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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-17
TROUBLED BY A GHOST.
II May Cause the Abandoning of q Life
Saving Station.


Saving station.
One Of the life saving stations on the
beach, &c miles below San Lucia, Fla,
+ is to be abandoned, and it is stated ON
account of a ghost that walks there and
I is not TO be laid by any means ut the
command of the men. The station is
state institution and has been maintain
ed there mostly by the people to aid
shipwrecked mariners, as IL is on very
dangerous part of the coast. Two years
ago vessel was wrecked near there,
and only one passenger escaped, that
being very handsome girl of about Is.
Will Smith and Henry johnson, both
ut the station, aided in her rescue, and
both promptly fell in love with her.
Last year she married Smith, and in
consequence johnson grew to be surly
and morose and seemed to think that
he had been sighted. Not long after
that the young wife was missing one
day. and the week afterward her body
was found in the sound back of the sta
tion drowned
johnson after that became very tact
turn and moody. and the men seemed
to think that he was almost out of his
mind. although no suspicion was attach
ed to him A month or so ago stories
began to come up here of ghost walk
ing at the station, and shortly after that
came the story of how johnson had
killed himself after confessing to the
drowning of Mrs Smith.
Captain Dodd. who tells the story,
says others had heard of this spirit wan
dering around. and he had seen what
he thought was ghost twice on the
beach 1t appeared to be the indistinct
form of woman floating through the
air few feet above the earth, clasping
her hands and weeping II did not tell
of it for several days. until found out
that others had seen it as well as my
self. Sometimes it came up near the
station. and twice heard wild and un-
earthly screams at midnight. BY a
singular coincidence each time johnson
was outdoors. He came in then with
blanched face and staring eyes, and rush
ing to his bunk plunged beneath the
clothes and refused to speak to any one.
Cincinnati Enquirer
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-17
COMMANDER BooTH-rUcKER.

Is In southern California near the gulf
OF Monterey and within sight of the ia
nous Hotel Del Monte and Coronado
beach. The colony will be within rifle
shot of Paraiesas Springs and is veri-
table paradise, so far as climate and
surroundings are concerned. The colo
nists are not TO be set at the hopeless
task Of retaining desert, for the land
is most fertile and capable of yielding
40 bushels OF wheat TO the acre The
tract comprises 500 acres, lying between
the Salinas river and the Arroyo Seco,
one of its tributaries.
Ny reasons for selecting this partic-
ular spot for our first attempt are three
fold, " explained Commander Booth
Tucker as he pointed out the advan-
tageous location of the spot. First is
the climate, which ! believe to be one
Of the most salubrious in the world
Second are the facilities for irrigation
The land slopes easily away from the
Salinas, and there is the old ditch and
the ancient pumping station. which can
be refitted at small cost Besides there
is steam pump close at hand from
which water can always be secured l
am a great believer in irrigation. The
third consideration is that we shall have
close at hand a cash market for a crop
to which the climate and soil is adapted
and which requires extensive cultivation
In small tracts for its success. "
The crop to which the commander
referred and which it is hoped will
bring prosperity 10 the colony is the
sugar beet. The Salinas valley already
produces many tons of sugar beets, and
it has been selected by Claus Spreckels
as the site for his elaborate attempt to
make California a great sugar produc.
ing state. Claus Spreckels has manifest
ed great interest in the new colony He
has contributed $1,000 to the scheme
and offers the Salvationists land at a
low price for the production Of beets
But the promoters of the scheme prefer
not to tie their fortunes to that of any
one crop, though they expect the sugar
beet to be their staple.
The land which the Salvationists
have secured is in rectangular block
with the county road skirting It ON two
sides. When the first 90 families 90 60
the place next spring, they will find 90
ten acre farms laid out like the lots in
q city block, fronting on a new road
which will be put through the middle
of the piece On each alternate lot
small 800 cottage will be erected ready
for occupancy. half the farms being left
vacant at first On each lot a small plot
of alfalfa will be growing ard few
vegetables will have been planted In
zach garden.
eve will not lend to the individual
settlers. /" says Commander Booth Tuck
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-17
SEA GULL STOLE THE NEWS.
Swallowed Report That Was Thrown
Over the Ships Side.

