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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-03-02

The government wool report iadI~,
safes that the average weight of deeees
at this time is 6.17 pCunda, as against
sos pounds in 1893. ~.
A report from Piedmont, Wye,
says: Strengthening IL in full blast
there and as soon as the bands are
shorn they are rushed out to the sum-
mer range, which is already over
crowded Very little wool has been
sold, the buyers being fearful Of sud=
den drop in the market and desiring to
take advantage Of the change In prices
if it comes
A wool buyer Lately returned from
an inspection Of sheep in Colorado,
Idaho, Utah.. California, Oregon and
Washington. says that sheepmen are
happy over the prospects and are hold"
ing their sheep and lambs at stiff
prices. AS a. result not many have
changed hands as yet. Supplies; Of
sheep in Oregon and Washington. are
light, but the supply Of lambs is large
all over the West, the season having
been favorableo for bringing them to
maturity. ..
T Montana and Utah are considered by
the sheep men the best wool producing
states in the West, and are practically
in control Of the Western market. The
grading up process that is going on
there and in the flocks; Of eastern Colo
RADIO and other Western states and ter
r1tories is marvellous. Fifteen, years
ago rs per cent of, the wool from Colo
rado and New Mexico, was graded as
coarse carpet WOOL; now not more than
to. 10 per cent is; so graded. The
change has come about through the
importation of high-bred rams from
the East, and the grading up Of hocksl
The large increase and establishment
upon a permanent basis; Of the lamb
feeding business in: Colorado is hay
| ing marked effect upon the range
business in part Of: the state. Both
large and small owners are changing
| their policy and shaping it more with
reference to the feeding industry,
Hitherto feeders have been obliged to
| depend almost exclusively upon the
! ranges of southern Colorado and New
/ Mexico for their lamb supply. This
T has compelled them to- resort to long
and tedious trips and heavy expense
CT transportation TO the feeding pens
| If they can buy more Of their lambs
| from the nearby ranges it will save
much of this trouble and expense. The
northern Colorado range, men will not
only increase their fiOcks, TO supply
I this demand, but will endeaYor to
/ breed lamb that will be especially
/ adapted to the making Of the best NUT
| ton
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-03-02
No One Works in
This Island off
the Coast of
Honduras.

striking them on a stake driven into
the ground, and a man can easily hull
5000 day in that manner.
Other fruits grow just as easily as
the cocoanut, and the only reason why
that especially is grown is because
$ furnishes an easy crop, for which
there is always a ready market There
are plenty of bananas, oranges, man
goes, plums and pineapples, and they
are all delicious. They grow wild,
without the slightest cultivation. and
all one has to do is to. pick them.
Vegetables are equally prolific, and the
native yams easily average 40 or so
pounds in weight. A piece Of cane
stuck in the ground takes root and
reneWs itself perennially for years.
Roses and flowers of almost every i'm
aginahle variety run wild from one end
of Ruatan to the other
stranger who comes to the island
is invariably amazed at the prodigal-
ity of nature and the apathy of the
natives-that is, before the lazy feel
ing gets into his blood The ther-
mometer has never been known to
fall below Sc degrees or to rise above
SO degrees. Being part of Spanish
Honduras the island is, of course, un-
der the government of that republic,
but it is too far away ever to be dis
tt1rhed by the storms of revolution,
and at present things are peculiarly
serene
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-03-02
An Ideal.
Abiding Place
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

Ruatan, the largest of the five BAY
islands," a little chain or key lying
some 30 miles off the coast of Spanish
Honduras, southeast of Port eCortez,
and and only, four days travel from New
lTaean ans-is snmes40 miles long and
; stnties*Wide Tt has population OF
about 5000 people, mostly Carib In
dians, and doubt whether there is
in all the world more beautiful and
prolific spot. The people are lazy
simply because they don't have to
work. Cocoanuts form their main
stay, and there is nothing easier to-
grow
To start a grove one merely burns
off piece of land, and plants the nuts
in rows 20 feet apart. In from four
to five years time the trees are dozen
feet high, and are beginning to bear,
and after that the planter is fixed for
life. He may bid adieu to care. The
nuts are never picked, but as they ma
ture they drop off, and this shower Of
fruit goes on steadily month after
month all the year around. How long
a tree will bear nobody can say, but
there are some On the island that are
known to be over half a century old,
and are still dropping their harvest of
nuts.
When the native needs something at
the store all he has to do is to gather
together some nuts and trade them for
what he wishes. He hulIs them by
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-03-02

