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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-10-12

Harrison, so that it will be seen that
relationship to former chief execu-
tive is by no means a bar to a mans
ambitions.
The case of the Grants at once sug-
gests ITSELF There are two of them
now holding high places in public es-
TEEN, and one of them, Frederick Dent
Grant, has followed the calling of his
father, and is soldier. The other,
Jesse Grant, who has spent most Of
his years in California was not quite
SO we'll known until recently num-
Der Of boomers suggested him as avail"
able material for the Democratic nom
ination for the presidency.
Then folks began to sit up and take
notice and ask questions about Jesse
Grant.
They found out that Jesse was the
third son of Lees conqueror, that hav-
ing retired from business, in which he
acquired literally of wealth, he is now
settled down in New York.
Perhaps the strongest plank in Mr..
Grants platform is opposition to Mr.
Roosevelt. He does not believe in the
policies inaugurated by the strenuous
man from Sycamore Hill. He does not
think trust is necessarily pernicious,
he favors a restriction Of immigration,
and he deplores the ceremonials that
are now deemed essential to White
house hospitality.
Mr.. Grant delights to recall the
days when his father was president,
and to tell of their simplicity. His
fathers first act, he says, was to order
out of the White House all the soldiers
placed there on guard
The president of the United States
is only a citizen,' was the way Gen.
Grant put it, 'and needs not the
guards that are used to surround
monarch
The wearer of a famous name
makes no denial that if nomination
came his way, he would take it with
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-10-12
COULD PROVE HIS ASSERTIONS.
Young Man Really Had Gained 115
Pounds, as He said.

Prof. L. G. Marshall of the Ohio
Wesleyan university, who attributes
race suicide to excessive immigration,
said on this subject recently:
But in the summertime the effect
of immigration is largely Offset by
the vacations effect. Nothing en-.
courages marriage of the good, hon.
est, fruitful sort like a summer vaca-
ton at the seashore or on the noun
tain tops.
s'The other day I met former stu
dent of mine, prosperous young busi-
ness man. He looked brown and fit.
"'Hello,' I said. You are the pic
ture Of health
eyes, said he. I am just back
from my vacation. I gained lis
pounds
'Nonsense' I cried. Il don't be-
lieve it,
"'Don't your said he. We'll, here
it comes now, anyway. Wait min
ute, and I'll introduce you"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-10-12
SONS OF PRESIDENTS IN
e.. LINE FOR HIGHEST HONORS
Haze Chance of Reaching High Place of Honor Held
BY Their Respective Fathers.

avidity, but he is "a dyed-in-t -the-wool
Democrat, and would make his fight
for return to those ancient doctrines
with whose authorship Thomas Jeffer
son is most popularity credited.
The other prominent Grant, Fred
erick Dent Grant, is not now a presi-
Dental suggestion even, but the ad-
vance of a man in the military service
is often meteoric. Riding up San
Juan hill put Theodore Roosevelt in
the White House, and it is ever pos
sibility that Gen. Grant, who bears
most striking resemblance to his dis.
tlnguished father, might figure in
some episode of valor that would at
stroke lift him above the choices of
the politicians.
Gen. Grant is one of the most ia
vored men in the service, President
Roosevelt in particular reposing the
utmost confidence in him.
Though he is much younger, Secre-
tary of the Interior James Rudolph
Garfield, youngest son of the martyred
president, perhaps stands a better
chance Of some day going to the seat
his father occupied than any other
presidents son.
His career has been of the kind that
invites expectation. He was boy
around the White House, he went to
school at Mentor, studied law, gradu-
ated, made himself an honorable rec
ord in the Ohio senate, and then came
to Washington.
1t is a fact not generally remem-
bered that James Rudolph Garfield
was not Mr.. Roosevelts first choice
for civil service commissioner. The
place was originally offered to his
brother, Harry A. Garfield, leading
Ohio attorney, and man who gained
fame because Of the persistency with
which he has opposed political cor
ruption in the state. Harry declined
the place, and it then went to James
R.
AS soon as the latter got foothold
| at the capitol, he made quick i'm
preston, and proved to President
Roosevelt that he is the kind of man
| needed to aid in the administration
! war on corporations. In a short time
he had been advanced from the civil
J service department and made commits
SiOner of corporations It was in this
post that he did his most notable
work, and as reward, he was finally
taken to the official family Of the pres
| ident as secretary Of the interior.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-10-12
EDUCATIONAL NOTES.

