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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-27

Next Saturday afternoon the ladies
Who have organized and successfully con-
|ducted the Ladies' Library will hold an
informal reception at the library rooms
10 the Houghton City Hall building.
Light refreshments will be served at a
small cost from $50 until 8 O'Clock. the
usual hours the library is open each Sat
Iurday to subscribers. The reception is
planned to give an opportunity Tor any
one who has not inspected the books to
do so and it is hoped that a number oi
new subscribers may be added by this
method OF calling the -matter to their at
tention. Sixty more volumes were added
this week and there are now between
! S25 and 900 books in the collection
Everyone is cordially invited to call Sat
urday afternoon, The rooms are on the
second Aocr of the City Hall building.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-27

While Mr.. Bryan and his associates,
refusing to accept the verdict of last
November, are looking forward hope
fully to renewing what they call the
"battle for silver" at the next congress
sional elections; while bimetallic
commission has just been appointed TO
visit the European governments in the
interest Of International bimetallism.
there may be perceived all over the
world an unmistakalle drift toward the
single standard Of gold Since tho 0p-
pointment of the United States com
mSssioners the dispatches from Europe
indicate that their mission will be fruit
less, and that there is no more probable
ity of those governments returning TO
bimetallism than there liz of their re-
turning to fiintlock muskets for their
armies The latest announcement Is
from Russia, which is to the effect that
she is irrevocably committed to the gold
standard.
But it is not in Europe alone that
this tendency is observable. The wis
dom and apparent ease with which the
japanese government has planned the
| adoption of the gold standard is one of
| the marvels of modern craftsmanship
and marks that people as among the
most sagacious nations of the earth.
! Laggard China also seems to be awak-
| ing from her silver dream Of isolation
| and is anxious to have the customs du-
ties at the treaty ports placed on the
gold basis, as they substantially were
when the treaties were made. The de-
probation of silver has greatly crippled
her revenues, and now that she is com
ing into closer financial connection witt
Russia it may be assumed that bel
finances will be conformed to the golt
standard.
If we turn from the far orient to ou'
own hemisphere, we will perceive ;
stirring in the Central and South Amer
lean states to reform their monetary sys
tenn and escape the losses entailed b,
an inferior and deprecated currency. 4
dispatch few days since from Lim'
informed us that Peru had not only sus
pended silver coinage but had passed {
law against the importation OF silver
Columbia has adopted the gold stand
ard, while Chill, Uruguay aud Brazil
make gold unlimited legal tender an
silver in but limited sums. In Hondu
ras, San Salvador, Costa Rica and SAINT
Domingo the gold standard has been es
tablished by law, though adepreciate
paper currency prevents the circulatlo
} of gold at present. These movements g
to show that those nations who are
touch with European trade and con
merce feel the necessity Of having tn
, same monetary system aud that the
people are at disadvantage because
their fuctuating and deprecated hon
currencies
And yet while these nations, adm
tedly our interiors in wealth and
physical and intellectual progress, al
struggling out of the bonds that no
them back there are those among I
who would imperil our vast wealth al
commerce by plunging us down to Il
silver standard. What must the nation
of the world think of such leadersh
and Observation-Disclosures Time
Herald.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-27
THE AGE OF PERFECTION.

o worshipers OF womanhood,
No more old shibboleths repeat
youthful hyperboles and crude).
Their fulsome praise Is now effete,
But with a measured rapture greet.
Nor indiscriminately strive
To prove all women young and sweet.
The perfect age is thirty five.
Time was you praised the maiden's srood,
The timid eye. the lingering feet
In modest bashfulness that stood
Where rivulet and river meet.
Now childish grace is obsolete;
Our modern appetite would thrive
On ripper grain, maturer wheat
The perfect ago is thirty-five.
Tall Helen wandering in the wood,
And gentle Hernia small and neat,
Young Rosalind in costume rude,
Girl Juliet in your winding sheet.
You all, alas, are incomplete.
Then pray that time may means contrive,
Your changeless youthfulness to cheat
The perfect ago is thirty five.
Then woman, sober and discreet
$50 men may choose you when they wive),
The moment seize-for time is fleet
The perfect age is thirty-fve.
st. james Gazette.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-27
7. Jau.u Fifty Year. Ahead of usg

