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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-10-05
Waterproof Bricks.

In a paper read at a recent meeting
OF the Australian Associa ton for the
Advancement of Science Prof. Liver
sidge gives the results of some expe-
rimentS made with a view of ascer-
taining the length of time bricks and
sandstone are rendered waterproof by
oiling. Linseed oil. boiled linseed and
the crude mineral oil known as ''blue
bricks OF good quality were expert
mented on, the Weathering being
made upon a fiat portion OF a labora-
tory roof fairly exposed to the sun
and weather.
The experiments showed that the
bricks absorbed much more oil and
water than the sandstone. notwith-
standing the fact that the area of the
latter was much greater than that
exposed by the former
Equal amounts of the raw and
boiled oils were absorbed; the blue oil,
however, was taken up in much great
,er quantity by both brick and sand
stone, but by the end of twelve
months the whole of the 13 IL ounces
OF blue Oil had apparently evaporated
away, and the brick had returned to
its original weight, but those treated
with raw boiled oils remain un-
changed. After the second oiling in
November, 1890, and exposure for
about four years. they had practically
retained all their oil, inasmuch as
they had not lost weight and were
also practically impervious to water.
A point Of considera bic interest no.
ticed, we understand, during the ex-
pertinent, was that the sandstone
cubes treated with raw and boiled oil,
although they return to their original
weights. retain the beneficial effect of
the oils and remain perfectly imperyi-
Gus to water.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-10-05
Bird Builds It's Nest of Steel.

A very remarkable thing in the way
Of birds nests is preserved in the mu-
scum Of natural history at Soleure,
Switzerland, whittier it was brought
by one NJ. Rudolph Rueder. 1t is a
nest made entirely of STEEL
There are a number of clOckmaking
shops at Soleure, and in the windows
of these shops there are often found
lying disused or broken springs of
clocks
Early last summer NJ. Rueder, one of
these. clOckmakers noticed a birds
nest Of peculiar appearance in a tree
in his yard. He examined it. and
found that a pair of Wag-tails had
built nest entirely of clock springs,
which they they had picked up, here
and there, about the village. The nest
was more than four inches across. and
a perfectly comfortable one for the
birds.
After the feathered architects had
reared their brood NJ. Rueder persent-
ed the nest to the museum of the
town, where it is preserved as a
striking illustration of the skill of
birds in turning their surroundings to
advantage in building their nests
Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-10-05
The Tea Habit.

The 'tea habit is growing on the
hW-abiding people of this peaceful
community. The victims drink their
beverage as the hardened drunkard
drinks whisky. This is the opinion Of
a local physician of prominence, who
has made study of the matter. "The
intoxicating effects of tea," says he,
'are not appreciated as fully as they
should be. Cheap or improperly brew
ed tea is known to have caused many
functional arrangements of the grayest
character. Many of the victims, not
knowing that their troubles are due
to tea-drinking, suffer from headache
and often from persistent dizziness
and indigestion. Dependency and
palpitation of the heart are also among
the complaints. Lastly, that dread
enemy of every man, insomnia, has
many victims among the lot. These
are certainly batch of troublesome
symptoms of which any pernicious
drug should be proud Of There is a
great difference in the physiological
effect of tea on the system. When
it has been used to excess for a con-
siderable period, well-defined symp-
toms supervene. There can be added
to the list already given hallucinations,
nausea, anOreXia, prostration and
anxiety and peculiar kind Of in
to1ication, ending, after hours Of vigil,
in a torpor from exhaustion."-
Philadelphia Record.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-10-05
Thun der and Lightning.

II you see flash of lightning you
will not be struck by it. The chances
are largely against your being struck
by the next. It is wise, however, not
to make yourself a convenient means
of escape for electricity on it's way to
the ground. Therefore do not sit or
stand by an open window or door nor
any place where there is a strong
draught. Lightning is more danger
Gus before the rain begins, for the
rain helps to carry it to the ground.
If out of doors do not seek shelter
under tree or in a barn. A recent
report sent out by the government
states that the popular belief that
barns are struck more fire.
Quently than other buildings and are
particularly liable to disaster when
filled witE hay, is correct. The fact
is accounted for principally by the
strata Of warm air which a well-illed
barn generates. 1t may also be due
to the absence of crops in the fields.
for each stalk acts as a miniature
lightning rod An English lecturer
states that thunder cloud cannot
cross river, but that a general dis
turbance may spread. so that a simi-
lar storm is developed on the opposite
side. This probably accounts for
showers meeting.
Heat lightning may be the reflection
of a distant thunder storm or it may
come from a storm raging high in the
air. In this latter case the reason
we do not hear thunder is that the
sound loses its intensity as it passes
through the dense lower air.
n thunder bolt or ball of fire is
reality, though not of the character
generally imagined. 1t is not a solid
ball Of fire, but merely electricity in
spherical form. Sometimes when it
ploWs into the earth it vitrifies the
flint or sand of which the soil is COM
posed, and this substance being found
the ignorant suppose it fell from the
clouds.-Brooklyn Eagle.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-10-05
FIGHTING WITH CHEESE.
rev BrOadsfdes of the Dutch Ar.
ticlc Won the Day

