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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-03-21
Dainty Animals.

NO doubt eats, large and small.
make the most careful of animal tot
let's, with the exception of some of the the
Vpossttlns, writes a contributor to the
spectator. Lions and tigers wash
q themselves N in exactly the same man
ner. lel'. as as the domestic cat, WettingS the
e ar1.sSI 2 lia sal 5of the
iefsefoet stntf pussing
I IT over the face and behind the ears.
One of the most charming pets we
nave kept, and one most particular as
TO It's feet and fur, was lovely brown
eposum from Tasmania. It washed
its face every two or three minutes,
end would pay the same attention to
the ears, hair OR hands of any one; on
hose shoulder it was allowed to sit.
Once, having upset a bottle Of tur-
peLtine over it's hands, it almost fret
ted to death because it could not re-
move the scent. Oddly enough, it would
retire during the day to q chimney and
did not object to the SCOT in it's fur.
perhaps considering it clean dirt as
children do earth. s.:r H.. r. .. f..
"One small spaniel which we allow
ed to live in the house, was well aware
that if he returned dirty he would not
be admitted indoors. About an hour
before the close Of the days shooting
he used to strike work and begin to
clean himself; and if urged to do more
would slip home, and present himself
neat and clean in the dining room.
Zone day the dog had been left at
home. and his master returned and
seated himself by the fire, wet, and
with half-frozen drops Of ice sticking
to his CATERS. ! @.7E,z.-s. s. ..
PAN ran ep and carefully licked of
the frozen ice and snow, stopping now
and then to give an anxious look,
which said as plainly as possible, Dear
me, if I don't get him clean quickly he
will be sent to lie in the stable AT.
lanta Constitution. IT,, ,s ..,.- -, '{.s
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-03-21
The Gyrograph.

forms the point on which the top
spins. The handle is sWiyeled SO that
the top may be spun while the sandle
is held in the hand. After the top is
set in motion, it is placed on the pa
per in the position shown in the en-
craving. The pencil point then traces
the intricate curves as shown. d..
If desired, slate pencil can be sub
stituted for the lead pencil. The man.
ufacturers state that a we'll centered,
hard pencil, with the lead cut square
across gives the most accurate curves,
though not necessarily the most beau
tiful. g. ~ .| -. ~ r +.
Manufacturing Chloroform by Elec-
49, -: ~ tricity. -
One Of the NOSE essential things in
the manufacture of cbloroform is that
it shall be absolutely ;Irre t:rcat as
are the services that have bern ron
dered to surgery by this valuable drug,
there is always 4 risk of its proving
fatal to the patient if it contains any
lmpurity. Foremost among the chem
lists who have turned their attention
to the improvements of methods of
chloroforln manufacture is NJ RoOul
@Pictet, who claims to have obtained it
in state of perfect purity by distilla-
ton at an extremely low temperature
This, however, is q tedious process,
and an electrical method is. now pro-
posed which gives much quicker re-
suits: A double headed retort of enam-
eled iron, heated by steam and con
tanning two lead eltrodes, is filed with
a 20 per cent solution Of common salt.
The liquid is raised to the boiling
point and stream of acetone is sent
in and diffused, the electric. current
passing at the same time The chic
rine produced by electrolysis is col
lected by distillation. From 100 parts
by weight Of acetone, it is stated that
si.9O parts Of absolutely pure .chloro,
form are obtained
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-03-21
Origin of Long Measure.

I The yard was originally the length
Of a kings arm; the loot, the length
of his pedal extremities. The word
inch is derived from the Latin uncia
a twelfth part, but why the foot was
divided into twelfths, instead of
tenths or elevenuhs, no one claims to
be wise enough to tell. Probably
the inch was originally the length oi
the second joint Of the forefnger.
The inch used TO be divided into
three barley corns, " which were sim;
ply the length Of the grain or corn"
OF barley 8 Mile is derived from
the first word Of the Latin phrase
militia passum a Thousand paces.'a
st. Louis Republic.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-03-21
Washing Negatives.

