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The copper era., 1901-06-20

PRESIDENT Mckinley has most en-
practically stated that he will not be
candidate for a third term. William
is AN astute politician. He knew very
wcii that nc could not get the nomfna-
tion even though he wanted it.
The copper era., 1901-06-20

THE degree Of l.. l.. ID. was conferred
on Andrew Carnegie last week by the
Glasgow University to which he re-
Gently gave slO,OOO,OOO As an invest
ment the title is hardly worth the
money. but such honors come high.
The copper era., 1901-06-20
The Most Profitable Industry OF 'he
Present Day is the Smeltlng Oh
CoDnar Cold Silver and Lead Ores.

The Pacific Mining and Smelling cGm Ian OF o S
burg. Grant County New Mexico. .-,
LOrsburg located in the centre OF the ge m be
regions in the United States which when lIIS ue'p WIZ
the richest mining countries in the world , ,ro,i
facilities The southern Pacific running the Arizona
New Mexico Northwest the bsGet oo unin districts Of
old Mexico, making ordS6urg an de
melte ter shake1pen stems Pass Granite Black
Graham Mountain Nav Flower Grecnee Seeple
Tombstone Bisbee BurTo Mountain anu
company tract OF land oil @ acres
Just outside the Lordburg which will erect its plant
september Of this Year and viii from by the
advance the production Of increase the smelling cpcS
day The company mas al %
present smelling daily to be De
% @ ores in e numerous districts outside of sakespear
STEMS supply that vi" come
the number of claims now idle the owners oil Mhc u
up The company VIII NJ more they
can do
that smelling stock is the best paving
in the United states and cannot be purchased " any "
Pacific Union Mining and Smelling CG%panys
dividend basis The company is Incorporated under the ~
into 80 600 of the par fully and
hundred and twelve thousand dol
establishing and putting in
limited number Of shares will placed Eastern
Arizona and Western New Mexico This stock will be sold at the
time $500 share but the company reserves the
limit the number of shares issued
the plant operation stock can then be bought from the com
company will guarantee the stock and fully
dollar face value of the stock by first mortgage bonds
the Francisco Cal These
held the benefit this stock by the I
and Trust Company of Francisco CAL who
will willingly the value of these
ties impossible to lose anything this stock and the
will gladly share sold No other smelling
company the United States such security to tn" buyer"
o
the ground floor of what is destined
o
NJ Rohr is President of the DR. T. A. Mencray
ycepresdent of the W W. aram Is Secretary and
Treasurer
The the company will gladly correspond
appertaining o
Fran Telephone,
Red
ELBIE SMITH,
LOCAL AGENT, CLIFTON, ARIZ.
The copper era., 1901-06-20

"INDICATIONs for oil" is getting TO
be common expression in the news
papers Of the country.
The copper era., 1901-06-20

MIGUEL OTERo has been reap
pointed governor OF New Mexico.
The copper era., 1901-06-20

Ladies shirt waists. belts and fancy
collars at ). J. Forbes
The copper era., 1901-06-20

See the line of gents underwear at
S. J. Forbes'-Linene, Balbriggan,.T APP
an Silk, etc.
The copper era., 1901-06-20

One new iron bed, mattress an
springs for sale. Inquire at this Office
The copper era., 1901-06-20

New potatoes, tomatoes and cucum-
bers at j. x a. Smiths.
The copper era., 1901-06-20

tion.
Obituary Notices over u lines and Cards Of
Thanks charged for at the regular rates.
The copper era., 1901-06-20

See the line OF Flannel and Linen
suits at >. J. Forbes. just the thing
for the hot weather.
The copper era., 1901-06-20

New line writing tablets AT Dunu'S.
Go TO Forbes for straw hats. canvas
hats, or any kind Of hat
The copper era., 1901-06-20

For fancy groceries and all table
delicacies 90 to the Becker-Franz Co.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-11-02
Visc0gen In Milk.

