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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-07-23

oCPP'IeS oxygen TO the Wearer.
have escaped return to search for
him and carry him to safety before it
is too late to resuscitate him. This
work is hampered by the presence of
the deadly gas in the mine and often
mans fellows not only fail in his
rescue, but lose their own lives.
There has recently been introduced
an apparatus which makes it possible
for man to go safely through mine
charged with deadly gas and come out
without feeling any effects of the
fumes. AS here pictured, it consists
of an alright hood to fit over the
wearer's head and shoulders, with a
compressed air chamber and auto
matte feeding arrangement attached to
the hood. The air for breathing is dis
charged gradually into the hood to re-
place the air which has been breatheI
The wearer of this apparatus can
spend several hours, if necessary, in
dhe presence Of gas which would kill
man in few minutes were it Ger
u:tted to enter his lungs The IN.
vention may also be utilized to enter
smoke-flled rooms, affording protec-
ticn to both the lungs and the eyes.
Exrosure-Tining Device.
To the professional photographer
Or amateur, who is constantly at work
ON his apparatus, making several ex-
.posures every day, it is simple mat
ter to take account Of the amount of
light which is available for affecting
the sensitive plate and gauge the time
Iof the exposure properly without the
laid Of any scale or a watch. But for
those who use the camera infrequent-
,ly and are liable to change the brand
tof plates from time to time the scale
us almost a necessity. Then, after
the proper amount OF exposure has
been ascertained, he must guess at
the length of the fraction of a second
called for, a very difficult thing to
10 without having previously studied
it out by practice.
Now, however, there is no necessity
for experimenting and guessing when
each picture is taken, the operation
having been narrowed down to me-
chanical operation by the introduce
ton Of camera attachment. This
timing device is operated in conjunc-
ton with the shutter-working buttons,
being so connected that the act Of
opening the shutter sets it in motion
ard causes it to act on the closing
button at the proper instant This
timer can be regulated to operate at
any fraction of second or any num-
Der of seconds desired, the operator
having only to set it by the gauge just
before making the exposure.
William E. Mulholland Of Juneau.
Alaska, is the patentee of this device.
Looking to the Future.
Among the large railroad systems to
recognize the Importance of tree plant
ing in order to guarantee a supply of
ties for the future is the Illinois Gen.
trail. At a point near Duquoin, ILL.,.
100000 catalpa trees were planted
three years ago. These trees are
thriving and in a few years, when the
thinning-out process begins, manv of
the ties in the. Illinois Central rail-
road will be cut from this forest Gre
ated in the heart of the Illinois
prairie. The same road is planting
similar forests in Mississippi and con-
templates the establishment Of others.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-07-23
Protects From Gases.

One of the greatest dangers with
(which the coal miner has to contend
is the generation of deadly gas in
the chamber in which he is at work.
His lantern is so made as to guard
against an explosion of this gas and
even to indicate its proportion in the
atmosphere, but the miner himself
does not take the same precaution
to prevent inhalation of the gas, re-
lying on his ability to run out of dan
ger. Often he is overcome in his
flight and then the companions who
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-07-23
Walls Of Basement Stable.


J. J. CT. How thick should the
walls be for stable 80 by 40 feet?
2. Could I use large stones in the
bottom allowing them to rest against
the bank as nigh as the surface of
the ground? How many barrels of
Portland cement would be required
for two 40-foot walls, feet 6 inches
high?
1. The footing should be 1S inches
thick and the walls above ground 9
inches thick. 2. Yes, it is only above
ground that stones should be kept
away from the face of the wall. 3.
Two walls 40 feet long feet inches
high and Is inches thick at the bot
tom and Z inches thick at the ton
would require II barrels of Portland
cement. This is for. walls without
doors or windows. The concrete would
be one Of cement to seven Of gravel.
with field stone as filters. ~. T.. :,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-07-23
Willing to ObIiqe.