The expectation of gold under EXIST
ing circumstances involves no danger
to this country, but it is not pleasant
TO reflect that the present shipments
are called for partly to furnish the sup
ply for Japan. 1t is less than 90 years
since we bombarded the heather Japa-
nese to bring him to a realizing sense OF
our higher civilization, and now appar-
emily Japan is 80 years ahead of a large
number of our people i'll that practical
and important development Of civiliza-
ton which demands that it shall take
100 cents to make dollar. New York
World.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-27
A CLEVER YOUNG WOMAN
She Puts High Value Into Commonplace
Things.

She Puts High Value Into Commonplace
Things.
There are people of science in art in
America as well as in London who qaite
understand how to give the homely
things of life an estimable value
Such is Miss Lily Marshall, we'll
known as the partner of the Van Oost
studios She is an English girl who
graduated from the best art schools III
London and who not only makes de-
signs for this bushes firm, but disposes
of the wares after they are made. This
clever young woman is talented in the
art of chic carving the coloring Of copper
ware, and is designer Of silver and gold
done either in chased or repousse work,
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-27
[,,rcock High School
o,oced on the Free
List
|, ,,s Michigan University
.,oa q, Three Years-hough'
''' u,sh school Also Honore"
w. o,her Twin city News

Il. oi the committee OF the lac
in' ' ,ho University OF Michigan to the
1 ~ - high school has resulted IN
iaDfO O.hool beng placed on the
y ~ entrance list of the university 'or
re rsors Thisis the limit OF time and
pl' usoccck school is admitted in all
:. n Dos course. This means thata grad
" ..or Hepcock's high school, holding
's ,,0oms in the English, scientific or
' ,,n courses, will be admitted to the
D'' ".,sitv to continue the same course or
~ Il tbe side courses without the usual
rsmiDatlon. Threeyears ago the school
nOt on the list in the first two
'o. INIT since then the full Latin
.'1,se Of four years has been proYi ed
!, here and it meets the requirements OF
No university authorities.
The Houghton high school has been
-, on the tree list for two years and Tor
n English and scientific courses. The
,i.itOrs found the work in these courses
most satisfactory, and commended the
ro,s in the laboratory especially. The
school is now in first-class condition and
tbp old.time differences between faculty
and school board are thing OF the past
superintendent Dunbar's administration
has reyoutionized things and bis rela
,ious with his board and his corps o.
teachers have BIZ fought his school up to itt
oldtime efficiency. AT the time OF thu
next examination OF the school and iti
work by the university committee there
n no doubt but that the school will taxi
The highest rank, with a full Latin cours'
added. 1t takes time for such a condi
tim Of things as formerly existed to ge
righted.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-27
The Miracle Gun.

One of the most remarkable of war in
yentions is attributed to the ingenuity OF
n Frenchman. Paul Giffard. His miracle
gun" appears to be aptly named, as 1t Is u
repeating rifle which employs no gunpow-
der. Liouefled air, obtained under pressure
at n temperature hundreds of degrees be-
low zero, and thus representing an enor-
nous expansive power, is the projecting
force. This rifle is described as being much
lighter in weight than an ordinary riile,
The steel cartridge nine inches long ana
ms thick as ones thumb, contains 800 bui-
lets, which may be discharged as quickly
or as slowly as desired. There is no smoke
and no flash, only sharp and low report
AS soon as one cartridge is empty another
can be screwed on instantly, 300 shots cost
ing but ? - cents. Mention may be maze
here of n recent important modification
of the present type of shell now being ex
perimented with by the United States ord
nance department-viz, hollow steel
proiectile, with thick walls Heretofore II
has been made purposely thick that 1t may
not break in passing through the side or
shin. but this new shell is comparatively
thin, with large cavity to contain CUR
cotton, and kept from breaking up by
| conner ring around the front end, the pro
iectile being foot in diameter and as tai
as a man, with smashing energy reckon
| ed at 81 900 foot tons
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-27
A library Seat.

