had been Literally thrown
at his feet.
Dick Foley, with all his hard luck,
still retained a conscience. This
prize ticket had come to him in such
an unusual way that he was quietly
making an effort to find the rightful
owner. For three weeks there had
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-01-28
= You hoped that would neve,
rnmo IhdO mt, h1o ~ a ~,n,, 4s~T11ho,,' 4

You hoped that / would neve,
come. do not blame you. When |:
read your notice in the paper i knew
l was right in taking you for an hon
est man. / heard all you said to
your friend in the street car, and felt
a sudden impulse to help you. The
ticket was all laI had. i could only
hope that it would win prize. Later
I might have given you q lot of trou.
BILE. Now I never shall. It is all
yours. Do with it as you wish" VI
H. - =
Il The knocking ceased, and Stanley's
swrathful voice rose above the tran
som. e..
Here's a letter, if you'll wake up
long enough to read it, H.
Dick rubbed his eyes,, stretched his
long arlns#above his head, and CROP
ed, his way to the door. Still under
the influence, of that strangely realis-
tic dream, he reached out hesitating
hand for the letter.
No need now to shake himself, rub
his eyes and look at Stanley to real
ize that this, at least, was no dream.
Nor was Unnecessary to read the let
ter over again and again. He knew
1T by heart at the first reading. The
writer began by saying that serious
illness had prevented her from an
swering his advertisement sooner. She
thanked him for the trouble he had
taken to return that which came to
him by accident, but ignored the fact
that she had placed the ticket in his
lap. The number of the ticket and
the name of the car upon which the
incident had occurred, were given,
with other details, which established
her identity beyond a doubt, finally
adding: Il shall come for the money
On the 18TH" This was the 17th!
Foley's "bad quarter of an hour"
lasted all night. Every kind of demon
came to him with suggestions of how
he might keep the money and his
self-respect at the same time. But in
the end his sturdy conscience tri-
umphed. OF course, he must give it
up. That was what he meant to- do
all the time; else why had he taken
so: much trouble to find the owner?
When the morning of the 10th
;dawned, Stanley, who had been told
all the circumstances of the ticket,
was as much excited as Foley; but
no one came to claim the prize!
Three, six, ten days passed-the1
Dick declared the suspense must end.
He would find the little suburb from
= tNlseh<e the let+ar j, ad beenzsent md
make inquiries concerning the writer.
-
A long search through the rambling
village was at last, rewarded. The
portero who answered the summons
looked shocked when asked if the Sen
ora de Leon lived there. Had not
the senores heard tn at she died
twelve days ago? BY dint of much
questioning Foley learned that the
lady was without relatives and rather
eccentric-suf1ic explanation for
the unusual way fortune hao come to
him.
''It's yours" said Stanley, emphati-
cally, as they left the old house. Don't
have any more qualms Of conscience
on that point. But-may I never take
another cocktail if it isn't stranger
than digging for the treasure of the
Montezumas!"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-01-28

"Tou hoped that ! would never come" :"
fell, as if by accident, from her hand
into his lap. He called to her, but
she was hurrying through the car.
When he finally reached the platform
she was out of sight, and no one could
tell him in which direction she had
gone.
He looked at the paper; it was a
whole ticket in the lottery drawing
for the next day. At one time Dick
had squandered lot Of money on
these "fimsy fakes" as he called.
For all that this will ever bring
me / might as we'll throw it into the
street now." Two days later he STOP
ped to read the drawing. It was then
Stanley had found him. ..
Foley's 100000 was safely deposited
in the bank.
Doing him a powerful lot of good,''
g1umbled Stanley. "Some folks don't
know when they are lucky"
Four weeks had passed since the
drawing. No one had answered the
inquiry in the papers. Foley began
to feel as if it was already his. A few
days later, in writing to a friend, he
limited that brighter prospects were
ahead-,'best not say too much
then added aloud, "but !. l tell YOU
what it is, my lady, I'll give you Just
twenty-four hours more; If you don't
come forward then, you must forever
hold your peace; every centavo will
go into the best copper proposition
in this republic" ~
At that moment there came a.>gen-
tie rap on the door. It was opened,
and there stood before him the mys-
terious lady. The room swan; he
clutched the table to keep from falling.
He tried to speak; his voice was
hoarse and faint. Surely Fate could
not have dealt man q crueler blow.
The dark eyes seemed to read his
secret thoughts. When she spoke it
was in English with a decided Span
ish accent. .s.5, . 5za
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-01-28
He Got the Pass.

