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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-19
HOMEMADE ELECTRICITY.
Some simple Methods by which IL Nay
BE Generated.

~
BE Generated
Ii has been discovered that if steel
knife and a silver fork be inserted in a
large orange an electric current Will be
generated. II the end Of the fork and
the end Of the knife sticking from the
orange be connected with an electric
measuring instrument, quite percepti-
bic current will be found 10 pass. The
same kind Of battery may he made by
substituting a cucumber for the orange.
in fact, any acid fruit may be used.
In order 10 make yoltaic pile il is
only necessary 20 procure ten or more
pieces Of zinc about an inch square. the
same number Of pieces Of copper and a
like number Of pieces Of paper. The
paper should be thoroughly soaked III
vinegar.
First take a piece Of zinc On it
place a piece Of vinegar soaked paper,
then put on piece Of copper, then
piece Of paper, then another zinc and
then paper. and 50 on until all the
pieces Of zinc, copper and paper have
been used. II is important that piece
Of zinc should be ON one end and piece
Of copper On the other. After the pile Is
completed again soak the whole slight
" in vinegar; then clean il off on the
outside.
II the forefnger Of one hand be held
against one end and the forefnger of
the other hand be held on the other end
Of the pile, quite perceptible current
will be felt. If several persons clasp
hands and the persons on each end Of
the line touch the voltaic pile, the cur
rent will flow through the bodies of all
those in position.
The thermopile is another electrical
current producer that may be made in
any household at a trifiing expense.
The electric current is generated IN this
case by heat, and anything from can
die to a live coal may be used TO pro-
duce the heat. Take a lot of German
silver and copper wire and cut it into
six inch lengths. Then take German
silver length and copper length and
twist the ends together. You will have
V shaped arrangement of wire. Take
another length of German silver wire
and twist one end of il tightly around
the copper end Of the V. Continue the
process until you have long succession
Of what might be called WIS or double
VS. arranged with alternate pieces Of
copper and German silver wire.
Now take two large curtain rings.
Bend your string Of wire lengths until it
has assumed the position of star and
clamp it between the two curtain rings.
One end Of the string of wires should
be copper and the other German silver.
You will find when these are clamped
between the curtain rings that the in
ner points Of the star form a small cir
Gle in the middle of the rings. The
rings should be placed on uprights and
a candle should be lighted, so that the
flame will play between the inner
points of the star-New York Herald.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-19
YOUNG MEMS CHANCES.
Best Avenues to Success Are Found Out
aide Our Largest Cities

a aide Our Largest Cities
Cuisines conditions of the great cit
les are not favorable TO young men,
writes Edward w. Box in The Ladies
Home Journal, advising young men
about TO begin their careers against 60
ing 10 the big cities. 1T is said, he
continues, "that competition develops
men. 1t does unquestionably. But to
cope with present competition as 1T ex-
/ lists in the centers calls for a vast
amount of experience. That experience
man must have back of him before he
can enter the competing arena. But
how can better acquire that experience
than where there is constant need of 1T!
How better, my young friend? By serv-
ing long apprenticeship IN some city
smaller than the greatest The large
cities are today poor places in which TO
learn the rudiments of business COM
petition, for while the young man is
learning the experienced man swallows
him up. But that is experience per-
sists the young man. 1t is, but more
severe kind than there is need ola
kind which, once INDUCED in, does not
leave a pleasant remembrance. Compe-
tition in a smaller city may be just as
keen proportionately; but, what is all
important TO the young man starting
out, the risks are not so great, the ex-
perience is not apt TO be SO costly
should he fail TO succeed. 1t is true
saying that a man before he succeeds in
business must expect to measure his
height ON the ground time or two.
But it is not necessary that i'll his first
Touchdown he should be knocked out.
But there is another and more i'm
portant fact which the young man
away from the large cities does not
realize. 1t is that the number of posi-
BILE positions in the large cities is not
increasing, despite the reiterated asser-
tions constantly made to the contrary.
The very opposite is the truth. Various
causes explain this-higher taxes, high
er prices of lots, or lack of building
room, labor strikes and lower cost of
production. The manufacturing inter-
ests of this country are constantly tend
ing toward the smaller cities and away
from the centers. And this means fewer
positions, since only i'll rare instances
does the executive branch of business
call for larger number of employees
than does the N, Eufacturing side.
Strange as the cha. @ of current may
seem, it is neverthe ~. 5 a fact that the
young man who today leaves a good
sized city of actual manufacturing adj
vantages turns his Lack on what in a
few years will be one &c the industrial
beehives of America "
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-19
Mixed English.

