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The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1907-10-09

make Il up with the Ellerslys7 '
fancied so, and told Sam You'd simply
think me meddlosome. The other
matter is the Travellers club I've
smoothed things out there. I'm going
to put you up and rush you through"
NO. thanks said |. Il seemed
incredible TO me that had ever cared
about that club and the things Il rep
resented, as | could remember | un.
doubtedly did care. II was like look
ing at an outgrown toy and trying to
feel again the emotions It once ex.
cited
Il assure you, Matt, there won't be
the slightest difficulty" His manner
was that Of a man playing the trump
card In a desperate game--he feels It
can not lose, yet the stake is so big
that he can not but be a little ner-
vous.
Il do not care to Join the Travellers
club" said |. rising Il must ask
you to excuse me- am exceedingly
busy"
A flush appeared in his cheeks and
deepened and spread until his whole
body must have been afire. He seat
ed himself You know what I've
come for" he said sullenly, and hum
bly,. too.
All his life he had been enthroned
upon his wealth. Without realizing
It, he had claimed and had received
Difference solely because he was rich.
lie had thought himself, in his own
person. most superior; now. he found
that like a silly child he had been
standing on chair and crying: See
how tall | am" And the airs. the
cynicism. the graceful condesoension.
which had been so becoming to him,
were now as out of place as crown
and robes on a king taking a swim
ming lesson.
What are your terms. Blackjack?
Don't be too hard on an old friend"
said he. trying to carry of his frank
plea for mercy with a smile.
| should have thought he would cut
his throat and jump of the Battery
wall before he would get on his knees
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1907-10-09

ever. certainly as self-assured. But
could now, beneath that manner had
once euvied, see the puny soul, with
its brassy glitter OF the vanity OF
luxury aud show. had been some
what afraid of myself--afraid the
sight OF him would stir up In me a
tempest of jealousy and hate; as
looked, | realized that did not know
my own nature she does not love
this man. thought III she did or
could, she would not be the woman /
love. He deceived her inexperience
as he deceived mine"
What can | do for you?" said to
him politely. much as II he were a
stranger making an untimely inter
ruption.
My look had disconnected him; my
tone threw him into confusion. you
keep out OF the way, now that you've
become famous" he began, with a
halting but heroic attempt at his Gus
tomary easy superiority, Are you
living up In Connecticut, too? Sam
Ellersly tells me your wife Is stopping
there with old Howard Forester
sam wants me to use my good Sinces
IN making Il up between you two and
her family,
was completely taken abaok by
this cool ignoring OF the real situation
between him and me. Impudence or
ignoraGce?--l could not decide II
seemed impossible that Anita had not
told him; yet It seemed impossible.
too. that he would come 10 me II she
had told him. Have you any bust
ness With me?" said |.
His eyelids twitchod nervously, and
he adjusted his lirs several times be
fore he was able to say:
You and your wife don't care to
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1907-10-09
Remarks,

When an Office girl takes pity on a
stray cat she usually goes out, buys
a nickel's worth of pickles and then
wonders why the cat is so ungrateful
as not to eat them.
To those who cannot understand,
many things are impossible.
Everything is gamble in this world
even the fee that you pay the
preacher for marrying you. Some
men invest $40 in matrimony and find
fortune: others have to "sweeten
the pot" for years and years and never
get their bait back
We often hear that such and such
n book isn't worth the paper on which
II is printed. At the present price of
paper, this may truthfully be said OF
most modern literature. so-called.
A woman is as old as she looks.
after the leaf has been torn from the
family Bible.
When woman says she is breaking
in a green maid. she forgets some.
times that the young woman is ne
gress
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1907-10-09

