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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-09-28

found many persons sdesirous~of imme-
oiate statehood, while only a few were
Indifferent in regard TO the matter Mr.
Mcguire left an excellent impression with
his Ell Dorado audience and had an op-
portunity to meet many OF the Demo-
Gratis, as wei as Republicans who had
heard him discuss the political questions
he was given many invitations 10 visit
the city again and the congressional can
didate was exceedingly well pleased with
the treatment he had received in the far
southern portion of Greer county.
Immediately after the FL Dorado meet
ing the drive Of forty-fve miles to Trot-
ter was begun. Nearly twenty miles
were driven that night and the party
stopped at the home OF R. E. Cox TO
spend the night. The Cox family has re-
sided in Greer county for years, and sew
eraI sections OF land are owned by the
family Despite the fact that Mr.. Cox
and his family were Of opposite polit
zeal faith from Mr.. Mcclure, they could
not do enough for the congressional can
diGate and were much Interested in hear
ing the details OF the campaign in the
territory.
After an early breakfast the party con
tinued the drive 10 Trotter. That place
was reached at noon and Mr.. Mcclure
was the guest OF. the postmaster at Trot-
ter. Immediately after dinner the con-
gressional candidate was taken down
town TO meet the business men. When
the time arrived for the meeting the hall
was crowded. Some of the leading party
workers of the county reside in and
around Trotter. They had turned out
TO make the meeting a thorough success,
which they did. Mr.. Mcclure was given
an ovation here, and his utterances were
applauded time after
time. His speech was pleasing to the
Populists in the audience. and they were
among those who were first to meet the
candidate after the speech was delivered, !
to shake hands with him. Mr. Mcclure
spent some time in Trotter, talking over
he situation. and found Republicans en-
husiastic over the outlook in that To-
;allity.
In the evening another drive was begun |
which finally ended at Erick, where the /
candidate saw for the first |
ime since leaving Mangum on Tuesday, |
railroad.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-09-28

one Of the southern towns ~ the county
Is Olustee. This little city was recently
organized. New buildings arc now being
erected and it excels ala othcr Greer
county cites in the matter u ginning
cotton 1t is located on the srade % the
Oklahoma City & Western and Be- un-
doubleday one OK the finest sites Tor a
town 10 be found anywhere Ia oklahoma.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-09-06
Electrical Generator
Inventor Has Devised Apparatus That
Very Ns>rly Approaches Perpetual Motion

pense Of installing the plant, and
where no water-power is at hand it is
possible this new generator may be
Of some value. In erecting the ap'
paratus it is necessary to provide .
tall stack or vertical tube Of sort
capable Of inducing strong current
Of air through an opening At the
lower end. As a means Of inducing
an inittatory current = heating ap-
paratus is located at the bottom Of
the stack, that shown In the present
instance Deing an electric heater,
though 4 hre may be used II more
convenient. The function of the heat
or is to warm the air sufficiently to
cause it to rise. thus drawing fresh
air into the entrance and revolving the
fan blades carried bx-the shaft Of the
electric generator. BY limiting the
size of the dynamo 80 as not to over
load the fan blades 4 constant genera
ton can be maintained and In In.
stances where the power IL needed
during only portion Of the time the
storage batteries provide Z force OF
no small dimensions. One use to
which this apparatus might be put IL
the charging of storage batteries for
private automobiles. e. c. Woodhell
of Highpoint, N. c., is the inventor.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-09-06
4 County Affair.

The late 'Tom" Marshall. one o1
,Kentucky's most brilliant wags and
lawyers, was always as poor in pocket
as he was rich in wit. On one occa,
sion he found the judicial sentiment
setting strongly against his process
Of questioning the witnesses involved
At last. losing his temper, Marshall
turned on the Judge and asked:
"Will your honor kindly fine me-
$1o7"
'For what, Mr.. Marsh.ll?" asked
the judge.
Contempt of court"
But you've been guilty Of no con
tempt" insisted the Judge.
"Your Honor. believe mel neve,
before saw court for which had &c
much contempt as for this!"
Enter a fine Of $40 against Mr.
Marshall for contempt" ordered thu
bench, turning to the clerk. s> .:.....>55:
.Thanks!" said Marshall. "And now
your honor, will you lend me $40 Will
which to pay the fine" -**3,..: Ss:2,..>. @ &
4 / Mark Mr.. Marshall's fine RENTED :
ordered the Judge, promptly. ..Th,,
county can better afford to lose Il
than IT, e. ST. :>.s ,.ss s. 81
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-09-06

