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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-24
NATURE AS AN ARTIST.
stone Formations on Which Were Found
Some Wonderful Pictures.

ccsAAo "ohoeThui fiCturee.
Pliny, we'll known writer OF abont
the time Of Christ, mentions having
seen an agate the lines and markings Of
which formed perfect picture of Apollo
and the nine muses., Pliny says that the
little children recognized it ON sight.
In this wonderful natural picture, as
we'll as the artificial drawings, Apollo
was represented seated in the midst of
the muses., harp in hand.
Majolus, another writer of high stand.
ing, saw an agate in the collection of a
jeweler at Venice which, when polish
ed, showed perfect picture of a shep-
herd with crook in hand and cloak
thrown loosely over his shoulders.
In the church of st. John, at Pisa.
Italy, there is piece of stone heavily
marked with red, blue and yellow spar,
the lines representing an old man with
heavy white beard, with bell in his
hand, seated beside a small stream. To
the worshipers at ST. Johns it is known
as the st. Anthony stone, the picture
upon it being perfect likeness Of that
| tNSh w utlullS VI lunlC
and bell
In 1905 some quarTymen in Italy
burst open slab of marble, both sides
of which contained an image of st. John
the Baptist covered with the skin Of a
camel. Everything was true to nature
"a single exception, the saint had only
been provided with one leg and foot.
How, when or upon what pretext the
Turks were allowed TO gain possession
of the wonderful relic the writer's au
thority fails to state. 1t only adds thai
the miraculous production is now in tn,
temple of st. Sophia at Constantinople
Directly after the great JohnstowI
food d. S. Wingrove, superintendent O.
the marble yard at the penitentiary a
Baltimore, found slab Of marble will
lines and veins which made perfec
picture of the fated city Of Johnstowl
and the surrounding country The SIX.
is plainly marked, as are also the hill
and mountains surrounding the town
Piles upon piles of ruins are marked
with an occasional steeple or topping
wall overhanging the scene of awful de
struction. Taken all in all, the scien
lists consider it one of the most wonder
full natural formations ever found II
America. Brooklyn Eagle.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-24
Testing Coal.

An anparatus by which an engineer
NAV test or determine the quality ana
odantion Of the coal he receives Is de-
scribed in the Boston Journal OF Com
merce The test is not intended to be an
ANALYSIS, bu. principally TO show th9
amount of fixed carbon i'll the coal anu
fine percentage of ash. As each c'[ Lo ~.
Is received samples are taken nom ~ ~. VI y
moro parts Of the car, thoroughly mlZeu
and ouartered, each quarter pelhs ai? :o
mixed and quartered until the sample Is
ohtained This sample is then careIuily
WEIGHED. the volatile matter driven On
weighed again, and the carbon consumed sum, ;,
and tbe ash weighed. This eSIll,'O' -
;mnortant in guarding against inc "aG ~
Of coal having an undue percentage %
asb The various Goals differ III 'hc -
" ao,tage of ash which they contain, SOM
Cnmrerland Goals having from IL !? o.! -
nor cent of ash, while a good Ne" Inv, ,,t
Will have as low as 8 or per CEN CEN.
Ms w., fbopph the Goals may look aiikt
20 the average engineer, the heat y'l', u
cbaracterizing them is loper cen. s s,t"r
or in one description than .ne jill,
cd ascertaining this, an important
saving in the cost OF tuel may ~
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-24
SIX BOSOMED SHIRT.
Startling Novelty Being Got Up BY am
Enterprising Firm.

Startling Novelty Being Got Up by ann
Enterprising Firm.
A firm in Canal street, Chicago, 49,
about to startle the world with shirt
which has six bosoms.
Think of it, Six bosoms on one shirt
and no two alikel And the wonder does
not end there. The wearer OF this shirt
can change from one bosom to the other
without removing his coat or vest.
1t may be added right here that any
one wearing this new kind OF shirt
should never unbutton his vest except
in the deep seclusion Of his private
apartment. Otherwise he will presents
a variegated front resembling the fancy
target in shooting gallery
The new kind of shirt bosom is cir
cular and has a., button fastening i'm
she center, and the circle is divided into'
pix equal parts on the same lines that a.
tie is cut.
Thus, there are six wedge shapedt
bosoms, and they may be selected SO as
to present any variety OF color and de-
sign.
The new bosom cannot be used with
| a very low cut vest, as two or mor9
the designs might show at the
time. and the effect would be \
! distracting.
Vests are cut very high nowadA
| however, and most men Will find I
small bosoms to be plenty large enough
since only few square inches of bosom
need be exposed.
Farewell to the "dickyp' 1t cannot
hope to compete with six day shir'
which comes up smiling every morning
with a new bosom Of rare and pleasing
design. Chicago Record
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-24

