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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-30
The Sultan and Electr;c,,v

Inc sultan seems to have a curious
mingled liking for and dread of cleo
triclty. Mr.. Burgin tells in Cosselrs
Magazine that some years ago he caused
10 DC erected in the grounds of Yild;z
Kiosk small theater lighted by incan.
aescent lamps. One day he saw the
workmen trenching the walls in order
70 bury the wires leading from the on
gine room to the theater and stonnod
the work, insisting that the wires
should all be placed in sight ON noles
as he feared that otherwise thew NIGH
DC used to produce an explosion He
nad also an electrical boat ON a small
,ake, an English dogcart driven bv oloc-
.rlcity, and tiny electrical tramcar
Upholstered in blue satin and cold
"hich runs in a circle. 1t is said tbat
ne mas never yet ventured inside anv 20
,nese vehicles, and also that he has for-
piuuen the use Of telephones in Con.
s,antlnople lest murderous consnirac;os
should be devised over the wires
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-30
A DUEL WITH BIG GUNS.
A Stirring and Chival rous Incident of Il
Crimean War.

A Stirring and Chiva rous Incident of the
Crimean War.
The following story of the Crimean
war is going the rounds of the British
press One day the Russians sent mes
sage to the English at the time flag of
truce was flying.
Your 5S FOUNDER gum" said the
bearer, (which your people call Jenny,
is beautiful gun, but we think we
have one as good. We should like to
have fair duel with her,
The challenge was accepted, and ev-
erything arranged for IL o'clock next
day. When the time arrived, all the bat
teries ceased firing, and the two armies
looked ON.
Sour sailors gun detachment, says
Sir Daniel Lyons, mounted on the para
pet and took off their hats, saluting the
Russians. The Russians returned the
compliment. The English gun was
given the first shot as the senior gun. IT
struck the side of the embrasure. Then
they fired--a very good shot too.
"The third shot from Jenny went
clean through the Russian embrasure
and up went two gabions. The blue
jackets jumped up on their parapet and
cheered, thinking they had beaten their
opponent. Not bit A minute after
ward down went the gabions and out
came the Russian gun again.
"Several more shots were fired from
both sides, all very good ones. Jenny
got a nasty thump, but it did her no
harm. At length, think after the sew
enth shot from our side, we saw the
Russian gun clean knocked over
"Our fellows cheered vociferously,
and the Russians mounted the parapet
and took off their hats in acknowledge
ment Of their defeat. All the batteries
then opened again. Thus ended the
great DUEL
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-30
Making Change For Two rin-.

II was only little 81. so goldpiece,
but il is surprising the amount of trou-
BILE little thing can sometimes make
The young man had handed it to the
cashier in the restaurant and was wait
ing for his change, while behind him
were two or three other people waiting
for him 20 get out Of the way.
But cashiers are methodical. and. fur
thermore, nine-tenths Of them have one
certain way Of making change that in
wolves dealing in even dollars. as gem
eral thing. No matter what the size Of
the bill, they take the amount Of the
purchase ont of the first dollar, If il Is
below that figure, and then hand over
the rest Of the money in dollars or bills
of larger denomination.
That was what puzzled this cashier.
"Oh! Two dollars and halfr' she
said, while she was trying TO make a
mental calculation, according 10 her
usual system.
That's what it is" replied the
young man.
"Of course" she returned, slipping
il into the drawer. "Cbeck, 40 cents,
and she counted out 60 cents in order 70
get ON the dollar basis as soon as posi-
BILE, after her usual fashion. lone dol
lar, two dollars, three dollars-no,
that's not right.
She was red in the face as she drew
the money back and began over again,
realizing that the paltry half dollar in
the goldpiece had thrown her financial |
system out of order.
She made three trials before she got |
the right amount of change on the conn
ter, and-well, if you don't believe that
, So. 80 goldpiece will knock out the
average lightning change" cashier, try
il some time and you will be convinced.
Chicago Post.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-30
why He Was Asitated.

