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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-02-25

the hedge that particular afternoon,
and his whistle echoed shrilly from
over the chrysanthemum beds. He
waited a few moments; then, growing
impatient, he was about to repeat the
call, when some branches of the hedge
parted, and the half frightened, half
smiling face of his sweetheart ap,
her tightly in his arms.
Ssh" she whispered, as his lips
parted to speak, you whistled so
loudly you almost frightened me from
coming"
"Ah, my little Marigold, it was my
happiness. You see, l have found a
way
The dreamy eyes of the girl looked
their mingled admiration and JOY.
"You know, call you my Marigold,' -
he continued; and then he whispered
the rest of it, with his lips close
against her cheek.
She smiled and allowed her eyelids
to veil her brown eyes for momen.
tary dream. Then she slipped from
Bradam's arms and, running to GER
! tain beg of chrysanthemums--they
were Xrandifloras-which he had
pointed out to her, suddenly disap-
peared. among them SO completely
/ that mot a tell-tale ripple appeared on
the gaudy surface of the bed OF
blooms. Bradam now boldly entered
the yard and called the florist
Il wish to make purchase OF
chrysanthemums," he said, coming to
the point at once, after having led
the old man into the yard. The own
er of the flowers Immediately became
an eager tradesman.' But he soon
found that he was no more an eager
seller than his customer was an eager
buyer.
eft is this bed of Grandiforas. said
Bradam, "the entire cluster that
want-everything that is contained
here" he explained, pointing out the
boundaries of the bed.
"You shall have ALL declared
Tenno; and he named price,
Bradam drew from his pocket a
purse and Immediately paid over the
sum asked.
"Now, it is understood" he said
that everything which is contained
| in the cluster is miner"
Indeed, yes. you have paid" was
| the answer which came cheerfully, fol-
the old man was delighted with the
! price.
At the conclusion of the transaction
the little brown-eyed daughter of old
| Tenno, taking her cue, arose from
among the Grandif1oras and ran tic
| Bradam's arms.
For a moment Tenno stood aghast
at the turn Of the trade, but presently
smiled hisaappreciation of the Amer
! leans shrewd4ess; and, taking the
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-02-25

The young men of the day were bit
terly opposed to extending any new
privileges to women and the fight ex-
tended beyond Nedford Shortly
after the introduction of "pues" into
the churches, by which families were
separated from the remainder Of the
congregation, the selectmen of the
town of Newbury gave permission to
a group Of young women to build
"pue" in the gallery of the church,
upon their own side of the house. This
extension of privilege was resented
by the young bachelors to such de-
gree that they broke a window Of the
church, forced an entrance and hack
ed the pew in pieces. For this act
of sacrilege the young men of New
bury were fined $40 each and sentenc-
ed to be whipped or pilloried. But they
confessed their folly and asked par
don, so this part Of their punishment
was omitted. So you see the "wom-
ems rights movement isn't modern
one
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Bradam had had his first glimpse
of her at a public library in Yeddo,
where he held position of some inn
portance, in the employ of an Amer
lean manufacturer; and there was
that in Sthe Oriental charm of her
beautiful face which had at once at
tracted his attention. She was young,
scarcely more than child, yet she, in
turn, had shyly shown a liking for
of her dark hair had been artistically
arranged on. top of her pretty head,
after the fashion of her country wom-
en- of Yeddo. Her brown eyes fitting
ever so slightly upward toward her
temples, had danced little frightened
quickstep, as their gaze met the fire
of Bradam's eyes; and the yelled
pinkish tint of her cheeks perceptibly
deepened.
Upon this meeting, and the peculiar
recognition Of mutual admiration,
through his shrewd American tact,
Bradam had so engineered his move
ments as to soon bring himself near
the little Toxic maiden. But she had
suddenly begun to exercise coy re-
serve. partially shielding her flushed
face behind a book whose covers were
Illuminated with great gilt designs.
Nevertheless, Bradam soon came
near enough to speak something in a
low tone, to which he got pleasant
answer. Then he had made bold to
continue the conversation and to
make his words of such a compliment
tary nature as to keep the color of the
girls cheeks playing hide and seek
from happy excitement.
=. Although he had spent quite two
years in the Japanese metropolis,
Bradam's Manipulation of the native
tongue was not the happiest; and
there were many pretty smiles of
amusement at his expense during that
first conversation. But all of that was
sunshine to Bradam, for he was fasci-
mated.
But the little maid would not tell
where she lived, and the American
had been forced to find that out for
himself. It was not such an easy
task; and it was some time before he
had discovered her at home. Her
father was shop man; and among
other things, he had great garden
Of hrysanthemuns, from which he
sold to Americans and Europeans,
reaping a fair harvest.
Here, Bradam found her one day,
her pretty head reared among the
chrysanthemums like one of them;
and after that, he called her his
Lovely Marigold."
The first time Bradam kissed her, it
was behind the hedge which surround
ed her fathers garden, and a sensa-
ton crept over him as of having
tasted some rare tropical fruit which
had melted in his mouth with intox-
icating effect. She had but half under.
stood his kisses, though she had un-
derstood his words of love, and she
knew that the American was pleading
for her to become his wife. But,
though this filled her with intense
JOY, she at the same time felt afraid.
l
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-02-25

