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success, save one, Pietro Pentucci
whose strength or courage failed him
He unhappily sank into the boiling
gulf, but he was dead long before he
reached it, so that his sufferings were
less than had he been taken by the
Carabinieri.
This is but one of the many exploits
Musolino recounts. with pride.
His long and bony, yet athletic
form might have served as model
for a gladiator, for the muscles pro
trude like one of Michael Angelo
anatomical figures, his cadaverous
sallow countenance> was pale with
crime, his eyes deep sunk and over
hung by thick, bushy eyebrows, emit
ting a gloomy light as within cav
ems. His thin and straight upper liz
with the lower UNDERLYING like that
of dog-fish, fitted him we'll for the
bourreau of Musolino.
Have you no remorse for all the
murders you have committed?" the
court asked:
"Remofse," replied the iron-facss ID
wretch, as though he did not under
stand the meaning of the word
fought not a good soldier to obey the
word of the commander? Whenever
the captain said kill I killed."
did you kill many?" was the next
query.
Isl, signor, moltissime Eyes, sir
many),' he replied, with the greatest
nonchalance.
His eye lighted up, as he spoke,
with gloomy JOY.
Profound silence reigned in the
courtroom. The judges shuddered and
turned from him as from basilisk.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-07-26
A Steam Joint Clamp.

Leakage of steam around joints in
pipes is often a serious waste. The
device shown herewith is intended to
serve double purpose; first, to stop
this waste, and, second, to enable the
operator to apply it while the plant is
running without stopping for repairs.
The device is in three parts, having
a general outward resemblance to
each other. Each is a split clamp,
which can be put around the pipe and
then bolted on in place. The first is
a plain clamp, which butts up against
the shoulder of the pipe elbow, as
shown in the cut. 1t is bored a little
larger than the pipe, and contains a
soft, pliable metal ring inside, next
the pipe. The next ring has an Off
set, just the depth of this soft metal
ring and butting against it; also a fe-
male thread which engages with an
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-07-26
Revolving Sheet Replaces Book.

in a short time present any other
part, in much less time than is re-
quired to turn the pages of book.
The chief feature of this idea, how.
ever, lies in the index arrangement,
as, were it not for this index, it
would be necessary to slow down the
revolution of the sheet to scan the
names from time to time, in order to
locate the desired words. This index
is a narrow printed strip, whose char
acters pass in front of small slot in
the face of the cabinet, and the actu-
ating mechanism is geared down to a
point which makes the characters
pass the slot slow enough to be easily
caught by the eye, even when the
sheet of names is travelling at it's
highest rate of speed. When the
proper character is reached the cor
responding section of the sheet is pre-
sented behind the glass face of the
cabinet. Provision is also made for
the insertion of periodical sheets Of
corrections and changes of address,
and the machine may be so arranged
as to permit the free use of the pages
or as penny-in-the-slot information
bureau. This mechanism might with
advantage be applied to dictionaries
and other works of reference. {
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-07-26
GIVES WANING BEFORE THE EXPLOSION.

GIVES WARNING BEFORE THE EXPLOSION.
osity. Antonio Delgrande of Peters.
burg, Va, has designed the firecracker
shown in the drawing with the 1nten.
ton of eliminating the danger of &C.
cident from this cause. To accom-.
plish this result the cracker is made
with a preliminary alarm arrangement
which, while not sufficient to injure
the face or hands, explodes with
enough force to brighten the child and
cause it to jump back in time to es-
cape the effect of the main explosion.
AS will be seen by a glance at the
picture the fuse is similar to that
hitherto employed for discharging the
cracker, but instead of passing direct
ly through the packing wad into the
main charge of the explosive it enters
a primary division of the tube, con.
tanning a small charge of powder or
illuminating compound. After pass
Ing through this compartment the
fuse extends to the main explosive
charge.
In one form of the safety cracker
the preliminary signal takes the form
OF red, blue or green fire, this being
especially designed for night use,
when the color of the preliminary dis.
play adds not little to the amuse
ment Of the child.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-07-26

