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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-01
QUEER SURGERY.
Big Ants Are Made to Take the Place Of
Needle hnd Thread.

Science has made vast strides during the
last half of the century, and in no branch
of knowledge is this progress more marked
than i'm that of surgery. Many an opera
ton is now performed with facility and
safety that was not dreamed of 90 years
ago and many an operation that we now
consider trivial and beneath remark was
then considered as next to impossible.
The introduction of anesthetics and the
researches of Lord Lister in antiseptic sur
gerry account largely for this state of
things Indeed before the introduction OF
antiseptic methods in the operating thea
ter as many lives were lost from those
bugbears of all surgeons, py@mia and sep
ticemia, as resulted from the operations
themselves.
The method therefore, of securing a
wound which is still prevalent among the
Brazilian Indians may be looked upon as
at least strictly antiseptic.
The materials required for performing
the operation are found handy almost any
where in Brazilian forest. These are n
species of very large ant, which has
mandibles that can bite through almost
any substance. The mouth is furnished
with tranversely movable jaws and does
not possess a sting. The bite from one of
these ants is perfectly harmless and is fol-
lowed by no swelling or other evil result.
The lower lip of the ant, instead of be-
| ing a simple cover to the mouth, is devel-
| oped into a strange jointed organ, which
| can be shot out much farther than the up
| per lip or, when at rest, can be folded flat
over the face and can be rapidly protrudcd
or withdrawn. 1t is furnished mt its ex
tremity with pair of forceps, and is able
to grasp objects with the strength ano
firmness of small pair of pinchers. Moth
| ing, unless cased in metal, can resist those
| jaws.
| What the Brazilian Indian does when hi
| or one of his patients receives cash II
| this: He catches some of these ants, and
holding them to the wound, which he ha
previously closed together lets them bite
They fix their mandibles on each side o
the wound and then he pinches off tn
rest of the body, leaving the mandible
and jaws to close up the wound A rov
of these ants heads keeps wound to
gcther quite as effectively as the needl
and thread of n surgeon, but the pail
given to the victim of this rude style O
surgery must be considerable.
Rude as this method may seem, how
ever, it has it's advantages in being strict
ly antseptic and causing no evil effects
The Jaws of the ant are extracted with
pair of forceps after the wound has salts
factorily hcaled.-Ncw York Herald.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-01
TIE KAFFiR OFF DUTY.
South African Mine Laborers Lead Mo-
notonous Life.

The report of q traveller fresh from the
Cape gives curious insight into one phase
OF labor on the Rand. 1t used TO be the
custom of the kafiir, on receiving his sal
ary--usually So per week-to sally forth
and invest all his earnings in bottles OF
brandy. He would then return TO his hut,
squat down and drink it like beer until
he succumbed This went on regularly
among the mining stats of all the large
companies until, in order to prevent IL
weekly cessation of labor, the companies
adopted the method of inclosing all their
native employees inside n compound and
shutting them in like prisoners until their
time of service had elapsed.
Visitors to the compounds often take in
q pound or so of the native coarse tobacco,
for u handful of which the kaflirs, under
stress of their deprivation Of tobacco as
well as liquor, will often gladly exchange
fine old native bracelets and knobkerries.
| The native method of smoking is peculiar.
| After the pipe is filed several long pulls
| are taken and the smoke swallowed. The
| bowl is then taken off, the stem is inserted
| in bowl of water and the water is sucked
| through it and swallowed also. Then
| comes the tug of war. The man who car
! hold out longest without coughing is con
, sidered n hero After short time the
smoker will convulsively cough for 10 OIL
| 20 minutes and one can quite understand
| why the Kaffir is not allowed out to bu.
tobacco. In the case of the traveller wh'
| gives these details the mine manage
asked him to cease bartering the vile STUFF
for native trinkets; otherwise the whole
| relay would be unfit to go down whei
its time came.
The Kaffir usually returns home afte
six months or a year at the mines and i
considered rich man. He buys two o.
more wives and takes his ease while the,
| do all the work.-pittsburg Dispatch.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-01
He Reclaimed His Jewels.

