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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-24

Mr.. and Mrs. George e. BeDtly and son
OF Chassell we're visitors to the twin
cities Wednesday and did their holiday
shopping.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-24

The local ticket agents report an on-
usually large number OF people 'ah .us
advantage OF the low rates made oy . tue
railroads to spend the holidays with re y,
atives and friends in the lower pa'' u
A. Gtota
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-24

Copper spoons and book marks maze AXE
a very appropriate gift to send to 1. a o,s,
..rt friend. Mayworm, the han'o'-
1919 has a beautiful lins OF them
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-24

Mrs. Edwin J. Bishop CANADA W., "uJ
.,ma e. Houshton to attend the ! neral a,
s :, no, father MIR. Michael Finnesan' VIII
spend couple OF weeks mere '''
turning home.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-24

A new piano has been placed in the
parlors at the Northwestern hotel.
Mine Host Covert. evidently believes in
doing all possible for the comfort and
amusement OF his guests.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-24

The express Offices OF the twin cities
were the busiest places on Portage Lake
yesterday and today, The express
agents report an unusually large number
OF packages being sent out this Christ
mas
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-24

What nicer present could gentleman
friend receive than box OF cigarsP All
brands at all kinds OF prices at "The
Latest"
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-24

Messrs. William Van Orden. Jr,, and
Richard Brimacomb have arrived from
Cripple Creek and will spend the holiday
season with their parents.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-24

The many friends OF Mrs. William
Monroe OF Calumet. were shocked on hear
ing OF his death by accident yesterday
morning.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-24

Baer Bros newly fitted up meat mar
ket has been neatly decorated with holly,
making very pleasing appearance.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-24

Mr.. ]. j. Sanders, OF Major G. A. Marr's
Houghton Office, has gone to Memphis
where he will spend the holidays.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-24

Attend the opening OF the Portage
Lake ice rink this evening. The Quincy
Excelsior band will be in attendance.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-24

Walter Croze OF Houghton, returned
home today from Bessemer and Will
81 end the holidays with the old folks.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-24

The Hancock public schools were
closed Yesterday afternoon for the holi'
day vacation.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-24

Thomas Ryan, son OF Edward Ryan, IS
home from school and will spend the
HOLIDAYS here.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-24

According to the liquor tax notice, lO4
,iouor licenses we're issued during the
past year.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-11-04
Carlyle on Webster.

Thomas Carlyle, who once met Dan
iel Webster ut friends house at
breakfast, said: "This American Web
ster take to be one of the stiffest logic
buffers and parliamentary athletes any
where to be met with in our world at
present-a grim, tall, broad-buttoned.
yellow-skinned man, with brows like
precipitOus cliffs, and huge, black, dulI
wearied yet notwithstanding eyes
under them; amorOus projecting nose.
and the angriest shut mouth / have
anywhere seen. a droop OH the sides
of the upper lip is quite mastifr- like
magnificent to look upon; it is so quiet
witbdl. / guess l should like i'll TO be-
that mans niger. However, he Is a
right clever man in his way, and has a
husky sort of fun in him, too; drawls
in 4 handfast, didactic manner about
our republican Institutions etc. aas
so plays his part
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-11-04
BABES CAST ADRNr.
fhree Thousand Picked Up IN New
York City Annually,

