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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-14

From the high gangway of the Tow
er Bridge the foot passenger, looking
down along the port, sees forests of
masts and rigging that apparently
rise out of the land on each side of the
points made by. the i bending river;
and perhaps he. sees a thread Of gray
and perhaps he describes q thread of'
steel gray where the dull sky is re-
fected from the land locked water.
But once within dock he is in city
Of lagoons, each swarming with craft
from the most distant ports, says
John Corbin in Scribner's. Steam
winches rattle beside the moored ves-
sells and from time to time iron grap-
piers descend like talons from the
yard-arms, clutch masses of mer-
chandise in the holds, and swing them
creaking, outward over the swarmins
barges on the surface, while the steve
dore shouts his orders % the laboring
porters and bargemen. From Australia
come hides, the pelts of sheep, and
bales Of wool; there are iron-bound
cotton bales from America, sacks OF
almonds from Spain. and of nigger-
toes from Brazil; there are pipes of
wine from Madeira and Oporto. The
wharves that line the docks are redo
lent of the tropics and of the orient.
Here is a shed covering acres, in the
lofty twilight of which are piled huge
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-14
Metallic Flexible Hose.

Below are to be seen two cuts OF
hose made of metal and designed tC
replace rubber for the handling OF
steam or hot liquids which are very
destructive of the fiber Strange tc
say, the metallic variety has been cx-
tensively used abroad, but is only com.
ing into use here.
In Fig. l is shown section of the
single hose, with the metal tape or rib
bon of special section coiled upon itself
SO that the grooves interlock In hose
of this kind for light work a rubber
packing is wound between the overlap
ping edges of the metal ribbon. In the
style shown in Fig. 2, however, this
packing is held in a V-shaped groove
formed in the tape, thus making a
much more secure joint. The double
hose, shown in Fig. 2, is constructed
CT two separate coils, one within the
other and firmly fastened at the ends.
The coils of each tube are in opposite
directions. While the single tube may
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-14
Wonderful Mining Operation
Completed at Johannesburg

A bore hole which was begun In
January, 1899, with Sullivan dia-
mond drill, near Johannesburg, South
Africa was recently completed sue
cessfully. 49,.
y The drill hole on the Turf club
grounds, which is nearly two miles
from onacro5l op Off tie 1fafn rfeel;
struck the main reef at 1890 feet, or
within twenty-five feet Of the depth
at which 1t was expected formation
would be struck. A curious feature
in connection with the sinking of this
bore hole was the fact that the rods
were left in the hole for twenty
months, while hostilities were going
on. The details of the work when
1t was renewed are best given in the
report of the engineers:
Having completed all our prepara-
tions, we started to withdraw the rods
on Sunday morning, May 26, at 9:lO.
The full pressure of steam at our dis
posal was applied, and as the rods
took the strain it was a moment of
great anxiety to the onlookers, and we
held our breath in suspense, as it was
seen that the rods had not moved an
inch. The next moment, however, to
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-14

preacher, who was making an address
broke the thread of his remarks ana
said: -: .'I
+ II pause here, my friends, to greet
distinguished citizen, who, I am in
formed, has recently become a recruit
to our ranks. All honor to Col. A.
HIS course in the step he has taken
merits our highest admiration and
he rs entitled to our warmest sympa-
thy. In the noble determination he
mas reached we see the triumph of
conscience over Appetite The con-
test, I have no doubt, was a severe
one, but conscience won, and to-day
he is total abstainer.'
These words of the preacher were
followed by tumultuous applause from
the audience. AS soon as the applause
had subsided the colonel, to the no
little astonishment of everybody pres
ent, slowly and with much dignity
arose. Then, looking at the preacher,
ne gravely and deliberately said:
Mr.. Preacher, I thank you. You
have stated the matter admirably, so
far as the manner is concerned. Yet
you have, doubtless without intention,
mlsstated the facts. l am a total alb
stainer by the doctors orders, because
my stomach went back on me. it
isn't my conscience that makes me a
teetotaler, but my stomach; only my
stomach.
Then Col. A calmly resumed his
seat, and when the laughter excited by
his remarks had subsidized, the preach
er, went on with his address, but the
colonel was not referred to again."
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-14
r.
R0SeCranS Scared
WhitelaW Reid