One day while Rabbi Meir was away
from home teaching at college his two chill
dren were suddenly taken ill and died.
When on returning he inquired about
them, his wife, Beruria, first gave him an
evasive answer, and then, leading the con-
versation to another topic, related to him
how man who had left some jewels in
her care had come to reclaim them Am
I to give them back2'' she asked. How
can you put such n CUSTOM said he. "Of
course you are to return them to the own
err Bcruria then took her husband into
the chamber whore the two children were
lying, and pointing to them while her
tears were OVERLOOKING and her heart was
nearly breaking she courageously said,
1.-THE owner has come today and reclaimed
these Jewels i'm our trust. From the Tai
mud i'm Minorah Monthly
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-01
Mystic Lodge. |. o. D. F., Of HancC ok
Flll work the second degree this eyenin, .
EDUCATING MUSCLES.
New Theory Propounded In Regard t.
Them.

New Theory Propounded In Regard to
Them.
And now comes u Russian professor
ith book Of his own making, in which
Is SHOWN that muscular exercise docs
NdeVelopmuscular strength where there
as none before. In short, Professor
lexis Horvath completely upsets the the
" tnat the absolute strength of muscles
pay be largely increased by exercise taken
mat purpose, says the Washington
ne contends that muscles are q gift of
azure ana that no amount of exercise can
On'ert acongenital weakling into an ath-
,e' ana strong man may preserve con.
rueraDle strength for many a long year
en IN the face of absolute physical exer-
On' The principal difference between a
IAN VINO exercises his muscles and one
w uoes not lies in the greater endurance
ne former. A regular course of gym
aSucs does, during the first weeks, in
'asc the muscle power by little, but
Improvement soon ceases, and the size
WI yne muscles changes very little
Inc beneficial effect of gymnastics and
,o "orh SHOWS itself principally in the
s",er staying power of the muscles.
~ ues1 means, Horvath thinks, for per.
~ns the muscles and giving them the
jSr ,lr 10 resist fatigue are oft repeated
ysuiulcal contractions He gives as n
n mOuo'.tiye example Of this theory the
Sra ~"ll heart' which, although it goe.
mSusn these contractions consecutiyely
s whole lifetime, never tires OF
$40 It's functions for minute.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-01
Cooking thermometers.

Cooking thermometers are rather expen-
sive-those of American manufacture cost
SO. 90 and imported thermometers s5-but
the sale of them is increasing. They are
made of porcelain and of iron. the stand
ard supporting the tube containing the
mercury inclining backward at an angle
from the base, SO that the marking can
be easily read. The scale is marked up &c
400 degrees and over, and the several prop
or cooking temperatures are set forth on
the thermometers as follows: Correct heat
for roasts i'm ovens: Pork, 800; veal, 800
beef, 3l0 mutton, 300. Correct heat toi
baking: Puff pastry, $40; bread, $40
pastry, 500; meat pics, 800 Cooking
thermometers arc sold for household us,
and for hotels and restaurants.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-01
MODERN JOURNALISM.
The Great Editor Has Given Place to the
Great business Manager.

The magnitude of the financial opera
tions of the newspaper is turning journal
ism upside down. There are still great
editors whose personalities make the sue
cess of their organs but, always few, the
number of them has not increased with
the multiplication of newspapers, and
even where they dominate they have to
leave to others the mass of detail that has
accumulated under and about the editorial
chair If the editor is the owner and has
business capacities, he is attracted down
stairs to the counting room. If he is deli
cient in executive ability, he has to engage
a man who has it, and the requirements
are such that the business manager, If fit,
is likely to have personality OF his own
SO strong indeed that he will demand "a
share in the property and the profits and
the policy.
Then, too, the old editors die. Their
heirs, seldom inheriting the brains with
the business, turn it over to a financial
manager to maintain it for the income he
can produce If there is no heir and the
property is sold, the price is so high that
business men who have become capitalists
in other businesses, not writer's, are best
able to acquire control j. Lincoln Stef-
fens in Scribners.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-01
EIGHT ON $40 A WEEK.
Feeding a Family at n Cost Of rs Cents .
Day For Each Person.

