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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-02-24
Plan to Hold Maritime Worlds Fair

New York is of course the place OF
all others for the observance of the
anniversary, for not only was the
"Clermont's" momentous voyage made
in it's waters, but the city is the fore
most port in the new world and has,
moreover, in it's grand bay and two
great rivers, a natural setting unsur-
passed anywhere on earth for mari
time spectacle such as is contemplate
ed.
The affair should with the most per-
feet propriety be of an Industrial rath-
er than a military character and cele-
Erate the victories of peace rather
than those Of war, for the revolution
in naval warfare followed necessarily
from the "Clermont's" performance.
1t is proposed, however, to ask Ad-
miral Togo to attend, nor would this
be without it's special fitness, for To:
go is the greatest naval warrior in the
day of steam as Nelson was in the day
of sails. The presence of the victor in
the only great naval battle since
steam was applied to ships would be
more than an interesting feature Of
what should be made a really remark
able and truly international occasion.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-02-24
Prophecy of Legally Murdered
Woman That Came True
Bucksport Has Monument to
Prove Truth OF the Story.

Close by the road on the outskirts
Of the seaport town of Bucksport, on
the Penobscot river, in Maine, is a
small family cemetery. In it's inclos-
ure sleep the Bucks, the family which
founded the town and gave it the
name and legend.
The largest and most conspicuous
monument in the cemetery is tall
granite shaft, which is in plain sight
OF the highway. On one side is the
inscription "Col: John Buck, the
founder Of Bucksport, A. D. 1852.
Born in Haverhill, Mass, 171S. Died
March IS, 1885,"
On the other side is the single
word Buck" and a curious outline
which, with the help of the imagina
ton, might be the print Of foot of
normal size.
The legend as told is that Col. Jona-
than Buck was very harsh man and
the leading spirit of his day and gen.
Grafton. He was the highest in civil
authority and his word was law in the
community in which he resided. When
a certain woman was accused OF
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-02-24
Mainc Legend of the "Witch's Foo"

witchcraft, at the first cfamorings of
the populace, COL Buck ordered that
she be imprisoned, and later she was
sentenced as a witch.
The execution day came and the
woman went to the gallows cursing
her judge. The hangman was about
to perform his duty when the woman
turned to COL Buck and said:
Jonathan Buck, listen to these
words, the last my tongue shall utter.
It is the spirit Of the living God which
bids me to speak to you You will
soon die and over your grave they
will erect a stone that all may know
the spot where your bones lay and
crumble to dust. Upon that stone the
imprint of my foot shall appear, and
for all time, after your accused race
has vanished from the face of the
earth, will the people from far and
near know that you murdered wom-
an
The imprint of the foot, the story
goes, appeared on the stone. a month
after it was erected. Certainly it is
there to-day as plain as ever. ANA
teur photographers have taken pic
lures of it, and a visit to the Buck
cemetery to see the "witch's FOOT is
one of the pastimes of summer visit
Ors.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-02-24
Mrs. B. Got There First.

*'This," said the jeweler, lis what
happened here last month.
"Mr. B. drove up in his hanson and
entered my shop, accompanied by his
valet, who carried an oblong box of
steel. Mr.. B. asked for a private in
terview and took him into my Office
There he opened the box, exposing a
splendid array of diamond and pearl
necklaces, earrings, tiaras and stom-
achers.
Mrs. b. he said, is now abroad.
Before she returns I want you to ex-
tract all these stones and to replace
them with good limitations, selling the
real jewels and giving me the money
This, of course, is to be a confidential
transaction. Mrs. B. is to know moth
ing of it,
81 looked at Mr.. B. think I blushed
a little.
My dear SIR said, 7 should be
glad to do what you ask, but it is i'm
possible. Two years ago Mrs. B.
called here on the same errand that
now brings you, and this errand, in
her case, was successful. The paste
Jewels that you offer me are worth
little more than the hire of the han
som awaiting you outside.''
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-02-24
Lille known Facts About: Cut Glass

