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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-01-27

provides both the air circulation and
the chilling effect. all that lis required
is little electric motor blower. This
evaporates the water, which is distrib-
uted in capillary film so effectively
that 10000 cubic feet Of air per hour
can be cooled to about 68 degrees Fab
renheit. There is an automatic ad-
justment which keeps the temperature
at any desired point and at any de-
sired degree Of humidity. The water
can be taken from the local supply and
current from the nearest available
source. The apparatus requires no
more attention than a common fan
motor and can readily be set up in
sick rooms or hospitals, where such
an appliance is often invaluable. The
ease with which the apparatus can be
handled and operated, in fact, may in
sure its adoption generally in all kinds
of buildings during very hot weather.
It is not only far more efficient than
the ordinary refrigerating apparatus,
but it practically enables any one who
is very sensitive to indoor heat to pass
through the most trying summer in
comfort.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-01-27
MOCK HANGING IN A CHURCH.
A Gruesome Performance Entertains q
CoIored Congregation.

Gruesome Performance Entertains q
Cokored Congregation.
Kansas City Journal: A most start
ling and unique entertainment, in
which the principal feature was
gruesomely realistic imitation of an
execution by hanging, was given in the
colored Baptist church in Carthage the;
other night, and attracted crowd;
which packed the big. building to its
utmost. An interesting account, given,
in the Press of the tragic" affair is
as follows: "The audience assembled
in the basement of the church, where
the gallows was erected, reaching up
ward about five or six feet. The drop
was only a short one, but every other
detail was carefully copied from a
sure enough hanging scene. About 9
o'clock Peter Gibson and Sporting
Willie Hancock came in, leading Art
Irwin, the boy condemned to the gal
lows. A suppressed murmur ran over
the audience, which waited with bated
breath the finale of this strange scene.
The lamps about the walls cast shud-
dering gloomy light about the room,
and a superstitious horror could be
traced on many face. But Negro
good humor can not long be sup
pressed, and scarcely had the first feel
ing of awe passed away, when some
lusty voice broken out in. a hearty
laugh. This soon spread, and the
scene lost large share of its grue-
someness The convicted murderer
was led up the steps of the improvised
gallows, his arms and legs were tied
and a rope was fastened to his neck,
a black cap was adjusted, the trap
sprung and the body dropped. So far
as actual appearance went he might
have been hanged by the neck. The
body turned and twisted as the rope
dropped, seemingly limp and lifeless,
and was carried out on a stretcher
amid a deathly silence. The affair,
however, was not SO realistic as it
appeared, for before entering the room
another rope had been carefully has
messed around Irwin's body, with
loop coming under his collar. This
last rope was concealed by the boys
clothing, and although the rope ap-
peared to encircle his neck, it was in
reality fastened to the loop under his
collar. After a few minutes in which
to remove ropes, ETC., Irwin returned
to receive the congratulations Of his
lady admirers, who gathered around
the little hero in groups" .:a 3& i.
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md checked her singing, and moved
Arrays So softly, so that he should
never be disturbed at his work. You're
not writing. Is 1t so sllly?"
sa''Go on" he whispered. There
there's nothing to write yet"
81 That went on for years. The man,
deeper and deeper in his work, never
saw that his wife was changing; that
the light had gone out Of her eyes.
He forgot all he had meant to be
Forgot after time even to kiss her;
and the girl-she could never bring
herself to remind him, ** eh?
Still, she lived only for him, but he
never cared what she wore. never
thought that her work might be hard
i'm its little way, and that there are
some women for whom years of such
silence and loneliness spells death
or worse. She was always crying at
9frst, and never dared to tell him why
Isif he did not see for himself, and kept
Out Of his way so that his mind should
not be spoiled for work. And he-say
| that he thought it was something else
and spoke harshly and sneered, and
at last got so that he lived in a world
of his own, and wouldn't open his door
/ When-when he knew that her heart
was bursting outside, longing for one
gkind word again. Or-or-
something like that. Could you begin
sanything with that?"
|8 No answer. She could not see, but
the mans outward stare was as if il
would never again relax. She went or
"a little faster, her voice taking thrill
ls-just as though his silence implied
that there might be real dramatic pos
1Hsibilities in her small inspiration.
IT think my husband could-yes!
1.-The world is used to seeing the man
7|sgrow Indifferent, and the woman colo
and pale; but you-you might take the
4 tragedy as it is within the four walls
and make it live and throb in there
You might put it that at first the mans
/ mistake was in always straining for
ward to his goal, forgetting that thu
$|5happiest time is now-forgetting how
l9When he looks at last he will not fine
Iljust the same laughing girl as he mar
8 Iried. ~ Often he left her, W.
will say; he wanted cheerful faces ant
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-01-27
:SCIEN NTIFIC TOPICS
CURRENT NOTES OF DISCOVERY
St >-- AND INVENTION.
"A Substitute for Pneumatic Tires-The
Whistling Buoy The New Motive
:. Power Starting Fire with Ice-New
Air Cooling Machine.
The New Motive Power.