Swallowed Report That Was Thrown
Over the Ships Side.
The record of the captain of the
schooner Lucille from Seattle never
reached the Merchants Exchange in San
Francisco because greedy sea gull
mistook the papers for food and swal-
lowed them. 1t is customary when a
vessel enters the harbor for the captain
to deliver to the Merchants Exchange
messenger in small boat condensed
account of his voyage. AS the day was
fine the messenger called out to the
captain of the Lucille to throw his pa
pers overheard.
AS the man reached to catch them q
sea gull swooped down and grabbed the
package in its beak. 1t was pursued by
q score of gulls, one of which seized the
package and bolted it. Then all few
screaming away. and the messenger re-
turned without his news.-New York
SIM
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-17
TO HELP THE POOR.
SALVATION ARMY COLONY WILL BE
ESTABLISHED IN CALIFORNIA.

Commander Booth-T fuckers scheme co
Aid the Needy by Growing Sugar Beets.
Tract of Five Hundred Acres Has Been
Secured For the Purpose.
Commander Booth Tucker, the head
of the Salvation Army in America, is
preparing to launch colonization
scheme in America similar TO that
which General Booth has put into oper
alton in England. He purposes remov-
ing the poverty stricken residents of our
great cities to unoccupied tracts of land
in the west, where they can have a
chance to win living from the soil.
Early in the spring the first American
Salvation colony will be established in
California.
This is not charity" said the Sal
walton commander in explaining the
Kew project sit is intended as prac-
teal way TO help the helpless 1t will
be conducted ON business principles, and
we will not attempt anything that has
not been tested and found TO be practi-
cable. There are, at conservative esti-
mate, 5000, 600 persons in America
who are always either in actual want
or on the verge of starvation. At the
same time there are millions of acres Of
fertile land capable of sustaining the
unfortunates in state that would be
one of affluence compared TO their pres
ent condition The work that the Sal
walton Army proposes to do is simply
that of an intermediary, TO bring the
people to the land and give them
chance 10 work out their own social sal
walton. OF course not all of those in
dire need are fit for the work we pro-
pose 10 offer, and not all will be accept
ed No man will be permitted to become
a colonist until it has been determined
TO a reasonable certainty that he will
make the most of his chance when it is
offered TO him.
Before | visited the west l expected
that most of the colonists would be
drawn from the great cities east of the
Mississippi. but l find that the western
cities have developed so rapidly that
each now has its own surplus popula-
ton, and as these cities will supply the
working capital for the first colonies
they naturally demand that their own
poor shall receive first attention. For
example, the colony which has already
been provided for IL southern California
will be recruited from San Francisco,
where has been subscribed $25, 900 TO
start the undertaking
The spot where the Salvation Army
commander will locate his first society
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-17
FORGOT HIS BROKEN ANKLE.
Fireman McCabe Started to Answer q Fire
Call From a Hospital.

A hose near which Fireman Hugh B.
McCabe of Engine 81, whose house is
in New York, was standing burst at a
fire in Manhattan street ON the recent
election night, and he was knocked
down His right ankle was broken. Nc
Cabe was taken TO the Manhattan hos
pital and his foot was done up in plas-
ter of paris.
In one of the corridors of the hospital
is a bell ON which are sounded all the
fire alarms rung in the city, SO that the
hospital authorities may be able TO
make preparation to care for the injured
in case of bad fire. This bell is just
outside the ward in which McCabe
was placed.
McCabe dozed off early few even
ings ago and was sleeping as soundly as
fireman can at 9 o'clock. In his sleep
he had forgotten his injury. About 8
o'clock there was an alarm of fire from
box 744, at Eighth avenue and One
Hundred and Twenty first street. one of
the boxes calling his company. The first
stroke of the bell aroused McCabe, and
before the second one sounded he had
jumped out of bed, and, with his eyes
only half opened, he was searching for
the rod on which fremen slide to the
lower floors. He walked around on his
injured ankle until his hands touched
the iron post of his cot. McCabe threw
his arms around the post and tried to
wrap his legs around it too.
He fell to the floor, and the bones of
his ankle were broken again.
In addition to this injury he received
severe strains, from which he will not
recover in many weeks.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-17
Nor Anything Else.

DR. Nansen appears to be booming
the arctic regions as great health re.
sort According to his testimony. the
atmosphere of the frozen zone is abso-
lutely free from all disease germs. and
no such things as bacilli or microbes
can survive there. 1t will have to be
allowed that this is handsome recon-
mendation, though it is somewhat ham,
pered by the danger Of freezing to
death. Boston Herald.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-17
STORY OF TRAGEDY.
II Was Written ON q Paper Tied to
Sparrow's Leg.