and ring, and to make it soft enough
to cut without breaking. Then each
piece is handled as carefully as If It
were of tissue paper thickness and
brittle as a pipestem, because in cut
ting the slightest mistake is apt to
result In running the entire piece. No
tice these numerous combinations OF
designs. Each design there must be
worked out on it's own separate emery
wheel, and to make these sixteen-inch
fruit baskets, with handles, takes
day OF hard work. That is, it takes a
week to make six of them. This little
four-inch groove that looks so easy
cannot be cut in less than an hour.
We have 300 men who do nothing else
but cut glass, and they are necessarily
all experts in their line. When you
consider that we carry 5000 different
pieces, each calling for some special
ingenuity, you can see that the cutting
of glass isn't matter Of day labor.
Novelties in cut glass depend al
most entirely upon the changes of de-
sign. The fruit basket, with arched
and triangle handle, is novelty-just
out this year, and deliberately cut.
This fat rose jar, that has little ring
because there is so much body, is
another new thing. There are hun
dreds of new Designs
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-02-24
Scales on the Farm,

So far as possible, farming opera.
lions should be reduced to an exact
science The old ways of feeding by
guess and even buying and selling by
guess should give way to weighing
and measuring everything. In the
feeding of grains and ground grains,
scales rather than measures should
be depended upon. Different kinds OF
grains vary greatly in their weight,
and it man tries to measure them
out he is sure to give more at one
time than at another. Some of the
brans on the market differ exceeding.
ly in this respect. Some of them are
very light, being hardly more than the
hull of the wheat, while others are
quite heavy and consist largely OF
middlings. If man has scales, he
can very easily feed about the same
amount of food each day, and there
fore become better Informed as to the
requisite food required to produce a
certain effect. Scales can now be
bought at a very low price, and few
dollars invested in scales will give
good returns indirectly for many
years to come.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-02-24
One About Ducks.

Here seems to be nice, cool stream
for one Of Frank N. Busch's duck
yarns. Mr.. Busch was up in the Fox
river country, staying at farmers
house. One morning the farmer held
up two live ducks in his hands and
exclaimed:
"Ain't they fine canvas backs? Gee,
but had to pay for 'em, too-cost 81
apiece. But they are raisers Next
year from these I'll lave ducks
enough to stock a marsh
Canvas backs, your grandfather"
replied Mr.. Busch. "They are blue
mud hens, both of them"
"No, no. I know the man that
raised 'em; sold him the corn that he
fed to them-I know"
The dispute grew thick and furious.
Mr.. Busch happened to have an illus
trated book on ornithology in his
trunk. He brought it out and showed
the farmer the difference in looks.
The man of the hoe and the ducks
shook his head ruefully for moment
Suddenly his face frightened. He
said: "Your book sho' looks like l
done been cheated; but, may be, they
done issued a later edition.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-02-24
Food of Root-Iunercle Bacteria,


AS yet our scientists know but lit
tie regarding the great world of bac-
terra that has been opened to us in
this generation. We have supposed
that the tubercles on the roots Of pod
bearing plants were supplied their
nitrogen by the bacteria, which took
1t from the earth and from the air.
When lime has been added to soils,
the bacteria have in many cases been
more vigorous, but this was judged to
be due to the naturalization of acid by
the lime. It may be, however, that
these bacteria actually use lime and
magnesium as part of their food A
French professor, H. Flamand, has
been making some experiments in the
development of tubercles with wa
ter cultures. The different kinds of
pod-bearing plants behaved very Diff
ferently. Thus, vetches refused to
produce tubercles, unless they were
supplied with magnesium, while both
vetches and beans showed they must
have either lime or magnesium if they
were to produce tubercles. Potash
salts and lime salts stimulated the de.
velopment of the root tubercles. Now
the question is, do the bacteria re.
quire these elements for food?
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-02-24
: Good Effects in Velvet,

A daring but chic use of black vel.
vet was one of the striking features of
particularly lovely gown in the
lightest and most supple cloth of a
soft banana yellow tone. Save for the
velvet straps on the gracefully draped
bodice and on the short pulled sleeve
and the lace guimpe, the gown was
all in one tone, a cloth collar, cloth
sleeve fall and the skirt bottom up
to point we'll above the knees being
heavily and boldly embroidered in
chenille matching the cloth. Upon all
the banana, apricot, sulphur and can.
airy yellows, black velvet is especially
effective. Rose velvet also is liked
upon the pale yellows of the maize
or straw tints, this color combination
being one of the Louis XVI. fancies.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-02-24
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Flowing in the Fall.