That the age Of steam, especially as
a motive power, draws rapidly toward
its close, is everywhere conceded. But
what the new motive power is to be
does not manifest itself with so much
certitude. 1t may be compressed air,
or it may be electricity in some one of
its manifold forms, or, again, it may
be something else. But until it is GER
tain the necessarily great expense of
the change from one form of motive
power to another gives all the rail-
roads pause, while the equal necessity
of keeping abreast of the times makes
them watch with keenly interested
eyes the experiments that are going on
all over the country in the hope of dis
land road, on a half-mile stretch, in
carefully guarded inclosure near ia
maica, has recently been testing a
third rail electricity carrying device
for which the inventor claims econ
omy, effectiveness and safety. The
third rail carrying the current and laid
unguarded between the other two rails,
which was adopted by many roads,
proved dangerous in the extreme, for
any one stepping from the innocuous
outside rails to the electrically charged
third rail Immediately completed a cir
cult and received the full force of the
current. Injury always resulted, and
very often death. This was an in
superable objection to the system, and
since then safety has been one of the
results striven for. The system the
Long Island railroad is trying consists
of copper cable carrying the current,
which is set in a hollow wooden beam
running along the ties parallel and
.equidistant from the rails. On top of
this copper cable is another smaller
cable about the size of a telegraph
wire, lying loose. AS a train passes
along powerful magnet on the bottom
of the cars lifts this smaller wire,
which thereupon becomes electrically
charged for the length of the cars, but,
it is. asserted, is at the same timesdead
ant harmless two feet ahead or behind
the car. The owners of this third-rail
system claim to hold unassailable pat
ents. President William H. Baldwin,
.Jr., Of the Long Island railroad, in
speaking of the tests, said: "These
tests have been made on our road for
the last two months in an experimental
sort of way. I have been much inter
,ested in the development of this idea
It seems to have the necessary ele-
ments for a successful third-rail sys-
TEN. I have no personal interest what
.soever in the matter, beyond the desire
to find some third-rai1 system that will
prove economical, effective and safe
If the owners Of this system are ready
to make a business proposition for its
use, we would consider favorably the
application of that system for expert
mental use, with a view to it's adop-
tion. We would experiment with any
third-rail system that appealed to oul
Judgment
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NOT FOR PUBLICATION

"What a lffe!" repeated the man to
himself with almost a writhe. "Mak-
ing bricks without straw all the year
round. wish-there, wish to God
I'd never learned how to write.''
And yet it had paid him in solid coin,
so far. One Of his minor dreams was
realized; the window Of his writing
room overlooked a suburban roadway
along which EARRING wheel seldom rat
tied; he had got away from the whirr
and drone Of the town, where his nerves
had been at tension all day long. He
could compose in peace. And yet he
sat With the bitter, idle stare, clutch
ing dry pen.
The door behind creaked; a woman
glided in on tiptoe. Don't start-it's
only l." she whispered. -.
Don't start" He threw down the
pen without turning. ''It's all starts
or the strain Of expecting them. I'm
sick of it, tell you-sick Of it ALL" ;
What is the matter?" She had
paused half way, with hands together
Cant you writer
Write! I've nothing to write. I'm
drained dry And I've promised 8
tragic story"-with a half sneer--"fol
that Society Sum- Tragic! What's
the timer"
1T must be nearly g."
"Six? Dark in another hour-dusl
now! I've done nothing. And you
you never attempt to help me by sc
much as word
''Never help your" she echoed, ani
repeated it to herself. II, never hel1
him! But when have you asked suc1
a thing? What good would be my
ideas?"
"Oh, not much. Women seldom have
| real ideas-they're- fitting superficial
ties. Still"
| A long silence. The door creaket
again, but he knew she had only CLOSED
it and was still lowering behind him
He was somewhat surprised, but woult
not turn, vaguely conscious of tn
sneer's hollowness. Then-
II never help you," she repeated
calmly. "Would you like me to try
perhaps something has just come t.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-01-27
ger: 80 : Wouldn't . paper accept
story like that?", 5z.5

