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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-11
Highest


1t ia to be observed that while prices
are radically lower than in the 1895
boom" the prospects of most of the
companies are much better now, from
the standpoint Of profits and dividends.
Atlantic was not dividend payer in
1895 and had not been since 1891,
neither was there any prospect OF it's re-
Stunning in 1895 or 1896 either. Yet it's
stock sold up to 1874, while now on the
eve OF resumption OF dividends it sells 80
Aower. A 81 dividend seems as good as
settled for declaration week Or ten days
hence, and payment early next month.
Wolverine, in spite OF it's good prospects
ahls year, is lower than it's highest in
1895; Franklin, which was in the midst
oil It's troubles over loss of the Pewab,c
and working out OF old ground, sold
much higher than it does now, when the
acquisition OF new property and develop
ments therein promise encouragingly, to
say the least; Tamarack Junior develop
ments and prospects certainly seem fully
as bright as in 1895. yet the shares are
almost one-hali OF the 1896 price; Kear-
sarge has fully as good conditions and
prospects, but is sS lower than it's high
est in the 1895 BOOM" the same il even
more the case with Osceola, while of
9lnincy il IL but fair to take into copsid-
GRAFTON the new stock, now known as
scrip. Still the difference between the $40
per share dividends paid in 1896 and the
$l2 paid in 1895 would seem to empha-
size the 45A difference between current
and 1895 highest prices. And even Tam
arack, with its materially improved posi-
tion, Is susceptible OF Improvement, it
would seem, when current price OF 1O1R
as contrasted with 175 in 1895. Calumet
and Hecla certainly is entitled to it's new
record price and go il Montana to the
new record which she is bound to make
soon.
Now compare current prices with those
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-11
HO For a Warmer Cline.

Persons DESTROYS of settling in a warm
er cline can, at a very small cost, have
some homestead lands in Wing county,
Louisiana. pointed out to them provided
party Of ten or more can be got to,
gether to go and inspect them; the home
steads will average million feet of Vel.
low pine and are within a logging dis
lance of saw mills. For further partic-
uIars apply by letter to Mr.. j. A. Cam
eroD, HoughtOn.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-11
Real estate bought or sold.
All Free.

Those who have used DR.. Kings New
Discovery know it's value, and those who
have not, have now the opportunity to
try it free. Call on the advertised drug
gist and get a trial bottle, free. Send
your name and address to II. E. Buck
len < Co., Chicago, and get sample box
of DR.. Kings New Life Pills. as well as a
copy OF Guide to Health and Household
Instructor, free, all Of which is guaran.
teed to do you good and cost you moth.
ing. For sale at ID. II. Macdonald
drug store.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-11
The Discovery saved HIS Life.

Mr.. G. Caillouette, druggist, Beavers
vile, ILL.,, says: ITO DIR. Kings New Dis
covery | owe my life. Was taken with
la grippe and tried all the physicians for
miles about, but OF no avail and was
given up and told could not live. Hav-
ing Dr. Kings New Discovery IN my
store, | sent for a bottle and began it's
use, and from the first dose began to get
better, and after using three bottles, was
up and about again. 1t is worth it's
weight in gold. We won't keep store or
house without it," Get a free trial at
ID. IT, Macdonald's drug store.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-11
Estey, Camp, AriOn and Decker Bros
Pianos

James Glanville, agent for the above
celebrated pianos, has Just received 9
new and large consignment. which be in
vites the public to call and inspect. For
richness OF tone and workmanship these
pianos cannot be excelled. Six months
lessons given free to every purchaser OF a
instrument, by one of the best music
teachers IN the city. Also agent for the
famous White sewing machine. sold on
easy payments. Store on North Fifth
street.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-11
Adam Schaaf Pianos.

Highly ornamented cases, double ven
eered inside and out. Made In all the
fancy woods: sewood, PLAN mahogany
fancy mahogany, figured mahogany,
oak, walnut, birch, Hungarian ash an I
birds eye maple. Hlgh-grade in every
particular Every instrument warranted
for FIVE years. Prices 1896, $245. 1855,
$3.50 and $275. A handsome stool and
scarf, worth $l2, gwen away with each
instrument. Terms cash or time pay
ments.
j. ID. KNSEE, 5O7 Oak street.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-11
LaurIum Property For sale.

