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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-29

weather and to innumerable dangers,
but are brought in to their nests by
the ants and tended by them with the
utmost care through the long winter
months until the following March.
when the young ones are brought out
and again placed on the young shoots
of the daisy. This seems to me q
most remarkable case of prudence.
Our ants may or may not, perhaps,
lay up food for the winter, but they do
more, for they keep during the six
months the eggs which will enable
them to procure food during the fol-
lowing summer, a case of prudence
unexampled in the animal kingdom" :"
DR.. Forel gives these examples of
the mental processes of ants: while
success visibly heightens both the au-
dacity and tenacity of the ant will,
it is possible to observe, after repeat.
ed failure or. in consequence of the
sudden and unexpected attacks of
powerful enemies, form of detection
which may lead to a neglect of the
most important instincts, to coward
ly fight, to the devouring or casting
away of offspring to neglect of work
and similar conditions. There is acute
encouragement when a combat is
lost" -<-~
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;~RIackbirds at Prayer.

>RIackbirds at Prayer.
Here is the latest from the Park
hurst correspondent: For the last
ten years millions of blackbirds have
annually gathered in cedar swamp
near here. -. -. -..<. p
"l was in the swamp last week,
mending a hedge fence, and made a
discovery. They were holding camp
meetings., the row of sleek, fine-look-
inging birds on the top of the tal1est
tree think were ministers, and as
watched, one of them spread his
wings and, talked in :. low,s earnest
tones, and the multitude bowed their
heads. :. ,E s-,c ~ =
:tThen he said something to thew in
blackbird and all the birds in one tree
[heganstossiag and several sin#the audi,
ence also Joined tn. The services then
began and were conducted by an old
bird with part of his tail gone, There
was some flirting and tittering going
on in the back trees, but most of the
audience were quiet. It looked to
me as though many of the birds were
asleep.
when the meeting closed, every
bird began to talk, and such chin
music I never heard before. Then
they flew away to field of grain and
destroyed an acre in ten minutes. -
Kennebec Journal.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-29

Suggested by reading Rudyard 'Kipling's
poem, 1.-The Soldiers Last Chantey" IN
The Seven Seas. - 20 49,
The earth is a huge frigate, riding !
Along the shOreless sea OF Time,
A man of war her Helmsman guiding,
She surges with a sweep sublime > !
Cosmopolite her crew will muster,
: The mutineers lie in the hold.
The steerage holds the men that cluster
The mariners so stanch and bold. 81 r E
The ship Is stout, and stanch the seamen,
!. In every$age a. dauntless crew a
Has manned the craft; and sons OF free
Are still on deck to see her through,
Let changelings prate, and towards pal
Let tonguesters shrek, and shrek in
Let crafty towards cringe and falter,
{ She holds her course In fierce d1sda1n.
Through wind, through rain she minds 4
ss..$ the Master S sL #s 81 80
And plunges through thin. aerial foam,
No 8Noah's ark to meet disaster, - :sss IS
I. No Flying Dltchman faint Tor nome
NO reef she fears, or ahid den treason: :$sgs
I'll The stars her beacons through q the he
Serene shs rides through stormy season.
IN 81 The wind and wave are her delie INT
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Cakes Looked Like Books

AS an illustration OF the thrift and
foresight OF the housekeepers Of the
early period, &Halsey5 p Clarke, the
veteran town clerk Of Richmond, tells
this story, says the Providence Jour
nal: His father, David Clarke, was
u Providence at one time, and being
obliged to stay over night, for in
those days the means Of travel was
py horse and wagon or horsehesh,
which was necessarily very slow, he
put up at tavern, and In the room
ne occupied ere four beds, for there
was not much space wasted In the
bedrooms of the old-time taverns. Be
Tore retiring for the night Mr.. Clarke
ana friend who was with him struck
pp an acquaintance with another 1oc-
c'upant Of the same room. The friend
o1 Mr.. Clarke whispered to him not
TO tell the stranger where they came
from and to try to find out whence
ne had come; so they inquired of him
where he, had come from, and he
told them he had just been down in
south country, in the town of Rich
mfond. He said that when he arrived
- town it was nearing dusk, so he
drew up at tavern and inquired of
the landlord for lodging for the night.
The landlord replied I'M the affirma:
tive and sent a boy to take. his horse,
as he was on horseback. The gentle
man went with the boy and removed
the saddlebags and brought them into
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-29
Proof That Ants Think