Down in Nebraska a few years
ago" said an ex-resident Of that state
yesterday, "a country editor wrote
to a railroad official in Omaha ask
ing him for pass to send his wife
back into Illinois to visit the old folks.
The railroad man replied saying that
he had never. heard Of the paper be-
fore, and he wanted to know what
circulation it had. He received this
reply: .is W.. >s..sZ s5:z. @ 8 ss5..:s. s.
/ Bus. NNfX paper goes into thirteen states
and territories and ! have hard work
to keep from going Il. hell.
q: The pass was imme ediately issued. s. 3,
Chicago Tribune
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-01-28
Remuneration,

DO right, sweetheart, and persevere
With steadfast eye and brow austere'
Apart our ways forever lie:
We must remember-you and T..
So shall we keep our conscience clear
And then. without reproach or fear
But. once-before we say eoodbv
Do write, sweetheart. 60.
Of course, in such exalted snhera e:
I do not care fond words to hear:
Yet in my heart is just one crv y, !: =
For one dear name before I die; / q
:: Do write ."sweetheart. :,
Carolyn Wells. nHsn1art Set. /
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-01-28

Fig. I. The, windmill attached to
p'uneer Of pump. i:
mill pumps one stroke. The fans OF
such mills are of duck along dag
onally opposite arms in such way
as to make a veritable screw. The
wheel is, 8 feet long and 10 feet in
diameter. The cost of this mill,
which lifted water from a 96-foot
well, both for house use and irriga-
ton, was ten dollars. The owner
found this form of milf quite satis-
factory, until trees grew up about it
to such an extent that the mill was
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-01-28

. You may use salt to good advantage
in Kidding your asparagus bed OF
quack grass. Use at the rate of three
hundred pounds per acre, spreading
through the rows. Isshould endeavor
to dig or hoe the grass roots from
:tmmed ediately around the asparagus in
order to be on the safe side and not
permanently injure the crowns of the
plants. s. 1 have never known Of salt.
being an injury to asparagus, but it
might be il used without discreet ion -.
C. p: H S. s. ).
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-01-28

The other Sunday two boys wer
industriously digging a q vacant lot,
when q man who was passing stopped
to, give them q lecture. B .<: !. B,
Don't yon know that It is 4 sim to
dig on Sunday except. It be d case y of
necessity :" asked the good man.
j Yes, sir, z timidly replied one 81
the boys. d # 3, 8 I. ss5s.
Then wis don't ,yon stop it?', t??',sIsss 8..#
!. ! !" Cause this IS s. case ofssnecessity.'
replied the little philosop fel,
Ter cant fish without bal t.,,,'5 g
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-01-28

Combines the Soap and Water.
cleaning fluid being pumped directly
into the brush where it is to be ap-
piled. The pressure is easily con-
trolled by means Of the valves ir the
handle OF the brush, as is also the
proportion of soap and water.
The inventor is Emile Wegland dit
IabOnte Of Montreal, Quebec.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-01-28

Fig. 2. Screw Jumbo Windmill, show
ing plan of construction. 80.
disqualified for use. Fig. 2 shows the
construction of the mill. The sails of
canvas are attached to arms of wood
VII Which are braced and tied together
with twisted wire. . 8 .5.5:s
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-01-28
!: :.piaunoleisi.,, !,

B softle eigh"I sag, doctah, do YOU
ayv--t think have the bwaln fevah q q
Doct indeed; but you have
thesfever. al t. 5
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-01-28
Ants in a Bee Hive


from carrying off honey from bee
hive? Do ants injure the bees apart
from robbing them?
Formerly l believed that the ants
we're cause of injury to the bees,
but I have now come to the conclu-
sion that they do little or no harm to
the colony. It is the warmth of the
cluster that attracts them rather than
the bees or honey. The ants disap-
pear as the colonies become stronger
and the weather becomes settled and
warm. But in the meantime, if you
wish to get rid of them it is easily
done. Locate their hills and make
several holes in them with crow
bar, Pour into each Of the holes a
small quantity Of gasoline or even
common kerosene oil is quite as ef-
fectiye. Plug up the holes and in a
day or two you will find all the ants
dead.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-01-28

The plant sent is the Bindweed
(Convolvus arvensis), introduced from
Europe. It is very deep-rooted per-
ennial with long twining stems and
with flowers about an inch in diane.
ter shaped like Morning Glory flow:
ers. Whenever found it has given
very much trouble, and nothing other
than actually digging out and con,
stant hoeing does any good, but the
hoefng must be very thorough and
deep. Every bit of the root should
be dug up. Then heavy seeding with
clover, rather than rye or any other
crop, would be advisable to help to
choke out any plants which might re.
main.--Exchange. -,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-01-28
Bindweed,

Observation-Disclosures is a weed
which threatens to ruin my orchard
Please tell me what it is and how best
to kill it out. The more hoeing it
gets the thicker it grows. l have
been advised to SOW rye in the Or
chard. Do you think it would kill it
out?
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-01-28
THE SCREW JUMBO WINDMILL.