Here is a light and convenient neg
atiye washer specially Intended for use
BY tourists, as with it IN negatiyes can
be thoroughly and expeditiously wash
ed with a small amount Of water. 1t
, consists Of a standard which holds the
$jet. To the metal pipe is connected X
rubber tube which has two bulbs at
tached to it. The lower end of the tube
is placed in, the vessel Of water, and on
squeezing the lower bulb a fines con-
tinlloI1s spray Of water is produced on
the plate. Similar contrivances are in
use in this country Tor shamp pooing at
home. 5S52#. H5s
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-03-21
She Has 8 Good Argument.

Mrs. Ballington. Booth seems to have
pretty argument on her side Of the
reformed woman question, when she
would take the balloon sleeves Of mod
ern style garments with which to make
dresses for scant clad children Of want.
lbany Journal
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-03-21
9rtlllE -
/. jectOr.

y Ff8[k III
sigisnllnd sehuckert, whose death
was recently announced, was a re-
markable man in many ways, but his
name will best be remembered in con-
nection with the electric protector.
Prof. Munker suggested to Schuckert
that concave mirrors of glass might
be produced by a parabolic motion Of
the polishing tool. Schuckert, with
quick insight, saw the pregnance Of the
idea, and took it up with zeal, work.
ing untiringly until success crowned
his labors. Many a reflector was bro
ken before the first useful specimen
appeared. When on submitting them
to the military authorities the superb
ority OF the parabolic refectors was
brilliantly demonstrated, he felt no lit
tie pride when Werner Won Siemens,
who was always ready to recognize the
merit OF others, went up to him, took
his hand and said, ''Siemens bows to
SchucIert. Schuckert's great day Of
triumph came when the largest refec-
tor in the world sent out it's mighty
rays at, the worlds fair. A working
electrician has written to an English
journal, bearing testimony to the graf
itude of the workers of the profession
to Schuckert for doing away with
many Of the painful and dangerous
features of early protector practice.
He says: I'VE regard Schuckert as a
benefactor. The workmanship Of his
protector left nothing to be desired. 1t
was six years ago that I first saw and
worked one Of these large instruments,
3 after several nights suffering, caused
by working other projectors with
which dark glasses Were used for
viewing the arc, and in which the ad-
justments had to be made by hand
without the refinement Of a delicate
adjustment The dark glasses, OF
spectacles, were not sufficient to pro-
tect the eyes satisfactorily, and it was
often impossible to shut them or read
with comfort, for a day or two after
using the protector. Drops of molten
copper from the negative carbon
(which was coppered) would often find
their way to the wrists Of the opera
tor. After such an experience it was
a rare pleasure to work a large
u Schuckert protector, which was fexi-
bic and responsive to an extraordinary
degree There was in the Sch1lckert
apparatus a plane and side elevation Of
the arc focused on gr0und-glaSS sur
faces, and the inequalities in burning
could be readily adjusted without get
ting the hands burnt or the eyes hurt.
An Electrical Directory.
"A machine has been constructed to
turn: out automat tically information on
any given subject. It is, actuated by.
electricity, and called the electrical di-
rectory. Its inventors claim that it
4 will give more information with less
Y Inconvenience than any known device.
The machine lis fitted with "a dial,
y around the circumf ference of which
are placed, alpha beticaily arranged in
Il groups, sub jects on which nforma ton
may be desired BY otatingsa band
which works like the hand of a clock.
and bringing it to restsat any Of the
subjects enum Grated Oh the dial face.
the internal gear Of the machine is set
& in motion, and in a few seconds full
particulars in regard to the matter of
/. INQUIRY are shown. on an adjacent
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-03-21
onswItt.s s Indian.


