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speed would, require thirty-seven and
half days continuous steaming.
Allowing for delays in the Straits of
MAGELLAN, and for coaing, and the
voyage would take all Of forty days,
or just double the time Of the Panama
route.
The sailing track as indicated by
the line of dashes is 1860 miles, and
while our best, clipper ships have
made the outward voyage in 100 to
lilo days, many good ship has, taken
a full four, five and even six months
on the voyage.
Again turn to the chart and. follow
the zigzag line out around the
Horn This is the actual track of
sailing vessel, one of the last of the
good old wooden square-rigged ships
built in Bath
The dots represent the noon posi-
tions from day to day, the voyage
| commencing ON June II from the
Delaware capes- While the straight
lines show the distance gained each
day they do not always represent the
actual path Of the ship. as when the
wind is ahead the ship may tack
back and forth across the line a
number of times in the twenty-four
hours.
The track indicated is 1926 miles
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-05-23

p Now that the Panama canal is an
assured thing, a little study of the ac-
companying map will show some Of
the advantages to be gained. H. 4 .5S:gs lie
The heavy line running south from
New York is the steamship track to
Colon, and the distance is 1881 miles,
AT an average speed of fourteen knots
per hour, which is moderate and
economical pace for the modern
steamship, the voyage could be made
in an hour or two less than six days
From Panama to San Francisco the
distance is 3277 miles, which, at the
same average speed, would require
nine days. and eighteen hours steam
ms. Say sixteen days for the ocean
voyage, and allow four days for pass
ing through the canal, and the whole
trip would be made in twenty days,
Or insidesof three weeks.
At present steamer must follow
the solid line running off to the south
east to Cape St.. Rogue. Once around
this cape the course follows the coast
in southwesterly direction to the
Straits of Magellan, thence out into
the Pacific, where a straight course
can be steered for the Farallone
islands, just outside of San Francisco.
On this track the distance is 1883
miles, which at the same average
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-05-23
Prince Bismarck's Diplomacy.

!. Prince Bismarck once said: ut
was occasionally one of my functions
to present all sorts Of people to the
king, and it now and then happened
that my head was so full of more inn
portant matters that, the very Iame
of the person / was about to present
alapsed from my memory When that
was the case used to put bold face
upon it, and there being no time to
inquire after names, bluntly pre-
sented a man I did not know as
Count Solms. You see, there are so
many Count Solms that the king
could not possibly know them all by:
sight. On the other hand, "a man
whose name might be Muller or,
,Schultze was not likely to take it.
very much amiss il he were present
ed as Count Solms, which, after ALL.
lisa good family name. got out Of,
my dificulty IN this manner on more.
than one occasion and 1t never:
failed
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-05-23

the waterway cold am quite deep.
There was one trout who always stay
ed in one hole under the bank. He
was not so very large, but perhaps
weighed one and a half pounds.
When I wanted to scare him out
would stand and joggle the bank
above him, and he would go shooting
up stream, but would invariably re-
turn to his hole. Year after year I
tried to capture that trout by spear
ing him, and year after year l fail
ed. Trout were scarce in the brook,
and l have every reason to believe
that it was the one trout I pursued
year after year. In all the time
knew the willy fellow he hardly grew
an inch, and it was only another
proof that the age of fishes is not
determined by their size.
'Some men claim that the age Of
the oyster can be told by the layers
of lime in the she'll. While it may be
possible. it is, as far as we know, only
theoretic. The whole trouble is q
man studies little, learns little,
and then puts forth theories which
men accept because they don't know
enough to refute them. Trout are
peculiar fish. 1t may surprise a great
many people to learn that trout are
often found in salt water, and, in fact,
thrive in it. Eight or nine years ago
a trout nearly eight inches long was
caught in Gravesend Bay by John de
Nysce, who has charge of the salt
water fishes at the aquarium at pres
ent The trout was placed in a tank
of salt water at the aquarium and
lived for many months.-New York
Commercial Advertiser
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Ages of Fish a Mystery
Expert Declares There No Known Method BY Which
Their Longevity Can Accurately Be Ascertahned-
All Prevalent IDEAS Are Mere Theories,

