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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-07-29
WHERE DIVORCES ARE EASY.
The Red Man Has No Trouble in Sbrf.
fling off the Marital Coil.

The ked Man Has No Trouble in Shuf.
Hing off the Marital Coil.
The people who are now fockinc 10
the Dakotas and Oklahoma to get al
vorces would be supremacy happy If
they could throw off the CALLING bonds
OF wedlock as easily as does the reser-
walton Indian.
The fact having been formally an
nounced by the head man of the elan.
the divorce takes place when the tribe
Is gathered ut dance. When all are
assembled and the circle formed the
discontented warrior strikes a dram
used by the eyellers. gives away n
few presents (ofttlmes making a nrps-
ent TO the squaw he intends to take
next, and then in a short, bombastic
speech he stigmatiZes his wife by Civ
ing her over to the tender mercies OF
other braves. while they look upon him
enviousiy and consider that he has
performed an act of bravery in his de-
sertion.
OFTEN as many as half a dozen di-
forces are thus obtained at a single
dance. No tedious waiting. no courts.
40 lawyers, and no trouble about ali
many or the custody OF children. And
the squaws thus cast off, as a general
thing, seem to take it as matter of
course, and before the close of the
dance are using the wiles known and
used by the women of the world over.
in an effort to repair as speedily as pos
sbile the break in their hearts and mat
rimonial experience.
With the taking of land in severalty
and putting on of citizenship, however,
the Indian finds that he has cemented
the ties that were so loose before, for
the courts everywhere are deciding
that the tribal marriages are legal and
binding upon the Indian who has be
come a citizen.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-07-29
JAPAN.s LITE EARNS
A Couple of Acres Consideref a Good
Tract.

I
Tract.
Japan. and no- France or Belgium.
would appear to be the land Of petite
culture. According to recent Amer
can bulletin a couple OF acres is CON
sidered large tract for farming pur-
poses. Most OF the farms are smaller.
and on little plot a surprising variety
OF crops is cultivated few square
feet OF wheat, barley, maize and mil
let a plot of beans perhaps ten feet
wide by twenty feet long a similar area
or potatoes and peas. and patch of
onions about as big as grave" beet
root, lettuce. turnips. sweet potatoes
and other crops occupy the rest OF the
area. The farmer examines his growing
crops every morning just as an engi-
neer inspects his machinery. and if
anything Is wrong he puts il right. #
Weed appears in the bean patch he
pulls II up; If hill of potatoes or any
thing else fails II is al once replan;ed
When he cuts down a tree he ALWAYS
plants another. As soon as one crop 4,
harvested the soil is worked over. ma
hured and forthwith resown to another
crop. 1t is estimated that nine-tenths
OF the agricultural land Of Japan is de-
voted to rice, and as this Is a crop re-
curing much water the paddy fields
are banked up into terraces. one above
the other. and divided OF into srna,
plots . feet or 30 feet SQUARE with
ridges OF earth between them to mo.
vent the water from flowing away
when they are flooded All farming
lands are irrigated by system that Is
thousand years old. Some of the
bitches are walled up with bamboo
wicker-work and some with tiles and
stone. Nearly half the total population
OF Japan is engaged In agriculture. SILK
and tea, the two chief exports of the
country, are raised almost entirely by
the work Of women.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-07-29

Armenia which IS now playing 50 i'm
portanJ a part in the politics Of the
world, IS m indefinite extent Of coun-
try-irS boundaries being variously es-
timattd Ii contain anything from $1,000
70 10000 square miles Part Of i Is in
Asiatie Turkey and part in Russia and
Persia
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-07-29
INSULT ouR Flag.
Stars and stripes Torn TO Bits b.
Spanish Soldiers.

Sagua La Grande, via Key West, April
1e.-News has just reached here OF On
outrage perpetrated near the town Of
Encrucijada by Spanish troops, who de
stroyed the property owned By the wife
of the British vice consul, Mr.. Harris, of
Sagua, and tore up an American flag
which the manager of the estate,
George Harris, who is an American
citizen. had draped over his bed.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-07-29
wen Preserved Bread.

