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Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-03-31

Hoyt's "A Bunch of Keys" Is the at
traction at the Auditorium tonight.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-03-31
/ii

When a fly acci-
dentally gets caught in
a spiders web, the spi-
der goes calmly about
the work of securing
his prey. He doesn't
hurry particularly. He
takes his time and
hinda first the Hvia
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-10
Ball BearirEs Did It

Bicycles were invented centuries
ago, but it required the magic touch OF
the Nineteenth century inventor to
make the Wheel 3 most useful We
hicle, instead of a mere toy.
Ball bearings did it. It was a case
where the improvement has proved
greater than the original invention.
The principle that reduces friction to
minimum in bicycle is applicable to
all machinery, and the cost is the only
obstacle in the way of what will be
known in history as the Light Draft
Era" in mechanics. Millions of do
lars have been spent IN this direction.
The Deering Harvester Company, of
Chicago, solved the problem, as far as
grain binders and mowers are con-
cerned, by equipping their machines
with roller and ball bearings in 1891.
Other manufacturers in this line
have since followed with several kinds
of experimental roller bearings, but
the Deering machines are still alone in
the field with ball bearings Of the BIZ
cycle pattern.
The Deering Companys annual cata-
logue for 1899 contains some very in
teresting historical matter on this sub
ject, fully illustrated. The book also
describes the largest factory in Amer
lea and gives the latest news on the
subject or harvesting machinery. Send
for one; it's free.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-10
Fresh and Salt Water.

A singular lake on Kildin Island,
near the coast of Russian Eapland, not
far from Kola, is composed of both
fresh and salt water. The Russian
geographer, NJ Wennkow, recently sent
a description of the lake to the Paris
Academy. The, island is a paleozoic
rock separated from the granite con-
tinent by an arm of the sea, and upon
it is lake which seems to be entire
ly shut off from the sea by a strip of
land, but there must be some subter-
ranean communication, for the tides of
the sea are noticed in the lake,
though in much diminished effect
SShe lake contains three different kinds
of water. On the surface it is fresh
water, coming from few brooks and
from the rainfall; lower down it is
Ealt Water, and at the bottom sea water
mixed with sulphurous hydrogen gas.
The lake harbors fresh water animals
on and near the surface and salt water
animals beneath.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-10
Birds That Dance.

There is no longer any doubt that
birds are addicted to the dance. The
boyer bird and tie prairie fowls are
adopts in the art, while the American
grouse is a veritable master Of ceremo-
MES. It is the custom for these birds
to prepare their ball room by heating
down the grass with their wings, and
then to dance something suspiciously
like the Lancers. BY. twcs and tours
they advance, bowling their heads and
dropping their wings; then they re-
cede and then advance again, and turn
on their toes, swelling their feathers
and clucking gently.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-10

In the large fish market at Honolulu
piles of these delicacies may be seen,
both in the fresh and dried condition.
The head of the family walks round
inspecting the heaps, and chooses the
one which appeals to his taste. This
the vendor deity wraps in piece OF
palm-leaf, leaving the stalk out for a
handle. The hook with which they are
caught is most remarkable affair. A
straight piece of stick, about FIVE OF
six inches long, forms the backbone.
On the upper side is shell OF the
brown-spotted variety; underneath that
is a solid block of lead, while at the
other end of the stick two prongs OF
sharp brass wire are fastened. This
is the hook, and it is wonderful the
success the Kanakas have with such q
primitive instrument.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-10

General Manager C44derW wood of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, has is
sued an order that holders of trip
passes, desiring to stop off at any
station, will be allowed to do so.
Conductors will note on the back OF
passes the name Of the station in ink
or inde]ible pencil, and this endorse
nlent will be honored for passage by
conductors of succeeding trains.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Central Ohio Railroad,
as reorganiZed is to be held in Colum-
bus, Ohio, on Wednesday, April 26th
The directors will also meet on the
same day.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-10
IOWA PEOPLE GO 70 CANADA
1aA Buys Farm with Proceeds from
Tvo.Thirds NJ (1na Crnv, s.

