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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-01-21
DAIRY SUGGESTIONS.

While feed is as necessary as breed,
no amount of feed will make good
mixer out of cow that is not so natur-
ally. .'
The beginning in the dairy business
should begin with one or two good
COWS, and increase the number grad.
ually.
These cold mornings the cows teats
should be handled carefully. Vaseline
is excellent for scratched or chapped
teats.
The so-called butter increasers-black
pepsin, for instance-are frauds. They
do not increase the amount of bitter
fat, but only serve: to unite the butter
fat and casein.
An English PAPER says that chemist
has discovered a, process by which
cheese can be used as substitute for
marble for the purpose of sculpture. 1t
is claimed that it is superior to marble,
since it can be made fawless, cut easily,
and then hardened so as to be durable
as granite: 1t is also claimed that
cheese can be so manipulated as to be-
come capital substitute for ivory and
| CellulOid. T. *, j.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-01-21
DATE PALMS IN AMERICA.
Salton Basin in California Is Better
Adapted for Their Culture
Than the Sahara.

The attempt to cultivate in CAL
ifornia and Arizona the Algerian
date palm seems to have been
fairly successful. One of these
days, perhaps, all the dates which
can be consumed in this country
will be raised here. Walter T.
Swingler declares, in bulletin of
the department of agriculture.
that the soil in the most arid re-
gions of the United States is par.
ticularly suitable to the growth Of
the trees about which he talks.
According to a summary of this
document made by Science, "'the
most intense heat, the most exces-
sive dryness of the air, the abb
sence Of all rainfall for months at
! a time during the growing season,
and even the hot, dry winds that
blow in desert regions, are. not
drawbacks, as IN almost all other
cultures, but positive advantages
to the te palm, enab bling IS to
mat ature fruit 81 hig hes keel.
| lence 81 does alkali a. lure the
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-01-21
SHOW TASTE IN BOOKS.
Several Of shakespeare's Works Have
Been Translated by Prof.
Tsubouchi.

It is but 40 years since an English
book was practically unknown in
Japan, the only foreign literature
studied was the Chinese, and the nrst
foreign language to be taught in the
schools was the Dutch. Now, while
the English is the most common
among the people and is studied by all
high class pupils, German and French
are favored generally by scholars and
physicians. There is a foreign Ian
guage school in Toxic, where almost
all Ian guages are taught, and, curious
" enough, Russian is the favorite.
The. study Of English literature in
Japan is represented by Prof. Yuze
Tsubouchi, who has translated into
japanese &someSof shakespeare's plays
- Othel1o," Macbeth, 7 and The
Merchant of Venice The most wide.
4ly5 known English writer in Japan IS
Carlyle. All students Of English lit.
serature IN Japan read his # works,
Next to Carlyle comes Maca,llay and
the new -ossss tons style,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-01-21
JOIN FORCES TO AID CUPID
Editor and Parson Agree to Divide
Fees and Boom Business-Old
Folks Not Barred.

AS an incentive to matrimony the
pastor of the church of the village Of
Dallas, Pa, and Editor Capwell, pub
Usher of the town weekly, the Dallas
Post, have enterea into an agreement
by which marriages among the young
people will be encouraged The fol-
lowing appears in a recent weeks is
sue of the Post: -.
Here is a chance that will help YOU
to get the Post year free. "A good
brother duly authorized - say the
words that will unite for life, or until
the divorce court cuts the bonds. says
he will dizzy up with us the, fees he
receives from all couples we send to
him to marry. Now we will give
years subscription to each couple who
will get him to tie the knot, and also
give nice Frite-up Of the wedding
besides" !! y '.sS .:#%' e., x*
Editor Capwell says the offer is no,
confined exclusively to young folks.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-01-21
BACILLUS NO. al.
1t Is Needed In the Production of Really
First.Class Butter.

