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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-07-18
Philadelphia In Fine Style.

The team makeup and batting orde
OF the Philadelphia club are now th'
best possible, and should be adhere'
to. unless some one player falls dow
S,adly or accident makes change az
visable. With Hulen at short and Han
man at second the best possible inheN
combination has been made, and tn'
same may be said of the outfield-Dee
hanty, Sullivan and Thompson. Th'
makeup gives the best possible COW
bination of batting, fielding, and base
running, 1t is, of course, unfortunaf
that no room can be found for eltne'
Cross or Turner or both. but with ouca
wealth OF good surplus material ~
the Phillies possess somebody had u
go to the bench. there to rest until op'
portunity shall again make them ava''
able.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-07-18

BAGGED THEM EFFECTUALLY.
pleasant news, dear?" asked Mr.. Ken
dial, very gravely.
Tell me. father"
when / called at the bank Mr..
Scotland, the manager, informed me
that Arthur Durrant had duly arrived
at the bank in the morning, had gone
out at lunch time and had not re-
turned. His cash was then overhauled,
and-shall l go on, FLOP"
The girl would not trust her voice.
She nodded panied assent.
There was found to be missing
close upon s. 900 in gold and a smaller
amount in notes. or course, there was
only one inference to be drawn"
Not that Arthur" Poor Florence
could not frame the sentence. Her
father interrupted the attempt
well, my child, there can be no
other possible explanation. The young
man is now being hunted for all over
the country, and the manager told me
he had wired to the head Office for in
structions about issuing a reward"
Had the door opened a second later
Florence would have been in Mysteries.
But her father had involuntarily called
Come in!' in response TO the knock.
and the parlor maid tripped over to
Mr.. Kendall with a card upon the
salver.
Had it been message from a ma
hatma, precipitated through the sub
stantial ceiling under which he sat
he could not have been more as
founded. Suddenly he jumped I'D and.
without a word, darted through the
door.
There in the hall, looking pale and
ill, but obviously in the highest spirits
his feebleness permitted, stood Arthur
Durrant.
It was with a mingling OF blank as
tonishment and distant constraint that
Mr.. Kendall met the young mans cor
dial greeting.
But Florence. with a little scream
ran at him and was caught in an en-
brace which she returned with an in
terest which Arthur willingly set of
against the fathers chilliness.
MY word Il was an adventure
wasn't it?" said Arthur, reluctantly
disengaging himself from the letters
around his neck.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-07-18
Diamond Dust.

Frank Shannon, of the Louisyes
has been handicapped by malaria tn'
season. but his work Is showlns
marked Improvement now.
Arson set good example In hurr!
ing the game along. He keeps n'
men moving from first to last, and
on the lines all the time.
John Handiboe, once a noted player
Is pitching for the Gallipolis, o.. team
He is looking for trial in the WesF
ern league.
Connaughton appears to have reco''
cred from the stage fright with whlcI
he was afflicted early in the season, ahO
is putting up n fast game.
Short Stop shorty" Fuller has beea
released from New York. which clu'
has a superfiuity of short stops.
Manager Shannon, of Rochester, ID,
released Pitcher Gillon. His stan u
twirlers will now be McFarlan, Her
man, Lovett and weighing.
During their stay at WashingV.ui
Manager McGunnigle and his Colonies
vent to the White House and were "
ceived by President Cleveland.
Congressman Fitzgerald of Mass,
chusetts, is the best posted base pa'
fan in the lower house, and an accu..
ate scorer. lie fans for the sena'O'
and Beaneaters.
TT. Wayne has signed a new ~.
helder. His name Is King. and he no. %.
been playing third base for the Chi'As'
Maroons.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-07-18