Two Salt Lake City judges have de-
cided against the teaching of modern
languages in the grade schools, on the
ground that more than 80 per cent. of
the pupils will never enter college or
seek university degree, and also that
the interest of the few must yield to
the needs of the many.
DR.. T. Mitchell Prudden, professor
of pathology in the College of Physi-
clans and Surgeons, New York, who
has spent his eight summer vacations
mapping out the country of the cliff
dwellers in Arizona, Colorado, New
Mexico and Utah, has presented to
Yale collection of old potteries and
textiles collected on his trips.
One of the most interesting figures
in Harvard university is Edward Ray,
blind student who halls from small
country town in North Carolina. He
has mastered the most difficult courses
in higher mathematics, in geology won
degree from the University of North
Carolina, and is now working for a
degree of NJ. A. at Harvard.
A notable departure in education is
being made in Switzerland, where, at
Zurich, an astronomical observatory
for popular use is under construction,
and will be opened this summer. The
idea is to extend the knowledge of the
noblest and most ancient Of all the
sciences by revealing the wonders of
the heavens as seen through a high
power telescope to any person who
pays small fee, and it is expected
that schools and societies will avail
themselves fully of the privilege. The
observatory, whose dome rises to
height of 130 feet over the town of
Zurich, is well equipped, the largest
telescope having a 12-inch aperture.
The first year Of the experimental
evening industrial school to which pu-
pills of any age may go to learn trades
without having had any elementary
training has just ended at New York,
in a way to vindicate it's usefulness.
It closes with total of 1900 pupils
on its rolls, ranging from 16 to 67 in
age, and nearly all colored. According
to Superintendent Maxwell, other
schools will be started next year. He
thinks that the popularity of this
school goes to show that the people
want the so-called fads and frills and
that they want teachers appointed on
merit instead of through political pull.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-10-12
PERSONAL PARTICULARS,

George R. Patterson, the Pennsylva-
nian, who died recently, was the only
travelling. man. in congress. Mr.. Pat
terson was proud of the fact that he
was flour salesman, and had put it in
his official biography.
After a period Of So years spent in
the service of the Jews free school,
Bell lane, Spitalfields, England, L. B.
Abrahams, the head master, will
shortly retire. He is 67 years old. Is
rael Zangwill was one of his pupils.
The Jews free school is said to be the
largest elementary school in the world.
having $500 pupils.
There is nothing doubtful about the
record of the descent from revolution
ary stock of Mrs. Annie knight Greg
ory Of Selingsgrove, Pa. She is the
daughter and thirteenth child at Rich
ard Knight, who was drummer boy
in the continental army. Mrs. Greg
ory was the daughter of his third wife
and was born when he was SO years
old.
One can hardly imagine that digni-
fed and jealous temperance advocate,
Lady Henry Somerset, as a practical
joker, and yet it is fact that she and
her cousin, Lady Dudley, once dressed
up as pair of French tourists and in
this guise and heavily yelled visited
her place at Eastnor castle and went
all over it. But apparently she was
not sufficiently impressed by the beau
ties Of her own residence, for afterward
her housekeeper confded to her that
that duchess de Montmorenci'
name which Lady Henry had given
herself-"was a disagreeable creature"
Miss Ellen ]. Mohr, money order
clerk in the post Office of Allentown,
Pa, is regarded by the postal author1-
ties as one of the mcst valuable en-
ployes in the department. Practically
every European nationality is repre-
sented among the workmen in that Sec
ton and Miss Mohr is able to talk with
each in his own languageA Every month
these foreigners send home an i'm
mense amount of money, and to deal
with these illiterate people successfully
demands high order of intelligence.
besides unwearied patience. These
qualities Miss Mohr possesses in a high
degree, and hence her success. She has
held the position ever since leaving
school % years ago.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-10-12
NEUROLOGICAL MIRTH.

