, 1870-08-21

mans, andfndians- Tho Irish keep whiskey
1aaps, The Germans keep beer shops, and The
!;;.! !;Euians e"s1m ont Of every wigwam door with
;,nnsg uas sags iuh OF agstea. laboling under The
m.!}i..,n that every stranger who comes 10
a, Duluth eomes to buy agatcs. I found thc
Pioneers OF civilization, however. on Miuue-
EotA Point-the hand organ man. tbs photo
Etaphe1. and the lawyer. No fences decide
the Henm and ttsu,n in Duluth, and every
@ Ivy eges ant where through romot,ody's b1ek
through, they all tell mel! oe
=, lLas ~ ~ tue Present Status Of Duluth, town
OF shanties and sheds, sw,rminc Vitt, adycn.
tuiets, speculators, gamblers, sAoon keepary.
snd people, but fcw artisana or laboreru-the
nealshy ne eienentof newp place. Thespecu1ators
cent scale. aud talk loudly and indui9s IN
g!itteilnR goneratities Of figures and bntnh.s.
TIC propheeiet Of facts Duluth f,as M s;nca
left it, one hand On St. Paul. The Other il
EIasplng out in air: She is set on p.per, and
heI pest prophecy is. that two years 40 tbese
= Sas ~ guy nandinl u Indians here, and now
webs Of speculation, the solid c,aims TI,;c,, sha
makes Tor future SUCCESS are founda5 m tho
Northern Pacific and Lake Snnerior R,;l-n,J"
. portion Of the latter beiue tie outlet for tlss
10 1oimer "hen 1t shall hase been comnletes1
! 1ns Aake superior road ttave,ses one hun.
~ ~ anu .ot'y milea 81 wilderness to St. pan1,
engineered, and has suggestions Of dIssstar
IN the deep rafines which it crosse, an trcst1e
work. It 10 literally endowed roa1l hxr;nr
I;o."'Nu acres OF Well.tiuabetel land. Dulu,h
c'ah's tnat tae al4nnesota wheat, which cow
Sfhs, Ss s;sanes t. TO L3crosse Or Prairie Dn
70 Milwaukee, and The nroduots nod ts nj ~
M'nn. 'ota must seek their outfat At
the lead Of Lake suMr;a, oI,so. hao.,sa a.
DuIutl' ii ~ near bv water to the Atlsntc
cities, as Chicsgo. ard t1,at what ran
Le transported fifteen or twenty centa
lI;tIcrcnea SI nehe1 ffns;sper and tia. tho
still more marked. But there is one sta,,d;nc
Ghstaeic IN the WAY Of Duluth, and taat il
Dayheld. with its magnificent harhor. onan
three weeks earlier in spring and three weeks
later IN fall. Nature says bayfield,. Specuia-
non says Dulu;h. And when speculation has
T len On eav t9 nea ,aas probably sense
Duluth makes two other claims, The peo-
loglea! formation OF the north shore Of Lake
Superior Is granite but granita stops at Du-
Inth, and as ne go up the st. Louis River 3
r1age OF sl1te outcrops, running, Ike sharp
oackbone, between the lakes and the Miasi5-
s'ppl yer. Out Of this ridge Duluth pro
pons5 poae15 to quarry superior article Of slate,
slatea Of yormont. she does s'An; no, ens e1z
pect to find = market ut the East fnr
this blate, but in her own region, and along
the NotthEestern Mississippi Valley; hut, AZ
che also claims that her lumber il inaxhzusti-
bte, and that it can be had for song, what
particular encouragement Il there for slates
slen shingles can be bad cheaper? Az her
last cisiIn, she points to the Dalles Of the st,
Louis River az the grandest water-power in
the world, and prognosticates upon the sale
Of rag carpet to St. Paul, tho erection Of
inannfactoHes, which are going to silence the
looms OF Lowell and close up tho foggea aud
furnaces OF New York and pennsytvania :;
which she could undoubtedly do ii water-
noWer clone were Necessary to the eats sblish-
meht aud growth OF manufactures. Water.
power is necessity, but it does net enter into
tho POT sioility Of establishing manufactures
any further than steam. Boil, are but the
ho1ses to c41y the load. It il first necessary
70 gel the losd: second, to have place to
take il to; third, to have somebody WHO
wantt it; and, fourth, to make il for his adj
vantage to buy it.
Where there is 50 much smoke there must
be some fire. But II yon so to Duluth. don't
believe all tioy tell you. It il city Of mag
ilt1ceut distances, Of magnificent expocta-
tiopr. aud mag.ihccntly airy. Tho fuldlmeu:
il yet Afar oil. II YOU iuvest to hold, 70 SLOW,
II you invest to make money, turn it over
quickly, and make your hAy willis the sim
shines.
Superior Civ had magnificent expectations,
bur sup:iior City il dead. and tue few reo,,lc
left there are drying up, aud half tho house:
arr uroccupied, except b: owls and ghosts,
aud her Once tine harlor Is choking up with
the Imbtr debris washed into 1t from the
tamarack swsmrs al'nv". Superior Ci,y made
a mistake in surposiug It Was destined to t4
commercial centre, the proper place being
Fix miles further off, at Duluth. Duluth max
lave made the bamo niAt axe, the proper
PLACE being eixtT miles further OIL, at Bay.
field.
