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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-29

will hold up your forefinger about a
! foot from your face, and look at a tree
| beyond it or at any tall object, you
will see your finger double. Then look
| directly at your finger and you will
see the tree double.
The explanation is that each eye
sees separately, and when both are
looking at the finger the right eye
/ sees the tree on. the right side of the
finger and the left eye sees it on the
left. When, however, you look at the
tree directly with both eyes, each eye
sees the finger apparently in diff
ferent place. If you will cover one
eye and look with the other you can
| not see either the tree or the finger
| double, which is the proof of the ex-
pertinent.
Place two bits of white paper about
a foot apart on a table. Cover the
right eye and look steadily at the
right-hand piece of paper with the
left eye. BY stepping backward you
will reach spot where the left-hand
piece Of paper will disappear. You
can make the right-hand piece of pa
per disappear by looking at the left
hand piece of paper with the right
eye.
When you have made one disappear
in this way, move your head ever so
slightly backward or forward, and the
paper will instantly reappear. The
reason of this is that every persons
eye has blind spot on the retina,
and when an image OF the piece of pa
| per falls on the spot it cannot be seen.
Physicians use this principle in the
correction of vision.
Place on gray background a piece
Of colored paper in any design, and
look steadily at it for minute or So
Snatch the colored piece away, and a
design exactly like it will be seen in
| the same spot, but in different COL
or. If the design was green the repli-
ca will be red; if yellow, the replica
| will be violet.
Instead of snatching the paper
away after looking at it steadily, look
up at the ceiling, and the image will
be seen there These GHOSTS as
they are sometimes called, are caused
by the action of light on the retina of
the eye.
Look at the accompanying illustra-
ton steadily for little while, and
then look up at the ceiling; you will
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-29
Ground Floor Plan,

H. passages. The small squares. three
on one side and two on the other.
shown in the ground floor plan, are
ventilating shafts 10 inches SQUARE,
which extend from the ceiling of the
basement to the plate of the barn
where they are open to the outside.
Fresh air should be admitted through
Finch tiles placed in the walls one foot
above the level of the basement floor,
and in such position that draughts will
not strike the animals. Windows
should be all hung at the top. Stable
doors should all be cut in two horizon
tally, making the bottom part 3 feet 6
inches high. The barn posts are IS
feet high and the roof is hipped.
The cost of building varies in diff
ferent localities, but fair estimate
would be about as follows: Excavat-
ing. $40; cement wall, 1925: cement
floor, $125; timber, $3.50; lumber and
shingles, 1915; lumber for stable fit
tings, $40; hardware, $40; carpenter
work, $175; silo, $140. This estimate
is for irst-class workmanship, and
matched lumber The foundation tim
bers may be made up of 2x10 inch
planks. For the superstructure, square
timber should be used
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-29

We say that a cork pops" when it
is suddenly pulled out of a bottle, but
really what pops is not the cork, but
the bottle; or, still more correctly, the
air inside of the bottle. 1t is just like
blowing on key or sounding a flute
or an organ pipe. The air in the bot
tie is set into vibration and makes a
sound, a note, not very musical one,
but still note, and bottles Of differ
ent sizes give different notes.
There is curious thing about notes
that are not very musical. One such
note is simply an unpleasant noise,
but if you produce several notes in
succession and select them, so that
they represent the notes of well
known tune or even musical scale or
chord, the effect is very agreeable.
The sound of two pieces of wood
struck together is dull, and the clang
of metal is positively unpleasant, yet
a xylophone made of wooden or metal
bars may be played so as to give a
very pleasing effect.
Now the popping of cork gives a
much clearer note, and the '"popo-
phone" would probably be a favorite
musical instrument but for two
things. 1t is rather difficult to play
and the Dtes are very short lived
But it is N amusing toy, all the same.
You can make it, of course, of
bottles, and the average house con-
tains such variety of empty bottles
that you can make a popophone of
many notes we'll tuned, for you can
tune it by pouring more or less. water
into the bottles.
But popophone that is more inter-
esting in some ways may be made of
pasteboard tubes or the cylindrical
boxes-cartons is the trade name for
them-in which medicines, crackers
and many other things are sold. !, If
you suddenly pull off the cover of an
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-29

boil some water for fifteen minutes,
and then let it stand undisturbed until
it cools. Then, keeping it perfectly
still, heat it again, and you will find
that the temperature will go few de-
grees higher than PIP, without causing
the water to boil.
If you now drop some pieces of met
al into the water it will at once begin
to boil. The explanation of this is that
the air is expelled from the water
when it boils, and the water with
air In it boils more quickly than
water without air in it, so that, at the
second boiling, a higher temperature
! is reached before boiling begins.
When you drop the scraps of metal
into the water, they carry air with
them, besides, they reduce the temper
allure of the water to the boiling point
Another experiment may be made
by putting some salt or sugar into wa
ter, and then boiling it; you will find
that it will take higher temperature
than pure water, for the reason that
some heat is required to separate the
salt or sugar from the water before
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-29
Boiling Water with Cold Water.

