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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-03-31

An Open Letter to the Senate of Ha-
vail.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-07-04
CHEMICAL ALCOHOL IS CHEAP

New Process Which Decreases Great
ay the Cost Of Production.
Advices received by the State De-
partment at Washington from United
States Consul Haynes at Rouen,
France, throw more light on the new
process that has been discovered by
which alcohol may be produced by
chemical synthesis. 1t is predicted
that the cost of such production can
he reduced to less than 10 cents a gal
Ion. Thus far the cheapest alcohol
produced has cost nearly 20 cents a
gallon. At this price Germany pro-
duces quantities Of alcohol, potatoes
being used as the vegetable base. BY
the French process no vegetable mat
ter is employed. From Carburet of
calcium-a direct combination OF car
bon and hydrogen in the electric arc
-aetylene is obtained. Sufficient
hydrogen then is added to produce
'ethylene, and by combining water
with ethylene alcohol is obtained.
While the cost of alcohol by the new
process has not yet been reduced
much below it's cost as produced from
vegetable matter, it is predicted with
confidence by eminent French chem.
lists that in the near future it may be
produced by the new process at a
cost of about half that which Germany
pays to obtain it from potatoes
Philadelphia Record.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-07-04
Good Little Willie.

. At euchre party in Bala the other
afternoon young woman told funny
story that she had part in, in Color
ado, recently. II was calling" she
said, ION a lady in Denver, and in the
parlor with us were the two sons. of
the house, Willie and George, aged,
respectively, 8 and S years. Willie
was very quiet and good, but George
behaved awfully.. He broke an orna-
ment; he fretted and cried; he kicked
his mother; he cut his finger with the
fruit knife. Finally my hostess said
to him: George, why can't you behave
yourself? Just look at your brother
Willie. See what perfect little gen.
tleman he is. His good conduct ought
to make you ashamed. He-a perfect
gentleman; you-a little beast The
good Willie, sitting upright in his
chair, smiled acquiescence to all this
praise. George is making a damn
fool of himself, isn't her he remarked
mplacently y. Philadelphia Record. i:
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-07-04
PIGS MADE TO WORK.

In France They Root Out Truffles for
the Gardener.
All boys know that dog is a great
aid to the sportsman, but not many OF
them would think that a pig could be
Of much use in hunting. Yet in
France pigs are used in hunting
truf1es, delicacy for the table which
is found at the roots of oak trees.
When a farmer decides to go hunt.
ing for truf1les he takes his pig and
piggie goes shifting about with his
nose to the ground just as a dog does
when he follows the scent. When he
finds truf1e he begins to burrow in
the loose soil with his snout. Before
he can take the trufle, however, the
farmer pulls him away, but gives him
a few acorns by way of compensation
AS soon as he has eaten the acorns
Mr.. Pig goes! to work hunting more
trufles. Sometimes he will find sew.
eral pounds of them beneath a tree.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-07-04
Buttercups.

I wandered here forgetful, gay,
Until sudden glare of gold,
From fields f1ame-kindled after cold,
Recalled me to that other May.
And you were with me, down a way
Rooted low by branches tender-green;
The sun smiled through with gracious
mien
And, Midas like, made gilt Of gray.
There hangs an old gate by brook,
So like another which we spanned
When through the field our steps we took
With childish chatter, hand in hand.
Our arms with buttercups we heaped,
You wore them in your gown, your
hair;
Our senses in spring joys were stepped
1t cannot be you did not care!
I deemed the past, so passing sweet,
Forgot, and I grown blithe and cold;
These flowers a-bloom beneath my feet
Have thrilled me with May memories
old.
Carrie Jordan in Philadelphia Ledger.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-07-04

Mrs. Frances Stafford, of 243 E.
Hath St., NY. City, adds her ties.
timony to the hundreds of thou'
sands ON Mrs. Pinkham's files.
When Lydia E. Pinkham's Rene
dies were first introduced skeptics
all over the country frowned upon
their curative claims, but as year
after year has rolled by and the
little group of women who had been
cured by the new discovery has
since grown into vast army of
hundreds of thousands, doubts and
skepticisms have been swept away
, as by a mighty Hood, until to-day
the great good that Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
and her other medicines are doing
among the women of America is
attracting the attention of many OF
OUT leading scientists, physicians
and thinking people.
Merit alone could win such fame,
wise, therefore, is the woman who
for a cure relies upon Lydia f.
Pinkham's VeSeta bic Compound.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-07-04
The Message of the Lark.


" OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Calleth the meadow lark
Thro' the rose Of dawn to me,
So loud and so sweet-oh, bark!
How tenderly, LOUDLY clear,
Over the meadows, hear
:" Observation-Disclosures Sweetheart!
And ttfink of my dearest ACROSS the
sea-
The blue, blue sea that holds us apart
For there is a message that softly
'breathes
Thro' the voice of the lark
observation-disclosures
'' Observation-Disclosures rt-Sweetheart!''
Ca1leth the meadow lark
Thro' the rose of dawn to Dne,
And this is the message-hark!
My thoughts are lovebirds true
That wing the smiles to you,
1" eetheart-Sweetheart
And think OF my dearest across the
sea-
The sea that cannot hold US apart
While this is the message that fondly
breathes
Thro' the voice of the lark
Observation-Disclosures
Ella Higginson in Woman's Home Com
panion-
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-07-04
IL MA GNATE'ss 4 GREAT. BRAIN
The Reason for John 10. il ockefeller's
F2 .S zs..H Business Success. II. ..yss, y77

The Reason for John ID. $,RockefelIer's
2% RS ss &* Business Success. ~ IT'D. , g7
a copper mining engineer says Il
consider John D.. Rockefeller one OF
tae most underestimated men in this
country. , The man who has done
what he has done must possess brains
that are not easily compared with the
ordinary mind. Mr.. Rockefeller can
no more miss the point of financial
problem than an artist can fail to see
q picture when harmonious lines or
color fall under his eye. .
Il will illustrate the Rockefeller
financial capacity by something which
occurred within my personal knowl.
edge. John D. Rockefeller a few years
ago was enjoying his bread and milk
In the Adirondacks upon a large dairy
farm. An ordinary business man
might have said, What is the profit
on this milk?' or What does it
cost and what do you get for it.?
Not so, however, with Mr.. Rockefeller
He said to the farmer, What do you
| pay Tor your silo and what do you pay
| lot your labor etc., and a few other
innocent questions. Then he took 8
paper and pencil and in a few min
utes looked up from his figures ani
said,' Mr.. Smith, your milk costs yor
-. cents per quart and Farmer
Smith replied, Thunder and guns; il
took us eleven years to find that out
and you have found it out in clever
minutes
Now" continued the mining engin
eer, IF you will take your own Leaf
pencil and figure the relative efficienc,
OF that Rockefeller lead pencil as com
pared with most farm lead pencils a
Eleven Minutes VS.. Eleven Years, an,
multiply the organization ability be
hind the lead pencil as expressed il
the tens of thousand Of brain units
has organized and efficiently directed
'ycu will get the mathematical answe
to the problem of why one man dis
tances all competitors in the race TO
a billion-dollar goal, although startin
from the base of a $7-a-week CLERK
hip.'-Wall Street Journal
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-07-04

ALASKA A GREAT COUNTRY.

People 81 the Rest ef tho tinted states
ssss % Not Understand it, Extent. +
IL The present collector OF customs at
Sitka, Alaska, Lieut.. D. H. Jarvis, for.
merly in the revenue cutter service,
has recently been In washington con-
ferring with treasury oflcials. He
says: The only trouble with Alaska
is that the people Of the United States
do not know what q country It IL. A
campaign Of education in the United.
States would add to the population OF
Alaska by many thousands and would
soon make it one of the great coun-
tries of the world. The possibilities
of the territory are beyond comprehen-
sion. Leaving out mining-for every,
body knows that Alaska is rich in gold
and silver-the future Of the terri
tory will be a brilliant one of com.
MERGE, cattle-raising and agriculture
and fishing. There is the greatest ig-
norance about Alaska. Why, some OF
the rich islands of the territory are
larger than several of the small states
of the United States. There is coast
line to Alaska of $4,000 miles.
"The people in the States associate
Alaska with seals and icebergs, and
whenever Alaska is mentioned that
is about the first and only thing that
comes to the mind, unless It is some
thing remote about gold discoveries.
All winter at Sitka the thermometer
never went below 8 degrees above
zero. I believe the weather reached
that point number of times the last
winter in Washington. There are
2,0o0 miles of coast in southern Alaska
where the temperature is never below
degrees above zero and where it IL
as mild in the dead of winter as IN
half of the United States. Just think
Of that!
THE grass in spring and summer
| grows temptingly green and cattle and
sheep grow fat and contented. AS tt
| vegetables, there is hardly a place IN
| Alaska where they will not attain
splendid growth. OF course the in
| terror of Alaska, far back from thu
\ coast, is cold and the summer short
/ but there are hundreds and thousand:
/ of the most fertile valleys In the In
| terror where vegetables will grow cas-
1 lily. Sitka is no further north thai
i Glasgow, Edinburgh or Copenhagen
! and it's climate is more temperate thai
any OF them"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-07-04
Wouldn't BE Necessary.

