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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-12-22
PAY DAY IN CHINA
All Accounts Are Settled, on New
Years Day-Presents In -
Red Paper. ~

New Year is the national pay day in
China. All accounts must be squared
w at that time, and the man who
can't raise money enough to pay his
debts has to go into bankruptcy, says
the London Mail. The laws are such
that the creditor can enter the debtors
house and take what he pleases if
there is no settlement. To prevent
such action families club together and
make all sorts Of compromises to keep
up the business reputation of the clan.
New Year is great day for the pawn
brokers'. Their shops are crowded
with people who want to redeem their ,llr
best clothes before the new year.
There are crowds also who want to
pawn other things in order 70 get
money enough to pay their debts debts
Pawnbrokers receive high rates e. OH OF IN
terest, in which they are projected g
by the government. .@.
The Chinese paint the whole country NnlIt'y !
red % New Years day in more ~ ore 81 senses s's
than On E. Red is the color which D.. with l,1'
them denotes good luck and prosper.
Nv and ali the New Year cards and u q
Invitations are on paper OF that color 'll5':
Every child gets its New Year pres s't.l1'E
h II, wrapped il red paper, and reg ~ 2,
scriptions are pasted over the doors ''r' g 3
the houses. IS
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-12-22
PR0FITABL 3 I RAVEI
Go Abont with an Open, Receptive
sss Mind, and DONE Form yVrons
II COncl uai on il. .stsSS&& 70

The American is wise, writes Edward
Box, in the Ladies' Home Journal, who
going to Paris this year spends enough
time in the French capital to see the
exposition, and the beauties and spots
Of fragrant memories which the city
unques onlably possesses, but who
then leaves Paris behind and goes into
those quaint, romantic and gone-to-
sleep old places with which France
abounds--in the Balzac country, for ex-
ample, where French life is stiN lived
in the old delightful way. This is the
secret Of profitable travel anywhere;
to go about with the mind open and re-
ceptive;sto judge people from the condi-
tons which surround them; to get an
impression Of nation not from the life
which floats on the surface. of its great
centers, but from its own people living
in the heart of their own lands, in their
own homes and in their own way. Thus
we will see the real people of the coun-
try wherein we travel. But we cannot
truly judge the English from what we
see in London, or the French from
the boulevards and cafes of Paris, any
more than a foreigner can Judge the en-
tire population of America merely from
people he sees in the city of New York.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-12-22
The SCAR Z ET II NcERs.
a Fa1nous 5Brit ishs C'nvalry ReginleI,t
That Broke q. Square
i OF infantry. J. .5sS

The Sixteenth ,,lancers formerly
Light dragons, by the way) 4 are the
only regiment Of British cavalry that
has ever penetrated and &; broken
square Of infantry. This fine feat was.
performed at the bloody battle Of Ali
wal, in the Punjab, in January, 1886
The gallant Silhs had thrown them
selves into squares, and in this forma-
ton they. had for q long time resisted
the desperate charges Of our cavalry just
as stub bornly as our infantry had re-
sisted the French cuirassiers atWater-
loo. It was history repeating, itself
only this time we happened to be the
assailants. Again and again did. the
Sixteenth lancers strive to break
through the sullen masses Of the Sikhs;
again and again scores of saddles were
emptied, and we were beaten. back
with slaughter. The Sixteenth and
other cavalry were led by that fine Of
fcer, Brigadier Cureton, destined to
die in a later battle of the same cam
paign. AS the lancers got close enough
to deliver their thrusts their weapons
would splinter like matchwood upon!
the. stout shields of their swarthy foes.
Suddenly an inspiration came to the
troopers. Without receiving any orders
whatever to that effect, but as if con-
trolled by unanimous impulse, they
suddenly shifted their lances to the
bride hand and charged in once more
The Sikhs, entirely unprepared for this
sudden and mastery maneuver, received
in their bodies instead Of on their tar
gets the deadly spear points of the
horsemen. Into and through the
squares swept the Sixteenth with
lances as crimson as their tunics. Even
so it is recorded that the resistance
was so desperate and sustained that
the Sikh square had to be, ridden
through again and yet again ere they
were finally destroyed and dispersed.
Since that proud day of the Sikh cam
paign the regiment has had many mag
nifcent officers, and Sir D. G. Drury-
Lowe gave the corps the highest posi-
BILE character during his tenure of the
Aldershot cavalry communicable Mall
Gazette.
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Adopts AT LYING.
Ecrt1naciOus Untruthfu1ness Is q
= Dominant Trait of the SOuth
African Kamrs.

