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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-07
One Pound of Coal on a Steamship.

The value Of a pound of coal at diff
ferent epochs of steamship evolution, as
given by Mr. a. j. McGinnis, president
of the Liverpool Engineering society,
has been as follows: In 1910 pound Of
coal propelled a displacement weight of
.57S ton s knots; but the earning weight
was only one-tenth of this, 90 per cent
of the displacement representing the
hull, machinery and fuel. In 1850, with
iron vessels and the screw propeller, a
displacement weight of 6 ton was pro-
PEELED knots by pound of coal; but
the proportion of cargo had risen to ~
per cent, or .l6 ton. In 1860, with
higher boiler pressure and the surface
condenser, SO ton displacement was
propelled 10 knots, and the cargo was
80 per cent, or .27 ton. In 1870, after
fhe compound engine had come into
use, 8 tons displacement was propelled
10 knots, and here the cargo formed 80
per cent OF the whole, being 9 ton. In
1888 there were two classes of freight
boats-the tramp" propelled 81 tons
displacement y knots, with 60 per cent.
or tons of cargo; at the same time the
enormous cargo steamers of the north
Atlantic were driving displacement of
3. IA tons IL knots, with 30 per cent, or
IL tons of cargo. On the modern ex-
press passenger steamers the cargo
weight is down to 90 ton per pound of
coal.-Railroad Gazette.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-07
Apples, per barrel, 81 so.
l.. HENNEs 4 Co.


knowledge SIS be- m;r7
ways. \ writer in the Chicago Record
processes 70 know "a man-nut "a Chicago
man. but an Euglishman-whose well
known constitutional hardness once
saved his wife from hours of the most
| terrible anxiety.
AT the time Of the fair there was a
terrible fire in one Of the buildings-I
think il was the cold storage. On the
afternoon of the fire the mamie was
al Englishman--had an appointment
on the top floor of the doomed building.
The fire broke out, if I'm not mistaken,
about O'Clock. In a short time the
building was partially destroyed and
several lives had been lost.
Some friends 1t the Englishman came
to his wife at the Victoria hotel and
broke gently TO her the fact that the
cold storage place was in ruins and
that Harry had al appointment on the
top floor that afternoon.
"What time did the fire break out?"
she asked.
They told her at 2 O'Clock.
"And for what hour was Harry's APP
pointmenti"
Two O'Clock. also.
ooh. then, I'm not in the least
alarmedl' she said, and serenely contin-
ued TO knit
About 8 o'clock Harry turned up,
having been delayed by the difficulty of
getting transportation. He looked lit
tie white. by Jove, Dora," he re-
marked, Il had narrow shave this
afternoon.
She kissed him placidly. "You were
TO have been in the cold storage build
ing at 2 O'Clock, dear, and you didn't
get there till nearly 3. Wasn't that it?"
He gave wondering assent.
"What comfort it is, Harry, that
you're always latep'
Then she resumed her knitting.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-07
Drunk and DisorderIv.

Saturday and Sunday nights were bad
times for DRINKS and disorderlies, as sew
eral cases were up in the local Justice
offices this morning, aud more will be ND
this evening.
Officer Murphy had quite an experience
with couple OF drunken men last night.
Shortly after midnight while he was
making his rounds he came upon two
men who were just about able to walk
and who were making disturbance
The officer told them to stop the racket
and go home, and they proceeded to do
so. Shortly afterward he saw the same
two men fighting each other. When he
reached the place, one man had gone and
the other told the officer he had been
stabbed in the fight. His coat was cut.
evidently by jack knife, but that was
all the evidence of stabbing affrav
However, the officer got after the other
man and chased him down TO Pine street
and alter considerable trouble he sue
ceeded in arresting him and getting him
to the Jail, where he and the man he
stabbed spent the night.
This morning they we're up before JUS
tice Curtis, where they gave their names
as Joyel Laaksonen and Alex lorna
Both pleaded guilty to ing drunk and
disorderly and: Laaksonen paid a fine of
50 and costs, while lorna was assessed
$40 and costs. Laaksonen did not wish
to make complaint against his friend
Tor the stabbing affair, so the matter was
dropped.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-07
I'VE NEWS IN BRIEF.

