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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-09-15

edge OF 1t. Another reason to induce
belief that the communal ca tons are not
productions Of spirit power is the fact
that a simple instrument was contriyed.
some years ago that gave results more
or less satisfactory to every one who
made use Of it. The name Of this
mystifying apparatus is known in every
household. It received the name Of
'splanchette," "a word meaning a little
board It is formed in the shape of q
heart, with a pencil at its apex, with.
two wooden supports attached at the.
rear to keep it in a horizontal position
Gig. -. When the tips Of the fingers
are lightly laid upon the surface of the
board the instrument begins to move
to and fro, back and forth, reminding.
CT e very much Of the intricate move
ments Of the receiving len Of the tel
autograph. But the force here at work
is at once more difficult to comprehend,
more wonderful and more subtle than
the current Of electricity supplied by
chemical action or dynamic force. Yet
it is related to it probably as closely
as FRACTIONAL electricity is related to gal
yanic electricity, or induction to mag
netism. Many who have examined the.
planchette and made experiments with
it claim the action to be due to muscu-
lar contraction and expansion in the
finger tips. If it responded to the slight
pressure Of the fingers by crude marks
only, this would be a reasonable ex-
PLANTATION, but as intelligent words and
sentences are written by it the muscu-
lar theory is evidently lacking in scien-
titic argument.
The Planchette and Hypnotism. :
I have seen the planchette used under
the guidance Of a hypnotic subject,
and the words written by 1t through
the subject were the same as those
proposed by a committee Of men, who
in secret communicated it to the hyp-
notist, who in turn impaired it mental
ly to the subject.
Such proof as this is good evidence
in the slate writing phenomena
The writing Of the planchette and
that produced on states are Identical
being based on the same principle,
the only difference being that one is
more difficult to accomplish than the
other. In the planchette we have an
instrument that renders all more or less
susceptible to the influence Of one mind
upon the other.
That this influence always exists
there is no doubt, but without the prop
er method of reproducing them by
chirography we are usually unaware
Of it's presence. This is not always
the case, as we have seen
in Mr.. Stead's case, where he wrote
with an ordinary pencil.
In procuring messages inside of
41-
under which favorable results may be
differ widely by various medi-
ums, some going so far as to demand
the lights turned low or entirely out.
AS light is a phase Of electricity, or
rather due to electrical action, I can
readily understand why such conditions
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-09-15
An Enormous Gun Scale.

The Watervliet arsenal has just turn
ed out what is said to be the largest
scale in the world It is made for
weighing guns, and has capacity of
$50 tons. Nowadays results are secured
by accuracy, and whether one wants
a gun or gumdrop it is necessary to
know precisely how much of every in
gredient in it's composition is needed.
Careful weighing and measuring in
sures uniformity in product, and saves
a great deal Of time, vexation and I'M
certainty, to say nothing Of cost. The
consequence Of this increased attention
to details is much higher grade goods
and no uncertain or experimental arti-
cles to be thrown back on the makers
hands as useless. 5
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Fig. 2.

medium for another on. the basis of
the fourth dimension Of space think
there are other elements than the one
just mentioned necessary to perform
such feats. My impression from col
lected evidence is that the law that
causes Intelligent words to be written
on the slate is the result of minds
here on this earth, acting through the
sensitive, as a negative medium, and,
however distant apart they may be,
the thoughts are reproduced in, the
sensatives' mind. An argument in ia
7or Of this theory is that nearly all
mediums who possess the power of
slate writing assume state Of insensi-
bility, and SO the mind, being void OF
any original conceptions. is well adapt
ed as a receptacle for the reasonings
Of other men, 81
Mind and Electrical Force.
s The power Of the mind over the
.emanation Of electrical force from the
sensatives' body has been shown by ex-
periments in hypnotism; this force is
expelled In a ratio proporionate to the
strength OF the thoughts that occupy
It, and acts on the pencil in a ike
manner. sss .$5s Ss8: 81 . .3S5 rs
The medium intuitvely feels that
thought alone could not express the
ideas he receives to any but himself,
SO traces the letters In his minds eye,
generally without the conscious knowl-
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-09-15