An Antique Treasure

around, their hats on and cigars
gripped diagonally between their teeth.
I Women-chiefy Jewesses-the proud
proprietors of South State street stores
rubbed elbows with each other in. a
frenzy of bargain getting. The old
auctioneer, white haired and white
bearded, aristocratic of aspect as the
Earl of fiction. called out the wares
placed before him with a fine air of
contempt for the crowd of J.. second
hand dealers, with the. idiosyncrasies
of whom he was familiar Catching the
eye Of the newcomer-an auction ten
derfoot in fact, his glance and voice
became more respectful. -
Half hidden by monstrous folding
bed that boasted the bold front of a
cottage piano, young Mrs. Carton
watched the sale Of her maternal pos
sessions. She wished she had had suf-
fcient will to retain them. She wished
she had the irmness of which the Car
tons made repeated boasts. She al
most wished that in marrying the
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-03-02

z A woman who occupies unique po-
sition among her sex is Miss Jennie
Hilton, an attractive young lady who
lives in California and who has made
a namean fortune for herself by her
work as a professional gold miner.
So far as is known, Miss Hilton is the
only wdm who follows mining ex-
clusivelt as means of livelihood and
who makes a success of it. She is
now on the way to the newly discov-
cred goIi fields at Cape Nome to pass
upon th} value of certain placer mines
there fo. syndicate of rich specula
tors whb pay all her expenses and
give hei besides $1,000 for the six
weeks tip. "a. f.. s.
EyeryQne in southern California and
Arizona knows about Jennie Hilton
the youR school teacher, who gave up
pedagogy and went out in the noun
tains to learn practical gold mining,
the you1g woman who made $4,000
in the sae of the Alexis quartz mine
on the Glorado river, and the young
woman vho exported the Yellow AS.
ter at Radsburg, Cal, for 16 days at
$3.50 a daE. Seven years ago Miss Hill
ton taught a country school in Los
Angeles county, Cal. To-day she.
is worth l45,oOo- made in mining.
81 Miss Hilton set type in little
printing tfce in Fulton, Mo-, before.
.ske was % years old. A year later
f.sr pare1s and she moved to st.
Joseph, Nb., and from there te 9tock-
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-03-02

~ AoIASI VI LuC CdlLOu SlI1S size udQ not
married the whole family.
We have here,' called the sonorous
voice of the. auctioneer,~' "a valuable
old mahogany desk I would beg your
attention to the fact that this ID,
not new mahogany, and consequently
more desirable. It is in good condi-
tion. It's brass clamps are of charm
ing design. Give me bid. Five dol
lars? That is absurd. It is worth a
hundred dollars if it is worth a cent.
Five-ffty? You, sir! I'm astonished.
Six-six only bid for this antique
treasure! venty-five-make
it eight! Eight-going for eight-go-
ing-going-'
A woman waved an umbrella at him
"Eight-ten!" she screamed.
At sound of the voice Marcia Carton
jumped.
"Eight-ten! Going at eighteen!
Going-gone!"
The man beside the auctioneer held
out his hand for the customary deposit
and pocketed the same while he wrote
down the name and address Of the pur-
chaser. An hour later an express
wagon bore from the rear of the auc-
ton rooms the desk at which Marcia
Cartons grandmother had written her
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-03-02
Secrets Flashed Over
Public Wires, Some
Are Elaborate,