A Scotch tradesman, who had amass-
ed, as he believed, $4,000, was surpris-
ed at his old clerk showing by balance
sheet that his fortune was sc, 200. at
Gamma be; count again, said the old
man. The clerk did count again, and
again declared the balance to be sc, 000
The master himself counted, and he
also brought out a clear balance of &C., :
600. Time after time he cast up the col
umns it was still g, and not a A.,
that rewarded his labors. So the old
merchant, on the strength of his good
fortune, modernized his house and put
money IN the purse Of the carpenter, the
painter and the upholsterer. Still, how
ever, he had lurking doubt Of the ex-
istence of the extra 60, 000 so one win
ter night he sat down TO give the col
umns lone count more.
AT the close of his task he jumped up
as though he had been galvanized, and
rushed out in shower Of rain to the
house of the clerk, who, capped and
drowsy, put out his head from an attic
window at the sound of the knocker
mumbling, "Who's there, and what
dye want?" "Me, ye scoundrelr' ex-
claimed his employer. "Ye've added
the year of our Lord amang the poems I"
Scotsman.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-30
She Was Not Booky.

They were standing close by one Of
the bookcases up at the library. He
was thin and studiCus looking, and she
was buxom and brainless, but evidently
bent on impressing her escort. "How
do you like People We Pass?' he ask
ed as he turned over the leaves Of a
book Of stories of life among the masses
Of New York city. well, you know, T"
she began, Il really don't pay much at
tention TO them unless l see IA real hand
some dress, or some man more distin-
guished than another. l expect am
rather needless, " she added hurriedly,
as she saw tired look come into his
face. Then he picked up another book.
Il am extremely fond of Beauties Of
Ruskin, aren't your" Indeed am, :"
she replied heartily, feeling that she was
at last on safe ground. "But / don't
know yet which l most admire-his
eyes or his hairp' And then he said,
Lets 60 Washington Star.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-30
Enerson's Wi, and uumor.

There never could be born man es-
sentially great who did net like to laugh
or TO make mt least others smile. Even
Schopenhauer and Nietzche could crack
their grim jokes. There is nothing in
compatible in that drollery which EN-
erson ut times INDUCED in. In The Fo-
rum Mr.. Henry d. Lloyd thus descants
on Emerson:
A pleasantly recorded of him is q
story he told Of IA friend who carried "a
horsechestnut to protect him from rheu-
matism. He has never had it since
he began to carry it, and indeed it ap-
pears to have had retrospective opera
ton, for he never had it before" An
English friend tells me that while with
Mr.. Emerson in his garden discussing
some problem of life Mrs. Emerson call
ed to him for some wood. Emerson went
to the wood pile. When he came back,
he said, with his wonderful smile,
Now, we will return to the real
things"
When Oliver Wendell Holmes asked
him if he had any manual dexterity, he
illustrated his want of it by replying
that he could split single four ways
with one nail, which" says DR..
Holmes, las the intention is not to
split it at all in fastening it to the roof,
l took TO be a confession of inaptitude
for mechanical work " In later years
he lost his memory of the names of
things Once he wanted his umbrella,
IL .
got around the difficulty II can't tell
its name but | can tell its history
Strangers take it away His daughter
ran in one day to ask who should be in
vited to join their berry picking party
'All the children, he said, from &
years to 90 F"
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-30
Modern Pilgrims-

"Yes, Dusty" declared Weary Wag.
giles reflectively as he regretfully laid
down the tomato can which he had
drained of its contents to the last dron
"a genius mnst be dead many years to
be appreciated
Huh, replied Dusty, who was
wanting in the ability to express his
thoughts with the elegant grace of his
fellow wanderer.
Nov, there's them pilgrim fathers
that you hear people making so much
fuss about. Do you know what they
are?'
Dunno as 1 does.
mo, of course not. You see, You
haven't such a good education as this
here gent. Well, then, you just look in
the dictionary, and you will find that
pilgrim means a wanderer who journeys
on foot. Now, amt that just what you
and me are?"
Eyes. 4"
"Well, guess it was just the same
with them as with us. Nobody made
any fuss over them until they were
dead for hundreds Of years When we
are dead hundreds Of years, people will
be making fuss over us. We will be
pilgrim fathers sure, if the dictionary
is right and we get married. We strug.
gle now, but our posterity will be max
ing big fuss over us. I'd rather some
fuss was made over us now. But, Dusty,
such is life, as the immortal poet re-
marks"
But Dusty had fallen asleep. Chicago
Times Herald.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-30
A Change In the Title.