Does the Work Well and costs but 4
# 81 u Is Few Dollars. >s< 5x
!. D: K.--There lis 9 homemade wind
mill called the "screw jumbo" IN .nse.
Will you kindly describe the con-
struction Of this mill? wish to
pump water for stock from . well 96
feet deep. Is .%$ s@; ...sss b 81 z =z sz !, G
!. The accompanying illustrations
represent the screw jumbo" wind
mill as shown in Nebraska bulletin
No. SO. devoted to homemade wind
mills. Fig 1. shows the windmill at.
tached :: to the plunger Of a pump.
Each revolution made by the wind.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-01-28

Weeds in Asparagus Bed. ~
> j. H.-An asparagus bed is becom.
ing overrun with twitch grass. Could
the grass be killed with salt without
injury to the asparagus? 4
Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-26
ITS RESPONSIBILITIES
Rev. C. c. Pierce, Memorial Baptist
Church

1t seems to us, though it may be fair
to suppose we are prejudiced, that no
land has so great cause for rejoicing
as the one in which we live. Should
we not, however, remember this, that
he who admits cause for thanksgiving
admits likewise a sense of response
bility commensurate with the reasons
for gratitude?
Our nation has great cause to con-
template the past and look upon the
present with feelings of pride, rejoicing
and thanksgiving. None see and know
this better than those who have stud
led somewhat the conditions which pre-
vail in the old world.
But let us while we see all our cause
for national Thanksgiving in our mar
velous history of the past, remember
that we owe much to the future Our
work as a nation is only fairly begun.
Much remains to be done. The ext
gencies Of the present and the needs of
the future call for a higher type of
citizenship than eyer before. We need
a great, true, unselfish stamp of citi-
zenship as never before.
1t viii be but little better than mock
cry for us to assemble in our churches
on this day and preach, sing and pray
unless we resolve i'm our hearts that
the future shall be better than the
past, and that we each win bravely do
our part.
While we rejoice at what we have
Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-26

1t was when women began to wear
feathers in their hair instead of vine
leaves that they woke to the fallacy
that the tasks of home were mental.
Slaves became the smart thing and it
was the very extreme OF aristocracy
not to button ones own boots.
We have fed on this sort of thing
for ages. 1t hurts us to take a slice of
toast unless we get it on a tray, and
the idea that we should make 1t our
selves and, what is more important,
make it properly-why, it would be
funnier than Rogersbrother.
Only Fools
We want careers we wish to high
think and some of us to high kick
just as fad and a time-killer, but one
part of our lives that we might make
a pleasure we relegate with a frown
to the downstairs region-that is, if we
have a downstairs.
Most of us are, however, living in
flats and apartment hotels, and our
husbands feel pityingly that we are,
after all, only women, which means
that we are irresponsible FOOLS unable
to run our homes.
We must get at it and study this
thing out ourselves. Bossism in the
kitchen doesn't go, politics being even
Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-26

in line of freshly washed linen dry
ing in the sunlight. 1t is true he was
interested in one particular petticoat
when he rhapsodized in this wise over
a clothes line:
Poetry of Clothes Line
What numberless suggestions of ro-
nance it awoke! What strange per-
fumes seemed to watt from it, perfumes
laden with associations so different
from the green world where it now
was. No wonder the wind chose it so
often for a partner as it danced
through the garden!"
In these new thought days those of
us in the know are aware that the idea
is the whole thing. The idea about
housework has been radically wrong
since the blessed day when Adam and
Eve ate the apple without fruit knives
or finger bowls.
There was no question as to who
should peel it or who should core it.,
how it should be served and how on
earth were the dishes to be washed.
That was aesthetic housekeeping if
you want a sample. The cook was not
the queen of the Garden of Eden until
the snake showed her the way. He
was the originator of the intelligence
office system.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-26
CONTINUED from Page one.)
BEFORE HIS PRESENCE
Rev. ID. w. J. Murphy, $. IT. b., Church
of the Blessed Sacrament, Hollywood

