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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-04-22
AN ACT

To provide for the distribution of Sugar Beet
Seed, purchased by the State. under the pro-
visions of Chapter One hundred and forty six
(146), General Laws of Eighteen hundred and
ninety-seven GSDD.
Be it enacted by the LEGISLATURE Of the State of
Minnesota.
SECTION ]. The State Treasurer is hereby
authorized end empowered to distribute through
the state, as herein p'ovil cd free Of charge all
the remaining sugar b. ct seed in his custody.
purchased und the provisions of Chapter One
hundred and forty-sx Q46) General Laws of
Eighteen hundred and ninety-seven QS9i)
SEcrlo ON ?. In di<pos;ng of said seed. as here
by provided. the Treasurer shall distribute same
as equitab " as possible throughout the various
agricultural section Of the state; Provided thai
the State Treasurer shall apportion said seed as
equitably as may be to each Of the agricultural
counties OF the state, and it is hereby made his
duty Immediately upon the passage of this act to
notify the various county auditors of such agri-
cultural counties Of the state whose duty it
shall be to publish the same in the official pa
pera of their respective counties and it shall be
the duty OF each such county auditor to notify
the state Treasule r within thirty COY days from
the date of such publication, stating whether
his count desires the full proportion of said seed
to which it is entitled or what proportion or
number of pounds, if any, his county desires
base on such Information as can be obtained by
individual application or otherwise. Where
upon the State Treasurer shall forward each
portion to the county auditors of such counties.
who shall. on application dis,ri butte said seed
as equitably as may be, to the farmers of such
counties.
SECTION 5. This act shal take effect and be in
force from and after its passage
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-04-22
LUCKY DEUCE OF SPADES.
A Remarkable Run of Luck, But
1t Was All for the Other
Man.

One by one the old superstitions are
being torn from us. People nowadays
walk ostentatiously under ladders and
suffer no evil consequences. Friday is
quite popular day for the commence
ment of long journey, and sitting
down 13 at dinner is frequently unat-
tended with untoward results. A deep
ly rooted superstition among card play
ers is belief in the lucky properties of
the two of spades. The present writer's
faith, however, was severely shaken by
a phenomenal coincidence which oc-
Cured only few days ago, says the
London Mail
Sitting down to a game of whist, he
Thoroughly shuf1ed both packs of
cards, and happened to notice that the
two of spades was the bottom card of
one of the packs.
"This ought to bring me luck" he re-
marked to his friends.
He then took up the second pack. and
was astonished to find that the two of
spades was also at the bottom of that.
Words failed to express his amazement
when, in drawing for partners and deal
the cards had been shufled again-he
once more drew the two Of spades.
The odds against this triple event &C.
curing must be enormous, but more
was to follow. The deal fell to the writ
er, and the turn-up card was the in
evitable two of spades!
After this the dealer felt justified in
believing he was in for good evening.
AS a matter of fact, he lost six rubbers
in succession.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-04-22
Exhibition of FaIcOnrv.

At the Paris exposition in 1900 novel
exhibit will be made Of falconry, in
stalled in the historical department OF
the section devoted to hunting. There
will be shown all the nipple used
IN the ancient sport, such as gloves,
hoods, bags, uniforms, etc. There will
also be noted pictures Of hunting with
falcons, such as Darnet's. in the Orleans
museum, representing Anne Of Austria
surrounded by her court women, all
with falcons on their wrists. There
will be portraits Of noted falconers.
preserved in the collections Of prom
Inc. inent families, and tapestries on hunt
ing subjects. HE
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-04-22
BAZIN'S ROLLER SHIP.
lost over One Hundred Thousand
Dollars to Disprove a New Idea
in Navigation.

