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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-12-01

: a real Princess-in their midst! And
"a diamond mine! How extraordi-
narily romantic! It was just like
fairy story!
Good looking! I had only a glimpse
OF her, but she's blooming beauty!"
"O:" said lisa softly. She had a
. queer, tight sensation at her throat
She had never been jealous of any one
But this man had been her slave-her
shadow-for the last four weeks. His
alteration had been public and pro-
nounced. He had seemed to rejoice in
his servitude. And she-child that she
was-had been hattered by the devo-
= tion of this well-groomed, cynical man
Of the world. Now, he was looking be-
yond her with half-c1osed, calculating
eyes.
At the hop that night Mrs. Devere
was the center of attraction, the bright
particular star in the presence Of
which all lesser luminaries paled, quite
ineffectual fires. Her mature form was
strikingly, almost theatrically, attired
A trailing robe of black satin swirled
around her feet The daringly low cut
bodice, glittering with jet, restrained
"the 'audacious press. of full-breathed
beauty The artistically tinted COM
plexion of aSface that had been $beauti-
full in its youth, the ~languish1ng Orien-
tai eyes, the black lair, spark ling with
jewels Jewels n which were genuine
enough to the people surrounding her
made up quite a stunning picture. 4s9s 81
\ "A palace in Russia!' .murmured
one. ...--. 1 .s.,s, T@4.,$ 555 & y 4
'''The proprietor requests, her incog-
nito be respected said another. f.s !
y Diamond mines-t think q OF Il ("
gasped a third. Is SRI 5$sE ssSs !.
.s.,5"I .ssJ" hear she speaks seven languages! =
Only four trunks. but ten are to.
follow #3$ 1g5 NJ ssE8I sSsS8
s' "a maid? No. Just an eccentriclty
Of royalty" ,5s$ .$ e 4 z.5 Ss NJ. m
Il All, but the two weeks that, followed
were a golden fortnight in the life OF
Cora Dobson! Such a train OF admir-
ers as followed IN herwake. The dances
at the hotel which she honored by her
presence were packed to suffocation
with visitors from other resorts. She
ignored or denied haugh chilly any refer
/ ence to her exalted station. s This res
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-12-01
ENGE AHD|
e1Ro&l'R(ESS;||
/ Of e common relationship to yonde
stars within the firmament-Popu1a
Science Monthly. t.",t ~
How Headache May Be Cured.

How Headache May Be Cured.
There are many kinds of headache
differing in their cause as we'll as il
the location and character of the pain
Ordinary headaches are due usually t,
stomach or bowel disorder, exposure
to the heat of the sun or to cold winds
eye-straln, such as results from visit
to picture galleries, poisoned air, suc1
as is too often breathed in churche
and theaters in winter, to beginning
fevers. and so forth. ri :
Another kind of pain in the head i
simple neuralgia, which is usually, con
fined to limited area. and in. whic]
the pain is sharp and of burnin
boring or stabbing character. e.-
Mlgraine, or sick headache. is a
c1al disease, different from ordinar
headache or neuralgia, and is believe,
to be due to constitutional causes I
often occurs in families, members O
which have had migraine or other ner
vous troubles. such as neuralgia O
epilepsy, or gout. The attacks com
monty begin in childhood and tend Il
increase in frequency and intensity III
to middle life. after which they ofte1
disappear spontaneously.
The attacks may seem to be brough
on by many of the influences tha
cause an ordinary headache in one no
predisposed to migraine, but they oc
cur from time to time when no caus,
can be discovered. They are general,
more frequent in winter than in sum
mer.
Sometimes definite cause may b,
found on careful examination, such al
Irregularities of the nasal cavities. as
tlgmatism or other eye trouble, thl
so-called uric acid diathesis, and q.
forth. In such cases cure, or at leaf
marked Improvement, may r
brought about by removal or diminr
tiOn of the cause,
-, warning OF an impending attack il
aften- -RiKe1 hs fnali aasa Ia d so o
droWsiness during the preceding day
The sufferer wakes in the morninl
with pain, of throbbing character
in one side Of the head, and this in
creases in intensity and extent unit
work must be abandoned. There ma,
be disturbances of vision; sometime
an eyelid droops, nausea is felt, AM
often vomiting Of bilious matter oc
ours. The face is usually pale, but ma,
be flushed.
During an attack the patient ma!
obtain some relief by remaining uu1e
in darkened room, with cold appli
cations and pressure to the head. 1
cup of hot water or tea is sometime
soothing. The sufferer should be care
full to take medicines only on the doc
tors advice, for any drug that can Gu
short an attack of sick headache is to,
powerful to be used carelessly.-
Youths Companion
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-12-01
, The SUMS Destination.

