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der, and the normal foot has good
healthy color. Blemishes. are usually
best treated by a professional.
In warm weather many persons suf-
fer from burning and swollen feet:
Even the ankles get puffy, and are
sometimes painful to the point of in.
terfering with the rest at night Walk
ing on unyielding pavements will
often cause the feet to burn if they are
tender. If walking is necessary, then
a little toughening Of the feet is ad-
vised. Theresare simple skin prepara-
lions which swill make the skin firm
enough to Withstand the friction
caused by the exercise. A little boric
acid in the foot bath, will work won
ders in this direction. Some special
lists recommend the addition of tannin
to the water, and a nightly bath in this
solution for several weeks will make
life worth living and walking a pleas
ure.
The feet need refreshing just as
much as the face and hair do. And
when they are bathed care should be
given to the drying. Any number of
Ills will result from carelessly dried
feet
In warm weather it is al excellent
idea to spray the feet with cold water
just before going to bed. 1t cools The
body all over, just as it does to dip the
wrists III cold water
Swelling ankles are due to several
causes. Sometimes they come from
the weight of the body or from stand
ing a long time in a single posture.
Often it is necessary to bandage the
ankles or wear strong support of an
other kind, though in ordinary cases
a little Of the proper care will succeed
in reducing the swelling. When it is
due entirely to the overweight Of the
body, then the best way to prevent the
swelling is to get rid Of any superflu.
GUS flesh.
More women wear short stockings
than short shoes. Sensible persons dc
not pinch their feet to an urcomforta
bic degree with shoes, but very few
buy their stockings large enough
They should extend quite as much be
You'd the foot as the shoes, and the
shoes should extend at least half an
inch beyond the end Of the longest toe
in order to give room for the spread
ing of the foot and the pushing for
ward when walking.
Powder is a great aid to comfort in
warm weather, when even the shoe 81
correct size feels a little snug and the
feet seem at least two sizes larger
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-08-03

a chance to get air as well as sunshine
occasionally. Die il ever occur to you
how seldom the feet Of the average
woman are touched directly by sun
shine and fresh air?
Some specialists advise sitting with
the feet up so that the legs are hori-
zontal and the feet placed where the
sun can filter it's rays between the
toes. While in this position good ex-
ercise to practice is one which con.
sists In stretching the toes as far
downward as possible and then up.
ward to twiddle them in fact. and
then work the ankles in circle until
they seem to be unusually flexible
This exercise increases TIE circula'
ton, too, besides imparting elasticity
to the muscles of tie feet.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-08-03
ETHICAL CULTURE Meeting.
Chicago Men Will Attend Big Gath.
ering in the East.

ertn9 IN the East.
Prof. Charles Zeublini of the Uni
versity of Chicago and William M.
Salter, leader of the Society for Eth
Gala Culture of Chicago, will attend
the annual meeting of the American
Ethical union in New York city May
8 to IL. The meeting will be a con-
vention of the various ethical culture
societies in the country, and delegates
will be present representing Chicago,
St. Louis, Philadelphia, New York and
other cities.
At an evening session on May
Prof. Edwin r. A. Seligmana, presi-
dent of the New York society, will de-
liver an address, reports will be made
by the various societies and forward
steps for future work will be dis
cussed. On May 10 the delegates will
attend a special presentation Of the
May festiavl of the New York Ethical
Culture school, at which children be-
tween ten and eleven years old will
present a pastoral play. The rest OF
the day will be devoted to discussion
of ethical problems, with a dinner
and reception to delegates and guests
in the evening. May II will be given
over to conference on moral educa.
ton in which educators from various
parts of the country will take part.
On Sunday, May II, a meeting will be
held in Manhattan in the morning and
another in Brooklyn in the afternoon,
both of which will be addressed by
persons prominent in the ethical cul
ture movement.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-08-03

