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The Cook County herald., 1901-12-28
WOoHlg Of the Minister.

BY SARA LINDSEY COLEMAN
Copyright, 1901, by Daily Story pub. Co.s
The most careless observer. among
the villagers might have noticed some
thing unusual ia the Reverend Mr..
iggl6sMnItl sgaat. gaat
Ihe Widow Mclean was the first to
see it; she dropped her eyes in blush
Ing confusion and did not lift them
until the end of the service when she
led the choir in a triumphant song .
Mr.. Wigglesworth was a bachelor
and scholar, little seamy along the
back, little frayed out at the wrists,
a timid, self-conscious, gentle, forget
ful man with dreamy, patient eyes for
ever turned inward on a brain toiling
with distractions.
Miss Eliza Ellington noticed it, and
as the sermon progressed the mem
bers Of, the flock turned in their seats
and stared at each other. Some mys-
terious change had taken place in him.
He stood erect, his figure was animat-
ed, he looked years younger; in his
The Cook County herald., 1901-12-28
ANKLETS OF COCOONs.

An interesting account of how rick
shaw-bearers in Natal make anklets
for themselves out of empty cocoons
is contributed to the Scientific Amer
ican by DR.. L. o. Howard of the United
States Department of Agriculture. He
says: 10 Il .~ sg. -ss@:5s ss:s= ~ /
= The writer recently received from
Mr.. Claude Fuller, the government
entomologist of Natal, two interesting
anklets formed of the cocoons of a
large bombycid moth. The natives COL
lect the cocoons after the moth has
issued from them, put one or more
small stone into each, and sew them
upon broad strip of monkey skin,
side by side, so as to cover the surface
of the skin. The cocoons are tough
and dry, and the stones within them
rattle in most delightful way.
The use Of these ankle rattles has be-
come quite general in Natal since the
Introduction Of the rickshaw from
China and India. The ick-shaw-bear-
ers wear the anklets very generally,
and the sound Of their rattle on the
streets is almost as familiar as the
sound of sleigh-bells in a New Eng
land town in winter. -.
This invention is not confined to
southeast Africa. DR.. Walter Hough,
of the United States National Museum.
has shown me rattling anklets from
Mexico which are made in somewhat
similar way of the cocoons of another
bombycid moth. In this case many
cocoons are strung together on a
string, and several rows are tied
around the ankle. Each cocoon has
been opened for the purpose of insert
ing the stones. ~"--
Doctor Hough also tells me of
much larger cocoon from India, which
is mounted singly at the end Of stick
to be carried in the hand. This
cocoon also is made into rattle.
The Cook County herald., 1901-12-28
IA little negro with a. note.

uLLle negro with a note.
usually pale cheeks the color came and
went and his eyes were alight with en-
thusiasm.
AS the congregation passed out from
the church, on all sides there was un-
stinted praise of the sermon.
The minister hurried home to his
modest room, flung himself into a chair
by an open window, and gazed on the
beauty of a moon flooded Southern
might. The perfume of the jessamine
that climbed about the window was
in his nostrils, the exquisite song of
2 mocking- bird pouring forth its mel
ody from near tree was in his brain.
She loves me-" he muttered, and
again, "she loves me-
He knew women so slightly. Seen
through veil of mystery, they were
such formidable creatures and yet, the
priest in him giving place to the man,
he had often longed to lift that veil. He
had felt a sudden heartache for ties
Ne had never known-sweet. warm, hui
man ties.
That night, as he had gone up the
steps of the church the Widow Mclean,
who was as cOmely and young and
pretty as any girl among his flock. had
stepped on her dress and fallen down
ward. The minister had lifted her to
per feet. her soft fingers had closed
The Cook County herald., 1901-12-28
NOTES ON SCIENCE.
CURRENT NOTES OF DISCOVERY
ss AND INVENTION.
Acute Bronchitis, Its Cause and the
Proper Treatment = Its Gravity De-
pends on. the Age of the victim-A
WOman's Novel Invention.
ACUTE BRONCHITIS.