I do not believe that blowing
In the fall can be recommended
Tor all soils and localities, but
I do believe it should be more
generally practjced by all farm.
ers than it is. always do all of the
TALL blowing that I possibly can, es-
pecially where intend to put in corn
the coming spring. If sod is turned
ander in the fall the amount of plant
:;:ood will be greatly increased for the
crop the next summer. I have also
noticed that there are not as many
cutworms, grubworms and cOrnroot
worms the next spring as there were
the spring before if the ground is
plowed in the fall. Every pest that
the farmer can get rid Of he knows 1t
to be for his own good to do so. The
surface Of fall plowed ground is drier
In the spring at planting time than
ground not so treated and some farm
ers might think that it does not con
tain as much moisture, but find that
1t does. The rainfall is enabled to
better penetrate the sub-soil which al
lows the surface Of fall plowed ground
10 dry more rapidly. If you have not
experienced fall blowing, try it, and
you will find that fall plowed ground
has a drier surface and contains more
moisture at planting time in the spring
than ground which has not been
plowed In the fall. I believe in local.
ties where there is much rain during
the winter, it is better not to harrow
the fall plowed ground in the autumn
especially where there are fine clay
soils that run together and pack down
If we have dry summer we will FIND
that fall plowed ground will yield
better crops than spring plowe6
ground.-J. S. Underwood, johnson
Co., ILL.,, in Farmers Review.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-02-24

American milliners declare that the
hats for the fall and winter which will
find favor in Fashions eye are to be
small and turned up with that peculiar
tilt which appeared in the spring and
to which many American women have
as yet refused to submit.
And yet here are the very latest
things from Paris in the way of models
and photographs Of the new millinery.
They show large proportion of rath-
er big picture hats.
1t is true they are not the old pic
ture hats, with the old, ever becoming
graceful, flowing lines which every
woman could wear and which sat well
on every style of hairdressing. The
new hats, even when large and stately
in effect, have smart trig, stiff air
that" distinctly demonstrates their re-
lationship to the small perky little
hats, which, like those Of the last
spring, sit we'll up and well forward
on the head.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-02-24
Waist Embroideries.

Crepe de chine naturally suggests
Chinese embroiderles, and there are
some really exquisite examples of this
work shown in waists that are sup
posed to be suitable for almost any
wear, One in white shows a flight Of
cranes all across the front, the whole
thing worked in white on the white
ground, the blouse fastening in the
back so that the fronts are left whole
and unbroken for the display of the
exquisite needlework. Another in a
dull blue one-seam crepe de chine has
dado of flag lilies in the natural
tones of purple and green rush leaves,
the combination of soft blues and pur-
pies being extremely good, while a
similar one in pale green is decorated
with water lilies. Since all of this
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-02-24
Hints About Eton Suits.
HtSfsPS

6JInt6 ABOUT 6<V1 0Osk0s
II Etons are becoming to you, and
you can wear the loose fronts, you
can select a very pretty coat In the
little Elton cut in circular shape, loose
from the neck and finished prettily.
One of the neatest Etons Of the
year was made in pale gray cloth,
snug fitting in the back but loose and
straight in the front. It was cut off
just below the bust line, and was fin
ished in round points which fell very
gracefully over the bust line. Under
meath there could be worn hand
some shirtwaist of any description
lawn, silk or lace.
Those who want to start off the fal!
with pretty Elton suit of glossy cloth
can select handsome shade of plum
red and cut the suit out in the skirt
and Elton shape. The skirt is tucked
full! length or plated, with the tucks
or the plaitings fiat around the hips,
where they are stitched so as to keep
them down.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-02-24
NEVER HEARD OF BEN BUTLER.
incident Of the Rebellion Recalled by
PoIice-Court Case,

