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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-27

General Horace Porter, in his Cam
paigning With Grant. in The Century.
after speaking of General Meade IS some
what anomalous position. quotes Gen.
eral Grant as follows: II am fully
aware that some embarrassments arise
from the present organization, but there
is more weight on the other side OF tho
question. I am commanding all the
armies, and I cannot neglect others by
giving my time exclusively to the Army
of the Potomac, which would involve
performing all the detailed duties OF an
army commander. directing its admins
tration, enforcing discipline, reviewing
its court martial proceedings, etc. 1
have Burnside's, Buffers and Slgel's
armies to look after in Virginia, to say
nothing of our western armies, ana
NAV make Sheridan's cavalry separate
command. Besides, Meade has served
long time with the Army of the Poto'
mac, knows its subordinate officers thor
| oughly and led it to q memorable VIC
] tory at Gettysburg. I have just como
from the west, and if removed de
| serving eastern man from the poslloi
of army commander my motives M Oh
be misunderstood and the effect be ba'
upon the spirits of the troops. Genera
Meade and are in close contact on Tn
field He is capable and perfectly sub
ordinate, and by attending to the &c
tails he relieves me of much unnect ssar
work and gives me more time TO thin
and to mature my general plans.
IT will always see that he gets III
credit for what he does" This was
broad view of the situation. and one
which the general mainly adhere
throughout the war. but after that Ga
! he gave closer personal direction
battle to the movements OF SUBDIVISION
| of the armies
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-27
He Likes Solitude.

joaquin Miller has been in New Or
leans recently, grizzled and gray, but as
young in the eyes las 20-year-old
youth flushed with the victories OF a
patient muse" so the reporter puts 1t.
Inc aged poet said he had no money
and cared for none, but found in nature
ieireshment for body and mind 1T IL
q lie among the solitudes that tinges II
mans aims with sentiment and gives
70 ms soul light that sordid ambition
e,rner drives away or makes impossi-
oie' b" said joaquin.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-27

Talking about cures reminds mo
there's nothing like shock TO cure
headache. !" commented the man from
southern Missouri Il was once driving
home on my mule over the steep path ON
a divide and was suffering with head
ache thar well nigh drove me crazy !
had been working hard. and my head
tliumped and thumped like as II ~
might split any minute ] wasn't con-
scious of anything in particular exceps
that buzzing. rhrobbing head OF mime
when the path led to a secluded place
where the water had washed out piece
of ground
Suddenly two men sprang out. One
of them grabbed the mule. and the otner
presented six shooter at my head. IL
was done SO quick that gazed at them
stupidlike
. Fork out that sc you got for
stockr said one of the men
Il had brought some stuff into town
and had six big dollars on my person AS
money was scarce. il flashed through
nv mind that it meant 10 lose them.
and quicker can take &c tell 1t,
| s,ashed 70 the right with the butt OF my
heavy whip and then slashed to the LETT
struck them both and the mule sprang
forward
They didnt follow, and was
mighty glad of it, When ] had gone a
niece IL suddenly occurred tc me that
the headache had all disappeared Not
trace of it | struck my forehead; heac
was clear as bell shock had driven the
headache all away struck the other
fellows over the head; perhaps trans
mitted the pain 20 them. more feast
bic theory probably is that sudden
shock will drive away headache. =
Detroit Free Press,
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-27
Drop Nickels For Tickets.

Absentminded people drop many
things besides tickets in the boxes pre-
sided over by the ticket choppers at the
elevated stations For man to drop a
nickel in is of common occurrence. Often
larger coins, and occasionally bills, are
deposited In order to get such things
back the forgetful person has to apply
the next day at the main office OF the
company. He cannot even travel on the
strength of his overlarge contribution
but must buy ticket with one OF the
nickels he has left.
The money dropped in the ticket
chopper box gets mangled in the chop
ping process and will not always pass
current afterward A bill is likely tc
get SO badly mutilated that 1t cannot DC
patched together.
Other things besides money occasion
ally find their way into the ticket chop
per's box with equally damaging re
suits. New York Sun
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-27
a Joke That ua. Gone Far Enough.