THE NORTH SHORE.
| II you ever SO to Like superior, and tayt
| the OPP ortnhity. don't fail to 60 to the nortl
AID at Eve o'clock Tho next morning VIC were
IN Eight OF bayfield,, quietly sleeping on i.t
hillside. ita neat, trim Auuses and old church
60 sluEly nestled amoIg tie pines, cow-heil.
til k!inE amolsg the trceH, crows laziiy saiinf
tl,lougt, the air over the woods full Of birds
Whote songs raMe floating over tie wattl
like morning tenison. It il ! 1u.elr plact
sud III quiet nB dream, and soon thereafter
We we're steaming among tho APOSTLE IelAnda
which Tor haur appeared and disappeared
each mote beautiful thar the other, some
times but one fn sight, and, II wc round it. !
whole elns'cr coming into view, cseh over
1apl ing the other ~i;l its curving outlines
Tie sun gliding the tree tops, litt!e boat
hare .11d there danci: & on tho wayes, beaut,
everywhere. BY O'Clock the onte1mos
Apostle had disappeared. and At half pas
We were passing Isle Eovale, rlecpinG it
tue blue distance. We we're l'aring ciyil:za
tio@ Eehird us. Goodbye to tie opera
Chhteau Marsa,lx. sa1a'ss, railroad aud sele
/ gtalk, the busy etreets, tho hum O
trace. White faces, aud tho clAng Of tile grca
wheels OF Manmon. and welcome the rnoose
the bear the Indian, and the nomad. Ne ar,
out OF the world, Eeyoud the pickts Of c1yi!i
2at!on. aud hehding for the great wilderness
which stretches towards the pole. The nortl
sh0re il in n'ticw, an nDcndlng range OF hill!
| and mountains, indentea here and there viii
leeslllS cTags and frow:.i < pte;ipices on thtl
summitr, with solid walls Of porphyEy and 10.
granite at their bases, wo1n by the sater int,
! caves snd all manner of fanclful shapes, an,
| tie whole batllet3 iu that deem, dreamy Elamo
Of purple which artistr love Sd much, gtyinl
yuu ITO detalI, but the MOST suggestive out
'iues. Here arc cayerEs which might ahelte
the Titans, gorees which seem flthomless
Sometimes bold healland projected out int,
epacc. With magnificent relief. and sometime
solid wall Of granite pluugirg down INTO til
lake from mountain spur. The beauty Q
this north shore is the beauty Of sub!imitJ
Nature here Is not in her pr1tty moods, TORN
with water, playing with flowers, OF dscoratiu
oerself in any l1idAl attire Of soss.me1s
blossoms AID shells. .'hc IS in her sser
ueods. SEe has piled up Ossa on Peliot
She froUae 1T you fror. stupeodous crag,
Her music il the thunder. 1Ier attire Is III
>onl're green Of the zinc, Her play is th
eEtrlartin4 wash Of the waves against roll
xInnise walls. About ni.ntfall, We had reacLe
riEeon River. the ounllary line between tn
: tnited States and casada, and came to auch.
in its still waters, shut ia By frowuing mon,
sa.ns OF rock towering abuve us on eithe
! iand, There was time for us to land in sna
Loass lrfoze dark. and walk mp to the piyco
: liver Falls. sight Nhicll ampts repa.d III fc
: aur sc1smtle up hill and down dalo. Mime
hsna must sieli the palm Of hcausy-or, .
'cass. OF gr-ndeur-to these They make
."eccnt Of about one hundred and hftJ fee
I'll Two distinct streams, over table Of ira
With projecting spurs. which bresk up and c
vide the full in tsls widest manner. Standiu
uEon the Eceks which oyerhang the fall. "a
!ltk down ,'irnnGh rocky gorge, it's crovict
btntt.i:g into beauty with viues aud flower
: gl.steulns in the ep1ay, to bend in the rive
: Much se epauned from side to sit1a with
, clear, Wesl-detined raipbo~. The rrer il III
stfF H1de At this point. scarcely wild.
:, than she4 brook which feeds Mianehaha
su. i,s sudden and headions plunge. the in
fantastic shapes and forms, especially Of q.
e huge, towering rock. which atAade upon II
a very edge Of the fall ard divides the water b
/. tcsc It goes over the beauty at tho mossc
and fe1ns, ana vines, aud the utter solitude
t nature around it, give 70 it not only beaui
" mt an element Of solemultv and sublimi
: Minnel'aha does not pessesa. It Vas SON
. thiLg to me 10 be among the first 10 visit th
: teautifut sTot befoEo It becomes impre.ss
:. INTO fashionable service, for to this end
e must come 1t last. Tho next morning It d.
e hieak We were on for Thunder Bay, right
! trough named wi.hal, rkiztlng among towe
: ing i&lands OF rock riring hundreds Of feet o.
e of The lake. Il was fair when We started. b
Y nc had hardly been under way half IN ho1
: ~hen, it BY magic, the heavens cloud
b nSer. We were near the eutEance
i. the bay rh,ch rms besxe
4 two headlAnds Of solid rock, +
: Island, rising 1850 feet, and Thunder Chr