Han Buys Farm with Proceeds from
rwo-Thirds Of One Crop
. W. R. Milburn, John Holmes, M. r.
Dagger, e. L. Stetson, of Buena Vista
county, Iowa, report as follows Of the
Canadian Northwest as to its suit
ability for farming. and the advan-
tages 1t offers to the agricultural inn.
migrant from the United States:
We came here rolely to look up inn
proved farms and, II suitable, to se-
lect such as pleased US best. We have
not visited the homestead districts at
all, though we believe them to be very
inviting. Our inquiries have been
confined solely to the district around
Hartney, Delora1ne and towards the
Souris River in Manitoba. Our inn
pressions OF all that region are in
every way satisfactory, and, we have
decided to go, back to Iowa at once.
and, having disposed Of our several
interests there, to return to Manitoba
in the month of March next, and, ef-
p fecting our purchase Of improved
farms, which we find we can. do at
reasonable rates, Immediately begin
farming. We are greatly pleased with
all that we have seen in that part Of
Western Canada. The soil We find to
be more than equal to that of our own
country for wheat-growing, and the
other conditions Of climate, schools.
markets, ETC., are all that we could
wish for.
ITO show what an energetic man
can do we may mention that we found
one such at Hartney who had rented
q farm on shares, receiving two-thirds
Of the returns as his share Of the
crop. When he came to sell his own
produce he found that his two-thirds,
when converted into cash, was enough
to buy the farm he rented out and
out, which he accordingly did, and is
nov. its owner. It is our intention to
induce as many Of our friends as pos
s1ble. who are practical farmers. to re-
move from Iowa to this country,
where we believe there is better
future for the Industrious man than
is now to be found anywhere on this
continent. We are we'll known in our
part of the state of Iowa. and We in
vite correspondence from its residents
In all parts with regard to this re-
gion of Western Canada which we
have visited, and to which. we intend
to return"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-10
Colors of Wild Animals.

In wild quaurupeds the natural vari-
alton of coloring seems generally limit
ed to three hues. The moral and usual
tint seems fixed, as in the case of the
lion, leopard, rabbit or fallow deer.
Concurrently with this there are two
variations, always liable to occur
mechanism, or the tendency to develop
darker color! and in extreme cases
black; and albinism, or partial Or to-
tai whiteness. Fallow deer, a species
of both wild and domesticated, show
this perhaps best of all quadrupeds,
for the black, white, and normal breeds
are to be seen in most parks in Eng
land These three shades, black, white,
and tawny, or sandy, may be taken to
be the normal coloring Of quadrupeds.
1t remains to be shown how from these
three not only many other tints have
been developed, but also colors far
more brilliant and rich in tone than
the SANDY or normal hue. If, as we
believe, it is on the subsequent mix
ture" of these three hues that all va
rieties of subsequent colorings in do
mesticated species depends, we must
find a wild OK or baffalo which is
sandy, or tawny, for experiments in
crossing these and tame bovidae show
that so many of the hybrids are fertile
that we can not draw a hard-and-
fast line between them.
Though black is the normal color of
nearly all the wild cattle and buffa-
loes, there is one species which is
tawny. This is the small, short-horned
buffalo of the west coast of Africa.
Though confined now to that region,
the existence OF one wild breed of this
color is presumptive evidence that
there may have been others elsewhere.
It is very beautiful species, fawn-
colored, with tinge of dark chestnut,
and about the size of a Jersey bull.
The ears are long and tipped with a
long tuft hair, the eyes are large, and
the coat as smooth as that of an Eng
lish cow in summer. Given the tawny
and the black wild cattle, the white
variety is almost certain to appear oc-
casionally either as pure albino or as
a black beast spotted with white
Spectator. <.: -:
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-10
A Curious Postal System.

IN certain parts of Sweden where
the most absolute confidence is re-
posed in the honesty Of the people, a
very informal postal service is In
vogue. As the mail steamer reaches a
landing place, a man goes ashore with
the letters, which he places in an un-
locked box on the pier. Then the pass
er4by who expects letter opens the
box, turns over the letter and selects
his own, unquestioned by anybody. :.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-10
sC c, | ] n FIC TOPICS.
CURRENT NOTES OF DIscov-
cry AND INVENTION.
Celestial Photography May Re Aided BY
Now Invention-An Electric BARBER
shop-A Hook to Catch Devn Fish
Making Cider.
In Celestial Photography.


