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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-07-25
OriQin of PetroJe,In,

'S''' W OICOINs
E. Coste, the president of the: Cana.
dian Mining Institute, recently read
an interesting paper before that body
setting forth his reasons for believ.
ing that petroleum deposits of the
world are of volcanic origin, says the
New York Commercial Advertiser. He
points out number of facts which
render the theory at present generally
held by geologists-that it has arisen
directly from the decomposition 'of
organic remains, animal and vegetable
-untenable. He calls attention to the
fact that no such process is at present
under way; that all organic decompo.
sitlon of animal material is so rapid
and complete that there is no oppor,
tunity for the entombment of anything
but bones in sedimentary rocks; that
as the oil deposits of the lower ST.
lurian limestone of Ohio and of other
fields are below the carboniferoue
beds, and as it is generally admitted
by biologists that previous to the lat.
ter age there was very little vegetable
life on the earth, these enormous de-.
posits could not have arisen from or.
ganic remains, because there were
few organisms at that time, and, final:
ly, that if petroleum was due to the
destructive distillation of coal, there
would now be no coal beds, all having
long ago been transformed into pc
troleum and cokelike residue.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-07-25
A MARYLAND Wonder,

Upper Cross Roads, Md, June 18th.
Never in the history of medicine in
this state has anything created such
sensation by it's marvellous cures of
the most extreme cases as Dodd's
Kidney Pills.
This wonderful medicine seems to
know no limit to it's wonder working
power. Long standing cases that
have de6ed the most expert medical
treatment seem to yield easily to this
new conqueror of disease.
Hundreds have testified to the vir-
tue of Dodd's Kidney Pills. They tell
of severe cases of Rheumatism, Lum-
bago, Backache, Female Trouble, Ner-
vous Diseases and even Dropsy, Dia-
betes and Bright's Disease cured BY
this medicine
Among those who have been bene-
flied may be mentioned Mrs. John
Cooney of this place. !.
Mrs. Cooney says:
II believe Dodd's Kidney Pills the
best remedy ever known for Kidney
Trouble and weak back.
'They are without exception the
best medicine have ever used.
II will always praise them high.v.
for know that they are good" -.
Mrs. Cooney is only one of many
who say Of Dodd's Kidney Pills:
"The most wonderful remedy we
ever heard Of"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-07-25
TOAST OF JOHN ADAMS.
Inspiration for Charming Sentiment
Found in Picture.

Inspiration for Charming Sentiment
Found in a Picture.
When Lafayette visited London
county he was entertained with other
eminent guests by President, Monroe
at Oak Hill. Leesburg, too, the his
toric town nine miles from Monroe's
country seat, accorded him honors on
that OCCASION, and at dinner at that
town John Quincy Adams delivered a
famous toast to the surviving patriots
OF the Revolution, who, he said, were
like the Sybilline leaves-the fewer
they became the more precious they
WERE
On the return to Oal. Hill, another
of Monroe's guests said to Mr.. Adams:
Excuse the impertinence, but would
you not tell me what inspired the beau
tiful sentiment of your toast to-day"
why" replied Mr.. Adams, ''it was
suggested this morning by the picture
of the Sybil that hangs in the hall Of
the Oak Hill mansion
"How strange" remarked the less
brilliant guest. II have looked at that
picture many times during the past
years, and that thought never occurred
to me."-Leslie's Monthly.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-07-25
Disposal. of Smoke.

At a recent congress of the SAM
tary: institute, held in Manchester.
England, w. N. Shaw discussed the
question of smoke abatement; He
drew an interesting parallel between
the treatment Of smoke and the dis.
posal Of sewage, and stated that In.
London nearly 9 million tons of sew.
age were removed day by day from
about 100000 houses, averaging about
q ton and one-half for each house. At
the same time, each day in winter
each house throws into the atmosphere
on the average, perhaps. ten tons Of
smoke laden air, or q total Of 5, OO0,-5
900 tons Of smoke laden air for the
inhabited houses Sof London per day.
aThatswas his estimate of the amount
Of refuse which fss thrown into the
London atm ere
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-07-25
RICH IN MEMORIES.

