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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-22
He Remembered Real Cold

John w. Gates has a caller, or rath-
er a visitor, from Quincy, ILL.,, by the
Eame of PATSY Mccain" ''Patsy"
knew the millionaire plunger when he
was selling barbed wire to the farmers
in the Mississippi River valley. They
talked about cold weather. Gates
said:
"I'll bet you, Pat, that you never
saw such weather as this out Quincy
way"
"Humph-never saw such weather
as this! Why, where did you get it
from unless you got it from us? You
call this weather, Ell? Why, don't you
remember, John, the time we were at
Quincy in '77-January, think it was
when the wells froze up forty feet
below the ground; when the coal was
so CONCEALED that you had to put it in
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-22
Popular Linuerie Blouses.

The tremendous vogue for lingerie
blouses is a wiser mode than it seems
at first thought. They are always
fresh and dainty, not at all perishable
and as warm as any of the lighter
weight silks when worn over one of
the well-cut Innings of heavy India silk.
Then again they may be worn all
through the year, and in character OF
fabric answer a certain hint of infor.
mality in the nature of the blouse
proper. At any rate modish women
are buying them by the wholesale
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-22
@h healg Al
6e53s@!!fE yEkff!flQe

Fancy a redingote of yellow Vene.
tian lace.
Cuffs flare upward, with upstandins
frills of lace.
Colored embroideries will be much
used on white dresses.
Harmony from hat to shoe is the
main point to be aimed at.
Princess gowns are to be the smart.
est of spring and summer frocks.
Soft, fluffy and dainty are the
blouses made entirely of valen.
ciennes.
The waistcoat or vest is almost uni
versal on this seasons tailor mades
The surplice waist runs riot. Almost
every new frock is finished off that
way.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-22

r. by Earl NJ. Pratt,
Which of these subjects is the one
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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-22
THE: TRICKS.
Coffee Plays on Some.

It hardly pays to laugh before you
are certain Of facts, for it is some
times humiliating u think of after
wards. T..
when I was young girl I was a
lover of coffee, but was sick so much
the doctor told me to quit and I did,
but after my marriage my husband
begged me to drink it again as he
did not think it was the coffee caused
the troubles.
$50 commenced it again and con-
tinued about 6 months until my stom-
ach commenced acting bad and chok-
ing as ii I had swallowed something
the size of an egg. One doctor said
it was neuralgia and indigestion.
zone day took drive with my
husband three miles in the country
and drank cup of coffee for dinner.
l thought sure would die before got
back to town to doctor. I was drawn
double in the buggy and when my
husband hitched the horse to get me
out into the doctors Office, misery
came up in my throat and seemed
to shut my breath off entirely, then
left all in a flash and went to my
heart. The doctor pronounced it ner-
vous heart trouble and when got
home l was so weak | could not sit
up.
my husband brought my supper to
my bedside with nice cup Of hot COT
fee, but l said: Take that back, dear.
T 1r3v -
fee if you gave me everything you are
worth, for it is just killing me- He
| and the others laughed at me and
said:
"'The idea of coffee killing any,
body
"'well,' I said, it is nothing else
but coffee that is doing, it,
in the grocery one day my hus-
band was persuaded to buy a box of
Postum which he brought home and
I made it for dinner and we both
thought how good it was but said
nothing to the hired men and they
thought they had drunk coffee until
we laughed and told them. Well. we
kept on with Postum and it was not
long before the color came back to
my cheeks and I got stout, and felt
as good as I ever did in my life. I
have no more stomach trouble and I
know owe it all to Postum in place
of coffee:
my husband has gained good health
on Postum, as we'll as baby and I, and
we all think nothing is too good to say
about it." Name given BY, Postum
Co. Battle Creek. Mich. 'zEsf< -
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-22
Trimming Materials.

Both cloth and velvet gowns show
q varied assortment of trimmings, and
none of the importations are plain,
but display two or three different
trimming materials. Silver and gold
braid and embroidery done in the two
metal shades adorn the heavier
gowns, while galloons of all widths
and varieties are applied to the mixed
cloth fabrics.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-22
3 8 rs & 8 & g 8 ( 81 81
BY Earl M. Pratt, Oak Park, Illinois:

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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-22

coming, just more and more astonish-
ing ways of getting fullness in about
the feet
Short coats are more favored than
long in these light materials for the
suits to wear with blouses.
But everything is made of them !;
they're even threatening to share
honors with silk, which has had every.
thing it's own way for the shirtwaist
suits that everybody wears.
Blue and brown-especially blue
are "staple" and will be worn great
deal, but dozen shades of violet are
promised for the earliest spring days
Violet has been limited at, pretty
strongly, all winter. :
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-22
Scents for Miiady's Locks.

