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The Cook County herald., 1904-05-28
All Have Their MaSC0tS

Among men and women who have
won name and fame in professional
life quite number are to be found
who believe in the supernatural pow
er of some curious talisman which
they possess. Sarasate, the famous
Spanish violinist, for instance, would
not dream of playing at concert un-
less he carried somewhere about his
person tiny replica in silver of the
famous Guarnerius violin on which
Paganini used to play.
Paderewski, the famous pianist,
also possesses a mascot which is
always with him in the shape of
ring once worn by his first wife. Most
people are doubtless aware of the sad
story of Paderewski's first marriage,
how his wife died in giving birth to
son just as the pianist was on the
threshold of success, and how the
world would probably never have
heard of him had not the necessity of
providing for his son compelled the
musician to continue his professional
career. Paderewski does not wear
the ring on his finger. 1t rests in
tiny pocket inside his waistcoat and
is attached to fine gold chain which
encircles the pianist's neck.
The Cook County herald., 1904-05-28

are eagerly taken by the governors
and sheiks in the vicinity and they
have to get their orders in in ad-
vance, so that they may be sure of
their annual supply. The second
grade berries go to the Weather citi-
zens, not of the governing class, and
the third, or poorest, grade of ber-
ries, which are not much superior to
the best Java coffee, are sold to the
people, and the demand invariably
exceeds the supply tenfold.
Sometimes few pounds of this
cheapest grade OF Mocha finds it's
way to Constantinople, but it is very
very seldom, and don't believe an
ounce of it has ever got any further
west than that I presume that il by
some hook or crook a pound of the
real, plump-berried Mocha were land
ed in this country it would sell for
price that even a Rockefeller might
hesitate to pay. We get the best cof-
fee grown, apart from the Mocha, but
the local conditions which prevail
where that coffee is raised prevent us
from obtaining any and 1 hardly think
the real thing will ever be found in
our markets. st. Louis Globe-Demo-
crat
The Cook County herald., 1904-05-28

"Well, sir, you should have seen
that sergeant's face when he saw
those Rappahoes. No sooner had we
unsaddled when about twenty Of those
bucks walked over to us. They were
awfully arrogant and carried rifles.
Said they to BrannigaB. Grub That
was all.
"And, do you know, that Brannigan
stood there and ordered us to give
them an antelope we had, all our cof-
fee. SOW belly and crackers. We
didn't have thing left. Then he
walked up to the chief and gave him
his plug Of tobacco. Still those bucks
just kind of hung around, restless and
uneasy-there were $50 of them, you
remember.
eve boys grumbled some and had
to get along without anything to eat.
Then when it got dark we began to
make ready to turn in for the night.
Brannigan had been getting more and
more nervous as night drew on and
when he saw us getting out the sad
die blankets that fixed him.
"'Boys,' he said, we won't turn in
tonight. We will just sit up and tell
stories '"-San Francisco Call.
The Cook County herald., 1904-05-28
Kept Peace With Indians

John Mitchell, ex-sergeant of the
army. scout and Indian fighter of the
early days OF Custer, Wade and Miles,
takes care of the guns in the armory
over at the University of California.
To the chosen few whom he delights
to honor he recounts stories OF the
plains which should find their way
into book some day. The other day
he grew reminiscent.
1T was in '67," said he, when /
was still an enlisted man and was
with my regiment out in Wyoming,
where the Sioux were keeping every
body on the jump. There were fifteen
OF us, under sergeant by the name
OF Brannigan, and we had been away
from the post on a little scouting ex-
pedltion and were returning when
this incident happened.
I'VE had been riding hard all day
without anything to eat, for we were
only fifteen, you know, and in that
case a man don't stop to take any
thing like a. course dinner on the
plains. Well, we came up to a little
station called Cedar Creek just as
night came on, thinking to spend the
night there. We found about $50
Rappahoe bucks camping there, too.
The Cook County herald., 1904-05-28

From the musical profession to the
race course is rather a far cry, but it
may not be out of place to mention
here the curious luck-bringer carried
by Sam Loates, the famous jockey. It
consists of an ordinary smoked pearl
button, without which he never rides
a race. This pearl button saved the
life of Mr.. Loates when he was a
child by catching in the upholstery of
railway carriage door which had
not been properly fastened, and thus
preventing him falling on to the line.
Since then the jockey has come to
believe that the button has an influ-
ence for good over all his fortunes,
Quite number of our leading
actresses firmly believe that their
success in piece depends to a GER
tain extent on peculiar mascots which
they invariably carry. Miss Violet
Vanbrugh always wears a long chain
of uncut turquoises on the stage.
while Mrs. Langtry never feels COM
Portable unless she carries a tur-
Quoise on which Persian love letter
is engraved. Mrs. Langtry, it is said.
fished up this peculiar mascot while
diving in the Lido at Venice.-Loa.
don Tit-Bits.
The Cook County herald., 1904-05-28
Caught Alligator With a fishIine.