But at this the girl shook her head
with decision THAT can never be-"
she declared. 1--WE must find some
other way"
1--WE shall find a way" vowed Bra
dam. And, kissing her rapturously
half dozen times, he left her.
It required a week for Bradam to
think it over, but he did it. Then he
sought the little brown-eyed pearl of
the Orient, as he liked to call her in
his thoughts. The hedge had become
their trysting place and when Bradam
would creep along there and whistle
certain little air he had taught her
to know. the girl would steal from the
house to meet him.
1t was with something like boyish
glee that Bradam hurried along to
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-02-25
Brief, and to the Point,

Ex-Gov. Levi P. Morton was dis
cussing with a friend the other day
the proper form of acceptance to in
vitations for receptions. He recon-
mended the form adopted by a Mr..
Mccarthy, gentleman living in the
interior part of. the state, who re-
ceived an invitation. to attend a re-
ception at Albany from Gov. Morton.
MI. McCarthy's reply was, yours re-
ceived. I'll be there. New York
Times.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-02-25
~ sim Up tn Scraps

It's queer what Auntie Beck, our cook,
Can make with all tn scraps
She jes' gifts out her little book
An reads it, while she taps
An beats 'em up with her big spoon,
Then pours 'em in a pan,
An shets 'em in tn stove, an SEE:
"There, now, my little man"
She bustles roun' an pokes tn fire,
An opens up tn door
T. find out if tn puddin's done,
Or has t. bake some more;
But, oh, at last! she takes it out,
All puffy in tn pan,
An SEE: "Now here is somethin' good
Fer aunties little mani"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-02-25

can, my father, my father will new.
er consent she. whispered. "You
know, it isn't allowed, I think" And
she shook her head sadly.
''Ohc but he must consent, my little
Marigold, he must, he must" declared
B-ada,n vehemently.
The girl shook her head again.
But if he will not?" And she looked
up into Bradam's eyes doubtfully.
Then we must run away" said
Bradam with determination.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-02-25
AnnIeiack in Abundance.

Fully 100000 gallons of applejacA
were distilled last year in northern
New jersey, The low prices prevail
ing for apples makes this method OF
disposing Of the fruit more profitable
to the owners of orchards. =,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-02-25

two by the hands, led them into t.,
house. Ss # ~,\
- When .Bradam, little later, made :
tour Of Europe and America, his little
bride from the Orient won loads 81
admiration everywhere.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-02-25

An when taste it, sweet an brown,
An all puffed up in hills,
I wonder how she makes sech good
Stuff out Of little pills
OF bread, an crumb Of cake, an milk
An raisins in a pan
cts ALL seq Auntie, "in tn art
Of mixin', little man,
An then she sez: AN life is all
Like that from day t. day;
Some folks, they save tn little scraps,
Some throw 'em all away;
Some make tn sweetes' puddin' from
TIL scrapin's of tn pan
That is, if they has learned tn way
To mix 'em, little MANI
-Aloysius Coll in 1.-THE Sunday Maya
zine"
ing with the thermometer at four be-
lOw?'
y fancy she could do anything OF
that sort. Want to know herr"
"Of course I do
She's Twenty-Five and painfully:
plain" !
What Of that. Gimme her adj
dress. '-Cleveland Plain Dealer. ....z
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-02-25

Employees Of the French government
have been ordered to shave off their
whiskers. Think of the rasping there
would be if the car should some day
order his subjects to shed their
witches.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-02-25

The president had 7,71S callers at his
New Years reception. Every .once in
while man hears something that
convinces him that he wouldn't care
much for the job, anyhow.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-02-25

Now the creditors of young Mr.. Tit
fanny of New York join him in declar.
ing that he can't live on $4,000 a
year. 1t may be, however, that they
are merely endeavoring to push a
good thing along
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-02-25

