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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-05-04
GROWS LARGER
:. EVERY YEAR


Some United States senators are be-
ginning to- think that a halt should
be called on extending the pay roll,
writes a Washington correspondent. It
has come to be almost an understood
thing that additions are in order every
year, and it is noticeable that in, the
present session additions are being
made every day. Ancient. habitues of
the capital declare that when the roll
is finally made up it will be shown
that more men are drawing pay from
the contingent fund in the senate than
ever before in the history of that body.
Even the official reporters of the SEN
ate have been fixed by special resolu-
ton at 81 40 a year. The term mess
enger'' covers nearly everything in the
senate below the rank Of clerk. Ev-
cry senator has one or more, and now
the official reporters are to have the
service Of one. Occasionally messen-
ger is put on the roll as .laborer," in
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-05-04

Il
part ours, for It's breakers roll On our
western coast from Cape Platter =. al
| the Straits Of San Juan de .Fuca. Il 400
miles to San Diego, IN Southern Cali
fornia, and II we add the Alaskan coast
line, to double that distance. The
| warm waters Of the Gulf of Mexico ex
tend for 900 miles on our southern
boundary, and part Of our northern
boundary consists Of a chain OF lakes
upon which vessels may sail for 1900
miles. Just what our Great Lake traf-
nee amounted to in 1900. cannot now be.
given in exact figures, but it probably
exceeded t40,000,OOO tons. The average
cost Of carrying one ton Of freight on
the lakes approximates eight-tenths Of
/ mill per mile, and coal has been
transported 800 miles for 20 cents per
ton We annually transport within
the. area of the United States more
freight than all other countries COM
blned. Within this area is over one
third of the railroad ond ,one-haIf Of
the telegraph mileage of the world.
In the construction Of locomotives to
haul cars over these roads we have
made marvellous development; 2,452
were built in 1899, and the handiWork
OF American mechanics is seen all
over the world. Even the few spe-
cially industrial countries have been
invaded. Over $4,000 railroad cars
were constructed in 1899. In 1899
there were mined in the United States
172,600,000 long tons Of bituminous
coal and 52,900,000 long tons of an
thracite coal-approximately one-third
of the worlds production. The total
value of the coal mined was close to
$3.50, 100000. These quantities indicate
that svery working day this country
of ours produces 100000 long tons Of
coal, representing trains aggregating
$1,000 twenty-ton cars. Allowing 40
cars with caboose, engine and tender
to a train, the total length of trains
representing one days shipping, stand
ing end to end, would cover 234 miles
Of track. In the year 1899 the produc-
ton of pig iron in the United States
was the largest annual output every
recorded by any country, the total be-
ing nearly 13,620,000 gross tons, valued
at $245,000,000. This country Of ours
produced in 1899 los tons of gold, l.
us tons of silver 262,206 gross tons
of copper. In Michigan are the deep
est mines in the world one vertical
shaft having reached a depth of 1900
feet, while several others are below the
4,000-foot level"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-05-04
FIELD FOR &c &c &c
&c &c POOR MEN

AS field for poor. men who desire to
wrest a fortune from the Ozark hills
this part of the United States is un-
equaled by any mineral region in the
world, writes Forsyth, Mo-, CORE
spondent. While, of course, the great
est returns will come to those who en-
gage in the business On an extensive
scale and employ machinery, the fact
remains that a man may get rich here
in a few years with no capital but his
hands and his willingness to work.
One way in which this can be done is
as follows: Outside of the Joplin dis
trict, where most of the mines are now
conducted on a scientific basis, nearly
all the mining hitherto done herea-
bouts has been in a slipshod, careless
way. When a bucket of mineral was
brought to the surface only the big
gest Jumps were picked out, the rest
being cast aside as too small to bother
with. The consequence is that every
tail heap in Missouri, Kansas and Ar
kansas is full Of Jumps of lead and
zinc ranging in size from the size of
pea to that of a plum or peach. Lead
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-05-04
Senate's Pay Roll is
Assuming Enor>
NOUS Proportions.