ger. Wouldn't q paper accept
story like that?" i.
Still no answer. The man had craned
still further forward, his hands grip
ping the. deck, his face gray In the
dusk, his stare widened. It looked It
somehow looked as II he feared for
his life to look around, in fear Of a
hand waiting for his throat. It was not
his wife's talking It was Tragedy that
had come creeping into the room-as
it sometimes did when he wrote late,
and something stood and breathed
behind each shoulder. :~~'%~,
The voice came again, as from long
way off.
Yes! Say, she paused the moment
and that saved her. She looked at his
work and thought Of his long strug-
giles and the mind that always strained
after something in life that is never to
be found. But the thought had come
into her head, and it stayed and stayed,
and more than once, when he had
passed her with hardly a word or look.
No, my God! she could not bear it.!
God forgive her, she cannot bear it.!
The indescribable sob and swift
rush. A hand had plucked open the
drawer at the mans side and some
thing bright flashed out. Just in time
he realized something and swayed UP
with hoarse cry: "Winnie! No
no" and faced the picture that was to
eat into his memory all time.
The dead silence, the stare with
which the wide eyes in her worn, white
face seemed to search his soul wildly
for a flicker of the truth! Then her
hand dropped and her face began to
twitch piteously. His arms were out
and the heart beat there yet.
"Winnie!" he had whispered-such a
whisper-"don't! don't! Come back
to me-come back!"
And for those two Time put back the
clock. But the story-that was not for
ublication.-London Star.
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relaxation after his work, and the wife
was only like ghost creeping about
the house, And so at last, for her the
only alternative to d -broken heart was
heart hardened to stone. And oh!
she had SO loved htm-had so deter
mined always to look her brightest and
best for him!- *'* That might
have gone on until the end. as it often
does; but there came a blow-one blow
more than she could bear. Well sup
pose-we'H suppose that one day the
wife, somehow or other, heard him
talking to a friend. The friend was
quiet; he had asked: What's the mat
ter with-with her? All the romance
gone that you used to talk about?'
Make it-make it that she held her
breath for the answer, even then-even
then; that even then she was hunger
ing to put her arms around him, and
tell him, oh, no, it was not gone! And
supposing she. heard him say: Her!
Poo, take no notice Of her always the
same. Wish to heavens sometimes I'd
never married d-what with the expenses
and the miseries at home. Cant make
her out-not like other women Given
itup long ago.. Don't you ever marry,
old mani And supposing
the wife stood and cried to God to take
her on thea spot, and that God did not
answer, and that at last at last, when
something seemed as il it would snap
in her brain she crept into her hus-
bands study, took out the pistol that
he kept in his desk and put It to her
forehead. and almost pulled the trig-
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-01-27
To Make Rooms Fireproof.

A new device for making rooms alb
solutely freproof comes from Holland.
It is applied to each room separately
and involves no general reconstruction
OF the house. It consists of series OF
fireproof plates, to be. laid on the walls,
floor, and ceiling in place of plaster.
The material used is said to resemble
nougat in appearance. BY this simple
process any fire is strictly confined to
the room in which it originates; there
can be no spreading. A severe test
has been applied. In a room properly
sheathed with these plates tarred wood
was heaped on the floor and fired. In
spite of the fierceness Of the combus-
tion, which filled the whole room with
cracking flames, there was no effect
beyond the protected walls.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-01-27
The Parent Before the Teacher.