Under existing conditions expert tes-
timony in criminal trials is to be re-
qarded. according to the point OF view,
as farce or tragedy The expert VIII
ness presents us the humiliating spec
tacle of the alleged scientist turned ad-
vocate. mountebank and trickster. he
appears as a professed partisan-for hire.
He hides his true opinions behind equiv
ocal or evasive answers-for consid-
Grafton He expresses by implication
views he does not really hold-that he
may seem to earn his fee. In word.
he sacrifices his mistress, Science, at the
shrine of Mammon
AT all events. he is openly accused OF
all of this and much more in kind. he
is rallied at scoffed at. jeered. The most
charitable of popular opinions as to his
character seems 10 be that which regards
HIM as an unmitigated joke. And meal
time he is placed in such position that
il is impossible for him to defend him
| self against these allegations. He may
be a true scientist, learned, honest, con-
sclentious. but under existing methods
he cannot prove that he is such. The
populace will judge him by his COM
pany. and as matters stand some por'
tions of his company are pretty certain
to be bad Whatever his real character
the fate of poor Tray awaits him.
The spirit of the law is said to d
common sense. But its letter has cer
tainly permitted wide departure from
this alleged standard The attempt Il
add to the communal veal by utilizing
the knowledge of experts has culminate'
in something not far removed from tota
failure. What should be most serlou
function has passed into joke, and b.
common consent the joke has gone ia
enough. DIR. Henry Smith Williams i
North American Review.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-27
uu.msn Rank Onicials.

Mrs. Sarah F. Dick has for the TWEEN
+v -fourth consecutive time been chosen
to the position of cashier in the First
National bank of Hungtington, Ind. In
the 23 years Mrs. Dick has capably hilec
the office she has lost but two days
time ON account of illness. Besides Mrs
D;cL who is a director of the institu-
t;on also. the bank has another lady d.
rector. Mrs. Frederick Drover, who for
yoors has filed the position, taking an
active interest in the affairs OF tne COL,
Germ, which has 5000, 600 deposits anu
a capital of 500, coo.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-27
His Candid Opinion

The most ordinary facts may be pro.
eented in such light as to be scarcely
recognizable and thus presented they
are likely to occasion highly original
and unexpected comments
A prominent physician OF this city,
says the Washington Star, owns farm
in New England. and whenever he gets
unbearably tired of his fashionable pa
tients he goes there, puts on his oldest
clothes. LAYS in stock of corncob pipes
and rusticates One day last summer he
was jogging lazily along country road
in a rickety old cart drawn by a horse
almost as rickety A countryman walk
ing on the same road asked for a llft,
and the two fell into conversation
"Who are you workin for?' asked the
countryman
"Oh. I'm working for DR.. j down
there. answered the physician
What doin?'
oh" went on the doctor. II do ev
erything for him' / take care of him
Won know dress him and FEED him
and | even wash his face and put hin
10 bed / do everything heneeds done
How much do you get for it?" aske'
| the native
My board and clothes.
AN you 90 all that for him-was
him an dress him an feed him an a!
that"
Yes "
The countryman looked at the docto
a moment in silence Then he leane
over the wheel and spat solemnly.
well of all the fools l ever sect
That was all he SAID
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-27
ARCHITECTURAL ART.
Nineteenth Century Experiments and Re-
vivals Which Have Been Fruitless.

The best that can be said of the archi-
lecture of the nineteenth century is that
1t has been an architecture of exception
ally learned, ingenious and accomplish
ed Municipalities 1t has been an art of
experiments which have failed and Of
revivals which have been fruitless.
These Municipalities, with their con-
seriousness highly educated and trained,
have been embarrassed rather than aided
by their knowledge Of the great achieve
ments of the past. 1t does not seem to
have occurred to them to appeal to the
sympathies of the people by uttering
their inspirations in the vulgar tongue,
but they have labored with immense
talent and ingenuity to interpret and
apply dead languages. Their efforts
have been reminiscent, exclusive and
experimental. The architects have an
alyzed, theorized, disputed and argued
They have formed schools conserving
classic or romantic traditions-schools
which have fallen apart because prog
ress has been found to be impossible on
merely archaeological lines.
Many of the Municipalities developed
under these conditions have been bril-
liant and powerful ard have had great
following OF lesser men. AS the century
has advanced certain of these individu-
alities have been inspired by nobler and
loftier motives. The architecture OF the
century, because it has been nourished
in the same soil that produced the cleo
trio telegraph, the telephone and all the
other triumphs of industrial art, has
exhibited certain sporadic vitality, has
occasionally thrown out mighty branches
full Of the possibilities Of great frui
tion but because it has not enjoyed thu
advantage Of concentrated effort it ha
not lowered as it Powered in the thlr
teenth and sixteenth centuries, still les
as it Powered in the ages of Pericles ant
Augustus. Henry Van Brunt in AT
lantic.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-27
r...,,,a,. Of a Good Dinner.

