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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-01-05
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Health and Beauty.

You cannot expect to have. beauty
81 face or form, 4 clear, rosy com
plexion, and bright eye, il your d.
yestion is imperfect and your circula-
lion poor. Health and exercise, go
hand in hand, but you can? exercise
too much, just as you can eat too
much. Nervousness requires rest,
mental and physical, as wellszas exer-
scise.s Take as much exercise as you
can throughout the day, and; upon
arisingin the morning take deep; slow
respiratio with gentle arm stretch
ing, sideward and inward, FOL lowed by
asdrink Of cool (not5 cold water After
a1brisk rubbing down with a Turkish
towel, dress :rapid ly, but without \ .
feeling Of haste: Between the hours
81 ten and eleven indulge IL deep
breathing and ]: stretc hing ii exercises,
gentle trunk bendings inn All direc.
tons SSands head AN rum 3turnings
ia and #leftf
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-01-05
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fra1nss$ FnIavonrrcsssS s$E On Christmas eY


ltirelesssa players SIS On Christmas. eve
the guests, weary and heavy eyed
Withdrew Y "a 81 ! ~ one from the game
till at midnight there remained but
two i players 1.-THE marquis and al
>phonse Letoure. These two played on
and on: The early morning hours
found Alphonse Letoure ruined, beg
CARED il looked 1.-THE marquise 9
moment with sullen, suspicious eyes;
then leaning II across: 1.-THE table he
missed ! You >blackguard! You
cheat!'H Both men took deliberate
aim Two shots rang out simultane
<ously. \: SAlphonse> Letoure's lifeless
body crashed back through the glass
doors of the buffet. The red wine
spilling from the broken bottles, mel
and mingled with the blood upon the
floor. IA 4x<A 7 So, =.
The frightened slaves crowded
around their master as he lay on his
back among the cards, glasses and
debris Of the gaming table, the candle
light shining full upon his CHASTITY up.
turned face. He was dead.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-01-05
An Ear Of Corn Borne BY Isolated Sta Showing

OF the most important farm crops, as
barley, wheat, and oats. In wheat and
oats a few doubtful natural hybrids
have been discovered and described,
but it is the opinion of. the authorities
on these crops that .cross-fertilization
rarely takes place under natural con-
ditions. The. anthers usually burst
open in oat flowers before the glumes
open, at which time the pollen is thor
oughlys distributed over the receptive
stigma, and it is prob6ble that fecun-
dalton takes place several hours after
the flowers open. In: the Il case of
wheat, self pollination takes place and
Standardization probably occurs
shortly before the flowers open. : :-Y. 81
The second kind OF fertilization in
Ecludess those plants which are highly
sself-fertile, but are cross-f tilted ztoga
greater or less extent BY insect aid
Eor other means. This group 81. plants
may be divided into two classes. as II AZ
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-01-05
a STUDY OF THE EFFECT !.
!, OF MBREEDING IN PLANTS
By A. D. Share1 Physo1o9ist Charge
Ing Bureau Of

The object Of this article is to dis
cuss the effect of inbreeding in plants,
with special reference to some i'm.
portant farm crops, and to call atten-
ton to the use, as well as the danger,
of inbreeding in: the production of va
rieties giving the maximum yield and
value. The production of uniform
races of crops adapted to special pur-
poses is the most important problem
for the practical Consideration of the
plant breeder. The lack of uniformity
as regards the individual plants in the
fields is responsible for low yield of
inferior quality, frequently requiring
extra expense in sorting out the good
from the poor grades. In the case of
corn, if every. stalk bore one well-de.
veloped ear of uniform size and
weight, the present yield per acre
would be more than doubled and the
value of the crop as whole would be
greatly increased. If all of the to-
bacco plants in the fields were uni
formly OF the same type as the best
plants, the yield and value of the to
bacco crop would be greatly increased
and the expense of handling the crop
would be reduced, so that the profit
to the grower would be at least double
that obtained at the present time. The
same facts hold true in the case of all
the crops raised by farmers, and the
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-01-05