Nr. Bellows-Oh, wife, these look like
the biscuits my mother b4lsed 20 years
ago.
Mrs. Bellows greatly delighted)-
I'm so glad.
Mr.. Bellows (biting oDe)-And, by
George, believe they are the same bis
cuits.-N. Y. Tribune
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-07-29
nis Materloo.

lie saw the smoke Of battle curl sfar and
never quailed;
lie faced the fire of cannon with & heart
that never failed;
Eut terror swept him In a tide that cour-
age could not stem
When he had 70 face the furnace smoke
and fire at six a. m.
Washington star
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-07-29
Did Hin a Favor.

Pedestrian ito footpad)-Money or
my life, is it? was wondering how 1
was going to live through this week.
Now won't have to. Very kind OF you
Shoot away.-Boston Transcript.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-10
THE TIMBER PLUGGeR.
An xpert Whose Questionable Occupation
Is Almost Gone.

The practice of plugging defective knots
in pines Is ''old as the hills" There Is
nota river county but has its expert plug
gers, who pride themselves on being able
to fix up an old, sickly knot or to bore
the old one out and insert new one
in such artistic manner as To defy the
detection of the most experienced inspector
Years ago, before most OF the largest pines
were cut down, special orders for mast
pieces were frequently received. Good
prices were paid for these, but the exist
Cncc of hollow or rotten knot made the
piece worthless for the purpose intended
IL was here that the expert was called upon,
and 81 well did he do his work i'm many
cases that neither the inspector nor the re.
inspector discovered his skillful manipula-
ton The shipbuilder even could only dis
cover the fraud after having commenced
the rounding off process for the purpose of
placing the spar in position. The rather
disreputable art of plugging pine is
now dead or dying, but since the demand
for cypress made it profitable to manufao-
ture this wood the ingenious cutter has set
in to doctor its characteristic defects in
many instances so boldly as to bring down
upon him the wrath of the buyer. The
defects in cypress appear mostly at the
ends. The top or the butt is usually honey
! combed, defect resulting in the formation
of large hollows, and cypress hogs floating
very deep in the water, the inspector s
only chance to discover them is to examine
the circular surface with the tip of his dip
rod.
The practice of doctoring these surfaces
by means of plugs has recently become very
popular Fortunately, however, when u
log is headed up into the mill to be sawed
the fraud is detected, the log is identified
as having been sent down by a certain cut
ter, a black mark record Is kept and neces-
sary steps to prevent repetition are taken.
Savannah News
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-10
Reasonable Excuse.

Many of the pictures of Whistler, the
artist. are vague both in treatment and
subject. The public may be pardoned for
not understanding some Of these pictures
after hearing an amusing anecdote OF the
painter which The Family Herald relates
One night Whistler dropped into Sir
Henry Irving's rooms to dinner. Other
guests were present, but Whistler alone
was silent. Two of his landscapes adorned
the walls, and apparently he wanted no
further entertainment Every few min
utes he would jump up from the table to
get better view of bis own work.
At length, after u prolonged examina.
ton of these studies in moonlight and
moorland, he cried out, Irving, Irving,
look what you've doner
Whats the matterP" inquired Irving.
calmly walking up to the pictures.
"Matterp' Numbered Whistler. "Wby,
the matter is that these pictures have been
hung upside down, and you have never no.
ticed it. I suppose they have been like
this for months.
II suppose they have" replied Irving.
"But think I might be excused, since 1t
has taken you. the man who painted them,
over an hour to discover that they are up.
side down"
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-10
HER UMBRELLA.
Wba' Her Handling of II Proclaimed 20
the Observing Man.


