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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-24
Grants lesson to n Sentry.

General Horace Porter, in his "Cam.
paigning with Grant" in Century. re.
lates an anecdote telling how General
Grant aided drover in turning his cat.
tie. General Porter adds: He knew. of
course, that the man did not recognize
him. If he had supposed the man was
lacking in proper military respect, he
would perhaps have administered to him
the same lesson which he once taught n
soldier in the Twenty-first Illinois. when
he commanded that regiment. An officer
who had served under him at the time
told me that Colonel Grant, as be came
out OF his tent one morning. found n
strapping big fellow posted as sentinel.
who nodded his head good naturedly.
smiled blandly and said, "Howdy. colo.
nel!' His commander cried, "Hapd
me your piece" and upon taking it
laced the soldier and came to a "present
arms" Then handing back the musket
ne remarked. "That is tho way to saw
How do you do to your colonel"
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gallons or water 10 all the I-paIuUIou N
Greater New York. She is also capable
of carrying enough food to give pound
package TO over half the population of
the United States, or, to be exact, A.
500, 900 pounds Of flour, coffee or meat
1t has been calculated that in these
ships piece of coal the size of wal
nut will drive ten barrels of -four one
mile. Each craft will consume from 200
TO 300 tons Of coal a day and boil
down 100 tons Of water. Down in the
bowels Of tie ships will be found 100
stokers and trimmers-of course not all
working at one time, but in gangs Of %
feeding two score of furnace months.
The Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse is the
longest Of all. She is TO have four fun
nels and 2S, 900 horsepower in her quad
ripple engines. She will be GAO feet in
length.
The Kaiser Frederick, 10 feet longer
than the new Pennsylvania, but 40 feet
shorter than the Kaiser Wilhelm der
Crosse, will have three tunnels and a.
600 horsepower. The other four, known
as the Barbarossa class, will have two
tunnels and are to be ii knot boats,
with the exception of the Bremen, which
will be a Is knot vessel
The Pennsylvania and her sister ship,
building for the Hamburg American
line, will have four masts and single
funnel each, the stack being broad
enough to drive an omnibus through it.
The steel structures will be divided by
accommodating bulkhead running
from the keel to the upper deck TO 90
from one to the other side of the hull it
will be necessary for the officers and
crew to ascend TO the deck.
This arrangement, in addition to q
number of bulkheads, makes the ships
almost unsuitable, were they to be
flooded with water.
The two engines, with quadruple CYL
inders. occupy separate compartments,
each worked independently Of the other.
In addition TO 90, 900 tons Of cargo,
these ships will carry 1000 passengers.
The first cabins have been arranged
above deck amidships, the second cabin
aft and the steerage passengers on the
main deck and the upper deck amid
ships. Above the saloon deck is an c.
ira deck containing the dining and
smoking rooms
The Pennsylvania and the Barbarossa
will be the first of the new steamers to
arrive here. They will reach New York
early in the spring. The Kaiser Wilhelm
der Crosse will not appear until some
time later. She is the longest ship ever
built, with the exception of the Great
Eastern, but is bigger than the latter in
her capacity for carrying cargo and pas
sengers at profit The Kaiser Wilhelm
der Crosse is q new type, and one which
it is now expected will have many imi-
tators. The holiness and thoroughness
with which such a monster vessel has
been designed and built in Germany
have excited the jealousy Of British
shipbuildors, who are already predicting
that she will be failure
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RICH SENATORS.
Mr.. Curtis Says There Are Only Three
Genuine Millionaires In the Senate.

There are not more than three genu-
Inc millionaires in the senate These are
Mr.. Cameron, Mr.. Mcmillan of Michi.
gan and Mr.. Wetmore of Rhode Island.
Mr.. Boyer, Mr.. Jones of Nevada, Mr..
Stewart and Mr.. Elkins have deal of
speculative wealth, and if they could
realize upon their expectations they
might be considered millionaires also,
but they ara not rich men like Mr., Nc
MILAN Of Michigan, who has his money
invested in what Mr. Micawber called
portable property, and Mr. Cameron,
who owns rolling mills, railroad stock,
coal mines and is interested in other big
profit paying enterprises.
Senator Sherman is q wealthy man.
He is probably worth $4,000 al
though he has the reputation of being q
millionaire. His money is largely in
vested in Washington real estate. He
bought great deal Of land in this city
in the early days of its improvement,
and still holds large part Of it, which
has rapidly increased in value. But his
wealth has always been overestimated
by the newspapers
The wife Of Senator Hale inherited
several millions from her father, the late
Senator Chandler of Michigan, and he,
of course, enjoys the income with her.
but it is not his money. Senator Shoup
OF Idaho has large interests and was per.
haps worth more than 81 900, 900 before
the depreciation of silver mining pro.
perty. Mr.. Lodge of Massachusetts, like
Mr.. Wetmore of Rhode Island, inherited
fortune, and also married o rich wife.
Perhaps they have 81, 900. 600 between
them, and it is invested in gilt edged
New England property. William e.
Curtis in Chicago Record.
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The White Trout Legend.