to a single iron chain as a guide in
place OF rope, but it has finally been
decided that hemp is the best material
Another much discussed point was
whether the balloon should carry a
sleigh on which the travellers might
effect their return were the balloon to
come to grief. This precaution has
been dispensed with as quite unneces-
sary. The extreme confidence in the
expedition is shown by the fact that
neither NJ. Lachambre nor the three
passengers consider they have any
thing more than pleasant aerial
promenade before them. in the course
of which they will imbibe plenty of
fresh air, amuse themselves by max
ing scientific observations, and bring
back a collection of photographs which
Will probably be wanting in anything
more animated than an occasional
polar bear. but which will introduce to
the world landscapes OF untrodden
spaces, If not of fresh fields and pas
lures new. NJ. Lachambre, although he
is the father of family, would have
liked to have made the journey him
self, but there was no room for him.
He Is ready TO go bail, however, that
his balloon will make the journey
without let or hindrance, and will come
back as right and tight as the day il
left his works.
AS he explains it, nothing is simpler
that the whole affair. At the begin
ming Of July, when the balloopists will
start from Nors Koearna. a small is
land near Spltzbergen. balmy southerly
winds blow round that quarter OF
the globe, as If in special provision of
the needs of ballonists travelling TO the
North Pole. All the three voyagers will
have to do Is to float along. impelled
Dy friendly air currents. As NJ. La
chambre insists, baby could sail his
balloon. Where the wind goes, there
VIII go the balloon, and as no one has
reason to suppose that the wind will
avoid the North Pole, the balloon
ought to reach there in due time. Bet
ter still. when once the regions aimed AT
are gained. the wind is scheduled to
continue to behave itself with cxem-
plary docility. and, as if II were con-
scious that 1t should blow. not where It
llsteth, but in the interests of s2len-
tifc explorers.
what does 1t do? Having waited the
travellers to their destination. it sweeps
round and carries them in homewarl
direction which it is thought Will be
by way of Siberia. NJ. Andree has no
aount whatever that by October. al the
latest. he will be in Siberia. All these
theories In which those who have do
Veioped them devoutly believe. will
soon De put to the proof. In a few DAYS
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-07-18

ward what has proved the impossible
barrier that bars us from no one knows
what
1t is easier for camel to pass
through the eye of needle than for a
journalist 10 get into the works in
Paris where NJ. Lachambre manufac-
lures this balloon, in which M. S. A.
Andree and two companions, NM. Nils
Ekholm and Stindberg, are to attempt
the feat OF reaching the North Pole.
have. however, been able to pene-
trate into VI. Lachambre's building. 1t
is hidden away in desolate quarter of
Paris, close to the Notifications, in an
almost inaccessible corner of Waugh
rard.
NJ Lachambre is a man OF even more
mysteries than his fellows, for the rea-
son that he is deeply interested in mill
tary ballooning. Therefore, every
stranger who passes within hail of his
works Is taken to be German spy in
disguise. 1t took quarter OF an hour
to persuade the gatekeeper that my in
tentions were honest. At last he con-
sentcd to inform Nine. Lachambre of
my presence, her husband being alb
sent.
| found the balloon in a spacious
shed, where balloons have been evolv-
ed from babyhood TO maturity. In APP
pearance the car resembles one of
those cooking pots in which French
housewives make the national dish of
soup and anarchists convert into
| bombs. Stoutly constructed of wicker
| and cane, It is covered with a water
proof material. IL contains sufficient
provisions for three men for 120 days
supply OF extra clothing, scientific in
| struments and three bags stuffed with
wool, to serve as beds.
From inc centvA of the car there rises
a sort Of WOODEN axe. traversing the
| tightly fitting cover OF wicker work
| beneath which the voyagers expect ia
lie as snugly as in their beds at home
All the more important rope work /:
attached to the protruding portion oil
| the wooden axe Just mentioned. Above
the car is arranged a platform. access
to which is obtained by means OF ropt
ladders. Other ladders lead up TO the
lower of the three valves OF the bal
loon. This trio of valves is special
feature. The remaining two are fixed
about halfway up the balloon, one OF
each side.
NJ. Lachambre laughs at the idea o.
| his balloon bursting Nothing Woult
burst 1t he is certain, after the precau
tions he has taken. The material o
which 1t is made Is double every
where and quadrupled where the pres
sure is greatest. The two layers o
stuff are stuck together by a compo
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-07-18

there was the thrill OF hope and exp
fancy as the great slugger walked
the plate-the eager calculating Of d
fact that the odds were 3 to again,
him. the strained palpitating wait an
then, maybe a hit, maybe a strike-ol
or, most likely of ali. hard drive
brilliant catch. and another innin
All. me! Well never see such thin.
any more"
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-07-18