the latter can be converted into steam
You then, while it is boiling, cork it
tightly, and remove it from the flame.
When it stops boiling in the flask pour
some cold water over the outside and
it will begin to boil again. Or plunge
the flask into cold water and, in this
way, prove for yourself the degree
OF heat for boiling various substances.
Still another interesting experiment
consists in boiling some water in a
glass flask; and the same thing will
happen. You may be able to do this
several times with the same flask.
The explanation is that in corked
flask of boiling water there is some
steam above the surface of the water,
and the application of cold water
causes this steam to condense, which
at once removes some of the pressure
from the surface, causing it to boil, as
the bubbles of steam can then escape.
These experiments are all interest.
ing and instructive.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-29

empty box of this sort-supposing il
to have cover like a cap, as is gen
orally the case-you hear pop"
If you experiment with number OF
boxes OF different lengths you will
find that the long ones give deeper
or lower notes than the short ones
Four boxes, whose lengths are eight
six, five and four inches, will give
! what musicians call the common
chord, like c, E, G and c on the ri.
ano.
II the lengths, and therefore the
notes, are not just right, you can
make them right by cutting off little
OF one box or another.
But a paper tube of any desired
length is easily made, either by wrap
ping a sheet of paper several times
around cylindrical ruler, shade roll
err, brOomstick or curtain pole and
pasting each layer to the next as you
go, or by bending flexible cardboard
around once and gluing the edges to.
gether. The cups are made in the
same way, but little larger, and
closeo aI the top Dy paStlng paper
across. Instead of making bottoms
for the tubes you may simply glue
them upright on board.
In this way it is not difficult to
make a popophone of nine notes or a
whole octave on which you can play
tunes to the surprise of your friends.
II the shortest tube is six inches
long, the longest should measure
twelve inches, and the lengths of the
nine tubes will be six, six and three.
quarters, seven and half, eight, nine,
ten, eleven and a half and twelve
inches.
If the tubes are all OF the same di.
ameter you can use one cover or cap
for all of them unless you want to
make two notes at once, and il the
tubes are small you can pop" them
with corks instead of caps. $ls.s.*@}% s.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-29
Water Experiments.

Water Experiments.
Of course you know that water hollis
when heated to temperature of PIP
degrees. No matter how much heat
you may apply to it then, the temper.
allure will not be raised, but the water
Will only be the more rapidly turned
into steam, for that is what boiling
does.
There is way. howe yer, in which
you may raise the temperature OF wa
ter above PIP degrees, though most
persons would tell you that it is i'm
possible. To make the test and prove
it you will need small chemical ther-
mometer; that is, one without a tin
case. These are sold at a moderate
price in the stores, or, if you prefer,
you can convert an ordinary thermom-
eter into chemical one by carefully
scratching the divisions of the scale
or the glass tube with file and then
removing it from the tin case, so that
it will float in the water without touch
ing the bottom or side of the vessel it
will be complete, like those that are
used for taking the temperature of
baths.
When you have your thermometer,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-29
Will Save Cattle and Horses.


The latest invention for installation
in stables and cattle sheds, and hav-
ing for it's primary object the. imme-
date rescuing OF horses and cattle in
case of danger, especially by fire, is
called "The Lightning Release Lock"
There is no device on the market to-
day applicable for the purpose men
toned, which combines so perfectly,
simplicity of construction, with eff
cheney of operation. 1t answers re-
quirement, the absence of which has
been keenly felt by horsemen and cat
tie owners for many years, particular
ly in buildings where many horses
and cattle are housed, and which are
particularly susceptible to danger by
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-29
Tea Growing Experiments,

Some of the farmers near Santa
Rosa, CAL, are experimenting with
tea growing, and their efforts seem
to be meeting with success. It is said
that there issno reason why tea should
not be grown in some sections of this
country, though the earlier South Car
DINA experiment is not known to be
making great Roadway.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-29
How to Mend Table Linen.