Just a hint of violet or white rose
perfume adds to the attractions of the
dainty girl. Her shining hair, too,
gains by suggestion of sweetness.
There is a new powder, straight
from Paris, made for seeming the
hair. 1t is nothing more nor less than
a finely powdered sachet, and comes
in tints to match any shade of hair
It is busted into the pompadour and
over the bun by means of a powder
puff, and imparts to the tresses the
faintest and most Terminating odor i'm
aginable.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-22

woman of refined
taste. Soft, dura-
bic material should
be the first cOnsid-
Grafton, and the
trimming selected
dainty and fine, but
not too elaborate.
In the accompany
ing pattern the
quaint Dutch yoke
is smoothly fitted
on the shoulders,
the joining to the
skirt portion being
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-22
More Material Called For,

The amount of goods necessary for
a dress to-day is almost twice the
number of yards used in the gowns Of
two years ago, the full sleeves taking
a vast amount of material, and the
shirred and plated skirts demanding
an amount of colth astonishing to the
man who has to pay for it by the yard.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-22
One Redeemina Quality.

One Redeeming Quality.
"You must have a great deal of old
and ragged money here" said the man
who was paying his taxes.
I'VE do" responded the cashier In
the treasury department of the coun-
ty building.
Don't you dread to handle it?"
ION what ACCOUNT
Microbes"
my dear sir, the atmosphere of this
building kills the microbes the mo-
ment they are exposed to it."-Chica-
go Tribune.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-22

a furnace before it would burn; when
the smoke from the wheel factory
(having little moisture in it, you
know friz up as it came boiling out
of the chimney, and fell with sickening
thuds below, one of the chunks killing
Melvina Silver's little girl; when all
the hens that had gone to roost on the
limbs of trees were stuck fast for nine
days, and had to be fed with meal
bran hoisted on long pole, when-''
Say, Pat" broke in Mr.. Gates,
what are you doing for a lising now?
Nothing much. Well, do you know
Trippler, the liquid air man? II you
don't, get acquainted with him. I hear
he has about perfected plans to put q
rev cold canned proposition on the
market. You could help him, maybe"
Chicago American.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-22

I pocket the charges on certain par
cells of way freight and you get them
on full through cars to the end of the
line. You are the whale and I am
only little piker."
John looked at Dave long and in
tently before he replied: "Our inter-
ests seem to be IDENTICAL" he said
1--WE will have wine supper next
time we meet in St. Paul. In the
meantime please forget what l said
about you making too much money"
Duluth News-Tribune.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-22

AAAAA~t A~A Ia AAo
sort Of fchu
shirred at tn e
shoulder, draped,
bOrdered with q
lace rume and, fin
ished at the bottom
with a double frill
which is trimmed
with narrow blacl
velvet.
The chemisette
is, tucked crOsswiSe
and trimmed with
lace, which also
forms the collar
The girdle is OF
velvet. The full.
sleeves are finished
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-22
Bear and Bare.

Mr.. Cain-Wot ye goin' to wear to
the ball tonight?
Mrs. Cain-Oh, think I'll 60 in a
bear skin.
Mr.. Cain-No, you won't, nuther.
None Of this decollete for my family.
You Hear me?-Houston Chronicle.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-22
YELLOW CRUST on BABY
Would Crack Open and scab Causing
Terrible ltchino-Cured by

"Our baby had a yellow crust on his
head which I could hot keep away
When I thought had succeeded in
getting his head clear it would start
again by the crown of his head. crack
and scale, and cause terrible itching.
then got Cuticura Soap and Oint-
ment, washing the scalp with the soap
and then applying the Ointment. A
few treatments made a complete cure.
I have advised a number of mothers
to use Cuticura when I have been
asked about the same ailment of their
babies. Mrs. John Boyce, Pine Bush,
N. Y"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-22
Uses for Auckaback.

Huckaback is used Tor number of
articles dear to the heart of the fancy
worker, book covers, cushions sofa
and pin variety being included in the
list. Mercerized thread is used for
the decoration which is in undulating
rows formed by darning The work is
very easy.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-22
The Whale and the Piker.