In county Tipperary. ireland,
Is a holy well in which swims q
trout with red spot on its side
Wilde, mother Of the poet, tells N
lowing legend Of how this strans|
originated: When Cromwell's arnl
passing through Ireland, it bivouI
in the neighborhood Of this well
dier, hearing of the splendid !
trout in it, swore he would have
his next meal. With scoop
managed to capture the FISH, anal
he reached home laid it in the1
pan. Immediately it leaped ou'
floor. Several times this was =
Finally the soldier put the la
pan and a great stone upon It io
down. When he thought The nA|
ed, he transferred it to q plale
moment, however, he stuck hisi7
to it there was a great shrek, 'As|
leaped TO the floor, and there lils'1
a fish lay q beautiful young gn|
blood streaming from her slas
the fork had entered. The girl ep]
ed the soldier with his cruelty ana|
manded him to put her ID 'u'|
where she was Obliged to stay unJ
last day nderthe spell OF encnana
This the soldier did, and the enc
one is still there, in the form Oh y
trout, with u blood red marx Y
side. The legend does not tell WI
came OF tho soldier.
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LARGEST OF VESSELS.
TREMENDOUS FLEET OF STEAMERS
NOW =ElNG BUILT.
The Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse VIII lie
the Jumbo of the Lot-slyscrapers Not
In 1t With Them-Arrangement of En-.
gines and Their Carrying Capacity,

gines and Their Carrying Capacity,
Eight gigantic steamships, Of which
the Kaise. Wilhelm der Crosse is tho
biggest, and each capable Of Carrying
more passengers and cargo than tho IA
nous Great Eastern, are now under con.
struction in German shipyards for serv-
ice between New York and Europe. This
is startling statement, but one borno
out BY figures and illustrations obtained
from the home offices Of the North Ger
man Lloyd in Bremen aud the Hamburg
American line in Hamburg.
Two Of these new steamers are con-
siderably longer than the great Penn
sylvania of 20, 600 tons, recently launch
ed at Belfast. OF course the monstrous
Great Eastern was longer, wider and
deeper than the new marine giants, but
external lengths do not represent the
size of vessels capacity. Shipping
people the world over measure vessels
by their carrying capacity. The modern
shipbuilder is able to construct vessel
smaller than the Great Eastern, but one
that will be greater carrier.
The Great Eastern was built to carry
10000 tons of cargo and | 600 passen-
gers, or 5000 passengers and no cargo
Some OF the new leviathans will not
only carry 10000 tons of cargo, bat
from 1900 TO 1900 passengers also.
When the length Of these vessels is
stated in figures, they DO not convey an
adequate idea Of the monsters. If the
Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse could be
stood on end among the slZyscrapers Of
lower New York, it would tower $40
feet above the tallest building in the
metropolis.
The ST. Paul building could be stow
ed in her hold, and the vessel would be
"a little more than half full. And this
building is 306 feet high and weighs
$4,000, 900 pounds.
The 30 story building going up in
Park row would I'll two Of the steamers
and half fill third one.
To load the Kaiser Wilhelm der
Crosse with a full cargo of grain the
yield from wheatfield Of 10000 acres
would be consumed. This enormous
amount OF grain would need 1, $50 rail
road freight cars, with $50 bushels to q
car, making over 60 trains of 90 cars
each.
Give the Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse
\ full cargo of soft coal, and 1000 coal
hoppers laden with 30 tons each would
be necessary to fill her.
Were she loaded with water, she
would carry 5000. 900 gallons This
would be enough to give almost two
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Affected the yerdie.

