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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-06-27
A BRAKEMAN's FEARFUL RIDE.
Boyer Saves His Life by Clinging to
the Beams.

Boyer saves his Lie Dy CHnginE tO
the Beams.
Freight Brakeman Frank NJ. Boyer,
Of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois
railway, remains to tell the story of an
experience one night recently that in
999 cases out OF 1000 terminates in q
sad scene at the morgue. Railroad
men, accustomed to hazardous chances.
realize the slight opportunity for
escape afforded the brakeman who falls
between two cars while the train is in
rapid motion. Boyer can make his
story of his something short OF
miraculous escape from instant death
sound more thrilling than any chap
ter of fiction.
AS the freight train rolled Chicago
ward through Chicago heights, Boyer
attempted to step from the deck" OF
one car to another, miscalculated, and
plunged down between the cars. He
missed the draught irons and fell to
the ties in the center of the rails. That
his form became limp and Immediately
PROSTATE is evident. Otherwise the
unfortunate man would have been
caught by the first brakebeam and
ground into a shapeless mass. Almost
before he realized his perilous position
one pair of trucks had passed over
Boyer's body. Another brakebeam
flashed over him, followed by third
set Of trucks. Short as the time was
a fraction of a minute-it Afforded
year OF thought to the railroad man.
Instinctively he realized that all brake
beams were not OF uniform height
from the ties. Some had brakebar an
gle irons projecting that, II they struck
him. would cut him into fine pieces.
Besides, the creaking wheels made
ominous music. Boyer was strong OF
arm and back from constant high ball
twisting" at the brakes, and no stop
watch with splits ever so fine could
record the time 1t took him to deter
mine upon desperate attempt to save
his life. The fourth truck was pass
ing over his body when, with an almost
superhuman effort, he elevated his
shoulder, seized brakerod and swung
his body onto the brakebeam. 1t was
a feat unparalleled in the stories OF
narrow escapes told by railroad men.
Safely lodged on the narrow brake
beam, in which position many a
Weary Willie" has ridden "frst-class.
no fare" Boyer succumbed to the ter
rife shock to his system. Uncon-
sciousness appeared to be slowly creep
ing over him, and new danger threat
ened the brakeman. But his arms
locked with a death-like grip upon the
iron rods of the car fittings. In this
condition he rode nine miles. At Dali
ton Boyer was missed by the train
crew, and the train was brought to a
standstill while search was instituted
for the brakeman. Draught irons
were examined, and accidentally Boyer
was discovered recumbent upon the
brakebeam. Immediately he was
taken to the caboose and made COM
Portable upon cushions.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-06-27

them the minimum sentence for each
would be over 100 years.
Both boys have always borne excel
lent regulations, and were looked upon
as honest and industrious. They are
OF the most respectable families In
Cambridge, we're never out late at
night. neither used tobacco or liquor In
any form and to all appearances they
were model youths in every respect.
Daley is the son OF William Daley, a
boss carpenter. He had good home
and was the idol of his parents. He
worked steadily in the candy factory
of Forbes & Hayward, and held the
confidence of his employers and fellow
workmen. He was good scholar, at
tending school up to four years ago,
when he became desirious OF securing
employment, his parents gratifying his
wishes. He was a steady worker, was
not inclined to the company OF the boys
of the neighborhood, associating only
with young Reid, and he always
brought his weekly pay home to his
mother to save for him. Reid Is very
bright appearing lad OF English par
entage the son of w. w. Reid, a shoe
backing manufacturer, by whom ne
was employed. His father, however,
asserts that the lad is not endowed
with much energy, and is one VINO
would be easily led by his companions
He. too. was early to bed" and was
above any suspicion of wrong-doing'
Singularly, the Place Box factory nre
last Tuesday night-the last one set by
the boys-did not break out until ll:so
at night, and both were in bed an hour
before. The candle had been LETT so
that It would burn fully an hour before
communicating with the combustioie
material upon which 1t was placed
Reid saw the fire from his chamber
window, but Daley slept peacefully
displaying. as usual, no interest
Though confessed pyromaniacs, they
rarely watched the progress of the nres
they set. usually making for home Oh
their bicycles and retiring to bed.
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on May machine did. With that'm
chine men will fly, says a writer in the
New York World.
. These are facts. and here is an accur-
ate picture of the machine, printed for
the first time.
, AT Occoquan. Va, not far from Wash
ington, on the day above mentioned,
Professor Samuel p Langley, of the
Smithsonian institute, sent up the
model of flying machine driven by a
small steam engine. The machine rose
200 feet and few steadily about half a
mile. The fuel at this point gave out
and the machine gently sank to the
ground. The engine was restocked and
a second fight was made as successfully
as the first.
Professor Alexander Graham Bell, the
inventor of the telephone, was a witness
OF these flights, and describes them
over his own signature. There can be
neither mistake nor deception about it.
This simple statement comes to the
World to-day much as the announce
ment of Stephenson's locomotive came
TO the world three-quarters of CEN
fury ago. Then as now it was impos-
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-06-27
ADVANCE OF WOMEN.