A handsome library or flreside seat is OF
oak, stained an olive green ana ornament
cd in a large conventional design on ,ne
high back with brass tacks with tne heaus
cut in many facets. The popular ironing
tables that can be transformed INTO nign
backed seat would make an artistic pit 0,
furniture If stained in the same Color anu
ornamented with brass. The cushiohs Vi
covers laid on such seats should be OF green
dark blue and yellow. These were the co,
ors noticed on the window scat Oh hanu
some library. The window under whicl
the seat was placed was OF pale waVc'
green. with designs OF old blue
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-27
A Critic of Durer.

A woman visitor to the Durer coiiec-
ton OH exhibition in New York had tne
present day assurance to criticise TINS
old master as follows: Zone can put
notice how modelling, at least, mas
grown into an exact science, and what
a difference there is between sucn ng-
ure draw ing as Durer's and that OF any
bright young art student nowadays
WHY. the flesh seems to hang in buncn'
es upon his nudes One would tnlhh
that they were all afflicted with tu'
mors"
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-27

The remains of Mrs. Gordon were
brought to Hancock from Great Falls
tuesday in charge OF the deceased's sons,
August and William. The funeral was
neld from the Lutheran church Yesterday
afternoon. Mrs. Gordon was formerly a
resident OF Hurontown and Messrs.
august and William Gordon were at one
Time members of the Houghton band.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-27

The 0nigaming bicycle club took its
trst run to the club house Tuesday even
Ing. About twenty-five ladies and SEN
temen rode down, but as the sma Ter
proportion belonged to the club, the rest
being new members, the election OF Off
GERS was postponed. Music had been
engaged aud dancing was INDUCED in
and a very pleasant informal evening
was spent.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-27
Arousta Holmes. the woman co

Augusta Holmes, the woman COM
poser whose marvellous opera, La
Montague Noire," has been performed
in the Grand Opera at Paris, wrote not
only the music, but also the words OF
her work. She likewise designed the
scenery and costumes and directed the
rehearsals. Her parents were Irish, but
she was born and has lived in France.
The French consider her very great
genius.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-27

Col. R. Finley Smiley, a veteran OF the
civil war and a noted lecturer, will lee
Iture at Grace NJ. f. church next Monday
evening on "The Federal Soldier on
Southern Battle Fields" The date and
the subject coincide and the lecturer e
intimate acquaintance with his subject
should make the evening an interesting
one to all. On Sunday evening Col
Smiley will preach at Grace church.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-27

r W. ID. Mason, commander OF 4. r.
'''esP Post, G. A. r., has decided to dec
o'atethe graves OF the departed COM
'aoes IN the Hancock cemeteries Monday
a''erhoon instead OF in the morning as
Tue exercises OF the day commence at an
earlier hour than at first proposed.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-27
The Cheerful Idiot.

"It must have been very tender neare.
ed butcher who killed this lamb, sald tne
cheerful idiot, pausing In the saving Vi
his chop .,.,.
"WhyS" kindly askeu 'ne snoe o'''
boarder
"He must have hesitated three or ioui
years before striking the fatai dow
indianapolis Journal.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-27

John ELVES IL the typical miser OF Eng
,ish history. Although worth over ", 600, /.
600. he denied himself the necessities OF
life for fear of spending too much money
and finally died of want. He was probably
ipsanQ
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-27

Something should be done to place
the currency of the country on uni
form basis. The constant reissue OF the
greenbacks as often as received by the
treasury department is an anomaly in
finance. -vicksbure miss. Post:
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-27