You see. gentlemen, "said the conn.
sci Tor the defendant complacently-it
was compensation case-'I have cot
.ne plaintiff into very nice dilemma
IL ne went there seeing that the place
was dangerous, there was contributorv
negligence, and, as his lordslip will tell
you, ne can recover. If he did not see
~ was dangerous, neither could my cli-
ehs nave seen it, and there was no neg
iIgence on his part. In either case am
entitled TO your verdict" The Jury re-.
tired. We'll, gentlemen, "said the fore.
man. Il think we must give him es0O. -
All agreed except stout, ruddy gentle
man man IN the corner. who cried hoarselv.
GIVE him another so, gemmen, for
getting into the dilemma. (" Verdict ao.
cordingly.-Household Words.
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SONG OF THE BURDEN BEARER.
Over the narrow footpath

Over the narrow footpath
That led from my lowly door
went with thought Of the Master,
As oft had walked before.
My heart was heavily laden,
And with tears my eyes were dim,
But l knew l should lose tho burden
Could get glimpse Of him.
Over the trodden pathway,
To the fields all shorn and bare,
went with a step that faltored
And a face that told Of care.
had lost the light OF the morning.
With its simmer OF sun and dow.
But a gracious look OF the Master
Would the strength Of morn renew.
while yet my courage wavered
And the Sky before mo Llurred
heard voice behind mo
Saying a tender word,
ana l turned to see the brightness
or heaven upon the road
And suddenly lost the pressure
vi the weary, crushing load.
Nothing that hour was altered
had still the weight OF care
But bore 1t now with gladness
which comes Of answered prayer.
NOT grief the soul can fetter
Nor cloud its vision when
The dear Lord gives the spirit
10 breathe to his will amen.
M. L. Sangstor in Witness.
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BEECHER'S ABOLITlONlSM.,
~ aroused Threats Against His Life and
Against His Church.

AZ Aroused Threats Against His Life and
Against His Church.
Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher, in graph.
&c, reminiscent article entitled "When
Mr.. Beecher Sold Slaves In Plymontb
Pnlplt, in The Ladies' Home Journal.
tells OF the peril in which the lannon's
preacher placed his life by his fearless
advocacy of the abolition Of slavery. am
Io47 Mr.. Beecher became the pastor of
plymouth church, Brooklyn, and in his
inaugural sermon" she says, she frank.
~ stated the position that he intended
10 hold in opposition to human slaverv
The majority Of the church menberg
agreed with him, bnt the majority -
the people Of New York and BrookIvn
Were southern syinpathizers. OF tho 70.
alities OF slavery they knew nothing
1ney regarded it 0antimentally az na.
trlarchal Institution that had come dotyn
from Biblical Times and that gave tho
southern people ample leisure 10 deveIon
into Charming Ladies and eloquent poli.
ticians. pm
- oar. beeeher came to open tho eyes
and arouse the consciences Of tbesa g.
tlmentalists, and no encountered IA bit.
.er an opposition "a that which be baa
raced IN Cincinnati. He was abused ~
negro worahiper, he was Threatened
WIN personal violence, mob was
.GIned IN New York to tear down the
cnurch IN which he preached. have
snoWn him, in response to my entreat.
- 80 70 careful, to walk IN the middle
" .ne streets OF Brooklyn, with his
hand On the revolver in his pocket. lest
ne should DO suddenly attacked. Letters
announcing the dispatch Of Internal ma.
cnines 10 our house wsre often received
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-24
Birds Calls,

There are many birds of which tbo
male and female have the same call,
such az the raven, tho rock, the Now
Zealand parson bird and the gull. and
20 the highly cultivated musical ear a
adherence in pitch may be perceived
which would escape the ordinary OH.
server. With the true songsters there il
niue dlnerence in the vocal organs Of
the TWO sexes, although the males Of
most species sing better and more con.
tinuously than the females.
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Wanted Ton Much For Earth

The janitor had conduc'~|
through the building, and sno
not altogether displeased Win =
the apartments.
81 hope" she said, "tha' "
the people here keep dogs.
"Some of them do, "repliea'"]
full employee. =,
fare there any children n
"There amt any use Of insn1
folks bein born growed up n
"The style of the decoration''
exactly please me. 4" al
They're all brand new -.
afraid the landlord wouldn
'em. I"
docs anybody in the build'''|
the planet" ,,rs
"No, ma'am. But two or 'O'''
pie is learnin. IA
"That's too bad. Idislike Due
a very nice place in many respe !.
dogs bark, and children cry, NV \
jangle, and I'm very par'icu'"
decorations" .d
"WeIl, ma'am, there's 0''
thing / can say"
"What is it?"
"You can't expect to rent a S.'r
500 a month. Washington o~
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n Good reform.