and not infreQuently Mr.. Clemens is
known to have Skinned" over the
back fence. his corncob pipe in his
mouth, his collar and cravat any.
where but on him. These informal
visits were source of considerable
annoyance to Mrs. Clemens, who fire.
quently demonstrated with her hAs.
band ON the subject.
On the occasion of one particularly
long call of this sort, the indignant
wife read her spouse severe curtain
lecture. Returning from this, sad.
dened and repentant, the mournful
humorist carefully wrapped up Z
collar and cravat in a sheet of brown
paper and dispatched them to Mrs.
Stowe, with the following explanatory
note:
Mrs. Clemens tells me that I spent
half an hour at your house this morn.
ing without the Enclosed articles.
Therefore must ask you to look at
them for that length Of time.
"P. S.-Please return them: they
are all I haye.""-New York Tribune,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-09-06
HER VIEW OF WEsrERNERs
Moral Of spinster Landlady's stor,
Somewhat Spoiled.

Mora, Of spinster LandIady's story
- Somewhat Spoiled. .:
Il think that the people of the West
are exceedingly interesting. but l do
not like their ways" !" said the spinster
~1andlady,; ~ she began her nightly; at.
tack with the carving knife on a leg
of cold mutton.
'What don't you like about them?"
asked her nephew, who sat next to
her and often embarrassed the board
ers by saying there was too much wa
ter in the soup.
"Why, l think that they are too for
ward," said the woman with the knife,
as she peeled OF thin slice for a
hard working politician and Office.
holder, who often entertained the rest
Of the boarders by telling them of his
campaign experiences.
"Have you met many westerners?'
asked the politician. as he saw his
almost empty plate set before him.
."Yes." was the prompt reply. II
was out in California and the people
out there entertained me almost to
death. The women I met at noon
acted as II they had known me their
whole lives by 2 o'clock. They were
altogether too forward. didn't like
it."
but the men didn't bother you,
aunty, did they?" piped up the
nephew.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-09-06

large hall, running the length Of the
house. Each room Is thirteen by ff-
teen feet, while the front rooms are
fifteen by twenty feet, three In mum.
Der. All the rooms are equipped with
white iron bedsteads and first class
fittings, while the gable roofs and
the seventeen dormer windows
make them all desirable The lower
part OF the house is built of six-inch
logs, and the sloping roofs overhang.
The building is set upon fifty-eight
piers OF stone and will have been two
years in building. when it Is complet-
ed. There are several hreplaces Of
tile, and there is much hand carving
In the interior finish.
Much of the original shrubbery has
been left around the buildings and
the grounds will in a great part ge
kept in their present half-wild state.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-09-06
MEANT FOR THE TEACHERS.
Boys Idea Of Sunday School Intern,
fjonal Letter Sheet.

Boys Idea Of Sunday School interna.
fIonal Letter Sheet.
What appears to be a really new
Sunday school 1necdote comes from
West Philadelphia, and is said to be
a truthful record of a bit of dialogue
between teacher in one of the upper
grade schools Of that section and a
pupil who is neither brighter nor
duller than the general average He
was third In succession who Tailed"
with regard to a question concerning
the geography in and around the Red
Sea, and was finally told that he
should have interest In that part of
the earth because of it's religious and
Biblical associations.
why. teacher" he said, Il never
pay any attention to things | hear In
Sunday school,"
"You don't?" she asked, in surprise.
why, for what do you suppose is all
the expense Of getting up the Inter-
national Lesson sheets every week."
"Huh!" he snorted in fine contempt.
Because the teachers don't know
what to talk about unless it's printed
out for them"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-09-06
AN EPIeRAM INSTEAD or $50.
Gallant Washingtonian : Regrets
! Chance Woman Acquaintance.