Whitelaw Reid, our special ambas-
sador to the coronation of King Ed
ward VII, was the hero of a little
episode which jolly old Gen. Rose
Grams was very fond Of narrating, says
the New York Herald.
1t seems, according to the story,
that Mr.. Reid at that time young
man, was serving as war correspond
ent for the Cincinnati Commercial
Gazette with Rosecrans' army in West
Virginia. He did some good work.
too, but one day "Old Rosey'' was as
torished to see in the paper, over the
initials wv. r." dispatch describ-
ing the hopeless barbarism and ignor-
ance of the natives Of that part of the
country in which, by way of illustra-
ton, the writer said:
$50 absolutely stupid are these peo-
pie that actually it mas never occurred
to them, although they are such bitter
foes to the northern cause, to cut our
telegraph wires"
Said Rosecrans: :.
Il sent an orderly to fetch Mr..
,Reid-'Whitey,'. the boys used to call
him-and said to him: 'Do you know
that ought to have you shot?'
."Mr. Reid looked unpleasantly sur
prised, and so I addeo: Apparently
you don't realize, what you have done.
Here is letter Of yours which I have
been reading. You might just as well
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-14
rsttus' propb~ition.

IettuS' Proposition.
Senator Pettus Of Alabama is one Of
the young cctcgenarians Of the coun-
try. He does not look like man in
his eightyfirst year, and says he does
not feel half the years he has. piled up
to his credit.
An Alabama representative, himself
we'll along in years, suggested to Mr.
Pettus the other day the possibility
that he might live to be 100 years old,
and asked him # he would consider it
right to hold his senatorship twenty
years longer Il %r-,
why not?'' demanded Mr.. Pettus.
Think of the others, was the re-
ply. There are lot Of aspiring
Youngsters down in our state. Don't
you want, to- give them a chance?"
Never thought of that" mused Mr..
Pettus. Say, I tell you what I'll do.
I'll make a trade with you. If you will
die l will resign, and so we will give
. two of those aspiring youngsters their
political opportunities "A, ..s.%I<
"What,a noble young man you are,
Pettus!" fervently calculated the gen
. tleman who had been invited to die.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-14

our great relief and delight, f1leE
gradually and evenly slipped outward,
and so continued to lift, without Z
hitch, throughout the day, 50 that at
knccking-otf time we had pulled 1859
feet. Work was resumed at daylight
on the following Monday morning and
1--we 2aTea happy tos In fbrm you Tint bY
10 a. m. on that day all the rods
were safely out of the hole
"The nature of the ground passsa
through was fairly favorable, and thu
regular Rand formatfon.''
Brazilian carbons, which today are
worth SO per carat, or about fotu.
times the value of ordinary Diamonds.
were used in the drilling
The weight of the rods which ea<-
ried out this operation Was sixteen
tons. To prevent such IN enormouE
weight pressing too heavily On thu
carbons while drilling, the rods we<a
suspended on a hydraulic cydnder.
which allowed the rods to descend IS
DESIRED; in fact, the enormous pHes-
sure of the rods could have been run
at a weight just sufficient to tickle
ones hand if necessary-Mines ana
Minerals.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-14
NOT HIS CONSCIENCE.
convlvai Gentleman Exploins the Misconception of
Temperance Lecturer. .@I"">

A correspondent gives the following
account OF an amusing incident at .
temperance meeting in Topeka, Kan,
during the successful political cam
paign of st. John, the noted Prohi-:
bitionist, for governor of that state
in 1873:
Il was in Topeka one evening dur
Ing the campaign and learned that a
big temperance meeting in the inter-
est OF St. John was to be held in one
OF the largest churches in the city.
determined to attend the meeting.
MY friend, Col. A, prominent citizen
OF Topeka, informed me early in the
evening that he also would attend the
meeting. but probably would not ar
rive until late.
NOW the colonel was known as a
genial, polished gentleman, and, with
al, one not averse to partaking of the
cup that both cheers and inebriates,
although, as was credibly in
formed, he was never known to be in
toxicated. He was said, however, to
be one Of the best judges and most
appreciative consumers of good liq-
uor in the state. Finally the time
came when the colonels physician
prohibited Min from using any malt
or spirituous liquors whatever. This
was a severe denial for the colonel,
but he promised to follow the DOCTOR;
directions.
1T became speedily known through
out the town that the colonel had be-
come total abstainer. When he ar
rived at the meeting an usher con-
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-14
QUEER HUNTING TRIO.
Success Achieved by Old nan His Wife, and Wondesfah
a"% Yellow


