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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-10-25
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.~=::- NICkELS AND CENTS

The us. treasury during the fiscal
year which has just ended manufac-
tured 1851, 143 cents and &c, 480,213
nickels. Massachusetts, took 5000, 900
cents, Pennsylvania 100000, Illinois
1000, 900 and New York state nearly
10,000,000. These are the great cent
using states and stand in the same
order as to consumption of nickels.
Ten years ago pennies were little
used in California and the South, and
were unknown things in Nevada, Wyo-
ming and Arizona. Up to date Uncle
Sam has turned out 100000, 900
cents, 340,000,000 nickels, 100000 900
dimes, 200,000,000 quarters and 15O,-
100000 half dollars.
Somewhere in the world are 49,
100000 big copper pennies. What has
become of them is mystery, for, bar
ring few in the hands of collectors,
they have disappeared, no one knows
where. =
Many years ago the government is
sued 100000 bronze two-cent pieces,
and of these over 100000 are still
outstanding. The same is true of the
nickel three-cent pieces, of which near.
ly 100000 are unaccounted for.
Slot machines have greatly in
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-10-25
On the Field of Shiloh

Shiloh" said the doctor, was a
nightmare to the North. 1t was our
first great battle in the West, and it
was, in fact, one of the bloodiest bat
ties of the war. So many conflicting
stories were told at the time that the
people were in frenzy and boat loads
OF doctors and helpers and Investigate
ing committees were hurried to Pitts
burg Landing. The late DR.. E p.
Goodwin and myself were among those
who went to Shiloh from Columbus,
Ohio, to do what we could for the
wounded and sick. Wessdidn't expect
the battlefield to be so big, and when
we got there our party started to walk
to Ohio headquarters. / +
1--WE were. disappointed at the cheer.
fulness Of the soldiers, and their in
difference toward us and our mission.
We were depressed by the repellant
formalities at the several brigade
headquarters and kept moving on. At
last darkness came upon us and we
were practically lost. In due time we
came upon line of guards, one of
whom DR.. Goodwin knew, and he took
us to Gen. Garfield's headquarters.
we had known Garfield in Columbus,
land he received us all cordially, but
with the dignity ofshis military posi-
ton. was Just asking myself how
We were to break the Ice when Gar
aald caught sight Of DR.. HI and shout
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-10-25

creased the demand for coppers,, and
SO also: have the penny newspapers
and the odd prices made popular in
dry goods shops.
!. Cents and nickels wear out pretty
rapidly because they are passing con-
stantly from hand to hand, and the
immense numbers of them that pour
into the treasury at Washington are
carefully sorted over for the purpose
of sorting out those which are too
much damaged to be fit for further
use. The life of cent is only four or
five years.
Cents are subject to more accidents
than other coins. This is reflected in
the falling off of the cents coming to
the subtreasuries for exchange. Dur
ing periods of dullness cents accum-
ulate at subtreasuries, but when trade
revives they begin to circulate rapidly
again.
Anybody who wants cents may get
them by sending check to the super
intendent of the mint, who will ship
them at the expense Of the govern
ment.-New York Sun.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-10-25
THREW AWAY USEFUL
ADJUNCT OF SPEECH

In western city lives man born
unluckily without that useful adjunct,
palate. Luckily, however, he is
rich and able to bring to his aid the
resources of science, so that an arti-
fetal palate takes the place that
should have been occupied by the
real one that nature denied him.
Some time ago this man paid visit
to a country house, where he was
lodged in a room with friend. All
went we'll until one night the friend
wanted a glass of water. He picked
up a glass within reach, in which lay
a queer piece of metal, the like of
which he had never seen. Wanting
the glass, and being Of careless dis
position, he threw it's contents out of
the window. A squeal arose from the
other bed, and the occupant bounded
out upon the floor. With distorted
face he pointed toward the window,
while uncouth sounds issued from his
mouth. The other regarded him in
blank amaZement.
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FIGURES SHOW STATUS
OF: AMERICAN FARMER