or two out of the
perpendicular, and smiling the carha-
ton In the lapel of his frock coat
He entered the bank, passed through
the private door leading behind the
counters and had taken on MS nat
and coat. while the manager OF the
branch glanced at the letter ne had
brought. II was an ordinary letter oi
Introduction from the general manager
of the company stating that the bearer
was Arthur Gordon Durrant, whose
signature would be found attacheu'
and who had, in accordance with ad-
vices previously forwarded, been IN
structed to join the Westminster
branch on temporary service as relief
cashier.
The manager, having watched THIS
new member OF the stan sign the DOOR,
mechanically compared the autograph
with the firm, bold Arthur G.. Dur
rant" at the foot OF the letter OF in
production. handed the newcom-
or his supply OF cash and retired into
his own sanctum.
Arthur Gordon Durrant, who had now
been with the London and Suburbs
Ranking Company for some years, had
long been eagerly anticipating the
time when he showed become attached
TO one of the London branches, for 1t
had been Durrant's fate to spend
month or two at most or those
branches which were at the greatest
distance from the metropolis.
The specific hardship of this des-
tiny will not be apparent until II Is
mentioned that it was in Kensington
that Miss Florence Kendall abode, and
that, therefore, Kensington was the
center of the universe, according TO
Durrant's geography.
And, TO be perhaps unwarrantably
frank about the heart affairs OF lady
Miss Kendall had not heard the news
OF her admirers transference 10 Lon
don without revealing a glow OF pleas
IRE.
! He father had arranged to call for
Arthur at the bank and bring him
home to tea; and as the hour OF their
anticipated arrival approached. the
sprightly Florence's trills became mer-
rier. and more critical became her in
spections of the pretty dimpled face,
framed with clusters of loose and way
ward brown curls, which smiled sauci-
ly at her whenever she passed mir
ror.
! But Mr.. Kendall came home alone,
and little cloud rapidly travelled over
her face and obscured the sunshine
which had hitherto played there.
! where's Arthur" she demanded,
coming frankly to the point with a
directness which made her parent
avoid her gaze.
well" he replied, with marked
hesitation, II don't exactly know. He
wasn't at the bank when | called, and
/ didn't wait"
Perplexity took undisputed possess
sion of Miss Kendal's face, causing her
eyes to dilate, and her little mouth TO
open and expose the regular ivory
teeth behind her coral lips.
why, father" she exclaimed" you
are strange"
Can you stand piece OF most un-
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-07-18
Where They Have Com.

Another of the remarkable pamos 7
saw was the twenty inning tie be-
rween Chicago and Cincinnati in 1899
walter Wilmot saved that game for
ohlcago and enabled the Colts ~
escape with draw. With the bases
,ul, IN the fourteenth round. somebody
Holiday, think-made terrific dr,vo
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-07-18
Might lie Either.

Doctor" said the anxious mother.
Willie can hardly speak above a whis-
per-"
Indeed? Has he taken cold or did
he go to the ball game - Washington
Star.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-07-18
BASE BALL GOSSIP,
SAYINGS AND DOINCs OF THE
GREEN DIAMOND.
walter wumot skctched-Fsw Twelve
inning Games Played Nowadsys-Ths
New Rules Give Batsnsn Great Chance
for Runs-Oid TimeSA

ALTER X. WILL
mot,manager OF the
Minneapolis team.
OF the western
league, was well
known for several
seasons as the clev-
er left fielder OF the
Chicago club, OF
the national league
and American as
ISOLATION. lie was
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-07-18
VIII Challenge Him

Brown-"Pm going to challenge that
man who ran off with my Wife" Jones
why, that was six months ago.
Brown know it, but he hns sent her
back. New York World
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-07-18