Maud (smilingly)-So you saw the
profound bow / got from handsome Har-
ny Brown He's just graduated from an
agricultural college with high honors as
veterinary surgeon.
Ethel-Yes; SO Gladys told me. It's
q secret, but she's engaged to be married
to him.
Maud with sudden asperity) Huh !
A COW doctor London Tit-Bits.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-30

The American firm which finished
the connecting link of 90 miles in the
chain of railroads encircling the island
Of Jamaica performed great feat in
engineering. The road runs entirely
through mountains and morass. 1t has
~ tunnels, 1913 girder bridges, ID via
ducts and ii tower bridges. 1t ID said
that no such tremendous obstacles
were ever met by engineers in a 5Q mile
stretch. The cost averaged morb than
800, 900 mile
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-30
GenesIs Of Cotton Tn America.

The first planting Of cotton seed in the
colonies was In the Carolinas in the
year 1921, when seeds were planted as
an experiment in garden. Winthrop
says that in 1913 "men fell to the
manufacture Of cotton, whereof we have
great stores from Barbados. I" In 1876 it
was cultivated in the gardens along
Chesapeake bay. especially in the vi.
entity Of Baltimore, and at the OPEN
ing OF the Revolution 1t was a garden
plant in New Jersey and New York.
but its real value seems to have been al.
most unknown to the planters ND to
about ITO years ago.-St. Louis 70.
public.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-30
Fond of Bathing.

In the mountains Of Japan, wherever
hot springs occurred, the natives re-
sorted to them, either ON account of
their supposed curative properties, or
simply to kill time. This taste for bath
ing seems almost to amount to vice,
and in one place known to the lecturer a
man would stay in the water for prac-
tically month at time, taking the
precaution to place heavy stone on his
knees to keep him from floating or
turning over in his sleep. The caretaker
OF the same bath, an old man of 70,
staid in the water the whole winter
through. Cham bers' Journal.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-30
Protecting an Atlantic Cain.

The core is now finished n.
1t now stands it is in no vioo etts ~, ~
meet the shocks that await it at tbo s'I Nv "
tom OF the sea- 1t must be nrotoo W..
against the chafing of sands and rooI
ano the possible wrenches of ANCHOR 40
This protection lies in sheath Of stas,
wires, separated from the soft o. 80
percha OF the core by packing % ;n.O
The Jute is spun about the core exsctIr
as the III copper wires of the condnctog,
are spun about central wire. and ohou.
all, finally, is spun the steel sbeotb;n'.
in the same fashion.
AS one goes about among the snirr;n.
machines he notices that the sectiono g
steel sheathing vary much in thicknooo
Here is one woven of "a wires. ono Of 70
and one of IL. And the wires also vo,r,
SO that the section of fewest yiycsis tSo
largest IN diameter. Here is a section
made not Of single wires at all brt %
stands of three wires In fact ono e,oa
seven different varieties. The occae.on
for such diversity is this: In the middla
OF the Atlantic cable is drcpnod too
depth OF two or three statute miles and
as 1t is payed out to such deptb 4
must have a great burden to sustain in
its own weight. To make the weight oc
little as possible consistent with need.
full quality and strength becomes there.
fore, important. The deeper cable !.
laid the less its liability to disturbance
and the deep water sections, therefore
may be made much lighter than the
shallow water sections. As the CABLE
draws nearer the shore, where the dan.
gers grow greater, a heavier and heavier
sheathing is adopted, until, in what is
known as the "shore end" comes the
heaviest of all -McClures Magazine
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-30

why SAitse Solution Is Injected Into the
veins Of Wounded Persons.