IL Was Written on q Paper Tied to a
Sparrow's Leg.
A few mornings ago at the home of
Clayton B Hunt in Richmond, Ind.
the house cat captured a live sparrow
1t was noticed that tied to the bird g
leg was crumpled piece Of paper Re-
leasing the bird, Mr. Hunt took from
its leg the piece Of paper. upon which
was written the following:
ITO whom may find this-As am
casting my last breath send you word
by this little bird am starving in an
old hut near New Paris. Send word to
mother. Clarence Proctor. "
Mr. Hunt reported the matter to the
marshal Of New Paris, who will see
what truth there is in it. Cincinnati
Enquirer
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-17
DOnkeys For Klondikers.

A transportation company is busily
buying burros in southwest Texas for
use in carrying supplies to the miners
in Alaska The donkeys are already be-
ing shipped north by the carload.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-17

The region between the first and sec-
ond cataracts of the Nile is the hottest
ON the globe lt never rains there, and
the natives do not believe foreigners who
ten them that water can descend from
the sky
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-17
Straight.

New Orleans now holds two jacks
frost and fever--but she is more than
willing to discard the latter and trust
to the draw for lettering her hand. st
Louis Republic.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-17
verisimiIitude of vats.

1t would be much more pleasing to
the outside public if the next Luetgert
trial could be produced with an entire
change OF properties. cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-17
Richer Than IN. K,o,d,r..

With more than si5S, 600, 600 in its
vaults 1t Is evident that the richest
gold mine in this country lie the United
States treasury. Philadelphia Ledger
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-04-22
Southern Railroad.
(PIEDNONT AIR-LINE)
Condensed Schedule.
In Effect June IA, 1895.

TRAINS LEAVE RALEIGH DAILY:
NORFOLK AMP 4iH2rpn CHATTANOOGA !,
$40 p. M, daily-Solid vestibuled train
with sleeper from Raleigh. N. c., TO Chat
t.nooga, via Salisbury, Morganton, Ashe-
Vile, Hot Springs and K oxville.
Connects at Durham for Oxfori
GAINESVILLE and Keysvilie. except Sunday
At Greensboro with the Washington anc
South western Vestibu1ed, limited, train
for all points north. and with main line
train No IL for Danville, Richmond and
intermediate station; also has come cion
train No IS, United States Fast Mall
for Charlotte. Spaltanourg. Greapville,
Atlanta and all points South; also Colum-
bia, August4 Charleston. Savannah, ia K
sonville, and all points in Flor da. Sleep
ing car for Atlanta, Jacksonville and At
Charlotte with sleeping Car for Augusta
CHATTANOOGA AND NORFOLK
LIMITED"
ll.45 .. m. daily-Solid train consisting of
Pullman sleeping cars and coaches from
Chattanooga to Raleigh. arriving at Nor
folk $40 p. M, in time to connect with
the Old Dominion, Merchants and Min.
more. thesapeake an Richmond s. 3
Co. . for n, points north and east.
Connects ut Selma for Fayetteville and
intermediate stations on the Wilson and
Fayetteville Short Cut daily: daily except
Sunday for Nswoerne and Morehead ity;
daily for Goldsboro and Wilm ngton and
fntermedists stations on the Wilmington
and Weldon railroad.
EXPRESS TRAIN.
Oxford, Key-ville, Richmond; ut Green's
bOro for Washington and all points
north.
EXPRESS TRAIN.
500 p. m. daily-For Goldsboro and inter
mediate stations
200 .. M, daiiy-tronnects ut Greensboro
for all points for north and south and
Winston. Salem and points on the North
western North Carolina railroad At Sal
isou1y for all points in Wes'ern NORTH
and western points; at harlotte for Spar
tanburg, Gpenvllle, Athens, Atlanta ano
all points south.
TRAINS ARRIVE AT RALEIGH:
EXPRESS TRAIN.
Soc p. m. daily-From Atlanta, Charlotte
Greensboro and all points south
LOCAL.
.. 10 q. m daily-From Greensboro and all
points north and south Sleeping car
from Greensboro to Raleigh
NORFOLK AND CHATTANOOGA LIN
1TED."
$40 p M, daily-From all points east. Nor
folk, Tarboro Wilson and wat lines.
From G"ldsb0ro. Wilmington Fayette.
Vile and all points in Eastern Carol,na.
CHATTANOOGA AND NORFOLK LIN.
TIED"
11:A0 q m. daily-From New York, WASH
ineton, Lynchburs. Danviiie and Greens
bofo. Chattanooga, Knoxville Hot Springs
and AShoville
local.
500 P. m. daily except sunday-From
0oldshceo and all Joints east
EXPRESS TRAIN.
6hS .. m, daily-From Goldsborp
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-04-22