The Long-NeSlected Harrison Mansion
Finds a New Owner.
The long-neglected Harrison man
sion at North Bend, O., has been pur-
chased recently by Mrs. o. H. Hall of
Cincinnati, for the sum of $4,000, and
is to be preserved in commemoration
of the illustrious men who have been
sheltered within it's walls. It was built
in 1914 by Gen. William Henry Harri-
son, who presented it to his bride.
There he dwelt until he went to the
White House, and where his nine chill
dren and his illustrious grandson,
Benjamin Harrison, were born. At
the time the house was built Harri-
son was governor of the Northwestern
Territoy, and as the conqueror of Te-
cumseh was a national hero. Those
were exciting days, times of great per-
sonal danger, and no conveniences,
and the Harrison mansion, simple as
it was, was regarded then as aristo-
cratic and stately. The hospitality of
it's halls was famous. Not day pass
ed that it did not afford entertainment
for many guests. It Is said that on
occasions no less than sixty guests sat
down together at the long mahogany
tables in the great sun-lit dining hall.
1t is said that the bride was not con-
tent unless her cook served three
kinds of meat on the festive board at
times when cattle were scarce, when
settlements were hundreds of miles
apart. But wild duck and the fish in
the rivers were plentiful, and no
group of strangers or guests ever pass
ed the gate in their days journey who
were not begged to remain and share
the prodigal generosity of their host
and hostess. In those days the estate,
now sadly dwindled to seven acres,
was composed of 600 acres. From
Gen. Harrison the estate passed to his
son, John Scott Harrison, a gentle,
amiable man, with no financial abil-
ity. He lived there until his death in
1878, his property gradually diminish
ing until at his death he was actu-
ally a dependent. Benjamin Harrison
was born there and it was his home
until his marriage, when he moved to
Indianapolis. For years the old
house has been vacant. The gardens
have been overrun with wild, insolent
weeds, the fields deserted, the great
rooms and halls lonely and dead. Not
even the ghost of former laughter and
hospitality has echoed for years along
it's spiral staircases. The spider, pitt
full tenant, has swung his tent ropes
from rafter to rafter. The lofty heads
of the old oaks sigh among their lofty
crests at the saddened picture.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-07-25
MAGIC OF FIGURES.
Trick In Simple Subtraction That VIII
Puzzle Every Ono.

Trick in Simple Subtraction That WIN
Puzzle Every One.
You can never tell what figures will
do. Of course they are truthful, If
properly handled, but some of them
are capable Of the most bewildering
antics. Here is a method by which
figures may be made to tell secrets in
way that will astonish those who
are not informed about how to do the
figuring" Ask some person to put
down unknown to you a number COM
posed of three figures (say 1927. Tell
him to transpose the figures (making
267) and to subtract the. lesser from
the greater. Then ask him to tell you
the first figure of the result, and you
can tell him the entire number. For
instance, your first number in the
present example is 762, which trans
posed makes 267. Subtract 267 from
762 and you have 1876. The only fig
ure that you are told is 4, the first
OF the result. All you have to do is
to subtract 4 from 9, which will give
you 5, the last figure, and the central
figure is always 8. So your number
will be 495. This is true in all cases
where only three figures are used in
making UP 2 number. The; central
figure will always be 8 when the trans
posed number is subtracted from the
original number. and the two end
figures when added together will make
=. So, knowing either the first or last
hgure Of the RESULT. yQ, can give the
entire number, >fzs % W.
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and pity both forgotten, and nothing
but infinite tenderness filling her soul,
she realized the depth of that love,
strong as DEATH which could for
give, even as Christ forgave, and rest
on the atonement of the Redeemer
alone. She watched by his pillow while
the long night dragged on, and he still
lay unconscious, motionless, almost
breathless
She shed no tears, but now and then
she prayed-prayed as perhaps she had
never prayed before. Sometimes she
put her fingers on his pulse to feel if
it still beat; and so she waited, waited,
while the doctor came in and out, ex-
pecting every moment that change
which did not come. but which must
come at last.
It came when the wild night was
waning towards daybreak, with
quickening of the languid pulse and
the faintest tinge of color to the pallid
cheek. She stopped over him, believ
ing, with all a novice's delightful hope,
that these signs were signs of improve
ment; but the color mounted to hec-
tic flush, the pulse throbbed faster and
faster, and suddenly he started up and
looked at her with strange wildness in
his eyes.
II will go! I will co." he cried. But
you will believe me?"
She sprang up and threw her arms
about his neck, uttering incoherent
words of love and passion; but he had
fallen back on his pillow, painfully
flushed now, and his breath came in
hot gasps.
She will not kiss me! My darling
will not kiss me! Never again." he
moaned. What was it she said? All
that is over now. How can ever for
get what has broken my hearth"
The words died away in a sobbing
whisper, and the doctor, coming back
at that moment, found him thus, toss
ing restlessly from side to side, uncon-
scious still, but actively unconscious,
with the frenzy racking his brain.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-07-25

