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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-05-07

perfectly carved specimens which dec
crate his walls. He keeps them hung
up in clusters as some men have their
guns and pistols arranged with view
to proud display before their friends.
A few Of these date away back to the
time when Capt. Cook landed on the
coast of Australia andsstook possession
in the name Of King George, for the
savages hand these things down as
heirlooms just as our Revolutionary
heroes left us their muskets and milf,
tary coats by which to prove military
family tree. @ -
why. is it so difficult to make a
boomerang?" said this connoisseur Of
the crooked stick. well, because it is
so delicately balanced that the least
divergence from the proper angle will
alter it's course in the air and prevent
the perfect revolution which is neces-
sary to it's flight. When correctly
made, a boomerang should balance ex-
sactly on a knife blade at it's center. IF
it doesn't balance, some more Whittling
must be done on the heavy end. That
seems easy enough 10 whittle q niece
Of curved wood into fiat shape sc that
the ends balance exactly and il that
were all there Is to II, any boy could
make one. The hard part of it Is ia
cut the edges IN such : way that they
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-05-07

will strike the air at a certain angle
in otapart of the curve and at another
IN atother part, and so on until every
line m both edges contributes to the
perfeT revolution of the weapon. Then,
wheIIt is whirled, it has two motions,
the Dtary one, which is result of it's
shap and the forward one, given it
In tie throwing. It's a pity that the
baseball players cannot get onto those
blacls Fellows curves A pitcher who
couleesdo it would make his fortune.
- "1sae ne quality of wood used has a
greail deal to do with the excellence Of
a boomerang. The Australian brave
will tramp miles to find branch of the
righsSshaDe and wood of the proper
density. Gnarled trees are at a pre-
miun there. and the heaviest wood is
the BEST. Our lignum vitae corresponds
the dearest to the tree they like best.
TheSpiece for the boomerang is usual
ly cit where branch curves out from
the Tree trunk. for this is the most
natural crook in the trees formation.
AS tie branch is bent, so is the boom
erag inclined, for it's curve must fol-
lowthe grain of the wood One never
sees any cross-grains on any of these
weapons.'
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-05-07
DEADLY BOOMERANG.
A NEW YORKER WHO MAKES
-: AND THROWS 1T.
He Learned tho Secret from Natives of
Austraiia-How the Antlpodean savages
Use This Strange Weapon-They Are
Difficult to Make.

Civilized people, especially Of the
English-speaking races, pride them
serves upon their discoveries in elec-
tr1city with which they now operate
the guns of the great ships of war, and
they point with fear and trembling as
well as satisfaction to the perfection Of
all SORTS OF dynamite bombs and ex-
plos1Ves which they may, on occasion,
use to kill people by the hundreds; but
with all their cleverness they have
never learned to make what a naked
savage can fashion out of crooked
stick. 1t has been stated that there is
nothing made of wood which a Yankee
boy cannot copy with the aid of his
3ack-knife, but the man who said that
mad probably never heard of a boom
erang. Horace Baker, who spent sew
eral years in Australia, and went
boomerang crazy" is said to be the
nrst white man who ever made BOOM
erangs that would "go," and he learned
to make them by almost living with
the savages and watching them as they
sat whiting away at a piece of wood
with their crude stone hatchets and
sharp shells. He makes them now,
when he has little. leisure from his
regular occupation of wood engraving,
but ordinarily he sits in his little New
York studio working over a microscope
as quietly as if he had never whirled a
kangaroo into eternity with one of
those bewitched pieces of deformed
wood. Besides those which he has
made himself, Mr.. Baker has the larg-
est collection of real Australian black
mans boomerangs in this country.
There are almost a hundred of them,
and a queer lot they are! Some of
them are haggled as if the savage had
used his teeth to make them. yet as
true to the boomerang principle as the
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-05-07
FROZEN WITH LIQUID AIR,
Comprising Everyday Atmosphere, Re.
suits in Peculiar Phenomena.