t Fighters Of Indians need to be men of
quick wit and a steady hand. Such a
man was John Hawks, one of the set
tiers of Hadley, Mass. An exploit OF
this pioneer, in 1876, is narrated by the
historian of Deerfeld. =, The Indians
had made an attack upon Hatfield, and
troops from other towns had gone to,
the rescue. Among the men from Had
ley was John Hawks.
Soon after the Hadley men got ashore
John Hawks, who was behind a tree,
heard some one call him by name. A
Pocumtuck Indian, who had taken po-
sition behind another tree, had recog-
nized Hawks as an old acquaintance. !
Hawks returned the compliment, and
each man began taunting the other, and
daring his enemy to come into the open
and fight the thing out. #
The Indian had the best of it, and
was perfectly aware of his advantage
At any moment some of the gathering
Indians were likely to come up behind
Hawks and force him out of his cover
Under these circumstances, of course,
the. Indian was in no haste to expose
himself = =: .s< ~,-.. u
However, the white man was not
blind to the danger of his own situation.
Something must be done, and that
speedily: He knew what his adj
versary counted upon, and that gave
him his clue.
All at once he sprang from behind his
tree and leveled his gun as if to repel
an attack from another direction. The
Pocumtuck took the bait, and sprang
forward He would capture Hawks the
moment his gun was empty.
X Quick as thought the white man.
wheeled, and before the Indian could
raise his gun or reach his cover gave
him a fatal shot. 1t was all the work
Of few seconds, and Hawks, though
wounded in the ensuing fight, lived to
fight other battles. l. y@t, sztzF5
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-03-21
tSCIEN f .IC M A A / TERS
USEFUL INFORMATION NCONCERNING
l@ USEFUL ERTS.
Traces of Water on the MoOn-The
origin of the Schuckert Protector
-Electricity and the Mnils-Gyro-
gra PHI or. Artistic Top. .

. The specially favorable. atmospheric
conditions frequently prevailing at
Arequipa have enabled a French as
tronolucr to make numerous observa-
tions Of great interest on the subject
of the present Of water in the moon
Besides the known ravines, thirty-fve
narrower ones have been catalogued,
which, from their resemblance to ter
restial water courses, are regarded as
the beds of rivers. They are always
larger at one extremity than the 9th
ser, and the widest end always termi-
mates in an enlargement, having the
form of an estuary. These for1na-
tions, for the most part, are only a
few miles long, and some hundreds Of
feet wide in the most open parts. The
largest, and consequently the best OBJ
served, of these rivers rises on Mount
Hadley, in the Appenines; it runs a
little north Of west, and it's total
length is about sixty-fve miles. 1t
has bA,n believed that, there is no
water on the moon at this day, but
astronomers are coming to regard this
idea as open to doubt. There is no
reason to suppose that the old river
beds, now contain water, but on the
other hard, the presence Of a certain
degree of humidity on the surface Of
the satellite seems probable. Dark
patches have been recognized in diff
ferent. parts Of the moon, either in
the craters OF surrounding the Gre
vases, as we'll as in the regions to
which it has. been agreed to give the
name of seas. u In the craters of the
center of the visible hemisphere those
spots are darkest just aftS~ full moon,
when shadows are impossible in this
region, and they become invisible
when shadows are well marked. No
other explanation Of these appear
ances can be found than the presence
of water at the bottom of these cavi-
ties, OF Of a partially-th -thawed frozen
region. IF the existence of vegetation
in the moon can be proved, many 9TH
erWise inexplicable facts become very
simple of Interpretation; but yet more
numerous observations are necessary
to determine this. The "Sea of Tran
guilty" is entirely covered with these
variable patches. Their alterations
can be observed with >the smallest
glass, and often with the naked eye. As
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-03-21
Women Doctors In Austria.

"a - ;. NJ =, ~ ..-.--, -
"oA - - noc'ofs ''' IN austria.
" lhe squestlon whether women ought
Ito be allowed to study medicine and
4 encouraged to become regular doctors
3.o,. !, ad icol n,o ;onors =. d;sa,,s,oa !,
= :, - eAt'>useeu i -
~ 4'n aOle pun phlet Willch mas Just been
published by the celebrated surgeon.
Prof. Albert Of Vienna university. and
has eiven risn +n Or, on;,,,+oa s5;,o,,, \
sion in madical c;ro1as : ~ o,.s,ena.. u,sGuS.
returned ~ this e1ninan+ antboritT M o,it2 mis ;s
+ i inosf 1ac;dnd nooo+ +iun = ~ ~
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-03-21
a Profs 'l.t 81 ssi on Advantage.
s Don t YOU want to hire pal? ~
said a. little eoloFed lrehin.