While deer, duck and quail shooting
have been better this season in the
neighborhood of Titusville than in
several years, Rockledge, Stuart and
a few other places seem to have the
expert fishermen. But it takes a Mer-
ritt fisherman to catch alligators. We
are told that few days ago a seven.
foot alligator was caught with fish.
line. The line was set and baited with
a mullet, for trout. The alligator took
the bait and the hook fastened itself
in his throat. Had the line been
rope or chain it would have been
twisted apart or the hook torn out.
The alligator tired himself out and
was easily taken by slipping a rope
over his nose, securing his flippers,
and towing him ashore, where he was
killed with an axe-East Coast Advo-
cate (Titusville, Fla.).
The Cook County herald., 1904-05-28

and a snare" is compression of
Lord Denmans expression "A delu-
sion, mockery and snare" Tom
Paine's Zone step above the sublime
makes the ridiculous" has been mod
ernized into From the sublime to
the ridiculous.' Pouches TT is more
than a crime-it is a political fault"
has become 1T is worse than a crime
1T is a blunder.'
Josiah Quincy's threat of the seces-
sion of some of the states, "Amicably
If they can, violently if they must"
was SO effectually misquoted by Hen
ry Clay that his rendering, "Peace-
fully if they can, forcibly if they
must"-has been commonly received.
Jackson's famous toast, "Our Federal
Union: It Must Be Preserved" has
been ampliied into Must and shall
be-" Then there is Chief Justice
Chase's eloquent characterization of
"An indestructible Union composed
of indestructible states" This, in
the mouth Of the average Fourth of
July orator, has become "An 1ndissol-
uble Union of indestructible States"
The Cook County herald., 1904-05-28
5ARN AND STORE HOUSE.
Plans for comn1odious Structure for
i: *.<~. ,.~ the Farm.

Plans for commodious Structure for
the Farm.
M. McM.-Kindly publish floor
plan for basement barn, 100 feet
long and 40 feet wide, to accommo-
date 36 cattle, 8 horses, and to have
two box stalls for cattle and two for
horses, besides q root house, to hold
$500 bushels, a silo IL feet square,
and a place for manure. How thick
should the walls be and how deep
should the foundations be laid?
(2). How should the barn be laid out
above and how long should the posts
be?
(3:) The barn will be built en- clay
soil, 200 yards from a running stream.
Could water be drawn from this
stream by windmill, and what size
Of pipe should be used?
The accompanying plan contains
five single horse stalls, two box stalls
for horses, SO COW stalls, and two box
stalls for cattle. The manure shed is
at the end of building, with a door at
each side wide enough to drive a
wagon through to draw the manure
out.
The root house is under one of the
drive-ways, and extends along the side
The Cook County herald., 1904-05-28
MISTAKEN FOR A PATIENT.
Amusing Reception Accorded Wis
itor to New York Hospital,

itor to New York Hospital.
An Italian who had been in this
country only forty-eight hours went
to Bellevue hospital last week to visit
a patient. An obliging fellow country.
man in the reception room instructed
the stranger in the mysteries of the
main office, and presently he was
whisked upstairs in an elevator. When
the elevator stopped the Italian walk
ed into ward and sat down.
The first nurse that spied him there
took it for granted that he was a new
patient. In less time than it takes
to tell it he had been thoroughly scrub
bed and put to bed. Then the doctor
in charge Of the ward came along and
made an examination.
The unwilling patient seemed to be
resting comfortably, but the absence
of any pronounced symptoms was
alarming. A second doctor was sent
for. The two made second examina-
tion and then called a third By that
time the bewildered Italian had yield
ed to the inevitable and was sleeping
peacefully.
The third doctor prescribed an in
terpreter and finally a guide took the
smiling visitor to the bedside of his
sick friend.-New York Sun.
The Cook County herald., 1904-05-28