Bazin's roller ship, which cost over
100000 to test an entirely new idea in
navigation, has recently been sold at
Hull, England, and will be dismantled
and broken up, according to the Sketch.
Bazln's central idea of facilitating the
ships progress by rolling over the wa
ter instead of forcing passage through
it was just one of those problems which
can be solved only by full-sized trial,
and the maritime world is indebted to
him for definitely setting at rest for
all time the impossibility of attaining
any notable improvement in speed or
stability by the adoption of the roller
principle. The six hollow rollers are
about IS feet in diameter and IL feet
thick; the shape closely resembles two
saucers having the edges joined to-
gether. About one-quarter of each
roller is Submerged; no part of the
hull of the vessel touches the water,
The deck. about 100 feet long and Al
feet wide, is elevated considerabl
above the water line and carries the
superstructure devoted to passenger
accommodation and machinery spaces.
The method of propulsion is the usual
screw, rotating in an inclined position
between the rollers and driven by a
5cO-horse power engine; the rollers
also possess independent motive power
in the form Of a smaller engine con-
nected to each pair. Unfortunately, on
trial the ship hardly realized half the
speed anticipated.
The Worship of Athletes.
Both boys and men, when they have
opened any paper, very soon turn to see
what is said about athletics. People go
in thousands to see matches of cricket,
boating, football, running and bicycle
races; matters connected with these
matches keep the telegraph busy and
furnish the large headings for posters;
they induce men of the highest position
and gravest character to write to the
newspapers and to discuss such mat
tiers from q: purely athletic point of
view, leaving out Of sight all moral
questions which may happen to be in
volved. Portraits Of athletes are every
where and their histories and condition
are generally known. I was present
when certain distin guished man was
introduced to a great English bishop.
11sHe is the father Of P. 7. $50. " said his
introdncer, naming a youth well known
for his powers Of cutting N ational Re
view,
9 = sV| 81 ii
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-04-22
..MARKED DOWN. ),
:. to, Take Advantage Of This
E. Situation,

The phrase marked down" has great
fascination for women. This is not dis
creditable to their hearts, for while
ene-tenth may hunt bargains, hoping to-
shiue thereby in fnery they could not
afford at first cost, the other nine
tenths are, merely *strainingt their
nerves little more in the effort to
make their husbands earnings go even
further, and provide yet more literally
for him, home and the children, says
the Gentlewoman.
But women's hearts often play sorry
tricks with their heads.
There are many kinds of bargains. :"
Some are real. Many are spurious.
Merchants are human and therefore
fallible. They are in business to make
money for themselves, not for your ben
eft or mine4 Just remember this when
you go bargain hunting.
Discriminate.
Take advantage of the mark down on
goods you need that are worth buying.
Let all others alone, if you truly wish to
be economical. The greatest reductions
IN price generally are on pronounced
styles that are rapidly going out of
fashion and will soon be noticeably odd
and out of date.
Buy as cheaply always as you can
buy good qualities. But don't be mis-
led by grandiloquent statements into
buying poor goods at any price, and
when a tremendous mark down.
stares you in the face be sure there is
some excellent reason for the drop in
price. Perhaps the reason does not pre-
vent the article being good bargain
for you. Often the reason of the reduc-
ton is one that makes the article no
bargain for ANYONE
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-04-22
CAUSES OF POVERTY.

Some Conclusions Of Statisticians as
to the Misfortunes OF the Poor.
Various attempts have been made
recently to get at the causes of poverty
by means of Statistics In Europe pau
pers are defined to be those who receive
aid from the government or charitable
funds. The proportion of paupers to
the whole populations is highest in
England, % per 1000. In Scotland it is
"a, in Ireland %, in Holland 20, in Italy
10, in Austria 9, in France 8, and in
Germany Z. There is no similar d.
vision made officially in the United
States, and, taking the country
through, the proportion here is less,
probably, than 2 per cent. When it
comes, however, to the causes of pow
erty the American statisticians are, so
to speak, right in line with what some
persons would call their conjectures,
but what they describe as their con-
illusions. Thus, of 100 cases of pow
erty II per cent. are chargeable to
drink in excess, 21.3 per cent. to what
the statisticians call misconduct" a
rather vague designation for unwise
or reprehensible acts; 28.5 per cent. to
lack of work or inadequate pay for
work done, or insufficient, half-time
employment, and most of the remain
der to misfortune"
What particular distinction the sta
tisticians are able to establish between
misconduct" and "misfortune" is not
easily stated, for some acts of miscon-
duct are clearly due to misfortune, and
many instances of misfortune are di-
rectly traceable to misconduct, but the
statisticians do not concern themselves
with such trif1es as these. They only
deal with what they call "broad propo-
sitions,' and one of them, Charles
Booth, of East London, has ascertained
by investigation that in the poorer dis
triots of the British capital exactly IL
per cent. of those male or female adults
who are a charge either upon the gov
eminent or upon others for reasons not
arising from physical causes owe their
Indulgence to drink, though it has been
observed by some travellers in East Lon
don (and travellers who are not sta
tisticians) that the absence of dring is
at times more poignant cause of the
visible distress than is .unbridled in
diligence in ale, porter or bitter beer.
London spends se,ooo,ooO year for
the relief of the needy, Paris $4,000, 900,
Vienna $3,000,0oo, and Berlin 100000.
Greater New York will expend, approx
mately, $2,5oo,ooo.- Y. Sun.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-04-22