W ine two girls, who skipped from the
vest Hancock house week or so ago
"aen the officers we're after them. we're
0s'ore Justice Finn yesterday on charge
:" oelng disorderly persons. In default OF
.ae me imposed they are now inmates OF
The county jail.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-27

ii Hung Chang was over six rect IN n
height before age bowed his head ana
bent his shoulders. His left eye Is par
tially closed by paralytic stroke
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-27

nne suit in chancery OF David Roths-
, ~ and Ferd Bending vs Alexander
= "''erson and Mary Z. Thompson has
A. entered on the circuit court calen-
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-27

roh SAiz-A number OF pieces OF resi-.
A., property in the village Of Hancock
~ Z" John Erickson, Office In Scott's
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-27

:, ~, = directors oithe First National Bank
hancock yesterday declared the usual
'per cent semi-annual dividend.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-27

Learn to hold thy tongue Five WORDS
,.ss Zachar,as 40 weeks Of silence. Fuller
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-27
II. TX. TIME.TAsLES.
PASSENGER Trains Oh M. R. R. L
In effect December 20, 1895,

sDaily. Daily except Sunday.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-27
PASSENGER Trains on 4. & 7. l. R.

.Daily. -Dailv except Sunday.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-02-03
SIMPLICITY OF OURINsTITUTTONS
Illustrated by a Recent Visit of Ex-Prest
dent Harrison to Washington.

Illustrated by Recent Visit of Ex-Presi-
dent Harrison to Washington.
In noting a recent visit of ex-Presi-
dent Harrison to Washington the press
dispatches say;
THE spectacle of a man once holding
the highest office in the gift of the Amer
can people--the highest position in the
world-coming back to the capitol as a
private citizen and arguing case be-
fore the supreme court with all the ar
DOR and earnestness and attention to de
tails you expect in man just beginning
to make for himself corner in his pro
prOfession-such a spectacle is certainly
striking testimonial to the simplicity
OF our institutions. General Harrison
has been the recipient of much attention
during his stay here, and the greetings
he recelYed from political enemies as
well as political friends were sincere,
earnest, hearty. For everybody has the
h CHEST possible regard for the ex-presi-
dent, who, though an ultra partisan and
a representative of extreme republican
| principles and ideas, was always fair,
| honest and upright, and was, moreover,
| always COnSideTate of the men thrown
with hi n in public life without any re-
gard to their politics. He was hard
| fighter but always a fair fighter. A mar
of splendid attaInments and magnificent
ability, no man in the union entertainS
to higher degree the respect of thi
people. 1t is but natural, therefore, thai
his coming to Washington should be re
garded as an event of more than Ordina
ry interest, and that his welcome should
be one of which any man might bt
| proud OF. ~
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-02-03
BOTH LEGS WERE BROKEN.
PAINFUL ACCIDENT ON THE GEOR.
CHA AND ALABAMA ROAD.
MFR. W. o. Severance, Manager of the
Steam Shovel, Was Buried Under
a Heavy Landslide.

Another serious accident has occurred
the "steam shovel" near Lumpkin, and
this time W. o. Severance, the manager
IN charge, had both legs broken and his
face cut in several places. This is the
shovel owned and operated by Mr.. j. c.
BaIantine, working on the large cut on
+he new line of the Georgia and Alabama
railway Just few yards west of their
depot at Lumpkin.
The shovel was excavating cut com
nosed Of what is known as pipe clay and
had zone down fifteen or twenty feet.
The shovel was working about six or
eight feet away from this high, perpen-
diculag wall, and Mr.. Severance was at
w0lk on the side next to this wall, when
between II and Il o'clock this crumbly
wall began to cave in, coming down in
an avalanche on the engineer, partially
covering him up, and in the fall received
bis legs became IN some way pinioned
in the machinery, sustaining the inju-
ries mentioned,
The yonng man was promptly rescued
By MI DeLacy, the fireman on the work
train, and medical aid was quickly had.
This is the third accident that has oc-
Cured to Mr.. Balentine's working forces
within the pastfew months, and, strange
to say, all of them happened at the same
hour.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-02-03
THE DRUMMER'S LATEST,
In the Theater He Had More Fun Than
Was Intended.

