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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-01-14
IT IS CHASTITY. GAMBLING.
Risks Taken by English Insurance
Companies on the Lives Of
1onarchs,

Policies, I'll wager, are already be-
ing taken out in London on the life of
little Alexis. the new heir5to the Rus.
sian throne" said an insurance agent,
recently, reports an exchange. THE
English gamble horribly in life insur-
ance, and Alexis must appeal to them
as a wonderful risk. They will nay
high for him. though.
THE insurance rates on all royal
lives are q tribute to the power Of tho
nihilists and anarchists, for they are
80 huge as to be almost prohibitive
The rate on the king of England is
enormous, and among monarchs his
is the lowest rate Of any. That on the
Russian car is the highest. The car
Is bad risk. Many companies would
not insure him ON any consideration.
But Lloyds. the great London con-
Germ, would insure anything or any
}body-Prof. Langley going up in one
Of his flying machines. q Japanese SPY
about to enter Port Arthur, q Russian
battleship going into battle. And
hence Lloyds IL willing to insure the
poor little Russian heir. and q certain
class Of men. taking advantages of
this fact. are procuring policies upon
the baby life. s. A..
s. emblin;g on lives 50 3 S 9hastlv
form @of sport. and believe that ii u
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-01-14
Magic Circles outlivs superstition

Magic Circles. outlivs Superstition.
Magic circles did not go out with the
days of superstition. The holders of A
railway concession in China have drawn
circle about Canton ACROSS which no
foreign railway may pass without their
consent. 1t IL simply q belt line of rail-
way on the outskirts of the CITY,: with
branches running to the suburbs: The
French and English holders Of railway
concessions must make terms with tho
Americans before they can lay their
tracks across the belt line. In the: Unit
ed States the courts usually make short
work of such distractions, but the magic
is likely to work in China for several
years yet. Meantime the French and
English railway men are admirine tina
alertness of their competitors from this
country.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-01-14

design shown herewith. An opening
is cut in one side at the bottom so that
hand lamp can be set in. This open
ing should have hinged door. Above
the lamp is stretched piece of sheet
iron, while some distance above this
iron rods run from side to side across
the box, for the support of smaller boxes
OF earth in which seeds are sown. A
tight wooden cover can be made to
shut down over the whole, to be opened
each morning. A small opening is made
in the top of tie lamp chamber and an
other in the bottom, to admit air and let
cut any gas from the lamp. The sheet
iron should fit so closely that fumes
from the lamp may not get up to the
plant boxes. A very small flame will
keep everything very warm at night.
Set the box before the sunniest kitchen
window.-Orange Judd Farmer.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-01-14
LICENSE VIViSECTIONISTS.
Experimenters Must Obtain Govern
ment Permit to Garry On Animal
Tests in Great Britain.

Persons in Great Britain VINO desire
to perform experiments of any kind
upon animals must first obtain a gov
eminent license, says American Medi-
cine. The annual report of this bu-
reau for 1903 has been issued as a par
llamentary paper and shows that dur
ing the year BAT persons were so Ii
censed; 81, however, performed no ex-
periments Proof was furnished that
Licensees are granted to persons fitted
by training and education to carry out
experiments and profit by them, and
to these only upon recommendation of
well-knoWn scientists. The number
OF experiments in 1903 was 1904, in
4,17S of which anesthetics were en-
pioyed. No operation more severe
than superficial venesection may be
done without anesthetizing the animal.
Inspection of places registered under
the license act revealed during the
year only two not conforming entirely
to the law. The system appears to
work we'll in England despite it's SEEM
ing meddlesomeness and undoubtedly
possesses points in it's favor. 1t should
and doubtless does prevent a certain
amount of unnecessary cruelty to ami
mails. On the other hand, animal ex-
perlmentation may be carried on with
out fear of molestation by members of
protective societies, whose well-inten-
toned zeal is often a hindrance to
true scientific progress. In the United
States the animals are protected by
the American Society for the Protec-
ton of Animals, which is a far-reach-
ing organization with branches in the
principal cities.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-01-14
: GRAF"TlNG WILD, FRUITS. !
AFine Field for the Exercise Of Horticul-
T. 1 - $500: al. tural Skill. >sc t.#- @skis%s

