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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-05-30
Meat Tenderer and Seasoner

meat IenQeref ana SeaSoner.
Some beefsteak is so tough that the
housekeeper prefers to subdue it with
the hammer before submitting it to
the teeth of faultf1nding boarders, and
it is probable that even a tender piece
Of meat is improved If the ibers are
broken up before it is cooked. While
a number Of machines have already
been introduced for doing this work it
is probable that the one here illus
trated has one feature not common to
those already in use. It is the inten-
ton Of the inventor to have the meat
seasoned at the same time the fibers
are crushed by the rollers of the ma
chine thus Incorporating the salt and
pepper with the meat more thoroughly
than can be done by hand. The ap-
paratus consists of pair of toothed
rollers suspended in frame, with the
teeth of one roller entering depressions
In the opposite roller, to subject the
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-05-30

You may be familiar with this
game under another name. In the
city hall and Criminal Court building
circles it is called ''bugs." That is
because the victim who begins to
play it gradually succumbs to a
strange fascination.
Men who have .played three games
are considered hopeless. They would
rather play bugs" than eat or pay
their debts. They will 90 without
sleep and neglect their work to play
the game. They develop q mono
mania. Hence "bugs." Is ~ ..-
Half of its fatal attraction consists
In the ease with which, it may be
olayed. AL that is needed is a square
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-05-30
Notes From the Scientists.

NOTES from the Scientists.
The electric life-saving hook of J.
McKenna, a Scotchman, is a long pole
with hook and an electric light at
the outer end The light is made
to glow when seeking a body in the
water at night. -. I'm.
The growth of crystals is SO direct,
ed by P. de VAUDEVILLE as to give the
transparency. and luster Of; cut and
polished stones. The method is sim
pie, the small crystal being SO mount
ed that while growing in a saturated
solution it can be continuously rotat-
ed at the rate Of several rotations per
second. Potassium and ammonium al
ums, copper sulphate and sodium chic
rate give particularly fine results.
y The new Austrian steamship pro
peller practically has eight blades, the
four that usually run out from the
boss being changed to straight sup
ports for the four propelling blades,
which are at the usual angle, and
meet at the outer end OF the boss. 1t
is claimed that vibration is abolished
and coal 0ansumDtion reduced.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-05-30

Depressing Key Closes the Circuit
and hammer-operating mechanism, 80
that not only may the type wheel be
brought to it's proper position, but the
carriage and impression hammer are
caused to act through electrical means
This, of course, means that the opera
tor has only to depress the keys far
enough to close the circuit, when the
electric current will perform the re-
malnder of the work much more rapid
ly than the hand could accomplish it.
1t is but a simple matter to add a
line spacing and carriage return motor,
operated by switch lever on one side
OF the keyboard, when the exertion of
operating a typewriter will be re-
duced to almost nothing. Whether
the same idea can be carried out on
the type-lever machines remains to
be seen.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-05-30

of paper-the larger the better for
the game-and two pencils.
Two men travelling and looking for
amusement can find it. ready at hand
with these simple materials. Two
unoccupied persons wanting to kill an
hour and not knowing how, can adopt
the game, and the hour will be gone
before the players are half aware of
it. - ..' s.. .5ss.s2 IL.
It is a matter of record that two
devotees Of the game started playing
it on train just leaving Chicago.
One man'was booked for Gelesburg.
They played one game and were
playing it when the. one traveller
reached his destination He was 80
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-05-30
MAKE GIFTS TO UNIVERS SHY
Museum and Magnificent Clock Tower
Presented to Brown in Honor Of
Benefact0r's Granddaughter