Comprising Everyday Atmosphere Re-
suits in Peculiar Phenomena.
Perhaps the most striking exhibition
OF hquefied air and it's properties which
mas yet been made was given by Prof.
Barker in his laboratory at the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, JAN. e. A
report was given in the Philadelphia
Ledger OF the following day. The air
was liqueded in New York, two and a
half gallons of it being conveyed to
Philadelphia in milk can thickly COW
ered with felt. In the process employ
ed for liquefying the air it is compress
sed by pressure of 1000 pounds and
cooled by passing through a copper coil
I'd normal temperature. 1t is discharg
ed through a very minute opening,
When it expands and it's temperature
falls, and, coming in contact with
second coil, cools that and it's con-
tanned air at 1000 pounds pressure
This cooled air is discharged also up
on a third coil, also containing air at
the high pressure, and in this coil
the cold produced is so intense that the
air runs out in liquid stream a quar-
ter OF an inch or so in diameter. The
liquid air remains liquid, just as water
does, until it's temperature rises to the
boiling point, and then, as the opera
tion of evaporation requires heat for
It's maintenance the evaporation pro-
ceeds slowly or rapidly, according to
the rate Of heat supply. The intensely
low temperature must, Of course, not
be forgotten. Ice dropped into the
liquid causes it to boil until the ice is
cooled. The boiling point at ordinary
atmospheric pressure is-191 degrees
centigrade or-320 degrees Fahrenheit.
AS the boiling point Of nitrogen is
more than ten degrees below that of
oxygen, it is found that it boils out
first, and by careful control of the
evaporation the liquid oxygen may be
retained separate; this process, there
fore, affords means of obtaining oxy-
gen for the many purposes for which
1t is required in the arts. The refrig-
erative phenomena exhibited were nu-
merous and interesting. An egg placed
in tumbler of the liquid caused it to
boil furiously. When the egg was
finally cooked" or cooled to the tenn
perature of the air it was taken out
and struck with a hammer, flying into
the finest fragments! Tin became as
brittle as glass, while copper and plat
inum were not affected in this way.
Mercury was frozen so that it was used
to drive nail in a board. Cotton sat-
urated with the liquid oxygen exploded
and burned brilliantly.
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Rabbit Traps.


One of the incidents and expenses OF
orcharding on a large scale not like
ly to be thought of by the casual OBJ
server is the constant warfare which it
is necessary to wage on the rabbits SO
likely to work great destruction to
young apple trees. This is illustrated
by the operations Of Wellhouse & Son.
the Apple klnss, as reporteu NY oecre-
tary r. u. CODurn OF the oLaLe bUaru OF
Agriculture. tor their Orcuard III
Usage county tney useu a car4uau o.
luMLer III lAe cOAoIruC.lou UI IluU ra "
DII traps; IOr lnelr Luree Orcuarus IN
LeaVenWOrtu county Iney lave Loot
traps, and in Mialnl cuuuty Orcuaru
4UU traps. these CONSIST Oh a box u
inches long, maue OF ordinary 6-lncn
lumber, lAch tnlck, clOseu at one END.
and with an nlnWald-sWing1ng Wite gaze
in the otner end, which is smut by con-
tact OF the RABBIT with a trigger after
he has fairly entered. About tour fepr
of lumber and four feet of No. u pa u
vaniZed iron wire are consumed in ~ .
making OF each trap, which costs COM
plete, from l21s to Is cents. This tran
as now constructed, is considered well.
nigh perfect, cost and efficiency consld-
cred, and is the result Of twenty years
Of experimentation in making trans
and studying the nature and habits al a
the rabbits. In this connection tha
word rabbit applies only to the ordin-
ary cotton-tail and not to the large,
jack-rabbit, which the Messrs wei.
house say Is not especially troublesoms
to the apple trees. ''s''
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g
BAGPIPE BOOM IN LONDON.

Players Who Learn the Art for the
Money in 1t.
The bagpipe boom has again reach
ed london. 1t takes two pipers to do
the thing properly" remarked Miller
Outalt to his guests at his 57th BIRTH
day idinner recently, says the Cincin-
natl Enquirer. Zone of these marches
up and down, you know, playing the
instrument, while another accompanies
him. handling a sheathed sword. The
bearing of both performers is proud
and martial and Scotch. Anybody
could tell they were Scotch-even a
Saxon infant in arms. An old gentle
man was recently so pleased by the
aspect of one Of these bagpipe couples
that he gave them each a shilling,
saying: 'Eh, man, do ye prefer playing
the music O. the bonny hame land in
musty Lunnon streets to marching
across the heather wi the wind in your
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-05-07
CRAMPS OPINION OF WILHELM.

