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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-02
AUTOMATIC TRAIN CHECKER.
Novel Invention by Belgian to Prevent
Railroad Accidents.

A move! automatic train checker in
vented by a Belgian, has recently under
gone q successful test in France. The
trial and the invention are described by
Henry p Morris. United states consul at
Client. Belgium. in an official report 10
the department. OF state.
1.-THE experiments took place, - he says,
under the direction or the inventor at
Beaulieu lie Cendray, near Charities, before
many railway engineers and numerous
gathering OF scientists. Those present
were convinced that the apparatus fully
satisfied all claimed for it. The point
chosen for the official experiments offers
the greatest possible danger and Difficult
ties 1t was on the single track line be-
tween Chartres and Orleans. at the point
of divergence @! the branch running TO
Anneau and Immediately over grade
| crossing
"There. at distance Of $50 yards from
! the station, the mechanism was placed In
position The invention consists OF an i'm
! mense hook. or catch. made OF heat iron,
| to which while rigid q certain elasticity
| il given. IL Is fastened &c the rails and
| regulated by a wire and lever from the sta
ton When lying fiat, trains pass II readi-
| ly. but when raised IL catches lever
| hanging from the passing locomotive.
| The latter lever then automatically causes
! an air valve on the engine TO open, and
the brakes are Immediately in action
| During the trial the train came to stand
still before reaching the station. Careful
calculation has been made that the hook
or catch Old the rcadbed should have al
, the same time sufficient suppleness to In
sure its action.
| Another ingenious arrangement con
meets the grade crossing gate with the ap
paratus in such manner that the formel
cannot be opened without the latter being
in position, so that an approaching tran
must necessarily stop before reaching TIT
crossing, thus avoiding all risk OF injur
ing persons passing at the time. Furthe
appliances are said to render the invention
equally useful in the prevention OF col
| licions ~
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-02
Old Settlers Yarns.

They were two old pioneers Of upper
Michigan entertaining the gullible re-
sorters.
when first came TO this region,
said the veteran who owns log cabin,
q fiatboat and turnip patch. I'VE had
a good deal of trouble with bears.
They'd come sniffin round the shanty
at rignt, and you could go out any
mornin and lay in stock of bear beef.
Bout the best luck i ever had was one
fall when was pokin about just beyant
the clearin. ! was shown bullet home
with an iron ramrod when see a she
bear and three cubs comm toward me.
They see me at the same time, and all
went up in a row on their hind legs OF
course ] was naturally excited and
banged away When the smoke cleared
there was them four bears strung on
that ramrod, and there wasn't good
kick left in none Of 'em.
The other entertainer looked troubled
for few seconds, but soon rallied and
looked as honest as an owl.
Hank" he began, 'you mus reca-
leck that red COW of mine. There was
the beatinest critter ever see. She
could ketch more fish than airy man
in the settlement. She wasn't no ex-
pense cause she could steal Twin the
year round. She could pick lock with
her horns, and ole Jim Clayter swears he
see her climb tree after black bear
once. won't make no affidavy to that,
but / know she used to bring in bear
reg Ter. She could do more with then
horns of hern than any man could with
rife. Wasn't she a corker, Hank?''
II hain't spinnin this here yarn
Lige," declared the other pioneer, who
was plainly jealous, "but the only COW
you ever owned since you come up herr
was mooley."
Though they are both old they are a
tough as pine knots, and it took fiv
minutes to part them. The friendship
of years is broken and each declares tn
other the prince of liars. Detroit Ere
Press
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-02
Leprosy.

Leprosy is an exclusively human dis
ease. 1t is not inoculable to animals. 1t
is never of spontaneous origin, but is in
variably derived from the LESSONS or Sc
cretions Of person similarly diseased.
Its development in country previously
exempt from the disease may always be
traced to it's importation in the person
of leper from an infected center. We
know nothing definitely of the mode OF
infection or the channels of entrance
through which the bacillus gains access
to the whether by direct con-
tact, by inhalation or inhibition OF the
germs or by other Intermediates. OBJ
servation proves conclusively that every
leper is possible source OF danger te
all with whom he may come into init
mate and prolonged contact. DIR. Prince
A.. Morrow in North American Review
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-02

