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The herald., 1897-10-10
oeeyraght, 1897. by Bacheller Syndicate.
SYNOPSIS

,sHysr ' who has $ settled in camborousR
waiting for hi, fsf client He has az
HaS"' ssns q The town. but on account Of his
slim n.,ss Sobos! he has kero not de-
latter iit N and his sister. Mrs. Grown, are
ss s9ty nsa Is ieit Tfs to The satbury 1nstituton
for the Cure of Nervous Diseases, which
Sis owned and conducted by DR.. .Latimer:
SSq S0as beydns ns pespsS5y ppospsSyy hoang oa
Hen on 1t. no one believed that the latter
took any interest in the institution. Arch
viii and engages the law firm Of Shall
cross and Dorman to contest 1t. One wit
ness to the will is dead. and the other
Nicholas'. employ. is sent for, to testify.
kAtimer insists on sharing the expense
o. bringing Farris from the West, for he
Aes' sids q tn. snss case se Farri on The night
street with q curious circular shaped
point strongly to Archibald Kefford, as
the perpetrator Of the crime. The deed
was committed directly under the latter's
in his possession a long-handled adze with
which the peculiar fracture could nave
been made. The narrator, from his love
when an astounding discovery puts an
end to his detective ambitions; He meets
Z boy with some fishing tackle, among
which he recognizes a leaden weight.
which the boy is using as a sinker. as his
own property. He buys the tackle from
the boy, who explains that he found the
sinker, which is known as dipsy lead.
in gutter. Now. the law ONCE Of the
Kefford. The young lawyer remembers
that on the night of the assault on Reu-
ben Farris he was sitting in his office
in a particularly bad frame Of mind. He
ing the dipsy lead. which he was using
as paper weight, he threw II out Of
cat Farris must hsye been NJ passing ,ssd at at
it was capable Of making exactly the
kind Of fracture that Farris received. The
Hnintentionally guilty Of the assault, but but
Kenord Is liable to be arrested Ia, at ANY any
self up to justice. Meanwhile Farris is
IN the hospital, between life and death,
and unable to. give any account OF the
attack upon him.
The herald., 1897-10-10
THE ARIZONA KICKER.
Its Breezy Editor Has an Ex-
citing Adventures.

A week or so ago an old critter named
Carson came down from the mountains
to get drunk and have good time. We
happened to meet him as he was fill-
ing up, and as Mayor, gave him word
of caution about making q nuisance Of
himself. He agreed to go on = quiet
spree, and exhibited his guns to US to
show that they were unloaded. It ap-
pears that he did get drunk and was
quiet enough for several days, but last
Wednesday night he broke loose. At
about midnight he left the Big Injun
saloon, where he had his headquarters.
and going down to the public square
he began shooting and yelling. The
City Marshal soon got after him, but
the old man was SO lively with his guns
that the officer hesitated to tackle him,
and came and aroused US from sleep.
When we learned what was the trouble
we pulled on our clothes and started
out The shooting by this time was
rapid and the yelling terrific. With .
gun in each hand, old Carson was plug
ging away at the front doors Of the City
Hall, and at every shot he uttered .
whoop to drive it home.
AS editor of 1.-The Kicker" which has
the largest circulation Of any family
weekly paper in the known world-as
Mayor of Giveadam Gulch. Deputy U.
S. Marshal, Postmaster and State Sen.
ator, we carry chip on our shoulder
and go around feeling as big as q house.
Up to the hour we rushed in on old
Carson we had an idea that we could
down any living thing in this Territory,
either with the gun or at rough-ard.
tumble. We frankly admit that we
were an ass. We rushed in with the
idea of picking the old man up and
twisting his neck around about seven
times but we didn't know his gait Az
he saw us coming he threw down his
guns and made ready for a shindy, and
in the course of five minutes we were
G licked man. Notwithstanding his age,
which is nearly 65, the old man proved
to be a cyclone surrounded with a
barbed wire fence. He simply toyed
with us. He stood US on our head,
rolled us in the dust, and used US as a
club to slam a billboard. and when the
Marshal came to our assistance. he was
turned down in a manner to excite ad.
miration.
We know when we are licked. we
were licked that night inside Of threo
minutes, but for the sake of dignity we
let the affair go on for two minutes
more. Then we intimated in seven DIFF
ferent languages that we had had
enough and to spare, and Mr.. Carson
gave US a few extra thumps and sent
us back to our bed. The town was his for
the next hour, and he used up 200 cart
ridges and yelled until his voice gradu-
ally faded away into a croak. Next
morning he surrendered himself and
was fined $40 and costs. but that fact
didn't console us to any great extent
We feel that we have lost at least 50
per cent. of our personal prestige, and
we are sure to have at least 200 stops
on 1.-The Kicker" but we must accept
the situation in a philosophical way.
We thought we were a thunderstorm on
wheels and weighed ton, but have had
the conceit taken out Of us In the most
thorough manner and have no excuses
to urge.
The herald., 1897-10-10
He Lived Forty Years After That