away and escapes. Why not record,
file the record and analyze it? Suppose
that any large house in New York City
should make this experiment.. Say there
are 100 Individuals to a concern, in
Guiding the president of the corporation,
or, in case Of partnership, the senior
partner, down to the porters and errand
boy. Every one registers for the period
Of one week. At the end of this week
the record supplied by the Time Regis
ter is analysed and studied. What a
load lifted from the hands Of those re-
sponsible for the conduct Of the bust
ness! The conditions, formerly vague,
are now fixed and certain. The amount
Of time each individual is putting in,
just where he has been, just what he
has been doing, is so well in hand that
the conduct of that business can be
managed by an able executive with
from three to four times as much en-
ergy as under the old condition. For, it
must be remembered that the use of a
Time Register involves no distrust
whatever between master and employee.
Every good business man knows that
his employees are trying to earn their
money and to keep their places. He
does not distrust their disloyalty or
their zeal; he distrusts their judgment
and their ability to make the best use
Of their time. Had they the same judy
mcnt and ability as himsalf they would
not be employees, but employees Of labor.
Now, how can a business man teach
an employe to make the best use Of his
time without knowing the exact use he
is making Of it? But what question?
There must be basis for asking these
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-09-15
HEADQUARTERS ROUT
10 P1ttsburg, via. 'SThe Milwaukee,
For the G. A. r.. EncamDment

For the G. A. r. Encampment.
AS per General Orders No. 5, arrange
ments, have been made by the department.
commander for special train via. the Chi
cago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railway, which
road mas been selected as the Headquarters
run through from Minneapolis and st. Paul
TO Plttsburg, to carry the commander and
staff and also the comrades of the state,
to the Twenty-eighth National Encamp-
ment Of the Grand Army of the Republic,
to be held at Pittsburg, Sept. 10 to Is.
1t IS to be hoped that all comrades who
can possibly arrange to attend this encamp-
ment will join this special train, with the
view that the Department of Minnesota go
into Pittsburg with flying colors.
j. K MERTM,
Asst. Adjutant General
Department Commander
The above special train will consist Of
free reclining chair cars, in addition to
sleeping cars. Leave Minneapolis 1870 D.
m, from "Milwaukee" depot and St. Paul
at $40 p, m. (union depot, Sept. s. Ar
10. G. A. r. comrades and friends desir- .
ing space in the free reclining chair cars
or the sleeping cars should communicate
at once with the undersigned. The rate
for the round trip from the Northwest to
Pittsburg will be one-half fare to Chicago,
plus $40, Chicago to Pittsburg and return
lFrom st. Paul and Minneapolis to Pitts
burg and return, s21.5O). Tickets will be
sold Sept. and 8. extreme limit, returning
Sept. 25. This is a rare opportunity for
an extremely cheap trip to the East during
the delightful month of September
will be unsurpassed.
J. T. CONLEY,
Asst. General Pass. Agent
St. Paul, MINI.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-09-15
"A Mechanical Fluid.

An ingenious device is the invention
of C. W. Hunt, an American engineer.
1t is mass Of hard steel balls of two
sizes, one eighth and one-fourth Of an
inch in diameter, respectively. Under
pressure this mass moves and trans
mits pressure in all directions like a
fluid. The device is calculated for use
wherever fluid pressure is desired With
out leakage, and it has already been
employed for tightening the brasses
OF connecting rods, a pocket at the side
being filled with the balls and pressure
applied with q set screw Engineer
ing. 81.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-09-15
What Is the Ether?