Two of the Russian generals who
were at Port Arthur have decided to
go to Japan as prisoners of war rather
than to be paroled. They may have
private reasons for not wishing to
meet their czar-or their wives.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-02-25

The gap in the Alaskan-Canadian
boundary has been surveyed and the
polar bears thereabout can determine
their allegiance.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-02-25

Mr.. G. D. Pappageorgian and Mr.. NJ.
NJ Sakelylarios are soon to begin the
publication OF newspaper in Boston.
Possibly they wish to make names for
themselves.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-02-25

An Indian chief has become the
president of a bank at Skiatook, I. T.
He is earnestly advised to keep his
tomahawk ready for use upon old
ladies who desire to raise money on
Carnegie notes.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-02-25

A matinee idols wife has sued him
for a divorce. The matinee idol, be.
cause of this tribute to his popularity,
will at once ask for an increase of
salary.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-02-25

Cancer is said to be most frequently
found in beer-drinking countries. Con
sumption Of beer is also quite preva
lent.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-02-25

Crime is reported to be decreasing
in New York. If that is the case a
large percentage Of the population will
be likely to find that town uninterest-
ing hereafter.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-02-25
Her Good Points.

Her Good Points.
pretty smart girl. You ought to
see her sharpen lead pencil
expert at it, eh?''
81 should say so. Only woman l
ever met who could put good point
on one"
wonder if she'd be- equally clever
at building a fire in the early morn
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-02-25

1taly's foreign minister, Tittoni, has
a phenomenal FORM of influenza. II
it is any worse than the ordinary
kind the description certainly fits it.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-02-25

When it comes to producing fever
ish sensations Americas Dukes seem
to be right in it with the English
nobility.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-02-25

King Alfonso wants a rich wife.
Rich American mothers should not put
queens title beyond the effort of
money as matchmaker.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-02-25

The discovery of a Berlin. oculist
that radium is a cure for ophthalmia
Is a reminder that the magazines and
newspapers haven't been printing
many articles lately about the wonder
full properties of radium.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-02-25

If the dowager empress of China has
been converted to Christianity, there
will be speedy improvement in the
treatment Of the foreign devils"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-02-25

Admirers of the Prince and Princess
Of Wales have presented them with
nineteen pianos. It's lucky for the
neighbors Of the prince and princess
that they have a big yard around their
place.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-02-25

The New York Herald gives the
timely information to a correspondent
that while he does not write it
O'Yama, he fights as if he did.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-02-25

A millionaire cut off his son in his
will with an annual allowance of
$4,000. The young man, by strict econ:
omy and an occasional lift iii the
bread line, can worry along.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-02-25

If embezzlers are to be let off be-.
cause they say they are sorry there
are colonies of boarders in state in.
stitutions who could qualify for liber.
alton at any moment.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-02-25

Doctors say that govt is becoming
rare ailment. Here is something for
which the meat trust may claim undis-
puted credit.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-02-25

A Salem (Mass.) woman was mar
ried one day, eloped the next, and
was arrested on the third. o, the
witch!
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-02-25

Jupiter, with his six moons, If the
planet is inhabited, must be a lovely
place for lovers.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-02-25

An English educator says that vests
are dangerous garments and expose
the wearer to influenza. In this coun-
try about the worst that can be said of
waistcoats is that some of them are
exceedingly dangerous to the eyesight.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-02-25

The New York city improvement
commission has presented an elaborate
plan to make beautiful the entire city
OF New York. Perhaps some day
some commission will be appointed to
present a comprehensive plan-price
no object-by which to make the city
good. i
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-02-25

What should the young man say to
the girl who slyly remarks: "You
know it isn't leap year any more?"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-02-25

Was there ever a woman who ever
forgot compliment? Or man who
was impervious to .fattery?
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-06-08

