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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-08-10
CALENDAR FOR THIS YEAR.
Ingenious Method to Tell Date Of Any
Day in Week.

Ingenious Method to Tell Date Of Any
Day in Week.
BY committing to memory the fol
lowing lines one is provided with an
easy method of stating off-hand the
day of the week of any date in the
present year.
Jelly of my apples made, I joyfully
ate;
Sickish often; no delight!
The number of letters in each word
represents the date of the first Satur-
day in the particular month to which
it corresponds. Thus "jelly,' repre-
senting January, has five letters, so
the first Saturday in January is the
fifth of that month; "of,' representing
February, has two letters so the first
Saturday in February is the second
of that month, and so on through all
the twelve months.
Each word of the twelve, excepting
"of' and 49, has it's first letter the
same as the month it represents, thus
"jelly" begins with j" because Janu-
al U0S1uS Will LII UCSluo with
"m" because March begins with I'm, -
and so on all through, with the above
two exceptions.
Having thus ascertained the date of
the first Saturday, the date of every
other Saturday in the month is got by
the addition of the necessary number
of sevens, from which it is but a SIM
pie step to- any intermediate day.
For example, to know the day on
which Christmas day falls this year,
delight standing for December, has
seven letters, SO the first Saturday in
December is the seventh of the month,
the second Saturday the fourteenth,
the third the twenty-first; twenty-five
being four days more gives Wednes-
| day, which is four days from Satur,
! day, the twenty-first.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-08-10

Mr.. Donahoe, who was out of work
and once had difficulty with Mrs. Nc
Grath concerning boundary-line, was
willing to testify that he t'belaved the
crachure*:was in the scusthody OF his
roightful owner
After hearing all the evidence the
judge expressed himself as being IN
able to decide the case at the present
time. The testimony of the witnesses
was most satisfactory. "There is only
one thing that can be d0ne,'' he said.
Let the gobbler decide it for himself.
Go Immediately home and let him go
to the fields with the young flock.
When he comes back at night he will
surely seek his own fold.''
"An' hum bein' shut oop by Ellen
O'Shane for a wake or more, the era
chure. Az coorse he'd go back till her.
A pritty coort this do be. I'll niver
'bide by it, judge, niver. Me LAD
don't be ch'ated away from me SO
aisy,' shouted Mrs. McGrath.
He hasn't been out in the mean
time, Biddy, and I have no doubt but
that he would go back to your coop, if
he really belonged to you. l have had
experience with turkeys myself"
'They do be on their habits drid-
full" remarked Mrs. Slatterly. You
couldn't bate thin wild shtick till
they'd dhrop UNI. Mebbe he would go
home till you, Biddy.'
Mrs. McGrath began to sob, and re.
garded the gobbler plaintively as she
started on her way home behind the
cart which conveyed him.
The gobbler was released from the
coop Immediately On his return home,
according to the judges directions:
and recovering his spirits with sur
prising suddenness, headed the turkey
family in dignified procession toward
the fields. Mrs. McGrath, still Sob
bling, refused to be spectator of the
scene, but retired at once to the
kitchen, where she solaced herself
with unlimited and very black cups OF
tea in the sympathetic company OF
Mrs Slatterly, who expressed an opin.
ion that there was nothing like tay
for aggravation."
When the early twilight was begin.
ming to fall, and the flock might be
expected home at any moment, the
lane was well filled with the friends
OF both families, and the fence quite
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-08-10

At the great seats of the linen in
dustry, Courtney and Bruges, in West
Flanders, Client in East FLANDERS,
Brussels in Brabant, Mechlin or Ma
lines in Antwerp, Tourney in Hahn
ault, women are employed in great
numbers and are more skilled than
men. But no account of their ability
is taken in the wages paid them,
which are for the most part pitifully
small.
When -Dowie, as part of his dream
of modern Zion in the United States,
brought number of lace workers
from Belgium, with the idea or making
a fortune from their work, he made
them no extravagant offers of salary,
yet their income was as much in one
day as it had been in a month in their
native land.
But the lot of these linen workers
and lace makers is a dream of luxury
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-08-10