In memory of their wives, who
were sisters, an Italian count and a
New York lawyer have made gifts
to Brown university, at Providence:
R. l., which will prove not only, valu-
able to this institution, along with its
many other new acquisitions, but also
monuments of interest to the people
of Rhode Islands capitol, in COM
memorating one of it's Oldest and
most influential families.
The gift by the New Yorker was
announced only last week, and con-
sists of an art museum. The donor
is Rush C. Hawkins, whose wife was
Miss Ann Mary Brown, grand
daughter of Nicholas Brown, for
whom the university was named, and
who was one of it's principal bene-
factors. The art collection for this
memorial has been gathered by Mr..
Hawkins in his extensive travels, and
consists of "a valuable collection Of
books illustrative of the early wood
engraving and printing, works of art
from Mr.. Hawkins New York home,
uAo AAAAAAy CIV SOA AOo'
The other memorial is in the form
of a clock tower, and will be erected
by Count Paul Banajotti, the Italian
consul. at Liverpool. 1t is in memory
of his wife, who was Miss Caroline
Matilda Brown, sister of Miss Ann
Mary Brown
The tower is ninety-fve feet high
and, because Of the hight of the crest
of land on which it stands, the bel
vedere which surmounts the fo:r
bronze dials will be more than 300
feet above the business streets of
Providence. In the still night it's
chime Of bells in striking the hours
will be heard over a good portion of
the city. The lower part of the
tower, consisting of the granite foun-
dations and the Indiana limestone
base, will be Of Colonial architecture,
to harmonic with the old college
buildings. Here will be the memorial
inscription telling how the tower
came to be built.
The building will be an acquisition
to the already beautiful grounds of
Brown university, and the faculty
and students express grateful appre-
citation of the gift.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-05-30
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Two Are Ready to Marry.

A gentleman met a young woman
who had formerly been servant in
his house, and in a peculiar way said
to her:
"Why, haven't you got married
YETI"
mo, sor."
well, I thought you would have
been married before now
ooh, no, sor," she said, "but thor's
two waitin'."
1.-TWO" he exclaimed, "why, you
don't mean to marry two, do you?"
'.No, sor." -. -:
- 'Then, who are they?" he in
quired. -, 49, . - ii, .
why" she replied, naively, "the
two that's waitin' is the parson and
me!'-Spare Moments. ,-i:..
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-05-30

the farm servants and told them to
catch the rooster, which they finally
did after good deal of work. Then
she said that there was only one
punishment prescribed for witch
who assumed the form of bird, and
that was that she should be burned
alive. The servants agreed with her
and the result was that the unfortun-
ate rooster was taken into the kitch-
en- and showed into a caldron of boil
ing water.
That evening the owner of the
rooster heard of it's fate, and at once
began suit against the farmers wife.
In this way it became known that
many persons in Bavaria still firmly
believe in the existence of witches,
wizards and evil spirits.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-05-30

slice OF meat to the crushing effect
OF the alternate surfaces as the rolls
are revolved back and forth by turn
ing the crank at the end. Pressure IS
applied to. the rolls while in motion by
springs mounted in the frame, and the
latter opens on one side to permit
the removal Of the parts for cleaning.
After the meat has been crushed sufi-
GENTLY a slide is opened in the condi.
ment holder in the tops. of the frame,
when further revolution of, the ma
chimes p shakes the salt and pepper
down on the rollers and grinds it into
the fibers. Clifford G. Childers OF Col.
orado Springs, COL, is the inventor. i
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-05-30
THE LARGEST SAILING VESSEL.
Recently Built In. the Yards Of q Busy
1eAS%.Es l. =Ea$ German Firm, + :1s II 4 1

s: !: .Sz5 \ s2 German Firm. # ys /
The extraordinary activity display
ed by the builders and managers OF
German steamship lines during the
past three decades has been equaled
BY the energy shown in constructing
sailing vessels Of the latest type, ac-
cording to the New York Times:
Within the past few weeks one firm
OF German shipbuilders has completed
what will be probably the largest sail
ing craft in the world, according to q
report received by the state depart
ment from Henry w. Diederich, Uni
ted States consul at Bremen. The fol-
lowing is the record of the years
work Of but one of several firms to
whose activity Mr.. Diederich calls
attention:
AT the end Of its business year
(May s, 1902, the Tecklenborg com.
pany, at Bremerhaven, capitalized at
100000 marks ($476,0 00) paid div.
idend Of 20 per cent. This concern
was occupied to its utmost capacity
during the entire year and the repair
and dry docks were continually in
use. Six double-screw freight and
passenger steamers and two very
large sailing vessels were building, OF
which three steamers and one sailing
vessel were delivered to the owners.
The firm is famous all the world over
for building sailing craft and the YES
sci completed few weeks ago is
probably the largest in the world. Her
name is Preussen. She is a ive-mast-
ed, full-rigged steel vessel, steel
spared throughout. Her length is
40 feet, beam so feet. She has car
rying capacity of 5000 tons, while
her registered tonnage is 1000. Re-
Gently she started on her first voyage
to the west coast of South America"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-05-30
With Their Hind Leqs,