In The Ladies' Home Journal Mrs s.
T. Rorer tells how family of eight per-
sons can be fed-and well fed-at the ag-
gregate cost of $40 week She presents
bill of fare for each meal, with suggestions
for changing and varying them, and de-
tails how TO prepare the main dishes that
enter into her economical plan of supply
ing tie family table. "To carry out the
scheme, she says, "articles must be pur-
chased economically and no waste permit
ted. A table which is supplied for fam
lily of eight for so week must OF neces-
sity be plain but it may at the same time
not lack for variety or wholesomeness.
Sweetmeats and rich desserts must be
counted only as occasional luxuries, and
company dishes must be omitted alto
gether Meat. the most expensive food
item may be purchased in a much larger
quantity than is needed for single meal
and utilized French fashion. The poor and
middle classes of this country must learn
more about the food value of the legu-
mems, more about the proper preparation
of food, and last, but not least more about
the proper combinations of food. Avoid
the buying OF steaks, roasts and chops each
| week. 1t is an expensive household indeed
which has no rcrertory of cheaper dishes.
| A beef's heart or u praised calfs liver
makes an excellent and economical change.
Broiled sleeps kidneys, with a little ba-
con, give good breakfast at a cost of 10
cents Smothercd beef, which may be
made from the tough end of the rumr
steak, is appetzing, and only costs half the
price of an equal food value of tenderloin
steak.
"The housckeepcr should go to market
early and buy only the best materials
They keep longer and go further than the
| inferior ones, Perishable food should be
bought in small quantities two or three
times a week. Groceries enough to last ;
month should be laid in. Canned goods
and conserved sweets should be bough
sparingly. Meat is always II most cxren
sive article, and not n particle of it shoul'
be allowed to 20 TO waste.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-01
Ksunkocd.

ut was on one of my early trips, said
the conductor. a well dressed man got
on my car, and when | went to him Tor ms
fare he handed me So bill took the
bin and examined 1t pretty close, as al
ways do with big bills didnt have any
too much change, so held tho bill III my
hand and said, Haven't you anything
srnallery' The man said i don t think
SO. but he took the bill and crumplcd IL
up in his hard while he searched through
his pockets for smaller money iheh hc
shook his head and handed back the crum-
pied bill. | didn't look mt it again, out
stuck it in my pocket and counted out
s4.o5 change. Well, when l counted my
money at the end of the run found my
self Just 81 short Then tuinbled TO the
game. The sharper had clcvcrly changed
the flyer for one while he was looking
through his pockets, and simply bit IKE
n sucker But, say, you can bet won
bite again philadelphia Record
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-01
L.,rv Stark, of Ham
lock. Makes an AS
Segment.
.,.s rambIyn. the Assignee
,.,. creditors Were Inclined
GIVE mr. stark Time While
o,,.rs Pushed Him Hard.

], .man Stark, who has kept a cloth
and pentlemen's furnishing goods
:. ., the Pearce corner, Hancock, for
mast five years, made an assignment
,s p to james Tamblyn for the ben
,his creditors. The business had
getting into financial difficulties
rs;lo some of the creditors were IN
;, 20 give Mr.. Stark time, others
heg,uning to push hard for a settle
:, 81 there claims, and therefore the
i.rmput was made to enable all to
,hs same whack at what is left.
d, stark could not be seen Saturday.
cont ont OF town early in the day,
Mr. Tamblyn, the assignee, stated
!, the liabilities, as far as the list OF
sditors reported to him by Mr.. Stark
dicated. were $11,3Ss. An inventory
hen BY the proprietor just before the
.igoment ioots up $1,000. 1t includes
bouse and lot at Chassell, and house
Jacobsyille, Neither piece OF real
rate is worth much and the inventory
the goods left in the store ia consid
thigh. Mr. Tamblyn Is having an
lher inventory taken today.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-01
4 Trade secret

kor rAo y. 'eacher had been explaining TO the
rc sS oh TWO or three occasions during the
Ear so 'ne sources of our food supply and
Irat," s processes connected with the prep.
|be ' W., ~ certain products. At the end OF
Iion e'A nc held an elementary examina-
Rs r ~ see now much of the information
pupils had retained
wv WV, white, how is coffee prepared"
~ "I''e INJECTED about, but did not answer
klaimaal, n rather surprised at YOU" ex-
kon,s the teacher. IL Thought you
Sop ~ nave remembered that, being the
knowsn grocerl How is it you do not
bow bas,s, sir l do know" replied tho
Ne , ,a why don't you answerY" asked
pnce.n snarply come, answer at
f'Its us'n t." cried the boy desperately.
ma he secret secret of the trade, my father says,
h ~ VIII leather me II / telll''
~ passed over.-Pearson' Weekly.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-01
Economic Value of Animals.