AFine Field for the Exercise Of Horticul-
E 81. tural Skill. z; III n Il
II Persons living in sections where wild
fruit trees and vines yet continue to
grow, ul:disturbed, IN native vigor, can
find exercise for their horticultural
skill and love of experiment, in graft
ing these wild stocks with improved
native and foreign varieties. Several
years ago my attention was attracted
to this subject by an article which ap-
l,eared in the report of our State Horti-.
cultural society, from a correspondent
in Illinois, who said: "a farmer living
near here, having a woods pasture part
ly covered with wild crab and red haw
trees, SOME Is or SO years ago, grated
the crab to apple, and the red haw to
pear. He grated those limbs beyond
the reach Of animals grazing in the
pasture, and now he has apples and
pears in abundance every fruit year." "
During the past year the writer made
a number of experiments in grating
the wild fruits in this locality; begun
grating the haw to the pear during
pleasant days in February, and con-
tinued after intervals till the 10th of
April. Those CRAFTS set during Febru-
airy did much better than those Of later
dates. Scions were taken from Bartlett,
Idaho, Duchess and Kieffer trees. A
much larger per cent. of the Kieffer
gratis grew than those of other varie-
ties, and the growth was more vigorous.
We also set gratis of the pear into the
white thorn; but failed to get any to
live. In granting the haw, it is best
to select young, vigorous trees, an! To-
cate the gratis we'll in the top OF the
tree, so they will get the sunlight and
have room to develop. In the early days
OF March we grated some wild plum
trees with the Japanese varieties Album
dance and Burbank. The growth made
by these scions was very vigorous, and
they are now full of fruit buds.
In grating, use an abundance of
grating wax, and cover with cotton
cloth boiled i'm oil or wax. Aside from
the curiosities which can be produced
ON lawns or in waste places, by trans
forming these wild stocks, by grating
TO improved varieties, some persons may
be so situated as to make it source Of
considerable profits. H. Van Trump,
in journal of Agriculture.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-01-14
LOCATING AN ORCHARD:
Why Fruit Trees Should Be Planted on
Good Soil.

Why Fruit Trees Should Be Planted on
Good Soil.
""You won't plant trees on that nice
ground" said the visitor, when told, in
being shown over the premises, that ar
engagements were in progress for set
ting out new orchard there.
why not?" was the reply.
because the surface lies wedl and the
soil is good for any of the crops most
generally raised."s
''Those are two of the reasons why 7
selected it. The soil is good, the loca-
ton is elevated, but not too high, the
surface is nearly level, so that the trees
can be cultivated as often as necessary
without danger of washing, and there is
sufficient drainage so that water will
pass off in a short time after the rain
ceases"
1t is surprising that some people
think an orchard should be planted on
land not fit for much else. True, such
land can often be made more profitable
in fruit of some kind than in raising
grain or grass. But it does not follow
that an orchard will not be good in.
vestnent ON good land. Such persons
have never calculated the cost y the
greatly lessened cost, rather-in grow
ing fruit as compared with other prod
ucts, in a series of years. If they did
they would find that, under fair condi-
tions, the orchard is the most\profitable
piece of land of that size on the farm.
This, to say nothing Of the pleasure,
and the advantage to health, Of irregular
supply of fine fruit. National Stock
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-01-14
terminating Nuts In Spring.

The success of terminating nuts in
the spring depends upon the condition
of ripeness and the method of keeping
them during the winter. Nuts should
not allowed to become too dry before
burying in sand. When gathered too
early the kernels shrivel up and have
but little terminating power, hence
they should not be gathered until the
kernel is full and plump. If there is
any danger of mice getting into the
boxes where they are buried during the
winter, wire netting should be nailed
over them.--Wsetern Plowman.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-01-14