Lord Avebury, the naturalist, insists
that ants possess minds and display
high order of intelligence. "The
social habits Of ants afford arguments
which seem conclusive" he says.
Take first, their relations with other
insects. Those between ants and
aphides, which have been called ant
COWS, are indeed most remarkable. 1t
is not merely that the ants milk them,
tend them, defend them from attack,
sometimes protect them by earthen
Enclosures from too great summer
heat, but over and above all this,
they collect the eggs in autumn, keep
them through the winter and plant
them out on their proper plant III the
spring. Some of the root aphides may
always be found in ants nests, but
was much puzzled years ago by find
ing in ants nests some black eggs,
which obviously were not those of
ants. Eventually I ascertained that
they belonged to a species Of aphis
which lives on the leaves and leaf
stalks of plants. lis
These eggs are laid early in Octo-
Der on the food plant of the insect.
They are of no direct use to the ants,
yet they are not left where they are
laid, exposed to the severity of the
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-29
Lucky Filler in Stocks

Last night Quill dropped in at the
laboratory and the doctor remarked:
Say, neighbor, remember that In
ternational Power tip?',f Well, she
touched So on Wednesday and I let
her 60. I cleaned up 3. just $1,700,
thanks to you, but that isn't the best
of it. On Oct. 10 the Missus and
will have been married seventeen
years. A good many things might
happen between now and the 18th,
so thought I'd cinch the anniversary
with a little something to make 1t
worth remembering. Therefore, hav.
ing banked the seventeen hundred,
drew check for the amount and gave
it to the best part, of me this morn
ing, and she wanted to know what it
all meant, and L said: ii. <s5..s.<. <as - :; = ?
@s*'' Wen; honey, as an investment
pure and simple, I've calculated you've
been worth to me at least $1OO a year
for the last seventeen years, so r
thought I'd better SETTLE She gave
me a bat over the ear and did some
other stunts in which you wouldn't
be interested, and, womanlike, she
wanted to know where I got it, but
all I said was:
'Now, you're commencing to begin
again.
IF you have any more like that,
bring 'em around. The Missus likes
what she knows about New
York Sun.
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the house and, throwing them down
in the kitchen, stepped UP to the fire.
place to- warm himself Over the fire.
place was mantel shelf, which was
nearly half as long as the room itself,
and upon looking up he saw on the
shelf what he supposed to be row Of
books. Fl II :.$zs| J: Z ssstt }G :
While he was wondering why there
was such a number of books in this
tavern-more books, he thought, than
were in the entire town-the woman
of the house came in and stirred up
the fire preparatory to cooking. the
evening meal. He inquired Of her:
why is it that you have SO many
books here in the kitchen? Is the
towns library here, or what is it?'
"Books!" exclaimed the .astonished
woman, Il don't see any books. Where
are they? Show me them Right
here on that shell" y. replied the man,
cover your head" "Books!" said she,
''Oh, la! them amt: books; them's
johnnycakes. We expect the town
council heres to dinner next week, and
we've baked them johnnycakes sos
to be ready when they come.' Wheth-
or he mistook the johnny cakes, packed
neatly on. end upon the. SHELF: for
books or not, it is hard to say, though
there is no doubt that the story did
not lose anything in the telling, but
by actual count there were seventy
nine jOhnnycakes on the shelf.
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invited, and she led the beautiful
blonde away in tears-who, by the
way, was just three years old, and it
was from a baby: carriage that as
sisted her the day before!"
By this time Flossie had ceased to
weep, and, though much abashed, she
could not restrain from joining in her
aunt's laugh.
'Flossie," said Miss Treadway later
on, "how do you like the idea of Tom s
flirting? And I believe l heard a
maiden say not long ago that she
wished he would tease her as he used
to do. How. do you enjoy it p a}sSa,, szsa,,
T.. Spare mel" cried Flossie. rYou
know I don't like it. Oh, I wish we
could go away from here. Mr.. Ire
vors attentions are so marked, and
the worst of it is I now realize that
I am to blame"
What do you say to a trip to Ger
many, for instance?" said Miss Tread
way.
''The very thing!" cried Flossie, all
smiles. D..
And the next week found them
bound for the Fatherland.-Louis K.
Fulton in Chicago American.
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i 1t was hot night in the first week
Of last August. The pharmaceutical
chemist was sitting among the bot
ties and test tubes and mortars in his
laboratory. His family were in the
country and he wished that he was
with them. He happened to be- in
his laboratory because there wasn't
any other place he wanted to go and
because he had some work to do.
About 10 o'clock his friend Quill
dropped in for nip Of the doctors
Scotch on his way home. g..
"Say, Doc," said Quill, "do you want
to take little tiier in the market
I'd rather take a fier into the coun-
try was the reply. - But since I
can't do that, let's hear your PROPOSE
tisn.''', s.......-..,..''. .,,.'s T.. -.
III ssSSsRuy4a 4llii rnationah owers,s,
sand Quill, cts stock with a his
tory, I know, but got it pretty
straight that on or before Oct. Is it'll
be selling at 81 or better. 1t comes
so straight that, if had some money
to gamble with, I'd buy little myself
and hold for about ten point rise,
just to have leeway enough"
''I'll think about it," replied the doc
tor, and after a nightcap with his
friend, Quill, he went home. The next
day Quill dropped into the laboratory
and the doctor said:
I'm in,: got hundred at 35, and my
broker. was curious to know who put
me on
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"And so you positively refuse to

