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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-11
FIRES IN JAPAN
But For Open Spaces the Japanese Cities
Would Burn Up.

Itut TOT open opacts tnc Odp0uese Sittc0
Would Burn Up.
One of the quaintest sights in Japan
is fire. Hundreds OF houses are often
burned in tho space of few hours, and
little or nothing car be- lone to stop the
progress of the flames. especially on a
windy day. If you except the roof, which
is made of tiles, Japanese houses are
built entirely of straw wood, bamboo
and paper. In the poorer districts houses
are packed close together, and therefore
if one happens to catch fire sometimes
the whole street is burned down with
incredible rapidity, and the fire only
stops at some open space where it can
not possibly spread further. It's not un-
usual in Tokyo or some Of the larger
towns to hear of thousand or even
more houses having been destroyed in
an afternoon or during the night
No one is more afraid of fires than the
Japanese, and high ladders are posted at
short intervals all over the towns and in
al the larger villages. on the top of
which ladders Waterman sits all night
and in case Of fire rings large bell
hanging from the top II rung at long
intervals, the fire is distant, and one
need not worry oneself about turning
out Of ones fountangs. II rung little
quicker, the fire is not far, but there
need be no apprehension. But if the bell
is vigorously and quickly tolled then
You may as we'll say goodby to your
house, because In perhaps few minutes
it will be- reduced to mass of ashes
The Japanese are wonderful at turn
ing out at all hours Of the night, even
for going to look at fire, and men. wo-
men and children in the coolest nights
in winter think nothing of walking five
or six miles to go and look at q big
blaze. If the fire happens to be near, the
excitement increases in proportion to the
probability of ones house being burned
down. You see people half scared and
screaming, getting water wherever they
can in pals, wash basins. tubs or any
thing they can lay hold of and throw
ing it all over the woodwork so as to
diminish the chances of its catching fire.
Then as the fire draws nearer. and the
only water available has already been
consumed, the process of saving what
one can is put into practice. The amido,
or wooden shutters, and the sholjis. pa
per walls, are quickly taken down and
brought into safe place; the mats are
lifted out of their places, and with the
few articles of furniture are quickly re-
moved. SO that when the fire comes it
only DESTROYS the wooden frame of the
house and the roof That is all 1t is
seldom that life is lost in these fires, ex-
cept sometimes when children or old
people are unable to move, and once
surrounded by flames they cannot be
reached and often perish Tokyo Let
for
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-11
THE ouele e-e
f,e Is the Foundation, the Life and Soul
OF IA Hive Colony.

| OF Hive Colony.
Aqneen bee is essential to the colony
She is readily picked out, but by close
observer by her great length. She lives
generally for about five years, but her
term of life varies in different individ-
uals from two 10 five or six aud in rare
instances even to seven years. A queen
is fed with the daintiest and best all
| TIN ough her embryo stage, and when
Matched comes out full queen. If any
other queen is hatched--and sometimes
one or two more are, pretty soon after
| the rightful ruler assails the rival claim
ant in life and death battle, the
'stinger" being piled vigorously like a
death dealing sword by both contestants,
while the hive looks on in mute interest
to see the issue of the battle. This is al
most decided in favor of the assailant.
She is then the undisputed queen and
is so regarded. Yet the great company
of workers" are in some senses the real
governors, and the hive is great social
democracy II by any mischance the
queen is killed, then the ''workers"-
who are undeveloped females-go to
work to produce a new one. The egg
they select for the trial is attended to
with the same care, and the embryo bee
is fed with the same selected food. as in
the case of the egg that had produced
the legitimate queen. 1t makes queen,
and she serves in that capacity. t"
Except In swarming time, the queen
never leaves the hive. only on the one
occasion Of her bridal tour Selecting
some one for her husband, she invites
him out to go with her-and their con-
nubial relations are carried on entirely
while on the wing in the air-like the
chimney swallows The bridegroom
never returns He drops dead. and the
queen returns from her one and only
aerial excursion n fully formulated bee,
ready to begin her great life work Of
egg laying. Some days she will lay as
many as 2. 900 eggs; in all. about 30, 900
eggs
In "swarming" large part Of the
whole crowd goes out. They leave be-
hind the remains Of the old colony,
which had grown TOO numerous, thus
compelling the "swarming" or seeking
new home by a great part of the hive.
The queen goes with the swarmers, and
here they follow closely. If she alights
on a branch or other place, they all set
tie there, clinging closely together in
great mass. by much the same method
as mass of burdock burs will stick to-
gether, and the farmers wife and "all
hands" used to bang away ON tin pans
to govern the movements of the swarm
by fright if possible.
So close does the swarm follow the
queen that when once in flying over a
lake the queen became weary and drop
ped into the water every bee went down
with her to death by drowning.-New
York Dispatch.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-11
HoraenoNar.