which event his salary is just half that
Of the man whose official title is more
dignified, but whose functions are the
same as those of the "laborer.'' The
explanation of this sudden increase of
senate employees is curious, if not in
teresting. 1t is that the grave and
reverend seignors of the Upper Cham
Der are providing numerous constit-
uents against the long stretch Of
rainy days" that will intervene be-
tween the adjournment of the Fifty
sixth congress in March and the as
sembling Of the Fifty-seventh congress
next December. Nine months of vaca-
ton of congress is hard on many peo-
pie in Washington, but so long as the
,senate's contingent fund holds out life
at the national capital will be made
bearable, sif not continuous round Of
pleasure, to such of it's citizens as
command sufficient pull to get their
names placed on the senate pay roll
as messengers or "laborers.' b >.
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citadel, made plan. s I nc was simple
enough. &c was to tell her that Na'T-
kirk was dead That would leave the
field cleas. Ia her moment Of bereave-
ment would naturally be the one
man to whom she would turn for con-
ISOLATION. The rest would be easy.
broke the sad news to her one day
while we were strolling along the
cliffs. She didn't take it much to
heart, and feared for my success.
Women are so much more confding
in times Of grief. It was too late to
change the plan then. did the best
I could. I held her hand, I pressed it
to my lips, muttered things SO tender
that they escaped my articulation,
When I. thought there was nothing
proper left for me to do but jump
over the cliff and hope they would
never find my body, she turned to me
with an expression Of tenderness in
her great brown eyes that filed my
soul with joy. 81 sss
sAnd you love me, Madelaine?" I
sighed. sss$ Il
81 have loved you with all my heart
for a long, long time, John, /" she
whispered. 80 81 ..:.
.t.E = ,4
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-05-04
E0c)I,L,ARS
FOR TITLE s

The London Standard says: ssMiss
Helena Zimmerman of Cincinnati, by
marrying an English duke, brings to
mind a pertinent subject-that is. that
an Anglo-Saxon alliance is very popu-
lar in England. The Americans are in
vited for meretricious sentiment to
sacrifice substantial practical advan-
tages. The British raid on American
heiresses has been singularly success
full. The Duke of Marlborough has re-
built the family home and fame with,
American dollars. There are scores and
cores of others only less famous than
,ile duke. The penniless members Of
the British nobility regularly invade
the United States in search of rich
wives. That is not so much to be
rendered at To work they are not
,N,le, to beg they are ashamed, so il
they are to live at all they are reduced
IS living on their wives property. I,
.sems a fine profession, that of Ameri-,
can heiresses, provided the man has
.the one requisite for success title.
Strange that Americans, professedly
:he most democratic people on earth,
aanker for such marriages. Hereditary
nobility Is supposed to be most repel-.
!ant to them. Why do their women.
iolk want titles? Six millions hard
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-05-04
FOX FARMS.
Breeding These Animals for Their Tets
In Alaska, ,Iss

Breeding These Animals for Their Tets
& in Alaska. .s=s.
The breeding Of foxes for their pslts
is becoming ansimpo rtant industry on
the islands of Alaska. No less than
IS islands, says the Cincinnati Enquir-
er, are now occupied for this purp ose.
The foxes with which breeding is be-
gun cost from $3.50 to $3.50 a pair. Up
to date there have been practically no
returns, but as three Of the islands
have now more than 4, 900 foxes, it can
only be a short time before the VI n
ture will turn out satisfactorily from
a financial point of view. The foxes
are trapped and the skins taken be-
tween Noyembe 20 and Janua9y 20, all
the females being released. The kill:
Ing age" is about Is months, although
fox skins mss be had at eight months.
and Il especially well grown. the ami
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-05-04
SEARCHING y A I G FOR MINE.
The PADRE RAscON OWNED.
A SILVER PRODUCER.
He Was obliged TO Abandon Ii ON Ac-
COUNT Of the Attacks OF Indians ut
Was Filled FILLED Up and Lost Recent
Searches.