81 may as we'll tell you, young
man." said Miss Spooner's father,
''that always close up the house and
turn out the lights by 10 o'clock"
Don't bother tonight, sir" replied
Jack Merry. ell attend to that fo1
yOu."
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-07-23
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Did She Throw Him Over? !
"That Charlie Pinchback is 4 mean

( ST. Did She Throw Him Over? !,
That Charlie Pinchback is mean
man." = ,:..H..e, ! - =
what has he done?" < !
you know, he's engaged to Tilda
Rickrack. Well, he found a ring
somewhere It a bargain and gave it
to her. It was too small for her
finger. What do you suppose he
did?'
t'What?"
advised her to diet until she could
get it on."-Stray Stories.
Must Look the Same.
Little Sister was complaining tear,
fully about something her mother had
told her to do.
Every WE'LL" said grandma, "we will
trade off this mamma for another
one."
'All right" said little sister, "but
we'll have her look just like my man.
ma now, wont we?"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-07-23
Asphalt in South Africa

A deposit of asphalt, estimated ia
contain about 100000 tons, has been
discovered on Table mountain, near
Cape Town, South Africa.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-07-23

Miss @. Ery-Who made your trous.
ers, little boy?
Willie B. Oston-Madam, why do
you interrogate what is self-evident
truth? I am the victim of my moth.
er's good intentions.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-07-23
Manure for Potatoes.

w. d.. What is the best manure
to force potatoes? 2. Will new land
not yet broken produce good potatoes?
8. Would lime help to warm the soil?
Is there any fertility in it?
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-07-23
When Subjects Rebel.

When Subjects Rebel.
ForH,three weeks he had borne all
the horrors of spring cleaning without
murmur. Then his patience gave
way.
"And you," sobbed his wife-"you
used to tell re was your queen"
; Eyes, he said, with a wild glare in
his eye; 'sbut when man finds his
queen has used his tobacco jar for
pale oak varnish and his best meer.
schaum pipe for a tack hammer he
he begins to grasp the advantages OF
republic. STRAY Stories.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-07-23
Force Of Habit.

!: The master plumber had become
rich, and was going abroad for his
health. On the voyage a school OF
whales was sighted and the plumber
WAS seen to rub his hands in costa
'cies.
why is he so happy?" asked curl,
bus passenger.
f! HE can't help it" whispered the
captain. He imagines each spout is
a burst of water pipe, to be repaired
|by him at his old rates.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-07-23
Those Melancholy DAYS,

II wonder what inspired Bryant to
write the line, The melancholy days
have GOMEZ" remarked Mrs Smithers
inquiringly.
"Why, in Bryant's day the women
did their housekeeping in the fall,'
said Smithers.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-07-23
A Frame Ice House,

B. K.-How should the walls of an
ice house be constructed, and with
what should they be packed? How
can the roof be secured to be cool
enough foc storing meat? The build.
ing is IL by II feet, with feet posts
and sharp roof.
A frame ice house should have a
space of six or eight inches between
the inside and outside boards; THU
space should be filled with dry saw.
dust. In putting in the ice it should
be kept six or eight inches from the
inside boards and filed with sawdust
or dry straw we'll tamped down.
You cannot keep meat or anything
above an ice house, the ice must be
above the meat, as cold always des.
cends. You must have refrigerator
separate from your ice house. You
can get them already and shipped in
sections so that you can put them
together yourself
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-07-23
Her Ruling Passion.

Her Ruling Passion.
*'The next house I build I'll leave
out all the woodwork"
"Why 500"
Because at home now every time
get poor dinner my wife says:
There was no time to bother with the
cooking, Henry. We had to wash all
the woodwork to-day"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-07-23
Cautious.

t'Do you let work worry your" I
mo; nor I don't let worry work me,
either Cincinnati Commercial-Trib.
me. 53 a. ..+ E. Il .sst5= t> 3
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-07-23

,Aore or Less.
Biggs-Puffkins regards himself as
the one man in thousand.
Diggs-Is that all?. thought he re.
garded himself as the other 999. :
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-16
GAS IN RIVER BANK.
People Near ThompsonviIIe Excited
Over the Discovery.