Bronchitis is an Inflammation of the
membrane lining the air-tubes in the
lungs. 1t may be acute or chronic, and
may vary through all degrees of Sc
verify, from an unpleasant, although
quite trivial, complaint to a rapidly ia
tai illness. The gravity of acute bron-
chltls depends a great deal upon the
age OF the sufferer. In the very young
and theIaged it is often a most serious
malady. while in those of middle life
it is seldom dangerous unless neglect
ed, and SO allowed to become chronic.
The most frequent cause of bron-
schltis is Catching cold" that is, gen.
eFal OR local chilling of the surface OF
the body. The cold usually starts in
the nose and throat and works
down. or the trouble may begin at
once with cough and pain in the chest.
acute bronchitis occurs also as Ian ac-
compartment of measles and other dis
eases, and sometimes is produced by
the inhalation of dust or irritant va
pors. .ta- 1850.
0 The most prominent symptom of an
acute cold on the chest" is enough.
Ihls is caused by the secretion from
the mucous membrane of the bron-
ehlal tubes, and is accompanied by
more Or less expectoration. It may be
very incessant, occurring in repeated
paroxysms, but is always temporarily
relieved by the appearance of phlegm
Pain in the chest is another frequent
symptom. This is felt behind the
bFeast-bone in the center of the chest,
extending sometimes toward one or
both sides. 1t may be sharp at first,
but is generally dull and of a compress
slVe character, as if some great hand
were squeezing the lungs.
The secretion is at first sticky and
difficult to dis1odge, but later becomes
more fluid, yel1ower and is easily ex-
PEELED. At the beginning, in severe
cases, there may be some fever pre-
eededa by chilly sensations, but this
does not last very long.
Acute bronchitis, like aco1d in the
head, will often cure itself il the pa
t1ent Will stay in a well-ventilated room
! with an equal temperature, and re-
strict his diet for day or two, taking
plenty Of cool water to wash out the
system, the only medicine needed being
perhaps a mild laxative. .~., .
If the cough is so painful as to call
for special treatment, among the best
Of domestic remedies is the old-fash-
ioned faxseed tea. A mustard plaster
(not so strong as to blister) on the
chest is also of service at the begin
ming of a severe attack.
If the cough persists, or the secretion
becomes profuse, in spite of domestic
remedies, more strictly medicinal
treatment will be called for. In the
case of the very young or very old no
temporizing is safe, and the physician
should be summoned at the outset.
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X t ~ :
the shelf when cold weather come on
but Gardner c. Hawkins, of Boston.
Mass, has just patented an electric fan
which blows hot air as well as cold.
making the fan useful both in winter
and summer. The picture gives faint
idea of the manner of mounting the
fan blades and heat conductors for
winter use, a section of the blades be-
ing cut away to show the position the
resistance coilsa occupy. These are
shown by the three round openings cut
in the outer ends Of the blades, the
idea being to overcharge these wires
with the electric current until the re-
sistance produces heat, which is driven
about the room by the action of the
The Cook County herald., 1901-12-28
WORLDS srRANGEsr RA1LpAYs.

The worlds strangest railways are
to be found principally in India, Amer
lea, Switzerland and ireland. The
Loup, at Agony Point, on the Darieel-
ing Railway, India, is thought to be
the sharpest curve in the world; while
Mt. Rigi, in Switzerland, has no fewer
than three railways to it's summit.
When the Jungfrau Railway is COM
pleted it will be the most remarkable
one in the world. It's highest station
will be 1868 feet above sea level. and
the cost of the line will be about 81
100000. OF American railways the
strangest is at Cripple Creek, where
the great timber trestle, over, which
the train has to pass in crossing the
chasm, is so curved that the line is
made to tip inWard1y, and the sensa-
ton is terrible to a traveller on fast
train; while in Ireland there is a curl
Gus single-line railway at Listowel.
Too Long Job.
Primm-One mark OF the gentleman
is that he always keeps his hands
clean. Glimm Oh, I don't know; I
know gentleman who never washes
his hands. Primm Oh, come, now,
Glimm-Fact. He employs 200 in his
factory.
The Cook County herald., 1901-12-28
KILLS THE GRASS AND WEEDS,