A housewife whose table linen al
ways does her good service mends it
with embroidery cotton of number
to correspond with the quality of the
cloth. Under the ragged edges Of the
tear she bastes a piece of stiff paper,
and makes a network of fine stitches
back and forth over it's edges. Thin
places and breaks in linen may run
with the flax or embroidery floss, and
towels should be mended in the same
way.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-29

He can write a great book. Ma
caulay wrote his first volume, the
"Primitiae," which took the literary
world by storm, before he was in his
teens.
He can write successful play,
John O'Keefe, the famous Irish actor
and playwright, wrote a play that is
considered good to-day, when he was
only Is.
He can become famous. Charles
Dickens did his "Sketches by Boz" so
well that, before he was g. his name
was known to all the world.
He can make his mark so well
that it will open his career. Palmer
ston, England's great statesman, was
admired in school for his brilliant
work, and wrote letters home in Eng
fish, French and Italian that are mod
els OF composition to-day.
He can enter a great university be-
fore he is Is. William Pitt did it.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-29
Sensible Rules of Club.

Some easy-going citizens of Hume,
Mo-, have organized Don't Worry
club. The certificate of membership
bears the following pledge II hereby
promise that, to the best of my ability,
l will not worry, knock, fret, roar or
chew the rag, but will endeavor to
remain sweet and contented for a
whole year"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-29
Electric Motors on Long Island.

Electric Motors on Long Island.
The management of the Long Island
railway has decided to substitute elec-
trio motors for locomotives in the
handling of all passenger trains. An
order has been placed with a Pitts
burg firm for motors enough to SUI
persede every locomotive in active
service in this department. Power
will be taken from a wire overhead
after the manner employed in trolley
car operation. BY the beginning of
the summer traffic it is expected that
all trains on this line will be run by
motors, doing away with the smoke,
cinders and other discomforts of rail-
read travel in warm weather, = ~
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-29

Microbes live month on paper
money and day on silver. We are
not told how long they live on gold
coin, but the average man doubtless
squeezes it so hard when he gets one
that the accompanying mtcrobe is
lucky if it manages to live a minute.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-29
PLAN FOR BASEMENT BARN.

Quarters for Twenty Head Of Cattle
- and Two Teams.
The accompanying plans are for: q
basement barn IS by SO feet, to ac-
commodate twenty head of cattle and
two. teams of horses The basement
wall is 8 feet high, foot thick, and
composed of cement concrete. If stone
is used for wall instead of cement,
the building should be feet larger
each way to allow for the thicker
walls that would be necessary. Unless
gravel Is scarce and stone plentiful,
cement Is much to be preferred to
stone masonry and is cheaper.
"a is the horse stable; B, the box
stall; c, root house; D, cow stables;
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-29

Timber Framing Of Upper Floor.
The outside timbers marked A are
2x10 in. planks lying on concrete wall.
The cross timbers marked B are 1OxlO
in. The small black square represents
the location of posts, which are placed
so as not to interfere with passages
in the basement.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-29
A House Of Cement and Stone.

build house 24x28 feet and 18 feet
high of cement and stone? How thick
should the walls be? How much &C.
ment would be required and what
would be the cost OF the walls?
Houses built of stone are durable
and warm, but they never should be
plastered directly on the stone. The
walls should be strapped and then
lathed and plastered, for if plastered
on the stone wall, the, walls are al
ways colder, especially in the winter,
and the moisture in the rooms will
cordense on the walls, making them
wet. All brick, stone or concrete
walls should be strapped before being
lathed and plastered.
The walls should be 20 inches thick
for first story and Is inches for sec
ond story. Mortar for laying stone
for such building may be composed
Of one part of Portland cement to five
parts OF sand.
The cost of stone work will depend
on the cost of material, where the
building is erected and the class Of
stone work required. For plain rub
BILE work the usual price per cord is
fifteen dollars where cement is used
in making the mortar. Your walls
would cost 1920, estimating them at
SIS per cord. You would require
about 40 barrels of cement H.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-29
New Stall Stock.

fire, in consequence of the confusion
attending the release of the animals.
The lock is worked by the pull of a
lever. It can be placed in any part
of the stable that will best answer it's
purpose. There is one lock in each
stable, which is connected by piping
running through the same, from one
part of the stable to the other. The
serviceable part of this lock is that it
can be utilized Independently, for
daily use, leaving the main lock to be
used only in case of emergency.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-29

Judge Andara asks the United
States to pay no further attention to
Venezuelan affairs until the next revo-
luton is begun and ended down there.
The request seems to involve no seri-
Gus delay.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-29
Languages

@0s1SN09SSs
have a little neighbor whom I very
He wears a coat of Reddish fur at home
and on the street.
We often stop to have a chat on sunny
winter days.
His manners very pleasant-but I can't
tell what he says.
think he. talks about the woods, and
how the beechnuts taste,
And how he loves the bread-crusts that
I'm rather apt to waste.
And how he wishes spring would come
there! I must confess
cannot understand a word, and SO L
have to guess.
My sister studies German and my broth
err studies Greek,
But those are not the languages that I
should care to speak,
For none of all their lexicons can make
it clear to me
Just what the little squirrel means by
"Chk!" and "Chir-r-r!" and 'Chee"
Hannah G. Fernald, in Youths Com
paniOn.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-29
M. c..