Two men in Galesville, Wis, were
arrested recently for selling salt to
farmers for sugar.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-07-18

that with which the pieces of the great
Andree balloon, which IL is hoped will
journey to the North Pole, are marked.
IL is wonderful balloon, 10 which
the daring aeronauts will trust their
lives and great hopes. The most mar
velous air ship ever built will not COM
pare with il. For by means OF this
creation it is hoped to achieve the pur-
pose which has urged countless un-
daunted men to death. 1t represents
the only means of reaching the North
Pole that has not proven an absolute
failure. If the project succeeds. France
will claim the glory for which English
speaking nations have striven for more
than century. IL it fails. it will be
one more to add to the wrecks that
strew the path science has made to-
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-07-18
FRANCE AFTER GLORY
THE GREAT ANDREE BALLOON
READY FOR BUSINESS.
viii start For the North Pole This
Summer Tho Preparations Being
Carefully Guarded from the Pebble
A Hazardous Undertaking.

ARTS letter to New
York Journal: II
any reader of the
Journal should hap
happen to find a
strip of canvas
bearing this stamp,
II would be a pub
lie duty to let the
world know. The
stamp shown is an
exact fac smile of
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-07-18
THE RELIEF CASHIER.

HANSON pulled
up at the door of
the Westminster
branch OF the Lon
don and Suburbs
Banking Company.
The fare was an
elegantly dressed
man of a little over
80. wearing his silk
hat just a degree
or two out OF the
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-01-17

The Mason County Meat Company
has already become an important fac.
tor in attracting trade to Shelton, and
aiding the farmers. and will undoubt-
edly become very important enter
prise to Mason County. AT present the
Company is slaughtering about twelve
head of cattle every week, besides a
considerable number of hogs, sheep
and calves, and as soon as all the log
ging camps are actively at work in the
spring, probably not less than twenty
beeves a week will be required for
their trade. They have already pur-
chased all the available cattle in the
county, and by February will be forced
to go elsewhere for their stock. This
should not be so, and we hope by an
other season, the farmers will be en-
couraged and Immediately go to raising
more stock In this way the very large
sum paid out for logging camp meats
alone, can be kept within the county,
and our timber wealth bringing the
county more returns than It has in the
past. This company pays as much and
more for meat than the outside mar
kets, and nearly all the logging camps
have arranged to get their weekly sup
ply of them during the coming Sum-
mer, so there is every inducement to
raise more cattle. They also intend
adding the necessary, machinery at
once, for making their own lard, sau-
sage of all kinds, so that nothing in
their line need be brought to Shelton.
and this fall they will construct pack
ing house at their slaughter yards on
Scott's prairie, and cure hams and ba-
con, hoping to supply the home trade.
We are informed that the company will
buy all cattle, hogs or mutton present
ed, and especially hogs for packing,
having already about 200 pigs fatten-
ing. They have in the past three
months slaughtered about thirty COWS.
This is shame, with good butter at
SO cents a roll and scarce at that, tons
being shipped to this state.
All this means that we want more
cattle, hogs and sheep. more rutabagas
carrots and hay for feeding And then
large amounts of potatoes and other
roots are being shipped in from other
places. Where cattle can be raised
with SO little feeding, something is
wrong, if the farmers cannot make it
pay, at least under the changed condi-
tons and the prospects for the future.
Logging operations for the next few
years will be very extensive, and Ma
son County should make the most of it,
If stumpage and wages are low, let our
people be prepared to save every dollar
at home, that is possible. We believe
the merchants and loggers will encour-
age the movement and everybody in
Mason County will prosper.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-01-17
The Financial Standing Of the School
Districts of Mason County Wash.

In response to numerous inquiries
OF school officers concerning the valu-
alton and financial standing of their
respective districts. County Superin-
tendant Gunderson consulted the var
lons assessment rolls and finds the
valuation Of all assessable property in
each district as given below. The
treasurer has furnished the figures
relative to the common and special
funds together with the outstanding
warrant Indebtedness which is also
given with the bonded indebtedness of
each district on Jan. /, 1896:
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-01-17
Correspondence And County Notes.

