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The herald., 1897-09-20
THE WHEEL

The twenty five mile bicycle race at |
Boston on Saturday between James /
Michael, Lucien Lesna and Ed McDuf1ie
once more demonstrates Michael's su- |
periority to all other pace followers, |
when it comes to distance racing. The |
time Of the race, 45:5S 2-5, is something |
phenomenal, giving an average speed of
1:50 2-5 for each mile in the race. |
Michael is favored in these races by his
diminutive size, being able to get under
an overhanging quad in way impossi-
BILE for larger man. But this very
smallness makes his riding all the more
wonderful, for it must be remembered
that in all these events he rides not less
thar, 1O5 inch gear, frequently pushing
a machine geared to 125. Where the
wonderful endurance that is enclosed in
his 1O2 pounds comes from is source of
extreme wonder to anybody who has
ever seen him perform. From the tele-
graphic account of the race, the whole
. event must have been a whirlwind af-
fair from start to finish. Lesna, who
took second place in the race is an Itai-
ian, and for many years has been
Michaeps chief adversary in Europe at
all paced middle distance races. Little
MICHAEL, Dy the way IL al
strong unpaced rider. AT Memphis
last year, on the six-lap indoor track,
he is credited with riding two miles un-
paced in 4:12, which is about 16 seconds
below the present official record for the
distance.
Apparently the chainlesS wheel will
get a very thorough trial next year, both
on the road and on the track. This sea-
son the track experience of the chainlass
bicycle was limited to some spasmodic
trials by Frank Starbuck of Philadel-
pllia, who rode the machine in his paced
races with Michael and McDufiie. But
in 1893 we shall probably see racing
. teau-pssss iH4g tbs. chain less blcXcl o..
the national circuit. The Pope Manu-
featuring company has made arrange
ments to put large number of the new
wheels on the market, though many
think that the price as announced is a
prohibitive one. Since nearly all the
standard manufacturers have come to
use the same frame, experiment has
pointed toward gearing and general
bearings, the chainless bicycle being
resultant.
The South. Side Cycling club is now oc-
cupying the new club house on Wash
ington street. The boys have adopted
new constitution.
w. E. Vaughn, the San Diego bicycle
rider who made such a fine showing on
the northern and northwestern racing
circuits, will go for a mile record, paced
with tandems, today at the new Bay
View track at San Diego.
Morris Cook is training in San Fran
cisco for the Sacramento bicycle races,
which occur on September 26. He has
been racing a great deal since his de-
parture from Los Angeles and has de-
veloped considerable speed.
An unknown correspondent Of The
Herald declares that the Los Angeles
Wheelmen was not the first bicycle club
started in Los Angeles. c. Fl. Wedge
wood in company with others, formed
the Los Angeles Bicycle club in F'ebru-
ary, 1882, and held its first club run
Christmas, 1882. James Lancaster,
George Haskell. Charles Serrott, j. w.
Mayes, j. Fred Blake and Irvine'Milari
were some of the original members.
The herald., 1897-09-20

centage so small that it requires a mi
croscope to find the figures. Following
is the list up to date:
The herald., 1897-09-20
SPORTING NOTES

Big horn sheep are said to be very
plenty in Lower California, near San
Quintin. A party Of hunters recently
shot seven very fine specimens.
Sportsmen should bear in mind that
the open season for deer closed in San
Mateo county on the first of September.
San Mateo. county has a game warden
with ar eye to business and determina-
tion TO do his duty, SO beware
The herald., 1897-09-20

When fifteen hundred people turn out
to witness bicycle races, as happened on
Admission day. cycling cannot be said
to be quite dead in Los Angeles. The
difference in the patronage accorded the
sport here and in the east is not to be
explained, though it is none the less
evident. However. as long as those at
tending the sport see what is promised
for them, just so long will the races hold
their popularity. Until the public
learns the difference between paced and
unpaced races, however, they will de-
mard fast time, and fast Tine they
must have.
It is unfortunate that the Los Ange-
les baseball club made no better show
ing than they did in San Francisco. How
ever, to console them they have the re-
membrance of having played the best
game ever played in San Francisco, when
they defeated the Gilt Edges of Sacra-
mento, to 0. Such a remarkable vic
tory takes off a good deal of the sting
of later defeats.
Next month will see the opening Of the
football season in the east. AT the big
universities the candidates for the
varsity teams are already chasing the
pigskin, with the eagle eye of the coach
es on them, picking out the good and
bad points of the many aspirants. For
Princeton a schedule of twelve games
has been arranged, beginning with Le-
high, October @ and. ending with Yale
November 20. The Princeton team is
fortunate in having seven of last year s
players on the eleven, leaving only
four vacancies to fill, viz, center, left
tackle right end and quarterback. The
Yale game will be played at New Haven,
Princeton does not play Harvard this
YEAR
The herald., 1897-09-20