To devoted lovers, George and Liz
zie; were crossing the fields approach
ing the pretty town Of Bethlehem, Pa
The sounds Of the grasshoppers and.
katydids filled the air as they came in
sight OF q church. It was Sunday morn.
ing and the congregation was singing
q melodious hymn. Lizzie heard 1t,
but George did not, and she said:
oh, George, isn't that beauti ful!''
He, thinking she referred to katy
dds, replied: : 49,
Yes, and they are doing III that
with their hind legs"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-05-30

were married before, as the deserted
housewife said, they had time to. wash
the dinner dishes. Finally she. sent
for a severe-looking maiden of ad-
vanced years who had no opinion OF
masculine Establishments. On the day
of the maids arrival miner called at
the kitchen door for a glass of water.
He looked at her, drank the water, ex-
pressed his thanks briefly, and then
went round to the front of the house,
where the mistress herself was sweep
ing off the steps.
WELL" said he, lazily, taking off his
hat, looks as if you'd got a nest-egg
now!"-Youth's Companion.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-05-30
POPJJL AR SCIENCE

nineteen were taken in the same river
in which they had been set free during
the preceding season; four were
caught IN waters close to their birth
place, and only one in distant waters
This latter specimen was taken SOC
miles away from the place where IL
was. set free lin Norway. Salmon re
member, then, and have an acute
sense OF direction, as well as prefer.
ences Of marked character.
X. = =: ----
. Eclipses During the Year.
- There will be four eclipses DURING
the current year, two of the sun and
two Of the moon, as follows:
/. An annual eclipse Of the SUE
March 20, visible as a small partial
eclipse on. the Pacific coast of North
America.
2. A partial eclipse of the moon on
the evening of April II. the moon ris
ing with the eclipse on, and eudine
in Eastern standard time at 1925 D.
M; central time, 1925 p. m.
8. A total eclipse of the sun Sep
TENDER 21.-1nvisible in the United
States.
4. A partial eclipse of the moon DC
tober 5 and 6, the eclipse beginning
with the setting of the moon on the
Pacific coast Of the United States.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-05-30
THIS is AN UNLUcKY ROOSTER.
Nothing Else Than a Witch in Dis
guise That Caused Trouble.


guise That Caused Trouble.
In Bavaria some very odd supersti-
tons still survive, as the following
incident shows: A rooster belonging
to neighbOr flew into barnyard
the other day, and after scratching in
the straw for few minutes hoped
onto the back of COW that was lying
down, and began to crow. At that
moment the farmers wife entered
the yard and at the sight Of the bird
on the cows back, she exclaimed:
Now I know what has caused every
thing to go wrong with me the last
month! My children have been sick,
my husband has been very cross, the
COWS have given hardly any milk,
one of the horses has died, and all
this trouble has been caused by this
wretched rooster, which is nothing
else but witch in disguise. How
ever, I'll fix it."
With these words she summoned
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-05-30
Found Them Tame.

your friend with the loud tie says
he visited a number of the tough re-
sorts in New York and thought them
very tame. What do you think of
that?
".Oh, he's from Kansas. What he
visited was the New York drug
stores. "-Kansas City Journal.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-05-30
eff in fhe Nae$

Lett IN the Nest.
A lady who had moved into a re-
mote district of the West found it al
most impossible to keep her help"
One after another girls came on from
her country home in the East, and
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-05-30
improved ypewriters.

Il IN that class Of typewriters in which.
the printing is effected by impress.
slons from q rotary or oscillating type
wheel, it has been estimated that the
moving Of the type-wheel to the print
ing position takes approximately Is
per cent Of the force necessary to de.
press the key. A Georgia inventor has
an appliance for use, on machines of
this class which he believes will mot
only do this portion of the work, but
PERFORM other unctions as we'll. III
addition to the magnet which operates
the lever to rotate the type-wheel, cleo
tr1cally- controlled devices are also pro-
vided for releasing the carriage feed
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-06
The Oldest Tree.