In 1890 there were in the United
States 4,455 women doctors against 527
in 1870.
Three hundred and thirty-seven
women dentists, against "a.
Two hundred and forty women law
yers against 5.
One thousand two hundred and thir-
ty-five women preachers against 81.
One hundred and eighty women land
surveyors and engineers against nom
at all in 1870.
Twenty-Five women architects agalns,
one.
Eleven thousand women sculptors
and painters against 412.
Three thousand women writer's
against 159.
Eight hundred and lightweight wom-
en- journalists against S5.
Three thousand nine hundred and
forty-nine actresses against 6s2.
Thirty-four thousand FIVE hundred
and eighteen women musicians against
5,7S5.
Twenty-one thousand one hundred
and eighty-hve shorthand writers
against Z.
sixty-four thousand and forty-eight
secretaries and clerks against s.016.
Twenty-seven thousand seven hum
dred and twenty-seven women book
keepers against none In 1874
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This belief is now exploded. Pro-
lessor Langley's experiments nave
proved that ii is only necessary to make
the propellers revolve fast enough in
order to force the airship along at
rate almost indefinitely fast. Also, he
has discovered that the resistance
offered by the air to the aerodrome is
only one-fiftieth part of what was sup
posed, implying that so much less mo-
tive power is needed. The speed at
tanned by the airship of this pattern
will be 100 miles an hour OF more IL
desired. Such an airship will be able
to traverse space at a rate far exceed
ing the fight OF the fastest birds, and
journey across the continent will be
accomplished in scarcely more than
few consecutive twinklings.
The theory of the aerodrome is
wholly different from that of the bal
loon. Unlike the latter, 1t does not aim
to float by reason of being lighter than
the air. Professor Langley's machine
weighs about 1000 times as much as
the air which supports it. 1t relies upon
the air currents, as does soaring bird.
In fact, its principle Is derived from
the suggestions offered by birds OF the
vulture type. There is no better ex-
ample of soaring than the vulture,
which. though q large and heavy ami
NAL. will remain for a whole day in
the air without a single wing-beat, sim
ply opposing its wings to the air cur
rents and thus obtaining support from
them.
Most people have seen the magician
Hermann throw playing cards from
the stage of theater into the third
and fourth galleries. This is an Illus
tration of the sustaining power afforded
by the air to thin planes moving swift
ly through ii. The same principle ap-
niles to the aerodrome. Suppose that
such an airship is on its way from New
York to Chicago at speed OF hfty
miles an hour, the day being perfectly
calm. OF course this means a ffty-mile
current of air in effect. 1t opposes the
nroeress of the vessel very slightly, be-
cause the latter presents merely tne
edge of its planes to the breeze. The
cantain at the helm inclines the planes
inward a trifle at the front, so that the
powerful air current is made to exercise
its lifting power and keep the craft
afloat. But whichever way the current
comes. the planes are governed accord
ingly. The wing planes on either side
are slanted slightly upward. so that any
tendency to tilt will develop greater
pressure in that direction and thus re-
store equilibrium.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-06-27

