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Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-08-16
q. A. R.-BuffalO and Keturn-LOw
Hates Open to All via the wabash.

q. A. R.-BuffalO and Keturn-Low
Hates Open to All via the Wabash.
The only route that can ticket You via
Kansas City, Omaha, st. Louis, Chicago,
Detroit and Niagara Falls to Buffalo and
return, over its own line and its own
track. The only line that can give you
free reclining chair cars, Kansas City to
Buffalo. Stopover at Niagara for ten
days,going OF returning, can only be Sc
cured via the Wabash railroad. Special
trains through without change from Kan
sas City to Buffalo. Grand Army men
write to me for time tables and other in
formation. Make up party and see the
Inducements offered by the Wabash rail-
road.
O. II. HAMpsoN,
Commercial agent, 1885 18th Street,
Denver, Colo
The Colorado Midland Railroad
Reaches the gr8ndest scenery in the
world, Ute Pass, Pixies Peak, Hagerman
Pass and He'll Gate; many beautiful sum-
mer resorts; the most famous mining
camps, Cripple Greek, Leadville, Victor
and Aspen. II is the short and direct
route to the fruit lands of the Grand val
ley, the Great Salt Lake and the "Golden
Gate" Through Pullman sleepers and
chair cars on all trains.
W. F. BAILEY,
GENT Pass. Agent, Denver, Colo.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-25
A sMoKesTAck PROBLEM.
Many Schemes That Failed Before the
High Chimney Was Painted.

At the cement works on the west
shore of Hampstead haTbor there is
smokestack 1873 feet high and 3 feet III
diameter which has long needed paint
ing. The manager thought the time had
come to dispose OF the job. Two OF the
foremen, the shovel engineer and a
young carpenter set their wits to work
TO contrive a way of getting Il rope up
through the pipes interior and down on
the outside so that am apparatus could
be rugged to hoist the painter.
One OF the Italians suggested letting
a pigeon loose to fly mp inside of the
stack, but this solved only half the prob
lem. Another workman suggested a
small balloon. The first one TO formu-
late what seemed feasible plan was the
head foreman, who fastened 10 feet OF
small brass chain to rocket, and TO
that cord, and then sent them skylark-
ing through the pipe. AS spectacle it
was fine, but the heat from the powder
burned off the chain, and the string
was left at its starting point. Then the
younger foreman tried. He had made a
kite having two strings, one OF which
went through pulley attached near the
kite, which had small iron weight
fastened to its upper end, the intention
being to fly the kite until it was direct
ly over the smokestack, and then lower
the weight down into the interior.
The kite worked beautifully until it
was time for it to be useful, when it
turned a somersault, tangling itself In
the pulley tackle, and the whole thing
came to grief. Then the carpenter began
to talk. He, too, remembered boyish
pastimes and believed they could be
turned 60 account. His idea was to as
cend the cable tower, 80 feet distant
and 1870 feet high, and from this posi-
ton throw into the smokestack weight
tied to a string. The wind was blowing
a gale, but this did not discourage the
man, and he, with the two foremen, as
cended the tower for performance No. 3.
To throw a two pound weight fasten-
ed to string was no easy matter, and
it was exceedingly difficult to keep a
foothold on the tower. After three trials,
however, the weight fell as planned,
save that the string broke. Later the
carpenter tried again, casting the weight
four times before it entered the stack.
When the rigging to hoist the painter
was in order, there was call for vol
unteers, but only one man responded.
He was the shovel engineer, Will Sny-
der, from Chicago. He has had an ex-
perience in work in high places, fol-
whenever the steel cable, 40 feet above
the ground, needs tarring Snyder gets a
paint pot, swings himself astride the
framework of the traveller and paints
| the cable as the traveller goes back and
forth ON its regular business.
Several of the men employed at the
cement works seem to be born acrobats,
and they work far up in the air as easily
as on the ground, so that when repairs
are needed on the towers or cables
and cool, level headed men must be hat
there has never been any necessity to &c
| outside of the regular force.-New York
Sun.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-25
INCREASING LENGTH OF LIFE.
Modern Heroines at Least Are Longer
Lived Than Jane Austen's Were.