Viscogen In Milk.
Vlscogen is the latest milk adulter-
ant discovered by the Minnesota
dairy and food department., says
Dairy Record. For some time
the department kept getting samples
OF milk apparently above the legal
standard, which, on being tested, were
found to be far below. The cause was
mystery until, by a shrewd piece of
oetectlve work, the reason was dis
covered and a sample of viscogen was
obtained. The stuff is a syrup COM
posed of sugar, lime and water, about
the color of water, and is used chiefly
TO make the milk appear richer than
1t really is. When viscogen is placed
In milk or cream the Tactic acid turns
the lime in the fluid into a white,
thick substance, which, assimilating
With the milk, gives it an appearance
and taste of great richness. 1t is pos
sible through it's use to palm off upon
customers milk and cream which is
far below standard. Viscogen is so
little known that the practice among
dairymen is very limited; in fact, it
has only been found in cream sold by
one concern.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-11-02

An the orchard They will not catch
the Goblin moth. curculio. borer, cam
ker worm, or gouger and these are in
sects we want to kill. Prof. j. NJ. Sted-
nan says: The use OF moth traps by
the general public will do more harm
than good Miss M. e. Murtfeldt says
that sThe moth traps will catch more
friends than enemies in the orchard"
Mr.. F. H. Speakman, who used 40 traps
during one whole summer in the orch
ard, says: II pronunce the use Of lights
to save our apples, peaches and plums
decidedly dismal failure" Nearly all
Of the state entomologists of the coun-
try have stated positively that the use
Of moth traps in the orchard does more
harm than good. The testing Of the
moth traps at New Haven in June 4
and 5 by the Society showed that not
one cooling moth Or curculio was
caught. DR.. l.. o. Howard. U. s. En-
tomologist, says: IT am glad that you
are giving the facts about the moth
traps in Missouri" It would SEEM that
when we have such positive statements
from those who know, we would do
we'll to heed their instructions.-L. A.
Goodman, Secretary, Missouri State
horticultural Society.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-11-02
The American.
Revolution

The total number of French troops
In service in America was about 10000,
writes Gen. Francis V. Greene in
Scribner's. They landed at Newport in
July 1777, remained in New England
until they marched to Yorktown in
1881, re turned to the Hudson river
in the spring of 1882, and sailed for the
West Indies in the autumn off that
year. Small as were their numbers,
they were Of immense benefit, not only
because Of the service they rendered
ut Yorktown. but because of the eX-
ample of military training which they
gave to the continental army. z.
Whether the revolution could have
been successful without the aid OF
France and its soldiers is one Of
those questions which can be debated
1t great length without ever reaching
1 definite and certain conclusion. Eng
ishmen will especially prolong the de-
,ate on this point to the detriment Of
he French soldiers. IT must be- re-
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-11-02

Mont Lee, most marvellous Of men,
has crept back from his horror-strick-
en- haunts in Death Valley to Gods
country. Over the Mojave Desert to
the California coast he has come for
the first breath Of pure cool air that
has reached his lungs in fifteen years,
says the San Francisco Examiner.
Mont Lee is the only man whom the
terrors and privations of Death Val
ley cannot make afraid. He is the
only man who can dwell in the shadow
Of the Funeral Mountains and not 70
mad under the frightful strain to
which mind and body are there sub
Jected. He is the OILY man, among
all the hundreds who have dared the
deadly dangers of that desert furnace,
that fate has spared; the only one
who can dwell from year to year in
the hottest spot on earth, where the
Thermometer climbs to 40 degrees in
the shade and the cruel heat waves
beat necessarily upon their human VIC
tim until, praying with parched lips
Tor water, he sinks dying to the sun
baked earth, a spectacle to haunt for
ever the memory-a crazed and glib
berlng thing that is more mummy than
man, the life choked out of him by
that demon of the desert sands, Thirst.
From Death Valley, hotbed of human
suffering, grave of human despair,
comes fhn nyhn h1
thirst has thus far tortured in vain.
For the first time in fifteen years of
physical torment he gazes upon green
trees and fertile fields AMI sees Nature
smiling benignly upon her children,
While yonder, by the frowning Funeral
Mountains, she shows mood so merci-
less that men, languisning upon her
burning bosom, wither into shapes that
none can recognize, and perish, ours
ing her to the last. But Mont Lee
has not come to Gods country to stay.
HE is going back. In. a few days the
desert will claim him. Mont Lee has
declared, that Death Valley will never
down him, and he has daily fought
death for fifteen dreary, desperate,
lonely years. The reason why Mont
Lee dwells on desert sands under
sky from which not so much as one
plying raindrop ever falls is simple
enough. He earns a living there. The
sum would not seem one to tempt
S75 monthly and expenses-but it is
sufficient to lure Mont Lee and hold
him there, year after year. For fit-
teen years Mont Lee has had charge
of the Pacific Coast Borax Company's
claim in Death Valley. For the past
Ave years he has lived at the mouth
of Furnace Creek, near the Greeland
ranch, 200 feet below the sea level on
alkali ground. He has outlived every
man who has worked with him in the
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-11-02