There are essentials for good dinner
that money cannot buy. Good hulno,
.m GOOD will beauties and good
Selling oladdens more effectually tnan
eowers handsome china or expensive
- The finest Of viands pal! wneh
the diner is out of sorts with the we ea,
and the simplest of fare becomes 'eaS'
VIXEN content waits on appetite, q
,omoiv meal is dyspepsia breeder =
, ,o eaten when anger stirs the heaf'
me-, az, ell ,he onteroom to apcplexy anH
al, the costly plenishment OF , 'n ar
lionaires table will not save n,'n az =
a,,ish of body ii he dehes the laws %
nature philadelphia Times
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-27
Fan,ou. King og.

Og, the famous king Of Bashan. men
toned in Deuteronomy had bedstead
Q cubits long or about l6la feet 1t is
doubtful whether Og himself was OF the
full length of his bedstead Many bones
of reputed giants have been found IN
different countries of the world. and un
informed people hastily concluded that
the men to whom these bones were sup
posed to have belonged must have been
from is to 80 feet in height All such
remains have been proved to be those OF
the gigantic animals existing IN for
mer era of the worlds history.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-27
Stoves.

Stoves which concealed the fire were
IN nse in Greek and Roman house
holds The ancients also empioye"
open tubes of metal or earthenwa WAR,
and in addition, heated their rooms
with charcoal braziers Crates iof .ne
burning OF coal were employed Two
centuries ago in Great Britain Many
thousands of patents have been taken
on, man stoves and ranges since Frank
lin and Count Rumford pointed out Tue
waste Of fuel and of heat involved al,
onen fireplaces In Great Britain an'
or the continent of Europe 'ooa! , nav
sheet iron vessels, somewhat resempi,na =.
baking pans, covered and filled win NO. =,
water. are used to warm the iee' "
travellers in railroad cars.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-27
Wanted q Change.

He was about as black as the tradi'
tional ace of spades And two dusky
damsels. each of whom claimed the
right to call him husband. sat bolt up
right in the courtroom and glared at the
defendant. ,r
"Yo'r honor. said the prisoner. II
want to apply for change OF venus IN
this case.
con what ground?" inquired the
court.
II want achange of venus. " repeated
the defendant. because one OF desc
women is prejudiced ag'in me. Troy
Times
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-27
Forks

Forks are commonly supposed to nave pa! y
-. ;mtroduced into Europe not carrier
ueen Tho twelfth or thirteenth century
:, ,'S - estimated by some writers that the
.srss nronged hook mentioned as among
the utensils of the taoernacle was ~
kind Of fork Forks were unkn .Ss go
Enoland until the beginning OF the sew
euteenth century.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-27

Pocketknives are now machine made,
the blades being stamped from strips OF
steel and afterward ground and polished
before being fixed in the handle. The
assemblying Of the different parts OF
the knife is q matter Of hand labor.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-27

The invention Of che purse was doubt.
less contemporaneous with that OF
money The purse is mentioned in Old
Testament history as a part of travel.
er's outfit. When the disciples. spoken OF
in the gospels. were sent forth to preach,
they were commanded to take neither
gold nor silver nor brass in their purses.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-27
Strategic Points.

Strategic points in military art are
such as command communications,
whether by rail or river, like Atlanta
in Georgia. and Cairo or Vicksburg, on
the Mississippi The capital, or leading
city of a country. is of strategic impor-
lance. since its capture causes the gen.
eral discouragement of the people.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-27

Tons are cut from pieces of box. ebony
or other hard wood by turning ma,
chine. The machine is automatic anu
turns the top complete from the handle
Mt the upper end to the tip The metal
,,o;nt il afterward put in by hand.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-27
Enjoyable.