The kaffir makes an interesting
study. You cannot understand him all
at once. It requires time, and good
deal of it. A new arrival thinks the
kaffir is born prevaricator of the
truth, and has his reasons for so think
ing, says the London Mail.
=: Suppose you catch a s:boy'' commit
ting a misdemeanor. Ask him what
he has been doing, and he will look up
III your face, a picture of innocence,
and reply: "Ikona,. baas"- plump de-
NAL. Tell: him you saw him do it,
: threaten him with punishment, he will
Still persist. in maintaining his inno-
cence. He will still plead ignorance
9of the misdeed and mutter in astonish-
ment or fear: .Il1o11a, baas." In fact.
he knows nothing whatever about it.,
+ Ii the offense be one that cannot be
overlooked you proceed to administer
reproof--with the foot, if you are not
particular and wish to be impressive.
What does he do? If he is a raw
boy" and not used to it, he runs off
with terrified look on his face; if hid
is used to it he retires precipitately
with satisfied smile, not necessarily
because he has got the thrashing. but
because he no longer has it to look
forward to. ~.
The only explanation for the sys-
tematic lying of the native in face OF
The most convincing PROOF is that the
native mind is totally unaAe to form
conception Of what we Understand
by .truthfulness. = = - \ =
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No Doubt OF q Personal Devil.

No Doubt OF q Personal Devil.
The assertion which, was made re-
Gently in England by military expert
that among the Beers there is COM
mon belief that the Bible was written
originally in Dutch, has called out from
a correspondent of the London Daily
News the following anecdote: "A
Dutch minister, lately arrived in the
Transvaal from Holland, was rebuked
by an old farmer for having expressed
doubts Of the reality of a personal
devil. T can show you his portrait
lsaid the Boer; and, taking down his
family Bible, which was adorned with
wood cuts of an antique, type, he turned
to presentment Of the conventional
evil one, with horns and tail, 'ThereI'
exclaimed the Boer, triumphantly;t you
have doubts about the existence Of the
devil. There. is a picture Of him, and
THAT is the word of God, The Boer
fully believed the artist, as we'll as the
writer's, to have been inspired"
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Thr ough Tourist Sleeping Car
Service to Texas, Old Mex
r leo and California.

: Via CHICAGO GREAT WESTERN
RY. to Kansas City'and Missouri, Kans-
as & Texas, San Antonio & Arkansas
Pass and Southern Pacific Railways
through Dallas, San Antonio EI Paso
and Los Angeles to San Fransisc 8
ONLY THROUGH CAR LINE
from the northwest to Texas points and
connecting at Spoford Junction for all
points in Old Mexico. These cars are in
charge Of an experienced official and
leave st Paul every Friday at II 30, P.
M, reaching Dallas the following Sun
day, San Antonio on Monday, Ell Paso
on Tuesday, Los Angeles at noon We'd
5nesday and San Francisco early Thurs
day morning These are PulImap Tour
Eist Cars similar to those run on all
transcont inental lines and the charges
for berths are about half those regularly
charged. To persons who have made
the trip to California via other routes,
this southern route will prove most
delightful change, and to persons con-
templating trip to Texas or Mexican
points, it furnishes facilities heretofore
unoffered. Full particulars furnished
by any CHICAGO GREAT WESTERN
Agent, or J. P. ELMER, G. A. P. D., 81.
s .f*%s Cor. 9th and Robert ST.
E Ii. ..$ q H It st. Paul, MINI
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T,mper land. Act June 3, 1873. Notice for Pub
IS lication.-United States Land Office, sDul nth
Il Mimi, sNov..24, 1900. Il $sss
. Notice is hereby given that in compliance with
the provisions Of the act Of Congress Of J une 3,
1873 entitled An act for the sale Of timber lands
in the States Of Califo rnia. Oregon, Nevada and
Washington Territory y as extended to all the
James Ingls, Of Duluth. County Of ST, Louis,
State Of Minnesota, has this day fled in this
purchase Of the So Of a neA Section Is
Township So Range 4 east and Lots 2 and )?
Section 80. in Township s. Range 6Rst, and will
offer proof to show that the land sought is more
valuable for 1ts tilnber or stone than for agri-
cultural purposes. and to establish his claim tc
said land before TIE Register and; Receiver 81
this office at Duluth, Mimi, on Friday the 18th
day Of March, 1891
& He names 40 witnesses 5Sss
rs ID. j. McLaugh lin, Wa. Quinn, ". McLaugh-
lin and "a Brotherton, a Il OF Duluth, Mimi.
Any and al persons claiming adversely the
abOve-de described lands are requested e hle theil
claims in this ofce on Or before said 18th lay b
March. 1901 81
1922 yNM. +. CULKlN. Regists1
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Health of Navy and Marin.

