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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-04-16
the disturbing influences Of adjacent
trolley lines. III IT
Useful Bacteria.

Since the existence OF countless mil
lions of infinitesimal organisms is an
admitted fact, the lay mind has fallen
into the habit of calling everything in
the way Of bacilli, bacteria and mi
crobes emissaries of evil. It was by
the merest accident that the existence
Of benevolent bacteria was made
known, and now these critics find. to
their astonishment, that there may be
quite as many good bacili as bad. In
deed, the good ones are credited with
sustaining life as well as prolonging it;
of keeping us in good health, and max
ing mere existence pleasure when
normal conditions prevail. A labora-
tory presided over by graduates of the
Boston Institute of Technology is now
engaged in cultivating the bacteria of
cream. A certain quantity of these or
ganisms is put into the milk, whereupon
the cream rises and goes through all Of
the processes necessary for the produc-
tion of perfect butter If cheese is to
be produced there is culture specially
for this purpose. Sc we'll satisfied
were the projectors of the plan of the
feasibility of their undertaking that
they are equipping their laboratory
with every necessary appliance and
providing in every way for the success
full carrying out of the experiment.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-04-16
Cucumbers and Reaches.

"Housekeepers like to be reminded
now and then,' remarked Well-kn5wn
lady to a Washington: Star reporter, "of
lots of little things in connection with
their affairs. 1t is not that they do not
know of them themselves, but with the
thousands of other little things to re-
member they forget. 1t is for that rea-
son that would like to remind them
that cucumbers are the most effective
destroyers of reaches of anything that
l know Of. 1t is not necessary to cut
up the cucumbers, for the ordinary
trimmings from them when being pre-
pared for the table will suffice. Simply
scatter the peel or trimmings about
in the places where the reaches are
seen. The roach eats them and there
by ends his existence. In case the
roach does not feel hungry enough the
first night and the cucumber is not
sufficiently attractive throw the trim
mings into the stove the next morning
and set out fresh lot the next night.
The green coloring matter that kills
the reaches is the same thing that
makes cucumbers so annoying at times.
to the human family"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-04-16
The Bazin Boat Failure,

The Bazin roller boat, which it was
promised would do such wonderful
things in the way of speed, has now
been put through it's trials, and, as
is now generally known, has been
found wanting, is lamentable failure,
and furnishes yet another instance of
the enthusiasm of an inventor seeking
to override the ascertained possibilities
of mechanical effort. Instead of a
speed of twenty knots, as anticipated,
only eight knots has been attained,
and this Notwithstanding that the
power exerted was very considerably
in excess of that anticipated in the ori-
g1nal designing of the engines. NJ.
Bazin, in addition to having to suffer
the agonies of defeat and to put up
with the jeers and taunts of many of
his countrymen, has now also to meet
the charge of plagiarism, several
French contemporaries having pointed
out that his scheme was Anticipated,
although there were slight differences
in actual design of the ''rollers' and
the method of propelling them.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-04-16
! Fat-Rumped sheep.