1t Is Needed In the Production of Really
First-Class Butter.
It was person who came from Den
mark who first advanced the startling
theory that microbes are required to
make frst-class butter. This theory,
which was received with scorn, is now
advocated by many scientific men, and
many creameries now invest money III
the "culture." In Iowa. % creameries
are using it. Experiments have been
made with over 100 different kinds OF
germs, but it was not until No. Al wa,
discovered that satisfactory results
were reached. A conclusive trial was
recently made in Connecticut cream
cry. June butter, as is well known, is
in flavor the best produced during the
year; so that the effect of. bacillus No.
Al upon pure butter was most interest
ing. Early in the month two large
watts of cream were collected. One of
these was inoculated, the other was
not. They stood in the same room, ut
the same temperature, for the same
length of time, and were subsequently
churneda Both lots of cream produced
excellent butter, but No. Al had taste
and odor decidedly superior to that
made without it. A large number of
persons tasted it, and no one hesitated
in deciding that No. Al made the su
pc,'ior quality.
The first attempt at an estimate at
bacteria in butter was made in Mn
Mich in 1891. It was found that there
are about 100000 in grain.-Chicago
Inter Ocean,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-01-21
IN AN ANTARCTIC SQUALl.
Not Pleasant Experience with the
temperature at ~ Degrees
of Frost.

Suddenly the mist lifted, and the tenn
perature, which generally rose during a
gale, by this time had fallen to u de-
grees of frost. The first squall brought
drift snow, and we suffered greatly from
frost bites, while securing our little
camp. writes c. E. Borchgrevinks, in
"Antarctic Experiences" in Century.
Our reindeer sleeping bags, which, while
warm from previous use, had been packed
on the sledge, where they became quite
fat and frozen hard, so that when the
gale surprised us we had to thaW our
selves gradually into the bags. Later on
we used the dogs to thaw out the bags
for u.s. They always liked to roll upon
| anything that was not snow or ice, even
were it but thrown away mitten; and
they would turn round and round over
there than on the snow. When later we
threw our frozen bags on the snow, the
dogs generally clustered together on
them at once, and soon after we could get
into them.
BY this time the gale was over US in
earnest, and we took refuge in our Sleep
ing bags in the tent from which we were
not able to extricate ourselves for the
next three nights and days, in which
time we expected the icy floor beneath us
to break up at any moment. Our silk
lent rapidly filled up with dense fog,
both from our breath and from the heat
given out by the lantern; thick layer of
'rost soon covered the inner walls of the
| tent, and beautiful snow crystals shone
| Town on us through the ventilation hole
in the bag. The drift snow buried the
| tent. and the snow pressure left us just
enough space for our sleeping bags. The
dark little spot which we formed on
those vast white fields was blotted out
Men, dogs and sledges all disappeared,
md the antefctic gale as it ragged over us
found nothing but cold white solitude
For three nights and three days we
had to take turns in standing on all
tours to prevent being smothered b.
the pressure Of the snow From time
! to time the Laps joined In melancholy
! native hymns, the monotony Of which
seemed in remarkable degree to har-
monize with the rage Of the blizzard
over our heads. We had brought a
small aluminium cooking stove with us
into the tent, and with difficulty we
| prepared q warm meal. But in tho
cold the metal stuck to, our fingers,
and it was not pleasant to have ones
turn at cooking. We roasted the
heart Of seal, but other parts we ate
raw. The dogs were completely showed
under. Some OF them had eaten the
straps Of their harness in order to free
themselves; but they were still un-
able to move, being frozen to the ice.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-01-21

soil. The author shows that the
Salton basin in California lis not
only the most promising region in
the United States, or in North
America, for the culture of the
best sort of dates, but that it is
actually better adapted for this
profitable culture than those parts
of the Sahara desert where the
best exported dates are pro-
duced." 1t is shown to be prob.
able that this single region is ca
pable of producing dates enough
to supply the demand for the
whole country. Other regions lin
California, Nevada, Arizona, New
Mexico and Texas are discussed,
the conclusion being that in all
these states date palms of certain
varieties may be grown with
profit. Y
From the bulletin it appears
that there are three principal
types of dates cultivated by the
Arabs-viz., "soft dates," which
are very sugary and include the
sorts with which we are familiar;
''sour dates" which contain
much lower percentage of sugar,
not enough, in fact, to preserve
them; "dry dates," which are not
at. all soft or sticky when ripe,
and which may be stored and kept
indefinitely. None of the last are
to be found in the American mar
kets, and scarcely any of the Sec
ond type. OF the "soft dates" the
variety which bears the name of
"Deg]et Moor" is the most famous
1t is very late in maturing, but
yields fruit of great excellence.
We are assured that this variety
can be grown in the Salton Basin,
California.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-01-21
CONTRACTING 81 UTTER.
How 70 Secure Z Good Average Price th
II 7stt $|H1I 3H% Year Round. Hi IDA sS&+

