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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-12-05

600 bicycles are in use in the United
States; in other words, one person out
Of every twenty our has taken to the
wheel. In France the proportion is
only / in 250. The wheel is unques-
tionably going to reyol olutionize the.
roads Of the. country IT has reduced.
and in some places practically put an
end to the demand for horses and car
riages, besides affecting the income Of
street railway lines and livery stables.
In the first two. weeks of July the rail-
ways running out of New York carried
10000 bicycles for outgoing passen-
gers z5 i. i
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-12-05
Compressed Air for Street Railway
Propulsion.

The fact that French engineers have
been testing compressed air for trac-
tion purposes for the last fifteen years,
has been recently adduced as an argu-
ment in favor of this system. M. d.
Adbank, leading authority on the
past and present condition of street
practice in France, states that after
every conceivable means of street car
propulsion, including ordinary meth
DDS, .superheated steam and COM
pressed air, have been tried, each,
with one exception, electricity, has
been OF will shortly be abandoned.
The superheated system, he considers
dead, although it is continued in many
places because of the great cost that
would be involved in making change.
Although the compressed air system is
in larger use, he pronounces the same
verdict upon it. No better confrma-
ton of this opinion could be made
than that shown by the present status
of the several systems in use in
France. Although the trolley system
was introduced but three years ago il
that country, it runs already over 500
miles, while there are at present but
fortyone miles of compressed air
roads, although the system was estab-
lished in 1881. There has not been
added a single compressed air line
since the trolley asserted its superior
ity. The mileage Of superheated
steam roads is even smaller than that
Of compressed air roads. The down
fall Of compressed air traction M. Ad-
bank, attributes t., the greater cheap
ness and simplicity Of the trolley, the
repair cost alone on air motors used in
France being, enormous. M. Adbank
regards the cable system as antiquat-
ed and doomed soon to become .obso-
lete. American mai Iufacturers Of cleo
trio railway apparatus are urged to
study the conditions now existing
throughout France, and especially in
Paris, where the general introduction
of both underground and overhead
trolley systems is likely to take place
before the opening of the Interna tiona]
Exposition ing 1900. 'S5
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-12-05
a New Fireproof Paper.

A valuable freproof paper is nov
made of ninety five parts Of asbestos
fiber of the best quality, washed in .
solution Of permang nganates Of calcium
and then treated with sulphuric acid.
five parts Of ground wood pulp are adj
5ded and the entire mass is placed in an
wire cloth, whence it enters the usual
paper making machinery. Paper pro-
sduced in this way will resist even the
direct influence Of q fame and may be
placed in a white heat ith simpunity
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-12-05
"A Municipal Family Home.

4 A notable municipal scheme has been
started in Glasgow, where the munich
pal authorities have erected series Of
lodging houses, which combine comfort
and cleanliness with cheapness. When
the municipality had provided com
Portable quarters for that great mass
of the poor who are dependent upon
the lodging houses for shelter, it was
found that there was still one class for
which no provision had been made, viz.
the widows and Widowers with chill.
dren who aur compelled to be absent
from home during the day and have nc
means Of assuring themselves of the
care of their children during this time.
To supply this want a ''Family Home"
has been erected, which, both for ar
rangement and management, stands
alone in the history Of modern munich
pal enterprises. The "home" is situa.
ted in the poorest section Of the city
and thus most conveniently situated
for the class it is intended to reach
There are accommodations for about
165 small families. In addition to the
ordinary bed and living rooms there
reading, smoking, recreation and din
a spacious nursery and a roof garden.
The nursery is in charge Of a specially
trained nurse, who has several Others
under her direction. Hot and cold wa
ter baths and specially constructed
small kitchens for the preparation OF
infants food are distributed through
out the building. With all these com
forts and conveniences the cost has
been kept to the lowest possible level
A mother with one child pays 78 cents
per week; with two children, 81 cents
and with three children, SO cents. A
father with one child pays 93 cents per
week; with two children, $1.19, and
with three children, $1.23. The charges
for board are: For adults, per day,
breakfast 5 cents, dinner 8 cents and
tea 6 cents. For children, per week, 45
cents for single child, 80 cents for two
in a family and 33 cents each for three
or more in family. Although the
''home" has been open but a few
months the difference in appearance
between the children living there and
those of the immediate neighborhood is
already apparent. Another advantage
which is not to be ignored is the fact
that the low charges act as an lncen-
tive to father and mother to support
the children and keep them with them
rather than have them become charge
upon public or private charity. 1t is
believed that the Family Home will
soon come to have a permanent place
in the institutions of the cities Of Grea
Britain,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-12-05
He Accepts the Situate