The American farmer is the great
est man in the world. A combine"
with a capital of $1,000,OOO,00O is
great thing because it is combine:
but 00,000,000 relatively to the cap
ital of money, brain and Drawn in.
vested in the agricultural industry in
this country is not at all a great thing.
Figures simply stagger and fall down
when they attempt to represent the
real foundation wealth of America,
which is agricultural. We are all,
when we attempt to contemplate that
wealth, very much in the position of
the Irishman who had to look several
times in order to see the tall building
taking it little by little. One section
of the view is the information, entire
ly accurate, that the farmers Of Min
nesota and the Dakotas have received
$300,000,000 for their products this
year. Another is that the corn crop
of the state of Kansas this year will
be 260,00O,000 bushels. Still another
that $1,O00,O0O, at the lowest estimate,
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RELIEF SECURED BY
TURNING THE HOSE"

A Phoenix gentleman who recently
returned from California relates an in
cident that occurred to him which
may be of benefit to Phoenix women
who cannot go to the Coast, but who
desire to avoid the effects of the ex-
cessive heat as much as possible The
gentleman in question is an extremely
modest married man, and it was only
an overwhelming curiosity that helped
him into the secret about to be i'm
parted.
On the way home he occupied seat
toward the rear of the coach, and a
lady, who also had a ticket for
Phoenix, sat opposite him and one seat
ahead. He noticed that the farther
they travelled the more uneasy the lady
became First she tried tanning her
self vigorously, but finally gave that
up in despair and resorted to her
handkerchief, with which she inces-
sanity mopped her face, removing per-
spiration, paint, complexion and
everything else that was not rooted in
the cuticle.
Just before reaching Maricopa the
lady squirmed around great deal,
looked out of the corner of her eyes
to see if any one was watching (and
there was, but she didn't know it,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-10-25

fell in one soaking rain in the single
territory of Oklahoma the other day
the rain having checked the grow
ing menace of a fortnight's dry spell.
In a single year the mich COWS of the
United States yield a product equal in
value to one-half of the capital of the
steel trust-and there are more cows
at the beginning of the new year
than there were before. Behind the
agriculture is the agriculturist, and
the American farmer is gaining in in
telligence, in mastery of his soil and
in fitness for political power quite as
rapidly as his products are increasing
in magnitude. He may be merely
waiting to be organized into a vast
and irresistible public force. Or, again,
he may be slowly and sadly reconcil-
ing himself to the knowledge that he
is a passive force only-like his own
fertile acres, which, by Intelligent Gull
tivation and exploitation, are made to
yield rich crops for those who know
how to get them.-Harper's Weekly.
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whats the matter? Why, don't
you speak,
"Ow-u, bah-be-ssh!" was the re-
Spouse.
Something was evidently dreadfully
wrong, and it dawned on him that that
something must be in some way con-
nected with the thing he had thrown
out of the window. To the lawn he
went, therefore, and after diligent
search found a peculiar looking piece
of white metal, with which he return
ed to the room.
els this it?" he asked holding it up
as he entered the room.
"Ow-brr-ch-ssh!" replied the other
as he sprang upon him and wrested
the object away Then his hands
went to his mouth the piece of metal
disappeared in it and he savagely
turned on his dazed friend. "You
damned fool" was his explanatory
CALCULATIONS; that's my palate!"-
New York Tribune.
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Indiana Regiments Battlefla8

At the postofhce, Gen. McGinnis
has ready for shipment to New York
one of the battlefags Of the Eleventh
Indiana regiment, to be placed in
the tomb of Gen. U. S. Grant. This
is being sent at the request of Gen.
Dodge, one OF the trustees of the
tomb, who has asked each of the
states for two flags to hang in the
tomb. When the request was receiv-
ed here it was found that all of the
regiments had turned their colors
of the Eleventh.
This regiment has always closely
guarded the tattered remnants of it's
flags. At the time Of the unwilling
Of the Indiana Soldiers Monument,
the regimental association held
meeting and voted to send one of it's
flags to New York and the others
were sent to the state house for safe
keeping, as they were becoming so
.decayed with age that they were fall
ing to pieces.
Owing to the tattered condition of
the flag, a blue silk banner, eighteen
by twenty-four inches, was made to
accompany it, and on this the names
of the battles Of the regiment were
worked in gold bullion. The flag was
with the regiment at the organization
of the Thirteenth army corps, and
was carried in every engagement of
that part of the army until the time
Gen. Grant left it.
When the regiment left for the
front at the beginning of the war, a
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-10-25
GOSPEL TEXTS PUT :,
ON MAILED MATTER