fed that if they had followed his advice
they would have found it good. He
applied the cutting back particularly to
the peach tree.
In the spring of 1892 superintendent
the setting out of about ii acres of or
chard on the experiment. station farm
at Wooster. This was a variety orchard
with a vengeance, such as no private
Individual would care about planting,
containing over 800 kinds of the differ
ent fruits. The trees came from many
parts of the United States, and coming
at different times, they were not in as
good shape as if they had all been
bought at one place, yet by severe cut
ting back the per cent. of loss was small.
J remember particularly the apple
trees, which We cut back in very much
the manner shown in Fig. and Fig. 2,
and all other trees were cut back nearly
as much. The season started out very
wet, but got very dry before the mid
die of the summer. This experience
showed me that not only the peach tree
was benefited by a severe pruning at
the time of transplanting, but all other
fruit trees as we'll.
In the spring of 1896 I spent nearly
the entire months of April and May in
planting trees on the grounds of the
Ohio State university. There were no
fruit trees, but large collection of
shade and ornamental trees and shrubs.
The season was unusually favorable for
f. o If -nf IN
over at the end of the season find that
those cut back severely have done the
best. While they may have looked rather
bad to start with, they have more than
made up the difference by their good
growth later on. About $50 shade
trees were planted out very late-so late
that had my doubt if any would grow
The leaves were out to full size, and
they had made quite growth of wood,
but by cutting them back severely,
with the favorable season, nearly every
one lived.
While the proper cutting back of a
tree at transplanting time may not be
the most important point, yet 1 be-
ieve it to be the one to be most insist
ed on, because it is the one most likely
to be neglected. 1t seems rather hard
when we buy a tree, to cut away the
part we most want, but could we see
the roots as they are in the soil, and
compare them as they usually come to
us, we could see a better reason for cut
ting back in the same manner. lido not
think Figs. and 2 exaggerate this
Point.-E. C. Green, in Ohio Farmer.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-01-14
GOT AHEAD OF. THE BIRDS
Almond Farmer Turned PilferinR
Yellowhammers into Nut
Harvesters.

The stranger In the hotel lobby wore
gray frock coat, gray trousers a
gray SLOUGH hat and a gray mustach
and chin tuft la Buffalo Bill, says the
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Il am western almond farmer" he
said to the reporter. II grow almonds,
son, the same as your folks grow pota-
toes and corn.
rs 1t good business! Well,
wouldn't be in it ii it wasn't. 1t is fine
business. never have no trouble at
all.
Queer things happen sometimes?
Oh, yes, sometimes, guess. Let me see,
now. Let me see."
Pulling slowly on his cigar, the west
ern almond grower tried to think Of
something queer to tell the reporter
Finally he said:
THE yellowhammers bothered me
last harvest time They came by thou
sands to my almond orchard. and, carry
Ing OF my nuts In their beaks, they
stored them in the hollow limb of an oa:.
THAT wouldn't do, you know.
Il studied bit, and then cut of tie
hollow oak Dough, and substituted for it
long wooden funnel, made to look as
much like bough as possible. Beneath
this funnel put basket. Then, chuck
lin to myself, returned to the Office.
well, my scheme buncoed the yell
loWhammers. It buncoed them. The
poor birds couldn't tell the funnel from
the DOugh Every. dav fhinkirp thov
were laying up fine store of nuts. they
dropped almond after almond into the
funnel. Every night collected a big
basketful of nuts that had been harvest
ed for me by the BIRDS"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-01-14
PROPAGATlNG BENCH.

How to Start Plants Successfully In the
House In Spring.
Almost every one tries to start afew
plants early in the spring in the house.
lut has no end of trouble carrying them
from window to stove shelf at night to
keep them from chilling. The illustra-
ton shows a way to avoid all this
trouble, and at the same time to grow
more and better plants. A box OF any
size desired, and about two feet in
height. is arranged according to the
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-01-14

pracuced nowhere but in England. It
ought not be practiced there. The law
ought to prohibit 1t. At Lloyds, how
ever. 1t Is always going on. Policies
at Lloyds are continually being taken
out on persons OF eminence all over
the world"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-01-14

Drawn Out Honeymoon Desirable.
That New England couple that took
their wedding trip on freight train may
have wanted to have the honeymoon al
long drawn out as possible. says the
Chicago Daily News r. =
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-01-14

Football Games Prove Useful.
The Australian detectives find football
useful Criminals will hide six days in
the week, but they have to come out on
Saturday to see the football game, and
the police are on hand.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-01-14

. ...s. Figures Obsolete Now. :. ,.
The population Of the wor !, accord
Ing. to the latest estimate, Is I ,667, 49,
233. But these figures we're published
before Col. Alexis Romanof the new
czarlette,was' born s. y
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-01-14
Growing Berries for Market.