Armstrong a Bro. the Oldest nrm IN
Eldora. Ark, dealers In general sup
plies. have failed. Liabilities. s60,oo0;
assets about the same. The stock was
sold 10 Richie & Co. and II. p. Smeao
of Camden. The firm did a large CRED
II business with cotton planters.
The fatality from the blizzard learned
of near Pierre, S. D.. Is the death OF at.
III. M. Kennedy, who was on sheep
ranch fifty miles west OF there. his
body was found and brought into Fort
Pierre. An old German named koch'
who lived in the south part or the coun-
~. Is also reported missing, ana IL Is
feared he is dead on the prairie.
The j. Il. Owens Drug company or
Kansas City has failed. The bank holds
notes Of the firm aggregating $ll,250.
The will of Mrs. Emira Forbes or
Anderson, Ind. leaves her entire estate
to the Christian church of that city. Ii
is a large sum.
1t may not be generally known that
the story of Enoch Arden, as 1t STANDS
in the poem, is in every detail true
one. 1t was related to Lord Tennyson
by the late Mr.. Woolner, the we'll
known sculptor, whose widow has the
manuscript of the story.
Abraham Zwahlen, respected Swiss
of Mount Vernon, Ills, was found dead
in his bed. Investigation shows that
heart disease caused his death.
Peter Layman, a dairyman of Akron.
O., drew $525 from a bank to meet a
payment on his farm. Burglars entered
his house and secured the money.
On the evidence of his father, John
Taylor was sentenced at Pana. Ills,
to the Chester penitentiary for larceny.
He broke into his fathers shop and
stole iron. which he sold for money to
buy liquor.
Mr.. Clarence Cook, in an address the
other day. declared New York the
ugliest city in the world.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-07
Notice to Taxpayers orCalumet Town
ship.

Having had the tax roll placed in my
hands for collection, shall, for the con.
yenience of taxpayers, attend at the
Merchants & Miners Bank, during Office
hours, every Tuesday and Friday in the
the present month OF December for the
purpose OF receiving the same. As Christ.
mas day falls on a Friday, l shall that
week attend on the previous day.
WILLIAM WALLS,
Treasurer of Calumet Township.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-07
Did You Ever

Try Electric Bitters as a remedy for your
troubles? lfnot, get bottle now and
get relief. This medicine has been found
to be peculiarly adapted to the relief and
cure OF all female complaints, exerting a
wonderful direct influence in giving
strength and tone to the organs. II you
have loss OF appetite, constipation, head
ache, fainting spells, or are nervous
sleepless, excitable. melancholy, or trou-
bled with dizzy spells, Electric Bitters il
the medicine you need. Health and
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-07
Some Men Meet With
One at the Tam
arack
In Last Saturdays Accident.
Drunk and DisorderIies Before the
Justice-Other Interesting Notes
20 Please Our Readers.

The short item which appeared in Sat
urday's News only gave part OF the facts
in connection with the accident at North
Tamarack; il was quite true there was
no one in the cage which was pulled
through the shafthouse, but unfortunate
ly there was a cage with three men in IL
at the other end OF the rope and that
they were not killed is a miracle.
As most of our people know, in these
vertical shafts one cage ascends as the
other descends. One cage had been hoist
ed up to the 9Th level for the purpose OF
dumping and, of course, the other cage
had been correspondinglylo lowered. After
car OF rock had been placed on the cage
at the 9Th level the three TRAINERS, as is
their wont, got into the cage and gave
the signal to hoist, but by some mistake
the engineer, who is very steady and
attentive man, unfortunately hoisted the
wrong cage with the result as given in
Saturdays NEWS, but in doing so TIE
other cage with the car OF dirt and three
men on it went laundering down the
shaft several hundred feet. Fortunately
the cage struck the pentice, which Is a
roof OF heavy timbers built over a shaft,
especially at level below which new
sink is being made, which il smashed to
smithereens and got caught. This, al
though it was pretty hard shock, broke
the fall and to the surprise OF the men at
the plat, at the bottom OF, who scarcely
knew what was coming, they saw the
three men era wling from out the cage.
The party at thebottom then went to the
auxiliary shaft and rang the bell, that cage
had no sooner reached the bottom and
the men in it, than piece OF timber came
laundering down the shaft which made
the men vacate the cage and iumpfor the
level as quickly as possible; not knowing
what was the matter the men were afraid
to give the signal to hoist, but after
some delay one of the men. perhaps Drawer
than the rest, took to the cage and was
hoisted to surface and when the shaft
was found to be all right the whole OF
those underground were safely landed.
The editor well remembers Capt. John
Daniel some years ago pointing out at
one OF the North Tamarack shafts some
automatic arrangement which he said
most positively would prevent just such
an accident as this ever happening, as
when the cage reached above a certain
height the engine would stop hosting.
Has this arrangement been done away |
with? Or was it out of working order? |
Again, what was the matter with the |
catches on the cage, were they too out |
OF order? These are questions of import
ance, considering the hundreds of men
who are daily entrusting their lives to a
single rope controlled by one man. Fer
haps this is case where the mining in.
sDector might say whether there is any
device known, that il not in use at our
mines, that he could recommend.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-07
A Trying Position.