incident Of the Rebellion Recalled by
Police-Court Case.
If it had not been for history relat-
ing the silverware incident of q GER
tain federal general in New Orleans
during the occupation by union troops
one of Tartown's most prominent citi-
zens would not now be doing time on
the chain gang, says the New Orleans
Times-Democrat. AS it is, Ben Butler
is suffering partly because of the
odium attached to his name and partly
because he followed the well-known
example of that military martinez and
drank deep of the rosy wine-slightly
mixed with ''coke.'
What do you think you've got to
say for yourself, Benjamin Butler?'
said Recorder Marmouget. ''Are you
the Ben Butler who took those
spoons?"
"Lordy, boss, dey aim bringin' up
dat ole matter, is dey?" exclaimed Ben
with startled look. II done mer time
fer dat too long ergo ter talk erbout,
]edge. onderstan'in I ben charge
wild bein' drunk, witch I wuz, boss, but
dem spoons am er nudder matter"
SO you did steal spoons, eh?" ex.
claimed his honor 'You followed the
precepts of your distinguished name
sake and swiped the silverware. This
is where history repeats ITSELF
"Yasser, I did stole dem spoons,
ledge, dat were TO- yeah ergo, but l
doan kno' nuttin' It all bout dat
yuther Ben Butler Dat mus'er ben
some yuther case, jedge."
Eyes, I expect it was, Ben," replied
his honor, "but that does not dispose
of the drunk case, and I'll give you
ten days in the workhouse. That will
afford you time in which to read up
history and become posted on the
only and original spoon thief whose
name you bear. Take him OUT
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-02-24
As to Buttons.

The button proposition comes in fol
it's full share of attention. Four OF
six big buttons trim the front of near.
ly every redingote, and here the WON.
an of means finds ample use for her
money. Buttons come at any price
and they even come in the real Jewels.
But for the ordinary person of aver.
age pocketbook, the mock gems are
just as good and fully expensive
enough. Buttons at about 81 each will
trim the front of a double-breasted tat.
feta redingote very nicely and, as it
takes only four, one can afford the out.
lay particularly as the buttons are good
year after year forever. -.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-02-24

Vitality Of Seeds.

: The practice of sprouting seeds
between layers Of blotting paper
does not give absolutely accur-
ate results, except to show what
per cent of the seed will germin-
ate under those conditions. If lot
of seed be divided into two portions
and one lot be placed between sheets
of wet blotting paper and the other be
actually placed in the ground, the lat
ter lot will show much smaller per-
centage Of termination than the 9TH
er. It is one thing for seed to sprout
under ideal conditions; it is quite an
other for seed to sprout under hard
conditions, which, obtain frequently
when the seeds are covered with
earth, and are put in at varying
depths. ~ :
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-02-24


Makes 1t Rins-Why the Fin
ished Product Is So Ex-
tren1ely Costly.
Lead in the composition is what
makes cut glass ring, and if it doesn't
ring, it isn't cut glass. Also, if it
rings, it's perfect; if it is cut glass and
doesn't ring, then it's cracked. O. D.
Irwin of Newark kicked $40 worth of
broken pieces aside as he led the way
to his sample tables, says the Kansas
City Journal.
Broke them in travel" he said.
This one piece here was worth $29
alone Found them in pieces when
opened my trunks. Now, they'll go to
the ash pile
"How much ought a complete out
fit of cut glass COST"
Counting whisky, brandy, wine,
medicine and other glasses, water COB
lets, ETC., about $1.O0O,' said Mr.. IT.
win "The water goblets alone are
worth 81 each, wholesale, and some of
the pieces run up into the high three
figures. That's because of the amount
of work necessary to turn out cut
glass In the first place, all cut glass
contains lead to give it weight. body
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-02-24
Centenary of the Use of Steam
in Navigation to Be Appropri-
ately Celebrated in tho Year
1On7