nov % secure Good Average Price the,
N :s2.s $Isf # Year Round. III ~ E 3$z 22.
#- There is. scarcely any farm butter
maker having a reputation for making
d good art :cle and living within d few:
miles of IN ordinary western country
town who cannot find a regular Gus:
toner or customers who will take but
ter The year around at a good price
which will be a good round average
price for the year, says the Homestead.
All that is necessary to make contract
ing of this kind easy is that the butter
maker establish a record for having
everything nice and clean, and for pro.
ducing a quality that is both good and
uniform. The price that can be secured
in this way is always considerably bet,
ter than the ordinary way of selling to
the grocer or store, keeper; As prac-
tical question:, it is subject to only one
drawback, and that is from the side of
the customer. We have known good
many town people who contracted for
their butter this way and very COM
mon complaint among them was that
they always get their butter if the
price to be paid was a little better than
the stores and groceries were paying.
but when, with the change of the sea-
son, the price rose until the store keeper
or grocer was paying little above the
agreed avera ge price, the butter makes
very commonly reported that the cows
were failing and he did not have any
butter to deliver under the contract
Of course, if one practices this species
of dishonesty he will find it difficult to
make contracts of this kind for regular
delivery, and a reputation not only foc
. cleanliness and good uniform quality
is necessary. but also reputation for
strictly carrying out contracts as made.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-01-21
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IMPROVEMENT.
THE ROAD SCRAPER.
r 1t Has Awakened the Spirit Of Improv,
ment In Many Districts. /

h, i : 'f
1T Has Awakened the Spirit of Improve
ment in Many Districts. T.
In our anxiety to promote good farm
ing there is no danger that the subject,
OF good roads will be overlooked. When
a man gets the spirit in him to improve
his farm, his crops and his live stock.
thespirit of progress cannot be checked
there, but necessarily it must be ex-
tended to his buildings and fences.
Who ever knew a farmer to erect b
substantial fence along the highway
who would not also cut down the I'M
slightly bushes along the margin, see
where drainage is needed and how the
roadway could be improved, and then
resolve that it shall be done ait the first
opportunity A good farmer is always
a good-roads advocate.
just now many things are conspiring
to assure good roads in the near future.
A few years ago the road-scraper on
wheels came into vogue. A law was
enacted to permit a few adjoining road
districts to unite and purchase a
scraper to be used in common, as it is
an expensive piece of machinery, anu
rarely single district could afford to
purchase one alone. Now these ma
chimes are common all over the state
and through their means road improve
ment has made rapid strides. 1t is not
necessary to describe all their good
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-01-21

photographs made at the Harvard uni
versity observatory, at, AreQuipa, in
Peru. The data, says Youths Com
panion, were not then sufficient to
furnish satisfactory determination of
her orbit.
Confirmation Of the discovery has
been long delayed, probably because
the planet has been crossing the re-
gion of the milky way, where stars
are so numerous that it's verification
would be difficult. Naturally astrono-
mers had become somewhat skeptical
as to Phoebe's real existence, suspect
ing. that some mistake might have
been made in interpreting faint spots
on the photographs.
But complete confirmation comes at
last in Harvard bulletin just issueI
stating that the satellite has been
found again upon numerous Arequipa
plates, II Of which, made in and since
last April, furnish the elements for &
reasonably accurate prediction of it's
position.
The calculation Of the orbit is well
in hand, and the results will be given
in volume Of the Harvard annals"
soon to appear. The satellite is ex-
tremely small, probably too faint to
be seen through any existing teles-
cope, but we can photograph what
cannot be seen.
AS to its orbit. all that can be said
at present is that the distance from
the planet must be between 10000
and 100000 miles, and the period of
revolution about II months. For fur
Their and more precise information we
must await the finished computations
OF the six satellites discovered dur
ing the last century all but the satel-
lite Neptune were found by American
astronomers-the seventh satellite of
Saturn by Bond in 1849; the two satel-
ltes of Mars by Hull in 1877; Jupi-
ter's satellite by Barnard in 1892, and
now Phoebe.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-01-21
FOR FEEDING CALVES OR SHEEP