fhree Thousand Picked Up In New
York City Annually.
About 1900 babies arc each year cas-;
adrift in New York City 70 be cared =
for by the various charities. Accord
ing to the records an average OF 12(
of them are found each year by the po
lice where they have been abandoned
They are picked up on dOorsteps, i,
Railways, in ash cans, on Stairways, IL
parks, in cars and in all sorts of place:
where they can be deposited with0u
immediate observation. These are
mostly infants from few hours to =
few days old, actually abandoned t'
their fate, and who must he found sOor
after their abandonment, if life is t'
be kept in their little bodies.
Besides these, there are about 2,UR
infants of very tender age abandOnce
every year by their parents TO the
mercy of the city and the various char
liable societies organized TO care fo.
them, who are often taken by the
mother and frequently by other per
sons interested to the various f0un
ding institutions, and there left in thei.
helplessness to be provided for to!
charity. This little army of founding:
appears to be on the increase from
year to year, and the number of III
stances of the crime of infanticide is u
the same time apparently decreasing
Charitable provision for the care of the
baby often saves the life of the little
one.
When policeman on his rounds find!
q bit of humanity, with Il lingering
spark of life in its body, hidden il
some out of the way corner, he at oif
sends it to Bellevue Hospital and nON
fies the department of charities. Tha
department, if no one claims the babe
gives it d name, which is written on =
card, together with its sex, presumed
age and facts in relation TO its finding
With this card about its neck or fast
ened to it's arm, the little charge is sen
to Randalls island and becomes an ir
mate of the Infants Hospital, where i
is expected to stay until years Old
They do not usually stay there thi.
long, for the records show that 70 ou-
of every hundred die before the tw,
years are cOmpleted-a large mortality
but easily accounted for when we con
slider the abuse, neglect and exposure
the infants are subjected to before they
come into the care of n skilled physi-
elan. Many of them are adopted ant
some are taken by other institutions.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-11-04
One on the Grocer.

They are telling a good story on my
friend, the grocer, next door. The 9th.
er day woman came in and said: Il
want two dozen hens eggs. They must
all be eggs laid by black hens"
The grocer said: Madam, am will
ing to accommodate you, but you have
got the best of me this time. 1 don't
know how to tell the eggs of black
hen from those Of a speckled or white
one
Said she: Il can tell the difference
mighty quick"
IF that is so, madam, will you kind
ly pick out the eggs for yOurseif?''
She did so, and when the two dozen
were counted into her basket, the gro
Ger looked at them, and said, suggest
lively: We'll. madam. it seems as
though the black hens laid all the big
eggs
YES" said she, that's the way you
tell them.'-Hartlware.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-11-04
A Fatherly Assurance.

Mrs. Cu oX'S son was studying his
Latin lessoA. There was the tremolo
Of discouragement in his voice as he
remarked:
Il don't seem to get along with this
lesson very well, father
Cant you say any of itE'
Yes; l can say 'amO, amas, amat,:
and then 1 always forget what comes
next"
What does those words mean, John.
ny?' asked Mr.. Cumrox, who deserves
credit for being always ready to ada
to somewhat deficient early educa-
ton.
''They mean I love, thou lowest, he
loves"
''It does seem too bad to see you
starting in so soon," the old gentleman
unused, with the difficulties that has
always surrounded that verb. But
you might as well commence young to
learn that them words in one way or
another causes two-thirds of the both
Grafton that occurs in this life"
"Piease can quit school, thenT'
mo; it wouldn't be any use. You
couldn't dodge 'em, and you might as
well go right along and get as familiar
with them as possible. You'n find that
learnin' 'em amt half the worry that
handlin' 'em is after We know 'em.
Cheer up. Johnny, and remember that
most of your trouble is still ahead of
ou.'-Washington Star.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-11-04

facturers. The prevention e eAch
frauds is a matter Of grave concern.
Certainly if the government takes pains
TO see that weights and measures shall
be correct, much more should it thwart
attempts to deceive as to the quality OF
the goods sold, when that affects the
health and life of it's citizens. The De
partment Of Agriculture, by direction
of Congress, is investigating the char
acter and extent of adulteration. Many
of the States have enacted laws to pre-
vent such practices, and it is very de-
sirable to know how these laws have
been enforced, and with what results.
The department desires information as
to specific cases of adulteration, fraud
ulent labelling, imitation, etc., Of foods
and drugs
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-11-04