The cypress Of Soma. in Lombardy,
Is said to be the Oldest tree in the
world OF which there Is authentic
record. It Is supposed to have been
planted in the year of the birth OF
Christ, but the Able Belize tells us
that there Ia a chronicle at Milan
which speaks Of 1t as a grown tree
in the time of julius Caesar. A rival
to this is the eucalyptus, or gum tree,
ear the foot of Mount Wellington, In
Tasmania, which is $50 feet high and
fully 80 feet in diameter. A gigantic
trunk in the province of Oaxaca, in
Mexico, measures 200 feet in circum-
ference at its base. and according to
an average rate Of growth its age
would exceed 5000 years. Cypress
trees in parts of America are very long
lived. By counting the c~oncentric rings
where they have been sawn through
it has been estimated that 1000 years
is no uncommon period of growth in
California, Ceylon and elsewhere, and
some British oaks and yews are of ex-
treme old age.-Detroit Free Press.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-06
R MAKER OF STEEL.
Oneer Who Died at Alton, N. r,
Twenty Years Ago..

A contract made by Cornelius Ather-
ton, the pioneer steel manufacturer in
the United States, and bearing date Of
1772, was found recently among the ef-
fects of Cornelius Atherton, Jr., who
died about 20 years ago at Alton, N. Y.
W. M. Atherton, Of Chicago, a descend
ant, found the document, reports the
New York Tribune. By the terms Of
the contract Mr.. Atherton agreed Ito
learn and instruct James and Ezra Reed
in the art of making steel" The con-
tract bore the signature of Thomas Bar
low, Of Kent, Litchfeld county, Conn.,,
who drew up the document, and that OF
the witness, Thomas Delano, great-uncle
of Columbus Delano, secretary Of the
interior in President Grants cabinet.
MI. Barlow was a brother of Joel Bar
low, United States minister to France
under President Madison.
When the Reeds signed the contract
with MI. Atherton, about 1872 years ago,
the colonies were entirely dependent
upon England and Germany for their
supply of steel. How Cornelius Ather-
ton became possessed of the knowledge
of steel making is not known, but that
he was the first steel manufacturer in
this country has not been successfully
disputed.
Mr.. Anterior was born in Cambridge,
Mass, in 1888. He became connected
with the Dover iron works in 1853, and
six years later, with John and Samuel
Adams and John Hancock, the manufac-
ture of firearms and cutlery was begun
in Boston. The works were burned,
supposedly by British soldiers, and soon
after MI. Atherton went to Pennsyl-
vania, and was one of the founders Of
Scranton. It was then called Slocum
Hollow. Mr.. Anterior died at Alton
on December4 4, 1909, and a son was killed
at the Wyoming (Pa.) massacre.
James and Ezra Reed owned the Do
yer iron works in which Mr.. Atherton
acted as manager for about five years.
The old contract is highly priced by
Mr.. Atherton.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-06
DRAWN WORK ON BL0UsEs.
Stocks, CUFFS, Bibs and Front Panels
Are Newest Trimming for
the Summer,