FOR FEEDING CALVES OR SHEEP.
doors are Stats, both to keep the hay
from falling into the pen at feeding
time, and to keep the sheep or calves in
place and from attempting to Chamber
up over the door. Hay placed between
the door and the Stats falls down as
fast as it is eaten. With such device
in use, lambs cannot readily get into
the hay, nor can they come out into the
feeding floor, as they do in the average
barn. After the ration has been eaten
the doors can be closed.-N. Y. Tribune.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-01-21

was practically created by borrowing
his language by the Minyushamen, a
literary band in Toxic. Emerson is
greatly a7-nired and his writings have
influenced many notable japanese
Journalists of to-day Mill and Her
bert Spencer have also Influenced the
thought of modern Japan.
Tennyson, Longfellow, Wordsworth,
Byron and Milton are the most pop
ular poets. and in fiction Irving,
Thackeray and Dickens are best
known. Bellamy's Looking Back
ward" has been recently translated
into Japanese.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-01-21
Maintaining. . Reputa ton.

The dairylnan. who has built up a
steady demand for, his butter must
work just about as hard to keep that de.
1nand in a healthy condition as he did
to secure it in the first place. II by
some misfortune !: batch of butter is in;
feriors to that usually made, it should
never be sent to. ggular customers.
Sell it on the market sWi thout calling
attention to the name q! the person who
made ii. Let &c bring what it Is worth n
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-01-21
sATuRN's SATELLITE.
IT. Discovery In 1890 Has Only d
: =. =. VT, y Late Received Authentic 81. y
.><>5@ie5i, Conf rmAtion. S.5 d

! One of the most Interesting recent
astronomical discoveries Is that of
Phoebe, the ninth ssatel lite of Saturn,
announce inSs1 s99 sby Prof Ham IS
Pickering having been found son
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-01-21
NEAT FEEDING DEVICE.

Ono Should BE Introduced Wherever
Calves and Sheep Are Kept.
An excellent plan for feeding sheep or
calves is shown herewith. The front of
the pen is hinged along as much of the
length as is needed, in the manner
shown in the cut: Behind these hinged
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-01-21
Unmixed Evils.

: Too many stones or too much clay =
Or too much wet or sand, 49,
Will make a sorry thing; they say.
n OF tho best road in the land: )
L And yet there's good in all OF these r
+. IT we Just know. how to fix them:
y They make road that sure to plea
Es "a E. AZ. w. Bulletin
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-01-21

Tortoise $50 Years Old. .I.ss
5I The Oldest tortoise in the. London zoo
has seen ESQ SUM ers. H e has to be fed
By hand with ca t3bages. 81 q,
Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-01
RUSSIANS Loss
WAS OVER 100000
MAIN POSITION PERIL0USLY
SHAKEN
Intense Cold Arguments Suffering and
flinders observation-disclosures
Conduct Revolutionary Asita-
tlon Among Russians

ther heavy fighting at present unless
the Japanese determine to follow up
their counter-offenslve movement,
which is not likely in view of the dis
patches from Mukden, saying the cold
g. more intense, thus rendering the
movements Of large bodies on either
side well nigh impossible. one result
OF the bitter cold has been to greatly
increase the mortality among the
wounded.
Military critics do not express appro-
val Of General Kuropatkin's offensive
movement, the Novoe Vremya declar-
ing It was failure and the Russ say
ing It was neither reconnaissance IN
force, nor a demonstration. hence 1t
could have been undertaken only to
capture a strategical point and this
object was not justified by events.
A telegram from Schiatun dated jan
uary 20 states that the Russian
losses from January 25 to 29th were
10000, but that the percentage of dead
was small. The japanese losses we're
very heavy. over 300 were made
prisoners.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-01
deliberately, they will be given the
means of presenting their needs and
grievances direct to the sovereign"
MAXIM eoRKY THOUGHT SAFE
Charges Against Him Not Considered
Serious
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press,
ST. PETERSBURG. Jan. S1.-The re-
port that Maxim Gorky may be hanged
for high treason is without the slight
est foundation. Even his friends de-
clare the rumor absurd. The expecta-
tion is that he will be released in few
weeks. He was member of the depu-
tation Of editors and literary men who
called on NJ. Witte, president Of the
committee on ministers, January 21, all
of whom were arrested, but several of
whom have already been released. The
only other charge against Gorky is
that he was member of the committee
of three which was appointed to collect
funds for the strikers.
Hundreds of kilograms We're received
from all over Europe and America beg
ging that clemency be shown Gorky,
who is now in prison. 1t is even said
that some Of these messages came to
the emperor personally from other mon
archs AS result f is said an official
of the government has notified Gorkys
companions in the so-called provisional
government that their cases will be
cleared up within a few days.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-01
JAPs FoM ENT DlscoNTENT
Keep Russian Soldiers Well Informed
Of Home Disturbances
BY Associated Press

