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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-04-27
STRIKING RESEMBL LANCES
AMONG OUR STATESMEN
Comedy of "Two Dominos" Finds Frequent Repeti-
tion in Washington.

When recently the two newly elect
e.' United States senators, NJ. A. Du
,Pont Of Denaware, and Frank O..
briggs OF New Jersey, shook hands on
the floor OF the senate, a veteran legis-
lalor remarked:
"Another pair of Dromios for Wash
ins;nn"
The comment was accurate. for it
NrUli be hard to find two men who
resemble each other as much as Briggs
'ud Du Pont. They are about the
same height, each parts his hair on the
l"l' side, each has a mustache and
Inatee of the style that on the stage
j always credited to Southern
;'onels, and both wear the same kind
y! collars.
10 add TO the confusion is the bear
lhE Of the pair. Both are graduates of
West Point, and they have equally that
peculiarly erect and military bearing
which is the stamp of those who start
life in Uncle Sans school of warfare
S,'Ma'or Du Pont is so we'll preserved
that he looks little older than his col
league. though fifteen years separates
Them Were it not for the fact that
the Delaware man occasionally puts on
eyeglasses, while the Jersy statesman
lev:ar uses 1hem there would really be
I'D positive means Of identification.
There are many similar and remark
able cases Of striking resemblances in
Washington public life.
Besides having in common their dis
like tor most of President Roosevelt's S
policies. Senators Foraker and Aldrich
share also most unusual personal re-
stnlh!ance. There is really only one
difference. FOraker's head is still we'll
covered. while Aldrich is qualified to
sit in me first row at the burlesque
shows. But take the two men with
their hats on, and there is virtually no
telling them apart.
1t is a favorite joke Of veteran news
paper men to have fun with younger
colleagues by telling them that For
u.ier is Aldrich and vice versa. One
newcomer tried very hard to get a
fiery statement from Aldrich on the
brownsville incident, thinking all the
Tine that he was talking to Foraker.
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A Collection Of Good Luck Pieces.

around for it's regular pressing. He
evidently don't want to lose it, and
as it has no apparent beauty or util
ity, it must be good luck
This penny dated 1888 has been in
one Of my customers clothes for two
years. One day my curiosity got the
upper hand and I laid it aside and
didn't return it with his clothes. Thu
very next day he came in at the
noon hour and inquired for the coin
giving the date and describing mi
croscopic scratch that l had not no
ticed. l handed him the penny ant
in a burst of confidence he told ms
the why Of it's preciousness. One
day it was up to him to decide dea
quickly. He was up against it
didn't know what was advisable
Should he sell or buy? He struggled
with his indecision and in desperation
he Tipped the penny and it said sell
He sold and cleared a good margin
THAT 1888 penny wanders from one
suit to another, but it is never lost
I suppose that similar stories would
explain the most of these buttons, bits
of metal, knotted rubber bands and al
the other pocket junk you see here
They are amu1ets. Yet we make spor
of the ignorant heathen."
In the pile we're: A brass buttor
from a soldiers uniform, horse
chestnut, a dozen coins, baby's
tooth, a dried bug, several pebbles and
shells, an empty brass revolver cart
ridge, a safety pin, leaden bullet, q
glass bottle stopper, several rings, a
brass screw, three horseshoe nails, a
shoe button, woman's broker
brooch, medal and tiny gold cross
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CARRIED FOR LUCK
ALMOST EVERY ONE HAS a
POCKET TRlNkET.
Showing Mild Form of Superstition
From Which Few Men Are Free
Some of Them Have Inter.
esting History.