The eyes of all sons Of Italy, at home
and abroad, are directed toward the
notorious bandit, Giuseppe Musolino,
who for months baffled the troops sent
out to capture him, but who was at
last taken and has for two weeks been
on trial.
Fair women are composing ballads
in his honor, and from all parts of the
world letters complimentary to the
prisoner are being sent to the Pro-
curator of Lucca, where the trial is
held.
Musolino was captured on Oct. 49,
in the streets of Urbino. His career
as an outlaw is said to have begun two
year ago with his escape from prison,
to which he had been condemned-as
he held, undeservedly-for the murder
of man who had stabbed him. He
vowed, it is said, to kill the judge and
prosecutor, and the fifteen witnesses
who had procured his conviction, and
he is charged with the death of II Of
them.
For months he held a large tract of
Calabrian territory in his grasp. His
mountain stronghold was blockaded,
but by the aid of the peasants, with
whom he was very popular, especially
with the women, he made his way
through the Gordon of guards. Dis
guised as priest on his way to see
the bishop, he chatted affably with the
soldiers, and offered to execute CON-
missions for their officers.
Now, after four months of impertur-
able stoicism, the bandit has told the
story Of some of his exploits.
II became a bandit" he said, "be-
cause I was cruelty wronged. The in.
justice done to me has taught me to
feel a hatred toward all mankind-a
just one.
"But l am not brigand bent on
plumber, gentlemen. No, I am an hon
orable bandit who kills his man be-
cause he hates him; because he has
been injured by him; because he is
the enemy of his clan.
when escaped from prison went
into the mountains and joined band
of brave fellows. On the death of
their captain l was unanimously
chosen to command. Chosen for nv
merit. I governed them by opinion.
They knew that I was brave and pru-
dent. I had many times an opportu-
nifty of showing that I had all the
qualities that constitute a good gen
eral. Had I commanded an army, like
Napoleon, I should have been irwin
chile.
"Once we were besieged in the upper
ranges of the Abruzzi by a company
of those maledetti Carabinieri. We
were enclosed on three sides by the
troops, and on the other was a. preci-
pice of many hundred feet, which
plunged, without shelf or ledge of
rock, into the plain
II had eight companions, but access
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Most Remarkable Book in America.

The most remarkable volume ever
Issued in this country has just been
published by the Peabody Museum of
American Archaeology and Ethnology
| at Harvard. It is an exact facsimile,
In the colors of the original, of one of
the finest and best preserved ancient
Mexican manuscripts in existence
the long lost codex owned by Lord
louche Of Harynworth. This facsim-
| lie reproduction has been named the
Codex INITIAL, in honor of Mrs. leila
Nuttall, an honorary assistant of the
museum, who discovered the exist
ence OF the original after it had been
lost to view for centuries, traced it to
It's present English owner, spent
months IN careful study of it's con-
tents, directed the work of reproduc-
ing it and has written a careful intro
duction which explains its peculiari-
ties and text so far as they are ex-
plainable in the light of modern arch
geological science. :~' <. = 81 /:
The Codex Nuttall, like the other
examples of the same kind of picture
writing, is painted on strips of pre-
pared deerskin which are glued TO-
gether in such a way, as to form a l,c1
folded band, and 50 lasting are the
:eolors employed which were made
:by a secret process that the native ar
lists refused to disclose to their Span
lsh conquerors that even now, after
/. IL
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to the crag on which we bivouacke ed
was So narrow that only one could
mount the pass at time. This our
enemies knew. for several of them
were wounded in making a reconnois
sance
But our provisions failed us. We
were on the point of giving ourselves
up, fearing starvation, when I discov
cred an eagles aerie. To the wonder
of our foes, we contrived, by plumber
ing it of hares and kids, to support
nature for many days. At last the
eaglets flew, and then our distress re
turned. With it came the thought OF
surrender
II recollected, however, that oppo
site to where single sentinel had
been posted there was chasm, deeI
ravine, the top of which was covered
with wood. One dark night, leading
my little band, I crawled on hands and
knees, without being perceived, and
poniarded the vedette, He fell with
out a groan,
I'VE then, after overcoming incred.
ible dangers, reached the brink of the
abyss.
my troop eyed the assure with ter.
ror. 1t was narrow, but at the bottom
roared mountain torrent which at
it's Unreasonable depth looked like a
silver thread.
II came provided with a rope, to
which when he dared not go into the
plain, we were in the habit of at
taching basket, which we lowered to
the peasants for provisions To this
rope L adjusted heavy dagger and
hurled it across the chasm. BY good
fortune it was entangled at the first
throw among the brushwood and
stuck fast between two of the
branches.
Having drawn it tight I fastened 1t
to tree on our side of the ravine. NV
companions watched me with anxiety,
wondering what next I was about to
do. spoke not a word, but suspended
myself over the abyss. Hand over
hand, reached the opposite bank in
safety. All followed me, with like
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-07-26
Electric Match.

