The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-24

Dlltttc mas dOHt llluCH lOWdIuS piliSlnB |
success to the party Of which he Is an
adherent. AS treasurer of the commit
tee he handles all of the funds contrib
uted and disbursed, and during the BIZ
ennial campaigns he sticks to his office
work with a pertenacity and enthusi-
asm which excites the admiration Of |
his political friends.
Racing of Steamboats,.
"There is no law that prohibits racing |
between steamboats, on our rivers and
great lakes" says e. S. Harper of Buff
falo The regulations say that GER
tain boat shall be allowed to carry 1876 |
pounds of steam. She may meet up |
with another boat going in the same d. |
Tection, and in the attempt TO keep up |
or get ahead may run it up to 1S5 |
pounds and the supervising inspector
has no right to complain. But II she
runs il up to 1856 pounds the law has
been violated, and if this can be proved
the boat is subject TO heavy penalty
and the master and engineer to revo-
cation of their license. However. UNI
less a boiler should explode this would
never be inquired into. If such an ac-
cident happens the inspector will sum-
mon all hands and inquire into the cir
nesses are examined under oath and an
endeavor made to locate the blame.
1T is CALLING to the master of fast
passenger boat to see a rival pass him,
even though he is himself living up to
his schedule time. Perhaps the master
OF the rival beat is a man he dislikes,
or perhaps the steamer belongs to a
! line between which and his own there
| is bad feeling All of these things weigh
with him, and in ninety times out
| of hundred are the factors RESPONSE
| bic for the race.
| Powerless TO stop Racing.
| "The government is powerless to stop
| racing in open water, but can do so in
| government channels. For racing
through the st. Clair canal the penalty
is heavy, and of late years its enforce
ment has been pretty thorough. Some
engineers claim that there is less dan
ger of boiler explosion when steamer
is racing than when going at ordinary
speed When racing everybody Is
watching the stage of water and steam
and noting the action of the machinery.
In ordinary times the men in the engin-
GERS room are apt to grow careless or
forgetful."
The Washington Base Ball club has
been winning games recently, and the
cranks here are elated over the fact.
When the club commences to win about
one game out of five the local admirers
of the men say that lat last the club
has struck winning gait. But II they
won gate money as fast as their win
ming gait would warrant, the club would
soon be In the consomme. The club Il
like that aggregation of cutters down
in ST. Louis. They are hired men, ano
don't earn their salaries away from
home. The bleaching board mob al
home inspires them, and they hit the
ball occasionally But when they are
away from home they can't even hi
J the edge of a balloon, and when they
are On the home grounds they can't DC
; ! ANYTHING well, except to d-n the UNI
( pire. AS kickers they are successes.
Governor 1ou of Ohio.
' Governor Tod CT Ohio was one of thu
: warmest and most trusted friends o
= President Lincoln. One evening at Tn
o White House Mr. Lincoln said to him
= IL have often wondered why you spell
your name with only one d.. wa
$ married to a Todd, and you are the onl.
: man l ever knew to spell his name s.
d short" The governor smiled, looke'
n piously at the president and said
: your Todds are a high stepping race
t am more humble. God spells his nam
r with one d. and that is enough TO
me-"
Senator David Davis was strugglin
y young lawyer when he was entruste
4. with the collection Of a bill by an east
lie ern company from a Chicago firm The
il were almost bankrupt and told Mr.. Da
al Wis that they could not raise the none!
al but gave him instead deed to SON
10 property OH the outskirts OF Chicag
ut | The offer was accepted. Shortly al
l. erward MIR. Davis met with memp'
g, of the eastern firm and told him he ha
ly ! accepted the land in lieu OF $4,000. II
client was Disguised, and said he wante
j. no wild western land, but cash. III
ne matter weighed upon the mind OF your
err Mr. Davis. He went around among n
+ friends and succeeded in raising $500
Il, with which he bought the land and pa
re the firm. 1t made him ricn before
e. died.
of whoever says that there was nothii
as Int sentiment hack of the implu
Nv which filed our armies with brave sc
N. diers. knows but little of human n
C. ture," said Colonel Fred Mussey, in r
nd ply to an assertion that sentiment, n
ng patriotism, filled our armies.
ed 1T was only 16 years DID, he contl
ned. "and was anxious to go with the 81
diers. That was not patriotism,
as course but there was love or count
b. beneath the love of adventure. My p
IL rents would not consent to my enli'
ms ment. for I was the only healthy
m helpful boy in the family. But Q
IN morning about o'clock I was arous
of from a deep slumber to find my ag
as father and mother standing by the s.
in of my bed. My father said:
IA "Fredde my son, we have concluo
nd N give you up to your country. fo
ted mother and l have been talking a
the praying all night, and we feel that II
3e- orr duty to our country, and there1'
,d- our duty to our God to give ysu
vas You may enlist tomorrow morning
nc Example Of Patriotism.
,si- "Then they kissed me and went We
,h- inc avay. The next morning my rat
no. ACCOMPANIED me to the recruiting 5
hat tion and gave his consent TO my enii
no. ment. There was an example OF
hat daanest and most sincere patriotism
ice Vas combination of New England
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