Old Man Ben .Pulliam and his wife
have gone to their rest, says a dis
patch from Uvalde, Texas, but they
will be remembered here for long as
the queerest deer-hunting couple, and
the most successfu ul, that this part of
the state has known. They were we'd
ded for so years and had no children.
They had a dog. however, a yellow,
discouraged looking brute, which car
ried, it's tail between its legs and
showed two front teeth to the world
when shambling along. 1t found in the
Pulliams its only friends.
Where they got it no other BODY
ever knew. It worked for them more
than dozen years. They were bread
and meat to it; it was bread and meat
to them. They lived the year around
on the produce Of five months work,
and this produce was deer meat and
deer hides.
1t was the custom of the Pulliams
to leave Uvalde in November of each
year. They carried a frying pan, a
Dutch oven, coffee pot, a few pounds
of supplies and tent-fy. The old
man had a muzzle-loading rifle of so
bore, powder, bullets, patching and
percussion caps.
So supplied, they struck out over the
prairies and through the mesquite AMI
the dog followed. 1t does not rain
much here in the winter time and #
does not get cold.
Reaching suitable place, with
water near, they stretched the tent
fly over limbs, cooked supper and
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-14
Arsenic in the Soil.

The possibility of poisoning from
arsenic in the soil has been studied by
Messrs. A. and A. F. Angel, British
chemists. The arsenic impurity of a
superphosphate of lime was increased
to one-half of 1 per cent, about seven
teen times the usual proportions, and
this manure was applied to various
crops in two lots, part at time of SOW
ing and part when the plants were
we'll above ground. It was found
that some arsenic. was drawn up me-
chanically into the young leaves Of
rhubarb, and the grasses and into the
green pods of beans, but no trace
reached the fruit or seed OF any plant.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-14

That in our country the Bible is
considered particularly fit for SOL
diers to study appears in the custom
CT giving a Bible to each West Point
cadet. This custom was started by
a society OF ladies organized for the
purpose Every year the graduating
class Of cadets is gathered in the
chapel, someone makes an address,
and the Bibles are presented This
year the ceremony took place Oh
March IL, and the presentation ad-
dress was made by Capt. A. T. Ma
han. He told the cadets that the es-
sential character Ct the good soldier
and that Of the good Christian were
very closely allied; that war realizes
in an extreme form the conduct of all
life, and that even in peace the de-
cisive military virtues gre essentially
the principal Christian virtues He
babe them remember that whatever
hope may lie in arbitration, of mini
mizing the recurrence of the material
sufferings attending upon war, al
ways, as Sherman said, the strong
arm and the military faithfulness Of
the soldier underlie all the blessings
OF peace ...,. " !.
s. It is easy to detest>war but it's not
going to get along at present without
professional soldiers. AS long as we
have got to have them. the Bible
reading sort is a. good kind to have:
Some pretty bad tasks are set for our
soldiers just now, and it makes =
great difference in what spirit they
are executed. General Hughes told q
senate committee the other day that
when he wentainto action against the
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-14
New Strect-Car Headlight,

A new incandescent electric lamp
has recently been brought out which
makes electric headlights for city and
suburban cars possibility: The new
lamp is known as the "stereopticon.' -
and consists of a filament in the form
of compact conical helix, with a
maximum diameter of perhaps one
half an inch, making it possible to TO-
Gus the lamp in headlight. One. OF
these lamps of thirty-two candle-power
is capable of lighting up a straight
stretch of track to a distance of 900
feet on a clear, dark night.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-14
Correspondent Left
for the North.
in a Hurry

