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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-08-08
Lifetime Work of the Heart.

The human heart is practically a
force pump about six inches in length
and four inches lin diameter. It beats
seventy times per minute, 1920 times
per hour, 100, 300 times per day, and
SO, 10000 times per year, and 2,575-
400,000-say, two thousand i've hun
dred and seventy-five million four
hundred and forty thousand times in
seventy years, which Isl mans ap-
pointed three-score years and ! ten.''
AT each Of these beats it forces a21h
ounces OF blood through the system.
{ Il X ounces per minute, 656A pounds
per hour, Or seven and q half tons; r p e
day. All the blood sof the body, which
zis about thirty pounds, passes.
th a1 the heart every three min: =
utes. This little organ pumps every
day what: is equal to lifting 1872 tons
one. foot high Or one ton 1922 feet
high that is one ton tos the tor, Of
q 5tfforty-yard mill chimn ey, 81 sixteen,
persons ighing u, pounds each
to t'l' the same sheigh t.S@ During the sew
5enty years Of a man 81 life this marvel.
Gus little pump, without single
moment rest, nfglh1 III or lay, q dis.
charges the enormous quaint tyy' h st.
4 l7S, $50 tons of bloc sout herr Cali
5foynia Practit ioner ,s.3 8|58s
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-08-08
The Newest Decoration.

The tattooing craze is on again. The
other night at. a reception in Clinton
avenue, Brooklyn a beautiful young
woman created a mild sensation by
exhibiting shoulders most exquisitely
marked lin pink and tan. The men
slyly crowded around 10 admire and
inspect, while, as for the won en-
well they were sshoc ked. The bodice
was none toe high ], and Hebe herself
could not have beaten the form: It
was evident that an artist had done
the tattooing, for it was the most del
icate tracery, RESENT lin 6 the lace that
our proud families hold as heirl looms.
It 81 finally developed that the young
woman had placed = bit 81 u grand
mother precious Arg entan over her
and lain out il the I sun 4 81 few
hours. he result was q pink and tan
print, and no tattoo at al few York.
Press
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-08-08
A Happy Combination.

:, On the order books of the Women's
Exchange in this city, it appears, is q
worker known as "the cheering-up
lady" She is kept busy all the time
It is her function = to visit lonely
homes, to play cards with venerable
widows or spinsters, to read, talk and
look pleasant 4 100 -
hill Here should be a .laborer never fail.
Ing to be worth more than, her hire.
Professional mourners we no longer
know, nor wish to know; Of PROBES.
Ssional cheerers-up it should not be
possible to know too many, We be
speak serious rivalry for this old lady.
who looks pleasant. Hers is the hap
p1est combination OF business and
philanthro py. She exhibits an idea
worthy Of ind fnite extension through
an Infinite variety of clients.
There is no culture more Important
Or pressing than that of the smile
which means good cheer. New zYorE
World.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-08-08
WAS WORK OF GREAT MASTER.
Owner Of Immensely Valuable Paint
ing Knew Not It's Value.

Owner Of Immensely Valuable Paint.
Ing Knew Not It's Value.
Recently there came to light in Bris-
tol, England, an interesting romance
of q picture. For some years there
hung in the Bristol Young Mems Chris
tlan Association rooms q picture en-
titled 'The Holy Family" The owner
lent it for a long time and once pro.
posed that the association should buy
it. He did not wish to drive a hard
bargain. The picture was obviously a
good one; it was feet by AZ feet
Would the committee like to buy it
for $50? IF you would" he said, 81
am SO much in sympathy with your
excellent work that am willing to
contribute SIS myself toward the pur-
chase money" But the committee felt
that it had more important demands
for it's funds and replied accordingly.
By and by the owner died, and his
executors began to realize on his es-
tate. The picture was looked UP, and
the work was ordered to be packed
and sent to London for sale. Judge
the satisfaction Of the executors when
they received an offer of SIS, 900 for it
and were advised not to sell under
$4,000. Experts have identified the
picture as from the brush Of Pietro da
Cortona, a great italian painter of the
early seventeenth century.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-08-08
She Certainly Had Pluck:

Pluck seems to be born In EN-" in
the upper peninsula. It is related
that recently Minnie <Delsoppi, aged
10, living eighteen miles from Menom-
inee, on the bay shore road, while
playing with other. children half "a
mile from home, had both bones Of
the leg broken below the knee. But
Minnie fingered on the scene till the
supper hour, loath to lose her enjoy
ment, and afterward hoped home on
the sound limb, but said nothing about
the accident till her mother noticed
the broken leg swinging independen
ly of the knee Joint. The child then.
rode the eighteen miles to Men ominee,.
submitted to the setting process
without drug, and asked for All apple
when lit was over. . Where SIS your
brave soldier who could ~ 3 out
,heroed this Y, 8. child Detroit TrIb.
uns. ss
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-08-08

good deal rather cut up than study.
His father, Uncle BILL was queer
sort of q: man. He ran the carding
mill down here. The mills gone long:
ago, an SOS Uncle Bill We used to-
bother him a good deal having fun
with the old man. Mrs. Huntington:
was pretty nice sort of a woman.
She was very particular about the fam
lily going to Harwinton every Sunday
to church.
'There was lot of 'em in the fam.
lily. Scion was the oldest boy. He died
less than ten years ago. Coils was
the second. Joseph, the third SON,
died young. Then there was Rhody
an Elizabeth an Susan an two other
girls. 1t was pretty nice family all
through. Coils could read an write
an cipher when he quit school. He
quit when he was fourteen an went
to work at Orson BARRIERS. That
just above the old Huntington place.
He got five dollars a month an board
doing mans work on the farm. He
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-08-08
salmon-ca{chino. centers,

The six chief salmon-catching cen,
ters on the Pacific coast, in the order
of the quantity of fish packed Gin
1901 are Alaska, Puget sound British
Columbia), the Columbia river, the
Oregan coast, the washington coast
and the. California rivers. About four.
ffths Of the entire catch was in Amer.
lean waters, one-ffth in Canadian. For
their extent and importance-thea an
nual product now being worth over
s20,000,000, employing an army Of men
and millions of capitalize Pacific
salmon fisheries are of surprisingly re.
cent development. Like every indus.
try in the Northwest, they have SEEM
ingly sprung into Importance over
night-yesterday nothing, today a
business OF worldwide recognition
June Century. 5 = ..'.;
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-08-08
HOW sEABRookE SAVED MONEY
Good Advice That Friend Wired
Singing Comedian.

A good joke was played on Mr. Sea.
brooke, who is singing in "A Chinese
Honeymoon" A friend in New York
telegraphed Seabrooke as follows: BE
sure and play Solitaire Tuesday,"
The comedian isn't a horseman, but
he does not object to wagering his
weeks salary if he has a reasonable
assurance that he can double it. So
he left word with the call boy to get
him out early that he might play
Solitaire at the best odds. In the
course of the early morning Mr.. Sea"
brooke was called and he went blithe-
ly forth to find bookmaker who
wished to be put out of the business.
From place to place he trudged, from
tipster to tipster he went, inquiring
the possibility of placing a bet on Sol
itaire. But none knew the horse, and
all denied that such an animal was
scheduled to take part in the days
races. So after considerable trudging
Mr.. Seabrooke returned to his hotel,
mystifed. Finally he decided to tele-
graph his friend:
There amt no Solitaire" he wired,
humorously.
The reply read: "You don't know
the answer. told you to play soil.
taire to-day so you wouldn't go to the
races and lose your money"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-08-08
GIRL MILLER OF PERkloMEN.
Believed to Be the Only One in the
United States.