The fat-rumped sheep" says Dr..
Anderson, resemble one another by
haying-particularly the males "a solid
mass OF fat formed upon the rump, di-
vlded, as it We're, into two hemispheres,
which take the form Of the hips, with
little knob of tail in the middle.
Some of them have horns, but others
do not. It's covering is mixture Of
hair and wool. Some of the breeds
weigh as much as 200 pounds, and the
mass of fat formed on the rump va
rles from tenth to fifth part of the
entire weight. In the neighborhood Of
Caucasus, the hind quarters are salted
as hams and sent in large quantities
to the northern part of Turkey. It has
been supposed by some writer's that
this breed may be the same as that
which was bred by the Patriarchs, in
the days Of Abraham and Moses. The
sacred penman mentions that Moses
took the fat and the rump, and all the
tat which was upon the inwards, and
burned them upon the altar for burnt
offering. This breed is found in it's
purest state in the deserts of Great
Tartary, no other variety being near
to contaminate it's blood. 1t reaches
lar into the interior and northern parts
OF Russia, and is much disseminated in
China, Persia, Hindostan, Asia Minor
In Palestine it is more numerous than
any other breed; indeed the largest
proportion of the sheep of Northern
Asia being of this description Profess
sor Pallas conjectures that this charac-
ter arises in the fat-rumped sheep from
their feeding upon the bitter and sa-
line plants found upon the borders of
the Caspian and Black seas. And he
asserts that when they are removed
from the places where these plants
grow the fatty excrescence becomes
less. But Garfield says, as the fat
rumped and fat-tailed sheep are varie-
ties which are widely dispersed, it
seems more probable that they may
have been produced by accident. and
may also have been perpetuated by
accident, design or fancy. The fat
tailed sheep are very extensively diff
fused; it is found throughout Asia and
great part of Africa, as we'll as
through the northern parts of Europe.
They differ. like other sheep, in the
nature of their covering. In Madagas-
car, and in some other hot climates,
they are covered with hair; at the Cape
OF Good Hope they are covered with
coarse wool; in the Levant their wool
is extremely fine. The proportion
4 which the weight OF fft tihe In some
Of these sheep bears to the whole car
cass is quite remarkable The usual
dressed weight of the sheep is from
fifty to sixty pounds, of which the tail
is said to make more than one-fourth
part. Russell describes two breeds of
fat-tailed sheep about Aleppo; in one
the deposit of caudal fat is moderate;
in the other sort the tail is much larg-
er. The unctuous fat of the tails Of
these sheep is accounted a great deli
cacy alike by the Beers and the Hotten-
tots of Southern Africa The Hotten-
tots, in their primitive condition, pos
sessed immense flocks and pursued the
pastoral arts with great success.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-04-16
Syrup from Sugar Beets.

Report comes from Germany of the
invention of process of manufacture
ing syrup from sugar beets, which has
not heretofore been done, on account of
refractory elements in the juice. The
new process was invented by Ger
man manufacturer, who has obtained
patents in Germany, France, Austria,
Belgium, Holland and lately in the
United States. This process, it is
claimed, reduces the manufacturers
cost to less than cents per pound OF
syrup Gf the beets are bought at SIS
per ton) and leaves only 10 per cent
residue. The syrup thus made is the
best in the markets., as to quality and
taste, and contains, according to the
official analysis of German govern
ment chemist and expert, no injurious
substances whatever.-Ex.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-04-16

Lord bless ye, yes, it seems jest like
they's speakin' out ter me,
A-giyen up ther kindest words ats never
ben writ fer me,
An I chunck ther fire up brighter, till it
crackles in ther CRATE,
When I hear ther mail train wh1stlin,'
as ther clock is strikln' elgnt.
linen ther neighbors come a-hurryln ln'
Ter fear they may be late:
Most on EN- ain't spectin but they like
ter STAN and wait,
jest ter see ther ones ats lucky get
letter onc't week,
Maybe watch 'em tear it open, an ther
bolder take a peek.
Widder Tomkins STAINS a-looking till
they drop out one by one,
Like she has ter my bes' knowledge, fer
ther past five years an gone;
When she says at last SO wistful: IS
ther anythin' frum Ned?'
Blessed If kin get word out, so l only
shake my head.
Yer see her Ned was reckless like. an
run away ter sea,
He was jest ther likeliest lad in town,
an han some as could be-
Ihats five years back an every night
ther widder without fail
Comes er Ions ezz patient-lilze, with every
evenin' mail.
1.-THE Lord 'ull send it some time" was
what she often said
But when she asks night after night,
only shake my head.
l somehow think like she does that her
letters sure ter come,
But it's been so long time on ther way.
my faith is dwindlin' some.
Polly Perkins ''jest drops i'm when al
ther rest hev went,
Then bushes to herself an me. pretend
! in she was sent
Ter buy some rashers Nv bacon, er half
ssssS a dozen eggs. s3ss.g. s:zs:z .s s - -. p
! I lf- She Sketehes a glimpse NV d letter, why
then she fairly begs.
Her feller's in ther city, ans doin' first
rate, they say,
So we're a-spectin' purity soon ter hev
him name ther day.
Jonesville's sort Nv dull like, but yer hit
it on their nail
When yer say it's mighty interestin'
a-sortin' out ther mail
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-04-16
Kaw River Has q HOusehoa f.