censor is wide awake, as censors gen
orally are. .s..~ -
Business and government code have
been IN use as long as the submarine
telegraph, the original high cost of
cabling being responsible for their
creation. The desire for secrecy has
encouraged the building of business
and official codes more than has the
mere question of telegraphic codes.
The latest thing in the code lire is
the social one. Within the last five
years families in society have arranged
for their private use. Commodore r
Pierpont Morgan and John w. Mackey
have probably the finest codes extant
They are used exclusively for convey
ing messages of a family nature One,
OF the most successful mining OPERA
tors Of America, whose wife and child
ren spend much time abroad
communicates long messages 70.
them daily by means Of his
private code He keeps them in.
formed Of all the latest society gnssin
and they, in turn, convey to him how
when and where they are being enter
tanned, This particular code book con
tains 325 pages and is the labor Of
years, in which t b all a the members Of the
millionai n; ire's family took part. It
contains con the names Of the Individual
members Of all the prominent fanli-
lies in society, and additions and al
terations are constantly made to the
work, each side notifying the other by
mail Of the imp roVements and increas-
es in groups and characters.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-03-02

very certain that his life of forty-nine
years was a useful one He was pro-
fessor and librarian I'm his native
town, and wrote several books on the
legends and traditions Of Switzerland
He was also a poet, and one of the
Swiss national hymns was written by
him He died March 80, 1880.
Swiss Family Robinson" like a
great many other well known books,
seems to have been written simply
for it's authors own pleasure. Such
books frequently become. very popu
lar, for what pleases a gpod writer is
apt to please other people far more
than the most studied WORK. It was a
variation of Robinson Crusoe," and
in 1872. After "Robinson Crusoe"
was published in England, many imi-
tations of it appeared in the different
languages of Europe. There were
women Crusoes, twin Crusoes, Crusoes
without an island, French, German,
italian Crusoes, and many others.
Swiss Family Robinson" was one of
them, evidently the only one worthy
to live.> 1t was translated int@ French
in 1913 by the Baroness de MontoIieu,
another Swiss writer, and in 1924 she:
wrote continuation of the story that,
like the continuation of Robinson
Crusoe'' is not thought to be nearly
SO good as the original story.
Probably in all history there is no
case of book becoming so completely
separated from it's author-at Least,
not a modern book It has been read
and loved by generation after genera
ton of children and their elders, and
yet in most Of the many editions
which are issued yearly no name is
printed on the title page
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-03-02

acceptance OF one marriage proposal.
And the same afternoon saw the desk
in question duly delivered at Marcia
Cartons house With it came note
written on the free stationery Of IA
downtown dry goods house.
Dearest Marcia: In remembrance
of the anniversary of your marriage
to our beloved brother. to whom |. am
sure you will never fail in Wifely duty
and obedience,~I send you both, with
my dearest love and congratulations,
this ancient mahogany desk. It has
no duplicate in this country. have
had an agent of one of the best firms
in the city looking for something OF
the sort for the last three months. 4
know that you, with your esthetie
tastes, will prize it as beauty deserves.
I make no reference to the commercial
value of the gift. That speaks for it
self, as inquiry will prove. Your af-
fectionate sister, x 4;
- - Matilda Carton Dobbs'' B
With slow headshake and long
drawn breath Mrs. Carton laid down
the note. Not one of the Wrights
could have written such a note Of pres
sentation as that! -<1.>~.. ., 4.$8 /,
.'Thank God, they couldn't! she
said. And then, Come in!' q
Matilda Dobbs, radiant in fall fnery,
rustled into the room.
"Yous have received it safely!" she
cried, and clasped her fat hands. "Isn't
it e-le-gant?"| >: -.
Indeed it isl" returned Marcia fer
,vently and honestly. -. Z .s:@s5- @ss-zs,3
Just then fate. which will have
finger in every pie poor mortals con-
coct, played Mrs. Matilda Carton Dobbs
a scurvy trick. It reminded Marcia S
young brother who happend to be
passing, that he had forgotten his foot
ball at his: sisters the previous day.
He went in to get it. l. = ~.
"Cricky!" he yelled and capered
like one possessed. eft. you amt got
grandma's old desk! learned my let
ters on that, Marcia. See, here's where
I cut my initials. I thought you said
Joe Carton was going to make you sell
all her old furniture?" -" /.
Marcia looked up. She was pretty
white, but So ..~-s. 5ra5
Brave as he who leaps the wall
By angry musket flashes litten! Z
cit was sold at the auction-rooms on
Wabash avenue today, Robbie. / was
there" .....~> An ~. : - 81 ss -
go All OF 1t2sFs He was staring at her IN
sbewi1dermen How have you get
this then?
That's what I'd like to know" said
Joe Carton, who had come in unob-
served.
Marcia handed him the note. "It's
an anniversary gift from Matilda" she
explained. II am delighted to have
it."
There was freezing silence. Matil-
da Dobbs arose.
:.'Marcia!" Her voice was sepulch-
raj: "You should teach your-your
relative better manners. In the Car
ton family unseemly conduct in the
presence of guests has never been per-
mitted young people, And she car
ried her red face and portly person
loftily away.
"Jerusalem! exclaimed Carton. He
was looking from the note to the desk
and back again. Marcia hugged the
antique treasure. She laughed till she
cried.
"Gee!" said Robbie Chicago Trj-
bune
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-03-02
Family
Code Books