the Observing Man.
Two men who sat near the window of a
down town hotel few days ago whiled
away the time by watching the women go
by and commenting ON their umbrellas
The storm had abatcd about an hour be-
fore and the sun lad peered through rift
In the clouds but for all that the first Pc
destrian went stalking past with her UNI
brella still held aloft.
"That woman" said one of the men,
els as patient ms Job. She is not stu
dent absentmindedly porting over book
lore, but II housekecper who is so taken up
with thoughts of what she Is going to get
for supper that she doesn't know it has
stopped raining. What is more, she is
thoroughly unselfsh. People who forget
to lower their umbrellas when the sun be-
gins to shine always are. That girl just
behind her who has already taken time
TO fold her umbrella neatly, even though
it is soaking wet, is going to be an old
maid She Is narrow minded too. The
next one has bound the folds down, hut 10
looks uneven and bullying. That womans
children will always look dowdy, but she
will nurse them successfully through in
Vulnerable attacks of Group and rash. and
no family in town will have better things
TO eat.
THAT short woman with her umbrella
Hopping this way and that will always be
poor because she will give away every
thing as soon as she gets it. Hers ism & al
together commemorate generosity, eitheI
for IL is caused more by lack of power to
say mo- than by an inherent desire TO help
her fellow creatures. That dark woman
with the tip Of her umbrella trailing
downward and backward at an angle Of
40 degrees is malicious. l wouldn' e trust
her out of my sight She'd say something
mean about me the first chance she got
The one who carries her umbrella swung
carelessly over her shoulder is happy go
lucky indiy ldual who will always have a
good time, not because she earns it, but
because the world owes it to her, and she
is going TO have her rights
"Do you see that woman who holds her
umbrella at right angles TO her body and
sticks the sharp point ahead like bay
onet? She's one of the kind that sets the
world afre. She has more energy in a
minute than most people have in year.
A woman who swings her umbrella as
she walks is prone To dillydally; she never
knows her mind, and, no difference how
well she may pretend TO like a person, IL
another speaks i'll of him in his absence,
she will generally side in with the calum-
inator; at any rate she will say nothing
in his defense. she who trails her UNI
brella along in her wake is untidy and in
clined toward low principles. The one
that holds the stick upright and keeps tap
ping it on the pavement every little while
is good person to tie to; she has strength
and honesty. There comes woman car
ryina her umbrella under her arm. She's
my wife and l won't say anything about
her"
His companion looked at the little man
wrinkled, perplexed face and smiled. He
fancicd he knew what the verdict would
have been had the woman only been some.
body else.-Chicago Tribune.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-10
C. G, Douglass is in Houghton.
IN SEARCH OF HER SON.
seventy-year-old Mary A. Leigh Travels
Thousands of Miles.

Thousands OF Miles.
A journey of $1,000 miles over perilous
seas is the remarkable undertaking lust
accomplished by Mrs. Mary A. Leigh, an
aged English lady, who has reached tho
allotted threescore and ten years, and who
was recently in Philadelphia trying to To-
cate her son, Thomas Leigh, of whom she
has had no tidings for over seven years.
The plucky old lady arrived in New
York few days before from Sydney via
London and from Southampton and she
Immediately went to Philadelphia to run
out a number of clews which may possibly
lead to the discovery of her sons where.
abouts. Her last letter from him was
written in 1890, when he was living with
relatives in Lawrence, Mass, but as she
has since written to that place and her
letters have been returned, she naturally
concluded that both he and his relatives
have disappeared from that locality. So
she decided to abandon her comfortable
home with sister in Sydney and to en-
bark on voyage from which many q
stouter heart would have shrunk.
When she arrived in Philadelphia, she
sought out the address of one Thomas
Leigh, only to have her hopes dispelled
when she learned it was not "her boy"
Again she set out, this time to Manayunk,
where man of her sons name formerly
lived, but here, too, she was destined to
meet disappointment. She followed out
every possible clew until at nightfall, tired
and hungry, she stopped at the Manayunk
police station. There Lieutenant Lusk
and the matron became interested in her
welfare and she was given meals and a
bed. with the privilege to stay until her
quest was over. She had plenty of money
evidently, but she felt as if she was in
good hands and preferred police protection.
The matron kindly wrote two letters for
her, one to the authorities of Lawrence,
Mass, and the other to niece of Mrs.
Leigh's, who formerly lived there. Until
replies are received from there Mrs. Leigh
will continue her search in Philadelphia.
philadelphia Press.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-10
A MISTAKE IN THE PRESENT.
Girls Clipped In and Bought One For
Which They'll Have No Use,

