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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-11-01
The Infection of Insanity.

The Infection of Insanity.
A Berlin newspaper has published
an article in which the claim is made
that insanity is infectious. Whether
it is so in the same sense that other
diseases are may we'll be doubted. but
no student of social conditions can
doubt that there are classes of people
who are susceptible to the infection
of unsound ideas.
Nothing is too absurd for belief, to
these people, and fads of all kinds. in
religious thought, political reform and
social customs result. We presume
that no anti-toxin for either physical
or mental liability to the germs of
erratic opinions will be discovered.
Salvation from good deal of this ten.
= dency to go, wrong iss% found ina eff
fort to be natural and go quietly about
the work at hand. General good health
and good nature are excellent as a
means of resistance to disease germs
of any kind.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-11-01
AT SUNSET.

Over the tired world blows
Breath of the sunset rose;
Wind in the redwood trees
Swept from the sundown seas;
Clean on the hilltop high
Caught from, a jewsled sky:
Dusk in the canyon deep
Shed from the wing OF sleep1
Prayer in a censer swung,
Incense from the wing OF sleep3
Dreams in a purple boat
Sailing from ports remote;
peace from a seraph fair
Floating through twilight air,
Over the tired world blows
Rests from the sunset rose.
Nuns
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-11-01

New Way to- Aid Temperance.
Williamsport clergymen are utilizing
street car ads to fight the liquor evil,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-11-01
How 10 Down Smokera. IS.

y A Cleveland man has sued q manu-
featuring concern for $4,000 because
smoke from its chimney have ruined.
his flowers. #. 55s 5sss
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-11-01

Handle Much Gold.
About $4,000 sovereigns pass owe,
the Bank of England counters every
day.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-11-01

a Few people know what they don'i
want until after they set it.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-11-01

Cupid never bothers about the re
suits.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-11-01
Why She Wept.

When the Juneweds' motor car
rounded the curve in the lane, almost
in the midst of a gypsy camp little
Mrs. Junewed declared she must have
their fortune told. "1'll slip of my
wedding ring" she urged, ''and that
will confuse them so that can tell
if they really know" So Mrs. ]. dis
appeared into the tent of the gypsy
queen, while her husband held tightly
the tiny gold band that he had SO
lately placed on her finger. After
long time she came back ON the
run.
Drive me away, quick!" she
sobbed. "Oh, the horrid thing!" And
she burrowed her head in his shout
der. "Oh! she told me should be
married t-twice!"
He soothed her. Maybe it might
be Charlie Luzu," he said cheeri1y.
"You know he is richer than I, and
was in love with you before I saw
you!"
She shook her curls and sobbed
harder. ~
1T isn't that" she walled. 'T
wouldn't mind being Unmarried
ag-again, especially to Ch-Charlie!
If only you hadn't got to die:''
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-21
~ WHITNEY g. WHEEL0CK
"A Firm Which Has Made It's Mark
in the Land Business,

A. G. Whitney of the real estate firm
Of Whitney & Wheelock has been in the
land business In st. Cloud, Mimi, for
twenty years and does a larger land bust
ness than any other man in that part Of
the state. No one has better idea of
values than he and no man is more re-
liable In his dealings. He is a pioneer in
land movements and some of the largest
transactions in the northwest have been
engineered and consummated by him. His
name and accomplishments are known
and recognized in most all sections Of the
northwest, He and his firm stand for
square dealing and have been doing: the
business for this reason and because they
have energy and push and foresight
enough to grasp all the possibilities of the
real estate movement and make the most
of them.
= c. A. '.Wheelock, the junior of the firm,
has been trained in a good school and
Is young man of keen business in
stincts and respected for what he is and
has done. He has the reputation of being
a hustler and Of being thoroughly posted
on values and descriptions in North Da-
kota. He is a native of New York state,
and cast his lot in North Dakota seven
years ago.
Aside from its Fargo office the firm
maintains branch offices at Sheldon and
Medina, both in North Dakota. Its spe-
cialties are lands and mortgages in North
Dakota and Minnesota.
~ Mr.. Wheelock says: "The opportunity
Of a life time has come for the crowded
| farmer and the tenant farmer Of the east
and middle east. Good lands are Of
fered them in the west for almost song
and on practically their own terms. Our
list Of lands is so extensive that they can
easily be suited. If they want raw prai-
RE land, we have it. If their choice is a
| fairly improved place, we can locate then
right and if they are partial to a. wooded
! and rolling region, we can fit them out
All our offerings will double in value be
| fore the purchaser hardly realizes it ant
| will make him independent for the rest O.
his life. The opportunities of to-day have
never been paralleled."
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-21
TIE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL.