Eighty years ago, says the st.
!. Louis . Globe Democrat, there lived in
4 ~ Paso the Padre Rascon, who served
the Lord, and incidentally himself,
by getting as much work as possible
for few blessings and scant rations
out OF one or two hundred Mexican
poems. Instruction in religious mat
tiers was current coin for services rem
dered under compulsion in those days.
and the average peon rendered much
service and received much religious
advice. # he got anything else it is
not SO recorded. The good padre
owned q productive silver mine in the
Sierra de los Organos, near Organ
Pass, and here he worked the poems
with great comfort and profit to him
SELF Great trains of pack mules laden
with silver cakes made regular trips
between the mine and Chihuahua
traversing the Joruda. del Muerto to
the Rio Grande and thence down that
stream to El Paso and beyond. Such
Is the recollection of an old, old Mexi-
can woman, who made the journey
with her parents and died at Tularose
few, years ago. The best tax collec-
tor IN the early days of New Mexico
was the Apache Indian, who robbed
peon and padre alike and gave no reli-
glous instruction for the collections
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-05-04

The very sight Of him quickened my
,..x serse of envy ~
each other. / was glad we were. for
I feared my impetuous disposition
would have spoiled my chances,
fortunately was able to preserve
an unruffled demeanor, but was
watchful and determined. NeWkirk
had affairs Of business that called him
often to New York + heard also in
the club gossip that he had an affair
OF the heart there, too. From that
moment was resolved to put literal
construction on the maxim: .All is
falr in love and war;
Soon after this Newkirk went East.
TO remain month. he said. In happy
coincidence the zimmers left the very
aiext day to pass the summer session
al Charlevoix The day following i
sailed for Charlevoix to pass my yaca-
lion. She welcomed me there with
evidences of delight It was q period
OF supreme happiness to be near and
TO know that NeWkirk would not In
aerfere for q whole month.
Then WAS my time. il ever, I real
lied. to win her. AS wise general
wslld do preparatory to- assaulting 4
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-05-04
OUR BIG 20 uNTRY.
IT HAS ONE-FIFTH OF THE
WORLDS WEALTH. ' z.
one-rw entieth OF the World's popula-s
tion within Our borders ghteen
Hundred Miles OF Atlantic Coast
More Freight than All Other Countries.

With one-tWentieth of the popula-
ton Of the world, the United States is
credited with over one-fifth Of the en-
tire wealth in the world Besides pro-
viding for the wants of ourselves, sta
tistics show that in the year ending
June 3d.. 1900, our exports averaged
over S4,000,000 in value for each work
ing day one-fourth Of this being man
ufactured goods. The topography OF
the United States ranges from 270 feet
below to $4,000 feet above sea level
In some parts of the country rain sell
dom falls; in others rain is deposited
on nearly every day. in the year. On
Aug. 3, 1898, more rain fell in Phila-
delphia in one and three-quarter hours
than is precipitated in whole year
in some parts of the United States. Ii
is estimated that in this one and
three-quarter hours 1,500,000,000 cubic
feet of water, equaling 42,OOO,00O gross
tons, fell upon the area of Philadel-
phia. These and other interesting bits
of information concerning this great
ana glorious country nave been gath
cred by the Manufacturer, which pro
ceeds to inquire: II
"Do you realize that Chicago and
other lake cities, also Pittsburg, are
about the elevation of William Penn,s
hat on the Philadelphia public build
ings above sea level? That in cross
ing the great plains of Nebraska
speeding along on an apparently level
prairie, you are higher than the crests
in the Allegany mountains in Penn
sylvania? That Salt Lake, our Dead
Sea, is 1920 feet above ocean level?
That many of the peaks in the Rocky
mountain and Sierra ranges are over
$4,000 feet high? Or that the noun
tains in Western North Carolina are
from two to three times as high as
our Alleghanies in this state? The
waters of the Atlantic ocean which
lave the shores of Europe also beat
against our coast line Of 1900 miles
from the rocky islands of Maine to the
Florida Keys. The Pacific ocean is in
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-05-04
-k:ir>'gly
Incomes