The wedding cards Of former member
oil the club had been received and the pres
ident had appointed committee 60 pur.
chase her present ON behalf of the club.
The day before the wedding the committee
went down town for this purpose 1t was
doleful looking company of damsels
which afterward faced the unofficial club
members at the informal meeting called
by the president 10 discuss the present.
I'VE had pretty hard time Of 1t, you
see, " the chairwoman of the committee
explained falteringly, for we hadn't
single idea as TO what to get only that IL
had TO be silver China would have been
sure TO get broken going so far, you know,
ana then Jennie would always have de.
clared that we got a damaged article at
bargain and spent the rest of the money
on treat And down town il was all SO
horrid. The really handsome articles
didn' { cost enough, and the cheap looking
ones were SO dear. Then the girls thought
we really shouldn't get lot of little
things because it would look as If the club
members had paid in 10y installments, and
so"- She stopped, miserably, and sat
down I'm confusion.
"Wcll, what did you getY" asked the
sharp member Of the club, land what's
the matter with you all anyways Did you
forget to tell the store people to drop the
bill inside the package accidentally, or did
you pay too much and have to make up
the balance among yourselyesY And whore
is the present anyway
The chairwomGn Of the committee
groaned despairingly,
Its gone she said with an emhar-
raised blush, "but it was so near the
time of the wedding that we had it sent
right off without waiting for you all to see
it, And then, when it was too late, we
remembered that everything about it was
all wrong You see Jennie had written
us that she and her husband are strict veg
etarians, and that he Is surgeon, and we
oh, girls, l think shall die with shame
I'VE sent them the loveliest carving set
you ever saw !"-Chicago Times-Herald.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-10

DR.. Goldberg, & Co., who have opened
a permanent office in the Pinton block,
$50 Pine street, Calumet, as a branch OF
Detroit, are doing successful practice.
Their reputation as specialists had pre-
ceded them and they needed no introduc-
ton in this section of the country. 1t
was through the earnest solicitations OF
their many patients throughout the en-
tire Upper Peninsula that they decided to
open permanent branch Office. DR.. S.
Goldberg, who is at the head OF the in
stitute, ha- taken personal charge OF this
office, has recently been elected first vice
president of the Michigan State Associa-
ton OF Physicians and Surgeons, and will
be at the Douglass House, Houghton,
Monday, July II, arriving on the first
train and returning to Calumet on the
first train Tuesday morning, July ID.
This the doctor ia doing through the
many requests he has received fiom the
patients who started to doctor with him,
as well as others who want to consult
him, but find it inconyenient togo to Cal
unet. All those calling at the Douglass
House, Houghton, Monday, July u, to
see him will betreated free till cured; these
services consist not only of consultation,
examination and advice, but also all sur
gical operations.
The object in pursuing this course is
that DR.. Goldberg, who has taken charge
OF this office, is DESTROYS of becoming per-
sonally acquainted with the sick and af-
ficted.
The doctor treats all forms OF diseases
and deformity and is recognized as the
most successful specialist ia the treat
ment OF all chronic, nervous, private, del
lcate, blood, skin, eczema, scrofula, kid.
ney, liver, bladder, stomach, rectum and
female diseases.
Men suffering with loss of vitality, var
lcole, seminal weakness, structure, blood
poison, skin diseases or any disease af-
letting the genito urinary organ, weak
back. gravel, catarrh and unnatural dis
charges, Inflammation and other pain
III conditions, rendering the patient un-
able to do work and oittimes an untime.
ly grave, receive scientific treatment,
prompt relief and permanent cure.
Women suffering from female weakness,
iassltude, leucOrrbGa (whites), displace-
ments or liberation OF the womb, neural
gla, headache. backache. dizziness, faint
ing spells, dark spots before and dark
rings under the eyes, will find speedy
and permanent cure, as the doctor is
specialist in these diseases.
All all ctions of the throat and lungs
also treated, as well as diseases OF the rec
tum such as piles, alterations. assure,
hstula and prolapse cured without the
Knlie or detention from business.
=, since locating in Detroit, 27,291 pa
uents have called upon them for treat
ment, OF which number "a, III have been
entirely cured, 1,406 have been rejected
as incurable, while 1.76S are still taking
treatment and rapidly improving.
- remember, the doctor will be at the
douglass House, Houghton, arriving on
tne nrst train from Calumet Monday
morning, July IL, and returning there
tuesday morning. July 13.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-10

Supt. Parnall, of the Isle Royale co.,
solldated mining company. says that as
soon az the pumps now being built by
the Prescott company are received the
work OF unwatering will be commelced.
How soon that will be cannot be said az
the pumps are of a special pattern and
all the work had to be done since the
company placed the order. The mill site
Just this side of the Pilgrim has been set
tied upon and the end OF the summer
should see preliminary operations COM
menced.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-10
A NEW SECT REVIVALIST.
She breaches That Immortality Can Only
BE Regained Through Women.