Health Of Navy and Marine.
Health of the United States navy ana
marine corps is reported upon by the
surgeon general Of the navy in his an
pual report, which shows that in the is-
cal year 1898, Notwithstanding war
conditions and prolonged cruising in
tropical waters, the ratio Of admission
to the sick list per 1000 shows but q
slight increase over past years. The
ratio for 1898 was 871.69 per 1000, as
compared with s3s per 1900 in 1895,
Tits in 1895 and .74s.24 in 1897. There
were 173 deaths in the year, 118 being,
from disease and IS from injury. Ex-
Guiding the men lost on the Maine, the l'!
death rate was only 7.21 per 1000.
Chicago Evening News. II. #
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IN INDIAN TERRITORY.
Require a Speedy and Rad
ical Remedy.

An anomalous condition of things ex-
lists in the Indian territory, which
should not and cannot last. 1t is the
duty of congress at the present session
to remedy difficulties that are becom-
ing worse year by year, and are quite
threatening enough as matters stand.
Residents of the territory unite in say
ing that though the non-Indian popula-
ton is in the majority by ten to one
their children are growing up without
chance to GO to school. Theresis no
other region in the United States SUI
fering from this objectionable wrong.
The government rightly looks after the
education of Indian children. Last
year the number of such schools in op-
Grafton was 1896, with an enrolment of
25,2o2... The appropriations made for
them by congress- have increased from
$4,000 in 1877 to $2,936,0sO in 1900.
When the statement comes from the
Indian territory that many thousand
children not of Indian blood are entire
ly without school advantages an intol-
cradle situation must be admitted. No
debate on this point is needed. Ameri-
can children deprived of education
represent neglect or Encouragement
that cannot be endured and which the
authorities having this case in charge
will surely correct. .
!, Lack of schools is but one of the evils
that burden the Indian territory. The
ownership, possession, leasing. and di-
vision of lands, together with ques-
3rions relating to pay for improvements,
are in confusion, with no legal machin-
lery to dispose of urgent suits without
years of*delay. Town sites cannot be.
Property salactad-- Trade. and ;agricul-
.ture are at heavy disadvantage.
Crime has an undue license. No law;
exists for the care of the insane. The
territory is without delegate in con,
gress to present its needs. Remnants
of five different kinds of government
are found within its limits, so that
while in the practical sense it II
governed at all it is governed
in a conflicting, incoherent
st. Louis Globe-Democrat. .''
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Agents wanted.

4 We want a live active representative
IN your territory at once to engage in a
very profitable business. General and
local agents wanted. from SIS 10 $40 a
day. Advancement rapid. Good refer
ences required. Those out of employ
ment or wishing to better themselves
address
Department K. Corner Perkins &
Union Streets, Akron, Ohio. 9-29 12.1
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When iii Need of . n. AZ
UNI. ]. | | ! 3 r
Call on or Address
B.. j. Bunker,
q
DULUTH, MIMI. + Il
Mail Orders
Promptly Delivered. The Patronage
Of the People of Cook County is Re-
sp ectfully Solicited.
OMee: Lake Ave., Near Booths Dock

Thinker Land. ActJpne 3, 1s7s,-Notice for Pub
l MIcttion;-United States Land Office, Duluth.
=, Notice is hereby given that in compliance with
the Irov isions of the act of Congress Of june q.
1873 entitled An act for the sale Of timber lands
il il the States Of California. Oregon, nevada and
Washington Territory" as exterded to all tho
PUBLIC Land States by act of August 4. 1882
N Max I: Gross, of Duluth county Of St. Louis.
his sworn statement No. 5132, for the purchase Of
the sh OF nek ;nwA Of SEX end neA Of ,swA Of
win pfer proof to show that the land sought
is more valuable for it's timber or stone than
for agricultural purposes and to establish his
claim to said land before the Register and
Receiver of this office at Duluth, Minn,, On
Wednesday, the 26th day of December, 1900.
He names as witnesses:
John R. Wade. James ". Norton. Edward
Shea, John Shea and w. A. Thayer. all of Uu
lu:h, Minnesota.
ANY and all persons claiming adversely tho
abovedescrlbed lands are requested to file their
claims in this Office on or before said Goth day Of
December, 1900.
WIN. E. CJLKIN, Register.
W. H. Smallwood, Atty. 1913
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Notice for Publication !,