Wouldn't Be Necessary.
"You want to learn to spell better,
Bessie" said the mother, looking over
her school report.
"Qh, don't care, mamma
"But you don't want to gro wup and
not know how to spell, my child, dc
you?"
eyes, I do. I'm going to buy type.
writer, mamma" Statesman
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-07-04
|! 7 !, ]. EIGHT j. 81; HOUR DAY "a
ADvERsE DECISION BY NEWsY YORK
&''s' y y COURT or APPEALs.' M y.
Legislation Providing tor shorter
Hours OF Labor Declared Suneonst',-:l
tutional-Publio Contract Work
Aimed at by Trainers Of the Bill.

The decision of the New York Court
Of Appeals that the eight-hour pro-
vision of the penal code Of that state
important in it's bearing upon labor in
terests ever rendered by that tribunal.
It reverses the action of the Appellate
Division of the Supreme court, but is
in accord with a decision given by the
Court Of Appeals two years ago on
the amendments to the labor law
adopted in 1899. These amendments
provided that, In each contract to
which the state or a municipal corpor-
alton was a party, a clause must be
Included providing for eight hours Of
labor only, to be paid for at "the pre-
vailing rate" Of wages, and this wheth-
er the work was done directly by the
contractor or by sub-contractors.
The statute upon which the Court
of Appeals has now pronounced went
further and made it misdemeanor
for any person or corporation, con-
tracing with the state or with mu-
nicipal corporation, to require more
than eight hours work for a days
labor. In the case under review, the
defendant corporation was engaged in
road building, and criminal proceed
lngs were instituted against it in be-
half of the people for violating the
eight-hour law. The ground on which
the court bases its decision is that the
law discriminates unjustly between
different classes of contractors and be-
tween the same contractor working for
the state and for private party. The
defendant corporation, for example,
might be building road in the next
town for a turnpike company, in which
case it could get men to work without
limit of hours, while in the case OF
state or municipal work 1T is made q
criminal >offense to exceed the eight
hour limit. This arbitrary distinction
between the state and other employ
ers the court declared to be a denial
of the essential equal protection
guaranteed by the law ITO all citizens
This decision, however, by no means
ends the eighthour agitation in New
York, in its relation to public CONTRACT
work. The legislature of 1902 adopted
and the legislature just adjourned re
adopted, a joint resolution proposing
an amendment to the constitution
which is far broader in it's scope thar
either of the laws against which thu
Court of Appeals has pronounced. Thi.
amendment gives the legislature powe
to regulate and fix the wages or sal
aries, the hours of work and labor
and make provision for the protection
welfare and safety of persons EN-
ployed by the state or any county
city, town, village or other civil di
vision of the state, or by any con
tractor or sub-contractor performin,
work, labor or services for the stat
or any county, city, town." etc.
This amendment is to be voted on IL
1905, and if it should be adopted Their
will be practically no limit to the pow
ers of the legislature to regulate ever.
form of public employment and con
tract work.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-07-04
To Toll.