those which are almost wholly self
fertilized and only occasionally cross
fertilized, and (b) those which are
usually cross-fertilized, but are also
adapted for Standardization.
The third kind of fertilization natur-
ally occurring : among cultivated
plants is cross-fertilization, or the
union of the sexual elements belong
ing to two distinct flowers borne by
separate plants. Characterization is
accomplished through the agency Of
wind, water, insects, or birds, and the
various devices to secure cross-fertili-
cation exhibited by different plants are
most wonderful and interesting, and
furnish an almost inexhaustible field
for study and observation. Corn, or
maize, is a good illustration of this,
class of plants. Here the plant pro-
duces enormous quantities of pollen!
which is very light and easily carried
long distances by the wind. Frequent
cases have been observed by the
writer where the pollen of corn plants:
has been carried half mile where.
there were no distractions, but in the:
cornfield the pollen is usually carried
only a short distance, owing to the
plants catching the pollen grains as
they drift about. The anthers borne
by the tassels of the corn plants ripen
and discharge their pollen in enormous
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-01-05
GoTHAM's COSTLY CHURCHES.
Trinity's Value Is Placed at $12, 500,
000-Cathedrai Worth Sc. 900. 600.

'r'n'tys value is Placed at $780,
oo0-cathedraI Worth 100000.
Trinity church, in New York, is
valued at $12,500,000. This estimate
includes the land occupied by the
churchyard. 1t is in the most valua-
bic part of New York, if not the most
valuable division Of property in the
world.
st. Pauls church is valued at S..
100000.
Grace church, at what was once de.
scribed as the head of Broadway be;
fore it's turn. is valued at $950,OO0
The First Presbyterian church, on
FIT h avenue, between. Eleventh and
Twelfth streets, is valued at $3.50, 900.
st. Marks church, on Second ave-
nue., an old landmark in that neighbor.
hood, is valued at $275,000.
The marble Collegiate church, Fifth
avenue and 'Twenty-ninth street, u
valued at 100000. 49,.
The Church of st. Paul the Apostle
'>(the> Paulist. .church) at Fifty-nin1h
street and Columbus avenue, is val
ued at STUO.OOO.
:~ The Marble Collegiate church, Fifth
West Forty:second street, is valued at
$45o,000, st. Thomas at $1,70o,o00, and
the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian church,
9 and II West Fifty.hrst street, at ST.
100000.
The valuation of the Temple Eman.
uel-El is 81 $50 900; of st. Patrick's ca
thedral, $6,0o0,o0o; of the B'Nai Jesh.
urun synagogue, 100000; of the
Temple of BETHEL, at the corner Of
Fifth avenue and Seventy-sixth street,
$1,000, 900; Of the Broadway Taber-
nacle, Broadway and Fifty-sixth street.
100000, and Of the Christian Scientist
church, Central Park west and Sixty.
eighth street. $300,000:. =
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-01-05

most valuable and important lines of
plant breeding are those which aim to
assist the growers in bringing up the
average of the crop to that of the best
Individual plants. In the case,of those
crops which are partly or wholly natur-
ally self-fertilized, this object can be
more easily attained than with those
crops which are naturally cross-fer-
tilted. In the latter case, the proven
ton of too close inbreeding is of spe-
cial Importance, and the degree of in
breeding that can safely be practiced
without injuriously affecting the fer
tility or vigor of growth of the plants,
and methods of controlling the parent
age of the offspring, are matters which
must be carefully and Systematically
Investigated for each crop.
There are at least three degrees of
relationship between parents found in
cultivated plants: CD Complete self
fertilization; (2) combined self and
cross fertilization; and 90 complete
cross-fertilization. Standardization is
the fertilization of the ovule of a
flower by it's own pollen, or by the
pollen of different flower on the
Same plant. Less complete forms of
inbreeding may be grouped under two
classes: (a) The crossing of flowers
on different plants of the same stock
grown under the same conditions, as
the crossing of the flowers of two corn
plants raised from kernels borne by
the same parent ear or related parent
ears; (b) the crossing of flowers on
different plants of the same stock
grown under different conditions.
Among the groups of plants that are
normally self-fertiliZed we find many
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-01-05
HAUNTED 'tCASTIE; 81 "a # +
LAMlER" is DOOMED
F1orida's Famous House Of Tragedy Is to Be Torn
Do1On. ~, u.s. w. Il
Douvn.