~~'SVSN ~ DC IuO OuIy ShV >sA~
United States.
On the PerkiOmen river, near Valley
Forge, is a flour mill which has the
distinction of being owned and operat-
ed personally by the only woman mill
Ter in the United States. She is
hardly even woman miller" for
she is only II. Miss Sallie Freich-
Ter, the girl miller, is her own master
entirely, makes her own rules, does
her own business, keeps her own
books and carries on her own CORES
pondence, obeying nobody's orders
but those OF her customers.
She played in the mill as a child,
and as she grew up helped her daddy,
and, half unconsciously and half with
thought of the future, learned the
millers business thoroughly. When
he died there was no one else to carry
it on, so Miss Sallie took his place.
For two years now she has operated
the mill entirely alone, only calling in
assistance when there is heavy load
Of rye to be taken in or a large in
voice of -four to be shipped. She
is at work before sunrise in winter
and keeps hard at it all day.
And she seems to like the response
bility and the clean dollars her work
brings in. She caters to one" of the
richest farming communities in Penn
sylvania and the community likes her
and helps her. to- get along ,~,..:
= Besides being q thoroughly capable
miller, Miss Sallie has won another
sort OF reputation in the last year and
a half. The farmers round about
+ consider her an expert on rye in all
it's stages, from the seed to the ground
product. ~ - - = ~" -.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-08-08
B He Sensations. J

!. q The big sixfooter had wisely IRE,
Trained from epinksto: teas but Ills So.
ciety friend had sc last induced him
to attend one of these functions On
their way home the society friend
talked enthusiastically u, Of the event
and asked: Didn't you enjoy it after
all, old man ~ 0 It s s.z.. $.ssl:s 4 !.
Ss !. En- Joy It u said the other. ''Do you
know when j found my. big self in 9.
corner surrounded by seven or eight,
women, with q teacup like a thimble3
ID one Of my huge paws and wafer,
the size Of q quarter in the other,
felt like q sperm whale trying Il
srochet ,: New y ork Tii.=s &c.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-08-08
FARMER TAKING NO CHANCES.

Suspicious Of Weli.Dressed Stranger
and Kept on Safe Side.
The old farmer backed off to the
edge of the sidewalk when the we'll
dressed stranger stopped him. He was
taking no chances.
rs your name Hiram Barker?"
asked the stranger.
"Mebbe it's an mebbe 'tain't," re-
piled the farmer suspiciously. Look
in for someone to cash a check fer
ye?"
"Oh, no."
"Mebbe you'd like to have me
change $50 bill fer ye?"
mot at all.''
The old farmer scratched his head
in puzzled way.
Like as not you want me to sign
some blamed dockyment," he suggest
ed
mo-"
want to teach me poker or some
thin like that?"
II never play poker"
Coin to try to show me where the
explosion took place, then?"
Nothing of the sort. But If you
are Hiram Barker, I have letter for
you"
Again the farmer showed that he
was worried.
stranger" he said at last, "you got
me beat. I don't know whether I'm
Hiram Barker to you or not. When l
come to the city Maria loaded me up
with seven acres of ad vice, but she
didn't say nothin' about a skin game
with letter in it. Jest you wait till
write to her, an then I'll tell We
whether I am or / ain't."- Brooklyn
EAGLE. =
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-08-08
o-0-oooo<to0ooo ooooOo6oool

" The surviving schoolmate OF Hunt
ington tells in his own way of the boy
Coils and his ways: AT school he
was q reg 'lar harum scarum. He was
q wild sort Of fellow. He was a1lus
a-stubbin' around barefoot in summer.
/ recollect that very well. An he was,
a regular daredevil. If there was dan,
ger anywhere around he would jump
right plump into it, fust thing. He
was :allus having trouble with the
teacher. William K. Peck was one O.
the teachers; they was allus at it.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-08-08
A WOMAN IN KENTUCKY.
She Now Has More Legal Rights Than
= r Her Ausband. H%s,'' ~