Is the human race becoming longer
lived despite the fret and fever of mod
ern civilization? 1t is an interesting
question, and it may very probably be
answered some day by science in the
affirmative. The longevity Of profess
sional men is now generally considered
to be greater than that of,.farmers or
mechanics. In other words, intellec-
tual activity, although in many respects
more exhausting than physical, has in
the main salutary effect upon the hui
man frame. 1t may be the nerves rather
than the muscles upon which we main
" depend, after ALL 1t is a common
place of observation that the big, hearty
men are constantly dropping out of the
world, while those Of far more fragile
organizations apparently live on to a
ripe old age
AS to the increasing longevity of the
race generally, there is no little Incl.
dental testimony OH this head to be
gathered from various sources. Some of
the early heroes and heroines of ro-
nance are old before they reach what
we should call middle life. And at the
beginning of our own century Jane
Austen, whose testimony is always unim-
peachable, speaks of the healthy and
contented woman of 40 as having good
prospect of 90 years of life yet. Twenty
years! What woman of today thinks OF
herself as falling into decrepitude at co.
Elsewhere in Miss Austen's pages we
run across people who are old with the
passage of half a century of life. But
now we have Gladstones at 80 and over
and think nothing of it. Providence
Journal.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-25
Tho Way They Did It.

Chauncey M. Depew says that he has
had personal experience in seeking office
not for himself, however, but for 9TH
ers-from every Republican president
He says that Mr.. Lincoln would always
listen attentively to what he had to say
and then tell funny story. On his way
back to the hotel he would think over
the story, and finally see that it landed
his candidate way out Of sight.
General Grant always received an
application for Office as toasts to the
memory of Washington are drunk
standing and in silence.
President Hayes listened for awhile,
then broke out into lamentations that
the attention of the president of the
United States should be diverted from
the great affairs of state to distribute
patronage. Then he would make mem
orandum in little red book, which was
to remind him not to do it.
General Garfield would put his arm
around your neck, tell you how much
he loved you and then forget what you
had asked of him.
President Arthur would listen with
polite attention to all you had to say,
then refer you to some man in New
York whom you were never able to find
President Harrison would sink down
into his chair until you had presented
the claims of your candidate and then
change the subject.
President McKinley's methods have
net been developed. - Chicago Record.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-25
WHAT is 7oEfRYa
tIs Music In ,he Ca.s.d rai of the Human
Heact

Fl, Music In the CatN .drai of the Human
Hesrt.
Poetry is music in the cathedral OF
rle heart. Deep in the human breast
there towers noble structure. lt stands
apart from the beaten paths of the mind
in "A silent, hidden valley. The ordinary
thoughts and passions hurry past the
mortal and know il not. They nave not
learned the 'open sesame. Ego him.
self ruler of the kingdom of the intel
lect. does not know the sacred spot IL
is the mission of his life TO find it, and
having once found it he cannot remem-
Der the route by which he journeyed.
He cannot return to it at Will rate
guards the way and rarely grants an en-
trance. vet every man at some time or
his life happens upon it, aud the fortu-
nate reach it often Though they are
blindfoded by the way, their eager feet
learn to tread the labyrinth. They are
the poets of mankind. whose fancy gives
sight to their feet.
At some unexpected moment fair
guide points the way, the doors swing
open, and man enters the cathedral Ol
his heart. Sometimes it is strain or
music Of searching, thrilling sweetness
that points the way. Sometimes IT is
royal sunset. Sometimes it is rapt and
self forgetting prayer. Sometimes 1t IS
the hand of love, but oftenest it is gaunt
sorrow. 1t is stately temple. Its dome
is as broad as the heavens, toward which
the many fingered spires point Its win
dows make of each sunbeam rainbow.
It's aisles are silent. Its priest is peace.
| With hushed heart and reverential step
man enters and is at rest. All that Is
| material of him he leaves behind. Quiet
and beauty possess his soul, and he floats
in an inspiring dream. He listens, and
now for the first time falls on his IN
| tent ear an occasional note in the har'
mony of the universe.
| Half lost in distance, he hears the
chorus of the morning stars, the BIRDS,
| the waterfall, the trees. He feels
beauty and purpose in tho universe
| the mind cannot conceive. He feels
| above, about, within him a majestic
kingdom to which his soul is kin. AL
most he grasps the secret of creation.
| For one swift instant exaltation draws
aside the dark, impenetrable curtain
that has led skeptic man. There is tho
end. - He sees beyond marvel too
great for his still human mind. ltpasses,
but it leaves with him awe, peace, hope
He feels that somewhere there is &C.
lestial key that makes of the puzzle Of
life kingdom where all is harmony
perfection, satisfaction. The great organ
of his soul, tuned into speech by The
master hand of beauty, bursts into mel
ody.
And this is poetry Exchange
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-25


