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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-13

The play Of damon and Pythias" was
presented ut the Armory Opera House
last evening by Brownies theatre com
pany for the benefit of Columbia Lodge,
X DIP The performance was sue eSs
In that it was presented to an audience
which comfortably filled the Armory.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-13

j. W. Pierce, kepuonc, la. says: 1"
have ueed One Minute Cough Cure in my
family and for myself, with results 40 -at-
isfactory that can hardly find words to
express myself as TO it's merit. will
never fail to recommend il To others, on
every occasion that presents itself.
EAGLE DRuG STORE.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-13

Send in your orders TO John Pomeroy,
Lake Linden, for number one POTATOES
guarant' ed at 40 cents per bu.hel also
fine table carrots at 81 cents per bush.l.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-13

A high liver with TORPID liver will not
be long liver. Correct the liver with
DeWitt's Little Earlv Risers. little bills
that cure dyspepsia and constipation.
EAGLE DRUG STORE
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-13

The Rockford electric belt IL meeting
with the best OF success. Call and exam
inc 1t and get references. Office over
Grand Union tea store Red Jacket, Mich.
Russell * BURNS
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-13

Miss o. NJ Wilkins, graduate and gold
medalist OF the Chatham Conservatory
OF Music, will give lessons in vocal and
Instrumental music. Rooms in Agnitch
bIock
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-13

On Easter Monday evening the Hibt rn-
ian Rifles will give a dance at SC, Fat
rick's Hail. The Twin City orchestra
will furnish the music.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-13
Postmaster DUDE, of Houghton. is sti

Postmaster DUDE, Of houghton. 10 still
waiting TO be petitioned by q sufficient
number Of patrons Of the office to close
the office Sunday evenings. The efforts
Of Rev. Mr.. Hicks toward this end cid
not meet with very great success. Too
many business men desire to get their
mail Sunday evening to warrant the
postmaster in disregarding their wishes.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-13

Mr.. Gotham-Live in the suburbs,
chr You have had plenty Of experience
at catching trains, then, ! suppose.
Mr.. 5uburb--Well. no. can't say that
I have. but I've had lots Of experience
q missing en- New York Weekly.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-13

Smokers. il you nave tailed to find a
cigar to suit you. try "Heimlich's
crown" the best In the market.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-13

Maple Camp. Modern woodmen, OF
Hourhtop, will hold a meeting this g, en-
ing md all members who can are requ St
ed to be present.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-13

John M. Messner 4 Son are now pre-
pared TO put up ice for all parties Who de
sire IL at the lowest possible price.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-13
The Best We Have.

Insist on getting LA Empre~se"
lO-cent cigar. All first-class dealers sell
them. try 'em. like 'em. Equal to i'm.
ported.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-13

DO to the City Bakery for your fine pas
tries. Angel food, fruit cake always on
hand. Cream puffs Fridays and Satur.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-13

Don't be read, -made man, but try
one OF Oates all wool tailor-made suits
at $l5.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-13

Our lodge room can be rented for
meetings on Saturday evenings.
SvERT OLSON.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-13

To RENT-Four rooms. Downstairs,
back OF California fruit store. Call up
stairs in Agnitch block.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-13

James Wivel IL a candidate Tor tns OF
fice Of commissioner Of highways oil For
tage township.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-13

Editor j. n. Wilson retnrned Wedcef.
day IRON trip east 10 New York ana
ROstOu. t- --..
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-13

To RENT-I.ooms over the Star cloth
ing store. Apply Mt the store.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-13
ADDITIONAL caLUn.T NEWS.

Set OF Roger Bros knives and forks.
$3.50 at M. Gittler's.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-13
HER EYES.