Occasionally in cases OF serious
wounds where there has been great Loss
Of blood the published reports state
that saline solution" was injected into
the veins 10 supply the deficiency. The
average reader. however. has a very
vague if any idea how q solution OF
salt takes the place of blood.
Not 10 30 into complete analysis OF
the blood, il is sufficient 10 note that Of
1000 parts. $50. 10 is composed OF wa
ter, albumen 65 parts, sodium and po-
tassium 1871. coloring matter (sup-
piled by the red blood corpuscles) 1873,
leaving only some IL parts to be COM
posed Of fibrin, fat, calcium and mag
nesium, etc. Where there is serious loss
of blood state of collapse sets in, be-
cause the normal weight of blood being
reduced the hearts action is dimin-
ished, there being less resistance for
that organ TO overcome.
To counterfeit the result of shock and
collapse it is necessary to stimulate the
heart by restoring the normal weight,
in other words to get it to work by CIV
ing it something to work ON. As the
analysis shows, Of 1000 parts of blood
nearly 500 are composed of water and
sodium, and therefore plain saline
solution makes good substitute. The
heart does not know the difference, and
it goes to pumping away as usual as
soon as this imitation blood gets in the
veins. The saline solution serves TO tide
the patient over the danger point. AS
the food is converted into chyle, new
blood is formed, the red corpuscles are
supplied rapidly from the normal tissues,
and the saline solution is thrown off
through the secretions in the usual way.
Formerly TRANSMISSION of blood was
the means employed, but this always
method has been supplant-
ed. The greatest objection to the trans
fusion Q. blood from one person to an
other was that to supply the necessary
amount to restore the wounded patient
it was inevitable that the volunteer
should be almost as badly drained, so
that the physician would have two pa
TENTS on his hands where he had one.
Besides there was always the risk of
disease to the patient with
the others blood. Dogs and sheep have
been sacrificed to surgery for this pur-
pose, but most people prefer to use blood
Of their own manufacture to any i'm
ported from beasts or their fellow crea-
lures. Louis Post Dispatch.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-30

Two business men were talking 80
loudly at lunch the other day that no one
within ten feet could help overhearing
them:
tx. called ON you week or two ago.
didn't he?''
eyes"
"You didn't hire himr'
emo"
"Why not2'
because he asked for a job. My idea
is that il a man is as good salesman as
he claims to be he doesn't need to hunt
for a job. Plenty Of jobs will hunt him. :"
''I'm glad you didn't hire him."
"Why?"
"Because did,"
"You didi'
eyes"
"What do you pay him?"
"What he asked"
"Does he earn it?"
"Bet your lifei The fact is he is
working like a tiger. He is making
big drive for your customers. He says
you insulted him just because he was
poor and out of a job, and that he will
work nights and Sundays to get even.
think he will. You made mighty bad
break. I"
And then silence fell.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-30
A Mining Story.

A young man returned home from a
trip to johannesburg for his health, and
in narrating his adventures he told
about buying silver mine for e3, 900.
Il knew they'd rope you in" ex-
claimed the old man. $50 You were ass
enough to buy humbug mine"
"Yes, but didn't lose anything. I
formed a company. and sold half the
stock to a man for 81, 00O."
"Y-you didl' gasped the old man as
he turned white. ell bet I'm the one
who bought it,.
II know you are," coolly observed
the young man as he crossed his legs and
tried to appear very much at home.
Pearson's Weekly.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-30
Good and Evil.

Accustom yourself to submit on every
occasion to small present evil TO OBJ
tain greater distant good. This will
give decision. tone and energy to the
mind, which thus disciplined will often
reap victory from defeat and honor from
repulse -Qolton.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-30
Again tho New Woman.

care you doing anything with your
camera now, Madge?'
"Yes, indeed. A burglar got into our
room the other night, and Nan held him
while ] took his photograph by flash.
hight. Chicago Record.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-30

The woman tennis champion Of New
Zealand has but one hand, and that IS
the left one, but she can serve a ball
that is exceedingly difficult TO return
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-30

81 Inc water snail is a combination y,
, co. =, ana boat. When it desires to float
s vn ,ne surface Of the water. il tnrns I ;.s
nrono, uownward and floats on its back
foot 'ans vi an oarlike
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-30
MANY ODD REMEDIES.
MAN OIL, ANT SPIRITS AND OTHER
CURIOUS THINGS USED.