The telescopes used by astronomers
are OF two classes, those for observa-
tlon' and these for celestial photog,
raphy, the main difference being in
lens curvature and relative proper
uons OF aperture to length. The ratio
OF aperture to length in the ordinary
Z telescope is about l to Is. The Lick
and Yerkes instruments are about 10
times as long as they are wide. I'm
portant experiments have been re-
Gently made in the radical alteration
OF these proportions, the Bruce teles-
cope presented to Howard few years
ago by Miss Catherine w. Bruce hav-
ing an aperture of "a inches and
length is only IL feet. This covers an
immense area, and has been highly
successful in celestial photographs OF
wide area, which are wanted without
regard for detail.
The results obtained by this de-
parture encouraged Prof. Pickering,
}, Director of Harvard Observatory, to
make experiments on the converse of
the proposition, and the tests gave
such satisfactory Photographic mega
tives that he now desires to build
an instrument of length more than
a hundred times greater than its dl-
ameter, which will be not to exceed, IL
or IA inches. The length correspond
ing to this would, therefore, be from
135 to 1872 feet long.
The effect of this will be to produce
very sharp photograph of very lin
tied area, with details not heretofore
Hobtainable, and in certain lines this
will be of incalculable value. Such a
telescope would cost from $4,000 to
= $40, 000, and wealthy lovers of science
"are appealed to to provide Harvard
with this instrument, which would be
in almost constant use. The difficulty OF
mounting and keeping rigidly straight
il all positions tube which is so or
60 feet long is so serious that the pro-
posed telescope would be arranged diff
ferently from the ordinary observa-
tory instrument. It would doubtless
be stationary and horizontal, and the
image which was to be photographed
would be reflected into by means Of
a mirror guided by clockwork. This
sort of thing is called heliostat or
siderostat. , d -.1
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-10
Manufacture of Glass Ewes.

Germany and Switzerland produce
over 2, 100000 glass eyes in year; and
ton for finer work, some 100000. They
are made in the shape of hollow
hemisphere, and the utmost skill is re-
Quired in forming the pupil out Of the
colored glass. The great majority OF
artificial eyes are used by worknen
especially those in iron foundries
where many eyes are put out by
sparks. It is seldom that woman has
a glass eye.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-10
An EgE-Storns Experiment..

An experiment in storing eggs was
recently tried at Leith, where 10000
Scotch. Irish and Danish eggs were
sealed in an apparatus for four months
after which only small proportion OF
them were found added. The air in
the store is cooled and allowed to cir.
culate freely around the eggs, which
are turned periodically to keep the
yolk surrounded with albumen. This
is done by mechanism.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-10
Telephotography.

! Telephotography has recently been
applied to a novel purpose by Italian
engineers in the Alps, south of Mont
Blanc, where the frontier line between
France and Italy lies among the noun
tains. The elephotographic camera
produces magnified picture Of dis
tant object, and by means of such pic
lures the Italians have been able to
study the details OF French forts which
they cannot approach near enough to
photograph with an ordinary camera.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-10
The Safest Place i'm the World.

The president of the London institute
of civil engineers reaches the conclu-
sion, in recent address, that a good
seat in a frst-class train is about the
safest place in the world. In the same
period, he says, in which twenty-four
persons were killed ON the railroads by
accidents for which they were not re-
sponsible, 1900 people were suffocated
in bed; 14S were choked by food in
dining rooms and 925 fatalities result
ed from falling down stairs. ii
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-10
Making Cider.