The Importance of Gen. Skaters testi-
mony before the beef court hardly seems
to justify the expense of his trip from
San Francisco to Washington and back
again.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-04-22

The request of a Cuban Judge that
Gen. Ludlow, military governor of the
city of Havana, be prosecuted for violat-
ing an old Spanish law, will not, of
course, be complied with; but it would
serve good purpose if it resulted in a
suspension of all Spanish laws during
our occupation Of the island.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-04-22

Those English yachtmen who are 60
ing on whale-fshing expedition to the
artic regions, for sport, may find their
sporting blood put to severe tests be-
fore they return.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-04-22

It is hardly necessary to remind mar
OF AmiraI Csrvera's wide experience that
"nothing succeeds like success" and
that being abused is always one of tho
penalties of defeat.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-04-22

Dewey's words Il am not politician,
have never held political office, and am
totally ignorant of party intricacies and
affiliations" were what might be ex-
pected from ap officer who loves his
profession and who declines to drag it
into the mire Of partisan politics..
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-04-22
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Japaneae Initiation.

A japanese named Takuma has been
turning the skill in imitation, with
which his coulnntrymen are gifted,e to
nefarious ends, and has been convicted
at Sydney Of forging seven copies of
q rare early New South Wales stamp
rated at $40O The imitation vas so
perfect that the stamps we're purchased
by dealers and sent to Lond Ion, where
they passed the scrutiny Of several ex-
pgyts,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-04-22
SHERIFF. SALE OF REAL ESTATE
TINDER FORECT OSTTPE

SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE
UNDER FORECLOSURE.
STATE OF MINNESOTA,
COUNTIES OF LAKE AND Cook.
DISTRICT COURT,
ELEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
Louisville Trust Company, a corpo-)
ration, as Assignee Of ailway
Employees industrial Banking
u ion. corporation and Ken
lucky Guarantee Iompany, cor
poration,
Plaintiff.
Burtch E. Heherd Wiley Tindolph,
Railway Employees Industrial
Banking Union, a corporation,
and Kentucky Guarantee Com
pany, corporation,
Defendants
NOTICE is hereby given that under and by
virtue Of a judgment and dec ee en- cred in the
1899, certified transcript of which has been
delivered to me, l, the undersigned sheriff of
said LAX County, will sell at public auction to
the highest idder for cash on Monday the 18th
day OF May 1899 at ten o'clock in the forenoon
at the front door of the Court House In the VIII
lage Of Grand Marais. in said Cook County in
separate parcels the premises and real estate
described in said judgment and decree to. wit:
All those tracs or pal GELS of land lying and be-
ing in Cook County and State OF Minnesota, de-
scribea as follows to-wi1:
The soul Invest quarter of the southwest quar-
ter of Section four "a and the east half Of the
northeast quarter OF Section eight o. in Town.
ship sixty six 1867 north Of Range four ~ west
of the Fourth Principal Meridian IN Minnesota,
containing one hundred and twenty acres, accord
ing to the Government survey thereof.
Lated April |, 1899.
EMIL NELSON.
Sheriff of Lake County, Minnesota.
MEssRs. McCoRD1c & CROSBY,
Plaintiffs Attorneys,
I'm 17,th
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-04-22