What are we set on earth for? Say, to
toll;
y Nor seek to leave thy tending of the
vines
For all the heat O. the day, till it de.
clines,
And deaths mild curfew shall from work
assoil.
God did anoint thee with his odorous oil,
To wrestle, not to reign; and he as
signs
All thy tears over, like pure crystal
lines,
For younger fellow-workers Of the soil
To wear for amulets. So others shall
Take patience, labor, to their heart and
hand,
From thy hand and thy heart and thy
brave cheer,
And Gods grace fructify through thee to
all. .E
The least flower. with a trimming cup,
may stand .
And share its dewdrop with another
near = " ;,s1
> r.. Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-07-04
= -. = s. i 49,
Seek for Best Cotton

The British Cotton Growing associa-
ton is sending missions to study the
growth of cotton in different soils to
secure the best seeds, and to distrib-
ute these to colonial natives inAEgypt,
the Egyptian Soudan, India, the
Oceanic islands, y ganda, East Africa,
and more. particularly in West Africa
ct Sierra Leone, Lagos and the lower
Niger 81 s. +. b HI u.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-07-04
The Railways OF Mexico.

The Important and Increasing busi-
ness of the Mexican railways is shown
by comparing their international trait
fic during -four months Of last year
with the same interval in the proceed
ing year. The increase in exports by
rail to the. United States was from
$685. 1853 to 1898, 4S4 and Of imports
from $40, 722,566 to :$12.5ss.707.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-07-04
SWENGALl OF MODERN LIFE.
Story Of Depravity That Is Sent Va
from Russia.

Story Of Depravity That Is Sent &ts
from Russia.
"A story from Russia that may Soon
be expected to make it's exaggerated
appearance in the American 'yellows"
concerns a young woman Of good fam
lily who was hynotized by her husband
with the idea of having her commit
suicide so that he might receive the
money for which her life was insured.
At the time of her marriage, about q
year ago, Nine. Wasilevsky was 4 live
ly young woman, buoyant with health
and spirits, and she and her husband,
supposedyto be q wealthy private gen.
tleman living on an inherited income,
went for a years travel. At the end OF
that time the young bride returned SO
changed in appearance and health
from causes so obscure that the physi.
clans decided to try to discover the
trouble. The patient resisted for q
time, but finally yielded to the doctors
influence and told her story. From this
it appeared that her husband had in
sured her life the day after their wed
ding, and had clause inserted in the
policy providing that in the case Of her
suicide he would receive the insurance
money.
Wasilevsky then proceeded to hyp'
notice his wife, and while she was in
the frances to influence her gradually
to commit suicide. The scheme had
to be carried out slowly, as the policy
did not come into force until veal
after it was signed.
wasilevsky has escaped arrest by
flight, and turns out to be penniless
adventurer. Nine. Wasilevsky has
filed q petition for divorce.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-07-04
Too Gov.

II the automobiles would only con-
fine their attention to brewery wagons
and sprinklings carts. they might be
forgiven. But their modest coyness
keeps them aloof from anything more
weighty than runabout or a car
riage driven by a lady. Ohio State
Journal. ss$$~ ~ = III :. + 81 ss4
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-07-04
The Senator'S Gain.

When Senator Beweredge returned
from his Chinese trip a political cohort
said to Senator Uilhman:
"How do you think Senator Beve-
ridge fills his chair in the senate since
he got back?"
Exceptionally WE'LL" was the reply.
''He has gained fully eight pounds -
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-07-04
Not Quite Landed.

81 Edyth--Is it true that you are en-
gagged to Jack? h i, Sstss 3..S SIT
Es# IS Mayme-Yes; but you are not to
mention it. I'm not quite sure that
Jack knows It as vel. ..s1.3 a..
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-07-04
.asVVhen-~a~G Girl, Anoles.

Ethel---Fred has broken our en-
gagement. /: * >. s.. 3 + -, ~ y.
i Mande-Well, don't : you care.
There are just as. good fish in the sea,
you know. ? " g. 4 a ;$js.sf Il S.
/ Ethel ! but suckers are the
only kind that bite now, and i want
q goldfish ,,1. M !15::. +. II >s 81 8
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-07-04
Her Balance of Trade.