1t is said of the late Sir Andrew
Clark the most distinguished English
physician of his times, that when he
was candidate for his first post at
the London Hospital, he was helped by
his delicate appearance. His qualifica-
tions were above question, but other
candidates were also we'll qualified, and
young Clark was finally chosen only
when one of the managers said, "Give It
to him. 1t will please the poor devil
and he won't live long"
The herald., 1897-10-10
Beginning Of a Railroad Mag
nate.

President ingalls,, of the Big Fo lr
Railroad. once taught school for $11 a
month.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-16
Copper Tempered by Mound builders.

Ed A. Schloth has received from
friend in Savannah, Ills, u long and
small spearhead, small knife, an awl
and needle taken from one of the pre-
historic mounds near that city. The tools
are all of tempered copper, and when
suspended by thread ring like steel.
They have been hammered out and tenn
pered, and after having been buried in
mound for no one knows how long
still retain their temper. The mound
builders, who had disappeared from the
face Of the earth before Columbus dis
covered this country, knew how to tenn
per copper, an art which no man on
earth has now, although many have en-
deavored for years to discover the proc
ess. Such specimens are found in but
few of the mounds opened, the nipple
ments found being generally of stone.
Mr.. Schloth has fine collection of rel
les of mound builders and of the aborig-
ines of this coast and values these tenn
pered copper articles above them all
Portland Oregonian
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-16
A GREAT PROBLEM.
The Missing Link Between Inorganic and
Organic Life.

The Missing Link Between Inorganic and
Organic Life.
One great life problem remains which
the doctrine of evolution does not touch.
The origin of species, genera, orders
and classes of beings through endless
transmutations is in a sense explained,
but what of the first term of this long
series? Whence came that primordial
organism whose transmitted descendants
make up the existing faunas and foras
of the globe?
There was time. soon after the doc
trine of evolution gained hearing,
when the answer TO that question SEEM
ed TO some scientists of authority IT,
have been given by experiment. Recur-
ring TO former belief and repeating
some earlier experiments, the director
of the museum of natural history at
Rouen, Nj. +. A. Pouchet, reached the
conclusion that organic beings are spon-
taneously generated about us constantly
i'll the familiar processes of putrefac-
ton, which were known to be due to
the agency of microscopic bacteria But
in 1862 Louis Pasteur proved that this
seeming spontaneous generation is in
reality due to the existence of germs in
the air Notwithstanding the conclu-
siveness of these experiments the claims
of Pouchet were revived in England
ten years later by Professor Bastian,
but then the experiments of John Tyn-
dali, fully corroborating the results of
Pasteur, gave "a final quietus TO the claim
of Spontaneous generation as hitherto
formulated.
There for the moment the matter
rests But the end is not yet. Fauna
and flora are here, and, thanks to La
marck and Wallace and Darwin, their
development through the operation of
those secondary causes" which we
call laws of nature. has been proximal-
ly explained. The lowest forms of life
have been linked with the highest in
unbroken chains of descent. Meantime.
through the efforts of chemists and
biologists, the gap between the inorganic
and the organic worlds, which once
seemed almost infinite, has been con-
stantly narrowed. Already philosophy
can throw bridge across that gap. But
inductive science, which builds Its own
bridges, has not yet spanned the chasm,
small though it appear. Until it shall
have done so the bridge of organic evo.
luton is not quite complete, yet even
as it stands today it is the most stupen-
dous scientific structure of our century.
Henry Smith Williams, M D.. in
Harper's Magazine.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-16
FORMING A CLUB.


