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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1897-04-03
NEW SEARCH LAMP.
A Novel Light Recently Tried by
the French Navy ~

A Novel Light Recently Tried by
the French Navy ,y
The French Mediterranean SQUADRON
fas just made an Interesting expert
ment witl;s.. novel light, the invention
OF French naval officer. The sailors
call it the srat trap light The squad
ron left Marscilles at o'clock IN the
evening. leaving behind the torpcdo-de-
stroyer Faucon, which was to start
three hours later and hunt it UP. At
O'Clock tile FaucOn weighed anchor and
steamed out in pursuit, and With all
lights extinguished except this novel
affair.", the ratiere. Nobody on board
knew the direction the squadron took.
but at l o'clock in the morning The
FaLton Joined it. .---.E
The srat-trap light is a thing of
small dimensions placed in the stern Of
the vessel above the wheel. No other
light is permitted on board 1t throws
out an electric light, which cannot be
seen on the right or left Of the ship,
and can only be discovered dead ahead
under certain conditions known to the
seeker. By means of this invention
night signals can be made when rock.
cts or flash lights might be.l1seless OF
liable to betray the position Of the
fleet to the enemy. It can also guide a
squadron in line, with all other lights
out. even in dangerous latitudes.
The French navy alone possesses this
light, and the admiralty evidently at
taches great importance. to it, Judging
by the precautions taken to guard
against its discovery. The commander
Of ship and one sworn officer alone
handle it, and it is kept on board in a
special apartment, Of which the com
mander holds the key.-Philadelph
Press. IS
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1897-04-03
Odd Stories Of Life.

After all, it is the child who takes
the really practical view of things; it
is the child who is the rea1ist. We
may think, sometimes, that we look at
matters in a more prosaic way; but
our realism is idyllic romance COM.
pared to the child's, when it comes to
details
For instance, we are inclined TO give
the Deity credit for doing certain
things. without going into the question
of His methods. We say that He
made heaven and earth, but we are not
realists enough to come right down to
the question as to how He did it. And
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1897-04-03

gretted that he could not find enough
of the good things of life on it to ap-
pease his aristocratic appetite, and
looked up at the waiting waiter, who
was instantly all attention. @a.-
Bring me- he began, in the off
hand way in which millionaires order
.terrapin, or anything else that has the
merit of costing a good deal of money;
and then he paused and picked up the
bill Of fare again, as if to refresh his
memory OF make sure that something
else would not please him better.
''Yes, sir,' said the waiter, with that
deferential air that walters can as
sumo for patrons who don't care for
expense. - -~ s--
Bring me- repeated the young
man, ''some buttered toast and a cup
of coffee" ID. VII "a,
Then he leaned back in his chair and
stuck his thumbs into the armholes of
his vest and cheWed toothpick, while
the waiter went out and kicked the
brick wall Of the kitchen in order to
relieve his feelings +.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1897-04-03
{ in time, sir, every cent, but now we
cannot ait once, but will do it as soon

in time, sir, every cent, but now we
cannot at once, but will do it as soon
as we can: !" N j5. If @ szs s3.s. s-
Mr.. Marcus face was troubled d. on
know, Victoria, I have had trouble,
too he began, and she nodded her
head with quick synnpa thy. IF I had
been at the office this would never
have happened. had a great respect
for your father; he was honest as the
sun, and he probably saved my life
once.'' s,Sf .gzsf s.; Es#s5s> s @
Victoria looked up. with start. NJ
did he never tell you about it? Well,
that was like him. A poor young fell
low, whom we had been Obliged to dis
charge, came into the office one night
when I was as / supposed alone there,
and demanded money at the point of
the pistol. But your father, hearing
his voice, came softly in, and, seizing
the fellow from behind, bore him to
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1897-04-03
shut nnd Locked the Door.