The attempt to explain the nature
Of ether or of the matter at once raises
the question whether ether is matter.
Now, Of course, a great deal depends
upon the definition Of terms, and it is
perhaps best to confine our attention
at first to the structure of matter rath-
er than its nature. The properties and
behavior Of matter as it is ordinarily
recognized are largely known, and it is
only question Of the propriety or pos
sibility of including both in one general
view. Clerk Maxwell regards as a
proper test Of a material substance it's
ability to contain and transmit energy:
He then points out that energy cannot
exist except in connection with matter;
that in the space between the sun and
the earth, the luminous and thermal
radiations which have left the sun and
which have not reached the earth pos
sess energy in definitely measurable
belong to matter in the inter-pIanetary
spaces. On the other hand, Prof. Dol
bear stands as an exponent Of the
views Of others who decline so to class
the ether when he says: IF, then,
the ether fills the space, is not atomic
in structure, presents no friction to
bodies moving through it, and is not
subject to the law Of gravitation, it
does not seem proper to call it matter"
But Prof. Dolbear has previously an
nounced as his criterion Of matter, the
possession Of property Of gravitative
attraction. On such grounds we may
Gel cede each view to be correct, but
we are brought at once to the old
question, what is ?'-Popular
Science Monthly
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-09-15
The Modern Beauty

Thrives on good food and sunshine, with
plenty of exercise in the open air. Her
form CLOVIS with health and her face blooms
with it's beauty. If her system needs the
cleansing action of a laxative remedy, she
uses the gentle and pleasant liquid laxa-
tive, Syrup Of Figs.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-09-15
How Jolly!

Eth! who said that? The answer is as
prompt as the question from the dear
chappie who has checkmated the rheuma-
tism with Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, IN
equalled as we'll for dyspepsia, liver COM
plant. inactivity of the bowels or kidneys,
nervousness, lack Of vitality, appetite or
sleep. Use the great tonic and you will
be ultimately happy if now afflicted.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-09-15
No Use.

Herdso-Why didn't you defend your
Wife's suit for divorce?
Saidso-I had known for years that
what she said was law.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-09-15

Kari's Cloya- .:opt Tea,
The great Blood purifier freshness and clearness
to the Complexion and Csc. SOC. 81
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-09-15
The Dey Time Re Einter,

questions This basis is furnished by
the records of the Time Register.
Armed with these, the executive head
can put just those queries which are
most crucial, can satisfy himself abso-
lutely with regard to every movement
which has been made during the day,
week or month and can do justice to the
employees and to the business for which
he Is responsible and for which the en-
ployes are responsible. In a word, he
has the materials for bird s-eye view
OF everything which has been done, is
being done and which shall be done.
How the Intensity of Light Is Meas
The measurement Of the intensity of
4ight is called photometry, and the in
struments used phtometers, from the
Greek phos light, and metron measure.
The methods by which the intensity is
measured are mostly based upon the
fact that it is easy to approximately
detect by the eye when two similar
surfaces are equally illuminated, saws
London Tit-Bits. The illumination on
a given area Of a screen from any light
Is inversely proportional to the square
Of the distance between the light and
the screen, and this is the foundation
of all photoInetric calculations Rum
ford S photometer consists of a screen
with a cylindrical rod placed short,
distance away. Each Of the two lights
which are to be compared throws a
shadow Of this rod on the screen, and
the lights are moved until the two
shadows are equally Illuminated. The
ratio Of the two lights is obtained by
calculating the distances of each from
the screen, and taking the ratio of the
squares; ma turally the brighter light is
the farther away. Bunsen's photome-5
ter consists of a screen made Of two
parts, the one being more transparent
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-09-15

st. Paul, Mimi, Aug. 27.-Harvest excur-
sions at largely reduced rates for the round
trip to Minnesota, Dakota and Montana
points are announced by the Great North
ern railway for Sept II and rs and Oct. 8.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-09-15

In 1775 hailstones said to weigh twenty
ounces fell at Murcia, in Spain.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-09-15
Machinery Driven by Mouse Power.

