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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-08-10
1 Tx1E SALE OF LOUISIANA.
s ! Nv as F'uriousIy Opposed by Napo-
s5siss Icons Brothers. S4s s4s iS7 !.

4 9 :
| & wa. j. urIousIy3 Opposed by Napo-
E5 Icons Brothers. .s sssis57 !,
when Monroe arrived, on April 12,
y livingstone 'sfln had an amazing PROPOSE
I ten to set before him. Bonaparte
wanted to sell louisiana. Whatever
OPPOSITION Benaparte's ministers had
made fl 12aa lie had Stsilenced; the chambers
lat=h he. had not even consulted The only
serious hindrance he seems to have
enncoun uttered was in his own family,
with his brothers Lucien and Joseph.
Illcien had secured Louisiana for
france in 1900, by the treaty of San
l!aefonso, and was proud Of his work.
re had won rank as a diplomat from
the affair, as well as an enormous for
tune; and when Joseph came to him
telling him the general,,swas going to
sell the recent acquisition he was an
+; IA. ~ 8. T. es.. a..
tHhe two brothers hurried to Bona
paFte to demonstrate. They found him
in his bath, but, in the fashion of the
day, he received them, and at once
introduced the subject. '%-" Sr'#%
Has Joseph told you I am going to.
sell Louisiana? lie asked Of Lucien.
. Yes answered Lucien, hut flat
ter myself the chambers will not give
their consent" @ - 1
$50 do 1, as have told you put
in Joseph. ~ +
B This opposition fred Bonaparte,
who promptly assured them that if lie
wished, lie would sell Louisiana with
out the consent Of any one whomso-
ever. AT!5,%'~ 4 80 y T
The debate grew. warmer. Joseph
rushed to the tub where his brother
was submerged in Opaque water, aud
declared if he. dared attempt such a
thing he would himself mount the
tribune in opposition. Bonaparte,
furious, sprang up, .exclaiming, ''Yoll
are, sinsolent! I ought but slipped
ana fell, deluging Joseph i'll perfumcd
Water and breaking up the quarrel: %
An hour later Bcnaparte and Lucien
resumed the conversation in the form
er's study. Lucien 5contended the sale
was unconstitutional Bonaparte
tainted him with the term, told him
that he had less respect for the con-
stitution on. the 18th .Brumaire. Luc-
len, incensed, informed the. general
that it he were not his brother he
would be his enemy; and Bonaparte,
excited, dashed his snuff box to the
floor, exclaiming, HYou my enemy!
would break you as 1 do this box
These scenes We're repeated more than
once before the negotiations were fin
ished, but they seemed not to have
caused any hesitation on Bonaparte's
side, for, in spite of all opposition, the
negotiations were finally completed.
and Louisiana was ours. the price be-
ing go, 900 900 francs. we to assume,
tgaa9 aHshg hf SRs1|qtsa P5nee sis as ts
amount of 2O,O0O,OOO francs Bona
parte was rejoiced. 1t was an admir-
able war measure, and lie told one Of
his councillors in glee, Il have given
England a maritime rival that sooner
or later will humble her power
Clure's Magazine.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-08-10
Shoes of the Season.