without a skip or break. Flying Jib
will be remembered in Los Angeles as
the horse who raced against Emil Ul-
BRIGHT December 25, 1895, being beaten
in the time of 2:04.
The herald., 1897-09-20

was before. A few months will tell
whether or no we are to have anotne.
championship match between these
great gladiatorS.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-17
BAND SAWS.
ID'e Straight Ribbon of Steel and Its Value
I'm Lumber Working.


In Lumber Working.
IhJ first attempt in the United States
Ia tuf N out lumber with band saw was
madb about 20 years ago. The saw then
useY however, while excellent In cutting
on X beautiful wave line, scorned the mar
tisYic mechanically straight one. The true
theory in regard to the nature and treat
ment of circular saws, which were then in
well established use, was only beginning
to be understood and ten years elapsed be-
fore il was understood in reference to
band saws.
The circular saw was treated as disk Of
tempered steel, was ground fiat on one side
and slightly conyexed on the other. Such
a saw did fair work at a low or moderate
speed, but an increase Of speed resulted
in crooked lumber. But some wise fller
conceived the idea of treating the circular
not as a fiat disk, but as ring OF steel,
connected To its center by an easy filling
of the samo material, forming, of course,
one disk.
1t was not absolutely flat when at rest
but If set up in position, as in the mill, it
would be found to DO slightly convex on
one side and concave on the other, and
this convexity and concavity could, by a
|
sides, acting the same as when pressure is
exerted on the bottom of an old tin pan
it pops in or out as required
A circular saw in this condition, which
is obtained by hammering the central
part, when placed on its arbor and set in
rapid motion, straightens itself. The cen
trifugal force of the whole blade is concen
trated in the rim, which slightly yields, al
! ho 4 in nj Iu tpn,
plane, which it has both the disposition
and ability to constantly preserve. In thi
condition, when suitably dressed for it,
work, the circular saw Is a perfected plect
of machinery.
After the first introduction of bant
mills many years passed before this con
structive principle was applied to them
AS soon as this took place the band saw
began to take rank in speed of lumbe
making with its powerful rival, which
hitherto hold the field.
Tension in the cutting edge of the blad
is the principle referred to- which all saw
must possess in order TO do their hes
work. In tho circular saws this is OF
tanned by hammering the central part O
the saw. In the band saw it is by rollin
the middle portion OF the blade-that Is
the saw is passed through machine be
tween two small steel rollers under heav
pressure, which expands the middle POI
tion Of the saw throughout its entir
length. Applying straightedge to tn
side of saw, either longitudinally O
transversely, will show convex and cor
cave places alternating all along the blade
But when placed on the wheels of the mi
under four ton strain, all these kinks dis
appear 1t then becomes one straight rit
bon of steel, with its edges so tight tha
there is no chance for deviation in saving
1t cuts straight. w. II. Trout In CASTER
Magazine.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-17
Ponderous Speech.

DIR. Martin Joseph Routh, who was pres,
ident of Magdalen college, OXFORD anu
died in 1854 in his hundredth year, hau
DIR. Johnsons habit Of speech.
"How are you, sir?" Goodwin smith
asked Of him one day.
81 am suffering. sir" he replied, IRON
n catarrhal cold, which, however, SIT,
take to be a kind provision OF nature 10
relieve the peccant humors of the system
few years before his death his butter
became insane and had to be sent away
When he was leaving, he begged to see the
president once more, "to ask his blessing
The president received him in the garden
where the man, STOPPING as II 10 KISS lie
hand, bit piece out of 1t.
"How did you feel, Mr.. President, y
asked some one, "when the man bit your
hand?"
"why, at first, SIR" said the president
81 felt considerably alarmed, for was un
aware, sir, what proportion OF human
virus might have been communicated by
the bite. But In the interval OF reaching
the house was convinced that the proper
ton of virus must have been very SINAI
indeed. Then / was at rest. But, SIR
had the bite cauterized."
DIR. Routh believed fully in the cere
monials and conventions of life, and M
never appeared on any occasion without
his canonicals. Some Ill disposed under
graduates determined to break through
this habit and going under his window a.
midnight they shouted "Firel"
The president appeared Immediately II
n terrible state of alarm, but he wore his
full canonicals. Youths Companion
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-17
Tn. va,us Of Minutes In Battle.