Ho, mansions on the st. Lawrence.
Ho, houseboats on the Thames. You
are not the only river homes afloat.
Kaw river has become your rival. You
may not know where the Kaw river is.
messieurs and mesdames, who inhabit
the aforesaid houseboats. It is a stream
of the middle west. Kansas City is
upon it's banks, and on it's bosom floats
the houseboat of the Kaw. This NAV
not be very swell and certainly is not
very luxurious, but it is useful. which
is more to the purpose of it's owners.
This houseboat' was street car once
NO. 22. It was borne from the car
house to the river bank and attached to
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-04-16
Timo to Hurry,

IImc CO t1ufrys
A new method of reckoning time
reported from Washington by way
the Star.
There is such thing as becoming
too much devoted to the bicycle" said
young woman. Il was riding with a
friend of mine who demonstrated that
fact"
did she talk continually about the
wheel?'
''No, she didn't talk about anything
until asked her if she knew what the
hour was. She looked down at he1
cyclometer and said we'd. better hurry
home, as it was two miles and a quar-.
ter past dinner-time.'
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-04-16
Hygionio value Of Fruits.

4 Dr.. Dupoury, French physician,
celebrated for his scientific investiga-
[t1ons in dietary matters, in an article
|printed in a Paris journal, considers
the hygienic value Of the fruits, says
California Fruit Grower. He divides
truit into five classes, each of which
possesses a great hygienic value-the
acld, the sweet, the astrfngent, the
oily and the mealy. To the first, includ-
lng cherries, strawberries, raspberries,
gooseberries, peaches, apples, lemons,
and oranges, he accords great merit:
Cherrles, however, he prohibits en-
tlrely to those affected with neuralgia
OF the stomach. Strawberries and rasp-
berries he. recommends warmly to
those OF bilious, plethoric and equity
{ temperament, and denies them to those
to whom diabetes Is present or sus-
pected. OF the sweet fruits he consid-
I Iers that plums are of a special hy-
2glenlc value, and even preventive in
gout, and, particularly, rheumatism.
+ 10 the grape he accords the very first
T place. He is an ardent advocate of
what in Europe is called the grape
7 cure. In this cure grapes for several
Gays form the exclusive aliment. The
patlent commences with the consump-
/ tlon OF from one to two pounds daily,
With a gradual increase to eight or ten
pounds daily. After few days of this
dlet marked Improvement in the gen.
eral health is noticeable. The appe-
lite improves, the digestion becomes
easy and rapid, and increased capac-
Elty to Withstand the fatigue of outdoor
exercise is noticeable. The grape cure
/ Is particularly recommended to the
anaemic, dyspeptic and consumptive,
IN diseases of the liver and in gout.
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great that it may be difficult to con-
ceive of any sort of word recording that
cannot be satisfactorily done by means
of machine operated by keys. Type
writers are to be found that will write
in any language spoken. and on Whlcn
documents of varying sizes may be ex-
ecuted. There is one thing, however,
that the ordinary writing machines Will
not do, namely, record in books, ana
from. the time that the first practical
typewriter made it's appearance 1t mas
been the aim of inventors everywhere
to produce a machine capable OF writ
ing in books as we'll as on unbound
pages. Two or three so-called book
typewriters have heretofore been heard
from, but they lacked simplicity, ana
few of them were ever put to practical
use A machine for bookwritirg has
just been completed by two Inventors
of New York, which embodies many
unique features, and comparison OF
the new device with typewriters not
IN designing the book writer it's makers
have, wherever possible, adhered to the
principles of construction employed by
manufacturers of other first-class type
writers adapted for writing on loose
pages. The keyboard is small and
compact, and is known as the universal
the arrangement of the letters being the
same as that on most standard type
writers: There are forty-four celluloid
keys, which together represent eighty
characters. The type basket, in which
the keys are arranged in circular form,
is beneath the fingers of the keys, and
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-04-16
Wide Tire LEGISLATION.