Here is a woman's invention for de-
stroying the grass and weeds which
make many a railroad look unsightly,
a patent for the apparatus having been
granted to Sarah P. E. Erickson, a
Kansas woman. Her idea is to treat
the grass and weeds to shower of salt
water at frequent intervals, which, she
claims, will not only destroy all vege-
table growths, but will also arrest the
decomposition of the ties by their ab-
sorption of the brine The apparatus
which has been designed for this treat
The Cook County herald., 1901-12-28

the Widow Mclean, when tender
thoughts of her former pastor came to
her, felt always flush of shame when
she remembered that night on the
church steps. And to the day of her
death she believed that by her unseem-
ly conduct on that night she had lost
the minister.
Eliza. secure in a good mans love,
and unconscious OF any debt to the
widow, dwelt at peace .#.
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over his hand. ''You are SO good, 7"
she had murmured, and with quick,
spontaneous burst of passion, and a
modesty that 4 was enchanting, she
lifted his hand, pressed her warm, red
lips to it, and glided into the church.
An hour passed, the minister had
not moved from his chair; another
sthssarsh he spTang up. IF She ever does
it again will marry her," he declared
enthusiastically. And in the morning
when the breeze fiuttering at his win
dow blinds awoke him, ''tIf she ever
does it again." he muttered, half
awake, he 'spfang ito" his feet, IT swlll
marry her anyway" he vowed.
He could hardly wait, so eager a
lover had he become by afternoon, for
the return of the small colored boy
who carried his message of love. Like
most timid men he had trusted his fate
to a written message.
The afternoon was hot. Eliza Ell
hngton, who had spent the morning in
the household work that was always so
much harder on Monday, had taken
some sewing to the cool shadowed
depths of the grape arbor at the back
of her simple home Her sewing lay
beside her . untouched. Her J.. figure
dropped, her eyes were downeast, her
delicate brows arched with melan-
cho1y. She could not escape the knowl-
edge that thoughts of the minister had
become a source of disquietude.
All unaware the little love god had
nestled in her heart. Poor starved
heart that refused to be old at thirty,
that cried out for the rights that be-:
longed to it's womanhood
Into the quiet nook and upon the
solitude of her thoughts little negro
hoy with outstretched hand that held
note obtruded himself.
She read the note, turned it over,
there was no address and read again
words that sunk into her brain.
She looked at the small boy Won
deringiy, piteously. "Is there not some
mistaken" she asked timidly Joy was
slow to enter where sorrow had SO
recently dwelt. - 49,
When the minister read the note
that the colored boy brought him, un-
consciously he repeated the words he
had used the night before, "She loves
me- But a great dismay had fallen
on the man, for the yes that he SO
sardently i waited for had been written
in neat, precise hand by another, BY
Eliza Ellington.
The messenger, with child's heed
lessness, had loitered on the way, his
mind diverted by dozen things.
When he picked up the note for the
last time, it had been laid down care
fully while he. took part in fight. he
carried it without further delay to the
rose-coyered cottage.
The glory Of sunset was upon the
earth and sky as the minister turned
in at the cottage whose portico was
covered with. great clusters of crimson
roses He had agonized over the note.
for he was tender man; he had
prayed over it, and led by the spirit he
had come to tell Eliza Ellington, who
was one Of his best church workers
and faithful, conscientious woman,
that the letter she had received be-
longed to another. He wouiu be very
tender with her, be assured himself.
He sat in the parlor tremb blingly,
awaiting her approach, and when she
The Cook County herald., 1901-12-28
BLOWS HOT OR COLD.

