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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-02-10
SOMETHING NEW.
"a Discovery That u Expected to Revo-.

7 A Discovery That u Expected to Revo-
lutionize Great Industry. 1
{ Just as Americans begin to feel that
they are upon the verge Of developing.
superiority to Great Britain not only In
shipbuilding, but IN the steel trade, in
which such number OF valuable for
eign contracts have lately been taken
by our manufacturers in the face of
British competition; and just as ma
ture seems to encourage the American
aspiration by showing that the English
coal mines will be exhausted within
another fifty years, science seems to
be coming to the aid Of the Britisher
and may be about to open new fields
OF competition in steel In which Amer
lea must take part if she is to main
tain her hard-earned prestige. The,
discovery has been demonstrated in
London, and is being made much of by
the British press, that the ability to
produce perfect steel by casting it in
vacuum made by liquid hydrogen
with process that is not proposed to
make public, has at last attained prac-s
tlcab1llty. A company has been formed
with capital of 100000 to expert
mentally develop the process, and il
the plan is as successful as Prof. De-
war, the discoverer, presumes it will
be, the air bubbles that now cause
flaws and weakness in steel will be
done away with, and metal will re-
suit such as the world has never seen.
To say that this means possible revo-
luton in the steel trade is to put it
mildly, and if the English government
can control the process, as it is now in
timated may be the case, then Ameri-
can scientists and those of other coun-
tries will be put upon their metttle to
get eevn with the Britishers. Liquid
hydrogen, which is the great agent
now discovered, is described as clear,
colorless, transparent and very volatile
fluid, no clearer than pure water, but
only one-fourteenth the density of
water. In it's lightness it is out of all
proportion to any known liquid. A
piece of paper when placed in it sinks.
The difference between liquid hydro
gen and liquid air is as great if not
greater than the difference between the
ordinary temperature and liquid air.
Liquid hydrogen places temperature at
within twenty degrees of absolute zero,
which is represented by .4s4 degrees
Fahrenheit and 273 degrees Centigrade
below zero. The boiling point Of liquid
Ehydrogenzis 252 degrees below zero, at.
which it is capable OF enormous pres
sure. The discovery must affect every
problem of physics and chemistry. It's
possibilities are illimitable. It may
revolutionize the methods that have
beeen laboriously built up during the
last three hundred years.-Marine
Journal
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-02-10

am not going to do anything violent,
except to myself, IL possible. Do you
hear. man? Except to myself. Listen;
to me. Every night you pray that baby
may never be in such a devil-rid den
hole as this cell. By those prayers,
and as you hope for mercy for him,
charge you have pity and listen to me.
I. have thought OF escape I do not
fear death. What would life be to me
now? killed him for her, and now
now must die for him. Be it SO, but
not that way'-and he pointed to the
bit Of wood the child had dropped
God! not that way!" Then as the jail
er moved little nearer, the man stag
gered to his feet and whispered hoarse-
ly: "An old bottle, could break it in
pieces; or rope-but no, the guard
would see me. Some drug-anything,
SOFT be strong enough, but bring it
oh, let me have it before-before they
come to mel"
Not word had the jailer spoken
during this plea Of agony. Then the
guard came up with he>little one.
"The kid wants to kiss man." and
the prisoner stretched his arms
through the grating and stroked the
curly head. The beautiful baby face
lit up with an Angels smile. "By-by,
man." he said, and his father carried
him away, with no sign of response to
| the wild look of entreaty in the eyes of
the doomed man.
Next day the baby came again. This
time he passed the guard, returning his
challenge, 'Hullo, two-year-old!" by
only a dignified stare. He toddled up
to the prisoners cell, and the first
glimpse of the yellow head brought the
wretched occupant forward. His at
tention was attracted to the small tin
| can the child carried. "See there!"
And the little one proudly tapped it
against the iron grating. With: fever
ish haste the man seized it, and with
| an effort wrenched off the cover: In
side was small bottle containing a
brown liquid, which he smelled, then
sighed as with infinite relief. A sec
ond's hesitation, a glance upward,
which was more a despairing inquiry
than prayer, and he raised the phial
| to his lips. Then he crawled to- the
cot and crouched upon 1t, while the
baby tip-toed to see. Only the baby
No pitiless crowd of ghouls; no vul-
lures, watching the dying strugg1es8of
their prey; only the baby! And dstosthe
dying man, vision the aureole of hair
and beckoning hands were those Of a
heavenly spirit. s
The phial dropped to the floor, the
shaven head sank back, and the pris-
| oner was free.-Gertrude Cunning.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-02-10
VOTING BY MACHINERY.
Nebraska to Try Automatic System o
Selecting Candidates.