To make ffty-four gallons of cider,
$40 pounds of apples have to be ground
up. Spikes and rollers tear and press
the apples into PUPPY mass called
pomaee. This is shoveled into a pre-
pared place where men build it up by
hand into "cheeses six to seven inches
high. Cheese after cheese is piled up,
layer of reed between each two.
When the cheese is ready to be pressed
a wreath of straw called the crown is
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-10

when it passes out OF the spigot Fer
the crimping OF the frizzes OF our
young women there is no longer neces-
sity for recourse to the hot iron. For
a long time the defects OF this method
Of heating have -heen. noticed, for the
capillary artist sometimes forgets and
leaves the iron in the heating appa-
ratus too long, so that when it is used
with blonde or brown hair, il it does
not make burn, it makes the hair
red, which is even more disastrous
The new curling-ircns heat themselves.
In the interior of the rods is fero-
nickel wire, which can be brough. UP
to the: proper temperature, and Will
then remain at this same temperature
Indefinitely. But it is in the cutting
Of the hair that electricity has pro-
duced the most complete revolution,
The scissors have slowly given way to
clipping machines, and these, in their
turn, must disappear before an cleo
trically heated platinum wire, with
which the hair may be burned on. The
apparatus, as described, consists of q
metallic comb, along one side of which
is stretched the hot wire, and as this
is passed through the hair the red-hot
wire burns it off neatly and smoothly,
and at the same time seals up the end
of the hair, it being supposed in this
way to produce a very desirable effect
The method is, of course, entirely anti
septic, but it hardly seems likely thai
the air of a BARRIERS shop will be very
pleasant when these new methods OBJ
tain a wide popularity.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-10
PATENTS.

List of Patents Issued Last Week to
Northwestern Inventors
John Carlson, Mandan, n. D., Acety-
1en-gas generator; Harry De
Wallace, St. Paul, Mimi,
Engineers Alan; Arthur NJ.
Lara, Minneapolis, Mimi. Carbureter;
George McCadden, st. Cloud, Mimi,
Label-aftixer; Ebenezer Murray, Dead
wood. S. D., Breast-shield; August c.
Schaefer, St.. Paul, MINI. Drive-chain
and chain-wheel; John A. Tulloch, Du-
luth, MINI, Stone-cutter's maui; Ly-
man H. Zeigler, Milbank, S. d., line
pen.
Merwin, Lothrop & Johnson, Patent At
torneys, $40 Pioneer Press Bldg, St Paul.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-10
E.ook to Catch Devil Fish.

The mere thought of eating an octo-
pus is enough to make the everyday
civilized being shudder at the thought;
yet in the Hawaiian islands these devil
fish, as they are commonly called, are
a much-prized delicacy among the ma
tives, while the imported Chinese and
japanese have also acquired the taste
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-10
Put Ont as a Feeler

Mr.. Willingham-Wha would you
do, Mr. Rockington, if 1 were to ask
for your daughter in marriage?
Mr.. Rockington-Well. that is some
thing that I hardly want to answer off
hand.
Mr.. ,Wellingham-I'm glad Of that,
Now, if I could be sure that you would
not answer with your foot, would fee
free to go ahead.-Chicago News.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-10

Abolish the Death Penalty.
At Albany the lawmakers are
Wangling over the abolition Of the
death penalty The man who succeeds
will prove as great benefactor to the
breaker Of mans laws as Hostetters
Stomach Bitters has to the breaker of
natures laws. If you've neglected
your stomach until indigestion and
ce1nstlpation are upon you; try Hostel
tets Stomach Bitters.< n -. - 49,. -.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-10
The Amendment.

"Fools rush in WHERE began Mr.
Van Braam, who was fond Of quoting
proverbs.
He was interrupted by Dinwiddie,
who offered this amendment:
Where policemen fear to tread."-
Pttsburg Chronicle Telegraph.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-10
Electric Barber shon.

