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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-03-13
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KrYSVITLE. VA. March ls-spec idi
,rb. bandsome residence OF MAJOR j; y.
scbc,i5f Us destroyed by fire on We'd
5esdav night. II was insured for N.ooo
in the virginia Fire and Marine insurance ,s nee
I'M -. - work OF AM lncendiary. IL &C.
~rs III between 2 add o'clock in The
morning. The old pocp'e one eishty-eiS ~
and The other seventy years OF age barely
aselned with their iN0s.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-03-13
s,rniNG GRorNDS rHREArHNLD.
They Are Wanted a. oyster Grounds "'
New Elevator.

NEWPORT NEWS. VA, March L
speclal-Quite stir has been crea'eu
here bv the application for am assignment
80 tho bathing grounds in front OF the
- and park as oyster planting
grounds. ...., io.,l
,,,r,ies ann informed by counsel for
IT,. olJ Dominion Land Company which
s,,nnorfs the water front as free pun.'e
mark that the assignment would De
fonght TO the extreme limit OF the ia"
~ il would ruin the grounds for bathing
purposes. .,t,,,,,.,.
surveys here for the location OF the new
elevator prounosed TO DE built by me
chesapeake and Ohio Railroad company
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-03-13
Work Begun on a Bic BattIeshlp.

SAN FRANCISCO. CAL. March r.
At the Union Iron Works yesterday the
keel was laid for the battloship Wiscon-
sin. the contract for which was let by
the government six months ago.
The Wisconsin is 10 be of the same
class as the Oregon. though larger and
more heavily armored. The contract
price of the Wisconsin is about 100000
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-03-13

In the case Of the Richard Grant Com
pany against the CALICO Mills Company.
now pending In the Chancery Court, Judge
Lamb Yesterday dismissed the injunction
granted several days ago. and refused 70
grant the Injunction asked for I'm the
amended bill of the plaintiffs. I'm this.
however. the court passes upon none Of
the merits of the case.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-03-13

4 Freight Wreck on the James River
Division.

A Freight Wreck on the James River
Division.
LYNCHBURG. VA. March Especial
The grand jury. consisting OF nineteen
men i'm the United States Court here.
to-day took q vote On j. Taylor Elyscn
and Hoge Tyler as 20 which man they
preferred for Governor of Virginia. or
The nineteen men sixteen voted. and an
of them were for Tyler. The Jurors were
nom the y.eiten district OK Virginia,
haHing from as far east as Cumberland
county.
A freight wreck occurred today On the
James River division of she ~nesApedhe
and Ohio railroad near Indian Rock. a
uuuler of coal cars were thrown from
the track and considerably damaged.
Traffic was delayed for only few hours.
The wreckage was quickly removed from
the track.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-03-13

one Appointed for the Crane Iron "orAs
aud aNofion for Another

RADFORD. VA. March i2.-speciaL-
Judge Cassell. of the Hastings Court Tor
the city OF Radford, to-day appointed
Professor George W. Miles temporary re-
ceiver of the Radford Crane iron Worhs'
at this place with headquarters al fhN-
adelphia.
motion was made to-day for the APP
rointmaut of "A receiver for the Radford
street Railway Company.
The hearing OF the same was set Tor
the 18th Instant.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-03-13

FREDERICKSBURG. VA. March T.
Special. Decker and Aldrich pure ased
to-day OF l.. 3. Doggett, his slore"O"s''
warehouse and lot on commerce anu
Prince Edward streets. fr 5000
Hon. John j. jenkins and Hon. >. .
BERRY. congressman from Wisconsin
With their wives. have been visiting our
battledclds here this week
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-03-13

The Norfolk and Western Passenger ir"'"
Warmed IN Timr 80 Prevent Disaster

W,rned in Time 80 Prevent bi>'N''''
CHRIsTIANBURG VA. March L.
e,ecial The passenger train No a.
which passes here at l2.0 T.
n barely escaped a terrible
,creck little east from here
today but fortunately the warning OF
a Young boy named Clark saved Il. ln
coming up the railroad. Clark discovered
a slide. which came down the side OF the
cur and he ran over half Of mile 10
warn tho east-bound train. wren ne
knew was due and stopped II.
When the slide was reached. there was
found on the track an immense rock
which had to be blown TO pieces so as 10
allow the train TO pass.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-03-13
Revival at Union Station.