EuaL1sH LANGUAGE AND Lrf11ATUKH I
DR.. Thomas Hume. Professor OF Eng
.ish, Univ~rsity Of North Carolina.
Miss Holiie A. Bryant, Osontz
Nj. william R. Webb, IT,, 1nstruc-
'or In English, University OF North
Carolina
Professor Wilbur S.Jackman, Author
Il Mature Study" Chicago Normal
school.
Mr.. r. K. Cocker, University Of North
Carolina, Natural History. Especially
Professor Collier Cobb, University
Of North Carolina, Geology.
State Ge0logist Holmes, Geology Of
Dr.. Charles Baskerville, University
VI North Carolina, Chemistry. (Spec
all
Charles 8. Mangum, n. D., Univer.
.ity Of North Carolina, Psychology.
GEOGRAPHY.
Superintendent II. 8. Tarbell, Provi-
fence, r. l., Author Werner GeOgra.
phies and Grammar.
Superintendent Logan D. Howell,
Raleigh, n. c.
Principal ". F. GOrdy, Hartford,
Conn, Author t.Path6nder In Ameri-
an History"
superintendent Alex. Graham,
James Z. Shepherd, LID, Civics.
PSYCHOLOGY.
Professor p. p. Claxton, State Nor
NAL College. Last year at Jena.
PEDAGOGY.
DR.. Charles A. NcMurry, Sec'y Nat
Herbart So,iety, Chicago University.
Professor G. W. Toma, University Of
North Carolina.
MODERN LANGUAGE.
Professor Walter d. Toy, University
of North Carolina.
MATHEMATICS.
DR.. william J. Milne, Author Of
Mines Algebra and Arithmetic. Al
Superintendent N c. 8. Noble. vii.
mington, N. G.
DRAWING AND MANUAL TRAINING.
Miss Nettie, Bemis, graduate Prat.
Institute, Brooklyn, Durham Graded
schools.
PRIMARY WORK.
Professor Z. p. Moses, winthrop
Normal School, Rock Hill s. G, Au-
thor "MOses' Reader"
MUSIC
Professor Clarence X Ksvwn, State
Normal College
DR.. II. r. Linscott, University d
North Carolina.
Professor j. A. McLauchlin, Authcl
"Pensa Prims Latina" Wadesboro
NC.
Tuition fee $500. Cheap rates fol
board. Delightful summer home
Public lectures at night. Reduced r
4. rates.
~ Beginning Sept. post-grad
uate courses IN the University sr'
open to women.
For circular containing details o
courses address
CLINTON WHITE TOMS,
Supt., Durham, n. G.
or PRBsIDEKr ALDERMAN,
Chapel Hill, n. G.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-04-22

a. LfHxUus BANKS.

I live fas those who love me.
wbo.s heart. sr- Mind and true.
Fo, III. heaven that smiles above me,
Aud s~aifs my ,pirit too.
For all human ties that bind me,
For the task By q III assigned me,
For the hopes not left behind mr.
And the good that can do.
live to learn their story,
who'vs suffered for my sake
TO emulate their glory
And follow in their wake,
Bsrd., patriots, martyrs, sages,
The noble 81 all ages;
Whose deeds crown history's pages,
And times great volume make.
4 live 70 hold communion
with all that ~ divine,
To feel there 10 union
Twixt natur-'s heart and mine;
TO profit ny ailiiction,
Rpap truths from fields OF fiction,
Grow wiser from conviction,
And fulfil each grand design.
I live TO hail that season
BY gifted minds forrtold,
When men shall live by reason,
And not alone by gold;
when man To man united,
And every wrong thing righfed,
Tn. whole world shall be lighted
As Eden was Of old.
I live for those " no love me,
For those who know me true;
For the heaven that smiles above M
And awaits my spirit, too.
Far he ca,.e that lacks assistance
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-04-22

Nos. 4O3 and 4O2.-''The Atlanta Special, ="
Solid VesIbuled Train of Pullman 5leepers
and Coaches between Washington and At
lanta, also Pullman SleepeIs between Ports
mouth and Chester. 8. G.
Nos. Al and % The A. L, Express"
Solid Train, Coaches and Pullman Sleepers
between Portsmouth and Atlanta Com
psny sleepers between Columbia and At
lanta
Both trains make immediate connections
ct Atlanta for Montgomery, Mobile. New
Orleans, Texas, California Mexico, Chat
.anooga, NASHVILLE, Memphis, Macon, Flor.
ida.
For Tick. tn, Sleepers, and information,
apoly to Ticket Agents. or to
81. 8. Lizard, SOL. Pass. Agt., Raleigh,
NO.
e. ST. JOHN, Vice President and Gen'l
Mgr.
We. McBEE Gen'l Superintendent.
II. W. B GLOVER, Traffic Msnger.
T. J. ANDERSON, Gen'l Passenger Agt.
General Offices: PORTSMOUTH VA.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-04-22
Railroad Trusts In Trouble.

