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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-03-28
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81 1T was this very afternoon, about
half an hour ago. began Elizabeth,
<perching herself on the arm Of the
nearest chair. tx II j. asked Willie
Brighton to enact the role of the small
boy and the little rogue was only too,
delighted. So he hid behind the sofa
in the library, into which !. lured
Wilf-Mr. English-to look at a new
book of engravings. Pretty soon we;
finished with the book and II asked
him if he didn't want to learn my new
game, just as you told me. He looked
rather puzzled-all the more so$prob.
ably because was trembling with
excitement-but agreed to the propo.
sition: So wound a great big napkin
about his head-he didn't appear to
think, it funny that q napkin was "
ing about the library-and at the sig
nal Willie tip.toed around and kissed
him twice so loud that Il was afraid
the whole house would hear, -
''And then I suppose Mr.. English
hugged and kissed the tender Willie
in RETURN" said the delighted audi,
ence. 49,. 49, Z s5..#s@ 4
"No-o; guess Mr.. English is diff.
ferent from the men you experimental
with. He sat perfectly still at first,
only giving a queer, inarticulate kind
of cry that must have frightened
Willie; for he unlocked his arms and
jumped out of the way. Then Mr..
English took long breath and said
why, Bessie, you needn't have taken
all that trouble just to kiss an old
fellow like me- And in some way he
got my hand and held it tight. ~,
"'But it wasn't me- I stammered.
1T was Willie l. was never more
mortified in my life and I believe I
began to cry, for remembes: that the
shoulder of his coat was quite damp"
His coat?" =. l.. -.
Eyes; when he got the blindfold of
and saw how badly felt he tried to
console me, and I don't know how,
but must have put my face down on
his shoulder. was terribly ashamed
and had to hide my face somewhere.
I don't remember exactly what hap.
pened next; but he smoothed my hair
and soothed me as though I were ten
years old-acted exactly as he always
does - and - we'll, we're engaged,
which is the chief thing I wanted to
tell you ... ~ Ii,
'Now / call that remarkable sue
cess" declared the pompadour girl
"Success-yes," replied the cute
girl. "but what I don't understand
is why you let him catch you: The
plan was, as soon as the small boy
began his work to get up and out OF
the way. Didn't you remember?"
Eyes, remembered" said the
youngest girl. II did start to run away
just as you directed, but when I tried
to rise found that I couldn't. That
young rascal Willie had tied the ends
Of my belt ribbon to the back of the
sofa"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-03-28

= 'But that amt the curious part of
the, tale which I'm unfoldin'. l was
along that place some time after the
campers broke up and was attracted
by a low musical sound from behind
the bowlder. Known somethin' Of
tunes. I was s'prised to catch the
chorus of one of the~scoon songs that
had been popular with the campers. It
was the one they call Amt That a
Shame?' Ponderin' over it, l crept up
on top of the bowlde- and looked over
at some fiat rocks on the other side. 1t
was sight never to forgit.. A chorus
of ten rattlers had their tails in the
air an was poundin' out the song for
all they was worth! lay there fasci-
mated and, by ginger, before they got
through they done The Holy City an
Go Way Back and Sit Down as wells
l ever heard ''em done. Kill 'ems
'Twould been crime to- break up a
musical family like that -. s.s-u
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-03-28

There: Is q limit to- the work that can
be got out Of ~ human body, or 81
human brain. and he sis q wise man
who expends no energy On pursuits
for which he Is not fit itted = Gladstone.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-03-28

gist fve9 cents worth of saturated
solution of Il permanganate of potas.
sirm. Add about five drops Of this to
a pint bottle Of water. This will turn
the water . beautiful rose purple. II
there is any consid derable amount OF
organic matter the color y, will give
place in the course OF a few hours to
q more Of less dirty reddish brown: II
the color Of. the. water in the bottle
remains for twelve, hours unchanged
from the rose purple IT assumed when
J the permanganate of potassium was
first added, # may be considered free
from organic contaminati lon. Health
Magazine. sa5 u
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-03-28
Dividend Sixty Years After Death.