wheelmen appeared to be intensely In
terested In some 800 pigeons in the loft.
Fifteen minutes later the barn was in
names and a week afterward the pig
cons were found In the possession OF
the Reid boy. The fire marshal detailed
man TO investigate, but meantime Of
nicer McKenna had made inquiries that
led him to believe that the bicyclists
set the fire to cover up the theft of the
pigeons. He learned, too, that one OF
the wheelmen was red-headed and they
both rode wheels OF particular make.
These discoveries assisted him in trac-
Ing young Reid and in capturing his
red-headed companion, Daley.
When Daley was arrested he was
subjected to two-hours' cross exami-
nation by the fire marshal, when he
broke down, confessing, and impli-
Gated Reid. The latter for nearly FIVE
hours stoutly maintained his innocence
and plausibly answered his question
ers, but at last he was cornered. Then
he frankly admitted all that Daley had
said regarding his part in setting the
fires. The two were speedily ar
raigned in court, and three charges
preferred against them, on which they
were held in $1,000 and $1,000 respec-
lively, and in default were taken to
Jail to await the action of the grand
jury. Should all the cases upon which
the government feels certain of secur-
ing a conviction be pressed against
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they held an influence which other hus-
bands enyied and wondered at.
A. HERMANN.
PUNcTURED THE TIRE.
A Rattissnske's Vicious strike ut .
Wheelman Disables the wheel


wheeIman Disables the wheel
Linn Banks, assistant ticket agent at
the Union Depot, was cycling with
Cyrus Oldham along the public high
way, two miles east of Raytown Mo-.
the other day when they came across
large rattlesnake in the middle OF the
road. The serpent made no effort to
get out OF the way OF the wheels, and
Banks decided that he would kill II by
riding owed its head. But the moment
the front wheel of the bicycle struck
the snake it coiled up and began strik-
Ing at Banks. It's fangs punctured the
rubber tire and let out the air. The
man quickly dismounted, and Banks
killed the snake with stone. He tied
the RATHER In handkerchief, broughtit
to the city and placed it on exhibition
in glass jar at the Union Depot. The
snake measures forty-two inches and
has three rattles and button on the
is going to have the skin tanned for
belt. II has been many years since
a rattlesnake was seen in the vicinity
of Raytown. Two rattlesnakes always
travel together. and Mr.. Banks says he
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-06-27

would have ruined his professional rep
utation by the indiscretion. Now the
much-derided "cranks" are having their
innings. The foremost advocate of the
practicability of aerial volitation, Pro-
fessor Octave Chanut, was not long ago
elected president of the American So
ciety of Engineers. This question is
the last transportation problem remain
ing for man to solve. When the first
dread of the air has been conquered,
when the horror Of empty space has
been mastered through habit, the
human flyer, having successfully imi-
tated the birds. will doubtless be able
to improve on their methods.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-06-27

Imperative. Under these circumstances
the poor lady had nothing else to do
but accept the situation with the best
grace she knew how, mend her temper
and hope that she would soon be sold
to a husband who would give her the
iuxuries which she had been accustom-
ed to as the shah's wife. Since women
never expose their faces In Persia ex-
cent to their husbands II was not diff
cult to keep the identity Of these res
cued bellies a profound secret. During
the reign Of the father OF the late shah.
II is said that so many wives came over
the wall that two peasants rose from
abject poverty to afiuence and were
able 70 buy titles Of nobility. besides
stocking their own harem with the
choice flowers In the iaud. over whom
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-06-27
smotn.r.d b, Molten cola.

A fatal accident happened to Charles
and George Minear. Of Fairfield. Iowa.
They had been manufacturing gold
with the X rays. Having a quantity
OF the metal transformed they were
preparing to cast 1t into bricks, when
they met their death by large cruel
BILE Of molten gold falling upon them.
They stumbled while carrying 1t, the
liquid metal flowing over their heads.
hardening instantly and smotherins
both 70 death. In removing the gold.
the faces of the victims showed but
little Disagreement, but perfect casts
of their features had been made.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-06-27
$3.50 PREACHER sentenced to Death.

Judse John NJ. White. at Chariottes-
v,,,e Va. refused a new trial TO the
Rev william Nelson, colored. con-
v,cted of numbering Thomas w.
Thompson at Free Union. Nelson was
sentenced to be hanged on June ~, the
aay on which Taylor Hartman. also
convicted of murder, is to be execu'e''
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-06-27
Kind Hearted.