In the Theater He Had More Fun Than
Was Intended.
The drummer always brings the latest
trick. Here it Isl
Take spool of white basting cotton.
Drop it into your inside coat pocket,
and, threading needle with it, pass it
up through the shoulder of your coat.
Leave the end an inch or so long on the
outside of your coat and take off the
needle. Four men out of FIVE will try to
pick that whole thread off your shout
der and will pull on the spool until it
actually does seem as though your clothes
are all hastings and that they were I'M
raveling not only your clothes, but your
self.
81 was to see Wilson Barrett in
'Claudian' in Boston astweek, said the
travelling man. cit was during the most
interesting and pathetic portion of the
play, Every body was rapt. l was sit
ting bolt upright and didn't know or
care to know soul around me, when
suddenly l felt some one Juggling at the
basting cotton that | myself had clean
forgotten. didn't say word and did
not move. Foot by foot it unrolled.
Half glancing around, l saw a mana
total stranger-yanking at the thread.
His face was scarlet. He had pulled out
about ten yards and was now hauling
in hand over hand. He didn't care ia
stop, because he had decorated my back
and the whole aisle with basting cotton
He hardly dared to go ahead, for he
didn't know what portion of my do
mcstic interior economy he was trifing
with. Rip, rip, went the thread. Hand
over hand he yanked it in The aisle
was full of it, For heavens sake, will
it never end?' said he above his breath
II sat perfectly still and ran the
spool while he pulled. How wanted to
Yell [ never saw anything half so fun
ny. The whole section o. the house got
on to it, They didn't KIN " whether to
laugh at me or him, but sat and looked
on, amazed at the spectacle. At last the
stranger gave one frantic rip and yank,
| ed out about l / yards in one bunch, and
as the cotton got twisted around his
watch chain, over his eyeglasses, i'll his
/ hair and filled his lap l turned around
and producing the spool from my peck
ct said I am sorry l misled you. You
see l have about 1874 yards left, but
presume that you don't care for any
more tonight. | am honestly sorry, hut
| can't help smiling
THE man was a modest sort of gen
tleman in appearance. His face was as
red as fire even to his ears. He looked
at me and then at the spool. He changed
color once or twice, and when the crowd
caught on big laugh went up. -
American Commercial Traveller.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-02-03
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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-02-03
ONE OF NELSON'S CAPTAINS.
A New Yorker Commanded a British SHIP
In the Battle of the Nile.

A New Yorker Commanded q British SfFfI
In the Battle of the Nile.
The fifth ship was the Theseus, CAP
tain Ralph Willett Miller. This gentle
man, whom after his premature dealt
Nelson styled ''the only truly virtuous
man ever knew, was by birth New
Yorker, whose family had been loyalists
during the American Revolution. A let
ter from him to his wife gives an &C.
count of the fight which is at once
among the most vivid and from the
professional standpoint the most salts
factory of those which have been trans
mitted to us. Of the Theseus' entrance
into the battle he says:
I'm running along the enemy's line
in the wake of the Jealous and Goliath
| observed their shot sweep just over us.
And knowing we'll that at such a mo-
ment Frenchmen would not have cool.
ness enough to change their elevation,
| closed them suddenly, and, running
under the arch of their shot, reserved
my fire, every gun being loaded with
two and some with three round shot,
until | had the Guerrier's masts in a
line and her jibboom about six feet clear
OF our rigging. We then opened with
such effect that a second breath could
not be drawn before her main and miz-
zen masts were also gone. This was pre-
cisely at sunset, or al minutes past 6.
Then passing between her and the Zeal
Gus and as close as possible round the
off side of the Goliath, we anchored by
the stern exactly in a line with her and
abreast the Spartiate We had not been
many minutes in action with the Spar
tiate when we observed one of our ships
land soon after knew her to be the Van.
guard, place herself so directly opposite
to us on the outside of her that desist-
ed firing on her, that I might not do
mischief to our friends, and directed ev.
cry gun before the mainmast on the
Aquilon Fourth French) and all abaft
it on the Conquerant, giving up my
proper bird to the admiral. 90 Nelson
In the Battle of the Nile, " by Captain
Mahan, in Century.