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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-02-24
What is it?" she asked cautiously.
Edna's eyes were still swapping sparks
of fire, but her curiosity led her On.

What Is it?" she asked cautiously.
Edna's eyes were still swapping sparks
OF fire, but her curiosity led her On.
my coming marriage" I answered
as nonchalantly as possible.
ITO whom, may I ask?" she said,
looking surprised and, though do say
it, somewhat disappointed and a little
shaken up.
ITO Ketchum's daughter" replied.
"You will thus have the pleasure of
being my step-mother-in-law."
well, I congratulate you,' said
Edna slowly, and then she went back
into the house, leaving me standing
by the gate in something of guam
Diary.
l had told Edna a falsehood, but 1t
gave me a clue to my proper course
of action, and when old Ketchum and
Edna were married a fortnight later,
the engagement of Miss Daisy Ketch.
um to your humble servant was made
public for the first time. Old Ketch.
um raved, but Edna was a good STEP
nother-in-law to me and exercised her
influence in my behalf very effectu.
ally. I was never sorry that engage
ment story popped into my head as it
did. and eventually gave Edna our
Old engagement ring as a souvenir for
it was real diamond after all, and
I had not bought it on the instalment
plan, my seeming self-committal to the
contrary notwithstanding.
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Soldiers Of Modern Grccian Armv

includes in it's evolutions some high
stepping and ballet dancing.
"Greece's army on a peace footing
consists of $4,000 men. Every young
man is expected to serve in this capa-
city except oldest sons. The soldiers
pay is equivalent to about. $1.8O a
month. A typical days rations is said
to be about as follows: Breakfast,
black coffee and bread; dinner, soup,
meat and wine; supper, bread and
cheese, The wine issued by the quar-
termaster's department. is said to
have been treated with rosin and the
resulting mixture reminds the unini-
tiated of the juice of green persim-
mons.
Almost every soldier smokes, and,
in spite of the ubiquitous and iniqui-
tous cigarette, a few survive their en-
listment. No provision is made for
their leisure. We are told that they
spend their time reading posters on
the dead walls, walking about the
streets or drinking a few sous worth
of wine at one of the sidewalk cafes
as they watch the street procession"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-02-24
Tie Example Of Japan.

The progress of Japan carries with
it a lesson which the other powers OF
the world will do well to learn. With.
out the believed advantages of west.
ern civilization, the land of the mi.
kado has made her way silently,
without pomp and announcement in
the family of nations. Hardly over
three decades ago. Japan, laid aside
her samuri-her traditions of the
past-and began her lesson as. pupil
of the western namtions, retaining
however, the, diplomacy and strategy
Of the western nations, retaining
perhaps the strongest sight =of the
composite picture Of development :oi
physical and intellectual power. Now,
after her success ii her struggle with
Russia, che has already aroused g
feeling of fear and s suspic cion5 among
the other powers s. II
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Poorly Paid and Badly Fed. but
tho Uniform IL Thing of Joy
to All Beholders Their
Leisure Time:

George A. Sanford of the army Y.
M. c. A. thinks that the Greek is
reaching out for his old-time military
supremacy. Mr.. Sanford writes:
Modern Athens is full of soldiers.
They are mostly uniformed in two
shades of blue, not unlike the old
service uniform of the United States
army, but with added trimmings of
red. The kings own regiment is at
tired in ruft1ed shirt waists with gold
buttons, short plated skirts of white
material like ballet dancer, which
are said to contain sixty yards of ma
terial, red pointed shoes with a big
rosette on the apex, a jaunty cap
without visor, but with long tassel
and a histrionic cloak. Were it not
for magazine rifles, revolvers and
knives, you would mistake. group of
these soldiers for greenroom outfit.
At the annual carnival this regiment
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Never to Be Trusted Even When
Seemingly Most Innocent -
Humorous Tricks PIaved IN
Modeler While I'll Work.