DO you really enjoy shootinga"
Why, yes, of course" said the dear
slfi' who had lately bought light rifle
ana ..,s q lovely pair of hunting bloomers.
livery time merage to kill rabbit
VI poor little bird l have just the
,oveiiest cry imaginable "-Indianapo-
lis Journal
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-27

Modern ideas are eminently useful
sometimes. Nowadays when man goes
wrong he blames either his environment
circumstances or his grandmother. -
Boston Home Journal
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-27

Watches were first called Nuremburg
eggs. Some of them were OF ,ncn ss
in diameter, as large as the small sizeo
cheap clocks now exhibited IN store
w;ndows They were frvt trade ~ it>7'
The morning times., 1897-02-16
TAKEN FROM HER FATHER
Magdalen Ball Placed Temporarily
in Care of Grandparents.
The Final Settlement OF the Case
Postponed on Account of the
Mothers Illness.

In compliance with an order of the court
three year-od Magdalen Ball was brought
before Judge Cole Yesterday afternoon by
her father, Horace NJ Ball who has charged
his wife, Fannie Ball. with unfaithfulness
The latter left her husband together with
Magdalcn. one day the father secured
permission to take his baby and get her
some candy. He did not bring her back,
but FASTENED with his child t. relatives in
Virginia. The mother was meanwhile taken
very at her father home Sheemployed
counsel and a writ of babeas corpus was
filed by which she sought possession again
wife's spettionthat Mr. Pail made his accusa-
tions Saturday, and hot having brought his
little one into court Judge Cole ordered
him to do so at 3 o'clock yesterday
Mrs. Bail lives with her father and
mother, Mr.. and Mrs Edward Dunn, on
L street, between Ninth and Tenth streets
southwest. Mr.. Dunn is messenger to
the Secretary OF War This information
developed i'll answer To the queries OF
Judge Cole as To Mr.. Dunns ability to
care TOT MdSualen penulnE settlement or
the case.
While the inquiry was going on the child
sat on her fathers knee in the courtroom.
The mother was unable 10 appear but
Mrs Dunn was present 10 request the
custoGy OF her gTandChlld. Al the
conclusion OF the hearing the court re-
marked:
Il am Inclined To think it best to
let the Chile so to the grandmother.
mean no suggestion Of blame 10 Mr.
Ball, but in view OF the way In which
the Child was taken away, l think it
best 10 let the grandparents have her
custody until the case is settled"
1t was explained that Mrs Bali would
be unable 10 appear in court for at least
a month and the court directed a post
poIenent OF the matter until March 10.
The morning times., 1897-02-16
HOUSES FOR THE POOR.
Preparations for the Mass Meeting
to Consider This Question.

An Interesting meeting was held yester-
day afternoon of the subcommittee of the
Central Relief Committee Among those
present were George Sternberg, Bishop
Sattcriep, DR.. l.. w. Ritchie, Justice G. G.
Cole and Secretary Wilson. Prof Janney,
representing the charity committee OF the
board of trade, was also on hand. and
aided in the work of the meeting, which
was to consider the details of a program
To he arranged for a public meeting to be
held saturday, February 20, at Foundry
NJ L. Church under the auspices or the
and the Civic Center.
Or Gould. OF New York, formerly an eX-
pert in the Departmental Of Labor, will make
an address, telling his experience in build
ing sanitary dwellings, for the POOR in
European and American cities. Bishop
Satterlcc will also detail his experience in
Washington alicys-the result of PER
sonal investigation.
There VIII bC other speakers represent
ing. the Civic Center, the hoard of trade.
the Associated Charities and the District
government Gen. Sternberg will explain
the plans of organization and operation OF
the Sanitary Improvement Company, which
is organized for The purpose or building
and renting small1sanitary dwellings for
the poor of the city.
The full program viii be announced in a
day or two.
The morning times., 1897-02-16
WILL RUN A FREIGHT TRAIN
Plan of the Washington and Gettys-
burg Electric Railway.
The Commits ssioners Furnish In
formation Respecting the Com
pany's Standing.