Shut nnd Locked the Door
iarly inviting while the young man
was shifting from one foot to another
and preparing to state his business.
He simply said. "Wel?' in an inquir-
ing tone when the young man an
nonnced that he had come to see him
on matter of vast Importance, but
there was a great change when the
young man said: Your daughter :. =
Ny what! interrupted the old gen
tleman, with sudden animation.
Your daughter" !" repeated the young
man; and then he added, as a horrible
suspicion crossed his mind .sShe is
yours, isn't she?''
s'Of course, she's mine,'' retorted the
old gentleman. She hasn't fallen Off
her bicycle and hurt herself. has she?'
Oh, no. She 2
And she hasn't run over any chill
dren, or eloped with the coachman, or
& 20 - - = gs
Nothing of that sort, at ALL an
swered the young man, becoming tri-
de more courageous. You see, she
sent me here to ask you - 2 1.s
She sent you!'
Yes, sheWell, of course, it was at
my suggestion first; but she said to
ask yoI--i'' z
The old gentleman seemed to be
fully alive to the situation now. He
stopped the young man by gesture,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1897-04-03
THIRTEEN MONTHS IN A YEAR.

A Proposition to Start 1900 with a
New Division of Time.
it is suggested that on Jan. 1, 1900, a
new division of The year into thirteen
months be instituted. ! IT. is claimed
that this is not SO preposterous as most
people would be likely t., consider it at
the first thought. If such division
We're made, the first twelve months
would have just twenty-eight days, or
four weeks each, and the new month
twenty-nine, to make 365, and one in
leap years. After a few days there
would be no need to refer to calendars,
as the same day Of the week would
have the same date throughout the
year. IF Jan. / were, say, Monday,
every Monday would be the list, Sth,
18th and 22d; every Tuesday, the 2nd,
9th. 10th and 23d, and so throughout
the year. The changes of the moon
would be on about the same dates
throughout theyear and many calcula-
tiOn, like interest, dates Of maturing
notes, Easter Sunday and many other
important dates, would be simplifed.
Although the present generation would
have to figure new dates for birthdays
and all legal holidays except New
Year would be on different dates, yet
the gain would be more than the loss,
{ as that would be permanent, and the
s objections trifIing.
~ Fhe proposed change certainly has
the merit Of novelty, and it is just to
say that the argum ents in favor Of the
metric system on the ground of utility,
apply with considerable force to the
present case. We fear, however, that
the objections on the grounds of senti-
ment, which are strong in the matter
Of weights and measures, would be
even stronger against the proposed re-
vision of our method of our computing
time.-Scientifc American.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1897-04-03

it's Hard Work Carrying Brick Up
Ladder. 8, =
that's where we show ourselves infe.,
srior to the child, who comes right
down to dates and figures when ne
cessary. =.
Mary said little Woodllwn Park
girl to her younger sister last Sunday,
81 guess you don't stop to think how
good God is to you.''
Mary was somewhat staggered by
the suggestion at first; but, after think
ing it over, she came to the conclusion
that she really didn't care much about
7 it, anyway. But her elder sister would
not have it that way. (.
You ought to think about it some-
times, Mary, she persisted. ''God is
awful good to you. He gives you ev-
erything you have" s. 81
Mary still not appear to be i'm
pressed.
He makes it al himself, too, con-
tinued the elder. Did you know he
gave you your doll %
Mary shook her head, and undertook
to enter protest, on the ,neory that
her grandmother had given her the
doll; but her Sister broke in again:
We'll, He did, she asserted, posi-
lively. '.An' He gave me my desk, too,
an He gave us all our playthings, an
-an'-e everything we have in this
world
She paused to note the effect IF her
words, and evidently made Up her
mind that she had not been practical
enough, so she added:
He made this house for us, too, an
----an'-you just believe it's mighty hard
work carrying bricks up a ladder"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1897-04-03
just Like a woman.

"Justslike a woman he said.
His wife looked at his rather suspi-
ciously for moment before venturing
to make any inquiries.
II suppose" she said, at last, "that
you have got hold of the case of a wo-
man who married a man she didn't
like just to get a title?'
Not at all,'' he replied. eve been
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1897-04-03

heard his companion, Hutter above
him, coming to his assistance He
gathered renewed courage and held on.
desperately until Hutter came and res
cued him Hutter says that the dog
came up to him and seized hold Of his
clot thing, whining. He turned upon
him, and the dog ran OFF. Repeating
the strange n1aneuYer, Hutter suspect
ed that some ething was wrong, and fol-
lowed the dog to Whitman's rescue.
Helena independent
ss Unnninnously Correct
0 'Feac cher--E " hat part of speech is
kiss ?''
Entire Chorus Of GirlsA conlunc
tion. ID Detreit Free Press.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1897-04-03