The rest of the world is in very bad
humor just now. Europe is in Il bad
way. Great Britain is growing at the
United States on account of those tire
some seals and Secretary Sherman; also
because she holds us in some way re-
sponsible for the proposition to have
the Bank of England carry one-ffth of
its reserve in silver. The continent of
Europe has not yet recovered from the
adjustment of the treaty between Tur-
key and Greece, which Is now supposed
to be finally settled. That treaty is as
frankly commercial as was the agree
ment under which Egypt is now con-
trnllad The Overwhelming debt Of
Greece was the Important thing in the
settlement; national rights, Turkish in
justice, former treaties, had little to do
with the matter. For an indefinite
time to come Greece will be largely
ruled by debt commission. AS for
France and Russia, they are certainly
in good temper towards each other.
and the visit of NJ. Faure to his imperial
ally has had more than q spectacular
is one that makes for peace is another
question. Spain is in a turmoil with
the change of administration, and no
one can tell what a week may bring
forth. In Asia, the seriousness Of the
uprising on the northwestern borders
Of the Indian empire appears not to
have been exaggerated. In Africa,
stories of the cruelties connected with
the administration Of the Congo Free
State and the outrages On liberated"
slaves continue to come in. In the Pa.
ciic, Hawaii is the center Of interest.
Reports from Americans living in the
islands indicate that unless the United
States takes the present opportunity
for annexation it will never have an
other. Altogether, the American na-
ton seems to be better off than any
other, if we can stand the abuse which
is just now falling upon us from all
quarters.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-11-04
Taxing the Plain People.

| The widespread injury inflicted by
the Dingley tariff in the single instance
Of the sugar trust steal is not yet fully
appreciated by the people.
England is the great center of the
fruit-canning industry, because there
is no goyernment-prOtected sugar trust
| there. In the United States taxes are
levied on sugar, glass and tin, the re-
| suit being that millions of bushels of
fruit, grown by the farmers of this
country, lie rotting on the ground
while the people of the United States
eat imported preserves, jams and iel-
lies, and send the money to pay for
them across the sea to England.
The sugar interest in the United
States needs no protection, and every
cent of tax levied to foster this trust
comes out of the pockets of the people
In discussing this phase of the question
Byron w. Holt, an expert i'll regard to
tariff, says: when you invest Il dollar
for sugar you pay about 80 cents for
sugar and 45 cents for tariff.
AT present, out of this tax Of 10
cents the government is getting about
20 cents, the refners' monopoly 20
cents, and the sugar growers and
wholesale grOcerS the remaining )
cents. Next year. when refined is
made from raw sugar upon which pres
ent duties have been paid, the govern
ment will get about % cents and the
sugar trust Is Of the 10 cents
The result of all this is that the sugar
trust secures bonus of S30,0OO.O 600.
which is just that much added to the
burden of taxes placed upon the people.
and out of which they secure not the
slightest benefit. Republican legisla-
ton inficts the greatest injury upon
the masses, and. recognizing this fact.
the people should exercise their power
and sweep the Republican party out of
existence.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-11-04
GENERAL PROSPERITY.

During all the furry over the high
price of wheat, and amid all the Re-
publican shouting over the return of
prosperity, no word was uttered about
the condition of cotton, and cotton used
to be king.
General prosperity is what the people
want, and general prosperity is what
the Republican orators promised the
people during the last Presidential cam
paign. After McKinley's election there
was more or less patient period OF
waiting for the return Of prosperity.
For six months the people waited and
then for six months, through the aid OF
famine in India and short crops abroad,
wheat went to dollar bushel, and
the Republican press went crazy over
the return Of prosperity
But wheat has dropped and cotton
has never risen. Recently this great
staple of the South reached the lowest
price on record in London, six and a
third cents per pound. There is some
thing wrong with the prosperity that
affects but one Of the great agricultural
products of the United States. The
planters of the South are anxious to
know why Hanna and Mckinley and
Dingley do not send little of their
vaunted prosperity below Mason and
Dixon's line. They consider such neg
lect rank fayOritiSm.
But the farmers of the North are be-
ginning to inquire when the great Re-
publican party will send them good
prices for corn and oats. These prod
ucts linger at a beggarly price, and
even wheat at 10 cents a bushel Oh the
farm cannot convince the agriculturists
that the promises of the spellbinders
are being redeemed.
The explanation Of the whole matter
is that the appreciating price OF gold,
the money which measures the value
of all products, makes constantly de-
preciating price for those products.
Corn and oats and cotton and every
thing but wheat are suffering from
this injustice this year, just as they
have suffered in other years, and wheat
has escaped the inficti0n because of
special conditions existing abroad over
which the Republican party had not
and could not have the slightest con-
trol-Chicago Dispatch.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-11-04
BICYCLES CURE ASTHMA.
Views of Physicians Who Have Studieu
the Subject.