More than century ago Sir William
Herschel was able to fix roughly what
we call the apex of the suns way in
Space or the point among the stars
toward which that way is directed.
Herschel found that a comparison of
old stellar observations seemed to in
dicate that the stars in certain part
of the sky were opening out, as it were,
and that the consultations in the op-
posite part of the heavens seemed to
be drawing in, or becoming smaller
There can be but one reasonable ex-
PLANTATION of this. We must be moving
toward that part of the sky where the
stars are separating, just so a man
watching a regiment of soldiers ap-
preaching will see at first only a con-
fused body of men. But as they come
nearer the individual soldiers will
seem to separate, until at length each
onels seen distinct from all the others.
Herschel fixed the position of the
apex at a point in the constellation
Hercules. The most recent investiga-
~tlons of Newcomb, published only
few months ago, have, on the whole,
\ verified Herschel's conclusions. Later
Investigators have increased the preci-
sion of our knowledge, until we can
now say that the present direction of
the solar motion is known within
very narrow limits. A tiny circle might
be drawn on the sky, to which an as
tronomer might point his hand and
say: Yonder little circle contains. the
goal toward which the sun and planets
are fastening today. Even the speed
of this motion has been subjected to
measurement, and found to be about
ten miles per second. h.,
The objective point and the rate of.
motion thus stated, exact science holds
her peace. Here genuine knowledge
stops, and we can proceed further only
by the aid of that Imagination which
men OF science need to curb at every
moment ,,fsgs - -. ,:5a i z,*+
But let no one think that the sun
will ever reach the so-called apex. To
do so would mean cosmic motion on
straight line, while every consideration
OF celestial mechanics points to motion
on curve. When shall we turn suf-*
f1ciently upon that curve to detect it's
bending? It lis q problem that we
must leave as a rich heritage to gem
erations that are to follow us. The
visionary theorists notion Of a great
central sun, controlling our own suns
way in &. space, must be dismissed as far
too DARING. But for such q central sun
We may substitute a central figure Of
gravity, belonging to a great system Of.
which 1n g our sun M Is but an insi ifcant
memb per. Then we reach 4 conception
that has lost nothing in the grandeur
of rs simplicity, and Is yet In accord
with the probabi tiles OF sober me-
Iehantcal science. We cease ogsbe q
lonely world and stretch out the bonds
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-12-01
POUND OF COAL,
Wonderful Power Stored Up in Natures
Subterranean Fuel;

|
/ Let us take a pound of what we will
call average coal, containing, say, TO-
900 heat units. This would be some-
what smaller in size than mans fist.
A pound of this coal if expended in
mechanical work, would give us 236
morse power. Imagine at the time of
the Pharaoh's two long lines of men,
extending over half mile, all pulling
steadily, at the command of the task
master, at great rope, to raise some
huge obelisk, and as you see them
sweating, tugging and strain1ng, think
again OF this small lump of coal in
which nature has placed an equal
amount of power In some countries
men who have been specially trained
as porters,. to carry heavy loads on
their backs, will, as a full days work.
carry total of from $50 to 600 pounds
a distance OF one mile. And yet
each has expended but one-third of the
power stored up in this pound of coal
An exceptionally strong man has been
J known to do one-half horsepower OF
work as his mightiest effort, but in
Two and half minutes, work at this
rate exhausts his muscular force. Let
US suppose 100 such men putting forth
such extreme effort at rope, or crank,
or crowbar; as they fall back, red
faced and putting, to catch their
breaths, we might imagine this little
black lump saying to them: II can
do as much as your whole com pany,
and then can stand it for fully two
minutes longer before I am exhaust
ed!" Let us now turn to another
portion of the human race From the
earliest times spinning. has been
niuch-prized accomplishment of the
fair sex. We need look back only to
our own grandmothers. We can pic
ture them, from their own stories, told
us when we were children, as rosy
checked damsels sitting around the
open fireplace and spinning from early
candlelight till bedtime, let us say
possibly two hours. Let us then con-
slider for moment the thousands of
spindles rattling and whirling in a
modern cotton factory, impelled by the
power locked up in coal. One pound
of this coal carries the potential en-
ergy to do the work Of .5Ss .Qo0 sucis-
splnsters. In Saving wood, a man may
work at the rate of about sixty strokes
minute, and consider himself 'ftop-
sawyer and his saw blade may have
progressed five feet minute; but a
circular saw, driven by machinery,
may be put through seventy times as
much wood. And yet this one little
pound of coal contains power enough
for 180 such saws.-E. D. Meier. in
Cassier's Magazine.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-12-01