The tailor was industriously brush.
ing and steaming pile of garments.
On the pressing table lay little heap
Of trinkets. Testing his iron with
a deft touch of his moistened finger,
he placed it back on the sputtering
little gas stove to heat. Then he
answered the question about the pile
Of trinkets.
"Oh, those" he said, why, they
come from the pockets of clothing
sent here to be cleaned or pressed
Nearly every man has his rabbits
foot No matter how staid a bust
ness man he may be, nor how strong.
ly he would deny that he was super.
stitious, he almost Invariably has a
pocket piece that he carries for luck.
Look at this little piece of flint It
would be hard to explain the reason
for carrying it. Yet I know that the
owner of that checked suit over there,
a business man, must prize the little
rock, for no matter what pocket put
it in when I return the suit, it is al.
ways in the lower left-hand pocket OF
the waistcoat when the suit comes
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cabinet of the strenuous president, it
was said that part of his popularity
proceeded from the face that he looked
like the chief executive. Mr.. Moody
is smaller than Roosevelt, the shape OF
his face, however, is about the same
so is the color of his hair, but the pres
ident has the justice lost when 1t
comes to the justly celebrated dental
display. It is on this rock that most
of the resemblances to the president
collapse.
Mr.. Maher in repose looks startling
ly like Mr.. Roosevelt, but when ne
speaks or smiles some of the similarity
goes.
In all these cases it is worthy o1
note that hair plays prominent part
in effecting the similarity of appear
ance. The mustaches and goatee OF
Schley, Briggs and Dupont, the pompa
dours of La Toilette and Clay, the
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Of Senator Alger's desk, he was certain
to be mistaken for Mckinley's secre-
tary of war during the conflict with
Spain.
Another figure Of the Spanish-Ameri-
can war, Admiral Schley, has two
doubles in Washington, Senators Du
Pont and Briggs, who, besides being
mistaken for each other, are often
called on to explain to visitors that
they are not the man who beat the
Spaniards at Santiago
President Roosevelt has two doubles
in Washington public life, Justice
Moody, of the United States supreme
court, and James Maher, clerk Of that
august body.
When Mr. Moody first went into the
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ty of the planters forced a postpone

ity of the planters forced postpone
ment.
In 1902 bill for the gradual aboli-
ton of the slave trade passed COM
mons by great majority, and sue
cess seemed at hand. Again his bill
went through in 1904, and was reject
ed by the lords.
Still another setback came to the
cause a year later, when, after hard
campaign, the adherents of slavery
even succeeded in having the bill
downed in the commons.
Finally Wilberforce moved Fox to
the point Of pledging that in 1907 the
house of commons would insist on a
resolution forever abolishing the slave
trade, and would look to the nation to
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Grateful England recently paid
tribute to the memory of the man
whose mighty labors resulted in the
final passage of a law abolishing the
slave trade in Great Britain in 1907.
William Wilberforce is the greatest
name identified with the movement,
which continued for a century, and did
not succeed till it found in him a lead
er whose zeal and power never Jagged
till the traffic had been made illegal.
In no place did the celebration seem
as fitting as in the venerable house in
the city of Hull, where Wilberforce
was born, Aug. 25, 1853.
1t is somewhat curious that cen
tury and a half should have been per-
mitted to pass before public opinion
was reused to the importance Of this
massive red brick building as a suita-
BILE national memorial for one Of the
greatest giants of English statesman
ship. AS rule they do these things
properly in the mother country. The
building with a history is tenderly
cared for, that is to say there are still
standing in England piles Of masonry
which existed 500 years ago.
Accident and perhaps a veneratiOn
for Wilberforce on the part of those
who lived in the house of his birth
have preserved the building, and now
the municipality of Hull, as the sug.
gestion Of Councillor John Brown
whose name singuarly enough recalls
one that played an important part in
the early stages Of the American strug
gle to abolish slavery, has acquired
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Too Much Borrowing.

The multitude Of relatives had as.
sembled to examine little Tommy.
Dear mel" exclaimed Aunt Prue.
':The little darling has his mothers
hair
':And his fathers eyes," chirped
Uncle Ben.
And his grandfather chin
And his great-grandfather's arlsto
cratic nose"
And his great-greatgrandfather
brow of knowledge"
Tiny Tommy was disguised.
"Aw, they must have made me OF
SCRAPS" he pouted. tAin't there nc
part about me that is just me without
being borrowed?"
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He lived in LincOln's time, and was
his earnest champion when the fame
of the great war president was not as
secure as it is now. Every year the
Cullom resemblance to Lincoln is
more and more noted, for the express
sion of the face has become much the
same.
The death of Senator Alger a short
time ago broke up another pair Of
Dromios. The Michigan senator was
the image of Representative Lacey.
Mr.. Lacey used to be frequent visi-
tor to the senate, and whenever he
dropped into a seat on the divan back
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-04-27
ENGLAND CELEBRATES
ABOLITION OF SLAVERY
Pays Tribute to Memory of William Wilberforce, Wh<
Fought Against Slaue Trade