Excitement is high at Meriden and
Thompsonville and vicinity over the re-
port of the discovery of natural gas
which has been found escaping from the
west bank Of the Delaware river at a
number of places.
The natural gas was first discovered
yesterday and at several places where it
has been found it was ignited and the
flames burned to a height of a foot and
a half. The gas escapes but slowly and
the fame gradually dies down when it
may be extinguished. In a few moments
it may be lighted again and the flame
will burn as high as ever.
The people of that section are going to
form stock company to sink gas well
at once.
The gas has been found on the farms
of Lon Wolff and Hiram Mccoy about
mile apart but both of which are
touched by the Delaware river.
The location of the find seems to be
about eight miles southeast from Meri-
den and about four miles north of
ThompSonville.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-16
TO SECURE SENATE.
Colorado Republicans Want -Four Den
yer Precincts Thrown Out.

Denver, Dec. 16.-The supreme
court has taken under consideration
the motion of attorneys for the Re-
publican party to eliminate from the
official count the entire vote of four
Denver precincts, in which frauds had
been shown, in the trial of election
officials for contempt of court. These
precincts, with the one whose vote has
already been ordered thrown out, re-
turned 1,453 Democratic and 276 Re
publican votes. If these votes are all
rejected the Republicans gain three
members of the state senate from the
city and county of Denver, the leading
Democratic candidate having only 694
majority on the face of the returns.
If no other changes be made the
senate will then be tie, the lieutenant
governor, a Republican, having the
casting vote. The Republicans pro-
pose if they obtain control of the SEN
ate to unseat two Democrats who were
seated on contests two years ago.
No election contempt case was tried
by the supreme court today and the
decision of the court in the case from
precinct two, ward seven, has been
postponed until Monday. There were
originally seven defendants in the case,
but three of them. Police Captain
Frank NJ. Lee, Constable Michael
Geary and John P. Kendrick, have
been discharged for lack of evidence
duplicating them in the charges.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-16
Latest Model. 1904 style Of Case

cornet could do. The court house
people thought the player was Mr..
Marshall and the afternoon following
request was sent to the register of
deeds to play another solo to quiet the
wild turmoil among the taxpayers in
the county treasurer'S office.
The city council will meet on Decem-
Der % to allow the December pay rolls.
This is so that the city employees will
have some money for their Christmas
shopping.
One would naturally think, these cold
mornings while riding in the freless To-
peka street cars, that the cars of the
City railway belong to some old storage
company.
The California Limited, on the High
land Park street car line, is provided
with a stove and the stove is provided
with fire. Why this discrimination in
favor of Highland Parkers?
A Topeka pupil is said to have be-
peats itself, a proverb claims, I've
heard; but when in class I'm called
upon, mine never says a word
The Emporia Elks have decided to
give a minstrel performance. Who will
be the interlocutor; William Allen
White, Hon. Isaac Lambert. City Mar
shall O'Connor or Nit White. Esq.7
Don't forget to buy a wreath of
holly before Christmas to hang up in
the front window so everyone who
whether the red berries are real or
just imitation
Sixth and Kansas avenues where
the city railway has the entire inter-
section torn up for the laying of new
rails and switches, looks like the pic
lures of the New York streets when
the subway was being built.
Director Jennings of the weather
bureau is on an inspection tour in CEN
trail Kansas probably inspecting the
conditions to see why the weather does
not always conform to the specifica-
lions of the government forecasts.
c. K. Holiday will ask the Com
mercial club at its next meeting to
raise the bonus for the first company
which brings in gas or oil within a
radius of ten miles of Topeka, from
$4,000 to $4,000. THAT will make it
worth WHILE is Mr.. Holidays argu-
ment
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-16
Railroad Y. M. c. A. Notes.

The fire on Thursday was caused by
defective electric wiring under the
gymnasium floor. A temporary floor
was laid and the work of the associa-
ton was not interfered with.
An entertainment by the Modocs
will be given tonight.
Sunday at $3.50 Rev. T. J. Pearson
will deliver his third address. Solo
by Geo. Anderson. All men are well
come.
The practical talk on purchasing
and Handling of Supplies by General
Storekeeper N. NJ. Rice showed what
system can do and the enormous
amount of material used by the great
railroads of the country. A good
sized crowd was present.
The personal workers Bible class
will meet at 2:30 p. m. Sunday.
President H. B. Lautz has appointed
from the active members K C. Bean,
James Mullen, W. N. Rhodes, Leslie
earle and T. s. Davis as the nomi-
mating committee to nominate new
members of the committee of man
agement for next year. They will
make their report at the meeting to
be held the last week in December.
DR.. Wilson of Kansas City will give
an evening of Magic, Mirth and Mys-
terry" on Friday, December %. This
is the fourteenth number of the enter
tainment course.
The young mems Bible class on
Tuesdays at $40 will commence the
study of the book of Mark under the
leadership of E. B. Smith.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-16
NISSLEY IN GUTHRIE.
Topeka Creamery Men VIII Try Their
Hand in Oklahoma.