The electric motor-fans now manu-
faetured are only useful in the sum-
mer time, and must be laid away on
The Cook County herald., 1901-12-28
BRINY SHOWER FOR THE VEGE
+ 5s#@ 8 TABLE GROWTHS. 5sz Il

ment consists of a tank car of any
convenient size, with means for fill
ing it with water as the locomotive
tenders are filled. The water is treated
with quantity of salt until it becomes
very strong, and to render it more
effective it's heated by connecting the
tank car with the exhaust OF the loco
motive. r1've This is done through the
tubular as shown, and the steam being
driven into the brine heats it to the de-
sired Temperature, when the valve. is
opened and the shower Of hot brine
falls on the roadbed and prevents the
growth Of vegetation.
The Cook County herald., 1901-12-28

Christ's life is heavens great $50
cfal settlement. =
The Cook County herald., 1901-12-28

FAN FOR WINTER AND SUMMER.
fan blades. Although but three coils
are shown, the inventor does not in
but may use more until the desired
quantity of heat is produced. The cur
rent for the resistance coils is intro
duced to the fan through the brushes
and collector rings engaging the shaft,
and if it is desired to use the fan for
cooling instead of heating purposes the
brushes are removed from the rings,
when the fan will aid in the circula-
ton of the air without heat.
The Cook County herald., 1901-12-28

futtered In gowned in q simpl le white.
dress, with great cluster of the crim-
son roses on her breast, he noticed
sthatsshe tremb1ed, too. The roses were
aquiVer, the color came and went in
her face, her eyes were shy as a doves
The minister went forward and took
her hand. He didn't speak, he couldn't
break her dream of happiness at one
blow. He held her hand, looking down
at her with troubled eyes, when she
suddenly met his gaze. and in her
eyes he thought he saw a faint re-
proach. Was it thus that men Wooed
the women they loved? Sorely per-
picked, the minister bent and kissed
her on the brow. % ~. es#
They sat down on the wide, old
fashioned sofa. She, noting his silence
and seeming GOODNESS, pitied him, and
told herself that his unaccustomed-
ness to women made him shy, and
that by sweet, womanly means, she,
when she became his wife, would WOO
him from such ways; and he, looking
at her and thinking that he must
break her heart, pitied her. All, sweet,
sweet pity, so near akin to love. :s-
Woman-Hke, and to cover his em-
barrassment, she began to talk in a
nervous, hurried way. OF her gera-
NUNS that had not done so well, of
the violets that had finished bloom
Z ing, of the beautiful, bountiful roses in
their wealth of flower. She told him
timidly2 that she had wanted to send
him some of them from the day the
first violet had lifted it's head.
= If I had known he said huskily.
5 A rose unfoids its crimson heart to
the sun--she moved nearer the minis
ter :. -.'r ,*F4 %sSs5
"A flush of shame mounted the Rev.
erend Mr.. Wigglesworth's brow. He
mDpped his face with his handkerchief,
the thought had crossed his brain that
the Widow Mclean didn't know a
blessed thing about his sensations dur
ing the last twenty-four hours.
- The girl talked on with a shy con-
sciousness. The minister had never
thought her pretty before, and now her
earnest, almost somber eyes looked at
him gravely as if questioning this
thing that held them apart. s=s 81
= A sudden vision of a cottage with
crimson roses clustering on the veran-
da came to him, and down trelised
walk above which crimson roses grew,
Eliza, and not the widow, moved with
eyes alight with happiness.
Miss Ellington, z z. he asked unhesi-
tatingly. She gave him look of sweet
:. -.r'eproaeh- rep % Eliza, was there ever an
other?'' @.a=. 81. =. s.. : : +
Newer" she said.
And you have loved me?'' question:
ingly.
From the first,'' she said simply
The Widow Mclean had been married
twice. The last scruple had vanished
from the Reverend Mr.. Wigglesworth's S
mind, and he drew her into his arms
and held her silently. A man has
wisdom straight from the gods who
is silent at such a time.
Some hours later when he went
home by way of the stars, he didn't
even glance at the young widows
house, he didn't even remember that
she lived there.
She, although she did not remain
The Cook County herald., 1901-12-28