The superintendent Of construction
and the conductor of the way freight
running out to the end of the line on
one of the Minnesota roads, while it
was being built, did not have any I'M
derstanding until one day the former
said to the latter:
"Dave, you are making too much
money" and he gave a significant
shrug of the shoulder and eyed him
suspiciously.
''You ought not to complain, John.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-22
find Scarce.

One result of the cold snap is q
scarcity Of Holsters. those that come
s from the sea. It's almost impossible
to gather them from the hatcheries
while the bays, are blocked with ice,
and consequently there is mourning
along the Great White lane.-New
York Sun. H.. - = i
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-22
ShAke In Your Shoes,

ShAke In Your Shoes.
Aliens Foot-Ease. powder. cures pain
ful, smarting, nervous feet and ingrowing
nails. It's the greatest comfort discovery
of the age. Makes new shoes easy. A
certain cure for sweating feet. Sold by ali
druggists, Csc. Trial package FREE.
Address A. S. Olmsted, L. Roy, N. Y.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-22

concealed beneath the soft rufhe,
which is trimmed with a narrow lace
edging. The chemise gown, slipped
over the head, has sleeve banded or
flowing freely.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-22

Of black velvet, over which the trim
ming from the bottom of the blouse
extends. The sleeves, forming double
puffs, are trimmed to correspond and
finished at the elbows with lace ruff
fleS
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-22

a fancy applique
com pose of
tucked bands and
motifs of the silk.
The neck and
fronts are finished
with an edge of
black velvet, the
latter ornamented
with tiny buttons
Aand buttonholes
Fand opening over
a frill of white
/ lace.
The chemisette
or guimpe is of gui-
MIRO Tho oir61o ic
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-22

1. House dress, OF palest green silk
crepe, embroidered in wreaths of for
get-me-nots, tied with white ribbon
bows, over a foundation of changeable
green tafleta. 2. Fashionable reding-
ote of brick red lightweight broad
cloth, the tucks of the skirt stitched
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-22

at the elbows with velvet-edged frills
Of the material and with lace ruff1es.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-22
Waist of yellow Silk.

Blouse of pale yellow silk, forming
sort of draped bolero, trimmed with
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-22

Night Gown for Ladies and Misses.
Dainty lingerie is desired by every
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-22

down below the knees. Trimmed with
sable to correspond with toque. 3.
Heavy corded silk visiting toilette.
the shirred bodice buttoned over 4
cream lace vest and collar. Full gath.
cred skirt falling from shirred hin
yoke.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-22

New Theater Waist.
Blouse of soft silk or crepe de
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1905-06-22

II the log is large in diameter the
some process is again repeated on each
of the two remaining triangular sec
tons, each being again cut in two equal
halves-always radially-and two
boards are cut from each of the, last
sawed sides of each section, as in the
short section of a larger log, shown in
Fig. 5.
Should the log be of such diameter as
to allow it, the four remaining thin
triangular sections will again be halved
radially, as shown in the upper left-hand
corner of Fig. 5. The boards, however.
as will be seen, become narrower each
time the triangular section is sawed
into two equal parts and their CONNER
cial value decreases greatly when I'M
der six inches in width. The first OF the
two boards cut each time will be radial
and almost exactly in line with the silver
glints of the medullary rays.
These will be Al in quality and in
figure. The second boards will be mole
or less out of line with regard to the
medullary rays, and will show the sill
yer Sllnts narrower, but, in more often
recurring numbers, and for many pur-
poses, especially for small or narrow
pieces, these second boards will show
more beautiful figure, although
smaller, than the first. The first board,
with it's large glints, is the finest wood
for large surfaces, such as the tops OF
tables, large panels and drawer fronts.
Figs. and will explain why
Quarter-sawed boards are more expen.
sive than the common sawed lumber
shown in Fig. 2, requiring as it does
more time and labor apd being more
wasteful of the wood. The last thin
triangular pieces of all are usually sawed
into squares of various sizes as indicated
in the lower right hand corner of Fig
S, which are used for table legs stair
banisters, and other purposes. This
again involves labor, and there is still
much waste as compared with the CON-
mon method of plain saving as shown
in Fig. 2.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1905-06-22
YELLOWSTONE BUFFALOES.
Herd Started by the National Govern
ment Increasing Rapidly and
Doing Finely.