Good gardens and poor farms never
keep company long. The growing Of
berries for family use is easily done.
The growing of berries largely and sell
ing them in good market require con.
siderable skill and a special business
tact. Only those who have good loca.
ton, good market, and a taste for the
business should attempt.it. Many small
farmers SO situated are making a sue:
cess by commencing moderately and
increasing acreage from season to sea
son as experience warrants. 5 4s; /. s5s
tt pays to grow berries on village
lots. Is half acre lot would bring IL
lara hln m nn,aayy sss Bf 2ss;s
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-24

surpassed in any of, the newer or lighter
weight fabrics.
The great charm of the pale blue crepe
in the illustration is in the ample full
ness, which does not need to be augmented
by the usual seton frills and f1ounces. The
bottom of this skirt is very simply hem
med without the addition of frill or ruche.
This means that there is great deal of
fullness at the waist, and the manner in
which the soft material is laid in fine pleats
close together without being tucked, press
ed or stitched is decidedly new and grace
full. From here the crepe falls in long,
graceful folds with plenty Of fullness at
the foot.
When blue lining of the same shade
is used with chiffon or crepe the color
takes on thick, heavy tone. So in order
to give it delicacy a white taffeta lining
is used with a yelling of pale blue tulle. The
taffeta skirt is corded and made full with
scant ruff1es, and upon this is ac
cordion-pleated iounce of pale blue tulle
coming to the very edge of the skirt,
where it is finished with tiny tulle ruch-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-24
FURNISHING THE MATERIAL
Americans Exchange Pleasantries for
Benefit of English Observer.
From the Chicago Tribune

From the Chicago Tribune
Inc two men were seated at a table in tba
furthest corner of the restaurant
May ask you for the score card?" said
the one with the bristline mustacbe ,o;at
ing to the bill of fare p''ii'-
you may sir" replied the other a man
mi.n cioseiy cropped hair, but that's ali
the good 1t VIII do you. I'm not a waiter
But If you had requested such a favor Of
me l should have taken pleasure in com
plying.
quite likely Some men are born that
way They d just as lief be taken for q
waiter not
And some men are born Doors. They
couldn't be gentlemen if they tried
Think you'd know gentleman If Won
happened to meet one?"
Il think should. He'd look as different
from you as he possibly could
HOW DO you know anything about what
iik es'''e'hah would DO or what he'd look
I'm intimately acquainted with several.
ana i.1 they don't any of them act like you
That so? Say, who began this CONVERSE
ton. you baboon-faced---''
dld, you bullet-headed barbarian I
asked you in civil way If you would be
KIND enough to hand me the bill of fare.
and you insulted me. You haven't the man
ners or decency of a walrus. You're hunk
OF mule meat IN a shape something like a
man. with a
You can't talk that way to me and live.
I'll
Don't you do it. If you move your hand
one inch nearer your hip pocket I'll fill you
full of holes right herer
But the other did not stop.
He thrust his hand into his hip pocket,
pulled out a silk handkerchief wiped his
eyeglasses, picked up a paper and began to
Then the man with the brfstling mustache
turned to the unrnistakable Ensiishman who
had been sitting at the next table and lis
teni1g with Mortified establishment to the
conversation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-24