OhAM M F>S OFlNlON OF WILHELM M .
Most Progressive Monarch Who Has
Reigned Since Peter the Great.
Charles H. Cramp, the great ship
builder, in commenting on the enter
prise of foreign countries, is quoted in
the Philadelphia Inquirer as saying this
about Germany: ''The magnificent en-
terprise of Germany at the present
time-covering almost every branch of
industry-is an example for the whole
world to gaze on with admiration. Her
manufactures, her commerce, her
merchant marine and her navy are
alike receiving an attention and en-
couragement that are developing them
rapidly into the most stupendous mon
uments of industrial enterprise and
back of it all is the young German en-
peror, who is regarded as crazy by
half the people of the world. He may
be crazy, erratic or anything else they
like to call him, but tell you that the
manner in which the Kaiser William
has stiffened the backbone of Germany
since his accession to the throne pro-
claims him to be the most progressive
monarch who has reigned in Europe
since Peter the Great. One of his loft
lest ideas is to make Germany para
mount on the seas, the result of which
is the shipyards in Germany were nev-
er so busy as they are today. Germany
is not only building vessels for her
own navy and merchant marine, but
she is making every effort to control
the ship-building industry of the world,
This she can never do, but her pluck
and enterprise are extraordinary in
this particular. She has her agents in
every country energetically seeking to
obtain contracts for war vessels, and in
her overtures to Turkey she not only
offers to build it new navy but to
take it's old navy and put it through
repair by overhauling and undermining
every vessel" ..=s-5.}. ~. :.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-05-07
s Value of Cultivation.

One of the most important things in
the growing of fruit is good thorough
cultivation. If were to name only one
thing essential to fruit growing |
would say that one thing was thorough
cultivation. For instance in fruit
trees. We all think that when the
spring sunshine comes, the fruit tree
MS all ready to send forth blossoms. and
1T the temperature and weather are
suitable. we will have a crop Of fruit
Now the fruit grower knows that the
fruit buds are not developed during the
4 q winter, winter, nor during the spring. but de-
veloped the season before, and if Won
are going to have fruit the coming wear
you must have prepared the foundation
for 1t last year. Essential to the de-
yelopment of fruit buds IS good thor
Rough cultivation. Il you have good cul.
tiVation you have good foliage: II YOU
have good foliage at the base Of eyerv
healthy leaf you will have bud. and
e the condi itions are right, q proper
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-05-07
teeth" The first Scotchman looked al

teeth" The first Scotchman looked at
him In surprise. The second said, dis
gustedly: Watcher talkin' abart.
guv'nor? Me an my mite buyed this
'ere arm argin'- down in shoreditch
when the bagpipe boom came on. It's
lot better'n shown a bloomin' barrer
tryln, to sell oranges. Oh, the business
ain t5so bad, 'cept for the ohilblines we
gets on our bloomin' knees. Me an
my mite do wish, though, when people
give us coin they wouldn't go iawin' of
us in a furrin' langwidge.' But how,
did you 1earn? asked the astonished
Scotchman. s'Ow? Easy enough.
Yer just squeezes the old balloon an
lets 'er squeal 'erself sick and the sick
er she squeals 'erself the more the peo-
pie seem to loike it. But, blimey. give
US am another bob and we'll play Annie
.Lorrie.'s'S = : 20. = 5%54 vs. s.
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Terracing Land-A Suggestion.

I3r
Prof. c. M. Connor of Clemson Ag-
ricultural College, S. c., writing in
Colman's Rural World, says: AS one
travels through that section of the
country east of the Blue Ridge noun
tains, known as the Piedmont section,
he sees hillsides protected from wash
ing by terraces. The terrace prevents
the water from collecting in large bod
les and washing bitches. The water is
let down the hill more slowly, and a
large per cent soaks into the soil. The
effect of this method is readily seen
during the dry season, the crops do not
suffer so badly as they do on hillsides
not terraced. It seems to me that this
method might be of some value to the
western farmer who keeps a large part
of his farm in grass, because the
ground would hold moisture better
during the dry season; and during the
heavy showers the water would not
flow off so rapidly-more of it would
be held for the use of the plants. In
fact, it might increase the corn crop1n
the same way, but it would require a
change in the system of farming to do
this. The rows of corn and cotton are
run with the terrace, and as the ter
races are Of unequal width it necessi-
tates large number of point" rows.
These point rows are easily cultivated
with the one-horse plows used in that
section, but where two-horse cultiva-
tors are used the point rows would be
Objectionable. This method also ne
cessitates planting the crops in drills,
which, as every one knows, requires
more or less hoeing.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-05-07
Picture 'WayTOn.