American and English tourists who
visited Ischl, in Austria, recently were
confronted with the following notice ON
q signboard over the door of one of the
hostelries of the place, "To the gentle
mans Englanders and Americaners, here
you become asses" Upon inquiry it
was learned that the purport of the sin
gular sign was that the proprietor Of the
place had donkeys to let which were
used for excursions into the neighboring
mountains A much travelled cobbler,
who professed to be able to master the
English language, was responsible for
the unique wording of the sign. He had
translated the German sentence, can
die Herren Highlander und Amerikaner,
hier bekommt ihr Esel," the latter four
words meaning there you can hire
asses"
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-19
wilmer McLean's Two Historic Houses.

General Horace Porter describes the
surrender of Lee in his Campaigning
With Grant" in The Century. The sur
render took place in the house of Will
mer Mclean, it will be remembered.
General Porter says: 1t is a singular
historical coincidence that Mclean S
former home was upon a Virginia farm
near the battle-ground of the first Bull
Run, and his house was used for time
as the headquarters of General Beaure-
gard. When it was found that this fight
was so popular that it was given an en-
core and second battle of Bull Run
was fought the next year on the same
ground, Mr.. Mclean became convinced
that the place was altogether lacking in
repose, and, to avoid the active theater
of war, he removed to the quiet village
of Appomattox, only to find himself
again surrounded by contending armies.
Thus the first and last scenes of the wal
drama in Virginia were enacted upon
his property.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-19
IN THE ANIMAL KINGDOM.
The Duration of Life Varies According to
circumstances.

The Duration of Life Varies According to
Circumstances.
Among the long lived in the animal
kingdom we may mention birds, fish
and reptiles, although even in the lower
animals the duration of life varies inn
mensely, according TO the species. OF
fish, the carp are especially long lived.
Among birds, some of the parrot spe-
cies are supposed to live over 100 years.
The swan, the raven, the eagle, are also
credited with great length of life.
In the mammalia, the elephant at
tains the greatest age. 1t grows for 20
to 80 years and is said to live from 100
to $50 years and even longer. We have
no accurate means of ascertaining the
whales age. A lion is said to have lived
20 years in the Tower, but there is no ev-
idence that he attains anything like that
age in the natural state. Forty years is
recorded by naturalists as the extreme
age. The camel may attain the age of
90. 1t eats little and drinks less. The
horse is comparatively short lived ami
NAL, but it is well known fact that
when he does little work and passes the
greater part Of his days in pasture he
may attain to about 40 years of life,
but when horse is hard worked and
fed, moreover, upon beans, oats and
other ossifying foods his days are much
shorter.
In the vegetable kingdom the yew at
tains great age. Those at Fountains alb
hey are about 1900 years old. Two
orange trees at Rome, planted respec-
lively by st. Dominic and Thomas
Aquinas, are said to be from 500 to 600
years old, and there are records of trop-
ical trees that, counting by their rings,
are supposed to have attained the age
of 500 to 1000 years. Cen
tury
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-19
MODERN NEWSPAPERS.
There Are No Prejudices In the Way of
the New Journalist.

The new Journalist has no prejudices
that interfere with his business ends.
The founder of his school was the first
man TO make an absolutely nonpartisan
paper, and the successful men l talked
with declared that the best way COM
mercially 10 make an editorial page
was 10 turn il over 70 some man with
mind and character who would direct
its policy Independently and in good
faith in the interests Of the community
as a whole, regardless of parties,
cliques, advertisers or any other inter
ests, however powerful. But while this
is being done the business man who
proposes 10 conduct the enterprise
would have an equally independent
news department, and, having the most
intelligent readers to begin with, he
would broaden the news policy from
their point Of view, spending as much as
sensationalism costs for more important
better written news In short, the COM
mercial ideal contains distinct apprecia-
ton Of the power of opinion, but it
prizes just as highly the value of the
authoritative statement of all the news.
There's not room for many such
newspapers, but that's the kind that
would live and pay forever" said my
new commercial journalistic. Lin
coin Steffens in Scribner's.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-19
The Spanish Main.