| the outcome Of the many Imaginative
negro tales OF slavery days" y =: ID ID;
Eagerly the twelve men besought
Mr.. Phillips to abandon. the idea of re-
manning in the ghostly castle. the min
| lister and priest urging him in earnest
tones to come away with them and
! leave the grewsome place to the evil
spirits, but Mr.. Philips was firm, SO
they reluctantly went away and left
him standing there with his baby's
hand firmly in his own. :, 80 :
The next morning at dawn the vii.
lage was awakened by mans agon2
lied cries for help! Standing In the
uncertain light of early morning stood
John Phillips, with his hair silver
white, holding in his arms limp
baby form-Mary Phillips was dead!:
The: doctors pronounced: the cause OF
death "heart failure from shock :.
John Phillips never afterWard
spoke of what happened during that
awful night, but horrible, indeed, must
have been the sights and sounds
which in a few hours whitened ! the
mans hair and stopped the beating Of
that childish heart. -
Very: soon the famous haunted
Castle. Lamier will be only memory,
but the following story of the Marquis,
the unfortunate Antoinette Breezac,
and the dark, sinister Mrs. Pierre will
never be forgotten. 1t has been told
and retold by the romance loving peo-
pie of that section till 1t seems part
OF the history of Southern Florida:
In 1903 the Marquis Lamier, man
of handsome appearance, but of I'M
governable temper, came to America,
leaving behind him in France an evil
reputation. Having drifted to South
ern Florida, being attracted by the
wild and beautiful scenery Of that Sec
ton, he bought large tract Of land
on, the banks of the Caloosahatchee
river, near the village of Samville
Here he built fine mansion, which
was afterward known as the Castle
Lamier.' When the mansion had been
finished, the beautiful grounds laid
out and the broad shell drives compile
ted, the people of the village, who
had watched with interest the mar
quis' lavish display of wealth, were
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-01-05

was found dead in her cabin the next
morning.
The coroner, after partaking freely
of the marquis wine and accepting
much Of the marquis money, pro-
nounced the death of Antoinette
BreeZac suicide"
Six months later Mrs. Pierre, in the
last agony Of delirium tremens, es-
capped from the hands Of the slave
women and ended her miserable life
by falling down the fatal stairway.
On the anniversary of the day on
which the mutilated body OF the unfor.
tunate young French girl was found
the life Of Marquis Lamier came to a
tragical close. For three days pre-
ceding Christmas shutting Of cards
and the clink of poker chips had
sounded constantly from the; dining
ROOM for three days and nights the
tired slaves had been busy. carrying
trays Of refreshments and wine to the
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-01-05
A Peach Luncheon.

A peach luncheon will be season.
able as long as peachest are ripe and
the weather favorable, for the invita-.
tons say luncheon served on tho
lawn" But the hostess has provided
the decorations of the house so as tc
give an, outdoor effect as much as
possible should the day prove inclem.
ent. If the day is fine a round table
spread with white is to be set under
a canopy made Of awning material,
supported at the four corners by
stakes driven firmly into the ground.
Rows of Chinese lanterns will dec.
crate this outdoor dining room. The
table centerpiece is to be a pink
enameled basket laden with peaches,
leaves and vines. For place cards
there will be cardboard peaches done
in water colors with green leaf or
two. Here is the menu which is un.
usually dainty: ~ -.
Tomato and caviar canapes, jellied
veal or tongue with potato croquettes,
olives, shrimp in aspic with a mayo.
naise dressing, cheese waters. A de.
licious peach omelet comes next
served with branded peaches. The
dessert is to be peach ice cream in
shape of the real fruit, the leaves be.
ing made of pistachio ice cream They
will be placed on plates covered with
real peach leaves. If desired tiny
>liquer glasses may be filled with
peach brandy. The hostess is to wear
d pink gown with a stock and belt
of yellow. This is a very good com
bination providing just. the, right
shades are selected. ~ ~. -
:. MADAME MERRI.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-01-05

quantities when the plants are shaken
by the wind. The pollen of any one
plant is usually discharged slightly be.
fore the silks, or stigmas, of the same
plant are ready for fertilization, 50
that the corn plant is usually cross.
fortified. In our illustration is shown
an ear of corn which was borne by an
isolated plant and on which only few
kernels were developed, owing to the
fact that the silks were not in condi.
ton to receive the pollen from this
plant at the time it was distributed
by the opening of the anthers on the
tassel. The long corn silks, or stig.
mas, are covered with numerous stig.
matte hairs-a special adaptation to
catch floating pollen and insure cross.
fertilization. The imperfectly fertil.
lied ear borne by the isolated plant
shows that in order to secure complete
fertilization it is necessary to grow
large numbers of corn plants together,
and that Standardization does not take
place except in a small percentage of
the seed.
Other plants are self-sterile, and
produce seeds only when cross-fertil.
lied. Mr.. M. B. Waite found that
many varieties of pears, such as Bart:
lett and Anjou, are largely self-sterile,
producing few or no fruits when pol.
linated only with the pollen of the
same variety. The orchards of pears
had been found to be unfruitful for
some unknown cause. Waite found
that by crossing these self-sterile va.
rieties with a different horticultural
variety they were rendered fertile.
These, like most cultivated fruits. are
clonal varieties which are propagated
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-01-05