From her eyes the prispnsd sunbsana
Shining bright.
Send their message 10 the dark soul
Through the night.
TIL the encircling gloom Is pierced
And there IL light.
But within the deep recessss
OF those eyes.
Beyond the sunbesms' realn.
A shadow lies.
To loving ones n sad
Yet sweet surpriss.
For sympathy Is deepest
IL ID whsrs the pain
Has passed from sosl 10 soul
And back again.
The comfort like the sunlight
After rain,
A underlies the sweetest song
The saddest strain.
@ Lewsrens In Detroit Free PrsoI
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-13

An impression obtains among the peo-
ple Of the county that the board ofsuper-
visors will not try to keep back from the
King bridge company the $40 day for
ielt under the contract since the first day
OF October. This is not so, for most OF
the supervisors are determined to at
least reimburse the county for the outlay
occasioned by the delay, such as the
Sow bridge. The new board to be elect
ed next month, however, will have the
final settlement OF the matter. The
boards attorney say, hat the idea that
the forfeit can not be inforced is wrong
and that on the contrary without any
forfeit being mentioned In the contract
at all the necessary expenses the county
has to be put to could be saved.
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The fifth number of the Portage Lake
Y. M c. A. star course occurred last
evening in the association auditorium.
The banquet day decorations were still
in the hall aud to say it was exquisitive-
y beautiful does not fully describe Its
attractiveness. Prof. Byron W. King
was the entertainer. In scope, variety
II selections, artistic excellence and won
deriul power, his equal has not isited
this section. The audience was wildly
enthusiastic, and were be to appear here
again the auditorium would not accoI n
MEDIATE the crowd that would wish o
attend. Laughter and tears exchaDg d
places a number OF times last evenir Z,
for such was Prof. Kings completepov sr
over che audience.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-13
'DalY -Dsny EXCEPT sunday.
FMHugGT Trains On d. & c. R. R.

'DsDy -DsilV except SUNDAY.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-29

machinery was put in place and the interior
OF the rollers, which through the little
openings at the top look very like the
interior framework OF two big um brelas,
was tirmly strengthened. About the mid
die of Septem ber the boat was towed to
Kouen, where it was quickly changed in
appearance from a mere platform on
wheels into most i'm posing craft.
For the benefit of those who understand
things when they are expressed in cold
mum bers few facts may not be out of
place The platform is about 126 feet long
and about 40 feet wide. Each wheel has a
diameter OF slightly over. 80 feet and its
greatest width is 10 feet. The wheels are
covered with plate about quar-; er of an
inch thick. The boat weighs $50 tons
The screw is moved by machine of $50
horsepower, and each pair of wheels, as in
the Levallois model, is rotated by an en-
gine OF fifty horsepower, making, for the
three pairs, force OF 15o. AS may be
seen from the end view, reproduced frcm
the original drawing by NJ. Bazin, and let
to me by the Revue Encyclopedique of
Paris, the rollers turn upon their own axes
The position of the screw is also shown.
shows the position of the udder, the ar
rangement OF the machinery, the cabins.
engine-room and ventilators. The COM
paciness of the total arrangement is
striking, and nothing that experience has
proved needful has been omitted in the
construction.
When the news was first spread abroad
that boat on wheels had been success
fully launched, there was great doubt as to
what wheels meant. Some said that
they were little, and others said they were
big. Some said that they were totally
submerged; others that they rested en-
the water and skinned along it; and
still Others imagined that the wheels were
ordinary paddles.
Any doubt as to their exact nature has
we may venture 10 say. already been
cleared up by the photographs in this
article. But the doubts regarding the
feasibility of the inventiog are still many.
Wouldn't the boat sink if struck !?
Wouldn't it toss wretchediy on the
bosom of the deep? Wouldn't it this,
and wouldn't it that2 Well.
a few trips on the Channel will
be the best answer TO those questions.
But we may here recall the expert
ments made in the tank at Leval-
lois. At that time as we have
said, NJ Bazin, by stirring the water in
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-29

are bringing the Parisians from far and
wide to gaze at the shed and its cumbrous
contents, let US turn for moment to the
inventor Bazin, and see what manner of
man he is. When l first met him in his
home in the Rue Guillaume Tell in Paris
L was surprised 10 find him not a man of
~ or 35-an age which, for some reason
or other, we often attribute to in
ventors vita great untried ideas
but man of 60 or thereabouts, with iron
gray hair. But NJ. Bazin does not show
his age; he talks with great rapidity and
moves as actively as man OF 20. In face
he is very like the late Napoleon, with
tuft of grayish beard on his chin and
splendid forehead. Behind him the in
ventor has left a fine record, and around
his rooms, which at the time of my first
Visit were strewn with newspaper clip
pings, piles of letters from all parts of the
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-29
AFLOAT IN THE SEINE.