Ohio.-Peaches are being marketed.
The early varieties are small, but the
late varieties will be improved by the
rains. Apples are light crop gen.
orally. Grapes are reported rotting
in a number of sections of the state
Tomatoes show marked improvement
Missouri.-Aipples and peaches have
not improved except in portions of
the western, southwestern and south
eastern sections, where they are some
what better than when the month
opened.
Illinois.-Apples are still falling and
very light crop seems inevitable.
Pears, plums, grapes and peaches
range from fair to good crops.
Kentucky.-Apples are scarce and
poor.
Tennessee.-Peaches are abundant.
but quality has been damaged by
rainy weather. Apples are poor and
scarce.
Indianas-Apple prospects are now
promising in many parts of the state.
The crop is exceptionally fine in
Washington county.
Wisconsin.-Drought has so reduced
water supplies that the reserves to be
used for flooding cranberry marshes
in case Of frost are low. Cranberry
picking will begin September 2.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-11-02
Hope Still
= = Lives

Whatever the world may think of
the probability of the explorer An
dree's return, his mother. and sister
are firm in their belief that the son
and brother, whose heroism has
brought honor to the family name, will
yet return to his old home. Although
it is four years since he started north
and although the Swedish courts have
declared that the Swedish explorer
may be legally supposed to be dead,
these two women will not give up
hope. At their home in Grenna
Sweden, they keep themselves ready
to receive him any day or night and
dust and clear every morning the
rooms in which he made the plans for
his expeditions. Say what you may,
produce the most convincing proof
that Andree must be dead, bring
forth the strongest arguments in ia
vor of your contention, the mother and
sister will listen quietly and when you
have finished they will simply say:
HE is alive and will return
1t is not merely hope, not merely a
strong desire, that makes these women
so absolutely certain of the return of
their son and brother. It is their be-
lief that Andree went forth to seek
the North Pole and to find 1t in full
fillment of a mission; given to him by
God. And the Lord. has never yet
forsaken one of his servants is. the
way they explain it.
The mother, Fru Minna Andree, is
nearly 70, though her clear, rudy
face, her erect carriage and the con
tinuous smile that plays around her
face makes her appear much younger.
Her rather robust daughter, Fru En-
cline Spanberg, is a lively good-na-
tured woman, and mother and daugh-
ter impress the visitor as pair Of the
most intimate friends. The cottage
they live in is a roomy, one-storied
building, furnished simply. Most of
the furniture is substantial oak, and
an etching Or two relieves the SOM
breness of the walls.
They are devout women and Fru
Andree invokes grace before each
meal. "And, oh, Lord, keep thy SER
want, my son, and return him safely.
she has ended her prayer every day
for these four years. Amen! Amen!''
responds Fru Spanberg.
Il It is impossible to describe the glow
OF pride and satisfaction which spreads
over the kindly face Of the mother
when she exhibits the first shoe her
son wore, when she points out the
first prayer book he used, when she
holds up to your inspection the white
tie he wore at his confirmation. And
when she opens the drawer and takes
out the various parehments which tes-
THY to- the success OF her son in high
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-11-02

