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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-22
Government Ownership of siiver"Minos.


Why is it that both the Populists and
the Democrats failed TO put plank in
their platforms demanding that the
government own and control the silver
mines of this country, so that the profit
which would be made from free coinage
would go TO our government and thus
indirectly be benefit to the whole
peoplei Why should this profit go to a
few individuals who own the silver
mines and who are already enormously
rich? Is not this building up one of the
most dangerous trusts that the country
has ever seen?
Think of few men having under
their control all the silver of this coun.
try and the government compelled to
turn it into dollars as fast as they pro-
huce it! Suppose that these silver men
combine to shut down work on their
mines when they want to produce a
stringency in the money market, then
open them again when they want to
make money abundant. Would not this
put the whole business of the country at
their mercy?
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-22

Spoke, in his narrative Of the journey
to the source Of the Nile, describes the
= rest snake that has ever been seen
by man. Il shuddercd, he says, las !
looked upon the effect Of his tremendous
dying strength. For yards around where
he lay grass, bushes and saplings--in
fact, everything except full grown trees
were cut clean of, as if they had been
trimmed with an immense scythe. The
monster, when measured, was 81 feet
az inches in extreme length, while
around the thickest portions Of its body
the girth was nearly 3 feet"
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-22
For Your Bird.

Cage birds, especially parrots, often in
jure themselves by biting and pulling at
their tail feathers A correspondent of a
foreign paper offers the information that
this habit may be overcome by suspcnding
an old ribbon or nccktie I'm the cage close
to the perch She says that a string of old
spools will give the bird much pleasure
observation leading her 10 believe that the
Lifting comes from what would he called
In human beings nervousness arising from
luck of something to do
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-22

1t is said to be the intention OF the
d., s. s. & A. to discontinue the two Sun
day trains from Houghton to st. Ignace
and vice versa, on account OF the slim
travel on that day. Instead the regular
afternoon trains each way from Hough-
ton to Marquette will be run Sundays.
Therefore passengers for the east via the
straits cannot leave Sunday mornings
and Chicago passengers on Sundays will
| ave at 2:20 instead of 8 in the morning.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-22
An Eminent pime,all,s,,. op,p,ou.

Professor Edouard Suess, the leading
bimctallist of Austria, states briefly but
with great force the objections to free
coinage by this country alone. The re-
suit would be, he says, 1.-THE loss of all
your (our) gold, and the obligation tc
buy in England the gold necessary tc
meet your (our) obligations in foreign
countries. He declares that lone ma.
ton alone is too weak to take such q
step, which must lead to financial
and perhaps an economical crisis.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-22
Its ORIGINAL Condition.

Customer-what do you mean by sell
ing mo that stuff you called hair restore
and telling me 1t would restore my hcss'
70 its original condition.
Chernist-Didn't you like itf
Customer--No, didn't. II had keTs
on much longer, should have been &c.
tirely bald. Original condition, indeed.
Chemist-Most people are born bald, sir.
That Is the original condition.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-22
Conditions Prior to 1873.

Some of the free coinage men still
say that all they want is to ''restore the
conditions that existed prior to 1878. "
In 1878 the total worlds production of
silver was 81. 100. 600 ounces and the
silver in dollar was worth $1.04 in
gold. Last year the worlds product of
silver was 1876, 900, 900 ounces and the
silver insa dollar was worth only
80 7-10 cents. Will the silver miners
restore the production Of 1878 as the
first step toward restoring the condi-
tions?"
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-22

Tomorrow the excursion OF the Bro
therhood of Locomotive Engineers will
go to Marquette. The ratefor the round
trip being only 81 no doubt great
many will take the trip in. The day will
be spent at Pressure Isle. The Houghton
base ball club will go as far as Ishpem-
ing, where they are scheduled for game
with the local club. 1t is said that the
Ishpeming team has been strengthened
and contains some OF the old players Of
league days and therefore il the Hough-
ton boys win it will be scalp worth
bringing home.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-22
From the Irish.

First Citizen--I beg your pardon, sir
but am a stranger in Dublin. Can you
direct me to Grafton street?
Second ditto-With pleasure. Sure,
it's the second turn to the right.
First ditto-Thank you, sir. (Walks
off,
Second ditto calling after him)-Hi'
II you're a left handed man it's the
other way entirely. London Globe.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-22
l. FEINBERG & Co.