Old Mrs. M, who was seriously
Ill, found herself to be in a trying posi-.
ton, which she defined to friend in
these words:
You see, my daughter Harriet is
married to ONE o. these homeypath doc.
tors and my daughter Kate to an ally
path. If 1 call in the homeypath, IN,
allypath son-in law an his wife ri,
mad. An If l call in my allypath son-in
law my homeypath son-ip-'s-" IN hi
wife git man, an IL I go sssIa an 81
well without either o. eva then they /,
both be mad, so don't see but I'd bet.
ter die outright. "--DetSai1Slee Press.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-07
Dialect Shadings.

III you want to study dialect shad.
lngs, take half dozen trips on one of
the big consolidated cars" said prom.
lnent lawyer to a Cleveland Post report
err You'll hear some of the oueeress
attempts at pronunciation you ever lis.
tened to. Yes, from the conductors
I've got so schooled in the different az.
cents that l can tell in moment when
a anew conductor is aboard. understand
a good many of these fare takers are Ca.
nadlans. If that is SO, Canada must no
as full OF dialects as the Austrian EN-.
pre-. My favorite test is in the word
transfer. In six trips heard il nro.
nounced six different ways. Let me trv
to reproduce them:
'Transfras.
Transfers -
Trunsfurs. Sa:l9sssssF
Trawnsfers. sss.' ssss'
'Trinsfars. sfvfsS.y
"Drunsvers.
The last example emanates. 7 nm
inclined to think, from an official ~
herman descent. All the other condnct.
ors were Enthusiastically from soma nor.
.,on OF the British possessions. Listen
'no next time you go aboard a motor
and SEQ IL you can connect the d;aIoo.
"r'iss with his original nationality.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-07
Train Robber Sentenced.

on trial for train robbery, pleaded
guilty Saturday and was sem
fenced to ten years in the penitentiary.
the lowest penal sentence under the
law. Morris was the leader of a gang
of highwaymen who held up Conductor
Robert c. Trickett at Nassau Junction
January last and robbed Trickett and
his freight crew. Trickett was shot in
the face
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-07
Meanest Kind Of a scoundrel.

Chicago, Dec. John Suter. team
ster employed to deliver coal to the
poor of Cook county, is locked up at
the central station, charged with lar
ceny as bailee. He has confessed to
the police that. instead of delivering
coal according to directions, he sold 1t,
and in this manner has. since Satur-
day last disposed of seven tons, a
months supply for fourteen families.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-07

There will be meeting OF the board OF
directors OF the Y. VI. c. A. at the reading
room tonight at $50, and the building
and soliciting committees are requested
TO meet with them.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-07

Tho lost 90 sight TO mem'ry dear
Thou ever wilt remain;
one only hope my heart can cheer
We hope 10 meet again.
Yes. Life then, seeud one pure deight
Tho now each spot looks dreari
Yet tho thy smile be lost 20 sight,
To mem'ry thou are dear
GEORGE LISLEY.
Poor chap II he had lived in our day,
ne would have had lovely portrait oil
her done by V. Herman.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-07

The fireman will hold a meeting at the
Opera House building this evening when
business Of Importance including the
election OF officers and three new men,
bers will take place.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-07
St0waways.