IA rev Broadsides of the DCtch Ar.
tfclc Won the Day.
The most remarkable ammunition
ever heard Of was used by the cele-
Erated Commodore Coe, of the Monte.
vIdian navy, who, in an engagement
with Admiral Brown Of the Buenos
Ayrean service. fired every shot from
his lockers. what shall we do. sir?"
asked his first lieutenant.
1t looked as if Coe would have to
strike his colors, when it occurred to
MS hrSt lieutenant to use Dutch
cheese as cannon balls There hap
pened to be large quantity of these
on board, and in a few minutes the
tire of the old Santa Maria. Goes ship,
Which had ceased entirely, was re-
opened, and Admiral Brown found
more shot flying about his head. Di-
rectly one Of them struck the main
mast,~and- nd-as>t-Gid4 so1-ashattered and
flew in all directions.
IVY hat the dickens is the enemy fir
ing?' asked Brown. But nobody could
tell. Directly another came in through
port and killed two men who were
near him land then. striking the oppo-
site bulWarks. burst in pieces
Brown believed it to be some new
tangled paiXhan or other. but as four
or five more of them came slap
through his sails. he gave orders to fill
away, and actually backed out of the
nght. receiving a parting broadsdo of
Dutch cheeses.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-10-05
SOME HISTORIC WATCHES.
Mary Of Scotland Hnd Several Grim
TimepieceS.

TImepieceS.
Mary Of Scotland had her watches.
In those days there was a great vari-
ETY. in the shape of a watch. \ favor
ite shape was that Of skull; another
was that Of a coffin Descriptions ex-
iSt of several Of Mary's watches.
There was one cofin-shaped in a crys-
tai case. There was another in which
cat-gut supplied the place of the in
terror chain in the modern watch.
One very marvellous piece Of work.
manship, in the form Of a skull, is the
property of the Dick Lander family.
1t was originally the property Of
Mary, Queen Of Scots, and was be-
quathed to Mary Setoun, her maid Of
honor, Feb. I, 1857. On the forehead
of the skull are the symbols of death,
the scythe and the hour-glass At the
back Of the skull is Time, and at the
top of the head are the Garden Of
Eden and the Crucifxion. The watch
is opened By reversing the skull In
side are the Holy Family, angels and
shepherds with their focks. The
works form the brain. The dial plate
IS the palate. Another skull-shaped
watch which belonged to Mary was
gift from her husband, Francis II.
Arnold of the Strand presented George
ILL.,, IN 1854, watch of his manufact-
ure set in a ring. Later in ITO, he
presented the king with a small re-
peatlng watch. also set in ring, the
cylinder of which was made of an ORR
entail ruby. The ear of Russia. when
he heard of these mites of watches.
offered Arnold 1000 guineas if he
would make one for him. but the art
lst would not consent-Jewelers' Re-
view
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-10-05