the outside world, so that the great In.
crease OF miners necessitated their dave,on.
Ing other streams and regions hnt fort,,-
nately those were near by Wherever a
prospoctor mas experimental on the streams
anu creeks not only in the Yukon valley,
uu' also on the streams north of the Arc.
uo circle running into the Arctic ocean.
~' well as a number Of the great streams
running south into the Pacific ocean. evil
nences OF gold deposits have been found,
making Alaska probably the largest field
OF gold deposit in the world. The scarcity
Oh provisions native to the country. the
rigorous winters and hot summers, with
the plague OF mosquitoes, the frozen sub
soil, winter and summer, containing the
golden deposits, make the working of these
mines and the securing of the gold life
Oh great hardship and suffering-a life that
threatens the ruin of the health and, in
many cases, will lead TO death itself.
That great region, with its rapidly
growing population, is practically without
law or government. Two or three deputy
collectors OF customs are expected to watch
valley 1000 miles long, without any
provision being made for their getting
three miles from home. Two United States
commissioners are expected to dispense
law In region as large rs all the United
States east of the Mississippi river and
north of the Ohio. Murders have been
committed during the past season Of which
no official recognition has been taken or
any official inquiry made concerning them.
Crimes and misdemeanors go unpublished
because OF the great expense of taking
criminals and witnesses q year from their
families and business to the United States
district court at Sitka some 2, 600 to 3, O0O
miles away. 1t is very important that the
coming congress shall enact the legislation
necessary to throw the protection of the
government and the courts over life and
| property in that distant region.
found the four herds of reindeer in @
| prospecting condition. During the las,
| spring 466 fawns were born, making the
total number on the 1st of July last /, 466
In connection with the training school ter
| Eskimos have been under training in tn,
management, driving and care of the deer
| The government schools, as well as school!
Of several missionary societies, are in 1
prospering ondition.-Report of Secretar,
| of Interior.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-02
Horseaesh For Hog Feed.

A new and remarkable industry has
been recently established by John kilburn'
a wealthy farmer and stock shipper To-
Gated five miles west of Fort Scott, Kan
1t is found that he has established mar
ket for the cheaper grade of horses, which
he slaughters and feeds to his hogs by
experiment he has demonstrated that hogs
fatten quickly on horse meat, and he has
for some time been buying animals that
have served their usefulness to the pillow,
the coal hauler or the teamster for hog
feed. This class of horses he finds has
largely increased since the advent OF the
bicycle consequent to the depreciation In
their value. Mr.. Kilburn buys them, ex'
elusive of their hides, for n pittance-often
as low as 90 cents-and they are killed III
his hog pastures and fed to the pork for
the city market. st. Louis Globe Demo
crat.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-02
The Surprise or All.

Mr.. James Jones, OF the drug firm OF
Jones 4 Son, Cowden, ILL.,, in speaking
Of DR.. Kings New Discovery, says that
last winter his wife was attacked with
la grippe and her case grew so serious
that physlcians at Cowden and Pana
could DO nothing former. 1t seemed to
develop into hasty consumption. Hav-
ing DR.. Kings New Discovery in store,
and selling lots OF it, he took bottle
home, and to his surprise she began to
get better from first dose, and hall dozen
dollar bottles cured her sound and
well. DR.. Kings New Discovery for con-
sumption, coughs and coldsisguaranteed
TO do this good work, Try it. Free trial
bottles at ID. T. MacDonald's drug store
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-02
FROM ROOF TO ROOF.
somnambulist's Walking Feat Over the
Tops Of Fifteen Houses.

Edward Reilly of Wilmington, Del, re-
Gently performed wonderful feat In his
sleep. In his nightclothes he climbed
from his bedroom window to the roof OF
his house. There are 10 houses In the row,
and he walked along the roofs OF the row
for half an hour; then he climbed down,
hut climbed into the wrong window. Inc
window he entered was on the rear OF the
second story of the house Of Amos Brin-
ton. two doors below his house.
A niece of Mr. Brinton was slumbering
in the room at the time, and, awakened by
the noise of his entrance, she screamed
when she saw his ghostlike appearance.
Her screams brought Mr.. Brinton, VINO
nnon entering the bedroom fired shot'
which missed Reilly. The gas was ilght-
ed. and to his amazement Brinton uisco'-
cred that the intruder was his neighpor
He saw that he was asleep, ana WIN
punch awakened him. Reilly at first want,
ed Brinton to apologize but when he iouho
he had been walking in his sleep ana was
not i'm his own room he could not say
enough to excuse himself.
Plain Dealer.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-02
Altitude and Phthisis.