MUKDEN, Jan. 3O-Oelayed in
transmission.) Constant streams of
wounded men are arriving here from
the right flank, including Lieut.. Gen.
Mistchenko, who is in excellent spirits
and is receiving visitors. According to
the official army organ, the wounded
number $500. The cold is intense and
the condition of the wounded causes
the greatest anxiety. because the expo
sure of their wounds to the frost in
duces gangrene. Preventative precau-
tions have been taken, but the wound
ed are suffering the greatest pain. The
Japanese are taking good care to see
that the Russian rank and file are not
left uniformed regarding the disturb
ances in Russia. They are carrying
on regular campaign to spread sedi-
ton and discouragement among the
troops.
Letters are daily thrown within the
Russian lines declaring that all Russia
is atlame with riot and revolt, arguing
that the soldiers are shedding their
blood in vain and calling on them to
surrender or desert The soldiers
eagerly read and discuss these COM
munications, especially accounts of the
events at st. Petersburg on January 22
The sincere hope is expressed on all
sides that the Russian nation will fore
go internal differences and not play
into the hands of the Japanese.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-01
THE OFFICIAL ACCOUNT
Police Were Compelled to Fire in Self
Protection
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
WARSAW, Jan. 31.-Several persons
were killed and many were injured in
encounters with the troops and police
in various parts of this city yesterday
The first aid society has suspended OPP
erations telephone communication is
interrupted and the conditions through
out Warsaw are such that it has been
impossible thus far to ascertain the
number of victims.
BY order CT the chief of police the
doors of hundreds were kept closed
and are only opened to admit people
living on the premises. Two addi-
tional regiments of infantry and two
regiments of Dragons have arrived
here
The official account of the disturb
ances here on January 9th and 2Sth.
published in the About Varshaviki-
dnevnik details the commencement OF
the strike at SeVam on January 9th,
with increasing disorder throughout
the day. The strikers went about
compelling workmen of other estab-
lishments to cease work until $4,000
We're out by midday,
Peaceabe inhabitants became panic
stricken, fearing famine, and pur-
chased all the available food supplies
and besieged the bakeries, Riotng be-
gan at p. m. when there was an al
most general cessation of work
throughout the city, and owing to the
turbulent attitude of mobs parading
the streets, the police were reinforced
by soldiers. At . p. M the strikers
attacked the police and gendarmes,
stonng them. Some shots were fired,
and the police were compelled to re-
turn the fire, by which two strikers
were killed. Several other collisions
occurred during the evening, The
strikers looted liquor stores and many
other establishments, but comparative
quiet was restored by p. m.
On the morning of January rs bands
of strikers reappeared. The troops
showed a peaceful attitude and dis
turbances began. professional thieves
and hoodlums joining the ranks of the
paraders.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-01
-FOUR ARMY CORPS ENGAGED
German staff Considers Result Of Rus.
sian Movement Still Uncertain
BY Associated Press

BY Associated Press
BERLIN, Jan. 31.-The Russian Of
fensive movement, according to the re-
ports received by the German general
staff from Mukden, has not been COM
pleted but continues to develop, and the
result cannot be forecasted. These re-
ports, which deal largely with technical
information without generalizations of
descriptions, affirm that the Russians
have not attacked the Japanese left
wing in force but that only skirmishes
have taken place on that wing and that
the greater part of General Kuropat-
kins six army corps have so far taken
part In the demonstration.