The Spanish main is the circular
bank of islands forming the northern
and eastern boundaries of the Caribbean
sea, beginning at Mosquito and includ-
ing Jamaica, Santo Domingo, the Lee
ward islands and the Windward islands,
with the coast of Venezuela, in South
America. The word main has no af-
finity with the English word as in main
land, but comes from the Spanish word
manea, shackles, given in reference to
the imaginary resemblance of the broken
chain of islands to that in early days. IA
miliar article. Boston Transcript.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-19
THE PILGRIMS.

sswhither, pilgrims. whittier bound
Passing slowly with no soundf"
One by one they journey by,
Gliding. gliding silently.
Slowly, slowly, dim and gray.
Hold they on their ghostly way.
Either. children, making May
OF the solemn autumn day.
Who were they but now went by
While the dead weeds gave a sighf
Who the pilgrims. dim and gray,
Stopped and looked upon your playv
"We have wandered many hours
Here where some one hides the flowers;
We heard laughter in the grass,
But we saw no pilgrim pass"
Whispers one-pale checked Is she:
..shapes went by. They beckoncd me-"
John Vance Cheney in Century.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-19
swordswomen Abroad.

Some day it will be the women Of
foreign countries who will defend their
nations honor after the French Italian
style recently witnessed. Women of the
upper classes in France and Spain are
generally expert swOrdswomen. They
are taught TO fence as carefully and ac-
curately as their brothers, and there are
numerous schools in the two countries
where young women are taught not on
ly to fence, but TO handle the broad
| sword.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-19
Too Much salt.

The New York Journal Of Hygiene
says that many people eat altogether
tool much salt. The result is that the
skdn and kidneys are excessively taxed
TO get rid of the salt, and both are in
idred by it. Few people have healthy
skins. and it is believed that many
cases of arrangement of the kidneys are
!.e to the salt habit.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-19

In some Of the Nevada canyons in Sc
we're weather the jack rabbits freeze TO
death, huddled together i'm clusters,
vainly trying to get little warmth out
of one another. Then the Wasboe and
Piute Indian hunters break them off in
punches and food the market with
them.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-19
disappointed.

Gertie-Marie is awfully angry at
that young Tutter.
Mertie-What for? Did she find out
he was flirting with her?
Gertie-No. She thought that he was
flirting, but learned that he was not
Brooklyn Life.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-19
Patience.

Patience is a most necessary qualifi-
cation for business. Many a man would
rather you heard his story than granted
his request You must seem to hear
the unreasonable demands of the petu-
liant unmoved and the tedious details
of the dull untired. That is the least
price that a man must pay for a high
station. New York Ledger.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-19
The Cause of Confusion.

"Isn't it strange the way people make
mountains out of molehills?"
"Oh, don't know. When you aren {
big enough to see over them, there ism t
much difference. Chicago Journal.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-19

The public debt of France is the lar
gest in the world and amounts to about
5000, 100000
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-19

Four-fifths Of the worlds supply of
cloves comes FROM Zanzibar and Pemba,
Africa.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-19

Warming pans containing perfume are
now used to heat the beds of guests at
English country houses.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-02-12
THE REMNANT day

will open this morning a wealth of saving.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-02-12
The Greatest of All Gifts.

There g 10 gift TO be compared with
health. None realize this like the suf-
ferer from some chronic or iong-standlng
disease 10 such the gift Of renewed
health is priceless And yet, II is with
IN the reach Of all such sufferers. The
great specialist In the cure of all forms
% nervous and chronic diseases. DR..
Green. No. IS west Fourteenth street,
New York city, famous the world over
for his wonderful cures. has decided to
give consultation and advice hereafter
free. Remember, sufferer. that you can
write him description OF your case. and
he will return carefully considered let
ter, fully explaining your disease, giving
advice, etc. without charge OF any kind.
Write to-day and health viii be yours.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-02-12
HANDKE

Mems White Cambria Handkerchiefs,
hemmed. for &c.
Ladies' Fine. Sheer. Embroidered Hand
kerchiefs, &c. for 10 and II l-2c ones
Mems Fine Pure Linen Hand-Hemstitch-
ed Handkerchiefs. 25c. ones, for II l-2c;
Ladies' Hemstitched White or Coiored
Bordered. &c.
Children's Printed Borders, 1c.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-02-12
b. F. Johnson Publishing Company,