And SO you positively refuse to
give up this intimacy?"
Really you ask too much, aunty.
What else can l do in this stupid
place? l am devoted to yachting, you
know, and, besides, Mr.. Trevor is the
only man here who has motor car"
But, my child, you are engaged to
be married. What would Tom say if
he should hear of it? And what would
you do if he followed your example?"
"Oh, l wish he would. His devo-
to be quite tease, but since our en-
gagement he seems to have forsworn
everything exciting"
The first speaker was Miss Tread
way, the girls aunt, a wealthy woman
OF forty years, who had adopted her
after the death of her parents. Flos~
sizes fiance, young doctor of good
family and some means, was complet-
ing medical course in Germany, and
they were to be married as soon as
he received his foreign diploma.
The girl loved him, but she was
was willful maid, having always had
her own way. Her besetting sin was
love OF admiration, and she deemed it
essential to her happiness to have a
man in her tolls. So, being for the
time bereft of her lover, she had
drifted into serious filtration with a
rich bachelor who lived near the sea-
side resort where they were staying.
Mr.. Trevor's summer home, a fine
stone mansion overlooking the harbor,
was the scene of many festivities. He
had already given two dinners in Flos-
sizes honor at which functions Miss
Treadway had served as an unwilling
chaperon.
"Flossie,' said Miss Treadway, Il
think you ought to consider Mr.. Tre-
vor's feelings. 1t is not fair to him;
he does not know about Tom. Per-
haps you had better tell him?"
"And spoil all my fun? Why, aunty.
what fuss you are making about a
trifle! I cannot NOPE here without
mems society. Tom is in Germany.
the sea divides us, and he is welcome
to enjoy himself in like manner. How
ever, there is no prospect of his doing
anything so sensible
"Flossie, you are incorrigible:" ex-
claimed Miss Treadway with as much
severity of tone as she was capable
of. Il will leave you to your own
thoughts, as am due at meeting
at the rectory this afternoon"
When she was alone Flossie curled
her dainty self in large easy chair
and laughed softly as she recalled her
aunt's words.
Lose Tom,'' she repeated. mo
danger of tfat--couldn't get rid of him
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To Heavens Keeping.

Thou shalt not praise the day till night
is falling,
HoTever we. fair Its dawn ana noon may
Ofttimes at eventide come storms ap-
palling, -:
Setting the lightning and the thunGer
free.
Thou shalt not blame the day till it is
ending, J..
Though It has brought thee flood and
hurricane:
Full oft at nightfall comes deep peace,
descending
In sunset gold and roses, glorious gain.
Praise each fair morn that calls tree
\ up from sleeping,
And through the hot day work with all
thy might; -
Then leave the evening hour in heav-
Which sent both winter cloud and sum-
mer light.
From the German of Gerok.
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AND GROW TooTHLEss.
Danger Il Levity Among the Entour-
age of 4 Shah. L.


age: of : Shah. s.;1# s
The Shah OF Persia has been suffer-
ing from toothache OF late, but the.
offending tooth has not yet been
drawn, for the, reason. that by the
time the court dentist, an American.
can reach the imperial apartments the
imperial proprietor has lost his cour-
age. On this account q little joking
has been indulged in by certain OF his
hfghness' ntourage, very much :, un-
der the rose, OF course, though not
concealed quite carefully enough
for the shah discovered it, and then
proceeded to get even. ~ 4f.. :.=f -
The tooth began to give trouble.
The dentist was sent for. On his ar
rival he was not even permitted 10
look at the tooth. He was about to,
bow himself out when the shah
stopped him and asked to see his case
of instruments. > He examined each
one with interested curiosity, and
then began asking what certain ones
were used for. ~, ~. -
-, This seemed to interest him still
more; he would like illustrations.
Could not the dentist show just what
was done if some of-the gentlemen
Of the suite standing about would
serve as subjects? The master of the
horse had a trong-looking jaw. Would
he not allow the dentist to begin
with him? - .,u s.. .% -
The master of the horse had an i'm
mediate engagement, as had every
other officer in the room, excepting
|'only the grand vizier-and he is
toothless. The shah is. no longer
laughed at -,
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Bartholdi's Art.

