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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-01-29
nAla UNDER TIE MICROSCOPE.
One Of The Many Important Factors In
Murder Cases.


In centuries past the human hair
played an important part in all judicial
proceedings. Those that were permitted
TO wear beard and hair had rights that
could not be claimed by the shorn and
shaved. When men made path, they
touched their beard and hair, and wom-
en- placed the finger tips OF the right
hand on their tresses.
Servants were obliged to lave their
hair cut. and if freedman went into
slavery he had 10 divest himself of his
hirsute adornments. An adult adopted
by foster parents was obliged to have
his beard shaved and the shaving Of
beard and hair was a punishment in
fiicted on criminals. The jurisprudencc
Of our ance1tors dealt with punishment
''by skin and hair" for small offenses
and "by neck and hand" for greater
crimes
There has always been more or less
superstition about hair. Great strength
was implied by it, and wizards and
witches knew of concoctions of hair by
which they poisoned enemies. Cats hair
was especially named in the category OF
poisonous hairs, and even at the begin
ming Of the seventeenth century Paulus
Zacchias, famous physician, writes Of
the virulent poison of the hair Of cats.
Among civilized people such supersti
tious beliefs have gone ont of existence,
and only Malays give their enemies
tiger hairs in broth to kill them.
Hair today, however, is one Of the
important factors in deciding murder
eases, aud the microscopic examination
of hair, where it is found in criminal
cases under suspicious circumstances, is
invariable
The first thing the coroner is called
upon TO determine is whether the hair
is from man on beast. The microscope
determines this beyond peradventure.
Animal hair differs in construction from
thar PfawA ou human head. In human
hair tie upper SKIN is smooth and thin.
The ciiCuiur section is comparatively
broad, forming the main part of the
hair shaft. Ii is striped in appearance
and carries the color matter. The tubu-
lar part is thin, extending TO about one
fifth and certainly not more than TO
one-quarter Of the entire width Of the
hair.
Animal hair also consists of three
parts. but these are differently con-
structed, the tube often filling the en-
tire hair. The ends of the hair must be
closely watched, and especially woman's
hair will be found ragged and torn at
the ends
The hair from boards is usually the
thickest, its diameter being as much as
0. 10 millimeters, while hair from female
heads can be as fine as a diameter Of 0. 06
millimeters would make it.-St. Louis
Republic.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-01-29
4 ROYAL Marriage From P,oue.

An interesting story is being told as to
how the king Of Portugal became engaged.
Prince Carlos, who was known at that
time as the Duke of Braganza. was on the
way TO Venice To celebrate his betrothal
TO the Archduchess Marie Valerie, daugh-
ter of the Austrian emperor. when, upon
his arrival at Paris, he received news that
her imperial highness had changed her
mind The prince was unwilling 10 re
turn without bride and sought the al
vice of the Marquise DE In Ferronay, an old
friend OF the family. Her ladyship showed
him the picture Of young girl. who, she
said, was rich, talented and his equal in
rank. Il will have her, whoever she may
be, :" exclaimed Carlos. Where can she
be scent" According to this mornings :
paper, replied the marquise, her royal
highness, the Princess Amclie of Orleans,
arrived yesterday in Nice Three days
later the duke and princess met for the
first time, and shortly afterward their be-
trothal was announced --Galignani Mes
scngcr.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-01-29
eerrlN HOME.

All the way from Jersey the airs been Ec.tip
lighter,
Grass Is greencr, sky Is cleaner, cherry bios.
SONS whittier
Every ythng l smile upon is answcrin with
laughtor-
Must bo plain enough TO see what I'm goin
after.
All The way from Jersey my minds been get.
tin clearer,
Every creature OF old nature seems little
nearer
Fog has lifted, an the sun has set the bees
albumin
They seem TO sing a song today of welcome TO
my comm.
All the way from Jersey the buildins gettin
Piows a-worldn easier an swamps a Nttle
drior.
Lllacs noddin as pass. peaches gettin pinker
An every barefoot in the class l. out with
line an sinker
All the way from Jersey the bell has been
a.rinriu
I'm certain that she heard it--Im surer that
she's singin,
An She win meet me at the gate, my 'darlirr
little treasure.
WITH kisses that could scarcely wait for papa
IN their pleasure.
George i Bowen in Chicago Inter Ocean.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-01-29