Success is admired, and to reach
success is laudable ambition. The
capacity of man to control his oppor-
tunities is small indeed. A farmer
may make hay while the sun shines,
but he can not cause the sun to shine.
This is what the successful man too
often imagines he has done. He will
write learned set of rules for the
young man to follow, and aside from
the general principles of integrity the
rules are wholly useless. Many of the
men reckoned as being most successful,
from their cradles to their gilded halls,
have been the creatures of fortuitous
accident.
One of the experiences that is prob
ably common to the most of us is to
look back over period of five or ten
years, and wonder how we could have
been so foolish as to do things and say
things on certain occasions which we
too keenly remember. Today, as we
recall the circumstances, we bitterly
reproach ourselves that we could have
been so fatuous and shortsighted.
But probably five or ten years hence
we shall look back upon these periods
with much the same feeling. We are
going to do foolish things to the end of
the chapter. By divine grace, we are told,
one may largely overcome sinful tend
encies, but there seems to be no help
for unwisdom and poor judgment and
inability to adjust ones self to cir
cumstances but the bitter discipline of
experience. There is one ray of light,
however, upon this course of reflection,
and that is the fact that we recognize
our mistakes in the past as the best
sort Of reason for believing that we
are improving. We have our eyes
opened to something, and tho we shall
probably make mistakes in the future,
just as we did in the past, they will
not be the same ones. And then, too,
we should not blame ourselves too
severely for these errors. In the nature
of the case there were things when we
made these mistakes that we could
not know as we do now.
The man who is standing on the
mountain top and sees the path wind
+ ing up should be charitable to the
man down in the valley who is losing
his way in the thickets. We need to
cultivate, charity for our own mistakes.
SKANDINAv.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-06-08
Opportunities and
~ Mistakes.

THAT every man makes his own
opportunities is frequent say.
ing. It has passed, in many
slightly varying forms, into a
maxim. People have learned to be-
lieve it. This fact is no proof that it
is true. Neither IS it proof the other
way. A maxim is preserved thought
of a wise person, or of person delud-
ed by his own wisdom. Its preserva-
tion does not depend upon it's quality.
1t depends far more upon its sound.
Men are not born to great opportuni-
ties and the sooner they content them
selves with these convictions, the less
they will be inclined to be discomfort
ed and to reach out for that which
there is no possibility of grasping.
The plowhorse may be an excellent
plowhorse, but there does not follow
the conclusion that he can 60 upon the
race track and equal the record.
Among men there are more TO CORE
spond in ability to the plowhorse than
to the racer. The plowhorse is a ne
cessity, and the racer is not. Perhaps
there is some comfort in this.
Opportunities depend upon the quail
tiles in the individual and the individ-
ual does not make the qualities any
more than he is personally responsible
for the color of his own eyes. The
situation that to one man would be an
opportunity would to another be moth.
ing. One is given keen vision, quick
to see and mind instant to compre.
hend. The other lacks the vision and
the mind. It is not his fault.
Men who 60 to the front in any line
of human endeavor are apt to preer
themselves as being self-made. This
is only pleasing conceit, the expires
sion of a sincere egotism. Either {
man is born with great possibilities
latent with him, or he is boosted by
circumstances neither a credit nor {
discredit to himself; or he fails to rise
No matter what his success or failure
he can be held responsible only to th'
extent that he makes an honest effor
/ to utilize the best that is his in natura
/ equipment.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-06-08

Down in a Kansas prison ''old timers now will tell
To inmates new story. and point them out a cell.
'Ts but common dungeon-dmenson, six by eight
Yet holds fearful legend revealed to them of late.
For this fOrbidding cavern for twenty weary
pain anguish, the bitter scadng tears,
The seeples nights of torture the of leaden tme
Of one who ne'er guilty of awless deed or crime.
Wrongfiy imprisoned for life this hapless
Has served of years full twenty. Imagine if you
The pangS pain suffered while innocent of crime,
Condemned for life to serfdom, anOthers time
No of mine picture the horrors he went through;
Each morning brought the tortures of yesterday
But last ended those of and shame;
The guilty ones confession has cleared his suied
He staggers from that prison into the light of day.
OF former self shadow enfeebled and gray;
haggard shrinking creature. wrnked
For twenty years. remember. in living death he spent.
Now dead both his parents their grief have ed
The bride that him promised another man has we'd
BY friends and foes forgotten no single one appears
With outsrched hands welcome the slave twenty
What those endless grewsome years?
Those nights days torture GRIM appalling
Fear lest he lose his faith in Humankind
Fear lest he doubt the mercy of Him, the God Divine.
Is there enough of silver, gold or landed wealth
To this poor exconvict loss youth
To pay nights repay silvered
Bring days of beauty when life bright
That wicked suffer ev'ry evil deed
Is by the ethic. moral and civil laws decreed.
And then the laws of nature will punish deeds unknown
For verify the sinner must reap as he has sown'-
But sometimes human Justice, by circupstances
May peFchance, punish the gutleSs
OF him. the who's guilty-tis not an idle guess
Perhaps in thousands will afterwards confess.
EMERITUS
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-06-08

There's something wrong about q
piety when it provokes others to pro-
fanityE