The extent to which the value OF
wide tires has come to be recognized is
shown by the fact that during the last
twelve months the legislature of near
ly every state has been asked to pass a
bill providing for their compulsory
adoption. The state of New Jersey has
already adopted a law Of this kind, and
it is reaping the benefit in the country.
With wide tires in use, even the pres
ent country roads will improve: for
such tires serve as rollers to make the
roadbed compact instead of cutting
deep ruts as do heavily loaded wagons
on narrow tires.-Ex..
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-04-16

Variation in the Earth's Magnetism
From the Boston Transcript: Prof.
Frank H. Bigelow, of the United States
weather bureau, who has been for sew
'eral years trying to discover how close
is the correspondence between meteor
illogical changes and certain fluctua-
tions in the earth's magnetism, said be-
fore the British Association at Toron-
to that certain simultaneous behavior
cf the magnets at widely scattered OBJ
servatories suggests the possibility that
the earth is immersed in what is called
a magnetic field, in which there are va
riations Of intensity, and which may
proceed from the sun. These varia-
tions, Prof. Bigelow says, show a ten
dency to fall into typical curve In
March and September that curve stays
right side up, but at the solstices it is
upside down. The main object of this
principal paper was to explain this re-
Versal, which he did by showing that
it apparently depends upon the earth's
position in it's path around the sun,
He gave a brief description Of spe-
cial watch which had been made in
Munich in conformity with his ideas
for experimental purposes. A small
magnet was suspended on the balance
wheel, and was apparently affected by
the aforeme entioned changes in the in
I tensity OF the magnetic influence COM
ing IN from outer space. On some days
the watch would gain one hundred sec
i onds o1lt1i or two hundred seconds. On 9TH
ers it would lose as much. 1t seemed to
fell the same story as the costly in
sstruments in the special magnetic OBJ
ervatories. IJnf fortunately the tsverti-
cal force magnets in the Washington
and Toronto observatories have recent
" been rendered almost worthless by
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-04-16
Feeding Ducks.

Ducks become weak in the legs and
die when fed too much grain, says an
exchange. They cannot be fed,
the same food as the hens without liza
bility of loss; yet farmers will feed all
kinds of poultry together on the same
food. A ducks egg is very large, and,
as ducks lay nearly every day after
they begin, the tax on them in egg
production is a severe one. What they
require most is animal food and bulky
material, such as lean meat or ground
meat and cut clover, scalded, though
bran and ground oats, moistened
should also be allowed. Just as soon
as the ducks indicate lameness it is
an indication that too much grain is
being fed and the ntirogenous food in
sufficient. srl-. -.
Sheep Supply and Demand.-There
were fifty million sheep in the year
1890. Now there are probably not more
than thirty millions, a decrease Of
nearly forty per cent, and yet the con-
sumption of mutton has increased
steadily in the United States since 1890,
and with improved business conditions
will. now increase more rapidly. The
export Of mutton has also grown, and
will be stimulated this season by the
shortage in England. The demand
heretofore has been met by sending
to market stock sheep along with weth-.
ers. This will be largely discontinued
because sheepmen now are hopeful, and
vii Wi sFx#tn# bl1ild slIn their herd in
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-04-16
OUR BUDGET OF FUN.
SOME GOOD jokes, ORIGINAL
h. AND SELECTED.
Tho Only Pebble on the Beach Disap-
peared at an Awkward Moment-Ths
spoonin' Season at squan Creek
: Flotsam and Jetsam,
Sortin' the Mail.