and then he. got up and shut and
locked the door $
What's the matter?' asked the
young man with some agitation.
Was any one listening p
Not that I know Of; but I'm taking
no chances
sAh, from past experiences you are
inclined to suspect Z s
well, YES am, to be real frank
with you, returned the old gentle
man. Now, go ahead. Z @
But think you could end it all by
laying a trap" suggested the young
man, ignoring the request of the elder
to proceed. ..:s @...
That's what I've done" was the re-
ply. .Now, go on
n '.Ah, servants are such .
Servants! Who said anything about
servants?" roared the old gentleman
The last fellow who came in here to
ask me for Mary weakened before he
got half through, and bolted, and i
don't propose to take any chances this
time. Now, go ahead"
OF course. under the circumstances,
there was little difficulty in reaching a
conclusionist that was satisfactory-tem
porarily, at least.
szE It's Often So
The waiter waited while the patron
took off his oyercoat and settled him
self in his chair It's i walters busi-
ness to wait however, so that cuts no
particular figure in the story. &.
The young man wore d Prince Albert
coat, and he seemed to be fearful lest
he should sit on the coat tails and
make diagonal AMI criss-cross creases
in them; but he finally got that
Strengthened out to-. his satisfaction,
while the waiter still waited.
The average restaurant bill of fare
is a puzzling thing, at best. and conse-
quently the waiter was not inclined to
hurry the young man as the latter let
his eye roam leisurely over it. When
a man takes his time about matter
of that sort the chances are that he's
q hearty eater who doesn't care about
the cost II the dishes are well cooked
and well served. So the waiter pos
sessed his soul in patience and kept on
waiting. -. =
When the inspection was completed
the young man put down the bill of
fare with the weary air of one who re-
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1897-04-03
Pnking No Cha noes.

The old gentleman had been rather
gruff when the young man entered,
and his manner had not been particu-
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-23
BEGINNING THE SEARCH.
Pdue's Early Experiences In the Country
Now Called Klondilse.

Pdue's Early Experiences In the country
Now Called Klondike.
| was born at Schuyler Falls III
Pos. My occupation up to the time
psf went west was farming. l went
fest in 1915, into the Black Hills OF
Pakota, not far from Deadwood ana
Fntral City | remained there until
fSO ran a quartz mill there. When
left there, in 1880, went to Arizona
Pd New Mexico .prospected there
|th no srccess TO speak OF. stald
Pere until 1882 end Went from there
\ Alaska.
started FROM San Francisco on the
Feamer State Of California OF the
Poodale d Perkins line We landed at
|pneau and remained there about
[eek. In the party besides myself we"9
(llliam Moore. John McGraw, John
kogers, ii III Pitts and Robert Adams
|hey were not from any one locality
ut from all parts of the country. MY
Plect in going there was to prospect III
pc country now called Klondike. l had
pt heard Of it previously, but went
Pere to search for gold.
When we left juneau, we went to
yea, where we remained three days
etting our packs ready for the Indians.
e took in q two years outfit, which
Pnsisted Of 80 pound sacks OF -four,
Vo0 pounds Of beans I, 900 pounds OF
ce 1000 pounds of ham, 1000
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-23
saloon kept open all the time, night and
day. / guess it did pretty well.