One double tenement house on south
end of Osceola street; easy terms.
One house and lot on Tamarack street,
between Third and Fourth streets; a bar,
gain; easy payments.
One lot on Tamarack street, south oil
Lake Linden avenue. This ia a bargain,
either to buy for an Investment or to
build on.
For inf )rmation and terms apply to
JOSEPH r. MURPHY.
Laurium, Mich.
Real estate bought or sold.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-11

in the last column at the right, and per-
haps il may be that under existing con-
ditions in the general copper metal situa-
ton. with the prospects Tor business re
yival and corollary OF materially in
creased demand for copper, the present
level OF prices ri shares is not rather
high 10 start a boom from" A the
wears 20 by copper mining companies
steadily decrease cost of production and
thus price Of IL Gl2 cents DER pound
nowadays means more of vroht than a
l36 Ii cents average did ten years ago
or 50. OF course. the extreme highest
prices in the 1895 boom" and on rec
ord in many cases were too high; specula-
tive excitement ran away from facts. a
thing always likely TO happen in specula-
tive stocks generally, but in all cases al
lowance must be made for genuine i'm
provement along the investment side oil
the proposition. Now this is conceded in
the Calumet and Hecla's case, also in
that OF the Boston K Montana. Does it
not exist in some of the Others also?
Manifestly the Atlantic furnishes an affir-
native answer, and we think that it is
not the only member OF the group where
in conditions have changed so much for
the better as tn warrant at least specula-
tive interest, based on general conditions
III the copper market as we'll as on indi-
yidual position and outlook. boston
Transcript
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-11
Passing Away.

Years folio wing years steal something
every day,
Al last they steal US. from ourselves
away" Pope.
II we are not 10 he quietly stolen away
from memory there il but one thing Tor
us 10 do and that is to visit Herman's
studio.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-11
Notice 60 Taxpayers orCaIumet Tow,
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 January for the
purpose OF receiving the same.
WILLIAM WALLS,
Treasurer of Calumet Township.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-11

Miss NJ. p Mcleod, who is trained
nurse, Is now ready for engagements and
can be found at the residence of Rev. Mr..
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-11

IN" h..Sr -,,lve ~ the ~or a tar cur-,
bruises, sorts. ulcers. -"'t rheuU. teveI
snr~ tsrfrr. chspJsi bands chilhlaine,
corn-. auu all skin erupr,ons. and posi-
lively cur's piles. ar no pay required. II
IL guaranteed % give perfect satisfaction,
or money refunded. Price. % cents PEI
bo1 ror sa,e ~ n r Macdonald
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-11

Just received fine assortment OF Nor
wegian skees. Just the thing to give
your friend for Christmas present.
s. OLSON.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-11

STATE OF MICHIGAN,
COUNTY OF HOUGHTON Sss
We, John Blomqvist president, and Alex
Leinonen, secretary, of said company do and
each for himself, doth depose and say that
they have read the foreguing statement ind
know the contents thereof and they have
good reason To believe and do believe said
statement to be true.
JOHN BLOMQvIST, President.
ALEX LEINONEN, Secretary
Sworn and subscribed to before me- at Calu-
ment. I'm said State and county, this 9TH day OF
January, A. ID. 1897 ) SILVOLA,
Notary Public,
Houghton Co., Mich.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-11
Dividend Notice.

n MINERS BANK.
wi CALUMET, January 6. 1897.
At meeting of the directors OF this bank,
held this day. a dividend OF five (5) per cent on
the capital stock OF this bank was declared
payable to stockholders OF record this date, on
the 18th day of January 1897.
H. 8. COTTON, Cashier.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-11
Something ; ii: Times,

we nave recently started an up .to-data
.ahoring establishment. in McDonald,s bn,,d0
ing on Fifth street. and are prepared 70 40
everything In the line of tailoring clean,na
repairing etc. Our stock is new and comn,a."
ana tne prices lower than anywhere e,ss
first-class workmanship and exact AZ e. .u u,so'
deal with u.s. 1 VIII Always
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-11

LAUREN Il LOUMA
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-11
Huron County

is situated 100 miles from De-
troit, 70 miles from Port Huron,
and 6S miles from Saginaw, on
what is known as the Thumb of
Michigan.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-11

Room s.strobeI RId.. Bsuxhtou. Mich.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-11
ALEGACYFOR NJ EINLEY
He Will Have the Cuban Matter
to Settle.
OMENs OF TROUBLE WITH SPAIN.