Reports from across Ihe iurder in-
dicate that the Cana9Ezn cheese mak-
ers are not having Gsa5yfhinS theEs
own way in the English market The
Canadian High Com nna&zasI8ner to Great
Britain in his last aEEusal report saia-
Although there has apesn q aatisfae--
tory expansion in tEae cheese trade:
during the year, L am sazzIy TO say thai
a good many complaints reached ms
on the subject. R3w far they are
founded on fact, + das zaB1 know, but Z
feel that nust dirGEZ Intention to
them in order that sbEy may receive
proper consideration q ana told thai
Canadian cheese ls2s2E f7,e keeping
merly noted, and saaEe on my COZ
respondents are Of thR a.elieF HAT tins
product is cured toe hast1y. Others
urge that not so nKEzA care is taken
in the manufacture as formerly, aa<5
they have gone So &zr as 10 specify
particular brands ann particular dis
tricts, as affording enhance OF theia
contentious. On the other hand, there
are still complaints aas8zla the boxes
hcI bStA5~ St1oAS S7s1DS5SA 1Df Ire
cheese, and not fitting in sproDeF7x.
This leads to damage 10 fhe cheese
as, well as to the bnsszsss, ann I under
stand that it is a. feEs6aB cause OF esEn-
plant between the snfsaE1ar and the in
porter 1t is someWaaE1 M = surgrsss
to learn that evn the Canadian.
cheesemakers that e2pHf1 their prsp6-
uct to Europe are Easx having e1eaa
sailing. ...'+
: The oleomargarin@ 9,ReDle say leav-
ing the eolordng out al 0leonaargariDss-
would kill their hnaasHy:: peonsss,
wouldn't eat their BsuanEt Now, de-
you think people Wuz3a Eease sas1ns,
butter if it were n9M RdiDTed? Than
why, if it would kiB eng, net the ofheyr
Because the color iH aae fools peDpaa
into thinking it Is bnEAer; fhay
wouldn't eat it if thsB I5Iin't think SO.
They don't reject ID nspxaasse &c has no
color, but because basG nalsenes OF this
disguise reveals it's truse G1laTaeter and
composition. That Is the BacRes az
the fight being made aEsETlEt laws Eas
venting the ooloring az a2eouaaggarine.
Sympathy and sireHfsy aze the SIS
ter keys tg all hearEs
The Cook County herald., 1901-12-28
NUMBER 81
Te shorthorn R<aeSsxa