The walking boot par excellence is
a reflection of good sense, and one
more additional evidence that the pres
ent generation are in many things
wiser than their elders we're The ia
vorite foot covering just now is the
Juliet or Diana shoe, with a graceful
instep, elastic sides and a shapely yet
solid heel These come in the finest
French kid and in russet kids and
feathers Of various qualities. Large
invoices of shoes are displayed de-
signed for the wear and tear of ram
bleS and climbing in country or noun
tain. These shoes are made of the
softest and finest Of French calf. They
are far better for outing uses than
shoes of any other sort. and when
blackened shine like satin. They are
comfortable yet attractive improve
me : of the regular common-sense
be with its unnecessarily heavy and
ungainly heel and sole. For carriage
wear there are some very stylish and
elegant models. including those made
of black satin, patent leather with
black MORE tops. russet-cOlored and
gray undressed kid. and bronze kid
with brown tips. The fancy for low
shoes over black or dark silk hose will
be as general as ever this season. The
Juliet styles are their only rivals. For
house and full-dress wear, the low-cut
Dieppe sandal of black satin or black
French kid tipped with jet is very
fashionable abroad. Colored kid slip
pers matching the evening toilet, con-
trary to reports concerning them, are
not regarded as expressions of ele-
gance. and have given place to the
Dieppe sandal With the exception Of
jet, bead adornings on slippers have
entirely disappeared from the seasons
fashionable exhibit. Laced shoes Of
white canvass with white kid tops are
still popularity worn with duck, pique
and Holland costumes on land and sea.
For country uses and for tennis are
some natty little outing boots, laced
with silk cords and finished with fine.
~ corrugated soles. Il II
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Inc others came out and We restored
MIN to consciousness, but he was as
weak as kitten during the rest of the
day, and he would start and shake at
the slightest sound.
A thousand times he blessed me for
saving his life.
The boasting was completely taken
out of him.
Big Ben was going to tell him how the
trick was played, but I objected.
L made them all promise they would
keep still till Ginger got to boasting
again.
He was not taken that way.
But his admiration and love fors me
seemed unbounded. Apparently he
sincerely believed that I had saved his
life. and he was SO grateful that he
could not do too much for me- +--. d
Really he hung about me so much that
he began to be a nuisance
We had completed the dam, and it
gradually filled with water
. The pipes were properly laid and one
day we turned two heavy streams
of water against the bank of the ravine
1t melted and came washing down be-
fore the force of the water ~ I'll 4. ~aa. q. ~
We could not use the water very long,
Tor the pond lowered rapidly and it
took time for it to fill again. III .sr3 -
But we could wash down enough so it
was an easy thing to carry the precious
clay to the sluices we had constructed.
: In this way we could handle six or
eight times as much in the course Of
day as we could before
81 It paid, and we were jubilant. *.
y At the end of a week we began to feel
like nillionaires >s& &s
u Then something happened. !. T. 4
s55 We had been using the water, but had
stopped. ia53
8 Twas getting my load far in under
the ol1oWed-out bank, where I thought
1tsWas liable to be the richest.
Suddenly there was a yell of warning.
5 / looked UP. =s5 5sss sE8 81 sEl.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-08-10
JOHN BROWNS PREDICTION. l1,1 z
His Talk 10 u Youth Who Shared
i s@. His Blanket in Kansas.

:
my campaigning began way back
in 81" said Brig. Gen. Stanton, pay
master general of the army. 1T was
out in Kansas with old John Brown.
This was in the border war. .Old John
Brown was a slender, angular man,
probably over six feet tall, and had
much of the physician makeup Of the
typical Yankee. He was a man of Sc
rious mind, very religious, and knew
the Bible almost by heart. ! recolIect
the last conversation had with Mr..
Brown. I was nothi:a; but boy at
the time, about eighteen years old. It
was on the night after the fight at
Lawrence, Kan. 49, @
I'VE had been fighting all day with
the pro-slavery people. 1t was a very
bright moonlight night and Brown
and ] slept under the same blanket
Our bed chamber was the open air.
Brown had spread his blanket in the
warm sand, right at the foot of Mas
sachusetts street, which is the main
street of Lawrence: Until we went to
sleep Brown kept up constant talk
with me. Brown told me, and I've
sometimes looked on it as almost
prophecy, all about the war that was
coming ,. = rN.@.~, z.s
Slavery and freedom will never
mix said Brown. The country can't
be half slave and half free. There
will be great deal of bloodshed.
There's a struggle coming. the biggest
one the world has ever seen. 1t will
last years and rivers Of blood will
flow. You will see, but l probably
will not. l expect the slaves will be
freed, and am as sure of it as I am
that we are wrapped in our blankets
here, but l don't expect to live to see
it myself '@~ s@s&- 5.-'.S =
Brown was very quiet man in his
manner, and while naturally a soldier.
knew nothing of military affairs by
any. education he had received. He
was absolutely brave, and, in fact, a
sort OF. American Cromwell. He made
a speech on one occasion to the people
of a town in Kansas, just before they
went into a fight with a band of bor-
der ruffians, who were about to at
tack Them Brown was we'll educated,
but his speech was homely and plain,
and entirely practical. 1 recollect one
thing he said, which was really val
liable piece of military advice. 1t
would be good information for any
army to get just before it went into a
fight: -s, -...
And when, you shoot said Brown,
in his quiet. practical tone. to the list
ening crowd, BE sure you see the hind
sights to your rifle. 1t is absolutely
essential and there is no use, shooting
h until YOU do. If f3severybody who has
shot at me had seen the hind sights
ELL sof @ii1eles
I as a coland der. - ashington Star.
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. He began to tell how many Indians
he had killed. and how he had escaped
death at their hands time after time,
and he kept It up persistently for the
next three days, till everybody was
pretty sick Of it. ;.ssF;:s.*3
/. : .'I'll fix him. said Ben one day. "Ill
stop his Tbragging."r ..l-~.,5 K. y
With his rifle he shot an eagle, from
which he obtained plenty of feathers
for his purpose. ...s -
Red clay served him as paint ,....-
: With considerable labor he made him
self up like an Indian one day. and
then he had us send Ginger down the
ravine on an errand. >@ - 's"--- 8.
When the colored lad was at@a consid-
cradle distance from the camp Big Ben
came out upon him, uttering f1endish
whoop.
Ginger gave a choking yell of terror,
and started to run. ~ .~ s'
But his legs seemed to melt beneath
him, and he fell in helpless, blubber-
ing heap. -
Big Ben stood over him, fourishing
hatchet and knife, as he cried:
Heap nice fat black boy! Ugh! Good
curly scalp! Waugh! Big chief take
black boys scalp"
On, SOOQ MlSLan lnJun, please QOn
take my scalp!' walled Ginger. in the
most abject terror.
With the others, I had followed, and
we were concealed at a distance, where
we could. watch all that took place.
Ben f1ourished the knife, at the same
time pretending to seek for a good grip
in Gingers hair.
Big chief like black boys scalp" he
declared. Look heap nice in big chiefs S
wigWam."
Ginger rose to his knees and clutched
Ben about the legs, while he continued
begging to be spared.
His manner was heartrending.
TITS too bad!' muttered to Zeb, who
was near me. ben will scare the mig
foolish
EFF he'll cure him O. boastin' I don't
keer dern!' was the old fellows re-
tort.
I stood it just as long as could.
I really began to fear Ginger would
die of abject terror.
Of a sudden rushed out, firing into
the air with both revolvers, and yelling
loudly.
Big Ben took to his heels.
Ginger Topped over and lay stiff on
the ground.
When I reached him found that he
had tainted.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-08-10
REWARDS OF LITERATURE.
Number of Authors Earning Good In.
comes Larger than Ever.