Those VINO Use Them Firmly Believe In
Their virtu@s-Drug Clerks supply the
Demand by Giving Harmless Substitutes
and Charging Fancy Prices.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-08-25
Tobacco From the Flatwoods.

Mr.. &. S. Hubbard, the well-known
brought to our office samples of his
tobacco of three varieties, the Vuelta
Abajo, the Manicaragua and the SUI
matra. They were all very fine, espec-
tally the Sumatra; this would be
little hard to beat in it's exquisite deli
cacy of tissue and it's elasticity. These
samples were grown on artificial ferti-
lizers mixed by Mr.. Hubbard after
formula of his own. After reading,
as we have, of the total unftness of
the fatwoods to produce a high-grade
wrapper leaf, we were astonished at
this display. The season has been ia
vorable for tobacco on that class Of
lands on account of the deficient rain
fall in an ordinary rainy season we
should expect to find the fiber some
what coarser.
Mr.. Hubabrd has been trained in
tobacco culture in Connecticut, hence
he will betune his tobacco himself,
which is not advisable for the average
inexperienced planter. The drouth
cut the yield short only about 5000
pounds on eight acres-but Mr.. Hub
bard expects to make it net him over
dollar a pound. He brings to his
tobacco culture the same scientific ac-
curacy and careful attention to details
which made him successful i'm orange
culture, and we have no doubt his ex-
pecta tions will be realized.
Mr.. Hubbard is by no means neg
Letting his orange groves meantime
Farmer and Fruit Grower.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-08-25

ment to large number of hands, and
from five to eight thousand apples per
day have been put up, aside from the
work done at night. This, we think,
is only the beginning of what will be
a mammoth factory in the future, as
the fruit put up excells anything we
have ever seen in the way of canned
pines. Usually they are tough and
fibrous, but the fruit used in this es-
adjustment is grown to a state Of
perfection by high cultivation, and al
lowed to attain it's full degree of ripe
ness in the field, which insures it
that richness of flavor and tenderness
of texture heretofore unknown in the
fruit when canned. There can be no
doubt as to the ready sale of such
class of goods when their superior
qualities are known.
Mr.. Park is very much pleased with
the result of his undertaking, yet he
feels that the tariff on canned fruits
Gncluding pines) should have been in
creased. This is an enterprise that
interests all pineapple growers, and
everything possible should be done
to encourage and further it's success.
If half of our crops could be canned
it would be better for us, and hope
in the near future to see canneries es-
tablished wherever they can be sue
cessfully operated. This is the solu-
ton of the problem of over-produc
tion-if it ever comes to that. Great
er interest is being taken by the
growers generally in the attention
given to their pines, whereby a bet
ter class of fruit is raised. Properly
conducted, there is no crop that pays
so well; improperly done, it is not
only poor pay but detriment to the
business at large.-Advocate (Jensen)
correspondent.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-08-25
Pineapple Canning Factory.

For the past two months, the can
ming factory operated by J. S. Park
has been in full operation, and during
the past three weeks pines have RI
pened so rapidly that it has been
necessary to run a double force day
and night. This has given employ
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-08-25
Southern Progress

is a beautifully illustrated sixteen
page monthly containing in each
number some twenty narratives of
Southern life, avocations and aspects
of nature. Aside from unusual liter
airy merit it's engravings are far SUI
perior to anything ever before pub
lished in newspaper. 1t is famil-
lar reference book to those Northern
ers who want information about the
South. 1t is also of especial interest
to every Southerner. Southern Prog
ress has never been less than SO cents
a year. Parties who will enclose TWEEN
ty-five cents and mention this paper
will receive Southern Progress for the
next twelve months. Sample copy
five cents. Address Southern Progress,
No. 211 South Tenth St., Philadelphia,
Pa.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-08-25
Magnanimous.

Latun-''My wife spent about two
hours last night telling me what she
thought of me-"
Within did you do?"
Latum-"Oh, 1 let her."-Puck.