To work the more freely, Wilber.
force refused to ally himself with eth
er party, and when Pitt became prime
minister, he declined an Office under
him for the same reason.
In 1884, facing the bitter opposition
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that of Lincoln. Cullom looks more
like the great emancipation than Can
non, for the speaker has an expression
of jollity that was absent from the sad
face of the man who bore the country
safely through the most distressing g
crisis of it's history.
Cullom is proud Of his resemblance
to Lincoln, and makes no secret OF it..
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of the great Whig families, he was re-
turned as member from Yorkshire.
In 1887 his plans for fighting the
slave trade on the floor of the house
took form, and the battle that was to
last two decades before success came,
was finally entered upon.
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boards of Cullom and Cannon, and the
mustaches of Roosevelt, Moody and
Maher all lend material aid.
The smooth faced men, who have
no striking way of dressing the hair,
are hard to find duplicates for.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-04-27

In 1889, after a critical illness, Will
berforce brought before the house
series of resolutions condemning the
slave trade Supported by Pitt, Burke
and Fox. then in the flower of their
powers, he carried them, hut the activ-
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sically sound people Is as old as civil
ization. Indeed. the theory goes back
of civilization and extends to barbar-
ism, for many savage tribes summarlly
killed off the unfit. So far from per
mitting them to marry, they would not
permit them to live. In an age when
fighting was the chief end OF man ply
steal perfection was an indispensable
qualification. The weaklings, male and
female, had to go-the males because
they could not fight and the females
because they could not bear fighters.
In this stage of the earth's progress
the war factor does not enter into the
discriminating people must and do
agree that the mating of physical or
mental weaklings, and especially those
affected with the so-called hereditary |
diseases, Is strongly to be deprecated |
on grounds of humanity and expedien- /
cy. No rejecting person desires the de-
generation of the race. But the con-
temporary clamor over the matter by
people who put the question upon
purely animal basis will lead to moth
Ing save the disinclination of most per-
sons to discuss It at all. There can be
no proper objection to necessary plain
speaking, but there can be and there
Is an objection to continual harping on
a subject which is perfectly familiar to
everybody already. Nobody defends
the mating of the unfit The marriage
Of consumptlves, for instance, is OBJ
vlously wrong and undesirable. But
the evil results of such marriage can
not be emphasized because everybody
Is fully aware of them already. The
whole thing, in few words, is the re-
discovery by people who are always
making such discoveries that two and
wo make four The world has known
{ all along and to vociferate it in the
market place does not make it either
lew or interesting.
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was perhaps the end of the world and
he felt sick and faint, as well as fright
ened, but he managed somehow to
scramble to his feet, and tried to think
what had happened. Then, recalling the
strange stories he had heard over the
evening camp fires, 1t flashed across
him that this must be one of the
mighty 'tremblers' old Morgan, the
foreman, had often told him of. Danny
had thought he would not know what
it was.
Don't you fear but what you'll
reckernize trembler when you feel
it, boy" Morgan had said to him grim
ly. Amt nothin' else in all creation
kin do the stunts an earthquake kin,
once it gifts agoin'. Earth just opens
her mouth good an wide, an swallers
up everthin in sight"
From somewhere far to the east
ward there shrilled through the fog
the distant whistle of a locomotive.
Danny knew it must be the westbound
overland flyer, which passed the camp
early every morning. He CROPPED his
way toward the tracks. Suddenly he
stumbled over ridge of rocks. Creep
ing cautiously along on hands and
knees, he soon discovered that the
track was all torn up. In places the
wooden ties stood on end in a jumbled
heap, and the rails, wrenched from
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than that of years ago. What VIII be the ngure
years hence? 1t is not unreasonable 10 assume
that they will be doubled perhaps trebled, before the
hafcentury is reached
Secretary Wilson shows that the corn crop may DC
increased by onehalf within twenty five years from OLD
SOIL and that the cotton crop be trebled without
miracle In all other respects agricultural production
under improved conditions of cultivation will Increase
Those who apprehensiye that population may out
the of subsistence will find support for
their theory in the facts presented in the agricultural
report
As to the farmer Secretary Wilson draws cheering
picture of his present condition He has become large
participant in the better conditions of life which he has
materially helped bring about Very generally he
has attained financial independence. In the Middle West
million agricultursts debt free and are lending
to the banks More capital is being invested in improy
ing farms. The farmer lis becoming traveller, and
he has his telephone and his daily mail and newspaper
A dignity has come to agriculture along with Its
economic strength"
To-day the intelligent and progressive farmer keeps
in touch with the world He is posted the markets.
He is Informed respecting conditions that affect his in
erests He gives thoughtful attention to whatever will
improve his affairs.
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their fastenlngs, were twisted and
broken.
With great terror clutching at his
heart Danny sprang up hastily and
rushed back to the camp, stumbling as
he went. He thought of nothing but
the train, with its precious load of
humanity, speeding on to destruction
He must save the train or die trying.
Snatching a blazing brand from the
fire he ran with II up the track. The
splintered ties tore his bare feet, and
several times he stumbled over the
wreckage, but he stopped for nothing.
The hope began to die away In his
heart. And then, suddenly, the EN-
gineer leaned out Of his cab and
caught sight, through the gray blanket
of fog, of Danny's waving torch
Throwing on the brakes and shutting
Off the steam, he brought his great
engine to standstill the
trains length beyond the boy.
When some of the passengers and
trainmen went back to look for Danny,
they found him sitting at the side of
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Saving the Flyer