To any man for any reason. And he
was doing II for mere money-to try
to save, not his fortune. but only an
imperiled part OF II. III Anita could
see him now!" thought
To him I said. the more coldly he
cause did not wish 20 add TO his
humiliation by showing him that |
pitied him: u can only repeat Mr..
Langdon, YOU will have to excuse me.
! have given you all the time can
spare"
His eyes were shifting and his
hands trembling as he said: Il VIII
transfer control of the Coal combine
to you"
His tones, shameful as the offer
they carried, made me ashamed for
him. For money-just for monevi
And ! had thought him a man. If he
had been self.deceiving hypocrIte
like Roebuck. or frank believer in
the right OF might, like Updegran
might possibly. in the circumstances
have tried TO release him from INV
net. But he had never for an instant
deceived himself as TO the real nature
OF the enterprises he plotted, pro
NOTED and prohted by: ne thought n
smart TO be bad, and he delighted
In making the most cynical eplgrams
on the black deeds OF himself and his
associates.
Better sell out to Roebuok." | sug.
gested. Il control all the Coal stock
| need"
don't care to have anything
further TO do with Roebuck," Langdon
answered, i've broken with him"
when a man lies to me-" said 1
he gives me the chance to see lust
how much OF fool no thinks | am
ana also the chance to see Just how
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1907-10-09
The Secret.

lie loved a maiden and he said
Il wonder II the mink would wed?"
All day he thought OF her and sighed.
And all night long the fellow cried
Would she?"
His business grew. likewise his rocks.
And Yet. nobody darned his socks!
Nobody smoothod his rufiied hair.
Nor brought OF slippers Just a pair.
Uh uh!
At last the man took sick one day
Nobody nursed him but for pay!
i've not a soul on earth" he said.
II wonder II that girl would wed2
Would she?"
A bootblack heard his tale of woe
And blurted out. Say, Gull. you're slow
DE only way 1 know & tell
Is go an asst her. whot 4 ell,
r. 'eli"
Then said the man who loved the lass:
That seems to be the proper gas
Shes worth a dozen chaps like me,
But, by gee whack. I'll go aud sect
And sce!"
He did, and very much elate
She grabbed him as u fish grabs bait
Said he. with bushes on his brow:
ITS easy II you DO 1T NOwH"
DO a.
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XXI.
LANGooN COMES TO THE SUR.
FACE

shall not estimate the vast sums
il cost the Roebuck- Langdon clique TO
maintain the prices of National Coal,
and so give plausibility to the fiction
that the public was buying eagerly.
In the third week of my campaign.
Melville was so deeply involved that
he had to let the two others take the
whole burden upon themselves.
In the fourth week. Langdon came
to me.
The interval between his card and
himself gave me IA chance TO recover
from my amazement. When he On.
tered he found me busily writing
Though | had nerved myself. II was
several seconds before ventured to
look at him. There he stood. prob
ably as handsome. as fascinating as
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1907-10-09

Good Stories from the Ladies'
Home Journal" published By Henry
altemus company, Philadelphia, as the
itle indicates, is selection of anus
Ing stories. Jokes and anecdotes from
that popular periodical that are worth
preserving. One of the most vexatious
experiences of the average man is his
inability to remember a good story or
joke which he has heard, and which
he would like to pass on 10 his neigh
Dor. To such this interesting volume
should prove a storehouse of refer.
ence. and 1t should be found In the
home of every lover of the bright and
witty things of lie.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1907-10-09
GRADES OF RANK IN JAPAN.
Society There Is Divided Into Many
Separate Glasses.

A traveller just returned from Japan
tells some things which perhaps all
the world does not know Says he:
"Of rank. there are eight classes after
the niikado and the Ziogoon, namely
% the princes. 90 the mobiles who
owe feudal service to the prince, or
the empire; go the priests, 90 the
soldiers. These four form the higher
orders and enjoy the privilege OF
wearing two swords and petticoat
trousers: 90 inferior officials and doc
tors, called respectable, allowed to
wear one sword. with the trousers;
(6) merchants and tradesmen whose
legs may not pollute the trousers.
though by entering as domestics to
man OF rank they may enjoy the privi-
lege OF wearing one sword; these are
the only people by whom wealth can
be accumulated; CD artists, artisans
and petty shop.keepers; tS) day labor.
ers and peasants. Tradesmen who
work on leather, tanners, etc. are ex'
cluded from classification They are
defiled, and may not even live with
other men: they live in villages OF
their own.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1907-10-09

DR. Paul Prayer, an army surgeon OF
Vienna. suggests that molds OF the
mouths OF prisoners would be much
better than finger prints for identif
cation purposes, as tho palate remains
absolutely unchanged throughout life
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1907-10-09
The Last Dat Stem

There is talk OF making the new
Chicago street cars narrower than
aose now in use. The portly gentle
man who has ridden seven blocks be-
Nnd his street because he couldn't
pass fat fishwoman in the aisle, will
weep bitter tears at this announce
ment
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1907-10-09
by DAVID GRAHAM PHILLIPS. AuLbar AZ '7zlECI
0ogDes17 lyClS ~ ~ AaaR5lzzaEaZk c1Hl24N2

she wishes said I. ignoring his ques-
ton Then come to me"
His look made me shake hands
with him. As | did II. we both re.
membered the last time we had
shaken hands-when he had the roses
for my homecoming with my bride.
II seemed to me / could smell those
roses.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1907-10-09
Oaculatorv.