While Generals Grant and Meade were
talking with General Johnston by the
campfire dispatch came in from Hancock
saving, ~ have finished up johnson and
am now going into Early" General Grant
passed this dispatch around, but did not
read it aloud, as usual, out of considera-
tion for Johnson's feelings. Soon after
came another report that Hancock had
taken 5000 prisoners, then another that
he had turned his captured guns upon the
enemy and made whole division prison
ers. including the famous Stonewall pri-
oade. Burnside now reported that MS
riobt had lost its connection with Han
cocks corps General Grant sent him
brief characteristic note In reply, saying
"Push the enemy with all your mighe
That's the way to connect.
The general in chief showed again upon
that eyentful morning the value he placed
mon minutes Aids were kept ridlng az
n full run carrying messages, ana the
terseness, yigor and intensity manifested
In every line of his field orders were enough
70 spur the most sluggish to prompt ac-
tion.-General Horace korter In Century
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-17
OCEAN CABLE MAKING.
He Who Does the Jointing Must Keep
HIS Hands Almost Dainty.


Jointing is one of the most difficult and
delicate operations in Atlantic cable max
ing TO see Joint made l climbed, on
one of my visits to Woolwich, up into a
swallow nest of cabin, fastened In some
mysterious way to the side of wall of the
"core' tansroOm. In the center of the
little room sat an imposing individual,
whose characteristics seemed TO be rotun-
dity, profuse sweating and absolute clean
illness. An assistant shared the narrow
space with him. a few simple iron tools
and several big gas Jets served as his equip
ment First the assistant cut of few
inches from the two ends, pared down the
gutta percha in such a way as TO leave two
Or three inches of copper conductor uncov-
cred, bayeled each end with a file, laid
them together, soldered them, and then
wrapped the joint tightly for the distance
Of half an inch with fine copper wire. This
wrapping insures "a connection in case the
! soldering should some time break.
The other man so far had done nothing
! 1t was explained that in the work of joint
! ing the copper he was not allowed to share
lest it should "spoil his hands. " His duty
was to joint the gutta percha, an opera
zion in which much depends on delicaoy o
| touch. When the copper joint was done
the core was passed on to him, and he pro
ceeded 20 pare down the gutta percha un
til he had perhaps IA foot in all To work ON
He then heated the gum on each side will
a spirit lamp, and with his fingers worke'
it down until the copper was all event
covered. His next step was to build u
the insulator. One after another strips O
gutta percha, which had been heated
the end, were applied, wound around ca
core and carefully worked and nodded til
length of the wound.
Should bit of dust, an air bubble
speck of moisture, be left in the insulatoi
it would give trouble later. Hence TIL
heating and kneading and caution agan'
dirt. Experience has shown, too, that
machine will pack the gutta percha
this critical point so perfectly as tho nj
man fingers They alone can feel whe
the work is progressing properly and
finished satisfactorily. Hence tho care
keep them always sensitive, TO preyei
their becoming callous by rougher worl
-McClure's.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-17
.bout Spider Webs.

Rightly considered, a spiders web Is a
- curious as well as most beautiful
thing. When we were children the major,
ity Of us supposed that the spider weO
was pulled out of his mouth, and tn ,,, inc nc
little insect had large reel of the stun IN
his stomach and that he could almost IN
stantly add feet, yards or rods to the ron.
The facts are that spiders have regular
summing machine-a set oil tiny .uuoS .S ~
the far end of the body-anu 'naS ."o
mh,te sticky fluid, which hardens as soon
W. W. ., comes in contact with the air. The
s s0 does not really and truly spin, .
hnt begins a thread by pressing his spin
p uer against some object to which D, the ne
non,d sticks. He then moves away, ana by
coap u ejocting the fluid and allowing ~;
it to harden forms bis ropes OF wonueri''
csonetrioal nets. st. Louis Republic
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-17
There \. Nothing 40 Good.

