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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-04-12
POPULAR CHRISTIAN NAMES.
william Takes the Lead in Englan
John Coming Next.

william Takes the Lead in England,
John Coming Next.
Some romantic parents love to chris
ten their infants with highfalutin'
names. Religious parents search the
Scriptures before the baptismal cere-
mCny. Parents in search of fortune
will label their luckless babes with the
SurnameS of the expected, testator But,
nevertheless, the list of common Eng
fish Christian names is a very small
one. Out of every hundred fathers and
mothers of male children some eighty
four-four limit their choice to fifteen
familiar names. The favorite name is
undoubtedly William. In all ranks of
society in the pee-age as in the work
house-William is the -cDmmonest of
male Christian names. Stop the first
thousand men you meet in the street
no fewer than ITO are Williams. A
long way behind come the Johns, close
ly followed by the Georges. OF every
thousand men ninety-four are called
John and ninety-two- George. The
next commOnest is Thomas, whichAas
seventy-four owners, while James
claims seventy-two. Henry and Harry
between them are seventy in number
OF these about one in four has received
the name of Harry at the baptismal
font Following them come Frederick,
with fifty-seven; Charles, with forty
eight; Alfred, with forty-ive, and AL
bert some ways behind with thirty
one.-London Tit-Bits.
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Quee: Result of jersey Justice.

Here Is a little story of the thrift
of one of these stern dispensers of
Jersey justice" that adorn the bench
of that state, says an exchange. A.
couple of months ago a gentleman liv-
ing near Paterson was sued by a.
butcher in the sum of $3.50, though he
held receipts of the butcher for the
full amount of his alleged Indebted
ness. The resident of suburban Pat
erson was waited upon by the sheriff
and hailed before justice. Before the
case was to be called the victim of
New Jersey legal methods went to the
Judge, who was a personal friend and
showed him his receipts. The Judge
looked the documents over and real
lied that the case must be thrown ont
of court. TN look after the matter
said the Judge: Some days later the
gentleman who had been susd asked
the judge about the case. oh said,
the judge, Il threw the case out If,
court and made the butcher pay the.
costs-and, by the way, pulling the
bill bearing the butchers signaure ia,
its payment from his pocket, ~ sac
you are paying tive cents less for. loin
chops than I do-and that ham IS bnt
~ cents a pound, while we pave % for
It down. there. I'm going to & ada
with that sen Of a gum after int. 80.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-04-12
INSECT PESTS IN BRAZIL.
Diabolical Work of the Ghiggars and
the Berne Flies.

Diabolical Work Of the Ghissars and
the Berne Flies.
| should take q small gang OF prac-
teal coffee planters from Ceylon with
good digestions to be not afraid Of
ghiggars. ticks, and Berne f1ies-to say
nothing of the dear little MOSQUITO.
The writer had extracted during four
years in Brazil no less than 200 CHG
gars from underneath every toenail Of
both feet. The Portuguese, Brazilians,
Italians. and Spaniards called it a rec
reation on Sunday to dig them out of
each others feet. OF all the vile in
sects on earth, the Berne fly is the
worst. She lays her eggs inside your
flesh, and matches three very ugly in
sects an. inch long, with three rings
of bristles round the body and sharp
nippers. They take about six weeks
to develop under your skin; then COM
mence to turn somersaults Just when
you want to go to. sleep after a hard
days work in the sun. The natives of
Brazil adopt a novel way of extracting
the brute when full grown; they tie on
piece of raw pork and the Berne
comes out of your skin and takes 2
header into the piece of pigskin.-Cey
Ion Observer.
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Millions in It.