MATLOCK; JAN. 6. 1896
EDITOR JOURNAL:-Judging from
the interest taken in the immigration
convention to be held at Seattle Jan.
13 it will not require much of an effort
to call like convention in Mason
County in the near future. If there
really is to be anything done it should
be done as soon as possible. During
the winter months is usually slack
time in business, more especi ally
among the farmers, and if there is an
agent sent from Mason he of right
should be selected from among the
farmers. The object should be to in
duce well to do' farmers above all
others to settle among us. Therefore
1 say send farmer who knows best
how to talk to his own class of people.
1 notice the Arcadia correspondent
says sit has been estimated that a
salary of $50, would be sufficient -
while we are positive the cost of secur-
ing good live agent would be far be-
low that. In fact the writer believes
that by taking advantage of the free
transportation offered by the N. P. r.
X. he could go as far east as Michigan
and work where he is acquainted in
Eaton and Calhoun counties thence to
Marion, Hendricks, Morgan and John
son counties, Indiana, thence to Doug
lass, Coles, and Cumb erland counties,
Ill; thence to Linn and Charlton Cos.
Missouri. spending about two mouth S
on the road for only 500. or two-thirds
OF what the Arcadia correspondent
thought necessary In fact the write r
would be willing to maze the rou nds
for that money. AS to the manner of
raising the money, we suggest it be
raised by subscription as the quickest
way, then after that other ways may
be employed. 1t would take but little
from each interested person while the
agent sent should be willing to donate
his time provided it be done during the
winter months.
Until something like this is done to
increase the farming population of
Western Washington the people may
content themselves as in the past with
slow progress, bad roads and
insufficient schools. To our knowledge
there are today great many claims
proved upon lying Idle because of no
settlers close by. Such lands would
then be brought into use and would
aid in Tightening the burden of taxa
ton and probably some of those who
are LAND poor" would sell part of their
possessions and use the money making
further improvements instead of Dor
rowing money to do it. We suggest
the experiment be tried, also that the
JOURNAL see to it that convention be
called in Mason Co. at an early date.
RANcAER.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-01-17
In Town Council.
SHELTON. Jan. 14th. 1896.

SHELTON, } an. 14th, 1870.
Council met in regular session, pres
emit Mayor, Clerk, Marshal. Treasure
and councilnen Eaton, Horton, Nun
son and Wiley, absent councilme
Shorter. Minutes approved.
Report of committee on Town prop
erty read and filed.
Reports of the several standing com
nittees on Police and License, Fire
Light and Water, Streets, Alleys ant
Bridges and Claims and Accounts reat
and filed.
Amended report of Town Treasurer
read and filed.
Weekly report of Town Marshal
read and filed.
Verbal report of Mayor and Clerk
regarding the execution and filing OF
deed for continuation of Fourth street
read and accepted. Old council ad-
journed.
Council then came to order for pur-
pose of organizing new Board, appoint
ing Marshal and Clerk for ensuing
year and accepting and approving
bonds of officers, and following mem
bers took oath of office before V
Dunbar P: L Morrison and A F
Dipman councilmen.
A memorial was introduced relating
to the construction of the Nicaragua
canal by the United States government
and was signed by the Mayor and
members of the council.
Bond of AL ] Munson as Town Treas
urer was read and on motion accepted
and filed.
Motion prevailed that council pro-
coed to the appointment of Marshal
and Clerk.
Applications for Marshal of J NJ
Knee1and r W Potts W D Forbes and
F D Shelton were read and council
proceeded by ballot to elect the same.
On first ballot J M Knee1and received
- WINS duO l. ~ ouCllOIl CO u OuC, y M
Kneeland receiving the ma jority of
votes cast was declared duly elected
as Marshall
Application for Town Clerk of w E
Daniels H L Alden and G V Dunbar
were read and council proceeded to bal
lot on same. Two ballots were taken
and w E Daniels and c V Dunbar each
receiving an equal number of votes on
both ballots, motion prevailed that the
matter be laid oyer until the next regu-
lar meeting to secure the presence of
councilman Forrest.
Application of E E Shields for Town
Attorney was read and on ballot being
taken was declared duly elected.
Bond of NJ Kneeland as Town
Marshal was read accepted and filed.
The appointment of Health officer
for the ensuing year was postponed
until next regular meeting. Council
adjourned. c. V. DUNBAR, Clerk.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-01-17
School AppOrtiOnment.

The followin is the January apportionment OF
s1350.49 to the various school districts of Mason