bein' strong 'nough to stand pullin'.
the rope over, which is all we needs
GAS it's gittin' late,' says the chief,
'onless hears objection, the remarks
Of Locoed Charlie-which was the
last mans name-will be taken as the
census of this yere meetin', an it's
hang she is. Do hear any remarks?
"'Am in this yere talk? asked AL
lison, gittin' up where a couple of the
strangers was guardin' of him, 'or
don't I git no hand at all, I'd like to
know?
"'Make yer little speech an ease
yer mind, Mr.. Allison,' says the chief,
this yere is a square American deal
an we're remarks are in ORDER
"'Well, then says Clay, what I
wants to say. is this: l don't like the
deal. There's altogether too much
fuss over this yere sheriff. He was
nuthin' but a Panhandle boss thief
and 1 knows it. For this yere camp
to git to rarin' back on it's hind legs
an raisin' the long yell over a dead
hoss thief is too many for me. But
the fact is this outfits gittin' too aris-
tocratic; too many frills an too much
style for me. The people of this yere
town Of Las Animas are gettin' too
particular to take their reg'lar drinks.
I'd
"'stop right thar says the chief,
motioning for the guard to set Clay
down, there amt no parliamentary
president ever took no cussin' yit, an
I don't take none Yer out of order
an you've got ter keep still. When a
mans out of order once he can't talk
no more that meetin'.'
"'Mr. President says a man that
owns the lumber yard, I'd like to say
a word. l count myself one Of tho
decent people of this town, an want
it understood I'm in favor of hangin'
this yere man. But I'd request
postponement Of one day to remove
my family. The fact is, the spring
roundup has brought a passel of boys
to town, an I s'pose there's 200 moro
within ten miles. This Allison is pop
ular with these COW people, most
likely cause they don't see much Of
him as individuals, an I'm ready to
bet by the time we gifts him hung
they'll burn the town. This bein'
troo, Mr.. President, I asks for time
to move my family before the thing
begins
"I've been thinkin' this thing over
says the chief, AN there's somethin'
in this town-burnin' talk-'nuff, any
way, to create a doubt. It's roole
of law that all doubts goes to pris-
oner, same as it is that all chips on
the floor goes to the house, so I reckon
Well postpone this hangin' an con-
vene a grand jury on the matter yere-
after in reg lar form.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-10-05

"But about this wet sheriff. Well,
after we'd forgot him an long after
he'd got dry, do you know this ma
licious, revenge-harborin' cuss got a
shotgun an stands outside in the dark,
an aimin' through an open winder
chucks a load into John Allison, who
is brother Of Clay's, jest as John was
cavortin' to the call of Balance ALL
Clay was in the same set, an light
ming wasn't quicker. His six-shootcr
comes to the front, an a bullet goes
lookin for that sheriff before the flash
Of his shotgun has faded in the night
''Did it ketch him? Well, l believe
you, my son. His deputies struggled
along without him after that John
got well, though. Some of the girls
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-10-05
UNSATISFIED,

My roses in the sunshine gleam-
Yellow and red and pink and white;
Their days pass in a golden dream
Of warm and passionate delight;
But ah-my lilies long in vain
To feel the kisses of the rain.
So can your SMILE my love, my bride,
In rosesoft dreams my senses steep;
Yet i'll my soul unsatisfed
For I have never seen you weep,
Nor clasped you in a twilight gray
OF tears my lips might kiss away.
Life is no mask Of frolic mirth;
Ever the smile forebodes the tear;
Can all the woes of all the earth
Knock at your heart, and you not
hear?
Weep; smiles but keep our souls apart
And kill the lily in my heart.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-10-05
XZZIWNY
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@A@A@ = DEFENCE. 5
WAAAAZ ZAAA% AMJ
DEFENCE.
HL z q a q z GA/A az

NEastern cities is all right as far as
they goes,' said the old cattleman re-
fectively, "but there's too much mur-
derin'. Now, a vigilance committee
q good, thoroughgoin' committee, with
large, full notions about rope-would
ill a long-felt want in the East.
''No there ain't no murderin' on the
ranges There's killin', but no MUIR
derin', which is different. Murderin'
is more unpleasant than KILN, be-
sides bein' immoral.
time Clay Allison had in Las Animas
about twenty years ago. I think it
was the same day Clay adjourned
court. You see, they'd been holdin'
court for a couple of weeks already
and Clay allowed that oughter be
enough.
There amt nothin' onsettles soci-
ETY. like holdin' too much court says
Clay so he saddles his old white war
hoss, BILL and he rides slap in where
the jedges is a-settin'.
"'Jedge,' he says, there's a delega-
ton Of people down to the Full Blown
Rose saloon been a-caucusin' and they
thinks you-all have done enough for
once an had better quit an call it a
day. What do you think yerse'f?'
"'Vox populi vox rock-and-rye,' says
the jedge, adjourn this yere court un-
til some time next fall So they all
goes down to the Rose and gets a
drink.
But I starts to tell you about some
THU else. 1t was this yere same day
in the evenin' an the dance hall was
a-draWin' like a furnace, an was
mighty near as hot, when along comes
Clay Allison. He's been around town
all day, sorter feverish an restless;
an bein', as l say, kinder fretfeul, he
picks up a pitcher of water an pours
it down the sheriff's back. Clay didn't
have no particular meaning in it, but
the sheriff takes it hard an goes
away a-cussin' as how he'll braid
some mules tail (names not bein'
called before mornin'.>
''Well, the music went on, an the
dance went on, There was ya-plenty
fest hung 'roun' your neck like a rose
lars an your days glide swiftly by.
Now, want to declare myself about
these girls. Of course, they wasn't
what you'd call church sociable girls.
You couldn't depend on them to make
q rag carpet for the preacher, or any
little thing like that. That wasn't the
game out West in them days, no how
But they was good dance hall girls.
They was kind an generous an had
q heap Of sympathy for people around
'em, an did lots more good than harm.
Takin' herd an herd they grades
about as high as a heap of others in
the yards of society. They fills their
place. The frontier amt Fifth ave-
moo, an it takes anuther kind of peo-
pie to hold down Western dance hall
from them as collects for furrin mis-
sions.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-10-05
A NEW POLITICAL TOY.
just Now the Sensation Of the Hour
in Paris.