He Accepts the Situation.
Her Father-You say she has accept
ed you? #s
Suitor- Yes, sir = ...-.-z,- :.
Her Father Then, I suppose. this is
merely a ratification meeting? Puck.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-12-05

graceful and sound in
every articular. Suf-
ferers from corpulency
should give this REM
edy of natures a trial.
Remember it has been
used for hundreds Of
years by the Indians
it is not an experiment,
but a t thoroug g hly$
tested, carefully COM
pounded m e dicine,
made from roots, herbs,
barks and 6 u m S of
their own gathering
Above all it contains no
poisonous Ingredients
-. =. - - = y
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-12-05
In Doubt

She-Do you intend to go abroad on
your wedding trip when you get mar
cied?s r ...4. .'sI@,.s- .t@:
He--I do, if I marry the right grl. -
Puck,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-12-05

When bilious OF costive, eat a Ca<caret
candy cathartic, cure guaranteed. lUc
25c. - = g ~ ~ ;
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-12-05
Stout people are i'm danger
Of Death fro1l Apoplezy,
Heart Disease, Kidney and
Liver Affections.
A Fat Indian has never been
known. How they keep
Thin and We'll.

NY one enjoying good
health cannot realize the
terrible agony experienced
by their more corpulent
brothers. This accu.nula-
ton of fat means a terrible
exertion on the muscles
already weakened by inn
proper nourishment,
shortness of breath. .
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-12-05

Of any kind. a single trial will convince
the most sceptical Of its wonderful merit,
as all distressing symptoms will cease
after a few doses. For sale bJ II
druggists, 81 a bottle Or six bottles for SIS,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-12-05

the food being
absorbed in to
the system and
for in g un-
healthy fats in
stead of pure
flesh It's S u e
This dis Sc
can be cured
and the terrible
results of it can
be removed by
remedying this
defect. There
is prob a bl y
no medicine
known so eff.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-12-05

cient for such troubles as the famous Kick,
apoo Indian Sagwa. The Indian owes
his perfect physique to the continual use
of this preparation. He is the embodi-
ment of perfect health = 1.-the, muscular,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-12-05

For Mothers To Know. ~
That rapid eating is slow suicide:
That lump of sugar saturated in
vinegar is efficacious in most cases of
hiccOugh sE
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-12-05

susceptibility to sun stroke, and danger
of sudden collapse. Fat is undoubtedly
a disease caused by improper nutrition;
The Holt County sentinel., 1896-10-16