have stood on top Of a tail tower lu
Cincinnati and shouted through "A
trumpet big enough and loud enough
to be heard in Richmond, Why tfun-1
you cut Rosecrans' telegraphe'' Etssa
my word, l don't know how to dEsz
With your case. Come over with nae
TO the headquarters Of the Judge nd-
vocate-general.'
1 took him over to the judge adya,-
cate-genersl CT the department.. tn
Wnom 1 showed the letter clipped 4ss--
OF the paper, with the headlines znE
signature cut Off Said I; What tz,s5.t
TO be done with the newspaper cuars-
spcndent who published thate Shcsos
him?.
The judge read it through sraussy.
handed it back to me; and said ~,
wouldn't do that. You ought to 1aane
him. >. = =.
I think you are right replSes
Then rode back to my own Quarters
with Reid and had very girlef sura-
versation with him, saying. 4. lsaven's
decided, young man. which sI,au he.
done with you. I'll see YOU Ia. the
morning. Good night.,- III -
- Il inquired for Mr.. Reid the usxs
morning, but, to my great sstonIst-
ment, he had left camp for the norts.
some hou's earlier on the ast,st hcr.e
he could obtain. 7 have never seen
him since + r ctz =
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-14
Hair Drying Apparatus.

Gus pipe and into the flexible tube
connected to the pipe. Beneath the
convolutiOns is a gas burner arrang-
ed to heat the air in it's passage. From
the heated pipe the air passes into the
flexible tube, the latter being provid-
ed at the end with a cup Of rubber.
This cup is manipulated by the opera
tor to discharge the air at different
parts OF the scalp, the temperature of
the current being high enough to dry
the hair in comparatively short
time. The apparatus is shown mount
ed on stand for easy manipulation
about the room, and when not in use
can be folded into small dimensions.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-14
Gloves for Electricians.

A new process Of making protective
glass for electricians is announced.
The material is soaked on one side
with rectifed petroleum, and on the
other with a solution of india rubber
The gloves are then dried for five
minutes in a stove at temperature OF
60 degrees centigrade, and then in a
cool room. The petroleum side is then
painted with a mixture got by heating
two pounds of linseed oil with three
pounds of nitric acid for four hours.
and the india rubber side is busted
over with a powder consisting of as
Cestos and tale, half and half.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-14

went to sleep. The old man rose early
in. the morning, drank a cup of endEae
and began his hunt alone. He did nct
tell his wife where he was going 1nd
she did not care to know.
Two hours afterward she united The
yellow dog ana it took up its H,1EAa's
track. No matter what the coaadzffen
OF the ground or the weather. this
brute, with, its ugly face and its xon-
derful nose, stuck to the train WIthoaas
fault
After travelling for half hour xr
an hour, the woman and the dog would
come to the carcass of deer freshly
deftly, wrap up the skin, and the dog.
gulping hunk of. flesh, would sower
its muzzle to earth and resume its
saunter.
This went on all day and every &ay
until the neighborhood furnished no
more deer; then a move was made
The Pulliams came into the saaaH
towns only to sell the hides, snnse
dried venison and purchase supplies
They have been known to sell more
than a thousand skins between Npg I
and March /. These skins brought
them something like $500 and the
jerked Venison was worth $500 1nose-
When the dog died they got another.
but it was not so good, and Mrs- Pull
liam often failed to find deer her xaaa-
deling old lord had knocked down
They hunted almost to the last, how
ever. and made sort Of living from
it,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-14

ed part through the medium OF tia
electric current more nutrition is ab
sorbed and the organ is thus strength:
ened and enabled to overcome the dis.
ease. To apply the current properly
and insure It's passage through the
affected part of the body, the main
part of the apparatus consists of the
flexible pad to be strapped ON the
back, supporting a series of metallic
contact plates over the spinal column
In addition to this individual contact
plates are provided for attachment te
the. various portions of the body, tht
connection being made so as to pass
the current from the back plates tt
the single plate nearest the seat ct tn:
disease.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-14