They talked OF travel. art and books.
Gave politics some rubs,
or music spoke and drifted last
To the theme of woman's clubs.
I've joined my sixth" she said, with
pride.
each seemed so good a choice"
And on the word he courage took
His treasured hope To voice.
"Oh. Phyllis. dear-forgive the name
But viii You make IL seven
And join a club know aboutp
Its charter comes from heaven,
It's fee Is drafts on Cupid's bank.
Its dues are kisses sweet
Its membership Is limited.
But not its times 10 meet
"Already half the numbers got.
A single smile from you
Will fill the list and found for aye
This happy club of two.
Nay, sweet, look upl You think you'll join2
Oh, bliss that crowns my life!
You shall be all the officers
And be. besides-my wifel"
-Harper's Bazaar.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-16
The "GaIlery Gods"

The frequenters of the lofty gallery
Of any theater have a good deal to do
with the making or marring of any new
play Yet that is not how they acquire
their title of "gods. AS matter Of
fact. the origin of the expression is this :
Years ago Drury Lane theater had it's
ceiling painted to resemble blue sky
with clouds, among which white Cupids
were flying in every direction. This
ceiling extended over the gallery, whose
occupants thus appeared to be very near
heaven. Hence the expression arose Of
gallery gods. London Answers.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-16
DOOllTTlE'S LITTLE JOKE.
How He Conferred Honor Upon His
Friend, Senator Fessenden.

Friend, senator Fessenden.
The old senator was great story
teller and related many interesting and
humorous accounts of what he had seen
in pul ic life. One of his favorite sto-
ries was at the expense of Senator Fes-
sender, warm personal friend. The
judge and Senator Fessenden had been
appointed on commission, with several
others, to treat with the various chiefs
of the Sioux Nation on an important In
dian question of the day 1t was long
before railways had been introduced
into the far west, and the members of
the commission had to travel on horse
back. Judge Doolittle was chairman of
the commission, but at the conference
shifted that duty to the shoulders of
Senator Fessenden. The latter was high
ly pleased at the honor conferred on him
and much "puffed up" in consequence
The judge had method in his madness,
however, for he had heard of the pc
culiar reception rendered by the Indians
to the spokesman of any party of visit
ing Whites
At the appointed time the two parties
to the conference congregated. There
were probably 200 Indian chiefs present,
with their wives. Senator Fessenden
advanced to do the honors for the COM
missioners, when, to his dismay, the
whole body of Indians. squaws and all,
advanced and, after embracing the
chairman, gave him. according to their
custom, a welcoming kiss. Judge Doo-
little often said he thought that Fessen-
den never forgave him for the trick. -
Boston Herald.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-16
An UndeveIoped Idea.

Some years ago, according to the Bos-
ton Transcript, an inventor who had de-
vised a new sleeping car took his plans
to Mr. Pullman. The latter, after look
ing over them, said: There is an idea
there. ! will give you 500, 600 cash
for your patents. The inventor was a
poor man, and he would not accept the
terms. He said that if the idea was
worth 500, 900 to Pullman it was
worth millions to him. The car was
built and proved a financial failure, and
it is believed that even to this day the
inventor does not know where the
Idea" was whose presence Mr.. Pull
man discerned in the working plans
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-16
NAVAL CONSTRUCTION.
High Engine and Fire Room Tempers-
lures ON "a Wsrship.