We are very nearly homo. II . fev,
hours " shall bs - the solent. Z S..z
# She sMas astonished that he mani
Tested nc surprise. II was as; !, Il his
active brain had been speeding on
ward with the ships throbbing en-
gines; as II he, too, while his fragile
barque& drifted towards the unknown
shore, had been dimly conscious Of the
great sea of time and space. =
Lille" he spoke again, with la
bored difficulty, when we reach
Southampton will you wire to ,Roddy
and Di :, cz,e to me?' ~ 49,
- Hot s welled up into her eyes
and fel. pom the wasted hand he
strove to lift and lay on hers. :
'We will so over to the Isle Of
Wight to them. Wouldn't that be bet
ter, DOM" s..
IF you will not mind the trouble"
he said, with all the trustful depend
ence of a little child. And then sud-
denly, with fluttering breath, he spoke
again, SO family she could scarcely
hear. 81 dreamt just now you kissed
me. Lille, would you promise not to
leave till the end?'
She broke down then, and flung her
self upon his breast.
ooh, Don! Don! Don't you under
stand? I will never leave you-never,
never!" she cried.
His fingers closed upon hers with a
feeble pressure and look almost of
rapture swept his face. Then, still
holding her hand. he fell asleep.
(To be continued.)
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these principles, the inventor has
formed a chart which not only has
the horizontal lines usually found in
copy books, but has, in addition, a
set Of oblique lines placed at such an
angle that the curved lines of the let
tiers will extend from the crossing
point of the horizontal and oblique
lines to the crossing above or below.
The student soon learns the correct
movement Of the pen to form &C.
curate curves, both ascending and
descending, as his pen must start at
a certain point and end at a second
point, either above or below, follow
ing the general angle of the oblique
line which connects the same points.
For vertical writing the guide lines
are drawn vertically instead of slant
ing, but the principle remains the
same as in oblique writing.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-07-25
Rapid Field Analyses of Water.

Under a system perfected by the
officers of the photographic Division
of the United States Geological Sur.
vey a rapid analysis of water can be
made, the object being to make a
number Of approximate determine,
tions, sufficiently accurate for practi.
cal purposes, rather than a few very
complete determinations. A special
equipment has been designed which
will be issued shortly, and can be
carried without Inconvenience by the
men engaged in the held work of in
vestigating quality of water. The
railway companies and railway chem
lists are interested in the matter, as
by the new system as many as sixty
determinations OF sulphate in water
can be made in one day, thus greatly
facilitating the work of investigating
the quality of boiler waters. .S.. =, I.
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New Penmanship Chart.

It is universally conceded that the
small letters, W, m, n, x, v, i, u, c, e.,
and a, should all be of the same
height for the base line, and serve
as a unit of measure in forming the
other letters of the alphabet, which
extend two or more units above or
below the base line. In what is
called ''slant writing" there are in
the perfect copy but two angles,
which, with their notifications, form
the basis of all small letters, the
main slant, which lies at about fifty
degrees, and the connective slant, at
about twenty-five degrees from the
base line. Taking advantage of
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-07-25

DO Your Feet Ache and Rurn7
Shake into your shoes, Aliens Foot
Ease,Sa powder for the feet. It makes
tight or New Shoes feel Easy. Cures
Swollen, Hot, Sweating Feet, Corns
and Bunions. At all Druggists and
Shoe Stores, 25c, Sample sent FREE.
Address Allen S. Olmsted, Leroy, N. Y.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-07-25
"A Tackles Trolley Car.