Metal Hose for Steam Connections.
become untwisted from careless hand
ling or when subjected to great strain,
this can not occure with the double
hose, which, it is said, can be made
to meet any demands as to tightness
and power of resistance. For special
purposes it is claimed that it can be
made to Withstand pressure up to
5000 pounds per square inch. For
conveying greasy liquids, which rapid
ly rot rubber, this hose has given
especial satisfaction, as the fexibility
is increased by the lubricating nature
OF the liquid passing through it, and
its life is thereby prolonged.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-14
WORLD OF SCIENCE.
INVENTIONS AND DISCOVERIES OF
RECENT DATE.
lpparatos Tor the Electric Treatment
OF Dlsease-Metsllic Flexible Hose for
Steam Connections Edisons New
Storage Battery Completed.
apparatus for nrying Hair

Perhaps more people would consent
to shampoo in cold weather if the
danger of taking cold afterward on
account of the damp hair could be
eliminated. Our picture shows a dry
ing apparatus recently invented by
Andreas Bausen, of Wurzburg, Ba-
varia, Germany. The claim is made
for the device that it will dry even the
thickest hair in a very short time,
without injury to the hair or scalp. AS
shown in the drawing, the arrange
ment consists of a fan driven by either
a water or electric motor, and forcing
a steady current of air through sinu-
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-14
GdIsorl'. Now Storage Battery

=
1t is reported that Thomas A. Edison
has practically completed work on his
new storage battery, which, says Elee-
tricity, is expected, because of it's
economy of space and power, to revo-
lutionize traction, and shortly an ex-
perimental station will be in operation
in the buildings of the Edison COM
pany at Silver Lake, N. J. New build
ings have been erected on the COM
pany's ground, and these, with the old
structures, will be utilized in making
models of the battery. In two months
it is expected the battery will have
been completed and if the results are
as satisfactory as the inventor anti
cipates, the work of manufacturing for
the market will be begun.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-14
Electric Treatment Of Disease.

Our drawing shows an apparatus for
tie trea tment of disease of the human
body by means of the electric current.
the intention being to send electrical
currents from the spinal cord to dis
tant Affected parts, which show symp-
toms Of disturbance somewhere be-
tween the spinal cord and the afflicted
organ. AS a whole, the spinal cord
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-14
New Prlnciple IN Aeroonutlcs.


NJ. Sibillot, Partisan aeronaut, has
devised new principle of aerial navi-
cation which, he anticipates, will solve
the problem of travelling through the
air. He has completed the plans of a
new dirigible balloon which, he main
tains, will be manageable in any
weather. He proposes to carry in his
aerial machine a refrigerator and a
heating apparatus. BY simply press
ing lever of the former he thus re-
duces the temperature of the gas, the
condensation causing the balloon tc
descend. On heating the hydrogen the
gas expands, and thus the balloon as.
cends. By this alternative heating o.
cooling of the gas in his balloon ht
can rise or fall at will without allow
ing any of his hydrogen to escape.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-14

GIVE BIBLES TO SOLDIERS
Presentation Annually Made Graduating Class of w,
Point Cadets.


Filipinos he felt as if he was fight
ing children, and that he never made
an attack that he did not regret it.
Certainly the war in the Philippines
will last no longer than Gen. Hughes
and soldiers Of his species can help;
but, 70: that matter, all our soldiers
seem TO be pretty much Of one mind
in the earnestness Of their desire to
have fighting cease in the Philippines.
-Hcrpsc's Weekly.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-14
Smallest Engine Ever IYnI1t.

The smallest engine ever made has
been completed recently It is a hori-
zontal engine and runs as accurately
as the best engine ever built. It Is
made Of gold. silver, copper and steel,
and covers a space about the size OF
silver quarter. s%. .$s5 .s.* ,.@ 5=..4@ I'll
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-14
Many Parties in Fra nce.

There is no lack OF parties in France.
In the pending elections which will
take place soon, there are candidates
representing no less than twenty-five
parties in Paris alone, the leading ones
being the Nationalist, Conservative.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-14

Body Pad for Electric Treatment
tioa Of motor impulses from the brain
and for sensoTy impulses to it. 1t
also contains centers which, in con-
nection with the sympathetic action
of the nervous system, govern the
action Of the blood vessels and the
viscera, and the state of It's nutrition
affects the nutrition of every part OF
the body to which the nerve flbres ire
dist c.buted. The inventor claims that
by stimulating the action OF the affect