y r. Johnson Publishing Company,
ID No. 3 south Eleventh street,
Richmond, Va, January n, 1897.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
,ba n r JOHNSON PUBLISHING
1CSo9MPANY. having on the 9th day OF
January. 1897, adopted a resolution in the
yoIIowinR words and figures-vlz.:
"Resolved, by the Board OF Directors OF
the r. r. Johnson Publishing Company,
hniders Of the b. f. Johnson Publishing
ron,Danv Is hereby called to be held on
NJ I'm DAY OF MARCH. 1897, at the
t nc Of II A. NJ, at the office of the said
nou No. 3 south Eleventh street, in
~ Xiv of Richmond. Va. for the trans
one Of any and all business Of every
a,,aracter which may be brought before
INC seid stockholders meeting, and espe-
a ny Tor the purpose of authorizing and
Siractino the issue of such number OF
mares and such amount of preferred
Geek of the said company as said meet
inc may deem proper, and upon SUCH
Inns and conditions as the said meet
Sng may deem ADVISABLE and the presi-
dant Of the said company is hereby au-
thnrized and directed TO give notice Of
Inc nv publication for thirty days i'm the
Riehmorld Dispatch, a newspaper pub
iished i'm the city Of Richmond, Va"
Notice is hereby given that a general
meeting of the stockholders of the b. +
Johnson Publishing Company will be
held at the time and place, and for the
n1rposes stated and indicated in the
aforesaid resolution.
''O' b. f. JOHNSON.
President B. f. Johnson Publishing Com
pany. ia 2S-3Ot
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-02-12
TRUSTEES AUCTION SALE

THE ATTRACTIVELY LOCATED AND
VALUABLE SUBURBAN PLACE.
LATELY OCCUPIED by
NJ c. STAPLES. ESQ.
CONTAINING 10 Is ACRES,
WITH THE IMPROVEMENTS
THEREON.
ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE HERAn.
TAGE ROAD,
IN HENRTCO COUNTY,
ONE FOURTH OF A MILE NORTH OF
THE CITY OF RICHMOND.
In execution OF a certain deed OF tris,
10 J. b. Elan and George y. Wood.
bridge, trustees. dated December rs. iSl
recorded in Deadlock 13S b. page I'd
Henrico County Court, the undersigned
by the holder Of the unpaid note De-.
scribed In said deed, will sell, by public
auction, on the premises, on
TUESDAY. FEBRUARY %, 1887.
at 4:SO o'clock p. NJ, the REAL ESTATE
described in said deed. and situated as
above stated. This land Is I'm such close
proximity TO the city, and IS so convenient
~ and pleasantly situated, that IL should
command the attention OF suburban
home-seekers and investors generally
The improvements consist OF neat ana
comfortable frame dwelling OF seven
rooms, stable, carriage-hOUse, and other
out-buildings-all in good repair-well %
excellent water. well-shaded lawn. and
some choice fruit.
TERMS: Cash as to the expenses o,
sale. any delinquent taxes, the ratahs
share of the taxes for the present year.
and the sum of s. 600 with interest there
on from June -. 1895, and. as 20 the
residue, in three equal instalments az six.
twelve, and eighteen months. By neg0-
table notes. with interest added and Sc
cured by a deed Of trust on the property.
j. b. ELAN, Surviving Trustee.
j. B. Elan & Co. and III. Seldom Taylor
& Son. Auctioneers. fel2
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-02-12
LOST. sTRAYEp. AND FOUND.

LOST, THURSDAY. ON MAIN STREET
between Twelfth and Seventh. or on
Eighth between Grace and Main. or in
the Academy OF Music or Chamber Of
Commerce building. A GOLD MASONIC
WATCH CfiARM-desi square and
compass surrounding a miniature COM
pass. Reward II returned TO
G. 4. BOYKIN,
fe 12-lts Dispatch office
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-02-12
BUSINESS WANTS.
new YEAR NEW MAYS!
GOODIES CASH PLACE