Europa was riding the bull, which
was swimming towards Crete. II sup
pose," she murmured, "they will accuse
me Of watering stock" With which re-
aection, she giggled softly to her.
self.
Cadmus was planting the dragons
teeth. "What do you expect to
grow?" they asked. "The dentist tree"
responded Cadmus facetiously. Laugh
ing at his accidental joke, he continued
his work. = y =: ,sS> 80 80 3 #
Atlas was holding up the earth. IF
they discover me- he oliloquised, ..I'll
get written up in the exposure maga-z
zines: MusIng thus. he attempted To-
balance his bur denso shtss little 1nSer.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-10-12
Had Business Instinct.

United States Consul Halstead of
Birmingham, England, tells this
story: "A farmer noticed customers
in the grocer's shop picking over the
celery to find the best-looking
punches, and it occurred to him to
take more pains with his celery and
see if it would bring better price.
He bought some pink tape and tied
the celery with it in neat bfaches
and found that it sold quickly and
brought more money. After that he
marketed all his produce in the most
attractive manner, putting labels on
his fruit baskets with the name OF
the variety, wiping his apples, select
ing and labelling his tomatoes, al
ways treating his fruit and vegetables
as if they were worthy of distinction.
The fame Of his produce grew, he en-
larged his business and became a
wealthy man all because of the pink
tape on the celery"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-10-12

Of the party whose greatest man his
father was.
The decision of Mr.. Lincoln to with
draw himself from politics is general
1y regretted, for it is no unkindness
to the other sons of presidents to say
that he was generally considered to be
the ablest of them all.
Garfield has the best chance, for he
is in the cabinet of a president who is
the idol Of his party, and he is young
enough to build up sentiment that in
eight years from now ought to bring
him to the fore. Moreover, he comes
from Ohio, which has taken the orig.
inal place of Virginia as Mother OF
Presidents.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-10-12

Some of the former presidents Of
the United States are not to be dis
counted as factors in public affairs.
The boys Of President Roosevelt
and President Cleveland are still too
young to be reckoned with, and Nc
Kinley had none, but those wearing
the name of Lincoln, Grant and Gar
field are holding prominent places in
public life, and it is by no means an
impossibility that one of them may
yet go to the White House.
There is a precedent. John Quincy
Adams made a greater president than
his distinguished father, John Adams.
Harrison, father and son, did not sue
ceed each other, but Benjaman Harri-
son was grandson of William Henry
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-10-12
Might Almost Claim Charmed Life.

Might Almost Claim Charmed Life.
A fve-year-old boy, the son of Fred
erick William Shepherd, of the Sol
diers' Institute, Frimley, England, had
remarkable double escape from
death while travelling by train be-
tween Reading and Maidenhead, re-
Gently. The boy was looking out of
the window, when the door opened and
he fell out. When the train was
brought to a standstill the boy was
seen walking along the opposite metals
on which an express was approaching
at "a high speed. The boy was dashed
to the ground by the express before
his father could reach him, but when
the express passed he rose to his feet
and ran toward his father with his
head and face covered with blood. His
face was badly cut, but he was in the
streets the next day.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-10-12

mon to a neighbor. when I went out
this afternoon put one of them on the
scales at the grocery, and found they
weigh just twenty-six pounds
do they always weigh exactly the
same?" inquired the neighbor, and
Grandmother Harmon looked quite i'm
patient.
"The twins?'' she said. "Of course;
why not?"
The neighbor had no reason to give
but she rebelled a few days later when
in answer to her inquiry Grandmother
Harmon said:
*Where are the twins? Oh, they got
cinder in one of their eyes, and their
mother has taken them down to the
oculist's to have it removed, they were
fussing so over it,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-10-12
THE TWINS.

They Had Cinder in Their Eye and
Fused About It.
The Harmon twins looked so much
alike as babies that their parents
could scarcely tell them apart. AS
they became older it became evident
to Grandmother Harmon at least the
twins were unit.
"You were asking ME how much the
twins weigh" said Grandmother Har-
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-10-12
. Ante-Mortem Repentance.

Christians, give attention, and here
learn to die, or rather learn not to
wait for the last hour, to begin to live
we'll. What! expect to commence a
new life when, seized by the freezing
grasp of death, ye know not whether
ye are among the living or the dead?
All! prevent, by penitence, that hour
of trouble and darkness!-JacQues
Benigne Bossuet.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-10-12
An important Preliminary.