Cuba and Her Chances For Self Govern
ment-The Institution of a Colonial Pol
icy-we May Get Both Cuba and Hs.
wall In the End.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-02-03
Push Your Orange Trees by Using
The Ideal Fertilizer.

Pr1Ce $2Z 90
GUARANTEED ANALYSIS.
Xmmonia from Cotton Seed Meal, Nitrate OF Soda.
Blood
Available Phos Acid from Acid Phosphate and Bone.
Sulphate of Potash
Fouivalent to Actual Potash
Made exclusively from Nitrate OF Soda. Cotton See
Acid Phosphate and Sulphate Of Potash
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-04-26
 Divided Skirts.

No girl who has faced the wind in divided bicycle skirt on frosty day will return to the old open, Tapping skirt that impedes her movements as 1t chills her knees The divided skirt has the "yeas" by great majority, and she will cast about to see how she can make the prettiest divided skirt she knows how. There are divided skirts and divided skirts, you know, and there Is wide difference iii kind.
 4 new bicycle costume is made of heavy Scotch cheviot ill q small, irregu. jar brown and tan check. The skirt is we'll hanging divided skirt. reaching to the shoe tops. with two broad box plaits at the back and front that are so full that one never suspects the dividing line at all.
 The jacket is short, snug garment. cut in an irregular way at the front to show quite all e1panse of the brown lin en blouse front. 4 broad white Lraid follows the edge of the jacket, and at the back seam of the sleeve the braiding is quite elaborate.
 A dark brown suede belt and soft white berretta complete this cntilg toi- let. The black berretta Is worn also. and on very cold days q ehamois jacket IS slipped on underneath the bicycle suit. New York Commercial.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-04-26
TRAPPING CROWS.
II Ia Not an Easy Matter to Net the VII,
 Birds.


 Crows are trapped and sold 10 sports. men for shooting matches, usually bring. ing slo per 100, but, like other things, when scarce they bring more.
 It is no simple matter to trap crows, for tie crow is willy bird, and tc catch him Tn set for that purpose re- quires skill, and patience Rs we'll, but the hunger of the crow is always the aappef' s greatest aid One man alone would nak butlittle headway catching crows and would probably sit all day n his little tough Eouse ready to spring his net, but the crows would give his bait wide berth because they would know that he was there
 After placing the carcass of some ani- nal on q ficli the net is set close to it by bending poles of saplings, on which the net is hrng fiat to the ground, where they are held down by triggerlike pegs, and a line run 90 yards or more to B house built of boughs, where the trap per is seereted
 Another carcass is usually laid some hundreds of yards distant on the same or another field, where there is no net set. The trappers, usually two in num- Der, go into the bough house together before Daylight, and when the crows be- gin to assemble Oil the fields one of them goes out and walks away. The crows, seeing him leave, grow little bolder and approach the bait ill ones and twos, but stop only long enough to get beak- ful of the flesh and fly off again. The earcass where there is no net set is of course the best patronized, but the trap per Oil the outside makes 1t his business to walk near enough to that to keep the crows from settling on it in numbers and thus satisfying their hunger with. aut going to the one where the net is After awhile their hunger gets the bet- ter of fheir judgment or their fear, and they gather on the carcass where the net is. This is the opportunity of the man i'll the bough house, who, with a vigorous pull on the line, springs the net over them. Quick work must be done then by the trappers, who rush up to the net, to keep the trapped crows from crawling cut at the ends and the front, where it is not staked fast to the ground. With their hands covered with stout buekskin gloves, to keep the crows from biting and scratching them. the captured birds are put ill bags ready to be carried off the field From 40 to GO are frequently caught at one pull, but 1t is rare thing to get more than two springs of the net in one day. -Phila. delphia Record.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-04-26
 The End of Books.