s pounds starch .......................S "a
Pure Lard. ..... -..... .........
Leaf Lard ...... ...... .,....,.."".
Bacon Shoulders 80. ............,...
Iight-Brown Sugar ...... .......... 81
French Candy. ...... .............
Sour Pickles (gallon).. minimum. 10
Seedless Raisins (besD.... ........ s
Nice Citron, per pound ........ al
New Currants, per pound.... ......
Tomatoes, per can ..,...........
Corn, per can .......... .'...........
Family Flour. per bag :. .......... %
Jelly. per pound.... .................. 3
10-pound buckets Preserves. ....., %
PREPARED Ham, 2 pounds. ...... %
Rest Flour, per barrel MINIMUM. 8 %
Patent Flour, per barrel s5,25 and 80
A Good Flour. ......... .-.......... W
3-Pound Cans Pork and Beans.... 10
Nice Cheese. per pound .... ........ 10
Bottle Catsup, quart. ............ 10
Three for ......... 20
Large Bottle Catsup.. ............... 5
Large Glass Mustard zee. ..........
Irish-Potatoes, per peck. ........ 10
Meal. per bushel...... see. ............ AZ
White Corn, per peek. ........ 10
LAYER Figs. 3 pounds .......... Is
earned Shad, four for .... .......... %
Sun-Cured Peaches. per pound. .. 10
Best Hams. per pound. .;........... II
Breast Bacon, four pounds.......... %
Shredded Cocoanut, 2 pounds ........ q
New Orleans Molasses, per gallon. IS
oats, per bushel.... ...... .......... 2S
Hecker's BucSwheat.... .... ........
Coffee Goasted)........ ................ u
Fine Tea .... ................ .s...... ID
Cocoa, half-pound boxes. ............. 10
s. ID. GOODE.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-02-12


ENDS AND HANDLED LINENS
from last weeks linen storm. ltH be
like scooping so much money into your
purse in these under Cohen's-price Wings
5S-inch Scotch Damask, pure. White. a
little mussed lengths ga TO IL yarus'
l6c. a yard. ,,,,,os,,
35c. a yard-some are yards VICE ,
Sc. Crash Toweling, lengths IL 10
yards. lc. a yard. ,,t.,,
Remnants Russia Linen io"eii"e'
121-2c. usually. for &c. a yard.
Remnants 81 Irish and Scotch Linen Da-
mask. soc. yard-almosl any i0"e'"
you wish. a.
II dozen Cotton Huck Towels, Tor &c.
instead of DC. each. ,,,..
g. Pure Linen Huck Towels, Away D
u I-2c to clear out at sc each.
100 Linen Huck Towels fOf DC. each.
Fancy Bordered All-Linen Doylies, &C.
Remnants Real On-Boiled Turkey-Red
Table Damask. zoe. yard.
WHITE GOODS.
White Duck Suiting. the best II lie
grade. for lie. a yard. NJ,
Remnants Fine Sheer Imported Dllni-
ties and Piques, 3-lc. yard, worth
uD TO 35c. yard. ,.,.
Remnants White Checked NainsooK'
2 l-2c a yard. , 1,,o.,.
Remnants Fine Satin Striped and Cheek
ed Nainsook, 16 2-S. 20, and 25c grades
for 3-4c. a yard. 80 e..,.
Apron Lawn, 40 inches wide, with fancy
White striped borders, S-4c yaru-
usual 70 2-3c. grade
Remnants 12c. White India Linon, l-2c.
a yard. - x,,.u,,
Remnants Fine White Open-Work,
Satin-Striped Lawn, full pieces cost
81 i-2c. a yard. for 8 S-4c.
81. so Bed-Spreads, slightly soiied' foc'
81 ones for soc.
q 30 Marseilles Spreads for 2.25.
nc Crochet Spreads for 35c.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-02-12
MEETINGS.

MASONIC NOTICE.-DOvE "A.
LODGE.-The members OF DOVE Xxx
LODGE, No. 81, A. +. and A. M,
will attend stated communication
OF their lodge at the Masonic TEMPE 90
THIS friday EVENING. February ~.
1897. AT o'clock Members or sist er
lodges and transient brethren are coruiai-
IN and fraternally invited TO attend.
BY order OF the Worshipful Master.
BEN. r. AUGUST,
fero-tt Secretary.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-02-12
PIANOS. ORGANS, &c.

PIANOS FOR SALE.
Less than half price ! WHEELOCK
OAK UPRIGHT. / WORCESTER ROSE
WOOD SQUARE, both in excellent order.
AND SINGING PIANOS skllfully tuned.
c. l.. PETlCOLAS.
Professor OF Music
ia 2f-eod12t 635 north Eighth street. city.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-02-12
CABBAGE. CABBAGE.

WILL, SELL ONE CARLOAD CAB
BAGE at auction at II NJ,
TO-DAY HRIDAY),
at Byrd-Street Depot. re IL
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-02-12
fe l2-lt.

LOST ABOUT 6 O'CLOCK p. NJ.
Thursday on Eleventh street between
Main and Bank streets. a POCKET
BOOK. containing 1914 and two bank
notes. valuable only 10 the owner. A libe-
raj reward will be paid II left at the office
Of II. b. DUNN, ll00 east Main street.
fe l2-ft