Verden had a. heart of gold. Lets
give the impression that she's, a for
eigner. Of position. Let's pretend-O,
I say, Jack, I've got it! ;. By lingo, I've
got it now!" "'
He stopped short, qchuckling with de-
light He cut a pigeon wing with ele-
phantine grace. If his proportions
were less ponderous he might have at
tempted to stand on his head. i i-~
= "Jack-listen!" He ratified off. his
plan, doubling up in ecstatic.. convul-
sions, shaking with laughter. s"sShe's
game! She's just the girl for it! She
will have all the attention she Graves,
and if the festive scamp WHO is max
ing love to Isa doesn't walk into the
trap call me a Turk"
We've played more than one Joke
together, Sam. I won't let you think
I'm disinterested in this; though, You
know-you must know how I feel
about Isa.''
That's. all right. old. man. Good
luck!"
The next day mighty mystery
made it's presence felt throughout the
divers ramifications of the crowded
summer resort. Rumors were rife,
There were little whispering groups
here. There we're voluble couples
there. There was expectancy in the
airs "a. pleasant interest-a repressed
excitemes.z-, set curiosity tingling.
What is it all about, Mr.. Fenwick?''
I lsa asked her devoted partner of the
previous night. IT.. r.:
80 Foreign lady of title here She is
travelling incognito, but the secret
leaked out. She is here forrest and
recuperation. It seems she is Princess
in her own right, but prefers to be
known only as plain Mrs. Devere.
They are saying an uncle Of hers who
was friend of &Rhodes-the famous
Cecil, you know-has left her. his in
terest in an African diamond mine
r. is she good-looking cz$ 6 Ill It.
The fever s. tthe sensation hasl
efafmeu Its latest Victim. i a Princess
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-12-01
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PREVENTS RAPID EATING,

The feed trough which we illustrate
below has just been patented by Geo.
p. Combs, and is intended to prevent
the animals from eating their feed too
rapidly, and also to prevent the waste
OF feed when the animal is inclined to
push it out of the trough. The new
trough, is Of semi-circular shape, with
hopper mounted on raised base in
the center Of the rear portion of the
trough. AT the bottom of the hopper
is disk which can be raised or lower
ed by the adjustment of a thumbscrew,
thus varying the size of the discharge
opening. The feed falls through the
opening around the disk into the
trough below, and little watching on
the part of the hostler will soon show
the position to give the disk to regu-
late. the discharge to- the proper guam
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-12-01
New Mexico First In Sheep.

Today the seat of the sheep-shear-
ing industry of the Union has shifted
from the middle west to the plateau
region between the Rockies and Sier-
ras. Ohio is still doing very well in
the business, with nearly 100000
head, but she has dropped from first
to fourth in the list Of mutton pro-
ducing states. New Mexico. is at the
head, with more than 100000; Mon
tana has nearly as. many, while Wy
oming leads Ohio by a few hundred
thousand head. Idaho closely follows
Ohio in the rating. Oregon. California
and Texas each has about 2,50O,0 900
sheep. a Il. ~, ..5.. HI. %.> ID
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-12-01
TEST IN PRONUNCIATION.
Brief Exercise That Will Puzzle Most
Expert Scholars.