a. O. Lindstroui, "a San Francisco coin
collector, is the owner Of a rectangular bit
of copper, .5ts by 4 y inches In size which
the numismatists reckon as being worth
about 81, 900. This peculiar shaped piece
Of copper plato is a half dollar (dalcr)
swedish picco of the year I'LL and has
been i'm the possession Of tho Lindstrom
family for about iS5 years TO the dimcn-
sions as given should be added the state.
mont that the coin Is between oneeight-
ocnth and ono-sixtccnth of an inch In
thickness, and Il weighs exactly 90 ounces.
The center and each Of the four corners OF
this curious coin bear the impress Of sill
yer half dollar stamp. st. Louis Republic.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-01-29
Two Litcrary colncldencc..

In recent after dinner speech Rider
Haggard mentioned two old literary Co
incidences that had occurred in connec-
tion with his works.
One OF these concerned his invention
Of an incident ON the Tana river, where
mission station was attacked by the
. Nasal and the mission people were
killed. Strange TO say. after his imagi-
nary account had appeared, some mis-
sionaries did found a station on that
river. were attacked by the Nasal and
some Of them were killed.
In his book. 1.-THE People of the
Mist. he had fixed upon an unknown
part of Africa and had described re-
gion from his inner consciousness, and
only week before the speech was made
a company, in which the author is a di-
rector, had sent out orders to take pos
session Of the very tract he had in
view, and so far as the reports of the
native agents who had inspected ii went
he believed his descriptions were fairly
correct
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-01-29
A woman Helped.

There was discussion recently in th'
Scranton (Pa Truth regarding the in
ventor Of the cotton gin. The Truth
quotes the testimony Of Professor J
Cotton Bynes OF Georgia. given some
time since in the Boston Woman jour
nal, as conclusive that the honor Of th'
invention justly belongs to Mrs Cath
crime Greene Il was Eli Whitney wh'
invented the first model of the cottol
gin. while tutor in Mrs Greene's fam
ily But IL would not work until Mrs
Greene invented an additional appliance
IL was she who made it n practical sue
oaec
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-01-29

A bronze statue Of a catamount on a
granite pedestal is soon to be erected to
mark the site or the old tavern at Ben
nington. VT, in which We're held the
councils Of military and state officers in
Revolutionary days The tavern at that
time had swinging signboard, ON
which was painted a catamount, 20 in
dicate defiance to the British lion. The
inn was for this reason known as the
Catamount tavern.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-01-29

Little Nan of four summers, consid-
ering il her duty TO entertain lady
who is waiting for mamma, enters into
conversation.
Nan--Have you any little girls?
The Galleries, / have two.
Nan-D-do You ever have 10 whip
en-?
The Caller-1'm afraid l have to
sometimes.
Nan--What do you whip 'em with?
The Caller (amused)-Oh, when
they've been very naughty, take my
slipper.
Nan (most feelinely as mamma en-
ters -yo-you ought TO take n hair
brush. My mamma does, and il hurts
swfully. --Pittsburg Bulletin.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-01-29
Vocal limitations by a monsrel.

While on a trip through Moore county
Tonn., recently | was the guest of tn.
Rev. Frank NJ. Downing, who lives in tn,
neighborhood OF small settlement called
County Line. His family consists of him
self and wife and a small yellow dog
which, / noticed, received an unusual
amount of care and attention. As there
was nothing particularly attractive about
tho dog. which was only mongrel cur,
rather wondered at their manifest affec
ton, and one day inquired the reason for
1t. Mr.. Downing for answer, called
Bench, nns. y-.ussl 9 him in a chair, com
manded him To ''crowA
Ny astonishmont was tfnl,v~ udpS. - her
the dog gave perfect imitation of a
Shanghai rooster, and, without further
command, followed IL with the neigh Of q
horse, tho lowing of cows, the grunts and
squeaks Of pigs, the whining OF cats aud
various noises incident 10 farm life He
could give all tho yelps Of pack of hounds
in pursuit OF a fox, and in so realistic a
manner that you could scarcely help be.
lleving that a hunt was in progress. MIR.
Downing said that nobody had taught the
animal. and that his initiative powers
were discovered by accident.
In appearance Bench is not progresses
ing, his color being a dirty yellow, his
hair coarse and wiry, his legs short, and
his body rather unwieldy. In his eyes.
however, there CLEANS an intelligence al.
most human. st. Louis Globe Democrat.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-01-29