The Chicago postoftice authorities
are looking for an enthusiastic preach
er whose religious vagaries have &C.
casioned them considerable trouble.
A few days ago envelopes, which had
covered incoming letters, were sent
to the postmaster by local business
men with a vigorous remonstrance
against the practice of stamping
selections from scripture on mail
passing through the postofhce. The
texts were printed in fine type and
stamped in purple ink on the envel-
ope by means of rubber stamps.
A distinguished citizen wanted to
know why the postof6ce should be so
interested in his salvation as to
stamp these texts on an envelope ad-
dressed to him:
Jesus Wants to Save!
Tell the World!'
''Ye must be born again. John 81.
How? Whosoever believeth that Jesus
is the Christ is born of God; / John
81 and doth not commit sin, 1 John
49,"
An immediate investigation was
made in the local Office, but the re-
ligious enthusiast was not discovered
among the ranks of Chicag os postal
employees. Some of the letters had
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-10-25
Possibilities Of q California Acre.

Possibilities Of California Acre.
Samuel Cheeks lives on one acre in
the Sacramento valley. OF this acre
his buildings occupy nearly one.sixth
Of the space, but in the balance is
grown every variety Of fruits, nuts,
vegetables, etc., that will or can be
made to grow in that climate. On
this acre Mr.. Cheeks has supported
himself and wife. for forty years, max
ing q good living, and has put aside
on an average $500 q year. He Is one
Of the men in this part of the valley
who always has money to loan. I
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come from the east and the envelopes
were transmitted through the usual
channels to see if the enthusiast was
not railway postal clerk or clerk in
the Boston or New York postofice
All clerks and carriers denied the
Impeachment and the papers travelled
back again to Chicago. The investi-
cation was continued there, and after
slight delay it was found that on a
particular day in the middle of De-
cember a travelling preacher passed
through one of the big Office buildings
and had stamped everything in sight
with texts of Scripture. It seems
that, he went through some of the
Offices and impressed the stamps on
letters lying on the desks. No one
appears to have connected his visit
with the texts on the envelopes, and
it was concluded that some one in the
postofice had become interested in
the spiritual welfare of the general
public and had taken this means of
calling attention to pertinent texts
found in Holy Writ.
The explanation was relief to the
postal authorities, who had been vain
ly seeking for more than a month to
discover the person responsible for
the hand-stamped texts.
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then pulling off her shoes she removed
her stockings, turned them inside out
and put them on again.
By this time the modest PHOENIX
man was mostly eyes, and what wasn't
eyes was curiosity. He felt that he
had to have an explanation of the
woman's conduct, and there was no
one who could give it but the woman
herself. He approached her, therefore,
begged her pardon, and said that he
seldom took the liberty of inquiring
into other peoples business. "How-
ever" he continued, II just witnessed
the lightning change act that you per-
formed, and curiosity has prompted
me to inquire the reason Of it, y
7 he Yoom1.:ora| o11shed little on dis
covering that che had been watched.
and then said: "You see, ! am going
through to Phoenix, and it's very hot
down there. In fact, it's been gettilS
hotter every mile for the last three
hours, and my feet were literally burn
ing up, when I decided that regardless
of conventionality / would have to
turn the hose on them" Re-
publican.
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Marks. bench With leaden feet, sat
down upon the farther end and: heav-
ed sigh that sounded like q moan
He, gazed at the toy landscape, took
In the glittering pageant, coughed the
cough of hunger and; distress, then
turned to-. Mark and asked, with q
pathetic b1eat, Were you ever a
king?" ',.-' ,..":'
Sadness: and humor are close
friends. Down the endless corridors
of human hope and strife, passing arm
In arm through the throng of beautiful
and mean ambitions, they gather the
story of the human race and write
it's chronicles at leisure. Were
you ever king?" Paris does not hold
monopoly in this sorrowful and
shabby case. Have we no discrowned
kings ourselves? Does the gay French
| capital, with it's royal refugees and
loafers, have no rivals in this broad
and happy land? Verify, it seems to
us that all. the kings, or would-be
kings, have not been stranded in one
place. There are pathetic pretensiOns,
vain hopes and wretched ostentations
all about us. The discarded boss, the
back number chieftain, the leader
without following-all these are
familiar, if sad, spectacles in this
land. Don Quixote has survived the
wreck of worlds, and the duke of
Barataria still presides over Barme-
eide ceremonials and waves his sword
of lath.
We, too, are in this business, even
though we have no Daudet to assert
our claims.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-10-25
AMERICAN KINGS' WHO
HAVE LOST1!THRONES