Nebraska to Try Automatic System of
Selecting Candidates.
The state of Nebraska has ordered
5000 voting machines at $500 each, a
total of $1,600,00O, says the st. Louis
Globe-Democrat. This machine is pure
ly mechanical. in construction. The
regulations are complete in every de-
tail. Split tickets can be voted as
readily as straight tickets. The booth
stands six and one-half feet in height
and is about four feet square, giving
ample room for voting. Though made
OF steel, it can be carried about with
out difficulty, although rather heavy.
The voter, upon entering the booth,
faces a square steel box about three
feet in dimensions and three inches
thick. On the face of this square is
a long, narrow row of glazed open
ings, in which appear the different
tickets to be voted. Each party ticket
is printed on slip of it's own. The
candidates for each Office are in align
ment and the whole arrangement is
similar to the regular Australian bal
lot. But at the point where the voter
usually puts cross is nickel-plated
button and at the top of each party
ticket is lever. AS the first vote is
cast a bell rings. This informs the
judges that voter has started to cast
his ballot. A straight party man has
only to pull the lever and his vote is
cast. A man who wants to scratch
registers his vote by the buttons.
When the straight ticket is voted, by
pulling the lever down, the mechanical
counters all down the line register one
vote for each candidate. On the out
side Of the booth the voting register is
locked by three different locks, one OF
which is given to each of the judges.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-02-10
THE MAN SEIZED TT

board. The prisoner glanced at it and
said, grimly: won't they need that
In the yard?"
The jailer could not answer, but
kept his gaze on the baby, who had
distracted the attention of the guard in
the corridor. The prisoner grasped
the door with both gaunt hands, and.
putting his ashen lips as near the jail
er's ears as the bars would allow, said,
sullenly: "Have you any idea of how
you are going to die?'
The jailer was alarmed and dts
tressed. He had hoped to lead the pris-
oner to forget his impending; doom, if
only for respite of an hour, but this
question showed him how poorly he
was succeeding. He pretended not to
hear, and made move as If to go, but
the child ran to him and, putting the
stick through the bars, lisped: "See.
horsy?"
A smile distorted his face as the
man took the piece Of wood, then let
It drop with shudder, speaking rapid
" and low: dying is bad enough. I
suppose, under any circumstances, but.
none of US is heroic when forced to
sit, day by day, for certain hour,
when we are to begin the process OF
'rotting in cold obstruction God! can
you think, man, how 1t feels? What
devilish irony in the tate that /, who
have always hated any public display
.-he choked and the baby laughed
should die In this way-should per-
form the tragedy OF my life before
gaping crowd. ] tell you, man, it must
4not-shall not-be! ~
His voice sank to a whisper, but his
face was SO liv1d with fear and threat
that the jailer grasped his baby and
moved away from the cell door. The
man behind It laughed a dry, high
pitched laugh. US
II beg that you wont be frightened
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-02-10
A Feminine Habit.

A vigorous note of warning against
the essentially feminine habit of hold
ing pins in the mouth has been
sounded by DR.. A. Monae Lesser, in a
recent lecture to the Red Cross nurses.
Don't do It," he says. mot so much
from fear of swallowing it-for that
would mean only surgical case-but
from fear, based upon good grounds, Of
contagion: tuberculosis and many
other diseases can be transmitted In
no easier way. Under the head Of the
pin all kinds of germs may be located,
and irritating the tongue ever so little
renders one liable to contract diseases.
Even a new paper OF pins is not above
suspicion. In Europe especially boys
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-02-10
EHR JAI[7L|ER'S A[.7| !; BABY.