what the Dickens'!' he began, but
after an instant's pause continued: II
beg your pardon; you are a guest Of
the house?"
Il am not, exactly" said Dorothy
"That isl expected to be, but I find
I'm only castaway on desert is
land. Is your name Friday?'
1T u.s." said the young man, with
quick comprehension. Have I the
pleasure of addressing Miss Crusoe?''
Eyes. Miss Dorothy Crusoe. T
saw your footprints on the piano-stool,
and-where are the Glenns, and who
are your
Il am Hugh. Masterson, and very
much at your service. I am a guest
of the elusive Glenns.''
and I thought + was to be-" inter-
rupted the girl. II am Dorothy Lori
mer, and they expected me today.
Where are they all?"
"Oh," said Masterson, light break
ing upon him. "Now I understand.
They telegraphed you, Miss Lorimer,
not to come till day after tomorrow"
II didn't get the message. why did
they send it?''
well, you see, all the servants left
at once. The cook, waitress and
coachman, who were all of one family,
being a man and his wife and daugh-
ter, were found wanting in the some.
what necessary virtue of honesty, and
Mrs. Glenn was obliged to dismiss the
trio. They departed early this morn
ing, and Immediately after we all
started off in the automobile to bring
new servants from the city, I was
with the party, but when we stopped
at the village post Office for mail, /
found letter asking me for some
sketches as yet unfinished, so I gave
up the outing and dutifully returned
to the house to do my work. We
had locked up the house before we
started, but the Glenns gave me the
latch key, and let myself in. Then
| had to go to the village again for
some materials, and I rode Fred's
horse down. You must have come
during my absence"
"Yes," said Dorothy, II suppose I
did. l arrived, and after ringing a
number of times, l tried the door and
found it opened"
Very careless of me-" commented
Masterson. Il left it unfastened when
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-08-10

compared to what some other Belgian
women must endure:
It is hard to conceive of a woman
brickmaker. but they have them in
Belgium by the thousand. Their part
of the work is to prepare the clay for
the molders who actually make. the
bricks.
: Still another unfortunate section of
King Leopold's feminine population
finds it's livelihood working in the
oyster parks. The women don
breeches like man, and labor as hard
as the strongest of their sons, fathers,
brothers or husbands.
Naturally where this is permitted in
Leopold's own realm, that country in
which he resides and of whose condi.
lions he cannot be ignorant, it is not
to be. expected that he would be over
scrupulous as to- what goes on in the
far-off Congo from whence he derives
that fabulous income which makes
him one of the richest sovereigns in
Europe.
Congo native women are still used
for doing the --eavy carrying of the
caravans, and they lift and haul loads
that would test the strength of the
strongest man.
There is nobady to protect them,
none to protest, for the native Congo
man has no regard whatever for the
comfort of his own. He regards them
as inferior to himself in every respect,
and only fitted for drudgery.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-08-10
His Reason for Complaint,

Rear Admiral Mead, at dinner at
the Portsmouth navy yard, illuminated
with a story an interesting discourse
on food inspection
"A sailor" he said, brought a tin
cup to an inspecting officer and ex
claimed: =,
Taste this, sir. That is all ask
Just taste it,
'The officer took a sip.
Well, really, my man. he said
this is not bad soup at ALL
Yes said the sailor, bitterly; 'and
yet they want to. persuade us, sir, that
it's tea" -.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-08-10