British diplomacy has succeeded IN in
Producing the fad of amateur photogra-
ply among the native princes Of India.
and now rests easy, knowing that fad
will keep the princes out of money and
out of mischief.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-04-22

The Thirteenth South Carolinians who
have been indicted for participation in
tina lynching of colored postmaster
doubtless believe that 10 is hoodoo
number.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-04-22

Timber land. Act June 3, 1s7s--Notice for Pub
LEGATION. -United States Land Office, Duluth
Mimi. January II, 1899.
Notice is hereby given that in compliance with
the provisions Of the act of Congress of June 3,
1873 entitled AN act for the sale of timber lands
in the States of California, Oregon, Nevada and
Washington Territory as extended to all the
public land states by act of August I. 1899.
William Christensen. Of Duluth county of st.
Louis state Of Minnesota, has this day filed in
this office his sworn statement No. 4072. for the
purchase OF the lots and 2. of section rs in
township O. north, range west, of 4th p; m;
sought is more valuable for its timber, Or
stone than for agricultural purposes and to
establish his claim to said land before the
register and receiver of this Office at Dulusk
MINI. ON Monday, the 18th. day of April, 1899.
He names aS witnesses
Claus Holmstrorn, Joseph Couture, John A,
Ross and John Evans all of Duluth Mimi.
ANY and all persons claiming adversely the
above-described lands are requested 10 file, 'hsi.
CLAIMS in this Office on before said 17th day CT
April, 1899.
VIM. E. Calkin, Register.
J. II. Sharp. Atty. 2-11
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-04-22

The more We learn about the antics of
Rose, the German Consul at Apia, Samoa,
the more evident it becomes that he
doesn't belong to the sweet-smelling
rose family.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-04-22

It's an eff week when Andrew Carne-
gle doesn' give some town the money for
a public library. McKeesport, Pa, is
the last hepefciary;it got $4,000. Men
differ with Mr.. Carnegie on other quest
ions-expansion, for instanoe-but they
are unanimous in believing him 10 be
right on the public library question,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-04-22

The man who tries to train with two
political factions at the same time has no
right to object to being called two faced.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-04-22
DISTRIBUTION OF
Sugar! Beet Seed
STATE OF MINNESOTA.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.

: STATE OF MINNESOTA,
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
St. Paul, March %, 1899.
County Auditor Cook county.
Dear r:-Pursuant to House File
No. IS (Which has become law, copy
OF same IS herewith enclosed, I have
apportloned to your county 100 pounds
pounds of sugar beet seed for distribu
ton as provided. If this is more thar
you want for your county, pleass inform
me.
Respectfully Yours,
AUG. T. KOERNER.
State Treasurer,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-04-22

B N johnson. Att
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-04-22

VIM E Culkin. Register
Ais
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-02-25
An Interesting Invitation

The Miners union of Cripple Creek,
Col, has gotten out unique invita-
ton to non-members that contains
some points that apply with equal
force to non-union men in other
classes. It reads as follows:
'''ro the recipient of this card: 10
YOU the Miners union sends greeting
and asks your careful perusal of the
following:
eff you are working in or about the
mines you are enjoying the good
wages and short hours which come
by virtue of struggle made by the
Unions of this district, backed by the
Western Federation of Miners, to
which they are all attached.
1--WE hope that you are not SO en-
tirely selfish as to continue to enjoy
these benefits without contributing
your mite to the cause that yours as
well as ours. We therefore invite you
to come and be one of us. Come and
help make our laws and govern the
body that holds the destiny of the
miners of the Rockies.
''No matter what may be your creed
or religious belief, or how varied may
be our opinions on such subjects, we,
one and all, have common interest
in maintaining and guarding all of
the interests pertaining to our craft.
"You are either for us or against
us-there is no middle ground. If
you persistently refuse to Join, it must
be taken that you are an enemy Of Or
ganized labor, and are not willing to
do what little you can to further the
interests of the craft in which you are
employed.
I'VE exact no obligations that in
any way conflict or interferes with
the duties that you owe to your coun-
try, your religion, or your Fellow
man.
.'Our initiation fee is IS and dues 81
per month. We pay $40 per week SICK
benefit to sick or injured members,
and make a liberal allowance to bury
our dead.
"rhe presentation Of this card is a
formal invitation to you to join us.
If you wish to aid those who are help
ing you, sign below and return THIS
card to the giver.
''p. S.-This card is numbered and
accounted for. You will be reported
and recorded as having had an invi-
tation to become one of us. What is
your answer"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-02-25