/ have spent considerable time in
travelling in the Catskills, Adirondacks
and the Rocky mountains, investigating
with some care these localities, with
their varying attitudes above sea level
and their influence upon the lungs, and,
while perhaps high and dry and light
er air may be beneficial in some diseases
and for its influence upon the general
health, / do not believe that it has the
slightest effect upon the growth an pro-
liberation of the tubercle bacillus itself.
In this opinion am heartily confirmed
by the Judgment of many able and care
full practitioners with whom l have
most earnestly conversed, and l repeat
that altitude has no influence whatever
in destroying the tubercle bacillus.
A considerable experience with this
disease has led me to believe that no
place is better for its treatment than
New York city. Patients have come to
me from every state in the Union. from
Canada, from the Sandwich Islands and
from Europe, and it'appears to be the
general belief among them all that the
climate of New York city, with its
clear air and bright sunshine, is quite
as favorable under all circumstances az
is that of most other localities. / have
| under my care at this time patients
| from several towns in Colorado, from
| New Mexico and California, and all are
doing better in this city than in theiI
own localities. Hubbard Winslow
| Mitchell in New York Medical Record
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-02
A Tired Fellow.

Talkin bout November days. reckon 'hey 10
all right, .,,.,,
But has ter fetch the wood In Ter tne Dig JUN
fires at night.
I reckon snow a-fallin makes purity sor' er
show, no.
But It amt SO powerful pleasant when you mas
ter shovel snow.
rra,k;n bout November days. with frost In
burrows gray,
rbev amt SO powerful pleasant when you
spend em haulin hay. 1.o-,s
lively horn,
shucltin corn.
I've come ter the conclusion this worio' ier
man an boy, TO-
rs about peck o. trouble ter every pint o, Joy.
i,,Le bl,,, skies an meadows, bird that knows
p.,. .sn,t line IN the chorus when they work
me al day long.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-02
FUJI WEIGHS FIFTEEN OUNCES.
Japanese Spaniel Said to Be the Smallest
Dog In the World.

Full challenges tho world to prove that
he is not the smallest dog in it, and is
proud of the fact that he is worth just
$50. 33 13 cents an ounce. He weighs
only 10 ounces, and is of the royal dog
blood of Japan.
Full needs no records to prove that
when his mistress, Mrs. K. T.. Sattler Of
Garfield place, Cincinnati, puts him Sit
ting in her joined palms, fingers pointing
upward, his head is the only part of his
tiny, furry body that reaches above her
finger tips. Full stopped growing short
time ago, and nothing artificial was resort
ed to to make him high priced midget.
He is 10 months old now and gained / u
ounces in the last two months of his prep
aration for his struggle with the world.
Full is u Japanese spaniel. His mark
ings are black and white. They are beau
tiful, but it is in his head that the dog
fancier finds most tc admire. His fore
head is high and broad and bulges with
brain; his nose is of the pronounced pug
variety, and his eyes mirror spirit OF
mischief and playfulness that made him
SO dear to the woman who reared him and
SO valued by the one who made him hers
by purchase. ;.
Fuii, grandfather of the mite who is
now in Cincinnati, came from the kennel
of sacred spaniels in Japan. The mother
of Full the younger, is Winki, beauti-
full creature. who is about half dozen
times the size of her midget son.
Full was, until few days ago, the
property of Mrs James M. Tower, who
also owns his mother and two of his broth
ers in New York There Mrs. Sattler saw
him, admired him and soon purchased him
for S5OO.-New York Herald.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-02
Jubilee Year.
PrOpHetors.