SeVenty-four men and two women di-
vide among themselves the govern
ments of the world. In other words,
there are seventy-six rulers. OF these,
twenty-five govern as presidents, fif-
teen as kings, eleven as dukes and
grand dukes, six as emperors, five as
princes, and five as sultans. There are
two Khans, of Baluchistan and of Xiii
va; two ameers, of Afghanistan and Of
Bokhara; two queens, Queen Victoria
and Queen Wilhelmina; one Khedive,
OF Egypt; one Shah, of Persia; one Bey
of Tunis; one Mikado, of Japan; one
Maharaja, of Nepaul, and one Rajah, OF
SaraWak. Of these august potentates
Queen Victoria and her grandson. Will
liam IL. of Germany, are the only ones
Who sport two titles-the one Queen
and Empress, the other Emperor and
King. When it comes to civil lists
the Emperor of Russia, who is said
to be the richest man in the world, can
snow the largest bank account. Sl2.-
100000 being his yearly income. This
Is no more, however than some coed
citizens of our republic have as their
income. Seven other sovereigns have
incomes reaching the million figures
the Sultan of Turkey, who has $40, 0Oo,-
600: the Emperor of Austria, who has
$3,S75,O00; Emperor William of Ger
many, $3,s52,77o; Kong of Italy, ST.
S58,ooO; the Queen of England, $685.
600; King of Bavaria, $1,412,o0o, and
the King of Spain, s1,400,OO0. The
King of Spain, however, has an addi-
tlonal 100000 for his family, and the
King of Italy must deduct from his
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made. He captured train after train
Of the good padse,s silver, and in most
cases naassacred ell the persons in
charge OF the conveys. So many were,
indeed, slain that the number OF
crosses indicating their burial places
gave name TO the City OF Las Cruces,
built in later years. Finally the time
came when the Padre mine itself was
attacked. The poems, in their intrench-
ments, defended themselves for eight
days, losing many men. Reinforce
ments from Ell Paso fortunately ar
rived in time, and the Apaches were
driven off. Shortly after the good
padre, who may have contributed few
silver apostles to the Cathedral of Chi
huahua, which ruthless republican
government fifty years later may have
converted into Mexican dollars, now
worth about 48 cents, went to his IA
theirs, and the poems, no longer under
his direction, filled up the mine and
abandoned it, fearing perhaps that
some other devout Christian might find
1t and have it worked, paying in scrip
redeemable in the hereafter. The
worthy Spaniard always complained
that the Mexican peon was a lazy,
worthless individual, who always
complained, and preferred the evils Of
this world to the blessings and enjoy
ments of. the next. Tradition has it
that this mine was extremely rich,
and it has been searched for year
after year. In recent searches an an
c1ent dump of rich ore was found, and
not far from it the remains Of an an
clent smelter, such as the Spaniards in
their time used, but the mine itself
is still among the things that are lost.
Near spring in the vicinity large
number of old-fashioned picks, crow
bars and other mining tools have been
unearthed.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-05-04
ar rsaSas.,.

III II IS =
When on my DAY Of Ire tho night is
And Inn IL tho winds from .unsunnea
spaces blown.
hear far voices out Of darkness CALI
MY feet to paths unknown.
Chou who hast made my home Of life 50
Leave not It's tenant when its walls
decay; M
o Love divine, o Helper ever present,
BE Thou my strength and stay.
1e near me when all else is from me
drifting
Earth, sky, homes picture, days of
shade and shine
And kindly faces to my own uplifting
The love which answers mine.
have but Thee, Q Father! Let Thy
Be with me then to comfort and up
hold; sl ,ss- (. zS
No gate Of pearl, no branch Of palm, ]
merit;
Nor street of shining gold
Suffice it if, my good and i'll unreckened,
And both forgiven through Thy abound
ing grace,
ind myself by hands familiar beck
. a.! oned # h{s,2~:s ..EsL - s<.s&
Unto my fitting place. @.I.
Some humble door among Thy many
mansions, JIG. 4 d.. ~
Some sheltering shade where sin and
ri striving cease - ne*2a
And flows forever through heavens green
expansions :. $780,. .:
The river of Thy peace.
There from the music round about me
stealing, .&s-* .5'
song, is ,... w. ~
-And find at last beneath Thy trees OF
healing,
The life for which I long.
John c.. Whittier
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-05-04
I'm perov Of
Russia Con
.Sbos, Largest
BGnf Account.