There have been 135 conversions at the
Unions Station Methodist church and the
interest Is unabated. Roy. John O. Rosser
has assisted during the week, but has left
for Cumberland county. TO assist Roy.
W. W. Sawyer in a meeting.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-03-13
L,s,Iik. An, Other Cat.

The le. pard cub in the. Central Park
Zoe. which was born about e.sht months
as", srtrent nv himself became conspic-
nous no FOR a while yestefday By catching q
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-03-13
The r. +. ". Club.

ASHLAND. VA, March l-uspsSasin.,
Last evening was one o. IT. w
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-03-13
FOR MEDICINAL UoE
Mo CIISEL OIL

No FUSED O'E
You cannot afford to be
without it in the season or
GRIP and PNEUMONIA.
1t keeps cold out and
Bodily Heat in. Send for
pamphlet.
DUFFY MALT WKiSKEY CO"
Rochester, n. Y.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-12
ENGLAND'S FOOD SUPPLY.
And How 1t Might lie Endangered In Ger
tain War Contingencies.

And How 1t Might lie Endangered In Ger
tain War Contingencies.
Strong as the English war feet is, it
is very far from being strong enough to
successfully engage possible combina-
ton of fleets and at the same time pro-
tect our sea borne food supply. If the
United States and Russia declared war
with England, there would practically
be no food supply left to protect. They
would keep the immense supplies we
now get from them at home, and the
fear Of capture or destruction would eff
fectually prevent Argentina and other
neutrals from sending food to US in any
sufficient quantity.
What is wanted is that, instead Of
only precarious weeks supply, we
should have stored up III this country
enough corn TO last for at least IL
months. Experts in the corn trade agree
that there would be no insuperable diff
Guilty in gradually accommodating this
store of corn. 1t would be for experts to
advise as to the best methods and places
of storage
Perhaps the best plan would be to dis
tribute it over the country in magazines
at the military depots, giving the mill
| tary authorities charge of it, but if it
was i'll the country and safe it would
| not so much matter where it was. AL
| though most of our corn is made into
! flour at the great ports, it would not be
| wise, seeing that most Of them are sc
defenseless, TO store 1T there.
The entire control and management
Of this great national store Of corn
should be under some permanent gov
| eminent department. Although its exist
ence could not fail TO have IL steadying
effect ON the corn market, it should be
outside all speculative influences, the
price at which it would be sold, wheI
necessary to sell it, being fixed by law
1t would be no sacrifice, III the lone
run, for the country to provide such ;
reserve Of food, as it would always bC
worth its cost.
Other nations accumulate gold fol
use in wartime. We should have wa
chest Of corn. If we have it, what vii
it do?
1t will give our navy time to devot'
itself to the crushing Of the navy or ma
vies opposed tous. twill give rs time
with our great resources, to augmen
our fighting feet TO almost any extent
and it will give our farmers time t
grow three or four times as much corr
and breed u much larger quantity 0
cattle and sheep than they now do
Nineteenth Century.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-12
HOW DUFFY STOLE A JAIL.
It Was a Box Car. and He Coupled IL to
Way Freight.