Machinery Driven by Mouse Power.
A gentleman in Scotland has trained
a couple Of mice and invented ma
chinery for enabling them to spin yarn.
The work is done on the teadmil prin-
ciple. It is so constructed that the COM
mon house mouse is enabled to make
atonement to society for past offenses
by twisting and reeling from 100 to 120
threads per day. To complete it the lit
tie pedestrian has to run 1Oh miles.
This journey it performs every day
with ease. An ordinary mo Use weighs
only half an ounce. A halfpenny worth
Of oatmeal at Is. Sd. the peck serves
one Of these treadmill culprits for the
long period Of five weeks, says London
Tit-Bits. In that time it makes no
threads per day, being an average Of
1850 threads of IS inches, which is
nearly nine lengths of the reel A penny
is paid to women for every cut in the
ordinary way. At this rate a mouse
earns Cd. every five weeks, which is one
farthing per day, or rs. Cd. per annum.
Take Cd. off for board, and Is. for ma
chinery, there will arise 6s clear profit
from the mouse yearly. The mouse en-
ployer is going to make application for
the lease Of an old empty house, the
dimensions Of which are 100 feet by SO
feet and fifty feet in height which, at
moderate calculation, will hold 10000
mouse mills, sufficient room being left
for keepers and some hundreds of spec
tators. Allowing f2OO for rent and
taskmasters, 100000 to erect machinery
and $500 for the interest, there will be
left a balance Of f2,30O per annum.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-09-15

Minneapolis mills, saw over 60,OOO 900
feet Of lumber every year, and turn cut
1000, GOO barrels of flour.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-09-15

Herodotus tells us that the number Of
women employed in making bread for Xer'
xes' army was beyond count
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-09-15
Hoods Pills cure 81, liver ills DC
Saved,

Jess-I don't think this gown matches
my complexion very well; do you?
Jack-Which one?
Jess-What? d. 49,,
Jack-Which gown, T mean. IT,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-09-15

Of 100000 rays of light and warmth
radiated by the sun only 100000 fall on
the planets of the solar system.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-09-15

Helena, Mont, is 1900 feet above tn
sea, and has an average of 26O sunshin.
days every year.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-09-15

Muscles Of the hand reach their highest
perfection in man. No other animal mas
true hand.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-09-15
A New Advancement.

st. Paul, Mimi, Aug. 27.-The new tariff
and Oregon Railway and Navigation com
pany is one of the most important of the
year. 1t gives the Great Northern the
and and to Wame tt a Ta Leau poins
also becomes the short line into the Palouse
and Walla Wala districts of Washington,
the Couer d'Alene, Moscow and Snake river
districts Of Idaho.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-09-15

The first bakers who followed their craft
expedition against Philip I'll B.. c.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-09-15
MOST PERFECT MADE. -
4 pure Grape Cream of Tartar Powder. Eres
rom Ammonia, Alum or any other adulterant.
90 YEARS THE STANDARD.
Singular.

have been accommodating for years, were
washed recently and yielded $1,000 worth of
gold
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-09-15

ssHanson's Magic Corn Sa1ve.''
@. Warranted to cure money refunded. Ask your
druggist e3r it. Price is cents.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-09-15

T. s. Woodruff, general grain agent Of
the Northern Pacific railway, is now to
of Woodward & Company, the Minneapolis
and Duluth commission men.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-09-15

About 1000 specimens have been found
On one meteorite which exploded over Win
nebago county, Iowa, in 1890.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-09-15

Children are not admitted to most pub
lie schools till they have attained their sixth
year.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-09-15
.SLlA TIE WRITIN g TESTS
EXPERIMENTS by SPIRITUALISTss
$ AND HYPNOTISTS. st
The Force of Magnetism Cannot Be:
" Excluded by Amy Substance-Thes
= Planchette as an Illustration.

Through the skill Of scientists, the
perseverance Of philosophers and the
peculiar knowledge Wrested from the
darl recesses Of occultism by the ser.
wants Of psychology, with the aid Of.
ingenious electrical apparatus and
other instruments utilized as a sound
Ing line Of truth, are we indebted for
the information herein given pertain
ing to the. fourth phase Of psyche
physical appearances known the world
over as the independent slate-writing
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-09-15

R.. D. N1ehta and his wife have lust
started from Calcutta for England Mrs.
Mehta being the first Parsi lady to take the
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-09-15