,ne no" mas MORE Legal Rights Than
= Her husband. ~, i
Through an opinion handed down in
:. divorce suit by Judge Toney Of
-ouisville. ,Kentuckians, including the
legislators who adopted the measure,
ealize the revolutionary force of the
.satute recently adopted. The COM
mon law is abolished.
1t is true that under the enactment
the man and wife are still one, but it
is. obvious that it is the wife who Ii,
the ruling authority. AS the Judge ex-
presses it "the gray mare is the better
horse" I
If she have an estate and he none
he is a mere pensioner on her boukty
and may be kicked off the premises.
On the other hand, if he have property
it is mainly hers.
The judge mentions a wife of wealth
who is sailing on the Mediterranean
in her yacht and whose Louisville
mansion is in the Gaze of servants,
while the husband is in the county
almshouse.
Although the wife in every case is.
entirely independent of the husband
In the control of her property, he is
responsible not only for her debts,
but also for any fines which may be
imposed upon her and for damages
in any SANDER or other legal action
against her.
While the husband els not entitled
D Der personal property, nor to ner
rents, nor her earnings, nor anything
which is hers, he is not even allowed
to give her mild Blackstonian chas-
tisement to keep her in good humor,'>
dolefully declares the Judge, who is
obviously appalled, and mortified by
the situation.
For many years it has been only in
Kentucky and some other southern
states that the views of the Old Tes-
lament partriarchs and of the early
church have continued to be veneer
ated. With the sweeping away of the
common law in that section the hls-
band ceases to be anything more than
source of revenue, in legal sense
Phi4auelphia Record.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-08-08
Site 4Me h1NC1 ia NI1Ich ~
\ IE HzNzkIz6ko7 vas born

stayed there two years an he saved
every cent that he earned. That's the
way Coils Huntington began"
From the description given by the
villagers the house in which the Hunt
ingtons lived appears to have been a
very plain story and half structure.
The gable end was toward the road
way. A huge stone chimney was out
of all proportion to the rest of the
building, as measured by the modern
ideas of the architects, though quite
the fashion at the time. Just at the
front of the house was the old we'll
with the tall pole" contrivance that
added to New England picturesqueness
until lot of enterprising agents in.
vaded the land and induced the people
to adopt modern invention.-Will M.
Clemens in New York Herald.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-08-08
POVERTY HOLLOW, Il WHERE


Shortly before his death the late G.
P. Huntington, railroad magnate and
f1nancier, granted me an interview.
and during our conversation / asked
him for some details of his early life
and the secret of his success. Among
other things Mr.. Huntington said:
Intelligence, singleness Of purpose,
horse sense and good health are the,
requisites of success, and the man who
has these qualities will win from the
start, though folk may not find out
about it until he is pretty well on in
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-08-08

outlying section Of Harwinton by the
quaint appelation of Poverty Hollow,
and. it is with Poverty Hollow, where
G. p Huntington was born and reared,
that this little sketch has to do. There
are six farm houses remaining to-day
in Poverty Hollow, and three or four
sawmills, and the hollow suffers from
the same poverty now as in the early
part of the century, when Huntington
was boy. ~".
Not so long ago the only surviving
schoolmate Of the multi-mil1ionaire
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-08-08
PLACING KNOCKOUT BLOWS.
There Are Several Vulnerable Places
on the Human BODY,

OF TIE human BODY.
An impression prevails that there
is only one blow-that on the point Of
the jaw-which constitutes the knock
out blow, says a writer in the British
Medical Journal. This is an error.
The temple is very vulnerable part
OF the head, the lesion usually pro-
duced being laceration of the brain
substance with hemorrhage. A blow
on the ear may cause rupture in the
membrane tympani and collapse. Dan.
gerous points are over the carotid and
on the larynx-the danger lying in
the conclusion conveyed through the
large nerve trunks which run down
the neck. A blow on the larynx with
the bare fist may cause instant death,
as may one on the chest wall over the
heart. Diaphragmatic blows are not
so dangerous to life, the shock being
temporary. Brisk rubbing and the
use OF stimulants is the most salts
factory mode Of treatment. Blows over
the kidneys may cause rupture and
hemorrhage with intense pain and
shock. The most dangerous and infin-
itely painful form of Knockout blow
is that on the MARKHAM area of the
abdominal wall corresponding to the
center of a triangle formed by the.
xiphosternal articulation above and
line joining the bony ends of the sew.
.enth ribs below. Behind this lies. the
pyloric end Of the stomach. A blow:
f1,{o
blow, but in reality it is the stomach
which receives and transmits the
shock s'<*.,.. 'r...
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-08-08

Kentucky is priding itself on the
death of centenarian in his bed. We
hazard nothing in saying that he did
not live in either Clay or Breathitt
county, where forty is considered
green old age.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-08-08

Two Austrian princesses and baro-
ness will attempt to swim across the
English channel. Whether they sue
coed or fail they will have taken a
step materially nearer the variety
stage.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-08-08