No real nice sensible girl gets angry
at man for kissing her II she likes
him and she thinks he means It. What
she does object to is a man fitting
from flower to flower gathering sweets
Just because he likes honey.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1907-10-09
Woo saekeloth Weddlnn nr...

In order not to lose legacy OF sss..
600 left TO her by an eccentric aunt
young lady was in France. some
time ago. married wearing a wedding
dress which. though Of fashionable cut.
was made OF saokcloth
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1907-10-09
Divorce In japan.

In Japan the divorce question has
been simplified so that a man can di.
vorce his wife for one OF seven rea.
sons-the first Of which is that he ia
no longer satisfied with her.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1907-10-09
Said bv the p.ss,r,..

II is a sure guess that the resur.
rection hour win be stag party.
Every woman will stop for a last
Marcel and lose her seat.--Chicago
Record. Herald.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1907-10-09
What Peter N.eds

Peter May purchased three geese at
the win Baldwin's sale the past week.
What Peter needs now is a nice plump
wife to pick 'em.-Iienry fO) News.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1907-10-09
Fate.

Sometimes. where there is will
there Is a banana peel in the way.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1907-10-09

"The Bachelors Guide to Matri.
mony,' by Reginald Wright Kaufman
is an essay into the field of humor in
which this popular novelist. with his
aphorisms on Irritation. courtship and
marriage, may be truly said to have
taken rank with foremost of Amerl.
can humorlsts. It is. in fact, the
cleverest book of its kind we have
read for some time. Mr.. Kaufman
declares that "the Woman Question is
after all, nothing but MAN." yet there
no phase of the problem that he does
aot illuminate with the startling
searchlight of his wit. Henry Alte
mus Company, Philadelphia, are the
publishers.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1907-10-09
Not Too Slmple.

John Simple, IA years old. OF Dads.
den. Ala, is not as simple as you
might think from his name. He saw
fellow hanging around the barn and
acting in suspicious manner and
set big bear trap where he thought
II would do the most good: and then
got up next morning to find that he had
bagged his game. The man had en-
tered the barn to steal one OF the
horses. but put his foot into It instead
He turned out to be a noted thief. for
whom a reward Of $500 had been OF.
fered. and John Simple is going to get
the money It's not what boy is
named. but what he does. that counts.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-02-16
New Industry for Society.

How many of the motors in which
we see smart" people dashing about
are really the property Of those who
ride in them? It is frequently said
that in the more impecunious section
Of the smart set touting for motor
firms has taken{ the place of touting
for insurance companies as the favor
tie way of increasing a too narrow in
come. A motor takes a; long time to
build, say six months. ;.
A rich colonial, Or some one of that
kind, sees a lady. whom. he knows
driving about in very fine motor.
Dear met" he says. II like your mo-
tor very much Mine won't be ready
for six months. suppose you couldn't
be induced to sell it?" And SO the
lady gets commission from the firm
which had allowed her the use of the
motor in order to show. it off to ad-
vantage and get good customer
London Tribune. .
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-02-16
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
ReEular Nee ting, Fob. 4, 100


Regular Meeting, Feb. 4, 1907.
Present-President Murphy, Trustees
LARSON Douglas and Lundin and Recorder
Engelson. 49,. 3
Minutes of last meeting were read and
approved.
Upon motion the Recorder was instructed
to send a bill to John. A: Blackwell for
money paid by the Village to JohntJ: 1Hns.-
sey Watching quarantine at Nj Black
wells house. = ~ :. \ ,=,z ~
The following persons were appointed;
on the Library Board: G. G: stubstad, to.
succeed E. NJ. Pope, and s: G. Murphy,Sto
succeed Rev. CABLE. IL . =s s :*z#}. 90 SIS
Upon motion the Recorder was ms truct:
ed to notify the Health Officer TO procure
some antitoxin Il rom the state Roard:of
Health. :Sg = I. g.
Az ord nance FANCY was gisenits
hrst ding s
sSS} No farthers bust ness 81 ppea ms Council
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DELINQUENT j: ] ] I
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STATE. OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY
of Cook District: Court, Elev-

STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY
of Cook $50 District; Court, Elev-
+ enth Judicial District. So -.
The. State of Minnesota to all persons,
companies or corporations who have or
CLAIM any estute, right, title or interest
IN, claim to, Or lien upon any OF the
several parcels of land described in
the last hereto attached:
The list of taxes and penalties on real
property, for the County of Cook remain
ing delinquent on the first Monday in
January, 1907, has been fled IN the office
of the Clerk of the District Court OF
said county, of which that hereto attach.
ed is a copy. Therefore, You, and each
of you; are hereby required to file in
the Office of said clerk, on or before the
twentieth day after the publication OF
this notice and list, your answer in writ
icg. setting forth any objections or de-
Tense you may have to the taxes, or any
part thereof, upon tany parcel of land
described in said list, in, to Or on which
You have or claim any estate, right: title,
interest, claim or lien; and, in default
thereof. Judgment will be entered
against such. parcel of land for the tax
as on said list appearing against it, and
for all penalties, interest and costs.
y GEO. H. MAYHEW,
Clerk of the District Court
(SEAL) of the County of Cook.
- BY GEO. LENG, Dpy. Clerk.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-02-16

Intelligence Of the people Of this coun-
ty by :. reviewing the facts and argue
ments. already worn. threadbnre by
repetition, showing the injustice that
was pe1petrated upon the taxpayers by
| the action of the board; nor would we
even belittle the understanding of the
members of the board nor of any of their
spokesman by assuming that they be-
iieve that right has been done in this
matter.
Let it be admitted that "the members
of the board are broadmlnded, success
full business men. Exercising a conserva-
tive but fair policy in private mattere'
as is claimed for them, would any one of
them, in the conduct of his private bus
mess, pay $1,000 for the amount of
services required of the county attorney :?
Would he pay half that amount7 Would
he pay $50 a month for the work the
janitor is required to 10? Would he in
order to justify liberal salary to the
janitor require him to "put in all his
time at the court house," though to do
80 he might have to occnpy'a cotnforta-
bic arm chair one half the time? In
other words is the public business con-
Quoted upon the same lines of economy
as guide broadminded, conservative
business mon IN the condtsict Of. their
own private affairs? If not ther most
emphatica|ly this protest from Rowland
is justified.
Viewing these matters Alright, there
can be nothing personal in this dis
cussion. It matters not who is county
attorney or who Is janitor. The Herald
does not begrudge Mr.. McA|p1ne, per-
sonally, his $1,000 year, and is glad to
see Mr.. Nelson as we'll as any other man
literally paid for his services. And it is
no reflection on either of them to say
that the squanderlng of public money
for services that are not rendered il a
public wrong and ought to be con-
demned.
It is we'll that taxpayers take notice
of such things.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-02-16
No. 1G35.-@1s
NOTICE OF EXPIRATION OF RE-
DEMPTION.