Hieroglyphic style of writing was prob
ably in use 1000 years B. G.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-09-15

blood, rouse every organ into natural &C
ton, and build up healthy, wholesome,
necessary flesh. o.ea,, D,x. NJ
DR.. R.V. PIERCE: Dear Strive have used
else to equal it. One of our children had the
pneumonia, and one lung become CONSOLE
dated, but by the use of the Discovery" she
has entirely recovered, and is now In good
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-09-15
1T GIVES WARNING
that there's trouble ahead

IL GIVES WARNING
that there's trouble ahead
If you're getting thin.
It shows that your blood
is impoverished, and your
organs deranged, so that
whatever you eat fails to
properly nourish you.
And just as long as you
remain in this condition,
Consumption, Pneumonia,
and other Scrofulous and
dangerous diseases are
likely to fasten upon you.
You should build your
self up with DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery.
Purify and enrich the
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-09-15

A bicycle to run a single track OF a
railroad has been invented by a man in
Latah, Wash.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-09-15

Certain tropical animals ball themselves
up In mud and become torpid to avoid
drouth and heat.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-09-15
OH, MY HEAD

Could be cured bySTRoNG's
HEADACHE KILLER It re-
1ieves in twenty minutes,
and contains no poison.
For sale by druggists; or
send your name or postal
for free sample, or Csc for
a full box to Goodrich l.
Jennings, Anoka, Mimi
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-09-15

Halls Catarrh Cure.
Is taken internally. Price 75c.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-01

omitted TO state the fact. Mr. Talbert
made an earnest appeal to the committee
TO vote for the income tax amendment
His remarks, though brief, were strong
and forcible. He was for the masses as
against the classes.
LAST OF THE NIGHT SESSIONS.
The last night of the night sessions
on the tariff bill open edwithfull galleries
and fair attendance of members
MIR. Enloe, dem, of Tennessee, occupied
the chair, and there was large list of
speakers, including Messrs. Baker, pop,
of Kansas; KEN, pop, of Nebraska !:
Cooper dem, of Texas; Russell, dem, Of
Georgia; Paschal, dem, of Texas Houck,
dem, of Ohio Harris, pop, Of Kansas I;
Stallings, dem, of Alabama; Hooker,
rep, of New York Cummings, dem, Of
New York; Blanchard, dem, Of
Louisiana; McCleary, rep, Of Minnesota,
and Bingham, rep, of Pennsylvania.
CUMMINGS AS LABoR's REPRESENTATIVE.
Mr.. Cummings delivered an earnest
protest against the high-handcd methods
which had been adopted by the ways and
means committee in choking of amend
ments. He was probably the only con-
gresham a member of a labor union in
the country and had been a member of a
labor organization for thirty years.
He was now a member of Ty-
biographical Union No 8, OF
New York loud applause in the
galleries), and it was as the only repre-
sentative of labor in congress that it de
volved upon him to enter his determined
protest against the bill. Both while IL
was in the committee on ways
and means, and since IL had been under
discussion in the House he had en-
deavored to secure consideration of
several amendments in the interest of the
laboring class, hut he had not had the
power to do so.
A PROTEST FOR THE ToILERs.
In the name of the gold beaters, he pro
tested in the name of the printers union,
the furrierS' union, the clockmalxers'
union, the curled hair workers, the rat
tan strippers, the ivory workers, the
steel pin makers, the diamond workers,
and many other classes of workingmen,
he entered his vigorous protest. He had
before now spoken In favor of the diamond
cutters, and when he asked tariff of Is
per cent on cut diamonds and free entry
of uncut stone the House had taken the
bill between It's teeth and against his
earnest protest had raised the duty
on cut diamonds to 80 per
cent. and on uncut diamonds s
to 10 per cent. On account Of the loss in
cutting the latter represented duty OF
Hcarly oO per CENT, 30 bnhb unless re-
duced, the diamond cutters Of New York
would have to go into other occupations.
He had just received letter from the
diamond cutters union commanding him
for his stand In their behalf last
Friday, and urging him to use his efforts
to have the duties reduced to the basis
asked for by them, 15 per cent. on cut
stones and free entry on uncut stones. MIR
Cummings was warmly applauded for his
strong stand in favor of the laboring
class