There is millions in it" for the
woman who will make a speciality of
photographing babies, for baby's pho
tograph is one of the things which
the average parent will indulge in re-
gardless OF expense. And who can
know so we'll as woman how, when
and where to catch a baby's likeness
so as to make it appear most charm
ing? 1t is quite the fashion nowadays
for mothers to have their :. children
photographed in descending ration
after the first few years, and to be .
successful photographer of infants
means rapid multiplication of bust
ness. The number of duplicates of
:,any's pictures is one of the paying
features Of making pictures of. little
folks. Three dozen copies is a fire.
quent order for children's pictures,
while a dozen usually satisfies a per-
! n OF larger growth. Milwaukee
Wi cor sin Il. .:.. ssSs
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Il am lookin' for Mr. Hammond"
the drink and his conscience re.
preached him.
If she knew what an unworthy man
1 am" he said to himself bitterly. "she
would not care if I never bought 2
book"
He purchased copy in English Of
Montalgne, that poet Of whom he re-
membered that his father in France
had often spoken, and all the way to
the camp he tried 10 read by the nm
steady kerosene lamp in the smokinp
car.
He looked about for Annette as soon
as he reached the camp, but she had
gone to town, they told him. Then he
looked to see if Hammond was abont
AS he expected, Hammond was in town
also. He flung the book into the snow
and it lay there al hour before he
went for it. :.
Every night after that he read the
book or asked the men who knew Eng
lish to help him. livery day he looked
at Annette and saw that the air If tho
pine forests was making her more
beautiful and that Hammond chung
closer to her than ever.
One night when the stars were
brighter than usual he lay out near the
| river bank and Rugged himself for low.
He had learned the meaning of every
! word in that book of essays. He could
pronounce most of them and there
| were great many he could spell in
| English of hand. Surely, he thought,
Annette was closer to him than she
ever had been. Besides he had not
gone to town since that day he had
| lost his chance to buy Annette a. dress
and he had saved his money till he
had much more than he had on that
day.
| Not only he said proudly, "can !
buy more books but I can buy a gown
better than the first and can buy new
Jackets for myself and new shoes to
wear nights when 1 come out CT the
woods and when she may see me-"
The crunch Of footsteps on the snow
close to him brought him to mis- feet.
| A woman in ragged. clothing and
, with lips almost blue reached out he,
hand to him, then tumbled at his feet
| "Wh6can you be?' he asked. "You
dc not belong here. No, l never saw
you before. How have you come all
the miles from the town."
She could not speak and he poured
~ Ill - 4.
a little. q:
II am looking for Mr.. Hammond
she said ''.rhey told me in the toxr
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-04-12
NEVER LOSES TIME.
Business Habits of the Owner of the
Yacht Independence.

1SuslHeSS L1dO1lS u IuS O"HeE u the
Yacht Independence.
Thomas w. Lawson, the owner of
the independence, though a very busy
man, is always wiling to be inter-
viewed, and seemingly without being
concerned over the loss of time in
vo(ved. A Times reporter. who lately
made a trip to Boston to interview
Mr.. Lawson during the recent con-
troversy with the New York Yacht
club, tells a story which would seem
to show that the loss of time to the
copper magnate is more apparent than
real. The interview had been rather
lengthy, and Mr. Lawson had occu-
pied himself by passing the ticker
tape throught his fingers and giving
an OCCASIONAL order. to his secretary or
signing a paper or two. At the con-
clusion of the interview the reporter
expressed regret at having occupied
so much of Mr.. Lawson's time.
Don't mention it, said the owner
of the Independence; II have made
$4,000 on the New York stock ex-
change while have been talking to
you.'-New York Times.
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A CLEVER WOMAN,
Tactful Relief of the Embarrassmen
of an Awkward Friend.

Tactful Relief OF the Embarrassment
of an Awkward Friend.
Mrs. Mary Plat Parmele, author of
''The Evolution of Empire series of
histories, is an accomplished must
clan and deeply interested in vibra-
tory physics. Passing through Man.
haitian lately, en- route for Staten Is
land, she lunched at the Holland
house with a friend who is noted
almost as widely for his Grass awk-
wardness as for his scientific re-
searches. His admiration for Mrs.
Parmele's tact was therefore prob
ably increased to infinitude when with
one excited gesture he swept his glass
and salad plate and fork to the floor.
"But hark!' said Mrs. Parmele in
stantly as the resonant echoes of the
glass and silver rang back from the
hard floor. And then, catching up
the keynote of the crash, hummed a
few bars. Wasn't that the same?
Don't you remember that exquisite
little cadence in Beethoven's ninth
symphony? Now, do you know, Pro-
fessor X, that richly illustrates my
idea that just as all folk lore has it's
rise in distorted conceptions of nat
ural facts, SO what We call music is
but an Interpretation of the rhythm
of the universe-even of the common
daily happenings, perhaps-as it
echoes to the individual soul?" And
the poor little man quite forgot his
modification in the interest of the
discussion that followed York
Times.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-04-12
BOYCOTT THEIR MINISTER.
Man Threatened with Starvation by His
Dissenting Practitioners.