Ground Floor Plan of Stock Barn.
A-Horse stable. Bleed rooms. c.
Cow stalls. D-Passage behind cattle E.
Cutters G-Box stalls. H-Manure she'd
I-Silo. J-Roothouse. K-Ventilators.
of barn wall towards the silo. 1t is
- by 40 feet and feet high. 1t should
be arched over with concrete and have
two ventilators in the arch. These
ventilators are used to fill the house
with roots, and there should be a
window at each end of root house for
light. There should also be :: cold air
pipe coming in near the floor for VEN
t1lation; the ventilators in the arch
answer for the outtake pipes. A root
house the size given will hold about
1900 bushels of roots, as one bushel
OF roots occupies about 21% cubic feet.
Should the root house not be large
enough it can be turned with the end
to the basement of barn, between
the driveway and silo, and making it
20 by 80 feet and 10 feet high. 1t
would then hold about 2,4OO bushels.
The silo is placed beside the other
driveway and is twelve feet in diane
ter and built round. Silos used to be
built on the inside of barns, but of
late they are built on the outside, in
fact for the last six years I have never
built nor seen one built on the inside
of a barn.
2. The barn above should have a
NOW IS feet wide over the horse
stable, then 12 feet for a driveway,
then two 20 foot mows and IL foot
driveway, and then an 18 foot NOW
over the manure shed. The posts of
the barn should be IS feet long. The
stairway will go down inside of the
NOV, the door opening from the edge
of the driveway floor. The hay and
straw may be thrown down through
doors in the side of the mows in each
driveway.
3. You can draw the water from
the stream providing you do not have
to lift it too much, and 1h-inch pipe
would be large enough.
a. If the wall is built of stone it
should not be less than 18 inches
thick; if of concrete one foot is thick
enough. The foundation should be put
down at least 20 inches and after the
wall is completed the soil should be
graded up inches higher. This will
always keep the ground drier and
allows the water to run off and not
settle along the wall.-N. B. H.
The Cook County herald., 1904-05-28
Secular Sunday School,

In England and America the term
"Sunday-school' has a definite mean
ing, and is exclusively used to denote
a place of religious teaching. IN Ger
many, however, the race for CONNER
cial supremacy has led to the estab-
lishment of Sunday-schools at which
mechanics are given practical instruc-
ton in their trades. There is, for ex-
ample, a school for masons, at which
the students, many of them mechanics
who work during the week, spend sew
eral hours on Sunday morning in learn
ing the higher branches of their craft.
Similarly there are Sunday-schools
for tailors, ironmongers, bookbinders,
and followers of other trades-even
BARRIERS and blacksmiths.
The Cook County herald., 1904-05-28
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~ InNGN'T1QNN .
lncandescent Lamp Reflector.

lncandeseent Lamp Reflector.
How far would it have been possi-
BILE to advance business methods to-
ward their present high standard, and
what would be the volume of busi-
ness transacted this year, were we
still hampered with the candles or
pine fagots of our forefathers as q
means of lighting stores, offices and
residences? 1t is the conveniences Of
the age which have aided most in in
creasing the volume of daily, transac.
tions in the commercial world to their
present enormous amount, and m
greater convenience has come to the
business man than the method of
lighting the desk, office and manufac-
turing plant. What would our ances-
tors Of less than 100 years back have
thought of tapping pair of wires at
any point and inserting a little glass
bulb, turning button and obtaining
a light better than a dozen of their
candles could afford them? TODAY it.
has become such common affair that
we seldom pause to think of the i'm
provement, but simply take it for
granted, as we have learned to do the
thousand and one other things which
the inventor has placed at our dis
posal.
But even this little glass bulb, with
its rays of light streaming out all
around, is open to improvement. In
almost every use to which this lamp
is put there is no necessity for the
rays which illuminate the space above
the carbon film, and this inventor pro.
poses not only to shut them out, but
to reflect them downward again.
where they will increase the brilliancy
Of the vertical rays. This is accom-.
plished by the use of the little metal
reflector shown in conjunction with
the incandescent electric light in the
picture. The under surface of this
The Cook County herald., 1904-05-28
Get Wise Sayings Mixed

Just as the popular so-called quota
tions from the Bible and Shakespeare
are commonly misquoted, so it will
be found the wise sayings of states
men have not always been preserved
in their original integrity.
For example, there is Washington's
apothegm that ITO be prepared for
war is one of the most effectual
means of preserving peace" This
has been. condensed into the familiar
I'm time of peace prepare for war"
Then Jeferson's axiom, "Vacancies
by death are few, by resignation
none,'' is almost invariably applied to
the of1ce-holding contingent in the
shape of the assertion Few die, and
none resign"
Two Western newspapers have as
their motto Error ceases to be dam
gerous when truth is left free to COM
bat it," This is mutilation of Presi-
dent Jefferson's celebrated saying in
his inaugural address that Error of
opinion may be tolerated where rea-
son. is left free to combat it," The
commonly used phrase "A delusion
The Cook County herald., 1904-05-28
Good-By.