Next to the man who volunteers ad-
vice on how to cure rheumatism, the
man with a panacea for political ills is
entitled to a place in the race for the
position of leading nuisance.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-08-08

Eighteen languages, including Eng
Nsh, were spoken in New Amsterdam.
The principal difference between that
time and this seems to be that, while
more than eighteen other languages
are now spoken, English isn't.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-08-08

That Burlington, VT, blacksmith
who became mayor few days ago is
already greatly surprised at the large
number of people who seem to be able
to use the hammer.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-08-08

1t is pretty hard to work up much
sympathy for the American girl who
thinks she has married a titled foreign
er and then finds that he is a first
class waiter or has an honorable
record as a coachman.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-08-08

Few things make a man madden
than going to the theater and seeing
about everybody that owes him money
absorbed in the performance from
seat in the box.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-08-08

Some of the Russian newspapers
want their government to furnish, the
American press with facts concerning
the real condition Of affairs in the
cars country. The censor will be,
getting after them If they don't watch
out. ..,. '.y "<s1J~.," q.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-08-08

It is claimed that Carnegie has more
than $10o,000,000 left. This, however,
may be a mere rumor started by his
enemies who want the tax man to get
after him.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-08-08

Douglass Gordan, a rich young-man-
about town in New, York, whose sister
married Senator Hanna's son, gave q
$1,4oo check for fora Tip" to barber
who shaved him q few days ago.
Young Douglass and his money are
soon parted. z% III *. s@:s,5%:.-> NJ = ~
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-08-08

John L. Sullivan casts an X-ray on
Emersons essay on the Over Soul by
suggesting that "he was full when he
wrote it," Set Bostonian to catch
a BOstonian.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-08-08

It needed no Minnesota supreme
court to establish the fact that a mash
er is parasite. But it may make the
job of scraping him off easier.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-08-08

New York is to have a building 40
feet long, 26 feet wide and II stories
high. They might save valuable
space by using the building as it's own
chimney.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-08-08

No one who has observed the ten
acity with which woman clings to
an opinion once fixed will ever again
refer to her as a member of the weak
er sex.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-08-08

The astronomers have formed
trust. Within another year the people
will have to pay dearly to look heaven
ward.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-08-08

Miss Littleboy is to be married, &C
cording to Los Angeles paper. Many
happy returns of the day!
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-08-08

Patrons of the Roman amphitheatre
never knew what they missed by liv-
ing before the automobile was in
vented.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-08-08
An irish Heart.


Take innocence and candor and love
for every right,
And mix them up together with a goodly
share Of fight
And add a dash of pathos and OF SYM
pathy a share,
And equal parts of faith in God and
fervor in the prayer,
And charity's sweet emblem might be
tucked in there to show
That hope is e'er respondent in a soft,
ecstatic glow.
Then label it with courage and sense
of wit and fun,
Nor be ashamed to claim it nor to stand
by what you've done;
But simply pour in hnmor Of the brilliant,
wholesome kind,
And all the loved ingredients of healthy,
human mind
And set it on a pedestal Of onyx grand
and white,
And then call all the people in to witness
while you write
This fond and true inscription, taken
from life's every part;
This is, dear friends, a common thing
it's Just an Irish heart"
From the Gael.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-08-08

1t seems a pity that about the only
way for man to learn what kind Of
a woman he ought not to marry is to
marry her.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-08-08

Japan does not seek war with Rus
may be forced upon it.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-08-08

Daniel J. Sully has made so much
money "handling' cotton that he has
got to go to Europe to spend it.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-08-08

Wouldn't it be sight to see the two
Shamrocks and the three American
9O-footers all together in big race
over here!
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-08-08

The racing automobile is the dead
Hest toy that millionairism has ever
amused itself with.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-08-08

The message will get there while
you are saying Marconigraph. Think
up a shorter one.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-08-08

The Reliance is said to have "a full,
blunt nose." So long as it is not out
of joint and she wins the race we can
probably forgive the rest.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-08-08

It's curious how many sizes larger
a woman's feet grow on her way from
the shoe shop to her home.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-08-08

The bolo rush would appear to be
pretty nearly as strenuous as the cane
rush.