Brief Exercise That Will Puzzle Most
Expert Scholars.
An exercise in pronunciation was
placed on the blackboard at teachers
institute, prize being offered to any
one who could read and pronounce
every word correctly. The book OF
fered as a prize was not carried off,
however. as twelve was the lowest
number of mistakes in the pronuncia-
ton made.
"a sacrilegious son of Belial, who
suffered from bronchitis, having ex-
hausted his finances, in order to
make good the deficit resolved to ally
himself to a comely, lenient and docile
young lady of the Malay or Caucasian
race. He accordingly purchased a CAL
liope and coral necklace of a chameleon
hue, and securing a suite of rooms at
a principal hotel he engaged the head
waiter as a coadjutor. He then dis
patched a letter of the most unexcep-
tional calligraphy extant, inviting the
young lady to matinee. She revolt
ed at the idea, refused to consider her.
self sacrifcable to his desires, and
sent polite note of refusal, on receiv-
ing which he procured carbine and
bowie knife, said that he would not
noW forge letters hymeneal with the
queen, went to an isolated spot, sever
ed his jugular vein and discharged the
contents Of the carbine into his alb
domen. The debris was removed by
the coroner" - II @...z,...
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-12-01
IMPROVED HAND STAMP,

Here we illustrate convenient hand
stamp which is an improvement ove1
those now in use. With the old style
Of stamp it has been possible to use
but one set of type, and when the
stamp was purchased the desired let.
tering had to be set in place perma-
nently. By the addition of the little
hook shown at one side of the frame
and by slight change in the type base
the lettering may be varied without
limit. A full font of rubber type is
provided, and by pressing the knob
downward and locking the mechanism
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-12-01
Silk of tho World.

! II According to statistics furnished BY
the silk jury of the Paris exposition
France produced last year, in the silb
industry, 610,000,O00 francs, or about
$122, 100000, or about 3311 per cent OF
the total silk industry Of the world
The United States produced 425, 900, ,OOe
francs, or about $4,000, 900, or 231h pei
cent. Germany comes next. The Unit.
ed States produces more silk ribbon
than any other nation, it's production
in this line last year being about 800,
100000 francs. e .*St,s ~ @15 s=s5s II + 1,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-12-01

=tity. Projecting from: either side of
ktthe hopper is a short arm, which is
aeonnected with a stirring device in
.side Of the hopper, this arrangement
B ss5 " q s the >ziov of
feed. if it should become clogged in the
hopper. If the feed stops the animal
will move it's nose about the trough to
pick up the stray grain, thus coming
in contact with one of the arms and
dislodging the feed and starting the
flow again.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-12-01
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Painter of Evanpeline.

Thomas Faed, R. A., the Scottish ar.
tist, who died the other day at: the age
Of q, was well known throughout tho
United States as the painter Of the ia
nous stEyangeline," which was beau. u.
tifully engraved by his brother James, d s,
The reproduction was immense ely pop.
ulaE 3 on both sides Of the Atlantic, and
about 869 the demand for it was still
so great that another plate had to b; 81
made.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-12-01
Sand SnoilS II u cone 80.

ss.:A German scientist declares that The
acoustic effects in theaters and r,u1sic
halls ~ are injuri iously affected BY the
admixture Of sand in the plasterins.
The sand spoils the re'Eerbera lion 81
musical tones. sssssSs
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-12-01
. Poor BOYS Rise,

Representative Connell of Pennsyl-
vania, began life as a driver boy in a.
coal mine at Is cents a day. He has
just entertained about fifty OF his fell
loW-members at one Of the most elab.-
sorate dinners given IN " ashtngton this
season s5s
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-12-01

# At first q girl wants nothing but 4
husband, but after she gets him she
wants All his income.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-12-01
Apparent Inc onsistency. - --''s

Mrs. Wright--''It's peculiar, isn't
it?'' z .S.## 8s IS & s25+& ..
Mr.. Wrigh t. hat s.s5 ..@5 a
Mrs. Wrigh t. That only those with
plenty Of gold get anything out Of a
silver we'd linz. - jewellers, Weekly.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-12-01

against revolution the type-receiving
plate is presented in position to insert
the desired lettering. The device will
also be found convenient in altering
the dating stamps in common use. s
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-08-30
An Infmitcbte Fcnt.