1907
Plans are being made in New York
to celebrate two years hence the cen
tenary Of the use of steam in naviga-
ton by the holding of what would
seem to be a sort of maritime worlds
fair, says the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
On Aug Z, 1907, Robert Fulton's "Cler-
mont" made her epoch-making voyage
On the Hudson, which revolutionized
sea commerce and sea warfare. The
"Clermont" was not the first steam
boat. for attention is now being called
to an interesting coincidence which
should give the proposed celebration
a double significance. In 1907 it will
be just 200 years since the Frenchman,
Papin, drove a crude steamboat on the
river Fulda. But though the 'Cler-
mont was not the first steamship, she
marked at all events the beginning of
steam navigation, and it will not de-
tract from her inventors fame to re-
call that the centennial celebration in
his honor will be also bicentenary in
marine annals.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-02-24
Elephants Destroy Telegraph Line

Elephants Destroy Telegraph Line.
Elephants have lately destroyed a
portion of the transcontinental tele-
graph line at point eighty-five miles
north of Bismarcksburg, in German
East Africa, consequently communica-
ton is temporarily interrupted with
Udjidji, northern Tanganyika. The
telegraph line traverses a country
teeming with large game, which is a
source of immense annoyance to those
engaged in maintaining through SER
vice with the eastern shores of Tan
ganyika and the regions beyond. There
has been an invasion of elephants in
to that portion of northeastern Rho
desia adjacent to Lake Bangewelo.
These animals have devastated native
crops and frequently enter the settle
ment, when they destroy large guam
titles Of grain that the natives have
stored for their use during the dry
season. r
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-02-24

Incident That Seems to Prove Her
Nature Has Not Changed Since
the Days of Adam. and Is Not
Likely To.
There are those who believe that
love was stronger and truer in the
prehistoric days when young Romeo
clad only in sunlight, batted his Juliet
over the head with the thigh bone of
a dinosaur and carried her to his
cave, where they lived happily ever
after So far as is known, there was
no divorces in those days.
Strength, aggressiveness, daring,
brute force count with women to-day.
A Rome dispatch tells of a young
italian who loved a flower girl in
tensely. She wouldn't have him. She
laughed at him publicly and he stab
bed her in the neck.
He wore ball and chain six
months for that.
In his second attempt at matrimony
he used stiletto and had the lady
pretty well carved when the police
came He served year for assault
and again came to the front with IN
protestations Of undying love. The
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-02-24
Materials for Walkinq Suits,

Among the walking suits mixed ma.
terials are coming in again and par
ticularly in the less expensive goods,
as homespun-an excellent cloth for
hard. usage-mixed grays, blues and
browns are fashionable. Brown will
be fashionable this year, but not SO
much so as last winter and autumn.
Red, too, will not be so widely seen,
although it is far too attractive and
becoming shade to disappear alto
gether. Dark grays, particularly
among the autumn models, are al
ready assured of popularity, while, OF
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-02-24
: To Remove Stains.

Peach and plum stains are among
the most difficult spots because they
show SO little before wetting. Then
they turn dark. They may be removed
by means of the old-fashioned grass
bleaching. All spots come out, of
white table linen if it is put upon the
grass when fruit trees are in bloom.
It is not tradition or, fancy that they
disappear: Some very bad spots may
be removed easily by wetting and put
ting upon thawing snow in the bright
sunshine. This, too, gives whiteness
unrivaled. .. .<. -.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-02-24
III.
GOWNS or THE MOMENT

front must be made without adorn-
ment; but, if desired, an edging of
fancy braid or lace may be added just
as an outline, continuing the sugges-
ton round the collar band and even
round the frills of the full sleeves.
Below this plain piece, the sfulness
OF the fronts and back is closely gath
cred; while the sleeves are fairly short
and finished with a frill: but, if any of
you fancy so short a sleeve too no
ticeable or too cool, you will find a
little under sleeve added to the pat
tern, which may be worn or dispensed
with at will.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-02-24
SEWAGE Farms,

In many countries of Europe the
large cities are disposing Of their
sewage by means Of sewage farms.
a. large part OF the sewage Of
Paris is :: disposed Of in this
way The results are. excellent, and
the fertility is SO readily available Tor
the use Of plants that some Of the sew
age farms produce three crops Of COM
mon garden truck per year. Such
things as lettuce grow we'll and sell
veil. There Is no prejudi against
the vegetables Il because they are
grown on the sewage farms It was .slt
6rst feared that people would Il III
afraid disease germs but the cloe
[est investi gators vera un4bl 10 de-
disease germs &, product