Iiyou 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 Collie
and Cholera Cure. For dysentery and
diarrhea it is reliable remedy. We
could not afford to recommend this as a
cure unless it were cure.
EAGLE DRUu STORE
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-22
The New Woman.

Chloroform and ammonia killed cent
ped and saved cat at Springfield Thu
other day. The centipcd dropped from a
bunch of bananas upon the cat and at once
buried its poisonous fangs in the animal'a
leg. Its mistress, with rare presence OF
mind, dropped chloroform on the insec.,
which succumbed, and then she applicc
ammonia to the cats leg. 1t was tr'
umph Of presence of mind, apparently.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-22
BuckIen's Arnica SaIye.

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, 1896-08-22
EAGLE DRUG STORE.

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, GuilbauPs, Lake Linden. A
fresh supply lie left at these agencies every
day, and the prices re as low as the lowest
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-22

II the fact that some farmers are poor
is used to justify the confiscation Of the
property of creditors, would not the pow
erty of the Coxey armies Of tramps and
unemployed workers justify them in de
handing a share of the property owned
by the farmers?
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-22
To the Public.

Any person desiring to take ice for the
coming season will do well to call on
John Nj. Messner & Son. the famous ice
dealers, and make arrangements for your
supply. Ice suitable Tor any purpose.
Orders by telephone promptly delivered.
j. M. MEssNER < Son.
46l Pine Street.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-22
Lake Linden stage.

Stage leaves Baril & Pearce' livery sta
BILE every day at 3 a. m, 10 a. m. and l
and p. III. Stage leaves McClure's
livery stable at and 10 a. IN. and l and
4 pm. BARIL x PEARcE,
JAMES MCCLURE,
Proprietors.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-22

Don't trifie away time when you have
cholera morbus or dlarrbea. Fight
them in the beginning with DeWitt's Collie
and Cholera Cure. You don't have to
wait tor results, they are instantaneous,
and it leaves the bowels in healthy con-
dition. EAGLE DRUG STORE.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-22
There win be eighteen or twenty mem.

There will be eighteen or twenty men,
bers OF f. X. Stiles Post G. A. R, going
to st. Paul to the national encampment.
Besides, quite number OF Portage Lake
people will take in the trip. Aspecial train
leaves Houghton week from tomorrow
night at 10 o'clock. All outside the post
intending to go are requested to inform
A j. Scott that special accommodations
on the special train may be made.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-22
Extra.

We are going to give great sale OF
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.
I g. 10
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-22
Notice TO the Public.

We have opened second hand store at
NOBLE Fifth street; we buy and sell house
hold goods, furniture, stoves, tinware
and crockery, upholstery bedding and
store fixtures. We pay cash for goods
and sell on easy terms. g. OREK. Prop.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-22

The state OF things at the court house
aud the various Justice officers is good
criterion OF the liveliness or dullness OF
the times. Just at present the county
officers are complaining OF having lots OF
time on their hands and as for the justice
courts even garnishee suit is rarity.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-22

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 & BURNS
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-22

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, 1896-08-22

Theories OF cure may be discussed at
length by physicians, but the sufferers
want quick relief; and One Minute Cough
Core will give it to them. A safe cure for
children. 1t is 1.-The only harmless RENE
dy that produces immediate results"
EAGLE DRUG STORE
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-22

Many days work is lost by sick head
ache, caused by Indigestion and stomach
troubles. DeWitt's Little Early Risers
are the most effectual pill for overcoming
such difficulties.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-22

The ball game for $3.50 a side between
the Marquette and Escanaba mines at
Union Park, Ishpeming, is an assumed
fact, though the date has not yet been
act
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-22
Signs.
Wallacc-Do you believe in signs

Ferry-Somc. When you see woman
driving south and looking east. IL Is n
pretty sure sign that she means to turn to
the west at the first corner. Cincinnati
Enauirer
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-22

Smokers. II you nave failed TO find a
.iger TO suit you, try "Heimlich's
Crown" the best In the market.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-22

Poison Ivy, insect bites, bruises, scalds,
burns, are cured by DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salye, the great pile cure.
EAGLE DRUG STORE.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-22
ADDITIONAL LOCAL NEWS.