What brings about the end of books! Is it fire, water, worms? AS every ship launched is bound to be wrecked. every theater to be turned, the finis of the book is its reduea ion to ashes. What be- came of the Alexandrian library? Did the Saracrns burn it ill G40? There IS this queston asked; Was there any li- brary at Alexandria containing TOO, 000 books? Gibbon inelines to the opinion that there was no such library. Canon Taylor insists that if there had been a library it was burned H the time of Ju- lius Caesar. Tradition seems to indicate. however, that there was q library III ss!.iiG s.iG .ssaTapeunl, hy iio rneaiis large col. lection, but whether destroyed ny The ophilus or Theodosius Is not known. Jt looks as if the charge brought aga1nsi the Arabs rested on no foundation. Re cent explorations of Alexandria, lS95-6, show no traces of the Serapeun. The seaport of Egypt was built on damp foundation, and, granting that there was q library. If not desfroyed by fire, then the. papyli might have suffered from decay due to water Books of to- day taken to India. to the southern states and 10 Ihe West Indies perish through ,nildew. New York Times
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-04-26
A STORY OF LoNGFELLoW
Mrs. Fields Tells an Interesting Anecdote
 of the Author.

Si IS. Fields Tells an Interesting Aneodote
 of the Author.
 Speaking of Longfellow. in her vol ume of literary "reminiscences. Mrs Jane ]. Fields says:
 His kint ness and love of humor car- ried him through many tedious inte- ruption. He generously overlooked t fact of the subterfuges to which men and women resorted in order to get an interview, and, to help them out. made as much of their excuses as possible. Speaking one day of the persons who eama to see him at Nahant, he said: One man, a perfecr stranger, came with an omnibus full of ladies. He descend ed, introduced himself; then, returning to the omnibus, took out all the ladies, one, two, three, four and five, with q little girl, end brought them ill. 1 en. tertained them to the best of my ability, and they staid all hour. They had scarce ly gone when forlorn woman Ill black came up to inc oil the piazza and asked for dipper of water. Certainly" replied and went 10 fetch her glass When l brought it. she said: "There k another woman just by the fence who is tired and thirsty. l will carry this to her. T But she struck her head is she passed through the window and spilled the water on the piazza. ''Oh. what have donef' she said. If l had floor cloth. would wipe it up. 'sOh. no matter about the water, ; I said, If you have not hurt yourself. Then I went and brought more water for them both and sent them on their way re- freshed and rejoicing
 ''It would be both an endless and un. profitable task to recall more of the cu- rious experiences winch popularity brought down upon him. There is a passage among MT. Fields notes, how ever, in which he describes all incident during Longfeliow s last visit to Eng land which should not be overlooked. Upon his nrrivai the queen sent a graca- ful message and invited him to Windsor castle, where she received him with all the honors, but he told me no foreign tribute touched him deeper than the words of an English hod carrier who came up to the caIIiage door at Harrow and asked permission to take the hapd of the man who had written the Voices of the Night
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-04-26
SOLD AN ENTIRE TOWN.
The Deserted Village of Halbertson Bought
 For &2, 900.

The Deserted Village of HaIbertson Bought
 For S2, 900.
 Sheriff Allen R. Shinn has just had the unusual distinction of selling an en- tire town. Two thousand dollars was the price paid, aid the title of the He brew settlement of Halbertscn, N. J., passed at public sale from the Cumber. land Land and Improvement company to the New Jersey Loan and Investment company. who had mortgage upon the entire tract and foreelosed on it.
 What they will do with the place is not known. Halbertson was started some years ago to provide homes for the Russian Hebrew immigrants. Twenty two houses were erected on the tract and a large factory put up. For time the village prospered, but the class of people there were not active and thrifty, and gradually it became q deserted yil- lage, not one of the inhabitants re- maining
 Maurice River township built large schoolhouse there, which, like thu oth. CT buildings, k unused. This i4 be. heved te be tte first case on record of n sheriff selling an entire town ~-Phila- delphia Press
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-04-26
KnntnelsY,s Fat Roy.