This is the narrative Of Duffy's theft
of Jail and the prisoners therein. Mr..
Duffy, from the core Of the nations In
tellect, balloonist, manfish, tourist and
orator, had found friend who had in
dulged him to the extent Of the follow
ing items, to wit: Three free drinks, one
supper, one cigar This story was his
payment therefor. He unbuttoned his
vest, for he had consumed large, thick
steak, two dishes Of potatoes, two plates
of bread, two cups of coffee, three large,
heavy flannel cakes and glass Of milk.
''Thrue oratory an me gintlemanly
instincts often lead me into pleasant
fields an the company Of conganial COM
panions, {" he began. 81 oncet commit
ted most shameful larceny in the state
of Indianny. Twas tourin with friend
an we had journeyed as far as Jay coun-
ty. Now, We can't tell me that the peo-
pie Of county with such name can
cope with set of brains from Boston.
We had reached the town of Portland.
Me friend committed the indiscretion
cf becomin hungry an was arrested. l
brought me intillict to bear upon the
sitooation an kept well fed an free.
"Now, Portland was the county safe,
an the Jail had recently been BURNED to
the ground. The sheriff therefore KEEP
his prisoners in box car down on the
railroad thrack, the same bein loaned
by conservative company, the which
didn't want the prisoners beatin their
way ON its trains. Me friend was dump
ed into this Jail. Me an me intillict
staid on the outside.
II agitated me thinker all day an
by nightfall had planned the deliver
ance of me friend an his fellow incarcer-
ates. At supper tonne the gyard went
away home. leavin his lantern by the
trackside. 1t was me intintion to prise
the door off the car, an was lookin
about fer prise whin heard train
| comm. Me intillict was equal to the
emergency l took the guards lantern
an tagged the train, which was of the
way freight species, the hardest Of al
fer tourist to travel under.
''The train stopped an the conductor
says kind of impedint like, What n i
die shtop this train fer?'
"'Me frien, says l, this car is bound
| fer Tiffin, o., an me instructions was Il
shtop yez an hitch it on to yer train.
He grumbled good deal, but hitchet
the car ON, me hangin to the brak
beam.
''It was along about O'Clock in th
mornin when we crossed the Ohio loin
an shtopped at Il station. crawled out
broke open the Jail door wild a couplil
pin an all me laddybacks come foorth
free as the air. An that's how / shtol
the jail in Indianny. Ny, but I'm dry!
kansas City Star.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-12
Call Them Wheelways.

There is need Of a good word for des-
ignating road from place to place ex-
clusively for bicycles. Bicycle path is
the term commonly used. There are sew
eral reasons why this is not suitable
term.
In the first place, the word path prob
ably is derived from the Greek verb pa
tein Ito walk, and means footway.
Secondly, the expression is too long; II
has four syllables. Thirdly. it is clumsy
\ has two accents. Fourthly, it is not
euphonic.
Instead of bicycle path The Compan'
ion respectfully suggests wheelway.
This word is analogous i'll its formation
to driveway. The word has not been
used in any other sense except by one OF
two writers incorrectly to designate
those parts of wagon road in which
the wheels run Way means the entire
road, and not some part of it. Wheel
way is better than wheel road for the
same reason that driveway is better thar
drive road. 1t suggests recreation before
utility. Youths Companion.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-12
Where the Bee Works.

Properly considered, beehive is a
wonderful shop, and each individual
insect is a curiosity. The inhabitants of
q hive are classed as drones, workers
and queens. The queen is the mother
of every insect in the hive unless she
has been installed instead of a queen
who had died and left the hive without
a mistress. The queen bee is the wonder
of the whole insect tribe as far as egg
laying is concerned, often depositing
1000 eggs day for days in succession
during the most productive season. The
chief wonder connected with the work.
err bee is the admirable manner in which
his body is shaped and fitted with in
struments for honey gathering. These
natural instruments consist of cups,
combs, brushes, knives, tunnels, scrap
ers, ETC., each of which is worthy Of q
week of careful and painstaking study
under high grade microscope. -Chica
20 Chronicle.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-12
VIA A BARREL OF OYSTERS.
low Great Russian Banker Bought His
Freedom From serfdom

aw Great Russian Banker Bought U,s
Freedom From serfdom.
One Of the best known banking bouses
of st. Petersburg and the one TO which
most American visitors to Russia carry
letters OF credit is that of Messrs. Shall.
ounine q Sons, the founder of which.
father OF the present head of the firm.
owed his liberation from serfdom. IA
years before the decree of emancipation.
TO barrel of oysters Old Shalounine
was serf belonging to Count She
r. rlcticff, one of the wealthiest mobiles in
l.ussia. He had frequently entreated
tie count to grant him his freedom, Of
terlng him as much as $500, 900 for the
boon. But money was no object to the
count, and ii gratified his pride to feel
that one Of the leading bankers of the
empire was one of his serfs, unable to
marry either his sons or his daughters
without his masters consent Moreover,
as serf, the banker was liable to have
his money seized and confiscated any
moment by the count, since everything
that belonged to serf, including his
wife, children and property, belonged
ipso facto to his master.
One day Shalounine, who had lust
that very morning returned to the capt.
tai from Odessa, called at the Shere-
metieff palace for the purpose of report
ing his arrival, as in duty bound to his
owner. He had brought with him q
barrel of delicious Crimean oysters for
presentation to the count, but left them
in his carriage at the palace door until
he should have obtained his master
intimation that his gift was acceptable
On entering the presence of the count
the banker found him surrounded by q
party of guests and engaged in berating
his chief butler for neglecting to pro-
vide oysters for the breakfast to which
they were about to sit down. The butler
was explaining to the count that there
were no oysters to be got in the capital
at that moment for love or money.
Catching sight of the serf banker the
count exclaimed:
"Oh, it is thou again. Thou art come
to poster me once more for thy liberia
ton! Thou knowest that it is useless.
should not know what to do with thy
money. But stay, will tell thee some
thing. Get me some oysters for my
breakfast and thou shall have thy free
dom!'
Shalounine bowed low, left the ROOM
fetched the small barrel of oysters which
he had left in his carriage at the door
and laid it at the feet of his master.
As soon as the barrel had been opened
the count called for pen and paper
wrote out declaration emancipatine
both the banker and his family from
serfdom, and then. bowling courteousl,
TO the man who but moment befor
had been his slave, exclaimed, And
now, my dear Mr.. Shalounine-wil
you give us the pleasure of your com
pany at breakfast? New York Trib
une.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-12
Bernhardt's Debut.