| a ROUCHING beside the cracking
~ camp fire Danny shivered mis-
erably as the damp fog pene.
trated his thin clothing and chilled
him to the bone He drew his knees
up stifily, and huddled himself In his
ragged blanket.
He was aloneln the camp, for the
men had gone to do some work up the
road.
He had been dreaming of home Just
before he awoke-the dear old home
back In Missouri, where he and his
mother had kept house together after
father had gone to seek a fortune for
them all farther West. But that was
a long time ago, when Danny was quite
little chap, and since then many sad
things had happened. First, fathers
letters had ceased to come, and then
after while the home had been given
up, and Danny and mother had en-
tered upon dark and troubled days. And
now there was no mother any more,
and Danny, left alone In the world.
was manfully trying to make his way
out to San Francisco, where he vaguely
hoped he might find his lost father.
Danny had fallen In with a repair gang
Of railroad men, and agreed to do odd
Jobs about the camp for a little money
he would need when he reached San
Francisco.
But though Dannay was brave
little lad, there was big lump in his
throat as he tried to roll himself more
'nugly In his blanket. And somehow
he strange, solemn stiffness frightened
him. There was no sound of life any
where
And Just then happened the strangest
hing that Danny had ever known.
warning Of any sort the
'arth suddenly heayed and rocked be-
leath him, flinglng him violently over.
There was a crashing sound. as Of
ocks falling and breaking close by, |
nd the same instant the burning pine |
ogs from the camp fire were scattered |
ii around.
Danny was too terrified to scream. |
he thought crossed his mind that this
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the track, looking very white. The
train had swept him off his feet.
Mighty brave little chap" said
some one near the door. There are
three miles of track sunk clean out of
sight just ahead of us. If it hadn't
been for him"
But just then another face, that
Danny somehow seemed to know.
smiled tenderly down on him: and the
next thing he knew a big man was on
his knees beside him, and all at once
everybody's eyes seemed to be filed
with tears.
MY boy my boyw the big man
sobbed, brokenly. ITO find you here,
like this, after going back to the old
place TO look for you!"
And then Danny knew just what the
wonderful thing was that had hap
Dened. He had found his father at
last !-Pennsylvania Grit.
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So Inconsiderate.