just Now the Sensation of the Hour
in Paris.
Anything to counteract the effect of
the Aiel affair. A clever Frenchman
has invented a new game which, Oh
account of it's political flavor, has
caught the public favor like wild-ire.
The inventor calis it the ''Franco-Rus-
sian Alliance" and it has had truly
phenomenal sale. 1t consists of tii-
angular piece of very strong paste
board, having a half-inch high rim
ABOUT the edge. In the middle of this
triangle is also triangular piece Of
glass, the three points of which are
marked Paris, Cronstadt and Toulon,
respectively. In the space between
the edge and this piece of glass there
are three steel wires in a perfect tri-
angle, thus uniting Paris, Toulon and
Cronstadt, the symbol of Franco-Rus-
sian brotherhood, united by iron and
steel. The player is supplied with a
magnet with which he tries to control
the steel wires from beneath the card
board. Simple though it seems, it is
far from being easily done. The mag
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-10-05
"LiZzie."
Lizzie is dead.

Dear, gentle, patient-yes, noble Liz
zie is dead! No more will she collect
pennies and take off her little cap and
bow her thanks! Never again turn
somersaults on the greensward, to the
delight of the youngsters who always
followed in her wake Sometimes
I4izZies owner had acted as if it were
the sQueaky music ground out of the
WheeZy old organ Which attracted the
children, but he will find out his mis-
take now that Lizzie is no more
Lizzie, when she was a young bit OF
a thing and unframed, cost $35. And
If an uneducated monkey costs that
much, one can imagine what Lizzie,
with all her graces and accomplish
ments, must have been worth.
When LiZzie's owners Wife died,
Lizzie's owner YVES sad and pre-occu-
pied, but now that Lizzie is dead, he
sighs and cries all day long
All the children knew her, and know
ing her was to love her, for Lizzie was
the cutest and clevereSt monkey that
travelled the streets Of Chicago
In the London geological gardens
there is bold chimpanzce known as
Sally, who has excited the investiga-
tions of scientists, anu all because it is
claimed Sally can count.
But counting was mere pastime to
Lizzie. One had but to ask. her for a
straw, six straws or any number. up
to ten, and with the most painStakiny
nicely she would count them out, care
fully fold them in a bundle in COM
pact form and deliver it to her master
She would shake hands with the
right or the left one, as hidden, and
her handclasp was always hearty, and
Lizzie herself amiable in manner and
polite, as a lady should be, while the
porch never was built that was too
high for Lizzie to climb to get penny
for her master.
Lizzie was five years old at the time
Of her death, and died of q cold which
settled on her lungs. Her doctors bill
is 81.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-10-05
LOVES JEST

30, Colin, you are going back
To our native heath?
There you'll see the boys and girls
Boys and girls,
Boys and girls
There you'll see the boys and girls
Dance the Maypole meath.
o, Colin, how envy you
Dancing en- the green!
For there you'll meet my buxOm Kate,
Cozy Kate,
Rosy Kate
There you'll meet my chosen Kate,
My rosy May Day Queen!
Colin, when you talk to Kate,
Do net lose your head!
If she seem in signing mood,
Crying mood,
Dying mood
If she seem in signing mood.
Say-that I am-dead!
If she fall not in a swoon,
If she toss her head,
Seem to take it airily,
Cheerily,
Merrily-
If she take it merrily,
Say-that l am-Wed!
Then if she begin to weep,
And cry "Woe worth the day."
Say I'll cure her sorrow soon,
Very soon,
Tomorrow noon
Say I'll come to-morrow-Nay!
I'll come with you to-day,
My darling Kate,
| cannot wait
I'm coming, yes, to-day!
Yes, today!
Yes, to-day!
Come, Colin, come away!
Mark Ambient.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-10-05