tlon or resistance in revolving wheel, NJ.
bazin placed two wooden sticks on the
surface OF the tank and without turning
the wheel gave it forward movement
against the obstruction.
The bit of wood was forced back for
moment, but on account of the new fric-
tion the wheel quickly stopped. The in
Ventor revolved the wheel and sent it
against the wood. The wheel passed over
the obstruction, which sank in the water,
passed under the wheel and Immediately
returned to the surface, in almost the
identical place. So far, indeed, as could
De proved by the action of the model,
every objection TO the roller-boat was con-
sldered as satisfactorily answered.
1t IS, however, in the matter of speed
tnat the boat may do wonders. Here.
again, the arguments OF NJ. Bazin, based
upon practical experience and put forth
with pleasant modesty, seem f1awless.
Inc inventor does not claim for the boat
medium speed of over eigh cen knots, or
more than twenty knots when the engines
are pushed, I ose who have studied the
construction of the rollers and who
know little navigation arithmetic say
that the boat will be capable of thirty
two knots. By means of several expert
ments with the model the inventor OBJ
tanned results which seem to show that
the enthusiasts are correct in their sbe-
lief.
cord attached to framework on six
wheels was passed over pulley, carrying
a weight of 200 grammes. The boat was
then put In position at the. end of the
tank. and was drawn forward by the
gradual fall of the weight at the end of
the cord. The passage across the tank
occupied twenty-three seconds. Then, in
addition to the propulsive movement
given by the weight, the wheels were put
into rotation by clockwork, and the boat
went across the tank in eleven seconds. 1t
has since been estimated-and for the
moment a technical sentence is neces-
sary-that when the correct correlation be-
tween the propelling and rotary forces is
established 60 per cent of the movement in
the wheel will be forward motion. Upon
this basis, Admiral Couluombeaud, sci
entiic authority of the highest impor-
tance, who has folio wed the theories and
experiments OF NJ. Baziu from the begin
ming. has stated that boat with wheels
69.0S meters in circumference, revolving
at the rate of twenty-four revolutions per
minute, would cover over thirty-two knots
an hour; and in 100 hours would cover
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-29

