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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-08-24

ter" His voice sank, as though hi
were somewhat ashamed of his words;
then he continued: II have made
money because I love it; I want to
make a position because I am ambit-
ious. Would to heaven that I had a
son! have spent my life toiling in
these gloomy offices; hope has bright
ened them. Would to heaven that I
had son to carry out my dreams, my
hopes, my plans. If had a son to
succeed me, my lord, I would foreclose
at once and make him master of Raw
ensmere."z + F.
"Thank you," -interposed Lord Cara
ST have a daughter and she must
take the place would fain have given
to my boy. My lord, I make you this
offer You are ruined man-you tell
me there remains for you no hope,
nothing but death. Now, will give
you life, liberty, wealth. I will make
you greater than any Of the Earls of
Carayen have been yet. will give my
daughter dowry of two hundred thou
sand pounds if you will marry her.
Lord Carayen. lost his self-poss session
for half a minute; then he proudly sad:
Ito be continued.)
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-08-24
Giants, Kettles In minnesota.

In the Interstate Park, near Tay1or's
Falls, Minnesota, has, been discovered
a singular group of giants kettles, =
or potholes, covering an area Of two
or three acres and ranging in diameter
from less than a foot to 25 feet, and
in depth from one foot to "a feet. They
have been bored in exceedingly hard
rock, and in many cases they are like
wells in shape, the ratio of width to
depth varying from one to five up to
one to seven. Mr.. Warren Upham
ascribes their origin to torrents fall
ing through glacial !" mouths at the
time when. the northern territory Of
the United States was buried under
ice. AS with similar pot-holes else.
where, rounded boulders are occasion
ally found at the bottom of the caYi-
ties. Il y
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-08-24
MACHINE-MADE CARPETS.

A new method of manufacturing
Oriental carpets has been placed upon
the market by an English syndicate
which has secured the entire rights
from the inventor. It relates princi-
pally to the weaving Of Turkish
piled" and 's"stufted" carpets, and the
process embodies an advance as revo-
lutionary as the inventions Of Lord
Masham. By hand about half day is
occupied in making a square yard Of
this textile fabric, but the Hallensle-
ben power loom, as it is called, has a
capacity of IS square yards per day,
and the material is equal in every re-
spect to the finest handmade Oriental
productions. The loom is very. inge-
NOUS in its arrangement, since the
shuttle is dispensed with.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-08-24

- TsE45
#lA7.-lf9 gas. Each compartment Is con-
#nected with burner by a pipe, valves
preventing the escape Of gas except
through n ROY the burner When the vol
@1 AZ 1t's OF gas decreases, hydrostatic pres
sure opens the valves and allows
water water to penetrate into the next com
p part to generate an additional
supply OF gas. The gas is lighted cleo
tr :ci-y and Ignition takes place about
twenty-five seconds after the buoy is
thrown llr' into the sea. The light pro-
duced is equal to $50 candle power,
an and the flame is protected from the
wind WIN by glass and burns steadily with
great intensity for three or flour
I, hours. It requires only a few minutes
TO clean and refill the apparatus.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-08-24
DAN .DALYs GOLF STORY.
He Hits Upon Stage Jokes Not Made to.
~ ~ % Order.

j
t'Stage jokes are rarely made to or
der said Dan DAILY to a writer in the
New York World. Mine turn up in
all sorts of queer ways. In barroom
the other night I heard a fellow say
he was going to open "a saloon on
Broadway. Who did you ever whip?,
asked the bartender. The next night
I worked it iEto The Girl From Up
There and it gets a bigger laugh
than anything else I say. My most sue
came to me by accident, too. One after
noon while lounging about the Casino
stage I picked up a scrap Of news
paper that had evidently been used to
wrap up something. In glancing 1t
over l found the golf story, credited
to Exchanged don't even know what
paper it was, as part of the page was
torn off. It looked like one Of those
patent insides used in small towns.
The odd thing about it all was that I
was never allowed to tell the whole
story. You know it goes on to explain
that after you hit the ball you walk
a mile, and that if you find it the same
day you win. At that point the audi
ence thought the climax had been.
reached and laughed. The first time ]
tried to finish the story, but nobody
heard me and never tried it again. It
would have been useless. The story
continues that if you don't find the ball
the same day you send your man to-
look for it the next, and if he finds it,
he wins. After awhile I saw that the
audience was right and that the story
really ended better where they insist
ed it should. At first, though, it made
me pretty mad"
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eoUNTER-IRRITArI