tom to mannfac.urs na ,u1s. your goods and supply
His answer was: I'VE want the Amer
lean market. 1t is the greatest market
in the world and during the time the
Mckinley bill was law our manufac-
turers were quite paralyzed.
There was exported from Bradford
during the last nine months of the ex-
istence of the Mckinley law $4.47S.OOO
worth of goods. This was from January
l. 1894. to September 10. 1894. During
the corresponding period of the following
year from January I, 1895. to Septem-
Der 30. 1891. under the Wilson bill.
IN, the exports from Bradford amounted to
fSl.lI lIl.WO. Five times aS much Hnder
the Wilson bill as under the Mckinley
bill. The total exports for the year 1895
from Bradford amounted to $27. 14J.O 900.
These exports include thirty-seven items.
hut consist chiefly of card clothing. cot
ton goods. iron and steel. machinery.
hosiery. stuffed goods, wOrsted goods.
yarns. silks. etc.
Mr. Meeker. United States consul at
Bradford. furnished me these statistics.
which were taken from his reports to the
state department.
We manufacture similar goods in
America. bu. on account Of the Wilson
tariff bill we have been deprived of the
chance to manufacture them. and the
money which should have been paid to
our own working people has been paid
+" the iaboring people of Great Britain.
Our chimneys have ceased smoking.
while theirs are in full blast. Our
working people are idle and deprived of
Il living on account of this iniluitOus.
free trade. Wilson tariff
Business Thrives in Birmingham.
left Bradford on August 24 for Rir-
mingham. passing through Leeds and
Sheffield. whose iron and steel works are
in full blast. Not only in these places.
but all over England. this line of in
dustry is proSl-ring. And the factories
are running full time. and the greater
part of their product is shipped I" the
United States. And while their works
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two, and he told me il was his wife.
who was very sick. All around were
signs Of poverty. 1t was not fit for hu-
man beings. 1t made me chill with
pity rs looked on this terrible scene.
Going through littl. court about lOx
10 feet. in the rear of this house. ! came
to the shop where one of his daughters
makes chain with another woman. l
asked her name and she told me Clara
BOxley. Her nge is % years.
She has been making chain for five
years and receives from $1.Ij TO SIG
Il week for her work. She makes three
eighthS inch chain and is paid 81 or for
112 pounds. For breakfast she has
bread and butter and tea and sometimes
piece of bacon. She told me she
worked from o'clock in the morning
until I in the evening; that the only rea-
son she staid there was because she
could not save enough money to pay her
fare away from the town.
The buildings look as if they had stood
for centuries. and rs | passed through
the little court leading into the house
and which is walled on every side by
houses | counted fifteen little children
from > to 6 years of age playing to-
gether in all the filth that could sur
round 4 blacksmith shop in this district.
Across the alley was another shop where
another daughter WIS making chain.
She is married. has one child and makes
S2.1G i@r week.
She has been making chain for twenty
years. having commenced when she was
Il years cd. Her husband. il chain
maker also. earns from So to $3.50 j
week.
Mrs. Poll FowkeS has four daugh-
ters making chain. She is ~ years old
and has made chain since she was Z
years of age. but is now too old To- work
at il any more. Each of the daughters
makes from Sl.@ to 80 per week.
They live in Il little old house. with
stone flooring. Here they cook and eat
and live in the same room all huddled
together. The girls are very smart at
the forge. | set five girls to work in
The Holt County sentinel., 1896-10-16

ground floor of this lodsinghouse is 4
large room for the men to sit i'll. The
kitchen below contained a large closed
cooking range. which was red hot. and
the odor of the cooking going on made it
anything but enviable TO be in. The lodg-
erS all cook for themselves and have Il
variety of things to cook and they are
not very particular as to how many diff
ferrnt things are cooked together in the
same pot. We. went upstairs and saw
:s}:j beds. which are let at three differ
ent prices-6. : AMI Il cents per night.
The 12-cent iodger has Il place boarded
off to himsclf-nO water. no towel.
Wealth and Poverty Mixed.
Manchester. with her IO0.OOO Eop,ila-
ton. boasts of her wealth and manmfac.
turing resources and one would suppose
that all of the people alike lived in pal
aces: but to examine into she exact con
dition l find quite the reverse. Thou
sands Of these people live on alcohol
When they earn any money, it goes for
alcohol chiefly.
Coming back 70 my hotel. the Queens.
facing one of the finest streets in Man
chester. is the Royal intirmary. all along
the front of which there are seats which
The Holt County sentinel., 1896-10-16

