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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-05-28

There is no very clear realization
among the farmers of the country OF
the extent of the losses annually inn
posed by smut In growing grain, The
Wisconsin experiment station has just
issued Bulletin so, devoted to the Jen-
sen hot water treatment OF seed III or
der 10 destroy the fungus. Professor
Goff, who writes the bulletin, begins by
saying
II the farmers of Wisconsin were
taxed to build new state 'apitol
every year. they would think It hard
ship and well they might, but there Is
not q reasonable doubt that the annual
damage to our oat, wheat and barley
crops by the SHUTS that may be pre-
vented, is greater than the total cost
of our state capitol.
This Is a striking ard forcihle way
of putting the matter Statements
ccuched in millions Of dollars or tons.
or miles, somehow glide off ones mind
without making much impression. We
hardly take In the significance Of the
figures. But the statement that the
losses from smut are greater than the
annual tax that would be necessary to
build \ state capitol every year, comes
home TO the mind with force and effect.
II should be remembered. too. that
these losses are preyentable. At very
slight cost in labor and at practically
none in money, seed grown can be 20
cleansed that there will be practically
no loss from smut whatever. II is one
OF the things that Is worth doing
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-10
law Gould Letter In n Curio Shop.

In little old curiosity shop in Third
avenue is an odd letter written by Jay
Gould away back in 1854, before Gould
began to dicker i'll railroads and when
he was an obscure and respected sur
veyor.
The letter was written by Gould to
the late A. M. Sherman, and it was an
appeal for the loan of Il surveyors level,
the Young surveyor Offering to give the
topography of the Newburg and SYRIA
cuse railroad for it. Just before his
death few years ago Jay Gould at
tempted to buy the letter for $50, but 1T
had been sold the day before. Not long
ago, however, the letter came back into
the possession of the curio dealer, and a
few days ago he sent his young son
around to George Gould's Office with IT.,
instructing him to offer it for sale for
$25. the price the senior Gould had Of
fered to pay.
George Gould was pleased with the
old. worn and yellow letter. He read 1t
and then laughingly said:
II declare, that's funny. My father
wrote that" However, he refused to
give more than s. for it, which offer the
curio dealer refused.
After AZ years the letter is as plain as
the day it was written. But the paper
a full sized letter sheet. written ON both
sides. is worn mt the edges. The hand
writing is plain and flowing, with a de-
cided tendency to flourish. Two words
are led-barometrical and dam
age. which are written "bermetrical'
and "dammage.
But queerest of all is the length OF
the epistle. Jay Gould was noted fol
the brevity of his business letters Three
lines often sufficed him. when his wealth
was nearly 800. 900, 900, to transact
business involving millions But as
poor surveyor he needed plenty OF verti.
age to get around the loan OF $2t
level. New York Letter.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-10

Stop bothering your head about the
figures 10 to /, leave the gold standard
out of the question, for there is no di-
rect issue upon it, and consider the real
issue, silver.
A lump of silver of certain size,
3711 grains in weight, is today worth
53 cents The Bryan proposition is that
the government shall stamp it dollar.
That would be fiat money making OF
the same sort as the governments set
ting its printing presses to work and
turning out without limit dollars of pa
per.
1t is fiat dishonesty. 1t is pregnant
with trouble for every man, laborer or
capitalist, who lives by industry, and
il would leave TO the United States the
hurt of lasting mistrust in the mind OF
every industrial investor and leader,
American or foreign. Beat it as the
American voters beat the Populists foui
years ago-by 10 to Exchange.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-10
MONEY AND THE CREDITOR CLASS
When the Measure Of Value Varies, the
Laborer Gets the Worst of II.