"You seem sad, my red skinned broth
or, +" said the missionary. Rcd skinned
brothers heart heap sad. said the noble
son OF the prairie. White man shoot bet
ter, fight better, and now lnjun hear col.
lege yell. he know Injun can't warwhoop
for sour apples. Waugh r'--Cincinnati En-.
qulrer.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-01-29

Try TO be happy In this very present
moment and put not of being so 20 n time
to come, as though that time should be Of
another mako than this. which Is already
come aud Is ours. Fuller.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-01-29

The Seminole Indian war began Nov.
20. isls. and ended Oct. si, 1918. The
total number OF regulars aud miliiir sew.
ing in this war was 1914
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-01-29

A vagabond was originally only
traveller or person who went from place
to place with or without definite OBJ
ject
The sun., 1896-10-18
A. A, A.-QUICKE.T PERMANENT

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IL Eastern J"w",rY Comp ny 6ni REG I've "a perfect
damon sgariIin or stud, or nd thirteen two
cent stamp, and receive our h-Huutul cluster sL9kr
pin for lRdIeA BOX lao, Providence, L.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-15

Stock on hand this day.. Al 1862 1872 $50
Stock same day last year.. 1885 109675
Receipts same day last year, 1,237 S723
Charleston, S. c.. Sept. 14.-Turpentine,
firm at 2O15d2l15c; sales, none. Rosin,
firm sales, none; B, C, d. $1.9O; f, F,
81. 80; G, 81 40; H, $l.45; I, $3.50; X, 81 So;
NJ, 81 go; N, 81 60; w G, $3.50; w w, $3.50.
Wilmington, n. c., Sept 14.-Rosin firm;
strained, $145; good strained, $40. Spirits
turpentne steady; machine, 215sc; irregu-
lar, 2l5sc. Tar steady at $l.1O; crude tar
firm; hard. $1.30; soft. S155; virgin, $1.65.
New York, Sept A-Rosn, quiet; strain
ed. common to good $l.6OG1.621a. Spirits
turpentine steady at 2324q2414c.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-15
GRAIN. PRoYIsIoNs. ETC.

New York, Sept. 14.-Flour quiet. firm
winter wheat low grade. sl.7Od25O; do
fair to fancy, S2.4003.40 do patents, So. 45
@375; Minnesota clear. $240Q3o0; do pat
ents. S3.l5a4.l5; southern -four quiet. arm ;
common to fair extra, S20002.G0; good to
choice do. 2.6O0290. Wheat dun, firmer;
options were fairly active. May, 7Ohc;
September, 65c; October. 647sc; December.
eestc. Corn dun, firm; No. ?. 26Nc eleva-
tor: 373sc, ahoat options dull and firm, at
1s0Ac advance; September 26hc; Octo-
Der, 2Gssc; December, CSC; May, SOhc. Oaes
duh and firm; options dull. firmer; Sep
TENDER, l9Ac: October. 20c; December, 2ic;
spot, No. 2. zoe; No. . white, 24a2ilac: mix
ed western 21621isc. Hay weak; spring.
59iac; good 20 choice 700 SOC. Wool steady .
domestic fleece, l6u23c: pulled, 1803ic
Beef quiet. steady: family. $7.O)d8O0: extra
mess, S5.50d6cO Cut meats steady; pick
led bellies, 5hG5Ac; shoulders, nc; hams,
9l4Q93lc. Lard firm; western steam,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-15