Give Them Points.
Til ere il one kind If merchant detest-
ablo 10 the travelling man. and that 10
the individual who knows 1t all and or
ders his goods direct from the house.
instead of allowing the traveller to take
his order. There Is such a man in a
town not many miles from indianapolis.
He has no use for travelling men, and II
one of them happens to drop into his
store the old grocery keeper either ig'
nores him altogether or gives him ter
rible tongue lashing. The old fellow
was caught once, however, and those
who have been unfortunate enough TO
run up against him are wondering how
it was done. The man who sold him
bill of goods heard before he reached the
town what a tough old customer he
was, and he made up his mind 10 sell
him bill Of goods or die in the attempt.
He had been told how every scheme
failed, and he resolved to try q new
game-that of making him mad He
went into the store bright and early,
whistling a merry tune The proprietor
was back at his desk, and the drummer
"braced" the clerk.
"Where is it?' he asked.
"What, where, how?" exclaimed the
clerk. half scared to death.
1.-The chief mogul, the high muck-a.
muck, his royal nibs, his jaglets, the
boss" answered the travelling man.
"Oh, you mean Mr.. S.. There he
is, back there.
The travelling man walked back to
the desk and tossed his card over to the
grocery keeper rs this Mr.. So"
he asked.
The grocery keeper kept on writing
and paid no attention to the travelling
man than if he were post.
"Say, you baldheaded old guy, if you
arc deaf and dumb, why don't you hang
a sign on your back SO people will
know it,"
The last remark brought the old fell
low to time, and he opened cat in great
shape.
Young man," he said, II don't
want anything to do with you, and,
moreover, do not propose to be insult
ed in my own house. If you are not out
of here In one minute, | will either
throw you into the street or call the pc.
lice and have you arrested"
THE - you will, replied tho
drummer II don't know about that. /
represent the we'll known firm OF Seize
all 81 Holden Of indianapolis, and /
came here to sell you bill of goods.
You have the reputation of killing a
travelling man every day, simply be-
cause he is trying to earn an honest liv-
ing. Everybody in indianapolis told me
that it was impossible to sell you any
thing. They said your currants were
half flies, your cheese moldy, and that
you were a back number. told them
they lied, and now, to prove that they
do not know what they are talking
about, want to send in your order. "
The travelling man opened up his
sample case and sold a good order. His
nerve did it.-lndianapolIs Sentinel.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-25
AN OLD PRUSslAN DISH.
"Beerfish" Is Alleged 10 he Good
1t Is Served Steaming Hot.

ssBeerfish" Is Alleged 90 he Good sNsa
1t Is Served Steaming Hot.
There is q dish dear to every ,Eus.
SLAMS heart, which may be, however,
absolutely new i'm this country All
Germans may not know it, as it is not
made in south Germany except in iso.
lated cases. Beer is not its chief ingre.
dent, but it plays an important part in
the makeup
The dish is known as beerfsh, and
the German carp. praised OF epicures, is
herein treated in manner worthy OF
the fish. lt must be made with half
beer. or, i'm the absence of this, with
weiss beer and porter. The fish is cut,
not in half, like a shad, but in sections
or squares. Three or four cuts across
the fish are all that is necessary Of
course the fish must be cleaned
A large glazed pot is used A layer or
large onions is placed on the bottom OF
the pot On this are sprinkled various
spices; then layer of substance call
ed fish pfefferkuchen. which has more
or less fish substance IN 1t and can DO
procured at any German grocery or dell
catessen store then IL layer OF sliced
lemon; then carp. This srepeated until
the pot is full.
A layer of onions is placed on top and
beer is poured into the whole mass untll
all the interstices are filled II Is COOK
ed for 30 minutes over slow IRE, mean.
time adding spoonful OF vinegar anu
another Of sugar Bcerf h / delicious
when it is cooked and servt s'eanlire
hot But il good qualities on not eho
here. for after it is cold II offers allure
mcnts which make it hard to decl,
which way it tastes better, hot or oolu
philadelphia Times.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-25
a Wonderful Machine