Iof Aunt, Cleos cabin vas thrown. vio::
|lently open and the slende form oi
s$Antoinette appeared upon the. thresh.
hold. For moment she stood there,
T clothed in her white night clothes;
then with an agonized Z scream: she
threw herself upon the bed. her arms
clinging> around the black neck Of the
only friend she knew. @ .;= =s' S: v:;: i
S5s5%ss..'Don't let. him touch me T.: + she
I|wNiled. 'His hands are red with
fathers blood. I heard him tell It all
Ito those bad men up there. He killed l.3t
|z1m11ay2father and now he will kill me III
FzTtdo not his bidding. lam afraid OF
him; Oh, mon pere, mon. pere!" Her
voice died away in, sobs as the: sound
ofssteps were heard outside the cabin.
1.-The marquis and Mrs. Pierre car
[ried the girl back to the castle, fol-
lowed at distance in the shadows by
faithful old Aunt Cleo. II XIV ::
b At noon on Christmas day the cor
oner: was called to Castle ~Lamier.
Doubled up in a small heap on the
third step of the stairway was the
body of Antoinette Breezac, her. pretty
head almost severed: from her body,
the floor of the hall beneath stained
red with the blood which hid dripped
from the frightful wound on::the fair
white throat. ,,.t5ts, 50
The marquis guests stood around,
their white, frightened faces bearing
marks Of the dissipation of the night
before. ~ :.
= my wards mind has been unbal-
anced since the death of her father
said the marquis to the;corener. She;
brooded much and this is the result.
She committed suicide last night"
Then down the stairs came the tall
form of slave woman. Slowly she
descended until she stood upon the
fourth step. Aunt Cleo had come to
speak. the truth. She looked down
upon the body Of her "chile." For a
moment she struggled with the sob
which wrung her faithful heart, then,
with, a gesture full of wild grace in
herited from her barbaric African an
cestors, she pointed to the marquis
and said: rYou killed 'des chile;;.*;I
done saw you do it; I watched you
through dat window when you cut her
little throat and threw her down these
stairs. De Lord am going to punish
you sure, for you killed this chile;
say you killed her!"
The marquis shranl1 back for mo-
ment. Aunt Cleo" stood above him.,
her figure in bold relief against the
white was like bronze statue OF
Justice, then, with an oath, he ordered
her removal to the slave quarters,
there to await the punishment she
never received. Faithful Aunt Cleo
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-01-05
A Carnival Of Flowers,

This bazaar to be given by the young
peoples society of suburban church
bids fair to be- so attractive that l
am anxious to tell the department
readers about it. The decorations are
to be yards and yards of tissue paper
flowers made into garlands festooned
from the corners of the room to the
center. Each booth is to be decorated
with special flower; there will be
potted plants for sale and large
revenue is looked for from the small
ferns at 10, Is and 20 cents apiece.
Cut flowers, mostly suitable for bou-
tonleres are expected to find ready
purchasers. The candy booth will
have as a speciality 'marshmallows'
and "buttercups" and there will be
a popcorn booth with small BOYS to
peddle it. The girls who serve al
walters are to be costumed as sdais.
les" in skirts of white, bodices of
yellow, pointed collars, caps of white
points with yellow tops. The articles
for sale will be aprons, handkerchiefs,
collars and table delicacies. In place
OF. the old time grab" bag, there is
going to be a modern flower garden
in >charge of Mistress Mary For
dime one is to be permitted to pull
a flower, on the root there will be a
tissue paper parcel in which the in
weston will receive the value of his
money. The flowers are of tissue pa
per- planted in sand or saw dnst in
rows. The tulips are particularly rea-
istic, then there are to be ''lilies,' -
"chrysanthemums," etc. "Cockle
shells are to outline these pretty
flower beds and one who has ran.
sacked the bargain counters told me
that all who purchase a flower from
Mistress Mary's garden will be well
pleased as she had provided the
roots
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-01-05