Inc funeral Of the late ex-spealer
orisp cost the United States but 5000
considering that the cost of the average
congressional funeral is about az noe
TINS Is a gratifying indication that re'
form 10 this direction has really begun.
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Not a Success.

Then Miss Newloigh didn't make a
success as platform speaker"
SUGGEST l should say not. Got
Kn ..sKe out on her very first speech. {"
what was the matter?,
Lack Of common sense u.s.
crowd of women out to hear ber "a : D y
TWO minutes she emptied the hail :"
How did she do it?p M
o.,n Said she was glad to SEQ SO large a
tish Nights p" -ocot'
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in fact, they averaged one or TWO per

II remember that one day an immense
box came by express after the receipt of
such letter. Twas afraid to open it and
equally afraid that Mr.. Beecher, who
never knew fear, would open it as soon
as he returned, so sent for a policeman,
and, after being thoroughly soaked, the
box was found to contain life size ne
pro doll -
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Appropriate At,,,u,.

"a, ne stood as II carved from stone.
nose who know the circumstances
manifested no surprise.
he mad Just been chiseled ont Of his
Focks' indianapolis Journal "'
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-ne board OF supervisors Oh I
s'iis) county has offered rev.
the arrest and conviction Oh ,'
husker who murdered Franz
near r-'seeville. Nov, 30. Inv
mas offered a rewa.. q $500 =
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Local Department.

r. G.. Nash was in Marcellus, Sunday
+. + Parks was at Kalamazoo, Tues
day.
Geo. Osmer's little boy continues to
improve.
Mrs. j. d. Monroe has been granted
pension.
f. II. Hinckley of Kalamazoo was in
town yesterday.
G.. w. Adams went to Chicago yes
terday, on business
Lucus w. Hoyt and his mother are
the guests of DR.. Hoyt.
Fred Bilsborrow has been here from
Sturgis this week, on business.
+. L. Goodale was here from Kala.
mazoo, Wednesday and Thursday.
The Coterie will meet with Mrs. Alice
/. Grimes, Jan. 30. German literature.
Ii. S. Sheldon attended the funeral
of the late Mr.. Everett, at Kalamazoo.
id. Holmes and wife were here from
Gobleville to attend the firemen's
dance.
Rev. M. S. Waller of Hillsdale will
preach in the Free Baptist church next
Sunday.
George CAN'T, the veteran TYPO.
graphical tourist" struck Paw Paw
yesterday.
Charlie Ward and Mamie Clary of
Kalamazoo, visited Sunday at her
fathers home in Antwerp.
The Farmers Union Club will meet
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Il. A.
Sprague, Wednesday, Feb. 5.
Mrs. Wesley Rodenbaugh arrived
home from Florida last Saturday and
is now with her mother, Mrs. Flanders.
S. }. DeLong has sold his house and
lot in the east part of the village to Jas.
Nelson, who will occupy it in the spring
Consideration, $500.
The union service Sunday evening
was very largely attended. Elder j. II.
Hammond delivered the address, which
was an excellent one.
David Conner from Nebraska stop
ped off here Saturday on his way home
from Utica, N. Y, and was the guest
of his uncle, l. b. Conner, until Tues
day.
The marrow gauge" suffered break
down last Saturday. We got no morn
ing mail until it came by team at about
noon. The afternoon trains were run
as usual.
The Paw Paw school board wants
bids for furnishing three-foot beech and
maple furnace wood. Bids should be
made to the secretary of the board, X
w. Broughton.
The little Rodenbaugh baby, whose
body was placed in the vault to await
the return of its mother from Florida,
was buried in the Lee cemetery Wed
nesday afternoon
Deputy Railroad Commissioner Moore
and M. oV. Meredith, prospective
manager of the s. II. a. +. X. r.. made
pleasant call at the NoRTHERNEB
Office last Wednesday.
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The leading fire insurance companie:
represented by
2OS2tf +. L. PARKS.
$500 Reward.