EslH NAT IOf ss4s Z 3
Ter put up de stoVepip
ooes he put UP stoVepipes well ~
Il Deed he do. bes' Job it am
. dat he's deaf an llInb, my par is, so
de women olks dean hab ter leave de
house while he's Wuhk kin. 4 Washing-
ton Star. ssg
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-03-21
Electricity and the Mails,

1t has recently been pointed out that
already the telephone is used, by act
ual count, ten times as much as the
telegraph, the annual figures being put
now at about Is, 100000 telegrams and
75O,0OO,O00 telephone talks. P. B. De-
laney, an inventor and electrician, an
nounces his firm conviction that it is
time to get out of the telegraph it's
full working value, and that it ought
now to be used for the carriage Of the
mails, not in the physical sense, but
literally, all the same. He believes
that 10000 or $4,000 letters Of about
fifty words each between Chicago and
New York could every day be profita-
bly, sent over couple Of copper wires
at a. rate of p Or Is cents apiece.
Thousands of such letters now pay II
cents in the mail to insure the saving
of half an hour after a journey Of
twenty-four hours. The plan is based
necessarily on machine telegraphy,"
which has been on trial before and
not gone very far.
Gyrograph or Artistic Top.
Our engraving shows a novelty. III
tops, recently added to tile long list of
interesting notifications Of the old
time top. .sE,
:. The novelty in the present case con-
sists in making point upon which
the top spins produce a record of it's
movements. = - sE-=@ T. I .
The top consists Of a heavy disk of
iron, secured to a spool on which to
wind the string. The spool is bored
spirally to receive. a pencil which
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-03-21
4 SNVnterproofing BricKs ANA SAND.

a recent meeting Of the AusIr
/ Ian Asso oc1ation for the Advancement.
of Science Prof. .LiYersidge read a pa
per on b the '.1V aterpro rooing Of Brick
and Sandstone with Oils Expert
ments Were made with the view Of as
pertaining the length Of time that brick
and sandstone. are rendered water
proof or protected by oil. The oils
used were the three co1nmonest and
most readily obtainable for such pur-
poses, viz, linseed oil, boiled linseed
and the crude mineral oil known as
blue oil. fused for preserving timber.
The weatherings We're made upon a
fiat portion of the labora tory roof, fair
" exposed to the sun and weather.
\ Good, sound machine made bricks were
experimental on The amount Of Oil
and water taken UP BY sandstone WA.
very much less than that absorbed by
the brick, although the area Of the
sandstone cubes was much greater
than that exposed by the bricks. Equal
amounts Of raw and boiled oils were
absorbed; the blue oil, however, was
taken up in much greater quantity by
|EbOth brick and sandstone, but by the.
end of twelve months the whole Of the
|s13!A ounces Of blue oil had apparently
eyaporated away, and the brick had re-.
turned to it's original weight. The
bricks treated with raw and boiled oils
|srenain unchanged. After the second
|soiling in November, 1890, and exposure
for nearly four years and two months,
|Fthey had practically retained all their
Foil, inasmuch as they had not lost in
weight, and were also nearly impervi-.
I ous to water. 1t was noticeable that
/ the sandstone cubes treated with raw
Eand boiled oils returned TO their orig
Final weights, but do not appear to have
lSlost the beneficial effects of the oils,
|8being also practically waterproof.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-03-21
LAKES CRYING UP.
Remarkable tPhe4 4omenon Observed In
.5 the Gopher state.

1 q.
A remarkable physical changs has
oeen going on in Minnesota within the
last ten years. Of the extent Of signif-
canoe of which few people are aware.
Minnesota has long been known as ..the
Lake state" It was famous as contain
ing a greater number and variety Of
beautiful lakes than any other section Of
the country. In an official report of Sur
veyor-General J. H. Baker, published
some seven years ago in the
Pioneer Press, it was stated that there
were over 1000 lakes within the sur
veyed limits of the state But the last
ten years has wrought wonderful
changes in this characteristic feature Of
OF our landscapes. A large proportion
of these lakes have dried up entirely,
and in many cases cultivated fields now
occupy their rich bottoms, formerly
covered by from ten to twenty feet of
water. Nearly all the rest have greatly
shrunken in volume and are slowly dis
appearing. These are a few exceptions,
but this is the general rule. :55Isa#| 0
In reply to inquiries, a large number
Of correspondents bear startling testi-5
mony to the melancholy fact that as a
rule the lakes of Minnesota are gradu-
ally drying up. There seems to be no
instance in which even the largest and
deepest lakes, though nourished by
springfield streams, have not considera-
bly, diminished in volume The same
story comes from every section Of the
state-from Nicollet's undine region,
which embraces the counties of Le
Sueur, Blue Earth, and the adjacent dis
tricts, and which was so called from the
multitude of lakes which dotted it like
a constellation, to the far more pro-
nounced lake region, which has its seat
chiefly in the counties of Becker, Otter
Tail and Douglas. There is hardly to-.
be found in the world in the same area
more numerous or more extensive
cluster of lakes than is comprised in
these counties. They form the natural
reservoirs that supply the headwaters
of the Red river and of the northwest
ern af1uents of the Mississippi. These
lakes seem to have felt the. causes which
have operated to reduce their old vol-E
ume less severely than elsewhere. But
our reports from that district are as yet
too partial to be able to name the list of
exceptions, if there be any. to the gem
eraI rule. =s5 -54=s szs 4 1.5 8
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-02-04
REJECTED PENSION CLATmS.
The senate Committee Changes the Bill
Prom the appropriations.