the Subject.
The value Of bicycle riding for that
portion of humanity suffering from
divers ailments that may be benefited
by exercise is no longer disputed very
largely. An English physician who has
made the study Of bicycle riding as it
pertains to asthmatic persons the OBJ
unquali1iedly in favor Of the use of the
wheel.
Asthma, according to the generally
accepted idea, may be cured, or, at
least, relieved, by exercising the res
piratory organs. Asthma is known by
a great many as shortness of breath.
The slightest exertion out of the or
dinary causes palpitation of the heart
and choking, half suffocated feeling.
The face and head become extremely
warm and flushed, and the sensation OF
extreme discomfort has a depressing
effect upon the system.
Nearly all first beginners on the bicy-
Gle find hill climbing decidedly annoy
ing. The heart throbs with each effort
Of the limbs, and the blood s,rges in
heat waves over the body. Perspiration
is greatly accelerated, and Hill climb
ing is voted a nuisance. Constant
practice, however, if the heart is sound,
soon enables cyclists to climb ordinary
hills with a comparative degree of
comfort.
It was the resemblance Of the symp-
toms of asthma to the trials Of the hill
climber that induced the physician
who investigated the subject to expert
ment with cycle riding upon asthmatic
patients.
He found, first of all that bicycle rid
ing whether by invalids or by well per-
sons increased the depth Of breathing
without fatigue. More air was taken
into the lungs to aerate the blood.
Chest expansion increased slightly.
The patient with asthma could not
ride very far at first without wheeling
and coughing. At night he choked up
about as badly as ever. Little by little,
day after day, this wore off, and at
length, after year of moderate riding,
it dawned upon him one day that he
was so much improved that a ride Of
thirty or forty miles did not fatigue
him in the least. Furthermore, all that
disagreeable tightness over the chest
at night from which he had suffered
for years was gone.
In another year he could ride fifty
miles where he had been able to ride
twenty-five, and without any discom-
fort. During the winter he rode in
doors.
To-day he is practically we'll. Amer
lean physicians, who have studied the
subject, are inclined to agree with the
theory of the bicycle cure for asthma.
At least half a dozen instances are
cited in New York of men who seem
to be partially cured by the judicious
use Of the wheel.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-11-04

There is no more remarkable feature
I'm the development Of the new South
than the rapid growth of cotton manu-
Featuring. Before the war there was
scarcely a cotton mill in the South;
now there are 49,, and they use more
than a million bales of cotton a year.
During the last ten years the South
has made much more rapid progress ia
cotton manufacturing. relatively, than
the North has. In 1887 Southern mills
used 401 ,452 bales of cotton and North
ern mills 1,71O,0SO, while in the year
ended Aug. 81, 1897, Southern mills
used 1,042, ,671 bales and Northern mills
1,S04, $50. At this rate cotton manu-
Featuring in the South will soon sur
pass that of the North.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-11-04
Authorship of the British HvYur

The authorship of the words and fac
music Of "God Save the Queen" to the
air of which america" is sung. is Bn
known, though the most probable cen
lecture is that which attributes the
words to John Bull, made Doctor OF
Music in 1891, at Oxford. The music
itself is much older, but whether found
ed ON a French original, is still more
uncertain than the authorship Of the
words. Some affirm that the words
were written in the reign Of james III.
when William Of Orange was lowering
on the coast, and that when the latter
became king, it was a reasonable
song, like Charlie Over the Water &C
later period. Henry Carey's son laid
claim to it as production of his faith.
er who died in 1743.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-11-04

It is not well to let misguided spirit
OF compassion interfere with the proper
dfsciplining Of the hobo. In the great
majority Of cases the tramp is tramp
Because he prefers tramping to work
Ing. Mendicancy and theft are more
c0ngenial to him than labor. He must
be dealt with accordingly. The best
ching to do with the hobo is to keep
him moving. II he is willing to work,
chat is a different thing. If he won't
work he should be driven out of town
and kept out.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-11-04
Logic of the Gold Clique.

