The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-22


"Pointe." but the congr essman insists
that an exception shall be made In this
case. IL Is not likely that any excep-
.ion to the rule will be made.
At the Recruiting ONCE.
There was an angry officer and dis
gusted enlisted man at the army re-
cruting office on Tenth street yesterday.
big garrison flag marks the place
where talented young men may get
uniform, rations and $13 a month in re-
turn for promise To serve Uncle Sam
10. three years. It's bright expanse or
dinarily fiaunts defantly in the breeze,
rain, wind or shine. At the door there
stands soldier on perpetual Sunday
morning inspection. Pipe clayed and
polished, he is as spruce as a colored
print and stiff as a craven image. He
VIII speak when spoken to, but no one
ever saw his wooden statuesqueness
disappear until yesterday. A passer-
by glanced up and saw Old Glory droop-
Ing sadly around the mast, Union down.
What's the matter?" he asked the
image, observing the signal Of distress
Not a sound was heard in reply from
the defender of the nation. Then his
gaze followed the pointing finger Of his
interrogation and fell on the flag droop-
ing dejectedly Union down.
Powder and Injuns!" yelled the SOL
der as he bounded up the stairs, what
internal doughboys been fooling with
the flag?"
A minute later 1t came down with q
jerk that nearly parted the halyards
and then scared aloft with the stars
m 10
sumed his pose and the officer on duty
retired indoors 1t is not known who
slept in the guardhouse last night.
The Esquimo Canoe.
"Where did the swift lines Of the
modern cutter originator" This was the
question answered by Professor Otis r.
Mason of the National museum yester-
day before the house committee of agri-
culture. Professor Mason was address,
ing the committee on the subject Of the
Esquimos who were ranged around the
room The establishment of experiment
tai stations for these people to assist in
the development of agricultural inter-
ests, up near the frozen regions, was
being considered. Professor Mason took
the ground that congress should be lib
eral in dealing with them, and that such
efforts would be followed by beneficial
results for the reason that the Esquimos
were a very progressive people and were
not, as had been insinuated only capa-
BILE Of copying without the faculty TO
originate.
Holding up the model of an Esquimo
canoe the professor pointed out the fact
that the lines on which it was built
were those of the modern record break
err as adopted in the building of all
kinds Of craft. The Esquimos did not
get that form of a boat from the boats
the Russians had brought among them
for the latter were built with blunt
bow and in no way suggesting the
form used by the Esquimos. The fact
was. the inhabitants of the frozen zone
had invented a boat that was today be-
ing copied in its form, by the most al
vanced shipbuilders of the world. Ee
also pointed out other ways in which
the Esquimos had shown themselves SILL
perior i'm the possession of inventive
genius. They were the first people or
the globe who had carved ivory, and
the construction Of their bows and ~
rows showed an inventive skill OF nc
mean order.
| 1t is not always that officials Of the
| patent Office are experts in Inechaica
arts. The work Of that office is entire.
! ly IN dealing with intricate mecnanisms
| so that an ignorance of such matters
seems strangely out of place there. AS.
! sistart Commissioner of Patents Vance
| who served four years term of of.
! flee during Mr., Clevelaud's first admin.
| istration, didn't pretend to be a me-
! chanic and received while a govern.
! ment official a lesson he is not soor
! likely to forget Mr. Vance used a
! his desk an ordinary swivel chair. The
| chair suited him exactly except in one
| respect He found that II lacked abou
one inch Of being enough for him t
write with ease. In his dilemma Mr.
| Vance called the property clerk. Tina
| old employee about mechanical contriv
| ances looked with amaZement when tn,
| assistant commissioner told him wha
he wanted and began suggesting the
raising of the chair by some means.
MIR. Vance," he said, IF you will
| get up a minute I'll see If can fix it.
The assistant commissioner arose ant
the property clerk gave the chair
whirl, raising it's height by a couple o.
revolutions.
Now sit down, I think II will fit,
| remarked the clerk, while the official
face showed signs of surprise at tn
wonderful chair that could be mad
high or low by being turned around.
Dubois II Good story Teller.
Ex-senator Fred Dubois Of Idaho Il
a good story teller, and always make
a point with his variations. He toll
today about an evening spent with som
miners in the Kootenai country. The!
finally began to tell what they woul'
do when they accumulated thei
| fortunes, or as they put 1t, when the!
made their pile" in the mines. 1t hat
been a snowy winter, with bad roads
poor transportation, and very littl
food, mostly salt pork and potatoes
! One old veteran of the pick and shove
said:
when get my pile know just wha
| I'll do I'll so as straight and quicl
as the cars'll take me to New York, ant
when I get there I'll make a bee lin
for Delmonico's and I'll ct the BANKED
ly-blankedest dinner that money cal
buy. / don't care If it costs me $50