The difference between nominal, in
dicated and effective horsepower often
puzzles people Nominal horsepower is
an assumed quantity, used for the con.
venience of makers and buyers in do.
scribing the dimensions of the engines.
Indicated horsepower is the amount
Shown BY computations Of the indicator
diagram. Efective or actual hossspow.
g 10 the work IN engine can do & the
danersnoe between tho indicsbed bore
pow@ md ths horsepowss rsqulssd 20
esays The engine when unloaded New
Yeek Tribune
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-11
THE CONFIDENTIAL PAPER.
The Briton Complains, Praises and Scoids
In His Daily journal.

In HIS Daily journal.
The newspaper is member of the
family in England and regularly comes
to breakfast with the other members
The London Times is kind of olde st
jolly bachelor uncle, who makes occa.
sional visits. Englishmen take their
newspapers into their confidence and
have half way of writing to them on
all sorts of subjects If an Englishman
rows down the Thames and stops for
luncheon at an inn and is overcharged,
he writes to his newspaper, just as lit
tie boy runs in to complain to his
mamma of the rough treatment of his
playmates, and later OH the first letter
is followed by others, in which the COM
parative merits and cost of light lunch
cons Oh the continent, in Seringapa-
tam, In Kamchatka and everywhere
else where Englishmen have eaten and
drunk-and where have they not done
these?-is discussed au fond. If horses
stumble and fall in Rotten row, there
are letters on the subject which go into
the matter of BODYBUILDING, modern
Workmanship and the like, with quota
tions from Virgil and anecdotes of acct
dents that happened half century ago.
Not only the more serious weekly, but
also the daily newspapers, give one tho
impression that they feel themselves TO
some extent responsible for the contem-
porary auditing Of the accounts of the
day OF Judgment On the other hand,
the better class of English newspapers
do not indulge in rash suggestions,
hasty congratulations, uncertain guesses
at probable future happenings and the
daily exploitation Of the personal affairs
OF notorious nobodies. And one may
be permitted to say diffidently that per-
haps this is preferable. II Mr.. Balfour
for example, were to 90 abroad for a
holiday, it would be considered vulgar
to chronicle his doings and dinings and
absolutely brutal and boorish to write
particulars of the dress and behavior of
his sister, or his wife, If he had one.
The sense of fair play of q nation of
sportsmen does not permit an editor to
torment even his enemy from behind
woman's pettiooats Price Collier in
Forum
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-11
Shakespeare and Bacon.

A famous historian well known per-
sonally in Boston told the following
story when he was asked what he
thought of the Shakespeare Bacon con-
troversy: 81 was once Librarian in a
small town, and it was my custom to
catalogue books on the real meaning of
Daniel, astrology, modern spiritualism,
etc., under the general head Insane
Literature. When any volume written
in support Of the NBaconian theory ap.
peared, catalogued it under tho same
head. boston Journal.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-11
Appetixera.

Pickled olives are a tonic for the
nerves. as is celery. While the latter is
an excellent digester and should be- sup
piled In crisp tender pieces to those
whose digestion is faulty, yet every.
where 1t is an excellent appetizer.
Among other healthful appetizers water
crosses are in the very front rank. All
green's are antiscorbutic, but water
dresses are especially valuable for this
reason. New York Dispatch.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-11
PLAGUE AND FAulr,
p.e Awful Suffering and
Roll In Unhao 'nole