No. 1035.--16
NOTICE OF EXPIRATION OF RE-
DEMPTI0N..
Office of County Auditor, County Of
Cook. State of Minnesota.
To FITZGERALD l. Keresy.
lowing piece or parcel 6 land situated
in the County Of Cook, State of Min
nesota. and known and, described as
follows, tO-wit:
Al undivided one-eighth interest in the
southwest quarter Of sections. TOWNSHIP p ~.
range east, is now assessedin your name.
That on the 3rd day OF MAJ, A. ID. 1885. at
q sale OF land pursuan to The real esta te
by the District Court in and tOr the Coun-.
ties OF Lake and Cook, on the 2lst day Of
March. A. D: 1893. in proceedings to enforce
estate for the year A. -. 1855. for said
County of Cook. the above described
piece or parcel of land was duly Of
fered for sale, and no one bidding up
on SAID offer an amount equal to that
for which said piece or parcel vas SUBJ
ject to he sold, to-wit: the sun of Two
Dollars and sixty-One cents. the same was
duly bid in for the State of Minnesota
for said sum.
That thereafter, and on the twelfth
day of November A. D. 1906, the said
piece or parcel of land, not then hav-
ing been redeemed from said sale, and
having then become the absolute prop
sold and conveyed at public sale by
the County Auditor of said County,
pursuant to the order and direction Of
the State Auditor of the State of Min
nesOta, and in accordance with the pro-
visions of the statute in such case made
and provided for the sum Of Seventeen
Dollars and eighty-twO cents duly paid
to the County Treasurer Of said
County.
That the certificate of sale for said
piece or parcel of land executed and
delivered by said County Auditor upon
said sale last above mentioned has
been presented to me at my office by
the holder thereof for the purpose of
! having notice of expiration of time for
redemption from said tax sale of said
property given and served; and that
the amount required to redeem said
piece or parcel of land from said tax
sale. at the date of this notice, ex-
elusive OF the costs to accrue upon
said notice. is the sum Of EiRhteen Dollars
and thirty-seven cents.
That the time for the redemption Of
said piece or parcel of land from said
tax sale will expire sixty 600 days
after the service Of this notice and the
filing of proof of such service in my
Office
Witness my hand and seal of office
this 18th day OF February, A. D. 1907.
T. I. CARTER,
tSeaD Auditor,
Cook County. Minnesota.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-02-16

Archbishop W. H. O'Connell, from his
first sermon as an Archbishop delivered
at Lowell, Mass, Nov. Is, 1905:
"All through the ages we witness the
recurrence Of the evils which existed
when Christ came. On the one hand
avarlce endeavorlng to wrench from
labor more than it's due; ON the other
hand, the cry of envy for what is not it's
own
'Ihe law OF just possession, the right
to possess what either by Inheritance or
by personal industry man owns, Is a
right founded upon the very law of
nature"
"The lessening of labor and the in
crease of wages will never in themselves
settle the eternal unrest of humanity.
Even the millionaire, if his greed and
avarice are unquenched by his possess
slons, remains as restless and unsatisfed
as the humblest laborer in his employ
Labor IN itself, inasmuch as it pro-
dnces something useful for humanity,
and by its fruits helps men along the
road OF progress and development, is not
a cure but blessing. But when inor-
dlnate greed for wealth presses the labor
, beyond endurance, and when the dig
nifty OF labor is ignored and It's just title
OF respect passed unnoticed, then work
becomes slavery, and slavery is the
mother of revolt"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-02-16
Why the Women Ride.

I'VE carry: lots of women clear to
the top floor: or at least several floors
up, and then they take the next ele'
vator down without going three steps
away from the elevator" declared the
operator OF one of the lifts" in a big
Officer building yesterday.
"No, it isn't because they like to
ride in the elevators particularly. Why
do they do it? To get: the use of the
mirrors, of course. See those mirrors
on either sid e of the elevator? That's
what attracts them. A bit of wind
will strike them as they turn the cor.
ner by big building, and then they
imagine that their hair is badly disar.
ranged and make for the nearest mir
ror, which is in the elevator"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-02-16
Trouble for Thomas.

A regulation of the public school ad-
ministration of Baltimore requires that
notice shall from time to time be given
the parents ,of pupils whose eyesight
needs attention.
In one case the teacher of primary
school in the poorer quarter of the city
had written the father of one pupil
this note:
Dear Sir: 1t is my duty. under the
regulations, to advise you that your
son, Thomas Blank, shows unmistaka-
BILE signs of astigmatism. The case
should receive immediate attention"
In reply the teacher received note
from the father in these lacon1c
terms:
Dear Madam: Lick it out of him.
Very truly, Charles Blank.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-02-16
He Recovered His Artist.

1t was at An afternoon party. The
hostess, anxious for a sensation and
desiring something other tn An the Or
thodox thought reader and the fraudu-
lent 1almist, engaged troupe of PEI
forming feas for the entertainment Of
her guests. The party was a great
success. When it broke up a loud wall
rent the air. 1t was the voice OF the
impresario frantic with excitement.
what is it? Tell me, l implore
you," said the hostess.
Zach, madam, has lost vun Of my
feas. We're has it gomez"
At that moment lady wearing a
gray gown brushed past him.
ZACH, madam, pardon" said the
manager, greatly relieved, lightly pick
ing something from her shoulder; ''vun
of my artists" London Taller.