Two whispered words--"Good-bye! For
give''
Her dull brain throbbed to them,
And thoughts came crowding thick and
fast.
Of how, and where, and when
They two might meet again.
Good bye! Her quickened heartbeats tell
OF nerves not made of steel,
Yet still and cold she stands,
No word, no look!
Well. twas best that they so parted,
For lying tongues had broken faith and
Good-bye! Forgiving. eyes sought hers
That only sought the ground,
A moments pause, in which a hearts
life passed away,
And then retreating footsteps fell upon
her ear.
A closing door, a woman's sob,
And she was beaconless
Upon a sea of pride and doubt,
Goodbye forevermore!
The Cook County herald., 1904-05-28
Sees Evils in Overstudv.

Henry R. Edmuds, president of the
Philadelphia board Of education, says
half the public school pupils of that
city are suffering from ills brought
on by overstudy. The principal evils
resulting, he says, are nervous anfec-
tions and defective eyesight, both
largely traceable to excessive home
study and the crowdlng of too many
branches into the elementary grades.
He champions the abolition of after
noon classes and the wiping out of all
home study. 80 - :.
The Cook County herald., 1904-05-28
MIGHT CALL HIM JACK.
Rear Admiral Walkers Quiet Rebuke
SiIenced Pert Youth. =

Silenced Pert Youth.
Rear Admiral John G. Walker de-
votes more time to canal matters than
to fashion plates and could hardly be
called spdck and span in the civilian
clothes he wears at his work. A
stranger would be far more likely to
take Admiral Walker for country
man than a retired army officer. His
long whiskers are Of the'type so popu-
lar with rural dramas, and his rolling
walk might we'll be taken for the
movement acquired by following a
plow.
A brusque young man in search of
the canal commission encountered Ad-
miral Walker in a corridor of the Cor
coran building in Washington and
asked pertly:
"Can you tell me where l will find
Walker?"
EYES," Admiral Walker replied.
'Just come with me-
The dapper young fellow followed
Admiral Walker into his Office. The.
Admiral took a seat behind his desk
and invited the young man to sit
down.
"Well, what can do for you?" Ad~
miral Walker asked of the young man.
who began to squirm uneasily in his:
chair.
II am Walker" the Admiral contin>
ued. John G. Walker is my full
name, but you might call me Jack for
Short
Unable to summon up enough voice
to apologize, the young fellow rushed
out OF the Office without saying
word.-New York News.
The Cook County herald., 1904-05-28
Science and Health.

One-fifth of all deaths during last
winter were from pneumonia.
It is estimated that in all about 720
tons of ore have been used to produce
about one-f1fth of an ounce of radium.
When lightning strikes tree the
heat generated is sometimes so great
that all the sap is converted into su-
perheated steam, which explodes, tear
ing the tree to splinters.
IF we ask person to estimate the
number of stars visible on a clear
night" says Houzaau, I'VE shall have
an exaggerated answer the actual
number being little over 3,000." ID.
The Cook County herald., 1904-05-28

One of the simplest remedies for
the destruction of ants in orchards is
to pour into each nest about tea
spoonful of bisulphide of carbon, after
wards plugging the hole with a small
piece of sod pressed down with the
foot. The liquid evaporates quickly
and the fumes penetrate into all the
parts of the nest, destroying all the
occupants. Another remedy is to pour
scalding water into the nests.
The Cook County herald., 1904-05-28

Increases Power of End Rays.
shade is nickel-plated and highly pol
ished, serving to defect the light rays
which have an upward trend. To at
tach it to the lamp, the bulb must be
unscrewed and inserted between the
adjustable wings above the reflector
proper. A. J. Partridge of Chicago is
the inventor.
The Cook County herald., 1904-05-28
The Ripcninu Years.