The Parent Before the Teacher, ~
Let us ask for a moment what 1t is
''to deal honestly with a child's moral
and intellectual life" Is it not to set
before him a worthy example; to fill
Aim with honest aspirations: to incul-
cate pure motives; to aid him in his
endeavors to overcome evil influences?
Is it not to give him a glimpse, even
II it be only glimpse, OF the highest
possible ideal 2. II this is put OFF until
the child reaches school age, IL It is
not done in the home under the in
fiuence OF the father and mother, il
they do not persist in It while the
child remains under the parental roof,
it is often in vain to attempt it In
3schoo ol.-T Teachers' w World.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-01-27
Scientific Jottings.

An engineer in Tunis has invented a
deep sea diving apparatus which has
been tried without accident at a depth
OF l74 feet near Cherbourg. The in
ventor declares his purpose of search
ing for the hull of the Alabama, which
lies where she was sunk by the Kear-
sarge, off Cherbourg harbor.
A remarkable case of salvage is that
OF the steamship Milwaukee, which
last autumn went ashore at Port Err
rol, near Peterhead. Finding it impos-
sible to float her, as a. large part of
her fore end was inextricably jammed,
she was cut in two with belts of dy-
Mantle cartridges, no less than 800
pounds of dynamite being used. The
after part, extending from just before
the forward end of the navigating
bridge, was towed toward the Tyne and
moored in that river until a new bow
end was built, launched and made
ready for connection to it. It is re-
marka!ble that this half of the vessel
was towed with the bulkhead end fore
most and that the tugboats were as
sisted by the ships own engines. The
repairers were so successful in their
attempt to dry dock that the two pieces
were in correct relative positions, and
but little subsequent adjustment was
found to be necessary. A stranger
would never suppose that he was not
looking at the original bow, and would
find it impossible to point out where
the junction was effected. In point of
fact, the Milwaukee is now as perfect
and as strong as ever she was.
London capitalists are interested in
the proposal to lay a cable from Van
couver,. B. c., to skaguay, Alaska, to
connect with the telegraph line to
Dawson City, which is expected to be
completed soon. Thfs will put the
money makers in touch with the gold
fields and incidentally the cause of civ
ilization and humanity will be greatly
aided, when the suffering in these
dreary districts can to degree be re-
duced by this connection with the civ
ilized world. h.
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my mind. It is silly, maybe, as I tell
It, but you-my husband, might make
it clever and interesting. You say your
stories are always twaddle as you first
set them down."
do I? Well, what is it?' he said,
staring across at the opposite roofs.<
"This situation is novel. Go on. Never
mind SO long as there is anything at
all in it."
'There is-there is woman's. heart
in it, I think" she whispered. us that
any good?"
"Oh!" he said. Her voice had tailed
Oft as If she had a real idea, but was
afraid Of the sneer: "Well, there US
ually 1s-that's one of the component
parts Of the average story. Even hu-
NOR is the brighter for tragedy lurking
in the background, you know. Any
thing in the heart? That's the point.
Yes; anything in"this hearth" ..
Another silence. couldn't tell
you just as it came to me, then 2" she
said. I'm not clever enough to know.
It's more Of a sketch, perhaps. IL
Imagined two lovers, very dear lovers.
They got married and there was a
beautiful world before them. with such
peace at the end, If they knew! Make
the man an artist. He lived for his
art The girl-the girl was only just
9 girl; she lived for the man. She
hung on his every word, you might
say; she prayed for his success when
I he was never there to hear, thought for
( him In ways that he would never know.
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swlns BresdIngs