The rigging up of a cipher code is
said to be the most simple thing in the
worldly those who know nothing
about it. Those the larger govern
ments possess have taken years to put
together, and some of the most compe-
tent minds have been employed in their
construction, says the New York Mail
and Express. z<.,. II. T. j &z@&
Notwithstanding the claims of many
newspapers, there is not a single code
book that fully meets the requirements
of newspaper work. During the war
with Spain many of the correspondents
invented what is known as blind
code, and the representatives of GER
tain metropolitan daily, who claims to
have the finest code in the business,
yelled their heads off trying to call the
censor's attention to the fact that the
other fellow was using blind code.
This was because nothing could be
found in s'the finest code in the busi-
ness" to convey the ideas of the cor
respondents of the sheet to their office.
The chap. with the homemade blind
code that cost about cents worth of
labor to make knew how to get his
information through every time.
a "A blind code is rigged up in various
ways, but the most popular is to wire,
"Send me $3.50" or How many words
do you Want?" which sentences, while
simple enough, apparently, might mean
asampson's fleet has begun the bonn
bardment OF Havana" the Texas has
been sunk by a Spanish warship, g
news Of great Importance when the
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-03-02
Condensed Milk In, Chile.

Consul Warner writes from Leipzig:
The following is the substance of an
article which recently appeared in the
Leipziger Tageblatt: The: amount of
condensed milk imported into Chile
averages about 100000 pounds annu-
ally. most Of which is, furnished by
Great Britain and Germany. The milk
lis packed in cans, 4 dozen cans to a
box, each can weighing a fraction over
pound. The condensed milk import
ed from England is designated and
known to the trade as English"
while that from Germany is known as
Swiss" Here is another product
which England and Germany are ex-
porting to Chile, the United States be-
ing in no way a competitor. Why is it
that these two. countries can sell their
products in the markets of Chile.
which are so much nearer our own
country in point Of distance? The
question is easily answered.: Their:
commercial marine gives them this
advantage over US. When the day
comes-and it is to be- hoped that it is
not far of-that our country will have
"a merchant marine, Chile will buy not
only our condensed milk, hut our iron,
our machinery, our Woolen and cotton
goods, which she purchases today
largely from England and Germany.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-03-02
Marquis Criticises Beers.

The Marquis Of Northampton ex-
presses the opinion that the religious
education of the Beers has been i'm
perfect, as all their quotations ars
from the Old Testament. AT meet.
ing OF the Society for the Spread OF
the Gospel at Earl Barton he saio
that after the war it would be the duty
of the Church Of England to spread
the gospel among them.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-03-02
Feeding Chickens,