Laborcr Gets the Worst of IL.
Probably no question that has ever
been made political issue appeals more
strongly to our selfishness than the mon
ey question. The value of all the prop
erty we possess is expressed in the terms
of money, and not our property only but
our labor.
A horse, a COW, corner lot, share
of stock, bond or "A note are all meas
ured as 10 their transferable value by
money They are worth so much. So
of our labor, whether in the professions,
the skillful trades or in more manual
employments We are worth so much
an hour or a day or week by the serv-
ices we are able TO render, and we are
paid accordingly The result is, if we
are not fools, that we want the best
money that circulates in exchange for
our services or our property, and the less
our income the more we want the best.
The contention, therefore, seems un-
answerable that government or com
munity should establish the highest
standard Of money whereby TO measure
those exchanges of labor and property
which constitute the business OF the
world. If this is not done, and the meas
ure of value becomes variable, who suf-
fers? The men who have large resources
behind them or the men who have moth
ing but their hands and brains? Most
assuredly the latter. A well known
banker of this town has often been heard
to say that the money standard did not
and could not affect him, for he could
make money whether we were on gold
or silver basis. So he could, and so can
any capitalist 1t is the man who de-
ponds upon his labor that would suffer
by deprecated currency.
1t is the creditor class of the COM
munity, therefore, which is most inter
ested in preserving the stability of the
currency and its high value. But Of
whom is the creditor class composedi
Manifestly of those to whom something
is due from day TO day, from week to
week and from month TO month. These
are the laboring people, the men at the
desk, at the counter, at the forge, at
the bench and at the pillow. The toiler
who patiently yields the shovel and
the pick when nightfall comes is cred
itor, and he is entitled to be paid for
his days labor in the best money the
country affords And so throughout the
whole round of employment where mel
and women receive wages.
Is it not, then, inexplicable that @
large proportion Of those who in the
sweat of their face earn their daily
bread, laying by perhaps trife from
week to week toward a rainy day, de
| posting it in savings bank-tha
these should be led away by the cry fol
cheap money? What do they want will
cheap money, or poor mans money
If there is any difference, why should
they not have rich mems money?-Chi
| cago Times Herald.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-10
cane Colonists as Uitlanders.

In the Cape Colony itself there are
many grades of society among the Dutch
and French themselves. The older,
weather. and more aristocratic families
who live around Cape Town and the
vicinity are removed by a whole world
of education and ideas from the uncouth
corn boer of the Malmesbury district or
the tobacco grower of George or Oudt-
shoorn.
To say that, for the sake of senti-
ment, Paarl vigneron or a Karroo
sheep farmer will shoulder his rifle and
leave his fiocks and herds to fight for
the Transvaal, thereby importing his
all in the chances of war, is to exagger-
ate and distort the race question in
South Africa. Indeed, it may surprise
us to learn that among Jameson's troop
ers there were several men bearing old
Dutch and French colonial names. The
Transvaal government has no great love
for the brethren of the Cape Colony and
CLASSES them as ''uitlanders Black
woods Magazine.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-10
What lG to I Means.

It means that l6 ounces of silver for
debt paying purposes shall be made, by
law, worth as much as | ounce of gold.
One ounce of gold will now coin
SIS. 60. Sixteen ounces of silver shall
be made to coin SIS. go.
You can buy in any market today 10
ounces of silver for 80. "a. The profit is
81 per cent, or IS. SO.
In other words, if man borrows Of
you today $500 he can pay you, if
"free silver at 10 to |" becomes law,
with 50. "a.
Look out that it Doesn't
Silver is merely commodity. like
tin, iron or wood.
If the government should say 50 "a
worth of wood shall cost $lS6 would
you buy it? Certainly not.
The silver dollar today is worth SO
cents. Its present ratio to gold is about
81 to /. All the governments in the
world cannot change the commercial
value of silver any more than that of
coal, iron, tin or copperl
The more silver produced the cheaper
it will get!
Would England, France or Germany
take in payment of debt from US for
SIS. 60, So "a, simply because our gov
eminent said that 50. "a worth of silver
is worth SIS. 60 of gold?
Certainly not No more than you
would accept such settlement of a per
sonal debt.
A standard of exchange must be co.
extensive with the commercial world
and acceptable to all concerned.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-10
silverite Campaign Cries.