Department of the Interior-Land Office at Du.
luth, MINI ;, Nov.3., 1900. ~ s., = ,I7aS1s
Notice is hereby given that the following.
named settler has filed notice Of his Intention e
make m final proof in support OF hisaclairn, and
that said proof will be made before the Register
1900. viz: 5 Efs e = = = :, 80 -
Ole Daniels, who made homestead entry No.
1862 for the 81 Of seA Of Section 4, and nv Of
neN ct Section9 Township GO north, Range 9
east Of 4th p. NJ. =, s. - 1"1 :
He names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon and cultivation Of
said land, viz: s4 -. =
Bergum, all Of Hov1and, Cook County MINI.
i lilo ~ VIM, E. CULKIN. REGISTER.
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Notice. for Publication

Department Of the Interior-Land Office at Du-
luth, Mimi. Nov. 10, 1900
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has fled notice of his intention to
make final proof in support of his claim, and
that said proof will be made before the Register
Henry Rolling, who made homestead entry
No. e6Os for the swA of seA and seA of swA of
SECTION Il, and lot and nwA of nek of Section
~, all in township 62, Range west of 9TH 2. NJ
- He names the following witnesses to prove his
cont1nuaus residence upon and cultivation of
said land, viz:
Thomas |. Carter and Alex Easier, of Lutsen,
MINI: and J. Harris and William G. Mitchell, of
Duluth, MINI.
= - lily VIM. E. CULKIN, Register.
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Timber Land. Act j une 8. 1S78.-Notice for Pub
hcation. United States Land Office. Duluth,

Timber Land. Act June 8. 1s7s--Notice for Pub
l1cation. United States Land Office. Duluth,
Mimi, November 10, 1900. =
Notice is hereby given that in comp lance with
the provisions of the act of Congress of June ..
1878. entitled AN act for the sale of timber lands
in the States Of California, Oregon, Nevada and
Washington Territory extended to all the
Public Land States by act of August 4, 1892.
Melvin G.. Newell, Of Beaver Bay, County Of
Lake. State of Minnesota. has this day fled in
this Office his sworn statement No. 1928, for the
purchase Of the So Of nwA and We of swh Of
and will offer proof to show that the land sought
is more valuable for it's timber or stone than for
agricultural purposes. and to establish his claim
to said land before the REGISTER and Receiver of
this Office at Duluth, Mimi, on Wednesday the
Both day of January, 1901.
i He names as witnesses:
|. r. r. Create, Chas. Stevens, Chas. Campbell.
of Duluth, Mimi, and J. E. Zimmerman. of
West Superior, Wis. -
Any and all persons claiming adversely the
boye-described lands are requested to file their
claims in this Office on or before said Goth day Of
January 1901.
12-1 VIM. E. CULKIN, Register.
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SOME OVERCOAT S1GGs.
In Which VIM BE seem thu Part
They Play in Determtninl
Mans Age. e. I =.

THANK you," said Senator Beyer-
idge, of Indiana, to an attache at ihe
white house who offered to assist Inn
in putting on his overcoat. "a youlg
man never refuses to accept help b
getting his oyercoat on, but the oldf
a man gets the more certain he lis
refuse help and say: No, thank yoh
I can get it on all right IT is q eel
tain Indication of old age when mA
will not permit another to aid in get
ting on his oyercoat.' *-.I II:
Senator En<ins overheard the remaFk
Of the young senator from Indians,
says the Washington Star, and said:
Well, if what you say is true, Senatdr
Hawley is one Of the youngest men
in the senate. He always accepts +
sistance in putting on his overcoat :.
But one day he said to me: 'Elkins.
when zen you hear me say that can ret
my overcoat= on without anyone help!
Ing me you may be sure that I am
getting DID," ,s 4 10.
Next jerry Smith so1iloquized to
himself. Jerry has been at every din.
ner and public and private reception
at, the white house for years, and his
principal business during that time
was to artistically aid in putting OF
oVercoats and incidentally to receive
IN q Chesterfeldian manner whateve,
tips were given him. st jes' tells YER
sad Jerry to himself, 'sdere's lots yo1
!roof IN what de senator said, but i
]es>* knows dat nobody can put on al
oDercoat like dis here niger" ii a
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Notice for Publication.