~ OJvIOeHQ IysgYSdT8.5 lNIter# OeAIIIs8st5
A5 correspond lent. according to the
London Chronicle. found the other
morning In his letter boz. q notice.
from the Bankruptcy Court inviting
application forSa third and nnsl divi-.
sdend 81 211l d d. in the pound & The
bankruptcy occurred In the reign OF
[Wiilia,n ~. ana the debt was owing
to tnie correspo nt's father. who has
been Read fol sixty years .aS 5sssss
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-03-28

"a good many people are pufked ID
over the b thought that The world
knows nothing of Its greatest mem = n
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-03-28

We all have q sacred niche in our
hearts free from the contact of the
world---for+ our sweetest, fondest re-
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-03-28

Every youth will become yeoman
in some cause.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-03-28

~ e IS said that eggs are rood ain.
food, and vet lots 8 people ~ eegs.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-24

throughout the nation may be very good
men, and | have nothing to say against
them. but they arc carrying on busi-
ress which is opposed to national free
dom. national progress national prosper
ity and national morality.
And 30 powerful have those people
grown by the immense sums which they
raise from their monopoly that Lord Rose
bery-a very shrewd man-has said that
tho people who traded In that poison were
threatening to throttle the Common
wealth,
Mr., Chamberlain also declared that the
drink trade was swollen tyranny.
What did Mr.. Herbert Gladstone say?
Why, he denounced drinking and said 1t
must not be forgotten. and 1t ought to be
said at every political meeting In tho
country, that the drink evil at that mo-
ment remained the greatest curse and the
greatest menace which they had to face.
The object OF this United Kingdom ALL
ance Ia to assist In legislating to make
II easy to do right and difficult to do
w,ong-to remove that rock OF offense
and that stumbling block from their na-
tional lie.
That was the object for which the
United Kingdom Alliance was established.
Now, there ara only three ways of deal
ing with the sale of liquor. The first is
free trade but we need not waste any
time on that.
/ do not believe that anybody in the
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what myrlads of wasted lives they had
seen through the consumption Of this al
cohoic poison?
Did not they know OF blghted livesr--
and those generally were not from the
inferior or lowest GLASS of the popula-
ton, 1t took our proudest and best.
Good old Father Mathew said;
Through drink have seen the stars of
heaven fall and the cedars of Lebanon
laid down."
II there be such an evil In this article.
the duty Of the government Is not to
distribute It broadcast, but to protect
the country from its ravages,
A wise government tries to protect the
people from disease and epidemoi 1t puts
dangerous persons and animals into
quarantine; 1t prevents the sale of inju-
rlous foods. and especially the sale of
poisons.
And yet the government of Great Brit
ain goes on licensing some 10000 or
10000 people to dispense this drink pol
son, and by dispensing u to make large
fortunes. while the government gets q
great amount OF taxation.
call this making money from poison
shops They might say tnat was eAag-
geratii,n, but It is not so, was at a
meeting recently In Manchester, at which
tho Bishop of Manchester took the chair,
and at this meeting the bishop called pub
lie houses "poison-shops."
Those employed In dispensing this evil
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no scope was allowed for argument or
criticism.
A vote would he taken-"drink shops or
no drink shops'-and the publican might
issue notices, go before the magistrates,
present his petition. and SO on; but II the
people said thoy did not want him at all,
then he would not be allowed to continue
his business BY the Constitution Of the
country we are supposed to be governed
by Parliament elected by tho people.
and once every four or five years they
nre called upon to elect the Legislature.
Bit by bit the power OF the trade Is
being attacked, and its maleyolent infu-
ence diminished, until now there Is hardly
q State In tho English-spealSing world
where some attempt is not being made
to get rid of the evil.
TO my mind there Is nothing more Won
derrul than this universal attack upon
the liquor traffic.
Nven In Paris, supposed to DO the head
quarters of the traffic, the Inhabitants
awoke the other morning to find the city
placarded with bill drawn up by the
municipal authorities, which drew atten-
ton to the evils attendant on drinking
alcohol.
The placard pointed out that the drink
produced every kind of evil In the state
and In individuals. adding 1t was not only
brandy and absinthe which We're respon-
sible for the mischief, but all drinks. even
those containing alcohol in moderate quan-
titles, were included.
That placard might have been drawn up
by the United Kingdom Alliance, for It
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-24