ing. Over this is draped pointed founce
Of the same accordion pleating with a
ruched edge.
The unique decoration used on the crepe
skirt of this costume is made of three
quarterback wide gros grain ribbon in the
same shade as the crepe. This is appliqued
In a graceful bowknot pattern with the rib
bon tied in "a realistic way. Between the
knots, which are placed half a yard or SO
apart, there are two ends of the ribbon
brought over to form acknowledged fig
ures. Surrounding each one OF these dia-
mondS are seven graduated rosettes made
OF crepe shirred for the under part then
a circle of ribbon over this and for the
center tiny button of blue chiffon center
ed with white silk palette. The largest
of this group of rosettes Is the size of a
silver dollar and the smallest about like a
fiye-cent piece.
settles come down toward the bottom but
directly behind there is a larger bowknot
of ribbon. and the cluster of ornaments
extends upward on the long full train.
The bodice is picturesque and introduces a
charming trimming with little color First
there is vest formed of folds of crepe
alternating with ribbon running across the
narrow opening. Then fitted trimming
OF lace goes around the low curving neck
grows wider as IL comes forward and ex-
tends down to the pointed bodice, where it
is scarcely more than a suggestion of trim
ming. The lace is decately embroidered
with ribbons worked in to represent green
stems and mauve roses.
The shoulders are given decidedly droop-
ing effect by this decoration. but the ex-
aggerated point in front lengthens the waist
correspondingly. friil of white applique
falls from this fitted lace effect. Across
the back where the embroidered lace is cut
off square the frill is dispensed with en-
tirely, but it starts at the shoulders and
comes very wide at the bust. then narrows
until 1T becomes nothing at all at the deep
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-24

point of the bodice.
The blre vest is trimmed with three blue
bows picked out with lace and ribbon.
Around the deeolletage is pale blue tulle
tucker. From each side of this vest the
bodice seems to be drawn around the fig
ure in straight folds that meet at the back
and are shirred under fastenings. The clos
ing is hidden beneath three smaller crepe
and ribbon rosettes like those ornamenting
the vest. The effect from the sides and
back is of very deep shirred grdle one
that comes well up under the arms. This
Is most becoming to slender girlish figures
ana on account of the fullness of the skirt
over the hips the waist appears all the
smaller iia--a
The sleeves are nothing more than a
pointed band of blue crepe starting well
over the arm so that part of this is left
Dare Inc band is decorated with green
ana mauVe ribbon embroidery and on the
potion Is a deep blue tulle fiounce which
rails IN long point. On the edge is a
ruchlng or the tulle and above are ar
ranged three rosettes of creme and rihho,
to match those on the skirt
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-24
TELEPHONES IN THE FOREST.
Stations in the Dense Timber Keep Log
gers in Close Touch With Home.

From the Detroit Tribune.
Up in the dense timber along the Big
Blackfoot Montana, where the logs are cut
that keep the big mills at Bonner in 20
ton, the traveller is often surprised as he
Journeys through the logging district, to see
small telephone stations located at intervals
in the forest. There are several of these
stations and they enable the loggers to
keep in touch with the mills, and, when the
drive is in progress. with the rivermen as
they chase the logs down the stream.
These timber telephones are of the great
est service in the conducting of the business
of the country. they save a vast amount
of time and in case of an accident or any
other trouble they are of inestimable value.
During The last two or three years, such
telephone lines have come into use in most
of the piy logging regions.
Throughout the forests, from the st. John
to Vancouver, lumber camps belonging to
the same interests are connected by. tele-
phone the lines running thence to the saw
mills or wood pulp works at frontier towns,
from which communication can be held
even to the metropolis.
It was formerly the custom of each lum-
Der interest to maintain a force o. couriers.
like the voyagers of the Hudson Bay Com
pany and these hardy men, with kna psack.
would travel twenty-five miles a day
through the wilderness. over rough forest
paths.
Now the mill calls each camp in turn at
stated hours. and receives reports and gives
instructions to Ine foreman and it is NO.
necessary to dwell on the commercial adj
vantages of maintaining such close touch
between headquarters and outposts in any
enterprise. Letters are read to men showed
in the forest fifty or 100 mics away and
answers are dictated by the lumbermen to
a stenographer, who transcribes them in
the Office and then mails them to their
homes. - 1afs
The relative contentment among the men
which is established by this frequent COM
munication Is highly advantageous TO the
working force, and therefore to the en-