Department Of the Interior-Land Office at Du..
luth, Mimi. Nov. 8, 1900
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intention to
make final proof in support of his claim. and
that said proof will be made before the Register
and Receiver at Duluth, Mimi, Dec. "A, 1870, viz
Hjalmar Zahl. who made homestead entry No
$3.50 for the 81 of neA, neA of seA Section o
and nwA Of swM Section 10. Township 81 north
Range east OF 4th P NJ.
He names the following witnesses to prove his
said land viz:
Ole Daniels, Edward 5chan, l.. Ellingson and
&. Bergum. of Rowland. Cook County. Mimi
lilo WIN. 3. CULKIN, Register.
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Congress has apparently taken the
anti Christmas goodness and msekness
of the Santa CLAUS believing kid for a
pattern, although it can hardly expect q
visit from Santa Claus.
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Nothing is too big for American ener-.
~ and capital to tackle. We are going
to dig the n icaragua Canal at an esti-
mated cost Of more than $500. OOO, 600,
and Congressmen are devoting serious
consideration to 9 waterway connecting
the great lakes to the Atlantic which It
IS estimated will cost moro than $3l7..
5OO0, 900. Still, there are men who hest.
tate spending Is cents for whitewash.
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Tewksbury, the broker who disap-
peared from New York some time ago
with something over half million OF
other peoples money, has been located
in Mexico, where he is living in swell
style under another name. 1t might be
better in the end to leave him there than
to bring him back to stand trial. H.. -
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4 ~ COUNTY OF COOK, - 60 80 & ID
S.! .s FL IS =: &s Il % IN PROBAYEC COURT.
IN the Matter of the Estate of John z. Gustaf-

son, Deceased Ss. z@l5sE*g IS esS
/ Notice is hereby given, that by virtue and IN
pursuance of an order of license made In said
matter by the Probate Court of the County OF
ook on the Srd day of December. a: D; 1915, the
undersigned will, on the Twenty ninth day OF
December, A. D. 1884,, at S O clock p. NJ, at the
Village of Grand Marais,s in the County Of Cook
and State, of Minnesota receive tenders Tor the
lie 81 those tracts or parcels Of land situate and
being in The County Of Cook and State OF MIN
netota, described as follows, to-Wit: sS,$s s.
Parcel One-SW1z of SWAs Sa of sen of Seq
ton 10 and Tot No 4 Of section 30 in Township
60 North, Range East. Pare Ell wo--Undiy
Is of Lots No. and Of Section S. and undiyld-
ed u Of Lot No. 1 of Section 6 IN Township q
North, Range East IS sls53
Tenders are to be made for each parcel sep
erately and must be accompa by depOsite5
Of ten percentun Of the amount of the tender
The terms Of the sale will be cash within Ton
days from notice Of the acceptance Of tender. 3SS
ii Dated 7th December. 1850 SO 81 fsss5
q. ID. sCARHART. $
Admin strator Of the Estate Of j ohm E. Gustaf-
I son.sD Deceased Isl
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. With New York and Chicago rivals in
the heaven-on-earth business, there will
be q chance for some Of the smaller
towns to work up reputation for wick
edness that will attract visitors.
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A colored survivor of the Maine dis
aster was killed by the accidental dis.
charge of revolver the other day. The
Oriental mind would regard that az
lesson OF fatalism.
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! Notice for Publication.

Department Of the Inter- lori and ONCE st Du1.
luth, Mimi, Nov. 3, 1900 pa
4 B Notice liz hereby given that the s. foil lowing.
named settler has fled notice Of his intention t
make final roof in support Of his Clam, and
that said proof will be made before the Register
viz: s. ~ q 100 IS
!. Edward p. Schan. who made homestead entry
70, 9627, for the VIZ Of sell and eA Of swh q
section y, q Township 81 north Range 8 east Of
81: He names the allowing witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon and cultivation d
Ole Daniels. IA Zahl, L. Ellingson and J. r.
Bergum, all Of Rowland, Cook County. MINI.
81 1ll-lO e w M. B.. CULKIN, Register
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Curious south American Poiso

y Curious south American Poison
8 The Indians Of South America use q
curious poison, which is called ezcal.
A grain of it has the effect Of starting
an irresistible desire for exertion. The
victim begins walking briskly round
and round il small circles till he drops
Head in his tracks. There is no pain,
but much excitement t. ~ Cleveland Plain
Dealer. itS II IS 4; M Bill.
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Postmaster General Smith says if the
abuses Of the second class mail were
eliminated the government would save
annually from 2,oo0,o 900 to $4,000, 900;
but tho interests which profit hy those
abuses have been able to control the &C.
ton Of Congress in the past. and will
doubtless con tinue to dc 50. 4. Il '.s