There are two people on earth named
M. f. Lease One is the famous Kansas
woman politician and orator, Mary
Elizabeth Lease of Wichita, and the
other is an insurance travelling man
from Omaha. Both used to register M.
L. Lease" and invariably there was a.
wild scramble among the reporters
Sometimes it was Mr." Lease and ex-
plantations were awkward. They both
used to stop at the same hotel, the Ma
tiopal, at Topeka, and Colonel Woods
the clerk, used obligingly to designate
them by writing man" after the Omaha
Leases name.
OF late, however, a good scheme
though little behind time, has struck
Mr.. Lease Of Omaha, and he now regis
tiers his full first name, Merrick, ana
avoids errors. Kansas City Times.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-24
EVE EXTERNALLY CONFUSED.
An Ohio Picture of Human Nature With
Worldwide Point.

Asa Cedar motor and trailer approach
ed Wilson avenue recently woman was
noticed lodging about the middle OF the
street. She was evidently hesitating as
to which way to go, but finally crossed
to the south track and stood there.
Gross over to the other sideP' reared
a group of men on the corner.
Look out for the CARP screamed a
woman on the sidewalk.
The motorman changed his bell and
shouted, and the woman lodged out OF
harms way. Then, as the train slowed
down, she trotted alongside OF the trail
er.
"IIere, where are your" shouted the
conductor.
In answer to the appeal the woman
suddenly appeared around the rear Oh
the trailer and put one foot on the step,
Then she changed her mind and trotted
70 the front end Of the car. Here she
climbed up and came in the front door
The conductor snapped the bell, and the
train started suddenly, tumbling the
newcomer on to fat man. AS she
Strengthened up she said:
"This car is going to Falrmoun'
street, isn't it," -.
"No, ma'am," replied the conductor
"it's going right the other way
"There l just thought it was! crie'
the woman. "But you all yelled at M
SO that got confused. l don't want u
90 ON this car. Let me off. "
So the conductor let her off at tn
next stopping place, and the last tn
passengers saw of her she was STANDING
ON the wrong side of the street WAITING
for an eastward bound car.-CleVeAal'
Plain Dealer.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-24
CHEERS FIRST CHURCH.
to BE Torn Down-What His Con-
gregation Thought of Him.

TO BE Torn Down-What His Con-
gregation Thought of Him.
church in indianapolis in which
Ward Beecher began his ministry
put to be torn down to make way
Nv buildings. When Mr. Beecher
De the pastor, the church was the
in Indiana. His salary was $500,
I the same time the governor re-
only 81, 300, which included pay
private secretary.
Pcher is remembered by members
first congregation for his wit,
|arity and sociability and as a lee
TO young men.
PINE persons were inclined to be-
that Mr.. Beecher was little too
rant and fond of fun" said a
per of the church. 81 remember
was said that at a lawn party he
cn his coat and rolled down hill.
IN coming from Terre Haute in O
at night, he found an elder of his
en- IN the stage. He disguised his
and inquired what people thought
Eecher's church and about Beecher
pms was done in pure fun. +"
I. beecher was 26 years old wheI
|ent to Indianapolis, and he remain
p eight years. In 1S47 he left t.
} Brooklyn.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-24
GENERAL BOOTHS VISIT.
salvation Army Leader Will Come To
America In October.

Salvation Army Leader VIII Come To-
America In October.
Commander BoothTucker OF the SAL
walton Army has submitted to General
Booth a plan for the visit to this country
of the Salvation Army chief. The gen.
eral has decided TO come to the Un1ted
States in October. He will hold meet
ings in all the large cities and Will re-
main six weeks.
Commander BoothTucker has sub
mitted the following plan to friends OF
the Army: my purpose, he writes
sis TO ask householders to kindly IN
struct their servants to put into box
or other receptacle such things as are
enumerated hereafter and for which
they have no future use-old bottles,
rags, iron, worn out carpets, broken
elass-or, in word, anything which
when sorted and cleaned represents q
cash value. Tie Salvation Army VIII
undertake the systematic and regular
collection Of these things by body OF
men, mostly married and with families,
who shall wear some distinctive badge Oh
authority and perform their duty III an
orderly and expeditions manner.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-24
Mammoth Locomotives.