p.e Awful SUFFERING
M, Roll In Unhappy Isal ''
The year 1897 will be mug
annals of India. Her w J uarN one
acourged with the buboni sc' !, og
"black death" of the fou,,u c plague
and the drought which last t, wy. :
vast area of the peninsula y ss paw
desperately the food supply ~ us' s ND
lions OF natives. The pe si n many =
Bombay is that same e's Sh as
which, radiating from it, I q
Euphrates valley, DESTROYED s n.as
100000 of Asiatics in one t ,',
ana penetrated so far west :, slros
take off 100000 Of that city, Iona
It's most distinctive symptom |, l'pal
swelling in the groin. A tea,,1n'
proportion Of cases ara tata,
from Bombay are curiouslv I iDs.,,.
at tho time this was written quay
been no mortality comparable !, 'a u
ages OF the disease in the mIdds
total number of deaths in ,ha .,t
still under 5000. The phpus .s y.
directly dependent on sanisry sas,
and standards OF nutrition. W.
week the general mortaliyo, tss y
TO 90 In each 1000 Of pcuulstIos :
found that the better fed Par !.
uted only about 80 from / ,OON z,
still higher stands Of lIyino ,, !.
foreign colony brought la ous ,' y
IL In 1000. Indeed the most .s,u'
feature of both the plague and tsm,,
have overtaken the Hindoo h ths'
fectiveness as compared with lIsadI.
In former periods, before The EnslI.
introduced some semblance Of 4,
methods among this vast and bsrl.
pie. 1t is good thing to thlpkS
we are tempted to symmthlp via
da's" arraignment Of civilization |,
It's works.
1t Is just these inartistic Nmlt
British and their occupancy Of he 4
empire that have succeeded IN N
about this epidemic 50 that II i,@
almost entirely to the city Of Bomb
displays mildness even them
scarcely lets 1t be recognized as tie
stroying pestilence Of former cen,
Cle6ner houses, more nourishinQ ioo
ter habits, but, above all, the pure
which the English have brought nd
polluted sources and their vastly Wind
systems of sewage and street cleanI1
to be thanked for this. Still the ms
no bagatelle. The nativesar 20 thor
frightened that 1t Is said 200, 900 bsj
from the city, and the slow but
sure encroachments Of the disease
the gravest apprehensions in the ws
The resources of civilization are
before the approach Of famine, and
the beginning a far more extensive
ity. India has suffered from short
before, but never to such sdegrs
year. The deadly drought Of 1885, .
confined TO some one region, came
whole great peninsula, from the h
vas south to the ocean and from q
to Bombay. IL is difficult 10 see ho'
can be grown to bring any alleyai
1897, In the one province Of Jal
with a population of some S,OOO'e0
persons have persisted Of star'a1
weakness, if press dispatches arto
lieved. OF course the English have
oughly organized relief system al
railroads and steamships Of this gene
render possible very large and quleA
of supplies, but there are great ~
of natives living at a distancen
transportation lines, and the wp
ness of the demand is taxing seven
work of rescue. March Scrlbners
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-11

Miss Ada Ward. a young arl'
promise. who concluded a ior'
engagement at the Princess 'nea
Portsmouth. England, taking 'n'
roles in East Lynne" and "A y
Wife" has created a sensation y
ing the Salvation Army
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-11
Warned my Time.

William. said Mrs, Youngwife from
the head OF the stairs to her husband,
who had come home at an early hour in
the morning, there is some Of my home
made cake in the pantry, a new kind
that made today. I put It where you
can easily find il.
"Ali right, dear, "' responded Mr..
Youngwifa How oonsfderAte Of you'll
might have esten como 20 Il without
thinking !" And the kfSGyful husband
made I. : snppsr q oold $50 \ irHiiadsl-
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-11

A genius has arrived at the conclusion
that gold coin passes from one to an.
other 1000. 900. 600 tiraes before the
stamp or impression upon 1t becomes OBJ
liberated by friction.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-11

Z The battle Of Barnet was one Of the
most decisive ever fought Il was in
i47l and oloeed the ego Of baron rule
= Gngiand
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-11

A Kansas legislator has
bill making the ten colI'l''~'--'
part of the criminal code
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-11

Psscagouix ne nsnis de Aaisisssprl
eSvss, means Ne Bread kstion.s'
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-20
Court or appeals Calendar for Monday.

ALBANY, Nov. 19.-The Court Of Appeals will
convene on Monday. and next Tuesday a num-
Der of decisions will be handed down. The Court
will adjourn over Thanksgiving, from next
Wednesday until the following Monday. The
motion calendar for Monday is:
Nos, 1897, People ex rel. DAILY vs.. town OF Graves.
end il+o. People eI rel. Barney vs.. Tax Commission
ersi ll44, in re Moehrlng; ll+6. Baxter We. Melon
nell; lll9. People ex rel. Brooklyn City Railroad vs..
assessors OF Brooklyni 1923, People cr rel. Coney
Island Railroad vs.. assessors Of brooklyn; 1924. Peo-
pie ex rel. Malcolm Brewing Company VS.. assessors
ellis and another VS.. ellis and others; 1850. In re
Pye and others W.; Van Houten, llbo. in re WEIGH;
llb7, in 70 Adams VS.. supervisors OF Monroe
county; ll64. People cx rel, Maslcrson VS., Martin at
al Folice commissioning llbe. plkman as receiver
vs.. koeney and others (BinnsJ; 100. People OK rel,
kasschau vs.. Roosevelt and others; llol. In re
Wakeley VI. Mclntyrc aud Others, supervisors; hog.
In 70 acquiring title by Mayer. &c, OF New York
iloa In 70 application OF Palmer, Comptroller; 1909,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-20
4 MISSION AMONG FIREMEN.
Novel Field or Work OF Ono or the Deaconn OF
Grace Church.