"Wild animals haveI. "a great many
ways Of showing theft contempt for
humankind" said anaahrtist who has
made specially of mqdeling animals.
Every one has ant4tdea that ele.
plants become tame aid even fond of
people, but this is altogether wrong.
They are easily trained, but are never
tanned. They are docne just so long
as the keeper has hiszgoad in his hand
or the memory of Burning endures.
had proof of this one1day while mod
cling one of the elephants in big an
imal show. I was sittlng in his stall
with my modelling stand, not knowing
that on certain days y was given an
e g6s5a a}zaH2ada rs aaR Rt xf SaqaGRlx k9
force that it smashed the stand to bits
and sent me dozen feet outside the
stall.
HE never forgot his failure to finish
me, and soon afterward he expressed
his dislike in more vulgar if less dan
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Purchasing Fowls or Euus,

We are frequently asked the ques-
ton If, in starting with pure-bred
stock, M it is better to buy the fowls or
'6uy the eggs: Our answer will de-
pend on the season Of year in which
the question is asked If in the
spring, we would say, buy the eggs
II in the fall, we would say, buy the
fowls. It one should buy the eggs at
this time of year, they would need an
incubator in which to hatch them, and
even then the fowls would not be
ready to begin laying until the next
summer. They might even moult be-
tore beginning to lay. In purchasing
halt-grown birds this season of the
year, about one season is gained over
the production from the eggs. There
Is another thing that favors the buy
ing OF fowls, and that is that one can
tell just what he is getting. In pur-
chasing eggs, it is possible for seri-
Gus mistakes to be made, as it is not
possible from the looks of the egg
to tell whether it's parents are pure
pred or not. In developing the pure
pred f1ock, it is better to depend on
the purchasing of fowls and also on
the purchasing of eggs.
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Furniture Man Tells How to Open
Dresser Drawers that Stick,


patrons come to me every day and
say that the drawers of dressers and
other furniture stick fast and cannot
be opened or shut without great diff
t1culty," said the complaint man" in
down town furniture store. "This
is the trouble with much furniture,
especially that which is new, and is
especially common in the spring.
what do we do in such cases? We
simply tell the customers to wet the
surface of a bar of common laundry
soap and rub it firmly over the parts
of the wood that stick. This makes
the surface smooth and slippery, and
in nearly all cases the drawer will
slide easily, especially after it has
been opened and shut a few times.
"This also is valuable with doors
which, in new flats, are likely to set
tie or are apt to scrape at the top
as the building settles. Just use soap
ssans tAea=anda zsasszessthes Of cali
ing in a carpenter, who will plane
the varnish off.
China cabinet doors, with curved
glass, cause us a lot of trouble, but
most of the tightness can be rene
died by the use of soap and a few ap-
plications of sand paper"
The furniture man gave another
helpful hint"
IF mission furniture, with the dull
finish, loses it's smooth surface and
characteristic waxy appearance" he
said, "do not despair and send it to
the renovator. Take pound cake Of
common floor wax and rub it over
the surface until the finish is restored.
If you have no floor wax use beeswax,
and if you prefer something made es.
pecially for the purpose, you can buy
liquid preparations, one of which will
remove the old finish, leaving the ta-
BILE top or other object ready for the
application of the other substance,
which will duplicate the original fin.
ish.''
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| P'>Ne'' ~'' ElNQNGENl5!yT ElN&; !GlIz 1I;;]e!!1: ,
1wE EHN1}H AAzz02W' (
Copyright, 1905, by Daily Story Pub Co..

Edna came down the path eyeing
me rather nervously.
$50 we're not engaged?" I de-
manded.
MY note told you," she said.
very gracious of you to grant me
this interview" conceded, with mock
ceremoniousness. But will you dc
me the particular favor to tell me why
we're not engaged?"
There was no answer.
Isn't your word, and isn't my word
worth something's" l demanded, work.
ing myself into very proper passion
Maybe they are and maybe they
aren't" was the noncommittal reply.
But when I say we're not engaged,
that means we're not And Edna
tossed her head in that pretty way
she has, and stamped her shapely lit
tie foot determinedly.
"Oh, it does, does it," I retorted.
"Well, after all, I never did care so
much about the engagement" This
wasn't exactly the truth, but said it
as if it was. "It's chiefly the presents
Of which I was thinking" I added.
Were there any?" she inquired,
with cutting, yet innocent air.
There was the-yes, indeed, there
was the l hesitated. I may say
right here that I am }nat11r;ssslIN~ nat11r;ssI1Nz uncssne4
municative.
q Eyes, indeed, there was the" "Go
on" she insisted.
Edna l entreated desperately, IT
hate to throw these things up at you,
as it were''
Don't spare me- she retorted, rath-
er cruelty, thought.
well, then,' and I braced myself
squarely. There is the engagement
ring" I felt that had scored a point.
1T is a diamond one, too," added.
"Really?" asked Edna, somewhat
incredulously, it seemed to me. "And
| suppose you're worrying about the
payment of the next instalment?'
''Did ever tell you about it's being
overdue?" I inquired, and then some
how felt as if I had committed my
self.
Edna reached down into an obscure
pocket somewhere and fished out the
ring. I held it up to the light and ex-
amined it closely. "The same," NUT
tered ungallantly, heaving an audible
sigh of relief. l saw Edna's face flush.
This hit had told, and I decided to
change the subject before the tables
could be reversed.
"And now, miss, would you mind
telling me just why you break off
the engagement" I demanded hotly.
Because" she replied very coldly
and clearly, 'you are getting 50 a
week selling ribbons at Ketchum &
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"Or Roses Fair, That Please and
Never Cloy. Is Just a Freckled
Barurn Scarum. Rowdy
Dowdv Bov.:'