]. E. Nissley and J. N. Graft, of
Topeka, are planning to open a cream
cry at Guthrie, Okla, on or about
February 1. Both gentlemen have
been in Guthrie for the past few days
the creamery. They have not asked
the Commercial club of that city for
assistance in establishing their plant.
Contracts have been signed for the
lease of a suitable building which is
situated on a spur track of the Santa
Fe railroad, and the railroad has
signed a permit to use the right of
way if at any time it is decided to
The plant which will be put in will
have a capacity of 1000 pounds of
butter daily, and it is said will cost
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-16
WILL row AROUND THE HORN.
The Standard Starts a Cargo of Oil to
California.

New York, Dec. 16.-For the first
time in marine history the task of tow
ing a laden barge 1900 miles from
New York to the California coast was
begun today. Both the barge and the
towing steamer, the Standard Oil com
pany's tank steamship Atlas, will carry
cargoes of oil. The cargo of the Atlas
will be used as fuel on the voyage. 1t
is expected that the trip will occupy
from seventy to eighty days. The sue
cess with which the Standard Oil COM
pany has met in towing barges from
the Gulf of Mexico to New York and
Philadelphia led to consideration of
the project begun today In event of
success, it is said that the service will
be extended to various European
points. The barge which started on
the long trip today is known as No.
SO. She is 3,939 tons net register, $50
feet long, so feet beam, 81 feet depth
of hold and carries about 5000 tons
of oil in bulk. The towing steamer
Atlas is of 1,243 tons net register.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-16

Itching piles? Never mind IL physicians
have failed to cure you. Try Doan's ONT
Tnent. No failure there. 80 cents at any
drug store.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-16
WHAT DO YOU CARE?
YOU'VE GOT YOUR HEALTH.
Great Natures Do Not Despair at Dis
appointment-They Look for
Something Else to Do.

The broad-gauged man of today does
not get blue just because things don't
always come his way unless there is
something the matter with him. If he
''falls down on one proposition he i'm
mediately starts to look up another. He
always looks forward and keeps on hus-
Ting. A man with his health and facul-
ties has plenty of opportunities and the
man who gives up or even feels like it
has either a small nature or some ply
steal weakness.
Dyspepsia certainly puts the best of
men out of condition for work of any
kind. You cannot blame the dyspeptic
his disease is most depressing and cal
culated to deprive him of ambition, en-
ergy and hope. There is hope for him,
however. certain and sure.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are recog-
nized throughout the length and
breadth of the land as the one cure
that's safe and sure. Their unbounded
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES from the thous-
ands and thousands of cures they have
effected, prove beyond the shadow of a
doubt their greatness as a cure. Where
in lies their greatness? In the very fact
that they are Natures own simple rem
edy. They do the exact work in exact
ly the same way that the digestive fluids
of the stomach do because they are
composed of exactly the same elements
and possess the same properties. They
relieve the weak and worn out stomach
of its burden of digestion and permit it
without let or hindrance to rest and
grow sond and well. The stomach will
get well quick enough in its own nat
ural way if it is let alone. That is
what Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets do
They not only let it alone themselves
but make the food taken into the
stomach do the same.
You can satisfy yourself of the truth
of this statement by putting the food
you would eat into a glass jar with
sufficient water and one of Stuart's
Dyspepsia Tablets. The process of d.
gestion will be taken up and carried out
Just as the gastric Juice and other di-
gestive fluids would do it. Their ac-
ton is natural and they cause no dis
turbance in the digestive organs. In
fact you forget you have a stomach
when they begin to do their work so
mild and natural is the operation
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are for sale
by all druggists at SOC box.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-16