The use Of hot applications to the
body for the relief of pain commended
itself to mankind long before the for
/ mutation Of any theory as to how the
/ favorable result was produced. It res
p NAMED for DR.. BroWn-Sequard to es-
tabllsh by actual experiment the fact,
that physical change is actually pro-
duced IN tissues by counter irritation.
He found that the vessels of the sur
face to which the irritation was ap-
piled were dilated for several hours,
as one might suppose they would be,
while in the deeper tissues the vessels
We're very much diminished in size.
Thus mustard plaster on the region
over the Kidneys has pronounced Eff
feet in reducing the size Of the small
arteries. s. Il. b S \. ss
Experiment has also shown that a
counter-irritant, a Spanish fly blister
on the back of a rabbit, for instance,
produces congestion Of the superficial
tissues, while the deeper organs -thes
lungs-are at the same time rendered
anaemic e@1 4, z%s s&
Thus we have proof that sudden con-s
gestion Of the lungs or brain may be
to some extent relieved by counter
irritants applied specifically to the
chest and the back of the neck. ii
Several stages or degrees of counter
irritation are possible Of production
sometimes by use ofsthe same remedy.
For example, with an APPLICATION of
mustard one may produce simple red
ness Of the skin, Or by longer appli-
cation or a greater proportion Of mus
tard ingredient, blisters may be pro-
duced. Strong mustard plasters 3 ap-
piled to patients who were uncon-
scious of pain have even produced
sloughing surfaces. s..
In Irritating cough, particularly that
Of consumption, applications Of iodine
to the chest are often Of much benefit,
the effect being due to the temporary
superficial congestion thus artifcia1ly
established. IN
!. Characterization may be properly
used in headaches, neuralgia, the first
stage of Group or spasmodic cough,
and in relieving any sudden internal
congestion or spasm. Sponges or
cloths wrung from hot water, and the
various applications of hot water and
| mustard, are usually employed. The
hot foot-bath also,and in childhood the
| entire warm water and mustard bath
have been used in nearly every house
| hold to meet emergencies. The use of
strong counter-irritants, either of heat
or of various medicaments, is to be
resorted to only with great care when
a person is without consciousness or
| when the nerves of sensation are in
active, as, for example, in paralysis Of
! the lower limbs. Troublesome sores
my result in such cases. The use Of
! counter-irritants is also not advised
| in depleted states of the body. Blisters,
| and to a greater extent the more vio-
lent forms of counter-irritation, carry
away nutrient material from the blood
| in the process Of repairing, and SO may
| seriously diminish the chances Of ul-
innate recovery.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-08-24

fastened, shelves filled with works on
the British law and constitution, bill
nles that could literally hold no more,
maps of different estates lying care
Aessly open, large inkstands, pens and
sheets of blotting paper. # ..5
Fen in hand, his keen, shrewd face
tuil OF deep thought, the owner and oc-
cupier, Arley Ransome, sat at the
square table, a large parchment deed
spread open before him. He read on,
Ihe lines of his face relaxing until a
cold, satirical smile curled his lips. He
started as though half alarmed when
MS clerk, opening the door of the room,
suddenly announced:
1.-THE Earl of Caraven, SIR @
Il am ready to see him." was the
reply But before. the earl entered the
lawyer quickly folded up and put away
the deed that had engrossed his atten-
ticn. .sTs
Am I too soon?" asked mellow,
lndolent voice. ;:4e
Arley Ransome looked up with a
smile at the speaker. III
mo, my lord; 1 was expecting you
1T is something after the fashion in
which spider expects a fly said the
young nobleman. "There is one thing
to be said, l am a perfectly resigned
dy. know that evil hours await me-
and am prepared for them
The clerk placed chair, and, at a
signal from his MASTER quilted the
room, but the Earl of Caraven declin-
ed the profered seat. He stood by the
mantel piece leaning with, careless
grace upon it.
1T is not the thing to smoke in q
lawyers Office" he said, "but 1 must
ask permission to do SO. shall derive
some kind of comfort from it, s5.
Arley Ransome bowed, and the Ear
of Caraven applied himself to the task
of selecting and lighting cigar. /. q.
II suppose" he said, THAT I should
furnish an excellent moral as a lesson
FOR all bad boys" s RAJ. .s 2 s1.
''You would form an excellent warn
ing, my lord was the grave reply.
eft is the same thing. And now ]
am prepared for the worst. What is
it?' 5..4z. 3:... -
Arley Ransome looked at the
speaker. There was something of adj
miration, of pity and of contempt in
the long, lingering glance Of those
shrewd eyes; yet he could not have
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-08-24
sTAMPEDED At THE ALTAR.
How French Bridegroom Was Round
ed Up. by His Intended.