For Pedro score cards and markers.
go TO the NEWS Office.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-22

In the opinion of the world, marriage
ends all, as 10 docs In comedy. The
truth Is precisely the reverse; II begins
all-Mme. Swetohine
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-22

The Greek year consisted Of l2 months
of 90 and 30 days alternately. Three
times In eight years n month was added to
make up the deficiency
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-22
Given Away.

Dry family wood, for cash, at j. s.
Stringer's fuel yard, Hancock. Tele-
phone connection. Leave orders at the
aforo
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-22

Go TO the CITY Bakeryi ryour fine pas
tries. Angel food, fruit cake always on
band. Cream pufis Fridays and Satur-
dava
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-22

Our lodge room can be rented for
meetings on Saturday evenings.
SWEET OLSON.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-22

Supreme Court Justice c. b. Grant and
Mrs. Grant are the guests OF Mr.. and Mrs.
]. r. Cooper OF the smelling works.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-22
A LESSON FROM EGYPT.

Showing How That Country Failed %
Maintain the Ratio of Sixteen Onions to
One Cat.
The ancient Egyptians had currency
based on cats and onions, both of which
were sacred objects worshiped by the
people. As there was some difficulty in
storing the cats, and as the onion was
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-22

liable to decay, circulating medium
was provided of papyrus strips, repre-
senting "a certain number of cats and
onions at a ratio of 16 TO / This was a
true double standard system and is be-
lieved TO have been the origin of modern
paper currency. For time the cat
onion money circulated at par, but the
historian Faque Hur records that about
963 b. G. serious difficulty arose.
New colonies had been established in
the region of the upper Nile, and the
savage Nubians had been taught the
art of agriculture. The rich, black soil
Of the valley which they inhabited was
especially suited TO the growth Of
onions, and the production of those per.
fumed bulbs was soon enormously in
creased. Meanwhile the cat crop had
only grown in the usual ratio, and the
result was that, with the demand for
sacred animals in the new colonies, at
least 30 onions would be given for one
cat. This brough the papyrus currency
into disfavor, and the ruling pharaoh,
Ram Bunkshus III, issued royal order
that cats should be the sole standard of
value, and that onions should be issued
only to the extent that they could be
kept at par with the 'caterwaulers, F" as
the unit of value was termed.
This did not suit the onion growers,
who at once started an agitation for the
free and unlimited coinage of all onions
at the good old ratio of their daddies.
After passing 3, 1877, GAP resolutions de-
nouncing the horrible crime of 963 the
onionites marched in body to the pal
ace of their Pharaoh and demanded that
the unjust law enacted at the instance
of the catbugs should be repealed and
the bicatallic standard restored. Ram
Bunkshus listened to them patiently and
answered.: Great, no doubt, was the
wisdom of our ancestors. But | am in
the wisdom business myself to some ex.
tent. When the ratio of l6 to was
adopted, that was the true ratio of the
cats and onions. Now, owing 10 a great
increase in the quantity of onions, the
ratio is 80 to /. All powerful as / am,
cannot make onions worth more than
their market value. The present stand
ard stays. As for you, o foolish onion
ties, your leaders shall feed the sacred
crocodiles. The rest of you will return
to your farms and hustle. | have re-
marked. +"
Thus ended the first and only cur
rency agitation in Egypt.
Graham in Puck.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-22

MIR. Il. T. w. Daume Of, Laurium. will
address the mems meeting at the \. NJ.
C. A. tomorrow afternoon.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-22

One OF the pieces that will be played by
the Salisbury orchestra this evening will
be "The Cavalry Charge" a description
of which ia az follows:
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-22

Morning of the battle-Infantry approach
ing with ffes and drums. Cavalry coming
nearer and nearer until they charge upon the
enemy.-Cavalry. infantry and artillery In the
melee of battle.-Defeat OF the enemy.-Cav-
airy pursuing i'm the distance"
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-22
PASSENGER Trains on N. R. R. R.
In Eject Deoemts 20. 1895.
'8yspursr Trains on 4. & c. R. K.

.na,lv 4Dnily ercspt SUNDAY.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-22
Eneu, December 70 1885.

1-Dsilv. -Dailv srospt suniav.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-22
POSTAL EVOLUTION.
STORY or THE DEVELOPMENT OF
TIE MAIL SERVICE.

Crude Methods of Early Ages biblical
References to the Post beginning OF
What Has Become an Almost Perfect
and . Cheap System.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-07-14
A PAIR OF THEM.