* The late Sculptor Bartho1di was
best known II this country by his
statue Of Liberty, the chief feature OF
which is It's size. It's artistic merits
were succinctly summed up by q dis
tinguished foreigner when sailing into
New York harbor. Pointing to the
gigantic figure he asked:
IS that Liberty ?'' S. RE-
es, said a by ystander }sS#
Then give me death 8 said the for
5eigner who evil knew his Pat
rick Henry Boston Herald
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.'Yes!" cried Flossie. How can you
|,aar IN sroakr of n f9,s 3Es}t .%f5.' 3s

q ->T. -
4 'Yes!" cried Flossie. How can You
bear to speak Of it?" # s. ,s 2 Z: s. s ,ss..
Listen" interrupted Miss Tread
way. Flossle, awed by the unaccus-
toned severity of tone, obeyed.
"She came down of her own accord
and sat on my lap. Fortunately, ! had
a box of sweets, and I was offering
her some when there came another
tap at the door. Putting her hastily
down, for did not wish to be caught
with young lady in my. arms, l
opened the door, and there stood a
stout French nurse, with a high white
cap and apron, who asked $anxiously
if la petite Mademoiselle Helene was
within. And, Flossie, she sternly
reprimanded my charmer for entering
strange gentleman's apartments un.
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Ups and Downs in Enolish.

Ups and Downs in English. ~
The following telephone conversa
tion, recently overheard between a
woman whose home is in the suburbs
and a business acquaintance of her
husband, illustrates. some of the curl
osities Of our language:
Business acquaintance-Good morn.
ing, Mrs. -. I'd like to speak to
Mr.. - for a moment.
Mrs. --.-Pm sorry, Mr.. -, but
my husband isn't down yet.
B. A. Cnquiringly)-Isn't down vet?
Mrs. -.-I mean he isn't up yet.
I'm letting him sleep late this morn.
ing; he was so down last evening
over his Office troubles that he was
about ready to give up. He says he'll
be down as soon as he gets up.-Har-
per's Weekly.
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The Frost Herald.

Oh. Miss Katydid, I wisht you'd come
rs weary Of de locus an rs hungry fob
yoh song. y: 80. - = =! s. 5
I wants to hear you talkin' bout de sis
A-goin' moth one Angus day a-lookin'
I wants to hear you pinin' an a-callin'
of her name s "a, o.. -
Cause rs pantin, an rs pinin, foh de
4 good news jes, de- same. 81
poor wills foh sllo,
q want to hear about dat fros' 'sin taa, n
few ssss
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Largest Carvino Knife.

The biggest carving knife ever man
ufactured may he seen at the worlds
fair. This monster blade is thirty
feet in length and has an edge as
sharp as a razor. It is made out of
the finest steel, and the handle is a
masterpiece of the cutters art, elabor-
ately carved and beautifully polished.
It would take veritable giant to
WELD knife like this. /s@E .t.%
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Responsibility of the Juo.

11~oP015o10511Gy O1 JQ0,
Eyes, suh-de snake wuz twelve
foot long"
"Come, ,now!"
EN- had sixty rattles--"
'That won't do!"
EN- five buttons.''
you're great liar!"
"Well, sub, maybe I is; but dar's
onething I wuzn't mistook in. en- NAV
be you'll doubt dat +
"G0 ahead and tell it."
Then the old man Strengthened him.
selm, smacked his mouth, and said:
''De jug helt two gallons, en- only
had one handel! e!"-Atlanta Constitu.
tion.
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FORT HILL.
November 27, 1905,