"The divine Sarah" has just been
describing the emotions that shook her
when she appeared for the first time on
the boards: II can picture the evening
as though it were now. The excitement
oh. it was so grand!--drew forth
nv inmost passion, for was very young
then. you know, and it gave me zest
and fervor for the ordeal had to face
I can see the little theater and the peo-
ple seated in the audience. My heart
for the moment seemed to stand STILL
The first words l uttered fell from my
lips with distinct accent. l made one
grand step forward, and then all my
nervousness vanished.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-12
EXERCISES For TIE THROAT.
A Branch OF Physical Culture Not Often
Touched On.

Touched On.
The chronic sore throat is not infre-
quently produced by the misuse of the
vocal organs Very often that unruly
little member, the tongue, is accounta-
BILE for the difficulty, as it is for great
many ether troubles in this transitory
life. Many people have habit when
talking Of pushing the tongue so far
back against the delicate membranes
that line the throat that irritation more
or less painful is caused, and if it con-
tinues any length of time ulcers will
form, and so will Doctors bill.
Control of the tongue is excellent in
all senses Of the word. Physically this
organ may be managed by depressing it
into hollow at point three-quarters
of an inch back Of where the tip Of it
comes when in natural position in the
mouth and at the same time singing
very light head tones. This exercise
requires some patience at first, but the
habit of keeping the tongue down is
soon acquired In speaking or singing
it should not be allowed to hoop up and
fill the mouth, thus interfering with
the free passage Of the tones of the voice
from the throat to the front of the
mouth, where they should strike and
then escape clear as bell. This hoop
ing up of the tongue in the mouth is the
cause of much Of the indistinct and
slovenly utterances to which we are too
often obliged to listen.
In many people we notice the line
from the point Of the chin to the neck
is in the form Of right angle. In a
shapely throat this line forms "a curve
just as canary's does when the small
yellow artist is warbling his carols
To develop the throat and make this
angle curve, stand before "a mirror sc
that you may watch the throat swell
out. Now thrust your tongue out as fan
as it will go, then draw it back quickly
and forcibly, at the same time bringing
it downward in the mouth as far as you
can. Place your thumb and forefingel
against the larynx commonly called
the Adams applet and if you are max
ing the right movement you will fee
the larynx pass downward. For a weel
or two make the movements lightly
After that time put as much force into i
as you can. The exercise should b'
practiced for few minutes severa
times day to insure rapid and goot
results.
To fill up the hollows of the neck
stand correctly, and then slowly fill thu
lungs with air without elevating you
shoulders. As the air is forced upward
into the throat hold it there few sec
onds and then expel slowly. This exer
else is best performed soon after risini
in the morning and before retiring a
night. New York Post.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-12
ECONOMY OF SPACE.
A Great Power Generating Station Which
Covers but Little Ground.