other section in thirty eight townships
situated In Stark, Hettinger and Billings
counties. These lands are covered with
great growth Of bunch grass, blue grass
and buffalo grass; there are numerous
streams and springs through these lands,
and good water can befobtained at from
10 to rs feet. 50 III
y The government observation shows an
average rainfall of 17.78 inches for the
growing season, April to Aug. II. This
covers all the years Of observation made
by the government. weather bureau for the
Missouri slope. Flax corn, wheat, and
vegetables are raised here as, in the older
parts Of. the state. Up to recent years
the cattle and sheep industry has been the
chief thing, but now elevators and mills
are at all the stations Of the Northern
Pacific railway. Raising cattle and sheep
on land costing from $3.50 to 81 is a diff
ferept proposition than raising them on
$75 land. ~ r. ~ VI,
. The aggregate capital of the companies
directed by Mr. fictitious and associates
is almost half a million. They have local
agents In almost every town in Mime
sofa and Iowa as well as several special
travelling agents.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-21

ttasca county, Minnesota, has an area
Of s, 7S9 square miles. 1t contains 3, 1885,
l23 acres Of land. Its extreme length,
north and south, is over 10S miles. It's
width, east and west, Is over siXty-three
miles. Itasca county is an empire.
The Mississippi river, 1.-The Father OF
Waters" flows southeasterly through the
county, from it's western to it's southern
boundary, a distance of nearly 200 miles.
Within these 200 miles the government of
the United States has built a large system
of reservoirs, and the river is navigable
for large steamboats, the entire distance.
There is scarcely a section of land in the
whole county that does not contain a lake
of clear pure water many of which rival
the most famous lakes of the world. The
surface Is undulating and high, and the
soil throughout the county is exceedingly
fertile. Portions are heavily timbered
with almost all the hardwoods, such as
maple oak, elm, ash, birch and Eastwood.
Other portions are heavily timbered with
pine. Still other portions are covered
with much lighter growth Of timber such
as poplar, white birch, etc. Along the
rivers. especially the mississippi the Big
and Little Fork, and many Of the smaller
streams, there vast tracts Of land
covered with a splendid growth of wild
grass, called natural meadows" many
of which have been cut for years by the
natural meadows. especially along the Big
and Little Fork rivers. have never yet
been cut or utilized by man.
1tasCa county has as fine and healthy a
climate as can be found in the United
States. The winters, though cold, are ex-
tremely dry and invigorating, and the
summers are simply perfection. Already
many invalils are seeking and finding
health in the vast forests and upon the
shores of it's bea utiful lakes.
Place for Nome Makers.
It is to homeseekers that Itasca county
offers the greatest opportunities and pos
sibilities. 1t is safe to say that there is
not any equal portion of the United States
to-day that can offer as great induce
ments to the man of moderate or small
means as can Itasca county.
Especially is this true as to men Of
small means who desire to obtain valuable
land for farming and stock raising pur-
poses.
There are few thousand acres of land
In Itasca county still open to entry and
settlement under the homestead laws of
2he United States
There are also millions of acres that can
be purchased on long time at q very
reasonable price per acre. Fine tracts of
land can be obtained, part meadow and
part timber.
The soil of ItaSca county is as good as
In any other county in the state of Min
nesota, and for all root crops, such as
potatoes, turnips, rutabagas, mangels,
parsnips, carrots, beets. onions, cabbage,
cauliflower, etc, Itasca county cannot be
excelled by any equal portion Of the
United States. All Of the wild and tame
grasses grow here luxuriantly, furnishing
splendid pasturage and an abundance OF
hay. Many thousand tons of hay are
pressed every year from, off the natural
meadows.
Corn, wheat, rye, oats, flax and many
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-21