The purple morning glories run
Wild riot on the WALL:
And yellow roses fling afar
Their petals, and as tall
AS small tree sunfowers stand
And face the rising sun, =
And white moonfiowers drenched with
dew r., j. iEss@sssss|ssassssSsssssss
Spread, though the night IS
The white moonflowers dre#.u with
Their blossoms soon will fold
And 90 to sleep, and glories, too,
With one dew drop to hold ..;.:
Will close their blooms till b new morn
Will wake them up, and then
The morrow's morn will be as bright
AS this is again. t::-,,,@s
Uncaring aught for all of these J."
A freckled urchin lies ~ 80
In his white cot beneath the caves ~
With closed unseeing eyes,
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: rot allow herself to be snapped up by
the first-though you needn't fatter
yourself that you were that-young
man to come along with his simpering
ways and his hair parted in the middle
\and-''
There, there, Edna" I protested.
Don't go rubbing it in; it's bad
enough as it is"
But though you didn't care" she
said.
well, in sense I don't, and then
again in another sense I do. We've
been to the beach together almost
every Sunday in summer and to the
theater sometimes twice a week in
winter now, for going on two years.
And I was only getting Sc a week
when I commenced going around with
you, which you know was as much
your fault as NINE Nov I'm getting
So week more," went on hopefully.
"And that's your top NOTCH" said
Edna. What want is a man who
can earn enough to keep me in shoe
strings"
II guess I could do that all right,
I said, looking down at her feet. per
haps there is another you have in
mind" I suggested, after while.
Edna's reply nearly f1oored' me.
"There is," she answered simply.
"And he is-?" asked.
"Mr. Ketchum."
"Not my Mr.. Ketchum?"
Eyes, your Mr.. Ketchum.'
"Great heavens! You aren't en-.
gagged to him already?"
''Since last evening. We are to be
married in a fortnight
noticed Edna was peeping out of
the corner of her eyes to see what
effect this would have on me, but I
concealed my emotions as best
could. Up to this point I had not
wholly given up winning her over
from her, harsh resolution, but now I
saw she had a motive. have always
been afraid of women with motives.
They are nearly as bad as women
with motors. One has no regard for
the laws of the road and the other
has no regard for anything what
soever except that which she has in
view.
II never thought you would marry
for money" I told her. ~
"Evidently not-when you asked me
to be your wife," she flung back. I
could see that. Edna was getting I'M
patient and losing her temper besides.
A woman is liable to lose her temper
when she eets, impatient. I concluded
to close the interview; seeing that to
prolong it. would BE Of no use. >s vi - 81
ri "At least you Will com gratulate me
on one thing" s ventured. 81; # I. sss5 81 15:*5S
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Gambling Establishment. set Up
by Shrewd Ennployer of. Fill
pino Labor to&keep Hi. Men
at Thor Work.:

by Shrewd E1nployer of Fill
pino Labor to#Keep Hi. Men
at Their work.
Victor S. Clark, in'Shis report on Ia
Dor conditions in I tie Philippines,
states that indolence.hn the interior
is usually due to thesfpct that the la
borer cannot make use Of the money
he earns. He tells ofYa novel device
adopted by an American officer to rem
edy the difficulty. This officer" he
says, needed labor il; order to carry
out certain necessary44;public improve
ments: He engaged sixty natives for
this undertaking at a:3stipulated wage
of 30 cents silver currency (12k cents
American currency .afday. The first
Day all the men desefted, because a
rumor got around thatfthe Americans
like the Spaniards, would not nav
them for public work@of this charac-
ter. The men were Persuaded to re-
turn to work and were paid their full
wages regularly, as58 promised. AS
soon as money began to circulate
among them the agents of the nearest
Dattos and Sultan came into town in
order to get the money away from the
workmen on various apretenses. AS
this discouraged the Industry of the Ia
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Late or Early Moultino?