"The buffalo herd in Yellowstone
park, started by the United States
government and during the past few
years very carefully watched to pre-
vent the death of the young, is in
creasing rapidly and will this year
number between 20 and rs more ani.
mails than a year ago at this time"
states G. E. Farrow, superintendent OF
Yellowstone Park hotels. "The herd
is in excellent condition. 1t has win
tered we'll and the calves are growing
fast and appear to be sound and
strong. 1t has been the wish of the
government officers to increase the
herd until it resembles the old-time
herds which covered the western
prairies. The experiment of propagat-
ing the animals is definitely a success
and the army officers, upon whom the
work has largely devolved, are CORE
spordingly pleased. Maj. Pitcher, of
the United States army, represents the
government in the park and is prac-
tically and officially the custodian of
the herd.
There is every promise that the
natural increase of the herd will add
20 more animals this summer The
buffalo calves Of last year survived
remarkably we'll and there is no rea-
son why the calves this year should not
meet equal success. The buffalo don't
need to struggle for living. Feed is
good, the valleys give them splendid
shelter and they have the pick of graz
ing lands over which to roam.
1.-THE other wild animals in the
Yellowstone are increasing in num-
her, Elk and deer came down to the
Mammoth Hot Springs this winter in
large numbers and roamei around
within plain sight. The deep SHOWS
on the mountains forced them to
lower attitudes. They didn't seem to
mind the snow or cold and appeared
to be in the very best of shape. The
bears are of course asleep. They in
crease yearly and are one of the first
attractions to the tourists, since they
do not hesitate to come into the open
where they may be seen. They are
mild hammered and inoffensive, bother
more with designs on the hotel gar
bage piles than with hostile opera
lions against mere men and women.
The garbage piles attract them every
night and they fight and quarrel and
talk bear politics over the empty
canned goods tins to the amusement
of thousands Of people who annually
witness the banQuets down at the
duEp."
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1905-06-22
BY JAMES RITCHEY,

BY JAMES RITCHEY.
Instructor in Woodworking and Pattern
Making, Armour Institute of Technology,
Chicago.1
Copyright. 1904, by Joseph P. Bowes.)
Before beginning our instructions
in the practical use of tools for the work.
ing Of woods we wish to impress on the
minds of parents or others hav
ing the direction of the work the neces-
sity of the beginner doing more or less
work with the tools, one tool at time,
until the feeling of the tool in the hand
is familiar to the user and until he has
gained such control of the tool that it
will, through his hands, become the
servant of his will, and so carry out his
thought and his wishes that his plans
and his work will be success.
1t requires long and continued prac-
tice to become even moderately pro-
ficient in any of the practical arts, and
yet with the beginning in woodworking,
and too often with those having the
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1905-06-22

sue extending radially from the pith
toward the bark These are called pith
rays, or medullary rays. Cabinet
makers speak of these rays as the
lights, or silver grain, of the wood.
In some woods, as oak and sycamore.
they are large, while in maple, cherry
and beech they are small, and in many
woods these silver grains are too small
to be seen with the naked eye.
This brief study of the log brings us
to practical application of this knowl-
edge in the cutting or saving OF the
log into boards and plank. The COM
mon method is to slightly flatten, or
slab, the log on it's under and upper
sides, and then to saw it through and
through into boards, as shown in Fig. 2.
Pine, poplar, Eastwood and, indeed, all
our common sawed boards and planks
are cut in this way.
Quarter Saving.
If, however, we wish to show the
beautiful silver grains formed by the
medullary rays, such as are seen in
quartered oak or Quartered sycamore,
the log must be Understandable
is, the log is first sawed into quarters
directly through the heart or pith, as
shown in Fig. 3.
These four quarters or sections are
always very unequal in size, as the heart
or pith is seldom, if ever, in the Gen.
ter of the tree, for the reason that the
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1905-06-22

direction of his work, whether teacher
or parent, the wish is to begin at once
to make some desired article Such
course cannot be successful, for the
training of the hands for manual work
as the training of the mind in mental
and. cultural education, must begin with
the rudiments, and be carried on pro-
excessively until the mind and hands
become familiarized with the various
processes necessary for constructive
work.
Hence, in series of elementary and
progressive articles on woodworking
such as these will be, we must insist
that each tool taken up and each step
given in its use be followed out patient
ly and persistently until the work &C.
complished is at least fairly we'll done.
While the instructions and directions
given will be especially designed for the
young, we hope that, while making then,
exceedingly simple and plain, they will
prove to be so broad as also to interest
parents and others in this attractive
work.
Woods.
While wood is the most plentiful,
widely useful and also the most general
ly used of all constructive materials,
1t is doubtful if there is any other of
which so little is known practically re-
garding its structure and the adapta-
bility of different kinds of woods to diff
ferent purposes. Wood of one kind not