1T is easy enough for a man to
study books and then come out and
announce that he has certain theories
about animal life,' says Manager
Spencer at the Battery Aquarium,
but when he studies the living ami
mails themselves, if he is fair-minded,
it won't be very long before he'll
begin to acknowledge that theories
are of little value, and that the more
a man learns the more he wiA realize
how little he knows.
There was man, a harmless old
fellow, who came in here one day
with his head just bulging with nat
ural history secrets and theories of
marine life. He told me that he had
found way to tell the age of fishes
and got quite indignant because I re-
fused to agree with him. I've studied
fishes for a good many years, and be-
lieve that it's an utter impossibility
to tell their ages. Size can have little
or nothing to do with age The trout
are good example, and like all other
fishes their growth is governed by
their food supply. In some localities,
when range and food supply are re-
stricted, trout seldom grow to large
size. In other localities, such as the
large lakes of Maine, the fish reach
a weight of from six to ten pounds.
1t is no uncommon thing for q trout
to be placed in a we'll and remain
there for a dozen, fifteen or even
twenty years, and when taken out
weigh less than a pound.
When l was boy lived up in
Vermont. There was a trout brook
running across my fathers farm The
banks were narrow and grassy and
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-05-23
OATH-TAklNG IN MANY LANDS.
Well Enough if All Of Them Could In
duce Vcracitv

Well Enough if All Of Them Could In
duce Veracity.
Chinese witnesses must be sworn in
several ways if they are to be bound
to tell the truth. In some cases the
witness breaks plate and assents to
the imprecation that his soul may be
shattered in the Same way if he strays
from the paths of veracity.
With a large section of the Chinese
the formula is for the person admins
tering the oath to light match or
candle, and blowing it out, tell the
witness that thus will his soul be ex-
tinguished if he does not speak the
truth, to which he assents by giving a
short nod. :~>,:.-
Some tribes living on the Thibetan
tableland can only be sworn in courts
by cutting off the head of a live game
cock :
The Hindu law says:
Let a Judge swear a Brahmin by
his veracity, soldier by his horses,
his elephants or his arms; an agricul-
turist by his COWS, his grain, or his
money and souder by all his crimes .
A Gala of .Abyssinia sits down over
a pit covered with a hide, imprecating
that he may fall into Z pit il he breaks
his word. / 81 L ~ *5s
A Brazilian savage, to confirm his
statement, raises: his hand over his
head and thrusts 1t into his hair or
touches the point of his weapons.
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Some Mental Vaearies in Calculation
Queer Methods Of Summing Up Profit and Patrcl
Objected to Having His Salary Raised-Good
Hearted Landlady Protects Herself

were not sick. Will that be satisfac-
tory to your
Patrick cogitated amoment before
replying, Thank ye, kindly, SIR he
said. But if it's all the same I'd
rather not have the raise. Ye see,
when I'm sick now, l lose so much
money every idle day, and if We raise
me wages I'll lose more, and l can't
afford that"
After the matches had been passed
around another of the party remark
ed. between puffs:
Il don't know whether that's a new
or a true story, but can match it out
of my own experience, though wheth-
ev my experience was the result of
business ignorance or charitable
feeling OF the part of the other per:
son l cannot say. I had been board.
ing for some time in a certain house
when lost my position and could not
get another one. My bill was $12
every week, and I had no money
saved. The landlady was a patient
soul, however, and things went along
for while until one day she said:
:sI know you are in hard luck. Mr.
Smith, and I believe you are trying
to get work. But have myself to
look out for and l cannot afford to
have my people run up heavy bills on
me. You now owe me $84, and you
say you are unable to pay me. Here
after, so that you will not owe me
too much, We will count your board
at Sc week until you get job"
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Among the Aracans, an Asiatic tribe,
the witness swearing to speak the
truth takes in his hand a musket, a
sword, spear, tigers tusk, croco-
dies tooth, or a stone celt.
The hill tribes of India swear by a
tigers skin, and the Ostraks by a
bears head.
The sacred oath in Persia is .'by the
holy grave" that is, the tomb of Shah
Besa de, who is buried in Cashmere.
Jews are sworn on the Pentateuch
with their hats on; Mohammedans by
placing the right hand fiat on the
Koran and the left on the forehead,
and then bringing down the forehead
to the book, and finally gazing while
at the book The highest oath of the
man who dwells by the Ganges in In
dia is taken on the water of that
river. r. .r>s,s-, L .5.,E ) a#< /
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-05-23
rs ONLY ONE REMEDY
HOW TO BE FREE FROM TIE
II - PANGs OF LOVE.
Philosopher, Wise Man, AIchemist
and Clown Prescribe Without Ef-
fect-cIown Finally Gives Answer
to PerpIexine Problem.