There are few richer land areas in the
world than the" Red River valley. It is
not, easy to say just where "the valley"
ends and where it begins, but as general
rule it is considered to be about sixty
miles wide, thirty on each side Of the
river, and to include the counties of Penn
'bina,F Walsh, Grand Forks, Trail, Cass
and Richland in North Dakota, and Kilt
son. Marshall, Polk, Norman, Clay, Red
Lake, and sometimes Wilkin in Mime,
Sofa. At any rate a glance at the soil will
tell whether you are IN the valley or not,
and that cannot be told by the topog-
raphy, so gradual is the rise in most
places from the river to the bench lands.
The heavy, black soil Of the valley can
be told at glance. It is beautiful coun-
try to look upon, this Red River valley.
. What 1t Has Done.
The valley is about $50 miles long. If
we call it so miles wide it has an area of
1850, square miles. That is about one
seventh of the total area OF Minnesota and
about thirteenth that of Minnesota
and North Dakota together. These two
states together produce in an average
year about $50, 100000 bushels of wheat
The Red River valley in good years pro-
duces As, 900, 900 bushels or more. Accord
ing to the United States census it pro-
duced in 1893 40,000,000 bushels. Thus
per cent of, the total area of these two
states produced 81 per cent of theil
wheat.
In 1899 the North Dakota valley coun-
ties, which had about 100000 acres ir
wheat, produced as follows: Pembina
3,434 0SO; Walsh, 1888 Grand Forks
1861 Trail, 1881, 212; Cass, 6,957, PA
Richland 1894, 25S; a total of 25,036,160.
In the same year the Minnesota coun.
ties produced wheat as follows: Kittson
1.772.12o; Marshall 2,225, 440; Polk; -4.128,
$40; Norman, 1,459,03O; Clay, $685.
Red Lake, 747450. The Minnesota acre.
age was 1900.
And this, remember, is only wheat. Il
takes no account Of the other cereals anG
flax, and there IS besides the great vege.
table and stock and dairy wealth of this
favored region.
The valley first began to be a factor il
the wheat raising world about 1880 ant
experienced boom in 1882. The frs
! wheat raised here was practically all No
1 hard, Scotch fife being the seed Blu
| the farmers, finding that blue stem
| wheat grows better, turned to it., so tina
| No. northern is more common grade II
the Red River valley now than No.
| hard.
What James j. Hill Says.
| Yet for all it's wealth the Red Rive
valley is not yet thickly settled, the pric
| of its lands is low, compared with thei
productive capacity and value and Their
is room for them for thousands. It
| true that recently there have been som
| sharp advances in prices, but there ar
certain to be still further advances, unit
! the value of the farm corresponds to tn
capitalization of the income that can b
derived from it at prevailing interes
| rates. J. j. Hill, the great railway mar
! was. asked a while ago what he though
about the tendency Of these lands to ad
vance in price. He declared that the ten
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-21

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NdHAos -tr., . e, .-'
Finley Bros
Itasea Paper Co..
M. Z, Toole ................
Rev. J. w. Saunders ...................... ....
Charles A. Ecklund ............ &c.,.
William Messenbrink northumberland.
j. G. Brocksmit and L. X. Cone .....,...
H. M. Troy -. :, -. '.....-......
A. G. Hagemeir and L. +. Gran. ....... ......
William F. Clement ......................
&. W.. Sawyer ................ $500.
John F. Reyes Observation-Disclosures.
Frank G. Wright ..................... .......
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-21
NOT A FULL MEAL

Brooklyn Eagle. -
h. <;Qf course, you're seeking fsqme,H they said
= S4es,'' lie replied, with unexpected wisdom,
s.bdt onlyras an@entree. I'm wife enough to
know that there's rot full meal in it, although
it Is palatable as a side DISH.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-21

Dlscontinuance Of cottaaers Trains Hotel
- ~ - st. Louis. IL - = - -
Last cottagers train for Hotel st. Louis,
Minnetonka, on the Milwaukee road,
Wednesday, Oct. ed
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-21
WORSE STILL.