Under our new government with
Great Britain, am confident that with
in five years all the material losses of
the recent war will have been made
up. and Transvaal will start on
career of prosperity such as it never
knew before"
1t was gallant enemy of the
British who made this prediction, no
less a person than Gen. Louis Botha
who in the two and half years strug-
gle between the little African republic
and the mighty forces of Great Britain
gave valiant account of himself in
the field, and added much to the
troubles of Lord Roberts and Kitchen
.er.
But now new regime is being inau-
gurated. England recognizes the valor
OF those she defeated, only after an
expense of $S00,000,O00 and the loss Of
100000 men, killed and wounded She
wants them to be as good subjects as
they were enemies, and to assist this
kind Of permanent peace, based on
mutual good feeling, has extended per-
haps the most liberal peace terms ever
granted to a beaten foe.
The very first act, the appointment
of Gen. Botha to be the new premier
of the transvaal, is in itself an act of
magnanimity. The Beers have great
est confidence in him. They know that
he was in closer relations with their
sreat heroes-Kruger, .Joubert, Cronje
and De Wet.
They believe in his devotion in the
Boer. and trust him that in all which
develops in the future he will see JUS
tice done the farmers who humbled
Butler, Methuen and Gatacre and only
finally yielded to the prowess of Rob-
erts and Kitchener.
In some respects it is not surprising
that the Beers ore receiving generous
treatment now, for it Is significant Of
the changed political conditions in
England that the man who is at the
helm as prime minister, Sir Campbell
Bannernan, was a most ardent op-
ponent Of the Boer war, one Of those
Englishmen who came into disfavor
for a time from the vigor with which
he opposed it. The Liberal victory
carried him into power, and with the
full sympathy of King Edward he has
addressed himself to the Boer prob
lem as one Of the most important is
sues of his term
Those special objects of Boer dis
like, Miner, Chamberlain and Jane
son, have passed from power. They
have no part now In administering
he government of the country that
charges all it's troubles to them. Sir
Campbell Bannerman believes that all
friction between Beers and Britons
might have been avoided had the
fcrmer been taught a loyalty to the
English sovereign, and been made to
understand that when the acts of the
:sovereign's satraps were unjust, they
could get hearing and redress from
the crown
The main cause of the war was a
belief that what the Miners, Chamber
lains and Jamesons did the crown had
instigated. kinG Edward is now ad-
dressing himself to the task of show
ing that this was wrong idea.
1t must not be thought that the
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-08-03
Beers ARE NOW VIRTUALLY
MASTERS OF THEIR LAND
Haze Won From Great Britain by Peace What They
Could Not Gain Through War.

Beers who spent two and half years
in the field battling for principle, and
who in that time lost families, wealth
and even country, have been recon
ciled in a day. It has taken careful
and judicious work. But the Liberal
victory that put into the seats of pow
er the old English friends of the Beers
was fortunate stroke for the peace
of South Africa
The effort of England to establish a
fair and equita BILE form of government
for the Beers had no sooner been in
augurated than the farmers of the
veldt sent some of their trusted lead
ers to London, to size up the situation,
and see what chance of just treatment
they had. J. G. SHUTS, who was state
attorney for the South African repub
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lis and assistant commandant-genera
during the war, and DR.. Engelenburg,
editor of Volksten, formerly President
Kruger's newspaper, were the ennis
saries, and they returned to the Beers
with the confident promise that what.
ever new arrangement might be made
would deal justly with them, for the
problem! was in the hands of their
friends.
Then Britain reciprocated by send
ing it's delegation to the Transvaa1 to
report the best way in which the re-
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-08-03

than they are ordinarily. Powder
busted on" the bare feet dries them
thoroughly and prevents irritation.
Whe1: busted in the shoes it keeps
them from rubbing and makes them go
ON easily. Powder is cooling. too, and
it IS gradually taking its place of i'm
portance among. milady's toilet requi-
sites. Those who have used talcum
or any similar powder and have found
out its benefits are neveg without it.
The feet should be given arrest and
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-08-03
EDUCATED DUCKS
GEORGE TELLS OF HIS WONDER
Full BIRDS.
But When the Washington Club Men,
Wanted to See Their Tricks Their
Owner Reminded Them It
Was Sunday.