publishing establishments. 1t has almost
80 different printing houses and about
800 publishing firms represented by
agents. 1t has n book publishers ex-
change and clearing house, and its ar.
.rangemcnts are such that books are sent
out daily by the thousands from here
to all parts OF Germany.
There are 5000 retail book-dealers in
the empire. and the bookstores OF AUS
tria and German Switzerland are fed
from here All publishers have their
agents at Leirs,s and many keep full
stocks OF books on hand SO that they
can supply orders at an hours notice.
There is regular system OF sending
out books by cheap freight and express.
and the agents arrange for quick delv-
cry and make all collections. They re-
present the bookstores, as well as the
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contained statements as strong. good and
trua as could be found anywhere.
think this Is n wonderful sign OF the
time, and they would see what would be-
come of It. Coming nearer to home, We
have some things to encourage MS. Look
at our now liquor act passed last year
by the Tories.
When read 1t said: "Oh, what q sur
ITtsel" Here we have u kind OF prohi-
bition bill. How curiousI Here 10 Par
lament which was supposed to be elected
In the liquor interest. a Parliament which
was supposed to be a tied house-tied to
the big brewers to supply such legislation
as they allowed 1t to supply. and this bill
was brought In, whose sole object Is, as
far as l understand It. to curtni tho vol
ume OF the liquor trade.
But nobody ought to quarrel with II.
am sure the liquor sellers ought to be as
pleased as anybody, because Ii was
brought In In their interests,
Their friends In the liquor trade Me-
mad one big sorrow ever since ] have
known them. and that was the drunken
man.
1t grieyed them day and night, II there
was one thing that afflicted them, that
destroyed the brightness and pleasure of
their lives. 1t was the existence OF the
drunkard.
Then, came good Mr.. Ritchie. and said;
you know the conservative governemnt
has been Your friend. We Will do what
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country would advocate free trade In the
drink traffic, The second way Is regula-
ton,
Yet there might be way of regulating
1t; but all 1 can say is that no salsfac-
tory way has been found out yet during
period of 400 years. and l believe they
might go on another 400 years without
tinding one, because they could not reg
late an irregularity.
The third way Is. and we arc prepared
to say, that prohibition has never failed
to produce satisfactory results where It
has been fairly tried and honestly ad-
ministered.
Nc law would work itself. The United
Kingdom Alliance was In favor of prohi-
b!tion, but 1t did not come forward and
say: ''This Is the bill. and We will have
no other.' No. the United Kingdom AL
lance declared policy and stuck to 1t,
and left 1t to, statesmen to embody the
principle In legislation.
What the people of this country want
to do is to support a policy on the lines
of the late Archbishop of canterburys
Addendnm. They want simply to give
the people the weapons with which to-
strike down the liquor traffic.
They were not saying how 1t was to be
carried on who was to carry 1t OH. or
any details OF that sort, but they wished
tho mower to be placed In tho hands of
the people to stop the iniquity. They
asked no more. but they would take no
less.
Many people objected to prohibition but
think that was because OF ITS simplicity;
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-24