is0l NVA SAJ@NeANls " 'sIo f1Oa 0VsVdkOb:
black with delighted small boys of the
neighborhood who anticipated much
fun when the gobbler should finally
dispose of himself.
''They're coming, they're coming!"
shouted the boys on the fence, tum.
bling to the ground with gleeful
yells.
Nearer and nearer came the sleepy,
speckled, struggling procession, him
self at the head, bearing himself with
not quite his usual dignity, and won.
derful to say, quite in the rear, with
lame leg, to which long string was
attached, hobbled the lost gobbler,
sleek and shining and important, in
spite of his misfortune.
Mrs. McGrath nearly fell from her
chair.
The leading gobbler, without mo-
ment's hesitation, turned in at the
Distances gateway, but the lame one
in the rear, after queer but joyous
gobble or two, and peculiar ducking
of his scarlet head, made straight for
the coop in the McGraths' back yard.
ooh, me by, me by, what hurted
We that crool?" exclaimed Mrs. Nc.
! Grath, taking him in her arms as she
might have taken a baby. what
spalpeen shtoled We, shurre?"
The crowd shouted and hurrahed
Justify, but the boys we're evidently
disappointed at the tame ending of
the affair, and went away grumbling
that there was mo fghtin' and no
nothin'."
II told you that they had their hab
it's on em awful" said Mrs. Slatterly,
who had repaired to the coop with her
friend to held in the entertainment of
the returned wanderer. you see he
knew where to come, jist, n hum
been gone wake n more''
Just then Ellen O'Shane slipped in
at the door bearing a plate of some.
thing hot and savory.
Il thought the lad might relish bit
of hot Johnnycake; I made it with
sour crane, an there's nothin' me
own lad is so fond of, shurre, espe-
cially when he don't feel jist roight.
I'm terrible glad you got hum back,
Biddy, DEAR
Biddy choked down sob. Thank
you. kindly, Ellen" she said, en-
mebbe you'll come in fur a sup O. tea
| bime-by, and I have nice little can
of barberry perserve pit by for We.
seem ye didn't make any yersilf.
wonder where Henery do be. want
him till help me pit an exthry fasthere
in on the dooer, shurre. If he was
shtoled onct, he: might be shtoled
ag'in, the poor crachure''
"Henery's gone a-walkin' with Rosy
by the river, glory be, n I'll help We,
meself. Meself is as good as any
man wild a fasthenin;," said Mrs.
O'Shane. %st7E, E,
So the, night settled down peaceful
" and happily in the lane by the
river. I*. sSzH s5.s. 81 - rs
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-08-10

Foul Play.
During the, cross-examination of a
witness at the Tombs, New York, the
district attorney asked him where his
father was, to which the witness, with
a melancholy air, responded, Dead,
sir; dropped off very suddenly, SIR
"How came he to drop off so sudden
ly?" was the next question.
"Foul play. sir. The sheriff imposed
on his unconscious nature, ard, getting
him to go up to platformSto look at
a select audience, suddenly he knocked
a trap door out from under fhila,r4 !.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-08-10
The Thing for Him,

~ mentitled to my share of things .
growled the anarchist, "and I'm de,
termined to have it: The world must
give me what I Deserve: * ..
Under the law" replied Wiseman,
that's impossible, unless you commit
MURDER" 81 ~ r.,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-08-10
Just His Luck.

Just His Luck.
Hello" said .Borem,. II just thought
I'd drop in on you to-day to-
II thought you would, too," inter-
rupted the merchant. =;
'You did? Now, that's strange, be-
cause" :
mot at all; this is the busiest day
I've had for weeks"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-08-10
A Wonderful. Man.

= z. Bray laid an egg on the, EDITORS
table several days ago 4thatabeats all
the eggs that been. laid there=5in 4
long time, uring byS6 inches.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-08-10

Nor do the Belgian soldiers protest
They are only for the money they can
return to their king from the great
rubber industry, and he is too busy
with the wiles of the kind of Cleo de
Merode to bother about justice to
women.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-08-10

Ashes sprinkled on the sidewalk at
certain seasons Of the year look bet
ter to the average man than a marble:
fountain in thefront yard. s. |t.E5Es -y1::
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-08
An Object Lesson.