The time at which the hen begins
to lay in the winter will depend large.
ly upon the time at which she moults.
The fowl that is so poorly fed that
she will not moult until December will
not begin laying eggs until about the
first of March. The hen that moults
in October will probably begin to lay
about the middle Of January. There:
fore, mature, hens should be very well
fed at this time of year, so that they
may moult as early as possible. They
should have: a very substantial food,
including ground oats, wheat, bran,
meat and ground bone. This matter
should not be neglected by the: man
that has 'two-year-old hens that he
wants to get to laying in the early
winter. @F -. ::z.., = =.
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Meat of tuberculosis Cattle.

A German investigator has been max
ing experiments to determine if the
meat of tuberculous cattle is filled with
tubercle bacilli. His experiments gave
most surprising results. The flesh of
some of the animals that were so af-
fected by tuberculosis that their meat
was excluded from the market con-
tanned no tubercle baccilli. On the
other hand, one of the animals tested
had so many bacilli in its meat that
SO per cent of the experimental ami.
mails inoculated with this material be-
came tuberculous. 1t will thus be
seen that no rule can be laid down as
to what meat of the tuberculous ami.
mails is or is not affected.
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Private Slaughter Houses,

There is movement on foot
in Germany to do away with private
slaughter houses. It is proposed to
allow only public slaughter houses,
and to have each one of these under
the direction .of veterinarian who is
graduate of some reputable veterin-
ary college. The movement is in the
direction of obtaining for the people
meat product entirely free from dis
ease. ''.| ! ~,
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Exhibit at the Poultry Shows.

6xnio't at the Poultry Shows.
Interest in poultry raising can be
stimulated in no better way than by
making an exhibit at some of the
numerous poultry shows. Every year
we have a very large number of these
shows, both in connection with county
and state fairs and under the auspices
OF. poultry associations. The farmer
that wants to get his boys interested
in poultry can do no better than to
encourage them to show the best
fowls they have at the nearest poultry
show. If they have no birds, he
should buy a few. The rules of most
poultry shows do not require that the
birds shall be raised by the exhibitor,
nor do they require that the exhibitor
shall be a member Of any poultry as
sociation.
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Better Than All Earth's Glories
And dreams, perchance. of yesterday
Until he stirs and smiles,
and Kicks the covers here and there
In twisted, tumbled piles.

A freckled, snubnosed little boy
With sun-bleached curly hair;
With mighty twisted round his neck,
With breeches on CHAIR
And, scattered all about the floor
His hat, and shoes, and shirt,
And ball. and catching glove, and bat
All well begrimed with dirt.
lie will awake ere very long
And, storming down the stair,
Will be an omnipresent thing
r,, Here, there, and everywhere;
Then will storm out and slam the door.
And his swift way will take
To whistle at respective gates
For Fred and Bill and Jake.
And better than moonflowers are.
Or are sunfowers tall,
Or morning glories running wild j..
In riot on the wall, .t",
Or yellow petals Of the rose, =
That please and never cloy, i:
Is just a. freckled harum- -scarum
Rowdy- -dowdy boy! ~ j., - u.
- K >-.. Houston Post.
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Land for Poultry RAISING.