The Oklahoma Experiment Station
has recently issued bulletin which
reports a feeding experiment with
chickens in which some interesting re-
suits were obtained. The object Of the
experiment was to determine the
amount Of digestible matter in Kafr
corn and coWpeas when fed separately
to chickens.
Inc following summary from rhs
bulletin gives the practical results:
l.. Chickens digested Kair corn and
corn more completely when the grainl
was fed whole than when the meal was
fed. T..
2. The Ka1r corn and Kafir meal
fed in this trial yielded but per cent,
less total digestible matter than the,
corresponding corn products.
8. Kafr corn was a more suitable
ration, considering only the relative
amounts of growth-making and fat
forming materials, for chickens than
Kafr meal. corn or corn meal.
4. CoWpeas were digested reasona-
bly, we'll, and are desirable for grow
inc. chickens and hens. But little gain
in digestibility was secured by grind
ing coWpeas.
Improved apparatus count for S
great deal in creameries. Two equally
good buttermakers would find it I'm
possible to turn out the same quality
of product, if one had control OF q
creamery with all modern improve
ments and the other had charge of q
creamery with apparatus in every way
antiauated
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-03-21
China.

Ii Hung Chang is again seriously
Ill.
Minister Conger left Pekin for
America
China appeals to the powers for
protection from Russia.
The allied ministers will compel
China to issue another edict.
Chinese viceroys are opposed to Rus.
sian treaty regarding Manchuria
The minis'e'- at Pekin demand the
punishmca, G. 96 additional Chinese.
German troops suffered severely in
an engagement on the Chinese great
wall
Britain has asked America to aid
her IN forcing Russia to drop Man
churia
The Russian envoy at Pekin broke
the concert of powers by opposing
further punishment Of Chinese Of
ticials
Russia is said TO have notified
China that unless a convention In re.
gard to Manchuria is signed harder
terms will be imposed
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-03-21
In Presence of His Wife and
Many Friends.
Universal Expressions of
Sorrow Pour In.

Indianapolis, March 14.--General
BENJAMIN Harrison died at 4:45
o'clock yesterday afternoon without
regaining consciousness. His death
was quiet and painless, there being
gradual sinking until the end came
which was marked by single gasp
for breath as life departed from the
body of the great statesman. Rela-
tives, with a few exceptions, and sew
eral old and tried friends were at the
bedside when he passed away. The
generals condiuon was so bad that
the attending physicians understood
the end could not be far off and all
bulletins sent out from the sick room
were to this effect, so the family and
friends were prepared when the final
blow came. The gradual failing of
the remarkable strength shown by the
patient became more noticeable in the
afternoon A few moments before the
end there was an apparent breakdown
on the part of the sufferer as he sur
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-03-21

rendered to the disease against which
he had so bravely battled for so many
hours. The change was noticed by
the physicians and the relatives and
friends who had retired from the sick
room to the library below were quick
ly summoned and reached the bedside
OF the general before he passed away.
News of his death spread quickly
through the city and produced the
greatest sorrow, nearly every one hav-
ing nurtured the hope that he would
recover. Within few moments the
flags on all public buildings and most
downtown business blocks were hoist
ed at half mast and other outward
manifestations OF mourning made.
None of General HGrrison's children
were present at his death. Neither
Colonel Russell b. Harrison nor Mrs.
Mckee had reached the city. although
both We're hurrying on their way as
fast as steam would bear them.
Elizabeth the little daughter, had
Deen taken from tIe SIGN Tpou ny N!ie
nurse before the end came. The group
at the bedside included Mrs. Harrison
w. II. T. Miller, Samuel Miller, his
son, Rev. NJ. l.. Haines, pastor Of the
First Presbyterian church, which Har-
rison attended many years; Secretary
Tibet, Drs. Jameson and Dorsey,
Col. Dan Ransdell, sergeant-at-arms
OF the United States senate, Clifford
Arrick and two nurses, who had been
In constant attendance at the bedside.
General Harrison's two sisters and
aunt were also present. Mrs. Harri-
son knelt at the right hand side OF the
bed. her husbands right hand
grasped In hers while DR.. Jameson
held the left hand of the dying man.
counting his feeble pulse beats. In a
few moments after the friends had
been summoned to the room the end
came. The great silence that fell on
the sorrowing watchers by the bed
side was broken by the voice of Or.
Haines raised in prayer for the be
reaved wife and family and mingled
with the sobs OF the mourners,
General Harrison had been uncon-
scious for hours before his death, the
exact time when he passed into COM
atose state being hard to determine.