Probably no other kinds of power
plants afford better illustrations Of the
tendency to concentration than some Of
the modern splendidly equipped electric
stations in large cities, where ground
area has closely approached the maxi
mum in value, and in which, therefore,
economic considerations have dictated
the putting Of as much generating APP
paratus into as little space as human
ingenuity would permit, with due re-
gard to satisfactory performance. In
some Of these stations vertical engines
and boilers in large units have been
installed to the entire exclusion OF horl-
zontal designs, and in others, again, the
saving in ground space thus secured has
been still further augmented by setting
engines and boilers i'll tiers, one above
the other, giving ratio OF horsepower
per square foot Of ground area which "a
decade ago would have been thought
quite beyond the limits of possibility.
In probably no station i'll the world
has this concentration been carried out
to greater degree, or to as great one
even. as in that of the Edison Electric
Illuminating company in Duane street,
in the CITY of New York. The ground
covered by this measures 200 by "A feet
and within this area provision has been
made for nine 1880 horsepower en-
gines, two of 1880 horsepower each
and three of 600 horsepower, giving a
total of very nearly 81, 900 horsepower
with a corresponding boiler plant OF
only little less than two horsepower
per square foot 1t would seem, indeed,
as though economy in space could not
well be carried much farther. -Cassler
Magazine.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-12
Inerowing Hair.

The barber was talking "lngrowlng
hairs in the face are often painful, he
remarked, "but they aren't in it with
inprowing hairs under the finger nails,
Fact I assure you Ask any barber, ana
he will tell you the same thing How
do they get there? Oh, that's simple
enough. In cutting a mans halr' a
short hair very often flies OFF the shears
and lodges under the finger nail we
don't notice il at the time, and 1t grad
ually works its way in until it is com
pletely out of sight. Then the trouble
begins Sometimes it takes root ana
CROWS ont. but more often it just stays
there and testers. Does the razor hur,'
There you are, sir. NextP'-fhiiadei'
phia Record.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-12
4 pntcnt Flycntcller.

A machine for catching flies off the
backs Of cattle, and so affording the AMI
mails relief and comfort, has been in
vented by a farmer in Madison county,
Ky. The flycatcher is kind of covered
pen or passageway through which the
animal must walk to secure relief. A
few feet from the entrance there is q
cupola or dome i'll the roof Of the pas
sageway, made Of glass and arranged
as a flytrap. Beyond this the passage
is darkness. The animal walks through
the machine, and just as it passes under
the dome and enters the darkened part
a set of brushes sweeps off the flies,
which naturally rise into the lighted
dome, and the steer passes out at the
other side free of flies. The flies are
retained in the dome trap The IN
yentor has experimental with his ma
chine and finds that the animals soon
learn the value of the machine and
know enough to walk through it when
the flies begin to bite. The device has
been patented.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-12

We are pleased to tell you that we
make everything pertaining to the shoe
makers trade as cheap as ever from the
best quality OF leather. Mems boots or
shoes soled for 45 and so cents, ladies'
shoes soled for 30 and 40 cents. We
have a nice assorted stock of fall and
winter snoes, ana our own maze shoe
packs, which we will dispose "a ct very
low figures. Good work guaranteed.
OKER 4 KEMPPANEN.
Fifth street, Red Jacket, next to Jacob
Gartner's store.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-12
SCIENCE TOO SLOW.
Discovery of Cat Language Not Likely to
BE OF Much Use.


eve live and learn" said the ordina-
nv man. 81 always thought that cat
could either NEW or purr or spit or
leave it alone. 1t now seems that I've
done an injustice to the beasts vocabu-
larv. Professor Marvin Clark, I'm told,
has been studying the language of cats,
and has discovered 600 primitive
words.
"Of which. ;" the mere boy said, $3.50
are either blasphemous or improper. "
"The professor doesn't say so, and l
don't see how you found it out.
81 see this professor says that cat Ian
guage bears q resemblance to Chinese
It's rather rough to insult fallen and
vanquished nation that way.
"Well, if there's anything in it" the
ordinary man remarked, sit would ac-
count for the Carbohydrates war i'll a
novel and perfectly satisfactory way.
But really, when one comes to think OF
it, it is much easier to believe that cats
talk than that monkeys talk. Cats and
owls both make sounds exactly like the
sound of human voice. Given a
churchyard, dark night and white
cat, and you have all the materials OF q
ghost story"
cts a pity" the journalist said,
"that discoveries of this kind cannot be
turned to some practical use. Why
don't they discover the language of the
horse? 1t would make driving much
easier if you could tell the gee exactly
what you wanted and explain to it yer
bally the perfectly innocuous character
Of any object at which it might be like
ly to shy"
"Ahr' said the eminent person. "Be
fore that discovery arrives we shall have
the autocars and no horses at all. -
| Black and White.