7lNY. squandering few shilllngs you
AA might fairly satisfy yourself
.EHSzasS whether NJ. Ernest Bazin, the
French engineer. who has just constructed
a packet on rollers, is dreamer or ge-
MUS. Two things are necessary for the
experiment, says James: w. Smith IN the
Strand Magazine-a sizable tank of water
and large tin button, or wheel, hollow
inside and sharp at the edge. The latter
might cost two or three shilllngs to make.
The water can be found in the family bath.
Now for. the experiment. First put
your wheel in the tank. 1t will float in
an upright position, with about one-third
of its bulk in the water. Now give 1T
sudden twirl with the fingers, and be care
fui not to push 1t forward. You will find
that the wheel will continue to revolve
for some time and will remain in the same
spot in the water. Now give the wheel
forward movement, but do not twirl 1t,
and you will notice that, like the keel of
an ordinary toy boat, it will toss the
water in front and leave wake behind.
1t will show no tendency to revoive, and
will stop suddenly alter it has advanced
short distance through the water. The
next stage of the experiment will give
you shock OF delighted surprise. BY
skilIful manipulation, give to the wheel at
one and the same time twirl and push
forward. The wheel will dash across the
tank int the twinkling of an eve, and the
water Will remain almost unruffled.
Some time ago IN magnificent work
shop IN Levallols-Perret, a northern su-
:. burb of Paris, those simple experiments
were performed by M. Ernest Bazin before
crowd OF French engineering experts, and
among them were numbered some of the
most eminent admirals of the French
navy. Naturally there were scoffers in the
lot, but it is said that these renamed to
pray-for the successful application to
ocean navigation of a great principle in
volved in the simple manipulation of a
hollow wheel upon water The lesson
which the experts drew from the ex-
'periments was the same lesson
that NJ. Bazin had drawn years
before when, after a long series of
naval inventions, his attention had
been turned to the problem of increased
speed at the least cost upon the ocean.
His experiments told him that for the
propulsion OF boat on rollers he could
not depend simply on the revolution of
llO WnCSlSs puI hOulu nave 10 unite the
revolving movement with movement
forward, The fact that the water re-
mained undisturbed when he united the
movements showed that with a sharp
edged roller the friction ordinarily met
with in Keel was reduced almost to
minimum, and that as friction is one of
:: fhe great hindranees to speed upon the
ocean: there was a probability that
steamship constructed on wheels, and in
j. accordance with the principles shown in
the experiments, would revolutionize
ocean navigation.
NJ, Bazin lately told me in Paris that if
:. he had mad enough money he would have
constructed his ocean steamship out
right. Phe enormous cost, however, of
such an undertaking compelled him to be
content with model, and with the pre-
: liminary construction of a small roller
boat for the Channel service. The model
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-29

The poor little fellow laughed bitterly.
There's nobody to give me anything.
My parents are dead"
Herve looked at all the parcels the old
servant-man was carrying, and he said,
eagerly:
Choose one of my presents, little boy"
I e lad glanced at all the parcels lndif-
ferently, and then his eyes went back 10
the one treasure. the coveted gun, and he
shook his head.
No; books and games wouldn't be
much use to me. Can look at the gun i?
Can | hold it minute?''
Herve handed it to him, and they all
three walked along little way together,
Tanneguy pressing the trigger and listen
Ing with delight to the click, as Herve
had done. The little Viscount looked very
thoughtful, and then he said:
"And you haven't got mother nor
any one, and you haven't had one
present?"
No" replied the other. sorrowfully,
his eyes still fixed on the weapon he was
holding so carefully.
Herve was silent again for a minute.
He was having an inward struggle with
himself; at last he said, impetuously, as
though afraid of allowing himself TO
hesitate:
Little boy. you can keep my gun, be-
cause you have not got a mother, or
any one"
Tanneguy gazed at him speechless with
asionishment and joy. His pale cheeks
flushed and the tears came into his eyes,
but he could not find any words with
which to thank the little Viscount.
Time passed by and Herve went away
to college, but in the holidays he always
saw Tanneguy, who was employed on
farm on the Plenhoec estate.
II have always kept the gun," said
Tanneguy, one day, 10 the young Viscount.
III vas the enc happiness OF my child
hood, and / shall never part with it. III
ever the day should come when you should
have need of one, you can count on me-
and the young Breton's voice vibrated with
earnestness, so that Herve knew that these
were no vain words.
AT the age of Is the young Viscount
entered the military school of Saint Cyr,
determined as he was TO embrace the career
OF his ancestors. Two years later the ter
riDie war of 20 broke out, and Herve, with
some OF his comrades OF Saint Cyr, was
appointed officer in regiment.
NO sooner did Tanneguy hear of this
than ne hastened to engage himself in the
same regiment, and this poor young
peasant, ignorant and uneducated as he
was, proved himself veritable hero.
Ihelr regiment belonged to the Army of
the North. commanded by Faidherbe, and
after every combat the two friends sought
each other anxiously.
In spite OF his heroic efforts Faidherbe
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-29