Four locomotives, each weighing sS'
tons, without counting the tender, which,
weighs 10 tons extra, are being built at
Schenectady, N. Y, for the Northern
Pacific railroad. The mammoth ma
chimes are what are known as two CYL
inder compound, l2 wheel locomotives.
They are not regular road engines, bue
are for service as helpers for freight
trains ON the Rocky mountains, where
they will be coupled on ahead OF the
trains and not used as pushers They are
provided with eight driving wheels ana
four truck wheels. The cylinders have
the exceptionally great stroke OF 30
inches and the boiler is 6 feet in diam
eter at its smallest ring. The lengo
of engine and tender is 90 feet inch
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-24

Decessary 60 Build and Decorate Thhs
Church.

Decessary 60 Build and Decorate ThaD
Church.
A church with q seating capacity Cd
B, 900 persons, heated by three furnaces
and lighted with electric lamps, was
built between daylight and midnight at
Winchester and Wilson avenues, in IA
yenswood, Ills, and dedicated at 10:45-
O'Clock next morning by Rev. M. b.
Williams of Atlanta, assisted by nearly
every clergyman in Ravenswood.
The site of the church was ON Friday
night vacant lot surrounded by row
of scraggy oak trees When the people
In the neighborhood looked out OF their
windows next morning, they found "a
substantial church, 80 by 100 feet, with
smoke curling from its chimneys and
the front doors open ready for the dedi-
catory service.
The contract for the church was closed
at midday Friday. The first lumber
was hauled TO the site at O'Clock FIJI
day afternoon, and men began string
| ing electric light wires from plant
| two miles away. At 3 o'clock Saturday
| morning ten men were put to work and
as fast as material enough arrived the
| number Of workmen was increased till
there were nearly 200 men engaged on
| the structure. At O'Clock in the aft
ernoon the walls of the building had
been completed and enough Of the roof
had been covered over for the church,
women of Ravenswood to begin decorat-
ing with flags and bunting.
At exactly midnight, 20 hours after
the cornerstone was laid, the janitor
turned the key in the lock of the front
door and went home to get little sleep
before opening the church for service.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-24

with n heated brass rod. The comb and
the cylinder act like pair of shears.
The comb gathers up mass OF kinky
hair, the hand presses the comb and
cylinder together, when, 10, behind the
progress of the machine is left not the
twisted, knotty, kinl1y hair of the Afri-
can negro, but plain, straight locks
Tho colored bellies of Atlanta are hasten
ing TO buy the machine, and the invent
or, Robert L. Rhodes, is likely to make
fortune ont Of it,
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-24
HER PRAYER HEARD.
ha'es Instantly Cured of a Terrible
Disease After Praying.

Disease After Praying.
ere is a happy family in Menomi.
Mich, by reason of q miraculous
MISS Myrtle Rates is the daughter
I, Hates, general secretary of the
y, T. A. Five years ago, when she
{" years old, the young woman be.
alfllcted with cerebro spinal men.
us' For the last few months she
grown steadily worse, and q consul.
Cn OF physicians pronounced her case
iaole. This was while the young
IAN was living with her aunt at
Ind Island. Neb.
~ rep "a the family doctor called
,Ouiid her nearly unconscious from
siI,oie pain. He forbade any one to
the room, deeming dissolution
al hand. Miss Hates has always
n oi religious turn of mind, and
fa's emergency she prayed fervently
Oa 10 cure her. Instantly her pains
1 'es and the disease left her. She got
ped immediately. dressed herself
aound she was ravenously hungry.
"e mas been perfectly well since that
anu was able to make the long
uey rrom Nebraska to Menominee
Vu, fatigue. These facts are fully
'''u'-Chicago Times-Herald.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-24
For a National Clearing Institute.

A number of New York bankers pro-
pose to organize the National Clearance
institute, which shall buy from CITY
banks the country checks received by
them and collect them at less cost than
the banks now pay.
New York city banks receive each
day $40, 900, 900 in country checks, and
the collection Of that amount involves
great deal of trouble.
Several Attempts heretofore made &c
establish a national clearing house have
failed.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-24
.rhat Little woman

They are telling pretty good story
at the capitol OH the wife of United
States senator who boasts of having seen
two inaugurations before the recent one.
On March she occupied seat on the
east front. As Chief Justice Fuller, clad
in his long robe, and, with white hair,
came down the senate steps to the place
where the oath was administered, the
senator's wife asked her husband:
"why, who is that little woman
coming down the steps?"-Washington
Post.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-24
.rnold,s Comment.