An invention which is likely to revo-
lutionize the Matchmaking industry
has been perfected by a Swiss watch
maker. named David Perret Of Marin,
near Neuchatel 1t is a watch which
goes by electricity, and it's special fea-
ture is it's accuracy. It was severely
tested by experts, and it was found
that is gained only seven-tenths of a
second in five weeks. The expert at
the observatory at Neuchatel declares
the watch to be equal in precision to
an expensive chronometer. The watch
resembles an ordinary gentleman's
lever, costing $50, and goes for fifteen
years without being rewound.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-07-26
The Khedive and the Rascal,

Even to the adventures and down.
right swindlers who hung about his
court at Cairo, and afterward pursued
his wanderings, Ismail extended a.
good-natured, half contemptuous pa
tronage. He liked a rogue far better
than fool. Once, when he had for
mally forbidden his door to fragrant
offender, the man, who knew his char
acter, got ladder and climbed into
the viceroy's room, remarking, Il have
obeyed your highness' commands, and
have crossed your threshold by the
window, and not by the door," The
humor of the thing at once appealed to
Ismail, and the offender was reinstat-
ed in his favor. =
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TIE VISION OF JACOB.
ssACRED SPOT IS NOW "A DEsoLATI Z
t@T& Heap OF RUINS.
Ono Of tho Oldest, Hollest, and Most
Interesting siteS Referred To IL
: Christian History-stone which Served
a. Pillow. -

1t is strange that some Of the relig'
lous organizations which are fighting
among one another over the posses
sion OF bogus or doubtful places sasso
clated with Scriptural events do not
take possession of Bethel, one of the
Oldest, hottest and most interesting OF
all the sites referred to in Christian
history. It is now called Betin, and is
an abandoned and desolate heap OF
ruins, with a few miserable novels
occupied by wretched families of Bed.
ouins, who herd the sheep and goats
upon the neighboring hills, writes Will
liam e. Curtis in the Chicago Record,
Herald.
The hill called Bethel is conspicu.
GUS place, rising several hundred feet
from the plain and visible for con.
siderable distance. There are several
ancient tOmbs, marble columns and
other pieces of dressed stone, some OF
them bearing inscriptions and others
showing evidences of elaborate cary
ing, scattered about the fields in the
vicinity, and near the summit of the
hill is remarkable circle of large
blocks Of stone which the Moslems
say is the place where King Jeroboam
set up the golden calves for the Is
raelites to worship, and brought down
upon himself the wrath of Jehovah.
There is also the foundation of
large square tower, called Burr Beth
by the natives, and, like the reservoir,
it's origin is lost in the mist of the
ages. 1t was probably built by the Cru
saders. The Moslems say that it marks
the spot where Jacob slept that night
when he saw the angels on the ladder
and when God made with him the
greatest covenant ever made with man
and said: II am the Lord God of Abra-
ham, thy father, and the God of Isaac;
the land whereon thou Hest, to thee
will give it and to thy seed, and thy
seed shall be as the dust of the earth,
and shall spread abroad to the west
and to the east, and to the north and
to the south; and in thee and in thy
seed shall all the families of the earth
be blessed. And Jacob rose up early
in the morning and took the stone
that he had used for his pillow and set
it up for pillar and poured oil upon
the top of it, and he called the name
of that place Bethel" And yet the
place where this occurred is not only
neglected, but absolutely abandoned,
and no one has thought it worth while
to erect a monument here since the
days of the Crusaders.
The stone which Jacob used for a
pillow is supposed to be the seat of
the coronation chair in Westminster
Abbey, and Edward VII. will sit upon
it when he receives the crown and
scepter of the British empire next
June. This stone is said to have been
taken to Ireland by one of the early
Christian missionaries, and the kings
of Ireland were crowned upon it; it
was then carried to Scotland and was
the throne of the Scottish kings for
centuries, and finally in the reign of
Edward the Confessor it was brought
% London, and has since been IN
Westminster Abbey. r
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-07-26
Gen. Winfield SCOTS VARIETY.