The Benton Harbor Portrait Co. has
made arrangements with the following
business men of Paw Paw to give away
a fine Crayon or Pastel portrait, l6x2
with every So worth of goods purchased
at the following places:
c. II. Avery, Dry Goods, Notions,
Boots and Shoes. All the latest weaves
of dress goods, etc.
g. w. Tyler & CO., Hardware, Drugs
and Groceries. The lowest prices in
the city.
G.. +. Chappell, the leading jeweler
Repairing promptly and properly done.
j. G.. Warner, Grocer and Butcher.
Choice family groceries, fresh and
clean.
Ocobock Bros, Choicest Meats, Poul-
try, Game, Fish and Oysters in season.
Marshall & Gardner, Leaders in Fine
Millinery and Fancy Goods.
j. ID. Hamilton, Druggist. Pure
drugs for prescriptions, and competent
pharmacist TO compound them.
II. c. Waters d CO., the popular
hardware firm. Bicycles and sporting
goods speciality.
All holders of tickets from the above
places are to present them with photo
graph at the Office of the Benton Har-
Dor Portrait Co. with Marshall Il Gard
ner where frames may also be selected
IN MATTAWAN.
The above proposition holds good at
the following business houses of Mat
tawan
Goodrich's hardware; stoves, shelf
goods, cutlery, paints and oils.
w. c. Mosier, drugs, groceries, sta
tionery, etc.
Rix & Campbell, dry goods, boots and
shoes, notions, groceries "a general
stock.
2130 tfl
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e. A. FOSTER.

Having purchased of w. b. Cooper his
Bakery and stock of Plain and Fancy
9GROCERIESE
Will be pleased to have old customers
call on him for anything in the line of
Groceries or Baked Goods.
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To achers' Examinations. /:

Special, Hartford, February 2i-22, 1896.
Regular, Paw Paw, March 26-27, 1896.
Candidates for admission to the Agri-
cultural College may take such examin-
ations at any Regular.
Work begins at $50 a. nj
j. A. O'LEARY,
Paw Paw, Mich. Com'r of Schools
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ATANTED.-Several trustworthy gentlemen
w ladies to travel in Michigan for established,
reliable house. Salary, $3.50 and expenses. Steady
position. Enclose references and self-addressed
stamped envelope. The Dominion Company, Third
Floor, Omaha Bldg, Chicago, Ill. I19t26o44
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Paw Paw sayings Bank.

Paw Paw savings Bank.
Capital $5O,O00.00 F. w. SELLIcK, Pres,
JOHN w. FREE, Cashier.
Board of Directors.
J.J. WooDMAN DAVID FISHER,
JOHN LYLE, WILLIAM LYLE,
JOHN W. FREE, w. X. SELLIoK,
f. w. .SELLIoK, WILLIAM j. SELLICK,
Interest paid on Certificates OF De-
pOsft.
T2044ly
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We make speciality Of exchang-
ing new for secondhand stoves.
BILsBORROW BROS.
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Crepe Tissues.
Most complete line in the village. We
are agents for the Mother Hubbard
and Dress Reform Health Corsets Mil
linery? Why, of course we have any
thing you want in that line.
MRS. M. l.. O'DELL.
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A good opportunity for the right
party to work farm in Van Buren,
county on shares. Best of references
required.
Address p. o. Box 524,
30t2* Kalamazoo, Michigan.
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George l.. Bruner.

Contractor, Builder, and Building
Moving. All kinds of plain and fancy
stone work done. Will take contracts
for all kinds of building repairing, also
contracts for new work, and furnish
everything. Satisfaction guaranteed.
30tf GEO. l.. BRUNER.
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additional Local on sn page.J
The Monitor-register., 1896-09-25
Epworth League soc1abIe.

The Epworth League of the M E.
Church held a fruit sociable at the par
sonage on Friday evening last, which
proved a most delightful social occasion
for the members and invited guests, the
number reaching we'll toward ono
hundred. To increase the pleasure of
the gathering a number of selections were
sung, and readings given by Mrs. j. G.
Snelbaker. and Misses Sallie Fogg and
Florence Turner, while the Juniors took
part in singing one of their familiar
selections. After this the ladies found
considerable amusement in the efforts of
several of the gentlemen in taking their
first lessons in millinery work. A long
table, beautifully arranged, vas spread
In the dining room, the pyramids of
fruits and flowers being particularly
praise worthy, around which the company
gathered to do justice to the good things
there provided, and the committee had
been most lavish in their provisions. The
was also tastefully decorated. For
this the League was indebted to Geo.
W. Boone, 81. II. Stepler, Miss Abbott,
Mrs Sue W. Richman and Rev. G.. g.
Senser and Mrs. Senser.