Judge-So you claim to have entered
the room at night without any malice?
Why did you take off your shoes then?
Burglar-Because, your honor,
heard that there was a sick person in
the house.-Bolond Istok.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-06-27

HE RECENT as
sassination OF the
Shah has brought
Persia intothe pub
lie mind OF late. No
one who has not
been there has any
idea what a strange
country it is. When
one reaches Teher-
an he goes CEN
turtles back into the
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-06-27

HE problem of the
flying machine has
been solved. Those
who read this article
are reading of the full
filment of a world-old
dream. Men have
thought of flying since
Daedalus spread his
tabled wings 1900
years ago. Perhaps be-
fore that. No man has
N. .~AN ..uN- A
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-06-27
HURLED TO DEATH.
AWFUL FATE OF THE SHAFTS
OBSTREPEROUS WIVES. ----

Ole I'm q Ditch Below Unless Rescued by
Peasants - Saved for Purposes of
Bartsr-ssd Picture of Eastern Gus
toms.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-06-27

Tn France the doctors claim on inc
estate Of deceased patient mas pses'
snce over all others.
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WILLIAM 7. REID.

as and in the Wood Memorial church
Ky built up a pyre of cushions from
~ pews. They would 60 to the scene
tneir operations on bicycles and
ave In the same way. Often the same
ace was revisitediif the first attempt
ueu Sometimes they pulled In the
.m Oh IRE themselves, Daley having
ase alarm key Of the latest pattern,
a'en' once inserted, cannot be taken
~ until the alarm has ceased ringing.
ne story OF the detection OF the
u,ns Is highly Interesting. Four
seAs ago the barn\ of Arthur T. Ly-
Su IN Waltham wbs burned. Shortly
lure the fire two young fellows rode
on bicycles to the barn. Two boys
ere playing aboutl the place and the
S hangers asked IL Vhey knew where
v wv could buy som pigeons. The
:" went through NE barn and the
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-06-27

She has got as far north as Mon
trsai, and ia typewriteuse" Is what
thsy csll her mp there.
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|NO VERY BAD BOYS.
L.osAcHusETTS YOUTHS WITH
nrNcHANT FOR ARSON.
o..,royed Several Millions within
4 ...,oa Of Nine Months-rhey Admit
4 I'M, started No Less Than sixty
1 r,.s-Admit Their Guilt.

LILLIAN III. Daley
and William I.
Reid, two youths
of the cultured city
Of Cambridge, now
confined in the
Middlesex county
Jail. are the pyro-
maniacs of the CEN
fury. BY their con-
LESSONS these two
lads, neither Of
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-06-27
A FLYING MACHINE.
NO HUMBUC ABOUT PROF.
LANCLEY'S INVENTION.


HA HE problem of {
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1896-02-28
Quality Must BE Kent Tn.

1t is of the utmost Importance that
we maintain the quality of our live
stock, and the only way to do this is
to strive hard to improve it. Good beef
never lacks demand either at home or
abroad. In fact it is a potent infu-
ence in creating that fellow feeling
which makes a mortal wondrous kind"
The Britisher has a warm spot in his
heart for good bit of American roast,
though he may not tell about it, and
the American epicure keenly relishes
Il bit of English mutton, we'll prepared,
though he may not tell about it either.
Our export trade in live stock and
meats has reached enormous proper
tions. Our products, however, have to
stand sharp competition in the worlds
markets, and in order to hold our own
we have got to give close attention to
the healthiness of our live stock and to
its quality.-Farmers' Review.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1896-02-28

ton and then in the other. To each
half of a shaft is rigidly secured a
blade or sail, in such manner that
when one of the pair stands upright
the other will be lying down. A simple
and ingenious attachment rocks these
shafts and automatically raises and
lowers the blades, according to the re-
quirements of the service. The sails
are "feathered" as skillful boatman's
oars are.
An important feature of the latter
wind engine is that he has provided
for the storage of power. The force
developed by his machine operates so
us to lift heavily weighted platform.
ANY expenditure of this force tends
to lower the burden. Elevation of the
latter to it's full height involves about
half a days work. Grist mills, pumps,
dynamos and other mechanical or cleo
trical devices dependent on the wind
engine for power can be run for few
hours during calm if the storage plat
form has been previously raised to the
top notch, say, during the nightly. Y.
Tribune.
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FACTS FOR FARMERS.