A man, desperately in love, once
sought a philosopher for cure
Il have had" said the man, about
}all l can stand of this sort of thing
Between terrific quarrels and mid
night make-ups I'm about dead
want to withdraw with honor and a
whole skin''
Your case is a pathetic one," said
the philosopher. My advice to you
is to study the workings of your own
mind. You will find then that what
you deem real is only, after all, the
phenomena of being. This creature
that you love is in reality only an
illusion, a subjective projection, and
exists only in term Of empirical con-
sciousness. After awhile, by refec-
tiors Of this sort, you will rise above
such folly
So the man went away and began
to reflect upon the transcendental
aesthetic, and the properties of space
and time. But he found the relief
; was only temporary, for when the
girl came and put her arms around
his neck he was as badly off as ever.
So in despair he went to a wise man.
I'm in love-" he said, land don't
like it. l want to be calmer and do
things worth while"
Study astronomy" said the wise
man. After you have been at it for
awhile your OWE insignifcance will
appeal to you. You and your girl
will fade away. Then when you come
back to earth, take care to bring only
yourself"
So the man looked at the stars
: But there was the girl behind him,
with her soft hands in his hair, and
F! at last he gave it up.
. What are a few picayune planets,''
he cried, compared with her ca
! resses?'
And then he was obliged to ac-
! knowledge that he still was not his
! own master.
! And after the next quarrel he went
! to an alchemist.~ ~~~ .
Mix me a drug" he said, that
will cure me of love- 's,,,.--.ss..s~-zzzsse
/ The alchemist smiled.
MY FRIEND" he replied, ito be can
! did with you, great many fine
stories have been floating around
! about sundry dry old potions for this
purpose, but they are only Quack
remedies. The only cure l know Of
is prussic acid.''
The man smiled grimly.
Il don't want to die quite yet," he
said. Il want to get rid of this love
feeling. It's the worst agony 1 ever
experienced. 1t blows hot and it
blows cold''
WELL" said the aichemist, "go and
ask that clown over yorder Maybe
he'll tell you.'
So tae man went to the clown and
told his story.
Want to know the answer" the
clown grinned, as he puffed ma
chine-made cigarette.
"Yes;, yes" said the man, impa-
tieEtly.
Marry the girl" said the clown.
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The talk had been about the busi
hess ability Of people who do not han
die large sums of money, and one of
the party told the following story:
"A rich man, extraordinarily strict
in all business matters, but kind
hearted withal, had a gardener who,
in long and faithful service, contract
ed rheumatism Almost regularly
every month the gardener was inca
pacitated for work for four and five
days at time. When he did not
work his wages were docked, and his
loss amounted to about $40 a month.
The employer did not like this, as
the man was valued servant, and it
seemed unfair to make him bear the
financial burden of an = illness that
was the Outgrowth of. his calling. But
the masters business instincts would
not allow him to pay for unrendered
services Finally the employer evolv-
ed a scheme whereby the gardener
would not lose anything through
future attacks, while the proprieties
of business would not be violated.
''Summoning the man before him,
the master said: Patrick, am sorry
you are i'll so frequently, and l dislike
to dock you, but I must do so, as
cannot pay for anything I do not get
Now, l tell you what will do. Your
wages are $40 month at present
Hereafter, l will pay you at the rate
of $50, and with the average dockage
yOur income will he ahO1,t what vo,,
would receive at the old rate if you
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-05-23

ried Miss Ellen, oldest daughter Of
Judge Keyes, and five years later he
was appointed postmaster.
It was during his three years in
cumbency that he inaugurated num-
ber of improvements in the Office, and
in 1916 issued the little stamp for.
which collectors are now willing to
|<pay fabulous prices. It is stated that.
one has been sold at 81 5.
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sented was prepared by the direction
I OF Major r. w Childs when he was
postmaster. This was at the request
OF many collectors. s.. s.
DIR. Frederick N Palmer was born
!. IN Belfast, Ne, in 1915, and came to
sBrattl eboro some time in 1886 as q
I music teacher. He became student
.of the law and studied IN the Office OF
Judge Asa Keyes. In Is 40 he mar
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-05-23
Wanted Their Moneys Worth.