Down on the Patuxent river, short
distance below Upper Marlboro,
George Mackenzie occupies a cabin
overlooking the stream, relates the
Washington Star. George does some
farming on small scale and he also
has charge of the home of the Glebe
club. He boasts that he is enough of
a politician to throw the country to
either political party, but his long suit
is training ducks.
I'm the greatest duck trainer you
ever heard Of" he told gathering of
club members and friends who as
sembled at the home of the club on
a recent Saturday night. Il have six
trained ducks, and they are just the
same as members of my family. No
money could buy them, and want to
say if any of you accidentally kill
one of them you will have to pay me
ten dollars for him."
"What is that your ducks can do?'
| interrupted one of the listeners.
| Anything I tell Them" was the
earnest response to their owner. 1.-TWO
|
ers while they are in the water, and
| these two go cunning with me. When
| we go to the river I tell them to go
away and bring me back some wild
ducks, and they do it. They will go
down the river and swim about until
they get some wild ducks about them,
and then they will start back to the
blind where I wait for them. Before
they get within shooting distance they
will futter about in the water to let
me see them, and when they near the
blind they will swim away in order to
get where no shot will reach them
do you really mean that they will
do what you say?' asked member
of the party.
do really mean it," echoed the
Prince George county man. ''You
watch the ducks in the morning, and
then you will see for yourself, and
that amt all they can do. can send
one Of them to the post Office at Pig
Point, more than a mile away" he re-
sponded, "and he will bring, back my
mail to me-"
Nothing more was said about the
ducks until the next morning. Then
George and the guests of the club
stood on the bank overlooking the
creek where the six ducks were sent
out. They did as their owner had
said, two of them left the four and
went down the river, the four going
in the opposite direction. George re-
lated the story of how the four ducks
would go to Pig Point and how one OF
them would go to the post Office and
get his mail.
and" said one of the interested
ones, "how does he bring back the
mail?"
I'm his mouth" was the response
of the trainer.
LET me see you send him to the
post Office now" suggested the for
mer
There's no use sending him today
said Mackenzie, because the Office
is not open on Sunday.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-08-03

Handy College Girl.
Miss Gurid Latte, Norwegian giarl
who is working her way through the
university Of Minnesota, is probably
the only college girl in the country
who can make her own clothes from
the spinning Of the thread and weav-
ing Of the cloth to the forming of the
fabric into fashionable design.
Spinning and weaving she learned
in her native country: the art of the
modisto was acquired since her ar.
rival in tho United Statess ILL.,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-08-03
Mislaid the Puddinu.

e? Dinner was late-but when the mis-
tress started to make mild remon-
STRANGE the new maid was on time
with her excuse. ; ~. -
Sure she said, with. an -irresisti-
BILE Irish smile, as she placed the
soup on the TABLE, '.'sure, I n1slaid- the
pudding, and there Twas hunting the
house for it., and where would it be
after. all but IN the oven!" 49,
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For Better or Worse.

A Baltimore woman who had "a per.
feet treasure of cook" was Mortified
recently when Maggie came to her,
saying:
EPlase, mum, I'm givin' ye wakes
notice"
''Why, Maggie!" exclaimed the lady
Of the house, 'this is a surprise!
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when I have it fully developed"
said a man to-day, lit will be the
wheatest thing on EARTH" We have
fooled with a dozen things we thought
would develop into the greatest things
on earth, but none of them ever did.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-08-03

Aren't you satisfied here? Do you
hope to better yourself?"
'Well, no, num-" responded Maggie
"'Tis not exactly that. The fact is,
mum, I'm going to get married.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-08-03
'''' Z ;. r.
Prepared.

Really" began mr.. ::stinjay, 7
don't like to give YOU All this money
to carry around. You know the doc.
tors say bacteria turks ii bonk notes"
"That's%all right" replied his wife,
'I'll use4zsome Of the nnoneyl:to, get
vaccinated,if necessary !: TO IL, =. !,
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Added Adages.
Delays are dangerous except in
matrimony. =
A cat may look at king, but it pre-
fers mouse. 49,,
A cook is known by the company she
doesn't keep. ~ 49, -.
A miss is as good as a mile OF old
maids. ~ -. p
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Honk!. .Honk!

Honk!, sHonk!**3 :
; Hocus They tell me Jones has got
himself into bad odor. - :. . 1s,:~ =.
!, Pocus-H has; he's bought an 40.
tomob ..s s i s=s3 .$ CO. II i
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The ..Larqer Class.

"Of course" said the seeker after
knowledge, I'VE seldom hear thee and
thou nowadays! They're used mostly
by poets, aren't they?"
'No," replied the editor, they're
used mostly by people who. think
they're poets." ::~s
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-08-03
A Curious Dialogue.

A most bloodthirsty drama was be-,
ing performed. The father of the lead
ing woman came as usual to the stage
door and asked the doorkeeper
@Has my daughter gone YETI"
mo, she is still on the stage; she
will not die for some minutes"
Twill you be kind enough to tell her
as soon as she is dead that am wait
ing for her at the theater cafe?
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-08-03

:Like-Minded. =:
Dorothy call Charlie Adams aw'
fully soft, don't you?
=, Agnes-Yes, I call him down. 81: :
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Important People.