The flies are among the most valuable
insect scavengers The spiders prey upon
flies holding them in check. The silk Of
the spider is used rs cross line in astro-
nomical Instruments and that of n Ber-
muda species as sewing silk. Bridge
makers have obtained valuable sugges-
tions from these silent workers, from
whose web one of the kings of France Is
said to have made a coat Grasshoppers
and locusts are enemies of civilized man,
but are eaten by the Indians, while In the
Malay country the dragon fly is considered
q delicacy.-C. f. Holder in Popular Sci
encc Monthly
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-01

| The Ladies' Ideal Club will give their
lat party this season at st. Patrick 3
! Jail next Wednesday evening. Weismil-
RS orchestra will furnish the music.
he parties given by these ladies 10 the
bet have been delightfully."- informal and
ecame very popular among the young
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-01

Florist A. M. York had among his dis
|ay Saturday number OF Yellow chrys-
btbemums. The white ones are more
Ammop in his stock and therefore the
blow ones attracted considerable at
Sution. Next year Mr.. York says he
/ m be in shape TO grow them in his own
<sanhouspa
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-01
nansctinns of a Bostonian.

At the menagerie there is universal
laugh on the faces of the people about the
monkeys cage, while there is a look OF
sadness upon each simian visage. Can II
he that while the monkey only appears
funny to mankind the contemplation OF
mankind fills the monkey soul with sor
rowY-Boston Transcript.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-01

In the ninth century they began to shoe
horses, but, strange to say, only in time OF
frost. King William introduced horse
shooting into England, and six horseshocs
are on the coat of arms Of the man TO
whom William gave vast estates for caring
for his horses in this way.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-01
An Expert Accountant.

"Do you not think, Miss Smiles" he
pleadcd, that in time you might learn to
love mef" -
POSSIBLY, the girl replied. If you
could render me a statement OF what you
ara worth, Mr. Giles, might learn to love
YOU. I'm very quick at figures. London
Fun.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-01
Good Reason.

Doctor Gust arrived at the scene of the
accident) What on earth are you holding
his nose fory
Pat (knceling beside the victim)-So his
breath won't leave his body, of course
London Fun.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-01

TIE case OF Mrs. Schoepper VS. the Han
bck chemical company will not be tried
/ this term OF court, q con enhance hav-
bg been asked for by the plaintiff.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-01

Three car loads of machinery from the
land Drill company for the Wolverine
lining company arrived Saturday. The
bipment consisted OF the material for q
bmpressor.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-01
usavv Death Rate In cities.

The city having the greatest death rate
in the world is Reins. Germany the pro-
portion being 2S. 90 per l,UOo In each year
Dublin follows with 27.O5 and New YORK
with 26 AZ
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-01

Miss Elsie Colds worthy returned to
|essemer Saturday to resume his place
J the schools, the epidemic that caused
ber close having come to an end.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-01

N. D. Crawford, OF Oshkosh, special
gent OF the Etna life insurance COM
AMY, arrived here Saturday.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-03-12
THOUSANDS WILLING


Bat Few WnI BE ChOGen- Cleveland Has
IaFt EVerythIHg Covered by Civil ser.
VICr--NVCst VIrgInlAns IW Washington.
Special Dispatch 10 the IntellIGencGr,
WASHINGTON, d. c., March 1.-THE
week intervening between the close OF
the senate executive session nnd the be-
ginning of the Fifty-nfth Congress is
being utilized by members OF Congress
In pressing the claims OF aspIrants for
the coveted positions in the government
service. AS ut the beginning OF every
new administration there are numerous
candidates, but unlike similar oCca-
sIons In the past there are very few
gifts to dispense. Every avenue for pre-
ferment. except In the more prominent
places, seems TO have been etrecually
closed by President Cleveland, and the
cxpecinnt Republicans find themselves
confronted by Chinese wall upon each
approach to the departmental service.
1t may be stated as sample that
there are three thousand applications
In the hands OF Secretary Alger, pre-
scnted before the fact became known
that hc has not single office TO bestow.
He has had each letter answered. In
forming The applicant thnt entrance to
the department can only be had through
the civIl service channel There are
some good places, but these will not be
filled for several days, except in cases
where TO defer will cause cmbarrns-
mOnt.
The heads OF departments receive
hundreds OF calls daily, many persons
dropping In TO pay respects only, while
others are backing their own or some
other application by personal appeal
There Is quite sprInkllng Of West Vir-
Ginla Republicans in town, some OF them
expecting appointments.
The list as gathered at the various
hotels IL az follows:
F. c. Reynolds, keyser: j.. II, Fitch,
Huntington; A. o. Petty, Charleston;
c. d. Elliott, BraXton county; EdItor
John L. Eehr. Charleston; Editor J. J.
Peterson, Huntington; Delegate y. c.
Cline and. several others.
The hotel registers also show these
names. oil OF West Virginia, j. Q. Lit
tlepage and wife. OF Anderson; i, NJ
Mason, jr, Charleston: c. H., Knott.
Jefferson county: G. Phall, u. G. Pier
son, ], J. FItZ and J. II. Dixon.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-03-12