$67la; city, $3S5q340 September, $355; re-
| fined duh; continent 1898; South Ameri-
/ can, a.40; compound sac. Pork steady;
new mess, %.50GS,25. Butter weaker; lib
eral supply; state dairy, l0d15c; do cream
cry, 11@16c; western dairy, Sal2c; Elgins,
Ice. Cotton seed oil firm; crude, bic; vel
low prime, 2ic Rice fairly active, nomi-
nal demand; fair extra, S1a@ic Molasses
firm, fair demand New Orleans open ket-
tie, good to choice, 27QS7c. Peanuts quiet;
fancy hand picked, 3l@Gfc. Coffee steady,
quiet; September, 920c; October, S.55c; jan
uary, S60c; March, S.65dS.70c; May $3.50
S70c; spot Rio dull easy; No. Z, 10O0d101sc.
Sugar, raw, No. 2 refining, 2Ae; refined
quiet, steady; No. 7. 44c; standard A, 4Ac;
cut loaf 5asc F'reights TO Liverpool firm;
cotton, steamer 11-6id; grain, 4d.
Chicago Sept. a. noon.-The market
opened for wheat, September, 5S4c. Corn,
September, 203lc. Pork. October $5.75,
Lard, October. $3SOd3.S2l2. Ribs. october,
S3.15.
Chicago, Sept. H.-Wheat was prolific
Of changes in prices to-day but the limits
within which the alterations took place
were narrow 1t was said that nothing
ranking as important in the trading was
observable. Scalping in small lots in an
indefinite manner being the feature Of the
market. The news was evenly divided
between bullish and bearish and the SEN
December wheat opened from $3.50 10
5915c, advanced to 6OhG6O2sc, closing at
60Bc-h of a cent higher than Saturday.
Corn.-Corn maintained the reputation
for dullness it long ago achieved Never
theless, there was a respectable degree of
firmness in the tone. There was some
talk of a settlement of railroad ates west,
which, if true, would tend to cut down the
receipts This contributed to the strength
of prices, but the light trade was not con-
ductive to great appreciation in values.
May corn opened at 242sc, advanced to
247sc, closing al 2%c--3s of a cent higher
than Saturday. Cash corn was firm.
Oats were neither more nor less active
than they have recently been; no incident
appeared to make the market interesting
sympathy with other grains ruled the
situation. May oats closed 1sMAc per
bushel higher. Cash oats were firm at
Saturdays prices.
Provisions.--It was possible to charac-
terize the feeling in provisions this morn
ing as easy, but not much of a change in
quotations was noted. That the feeling
was less than steady was ascribed to a
slight decline in prices in the hog market
Owing to the strength occa sionally shown
by wheat, product was enabled to rally
later in the session. January pork and
lard closed sarge higher than Saturday
and January lard 21ac higher.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
Opening. Highest. Lowest. Closing.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-15
QUIET DAY WITH COTTON.
mn LOCAL MARKET EASY AND
UNCHANGED, WITH A SLOW
DEMAND.

rhe Receipts Heavy at sayaunah
and Mt the POrts-A Good Demand
ror spirits Turpentine at 2S1se
Rosfn Selling at Higher. Prices
U,ap Quotations MT Private Terms.
wholesale Markets Steady and
Unchanged.
savannah, Sept. 14.-Nothing of special
.+erest transpired in the cotton market
to.5av. The quotations remained I'M
.hanped with the tone easy. There was a
slow demand and the sales for the day
u.sre only 29S bales. The local receipts
,,ere 5.S14 bales, and the total receipts
-. the ports were 55,179 bales.
In the naval stores market, spirits tur-
ror-ine was firm, and sold at 221sc; and
rosn was selling at private terms, said
~ he at higher prices than the quota
+,ons on the lower grades. The wholesale
r,arkets were steady and unchanged. The
touoving resume of the different markets,
hath local and Geographic, will show the
tome and the quotations at the close to-
dqv.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-15
DRY GOODs

New York, Sept. 14.-The dry goods mar
ket opened quiet, but as the morning al
Vanced became easy on rumors current
of the failure of large commission
house, confirmed later bg the news that
fCofiin, Altemus & co. had assigned IN
Philadelphia. The failure of such prom
inent firm has naturally had a disturbing
influence over the trade generally. In the
general market the tone is somewhat
quieter than last week, and there has been
less business doing than for some days
previously. The recent advances in cot
ton goods, particularly in leading lines OF
bleached cottons. have checked the de-
mand to considerable extent, but there
are numerous efforts on the part of buy
ers to secure more goods on old terms.
In the more staple lines of printed cali
Goes the tendency is upward Woollens
and worsteds continue in Indifferent re,
quest at previous prices.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-15
MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS.