Biblical Recorder.l
For many years the railroads Of
this country have been largely organ
ICED into pools, trusts, or "assOcia-
tions,"as they call them. The object
of this system of organization
was to keep up rates, max
ing competition impossible. Some
twen'y road, we're organized IT.
this section. They were bound
not to cut rates on each other, and
thus bound to keep rates, passenger
aud freight, above the natural leve
I hat open and free competition WOulo
fix. They went further than this. II
any railroad would not agree to ent.p
into trusts or ass citations, those that
had entered would unite in an effort
to crush this road. Take q practical
instance. The SeabOard Air Lin.
withdrew from the Southeastern Tariff
Association. 1t became Immediately
the object of the opposition of NOR
than twenty railroads combined. They
tried to prevent it from having an
OUTLET from Atlanta South and IRON
Portsmouth North; they tried to Ge,
control of it by quietly buying it,
| stock. In other Instances railroad
have been for the time ruined BY Elm.
| ildr OppOSItIOU 8UO tueN OOu&uG I'D o.
those that had fought them and made
part Of the trust. How far this evi
would have gone, how great this mo-
nOpOIy Of the most important ele
ment in commerce would have grown.
We may judge by the extent to which
it had gone when decision of the Su-
pr-me court stopped it short and Sc
vereiy; and 50 judging We may
say it would have gOnetO the full lin
itof oppressive greed. The saving
decision is to the effect that these rail.
road trusts are illegal; and now the,
are di>solving rapidly. We will have
fair play and free competition and
natural rates, il the railroads do no,
find a way to evade this decision. Al
ready famous statesman in Ohio 10
preparing = measure to aid them in
this. Already newspapers that are
either ignOrant or corrupt are speak
ing If this decision as il it were not to
the best interests Of the people and
the nation. 1t is strange, it is more
than strange, that Intelligent men
give th-ir influence to choking of
o mpetitiOn and maintaining mOnop-
oily, when it is so apparent that Cur
porat- monopoly Is to-day depressing
the human race and striking inres-
sanity aud hard ar the very founda-
tiOn aud hope of free government.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-04-22
President John Smith, Or the Story Of
Peaceful Revolution.

"President John Smith" 10 the liz.
erary sensation Of the year. Thu
powerful political story is destined t.
mark an epoch in the social and DO.
iitical history Of the United States,
and to play an important part in aha o.
ing thought and in moulding future
political action. 1t should aud will bt.
read BY every American citizen wh.
is interested in the great social and
political problems now pressing for
SOLUTION.
The au hor, Frederick U. Adams, IL
one Of the most famous newspa Der
writer's in the United States. Mr.
Adams wrote "President John Smith"
three years ago. He did not believe
hat period ripe for its publica.
tion, and has patiently waited for the
development Of events. The prophetic
chapters of "Pft sident John Smith
IS now read IS . history. Every i'm.
pOrtant forecast has been more than
realized. This book IL q history OF
the events which led to the election
Of John Smith, plain American cit.
,zen-tO the presidency of the United
States. IC Is q stO.y of peaceful revO-
luton; . tale of the triumph of the
| ma jOrity after q series Of reverses. Ii
Is u plea for majority rule. It 10 .
scathiDE Pronunciation of the theory
held by DR.. Lyman Abbott and Other
anarchists. that government does not
rest on the consent of the governed. 1t
is American in every paragraph and
line. 1t breathe the patriotism loftier
than the constitution and as broad a
the liberty inspired lines of the i'm
mortal Declaration Of Independence.
| In mechanical form the book il some
thing Of q novelty. The price Of %
cents for new novel in paper covers
become pretty we'll established. And
recent competition among publisher
has been In the direction Of xiyins
the bulkisst book possible for ,thS
money. This has resulted In the use
Of inferior paper Of dingy color and
too stiff to handle with comfort. The