It is obviously absurd to provide for
the education of the child before you
have secured the elementary condi-
tions Of mere animal survival. The
amazing thing is that for so long as it
has been thought possible to ignore
the primary claims of health in the
supposed interests of those of educa.
tion.-London. Hospital.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-10-12
artificial Grouse Rearing

Both to sport and culinary purposes
there is. no game bird that flies that
can beat the fully matured and fully
fed and feathered grouse, and it would
therefore well repay little more at
tention than it has ever yet received in
the way Of artificial rearing and feed
ing.-The County Gentleman.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-10-12

# women painters advance in the
present century as they have. in the
past they will outstrip men. Give
women faith in themselves and an OPP
=portunity to work and we shall see
them rise sto. The pinnacle. Of the great
masters old whom none has *
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-10-12
lndia's -lrriuated; Land.

" India has 4,835,947 acres Of irrigat.
ed land in the Punjab, an Increase of
453, ,561 acres II one year: The crops
are mainly wheat sugar cane, grain
and winter oilseeds.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-10-12
II
The Great
Painters of The
Future Will Be
Women
By Alice Barney

Religion Gave Man His.First Impetus
Toward Art-Fossibilities of Religious
Painting-ln Delicacy and Charm of
Thought Woman Excels- pable of
Giving New Interpretation of Her
God-Woman needs Faith in Herself
and Opportunity-Let Those Who
Execute, Help-Women Soon Will
Rival Masters of Old.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-09-18
BETTER TH&N GLORY.

He wooed her when her hair was brown
And when her waist was slim,
When every other boy in town
Was envious of him
He walked with her in country lanes
When she was young and glad
And youth and strength and hope and
health
Composed the sum of all the wealth
That she had ever had
He won her when her heart was light
And when her laugh was gay,
When every day was fair and bright
And care was far away.
He claimed her as his own when she
Regarded him as one
For whom the fates had much in store
Whom men would honor more and
more
For great things nobly done.
He has not won the worlds applause
She knows he never can;
His step is slower than il was
But he's an honest man.
She wears the bloom of youth no more
Yet side by side they fare
Poor. bent old husband and gray wife
Along the humble walks of life,
And still are lovers there
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-09-18
FRUIT IN EAST.
Shackelford Tells of Big Crop De-
struction.

R. P. Shackelford of Jerseyville.
H., representing the time service"
department of the Western Union
Telegraph company, is in the city
for a day or two. Mr.. Shackelford
is an extensive grower of apples, hav-
ing so acres in that variety of fruit
He states that the apple crop of the
states of Illinois, Indiana, Missouri
and Colorado was almost entirely de-
stroyed by the spring frosts. and that
it is his belief that the Washington
growers will be strictly in it this sea-
son as far as prices are concerned.
Mr.. Shackelford is a practical fruit
grower and keenly feels the loss Of
his crop this year. Early spring
promised bumper crop for the above
named states, but a severe cold snap
in April while the orchards were in
full bloom knocked all chances for
a fruit crop this year.
Mr. Shackelford is gathering some
data Of the northwest for an eastern
fruit paper, which viii doubtless APP
pear in the October number.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-09-18
RESIGNS MONDAY MORNING IN
THE COURT ROOM.
{. B. PREBLE WILL Be THE
SUPERIOR COURT SUCCESSOR
His Resignation Is Entirely a Busi-
ness observation-disclosures
Recommend Successor.

Judge II. B. Rigg Of the superior
court of Yakima county surprised
the attorneys Monday by announcing
in court his resignation from the
bench. Judge Rigg will resume the
practice of law.
He announced that he had mailed
his resignation to Governor Mead,
to take effect October / He stated
that the members of the bar could
take any action they saw fit in ap-
pointing successor.
He stated that he would hold q
motion day on Monday next and al
so set cases for the October term.
Members of the bar decided to
ask the governor to appoint Attorney
E. B. Preble to succeed Judge Rigg
on the bench.
Judge Rigg states that his retir-
Ing from the bench is for business
reasons alone He stated that there
is absolutely nothing else behind his
resignation than purely business
proposition. He will remain in
North Yakima.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-09-18
HAUSER HOME.
Fire Chiefs Interested in New AXO
Truck.