rived from the extension OF railroads,
not only by the road itself but by the
public as we'll, makes the following pro-
dictions. based upon past results, Incl
dentally giving some interesting history:
'.In 1e47 the road terminated at Gordoni-
VILE, and was operated only from Han
over Junction. distance OF 40 miles, and
the gross receipts were s47.6o2.n, less
than 81. 900 per mile. In 1856 the road tor
minated at Staunton, the whole distance
operated 1873 miles. including the noun
tain track. The gross receipts were
ss7o3Gs which is more than s2.7Oo per
mile. For few months In 1865 the
terminus was at Marlborough. n distance
of ut miles, being three-fourths of the
year at Goshen. distance of ITO miles
The receipts were $5os,4l315. within
fraction Of 5000 per mile.
"In 1857. on the 10th of July, the road
was extended for the transportation OF
passengers to, Jackson's river. about
twenty miles There were carried from
Richmond and Gordonsville 3.7S9 passen-
gers to the springs. In the year 1886
there were carried 2065 passengers an
increase of 17e2. This number may be
considered the increase to the White Sui
phur and Sweet Springs only. as the ter<
minus this year was no nearer to the 9TH
err springs than 1t was the year before.''
Then. in the line OF prophesy. we have
tho following:
when this great Central Road is COM
pleted to the Kentucky line and we are
brought into connection with louisville.
Cincinnati and the rich and populous val
leys of the Ohio and the Mississippi, as
the Commonwealth of Virginia stands
bound to do. who can estimate the eror-
nous addition to tho receipts OF this
company? The revenue Is greater now
In ono month than 1t was In the whole
year when the road was Mt Gordonsville.
tho increase being 100 per cent. We
are now receiving moro than half mill
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good railroad buildings. and 30 have al
most all tho cities OF Germany.
Tho railroads hero te.oEg to the gov
eminent, and they are very we'll man
aged, though not as luxurious in their
appointments as ours. The cars are alter
the European faehion-frst. second and
third-class. They are divided into COM
partments. On the better trains there
are lavatories, but an extra charge is
made for the use of towel and soap.
This Is furnished by penny-ln the-slot
box. You put In ten pfenng plecs and
pull out little rag aud piece OF soap.
The rag is too small to dry you we'll and
the soap is just enough for one wash
klg.
The third-class cars have no such ac-
commodations. Many of them are with
out cushioned seats. There Is also
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| between those two points. The charter
granted to the Richmond. Fredericksburg
and Potomac provided that no succeeding
Legislature should charter a company to
build a railroad, the effect of which would
be to diminish the number of passengers
travelling upon the road OF the Richmond.
Fredericksburg and Potomac, The Vir-
ginia courts declined to grant the injunc-
tion. and the Supreme Court affirmed the
decision that the law authorizing the ex-
tension OF the Virginia Central from
Hanover to Richmond was constitutional
and violated no right OF tho Richmond.
upon the road thus constructed the vir-
ginia Central might lawfully carry
freight.
The Richmond. Fredericksburg and Po-
tomac then brought another suit. filing
a supplemental BILL, praying that the RI
val company be cnjoined from carrying
passengers over the new road. Again tho
Supreme Court went against the plaintiff.
At an annual meeting held tho following
year, the Board OF Directors Of tho Vir-
gina Central instructed that through
passenger route be established from Rich
mond to Washington. via Gordonsville
and the Orange and Alexandria Rail
road. This move was the cause OF
fresh litigation on the part of the Rich
mond, Fredericksburg and Potomac, that
road subsequently bringing suit in the
Virginia courts to recover from the Vir-
gnia Central and the Orange and Alex
andria tho total amount OF the revenue
derived from the defendant companies for
the sale OF tickets to and from Richmond
and Washington. In this case the court
decided that the plaintiffs were entitled
to relief for only such travel between
Washington and Richmond us would
have como over their road II those OF tha
defendant companies had not been In
operation, AS the defendants would not
admit that they had carried any such pcr-
sons over their roads and as there was
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a DcSldSot gnu u hoSotfSA ~
those who indulge In It, and of the ma
tion In which 1t has a place."
A decelyer! That Is bad character
ror anything. The devil Is sometimes
palled deceiver. and that is why Lord
Randolph Churchill calls the liquor traf-
DC deyllish and destructive traffic. And
when we talk OF wine, we do not mean
wine especially; we mean all those drinks
which have alcohol for their basis,
People sometimes think one sort of H.
quor better than another. as II the al
rohol In one class Of liquor would not
DO any harm.
read the other day of Sign which
said: Look not upon the wine when it
Is red in the cup" But on passing to
the other side one saw the words: 'But
try our beer; 1t is a great deal better"
Alcohol Is the same injurious agent
whether in beer. wine or spirits. am
not going too far when say that, be-