comes Larger than Ever.
Not all Of the truly worthy authors of
past times have been condemned to pen
ury and vagabonage. Some of them,
on the contrary, have acquired fortunes
by reason Of the liberal compensation
they received for their work. Scott was
paid for one of his novels at the rate Of
$252 per day for the time employed in
writing it, and his total literary earn
ings aggregated s1,5o0,OO0. Byron got
$40, 900 for "Childe Harold' and SIS, 900
for don juan Moore sold "Lalla
Rookh'' for $15.750, and his Irish Melo-
.diesn brought hi S a. 900. "a GsraY received
only $2O0 for his poems, and not cent
for the, immortal "Elegy," out Of which
the publisher made $4,000; but that was
because he had an eccentric prejudice
against taking money for writing.
Tennyson had an annual income of from
$4,000 to $4,000 for many years,
though in the early part Of his career,
when he wrote MAUD" and I'm Me-
moriam," he realized next to nothing
Longfellow sold his first poems, includ-
ing some of his best ones, at very low
figures, but he lived to receive $4,000,
$40 line, for the "FIanSing Of the
Crane and when he died he was worth
$3.50, 900. Whittier left an estate of $780,
600 and several Of the leading American
prose writers have done quite as we'll.
These are exceptions, it is true but
they serve to modify the general rule,
and to show that in cases of superior
merit literature has proved to be not
ably profitable.
It is safe to say that the present rates
of pay for literary work Of good quality
are higher than those of any preceding
time, and that the number of persons
who are earning respectable incomes in
that way is larger than was ever before
known.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-08-10
HE sLUMPED AND FELL