). Chance Woman Acquaintance.
"A certain prosperous looking resi-
dent of Washington who is stopping
at the Fifth Avenue hotel will think
twice before he forms another chance
acquaintance. Saturday afternoon he
was standing in front of the hotel
when a good-looking and elegantly
gowned woman passed. and, being
1ostled by some rude pedestrian, drop
ped purse. Quick as a flash the
rather elderly gentleman stepped for
ward, picked the purse from the side
walk, and handed it to her, lifting his
nat politely She thanked him pro-
tusely, and conversation was opened.
Ihat evening they dined together, and
then went to see "The Show Girl"
Yesterday afternoon the prosperous
looking man went to the West Thir-
tleth street police station and told the
story of the meeting and the evening.
He said that while in the theater the
woman he was with deftly distracted
from his vest pocket two. .twenty-dollar
bills and one ten-dollar bill. In their
place she left a slip of paper upon
which this was written:
Here's to the girl that is strictly in it,
Who doesn't lose her head even for
minute,
Plays well the game and knows the
limit
And still gets all the fun there is in
it,"
The prosperous looking Washington
nian refused to give his name.-New
York Times.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-09-06
N PULLING a cork with the
automatic corkscrew, all that
Is necessary is to grasp the
device in ono hand with tha

Uc9 Il
M automatic corkscrew, all that
( Is necessary is to grasp the
@QXJ device in one hand, with the
knob resting in the palm and the first
two fingers grasping the handles, give
a downward pressure on the knob to
force the spiral blade into the cork,
and then pull in the ordinary man.
ner. AS soon as the corkscrew is re.
leased from the hand the screw blade
Immediately reverses and forces the
cork of, this being accomplished by
means of the spiral spring inclosed in
the tubular casing of the telescoping
barrel. The knob is fastened to tho
upper half of the barrel and carries
the head of the screw loosely mount
ed In the revolving head. The lower
half Of the barrel is closed at the end,
except for spiral slot through which
the blade emerges, and it is the fore
ing Of the blade through this slot
which gives it the necessary twist in
entering the cork. The only use for
the spring is to drive the blade
back into the barrel after tho cork il
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-09-06
HE inventor of the filtering
system represented In the
accompanying picture states
that the chief requisite of wd-

E~1J accompanying picture States
tSeS21 that the chief requisite Of wa-
ter systems for towns are "due guam
tity, maximum purity and moderate
cost for installation and repair" and
he claims to have devised a system
SO constructed as to fulfill these re-
quirements. The system is intended
for use in connection with a natural
bed of sand or hne gravel In a river
or lake bottom, but it is also possible
to install the plant where an artificial
filter bed must be constructed. As
will be seen there is a, main pipe lead
ing from the pumping station to 4 Sc
ries of perforated pipes lying across
a channel, in connection with a bed
OF sand. The perforated pipes are
buried in this sand to a depth of sew.
eral feet, the fneness Of the sand, as
well as the location of the bed, being
elements in determining the proper
amount of covering necessary. The
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-09-06

Workmen are now busy at Belfast
completing the outside work of one
Of the largest log cabins to be found
in the state of Maine, and probably
the world, massive structure, which
recalls in a: way the primitive huts,
but is, indeed, "a thing of beauty"
The building is owned by prominent
Philadelphia people. It is composed
Of spruce logs and cost $75,000.
This cabin, erected by the children
Of the late William H. Folwell of
Philadelphia, who began it's erection
but died before the completion, in
many ways is one of the finest build.
lngs on the coast.
The lower story is entirely Of
spruce logs cut on the island and in
their natural state. Above this the
building Is clap-boarded and neatly
finished. The front room downstairs
is 30 by 60 feet, hardwood floor and
Is artistically decorated with oil
paintings, wedgewood, mounted birds,
brass work and other decorations.
The windows are many and those
to the front are of one pane Of plate
glass, with frame Of gold on the in
terror, giving beautiful natural pic-
ture effect.
At the back Of the room is q mag
nifcent fireplace Of a gigantic nature.
It is built of brick and granite, the
mantelpiece being Of marble, r. feet
In length, three In width ri and nine
inches thick, the whole piece of work
Weighing some forty TONS. Across the
front Of the mantelpiece, cut in the
marble is this inscription: "How
Beautiful Upon the Mountains
Back Of the mantel is another tab
let OF Pennsylvania marble. five by
five feet, decorated with brass ro-
settes and bearing the Latin inscrip-
ton, "Mon Reve," translated to my
Dream" The hall which opens from
the back is twelve by sixty feet, and
from this is entered the two wings,
the main house, and the stairs to the
chambers. The main part of the
house runs back some twenty-five
feet by sixty-three feet, III which is
located the kitchen, laundry and
storage rooms.
The two wings are each twenty by
thirty feet, the southern one being
lifted for dining-room In the style
Of the old English times, with a fif-
teen foot table and beautiful decora-
tions, while the north wing is given
over to smoking and bath rooms.
Upstairs the main hall is twelve by
sixty feet, and there are twenty-five
sleeping rooms on either side of the
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-09-06
For the Kitchen
New Culinary Device That Will Be
Greatly Appreciated by Hou.ek,eoe