A conception Of the ingenuity in.
volved III the construction of some Of
the finer tools now employed in various
manufactures may be obtained from the
following fact
A machine for turning out watch
screws was recently exhibited at the In
stitution Of Mechanical Engineers in
London which was so complicated that
several skilled engineers present con
fessed that they were unable TO follow
the train of mechanism, even when ii
was explained by the aid of working
drawings!
Yet this machine, when wire is FED
to it, goes on doing its work, turning
out perfect screws and as long as the
wire lasts it requires no interference by
its human attendants. Youths Com
panion.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-25

= me Famous Men Whose Childhood VIZ
:. remarkable - Their Maturity

.. r>,nous Men whose Childhood WEI
:. Remarkable - Their Maturity.
Sir Christopher Wren was prodigy
m vouth, as in maturity. Oughtred. the
first mathematician Of his day. declares
in the preface to his great book that an
sinpenious boy, gentleman commoner
nj Wadham, had enlarged the sciences
Of astronomy, gnomonics, states ana
mechanics by most brilliant oiscoV'
cries. .'praoclaris inventis. This was
Wren at the age Of 10. A year before
that he had taken out patent Tor an IN
strument 20 write with two pens at the
same time. In the same year he was APP
pointed demonstrating assistant on anat-
omy at Surgeons hall.
Wren lived TO justify his early prom
ise but Dugal Stewarg tells rs OF hoy
who. as he hoped, would rival the
fame of Sir Isaac Newton. THIS was
the SON OF Count Pusgstall II cannot
helm considering him, >" wrote the
scotch professor, las the most extraor-
binary prodigy Of intellectual endow'
ment that has ever fallen under my
knowledge. 4" This is great saying in
deed from Dugal Stewart who was not
given to enthusiasm nor careless expires
sion.
Unfortunately we have no detailed
information about the youth S acquire
ments in later years. He died at y OF
general decay apparently. But Mr. Lee
maistre met him in his travels and pub
Gshed an account in 1906, the boy be-
ing then 8 years old. "He sits ON a car
net, surrounded by his books, and wher
the gravest and most acute remarks fail
from the lips of this little person
shirt seems to speak rather than child
and the fine expression which sparkle'
ON his countenance tends to strengthen
the idea.
Among other tests, Mr.. Lemaistr'
asked him to make map OF the Vene
tan empire, which he did with accuracy
| Those competent to judge the fact viii
readily believe that the child of year
| who performed it was an animated mir
acle. The French armies barred nearl.
every road in Europe to an Englisl
traveller at that date. Mr. Lemaistr
| asked how he could get home withou
touching Hanoverian, French or Dutcl
territory. The child INSTANTLY traces
ON the globe the single road remaining
Open. 4" 1t is we'll for this gentleman
credit that Dugal Stewards evidence
long afterward, makes the story posi-
BILE. Chicago Times
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-25

r
Kenfuckians aia always PROUD Oh
their state in whatever department. o'
human labor they may hold Lot iols
40 "a widow went TO see marh'e cu'
ter to get tombstone for hef l''o nus
band She selected q PLAIN one from hlS
stock and gave him an inscription "
put on it,
Can't do that. ma am, y he saiu po'
litely when he had read IT.
"Why not?" she asked IN surpr'so
I'm paying for 1t. 7
Eyes, but / cant put thar on
stretch my conscience good many '''ne1
in what ] put on a tombstone ~.
amt going to tell plain he when
know it, " Ia
The widow was greatly shocKe" 'n Nv
insisted on his explaining wh'' Nv
meant ,uo
well, ma'am," he said, you v.
got hero gone to better Iap" nr
that amt so, ma'am There AL, "n,
better land than Kentucky -D''io''
Free Press
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-25
Ethics Of Horse Tradinr.

Chief Justice Peters in making n
charge in case in court removed Ger.
tain weight of responsibility from the
shoulders of the horse jockey He said
that in driving bargain it is allowable
to use certain amount of traders
talk. " in which the buyer is to believe
at his own risk THE law cannot hold
man responsible for everything he
may say in driving trade. ~ said Judge
Peters; lit cannot. Ii expects the buy.
er to use ordinary precautions, and if he
gets cheated by believing all the chat.
fering INDUCED in by the seller he must
necessarily suffer The law steps in only
In case of fraud, defined according to
legal statutes "--Lewiston Journal.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-25
LIQUID Compens ation.