Il suppose, DEAR" said Mrs. Greene
to her husband, IF these saloonkeep-
ers raise prices ON account Of the in.
creased liquor tax, you men will get
even by taking smaller drinks"
Mr.. Greene looked at her suspicious.
ly, but made no immediate reply.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-07-04
PATENTS.
List Of Patents issued Last Week to

LIST OF Patents issued Last Week to
Northwestern inventors.
Wallace James, Eyota, Mimi, draft
equalizer; Elmer jenkins, Rochester,
Mimi, bag holder; Frank Mechanics
Minneapolis, Mimi, shade cloth trim
mer; Ole Moe, Minneapolis, MINI.
musical instrument; Axel Olurd, Rich
wood, Mimi, railway signal; Richard
Russell, Stephen, Mimi, road grading
and ditching machine; Michael
Schmalz, Duluth, Mimi, log loading
machine.
I4othrop & johnson. patent lawyers. 81
and 912 Pioneer Press Bldg. St. Paul.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-07-04

Silfkins-Is there any truth in the
report that Blanks wife suffers from
kleptomania?
Tmkins-No, guess not. l under
stand it is the shopkeepers who suffer.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-07-04

Mans inhumanity to man isn't to be
compared with woman's inhumanity
to woman.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-07-04

Fruit acids will not stain goods
dyed with PUTNAM FADEI4ESS
DYES.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-07-04
Good Excuse,

Good Excuse.
HE married her because she was
such a brilliant conversationalist:"
J. Eyes, I know, but"
ooh, he got "a divorce from her for
the same reason."-Smart Set.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-07-04

Halls Catarrh Cure
Is constitutional cure Price, 75c.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-07-04
{ Plausible Definition.

Say, pa queried little johnny
Bumpernickle, what's possibility q
81 s z. sibiHty, my boy" replied the
old man, f1is something q man wants
20 happen, but which refuses to- do
go sEss
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-07-04

When Answering Advertisements
Kindly Mention This Paper.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-10
THEY MAY VOTE.
CONTINUED from Page l.,

BURCH. J.
The A, 7. & S. F. Ry Co. VS.. Kansas
City, M. & o. Ry. Coz ct al error from
Lyon county. Reversed and remanded
for further proceedings.
L. B. Stump VS.. S. B. Burnett error
from Sumner county. Reversed and re-
manded for a new trial
State of Kansas VS.. Clyde Moore; APP
peal from Cowley county. Affirmed.
MASON. J.
r. L. Thomas VS.. Remington Paper
company; error from Shawnee county.
Affirmed.
PER CURTAIN.
Carrie A. Brooks VS.. VIM. H. Fifth
ian; error from Montgomery county.
Proceeding in error dismissed,
Eliza beth Holderman VS.. Calvin Hood
ct al; error from Lyon county. AZ
firmed. ETAOINNNNN
firmed. Cunningham, J., not sitting,
having been of counsel.
A. P. Coppedge ct al VS.. the M. K.
Goet Brewing Co. Error from Decatur
county. Affirmed
A. A. OFT ct al VS.. VIM Gilmore ct al;
error from Jackson, county, Proceed
ing in error dismissed. f-4fa1
G. N. Waters, treasurer. ETC., VS.. John
Garvin: error from Stafford county.
Proceeding in error dismissed.
c. n. Waters. treasurer, ETC., VS.. Jo-.
seph Clyne; error from Stafford county.
Proceeding in error dismissed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-10
BETTER THAN EXPECTED.
Judge Smith Says Rocks County
Wheat Will Average % Bushels.

Judge Charles w. Smith, of Stock
ton, was in Topeka last night. He says
the wheat in the northwest is turning
out far better than was anticipated at
harvest time.
when 1 was down here several
weeks ago. he said, II thought that
20 bushels per acre for the wheat crop
was too much. but now the threshing
returns indicate that in most of the
counties up in my part of the state the
yield will be rs bushels to the acre or
better. Rocks county will have at least
four million bushels.
Il was talking to well posted farm
er a dav or two ago. and he estimated
that not over 40 per cent of the wheat
is yet tl1reshed. That means that the
farmers will be threshinS until Christ
mas anyway, and perhaps longer than
that. They can hardly get this years
crop out of the fields in time to get in
the new crop. There is wheat piled up
along the railroad at the stations, and
many farmers even are piling their
wheat on the ground as it is threshed
for lack of bin room. This is going to
take away some of the profits
THE frost caught some of our corn.
and forage crops. but not enough to do
serious damage. The corn which was
frosted is lightened, and the leaves of
the Kaff1r corn were. killed.