Queen Victoria it is said is opposed
to war and has expressed Il desire TO
die before war breaks out between
Finland and France, but we have not
heard that Vic has expressed herself
feminist the exploitation of her hum
dreds of millions Of subjects by the
landlords, the landlords and the profit
lords. She filed no protest while Brit
ish exploiters were preying on the
poor Hindoos during the time that 49,
100000 died Of famine She evinced
no desire to die while the poor Irish
people were being exploited in the
midst of starvation. She has hung
tenaciously to life while more of her
dependent subjects in England alone
have been crushed out of life annu-
ally at industrial pursuits than are
likely to be killed in a war with
France. She has been model of
complacent enjoyment while helpless
little children and young girls have
been rotting to death in the lead
and phosphorus works of England
That London alone has 100000 out
cast girls. hasn't seemed to hurry
Queen Nic's gray hairs to the grave.
Tho fact is the old lady has 10, been
slo" in the exploiting line herself, and
has acquired fortune of $3.50. 900. 600
a. it. She is decidedly the model
ruler of bourgeoistlom, and exalted
by that class, and like all her ill< is
pl efficient in the art Of straining at
gratis and swallowing camcls.-The
Class Struggle.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-02-25

The progress of She labor move
ment in the United States has been
gradual-sometimes even slow, but
that the cause is surely advancing no
well informed person will deny. The
principles upon which the cause is
founded are so broad: the question of
reform an human progress which are
inseparably interviewer with the
movement are so comprehensive that
the ordinary person in the busy world
has little idea of what is being ac-
complished, Or of the vast possibili-
ties within the reach of mel, which
can be achieved through honest CO.
operation and perseverance. These
successes have depended in the past
and must depend in the future more
upon the we'll directed efforts OF the
labor press, the journals, magazines
and newspapers devoted to the cause
of labor, than to any other single
agency. The labor press must be sup
ported and encouraged by union men
if they expect to obtain relief from
the many unjust conditions forced up
on them. These publications are the
agencies through which we keep in
touch with our co-Workers throughout
the land. They are the sentinels that
guard our interests and sounu the
note Of warning upon the approach
of danger; the champion that pro-
tects our principles in the face OF
every attack; and the guides that di-
rect and aid us with judicious counsel
in the hour of need. The men who
conduct these publications are almost
invariably men who see and under
stand the dangers which are gather
ing so fast they seriously threaten in
the near future to completely engulf
society as they have already practi-
|calIy submerged the body polluc.
These men deserve the hearty sup
port and cooperation Of every person,
man and woman, who makes each a
unit in the society of honest workers.;
workers of brain and muscle, the pro-
fess;onal men; tradesmen, merchants.
ministers-all who embrace what we
call society. They are the ones who
live, not lean on society: give them a
helping hand. it is worth your while,
and they will appreciate it.--Quincy
Labor News.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-02-25

In the case brought by the Stand
ard Oil Co. against Frank Westerman,
a union carpenter Of Columbus, O..
who WAS arrested on the charge Of
dcfying the STATE and the antitrust
law by being Il member of union,
the court held that labor unions were
not trusts. and that they could nor be
so construed by any wording or mean
ing Of the law. Judge Schwartz rem
dered the decision. which was so plain
hat even the Standard Oil Co. could
not pick Il flaw in it. The claim of
the big oil trust was so ridiculous Lat
the union people had no fear Of the
outcome, but the Standard Oil Co.
bad been so used to getting what it
asked in the courts that it thought it
was only necessary to arrest a union
man and the court would do .Ae rest.
For once the great octopus struck a
snag and came out worsted.