Those who have read Alphonse Dau-<
det's wonderful book, ':Rois, en- Exile;s'
will appreciate little story told by
Mark Twain to Col S. c.. kellogg,
United States army, now retired, when
the latter was military attache to the
embassy at Paris, over which the
late lamented James B. Eustis pre-
sided-1893-97. .~..
Clemens said that he was sitting,
one brilliant and beautiful summer
morning, on a bench in one of those
Incompatible Paris parks The view
was gracious beyond words. Grass,
almost dazzling in it's greenness:
flowers, fountains, running water,
patriarchal trees. passing throng
more picturesque than any pageant
ever seen upon the stage-all the
charm and mystery and romance OF
Paris, en- grande tenue:
Mark sat there musing. The dew
was still upon the foliage. The all
was fresh, exhilarating. He caught
it seemed to him, the faint, elusive
perfume that had made last night {
fragrant memory. He bathed his
fine soul in sunshine. All of a sudde1
there came within his view a pale ant
| widowed saunterer His hat wa.
middle-aged and shiny. His Goa
suggested better days. A black crava
seemed fiercely bent on throttlin,
him. His trousers bagged at tn
knee, and his shoes, patched an,
worn, spoke of sunshine stove polis]
with special and peculiar eloquence
His eyes were hollow and his cheek
| both wan and S11nkan Hon onnroocho
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-10-25
Wilkes Booths Oil Well

About the close of the year 1864"
said an old-time Venango county,
Penn, oil operator, when the Prather
boys were securing about the oil
country trying to raise money to
buy the Holmden property at Pithole,
afterward famous and rich, but short
lived petroleum CENTER John Wilkes
Booth was at Meadville one day,
waiting for a train eastward on the
Atlantic & Great Western railroad,
now the Erie. He was in the Office
of the McHenry house. One of the
Prather boys was there talking up
the prospects of the oil at Pithole.
Booth became interested. He be-
gan to talk with Prather. He stood
by a window, and as he talked he
scratched his full name, John Wilkes
Booth, on one of the panes of the
window with the diamond in a ring
he wore. The upshot of Booths talk
with Prather was that he invested
$4,000 in Pithole property.
1.-The Prather boys had bought the
Holmden well for 100000 and sold
it for more than $2,000,000. The
Homestead well, in which Booth had
his $4,000 investment, was only one
of dozen equally large spouting
wells, grouped at Pithole. Oil was
then ST barrel, and the smallest
Traction of ownership in a Pithole
well was fortune.
1.-THE night that President Lincoln
was shot a thunderstorm, something
unusual at that time of year, gather
ed over Pithole. There was but one
flash Of lightning and one clap OF
thunder. This was not regarded with
any significance at Pithole at the
time, but subsequent revelations
clothed it with significance that
awed the superstitious, and startled
those who were not.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-10-25
THE PASSING OF THE SALMON.
The Fish Traps Of the West Have
Guaranteed it's Doom.

The Fish Traps Of the West Have
Guaranteed It's Doom.
But the reddish OF the Idaho lakes
will soon be a thing of the past. In
deed, it's numbers now are as nothing
when compared with the vast runs of
twenty years ago. And the reasons
for this deplorable depletion are ap-
parent and easily understood.
In the lower Columbia there are
miles and miles of gill nets and hun
dreds of pound nets and weirs; great
seines are hauled in all suitable places,
and the banks are lined with destruc-
tive salmon wheels. The lower river
is literally filled with these and other
apparatus destructive to the migrat-
ing salmon. They begin at the rivers
mouth and extend up the river as far
as the catch renders their operation
profitable.
Fortunate, indeed, the fish which is
able to steer clear of this multitude
of traps set to ensnare him, to pass
themrall safely by, to ascend the rapids
and leap the waterfalls, and, finally to
reach the spawning grounds thou
sand miles from the sea. And for
tunate, indeed. would he be were the
enemies all left behind, but they are
not. The prospector, the miner, the
srancher and the people in the villages
have learned where the reddish spawn,
and know when to expect their coming.
Outing. &; i. i. -: ~ H.. T. .., .~
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Oh or Pf1rsldle
STONY POINT, JULY 16, 1877.