Te Shorth ORR NEraezSsxz
S 1t Is with no smaEf aagEee Bf satIs-
faction that the American EhurthuTn
breeders Association eEzlgraaulates all
breeders on the coEtEaHed prosperous
condition and the nkag1za outlook ~feF
the breed, in spite Of kase severe droatiz
that has prevailed thEyB1ghout the eor1R
belt states. Cattle breeders every
where will hail with 10y the report o
the splendid sale of Geo. Harding e.
Son at Chicago, Angus 7, where nearly
SO Shorthorns made san average Of
S657. This was ch@aBe lot Of cattle,
being carefully selected from three.
most excellent herds. and at the prices.
realized some of these cattle were 40,
doubt sold at a.. loss But the action
of Messrs. Harding i'm Easo}utely going
on with the sale: and I1e confidence
shown by the men whEa bought the cat
tie, under conditions calculated to test
mems nerves will pro&e a source Of in
spiration and encouragement to all
breeders. The effect pf the droath
has NO doubt been exagBaatea in some
localities, but admitting its severity, is.
it not better for the sszztt1eanan to res
olutely face the conSazsans and pre-
serve valuable breeding animals by
some economy in the azssssG costly feed
and by utilizing the cheaper foDd stuR
which is ordinarily wasted On most
farms than to dispose aE his cattle az
a sacrifice?
The cattleman who makes such O.
sacrifice will surely regret it during
next spring and sNEEzaer when ths
price OF beef has gone beyGad the high
price Of 1895, and iS soaring around,
the high point Of 1882, and under this.
stimulus, pedigreed~ cattle are being
sold at enhanced values After d
while the rains will eosne and grass
when touched by the Magic wand ob
water and sunshine vrE4 respond to the
touch and grow and gEsw until tbs
helds, which are nGw brown ankS
sere'' shall be carnessa with Wc1~
dTous growth Of greSn. And sineE
nature often comrensssates fDF partial
failure it is not at all unreasonable,
to expect fall growth Of grass, par
tlcu1arly blue grass saaRI will carTS.
cattle well into ths= -wan3er months
The Association desiEsss 20 assure tbs
breeders that the foszE great national
shows and sales to he held under its
authority will be made 2s good as pcs
sib1e.. No effort villa ase spared. Ec:
accomplish this purnase 3Ae cooper
alton of all breeders. is earnestly re~
quested. Bring your sasGace specimens
for exhibition Orr ssaleA 3szat il yos1- -easa-
not exhibit your catt less EEGuuEage faiE
managers by your presssEes. The dats
for show at Hamline. 3dnn, is Sep
tember to Z. The sa@E of ShorthoTns
will be Tuesday, SerttEabeT 3. at Il
a. N. The show at 1asazsgS9ie win be
September % to %, ana the shorthoFn
sale September 26, probably in the aft
ernoon. Kansas City show October 7e
to 26; Chicago show EssseesnbeT to T.
B. o. Cowan, Assistant Secretary.
Want Union LanaaA aa Eggs.
Members of the H. inspectors
Union in Chicago are aaEEHlating hand
bills asking their frieaas 20 have moth
Ing to do with eggs mE5s inspected anG
handled by union men- On the cireE-
lars are the names aG1 seven firms
against whom the uniszn men say thex
have grievances.
The Cook County herald., 1901-12-28
Petroleum Is the Farmer.s Fr,ena.

= otR - 1Kio = drH1efs FIienUs
The farmer has found petroleum his
best friend in dealing with other pests
and the mosquito. It is the only thing
that will kill the tree scales, includ-
ing the famous San Jose scale, and it
is the sovereign remedy for a line Of
bacterial ills in vegetation. Not mere
" the invisible parasites are COM
bated with Oil but the visible insects
as well. Kerosene emulsion goes far
to compensate for the loss of insect
iVorous birds out of doors, and is alb.
solutely indispensable in dealing with
the pests in poultry houses and stables.
Christ's life is heavens great $50
The Cook County herald., 1901-12-28

We shall never understand any
even the nearest, until we study them
In the spirit of eternity. DR.. Parker.
The Topeka state journal., 1901-09-02
POINTED PARAGRAPHa

LFrom the Chicago News.l
The ioafer Is a drone in the industrial
hive.
A dog speaks the deaf and dumb
language with his tail.
The itinerant musician steals many
march on the composer.
The politeness of a mean man is al
ways more or less disa greeable-
A woman can't see any farther than
the end Of her nose if it has pimple on
it.
The longer a man remains bache-
lor the more some sensible woman
doesn't want to marry him.
There were a number Of heroes among
the biblical characters, but Daniel was
the only one honized.
An Indiana man recently saw a snake
with three heads. He had Just return
ed from a brief visit in Kentucky
A man who married a widow says he
has reasons for believing the best man
that ever lived was his wife's first hus-
band.
Dowie might tackle the pork packing
business if he did not object to wor <
Faith-cured hams would tbe decided
innovation.
Fortunate is the man who can snow
a physicians certificate of color-blind-
ness when his wife asks him to match
a sample of ribbon down town.