Novel Field or Work of Ono or the Deaconn OF
Grace Church.
1t 10 not generally known. except among the
fremen, that one of the most enthusiastic fire.
goers In this city Is tho Rev. James lie Baron
Johnson, one of the dcacons OF Grace Church.
In his room in tho parish house of Grace Chapel
in East Fourteenth street he has a regular Ere
alarm gong. In the last number of tho Church
Economist Mr.. johnson says of his interest in
the Fire Department:
Marrow church people regard my association
with the tremen and my working methods as
unworthy of a deacon OF the Church preparing
for the priesthood. But ] am cheered by the
hearty cooperation and approval Of my Bishop
and my rector. do not hesitate to leave tho
door of Grace Church for the step of a truck II
there be need. know of but one other Jealous
worker among tiremen in New York city. He is
a priest of the Roman Catholic Church. We are
on the best Of terms and work without friction
though our methods are dissimilnr, he prefer.
ring aggressive PROSECUTING. We both are en-
rolled honorary members Of the Firemen's
flns t ba BGnsy q, ri er Association. and wear
Mr.. johnson is a son of Archdeacon Johnson
Of in 81 county, and while he was in bust.
of the Fire Depsrtmentthore Mr.. johnson came
back to New York in 1892 with, letters from
friendship. OF CHIEF Hugh Bonner. The Chief
GRANTED r ted him hi nj the g privilege rn y &c Of ri riding to a fire on
any apparatus "ontroileu Dy his department.
Mr.. johnson then set out to make tho ac-
quaintance of the men in the Fire Department
that he might later interest them In his teach
ing. The majority Of the f1remen are Roman
Catholics. and Mr.. johnson makes only casual
references to religious affairs In his CONVERSE
diaconate In 1896. He made the rounds OF all
Of the frehouses, and whenever he was able
men on tho truck. In this way he was able
to form Friendships with the men. Mr.. johnson
acted rs entertainment manager for a number
NJ rOrnpaniPs laat winter. Hp 6pvisn6 fpruna pr
amusement. secured the services of musical
people to sing, and in other ways added to the
pleasure of his friends. the tiremen. He has
conducted several funerals and one marriage in
the department.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-20
BRYAN TALKS At ST. LOUIS.
He says tho Elections show the Swing or tho
Pendulum Toward silver.

ST. LOUIS, Nov. 19.-William j. Bryan spoke
to 6 900 persons at Exposition Music Hall to-
night about the free coinage Of silver and the
political events that have occurred since the
last Presidential election.
The hall was jammed to suffocation and
many persons were turned away. Bryan was
the guest of the leading local Democratic organ.
~ization. the Jefferson Club. He will leave to-
morrow.
To-day he conferred with George p. Keeney,
President of the National Association of Silver
Clubs. The conference was to discuss methods
of rendering as effective as possible the cam
paiRn for free coinage between now and the next
Democratic National Convention.
After the gathering at Music Hall had dis
persed Mr.. Bryan was the guest OF honor at the
Jefferson Club quarters. where a number Of
prominent Missouri Democrats assembled.
In his speech tonight Mr.. Bryan called atten-
ton to the elections held this month, and urged
that they indicated the swing of tho pendulum
toward tho cause Of the Democratic pnrty as
enunciated in the Chicago platform. He dis
cussed the Rreenback question and reiterated
the arguments he has hitherto, made on the
various phases of tho financial problem, de-
claring that the Republican policy OF delay is
proof Of the party's insincerity In its promises
of bimetallism.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-20
TEE RICHMOND BOROUGH FIGHT.
DR.. Pesny Prevents the hoard Of CanVns'ers
from Issuing a Certificate to Cromwell.