Rev. ID. w. J. Murphy, $. IT. b., Church
of the Blessed Sacrament, Hollywood
Obedient to the call of the chief
magistrate of our beloved United
States, on this day, we return thanks
to the Supreme Lord of the universe
upon our people during the year.
1t is inspiring indeed to reflect that
in this service we join with seventy
five millions of our fellow citizens.
with men and women of all shades OF
religious persuasion, gathered in syna-
gogue, Westinghouse and cathedral
throughout the land repeating with the
Jewish Prophet Malachias:
"HaVe we not all one Father? Has
not one God created us?" and to that
one All-Father we bow the head and
bend the knee as we voice orr "Deo
Gratias."
Few indeed are the acts of thanks
giving which ascend to the great white
throne in comparison with the benef-
icent favors which descend therefrom.
Man is often forgetful that the air he
breathes, the sun which warns by day
and the stars that light the even are
Gods free gifts. God might well say
to man as Christ. His Son, said to the
ten lepers: "Where is the return of
gratitude"
Thanksgiving is an suspicious day on
which to regret our thoughtlessness
and with David lament our inability
to return measure for measure.
what return shall l make to the
Lord for all that he has given unto
me?"
The word thanksgiving" might be
defined as an inward feeling and an
expression by some outward act of
gratitude for faVors which we ac-
knowledge to come from the GiVer of
good gifts. 1t must be seated in the
heart to be sincere. 1t must have out
ward expression or it will be lacking
in that activity which is proof of its
real existence.
To deny this tribute to the Almight y
would be paramount to denying that
He is the source whence every good
comes to us. God is jealous of His
glory, so much so that He protects IL
by the first of His commandments
and during the mass the celebrant
sings: I'VE give Thee thanks because
of Thy great glory" God likewise val
ues our thanksoffering because He
loves u.s. Every loving heart values IA
reciprocal love and grateful thanks
giving. Toward God Thanksgiving im-
plies faith, hope and love.
When we ask what shall we thank
God for we are overcome by the abun-
dance of His gifts. The greatest
nation on earth is ours, the fairest flag
that is kissed by the breeze is ours. Our
California skies of blue, our purple
mantled mountains, our rolling plains,
our fruits, our birds, our flowers, all
declare the goodness of our Maker.
The faith once delivered to the saints
progresses amongst us Education,
freedom, manliness and womanliness,
domestic virtue, these and all other
treasures highly valued in the home
OF the brave are gifts of God. our
beloved president who Yields the north
TO the south and the east to the west
with his impartial government. Is
heaYen-sent.
Peace is ours, on land and sea, pestl-
lence and famine scourge us not king
and despots crush us not for we are
all kings, religious prosecutions threa-
Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-26

worse. One wise woman once sug-
gested that a policeman should be sta
toned in the basement of every home
permanently to keep the cook in or
der.
Beauty and light are what we want
in this gloomy spot-radiance of spirit,
joy. yes, even the abandon that makes
itself known in the glad whistle, not
of the robin, but of the ebon one daily
ing with the interior of the refrigerator,
experiencing an unconscious intoxica-
tion from ammonia fumes that causes
her glad soul to assert itself in this
manner.
That is the key for our revival song
the signal of rejoicing, the spirit ris-
igg superior to the mistaken belief
that to do housework is to grovel. Let
us if necessary wreathe roses round
the dishpans and hang garlands in
mulioned windows, so that our
women's eyes, caught with their beauty,
may linger there and learn to see
Alright.
"Well doctor, your treatise is ready
to go to press. What are you going
to do about an appendix
"Cut it out."-Houston Post.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-26

speed will enable 1t to maneuVer so as
to concentrate it's fire upon the head
of the opposing column. That is what
Togo did in the battle of TSushilna
True, the Russians found him in sthat
advantageous position, for though they
did not know his whereabouts he seems
to have known theirs; but, this adVan-
tage aside the speed Of his fleet would
have enabled him eventually to concen-
trate his attack on the head of the
Russian column just the same.
The landlubber may wonder why
with the great increase In the size of
warships there has not been a cores
ponding increase in the size of the
guns. The coming battleship-the
Sounth Carolina, for example, with Its
great battery of big guns on either
made by the old frigates; but while
the latest battleship is many times
heavier than the famous fighters of
the early part of the nineteenth century
the size of the biggest gun has in
creased only one inch. The reason for
this it that the size of the gun is con-
trolled by the depth to which oil temper
will penetrate with full efficiency. which
is only 21A inches. Thus only a tube
five inches thick can be thoroughly
tempered; and this is the thickness of
the tube of the 12-inch guns. There
are 7-inch tubes, but they are not fully
tempered.
Another interesting question is
whether the recent war taught any
thing new about torpedo boats. In the
opinion of naval architects torpedo
boats have not proved as effective as
was expected. Though they must al
ways be a source of possible danger
no ship, under favorable conditions and
with men on the alert, has ever been
destroyed by them. The greatest dan
ger in the war between Japan and
Russia lay in floating mines. Ships are
not necessarily destroyed by gun fire
Not ship was destroyed by the Japa-
nese up to the final naval engagement
of the war except by mines or by
vertical fire from horizon.