saloon kept opep all the time, night and
day. / guess it did pretty well.
There was no restaurant during the
winter, as there were no supplies in the
country to run it. There was no gam.
bling to speak of, but sometimes the
men played poker. The bets were small.
There was no faro The men spent the
winter ON their claims, hauling sup
plies from all over the country and get
ting them there.
The thermometer ran down to "a
below, which was the coolest we had.
1t probably averaged about 20. We had
to dress warm in flannels and furs.
cannot say the people suffered. There
were no deaths all this time at Dawson
City. We had no theater Second ave-
nue. was the residence portion. My
house was put upon First avenue. On
Second avenue were the cabins of Win
field Ohler, Ed Parks, Dave Richards
and Alex Mcdonald. They were all one
room houses.
Mrs Ferguson, wife Of H. II. Fer
guson, was the only woman there. She
did her own sewing and cooking. She
had no children. Mrs. Berry, from
Fresno, was up on the creek with her
husband on the claim he had located,
No. Ell Dorado. Mrs Liffey and Mrs.
Berry were the only women upon the
claims They picked up nuggets off the
dump last winter, about $4,000 apiece
us near as we could find out, besides at
tending to their household duties.
The women in the country who
were there with their husbands devoted
themselves to their own simple house
hold duties and to looking on the dumps
for stray nuggets. They did not, as has
been reported, do sewing and cooking
for the miners, and | don't believe any
miners were given their meals at their
houses, as has been stated in the news
papers. / saw these women quite often.
They did not come to the town much.
Mrs Ferguson was the only one in the
town.
All Swarmed to Dawson.
The character Of the town was
| good. Every one attended to his bust
/ ness. There was no lawlessness. Mel
were on their claims working. While
! there were probably, when the winter
| closed down, 400 or 500 men and
women, at the opening of the season
! this spring every man in the Yukon
country was there. The other camps
| were deserted.
us OF the 1000 men who were in thu
vicinity of Dawson City when the snow
began to go off and left the country Fl
for operations, nine-tenths were hare
lworking, Industrious miners, of gooC
character as far as / know, looking fo
claims and intent on earning living
! They came from all parts of the sur
rounding country. Circle City, 3o'
miles north from Dawson City, was al
most deserted. They came up the rive
with dogs and sledges. FROM Juneau
\ about the time l left probably l. 5O'
were coming in.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-23
57ClAlMS AND MEN.
A Practical Miner who Is Many Times a
ne .r. Millionaire.

,f.trft Millionaire.
Reports of the richness of the gold
diggings were going out all winter, but
people did not believe them. Every
mail carrier that went out took these
reports with him, but people thought it
was a fake or at least greatly exagger-
ated. They did not believe until people
came out and showed the gold at Sell
vey's smelling Office at San Francisco.
When they saw the gold poured out
there and miners coming in with all
they could carry in sacks on their
backs, they realized that there was
something back of the reports Liffey
had, | guess, 100 pounds on his back
when he walked into the smelling room
Of Selvey 81 Co. suppose that was
worth $2S,000.
When / left Dawson City on June
30, all was excitement. If you had been
there and seen the tents, you would
have thought there were 5000 people
encamped. The tents were set as thick
as they could stand and leave barely
room to walk between them. My mill
was working night and day and en-
ployed 10 men. pay these men $40
and $l5 day. Sawyers and engineers
get So, common laborers $40.
I have no trouble in getting men,
except that they change almost every
| day. AS soon as man gets little
money he wants to quit and go pros
pecting, and we have to break IN new
men about every day.
Plenty of Room Left.
| There are lots and lots OF creeks
there not prospected on that were moi
taken at the time left. There were
about 500 claims located in the Bonanzs
gold mining district.
| think Alexander Mcdonald wa
about the heaviest owner of claims. H'
is from Nova Scotia. suppose he may
be worth 81, 900, 600 or 5000. 900. III
was there himself. He is man abou
40 years old, practical miner, and ha
had experience in that country for years
1t was reported by the Montana
man, Moss, that there were 2. 600 grave
in the place. don't see how that coul'
be. as we never had more than |, 5O'
men there The first to die was Der
Stickney, who died on Lake lie Barg
while on his way in. The second dealt
was c.. c. Felch of Oregon, who die
of heart disease They found him dea'
in bed in the morning. He had sold on
and had his money in three sacks unde
his pillow, which amounted to $l2.34o
These are the only two graves Il
Dawson.
He was buried by the people there
and his money was turned over to tn
cold commissioner. The commissions
settled his funeral expenses, and sup
pose the rest of his money will go to HI
people in Oregon. When man die
there, his effects are turned over to TN
gold commissioner. This commissicne
records claims and settles all minin
disputes.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-23

1t requires thrse consecutive months Of
work on these claims.
left Forty Mile creek Sept. "a,
1894, on a trip home and reached here
in January. came back to do business
in Frisco connected with my sawmill,
etc. / had store and sawmill, but had
no mining claims at that time. Ny
nine years had brought me maybe ST.
900 or $4,000. We had no very rich
diggings up to that time. l remained
here from Sept "a until June 81, 1895,
when l returned to Forty Mile creek.
Nothing new had occurred in the mean
time.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-23
DAWSON lUXURlES.
Some Pianos, n Few Pictures, Little Cham
payne and Fine Bars.