B A very animated description Of a
barber shop in which most OF the IA
miliar operations are conducted BY
electricity is given by L'Electricien.
For example, hot water is obtained by
= passing stream Of a hydrant through
IA German silver tube in a soapstone
!gase, the tube being electrically heated,
80 that the water is nearly boiling
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-10
Not One of the Jays.

what" exclaimed the surprised
traveller in Florida, you want me to
pay So for riding half mile in your
old carriage?' 8
Certainly" replied the native, with
eyes wide open; yer don't think I'm
like the other jays down here fer my
health, do you 2" y onkers Statesman.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-10
Are You Using Aliens Foor-Ease:

It is the only cure for Swollen,
Smarting, Burning, Sweating Feet,
Corns and Bunions. Ask COR Aliens
Foot-Ease, a powder to be shaken into
the shoes. At all Druggists and Shoe
Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Ad-
dress, Allen S. Olmsted. Leroy. N. y.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-10
Read the Advertisements.

: You will enjoy this publication much
better if you will get into the habit of
reading the advertisements; they will
afford most amusing study, and
will aput you in the way of getting some
excellent bargains. Our advertisers
are reliable; they send what they ad-
vertiSe. i
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-10
Poor Boston.

Boston Man awakening suddenly
Wh-what crash was that? ....
His Wife Perhaps the kitchen towel
fell down. ~.
.'The kitchen novel? T. -.s5 ss#s
eyes; that's all the crash we have
in the house. New York World.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-10

The French Automobile Club has
printed map on which are noted all
electric stations in France at which tt
accumulators can be loaded.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-10
Made No Difference.

He (dramatically)-1 can't tell you
how much l love you.
She-Oh, can't you? Well, guess 1t
is just as we'll; I'm already engaged.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-10

put on, then a square Of wooden
planks, then some blocks of thick
wood, and the whole screwed down by
hand as hard as possible. A lever is
then applied and worked. and at first
the juice comes freely, then more
slowly. When this happens the press
Is unscrewed. slices cut OF the cheese
on all sides and the lever once more
nplied. This is done several times.
The cheese in the picture produced sew
enty gallons Of pure cider. :
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-10

: It's unwise to trust your life in the
hands of any physician who makes a
speciality of post-mortems.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-10
Halls .Catarrh Cure
Is taken internally. Price, 75c.

Many an orator with antitrust pro-
clivities would kick like a mule if his
tailor held similar views.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-10

Ishall recommend Piso's Cure for Con.
sumption far and wide-Mrs. MulliRan.
Plumstsad, Kent, England, Nov 8, 1896.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-10
Her Defects

One question which q woman desir-
i1g 70 become a trained 'nurse must an
sEer is, What are your physical disa-
blities?'' z.s.
IN reply to this girl recently wrote:
nave a cowlick and q corn,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-10

Mrs. WINDOWS soothing Syrup.
For children teethinE, softens the gums reuces IN.
1ammatou. allays pain. wind collie 2Sc bottla
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-10

and we'll helped through the change of life period
am ffty-fve years DID,
The of advanced years who healthy happy
invariably those who have known how help
when they needed it. Mrs Pnkham will advise woman
free Of charge who writes about her health Her address
Lynn, Mass.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-10

Some poets are noted for their verac-
ity and some for the obituary verses
they turn out. 5s
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-10

When man puts his foot down on q
would be- borrower request for a FIVE
spot, he simply V-toes it.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-10
A HousehoId Nece.ss+v

Every home should have handy for use
little box Of Cascarets Candy Cathartic,
rs perfect guardian of the family
health. All druggists, 10c, Csc, SOC.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-10

Every church and schoolhonse should be
coated only with Alabastine Hundreds.
Of tons used yearly for this work Genu-
Inc Alabastine does not rub and scale Of.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-10

Alabastine can be used over paint or
paper: paint or paper can be used over
=Alabastine Buy only In Eve pound pack
ages, properly labeled; take no substitute
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-10

Alabastine packages have fun airec-
tions. Anyone can brush it on. Ask pat4S
dealer for tint card. :. es.Alabastine Err
free. Alasbastine Co., Grand Rapids. No.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-10
Il CHARMING grandmother
~ What pleasant influence ia the house is delight
Is 1nld1 inn ondh aolfl !.
H i : I : / / ] FL II
CID AGE

doctors, but instead of getting better, grew ali Il
time friend advised try Mrs. Pnkham's Conpoun
did and after taking six bottles, cured of DO
leucorrheea and falling Of am now enjoying xo