The democratic vote in Illinois in
1900 was 503,06l. That was when the
party stood for positive and progress
sive democracy. In 1902 Mr.. Hopkins
was chairman of the state committee
and conducted the campaign. The
democratic vote that year was only
360,925. In 1904 Mr.. Sullivan became
member of the national committee,
and he and Mr.. Hopkins controlled
the state organization. That year the
democratic vote fell to 327,e0s not
withstanding the fact that 1T was
presidential campaign. In 1905 Hop
kins-Sullivan influence still controlled
and the democratic vote fell to 27l,.
9S4 Here was falling off of 231, OFT in
six years-a loss of almost fifty per-
cent. Query: How long will it take
that sort of party management to
build up democratic party in the
state Of Illinois? Is it not about time
for the rank and file OF the party to
bring the Illinois organization into
harmony with the democratic voters?
The Commoner.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-08
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GGSa9 DIES MONIES LETTER 50
NsK0 Our Correspondent at 9S#a
NsAf4l- 1SfhHBg
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with respect to free transportation.
In reply he said:
THE policy of the Chicago & North
western railroad in regard to free
transportation after Jan. |, 1907, will
be strictly to comply with the terms
and provisions of the interstate COM
merce law.
This rule will be applied to trans
portation from one point in Iowa to
another in Iowa, tie same as it is APP
piled to transportation from one point
In one state to point in another
state, the interstate commerce COM
mission having expressed, at least in
formally, the opinion that when trans
portation from one point in state to
another point within the same state
is used as a part of an interstate
Journey, this is violation of the inter-
state commerce law.
Further, it is believed advisable to
make the rules applying to state and
Interstate transportation uniform.
1.-THE interstate commerce law pro-
vides serious penalties in the way OF
fine and imprisonment, not only for
the giving, but the receiving of free
transportation, and it will be the pol
icy of this company, as l understand
1t, to comply accurately with these
provisions OF the law.
Il further understand that the fore
going will be the policy Of most, If not
all Of the other railroads operating in
Iowa"
In other words, after Jan. /, 1907,
the Iowa representatives of the rail-
roads operating in this state will cease
to issue free transportation altogether.
The Iowa law passed last winter is
puny and weak beside the national
law, and one of the numbers on the
legislative programme of this winter
has been to strengthen 1t, and put
| 1t on basis of harmony with the fed
| erai statute. The voluntary action OF
the railroads in deciding to apply the
national act to transportation between
| points within the state is equivalent
| to the enforcement of an improved
| Iowa statute; but the legislature will
proceed, however, OF is believed, to
| strengthen the Iowa law to the ma
| tional standard to guard against posi-
bic change of policy of the railroads
In the future.
| Under the interstate commerce law
there Is absolute prohibition of the is
suance and use of railroad passes; even
the Issuance of transportation in con-
sideration of services, ETC., is prohib-
tied, in the Judgment of the interstate
commerce commission. few excep-
tons have been made relating to bona
ide employees of the railroad etc.
These exceptions are of a character
that general officer of the companies,
at their headquarters, must pass upon
applications for the Transportation.
The Iowa representative of the roads.
for instance, will have no authority
to pass judgment upon the application
so made.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-08
WOMAN is SLAIN in BED
MYSTERY SURROUNDS DEATH AT
CAMBRIDGE, I'LL.
Wife Of Retired Farmer Killed With
Child Beside Her--Murder
Stirs Town.
Copyright.

Cambridge, ILL.,, Jan. Another
murder mystery has stirred to its
depths the little town of Cambridge
and added one more name to it's
frightful record of eight murders and
six suicides within the year now clos
ing.
Mary Anderson, wife Of Henry An
derson, a rich retired farmer, was
shot dead while in bed with her hus-
band and a nine-monthsold child.
Although circumstances point to bur-
glary as a motive, other phases lead
the authorities to believe that some
other cause may be responsible. The
husband, crazed by the killing, is too
irrational to give correct story.
A negro who said his name was Will
Jackson was arrested on suspicion at
Galva. He tells a seemingly straight
forward story. Nevertheless, he is in
Jail.
Anderson told the sheriff he was
awakened at two o'clock by hearing
his wife Shrek, ooh, Henry!" Jump.
Ing out of bed he ran down stairs
in pursuit of flying figure, which
disappeared when the kitchen was
reached. Later Anderson told Cor
oner's Physician Westlund that he
had seen two men. A small pocket
book containing SIT in bills is said by
Anderson to, be missing. In plain
sight on the dressing case lag an open
jewel box containing gold watch and
Jewels to the vale of several hundred
dollars.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-08
The Cleavage in Policies.

Good men in both the political par
ties depreciate the disagreements be-
tween those who call themselves re-
publicans and those who call them
selves democrats, but they have no
good reasons for so doing. These dis
agreements are due to the fact that
party lines are not true dividing lines
in present day politics.
At the present time two forces are
struggling for supremacy in American
life. This struggle is no new thing In
the history of the world, nor is it con-
fined to any particular country. 1t
appears in different forms at different
times but is ESSENTIALLY the same at all
times. In the middle ages it was
feudalism against mankind; in Amer
lea today 1T is organized wealth
against mankind,
In the ranks of the republican par
ty there are tens of thousands of wage
earne-s, farmers, merchants and pro-
fessional mep, who are opposed to
class legislation for the benefit OF the
few, and they are creating discord in
that party On the other hand there
is an attempt on the part of preda-
tory wealth to secure control of the
democratic organization, and use it as
tool to promote every selfish, sordid,
mercenary interest In the land. The
rank and file of the democratic party,
that grand old party of the people,
are not going to permit such an at
tempt to succeed.
The men who have grown enormous.
~ rich from the labor of others, and
are fortified behind special privileges,
and all Of their admirers, dupes and
retainers should belong to one party,
to plutocratic party, and then there
would be no discord In that party.
And all the men who believe in plac-
ing human rights first In public af-
fairs, should belong to another party,
to truly democratic party, and then
there would be no dlscord in that
party.-Mancheste Democrat.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-08
Out to Beat Bryan.