q .H vas all the fault Of the baby. So
IA 511ler said and SO everybody be-
Hsve4 At the same time it was de-.
elared absurd that a baby should be
sahowed counpenionghip with mur-
qerar. and beyond all decency that
bottles Of 1audanum should be left
within its reach. Indeed, there was
great deal of talk, and much disap-
4po1ntment over the affair. Not since
The lynchtng of the negro Tilly, two
years before, had there been a hang
Ing in the Jail. And this time it was,
ito have been conducted on the strict
est principles of the hangman's code.
80 very proper were all the arrange
.ments that the citizens spoke of the
coming Execution" with quite the de-
scorum which an eastern town would
use to discuss a pink tea. Small won
der then that verybody-especially
those holding tickets of admission
was outraged. In fact, so much was
said that the jailer resigned and he
and his wife-with the baby, who had
done all the mischief-moved to an
other town. The jailer's wife declar-
ed that his nerves seemed dreadfully
upset about the whole thing and she
was glad he had given up the 'jail
business" Farming was nicer work
anyhow, she allowed, and the baby
seemed to thrive better. AS for the
baby himself. he told me in strict con-
hdence just how it happened
I The prisoner had never made the
slightest effort to escape. From the
Tune, sentence was pronounced he
seemed to begin to die. He would sit
FOR hours without moving muscle
would neither eat nor drink. A horrid
sort of stupor possessed him, from
which the kind-hearted jailer was pow
erless to rouse him, until one day he
thought of his baby, Ted, the only bit
Sof sunlight in the gloomy house of
bondage. The lovely child blossomed
like Sharon rose in this desert of
sin and death, and the very sight OF
him might, so the jailer thought, bring
peace and healing. So one day the baby
was brought to the death-watched cell.
His tousled, yellow head peered Gu
riously in, and his small voice had a
ring Of pity in 1t as he said: Ozark,
poor man. And the prisoner came to
the grating and stretched out eager
hands, clasping the tiny fingers rested
trust fully in his. And nobody dis
Sturbed them, for the poor man was
crying, and so they were not afraid.
The baby came again, and often, and
they noticed that the prisoner would
always eat what he brought; bit of
candy or dirty lump of sugar was his
daily offering, and it was never re-
jected. One day the jailer came, too,
and they both watched the boy He
was playing horse with a piece of pine
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-02-10
Apple Moringue Pie.

Pare, slice, stew and sweeten ripe,
tart, and juicy apples; mash and sea-
son with nutmeg, or stew lemon peel
with them for flavor; fill the crust and
bake them until done; spread over the
apples thick meringue made by whip
ping to a froth the whites of three eggs
for each pie; sweeten with three table
spoonfuls of powdered sugar; flavor
with vanilla; beat until it will stand
alone; cover pie three-quarters of an
inch thick, set back into a quick oven
until we'll set. To be eaten cold.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-02-10
FOR WOMEN AND HOME
items OF INTEREST FOR MAIDS
= AND MATRONS.
Waist Of Da6odn Yellow Silk-Paris Frock
for Girls of 12-Care OF the Hands
A Feminine Habit-The .Hair-Our
Cooking Schools.

In an Old Garden.
Come down to that old garden
Of every flower we knew,
When out OF gates of childhood
The airs of morning blew, =
And archtng heaven was painted
In every drop Of dew.~
And~you may have the lily
With all her virgin SHOWS,
And you may have the beauty
That bushes on the rose,
But I will have the heart s-ease.
The dearest flower that blows!
Who will shall have the balsams
And store of hydromel,
The purple of the monk k's-hood
With poison in his spell;
Who will shall have sweet-wflliam
And the canterbury-bell. J.
I love the breath of rosemary,
The perfume Of the stock,
The proud plumeS of the f1eur-de-lis
The silken hollyhock; IL
/ love the flaming poppy 3
And the sleepy four-o' clock.
But they say that when great angels
Fell plunging from Heavens frown,
A spirit looking after
Lost blossom from her crown
I know it was the eart's-ease -;
Came softly floating down.
Oh, bright the honeysuckle,
And sweet his tippling crew.
The bird-wings of the columbine,
The larkspur blue as blue
But will take the heart s-ease
And all the rest take you!
Harriet Prescott Spofford in the Wo
mans Home COMPANION.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-02-10
Care of the Hands.