Important People.
Towne-He seems to be quite an
important person now.
Browne not telling anything
new. He and his family always were
important. :;
Towne-Oh, come off!
Browne-1t's fact. He started out
as q janitor, his brother is "a police.
man, and his sister*is: a cook LADY, -
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7: a: woman derives. more satisfaction
from the things, she: suspects than
from the things she is sure y - IL s. s Il
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Practical. %:z; :ss5.~,s:s ss -
~ Anna, you wishe dSto. buy a diction-
;: 4 have married ! = profe 70:
stea 4 n ;s
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-05-12

dressing Professor Martin, stated that
her to convey to him their high appre-
citation of his faithful devotion to their
every interest, and, as token Of the
high esteem and affection in which tho
class holds him, to present him with
their class pin. The pin was In the
form Of beautiful waLchguard.
Professor Martin was dael'ly moved
by this manifestation Of love on the
part Of his pupils, and responded with
considerable feeling He reminded them
or the fact that 1T was duo to their
highly credtable work that his teach
ing Ind been q source OF genuine do
light from day to day: that lie had
harmed to love them each one and
Mould watch with unfailinE interest
their future PROGRESS, and take pride
In their every achievement: that he
vas confident that his teaching had
been no moro of blessing to tho
class than tho splendid worl; or the
class had been an inspiration and bene-
dction to him.
| Mrs. Martin was also presented with
q beautiful bouquet OF liberty roses
the class flower. with Their coplpli.
ncnts.
Tho evening was most enjoyable
and every one voted Miss yaidcn q
charnNig hostess.
The following young ladies' compose
The class: President, Miss EIyra Uldne
Walden; Vice. President, LATHE Nlarsdell
Palley; Secretary, Annie Leland Green;
| Treasurer, Anne Chestcrman Woodnn;
Mabel Haley, Frances HALEY, Mamie
Lou Hal, Susan johnson. Cora Law
| In1 y1n,, 1a,, Nh, foI ,,,s,,
I:eitio Merritt. Margaret Fisher Mer,
rSmun, Jennie Mitchell Coumbinna
Ealle. Carrie Norris, Susie Norris. LUCE
l'ell, Mary Perkins, Sophie Robinson,
Pearl Smoct, Ida Trosyig, Louise Tuck.
err, Florence Mood, Wl'dn HarwooL,
hath Gillian, Nancy Goodman.
Personal Mention.
Mr.. William A. Webb. who has made
his home in Lexington. Va. TOR some
Years past has returned to Richmond
to live.
Mrs. TohnsW. Walker, Miss Mary
! Clarke and Miss Marion Brown have
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been spending several days in Rich
mond en- route to the exposition.
Mrs. Rockingham Paul. Of Roanoke.
is tho guest Of friends here.
Mrs. II. II. Elliott is the guest Of her
sister, Mrs. Austin. in Bedford. City.
Mr.. and Mrs. John w. NJ. Myers have
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-05-12
returned from their wedding trip and
are at No. 1929 West Grace Street.

uIO W M. 4VaS WcSt NdIttCc Holtccl.
Miss Edith Coleman has returned to
her home in Newport News, after a
VISIT to relatives here.
Mrs. Stephen Fahs Smith, of York,
Pa Is spending several days at No.
215 East Franklin Street.
The Hope-Maury Chapter Daughters
OF tho Confederacy, will award Mnury
memorial medal to the pupil of the
Norfolk High School who writes the
best essay on Southern Women From
1SG1-1S65."
Miss Grace Burgess. who has been
visiting her sister, Mrs. r. !. Raiford.
in southampton county for tho past
month, has returned to her homo In
this city.
u Mrs. r, II. Glasscll. OF bowling Green.
Va, spent last week in Richmond.
Mrs william Gray recently spent
several days in Franklin Va, as the
guest of Mrs. Rose Gray.
Miss Annie Newman Is visiting her
sister, Mrs Cabell Jones. in Ashland.
Miss TIildah Seivcrt has returned to
her home. in Newport News. after a
weeks visit to friends here.
Miss Bessie EIoge. who has been the
guest OF Miss Katherine iloge, in this
city. has returned to her home, in
Staunton.
Tho Hon, S. Gordon Cumming, oil
Hampton, Va, spent tho latter part
OF tho week in this city on business.
go
Mrs j. r. Bradley. Of South Boston.
W., II the guest Of Mrs. r. M, MaSey,
on Church Illll.
Miss Ellen Broaddus, Of Caroline
county, recently spent several days
here.
Mrs L. r. Tyler. Of this city. and
Mrs w. b. GI.~sGner, OF charlottesville.
arc Hpendilsy sssssle time with the family.
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OF Mr.. w. ]. Tyler. in stanton.