The senate Committee Changes the Bill
Prom the appropriations.
WASHINGTON, Feb 3.-The Senate
Committee on Appropriations ordered the
pension and the military academy appro-
priat0n bills 10 Doe reported tomorrow.
The estimates for the pension bin
amounted 20 Nn,3S.5l0 and the House
passed 10 with an appropriation Of y4l.-
5t1. 500. The Senate committee increased
10 10y &0,2lj the increase being $4,000 for
expenses of examining surgeons. and >2l6
for rent of pension agencies As n Will
Dee reported the bin will carry Sn,31S5s0.
FOR the current year Nll ,2Sl.510 was az
propriated
As this bin passed the House II was
provided that during the fiscal year lN1
whenever any claim for pension under
the act OF June 20, lss0. has been or should
Doe rejected. suspended. or dismissed and
"a new application shall have been nled
and pension has been or shall hereafter
Doe allowed ON such claim, such pension
shall date from the filing OF the hrst APP
plication, provided that the evidence in
the case shall show a pensionable dis
ability to have existed az the time of
filing such first application. anything in
any law or ruling of the department
90 the contrary Notwithstanding. The
Senate committee struck out the limita-
ton confnng such action to- the fiscal
year 1897. and made the provision general
in It's application until the law made
In the wisdom of Congress. be- repealed.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-02-04

Nearly a Million and a Half Dollars Dam
age Done.

PHILADELPHIA, PA. Feb. 2, 1850
one of the costliest blocks OF buildings in
this city, at Broad and Chestnuts streets,
was threatened with total demolition this
morning boy q fire which was not curbed
until it had wrought nearly $l,50oO0O dam
age. Two buildings We're totally de-
strOyed-the Haseltine Building, in the
basement of which the fire started, and
the American Baptist Publication House
The Lafayette Hotel. upon which 100000
has been spent within the last few months
IN decorations and Improvements, was
also damaged badly.
Losses and insurance are as fOllOWs.-
American Baptist Publication Society
Building. $4,000, insurance. Si2j0 con-
tents, stock and machinery, $4,000. fully
insured tenants. $4,000, insurance. 5000;
Haselune Building. $4,000 fully insured:
=. +. Haseltine's stock OF paintings. con-
tents Of gallery, 100000, not a cent in
surance; tenants, Stetson & Co, pianos.
$4,000, insurance, $4,000 other tenants.
artists, musicians, doctors, dentists. ST.
500, insurance. 5000; Hotel Lafayette
Building and furniture. 100000. fully in
sured Homer lie Boutiiher * CO.. dry
goods building. $500, stock. $1,000. both
fully insured; Wistar mansion. $1,000
fully insured. total losses estimated, ST.
3A. 500. insurance $4,000.
IL was I'm the house of the Baptist Pub
llcation Society that the fire worked it,
greatest havoc The Hasetine Building
was several stories In the front and eight
i'm the rear The two separate buildings
were Joined by a two-story gallery. $50
feet in all. from Chestnut TO Sansome.
The Baptist house was the same length
but was nve stories high from end 20
end. Before the flames were out the two
great buildings both having "A front ~
sixty or seventy feet. were ruins. The
end walls stood. but the side walls and
interior were crumhled into brickbats.
The higher parts at either end OF the
Hasetinc gallery stood with their walls
almost unbroken, but the floors fell In
IN many places.
Homer, lie Boutillier & Co. escaped, their
store being only one story high In the
middle and three stories at each end. The