men. His name is WildemOuth. He
lodges :,3l persons in his 1ouse every
night. His rooms are u by u feet and he
receives l. cents per night for each of
these rooms.
| went from there To Commercial street
lin White,haprlD where | saw Il place
called the Victoria home kept in the
same manner as the one III Osborne
street,. where tLe roomers pay from q
tn II cents per night. Then l went
through the thickest part of Whits1hapel
an alley called Pettiroat lane. The
meat hanging in tn" stores and on the
sidewalks was so filthy that it sickenrd
me and | could not tarry long enough to
even ask the price of it. asked the
price of hcrringS--l cent each. Bread
WIS I cent Il loaf. and il WAS hard look
ing bread: potatoes onc-half cent
pound; onions One-half cent a pound: :
pounds of carrots for > cents. Such Il
filthy trading market would disgust Il
stole. They live i'm filth, breed in filth
and die in filth. knowing nothing else.
Tho Casual Ward.''
Then | went 20 public institution
known as casual ward. the same one
| visited eight years ago. l f.uind it
just as il was in 1SSS. The keeper. or
guardian. told me this ward had been
in existence for more than thirty years
and that there were thirty such places
in London mt present. These institutions
are kept as public places and are really
pOOrhOHSes. If n man has no money. he
can gO there and apply for aimittance.
which he gets if the place is not already
fillc,i. When received. they are kept in
confinement for two nights and one day.
The Holt County sentinel., 1896-10-16
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with 4 table. a chair. a thing called
bed and a few pots. These rooms are
sublet for Is cents night for two
size II 10y l0-wh.re people eat. cook
and sleep. | entered some Of thes"
ho.iscs-if snch name could be given
10 the novels | saw-and in one | asked
.Do you rent this ''Yes." WAS the
what do you pay for n:'' -Four and
six t$1.US, Il week.
.Hayc you the whole house, ''No,
sir: only this room. 'Sizr IL 10y To-,
DO Won sleep in here" Yes. sir:
r. slecps- eats. cooks and everything
here"
You have room ab"ve.up the
st,irs.'' NO. sir. that's another par
ty's.'
Can 2" up "Yes. l dar" say h"
will LET you.
Before I go mp ] would like Ia ask
.What do You do for n living: My
husband sells sandstone. sand End blue
mole, ur he gives the stone and gets
rags. bottirs. bones or old iron for
them.
..What does he earn in a week:
Al this question the woman smiled.
..Wcu. il depends sometimes more.
sometimes less. Onc day perhaps shil.
ling ca centst. another day l ana %
"a; crpts, and so on.
I should say here that the agent finds
the pots, pans. besl and fire. such as
thcy are. for I will not attempt to de-
scribe them. This I will say-no dog
of mir. should ever he allowed {" sleep
on what is called he'd in those places.
The whole outfit WAS not worth ID
cents.
"Wayr you n back yard:" 'N". air.
Where is your closet. then?'
."rhere, sir pointin: tn three closets
in the street.
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England for each person taken from
reports published by Parlia mentI is about
$3.50. Il difference in favor of America
Of sos per capita. Now there are thou
sands of people in England who do not
receive Oncxhalf this $3.50. We pay our
angle iron smiths j., per cent. more than
they are paid in England: our black
smiths. 102 per cent. more: our boiler
makers, ~ per cent. more: our brick
layers. 12j per cent. more; our bcilrr-
shop helpers. % per cent. more: our
carpenters. 16.' per cent. more: our con.
du"torS ton express trainsl. 349 per cent.
more: our locomotive engineers. 191 per
cent. more: our police. 2D per cent.
cent. more: our train diSpatchers. 316
erS, 1:S per cent. more. The difference
i'm all classes of labor is the same as
these examples l mention.
The engineers who rLn the fastest ex-
press trains on the road in England get
but $lO.SO per week for ten hours per
day. The firemen get SJ.92 per week or
~ cents per day. The guards iwho
correspond with our cOnductors' get
from $3.50 to S6.72 per week. The pnr
ters 1--WE call them brakemen) get S4.:ai
per week This is a sample of the pay
of English labor. Our engineers in
America on the express trains receive
S31 80 per week. our conductors S.ti
and our brakeman $13 We pay more
than double the wages paid in England.
where railroad fare is higher and the
coal cheaper than in America.
The following table of wages answers
all the free-trade fallacies of the Demo-
cratic party and cannot be disputed:
The Holt County sentinel., 1896-10-16

the working people and comparing their
wages with those of Americans. Four
years age | made n second visit for the
same purpose and on August Il. 1896.
left New York. for the third time. 10
make another investigation. | arrived
in Manchester Oh August ~ and there
began my investigation. where | found
more desti.ution shan | had ever seen
in an- other city.
Tho .CesspOOl'' OF Manchester.
Standing. looking up Angel meadow.
q graveyard OH the left and behind one
of the worst courts" in Great Britain.
public houses of course. and all around
Il population struggling i'm the ocean of
moral and social degradation. it has
heen called the ''cesspooi of Manrhes-
ter" Its history is history of dirt.
vile crime. drunkenness. riot. cruelty
and robbery. The houses are low and
dilapidated. and many are villaiEOns
holes. unvent.!ated. undrained. corrupt.
reekirg with smells. utterly infamous
aud sickening both to body and mind
all this within few minutes walk of
the Queens hotel, the Exchange and
railway stations.
There are scores of rooms furnished
The Holt County sentinel., 1896-10-16