= - IraekIess Trolley Car. 1. 7.
Probably not half as much objection
has been raised to the setting Of poles
70 support the trolley wires as to the
laying OF tracks over which the cars
are TO run, farmers especially seem
ing to have: a grudge against the tear
Ing up OF the roads for this purpose.
NOW Boston man has come to the
conclusion that if he can get the right
OF way to set the poles over which to
transmit the electric current he can
manage to do without the rails; in
TACT, he will put motor on any old
wagon and turn the horses out to grass
or ship him abroad to be eaten. One
use of the rails in a trolley system is
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-07-25
Car Travels Over Ordinary Road.


to convey the return current, after
it leaves the motors of the car, but
by using a double wire the inventor
does away with this need for the rails,
drawing the power from one wire and
returning it through the other after
it has served it's purpose on his wagon
or car.
The usual trolley pole supports the
contact devices, which in this. case
comprise a pair of wheels mounted
on a lazy-tongs mechanism, with a
spring to maintain the pressure on
both wires. 1t is an easy thing to
provide for the steering Of the We
~hicle, and with good roads What is to
hinder the farmer from coming to
town by trolley with his load Of pro-
duce, instead of making his team
haul the heavy load?
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-07-25
Future Of the Yukon Country.

The agricultural possibilities of
Alaska are pointed out by F. r. Con-
don, the new Canadian Yukon com.
missioner, who states that when the
moss is removed from the. soil that
it is found to be very fertile. He is
reported as saying: 81 want to i'm
press upon the public mind that the
future Of the Yukon does not depend
upon minerals Of any kind. The dis
trict is destined to be one of the
greatest agricultural spots in the
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-07-25
CHAPTER x.

Days, many days, went by, and still
Don lay in the same state. Sometimes
shivering, sometimes burning with
fiery heat, sometimes slumbering in
the deepest torpor; often wakefully
alert with the activity of distraught
mind, wandering back to scenes and
times of which his watchers knew
boyhood, when he and Roddy had
fished together in Gadie's silvery
stream, and never dreamed of jealousy
or severance in years to come.
By and by, as the days heightened
into weeks, there came lucid intervals,
and when he awoke weak and we'll
nigh speechless, but perfectly con-
scious of his surroundings. And if at
those times Lille CHANGED to be his
nurse he would lie and gaze upon her
with a look of dog-like devotion in his
great brown eyes, often even try to ut
ter some feeble words of gratitude or
contrition for her being there. Whilst
even as he strove to speak that deadly
oblivion would return and blot out past
and present alike.
And meanwhile Lille watched by
him and waited upon him with jeal-
Gus steadfastness that scarce could
brook to share her vigils with his 9TH
er nurses-they who could minister to
the sufferers wants perhaps more eff
GENTLY than Lilies self, but could. ex-
perience none of the young wife's Bit
ter joy which made every little duty an
act of devotion.
For she saw his strength ebbing
hour by hour as the fever worked out
it's course. She saw his wanderings
become more frequent, those fatal tor
pors more prolonged, and those mo-
ments Of weak consciousness grow few
er and fewer. And gradually, but all
too surely, the awful fear began to
dawn upon her that Don and she were
to be called upon to part by a decree
more relentless than hers. Yet, oh. it
could not be that he should die-die
and leave her thus, without knowing
she had come to realize her life was
bound UP in his for time and for eter-
nifty! That his sin must be her sin,
and IT'S atonement hers also as we'll "a
his!
Who shall gauge the bitterness of
those pleadings which burst from her
aching heart through those long vigils
OF waiting? For it was known to her
God alone. There came night at last,
as they neared the white cliffs of Eng
land, that after continuous hours Of
fitful slumber Don opened his eyes ana
fixed them upon her face. It was an
preaching the hour when she usually
relinquished her post to the nurse, and
she was kneeling by his side in silent
prayer, her cheek resting upon his pill
low, her locked hands leaning gently
on his breast II. ~. 8. szs..:x,s4
A strange reluctance to; leave him
had fallen upon her, and more than
once she had passionately pressed her
lips TO the short, silky brown curls
about his temples 81 *.3z SIS .z2s ! :..= Y;
p Lille" he spoke wistfully. z.@ d, I. . !.
|. - ~ was DaFely above e Whisper, but
she heard 1t with 4 great bound Of her
beating heart. for she knew this was
real consciousness at last. ..@ a at.
Lille, he repeated family, so
family that she had g stoop close to
his lips to catch the words, here are
we nov q
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(D0nEzkAlR
81. 1SLzHlE!'VZ,,Zil''''