millions $4,000 for his family. The
one who obtains the bulk of his in
come in the most original manner is
the Sultan of Sulu, who raises it by
fines. He has men whose business it
is to watch his subjects who are max
ing money, and as soon as a man gets
something ahead he is charged with
some crime, and the result is fine.
If a man has amassed $500, for exam
pie, he is accused of some crime, and
to save himself from prison or death
must pay fine of $1,000. The Crown
Prince is often sent out to collect the
lines. From the rent of lands he re-
ceiVes $4,000 year and the United
States adds $4,000 a year to the royal
treasury in silver. The monarch who
stands last on the list as regards his
income is King Malietoa Tanu of sa-
moa. He ekes out an existence on the
paltry sum of $3.50 month, or less
than $4,000 year. The salary paid to
his predecessor for upholding the dig,
nifty of the Samoan throne was $50 a
month, and with this sum he was well
satisfied. When the new king, a year
ago, came to draw his first months
salary, he struck for .s150-and got it
after going to law about it. Tha
cashier of the treasury which is now
controlled by the Consuls of the United
States, Great Britain and Ger many, al
first refused to pay the amount de-
manded. The fact that the King is
drawing such large salary is a source
OF qualification to his adherents, who
expect him to wear clean calico shirt
every day at least on account of his
new accumulation of wealth. ~
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-05-04
For Love of MadeIaine.
BY JAMES O'sHAUGHNEssY,

&Copyright, 1900, by Daily Story Pub. Co..
Although I had been frequent
caller at the home of Madelaine Zim-
Hmer, as had right to be, had never
met Charles Newkirk there. Indeed,
there were many other young men Of
any acquaintance whom I had never
met at her home, for that matter, but
tho fact that Newkirk and I never
happened to be callers in the luxurious
aouse of the Zimmers at the same
slime is worthy Of mention. This was
the NeWkirk who was in love with
dadelaine.
His tenderness for her was hardly
within my knowledge, as he had never
told me of it, but it was so firmly
matter OF belief with me that it in
Gerfered with my ease of mind. knew
ne called to see her; that was sufi-
Client to make out plain case of RI
Fsiry against him. After that when
ever I encountered him at the club or
:as receptions the very sight of him
qulckened my sense Of envy. His
handsome features, his rakish mus
sache, his correct clothes and his
graceful carriage had the distressing
effect of putting me in despair of win
ming Madelaine so long as he was in
1she field. For that reason was glad
ii had never met him when was pay
Ing my devotions to her, as l felt 1
7ulaI suner, by comparison, IN her
eyes.
1t he was handsome and dashing, he
was devoid of some of the essentials
Sor good husband. I knew this.
Madelaine, was sure, did not know it.
therefore, as one who loved her with
every fiber of his heart that was sensi-
Die to passion, I felt double purpose
an my Wooing--to save her from him
and to win her for myself.
wanted to tell her what sort of a
fellow at heart Newkirk was. Being
ais rival, however, dared not. /
knew from the discoveries LeBruyere
made in dissecting the souls of women
zthat 1t would have a contrary effect.
.NeWkirk never spoke of her to me.
Il never spoke Of her to him. She never
mentioned him to me- Still he kept
calling to see her. So did I. Still
me and I never met there. When he
called stayed away. When I called
he did not come. 1t might have ap-
reared to Madelaine we were dodging
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-05-04
Baby Whale Is Thriving.

A baby whale. two and one-half feet
in length, was washed ashore in tbs
breakers few miles south Of the Cliff
House recently, and was picked up by
G.. Baker. S. Roberts and George
Whistler, who We're walking on the
beach. The little whale was lively and
in good condition, except for a slight
bruise on the side of its head, and in
half an hour the young men had him
in a receptacle filed with salt water.
The ittle fellow was brought to this
city. and thriVed SO well that in a
short time. to the amazement OF his
eaptors. he had grown to a length OF
nearly four feet. He IS one OF the blue
species, and blows vigorously most Of
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mails are sometimes killed at that time.
The semi-domestica of fur-bsaring
animals az. seems the only way Of prev mt
Ing the early determination Of species
which now provide. the mostscostly and
luxurious wearing apparel. It seems
reasonable to suppose that the Alaskan
fox Industry, in which 100000 is now
invested, may be the beginning Of a
great and profitable business, the ISL
ands Of Alaska being particularly fitted
for the experiment, and very few Of
them of the least value for any other
purpose. It is thought by expert encad
fur men that it might be feasible to
introduce the Russian sable and other
OF the more valuable marten species
into Alaska for propagation.
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Archbishop OF Canterbnrv

The Archbishop Of Canterbury re-
Gently entered his eightieth year, hav-
Ing been born on st. Andrew day,
3ls2l, at Santa Maura, in the Ionian is
lands. It is generally stated that he
was born in Sierra Leone, OF which
his father, Major Octayins Temple was
governor. Be