How q French Bridegroom Was Round-
cd Up by His Intended.
Paris exchanges tell of a French
Captain Bunsby, who was recently led
to the altar twice in one day by
Gallo Mrs. Mc5tinger. The ludicrous
affair took place at the little town Of
Issoudon. The Fren Gilman went to-
the marie, in company with widow,
for the purpose of being married.
When asked, however, whether he
would take the woman for his wife, to
everybody's surprise he said emphatic
ally: mo, I was too unhappy in my
first marriage to wish to begin again"
Come, come, said the mayor, styou
should have thought of all that before
you came here. You must have
known what you were DOING sit is
never too late to avoid doing a fool
ish thing" said the bridegroom, and
SO saying he put ON his hat and rush
ed out Of the place. The whole we'd
ding party, with the bride at. their
head, ran after him through the streets
Of the town, amidst the jeers of the
passers-by. The fugitive was run to
earth at last and brought back in
triumph by the lady, who showed by
her manner that she was not to be
baked Of her prey. The wretched
man, now thoroughly cowed. went
through the ceremony as meekly as
lamb. Loud cheers greeted the new.
" welded couple as they reappeared
on their way to the restaurant where
the wedding eakfast was being pre-
pared.
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s1 iii you listen to re, lord Cara
Venlisten IN patience? \ have some--
thing, to say =;
The earl laid down his cigar The
lawyer was so earnest, SO intent, that
he carried the Others weaker will with
him.
ST have worked hardSal my life, z.
said Arley Ransome V'orked as few
men have ever done before from sun
rise to sunset, and often through the
long, silent night. I have worked be-
cause I love money because I. am am
bilious; because have had an end IN
view You know, my lord, that, besides
practicing as a lawyer, II have BEEN,
and am now a money-lender; it is no
news to vol 4 advanced the mort
gage money - Rayensmere, and that,
unless you can pay it, the estate be-
comes mine = q
The earls pale, handsome face flush
led holly. It. was hard to picture his
grand ancestral home in the plebeian
! hands of a money lender. M.
Il Z =
depth, and RaVensmere will fall into
lit" he said.
1T becomes mine, Z continued Arley
| Ransome. The castle, the estate, the
plate, the picture they are all mine.
| Now listen, my lord. have made a
forum on inherited one, I have
made one. S
You might well do so, lending
money at a hundred per cent z
Never mind how. it has been made
II have made it, said the. lawyer;
"and my fortune amounts to two hum
dred thousand pounds. + 0
Heaven help those By whom you
have made it." III
cit has been honestly made. You
have gambled, my lord: I have spec
ulated and my speculations have all
turned out well. have two hundred
! thousand pounds, and-I have daugh<
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-08-24
A PERPETUAL MOTION CLOCK.