In general, the farmer does not have
TO- consider the matter Of the best
land for poultry raising. Whatever
land he has, he needs the poultry to
help him make a profit out of it. A
great many farmers boys are launch
Ing out and going into the poultry
business for themselves, and now and
then we find one looking for a loca-
tlon, and for land that is suitab able for
a poultry farm. Often he tries to
locate one near a city, that he may be
near the retail market. We find him
invariably looking for a cheap place,
and in some cases he has bought the
cheap place only to find it a burden
on his hands. The cheap places are
cheap because they are poorly situ-
ated. Often they are so low and poor
~ drained that they are unsuited to
any agricultural purpose, the owner
imagining that the poultry will take
care of itself where no crop will
thrive. We have in mind such loca-
ton that has been in the hands of
dlHerent men trying to raise poultry,
ana mas always been an absolute fail
ure. 1t is low, fiat, and wet. The
poultry are always subject to different
kinds of diseases which seem to be
more prevalent in damp situations
than in others. In selecting a site for
small poultry farm, high location
should be- chosen. If it is on sandy
or loamy soil, so much the better;
out, in any event, it should be able
10 produce good crops, for the poultry
raiser must raise many grain crops
Tor his poultry, both in his poultry
runs and in his fields. No land should
oe selected that cannot be we'll
drained, and it should be so arranged
as to houses that the poultry house
can be at the top of the slope and
still be at no very great distance from
the dwelling Peter Graham, Bour-
bon Co., Kan, in Farmers Review.
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= - - 70 : -
"They" Were Plentiful.

'Planeley-Yes, I've been" there. OF
course, it's a. quaint little country
hotel but @. -: ~ Il .Es5* : :.
IS IS *Romanz--Isn't 1t, though 2 1 was
there in June and the place was just
full Of crimson .ramblers !: S=.s. :. T,
il Planeley- Ha! Ha!=>=That's . good
name fol. them I think there must
have been q thousand ;of them In my
bed the night I stopped there. Catho.
lie Standard and Times
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that I've been foolish in the past is
no reason why should continue to
be so. From now on I've decided to
look at things wholly in a sensible
light. Don't you remember what l
told you Mrs. Blickendorf said?"
Hang Mrs. Blickendorf!" ex-
| claimed heatedly.
LET me remind you," Edna con-
tinued unperturbed. 1T was that a
working girl should be mistress of
her own destinies as much as the
proudest lady in all the land, and that
she should marry, when she did mar
ry, to the best possible advantage, and
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Mean offHim.

Mrs: Stubs carefully +: j: ], unfolded the
paper. s:,sz s. = A ..s,= .e. f. f: - y: =
Listen, John,,'' she said How is
this for q thrilling account Of = great;
naval battle: I For four hours the
huge man.of- war spoke necessarily
- q :lS s. 1T s3i n HILL .G5 % II. yss "
Hold on! !,'' interrupted ME- stnbb..
it'Y i''Y on say.it spoke cessantly' Tor: four:
hours !! Why, that mt,st5 hare been <
woman sa s# 1fs5ss
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Staininu Leas Yellow.

Some 4 OF the exhibitors of
birds With =" yellow skin, where
the :: standard requires a yellow
leg, use iodine to- give: intensity Of
color. The application, must be very
light one, as the iodine Will produce
soreness II: used in large quantities.
The practice, however, is5 not one that
can be commende led, as every bird ex.
:hthited should stand On It's own merits.
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Sheep NostriI Fly.

An official publication in Lon
don says that the: shepherds
in some parts Of the. country
are controlling the sheep nostril fly
by treatment with tar, fish oil, and
similar substances. The added pre-.
caution. is taken to remove the sheep
from pasture that is known to be IN.
feste1 before It is time for the ap-
Spearance 1.-THE mature flies. .ss.; ..7,.
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To a Child

The leaves talked In the twilight drear:
Hear ken the tale they told
HOW, IN some far Off place and year,
Before the world grew old.
I was a dreaming forest tree
You were wild, sweet bird -
That sheltered at the heart of me i
Because the north wind stirred.
How, when the chiding gale was still,
When peace fell soft on fear,
You stayed one golden hour to fill
My dream with singing, dear.
Tonight the selfsame songs are sung
The first green forest heard;
MY heart and the gray world grow young
10 shelter you, my bird
Sophie Jewett, in Scribner's.
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;"When | say we're not engaged, that
means we're not.'
Holdum's, and I don't see any pros
poets of your securing a rise unless
you become an aeronaut."
/ '1t's a serious matter and not one
to be joked about" I retorted, looking
hurt.
'"That's where I agree with you.' -
Edna answered lippantly.
"What you say may be true" L put
In viciously, "but mighty little you
thought of it when you kept leading
ne On and on to declare myself. Z.
I'VE must all have our little S<amuse-
ments." replied Edna coolly. and
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