a. "Why, papa" said Frances, who was
looking at the family album, surely
this isn't a picture Of you % eyes = re-
piled papa, '.that is a picture Of me.
taken when was quite young
WELL" commented the little girl, ."it
doesn't look as much like you as YOU
look now. london Figaro. 45.=.I 81
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"A Profitable Business.

Smith There goes young man 3who
is but 25 years Of age, vet he. has sue
sceeded in accumulating 500, 1000 ii cash
and real estate, all made BY his own.
pluck and perseverance. IBroWn-In-
deed! What business is he engaged
in !? Smith hat Of son-in-law to old
Bullyon. the ban nksr
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percentage of those buds will be de-
veloped into fruit buds and there will be
stored up plant food not only sufficient
to develop those buds into fruit buds,
but to make them so strong that the
northeast winds will not destroy their
vitality to such an extent that they
will drop from the tree. When I see
tree along in August or September
with leaf surface that is small, and
practically stripped of healthy foliage,
/ am as certain as I am that the sun
will shine when the clouds clear away
that the man who has that tree upon
his place will not realize any fruit from
it the coming season, because the con-
ditions are such it cannot properly de-
velop fruit buds. In the seasons we
have had in the past, in the month OF
May we have sometimes had storm
from the Northwest of forty-elght
hours duration when the temperature
was very low and the leaves on that
side of the tree, which were young and
tender, were whipped about by the
breezes until the foliage was so bruised
it either dropped from the tree or be-
came diseased. and there would not be
any fruit upon that side of the tree the
effect as lack of cultivation. If you
have your fruit trees we'll cultivated,
you will be almost certain to have a
crop of fruit every season and not every
other year.
One Of the essential things for an
orchard, particularly one in bearing, is
to have the ground well fertilized. II
yol have good soil, good cultivation
and then add to it the necessary fertili-
zation to keep up plant growth you will
have crop of fruit every year unless
the spring frosts are too severe upon
| the buds.
There is no reason why an orchard
cannot bear every year with good care
ful cultivation. Last year in my own
| orchard I had very little fruit, and /
| attributed it to the fact that my orch
ard, being sown to clover the year be-
fore, received no cultivation, and the
season being unusually dry, it did not
| perfect the fruit buds sufficiently, but
| during the two seasons before, when
the orchard had received thorough Gull
tivation, had good crops of fruit.
! know from the reports Of the horticul-
| tural society that orchards which have
received good cultivation have yielded
sag good crop of fruit every r-sa,,
Dunlap. :>>z5.S ..< y w
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Cork Legs Not OF Corl.

The peculiarity Of a cork leg is that
apart from the name there. isn't a yes
tige of cork about it. The origin Of.
the term comes, It Is said, from the
fact that nearly all the great manufac-.
turers of such articles live on Cork
street Piccadi ~. ID 3 London.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-05-07

I believe my prompt use of Piso's Cure
prevented quick consumption-Mrs Lucy
Wallace Marquette, Kas., Dec. t2, '95.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-05-07

Ask your Druggist for Minnesota houserold Sar-
saparilla, New Spring Tonic and bl ood purifier.
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Early risers-breakfast rolls

It takes a pleasant frame of mind to
set off a woman who is "as pretty as
picture
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The poet often knits his brow when
is doing fancy work.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-05-07

Speaking of seats, a circus is some
thing of a bench show
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A mirror is one thing most people seem
willing to countenance.
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ONE ENJOYS

Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tenn effectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of it's kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and &C.
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in it's
effects. prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in so
cent bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FzG syrup co!
- SAY FRANCISCO, cAL.
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Smoke Sledge Cigarettes. 20 for cts.
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To Cure Constipation Forever.
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic. 1Oc or 25c
II c. c. G. fail to cure, druggists refund money.
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or course, the wisest of plants is. the
sage.
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A base ball umpire should be a good
judge of diamonds.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-05-07

IS AlnRr1caS GreateSt N1edlclne. 81; SIX Tor SIS.
HO0d>S pi1fc are the favorite cathar-
AAoA . AAAo tic. ALI druggists. 25c.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-05-04
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE
Of Alabama Great Southern Railway, Effective
May |. 1895.