Az school inspector Matthew Arn o,,a
a n9 ovomining a class in geography one :.,
M Snr and holding up the poker WIN sn
which he was abcrf to '''r , VIZ H who're
asked if any child ot'.ia "a nun y " LONG
a a. ,1as MANUFACTURED. There was lons
1t t, was n' broken by the scboolmis,ress'
sli Sa remarEed nervously that suc H, III
formation was not men' =, ua;d Arnold
wells geography NO. CSC say francisco
"Cornwell's an asst Sun
Aroonaut
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-24
WITH WOLVES.
II HUNTER HAS A BATTLE
Ffoa HIS LIFE

.s Creatures Were FUR
49,. Guide killed One Of
|, An Rushed at h'"-'''''
N BY LumDermen'
dams nDst Adirondack region,
l 9TH a pack Of wolves re-
", Sa' result of his encounter sr
lnc oiOus animals Adams Is
f eiO lodge on the bank OF the
DE- }. , ite1 that he will be out
llO ~ os he is badly used up
~ b ~1 a guide and trapper
"a goods for many years. but
sid he actually encounter
p r oIv Along toward noon
~. VA Adams took his gun down
,ack in the lodge and saiileo
arch Of game. ,ro,ros
a. about a lumber camp
s"t he had no idea that there
H. If the animals i'll that sec
u goods. Adams Rugged the
IT, Of the lake for more than
H. ~, vas about to push up the
.ide when his ears heard the
N a deer hard pressed by a
Eolyes. -. r;o,,
|ont on the ice with all the des'
|rod its worn frame could com
4 rs wake were a dozen wolves
1 deer had traversed more thar
If the ice it slipped and fell
soon torn to pieces.
fred and killed one or the
Then he did a very indiscree1
r. pushed forward to the pack
ice as he struggled through thu
the frozen surface of the lake.
| as he came in sight the wolves
rush at him. Adam
rst time realized his peril. HI
ice in rapid succession on tn
! animals. Then he dubbed hi
only by the most desperate
that he was able to keep then
No him serious injury. Finding
using up his energy in his at
employ it effectively, he threy
and, drawing his hunting knit
With the fury of a man VIII
Is life is at stake.
bbed and slashed the snarline
biting wolves repeatedly. FEY
1t badly enough to incapacitat
fighting. Finding his strengt
Adams began to call loudly fo
ortunately for him some lun
who were taking a short CT
the woods to the camp hear
rushed to his assistance an
the enraged wolves. Adam
from a score of long, ugl
and several ugly bites, w;
ohis lodge. One of the logger
" a bit about medicine, dresst
IDS and made him comfortabl
avs that i'll all the years he HI
about the Adirondacks he new
venture to equal his experien
g wolves. - Cleveland Pla
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-24
Fat Sinecurea.

has Just been discovered in France
q sai.nough the palace of the Tuileries
49, ses'royed rs years ago, four officials
-. with the preservation and care
N; r' palace still hold Office and draw
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-24
x,,.re the Trouble WIS.,

.well' girl, Jack and l are s,t to Do %
.r Med at s last and we are 50 happy ,,nnh,o
did you ss and i ssss aass is%s
sNo. but papa and | !, mao .arson ~, -
.rou hH' in getting Jacks CONSENT
pick Me Up
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-24
WHERE is OUR INVENTION ?
Patent Lawyers Say That IL is Dih'c"i'
For Them to Make "a Living.