q
y At the Paris Exposition there was
exhibited a clock which ran for two
months without having to be wound
up, therefore the makers were some
what justified in calling it a perpetual
motion clock" The inventor obtained
his result by combining a system Of
jointed levers or armatures with per-
manent magnets in order to permit
the wheel to revolve indefinitely
around its axis to coil a spring. The
principle is based upon the fact that
poles of the same name repel, while
those of opposite names attract. Two
series of movable levers are placed
upon the faces of the rim Of a large
wheel. The two arms of such levers
form between them an angle of forty
five degrees; the shorter one is provid-
ed at it's extremity with a weight
which acts as counterpoise. The
counterpoise most distant from the
center has a preponderating action
upon the side of the wheel. It makes
four revolutions a minute and actuates
a regulating fywheel through the me-
dunn of an endless chain The frame
of the apparatus is constructed Of
magnetized steel. It supports the
axle of the wheel and is surmounted
by a roller that constitutes pole
When in its motion the wheel brings
the short arm Of one of the levers op-
posite the roller, the phenomenon OF
repulsion is produced.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-08-24
Unexplored Canada.

The director of the Geological Sur
yey Of Canada says that practically
nothing is known OF one-third OF the
area of the Dominion. The unexplored
lands comprise more than a million
and quarter Of square miles. The
largest unknown area comprises. nearly
the entire interior OF the Peninsula Of
Labrodor covering 2S9 900 square miles.
Dense forests Of hardwood and min
eral deposits Of great value are reek-
oned among the chief sources OF
wealth waiting to be developed.
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Earth, quake Swallows q Lake.

B An earthquake wrecked several
buildings in the town OF Aulton, Mex
leo, and then passed on to zopothon,
where it sported with the waters Of a
big lake. At first the waters seemed
in a state Of great agitation, and then
they subsidized and gradually disap-
peared. The earthquake had caused a
assure in the bed Of the lake, and
through this the lake had passed out
of sight. 5#a 5
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looked at comelier face orfgure than
those of the young earl
"Now, Mr.. Ransome,' he said, at
fast, with naughty impatience, 'sthere is
no need, fguratively speaking, to keep
the ak suspended over my head; tell
me the worst at once" =
1.-THE worst, my lord, is utter, ire
trievable ruin-ruin so complete and
SO entire that do not see a chance Of
saving even one shilling from the
wreck"
The earl listened quite calmly; his
lips, half hidden by the fair mustache.
grew trifle palerAbut there was no
fIinching in the handsome, haggard
face, *
e. utter ruin" he repeated. well. as
they say in bonny Scotland, you cam
not both eat your cake and have # -
: ."True, my lord" assented the law
yer. ..5l
II have eaten my cake" continued
the young man, "and I do not DENY
that the taste Of it is bitter enough in
my mouth-it has turned to ashes, like
Dead Sea fruit. Still, it is eaten, and
there is an end Of it,
It is eaten, indeed, 2 said the lawyer.
You see no loop hole you can sug-
gest nothing?" said the earl.
Every loop-hole is closed, my lord 2
was the brief reply. st5
And you are quite sure, Ransome,
that there is nothing left on which ]
can borrow money nothing more that
q can mortgage"
4 believe honestly that the only OBJ
5ect belonging to the Ravensmere es-
4ates which remains unmortgaged. nv
lord, is yourself, !" replied Arley Ran
some
It is equally sure that no one will
lend money on me, !" said Lord CaraYen,
faughingly. Give me not the details.
but q resume; give me some faint idea.
OF how 4 stand =
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-08-24
have already given a number of per-

have already given a number of per-
formances in public. The gigantic
machine has two wheels, of which the
drive wheel has a diameter of about
81a feet, while the other, which is in
front, is of ordinary size. The frame
work Of the large bicycle is SO ar
ranged that it supports two seats: one
on each side of the drive wheel. The
latter is turned by a double system OF
driving gear worked by pedals on each
side of the large wheel. Each rider is
supplied with a steering rod with
handle-bars, which work in sympathy
with one another. At every revolu-
ton the drive wheel covers a distance
of about twenty-five feet. The tire OF
the drive wheel, which is the largest
in the world, was made to order. r.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-08-24
Then She Took Him II.

He Cooking out Of the window.
Tt so bright and cheerful within and
SO cold and gloomy without s.,
Without what e He with
out you. dearest. z
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SCIENTIFIC NOTES.
Another Ances tor for Man.