Besides being royal gourmand and
a person of unusual size, Gen. Win
field Scott was probably as vain man
as may be discovered outside OF the
realm of literature. Gen. Keyes, au-
thor of Fifty Years Observation, F."
was reading to him an article on
Henry Clay, in which the size of
Clay's mouth was referred to, and the
writer had added that Burke, Mira
beau and Patrick Henry all had
mouths of extraordinary size, conclud-
ing with the remark, Cali great men
have large mouths!" exclaimed the
general; why, my mouth is not above
three-fourths the size it should be for
my bulk"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-07-26
WORK OF SCIENTISTS
INVENTIONS AND DISCOVERIES
OF PRACTICAL VALUE.
Steam Joint Clamp That Will Prevent
Leakage-"Safety" Fire Crackers
New Mechanical Directory an In
genious Device-MoonIight Aurora.
A Moonlight Aurora.


A correspondent of the London Ora
phic writes as follows from .Winches-
ter, Eng: Notwithstanding bright
gibbous moon in a cloudless sky, a
we'll marked aurora occurred this
Wednesday, evening from 9 to near
10 o'clock. The most and brightest of
the beams were to the east. They did
not scintillate, but merely slowly
"paled their Intellectual fire. and
frightened up again. One beam in
particular extended through Cassiopea
delta and gamma and moved east"
ward; it was almost met by a thin,
bright line from the south through
CAMS Minor, hence close to the moon.
light, yet it scintillated distinctly, but
soon disappeared. The air was mild
and the wind southeast, yet the stars
glittered brilliantly as they would in
frost
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-07-26
A Forgetful Diplomat.

'Viscount De Alte, the new Portu-
sese minister to this country, comes
from a distinguished family, which
has for generations been in the diplo-
matte service of Portugal. He re-
signed as charge d'affaires in St. Pc
tersburg to accept his new post. It
will be remembered that.his predeces-
sor, Viscount Thyrso, was suddenly
recalled last autumn because, through
an unfortunate set of circumstances,
he announced to his government the
death Of President Mckinley two days
before the event occurred. '5s
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-07-26

other thread on the outside of the
third clamp. All are clamped in
place. The third clamp is pressed up
against the other two and held firm
by set screws. Then a spanner,
shown in the lower part of the cut, is
used to screw up the middle clamp
against the first one, setting tho soft
lead down hard into the leak and clos
ing it. The pipe is then, TO all in
tents and purposes, as good as new"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-07-26
---s' - = =
: Veterans In Tennessee.

= Tennessee: now has 1,445 names Oh
its state pension roll of old soldiers,
and the total amount paid to them in
the last year was $149,220.s No more
names can be added unless the ,legis-
lature increases the approp ton.
The pensioners are divided into three
classes the adrst receive 5000 year
each, the second 5000, and the third
500. I'll. y. s H. II
DR.. ID. Frank PoWeM, 81. Pa1I MINI.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-07-26
Eugene Styles Comma.

A dressmaker who. has a vogue for
originality in Paris and a fashionable
clientele says that she advises her
customers to have the bodices of
gowns made close with long shoulder
seams and with close upper sleeves.
She holds to the idea that there is 20.
ing to be return of the. fashions Of
the court of the Empress Eugenie;
or that, at least, with skirts growing
fuller at the hem and with large hats
the close, tight bodice is an aesthetic
necessity. RI n -%#1 :fs s$ss ~. tS IL
DR.. p. Frank Powell, ST. Paul, MINI.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-07-26
New Mechanical Directory.