Caney's Fork. Ky, comes to the front with a fat boy that lays Fred Dur nam, the Middlebulg kid, in the shade, His name is Master John Brown. son of Mr. J. H. Brown, an enterprising farm CT of that section. While Johnny is only years old he weighs 134 pounds and is gaining rapidly. For his age he is no doubt the largest boy in the state. Mir. Brown has refused some good offers from circus men who wanted to exhibit Master John in their side shows
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-04-26
BACON, BREAD AND SOUP.
Government Board Decides on "Emcr-
 gency Rationsv For Soldiers.


 gency Rations" For Soldiers.
 Hard bread, bacon and compressed soup Will probably compose the "emer. gency ration" about to be adopted by the war department. Some time ago it was decided by the secretary of war to make practical examination of all goods in order to discover the best ration for soldiers on forced march. A beard was appointed, and after thorough ex- animation it recommends tho menp given above. This recommendation has been approved by the assistant secretary of war. It is now being considered by Secretary Lamont.
 In the long list of foods considered ny the board oatmeal bread, bread made from whole wheat, pemmicans or meat paste, corned beef, smoked beef and canned cooked beef were found espe- eially nutritious but all had to stand aside for bread, bacon and soup, The board also recommended coffee as part of an emergency ration. 1t suggested that .ea. when called for, may be sub stitnted for coffee.
 The board considered tue efforts at concentration of coffee Co be practically failures, doclairng the solid extracts tc have taste ef coffee, while the fluid ex- tracts have more flavor of chieory than of coti.ee. The weight of one ration as recommended by this board is 33. 18 ounces. In dire emergency one-half this amount daily would sustain life.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-04-26
Every Breath You Take

yiia
  totreatC  them
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-04-26

The federal council at Bern has unanimously decided to bring forward a bill for the amendment of the Swiss constitution. The revision proposed is ill the direction of unifying the civil and criminal law-New York Tribune
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-04-26

An international congress is to take place at Brussels next summer for the purpose of discussing the subject of ae- cidents to workingmen.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-04-10
Bryan's Money Theory Won't Hold.


The whole structure of Bryan's recent
talks is built upon the theory that when
money is scarce times are bad. The best
when money was scarcer than it is now,
and the hardest times the nation has
known for thirty years was when the cir
culating medium was at its highest point
of issue. If Mr.. Bryan had said that
times were good when money was pIenti-
fully in circulation, and bad when money
was boarded away, his axiom would have
been all right, but to hold that the mere
act of initiating the currency will drive
hard times away is to fly in the face of his
tory.
What the country needs" says Mr..
Bryan, lis money enough to transact its
business" What the country really needs
is business enough to call it's existing
money into service. According to the re-
port of the Comptroller of the Treasury
there are now lying in the banks of the
country between five and six billions of
dollars. Paradoxical as it may seem. this
is nearly five times as much money as
there is in existence. and yet every dollar
of it is available for the transaction of
business. Business makes its own money
and is not dependent upon the amount of
currency set afoat by the Government So
long as there is enough to form a reason
able basis. With less money than at pres
ent the United States transacted billion
after billion more business in 1892 than in
1896. As well might Mr.. Bryan say that
it is impossible to measure the wheat. crop
of the United States because there are NOT
enough half-busheI measures to hold it all.
kansas City Journal.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-04-10

they did the Capitol and White House,
when they entered Washington August
14th of that year. The Treasury was
then transferred to a group of buildings
in the western part of the city, which
were known as the ''seven buildings"
As soon as practicable another building
was erected. which was in 1888 destroyed
by fire. and large amount of valuable
public documents lost. This was follow
ed by considerable controversy among the
people. who thought they ought to have
say in the location of the new Treasury
building. and it was to end this factious
quarrel that President Andrew Jackson
planted his cane in the earth just east of
the White House, and issued the order
quoted above: Put the building right
here" At least this is local tradition.
and nobody seems disposed to dispute it's
accuracy.
The corner stone of the present building
was laid in 1884 by Secretary of the
Treasury Levi Woodbury.. The original