In a lecture before the University
Of Aberdeen, DR.. A. Keith expressed
the opinion that both the gorilla and
the chimpanze are codescendan Of
an anthropoid animal which lived in
the early Miocene time, and he sug-
gested for this creature the name Of
oglodytes. He estimated that
more than 100000 years have elaps-
ed since the separation of the human
stock as a distinct animal form.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-08-24

. a new claimant for the fortune left
by the composer Verdi has appeared.
He is a farmer named Verdi living near
Athens, Greece. He says that the
Verdi family came originally from the
east. one branch establishing itself at
Athens, and the other going on to
Italy, and that he is the closest suryiv-
ing relat2ys or the deceased composeS.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-08-24
our Population and Great Britain,s.

81. Forty one and one-haH millions Of
people are now crowded into the
United Kingdom, says the National
Geographical Magazine. A similar
density Of population in the United
States would mean a total population
In this country excluding the depend
5eneies, of about one billion thirty-six
millions. 98s.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-08-24
IA Clever Rnse.

6 Yes, 4 always let people know that
my wife is a Repub lican and I'm
Democrat. It saves me lots Of explana-
tons
what way -
when people hear us raising
merry turmoil they think, Of course,
it is only a party dispute Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
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4 Carnegie Invites Johnston.

John Johnston is in receipt of per-
.sonaI letter from Andrew Carnegie. in
which the multi mil lionafre invites the
Milwaukee scotehman to visit him IN
Scotland. Mr.. Carnegie writes that he
will give Mr. Johnston genuine
Highland welcome. - Milwaukee WIS
eansin-
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-08-24
BETTER THAN CoRKscREW.
Many a man has found himself in
the predicament of having forgotten

the corkscreW when out in the fields
trying to get draft from cold bot
tie. Here is new and simple way to
overcome the difficulty, the Invention
Of which is to be accredited to a CON
=y Y young scientist. Hold the neck
of the bottle firmly In your right hand
and with your left hold a handker-
chief against the trunk Of a tree. Now
with a quick blow, hit the side Of the
tree covered with the handkerchief.
The cork will Immediately fly out.
Then turn the bottle upward, SO the
fluid will not flow out after the cork.
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and moaned, would have asked for
time and for pity. He faces ruin much
as his ancestors faced death on the
battlefield. Then, seeing the earl s
eyes fixed on him, he said It is sor-
~ ending, my lord. =
Yes, sorry ending for the last of
the Caravens. My poor father called
me Uric, after one Of our ancestors
who saved asking's life by his bravery.
e have not been a worthy defendant
OF the Uric CaraVen who received in
his own breast the sword meant for his
sliege lord. =
ArIey Ransome looked at the calm,
handsome face.
You do not seriously mean that you
will take your own life, my lord ~ ~ he
sinterrogated.
1T seems to be the only thing left
for me to take, 3 replied the earl: ST
have lost everything else
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Over 1000 sailor men and marines Of
the United States navy have joined
the Temperance league Of the Naval
Young Mems Christian association.
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NEW IIFE-sAyING AppARATus.

$sss n Jew LIFE-SAVING@A PPARATUs.
AZ new life saving apparatus is being
introduced into Germany. It consists
of q buoy Of g1oblllar form and carry
Ing from two 10 four life belts, and
supports OF long cylinder Of sheet tin
having twelve compartments filed
with carbide OF calcium. These COM
partments are arranged at different
elevations. When the apparatus is
thrown into the sea. the water passes
through perforations In the bottom
OF the cylinder, and, coming IN con-
Tact with the carbide generates aeatp-
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UNIQUE BICYCLE.

" Karl Jatho, the famous German.
trick ,l' bicycle rider, has invented a new
bicycle upon which he and his sister
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CHAPTER I.

HE time was noon
Of a brilliant June
day. the place a
gloomy office in .
Z on on court,
which belonged to
Arley Ransone a
square room that
contained tables
covered with deeds
a n d p a p e r S,
iron cafac cac11rply
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CHAPTER II
~msM&;

30 spoke calmly, as.
though he, were ar
ranging some plan
OF travel. Arley
Ransome looked
admiringly at him.
"IIoW this blue
b ]. loo Q. d tie / / s."
thought the he, law.
yer. Some men
would have cried