Ruth McEnery Stuart, the Southern
authoress, was taken suddenly illtthe
other evening, when giving reading
in a church in New Haven, Conn, and
was obliged to stop and return to her.
home in New York. The church re-.
fused to pay her. 5=.=-a.
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q Production az Coffee rrl

Production Of Coffee Tree.
= ! The average coffee tree in Honduras
produces half pound Of beans.
Pennsylvania Has No Monopoly.
( There is more coal in Montana and
Wyoming than IN -PennsyIyania.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-02
BALTIMORE PROVISIONS.
STOCKS AND BONDS.

New York. April 1.-The stock market
dropped back into an apathetic condi-
ton to-day and moved in an extremely
sluggish and hating manner throughout
the day. The high money rate to-day
was evidently the deterrent influence Gu
speculation When the call money
market was seen to be quite as stiff as
yesterday, there was some selling Of
stocks by yesterdays buyers in conse-
quence. The whole market was strictly
professional. The days developments
were not important and seemed of little
influence. The sub Treasury statement
as expected showed that the payment OF
yesterdays draft for relief purposes in
the Philippines resulted in making good
to the money market the previous sub
Treasury drain since Friday. Some
further benefit TO the money market is
expected from the payment of Cow m
lncnt interest There is still evidence
hat the movements of money in the
immediate future will be to the adj
vantage CT New York in the way of re-
lease of funds accumulated for dividends
and interest. 4 scaSonablc return flow
OF money from interior points is also ex-
pected But there was porceptible to-day
in the speculative sentiment, a rccur
renee Of the fear that heavy corporate
requirements are waiting to absorb any
increase in credit resources. The dis
turbances in the loan market today wore
attributed to the payment of subscrip-
tions for Chicago and Northwcsterns new
stock. In the time money market lenders
show disposition to restrict their loans
to within tho six months period, the ohvi-
Gus purpose being to have the maturities
come when the fall demand from the
interior for funds begins to withdra "
money from New York again The hear
ing to-day of the proceedings to make
permanent the injunction against the
voting OF Union Pacific's holdings o
Southern Pacific stock caused a feeling
of suspense. and n desire to await tho
decision. There was some renewed heavy
selling also of Pennsylvania The disso-
luton of the injunction against the Wa
bash engineers strike was the cause o
some liquidation in the Wabashes Sugar
suffered from tho reduction in the price
of refined grades to meet yesterdays
cut by competitors. There was a violent
and unexplained break in Colorado Fuel
with an effective rally A further dc
cline in London discount rates was re-
gardcd with satisfaction. Heavy exports
of grain made a good supply in the OK
change market, and sharp break in tn,
cotton market. it was hoped would in
crease The foreign demand. The marke
closed dull and irregular.
Bonds were dull and irregular. Tota
sales (par value) $1,S60,00o.
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Barbeo g. Co.'s
Cotton L. etter

Especial to the News and Observer
New York. April 1.-The census re-
port today was a complete surprise to
the trade After the figures issued on
December 1st pointing to a crop of TO-
20 5000 bales, yield of about 100000
bales had been expected. In place of
this the figures were 1908, OO0 bales.
This started general selling all around
the room and prices broke rapidly. We
confess ignorance of the meaning of this
report today. The figures include round
bales and round bales are only half
bales. The standard bales amounted to
some 10, 800 900 bales according to the
estimate We fail to see where the re
port is bullish or beaTish. The trade
needs over 100000 bales and every
one believes the crop will prove to be
about that figure You will remember
the government report in December
showed a crop of about 1916 600 bales,
and the price broke 20 points only to go
up two cents later The influence of this
report is likely to be very short-lived.
It will take cotton to break the market.
We have said for some time that factors
favor a gradually declining market dur
ing the coming few weeks, but this
means short August on advances, not
on declines. On such a break as yes
terdav's cover short cotton. On re-
ccverv of fifteen or twenty points the
thing seems to be sale again. If we
have a break in the morning cotton
should be taken in, waiting for the May
people to bring about rally again.
Cotton futures today ranged as fol-
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QUOTATIONS. OF COTTON YARNS.