Halt" rang the sentiners challenge
clear,
Swift came the shot Of the waking foe'
Bright flashed the ak of the pioneer
Smashing the abatis, blow on blow. =
Little they tarried for British might:
Lightly they rocked of the Tory oeers!
Laughing they sWarmed to the craesS
height.
Steel to the steel Of the grenadiers!
Storm King and Dunderberg! wake once
more,
Sentinel giants Of Freedoms throne.
Massive and proud! to the Eastern shore
Below the watchword: 1.-The forts our
own!''
Echo our cheers for the Men of old!
Shout for the Hero wno led his band
Drawing the death that his heart fore
Over the parapet spear In hand!
Arthur Guiterman in New York Times:
''The tidings that the war was over
had reached the oil regions, and the
American flag was flying from the
top of every derrick. The one thun-
derbolt of that storm at Pithole
struck the rig of the Homestead well
and set it on fire.
when, next day, the news OF the
assassination of Lincoln by Booth
came to Pithole that city was over
hung by dense pail of black smoke
from the burning Homestead we'll.
AS far away as Oil City the ominous
black pillar was seen hanging against
the sky over Pithole.
'"The fact that the assassin Booth
owned part of the Homestead well
at once occurred to all at Pithole
and when it was learned that the
bolt had descended upon it at the
very hour and minute that Booth
had fired the shot the coincidence
seemed so significant that every eff
fort that had been made to extin
guish the fire at the well and stoI
the great waste of wealth every laI
of the flames was adding to, ceased
on the moment, and the very spo
was stunned by all but the Others
interested in the well, who at las
succeeded in getting control over thu
flames.
"The moment the news of the as
sassination reached Meadville, indig
nant guests at the McHenry house
Meadville, would have shattered tt
fragments the window whereof
Booth had inscribed his name q few
months before, but the proprietor o
the hotel succeeded in saving it, a.
he had a thrifty eye to it's future
value. He removed the offensive
pane from the window, and subse
quently sold it for a good price to
Philadelphia, who, believe, pre-
scented it to the Pennsylvania histori
cal society."-New York Sun.
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NOT IN PHOTOGRAPHERS LINE
Crushing Blow Dealt to Army off,
GERS Pride.

Crushing Blow Dealt to Army off,
GERS Pride.
A retired English army officer, Of
the old fashioned fire eating Bonn
bastes Furiose type, whose wife and
daughters had been made things of
beauty and joys forever at the hands
Of clever lady photographer, said:
"Ah, now, that there is a photograph
er in London really capable of doing
justice to me, don't mind the trouble
of having my own photograph taken"
Straightway the grizzled warrior hied
him to his dressing room, where, with
the Indispensable assistance of his
valet, the butler and two understrap-
pers, he was eventually, after much
struggling and liberal use Of ex-
pletives, invested with the full piano.
ply OF war, and, with painfully tight
pair of Wellingtons on, and tunic,
the buttons of which said as plain as
words, "Oh, that this too, too solid
flesh would melt was duly escorted
to his carriage and driven off in
state, his features indicating that he
was quite under the conviction that
Solomon in all his glory was quite a
novice in the art Of bedecking him.
self compared with him. On arriving
at the studio, he pulled and clanked
his ostentatious way into the operat-
ing room of the fair artist, and came
to the salute. :. Madame calmly sur.
veyed him from plume to spurs, and
quietly remarked, Pardon me, sir,
but I never photograph gentlemen
conflne myself solely to, ladies, chill
dren, flowers and pretty things"
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Fund for Bible Distribution.

The estate Of Robert Arlington OF
Leeds. England. who left R80O 900 to-
missions. has yielded . million ster:
ling. He desired that every tribe Of
;manklnd shonld have copies :fof the
Gospels Of st John and st. Luke, and
the Acts Of. the Apostles.