Ph1lNdeIphla Press.
Mrs. Housekeep-John, you really must have
the landlord come up and for himself the
damage the rain did to our ceiling
Mr.. Housekeep-I can't, without letting him
the damage the children have done to the
rest of the house..
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-10-08
SPECULATION in FUTURES

en- dollars to a thousand dol
ars for dealing in futures.
The constitutionality OF the
aw being questioned a test
:ase was made, the state
courts deciding that the law
was constitutional. Appeal
was made to the United States
supreme court, which trlbu-
nal has in a recent decision,
sustained the lower court.
Would that every state in the
union had even a more dras'
tic law for abating the evil.
Speculation or dealing in
futures is rapidly becoming
one of the greatest evils that
confront us as a nation, trusts
and combinations of capital,
Notwithstanding. Greatest,
because of it's far reaching
consequences, seductive In
fatuation and demoralizing
effect, resulting invariably in
+ h e speedy downfall and
bankruptcy of those who en-
gage in it to any considerable :
extent. e The temptation OF
even the vague possibility OF II
enormous returns from a small
outlay, or of obtaining large
sums of money without toll or
giving an equivalent, is too
great for many speculatively
inclined.
The over credulous and
uninitiated are lured into this
"spider's parlor" by "bucket-
shops" and their representa-
tives claiming to be in posses.
sion of ''insile information"
as to the conditions that cause
fluctuation. BY this means
many an unwary creature IS
decoyed and ''aeeced."
This monster evil wrecks
many of the strongest banks
in the country by so com.
pletelv enthralling trusted
officials that they borrow
temporarily the funds of the
bank, speaking peace to their
conscience by promising to
repay themoney when fortune
favors them. Trusted en-
ployees abuse the confidence
reposed in them ; long earned l,
savings are swept away in the
twinkling of an eye; lives
sapped of energy and hope
a n d innumerable suicide:
committed; all are caused by
the reverses of fortune in the
SO called speculation in cot
ton futures. When, as a mat
ter of fact, no cotton wa
really bought or --simPl,
la fictitious transaction. This
mot alone applies to eotte'
illt nc; law o.. supply and de.
nand should always control
the price of every commodity
We are not alone, however,
in the belief that illegitimate
speculation has as much OF
possibly more, to do with fix
ing the price of cotton than
the supply of the raw mater
ial or the demand for manu-.
factured product.
The ssbulls and the bears"
of the culture" market in the
leading cotton exchanges cut
short by millions the income
of the years toll to the South
ern farmer. Besides being a
great moral wrong, buying
and selling cotton that only
exists in the imagination is an
injustice to those who per
force sell the product of theiI
labor at whatever figure is
offered them.
We cannot begin to recount
the woes, world without end,
that are attributable to this
iniquitous business. We shall
continue to hope that the day
is far distant when sentiment
will crystalize itself into law
throttling forever the accurs.
ed traffic in sfutures".
A higt Glass musical and dra-
matte entertainment will be given
in the opera house on Thursday
night. You cannot afford to miss it.
- - N - s1aS @ 30
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-10-08

How to encourage and
keep the boys on the farm :
Take them off of it occasion
ally for recreation and sight
seeing. Seize such opportuni-
ties as the next annual State
Fair will afford.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-10-08
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 8, 1902.

Ex-Gov D H Chamberlain
has arrived in Columbia and
engaged quarters for the win
ter.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-10-08

The Best Prescriptions for Malara
Chills and Fever Is bottle Of GROVE
TAsTELEss CHILL Tonic. It Is simply
iron and quinine in a tastelesa form
No ure--no pay. Price SOC
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-10-08

A higL class musical and dra-
matte entertainment will be given
in the opera house on Thursday
night. You cannot afford to miss it.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-10-08

Subscription Price-Sent to any
address for one ys..-- &C. ..5O; for So SIX
months, 75c; for three months, eoc'
Payable in advance.
Write for terms.
Rates for Advertising-One inch
first insertion, $l.O0; each subsequent
insertion, SOC. Want Notices, one cent
ner word, each insertion. Other local
notices, ten cents per line for first IL
aertion; five cents per line for eac1
subsequent insertion. Obituaries ana
Tributes of Respect, Notices of Thanks,
aud all personal notices Of a polltlcai
nature, are charged for as regular aa-
vertlsements. Liberal contracts made
for three, six, and twelve months
THE ADVERTISER,
Edgefeld, S. G.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-10-08