Then what can we do?"
There is water enough here now, if
we can hold back good pond above
The fall.'' .-..
They saw I was right.
The next day Davis and Garrity were
off for Custer to get hose pipes and noz-
zles.
The rest of us went to work building
the dam.
We worked like beavers.
We had it nearly completed when
Davis and Garrity returned.
They brought the hose, likewise some
news. -
Sitting. Bull and his braves were said
to be In the hills ,.
1t was reported that the chief had
sent word that he would wipe out Gus
ter City and level Deadwood
"A party of prospectors had been mur-
Aered and scalped in Potato Gulch
Outside the larger camps there was
general state OF alarm
"Begobs!'4 cried Garrity, .it's ourselves
thot'll be losin' our hair av we don't
look OUT 3s -. r. .1,,. -. j.. +.
"G'way, adarW came contemptuously
from Ginger's lips. who's skeered OBJ
"a few Injuns ?''t& n >':s;t -.U t.. e..
! His teeth were almost chattering with
Terror st555 @'s2 &,5Sam .2e ..4tE
! Old zeb5 scatterman looked serious.
EFF thar's redskins in ther hills we'd
best keep our weather eye open all ther
time" he observed. "Ef anybody sees
anything Of 'etn round these yere parts
well have ter skip out lively 81. i
ah!" grinned Ginger. Five big
white mans runnin' from de Injuns!
Yah, yah, yah! Nebber ketch dis Niger
Erunning while dar's yaller ter pay fer
der washin'. = ss .s ::5.;5 5 s+ 55
4 Now we all knew that Ginger was
about the biggest coward on the face Of
the earth, and 50 We did not pay much
Iattention to- his sboasting Ss s.s8 5
4 This seemed to anger him, aud he
Dragged worse than ever. s=.s. y
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white, but he had "taken back into
the black blood of his slave ancestors.
This may have been true, but, as old
Zeb Scatternan was wont to observe,
he must have taken back durn long
distance
Out on Freshet Creek, in the Black
Hills, we struck color" =. .r
Freshet Creek, I think, has since been
given another name. a- s.,
To Mike Garrity belonged the honor
of discovering that the southern bank
Of the creek showed Sign"
But it was Big Ben Harris who found
the entire side of the ravine was full of
''veins," containing gold enough to
make us all rich if it. could be taken
put. ...y - Z. ~ +:.''' =.
Then we held consultation.
Just above the point where we had
made these discoveries the puny stream
dropped from high fall.
Eff we only he'd plenty of water thar.
we could work her by hydrulicks," said
Zeb.
That set me .o thinking.
There must be plenty of water there
In the wet season. I observed. RE
member this is called Freshet Creek"
''Begobs, that's so," nodded Garrity
"Wid bit av dam up above we could
sit force to throw the warther clane
to tn top av this bank"
Ginger said nothing, but looked very
wise.
We worked at the bank for awhile,
but, although it was very rich, the
work of getting it by the painful to the
stream and washing out the 'yaller"
did not make it very profitable.
Big Ben thought we had better build
dam. and wait for the spring rains to
give us all the water:.w needed.
I had an idea. '..
'"The spring rains would clean out our
dam In twinhling," I declared.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-08-10
II a big slice Of watery clay came swoop-
ing and sliding down the slope toward

a big slice Of watery clay came swoop-
ing and sliding down the slope toward
me. - :Ss n . .5l..
Above IL saw the overhanging bank
slowly giving way, threatening to bury
me ben cath tons Of earth. r. - VI s59##Is
Before I could make leap the sliding
clay came about me and caught me to
the knees. t,..4@. Z '>.s..,a, Il - S.s#
: I tried to drag myself away
Too late! ~ 'EE'. ~ IL, - A,
I was held fast! .E,s.,,.,.s -. -
Slowly but surely shA great bank was
settling for the fall. S~'' ',...'-. 4.
Looking upward, I felt that my mo-
ments were few. - ~. "' -, =
A numbness seized upon me, and
gasped like one fascinated as death
came down upon me- 49, -. =,
Then there was another hoarse shout
T felt somebody catch me about the
body and f1ercely struggle to draw me
from the clutch of the clinging clay.
Given sudden hope, I did my best to
get free. -, H>
Thus aided, succeeded, and I was
sent reeling through the thick clay, over
the top of it, down the bank, catching
a glimpse of the face Of my. rescuer as J
went. /
1t was Ginger!
AS was suddenly freed, he slumped
and fell, struggled up, fell again. 4
Reaching solid ground, / turned to-
see him in the clutches Of the coiling
clay. -.
would have dashed back, but, at that
very instant, the crumbling bank gave
way and came down with a laundering,
roar, part Of it reaching me and hurting
me backward. -
Ginger was buried from sight in a
second. 49,.
I arose unharmed, but my brave res
cuer was dead. r.
He had dared rush to my assistance
when my other comrades stood SPELL
bound with fear.
But he had given his life for mine!
In time we excavated his body and
gave him decent burial, with a large
bowlder to mark his resting-place in
Freshet Gulch.
On the bowlder I laboriously chiseled
these words:
"GINGER. A TRUE HERO"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-08-10
A Woman of Nerve.