The platform adopted by the silverite
wing which controlled the Democratic
national convention contains abundant
material for stirring campaign notices
Free Silver Initiation, ""Debt Repudi-
alton" Property Confiscation" and
Commercial Stagnation" are brief and
truthful statements of the aims of the
cheap money Democrats and the certain
results which would follow their success
in November. Shouting these cheerful
strains the silverites can march to the
certain defeat which awaits all move
ments based on sectionalism, greed. ap-
peals to prejudice and hatred Of property
rights
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-10

Hon. T. b. Dunstan arrived home Sat
urday evening from Grand Rapids. AT
Houghton he was met by large delega-
ton of his fellow citizens OF Hancock and
the Quincy and Franklin locations and
was escorted to the Northwestern HOTEL
The committee appointed at Friday even
ing's meeting, although it had short
time in which to act, found that the de-
sire to give Mr.. Dunstan a lifting wei
come was 80 spontaneous that their
work was very much simplified. .rhe
Quincy band was secured and the pand
Of the Columbian comedy company also
offered it's services. BY marching over 10
the Houghton depot large number OF
Houghton residents were joined to the
escort back and by the time the North
western was reached the crowd was 30
great that getting through the streets
for distance OF several blocks was an
impossibilty. =,
MIR. Dunstan made short address from
the hotel balcony. He SAID he ieit SIN
cerely grateful for the magnificent recep.
ton that had been accorded him ana
modestlv attributed it to the honor the
town felt in having one oil It's citizens
chosen TO so high an office. rather than
to any merit, personally he might possess
He did not think that any community III
the State, Of like size. could have gotten
M better demonstration than the one
with which he had been honored. lie
promised, II elected lieutenant governor
IN All that position to the best OF MS
ability and said that what lay IN mr.
mower he would do to advance the inter
eats Of the great copper district. Thank
ing his ueighbors and friends again ioI
their kindness in 40 heartily welcoming
him. Mr.. Dunstan retired, with a 'ellcl'
tons compliment to the copper country
aremen in general, and the Hancock de
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-10

An accident to one OF the Hancock hose
team members occurred during the Sec
ond days racing at the 500. Henry
Meads was the unfortunate victim and be
will be laid up some time with painful in
luries about his head and face, although
his physician does not consider serious
consequences probable. The accident oc-
CURED in thenovelty hose race on Friday
morning. Mr.. Meads was one OF the men
on the handle. At the end OF the 100
yard run and just as the hose began to
unreel, Meads stumbled and fell, and the
wheel OF the cart struck him slanting
blow on the left side OF the head and face.
After the dressing OF the wounds the ply
sicians thought hecoud not besent home
safely for several days, but Saturday
morning he felt easier and he came home
with his comrades.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-10

johnson Vivian, Jr., will try and make
arrangements for bicycleroad race over
the Calumet Quincy course before the
present season closes. He offers to do
nate 800 bicycle for first putting it in
as personal contribution OF $50, III
committee will raise the other $50 and
provide suitable second prize. Such a
race, il arranged, would bring out all OF
the fifteen or twenty riders and should
prove morepopularevent than the long
race OF last year, twice over the course
Central mine to Quincy.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-10

Mutual Fire Insurance company oil
Houghton and Keweenaw counties, or
ganized in 1890 according to the laws Of
the State Of Michigan, will insure proper
ty OF it's mem ers. Have paid fire losses
over %. 900 during it's existence. The
company paid back during the last year
to sixty-two OF it's members OF hve years
standing 6s per cent OF their premiums.
amounting to $500. Will pay back
curing this year on the same rate to
thirty-six members Of Eve years stand
ing 81, 447. On the first day OF July
the company had Ala members, $751;
$40 worth Of property insured. and
s7,611.27 in treasury. For further par
ticulars apply to the undersigned.
JOHN BLoMovrsT, President.
ALEX LENoSES, Secretary.
Once. 443 Pine street, upstairs. Red
Jacket.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-10
Wage E.rner. Not Pooled.