Lime on dry soils will show it's effect
at once and one application will show
for years.
1t is better to hold your corn, if you
can. There is little use in selling Mt
present prices.
If your hay is dusty wet it before
giving it to horses. Dusty hay is a
source of great injury to horses.
! 1t is worth while to take extra pains
to keep the rats out of the corn crib. 1t
is good plan to nail projecting tin
around the edges. .-.~
J Taking all things into consideration,
the matted row system of growing
strawberries is the most profitable,
especially if care is taken not to let
the plants grow too thick in the rows.
A st. Louis paper thinks that the corn
crop has been r-estimated to the ex-
tent of 60O,O0O,0OO bushels. That is a
pretty high figure, but that the crop
has been over-estimated we do not
doubt Crop reports are nearly always
exaggerated to keep prices down.. The
potato crop is also over-estimated in
our judgment.-Farners' Voice.
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Hens Need u Supply of Salt.

We have referred to the matter of
furnishing salt for fowls in these col
umns once or twice, and expressed our
belief that the moderate use of this
condiment is beneficial. Now we find
that by experiment in the New York
experiment station It has been demon
strated that the use of salt at the rate
Of one ounce to 100 hens each day is
beneficial, and at the trials the hens
that We're fed salt produced more eggs
than those that were fed without salt
ing their feed. 1t has been our prac-
tice to salt all soft feed given to our
poultry, at about the rate food for hui
man use is sailed. This, we believe, is
about the proper condition in which to
give it, and that benefit will result wo
are confident.-Farm and Fireside.
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HAIL TO THE MUFF.
Almost Indispensable Part of q Fashion
able Costume. .u..

Almost Indispensable Part of q Fashion.
able Costume. .u
There has been united effort be-
tween flrriers and modistes to rein
state muffs in favor. Last season bon
nets and muffs to match We're extreme
novelties and We're worn by few of
the ultra-fashionable women. The
style was SO pleasing and picturesque
that it has grown in favor and mutfs are
prominently to the fore.
With all fur capes and coats muffs
are sold to correspond and no fashion
able toilet is complete without the COM
Portable adjunct. The slight awkward
ness pertaining to carrying mutt in
the hand has been obviated and chains
or ribbons with jeweled buckles are
used, by which they arc suspended
about the neck.
The very latest means Of carrying the
muff is by string of pearl beads.
Broad ribbons matching the hue of the
gown are also tied through the muft
and worn around the neck. a round
full muff or fur to match the wrap, OF
the same material, is quite common.
Hat, cape and mutf are frequently OF
the same material. Almost all the cloth
muffs are trimmed with fur and lace
and arc made in all sorts of unique
shapes and pretty styles. The fiat muff
with triple flowing frills of lace, satin
and cloth, is exceedingly artistic.
Artificial flowers no longer adorn the
outside of the mutf: instead, a single
chrysanthemum of favorite color or q
cluster of natural roses may be fastened
high up on the left corner, allowing the
stems to fall at will. This little caprice
is somewhat aesthetic, but the effect is
very gratifying.
When they are made of material
other than fur, a pocket Oh the fiat side
which may contain kerchief and purse
makes them useful as we'll as orna.
mental. .
So great is the variety of style in this
latest fashionable article that bits o!
ribbon, lace and velvet made into re
ceptacle for holding the hands. i'll any
form or shape, is acceptable.
Muffs need not necessarily be round
like an abbreviated bolster, but may be
fiat. In this case few thickncsses Of
cotton batting, sprinFled with little
sachet powder, lined with satin and GOV
cred with the desired fabric, may form
an elaborate creation. It may be sewI
together in fiat seam, which is con
cealed by series Of animal tails ane
heads or by band or ribbon tied in ;
fascinating bow.-N. Y. World.