Bacon-Thc market is steady Smoked
clear sides, 5hc dry sailed clear rib sides,
4jzc; long clear none; bellies, Sc; sugar
cured hams 1lAc.
Lard-Market firm; pure, in tierces, sc;
5O-pound tins, sac; compound, in tierces,
4ssc; in 50-pound tins, 45sc.
Butter-Market firm; fair demand;
Goshen, 14al5c; gilt edge. l7hQlS1sc; best
Cheese-Market higher; sls@11c; fancy.
full cream cheese, lO@l2c; 2O-pound aver
age.
Fish-Mackerel. half-barrel, No. /. $3.50;
No. 2, 81. so; No. 3, Sc 90; kits, No. l, 81 %;
No. 3, 81 90: No. g. Csc. Goldfish, 1-pound
bricks, 6hc, 2-pound bricks, &c. Smoked
herring. per box, zoe; Dutch herring, in
kegs, 81. 60. New mullet, half barrels, $3.50.
Salt-Demand is fair, and the market
steady; carload lots lots. & O. b. Liverpool,
buriap sacks, sc; ditto, 125-pound cotton
sacks, 35c; smaller lots, higher.
Syrup-Market quiet; Georgia and Flor
ida syrup, buying at 2Sc. and selling at
straight goods, 2QSOe; sugar house mo-
lasses, l5Q2Oc.
smoking domesties. 22Q6Oc: chewing. COM
mon, sound, 24q27c; fair. 23a35c; good, SO
G4Sc: bright. 69q65c; fine fancy, G5GSOc
Sugar-Equality quotations-Savannah
ouotations-Cut loaf. 555c: crushed. 4. 55c:
powdered, 5.lsc; xxx powdered. 8 3Oc:
standard graduated, 4.93c cubes. 5.1sc:
mould A. 51sc; diamond a, 4.93c: confec-
TONERS. A, 4. SOC; white extra c. 4.e2c; ex-
ira c. 4.43c; golden G, 4.2ic; yellows, 4.I2c:
tone firm.
Coffee-Market dull; Mocha, &c; Java
27ikc: Peaberry. zoe; standard. No. /. 17lsc:
No. 2. lsiac No B. 151sc; No 4. 14hc: No.
8. l3i5c; No. g. l2iac; No. T. 1lAc
Flour-steady; patents. A.i0; straight
e. So: fancy, $685. family. 1925
Corn Market Is steady: white corn. lob
lots, 44c; carload lots, Ale; mixed corn
job lots. 43c carload lots, 40c. cracked
corn. Job lots, Csc sack.
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huctuated between S06c and s 24c for jan
uary, after opening at the former price
The close was steady, with January at
S.26qS.Hc. The weak longs seem to have
been pretty well shaken out by the de-
cline and there is no pressure to sell CON
tracts, but on the other hand, the receipts
are enormous and the bulls are evidently
afraid to buy. There are said to be large
offerings of cotton from the south. ana
until the pressure OF these becomes less
urgent the advance, which we think Will
surely come later in the season. NAV he
postponed. For the present we are IN
clined to expect small fluctuations aroma,
present prices and advise our friends 10
scalp moderate profits on either side
OF the markets, whenever they can set
them"
New York, Sept i4.-The Sun. in it's re-
view of the cotton market, says: Cotton
advanced to 10 points, but reacted. and
closed steady, with prices unchanged to
points higher. The total sales were
13s. 600.
Cotton Causerie: The speculation to-
day was comparatively dull. and the fuc-
uatlons in prices were confined within mar
row limits. The Liverpool news was bet
ter than had been expected, and prices
rose here at the opening, but the improve
ment was soon lost. There was no pres
sure to buy, and the only support the
market received from the covering of
shorts was that New Orleans
sold freely, Liverpool reacted
and on general selling, prices
slowly receded. The southern spot
markets in some Instances were lower
and less active and the heavy receipts at
the ports and the interior towns induced
many to sell. The crop movement during
the balance of the month and October. is
expected to be heavy as a result of the
scarcity of money at the south. Rain was
reported in various sections of Texas dur
ing the past forty-eight hours, and the
crop news to-day was somewhat more fav,
orable." 4-+j-r
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