$4,000.
They will establish receiving sta
tons over Oklahoma, and be ready to
handle all the butter fat and sell all
the butter needed in Oklahoma.
Mr.. Graft has been connected with
the Continental Creamery company at
Topeka, and understands his work.
He is in touch with all the farmers
of the territory who have good cows,
and the company has been assured the
support of the Territorial Dairymen's
association.
Mr.. Nissley owns a majority of the
stock in creamery plants at Topeka
and Fort Worth, and another cream
cry will be established at Thomas,
Okla, which will be in operation at the
same time as the one at Guthrie.
The machinery will reach Guthrie
about January Is, and the plant will
be ready to receive butter fat and sell
butter on the first of February, 1905.
Mr.. Nissley has returned to Topeka
to arrange for the purchase of new
machinery for the factory.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-16
CONTEST PEPPER WILL.
Dissatisfied Legatees Bring Suit I'm
Circuit Court.

st. Louis. Dec. 16.-Suit has been fled
in the circuit court that tho real estate
left by the late Christian Pepper. valued
at about $1,000, 900, he partitioned among
the heirs; that a receiver be appointed
to collect rents and pay taxes; that
Henry L. Cornet and Frederick g. lie
big be required to account for collec-
lions made by them and that Fred c.
PEPPER and Christian Cornelius, also
known as Pepper, be required to- account
for money received from Cornet and
The plaintiffs are heirs dissatisfied
with the terms of the will, which, they
not of sound mind and that undue in
f1uence was used by Frederick G. Pepper
and Christian Cornelius.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-16
SNAP SHOTS HOMENEws

We now look down from the L on high,
sw hRi fnG onward 1Ws we om eSR y.
mile minutes the pace we go.
We find no fault, like a breeze to blow
Under the island, is fast and fine;
And yet there's a sigh for the long ago,
In the good old days ofsthe horse car line.
The staid conductor was not so spry.
And the driver never dressed up for
A carpet Of straw kept the flooring dry
'Gainst all discomforts of rain or snow;
We left the city at 6, or so,
And got to Harlem at half past 9;
For everything crept along sure and
In the good old days OF the horse car line.
The maiden dweIt. in those days gone by.
Altar where the Harlems waters flow;
And down in the city, with doleful sigh,
On weekdays languished her youthful
But Sunday came-then Cupid & Co.
Urged the lover forward in rain or shine
He got there, tho 5olts caused many a
In the good old days of the horse car line.
All these years I've watched Gotham
And her future shines with a golden glow;
But life was rosy. for youth was mine
In the good old days of the horse car line.
Eugene Geary in New York Sun.
Gleason will show at the Audi
forum tonight.
One more week of school before the
Christmas recess.
This is where the blacksmith and
horseshoer gets his bonus.
Gleason might give an exhibition of
breaking a horse to a sleigh.
J S. Dean, L. S. attorney, returned
from Kansas City last night.
One Topeka residence is equipped
with electric heating devices.
Assistant County Attorney Jamison
was in Kansas City yesterday on bust
ness.
cant for years, will soon have three
new houses.
At the conclusion of today's session
the Christmas vacation for Washburn
college began.
Christmas greens are being used
very extensively on store fronts for
advertising this year.
There is one thing about this snow:
It will give that new city railway snow
sweeper a chance to do it's worst.
Mayor Bergundthal has the reputation
of being one of the best hunters in To-
peka. He knows the woods and is
crack shot.
1t begins to look as though the va
rious jobs of paving which are under
way would have to wait until spring to
see their finish.
Councilman Luther Nellis is said to be
advocating the laying of steam pipes
under the sidewalks to keep the snow
melted on the walks.
The man who counted on an extra
brace of holidays on Christmas and
New Years will get fooled this time.
They fall on Sunday.
A. B. Quinton, Eugene Quinton and
G. Q. Clemens went to Leavenworth
today to look after a lawsuit in the
federal court involving the Keith
tract
The agent for a band instrum ent
house visited John Marshall. in the
register of deeds Office at the court
house, and played a cornet solo to
show Mr.. Marshall what his make of
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loaded. We raised such a fuss about
that that we were not charged again
on that score. Some switch engines will
not hitch on to loaded cars until the
switching crew is tipped. It is a dollar
here and 50 there, and if anybody gets
away from the grounds there with
money left he deserves a Carnegie
medal or place for his statue in the
hall of fame"