valley. One after another he has
watched them ssicken and die, or GO
mad with the misery that death only
can relieve. His task 1t has been to
keep the sand and alkali and the
scorching winds that sweep the desert
from destroying their wooden head
stones. Grim, stolid, 'undaunted, he
lurking ever near ready to STAY. HIS
health is not what it was when he VEN
ttured first intoathe valley, though he
Us still strong, and burly OF face and
figure. If the awfulness of his en-
vironment weighs upon his spirits he
a squaw wife and several half-breed
children. His Indian companion re-
mains with him only part OF the
year. Lees fate is prophesied by more
than one who wonders at his reckless
ness. 1t was predicted last year by an
old and experienced desert ranger
named Bennett of Ash Meadows, New,
who lost :: his life within quarter of
mile of BENEFITS wells in Death VAL
ley. Bennett was crossing to the Hot
Springs, and the terrific heat robbed
him of his reason. Jumping from the
wagon he tore off his clothing and
grovelled in the alkali for water, al
though there were water barrels and
shovels in his outfit. Mont Lee saw
Bennett die. He SCOTS at the sugges-
fho$ h1
cumb in the same way. Death VAL
ley" he repeats, will never down me"
There is little danger Of sunstroke IN
the valley. The air is too dry for that.
No mist wells the suns glare, and
moisture is unknown. The heat cracks
the lips, pinches the face until the
blood starts, swells the tongue, sucks
the moisture from the body-and then
comes madness, and upon the heels
of madness treads the spectre, Death.
Mont Lee has brother, Sam, who as
sists him in his work. They have
helped to hunt and bury scores OF
bodies since they went into the val
ley. 1t is the custom of miners in the
desert to establish the grave of an
unfortunate wayfarer by piece OF
scantling at the head and foot of each
nameless grave. Sandstorms tear away
the humble: monuments and the next
passerby replaces them. On Lees way
back to civilization recently he re-
paired the graves of the five soldiers
who lost their lives in the Fremont
expedition. It is now planned to pro-
vide Death Valley with sheet iron
milestones, with engraved directions,
that will be heat and wind proof, guild
ing to alkali water pools. Frequently
at these vermin-infested pools Mont
Lee has been compelled to strain his
drinking water through a towel. Yet
he is going back.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-11-02
LOOK
HARMLESS
BUT ARE
FULL OF
DANGER

sat down on an empty nitroglycerlns
keg and playfully amused himself by
tapping the slaves with his hammer.
saw him and ran to safe place and
tried my best to warn him by shout
ing, but it was no use; the key finally
blew up with loud report and the
poor fellow fingered in the hospital
about tive weeks before he died. I am
even more afraid Of these empty nitro
glycerine kegs than I am Of the ex-
plosives itself or Of any other kinds Of
powder or dynamite. You can always
tell when to be careful when the real
stuff is around, but if some one hap.
pens to leave an empty leg or barrel
in the way you might not know it
until you had dropped crowhar or
sledgehammer into it Or tipped it over
and then, after you found it out, you
would be in no condition to tell any
one of your discovery. The only way
to get rid of those empty kegs or bar
rels is to take them out into an open
field and fire pistol. at them from
safe distance, and even that some
times is not an undertaking that |
would advise person to try, for re-
: member case of a. fellow who went
out with three kegs, and instead of
placing them side by side and letting
one shot do the business, I guess he
was anxious to see them blow up one
by one, for he placed tie first keg and
left the other two on the team. He
fired his gun and the bullet did what
was expected of it, but the key ex-
ploded with such terrific force that the
man was Mortified when the concus-
sion caused the two remaining kegs
on his team to follow suit Immediately
killing his horses, wrecking his wagon
completely, while he himself received
splinter in his face that ruined the
sight Of one eye. After that if he ever
went out I am sure he was more care
full. have known of a fellow who
lost his foot by the explosion Of drop
of the terrible stuff, and another man
who lost his hand by suddenly hitting
a board on which a can of nitro had
rested and drop or two of the liquid
oozed out. It is mighty bad stuff, and
I am afraid CT it, and if l live to be
200 I will be more afraid of it than
ever"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-11-02
Kegs hat h \
Blow Up. /. !.