Republicans rejoice over the diScoy.
cry of gold in the Klondike. and talk
about the vast benefit the increase in
he currency from ten to fifteen million
dollars year will produce
These astute lOgicianS fail to recog-
.lize the fact that in making these state
ments they admit in full the conten-
ions of bimetallists. Ii. in small de-
gree. prosperity is brought about By
his insignificant increase in the supply
Of money, would not the benefits b.
proportionately enlarged by the res
toration of some five billion dollars
worth of silver to its just estate as
standard money?
Again. the Republicans have gone
wild over the temporary restoration of
wheat to the price Of n dollar bushel
"A restoration brought about by spe-
.ial and sporadic causes which have al
:eady. In a certain degree. ceased to
operate. If dollar wheat. for a few
months of the year 1897. is such a good
thing. why would it not he still bet
ter thing to have dollar wheat every
gear:
Rimetaliists argue the necessity of
enlarging the supply of primary money.
Gold monometalEsts admit the wisdom
If this claim when they rejoice over the
klOudike discoveries.
Bimetallists claim that there can he
ao general DrOsOerity on q falling map
ket, and urge a reform that will bring
about rise in the price Of agricultural
products. The gold clique has accept
ed the truth Of this proposition in its
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-11-04
Some Valuable Pearls.

The most curious among famous
pearls is that which three centuries
ago. the French traveller, Tavernier
sold to the Shah of Persia for $GT5, 800
1t is still in the possession of the sOy
ereign of Persia. Another Eastern pn
tentate owns a pearl of 12lA karatS
which is quite transparent. 1t is TO be
had for the sum of 100000 Princes,
1OussoupOff has an Oriental pear.
which is unique for the beauty of it,
color. In 1920 this pearl was sold by
GeOrgibus, of Calais, to Philip ~. or
Spain ut the price of $4,000 ducats. 70
day it is valued at $225, 1000. Pope Lee
by his predecessor on the throne Of ST.
Peter, which is worth 100000. anG.
the chain of thirty-two pearls owncG
by the Empress frederick is estimated
at $175.0OO.
One million dollars is the price of five
chains of pearls forming collar own
ed by the Baroness Gustave de ROtha
child. and that of the Baroness
Adolphe de Rothschild is almost as val
liable. But these ladies are enthusias.
tic collectors of pearls, and their Jew
elers have instructions to buy for them
any pearl of unusual size or beauty
which they may happen to come
across. The sister of Mime. Theirs
Mile. Dosne, is also the owner of q very
valuable string of pearls, which she
has collected during tho last t1tirtX
Dispatch.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-11-04
In Too Much of a Hurry.

1t is almost as dangerous to be too
clever as to be stupid. According to
Short Stories that is what Il student Of
Yale College found out one day. He
belonged to chemistry class, before
the members of which Prof. Silliman
was going to experiment with laughing
gas,
This student knew little about the
effects of laughing gas, and he explain
ed to his companions that since under
its influence no one was responsible for
his words, he was going to take the op-
portunity to tell Prof. Silliman what
he thought of him. The scheme might
have worked well but for one unfor-
seen circumstance. Prof. SilIiman,
overheard the conversation.
When the Professor remarked that
for the purpose of illustration he should
Der Of the class, the plotter of mischief
at once volunteered.
The leather bag was connected with
his mouth. and he soon appeared much
excited. He began to abuse the Pro-
fessor, and to say many things which
he would not have dared to say except
under cover of the peculiar circum-
stances.
Prof. Siiliman allowed him to go on
for i time, and then casually remarked
that his young friend had become pre-
maturely irresponsible, for the gas had
not yet been turned on. Only those
who have been to college and who
plaud, can imagine the uproar that fol.
lowed