There is nothing just as good as Dr'
Kings New Discovery for Consumption
Coughs and Colds, 40 demand it and DO
not permit the dealer to cell YOU some
substitute. He will not claim there Is
ANYTHING better. but in order to MAKE
more profit he may claim something e'se
20 be Just as good. You want DR.. KING
New Discovery because you know 1t TO oe
safe and reliable. and guaranteed TO &c
good or money refunded. For Coughs
Colds, Consumption and for all affections
Of Throat Chest and Lungs there
is nothing sc good as is DR.. Kings New
Discovery. Trial bottle free. Regulal
size 30 cents and 81. For sale oy u 4
Macdonald.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-17
MARK TWAIN's NEW BOOK.
He Assures His Friends 1t Is the bes' "0
Ever Wrote.

Frank e. Bliss, president of the Ame ia
can Publishing company of Hartioru, TO,
turned to Hartford recently, hringlns
with him from London the manuscript u
two.thirds of Mark Twain's new poo n,
MIR. Clemens is at comfortable quarters ~
Chelsea. a suburb of London: On MS ar ar
riynl there Mr.. Bliss wrote nome ~ n,'
brother: al am here with Mark iwu M.
He looks well, feels well and Is Wen: us
travelling and Iecturing has built MN up. up,
both in spirit and in body, Tor no ma'
much broken down when he went away
Now he is strong and cheerful, rho
MIR. Bliss spent ten days with nm !, t hne
new book has occupied the humorls. ; , ,nrS
nll the winter and spring, ana ne Is n The
revising the concluding chapters ans.
author in reference to the worh' suy, =
cts a splendid book. wouid T.o s Sm~t
anv hook I ever wrote for it," Ine w ,Uii,
will be sold by subscription only ahu m,
no ready for delivery during the no,,u nh =
t. contains about 600 pages and dea nao M,d
travel In Australia, India, New w,.' nes''''
sna south Africa. New York Times
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-17
LET HIS LAUGH LOOSE.
IL Proved an Ice Crusher and Captured
the Frosty Audience.


the Frosty Audience.
eTbere's nothing in the world more con-
tagious than good, hearty laughter, de-
clared the manager who had rough ana
tumble time of it in his earlier days. out
is now on the warm and sunny side OF
Easy street.
zone time down in southern ono l
struck a town that was really virgin SOIL
for the theatrical missionary There WASH
n minute of daylight that our posters were
not surrounded by crowd with mouths
and eyes wide open. When night came
the hall was jammed but 1t couldn nave
been less responsive audience II the pen
atty for laughing had been solitary lmprls-
onmeut for life. The show wasn't half
had. and vet we couldn't get hand or
even smile.
"While the people on tho stage were
ouying the crowd and talking about the
! comforts of the arctic climate, who should
appear at the window of the box Office but
| bir Bill Meeker, that l used to know al
home. He was travelling man, and with
him was Shorty Tompkins, just as big and
just as jolly.
"sFor heavens sake, BILL broke out
get right in there, you and your friend
Set that laugh of yours to going, Gu
loose for all you're worth and see II yoI
t can't prove an ice crusher. No soone
r were they seated than Bill caught joke
opened a mouth big enough TO catch base
: balls and let forth roar that dropped lei
: cles from the cave troughs shorty joine
o in, and the players couldn't escape tn
{ co ,,siSa. Irs,ty soon some OF the oil
e farmers broke into u CacSle afG InsTe'e %
S three minutes it was simply pandemo
: mum. People laughed till they were SICK
Every act was encorcd 1t was o'cloc
: before we could get the curtain down. an
t we had over 800 invitations to return =
e Detroit Free Press.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-17

No use experimenting with trusses'
your case requires to be place. into the
hands of an able expert manufactures
and filter. Thepeople OF this community
will have the opportunity OF meeting one
Of Americas foremost men in this line 10
n few days. The good name and popu
,arity of Mr.. Cluthe should be enough &c
warrant successful treatment at hl'
hands. Read their large advertisement
in this paper.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-17
STYLE IN LITERATURE.
IT Gives a Flavor of Its Own to Every
Sentence an Author Writes.