Or. Pesny Prsvents the hoard Of CanVnssers
from Issuing n Certificate to Cromwell.
A mandamus was served upon the Board OF
Canvassers of Richmond county yesterday or
dorins them to show cause before Justice Mar
tin j. Keogh of the Supreme Court, In white
Plains. at 1890 A. NJ. to-day, why they should
not count certain ballots cast In the last elec-
tion for DR.. John l.. Feeny, tho Democratic
candidate for President of tho Borough. Tho
order follows the hot contest for the office be-
tween DIR. Fccny and George Cromwell, the
Republican candidate. The face of the returns
gives Mr., Cromwell three majority.
The order was served on the Board or Can
ynsscrs when they organized In tho Court
House at Richmond at noon. 1t was expected
that Mr.. Cromwell would receive. the ce.tif.
cate unless the Democrats onjoined tho board.
The board decided to adjourn until Tuesday
afternoon and in the meantime appear In court
Tho application for the mandaInus was made
by DIR. Feeny, who alleges that about 500 bal
lots were held by the inspectors of Election In
the various districts to BIO void and about sixty
were. protested as marked for Identification
by the inspectors. DR.. Feeny declares that
many OF tho ballots declared void were good
and were cast in his favor and that they were
not Endorsed on the back with the reason Tor
being protested. In conclusion he asks that n
recount be made in the various districts where
these ballots were cast. asserting that In his
belief such a recount would give him n large
majority over his opponent, Mr.. Cromwell.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-20
HERE'S -FOUR SHIP, CAPT. HoWEs
Tive Ends to the Warn or tho Dereliet Mat
thew vassnr. Jr.

w AAub - a. NFh - " DCEVibCt -
thew vassnr. Jr.
The tug Robert Haddon. while cruising off
Long Branch on Thursday, fell in with the two
masted schooner Matthew Vassar, Jr., water
logged and abandoned. Capt. Harrington OF the
Haddon made a line fast to the derelict and
towed her to this port, docking her at tho foot
Of Eleventh street, Hoboken. There was q big
hole In the schooner's port bow. Her skipper,
Capt. Howes, who is also her chief owner, his
She sailed from Norfolk on Nov. IL with n cargo
of lumber consigned to the New Rochelle Coal
and Lumber Company.
She was the schooner that was passed about
ten miles north OF Barnegat on Wednesday by
the steamship Holstein. which reported that
another schooner was anchored near the dis
abled one, which had carried away her foretop.
mast and whose decks were covered with water.
The men OF the schooner were then jettisoning
her deckload OF lumber. Capt. Harrington and
the crew Of the Haddon will win about 81 900 in
salvage. The hole in the schooner's bow was
doublless caused. by the lumber in the hold
working loose and forcing its way out.
NEWPORT, NEWS. Nov. l9.-Thc schooner
Childe Harold, Capt. John Sweony, arrived this
afternoon from Boston with the crew OF tho
schooner Matthew Vassar, Jr, Capt. William
Howes. The Nassar left Norfolk last Friday
with q cargo of lumber for New York. Last
Tuesday she spTang q large leak during a gale
wife on, board. and she made her escape from
tho cabin in hcr husbands clothing. Being
lumber laden, the schooner did moi sink, but the
waves broke over her, drenching those on board.
hours Capt. and Mrs. IIowes and the crew of
four men were rescued by the Childe Harold.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-20
SHOT BY
A Man Acquitted or Iucendiarism IL Fatally
Hurt by o Mob.

Hurt by o Mob.
LIBERTY. Mo-. Nov. 19.-silas D. Fargo. ao-
quilted this week of incendiarism. was fatally
shot at his homo last night by a party of vigil
lantes. Fargo and his wife and child have been
living with his father-in-law. William Yates,
In Happy Hollow. In June last he declared.
at Fon du Lac. Wis. that he had burned tho
carriage factory here OF John J. Law. After
ward, however, he denied having committed
the deed.
Last night William Yates was awakened by
the tramplng of many horses outside his homo.
Before he could arise the door was broken open
asked for Fargo and Mrs. Yates told them he
was upstairs. A narrow stairway leads to the
second story, and up the vigilantes filed. Tom
Yates, a young man. was in tho room to which
the staircase leads. He was covered with a
pistol and was asked If he was Fargo.
A door leading into the next room was sud
denly opened and Fargo stuck out his head.
Keep out of here" he said to the vigilantes.
Then he closed the door. Two shots were fired
through the pine panel against which Fargo
was pressing. One Of the bullets entered his
breast and penetrated tho lobe of the left lung.
Fargo reeled and fell across the bed. The door
was pushed open, and three of the Nigilantcs
entered.
They struck him repeatedly with the butt ends
Of their pistols and then left him covered with
blood. Fargo revived later. He says he re-
marked to the men: Gentlemen, ] know you
all" and that this is why they sought to kill
| him. There were fully 100 vigilantcs around
the house. Fargo says tho story he told at Fon
du Lac was given in order to secure Transports.
ton back to his family.