An interesting straw comes from In
dianapolis. A few days ago the en-
ployees Of large manufacturing estab-
lishment in that city were asked whether
or not they favored the gold standard.
OF nearly I 300 workingmen who were
interviewed 900 were outspoken for tn
maintenance of the present none,
standard. Only 362 declared against 1t.
and l5S said they were undecided.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-10

II you would write TO any purpose,
you must be perfectly free from within.
Give yourself the natural rein; think
ON no pattern, no patron, no paper, no
press no public; think ON nothing, bu,
follow your impulses. Give yourself n
you are-what you are and how you see
it. Every man sees with his own eyes OF
does not see at all Emerson.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-10

partment In particular, on their gentle.
manly behavior at the 500 tournament.
ar' Dunstans nomination for lieuten.
ant governor gives Hancock it's first can
dldate on State ticket, and 1.-The 10 elect
cd he will be the second State official a
resident OF Houghton county, and the
second lieutenant governor the Upper
Peninsula has ever had.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-10
Voters Attention.

Ii should be remembered that under the
new law, all those who have taken out
their first papers since May 8. 1892,
must take out their second papers before
they can vote. Court will be in session
all next week, and it will be the last
chance before the fall election to take out
second papers
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-10
To the Public.

Any person desiring to take ice for the
coming season will do well to call on
John M. Messner & Son. the famous ice
dealers, and make arrangements for your
supply. Ice suitable Tor any purpose.
Orders by telephone promptly delivered.
JIM. MEssNER 4 Son.
461 Pine Street.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-10

We are going to give great sale oil
dry goods and clothing, boots and shoes
for the next thirty days, to close out our
summer stock. We want to make room
for our fall stock, of which we will carry
a big line. Call and be convinced and
look over our stock. We can save you
40 cents on every dollar. The Laurium
Fair, next door to post office.
|. FEIyBERG & Co.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-10
For Sale.

A welI-built house on Eighth street, at
present occupied by Capt. j. F. ID. Smith,
The house contains all the latest plumb
ing improvements. with cement cellar,
etc., and has been laid out for the occu
pancy Of two families. Apply to j. ID
Cuddihy, at Ryan's store.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-10
Prophecy and History.

Why don't our silver friends stop tell
ing what is going to happen if they
have their way and content themselves
by learning what did happen when other
nations had similar epidemic Of silver
lunacy such as now menaces usG Their
prophecies won't accomplish anything.
because they wish it. but stern reality
will repeat the disasters with us that it
inflicted on others IL we persist in our
willful blindness. George Cans
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-10
charging a Bear with Bayonsts.

Russian soldiers in Siberia are not
only encouraged to exercise their mar
tiai ardor OH big game, but are actually
led out in squads to take part in the
hunt. On a recent occasion a local po-
lice inspector joined in the hunt and
cot two of the soldier beaters to act as
his bodyguard. When the bear came
merrily romping toward him over the
snow, the inspector got Hurried, missed
both barrels, flung down his gun and
hurled his head in the snow, seeking to
burrow out of sight The bear came on
in great fury. Two of the soldiers
waited till he came To close quarters
and turned him back with "a volley
They then charged with fixed bayonets
and finished him off in true military
style. They have been rewarded ior
their presence of mind in saving the iife
of the guardian of the peace by having
their photographs hung in their head
quarters and being each presented with
one ruble. London Globe.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-10

II you have ever seen a little child in
the agony OF a summer complaint, you
can realize the danger OF the trouble and
appreciate the value OF instantaneous re-
lief always afforded by DeWitt's Colo
and Cholera Cure. For dysentery and
diarrhea it is a reliable remedy. We
could not afford to recommend this az a
cure unless il were cure.
EAGLE Drug STORE.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-10

Company A, Boys Brigade, oithe Han
cock Congregational church, will camp
again at the canal this year. The camp
will be held next week and has already
been named Camp Cooper in honor OF
Lieut.. Cooper, of the company. Commit
tees will solicit this week for the nece,-
sary supplies.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-10
auckIen,a Arnica salxe.