Effective May 1, Alabama Great Southern
Railroad trains will leave Birmingham, as
follows:
No. 2, Vestibule Limited for Chat
tanooga, Cincinnati and the
No. 4. Fast Mail for Chattanooga,
Cincinnati and the East. 4:20 pm
No. g. for Tuscaloosa and Meridian. 4:15 pm
No. l. Vestibue Limited for New
Orleans and the West. II :35 pm
Trains will arrive in Birmingham as fol-
lows:
No. Q, from New Orleans and the
West, Vestibule Limited. ......... 4:20 am
No. d. from Meridian and way sta
tiOnS...... .......... ...........-...lz.lU pm
No. from Cincinnati, Chattanooga
and the East...... 49,. ......u 10 am
No. from Cincinnati, Chattanooga
and the North. ....... ............ IL 80 pm
Trains Nos. 3 and carry Pullman Sleep
ers Birmingham and Cincinnati; trains
Nos. 1 and 2 carry Pullman sleepers be-
tween Birmingham and Cincinnati, and
Birmingham and New York, also between
Birmingham and New Orleans and Biz
mingham and Shreveport.
r. NJ. ELLIS. T. P. A.,
Birmingham, Ala.
Telephone 617. 5-1-6t
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UNITED STATES BRIGADE
Cavalry Drill at Chattanooga, Tenn, May 3.
Reduced Rates via A. G. S. R. R.

On May 8, and the Alabama Great
Southern railroad will sell round trip tick
cts to Chattanooga at the low rate of one
fare, tickets limited until May 9, for re-
turn passage. Don't miss this opportunity
to see 5000 United States soldiers in camp.
On May 8 General Brooke. commanding,
has consented to place brigade of United
States cavalry in the street parade on ac-
count of the Chattanooga Spring Festival
One of the companies composing one of the
regiments of this brigade gave an exhibit
ton drill at Madison Square Garden, New
York, which drew people from all over the
world. Infantry, artillery and cavalry
drills by United States troops.
Remember selling dates and cheap rates
via the Alabama Great Southern railroad.
r. NJ ELLIS,
Travelling Passenger Agent.
2019 First Avenue.
Phone GIL 5-1-4t
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New York. May "a sharp decline in
Liverpool ante-holiday liquidation, and
heavy selling by wall street longs caused
a break in cotton prices today. Liverpool
was two and one-half sixty-fourths lower
with small sales of spot cotton. Our prices
opened four or five points down. After the
opening dulness prevailed until the after
noon, when Wall street selling set in and
the market declined further. August OPEN
ed at 621. declined to SIS and closed at
6.1S to .6.19, with the tone of the market
easy We have no faith in present prices.
Tomorrow being charter day and legal
holiday in Greater New York, the exchange
will be closed for the day.
RIORDAN & co.
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New York, May 3.-Cotton quiet; mid
ding, 6 sic; net receipts. II; gross, 2.135:
exports to Great rBitain. 222i; to the Con-
tinent. 80; forwarded. 1856; sales, 3,3 O.;
stock, 100 921.
Total today: Net receipts, IL ,255: exports,
to Great Britain, 2,762; Continent. 1902;
stock. 659.431.
Consolidated: Net receipts. $3.50; ex-
ports to Great Britain, 20 939; Continent, 81
665
Total since Sept. /: Net receipts, S.211 ,060;
exports to Great Britain, 3.137 .391; France,
759137: Continent. 2.717.750.
Spot Closed Quiet; midd'ing upands
5-16; middling gulf 6 9-16 sales, $500 balos.
Cotton futures quiet and steady; sales,
/ 400 bales. May. 56S65.71: June. 5.71@5 ~;
July, 577G5.7S: August, 57S@5.79: September,
5.8O05S1; October, 5.s1@5.S2; November. $50
@5.s5; December, 5.SSa5s9; January, 5.9l@
593