as there is no necessity for using one
hand to steady the beater and the
other to turn the crank.
In the cut the machine is shown in
use as nutmeg crater, with a leg
depending from the box to aid in it's
support and prevent rotation with the
grating cylinder. The joint between
the standard and the supporting
frame is formed with corrugations,
with a screw clamp in the center: al
lowing adjustment in any position
without danger of turning. The driv.
ing wheel is mounted in the ordinary
way, rotating . chuck ut the end
Of the short shaft. In this chuck the
various implements are = easily in.
serted. according to the. use to which
the machine is to be put. =. &.
Two forms Of egg whisks are also
shown, while the inventor mentions
an emery wheel, drill and she'll clean
er as among the implements which
may be utilized to advantage. the al.
justmentf on the standard making IL
possible to place all the implements
in proper position. H. G. Needham 81
Los Angeles, CAL. 10 the inventor. 4 /
Nancy Washington, who d4edl Ia
Boston recently, was said to$ Sc the
oldest Of the Kings daughters Il this
country. She was 1o7 years old. RI
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-09-06
Giving the Game AWAY.

A sad story is told of a sportsman
who rented big shoot near London
on which the head of game did not
coincide with the advertisement. It
was felt that something desperate
must be done, for royalty Itself
though of a minor sort-was going
to attend.
A wire was dispatched to London,
and on the morning of the shoot
large number of baskets, containing
aggrieved and somewhat compressed
pheasants, arrived at the mansion.
These were subtly conveyed to
small cover on rising ground, it be-
ing intended that just before luncheon
the noble sportsmen should be daz-
zled by the cloud of birds let loose
upon them.
The day wore on, with Indifferent
sport; but at length, placing his guns
round the little cover, the host smil-
Eing1y promised them something above
the common. The beaters entered,
led by the head keeper who wore
knowing look.
Only four pheasants were flushed.
There followed a dreadful pause, dur
ing which the host wiped the per-
spiration from his brow. Then sud-
denly the head keeper broke from the
underground, with an expression of
despair stamped on his bibulous fea-
lures.
"Oh, SIR" he cried to his furious
master, "them baskets is all wired
down and we've forgotten the nip
pers!'
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-09-06

S7F THE inventor Of tho appar.
EW atus illustrated in the accom-
@ panying cut succeeds in &C.
&Qs2I complishing tho results he
seeks to attain his invention will
come about as near as possible to
that will-o-the-wisp of the inventor,
perpetual motion. The main object
Of the seeker after perpetual motion
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-09-06
She Protected Her Chaperon.

0HC TFOtGCIcQ f1SF NNdpSFon.
The chaperon is not so much of an
institution in the breezy west as she
is in the east, and in some quarters
there are rather hazy ideas as to her
duties and responsibilities. One west
ern girl, the freedom of whose life
had made her exceptionally independ-
ent and self-reliant, gave an excellent
illustration of this at an eastern sum-
mer resort. She was under the pro-
tecting wing of an eastern patron
with very strict ideas of propriety.
The matron found her charge one day
sitting on the hotel veranda with
strange man, and naturally she was
perturbed. She took a chair reason
ably near them, to give the girl
chance to present the young man, but
the girl ignored her. Finally, in des-
peration, the matron tried to instruct
the girl by signals what to do, but
the latter only smiled and shook her
head.
When the young man left the ma
tron asked who he was. ~
"Oh, he's from Denver" answered
the girl. .~
:. 1T is chaperon's duty to decide
who are proper acquaintances for
young girl explained the matron.
"You should have presented him to
me-" 49,. - j.
II suppose so," answered the girl,
nonchalantly, .'but, you see, he hasn't
very good reputation, and so 1
thought it better you should not meet
him." '.5 :.@ '~Es-' e & ~. :. :. <$>a.::>
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-09-06
Punishment, Not Reward,