double walls, the space between the
walls being filed with an insulating
material, the walls being silyered to
prevent radiation Of heat, and the
whole enveloped in an insulating ma
terial. They retain their temperature
for fourteen days. = Several drops in a
glass of water produce freezing. and
1t Is intended for such uses as refresh.
ing drinks and improving the condi.
ton of the air in sick rooms.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-07-25
Willing to Do IL, Anyhov

Willing to Do It, Anyhow. -.a,
Host (pairing OF his guests)-Mr.
Makinbrakes, you will please take Miss
Gumwell out to dinner. ~
Mr.. Makinbrakes Certainly. But,
great Scott, where? Don't you have
dinner here in the house?- Chicago
Tribune. - = -
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Cause Of the. Mirtl1.

Bridget, :" said Mrs. Hydyte, ''.your
lady friend mustn't stay SO late here
after. Her uproarious laughter woke
me up ct 4 o'clock this morning. :@.a "a &
Yis mum was tellin. her about
YOU. triedto make . cake wan dag. ? - IS
Indianapolis Sun.
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{ story 81. sRIIapid aro "a, !, "a

Some time ago an lola man contract
60 to make g plat Of the town. Since
then q e, there have been fifteen additions
to the city. and the new ones are com 81, Z
Ing il 70 rapidly that. he hasn't been
able ll e figure when he Will finish hts
task. The growth &c = gas town is
Ike unto that on aunt ower when tie
Sign 9 rtsht.
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Worst Ever.

So $ ear about the terrible afaiction
that befellS our friend Blank last
night 8? asked Enpeck, as he boarded
II downtown car
5. said Meeker. q hat was it ?,..s
49, wife seloped him. !. replied.
sEnpeck with 4 suppressed chuck
sChioasp News
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Se'f-Closing Guard Holds the Pin.
must be depressed and the hook
member pulled open by the finger.
while to close it the pin has only tc
be pressed in the slot, as the guard
is automatically thrown over the pir
by the pressure.
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Safety Brooch FASTENING.

.0oiSy oFoOcn fdStenln4.
A little study Of the Lost and
Found" columns of the daily papers
will show that one of the articles
most likely to turn up missing is the
brooch, and for every one advertised
as lost there are probably many
more which receive no public notice.
The most probable cause for these
losses is the liability of the end of
the pin to become unfastened, when
the brooch can work loose and fall
out without the wearer being aware
OF the fact, unless some one chances
to call attention to it. In the &C.
eompanying illustrations we show a
device which has been invented to
prevent the end of the pin from com.
ing loose. One drawing shows the
the descending pin; another shows
the pin in place and securely fasten.
ed by the hook closing over it. while
the third indicates the position of the
fastener in place on the brooch. The
pin Is so mounted that it has a con.
slant tendency to spring open, and is
thus pulling on the under side OF
the hook member, and the latter. be-
ing under this tension, has no oppor
tunlty to fall back and release the
pin. TO remove the brooch the pir
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-07-25
New Electrical Radiator.

A new electrical radiator, intended
to supersede the steam heater, Is
formed BY enameled iron plates, the
space between being filed with pow.
dered carbon, kept in. position by
asbestos cardboard. Into this radia-
tor are led three copper strips, one
at each end and one ii the center,
and . continuous current Of electric
ity lis passed from the center. to the
end strips. With current Of eight
amperes, ct 200 volts, q heating sur
face of TWENTY-FIVE square feet can be
kept at temperature Of 40 degrees
Fahrenheit. ss4
Commercial Sales Of Liquid All. /.
i Liquid air is delivered Ia Berlin, two
uters 0:52S gallon) ct q time for
about IS cents. In q recent issue of
Energie of that city, Il IS stated that
the .scep cles ARE, mad 2of glass with
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CHAPTER IX.-(Continued.)

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