"Tbe bottom is all out of the patent
husiness, " remarked patent lawyer Oh
To,,nle court. 81 can't exactly explain
why, but the country seems 10 nave
cone into trance so far as its inventive
of,opins Is concerned. We now have 6Oo,-
Goo natonts filed at Washington, and the
Cold tbev cover is so vast that 1T always
seems as if nothing was left to work on
ain the field of labor saving machines
concentration, locomotion, all the meth
ods Of rapid communication, ana SO on
od libitum, the reapers and the cleaners
10 loft nothing but stubble. and law
,,ors emit live on that. We have not
lido Office rent, most of Us, for year
patents have been granted on sucn a
countless multitude of principles ana
oD,1icotions that about the only conso-
lation we have is an occasional infringe
ment suit, and these don't pay pecauSe
,ho norties charged with the offense can
t,,,, mechanical brains for song ana DC
s,,o,Iiod with some slight change Ill the
collection attacked that will quash the
| suit. s, e,ds IN
"There may stili po oo"' -;
.ho domain of electricity or aerial naVl'
uat;on hut il is very difficult indeed
20 500 how they could be, even at 'hei'
nost moro than the happy appllcatlor
If some principle or principles aireaus
,roll known and protected by patent
Yes, so or 100 years from now .n i.ss'
words may have a very comical ring
w. 7 don,t believe the world will eve
see another 80 years of invention U
oomnore with the half century just CLOS
inc New York Herald.
/
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-24

The above gentleman Opera House next Friday evening"
A General adms oo CENTS w eA"" 'NO
bmay be
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-24

Sneak Thief sam--Pity 'twuz erbout
s;,.,nvI He wuz making big money ana
tbo perlice broke him all up. -,
Footpad sim-Big money wuz ne'
What wuz his lay' a.,
Sneak Thief Sam-Coinins s'''e' 'o'
lars
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-01-29
CITY NOTES.

The teachers and ianitors of the day
and night public schools will be paid this
afternoon
At the instance of Dominic Killeen, of
Carbondale an execution for $3.50 was IS
sued yesterday against the Carbonate
Traction company.
The New York, Ontario and Western
Railway company has reduced its mimi
mum package rate to % cents, the rate
which prevailed prior to Jan. l.
Washington camp. No 1Ol, Patriotic Or
der of True Americans, will hold an en-
tertainment and ice cream social at Full
ler's hall Friday evening, Jan. %, at
O'Clock.
The effects of William II. Davis & Co.,
florists, in their store on Spruce street
and hot houses on Washburn street were
sold by the sheriff yesterday. The West
Side bank became purchaser for $lO65.
The building committee of the board of
control will tonight confer with CALVIN
w. Parsons, who recently applied to the
board for an appointment as sanitary en-
gineer and inspector of school buildings.
Frank Meyer, the builder, will in the
near future erect for himself a fine resi-
dence on Monroe avenue on a lot pur-
chased yesterday of w. Gibson and Mere
dith Jones, through NJ. II. Hogate's agen-
cy.
At yesterdays session of the Pennsyl-
vana Photographers association, the seq
ond grand prize, diploma. was awarded
to Charles l.. Griffin, of this city. Photo
grapher Fritch, of Pittston, took second
prize in Glass b.
The following directors of the Thuron
Coal company We're elected by meeting
of the stockholders Wednesday: Alfred
Hand, W. j. Hand, r. II. Dale. j. r. Will
Jams, Daniel Williams, William Y. Davis
and William r. Williams
Arbitrators w. w. Baylor, NJ. f. Sanlo
and Joseph OBrien yesterday filed an
award of 81 l2GS5 in favor of Phoebe Har-
vey, Administrative of the estate of John
Harvey, deceased, in her suit against the
Iron City Mutual Fire Insurance company
of Pittston.
The annual convention of the State AS
sociation of School Directors will be held
in Harrisburg on the second Wednesday
in February. From this county the dele
gates will be William Repp Old Forge;
James j. O'Malley, Olyphant; Oscar Hall
stead Benton j. b. Moore, jefferson; f.
l.. Carr, Elmhurst. The proposed new
school law will be discussed.
The funeral of William j. Cassidy took
place Wednesday at the home of his bro
ther, j. NJ. Cassidy, on Mulberry street
There were services at St. Peters cathe-
dral The pall-bearers We're James Bea-
mish, John Kearney, John Ferris, Rob.
ert Kernan and Frank Scanlon. The in.
terment was in Hyde Park Catholic GENE
terry.
At a meeting of the Boies Steel Whee
company stockholders yesterday at the
companys office in the Commonwealth
building the following directors wer,
elected: Colonel II. Nj. Boies, Thomas f
Torrey, j. D. Sherer, l.. NJ Horton, j. NJ
Boies, Judge f. n. Willard and c. s. Wes
ton. The directors organized by electinl
Colonel Boies president. Mr. Torrey vice
president, Mr.. Sherer secretary and Mr.
Horton treasurer