This being Jubilee Year OF the I'm
proved Order OF Red Men, the Great ga
chem Robert WINERY OF Grand Rapids,
has granted a dispensation to Red
Jacket Tribe No. AZ. to admit pale faces
at almost charter lees. This is a great
opportunity when you get to understand
that it is a four degree order. All those
who wish to take advantage Of the same
can do so by applying to
WILLIAM FL. HODGES, Hecla.
JOHN d. ROWE, Tamarack.
JAMES OLIVER. Red Jacket.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-02

The three-year-old boy oil j. A. John
son, of Lynn Center, ILL.,, is subject to
attacks OF Group. MIR. johnson is sat
isfied that the timely use OF Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy, during a severe attack,
saved his little bows life. He is in the
drug business, member OF the firm OF
Johnson Bros. OF that place; and they
handle great many patent medicines
for throat and lung diseases. He had al
these to chose from, and skilled physi
clans ready to respond to his call. but
selected this remedy for use in his own
family at a time when his chiId's lie was
in danger, because he knew It to be sup
erior to any other, and famous the coun-
try oyer for it's cure Of Group. Mr.. John
son says this IL the best selling cough
medicine they handle. and that 1t gives
splendid satisfaction in all cases. Sold
4 by Sodergren & Sodergren. druggists.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-02
VALUABLE ART WORKS.
Paintings by the Late DIR. Newberry Ap.
propriate For a Medical College.

Among the many art treasures of the
late Dr. Newberry of New York, all his
own handiwork, are three oil paintings
which are the result Of years of study, Of
travel and close attention to details of ex-
ecution, which it was the intention of the
doctor TO bequeath to some free medical
college. This desire of her father his
daughter will carry out
Outside of being really valuable works
of art, the paintings are peculiarly appro
pirate for medical college, for at a glance
the student can see all the principal shrubs
flowers, fruits, etc, used for medicinal
purposes represented in size as the fire.
| quency of their use predominates in actual
| practice
The pictures represent the three temper
aments-the muscular the nervous and
the nutritive In the center of the mus
cular temperament picture is the strong
face OF Richard C9ur de Lion, while the
animal kingdom is represented by the
4 horse, Around them are growing bryonia,
dogwood grapes and plums and every
| thing of value for ailments OF those OF
muscular temperament.
In the nervous temperament picture are
represented Charles ! and greyhound
| Around them grow catcus, grandif1ora
| FUSED for nervous diseases OF the hearth.
aconite, hops. poppy plants topium) and
the peach, used as nervous stimulant.
Henry VIII and hog figure together In
the nutritive temperament picture in the
midst of arnica flowers, aloes. fiower-de
luce toadstools, jack in the pulpits, or
anges and violets.
my father was a homeopathic, " said
Mrs Shut He believed we should try
to strike an equal balance OF the three
temperaments TO gain perfect state OF
physical health. and exercise equally all OF
our faculties for perfect mental health
Though So years old his mind was clear
to the end, and, although he called in a
physician, my father insisted OH prescrib
ing for himself. He said he knew he wa:
about to die and an hour before dissolu
ton he asked for some bryonia TO relieve
the pain in his congested lungs.
This will be my last dose OF medi
cine, he said, and truly enough he was
dead in an hour. He was a great admirei
of Henry George and since the latter
death be seemed downcast for the hrs
time ever remember seeing him SO. -
New York Tribune.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-02
He Favored the Idea.

"My dear, he said as he laid down
the paper, lyon ought to read that ad'
dress by Mrs. Mouser, the eminent lec-
turer, on woman's work She says that
whenever wife gets angry she should
stop and carefully consider the matter
for ten minutes before saying word to
her husband. That's a grand idea
1T is, eh?"
II consider it so. "
"And where will you be when l be-
gin talking?"
"Oh, don t know-somewhere down
town, / presume, but don't let that IN
terfere with you at all.
And she was so mad that she didn't
say word for the full time limit
Chicago Times Herald.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-02
Man and the Mastodon.

committee from Kentucky university
recently returned from Blue LICK oprinss,
where it went to examine the pohes VI q
mastodon which were recently unear.neo
there. The remains of an old roadway
well paved with stone were found many
feet below the surface of the earth ana pc
low the stratum of gravel in which the
mastodon bones were found. The com
mittee believes that the workmen VINO are
excayating there are on the eve OF impor'
tant discoveries which will show this coun
try to have been inhabited by an enhght
ened people at a time when mastodon'
roamed the forests.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-02
The Finlanders'