TE5 SSSa55 Swine BIOO01uks
Condensed from Farmers Rsvfew Steno-
graphic Report OF Wisconsin Roundup.
Institute.)
Il A.. ]. Loyejoy Of Illinois spoke on
swine raising. In part he said: It IS
better to raise two crops OF pigs
year and turn them OF young than TO
raise one crop and not turn them OF
till they are large. Diseases among
hogs come largely from immature
breeding and from feeding too much
corn. T. I'm " slzz II
A good SOW should be good mixer.
The sows and boars should be mated
during November. The earlier the
pigs are farrowed the better, II we can
care for them. BY the time the young
clover is ready we can put them on
Z it if the pigs have been farroWed early
We feed cooked or scalded feed to all
our fattening animals during winter.
Nothing seems worse to me than to see
lot of pigs in winter kept in cold
quarters and fed on cold, sloppy feed
Careful attention to details is heces-
sary. A man, to get the best ct re-
suits, must be close observer. Watch
the condition of the bowels and see
that the pigs do not become infested
with vermin.s Use germ1cides and dis
infectants in your pens. Do not per-
nit young and old pigs to run to-
gether. have twenty pig houses on
twenty acres Of land, one pig house to
an acre of land. %4. ,~. s.- 81
Q.-Do you ever have cholera among
your hogs? /. ..
Mr.. Lovejoy.-I have not had any
for II years, and then I got it at the
st. Louis Fair.
Q.-What do your pig houses cost?
A.-They cost s14 each. They are
eight feet square. ~
.Q.--What do you use for fencing?
sslA.-7-Wire fencing, which costs about
81 cents rod.
AQHow much more do these small
houses cost than it would cost if you
kept all the hogs in one house?
Al would not have all in one
house. n.
Q.-What are the more valuable
parts of hog in the market?
A.-Thc hams are the most valuable
and then comes the bacon. I would
say that the ham is worth rs per cent
more than the side meat.
Q.-How old are your sows when
they breed? ss.<.=
[s@5IA.-From one year to eight years
old Some of our farmers breed their
EEsowss before they are sir months cd
but that is mistake.
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New Air Cooling Machine.

A machine has been built on novel
priISiples for cooling the air Of houses
and apartments. It differs from the
Tefrigerating machines now in use,
which convert mechanical energy into
heat, abstracted through. the medium
of liquefied gases, in that it depends
on utilizing the great latent heat of
orization Of water, says the st.
Louis Globe Democrat. It is not in
tended for heavy refrigerator work, but
Tor cooling at maximum efficiency over
the the range OF 10 to rs degrees Fahren-
& melt, tles required to keep a room at com
1ortable temperature on hot summer
day. TO furnish the forced blast which
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-01-27

Of English coast. This machine is
what is known as the whistling buoy.
It is capable of giving out much more
effective signal than the old-fashioned
bell buoy, which it has just replaced
of the Manacles. This new buoy
works automatically, and every short
while emits a most doleful but far
reaching whistling scream.
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LIQUID Air Crcmatory.

From the Medical Record It is
said that a company has been formed
recently which will erect crema-
tory near Nyack, whore the rapid con-
sumption Of dead bodies win be ef-
5fected By means Of liquid eli.
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The Whistlinr BuoY.

The accompanying little illustration
shows device which, had it been in
position on the Manacles, would have
saved the Paris and tho Mohegan from
running ashore on that dangerous bit
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Each wheel of this bicycle has two
rims. The inner one is connected to
the hub by the ordinary means of
spokes, but between the inner and
outer rims is an arrangement of fiat
springs having one end fastened firmly
to the outer rim, while the other end is
fastened by a yielding slot connection
to the inner one.
This combination is said to be more
comfortable to ride than the pneumatic
tire, as there is a wider range of move
ment. f>..
ss..- ~
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The1woman who says she isn't hum
cry is always the one who has the
most invitations for dinner.
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Care Of Breeding Stock we ex-
pect good matches we must have good.
strongly ertilizeds eggs from vigorous,
healthy stock To get good hatchable
eggs we feed very little soft food, and
that very light, cut clover hay form
ing the bulk Of i, with about four
pounds Of ground meat to each 100
hens At least tWo-thirds Of the grain
feed is cracked corn, all grains being
scattered in litter during cold weather
and sometimes covered with earth III
the yards with ploW or cultiyator when
the weather is pleasant, thus keeping
them busy as much Of the time as pos
sible. Be careful not to oYsrfeed or
give much stimulating food Intended
to force the fowls for heavy egg pro-
duction. Any refuse vegetables OBJ
tainable viii BE 4 help