II any n asked what is the most
conspicuous part of the blouses the
mount Of stitching would come for
ward as the first answer, says the
Philadelphia Press. Us
Little else is put on them, but sure
~ all manner of designs are worked
out in these stitched bands.
One of the prettiest has the side
plaits all over, stitched down to the
blouse with many rows, then bands
going around the blouse, piped with
white, finishing in great scrolls over
the bust.
Many Of these fasten invisibly and
have no touch of any other material
except a bib and cuffs and turnover
collar of fine embroidery or lace.
These are made separately, a Of
course, and pinned on. +
Others have a narrow panel of ba-
tiste, Porto Rican drawn work Of
null, embroidered down front.
Lace, of course. is used, but there is
a growing tendency among the very
smart women to get away from very
oarse laces.
Drawn work and the deep cream
batiste with fine, valenciennes lace is
being adopted more every day.
Antique lace is used, of course,
more than anything else, especially
in great pieces, such as wide bands
and all-over blouses, huge cape col
lars and rufles on skirts. It is this,
probably, that has made dainty wom-
en- go in for very fine finger work,
when little of 1t is to be used.
So many women know how to make
drawn work that / wonder more Of
them do not DO 1t. 1t is certainly the
smart touch now on gowns. The
great designers are hiring women TO
do 1t, and you see the fine veilings and
Paris muslins and French batistes
trimmed with panels of 1t.
It Is charmingiy effective when used
for these bibs and wide turnover cuffs.
The finest handkerchief linen Is often
used, and the hemstitching is pre-
ferred to lace at the edge. When a
deep yellow batiste ID used. 1t is put
as a small panel and stock. 1t looks
immensely well with one Of the black
and white pongees Dr. a dark foulard.
1t is a little too fine for mohair.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-06
LONG DISTANCE BELLIES.
New Distinction for the Summer
Girls who Are Called Often
by Telephone.

It Is a familiar statement that wom-
en- who go to the country for the
summer seem to find more delight in
their trips to town than their sojourn
at the summer resort. The frequency
with which they come into town de.
ponds on their ingenuity In i%nventine
some pressing necessity for seeing the
d~ressmaker, the dentist or the doc
tor. 1t is usually the dentist who
erves them best a. an excuse, for he
may be made the pretext for a visit
to town at any time. says the New
York Sun.
The superiority Of the girl who goes
oftenest to town over her associates
in the hotel Is always noticeable. She
shares temporarily the continued tyi.
umph of the engaged girl. who, as
everybody knows, Is looked upon by
the other young women as worthy OF
envy In the highest degree.
Next to the girl who is engaged and
the girl who goes ~oftenest to town
the girl who is most frequently called
Wy Oh LILO CoAOphOuC 10 I05dluou do q
favorite Of fortune. To be called ur
on the lons-distance phone from New
York must something serious.
summer boarders say. 1t is expensive
enough to imply that the engagement
is almost ready to announce.
To be called UP once a week on the
phone will fill the other young women
at the hotel with excitement, while to
be called up daily fills the hearts OF
all the others with chagrin, not exclud.
ing the engaged one and the one that
goes ~oftenest to town.
1t is only by these vicarious methods
that girls may be bellies in the sum-
mer hotels to-day. The number Of men
in these places Is so small and most
of them r so young that actual su-
periority among the girls struggling
for their attentions Is a hollow victory.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-06
Something About screens.

The ordinary window screen offers
no protection from prying eyes, but the
wire netting can be easily made to
serve the purpose of a real screen as
we'll as a protection from f1iesand other
.zsects. This Us accomplished by CIV
ing the outside of all rec a thin
coat of white paint. Strange as 1t may
seem, the paint will not be noticeable.
and while those inside the house may
look through the screen the same as
sver, outsiders cannot look into the
room. The paint should be thinned
with turpentine and applied with q
broad, fat brush. If the paint ia suf1-
GENTLY thin, and the work carefully
done, it will not have the "daubed" ap-
pearance one e es in 30 much home
painting.-Woman's Home Companion
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-06
THURSDAY, G 6, 1908,

enough school houses to give the
coming generation a proper education.
1t should not be said that any Perth
Amboy youth wanted to go to school,
but was prevented because of lack Of
room. The school house is the best
investment a city can make, for money
spent on education will return to the
municipality a hundred fold. 1t is to
be hoped that nothing will happen to
prevent the completion of the new
building within the time fixed.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-06
The Ornamental s

ION certain of our rit
has been decided to do a
frills and fancy work Of
stacks" said a gentlem5
bile.s These ornaments
fall to the deck, frequeI
serious accidents. Cases
known where men lost Il
ornamental aue tops collal
Is predicted that eventual
turesque but unnecessary
the river packet will disa
sonally / am sorry to see
ton and the passing ava
miliar jagged ring about Il
stack which Is the first
boat to loom up down the
rounds the bend. Howev'
small thing to sigh over,
not be many years before
themselves will be pract
of the past.
Herald.