J
1t is now given out that James b.
Eckles and Roger Sullivan of Illinois.
Guffey of Pennsylvania, Taggart Of
Indiana and Marsh and Miller of
Iowa, are engaged in conspiracy to
.sbeat Bryan for the nomination.
These are the men who were so
aoyal" some time ago.
The first four had meeting recent,
" in New York where the scheme
was Matched, and Miller is said to
have entered the game in the office OF
Roger Sullivan at Chicago on Thanks
giving day.
There is nothing about this to sur
prise the editor of the Democr't-
Chronicle. We know the gang from
start to finish. They never were for
Bryan except on the surface When
they saw that Hearst threatened to
become candidate thew were for
Bryan. When Hearst failed in Now
York and his star went down they be-
gan to lay plans to defeat B-yan.
The scheme, as outlined by a prnmi-
nent corporation magnate, is to nomi
nate some democrat OF no force or
character, 50 that the republicans can
nominate man like Root or Foraker
and give the trnsts and corporations
an eminentlY "safe and sane" admin
istration.
There is nothing strange about this
to one who knows 1t is the great
game of politics that has been played
bv the conservatives" of both politi-
cal parties since the time of Abraham
Lincoln.
The only thing about it that CRATES
on the nerves of an Iowa democrat is
the fact that but few weeks ago
Chairman Miller of Iowa was protest
log his fidelity to Bryan and now he
is trying to encompass his de feat
There il nothing strange about this tt
anyone who knows the man, but be
has succeeded in fooling great many
into the belief that he is "good In
dian.''
Democrats should remember tina
the only good Indian is one whose
political scalp you have dangling a
your belt.
Miller will be ''good" only when HI
is let down and out of power at tht
next state convention. He is incap
able of leading anything more impos-
ing than a juvenile band or funera
procession. He cannot even lead {
conspiracy unless he consults Marsf
first.-Dcmocrat Chronicle.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-08
Polk County Worth s2s, 100000.

Polk county is worth millions,
twenty-three Of them, is the state
ment of the tax department of the
auditors Office who have just finished
'heir tax valuation of the county.
They fix the tax valuation of all the
real estate, personal property, rail
roads, express companies and tele-
graph and telephone companies in the
county at $23,57J,49O which placed
The actual property valuation of the
county at very close to the 100000
300.
They have apportioned the taxes to
be collected in the county to $50. 500.
or the state fund, including the
school funds. The county gets $780,
T5.26. the local townships, 24,276.13,
the towns, exclusive of Des Moines,
H1,5SSS9 and the city Of Des Moines
gets the total, 1851, 1887.
The total taxes of the county will
amount to $1,646, 6223O, the taxes for
The last year being $1,576,S77.94 and
ten years ago the amount collected
was $1,049,882.21.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-08
pes Molnes Manufacturers.

According 20 census bulletin Just
issued by the government, POI manu-
featuring establishments in Des
MONIES turned out almost twice as
much products in 1905 as were turned
out by 21s establishments In 1900.
While the number of establishments
increased rs per cent and the pro-
ducts increased nearly so per cent,
the wages increased about 80 per cent,
Including the salaries paid the officers
Of the corporation operating the estab-
lishments. The wages Of the wage
earning employees increased rs per
cent.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-08
Rich Old Man Murdered.

Kansas City, Mo-, Jan. Thomas
Tanning, aged so years, a wealthy
property owner who lived alone. was
murdered some time Saturday at his
home at 1913 Olive street in this city.
His head had been horribly hacked
with a Ratchet. The crime was re-
ported to the police Sunday by VIM.
flanagan, the murdered mans young
nephew. He is one of the dead mans
heirs and was held for time by the
rolice,