was accordingly made, and is beautiful
piece of work. 1t rests in a large tank at
Levallois, and in itself it is a complete
answer to the often made COM
ment that a roller-bost must be an
ugly and rickety contrivance. From the
side of the tank, where one gets a COM
plete view of the wheels. one is immedi-
ately struck with the odditv of its appear
ance, but a glance along the deck from
the end of the boat shows little that is
different from the deck OF an Atlantic
"liner." The front view, with the deck
extending oyer the open water, reminds
one OF New York ferry y-boat, and the
rollers are very similar TO the paddle
wheel boxes of a penny steamer ON the
Thames. The staterooms, bridge and
tunnels enforce this similarity. The
model is one-twenty fifth the size of t e
projected "liner," which will be over 800
feet long. 1t shows eight wheels, four on
each side, and, like the disk with which
NJ. Bazin made his original experiments.
they are convex in form with smooth sur
faces.
Such q form can offer but little resist
ance to the wind, while under the decks,
which are to be constructed with powerful
girders, the head winds will have an open
passage. The formation of the decks in
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-29

each pair of wheels-su pplied the power
to turn the wheels. When the power was
turned on the screw began to move with
rapidity and the wheels moved slowly,
but in moment or two the boat began to
move through the tank at surprising speed.
Then in order to exhibit the conduct OF
the model in rough weather the water was
stirred up until the waves reached the
level of the deck. Yet the boat rode
steadily, and showed that passengers
would get little motion in a stormy sea.
1t may be said in passing that when the
liner" is constructed it will be without
rudder, and that the steering power will
be given by column of water elected
from the stern by means OF a pump. By
this means the vessel, instead of being re-
tarded by the resistance of an ordinary
rudder, will be adyantageously assisted by
the water thrown out a. the stern.
So much for the pretty model at Leval-
| lois. Not only on account of the cost, but
owing to the fact that Paris is on a very
narrow and shallow river, it was mani
testify impossible for the inventor to con-
struct at the French capital trans
Atlantic steamer. 1t was therefore decided
TO build the smaller boat with six wheels,
| just large enough to go through the locks
of the Seine, and at Rouen, where the
river is wide and deep and shipyards plen-
tiful, to put in engines and heavy ma
chlnery and prepare the boat finally for
its maiden trip from Havre TO London. 1t
took some time at first to find an estab-
lishment in Paris where such unique
boat could be constructed with dispatch
and with willing cooperation between
| inventor and maker, but in the old estar-
lishment Of Gail, on the banks of the
Seine, at Saint-Denis, about five miles
from Paris, the right place was found and
work was begun.
While the myrmidons of the Gail IWorks
ere putting the inventors idea into shape
and the enormous wheels in skeleton form
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-29

hat was New Years day, when a little
H5 boy of some 10 years of age, accom-
70 panied by an old servant man, was
walking from Plenhoec TO Dolmen, near
Dinan. The child was laughing and talk
ing all the way, and he walked at such a
rate that the poor old servitor could
scarcely keep up with him.
1t was the young Viscount Herve de
Plenhoec, and he was on his way to the
G chateau, of the Marquise du Dolmen to
wish her Happy New Year. He was
handsome lad, upright and straight as
dart, and his large, dark eyes had an
honest look IN them that won all hearts.
Presently they came within sight of the
old manor-house, with its tower and
turrets, and the little Viscount bounded
ON in ibis hurry TO arrive. Very uncere-
moniously he rushed through the hall
into the long, tapestry hung drawing
room, which, with its huge, oid-fashioned
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-29

the model shows an enormous carrying
capacity. This is naturally desidera-
tum, for in the fast ocean steamships of
to-day very little freight is carried, on ac-
count OF the space occupied by the fuel
necessary for great speed. When the
liner is built, NJ. Bazin hopes to show
that he can attain a greater speed than is
now attained, with less expenditure CT
fuel, and that, in consequence, a great
deal of the space occupied by coal will be
given over to merchandise.
To the experts gathered round the tank
at Levallois the experiments with the sim
gle wheel were interesting, but the actual
working of the model gave rise to the
highest hopes in the French breast. The
motive power was obtained from dynamos.
One of these dynamos turned the screw o.
propeller and gave the boat its forward
motion, while four other dynamos-one to