Man Threatened with Starvation by His
Dissenting Parishioners.
A remarkable boycott has been be-
gun on the island of st. Kilda, off the
coast of Scotland, against the Rev. Mr..
Fiddes. It is forcible expression of
the opposition of his parishioners to
the religious views of the minister
who now is threatened with starvation
by reason of the refusal of the island
ers to help him transport his winter
supply Of provisions.
Mr. Fiddes, who was minister of
the Free Church of Scotland, Joined the
majority Of the General Assembly in
forming the United Free Church along
with the United Presbyterians. The
Highland congregations OF the Free
Church refused to join the new body.
The people of St. Kilda have taken
similar stand, and bitterly resent the
attitude adopted by Mr.. Fiddes.
The steamer Hebrides called at st.
Kilda on Thursday with stores. The
islanders took away their own goods,
but stubbornly refused to take their
minister's stock of coal and provisions
ashore in the ferry. Consequently they
had to pe kept on the vessel.
Mr.. Fiddes sent message to the cap
tain stating that he would have men
and boats waiting to take the goods
OH on the vessels arrival at Obbe, but
when the steamer reached there no one
appeared, and the goods could not be
landed.
AS this was the last trip of the YES
sci this season, Mr.. Fiddes is in danger
of being left without his usual supplies
for nine months.
1t is stated in Glasgow that the
United Free Church will not allow
their representative to remain in this
awkward predicament, and that re-
lief expedition will be organized-New
York Press
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WILL BE IN NO DANGER.
Intends Taking Precautions to Prevent
Post-Mortem Robbery.


Post-Mortem Robbery.
The uniformed functionary who is
in command of regiment of bell
boys at a local hotel takes pride in
the mouthful of jewelry he displays
every time he grins. He had bad
luck with his teeth in earlier life,
and several worries nave been replaced
with gold filings. An acquaintance,
one of the prominent regular board
ers at the hotel. noticing the ANNA
ted show case the otter day, observed:
II am afraid, captain, that after you
are dead and buried you won't re-
main long in your grave. Some one
will dig you up for that gold in
your mouth. You'll be worth more
dead than you are alive" Kastus
laughed so heartily at this that the
jewelry display dazzled the eyes Of
the guest. "Oh, no. sah," he said.
'dey won't dig me up, sah-no, sab,
cawse Use gwine teh be incriminated,
am. Ahll jes fool all dose gold
huntahs. Dey's dun got NAH ahdah
down at de creamery long time ago.
Detroit Free Press.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-04-12
Es35S y
CROWN OF THE CONTINENT.
Height OF Land Shedding Water in All
4 80 %. ~ q. Directions.

Height OF Land Shedding Water in All
f ST. " Directions.
+ George Bird Grinnell describes in
the Century what he calls the Crown
Of the Continent of North America:
Far away in northwestern Montana,
hidden from view by clustering noun
: tain-peaks, lies an unmapped corner
the Crown of the Continent. The
water from the crusted snowdrift
which caps the peak of lofty noun
tain there trickles~ into tiny rills,
which hurry along north, south, east
and west, and growing into rivers, at
last pour their currents into three
seas. From this mountain-peak the
Pacific and the Arctic oceans and the
Gulf of Mexico receive each it's tribute.
No words can describe the grandeur
and majesty of these mountains, and
even photographs seem hopelessly to
dwarf and belittle the most impressive
peaks. The fact that it is altogether
unknown, the beauty Of it's scenery,
it's varied and unusual fauna, and the
opportunities it offers for mountain
climbing, give the region a wonderful
attraction for the lover of nature. Be-
yond the head of the lower lakes wag-
ons cannot SO, and the traveller who
wishes to reach the heads of any of
the streams must leave his wagon and
start into the mountain with a pack
train. This means that all his posses
sions-his food his bedding, and all
his camp furniture-must be dashed on
the backs of horses and mules, and
so carried through the dense forests
and up the steep mountain sides. This
is pleasant mode of travelling,
though it is slow and entails much
more labor than travelling in a wagon.
It has, however, the great advantage
that it makes one independent. With
a pack train the explorer can go al
most where he pleases Neither dense
brush, Understanding timber, nor steep
hills furrowed by great ravines can
stop him; wherever a man can ride, a
pack-horse can follow.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-04-12
SOCIAL BUSINESS MEN.
Even Enemies In Trade Meet 1T Mid
Air Meals.