Mutual Fire Insurance company OF
Houghton and Keweenaw counties, or
ganised in 1890 according to the laws Of
the State OF Michigan, will insure proper.
ty OF its members. Have paid fire losses
over 81, 900 and dividends nearly $4,000
during the last seyen years to members
of five years. standing. On the first day
Of july the company had Sal mem.
hers, $4j6.943 worth OF property In
sured and $11.121.15 in treasury. For
further par ticulars apply to the under.
signed. JOHN BLoMovIsT, President.
ALEX LENoNEN, Secretary.
Office, 448 Pine street, upstairs DIE
Jacket
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-02
shoes For Yegetarians.

Mr.. Oldfeld British vegetarian, re-
Gently exhibited some ladies' boots. The
soles were of fax or cotton webbing, the
uppers of pannus corium, cloth founda.
tion SO treated that IL could be polished
with ordinary backing and hardly distin
Quished from leather. They are said TO
wear as well as leather. At present they
cost more, as the manufacture Is limited.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-02
Rearded Bellies of Ancient Rome.

Among the Roman women at one Pc
Rod there was morbid ambition to
grow boards, and they used to shave
their faces and smear them with I'M
guents to produce these inappropriate ap-
pendages Cicero tells us that at one
time TO such an extent did the mania
for boards grow upon women that 1t
was found desirable to pass law
against the "adornment. San Fran
cisco Chronicle.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-02
Superiority,

Superiority.
White folks hab de learnin.
Cullud folks hab sense.
Dey don halter read an write
An make big pretense.
White folks takes de paper,
Watches It all year
To fin' dc proclamation
Sos dey II know Thanksgivin's here
Turkey in de bahnyahd,
Postum in de tree,
Goodness is'a-gatherin
Whah de 'simmon waits fob me.
Chicken coop Is noisy.
Ism any fear
I'll need proclamation
Fob to know Thsnksgivin's near.
Washington Star.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-02

You can't afford to risk your life by al
loving a cold to develop into pneumonia
or consumption. Instant relief and a
certain cure are afforded bv One Minute
Cough Cure. SoDERGBEN & SoDERGREN.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-02
Sustaining Pride.

There is nothing SO sustaining in pass
ing through an ordeal as proper pride.
An Atchison woman who was struck on
the head by beer bottle in her hus'
bands hands claims that it was cham
payne bottle. -Atchison (Kan.) Globe.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-02

John Messner has a carload OF fine
fresh mich cows which anyone can pur-
chase or trade for. Parties calling on Mr..
Messner at his place OF business on Fifth
street will be shown the at ock,
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-02

Algerian Chief-Prepare the young
American for the torture chamber.
The Captive-Pooh, old boy; you
can't scare me. I've been hazed. -Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-02

We call your special attention to our
new Planished Steel Ranges as besides
being perfect baker. the material, a
secret process, does away with the old
complaint OF the enamel peeling and will
retain it's lustre. K. RYAN.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-02
Lake Linden stage.

Stage leaves Pearce's livery stable
Lake Linden, every day at 8 a. m, 10 q.
IN, 1 and p. m. Stageleaves McClure's
livery stable, Red Jacket, at 8 a. m, 10
a. m. and 1 and 4. p. m.
THOMAS PEARCE,
JAMES MCCLURE,
Proprietors.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-02

Charles Greenshields arrived Monday
with car load OF draft and driving
horses, which can he seen at Anderson's
4 McLean's barn, Pine street.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-02

Big bargains in stockings. II cents
per pair, all wool. Gentleman'a white
handkerchiefs, one half dozen II cents at
NJ. Gittler's.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-02

In parlor, dining room or bed room
furniture we have a large new assert
ment in brass. iron and popular woods
TO suit your tast and pocket. Z. RYAN.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-02

DO you wish to protect your house?
Ii 40 coat it with Hecht & Znmmack's
celebrated paint. Your neighbnrs have
used it and will recommend it. Get it at
K. Ryan's.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-02

Hyou desire comfort in the approach
ing cold DAYS the Peninsula Heater will
furnish it at the smallest expense. Cali
and see the new stocks at +. Ryan g.