Anton Colman, a veteran dynamite
man, Is perhaps one of the Oldest OF
all the od-timers and has been look
ing after high explosives for the past
twenty-five or thirty years, says the
Boston Daily Globe. He has been on
most OF the big jobs in Massachusetts
and in many parts of New England
and has had many hair-breadth es-
capes and exciting adventures. Mr..
sColman is about 70 years old, and was
born in Maine. Dynamite and the
blasting powder which we have today
Is much different from what it used
to be in the days when I first started
IN the business" said Mr.. Colman,
and am not as well posted on every
thing as I might like to be, but there
are some things about handling powder
that when a man learns them once. he
never forgets as long as he lives, and
no matter what kind of powder is used
or how much the style changes it is
all the same; they; will still be careful
and watch their business nightly
close. Of course, of all the explosives
nitroglycerine is the most dangerous
and the hardest to get along with. 1t
has as many moods and is as hard to
manage sometimes as the spoiled child
or a woman who wants her own way.
l never got over my great respect for
this explosive, and even today / treat
1t with every Difference, and will be as
gentle and peaceful in it's presence as
any tyro. A man can never get any
experience in handling nitroglycerine:
the more he handles it the less he is
liable to know about it. For he real
ICES more and more how uncertain it
is. Why, even the kegs that nitro
glycerine comes in are white elephants
On mans hands, for they are mighty
hard to get rid of, I tell you. The
wood has been so thoroughly saturated
with the stuff that it cannot be
burned and cannot be broken up, and
they can't be left lying around loose,
for some one is sure to come along
who does not know anything about
them and bang something into them
and off goes the roof. + remember a
fellow out in the western part of the
state, several years ago, who came
along with hammer in his hand He
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-11-02

A Case of Necessity.
An. amusing anecdote, more or less
improbable, is told in the Louisville
Times concerning negro improvidence
and simplicity. An old nanny, who
had known Governor Taylor OF Ten
nessee from his childhood, came into
MS Office and began at once to plead
for the pardon of her husband, who
was then in prison. Laws bress yo'
life, Marse Bob she began, Il wisht
you'd pahdon dat po' ole niggah Jim.
lie amt no good for muffin nowhar.
He jest dat useless an triflin', even at
home, dat he calm 90 no mo- den sor-
ter scrape aroun' an git little SOM
pen for VEAL to eat, an he sholy ain
no good down OAR in dat PEN
II can't do it, aunty," the governor
said. II am being abused every day.
What's Jim in there for?" he asked,
seeing the little light that was left dy-
ing out of the old woman's eyes.
IVY, Marse Bob, dey jes' put him
in dar for muffin 'pon earth 'cep takin'
one po' little ham outen Mr.. Smiths
smoke-house. We was outen meat, an
de ole niggah didn't do muffin 'cep' TEX
de ham fur ter keep we-all fun starv-
in Well, now suppose I should
pardon Jim, what good would that do
you? He is so emery and trifing,",
the governor was saying, when the old
woman broke in with the reply: ."W'y,
Dress you, Marse Bob, we is outen
meat agin, an we jes' got to have an
olAah ham!" ~. g.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-11-02
What a Man
WearS...

A man of an analytical turn of mind
has summed up the articles that a man
ordinarily carries and has come to the
conclusion that he is beast of burden.
Pulled up around his shins and ankles
are two socks. He wears two shoes,
and two strings are needed to lace
them or II buttons or more if they are
not lace shoes. He wears one top shirt,
one collar and two cuffs. He wears one
coat, one vest and one pair of trousers,
and there are IL buttons on his trous-
ers, six generally on his coat and six
on his vest. He carries two cuff but
tons, three shirt buttons, two sleeve
buttons and various other buttons on
his undergarments. There is one
buckle on his trousers and two on his
suspenders. He wears two carriers.
He wears one necktie, or sometimes
one cravat, with one clamper to hold it
in place. He carries one handkerchief
in his pocket. He wears one hat. In
the winter he must have two gloves
and one overcoat, and maybe two over
shoes. But this is not all. He has a
watch and chain to carry around with
him, bundle of letters, a package Of
cards, plug or a sack of tobacco, or
maybe few cigars, a pipe perhaps,
knife, pencil and a few others things
which usually make up the pocket out
fit, such as matches, buckeyes and 9TH
er good-kuck symbols.
There is leather in his shoes, with
hair in the soles and steel pegs in the
heels thereof. There is silk or satin
in his cravat or his necktie. There are
wool and cotton and linen and other
things in the clothes he wears. There
is straw in his hat. There is starch in
his shirt. There are gold and silver and
pewter and other metals in the watch
and chain he wears; there are brass
and bone in some of his buttons.
There is tin in his garter clampers