NEW YORK, March 1.-THE police
to-day arrested William Carroll Wood
ward. alias MusGrave, alias Hawley.
and woman who gave her name as
Jennie Sankey. They arc wanted In
Philadelphia on charge Of robbtng
jeweler there Of $1,000 worth Of jewelry.
They were arraigned and remanded and
the Philadelphia police notified. The
police say that Woodward IS a profes-
sloual swIndler, gold brick schemer'
bunco man, and a worker OF confidence
games OF every known variety; man
who always goes in for big money and
is SO clever that he has never been
convicted.
They assert that he has been engag-
ed in Ccylon, India, swindling In south
Africa, assault and swIndling in Eng
land, and that he Is known as cTim-
Inal in all the big cities Of the eastern
and western hemispheres.
After a series OF crimes in this coun-
try with the assistance of the notorious
burglar, Frank THrbox, Woodward, ac-
cordlng to the police, went to Europe.
Tarbox accompanied him and the pair
went TO the fashionable West End Of
London, where they lived In style In
Stanhope Gardens, South KensIngton'
Woodward passing as the Hon. Willard
Musgrove. Il rich American senator. lie
gained admittauce to fashionable So
cIety and good clubs, robbIng everyone
with whom he came in contact. In the
clubs he made large sums OF money
by swiuditns at cards.
woodward was once denounced in the
West End club. after his reputation had
become unsavory. Then he and TarboX
InyeigIrd Arthur COckbuTn ana Al
fred Suvffte, the men who had denounc-
ed them in the club, to their rooms
locked the doors and then set upon
them with broadswords. The two Grim"
inals succeeded In escaping from Eng"
land, leaving their victims Tor hehh
woodward went to Ceylon. India,
where he swlndled native ruby mer-
chant out OF 500. 900 worth Ot gems. he
returned to this country when INDIA
became too hot Tor him.
Not long ago he was living IN New
Rochelle. He got mixed up while there
in n lawsuit, instituted against the Gar
field National bank, of this city. The
trouble was over money pnld to HIN by
a well known man OF TINS City. He de-
posted $1,000 OF the amount secured In
the Garfield National bunk The man
learned that the money was In the bank
and his lawyers made an effort to at
taCh It. Woodward turned his claim
over TO a friend named Jarvis. Pay
ment 0f the money was stopped. and
Jarvis took the case to the courts and
won by default.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-03-12
OFFICIALS ARE sILEN1,
Hat the indications are That the MAJ
land steel Plant WIN Resume In F1l

Hat the indications are That the Mary
land steel Plant VIII Resume In Fail.
BALTIMORE, Md. March 1.-THE
officials of the Maryland Steel Works
to-day declined TO confirm to the ac-
cur7lcy OF the dispatch from Harrisburg
concerning steel billets. and the agree
ment between the Carnegie and Penn
sylvanIaWOrks,
1t is fact, however that prepara-
tlons are being made TO resume work
In all the departments Of the great
plant. Furnace b. will start up to-
morrow ami It is expected that furnace
b will shortly be blown in. The steel
rail- mills which have been idle since
1882 win resume operations in the
spring probably in May.
The company has been importing IRON
ore from Cuba for several months, and
now has heavy stock on hand. II Is
known that the company has booked
some large orders for steel rails since
the collapse OF the rail- pool, and u Is
believed that President Woods Trip
abroad will be productive OF consit-
cradle foreign business.
A force OF about 5000 men VIII De
given work when the plant resumes
operations In full. About 800 men VIII
be taken on tomorrow.