A religious revivalist, Mrs. Ida Florence
Davis, appeared recently in New York In
a dress which is combination OF the Sal
walton Army uniform and the plain garb
of the orthodox Friends. She Is, she says,
the only travelling preacher of sect call
ing themselves the Christian Hebrews.
The cardinal principles of her creed are
that as man lost immortality through
woman, through woman he must regain
it, and that there can be no redemption OF
the world until the ~ tribes Of Israel are
brought together again. Mrs. Davis has
husband, who is travelling salesman. and
two grown up children In Washington,
who are not sbarers of her belief, though
they sympathize with her. For this she Is
not sorry, for she admitted that when she
was converted about two years ago the rev.
elation was so overwhelming tbat.it near
ly killed her, and she says that many who
try to embrace her faith do actually die In
the attempt. She will continue to preach
in New York, she says, for the present,
but II is her intention to start around the
world in the interests Of her religion very
aeon
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-10
All Men Are Barred.

The West park board Of Chicago have
decreed that some of the largest grass
plots in the West Side park shall be re-
served as common" for women and
children only and that men must not
occupy them.
AS result of this somewhat high
handed action, as it was considered by
those who had to endure it, there has
como overwhelming protest. And amid
all this protest the West park board
stand cold and firm.
The warm weather has not served to
warm their hearts, and, indeed, not
even the hot anger of the complaining
people has had that effect. The men are
getting ready to begin lawsuit about
it.--Exchange.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-10
Doughnut stopped a Steamer.

An ordinary doughnut of the lunch
stand variety brought the revenue cut
ter Chandler to a full stop in New York
harbor recently.
Pilot Bradley had rung the bell to
start down the bay with Boarding
Officer Walter Stiles to clear the steam
ship Mobile at quarantine. The cutter
had just passed the end of the Staten
Island ferry slip when her engine began
to act queerly. The engineer said that
something had happened to the old fash
toned jet condenser, and that he could
not go on.
She came back to the slip. The en-
gineer took the condenser apart and
found what the doughnut had been
baked for. He broke it up. 1t had been
sucked into the condenser from the wa
ter of the slip The Chandler was ready
for business again in about an hour.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-10
The Rise In Steam Pressures.

The most prominent condition affecting
all engines, whether marine, locomotive
or stationary, is a more general employ
ment Of higher steam pressure This in
crease of pressure has been marked within
the last 10 or 90 years. In marine prao-
tice II has risen in that time from so to $50
pounds, and in exceptional cases recently
IL has reached 27o pounds. In locomotive
practice IL has increased from 1876 to nearly
goo pounds. In stationary practice $50
pounds is not uncommon. and 600 pounds
is occasionally employed, although In that
field 100 pounds is ruling average In
the future this average will increase, as
the more general introduction Of water
tube boilers makes II practicable, and be.
cause 1t Is necessity II electrical apparatus
lie to be operated economically b.
Stanwood in Casters Magazine.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-10
A Wrestling Tourna-
ment Talked of in
Hancock.
poushtons to lay Escanaba
1o.king Has Plenty OF Conf
dence In His Men and Expects
10 Take the Two Games.

tournament for Cornish wrestling
nov he arranged for in Hancock 10 the
noor future though more can be sid
ohout il next week than now. A num-
horof hose interested in this style OF
,rrpstling are interesting themselves in
hanging up enough money in priz s to
ottrart the best talent in the Upper Pen
iosula, NJ. ]. Dryer, at present visiting
his narents in Hancock, yesterday chal-
lonoed Stevens through the News and
this fact will create enough interest to
helm the idea of tournament TO a sue
cessiul concu sion. Both these gentle
men would no doubt enter and u tourna-
ment like those that used to be held in
This section can undoubtedly be worked
up
Mr.. Dryer thought OF going to Ish-
peming for the Fourth OF July tourna-
ment but the answer to his letter OF in
ouiry was equivocably worded that he
feared Just the kind OF treatment that
Mr.. Stevens subsequently received and he
preferred staying at home. Heis anxious
10 meet the 0sceola man and will ac-
Ouiesce in almost any reasonable condi-
ton 70 make a match.