As illustrating the great value placed
OH little whisky by some folks in rural
Maine, where prohibition prohibits, :"
this story is told; "A big red faced fell
low, who was suffering from long spell
of enforced abstinence as we'll as from
an injured toe, was brought into the of
flee of well known physician of cen.
trail Maine to have the toe amputated.
The sufferer objected to the use of ether
or chloroform, bat when the doctor turn.
ed out a tumbler of whisky'for him to
drink he no longer opposed the proceed
ings, and the toe was cut off without
trouble. Reviving after the operation.
he looked at the foot meditatively for %
moment, and then cooked his eye shrewd
ly at the doctor. Say, doc, he re.
marked, 'gi' me another tumberful of
that whisky, an you may cut off another
toe if you wanter. "-Lewiston Jour.
nal
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-25
THE MAID OF THE MIST.
A Perilous Trip That the stanch Little
Craft Successfully Performed.

Craft Successfully Performed.
Everybody who has visited Niagara
falls has heard of the Maid of the Mist
Her history is interesting. She was
built in 1854 for navigation between the
American and Canadian shores of the
Niagara just below Niagara falls. She
was ~ feet long, with II feet breadth
Of beam and feet depth of hold,
and she carried an engine Of 100 horse
power. After seven years service her
owner desired to sell her. He received
an offer of little more than half her
cost If he would deliver her at Niagara,
opposite the fort, and after consulting
with her captain and pilot, Joel X Rob
inson. he decided to accept the offer
Robinson consented to act as pilot for
the fearful voyage, Jones, the engineer,
agreed to accompany him, and ma
chinlst named Mcintyre volunteered to
share the risk with them.
On June 10, 1861, in the presence of
a large crowd the little vessel left the
dock which was just above the suspen
sion bridge ran up the eddy short dis
tance, cleared the smooth water and shot
like an arrow into the rapid under the
bridge When "a third of the way down
she was struck by a jet of water which
carried away her smokestack and keelec
her over But she speedily righted anC
after receiving another drenching frou
| the waves dashed on without further &C
! cideut TO the quiet bosom Of the rlvei
below Lewiston New York Adver
| flspr
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-25
THE PYRAM 5 OF r,v,-
low Wore They Raared ana !,
the Material Ca,h.. 40" W.

no" "''o ihey HHared and In.
the Material Gathereds -" Wa
The pyramids Of Egypt for To-
10 this day included among tba 'Ous and
wonders, are to be regarded as n "u'la's
Gus triumphs of mechanical sL Ts''el'
these there are many scattered ~ N W y
Nile valley, some of brick, soma S =, 'ae
and'of varied height The two ,. sOAs
are in tho neighborhood of Cairo '" ~
are and have been for thouso,a .uey
years the most colossal monumeS,. :, u
the world 10
The largest, that Of Cheops IN a.
original state is SAID to have bean ~" ~
feet high and the length Of its baso wv
each side the same 1t is built of AL NV W.
stones ranging from 2 to 4 Zoe, 'S'
height. 1t is now rugged and has a.. -
character as we'll as the appearance 81 .I'
four sided great stairway The bolo,'
between the steps are believed 70 b,rs
been filled in with white marble wh,,S
would shine like snow under the hros.
Egyptian sun. The pyramid is n ~.
much reduced in height, not being MOI.
than 500 feet 1t is generally admitted
that the pyramids Were built for tomhs
and on certain astronomical princinlas
There is an inner chamber where tha
sarcophagus was placed When mon
arch began to reign, he commenced "a
build his tomb. When he died, his bodv
was placed in the sacred chamber prs.
pared for it, and the opening which lad
to it was closed. The pyramid wa,
then completed. If the monarch reipr
was long, the pyramid was large. h
short. the pyramid was small
How those great structures wer
reared-how the huge masses wer
brought together and put in their place
lis question which has never bee
satisfactorily answered. OF mechanics
forces some of the early peoples seem |
have had much more knowledge tina
there is any direct record of.-Chicag
| Record.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-25
II Was In Inverse Ratio.

lyon don't want that $50 hat, Mary"
said Mr.. Muggins, who was with his
wife in the milliner's store. Its too
big anyhow. Now, if the milliner could
only take off four or five feathers it
would be all right"
That's easy" interposed the milli-
ner sweetly, suiting the action to the
word. And there you have love of q
little bonnet. And then, as Mr.. Mug
gins felt for his pocketbook smilingly,
thinking Of the economy he had effected,
she added, "Now it's only $50. Chi.
cago Record