Even Enemies In Trade Meet 1T Mid
Air Meals.
In a paper on ..Mid-Air Dining
Clubs, in the Century, Cleveland Moi
felt has something to say of their eff
feet upon the sociability of business
men. They are developing among New
York business men a new Kndyof so
clabllity. With the old restaurant re-
g1me the members of a certain BUSH
ness house or Office found small vari-
ETY. at luncheOn-time from the mOnOt-
ony OF their narrow round. Day after
day the same little groups would go
out together and return together, sell
dom meeting new men, seldom getting
out of the deep-worn channels Of
thought and talk. 1t was astonishing
how few acquaintance they made in
years of this life. New York has a
terrible conservatism that walls men
about and keeps them apart from their
felloW-men unless something comes to
break through it. In this case
the mid-air club came, and straightway
scores of men who were strangers,
though in similar lines of effort, were
brought into friendly relations, to
their mutual pleasure and profit. Ri
walls in many enterprises, enemies in
trade, merchants, importers, manufac-
turers, jobbers, have met in some mid
all smoking-room day after day, and
somehow, between the soothing OF
good cigar and the wonderful view,
have come into better understanding.
Nor can any one say how many deals
have gone through by the friendly me-
diation of mid-air meal together in
one of those favorite corners, where
the boats pass, or what troublesome
business tangles have untangled them
selves through the magic of an after
dinner coffee, with the breeze blowing
IN. 1t is hard for man to be petty
or mean or to higgle for trif1es with
the majesty of those patient rivers
bearing in on him. These are the bust
ness advan, ages I mentioned, and ex-
perlnce has shown that they are very
real.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-04-12
Wrong Name Spoiled the Effect.

It is the hardest thing in the world
to be funny to order, and Fred Wright
Jr., is so associated in the minds of
people with his many successes that
they seem to expect him to play the
same part off the stage as he does on.
says London NJ. A. P. He makes in
his quiet, humorous way, pleasure in
surprising them, and he is quick in
telling the difference between honest
appreciation and mere fattery. For
instance, he is the author of that pref
ty little piece, ''The Empty Stocking, -
which ran for a considerable time at
the Strand. One day, at an :.::at home''
he was introduced to a young lady a,
the too-demonstrative manner. "Oh
Mr.. Wright" she exclaimed. "I went
to see your play last week. It is so
sweet! It made me cry for an hour
Then she hesitated and Mr.. Wright
saw that she had forgotten even the
name, so he asked: do you mean at
the Strand theater?'' YES" continued
the young lady. "Of course, at the
Strand-the-'The Pair, of Socks isn't
t?''' CHI s.s !: X y Is >#. ~. ~.
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that hs worked out here. p I an hi.
wife. Here Ii my ring. He left me !
year ago and told me never to follow
him, but love him and havS come "a
ask If he will not come gack to live
with me-" ~ ~. H
"Hammond!'' Paquette smiled;
Hammond"
She fell back as if he had struck
her.
HE is my husband" she said proud
ly. Il love him." =.
Then was Paquette confronted with
the opportunity of his life. He knew
that to bring the poor, tired woman to
the bright room in which Hammond
was sitting with Annette was to crush
Hammond and to save Annette. But
what if Annette should love Ham
mond? It would break her heart to
see this woman claim him.
The woodsman took Oft his cap and
ran his fingers through his curly hair.
Hammond he said, as if trying to
think, Hammond. I am sorry, but
there is no che here by that name. I
am sure. But you have come too far
and you are tired. Take my hack and
this money, and I'll go with you to the
railroad station"
During the walk he told her that she
might find Hammond some place in
town and the money he gave her was
more than she had seen in months.
When the rear lights of the train
were swallowed up in the shadows
toward town Paquette walked slowly
back to camp. AS he passed the light
ed windows of the front room he
looked in shamefacedly Annette with
flushed cheeks was talking to Ham
mond and her hand was in his.
Paquette swore under his breath and
then walked fast to the river bank
He, flung his precious copy OF Mon
taigne far out into the black river and
then turned back to his cabin.
Annette loves him. he said dog
gedly. II did right
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-04-12
"THE= TYRANT INCOME !: .
An English Lady On the Secret of FL
~ -: -.nancIal Ffanniness