One pauper to every Il persons. Twenty
eight paupers To every 100 persons.
Cost to maintain these paupers
annually. .................. 81. .S25. 4I3
the royal family. ............. $eaoa.77o
Cost to maintain the president
and his secretaries. ............. $4,000
The population of the British empire.
including India and the colonies. is :iits.-
UUWO. There are 80 colonies and 10
distinct governments.
Life In London.
l arrived in London August IS. and
made u visit to Whitechapel. I visited
n lodging house on Osborne street.
duced to him. They call him 1.-The gov
ernOr' to distinguish him from other
The Holt County sentinel., 1896-10-16

the blacksmith shop. They worked 30
minutes and made me II pnunds of
three-eishths chain. Each piece was
over two feet long, and they worked like
beavers to see who could make the long.
est piece. They work ten hours II day.
| gave them Il shilling apiece when they
all came into the room. AMI l asked
them how long il would take TO earn
that amount. They replied. 1T would
take more than day" Ito earn :,i
crnt>,. | thought. Miserable England.
Women Coal Miners.
| did not visit WiCan this time fls
have done twice beforrp, but there, Is III,
change in labor there: the poorlnnSc>
which described and reproduced IN lS!c.
still stand. 1t is Il pitiful sight I" Wit
ness the poor women there. half starved
and half clad. wheeling coal ou the ,oI.
of the pits for the small piiiancr nf
~ I" ~ cents for ten honrS' work. |
reproduce here Il cut nf the shoes that
are worn by the women in theSc dis
,rictS. heavy clogs with big nails in ;hr
bottom.
The situation has not changed yrt. As
long aS there is coal in the pit tier" will
be- women io wheel it. At one time this
class lived and had their families N the
coal mines. bu: Parliament prohibited
the top of tn" pits. With this cheap
labor no wonder coal is cheap in this
country. This coal is used "n III" very
steamers and vessels which carry Eng
lands free trade labor product t" .Ameri-
~ tn compete with our labor and MANN
farturrS.
Charles l.. Snow,lcn of Brownsville.
Pa. writes me: I'VE pay our miners 40
cents per ton. or SGD per 1m bushels
,7ti pounds to the bnsheh. One man can
pui from 40 to 2N bushels per day
and can earn from S:; (" ST daily. There
The Holt County sentinel., 1896-10-16

are occupied Icy poor people from the
slumS. ! WAS informed that many sat
there the whole night. 80 | arose early
rh" next morning and went across to the
seats and found that ~. Il Of whom
We're women. one with child. had sat
there all night because they had not the
necessary q cents for a bed.
The trade of Manchester is very much
depressed at preSent-awaitinS the pres
idrntial election in the United States
The merchants of the United States are
king very small purchases now. be
cause they fear q new tariff bill and
because American consumption is less
rncd through the idlenesS of the reopl"
and their inability to buy The manu-
facturcrs and shippers here do not want
any change in the present American
tariff. But they say they would rather
have Mckinley for President than Bry-
an. for if Bryan is elected and a silver
standard declared in the United States.
they cannot sell their goods at all to
America. Yet they lespisc Mckinley
for. as the London Times stated few
days ago. his infamous tariff bill"
Trade Paralysis In Bradford.
Leaving Manchester. I visited Brad
ford. which is the largest woolen and
shoddv manufacturing district in the
world. Trade is paralyzed there as far
as I nhrd States shipments ar" con-
cerncd at present The manufacturers
arc awaiting the election Of the Presi-
dent of the United States. to know
whether he will be free trader or = pro-
t,rtionist. The merchants are very much
ayitated on this acrount--for they can
get hut few orders rom the United
States. l said to one Of them: "YOu
have now the whole British empire tin
c.lu,iing India,. with a population Of al
most 80. .OOOOOO controlled by her INA ies-
! ". to SIMPLY: why are you not satisfied
The Holt County sentinel., 1896-10-16

There are SO friendly societies Of
trades unions in Great Britain with =
membership of /. 1.O43, 900 taken from re-
port of House of COmmOnsp. Several
Of these societies are located in London
aud include come Of the trades enumer-
ated in the Booth table. The societies
control the wages of their various trades,
and were it not for the stand they take
their wages would be reduced BY the
manufacturer to q lower standard than
they are at present. which is less than
one-half of what is paid in America.
Higher wages In America.
Our last census report of 1890 gave
us 4.112.622 people employed in manu-
featuring. the average yearly earning Of
each person being $4SS. The average in