~ OCI1 oOI LII l1l0c
mail ataJonesville
for goin' on fif-
teen year,
An know about
W h a t IS comm
fore they thron 5
ther sack off
here;
Hev seen ther saH!e
hand-writin' on
ther letters, big
an small,
Till I kind Nv feel
familiar like an
friendly with 'em
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Personal.

& .s'--.>- y .- 4 Personal. s@;
Young Verisopht (endeavoring to be
very funny)-.Miss Oldgal, I. tee-hee
think I will give you a. aW-goose
for a birthday present. @szs
Miss Oldgal (joyously) -"Oh, Mr..
Verisopht, this isso sudden. ''-Bos.
ton Traveller.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-04-16

is in full view of the operator. When
a key is depressed the character at
tached to it is forced downward onto
the paper, and is brought back again
by steel spring connected with the
type bar. The fingers of the keys which
lead to the type bars are also steel. The
book to be written in is
, opened and placed upon ta-
BILE underneath the. machine,
which is then adjusted to the desired
height, it's position depending entirely
upon the books thickness.
A part of the book writer which is
very conspicuous and which suggests
its special adaptability is a long and
broad platen at the bottom, on which
each page of the book rests while the
machine is in operation. The platen
is hinged at the back and is raised and
lowered to accommodate a new page.
When leaf is turned over onto the
platen a metal frame, also hinged at
the back, is brought down upon the pa
per and holds it securely in place. Then
the carriage is lowered and the operator
proceeds the same as on any other type
writer.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-04-16
a Four-Bagger.

Playwrig ghtI think my play will
mako hit. Manag But 4 want q
play that will make run.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-04-16
SCIENTIFIC 7 TOPICS.
CURRENT NOTES OF DlSCOv-
ERY AND INVENTION.
"A Typewriter for Use on Books-A New
and Unique Invention for Making
Records-It Works on the Same Prln-
ciple as the Ordinary Writing Machine.

in
Nentors are tireless
workers, and in the
last twenty-five
years have brought
out a good many
ingenious devices
for Tightening the
labor Of penmen. In
fact, the variety OF
typewriters at the
present time is so
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-04-16
- 4 AZ q. - sr Et'-t -
No Chance.

fE5EE593 NO EChanCe. 5.8gEE.a
..s You don't oYersleep yourself as yol
used to, said Gazzam as Maddox en-
tered the office in good time.
Not since the baby was born, z re-
piled Maddo Boston Post
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-04-16
POWERS OF MUSIC.
ANCIENT PHYSICIANS BELlEV.
ED SOUNDS WOULD CURE.
Effect on Philip of Spain-In Egypt:
Certain Songs Were Used to Promote
Virtue in the Young-Stories About
Famous Musicians. r@ .a 5{E#S

HE powerful innu-
ence of music on: m
our intellectual fac
ulties and ~ conse-
quently on our
health has j long
been ascertained,
either in raising the.
energies Of the.
mind or producing.
dependency and
me1OnchO1v aSsnciaS
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-04-16

A Connecticut LaW-The state of
Connecticut has passed a law making
it illegal to press stub butter into
bricks, pats or balls" unless the same
shall be stamped with the words .@stub
butter or have the wrappers printed
with. the same words. There seems to.
be no end to the foolish things legis1a-
tors willsdo, says the New York Prod
uce Review.
8 Cultivate crops IN the orchard only
early in the season.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-04-16

III. USEFUL IF NOT SWELL.
the hulk of fatboat. There it is
floating, the first houseboat of the Kaw.
Chicago News. " T. !, -
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-04-16
SpQonin' Season at Squan Creek.

She-Why, George, how affectionats
you are.
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What q happy world this would be IL
man could only believe all he says.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-03-30
Special Offer in Ladies' Wrappers

able to offer customers the greatest
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Our Goods Are Of Superior Make
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This limo of Black Worsted Suits
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