Some Pianos, n Few Pictures, Littie ShaAn-
payne and Fine Bars.
Before the establishment of Dawson
there were 800 people at Circle City.
After that it is pretty hard to tell how
many there were. 1t was practically
deserted in a short time. All the things
they had there, pianos, pictures, etc.,
were taken up the river this spring in
the A. G. T. company's boats. We have
all kinds of pictures there, oil, water
color, etc. The saloon people have them
mostly.
We have nicer bars there than you
have here. One of tire bars there cost
$3.50 right in San Francisco. 1t belongs
to Leach & Ashby. Joseph Cooper has
a bar, bought in San Francisco last
spring, which cost about the same,
$3.50. IL is fine thing, with mirrors
and everything.
bought of fellow there in San
Francisco, two years ago last winter, 20
or 80 pictures They were water colors"
One of them took first prize at the mid
winter fair in San Francisco. Ii was n
landscape. / don't know the painter s
name. / don't know who painted any
Of the pictures.
The dance hall was owned by Harry
Ash. 1t is 40 by so, frame buildir :
covered with white drilling. Thu :
have an orchestra at the dance hall. /
never was in it myself, but | have
heard the music. l should think there
were "a horn, piano, violin, etc. There
may be Is or 20 women there. There is
no admission fee. You just go III and
dance and patronize the establishment.
Every thing is 90 cents drink.
Champagne at Trading Posts.
They don't keep champagne in the
saloons and dance halls, only at the
trading posts The women get per-
centaRe of the receipts for dancing With
CONTINUED on Page 6),
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-23
THE FIRST GOOD DIGGING.
Searching the Klondike For Long and
Weary Years.

About that time band of Indians
came from Tanana and brought III
piece of rich gold quartz. That was IN
March, 1888, or about that time. L
went out there TO see where they got
this rock, myself and four other men.
We took Indian guides and went
over there TO find it. This was on the
head of Forty Mile creek. We did not
find it, so we went back to the cache we
had made the previous winter at the
head of Sixty Mile creek, and we put i'll
the balance of the summer prospecting
in that locality We staid there until
fall.
At the end of a year we had prospect
ed and found in different streams and
various places that there was gold IN
the country in paying quantities, but
not having tools or sufficient supplies
we were not able to get much.
We intended to 60 into mining the
next spring 'on some of the creeks we
had already explored, but that summer
the A. G. T. company steamer Yukon
the only steamer OH the river, broke one
of her engines and could not get up the
river. In consequence we had to drop
down to the mouth of the Tanana river,
where we spent the second winter.
The Tanana river is about SOO miles
from Dawson City and runs through a
mountainous country, which had not
been prospected. There we found some
very good quartz prospecting, but no
placer gold diggings.
Our party were all very healthy
men with the exception of two, William
Moore and John McGraw, who had a
severe attack of scurvy. This was be-
oause they lived entirely Oh bacon and
"rnstv" ham all winter Invent out and
caupbt rabbits, so that saved Us from
| like attacks. Outside OF that we were
all in good health. -.
The second summer we went pucA
ON the steamer New Racket, belonging
to Hnrper and McQuesten, on the Stuart
| river. 900 miles up from the fukoo'
! and there made the discovery or those
rich bars which you may have hearu
ahont They paid as high as 500 10 the
| day 600 lilac
That locality is about i,Soo miles lies
frop, the mouth of the Yukon and 3oo
r,iles from Juneau. | should say IL was
obont 4 900 miles from San francisco
Stuart river is about 20 miles aoo'e
Dawson City.
Paid 500 to the Rocker.
There ON the Stuart river was oui
arst mining camp. We found very gooc
mining on the river bars. Inc oars pau
ali the way from 80 to So and as mgr
{" A rocker is built something simiia'
60 our baby cradles. with one END out !,
It has aprons in it and blanket 9l.e,,,, !,
the bottom. It is set on an incline
The dirt is put into q hopper and so al,
charged over an apron, then back s... DOW ",
on the blanket and from there INTO 'n'