The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, letter, chapped hands, chilblains.
corns, and all skin eruptions, and posi-
lively cures piles, or no pay required. 1t
is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction.
or money refunded. Price, % cents per
box. For sale bv ID. T. Macdonald.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-10

Theories Of cure may be discussed at
length by physicians, but the sufferers
want quick relief; and One Minute Cough
Cure will give it to them. A safe cure for
children. 1t is "the only harmless RENE
dy that produces immediate results"
EAGLE DRUG STORE.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-10

Ii dosen't matter much whether sick
headache, billiousness, indigestion andcon-
ss:pation are caused by neglect or by I'M
ayoidable circumstances; DeWitt's Little
Early Riser will speedily cure. them all.
EAGLE DRUG STORE.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-10

The bread and cake OF the Superio.
Bakery can be had at the following agen-
cies: James Lisa's. Mrs. Hoskin's, Red
Jacket: Martin Kuhn's, j. c. Leans
Peter Olcem's. Calumet Village, and
weisenauer's, Guilbaul's, Lake Linden. A
fresh supply is left at these agencies every
day. and the prices IRE aslow az the lowest
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-10

Two excursions went to the canal Sat
urday, that of the Pewabic Methodist
Sunday school and Court Pride, F. oil A.,
of Hancock. The Quincy band accom-,
panied the latter. The picnicers had an
ideal day to spend beside big Superior,
and it was passed most pleasantly by the
large number who took in both excur-
siOns
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-10

Don't triie away time when you have
cholera morbus or diarrbea. Fight
them in the beginning with DeWitt's Collie
and Cholera Cure. You don't have to
wait for results. they are instantaneous,
and 1t leaves the bowels in healthy con-
dition. EAGLE DRUG STORE.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-10

The Rockford electric belt is meeting
with the best OF success. Call and exam
inc it and get references. Office over
Grand Union tea store Red Jacket, Mich.
Russell 4 BURNS
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-10

During the terrific thunder storm early
Saturday morning the foremost oil the
steambarge Cumberland, lying at the
Mineral Range dock, was struck by light
ming and several feet OF the top shattered.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-10
Lake Linden stage.

Stage leaves Baril & Pearce' liverv sta
BILE every day at a. m, 10 a. m. and 1
and A p. m. Stage leaves McClure's
livery stable at 8 and 10 a. m. and and
4p.m. BARL & PEARCE,
JAMES MCCLURE,
Proprietors.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-10

Measured in the cheap money Of the
war period. wages advanced little and
prices a great deal. Cheap silver dollars
would affect labor now in exactly the
same way. The working classes always
suffer most from debased currency.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-10

The whole system is drained and under
mined by indolent ulcers and open sores.
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve speedily heals
them, 1t is the best pile cure known.
EAGLE DRUG STORE.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-10

when tho sky was MI covered win rog,
some one asked, "Oh, say, can you see
by the dawns early light the star span.
gled banner yet wavingf" And il Was
therel Enthusiastic cheers
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-10

Low interest rates on farm mortgages
under free silver is the bait which has
caught good many honest farmers.
They will go back to sound money prin-
ciples when they understand that inter
est rates are far lower in gold standard
nations than in silver basis countries
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-10
CALUMET NEWS
For Pedro score cards and markers.
go to the News Office.

FoR SALE-Lot located on Main street,
Laurium. Apply ut News Office or ad
dress, 4. l.. NJ. care OF NEWS.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-10
Given Away.

Dry family wood, for cash, at j. 5.
Stringer's fuel yard. Hancock. Tele-
phone connection. Leave orders at the
store
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-10

One of the supcrstitions perpetuated
from are to age among the common
people is that the human body weighs
no more after meal than before. III
there were any foundation OF fact IN
this idea, no human being could ever
Get fat Philadelphia Ledger
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-10

Go to the CITY Bakervf your fine pas
tries. Angel food. fruit cake always on
hand. Cream puiis Fridays and Satur-
days.