The sailors of three men-of-war,
American, French and British, while
in the same harbor, were competing
with each other for the best display of
seamanship. A Yankee went to the
top of the mnlnmast and stood there
with an arm extended. A Frenchman
then went alott and extended both
arms.
An lrisllman on board the British
ship thought II he could stand there
with leg and an arm extended he
would be declared the most daring
sailor. Nimbly he mounted TO the high
est point and attempted to do so, but
at the last moment lost his balance and
fell through the rigging toward the
deck.
The various ropes against which he
came In contact broke his fall, and
when near the deck he succeeded in
grasping rope, To this he hung for
n couple of seconds and then dropped
lightly on the deck, landing safely on
his feet.
Folding his arms triumphantly, as if
1t were all in the programme. he glanc-
ed toward the rival ships aud joyously
exclaimed:
There, you frog eating and pig stick
inC Foreigners, beat that If you can't
Golfers Weekly.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-08-30

quet was on table and the stenos-
rapher was Mt work The bouquet
went sailing across the room from
blow of the fat womans pnrasol, and
then she stood before the surprised
stenographer and told her what was
what. The row lasted ten minutes,
and they had to threaten her with the
police before she would go out. She
went from 81 to ~, and what happened
there no one could tell. The brick man
happened to be alone and his wife
locked the door on him and sailed in.
When she came out she went down the
other elevator, and the boy said her
hair was down, her hat broken and
her shirt waist torn in three or four
places. An hour later Mr.. Hopewell
asked IL l wouldn't please be SO kind
as to step up to his office a few min.
utes. put my slungshot in my pocket
and prepared to sell my life dearly, but
he met me with smile and shook
hands. He had seven or eight
scratches on his face and had lost con-
siderable hair and half his buttons.
"Sammis." said he, as he handed m
q So bill, "this Is for the mortgage"
THANK you, sir"
"And others will follow and we shall
be the best of friends. I'm q little
slow, Sammis, but finally get around
to recognize true merit. You've got it
and ! want to be friends with you.
Just how you managed to bring about
this little affair don't know, but
please don't do it again. That Is, work
it off on some one else. That's all to-
day, my dear boy-ta-ta."
l went down and told Mr.. Rasher all
about 1t, and though he said he would
not allow any elevator boy to create q
disturbance among tenants, he added
that 1t was positively wonderful how
my merits were being recognized and
the money rolling in to pay off that
mortgage. Mr. Hopewell and l are
quite chummy now, and shall be glad
to continue the friendship. When a
tenant who has sized me up wrong ad-
mits his mistake and holds out the fra
ternal hand, he will always find one
who will meet him half way In Sam.
mis-, the elevator boy M. QUAD.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-08-30
The Man who FniIs.

The world is snob, and the man who wins
Is the chap for its moneys worth,
And the lust for success causes half Of the sins
That are cursing this brave old earth.
For it's 6ne to go up, and the worlds applause
10 sweet to the mortal ear.
But the man who fails in noble cause
Is hero that's no less dear.
'Tis true enough that the laurel crown
Twines but for the victor's brow, q
Fer many hero has lain him down
With naught but the cypress bough.
There are gallant men in the losing fight,
And as gallant deeds are done
As ever graced the captured height
Or the battle grandy won.
We sit at lfe's board with our nerves high strung,
And we play for the stake OF fame,
And our odes are sung and our banners hung
For the man who wins the game.
But have a song OF another kind
Than breathes in these fame wrought gales
An ode TO the noble heart and mind
OF the gallant man who fails
The man who is strong to fight his fight
And whose will no front can daunt,
II the truth be truth and the right be right,
Is the man that the ages vaunt
Though he fail and die in grim defeat,
Yet he>has not fed the STRIFE
And the house OF Earth will seem more sweet
For the perfume OF his life.
Paul Laurence Dunbar.