'I Don't Much Mind This Particular
Killing"
took care of him an pulled him
through. 1t was jest as we'll, too,
for if he an the sheriff had both
cashed in an their trails ever crossed
up above there'd have been a row as
would have caused some utterin'
among them that might have been
hoverin' contiguous thereunto.
''They came pretty near lynching
Clay that same night. The Las Ami
mas people took him and called the
committee together to talk it over. I
mind one old short-horn now, the
chief of the committee, as he made
his speech.
"'I don't much mind this particular
killin',' he says. Water wouldn't hurt
this yere sheriff at all. My opinion is
most Of 'em git heap too little Of it,
as it stands. But jest the same, we
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-10-05
Stories of the Princess of Wales

Stories of the Princess of Wales.
One incident occurred shortly after
the death of the Duke of Clarence
While walking with one Of her ladies
in the lanes, the princess met an old
woman who made a living as a carri-
er, weeping bitterly and tottering un-
der load Of packages. The princess
stopped and spoke telling her the
packages were too heavy for her at
her age "Yes," replied the widow,
s.sIalzhaYe to: give it up, and if I give it
up I'll starye. Jack carried them for
ssssa' e--m1y boy. ma'am.' "And where is
he noW?' Jack? He's dead" The
princess, without a word: hurried on,
drawing her veil over her face to hide
her tears. A few days later a neat
little cart and stout donkey were
brought to the old carriers door-a
gift from the princess-and she now
travels with them to and fro, making
a comfortable living.
Another anecdOte relates to royal
birthday. when the youngsters on the
Slndrlngham estate are treated to tea
The princess, noticing a group of chill
dren who had come from Dersingham
standing outside the Norwich gates,
went up to them and asked if they
We're going to the school room by and
by. "Noa,' was the reply, 'feyther
doan't work for t. prince" One OF
two Of them were then asked what
their fathers did, to which various re-
plies were given. But the climax was
finally reached when one Of them
naively said that his "feyther went
a-poaching." Hearty laughter greeted
this announcement, but it need hardly
be said that orders were given for all
the group to be admitted to the feast.
Sketches.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-10-05

might as we'll hang this yere man,
Clay Allison. He's made the state Of
Colorado a heap of trouble. Always
gittin' drunk on US an pesterin' round
for a row; always a-ridin' an a-yellin'
an a-shooting up the town; so, says,
bein' a quiet man myself, an wantin'
a quiet place to live in, and pass my
declinin' years in peace, that we do
take this man, Clay Allison, to place
convenient for our purpose and string
him up
"Then a little knotty, black-whis-
kered man, with an eye that glanced
like knife, gifts up an speaks:
1.-The chiefs sentiments is my SEN
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-10-05
Money in Horned TOHIs.

Boys living in and about San Deigo,
Cal, are making lots Of money catch
ing horned toads for the Hawaiian
government which is importing them
to destroy Il Japanese bug which is
running many crops on the island.
The government wants 5000 toads.
and is paying the boys 81 a dozen for
them. Incidentally, the boys are col
1ecting a considerable number of rat
tlesnake skins, for which the county
pays bounty Of 25 cents apiece.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-10-05

'Clay is tried afterward reg'lar an
they throws him loose on the ground
of self-defense. The jury said a shot
gun usually has two barrels and when
Clay sees John git one he has a right
to tigger on stoppin' the other, onless
he gets a move on himself, so they
let's him 60" A. H. LeisW.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-10-05
Money in HO1ned TOads.

Boys living in and about San Deigo,
Cal, are making lots of money catch
ing horned toads for the Hawaiian
government, which is importing them
to destroy a Japanese bug which is
The government wants 5000 toads,
and is paying the boys 81 dozen for
them. Incidentally, the boys are col
1ecting a considerable number of rat
tlesnake skins, for which the county
pays a bounty of 25 cents apiece.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-10-05
If W0nld Not M

"This paper won't do for our GER
tifcate of Stock said the president
of new railway corporation to the
secretary.
'1t's the usual paper for certificates.
sir.'
Cant help it. 1t won't do. IT'S
watermarked paper, and entirely too
suggestive for our road"