OF Mr.. W. ]. Tyler, in Staunton.
Mrs L. II. La Baume, OF Roanoke,
is visiting here. She will DC the guest
OF friends in Norfolk before returning
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles !. Baird, OF
Ashcvillc, N. G., announce the engage
ment of their daughter, Hannah Louise,
to Mr. Fl. Blount Hunter, of Norfolk,
Va. The wedding Will take place at
Greensboro, N. c.. early in June.
Rev. Peter Petrakin, Of Killarney
Shoals, N. c., is expected next week
to attend the Southern BAPTIST Con-
vention.
The Stuart Harrison Camp Confcd-
crate Veterans, of Mai tnsville. has
elected the following delegates to the
Confederate Reunion in this city: Mr..
Is. i. Powell, Mr.. O. NJ. Allen. Captain
w. P. +. Lee and DR.. j. N. Smith.
80 sE $40
Miss Grace Terry, of Roanoke, who
has been visiting t.>r aunt. Mrs. w. r.
Baker, at No. 90 West GRACE Street
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&c already been printed in this series.
o wild West Wind! thou breath Of autumn's being,
Thou from whose presence the leaves dead
Are driven like ghosts from an enchanter fleeing
Yellow, and black, and pale, and hectic red,
Pestence-sricken multitudes! o thou
Who chariotest to their dark wintry# bed
The winged seeds where they lie cold and low,
Each like corpse within It's grave, until
Thine azure sister of the spring shall blow
Her clarion DER the dreaming earth, and fill
driving sweet buds like flocks to feed In air)
With living hues and odors plain and hill;
Wild Spirit which art moving everywhere;
Destroyer and preserYer; hear, oh! hear.
Thou on whose stream mid the steep szy's connection
Loose clouds like earths decaying leaves are she'd
Shook from the tangled boughs Of heaven and ocean,
Angels of rain and lightning! there spread
On the blue surface Of thine airy surge,
Like the bright hair uplifted from the head
Of some fierce Maenad, even from the dim verge
or the horizon to the zenth's height,
The locks Of the approaching storm Thou dirge
or the dying year, to which this closing night
Will be the dome OF vast sepulchre,
Vaulted with all thy congregated might
Of vapors. from whose solid atmosphere
Black rain, and fire, and hail, will bursts Oh! hear
Thou who didst waken from his summer dreams
The blue Mediterranean, where he lay,
Lulled by the coil of his crystalline streams,
Beside pumce isle in Balae's bay,
And saw In sleep old palaces and towers
Quivering within the waves ntenser day,
All overgrown with azure moss and flowers
So sweet the faints picturng them! Thou
For whose path the Atlantics level powers
Cleaye themselves into chasms, while far below
The sca-blooms and the oozy woods which wear
The sapless foliage OF the know
Thy voice, and suddenly grow gray with fear,
And tremble and despoil themselyes oh! hear.
If I were a dead leaf thou mightest bear;
IT were swift cloud to fly with thee;
wave to pant beneath thy power, and share
The impulse Of thy strength. only less free
Than thou uncomfortable! If even
as in my boyhood, and could be
The comrade Of thy wanderlngs over heaven,
AS then, when to outstrip thy skiey speed
arCn ame1 a ViSiO
AS thus with thee In prayer in my need
Oh! lift wave, leaf. cloud:
fall upon the thorns Of life! beed
A heavy weight of hours has chained and bowed
One too like thee--tameless, and swift, and proud
Make me thy Tyre even the forest is:
What II my leaves are falling like Its own?
The tumut of thy mighty harmonies
VIII take from both deep autumnal tone,
Sweet though In sadness. Be thou. Spirit fierce,
My splrit BE thou me, mpetuous one!
Drive my dead thoughts over the universe.
Like wthered leaves. to quicken new birth;
And, BY the incantation Of this Verse,
Scatter, from unextngushed hearth
Ashes and sparks, my words among mankind!
BE through my lips to unawakened earth
The trumpet Of prophecy O wind,
If winter comes, can spring % far beh!ndf