An English Lady On tho Secret of FL.
~: 49, =. nanclal Happiness. -
For several numbers past of the
Cornhill Magazine instruction has
been given in the art Of living on in
comes ranging from 97S to 100000 a
year, and now the whole matter is
summed up by the Hon. Mrs. Anstru-
ther under the title of 1.-THE Tyrant
Income
"The truth is this" she says. "The
secret of financial happiness lies in
your own personal attitude toward
your income. If you treat it as
friend, on whose generosity you may
rely to help you in time of need, then
will you be doomed to disappoint-
ment, for few incomes have great
souls-they are mean and shrinking
things, Incapable of heroic expansion!
But If, from the first instant that you
and 1t foregather, you treat it as your
natural enemy, then may your life be
happy one. Conquer it or it will as
suredly conquer you, and become your
tyrant. Yet only in one way can it
be humbled and brought low, and
happy is the man who discovers the
way to this early in his career. Keep
it hidden, for publicity is to it the
breath of life, and once the glare of
publicity falls upon this unlovely
Galatea it will rise up and merciless-
~ Will it trample you and your most
precious possession-your independ-
ence. Therefore hide it. Never let
your nearest or your dearest suspect
It's real height, or breadth or length,
or power. Keep it as secret as you
would the knowledge of some
hldeous crime; guard it from the pub
TIC gaze as You would the most appall-
ing skeleton that ever sat in family
cupboard! Should searching ques-
lions be put to you anent it's size. do
not hesitate to lie right royalty in
your responses. Swear it is but a
small, weak thing, worthy of no con-
slderation, in capable of sustained ef-
fort, and thus by your cunning words
force it to sit covering in the dark
ness OF private life, not daring to as
sert itself or to tyrannize over YOU
In that horrid fashion already partly
limited at by previous writer in these
papers"
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Demand for Apartment Houses,

In view Of the enormously increased
activity in building apartment houses
in New York in the last three years,
the statement of real estate. dealers
that the supply is still inadequate to
the demand is significant. Moreover,
prices of apartments have ), increased
very materially. An average = apart
ment, as the average was five years
ago, might have rented for from $500
to $1,000. Apartments that are now
merely average apartments rent for
nearly twice as much. OF course. they
are much more attractive and conven-
lent. Not only is better taste shown
in designing them, but more money il
spent in finishing them. For the bes.
apartments in New York one must nav
six or eight times that amount OF reat,
New York Gun. z*z 81: . :ss5# s3s.s
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In The Forest.
BY LOUIS T. WEADOCK.


copyright, 1901, by Daily Story Pub. co..
Phil PaQuette, woodsman, never
loved any girl until he saw Annette,
the brown-eyed daughter of the boss
of the Michigan lumber camp In which
he and a hundred others worked all
winter.
He came upon her il a clearing one
day where she was spreading a least
Of grain before a flock Of birds. win
her was Hammond, the only man IN
the world that faQuette had time
enough to hate.
Hammond was tall and fair and per-
fectly familiar with the English Ian
guage. Phil was big, with broad
shoulders and clear eyes. and to tue
strong mans contempt Of the weak ne
added the hate of a man who thinks
he should have the something that
another has.
So he stood with folded arms and
watched the girls snugly fitting Jacket
brush close to Hammond's arm and
saw her laugh into Hammonds face,
and he vowed that he would save the
girl from Hammond. PaQuette had
let into his wild brain the idea that tbs
girl was as far above the assistant boss
Of the camp as the stars are above the
Saginaw river, by whose banks he and
the rest labored. So he watched HAM
mond.
He saw that the girl talked to him
often and carelessly he listened once
or twice. The talk was about books
of which he had heard but dimly, and
of plays of which until then he had
never heard at all. One day he said
to Annette's father:
I'll want to go to town today
He wanted to tell him his errand
but refrained.
In his pocket he had the savings Of
the winter, and he meant to spend 1t in
books that he, too, might read and be
worthy of talking to the boss daugh.
ter. But he had never bought books
before and he had often bought whis
Ky. So to get courage enough to &C
into shop and ask for book he spen
some of his money for drink. Then hi
postponed buying the books for a.
hour or two and drank more.
He went into a gambling place tina,