Especial to the News and Observer
New York, April No. 10s-t and ISL
warps at 151a015A; No. ISL warps at
16d16H; No. 16s-1 warps at 1872; No.
20s-1 warps at IS; No, 22s-1 warps at
1872; No. 2Gs-1 warps at 10; No. 6s to los
hunch-yarn at 141a015; No. 12s-1 at
1914; No. 14s-1 at 16; No. 16s-1 at 1917
No 2Os-1 at 171a017%; No. 22s-1 at 18;
No 26s 1 at 10; No $50 ply soft yarn
at 15015H; No. 10s-2 ply soft yarn at
15hG1G; No. $50 ply hard at 15 No.
1852 ply hard at 15a; No. 1858 ply
hard at 1914 0t6; No. lisp ply at IS:
No. 16s-2 ply at 1917; No. 20s-2 ply at
IS; No. 2is-2 ply at 90; No. 26s-2 ply at
20; No. 26s-2 ply at 2o020h; No 3Os2
ply yarn at 2102112; No. 40s-2 ply at %;
No. $50, and ply at Is; No. 2Os-2
ply chain warps at Is; No. 24s-2 ply
chain warps at 20; No. 26s-2 ply chain
warps at 2O12; No 30s-2 ply chain warps
at 2002OH; No. 1858 ply hard twist at
1G15; No. 2Os-3 ply hard twist at IS;
No. 26s-2 ply hard twist at 20.
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United States new As registered de-
clincd u per cent on the last call.
Total number of shares sold to-day
were 469, 700 shares, including Atchison
%. 400; Baltimore and Ohio 1920;
Canadian Pacific $500; Erie 14,4OO; Mis-
souri, Pacific 5000 New York Central
10 500; Pennsylvania 81 300; Reading
10. 700; ST. Paul 80 200; Southern Pacific
II 100; Union Pacific 1000; Wabas. pre-
fcrred, $500; Amalgamhatcd Copper
26 900; Brooklyn Transit 5,4O0; Colorado
Fuel $780, United States Steel 10000;
Rock Island 26 900
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-02
A Recession of Nine to Fif-
teen Points.
COTTON CLOSES STEADY
The Stock Market Drops Back Into apathy
The High Money Rate is Evidently the
Deterrent Influence on Sptcu-
laIion,

New York, April 1-Strike talk is still
the prominent feature of the drygoOGs
market, but no effect has been noticeable
upon market conditions beyond the
strengthening of sellers opinions regard
ing few lines of staple cottons. Buyers
are unwilling to operate when there is
urgent necessity for the goods.
NEW YORK COTTON.
New York, April 1.-The cotton market
opened easy at unchanged prices to 2
decline of points under disappointing
Liverpool cables, which, due to show an
advance of 4 to points, were but to )
points higher at the time of the New
York opening. Following the initial de-
cline, however, the market rallied from
2 to S points as a result of covering based
on the lighter receipts estimated for
the day and the light estimate for to-
morrow's arrival at Houston. But as
rrlces reached the closing level of yes
terday, there was considerable liquida-
tion and the market hung steadily for a
time, then shortly after midday broke
sharply on the publication of the govern
ment ginners report. This report figured
as an influence In both yesterdays mark
CT ana IN the early market to-day, the
trade generally looking forward to a
bulish statement. The actual figures,
however, proved disappointing as they
pointed to a commercial crop of II .07S, $50
bales or 10,S27, les bales of 500 pounds.
Owing to previous inaccuracies natural
to such an estimate the trade were in
clined to make an allowance of a vary
ing amount for under estimates, and the
figures were accordingly given a very
bcarsh Interpretation. The immediate
effect on the market was a break of from
Z to . points, and this attracting fresh
pressure from the bears, was later in
creased to matter OF 10 to II points
below the finals of yesterday But the
port receipts for the day were light,
being only SSH bales, against 13,4S5
bales last year and the exports heavy,
footing up BOLTS bales. This feature, in
connection with uncertainty as to the
view Liverpool would take of the crop
report caused some uneasiness among
the shorts, and the market recovered a
few points of its loss closing steady at
a net decline of 8 to Is points, which
was little more than expected to offset
the gain of yesterday. Total sales Of
futures estimated at 100000 bales.
Npw YoRK. April --t'ottou srot closed
qniet; m ddling uplands $50; nriddling CULTS
10 Is; sales 40 ha es.
Futures opened easy.