Sentence an Author Writes.
"Not only is their thought so much bet !
ter than your average thought, but their
language is so much better than your aver
age language" says Droch with refer.
ence to standard fiction in The Ladies
Home Journal. 81 do not mean" he
adds, "simply correctness OF speech, put
something finer than is called style. style
has been written about very learnediy by
learned men. In its highest development
IL is a very complicated thing. 1t Is the
very essence of culture, knowledge ana ar
tistic temperament, that gives flavor Oh
its own to every sentence that an author
writes. But without entering into the sub
Titles of style, it is sure evident TO every
reader of average inten. 1nce ana sehsi-
nifty vrlAasa Ms is great aliierence IN tne
manner of telling story, for instance. II
does not require subtitle mind to feel the
difference in the telling of Hawthorne S
Scarlet Letter and Hugh Conway 8 Call
cd Back.
"By common consent Hawthorne Is ac-
knowled,ed the best master of style that
America has produced. When you have
read one of his stories-no matter how dark
| the crime that he has studied in it-you
never feel that he has dragged down your
tbouohts. 1t is not only because he Is a
| great moralst in his stories, but because
he is a great master of style also. His Ian
puaoe is elevated, poetic, fascinating. IL
makes the appeal to what Is fine In your
nature rather than to what Is gross.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-17

A regular examination OF applicants
for teachers certificates will be held at
the high school building, Houghton, on
Thursday and Friday, August ID and
20, commencing promptly at 8 a. m.
each day.
Also an examination OF candidates Tor
admission to the Michigan Agricultural
College will be held IN connection with the
above. WILLIAM BATH,
County School Commissioners.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-17
Nosice af Removal.

lam glad to state to the people that
7 have removed my tailoring store into
p Ruppes new building in Sixth street.
where will continue to use my genius 10
suit the people in every manner. Thank
inc the community for past, iavors and
with hope to be patronized from here
after, renain
Respectfully,
JOHN b. RAsTELLo,
Merchant Tailor,
217 Sixth Street.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-17

Charles Ojala, at Az Pine street. Red
Ta7vs ;. .Hfiirs larye stock OF footwear
nm hand has determined TO offer the same
at half price. Mems hiD rubber boots
Woonsocket, up to $2.75 He has also
large quantity of LADIES' hoys and
hildren's shoes which he will oher at
greatly reduced prices. Remember the
Mace. 447 Pine street.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-17
Too Far Away.

"1'm sorry, Mr.. Timpany," s sa, %ru M.
leader OF the brass band to the pass o, 18th
mer. "but we shall have to diispen'0 "'
your services"
"Whyr ,u, A man who
IA. cot 40 fat that be can no ionse. ,, -.
.ha middle of the drum asks me why -
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-17

The committee of members Of the con-
gregation OF st. Ignatius' church, Bough-
ton, appointed four weeks ago to report
on a site for the proposed new church
building met the congregation after mass
Sunday and fulfilled their duty by re-
porting in favor OF the corner site on
Sheldon street known as the Fish prop
erty. The majority of the committee
was IN favor Oh this site and there was
little opposition in the meeting at first
to the proposition. At length FIR. Rezek
was called upon by a member OF the con-
gregation TO state his views, which he
did, and they we're strongly in favor OF
building on the property already owned
by the parish and on which are now
located the old church, the priests house.
the hool and convent, From reasons
OF economy and convenience co the
greater number this site was preferred by
FIR. Rezek and he made lengthy argu-
ment in it's favor Then n vote OF the
congregation was taken which resulted
in favor OF the present uD the hill site by
the decisive vote OF 10 to 20. This would
seem to settle the question.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-17

Three boys named Frimodig, kinsman
and johnson of the Quincy disappeared
from home yesterday and it isnot known
whether they have gone to hunt Indians
or gold at Klondyke. One OF them sold
his bicycle and it is supposed staked the
crowd for travelling expenses. The par
ents are very much worried naturally
and have set the authorities on the
search
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-17
u,eEieu,n Arnica ~sive.

The best salye in the world Tor rnts-
bruises. sores, ulcers. salt rheum, lever
sores. letter. chapped hands. chiibiains
corns. and all skin eruptions, and pos'
lively cures piles, or no pay required. II
IL guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction
or money refunded. Price. 90 cents pei
ho, For sale nv ID. T. Macdonald.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-17

The commencement exercises OF the
Michigan College of Mines will be held on
Friday OF this week, August 20, at the
Armory Opera House. The address u
the graduates will be given by Prof. "A
Hinsdale OF the Michigan University
The public is cordially invited to attenu'