Noah was at no pains to conceal hi,
onagrin as he contemplated the art cow.
And in spite of all my efforts to az.
oiude stowaways," he bitterly exclaim.
Noah, 1t will thus be observed, hal
not got next tc the irony Of the realistic
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-07
Gunboat vicksDurg iauncneu.

Bath, Me-. Dec. THE new gunboats
vicksburg and Newport were launched
from the yards of the Bath Iron works
Saturday afternoon before an immense
crowd. The Vicksburg went into the
water at 1925 o'clock and the Newport
followed twenty minutes later. The
launchings were successful in every re-
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-07

The Parish Aid, OF Christ church. will
hold special meeting Tuesday evening
at Z 80 O'Clock at the church.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-07
Missouri Bank Closes It. Doors.

Clinton, Mo-, Dec. 1.-The Henry
County bank of Clinton was closed Fri
day night by Gordon Jones, state bank
examiner. The capital stock of the in
stitution is $50 600
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-07

strength are guaranteed by lie use.
Large hotties. only so cents. at ID. 1.
Naedonald's drug stcre.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-07
Thief Shot and Killed.

Chicago. Dec. 7.-Albert c. Worms n
veterinary surgeon, living at ga 20
cine avenue shot and killed n tbiaf t.,
day night. At 1880 o'clock Worma AZ
tected man in the act of steaIins
horse blanket from his carriage ena
after giving chase he fired tho , anu
s"o.. Upon examination by the police
va. was learned taht the dead man was
yosepn Kramer, 1860 Clybourn avenue
Kramer was 20 years old and Of late
mao peen out of employment. He for
merly was a cigarmaker tut
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-07

Jobbers and Wholesalers Agreed Upon
That Point-some Activity In Holiday
Goods situation In the
Iron and steel Markets Exports OF
Wheat and Flour--Failures for q Week
Firm Tone In Speculative Market.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1896-07-18
The Bank Clerks Rersnr..

This Il q story about a girl and a ~,
The girl lives over In Georgetown. ~.
she is distinctly the belle. ! dOnt kso.
where the man lives, but during burns'.
hours he Is to be found in a bank pot =,
from the Fifteenth street cable transfer p.
Il q blonde. and e favorite In the eIclut1s
set in which the Georgetown girl moTs1 n.
and she had words-Once upon a day Ia
had 50 many words, in fact. that lie n,
who Is said to have more than a BIT Of -
per, ordered him never to presums e mar
10 her again as long as he lived 81 "a
babe him to recognize her. even. Ind NJ
that she would make q point to fOrrs A.
she had ever met him. This was last Ts,,,
The other day she went into the al 4,
which he Is employed TO have 4 es,.I
cashed. The blonde young man apoarN :,
the window. He took the cherk ~ a.
amined 1t carefully. II was a bruIInf =,
day. The Georgetown girl was u 1 sarn
She hadn't an acquaintance within nj N
hours walk. The blonde young nan Aaaded
the check back
VERY sorry. madam, but you'll have to
get somebody to identify you before | an
cash the check"
And she had to do it.-washingtoa Pet
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1896-07-18
Falling Prices.