S"k0 "a eAAO AIAuSs
A little time to make the hands beau
tiful need not be grudged even by the
busiest woman, when it is said that
beautiful hands are worthy instru-
ments of beautiful acts. The soft,
moist skin that makes the touch Of a
'woman's hand, so soothing to the fe-
vered brow, so inspiriting to the tired,
snerveless hand which it clasps, cannot
be obtained or. preserved without due
observance Of hygienic laws and devo-
.tion to cosmetics. Excessive heat or
cold are not only as destructive to the
the face, but if long continued they
may so affect the network of the nerves
as to mar the delicacy of the touch. In
washing the hands the temperature of
the water should be made matter Of
care, and tepid water only should be
hands thoroughly before exposing to
the air. AS the wind and sun roughen
and discolor the hands, gloves should
always be worn. The best gloves are
made of dogskin, which has the prop
erty of softening the skin of the hand
and keeping it in good condition. Next
to good homemade soap, pure CASTLE
is the best for washing the hands
The hands should be thoroughly wash
ed with soap and tepid water, rinsed
and then soaped again and rubbed un-
til the soap on them forms a lather,
after which they are to be dried with
out again rinsing. They should then
be lightly wiped with a soft towel
moistened with some aromatic toilet
water This treatment will keep the
skin fine and white. The yolk of
fresh egg, almond and chestnut meal,
oatmeal and bran, are all useful for
whitening and refining the skin of the
hands. The following recipe for the
same purpose is a good one: Sweet
almond oil, 60 grains; virgin wax, IL
grains; spermaceti, IL grains. Heat
these substances in water bath in
three separate vessels. When hot, pour
all into cold vessel and beat thor
oughly. Then put the mixture into
bowl of cold water, continue beating
until white. This Is to be applied to
the hands and arms every night on 60
Ing to bed, or gloves spread with it
may be worn. Another preparation is
as follows: Two yolks of fresh eggs,
two tablespoonfuls Of oil of sweet al
monds, 30 grams of rose water, eight
grams tincture of benzoin. Beat yolks
with the oil, then add the rose water.
and lastly the tincture of benzoin.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-02-10
Tho Hair.

The hair has great deal to do with
ones appearance, almost as much as
the teeth; yet many persons who take
fair care Of their teeth neglect their
hair woefully. "The very best thing
to do in order to keep the hair in good
condition is to massage the scalp daily.
This systematic manipulation keeps
the skin from Tightening and prevents
the head from becoming, as it were,
hide bound. Hair, cannot grow on a
stihened, CLASSY skin, which has got
into such dry state that it, so to
speak, no longer breathes. If your
hair shows signs Of lfelessness, or the
scalp feels sore to the touch, go to a
good masseuse twice a week. If you
cannot conveniently do that take a
lesson or two o-learn, by all means, to
manipulate your scalp yourself. It is
no great task, andIit will keep what
hair you have and encourage more to
come. At all events, don't drag the
hair off your head by brushing. It is
q pretty well exploded idea that brush
Ing is beneficial. Above all things.
never attempt to free the head or hair
OF dust with q fine comb" that is
IL z
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-02-10

proWl about the streets, hunting for
pins, which they carry to the factory
and sell to the manufacturer. These
are laid in rows, and go in with the
new pins, looking as innocent as their
fellows, though they are far from what
they appear" The questionable habit
OF women putting pencils and silver
money In their mouths was also placed
IN the same category of dangerous"
and to be avoided.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-02-10
Deviled Tomatoes.

Skin and slice thlckly three solid
tomatoes. Sprinkle lightly with one
teaspoonful salt and fry nice troWn in
two tablespoonfuls butter. To what
is left in pan add one half teaspoon
dry mustard, half teaspoon salt. half
teaspoon sugar and dash pepper. Beat
lightly yolk one egg, add slowly one
tablespoon Worcestershire sauce, stir
into the other ingredients, cook and
stir till thick; add two tablespoons
lemon juice and pour over tomatoes.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-02-10
Tomato Catsup,

To one gallon of tomatoes, after be-
ing boiled and strained through COL
ander, add three tablespoonfuls of salt,
one tablespoonful each of cloves, Gin
namon, allspice and black pepper, one
small teaspoonful cayenne pepper, one
pint good vinegar: Boil to the proper
consistency and bottle while hot.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-02-10

death to the hair, as is too much wash
ing. Five or six times year is quite
often enough for a shampoo. One of
the reasons why more men than
women are baldheaded is because men,
having short hair, are apt to wet the
head daily, which practice carries off
the natural fertilizing secretions. Too
much water rots the hair.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-02-10
spiders In Japan.