1t must have been very funny to hear
John Z. Mclean urging upon delegates
the importance of making "more money
and less misery" conspicuous feature of
the warcry. Mr.. McLean's wealth is es-
tlmated at $1,000, 900, and the misery of
being showed under by Bryan is the only
distress he knows anything about. He in
herited few million dollars, and he is
himself pretty thrifty Spectator. but no
one ever heard of PhiIanthropist John R.
Mclean, nor has he any honest sympathy
with the silver wing of the Democratic
party. He is goldbug by nature, asso-
cation and inclination, but he has been
longing for Office many years without
anything turning up his way. No doubt
be thought the free-silver play would fetch
him something, else he would not have
departed from the way of his father, who
was Democrat of the Thomas "a. Benton
school.
Altgeld. too, must have amused those
VINO know him to be worth all of 81, 900, :
GOO when he went about whining for
something in the platform that would en-
courage the "downtrodden poor" Alt
geid's name is not found on the list OF
Chicago's liberal givers to the poor, but,
ike Mclean, he makes vast difference
between standing for the poor for political
advantage and standing between the poor
and starvation for charity's sake, 1t is
Just such men as Altgeld and Mclean
that disgust the great middle class with
politics, and all parties have men of that
sort. Even the Populist party has a follow
ing OF very rich men, but of course they
are there for personal gain. In this con-
nection 1t may be said that every one oil
the prominent candidates for the Republi-
can nomination at st. Louis has the repu-
tatlon Of being liberal giyer to the poor.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-07-14
CYCLING IN ENGLAND.

England continues to be disturbed by the
intrusion of the American bicycle. A late
London journal says: Cycling is playing its
part in reyolutionizing the old social orde r in
the country. Ancient inns are taking new lie
everywhere from the visits OF crowds of thirsty
cyclists at week ends. but now the great coun-
try houses are to suffer change, too. Sheen
House, a fine spacious mansion standing on
the edge of Richmond Park. is to be taken by
the cyclists and changed into clubhouse.
The grounds, twenty-five acres in extent, are
10 pc laid out in cycling tracks and tennis
courts, and are to give scope for every sort of
amusement. The house, with a fine suite of
rooms on the ground floor, is to be we'll fitted
up as club. Thirty bedrooms are to be fitted
mp for gentlemen members, and regular board
and lodging provided Tor those who wish
10 stay.
Excursions are to be organized to places. of
interest which abound in the neighborhood
and the institution made to provide every
thing that the cyclists heart could wish for.
The situation is good, for IL lies within about
seven miles from Charing Cross, by good
road with little traffic upon it. IL it succeeds,
Richmond Park Will soon be vying with Bat
tersea and Hyde parks in its attractions Tor
cyclists; but it viii be strange to see the old
eountry-house, with its historic associations
for ii was there that the Comte de Paris lived
turned to such modern uses. If the adven-
ture succeeds il will soon be common news to
hear that this and that country-house has been
taken by the cyclists just as the news comes
from time to time that some great municipal
ity has bought up a tine estate and mansion
and made 81 peoples property. Thus will the
countryside soon change from the old order
10 the new.
The ladies' cycling gymkhana, which is to
take place t the Ranelagh Club on Saturday
week is likely TO produce many striking nov
elites in the fashionable pastime. Besides tae
ordinary fiat cycling racing, there are to be
several exhibitions of fancy riding, such as
side-saddle riding, and riding bicycle and
trundlng hoop at the same Time
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-07-14
ONLY A BLUE LINE.
Yreka Journal.

The Republican party is before the country
with an admirable ticket and an excellent
platform, and it is the battle line of that party
that IS the only barrier between the march to
power OF the silv1r-standard bearers cit is
only that blue line" said General Hood at the
battle of Franklin, in Tennessee, pointing to
the army under command of Schofeld, "that
stands between us and the Ohio River. Break
that and the country is ours" Then the wild
charge was made in which eleven Confederate
generals were killed in fifteen minutes. The
blue line was one of impregnabie fire, and
from the fierce flame spread storm of death.
The line that guards the honor and safety of
the Republic is the Republican front, and Nc
klnley is the leader, and it will prove irwin
chile Republican defeat would mean the loss
OF generation of opportunity and prosper
ity, and first the stagnation of civilization and
then DRIFT toward barbarism.