The average price Of commodities
declined 1 per cent in April, and the
fall since October, 1892. has been 16.7
per cent. During last week wheat fell,
wool was lower, lard sold at the lowest
price known, tallow is down to about
the lowest price, and corn, leather,
oats, twpentine, and sugar fell slightly
Cotton was a little stronger. As COM
pared with 1888, hides, leather, and
boots and shoes are more than 10 per
cent lower" Philadelphia Press,
May 4.
This is statement Of fact concern
ing a downward movement Of prices
which has been in operation, with few
Interruptions, for long series Of years.
Whether all prices be high or low may
be matter of Indifference; but II is of
first importance that, high or low, they
should either have stability or a small
upward movement. A falling market
must have a deadly influence upon
business. The inevitable consequence
OF continuous decline is to check enter
prise, to discourage investment, to i'm
pei buyers to supply only pressing
wants, and'to enlarge the fixed charges
OF all producers. No more important
obligation is imposed upon the press
and upon our public men than to dis
cover what is the cause Of this as
tonishing, unprecedented and des-
tructive shrinkage Of values, and then,
with bold hand, to apply the remedy.
The theory of overproduction will not
meet the requirements Of the case.
1t Is merely absurd to insist that all
the necessaries Of life are produced in
excess quantities; and particularly is
this theory insufficient in presence of
the clearly perceptible fact that multi
tudes Of idle and half idle men cannot
supply their wants. There is one
cause which never fails to drive down
prices, and. as that cause at this mo-
nent is discoverable in the practice of
he government, why should any other
be looked for? 1t is the contraction Of
he volume Of the currency needed by
he people for the business of exchang-
ng the products of their industry.
Commerce is starving for want of
money, while men and women ara
tarving for want of bread.-The Man.
Ifacturer.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1896-07-18

watching villagers saw camp fires
lhght against the heather. and the
forms Of sentrfes passing to and fro.
There was q council OF war In Ly-
sdght Moore's house; and Pierus Bae-
eagh heard them planning to convey
the women and children to a place Of
safety In the hills But. later on,
when his father came looking for Pie
rus to go with the convoy, the lame
boy was nowhere to be found.
With a hammer and a pocketful Of
nails, Pierus had crept out Of cover,
and made his way toilsomely up the
bill TO where lay the English soldiers.
All the way before him he saw the
cruel black muxxles OF those dreaded
cannon pointing In the moonlight Of
wards the village. But he knew how
to make them silent and useless had
not his father spiked the great gun at
Kilkenny during the troubles in '56?
The English sentries had a rough.
uneven pathway to tread, and 1t was
easy enough for even n crippled lad
Ike Pierus to crawl between them
into the shadow Of the guns. There
were three Of them-thrte foes which
pnless Destroyed. would on the morn
1g spsead dsvastst.s< terougk5st yae
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1896-07-18

A Mississippi experiment station bull
Ietin says: Canaigre, which is now
atracdng 80 much attention in Arr
ssens and California, has been grown
here two years, but with unsatisfactory
results. The root is used in tanning
leather, and the plant is much like the
ordinary yellow Dock" in its appear
anee, being nearly related to st botan-
ically. 1t is a native of the arid re
gions Of the southwest, where It makes
Its best growth during the cool and
occasionally damp weather of winter.
remaining dormant through the sum-
smer. In this region the winter rain
faH is so heavy that the plants suffer
from the excessive moisture, their
growth is weakened, and the roots con-
tain much smaller percentage OF tan
min than when grown in the drier and
hotter climate Of which they are ma
tive. '" 'htf .H...-
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1896-07-18

DaCCakh SplACa
Pie-us swung himself astride OF the
third gun and drove a nail into its
tOuch-hOle. The deed was done-the
cannon spiked-and. carried away BY
eXultati N, lierOus allowed himself 20
remain longer than he ought In bis
perlous pOsits n. As he attempted to
slip from the gun the sentry turned
and saw hin
Instantly musket shot rang forth,
and the lame boy staggered backward,
falling over the side of the declivity
on which the guns had been posted
Into the branches of a great rowan
ash he fell. and thence rolled gently
to the ground. where. amid the furze,
he lay concealed. while overhead the
awakened English buZZed like a hive
of bees.
In the gray of morning Pierus BAG
caGh. bleeding from a shoulder wOuhd,
struggled manfully into Conner village
and fell against his fathers door. Old
Lysaght. sitting. ready armed. by the
fire, was startled ut the noise. and
went to seek its cause.
'Pierus! he cried; what are ye
dom here? Why are We rot with the
women
HurroO for ould Irelandr' That was
all Pierus could say before he tainted
in his fathers arms.
On the morrow. when the truth
came to light. and when the English
artillery-men. with their useless can
non, were forced back over the noun
tains, the first hero in all Conner was
Pierus Baccagh and to this day the
name and fame of the lame gun-spikef
is renowned in song and story among
those heathery highlands.
There after he was known not a.
"Pierus Club-FOOt." but as ''Pierus |
Observation-Disclosures In
quirer.