In spite of all that poets sing
About our childhood's happy hours
1t seems to me that evry spring
Brings greener fields and sweeter flow
erS.
The foliage upon the trees
Seems greener as it reappears:
There's something in the very breeze
That grows more sacred with the years.
Somehow with each succeeding June
. New lusters come into the sky;
Some subtle chord in natures tune
y w. 81. Wilson, in Four Track News. 4
The Cook County herald., 1904-05-28

Canadian Railroad Trackage.
For the fiscal year ended June 80.
1903, railroads in Canada report 49,.
OFT miles of track, an increase of 2O9
miles over the corresponding period
ct 1909.
The Cook County herald., 1904-05-28
Winds Mystery.

Winds Mystery.
The meteOrOlOgist is gradually di
vesting the wind of it's mystery and
is able to explain convincingly how
and when it originates. The study of
a great number of observations taken
simultaneously all over the country,
and in fact all over two continents,
has enabled the expert to foresee just
when at night the layers of air near
the earth become cooled, and as cool
air is heavier than warm air, law
of physics that is generally appreciat-
ed theoretically, but usually over
looked practically, this heavy air tends
to move down the hillside. The ten
dency becomes after time sufficient
ly pronounced to produce a general
downhill movement, eventually result
ing a perceptible breeze.
That is what is commonly designat-
ed locally as "the mountain breeze
and which from it's origin is practi-
cally in one constant direction, though
the intervention of powerful storms
may temporarily reverse the custom
ary movement. Vice versa during the
day the presence of warmer and there
fore lighter air near the earth causes
movement of the atmosphere with
an upward tendency, creating the So
called valley breezes. In certain fav-
orably situated localities the appear
ance of the mountain or the valley
breeze is as regular as clockwork, the
transitional period being marked by a
calm.-Philadelphia Record.
The Cook County herald., 1904-05-28
Alloy That Defies Temperature.


Consul Guenther of Frankfort re-
ports the Invention by DR.. Guillaune
of an alloy of steel and nickel which
has the useful property of not expand
ing with increase of heat, retaining
practically the same volume under all
changes of temperature. BY altering
the proportions of the constituents, a
metal is obtained which contracts
when heated. The utility of an ALLOW
which maintains an unchanged vol
ume, despite changes Of temperature,
is very great in making accurate
measuring instruments, clocks and
watches. The new alloy-called Gin
var"-has already been used for pen
dulums and instruments for tropical
surveys with excellent results.
The Cook County herald., 1904-05-28
German Students.

German Students.
For the present winter course the
total number of immatriculated stu
dents at the German universities is
1884, of whom 3,093' are foreigners,
the largest number ever recorded.
The Cook County herald., 1904-05-28

For paddle wheel of good con.
struction under head of thirty feet,
SO cubic feet of water per minute
should supply four horse power, or for
turbine under head of four feet,
668 cubic feet Of water per minute
would be required to furnish the same
power. AS the correspondence does
not specify any particulars as to
amount of fall or size or stream, it is
impracticable to answer this question.
The Cook County herald., 1904-05-28
Power from a Runninu Stream.

J. H. H.-What size of stream, and
what fall would be required in order
to develop four horse power from
hand made paddle wheel, and also
from turbine? What is the best
form of homemade wheel?
The Cook County herald., 1904-05-28

The tar paper being antiseptic in
character would tend to preserve the
dry lumber; on the other hand it
would in measure delay the drying
of the green lumber, and in that way
tend to encourage decay in the lum-
ber. ,~ -. IT,
The Cook County herald., 1904-05-28
Tar Paper on a Roof.

G. W., B:-Would layer of tar pa
per between dry, we'll seasoned lum.
ber and the shingles on a roof tend
to rot the lumber? What would the
effect be on the lumber if it were
green?
The Cook County herald., 1904-05-28

Remember this, that very little 1
needed to make a life happy. - d
The Cook County herald., 1904-05-28
Ants in an Orchard

A Observation-Disclosures tell me what
will kill an ant hill in an orchard.
Sharp County record., 1904-03-04

A good horse for sale, for cash
or credit. G, E. Craig.
w. H. Williams of Center
was a visitor at Record head
quarters the first Of the week.
lie informed us that he would
remove to Texas some time this
spring. The people Of the coun-
ty are sorry to lose such good
citizens as Mr.. Williams.
Prof. Charles M. Grisham,
who has been engaged in the
Sidney school eight terms and
who has been employed for the
next session, was a visitor at this
sanctum Tuesday. He left We'd
nesday for Springfield, Mo-,
where he Will take a five months
Normal course.