Limited
against
Mrs e T Hoard, ct al.
Pursuant to the decree in this cause
I will offer for sale at public outcry
before the court house, town of Edge
field, aid state of South Carolina, on
salesdsy in Nov, 1902, (the same
being the 3rd day Of said month) be-
tween the legal hours of sale, the fol-
lowing described realty, to wit:
and being in Edgeheld county and
state of South Carolina, containing
in the aggregate three hundred and
fourteen (3l4) acres, more or less, and
composed of two tracts Of land to wit /:
TRACT No. l.
That tract containing two hundred
and twenty (220) acres, more or less,
and bounded by lands Of G. w Turner
on the east and also E V Horne ;south
by lands of s w Mays and o B Whit
lock; west by lands Of B Norris and
other Turner lands.
TRlcT No. 2.
That tract Of land containing nine
ty four (9D acres, more or less, and
bounded on the north by lands of Mas
ter o i Jennings; Oh the west by tn.
lands of & No, ris and lands Of E V
r Hotne and others; on the south BY
the place being known as part of the
old Wilks.
Terms of sale-one-third cash,
and the balance on q. credit of one
and two years, with interest from
the day of sale. Purchaser to >give
hond and mortgage of the prem
ises sold to SECURE the payment Of
the credit portion or all cash at tht
purchasers option.
Purchaser to pay for papers.
WF ROATH,
Master Edgetie!d County.
October 8, 1902.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-10-08
Treasurer's Notice

The County Treasurer's office.
will be open at Edge6eld court
house from the 18th day OF Octo-
Der, 1902, 10 the 31st day of Decem-
Der, 1902-icy m.E1s lesse Z
rior school 8 mills1evy.
County special 5 mill levy.
Shaw R. r. special 2mills levy.
Johnston special 3 mills levy
Pickens special mill levy.
EdgeGeld corp. special Il mills
levy.
Edgefe.d corporation special,
school bonds 2 mills levy.
Edge6eld school district special
2 mills levy.
After the 31st day of December
Is per cent penalty will be added
to all delinquents.
C. M. Williams.
Treasurer, e. G..
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-10-08

the rounds as to how to bank
and keep sweet potatoes. All
the advice we have to offer
is to bank them as your faith
ers and grandfathers have
done and try no new schemes.
~
The South Carolina Mill
tary Academy, Improperly
called at one time the "dude
factory has just entered
upon what promises to be one
of the most prosperous ses'
sions in its history. The corps
of cadets is 100 strong,65 be-
ing recruits.
20
aIt does not require such 8
stretch of the imagination, seyi
the EDGEFIELD ADVERTISER, 1'ts
on Broad street, augusta. These
mental visions may become reali-
ties. Letus hope SOD Perhaps a
little waking up and hustle will
do more than stretching ones i'm
agination.-Aiken Journal an d
Review.
True, esteemed contempor-
ary, but here in Edgefeld we
are not so fortunate CD as to
have the rattle of f"chips, the
ring of the golf club and the
clatter of hoofs on the race
course-all on the Sabbath
day-to wake us up. We
are also hustling but have not
reached that advanced CO
stage in which women are
seen upon our streets not only
attired in mems apparel but
riding man-fashion.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-10-08
SEQ IT. s
I NUl, SION

Scott's Emulsion is the
means of. life and of the en-
joyment Of life of thousands of
men, women and children.
To the men SCOTS Emul-
sion gives the flesh and
strength so necessary for the
cure of consumption and the
repairing of body losses from
any wasting disease.
For women SCOTS Emul.
sion does this and more. 1t is
a most sustaining food and
tonic for the special trials that
women have to bear.
To children SCOTS Emul-
sion gives food and strength
for growth of flesh and bone
and blood. For pale girls,
for thin and sickly boys SCOTS
Emulsion is a great help.
Send for freo sample.
SCOTT q BOVINE. Chemists.
4os-4i5 Pearl Street. New York
SOC. and Sl.oo, all drusglste. a
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-10-08
MASTERS SALE.

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, J
COUNTY OF EDGEFIELD. {
Court of Common Pleas.-The British
and American Mortgage Company,
TIimitedl.