November ~, l9Oo.
N. F. Beekman, of Arko, was the
guest of his niece, Mrs. ]. B. Turner,
and family couple of days last week.
Mrs. VIM. Countryman and Mrs.
Henry Countryman we're guests of B.
W. Spargur and family, near Carmel,
Thursday.
G. w. Murren and daughter, gave a
social dance Friday night to a num-
ber of young friends.
David and Val White made a busi-
ness trip to Hillsboro Saturday.
James ]. Butler and family, of Cedar
Chapel, we're guests of J. +. Havens
and family SUNDAY.
Ausker Irons, of Sinking Spring,
was the guest of his uncle, Allen Kep'
linger, and wife one day last week.
Mrs. Susie Reel and two children
we're guests of her sister, Mrs. Alice
Spargur, at Carmel, this week.
VIM. Barrett left Sunday morning
to visit his mother in Greenfield.
Mrs. Margarlte Hughes, of Marshall,
was the guest of her uncle, Daniel
Butler, and family Tuesday night,
Harlie Mace and sister, Miss Edith,
and Miss Viola Falls, of Sinking
Spring we're guests of Charlie Eubank'
and family, at Carmel, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. #. l. Lovett, of Raius
boro were the guests of Daniel Butler
and family Sunday.
Mrs. Maggie Garman, of Sinking
Spring, was the guest of her grand
mother, Mrs, Permelia kissing
Thurday.
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FAILED TO AGREE.
Continued From First Page.)

Yes sir. hollered to let me loose
before the shot was fred, twice OF
three times.
After the shot was fred and before
Bennington came up?
don't remember.
Why didn't you fire the second
time, or the third time?
Mr.. Bennington grabbed in and
took hold vi the pistol; and did no
think 1t necessary to fire.
Well, now, this remark, "Hit him
In the mouth, he shot me-" from
Charlie, and yours, "You both jump
ed on me-" we're directed to whom?
Just made the remark.
No., wh,thappened after Benning-
ton came up-go on and tell from that
time on I?
Well, he grabbed the pistol and
took 1t away.
What followed ?
Well, they arrested me.
Who did
think it was Jim White. l know
It was.
And when he came up-when Ben
nington grabbed the pistol and took
it away, what happened as to strug-
Cling and scuflling?
After the pistol was grabbed, no
sir.
Was that shot fred by you after
they had let loose from the pistol, or
while they had hold?
( While they had hold, yes sir.
When Bennington grabbed the pis-
tol away both we're holding 1t
Yes sir.
Have you any idea or recollection
where or what part of the pavement
you were on, with reference 10 stair
way?
When Ben nington came up?
| Yes sir.
We were when he grabbed, l will
say, as far as the curb, or near the
curb.
Did your eye fall on him running
up?
Yes sir, saw some one hut / did
not know at the time.
You did not know at the time he
took the pistol?
No sir.
Were you acquainted with Benning-
ton?
No sir, never saw him to know
him.
What happenen then?
was taken up to the Mayors Of
fee, but only know what / heard of
what become OF the balance.
You did not see where they were
taken.
No, did not.
Did you give bond?
Yes sir.
And went where, home?
Yes sir.
Never had that pistol since?
No sir.
1t has been in the possession of the
State. as far as you know ?
AS far as l know.
This closed the testimony of the de-
fense. Thos. Dillon was called in re-
buttal. He denied that Chas. Colvin
was in his place on January with a
revolver, but said that Wilbert Col
vim was there several weeks before
the shooting and had revolver.
Wilbert Colvin-Was in Dillon's
saloon shortly before the shooting and
displayed a revolver which he was
trying to raffie of.
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Eyes 5000 Years Old.

Eight thousand years is a good age
for a pair of human eyes to last. An
Psychologist claims to have discovered
these ancient orbs In mummified re,
mains at Girgeh, Upper Egypt. The
professor found series of graves
which, he declares. extend over an in
interval of at least 5000 years, repre-
senting the most archaic of prehistoric
periods. The bodies, owing to the
dryness of the climate, and perhaps
the excellence Of the methods employed
in embalming. are in surprising state
of preservation, and in two cases the
eyes remain so perfect that the lense:
are in good condition.
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Paid Promptly.

HILLsBoRo, o., November 25, 1905.
Received of Chris. Brunner, treas
urer of Hillsboro Council, No. 1885,
Royal Arcanum, three thousand dol.
lars as beneficiary In the certificate
of my late husband, Isaac Larkin.
Please allow nae to return thanks for
your very prompt action In thus ad'
justing this insurance, and that your
great benevolent order may long sur
vive.
am yours very truly,
SARAH A. LARKIN.
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ANNOUNCEMENT.

For the next thirty days, we will
give ten per cent discount on all
vehicles In our ware-rooms, to save
carrying any finished work over.
This is an excellent opportunity to
secure a fine vehicle at remarka-
bly, low price. Come and look over
these bargains.
M. r. Carroll g. Sons.