surprised to see the arrival upon the
scene Of two new characters. One
slender, beautiful young girl, the other
a middle aged woman of dark, SIMS
ter appearance. The marquis informed
the very few people who gained ad-
mission to the castle that the young
girl, Antoinette Breezac, was a dis
tant relative and his ward; the older
woman, Mrs. Pierre, was his house
keeper and the companion of An
toinette.
Orgies and Crimes.
During the next two years the
slaves gossiped much of the queer
happenings at Castle Lamier, told of
the frequent visits Of men, from parts
unknown, who bore upon their faces
the unmistakable stamp of dissipation.
Gallons of rare old wine were con-
sumed nightly, the marquis and Mrs
Pierre with their guests, drinking and
gambling till the gray dawn crept in
at the windows. The beautiful young
Antoinette would sit during these
bouts in a secluded corner, her wide
open eyes full of loathing and horror,
seeming to see into the future the aw-
full doom awaiting her.
Often when life seemed unbearable
Antoinette would fee to her maid. OIL!
Aunt Cleo" and with her goldc"
head resting on the faithful black OIL:
bosom, the young girl in pretty N"okeu
English would pour into the ear Of
the sympathetic negress her tale of
sorrow and fear.
Aunt Cleo would often, in the dark
ness of the night creep from her cabin
in the slave quarters and, stand be-
meath: the walls of the castle Just to be
near her "'chile." She would :tremble
as she heard the doors slam and the
sound Of bare feet running in the cor
ridors and the drunken voices of the
marquis guests. Tears would ,glisten
on Aunt Cleo's black face as the voice
OF .Antoninette would cry out froom1:ythe
darkness of the, castle, Mon .Diee,1!
Mon Dieu!" Then; the watcher outside
would hear "a smothered - moan. FOL.
lowed by jeers from the drunken,
british guests-then silence. ]. 1t :.is s:F$5 +.
sI5S And So life continued the same rs;
that a1 strange house until tie follow: NJ
ing year in Decembe On Christmas
;lll' lust before avn, the door
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-01-05
Royal Mechanic.

The prince of Wales, as boy, had
a great liking for machinery, and
small engines and various working
models were always conspicuous
among his birthday presents. On one
occasion he received a complicated bit
of machinery which he did not at
first understand. His tutor offered to
show him how to set it in action, but
the prince refused. and ultimately
solved the mystery for himself.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-01-05
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8 HINTS FOR cTHE&f HOSTESS.
=
Some Pretty and Novel Ways to En:.
Il t5@E* :iA::<: = terrain Guests. ~
A Unique Pre-nuptiaf Shower

q A Unique Pre-nuptial Shower. -
I Here is the very newest affair for
q bride-elect: A ''sachet" shower.
the prettiest sort OF an afternoon:
and it has the merit of being inexpen.
sive. The hostess provided a lot of
Japanese paper napkins of good dual.
1ty, bolt Of pink baby ribbon, a SUP.
ply of large darning needles and a
bottle Of sachet powder. Then in the
Invitations each guest was asked ia
bring her thimble and material for
some kind of sachet. And such a
variety of sweet trifles that fell to
the lot of this popular bride. There
were tiny triangles of silk to be fast
ened inside the waists, linen ones
filled with lavender to be laid among
the sheets and pillow cases; perfumed
blotters to lay on thes desk and not
least were the dainty drawer and
trunk sachets which the hostess told
them how to build out of the paper
napkins. A thin layer of cotton was
placed between row of three nap.
lklns forming the top and three the
bottom, being laced together by the
baby ribbon; then the two halves
were laced together and fastened in
the corners with a bow of ~the rib.
bon: In this instance an intimate
friend had gotten the size of bureau
and chiffonier drawers and y the
sachets were made to fit exactly.
They will last a year and being so
inexpensive. may be thrown away
without regret when soiled and the
SAVIOR of currhuers gone
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-01-05
How the Mole Sees.

A popularity of the eyeball OF the
mole is that it can be. projected <for-
ward several times its own diameter
beyond the orbit and restrained in
like manner. DR.. Lindsay Johnson
notes that this is i necessary
for vision, as the animals dense fur
so covers the eye that the making OF
an opening. is; the only way to, see.