Spiders are a serious plague in
Japan. They spin their webs on the
telegraph wires, and are so numerous
as to cause a serious loss of insula-
tion. Sweeping the wires does little
good, as the spiders begin all over
again.
One doesn't get rid Of bills by tear
ing them up, but they are disposed5sof
for the time being 'x.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-02-10
OUR COOKING SCHOOL,
Grape Catsup.

Take five pounds of grapes; boil,
then rub through a colander first and
sieve after; add two and one-half
pounds of sugar, one pint of vinegar,
one tablespoonful each of ground
cloves, cinnamon, allspice and pepper,
one-half teaspoonful of salt. Boil
twenty minutes. Bottle.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-02-10

Out here IN the West the marvel IS
that Eastern women continue to wear.
dresses cut low in the neck after they
have passed forty.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-02-10
=
ExPOSITIONS AT PARIS,

in view of the approaching French
exposition, it is interesting to note the
| enormous increase in the extent and
success of the various expositions held
at Paris, says the Scientific American.
The first occurred in the year 1898.
1t brought together the modest. num-
ber Of ITO exhibitors and cost only
$4,000. The buildings, of wood en-
belished, were erected on the Champs
de Mars. twenty-five medals were
distributed
The second took place three years
later Q80D in the court of the Louvre
1t represented 220 exhibitors and quite
eclipsed the first. .-:
A third exposition, opened the fol-
lowing year at the same place, collect
ed $50 exhibitors. This was a yerita-
bic triumph. =
Napoleon I inaugurated the fourth
exposition, which was held on the Es-
planade of the Invalides in 1906; there
WCAO 4,36G SAu1U1IOIS. Ills uSuT6
was carried to 1922 at the fifth expo
sition. in 1919, in the palace of the
Louvre. The sixth 1929 met with
little success, as also the seventh in
1927 in the reign of Charles x, in the
palace of the Louvre. As an Offset, the
eighth, opened on the Palace du Car.
rousel in the reign of Louis Philippe,
gathered no less than 2,487 exhibitors.
This success was accentuated insthe ex-
position, of 1889, held on the Champs
Elysees (3,3S1 exhibitors), and in that
of 1874, also on the Champs -Elysees
(3,96O exhibitors). The exposition of
1849, again on the Champs -Elysees,
cost $500, 900. =z ..s
The first universal exposition was
that Of 1855, which caused the construc-
ton Of the Palace of Industry. The
expense rose to $4,000, 900. There were
23,954 exhibitors and more than 5 5OOO.-
600 visitors. Then came the we'll
known expositions Of 1867 s(52, 900 #ex-
hibitors) Of 1873 (52 1876 exhibitors, and
16, 600, 900 Yisitors), and 1889 (55, 1856 ex-
hibitors and 81. 800 900 visitors)
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-02-10

The second took place three years
later (180D in the court of the Louvre.
1t represented 220 exhibitors and quite
eclipsed the first. ,@
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-02-10

in view of the approaching French
exposition, it is interesting to note the
enormous increase in the extent and
success of the various expositions held
at Paris, says the Scientific American.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-02-10

board. The prisoner glanced at it and
said, grimly: won't they need that
in the vard?'
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1900-03-05

want to get out Of the rut Of the past
Don't let a newspaper talk be all that 10
done. Come out and act. IL costs
Newspaper advertising support every
time II breaks up a graft. A newspaper
can make more money keeping still
about things and letting bad orders Of
things prevail In the community than II
can exposing them at any time. The
Salem newspapers are always doing
more than their share Of the work in
exposing the abuses and fighting for
good government.
Let the school district express itself on
this question Of progress. Let Us get out
Of the rut and pay less interest and inn
prove our schools. We have shown how
the interest bills can be reduced and the
grade raised and yet have more money
than we have now. That Is what the
city has done, and that IL what the
school district can do.