New Mechanical Directory. =
The inventor who originated the
mechanical directory, which is here
shown, contemplates one of the most
complete and convenient arrange
ments for finding name that can be
imagined, as the simple turning of a
crank in either direction rapidly ex-
poses page after page of names on an
endless sheet of paper. The speed
which it is. possible to attain in the
movement of, the sheet permits an
entire revolution in few moments.
Thus, no matter what the position of
the directory, a turn of the crank will
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-07-26

cooling agent without mixing the two.
As soon as the valve is opened the
air pressure in the bottle drives the
water into the cooling pipes and when
the: flow is once started the weight
of the water below continues to draw
the fluid from the bottle above as
fast as the pipe beneath is emptied.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-07-26
Cool and Pure Water Supply.

This invention relates to improve.
ments in apparatus for furnishing
pure water for drinking purposes. and
more especially to devices by which
bottled, distilled or filtered waters
may be cooled before being drawn for
use.
In cities where the water furnished
to consumers is not as palatable as it
might be it is customary to purchase
large bottles of special brands of wa.
ter for drinking purposes and the H.
lustration shows the cooling, appara-
tus arranged in connection with one
of these bottles as a source of supply.
A special cork is provided for the bot
tie, with the tubes projecting from
the top. One leads to the bottom Ut
the bottle and the other connects with
the air space above the water. The
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-07-26
Statue of Richard p. Rland-

The bronze statue of Richard P,
Bland, which is to be erected at Le-
banon, Mo-, his old home, has been
completed and will be mounted as
soon as the pedestal can be com.
pleted. The figure is posed as ad.
dressing the people, with the. right
hand appraised.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-07-26
Sure Of Him.

Tess-f you really love him why
did you refuse him?
jesse Goodness! You don't suppose
I'd be so unmaidenly as to accent him
the first time.
Tess-But he declares he'll never
propose to another girl as 1ons~as he
lives.
Jess-of course. I'm not another
girl"
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A "Safety" Firecracker.

The average small boy generally
wants to investigate the cause of the
non-explosion of a firecracker alto
gether too soon, with the result that
he has blackened face and perhaps
blinded eye to show for his ouri.
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epics or ballads in impromptu- song or
verse as they Travelled about the
country, much as Homer is. supposed
to have first told his story of Ulysses.
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more than 400 years, they are still
bright and fresh. I 49,. , :..sz 1..s
:. ! There ere is a belief among archaeolo-
glsts that the codices were not COM
plete records, but rather in the nature
OF notes which were used to preserve
legends, and perhaps history, for
bards and poets, who recited thei-
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,s The average American citizen is
willing to die for his country in OF.
flee III ! s$ s.5ssg 81. s .ss z
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:. p. Frank Powell, St. Paul, MINI.
The Nome nugget., 1902-04-30

date upon said amount, at per ccut per annum until the same IS paid, ana the further \ m of s696 aS attorneys fees. and costs and dSburSC- meutS of acton, and for Such other add further relief a> to the court may seem mce, and proper.
 This summons has. by ID orfcr Cf the above entitled court. dated and Dicd the lJth cay If Apr |, log, in the office uI ths tI"rk u1 .aIu court IL Nome. A!dStt been O.dCrCG to ur served by publltaiIun iu n" NONE NIGptT, q newspaper published at NOrlr. Al, ~hd. ana said publication hy said order h.., been uircctfd tO UC made Oucr q week for SIN rD4. ccutiVc weeks. The date uf the first puD.iCaion of thIS sum mons will Dc April 23. I!U3, aLI the date Of the last publication Jun" ith. lg02 at which time said pubdcGtioH WI. hc compete. and sou. the said dctcudantS. are hereby notified mat you are required tO au>W"f sud complaint within thirty dayN after ~did lih day ui Juno. AU!. being the dat" of n" completion of such period of publication. and that If you fail 10 appear and answer said con piaint within thirty daSn f.Cm the date last aiOlt said Ih pIIHtiif VIII :.s!J to th" court for the relief demanded in Sai cui- plaiut, and judgment for want of such answer will Ue taken against you
 Witness the Honorable James WickcrNham, Judge Q: the United States District Coart for the second Judicial Division of th" District o. Aiasi2 at Nome. Alaska, and the -"2l Uf sail court this 2lst dty of Aprl, l92.
 iIAiitY C. STEEL,
 Clerk of the Tinted States Dis
 trct Court for the District Of Seal Alaska. second Division. thA>. S. Johnson. r. C. sullivan and Alfred J. Daly, &tturn'3 for plaAtin. Nome. Alaska.
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