cause Sir William Gull. one of the great
est physicians of our time, declared
that liquor was the most destructive
agent known to the faculty,
Can the advocates of the liquor traffic
point out a single individual known to
them who. through the consuming Of
alcoholic liquors. has been made richer.
wiser, better. happier or more respected?
Verify not.
On rns other hand. did they not know
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tho railroad man of to-day:
1.-THE company owns thirty locomotives
and tenders, which have run during the
year 3s1,124 miles. and have cost for re-
pairs %, 519.7O, being an average Of 617-10O
cents per mile run. The stock of cars
is ms follows: 10 eight-wheel nrst-class
passenger cars; eight-wheel second
class passenger cars; 8 eight-wheel bag
gage and mail cars: 3 eight-wheel freight
and conductors cars: 126 cight-wheel
box, freight and stock cars; 30 eight
wheel platform and gondolo cars; %
four-wheel gravel cars; 70 four-wheel
box platform and stock cars.
'The four-wheel box and platform cars
are, many of them. Of no value excApt
for old material, their use having been
discontinued except for short distances
from Richmond during press of busl-
ness. There arc some fifty hand, dirt
and crank cars, in use for repairs Of
road, and several old passenger cars used
for hands working upon the line to live
on, which are not Included In the above
account
'.The cost of repairs of passenger and
baggage cars for the year was 80, S04.s7,
being five cents per mile for tho pas
senger trains, or one mill and half,
approximately, per passenger per mile.
The cost Of repairs Of freight cars was
ST, o39.72, being 1l.72 cents per mile run
by freight trans, or nearly four miles
per ton mile OF freight transported"
Tho chief engineer. in his report tells
interesting things about construction
work in the Alleghanies west of Goshen.
A temporary track west OF Millboro was
finished at n cost somewhat under the
estimate Of $4,000 the work being COM
pleted about the first of March. There
was no trouble about the work. ne says,
although he was unable to obtain the
services of the mountain engines. which
were In service In the Blue Ridge. "rha
transportation of the iron for the waose
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lion dollars, and when the central line
is completed It Is not an ertravagant pre-
diction to say that the whole, taken to-
gether, will receive moro In one month
than this company now receives in q
whole year. The experience OF the Bal
timore and Ohio road fully justifies this
opinion"
Even ut that early day the question of
proper station for Richmond was Civ
ing tho officials the same worry that the
Chesapeake and Ohio had been having In
recent years until the building of the
Main-street Station. Witness tho report
Of the superintendent. In those days
tho superintendent occupied a position
similar to that OF the general manager OF
to-day. and some of tho statements con-
tanned in his report are unique when con-
trasted with the railroadng of tho pres-
ent. Speaking of the Richmond Offices
he says:
"A new passenger shed, with ticket Of
flee, waiting and refreshment rooms at.
tached. has been built at Rchmond;
now passenger house at Greenwood. also
new freight depot and passenger house
Mt the Junction. The workshops OF tho
company at Richmond are very ba,ily
located. and not adequate to the increas-
Ing business of the road Having been
intended, In the first place. to be tenn
porary and built entirely OF, wood, their
combustible nature might at any time.
cause loss to the company of far more
than the cost of suitable shops made fire
proof. They should at the same time
be brought nearer to the general office
of the company. AS now situated 1t ~
now impossible for the superintendent to
give them that close supervision which
their Importance requires
After this display Of how much SUI
perintendent was expected to do In those
days, he concludes his report with n
summary of tho machinery owned by the
company. which will be most amusing to
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Let the People Decide the Liquor Qestio==B

we can; we will get rid of your drunken
man."
So Mr.. Ritchie said 1t was very Tempt
ing for them to give man drink. and
then how much they suffered or said they
did.
He would remove the temptation. lie
would have some men marked with
black mark who should not be supplied
with drink, and would thus be protected
from them.
In the old days It was very tempting
for the liquor man; he did not want to
be hard on them.
Some years ago we saw picture OF
buxom landlady standing mt the bar OF a
public house. and degraded ragged
creature standing at the door.
The landlady did not like the looks OF
the man, and called to the potboy, PUT
that lout out' The potboy answered. ''He
says no has fourpence In his pocket,
''Then ask the gentleman what he'll
have"
They knew what the law was,
When the magistrate thought q man
had spent q Sufficient time OF his life
drinking. then that man was not to have
any moro drink supplied him tor three
years-an eternity OF misery to many
people, but really for their own good
Here good Mr.. Richie has arranged
u plan for curing the drunkard. but what
the United Kingdom Alliance ofrsrs Is
a plan for saving the drunkard before he
becomes drunk,
Prevention Us better than euga