THE most renarka ble exhibition OF
nerve. l ever saw said c. \. Rodney,
general agent Of the Vandalia, "o( cur,
red on a Pennsylvania train was
going east, and in the same car with
me were woman and her husband
who were travelling from the west t.
New York. The first morning out tht,
woman got out of her berth and told
the porter that her husband desired
to sleep as he was not feeling we'll.
All that day the man remained in
'his#bed, while his wife read the pa,
pers, played cards and acted just thQ
same as. the other passengers. In thu
evening the porter insisted Oh makin:.
up the berth, and pulling back tn !:
curtains, he was Mortified to find tha;
the man was dead. 1t was demon,
strated that he had died some TINA
during the previous night. The WON.
an knew it, but explained that she did
not give the alarm because she wa,
very anxious to reach her destination
and she was afraid that if the con.
ductor knew her husband was dead
she would have to leave the train.
All that day she rode knowing that
her husband was corpse few feet
distant from her, and yet she neye.,
betrayed the fact. and if the Dorte,.
had not insisted on changing the bed
it is likely that she would have reach.
ed New York before the death of het
husband was discovered. The cOrpsu
was taken from the train near Pitts,
burg. l have heard of nerve. but that
beat anything that ever came TO INV
knowledge. ge.'-Chicago Mail.
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SOUTHWEST BREEzES'

A woman's fads thrive on a man: 8
objections.
Never get scared until a woman gets
after you.
TIE first test of truly great man is
his humility.
There are more balky drivers thar.
ballxy hrlses.
A mans stomach is the highway to
his amiability.
A crank-The fellow who is swimming
up the stream.
The men who make history have not
time to write it.
False face must hide what the false
heart doth know.
We enjoy thoroughly only the pleas
ure that we give.
Hell is truth seen too late-duty ne
elected in it's season. ,~a q
He who can not govern himself can
not govern his horse ,...
He that will not supply new RENE dies
must expect new evils =:
!. Conscience warns us as a friend be-
fore 1t Furnishes as a judge. . t...&
A days delay in making hay means.
often, dollars thrown away. -
Every mans name look pretty to
MIN when it appears in print. @
"A girl visitor never has better clothes
at home than she has with her. a 59..5$
courage is, on all hands, considered
as an essential of high character.
A man who has no poor kin thinks it
would be a pleasure to help them.
q It is no sign that a man is a fool be-
cause ne differs from us in opinion. .s
Livery man occasionally wishes that
he could attract as much attention al a
fire. # # ss. e. .ss !.
II is worth working hard al; day to
enjoy g hearty meal. and sleep well at
night. s .8 q fSsE: Il. 's'
Il lt would be better for many grown-up
children if they could be seel,, but not
heard From the Southwe 81. 's@
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Bridget Cracked Them.

Bridget, have you cracked nuts for
the dessert i want to make % az
s5Hs'Yis, ma'am; all but thin big wal
nuts, an it'll take stronger jaws than
mine to manage them; but I got troo
wid de others all roight, ma'am. -
tHaTper'S BAZar. 5f.5
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A Fair Proposition.

Prisoner at the BAR said the Judge,
! His there anything you wished to say
before sentence is passed upon you:''
4 tss'No, jedge; there is nothin' care to
say but if you'll clear away the tables
and chairs long enough for me to
thrash my lawyer you can give me a
year or two eXtry. Puck -
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-08-10

There is certainly no baking powder
SO well known and generally used as
the Royal Its perfect purity, as well
as its superiority in leavening power,
are matters of fact no longer disputed
by honest dealers or makers of other
brands. Its virtues are so well known
to every housekeeper that the SLAM
ders Of the dishonest makers of the
cheaper goods fail to touch it. -
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Under A BusheI.

1s I understand that a fellow has to.
know I'VE q lot lot to get into office under the,
District government" said the young
man. 45S
.#.' Z :e Y-e-e-s, " replied the old employe.
80 It q good idea for him to know con
siderable, provided he doesn't tell any
of it, Washington Star.
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She Wondered.

$= $= They They do tell me- said Farmer
g Cofnntossel, nte "that some o these here
millionaires put in an hour day
clippin coupons szss. !: AT =...5.=. s.ss.
s# VI. "Dearie met" exclaimed his wife,
that goes to show thet rich people is
jest like other folks, after all. won
der Whut they air votin' fur; the most
POPULAR policeman or the boy tllet gifts
the5bicycle ?:''-W ashington Star. #
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Il It sista remarkable fact that the Ohio
State Food Commissioned, in his of
fetal examination OF baking powders,
after excepting the Royal, found 40
other to contain less than ten per cent.
OF Impurities. The Royal was found
practically 4pure.
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Prof. Haines, Chemist to the Chica-
so Board of Health. says he has found
the Royal Baking Powder the purest
and strongest, and superior to all 9th
ers in every respect
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in The RONTIER.

- = I d. -r.a a. - F..t.
HERE i: was six Of
,us. The sixth was
(Ginger. He was
about II years 'o1d,
black as a coal,
with the biggest
[mouth l ever saw,
and that mouth was
full to 5overhowing
with great shining
white teeth. Ginger
often declared his
parents were almost