The crew Of a certain lifa-savlng sta.
ton on the New England coast has had
little to do of late because of the rar-
ity of wrecks in that immediate vicin.
ity. Nevertheless, the crew had in the
past frequently proved its bravery and
efficiency.
One rainy day, at the appointed time:
the crew failed to appear at practice.
The summer boarders on the veranda
of the hotel waited in vain for the ex-
hibition which should vary the mo-
notony of dull day. Finally one Of
them went over to the quarters of the
crew to learn the reason.
Aren't you going to practice to-
day." asked he.
mot to-day, sir"
why not?"
Then the brave lifesaver, hero of
many rough seas in the past, made an
explanatory gesture toward the sky.
and said:
What, In this rain ?"-Harper's
Weekly.
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He Is Welcomed.

AT lastl" exclaimed the toreig1,
statesman and man OF letters, as he
stood on the deck Of the ocean steam.
ship and gazed with kindllng eye at the
busy mart of commerce that lay almos..
at his feet. within an hour the dream
of my life will be realized, and l shall
stand on the shore of America, the land
of the free, the home of the brave and
the hope of the world"
Within an hour, however, he was
standing before red-nosed, CLASSY
eyed inspector and Indignantly deny-
ing that he was an anarchist, a pau.
per, coolie laborer, bgamist, thief
a murderer or a fugitive from Justice
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THE LAUGH OF A CHILD.

There's the laugh of the dawn in the
waking east,
And the laugh of the MONDAY sky;
The laugh of the breeze, the delirious
laugh
OF the flame when the night-winds sigh.
There's the laugh of the stars, and the
meadow brook,
Of the sea, and the festal wine,
The frivolous laugh, and the wonderful
laugh
Of the heart at affections shrine.
There's the laugh of the rose at the set
ting moon,
When the night has flown away,
But the happiest laugh, the inefable
laugh,
Is the laugh of the child at play.
Boston Transcript.
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Noah Webster, who was somewhat of
reformer in his day. would be graft
fed, no doubt, were he living, by the
compliment of confidence paid to him
by the House committee on approprla-
| tlons, which has inserted paragraph
in the appropriation bill providing that
| the government printing office shall
| follow the rules of photography estab-
| llshed by Webster or the other general
ly accepted dictionaries of the English
language" This bill, when passed by
the House and approved by the Presi-
dent, will put an end to the feeling OF
public unrest which has prevailed since
the difference of opinion expressed by
Mr.. Roosevelt and Congress in the mat
ter of the 800 words. Naturally II Is
rot believed that the slight clash that
has gently disturbed the delightful re-
latlons between the President and Con
gress in this diversity OF view will ex-
tend to more serious matters. 1t is
not feared that the painful disagree
ment which marred the administration
of President Andrew johnson will be
repeated or that the country will be
convulsed by another governmental
wrangle The acorn of dissent which |
has been born of so-called reform spell |
ing will not be permitted to develop |
into a sturdy oak of distrust ana wrath. |
Mr.. Roosevelt has done what he could |
to mend-or to mar-spelling, and he /
still has 1t In his power by increased
private correspondence to emphasize
his convictions and repeat his conclu-
sions Ii Is true that his messages
will be printed in the Congressional
Record with the Anticipated spelling
but there Is solace In the Thought that
with the possible exception OF the
nobody will gloat over
his discontinue In the perusal of that
medium of communication. 1t Is pleas
mt to contemplate the settlement of
his minor controversy accomplished
IN manner so tactful, graceful and
for, OF course, In this in
stance Mr.. Roosevelt Will courteously
,ield to the wishes OF Congress, lust
Is he will expect Congress Will in re-
urn defer to him In other matters of
public policy.
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Would Not Sell His Ancestors.

A plutocratic American of the last
century who had seen the green acres
and stately castle of an Irish estate
sought out Its lmpecunious owner
with an offer to buy. Lord Blank,
eager enough to transmute his profit
less lands into pregnant gold, named a
considerable, but reasonable, price as
one he would be willing 10 take. Every
WELL" said the American, "I'll give
that II the pictures go with the house"
After little reflection his lordship
answered Yes, you can have the pict-
ures, except, OF course, the family por-
traits" IT'S the portraits | want"
said the other. II wouldn't give a
cent for the rest of EN-" MY prop
erty is not for sale under those CON
said his lordship, turning on
his heel and walking away, to the as
of the parvenu, who flung
a stuck up beggar!" after the re-
treating figure.