After several days session of the
annual gathering of the Information
al Association of Fire Chiefs of the
western states and Canada at Gen.
tralia, Chief Hauser has returned
and is enthusiastic over the work ac-
complished. Various subjects on
fighting fire were discussed and many
questions were asked of him regard
ing the new auto truck, and he was
congratulated upon securing it.
Chief Metz OF Walla Walla was
elected president and Binghurst of
Seattle secretary. A ball was given
in honor of those present and Chief
Hauser is loud in his praise of the
hospitality extended the visitors.
The printer report will be given
later.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-09-18
4 SIMPLE MOTHER,

I'm wearied of the whirl." qaoth she j;
'Henceforth the simple life for ME.
Methinks it would be very wise
To take my breakfast ere I rise
OF coffee, just a single cup"
IN. B.-Her mother brought Il upo
And when I'm dressed thus spoke
the maid,
It'll HE me TO the elm trees shade,
And with a book there / will find
Sweet rest ana comfort for the mind"
And so in sylvan shade she read.
IN. Bier mother made her bed.)
"A dainty lunch will suit me best
Salad with oil Of Lucca dressed.
No steaming soap, no heavy roast,
But broiled spring chicken served on
toast"
She ate it all and found it good.
On Bier mother cooked the food
Then when the day at last was spent
Her mind was filled with sweet con-
tent.
She donned a dainty gown of white,
With rosy ribbons all bedight,
And looked as fair as any rose
On. B.-Her mother ironed her clothesl
Il love the simple life" quoth she;
MY heart from care is ever free;
A good nights rest I'll have, l know
For prompt at to bed I'll CO."
True to her word retired she then.
IN. B.-Her mother worked till 10.)
-Woman's Home Companion
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-09-18
NEW IDEAS IN HORTICULTURE.

A good story OF success in devel-
oping new fruit comes from the
Yakima country. One OF the small
orchardists has brought out what
may be called an apricot-peach. He
has christeaed it Yakimeens,' in
honor of the locality in which it or
iginated The buds from a single
tree are on the market, and selling
at s each The originator reports
having sold more than 5000 buds
One horticulturist, way down in
South Carolina, has secured 500 of
the buds 1t is estimated that the
orchardist will get $4,000 from the
new fruit. Yet some say there is
nothing new under the sun, and the
day Of possibilities in horticulture
is over. says the Seattle Post-Intelli-
gencer.
The story OF the new Yakima fruit
reads like a romance. The man who
discovered 1t has only small river
bottom for an orchard and home
A few years ago he secured the place
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-09-18

and cleared away the willows and
cottonwoods to make poultry farni
He had but little capital, and for a
time the struggle was a hard one
He finally cleared three acres, AMI
decided to plant the tract TO peach
and apricot trees. In the shipment
OF apricots there was one tree which
did not have the appearance of being
genuine. 1t was set in row with the
others, and left to grow. Then the
river floods came over the orchard
and broke down some of the trees.
Among them was the stranger. 1t
was Strengthened out, and bore fruit
of a peculiar nature: Therein was
the secret Of success.
Specimens of the new fruit have
been sent out by mail to all of the
prominent orchard sections of the
United States. In every instance the
samples have carried we'll, and reach
ed their destination in good condi-
ton. Fruits sent to South Carolina
were eight days on the road. but ar
rived in fine condition 1t is some
thing new, and the world of frui.
growers and fruit consumers seeks
new features all the time. The stray
apricot is in demand everywhere
Its buds are wanted. regardless Of
the prices asked, and in few years
it will probably take place with the
established market fruits.
There are many lessons for horti-
culturists in that little Yakima fruit.
Every orchardist has the opportunity
for developing something new. 1t may
simply be one of the smallest fruits
or flowers. In any event, there is =
world of people waiting to handle
whatever new comes to the front
And the financial results almost ev-
cry time bring satisfactory returns
to the originators. The work simply
illustrates that there are possibilities
in the fields, orchards and gardens
that need only proper development
to bring honor and fortune to their
owners. Here is another of the many
places for the young men of today
who are seeking something to carry
them on the highway to fame and
fortune.