She was elderly and gaunt, but
she had the anti-tobacco craze very
badly, and lost no opportunity or air
higher views on the public platform.
One evening she was telling deeply
Interested crowd Of listeners how she
weaned her husband frGm the dread
full weed IS s$s
And argued and argued with him
for twelve long years, and at last In.
duced him to sign the pledge. prom
ising to abstain from tobacco In any
shape or form. 81 was sosIoYercome
that I threw my arms round him and
kissed him. 81
SIS Voice from the audience (serious-
.lyl Serve him right! Z
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-09-06

~ HE housekeeper may ind the
! arrangement illustrated in
~ the accompanying picture
2Ggg) worthy OF place in her
culinary department. as it has q mum.
ber of devices adapted to the appli.
cation Of rotary power in the per-
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-09-06
MARK TWAIN AND HIS COLLAR

Humorist Did His Best to Make
>~, Amends for Fault.
Mayor Lows secretary, James B.
Reynolds, is authority for the follow
ing anecdote, which connects the
author Of "Uncle Toms Cabin. with
the originator of "Huck Finn"
The Stowe house at Hartford was
situated close to the Clemens place,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-09-06
Another Impression s. Amerle.. L. .

is it that Americans are 30
brave and se1f-possessed = asked one
European soldier. s.. d .z:. s..
They are accustomed TO danger
from their earliest infancy" answered
the other. Every year they have an
ordeal q FIRE and explosion, which
the youth Of the country ali attend,
something after the manner Of certain
remote Asiatic tribes. II Is known !.
the Fourth of July Z Washington
!: Star. n
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-09-06
Current of Air Runs the Dynamo

is to eliminate cost of operation, OF, !,
in other words, to cut the expense for
fuel to generate the power. As this
inventor utilizes an air current as q
source of power, the cost Is reduced
to a minimum after the initial ex-
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-09-06
Automatic C0rkscrew
Spiral sprins Does All the Work

extracted. and this action necessarily
pulls the cork from the blade, being
aided by tho two sharp prongs pro
jecting from the end of the casing on
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-09-06
Supply and Filter
System Intended for Vse In Connection
With Natural Bed of Sand or

water flows by natural gravitation
through the sand and into the pipes
and is then drawn to the pumping
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-09-06

Nutmeg ofster n Position. !.
tormance of various portions Of the
work done in cooking. The standard
which supports the driving gear has
! clamp to hold the implements rig.
IDLY in any Of their several positions.
and herein lies ~ main advantage.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-09-06

No amusement can be innoceu1
whom & bscomess oil absor rbing.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-09-06

Buddhism was intro oduced into the
country about 66 ~ %.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-11-08
THE BITTERNESS OF DEFEAT.

Some men there are who Will mol
taste the sweetness drawn from the
uses of adversely. They will not bury
their dead ambition. They will not
accept for themselves what all the
world has accepted for them, they will
not admit the justice of an arbltrament
which they invited and which resulted
in their discredit and disaster. Clearly
snch q man is Paul Kruger, late Presi-
dent Of the Transvaal Republic, whose
memoirs are about to be published in
London. Some extracts from this
forthcoming book have been printed
in advance of the volume itself They
are fundamentally bitter. They are
enthusiastically abusive The man
who encouraged a clique of corrupt
aliens to batten upon the treasury of
his own land, who is known to have
profted enormously by the sale of
privileges if not by the sale of law, en-
Iarges upon the ''lies, treachery, in
trigues and secret instigations" of the
Government with which he so fatally
clashed The approyer of the infa-
nous dynamite concession says that
Cecil Rhodes was one Of the most I'M
scrupulous characters that ever exist
ed, a liar and a briber. Lord Miner
is a murderer at his worst and a tool
of Chamberlain" at his best Hard
names are not arguments. According
to the proyerb they break no bones.
In more modern phraseology, they cut
no ice. They prove nothing, they in
dictate nothing, save the gall and the
NORWOOD, the bitterness Of an ire
parable defeat