Mrs. Dryer of Belvidere, N. J., died
Of the shock when notified that she
had fallen heir to $4,000. Such
shocks are risky, but there are plenty
Of people who would be willing to take
chances with them.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-29

The woman forger is getting to be
quite numerous and frequent. 1t is
another instance of the feminine in
vasion of an occupation almost entire
~ monopolized by men hitherto.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-29

Man is an eccentric creature. If
carnation probably some horticulturist
would be sitting up nights trying to
evolve pink one.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-29

Prof. Loeb is able now to hatch sea
urchins from unfertilized eggs, but if
he wants to cause real excitement let
tim drop the sea urchins and find
out how to get gold without gold
mine.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-29

A forger who was caught last week
long escaped detention because he had
a clean shave. Some other offenders
ought to take the tip apd try the ef-
feet of a clean wash.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-29

The juice of the ink plant of Co.
iombia can be used without any prep
aration for writing purposes. Thus
does thoughtful nature provide prac-
tically the entire equipment of the
Colombian army at no expense to the
state.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-29

That French editor who plainly
sees the United States in the act of
Selling the French West Indies should
not vent his rage on US. This country
does not export any absinthe.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-29

The nitroglycerin trust seems tc
have been organizing successfully, but
it would appear to be in danger of go
ing up at any moment.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-29

Russell Sage says he saves one
fourth Of his income, Rigid. economy
like this is what has kept the wolf
from Uncle Russell's door all these
years.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-29

Venezuela has suspended the duty
on beans and Boston is earnestly in
favor of the widest possible extension
of the reciprocity principle.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-29

This seems to be an appropriate
time to mention the fact that the late
DR.. Keeley's specific for the grip was
asafoetida pills. Still, if you prefer
the grip
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-29

The Philadelphians are the cham
plon optimists. They have taken to
praying for their mayor.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-29

A German count has eloped with a
shop girl. This looks like direct
insult to American heiresses.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-29

Henry Tollemache, NJ. p, has repre-
scented a Cheshire district for twenty
four years and has never made a
speech. We commend his example to
M. c.. NJ. c.. and
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-29

Somebody ought to ask DR.. Osler
now how long he thinks a woman
ought to be allowed to live.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-29

According to French expert,
Laughing will cure dyspepsia. Comic
papers will please make note.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-29

The New Orleans States asks, "Are
we paupers?" No, but some OF US are
newspaper men.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-29

Some of the London papers are just
now discussing the great American
newspaper "scare-head." They would
better initiate them.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-29
"Grunt, Piggie, Grunt."


Have the players seated in a circle
and have one in the center blindfold-
ed, with a cane or long stick; when
all is ready she points at someone
and says: "Grunt, piggie, grunt," and
the person pointed at grunts in her
most disguised manner and the one
who is lit" tries to guess who it is,
and when she succeeds the person
whom she pointed at last takes her
place.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-29
What Can a Bow Do?

What VdU q Guy 10!
This is what boy can do, because
boys have done it:
He can write a great poem. Alex
ander Pope wrote his famous lode to
Solitude" when he was only IL years
old. r.. Ill.,, .sr
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-29

Heirs of that Brooklyn beggar who
died leaving 100000 are manifesting
warm but belated interest in their
poor relation.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-29
lI|D|nNnnlllR0RdNl1ljI(

her dress and secured by a long gold
chain around her neck, locketlike
device, and opening it, take therefrom
a powder puff, with which she careful
ly went over her face before alighting
from the car. An observer of the male
persuasion took occasion to indulge in
a dissertation on the frivolities OF the
females, but it was not long before
he had attention called to the enlight-
ening spectacle of a man. engaged in
vigorously grooming his mustache
with the aid OF a pocket mirror and a
jointed comb.
The jointed comb is quite generous
ly affected by the sterner sex, and it
is for him as we'll as the ladies that
the telescoping comb has been made
by an ingenious inventor from Lon
don, Ohio. 1t will be readily seen how
this implement, being made in four
parts, one fitting in. the other, will
form very compact article. The
larger end piece is not supplied with
teeth, but comprises casing into
which the other parts collapse
Brooklyn Eagle.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-29
The occupation in life Of some peo
pie is to badger the busy.

Russian students seem to have an
exciting substitute for the American
cane rush,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-29
Not for Women Alone.

In Broadway car a few days ago
e metropolitan belle had no hesitation
in pulling from one of the recesses of
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-04-29

Rockefeller is going to build a new
million dollar home. But will he take
a million dollars worth of comfort
in it?