The Commissioners sent reply yester-
day to Senator Mcmillan, OF the Senate
District Committee, to the queries pro-
pounded by the committee relative to
the bill TO incorporate the Washington ard
Gettysburg Electric Railway Company.
The franchise under this proposed in
corporation is for a line altogether within
the District. although it is one Of three
sections Of a road OF seventy miles con-
templatcd for construction FROM Washing
ton to Gettysburg. by way Of Sandy Springs.
The committee desired to be informed.
amoug other things, as TO the financial
standing of the incorporators; why the
company desired to maintain a telegraph
line; whether or not there would be any
objections to d small freight traffic over
the Washington and Gettysburg branch,
between the hours of 12 midnight and 4
o'clock in the morning.
To these interrogutories the CorlniS-
sioners replied in the order in which they
were presented. In respect to the relia-
bility of the incorporatOrs they transmitted
a statement made by Dr. A. C. nrane,
brief Of which was printed in the Even
ing Times of yesterday, and added that
in their opinion the proposed road from
Sandy Springs to the District line would
be advantageous to the District, and they
believed from statements made to them
that if the bill shall become law the
road will he built.
Referring to the suggestion of 4 tele-
graph line, the CommiSs toner's say that
such Il convenience would be neces sary
in the operation of road of that length,
and they approve of the proposition to
establish a freight traffic, believing it
would be of service to the market garden
ers along the line.
Another point made by the committee
was as to the motive power to be EN-
ployed, and the question was asked whether
or not there ought to be specific provision
The Commissioners say, in response, that
if the committee believes the existing
law prohibiting overhead construction is
Insufficient, an amendment to the bill
should be introduced forbidding the Use
of :. trolley system within the city lim ts
With respect to the authority of the new
road to run cars over existing tracks, the
Commissioners say that right is the sub
iect Of lease or purchase, and as n pre-
cautionary measure they recommend the
addition of a proviso to the effect Iha'
nothing in the act shall operate to The
release of the purchaser fom compliance
with the charter obligations Of any eX
listing line 1t may acquire by such pur-
chase or lease.
The morning times., 1897-02-16
Real Estate Transfers.

H Fl. Bergman and George NJ. Emmerich,
trustees to John G. Schutrumpf, part of
original lot, square 51S, $4,000.
Chaplin Brown, julius a. Maedel. and Ed
ward H. Thomas, trustees to Brainard H.
Warner, Jr., part of lot ID, block 36,
Columbia Hei ghts, $3,469. 81.
Edward C. Barnard to Herbert B. Blair,
north 40 feet Of lot 80. Mt Pleasant and
Pleasant Plains, in Denison ct al. sub, $40.
Herbert B. Blair ct TX. to Edward C..
Barnard south 40 feet of same lot, Mt
Pleasant and Pleasant Plains, $40.
Alexander T. Dean ct TX. to Richard C.
Dean, part of lots 16 to 18, square 127,
quit claim, 81.
Frances E. Frazier ct vir. Samuel M. to
Bates Warren, lot %. Chichester, in Ar
nold's sub, $40.
william A Gordon ct uX. to John II.
Ketchum. undivided two-third interest in
lot 4, and part of lots 2. 8 and 5, square
$40, in Shepherds sub. $40
Judson N Moore ct uX. to Gustave NJ.
Miller. undivided half interest in part OF
lot 6, block AZ. Holmead Manor, So.
Watson j. Newton ct TX. to George P
Newton, lots 1914 to 1859. square 1,029, in
Wine ct al. sub, $1,000.
Eckert j. Sacks ct ux. to James c. Dulin,
parts of lots 278 and 279, square 1900.
in Payne ct al, trustees. sub, $40.
The morning times., 1897-02-16
AN APPEAL TO THE PUBLIC.
The Board of Governors of a Hos
pital to Issue One


The special committee appointed by the
board of governors OF the Ear, Eye and
Throat Hospital atits last meeting to draft
an appeal to the public in behalf of the
proposed institution met yesterday after
noon at the office of DR.. E. Oliver Belt,
of the executive committee. The others
present were Mr. W. A. Gordon, also
representing the executive committee of
the board of governors, and Mr.. Robert
Chew, representing the finance committee
The committee has decided on the form
Of the appeal to be issued to the public,
but so far has not been able to make O
final report, and while there is perfect
harmony among the members of the CONF
mittee as to the nature of the appeal, it is
very probable that the report will not be
finished until tomorrow or next day.
The delay in the completing of the ap-
peal will be in obtaining the signatures of
the first vice president of the board of
governors, Mr.. William p. Baldwin; the
president of the hoard of lady managers,
Mrs. Horace Gray, and Dr.. w. W. John
ston, president of the medical board. There
is no fear entertained that these gentle
men will raise any objection to the form
of the appeal.
The appeal, it is understood, will briefly
set forth the objects of the institution, the
cost of support, the method OF manage
ment and other matters relative to its
establishment.