HIGH Engine anu Etrs Hoo"'
lures ON Warship.
The great internal heat that rendered
the Amphitrite inefficient was due to
lack of provision for ventilation in the
engine and boiler spaces. These regions
became So hot that little useful work
could be done in them, and the lack OF
air was such as TO actually ruin the fur
mace draft smoke coming out freely
from the holes in the furnace doors
Aside from two small ash hoist tubes
in the central part of the fireroom and
a small escape hatch forward, there
were no openings from the fireroom to
the outer air,
The boiIxs reached nearly to the iron
main deck of the vessel, and as the air
above them and between the deck beams
had no escape it became greatly heated
and lay roasting IN those spaces. 1t was
impossible for man to go on the graf.
ings behind the upper parts of the boil
ers after they had been under steam
few hours, though the main and auxil-
larry stop valves were there. A board of
officers that reported on temperatures in
the vessel got at this place only by in
PRODUCING a thermometer on the end of
a long pole, and this thermometer,
when fished out and taken to a place
where it could be read, showed 202 de-
grees.
The superstructure containing the
cabin and wardroom was directly above
the engine and boiler rooms, with a
light wooden floor laid over the iron
main deck At sea, with the doors
closed, this habitation became exactly
like frying pan on hot stove lid.
The smoke pipe, partly uncovered for
alleged ventilatihg purposes, passed
through the center Of the wardroom and
by vigorous radiation contributed it's
full share TO the general discomfort.
The deck, in spite of its wooden sheath
ing, was SO hot as to be painful, and i
hesitate to say from memory the tenn
peratures the board reported as being
usual in the rooms, in bureau drawers,
on the wardroom table and in other
parts of the officers quarters. 1t was as
high as lie degrees and think great
er. Sleep was only period of uncon-
seriousness, induced by utter exhaustion,
and was without restful quality.
The fireroom temperature was never
below 100 degrees and often above 10,
while the engine room ranged closely
about $50 degrees. For the first "a
hours the men stood it we'll, but on the
second day seven succumbed to the heat
and were put Oh the sick list, one of
them nearly dying. Before the voyage
was ended 2S had been driven to seek
medical attendance.
On the evening of the fourth day out
our men had literally fought with fire
to a finish and had been vanquished.
The watch on duty broke down one by
one and the engines, after numbering
along slower and slower, actually stop
ped for lack of steam. The ship was al
lowed to drift inshore on the tide and
was finally brought to an anchor in ST.
Simon's sound. Though a warship of
formidable characteristics and sent on
this distant service, it is doubtful if the
Amphitrite could have gone into action
at that time or have steamed 100 miles
farther to save herself. F. NJ Bennett,
u. S. NJ, in Casters Magazine.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-16
The bloody Meadow.

Tewkesbury, where a famous battle
was fought during the war of the
roses, is in Worcestershire. at the con-
fluence of the Avon and the Severn and
$50 miles from London The battle was
fought on the Bloody meadow, just out
side the modern town, and, according
to local tradition, one night in every
year ON the anniversary Of the conflict
the adherents of the white and red roses
meet and fight the battle over again.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-16
AN EVERYDAY HEROINE.
The Country Maiden. the Wicked Stage
Company and the Tailor Made Girl.

Company and the Tailor Made Girl.
Four reckless persons had clambered
into the stage, an old man, middle
aged woman, young man and tailor
made girl At Eiftieth street a dress
makers little girl struggled in with a
huge box Town life was evidently new
TO her Her rosy cheeks announced
country air TO the least observing She
held her money in her hand.
Looking obviously about, she finally
spied the money box and dropped in the
coin. After this she waited expectantly
Nothing occurred, however, and she
began flushing and paling with nervous
indecision At last she resolutely stood
up, attracted the drivers attention and
called to him.
"How do | get my change? l put a
quarter in the box, she asked.
"Yese oughter a-handed it up" said
the man. "Yese can't git it now"
But it's all | have. protested the
girl
'Git it off the new passengers, yell
ed the driver and turned away.
1t was all the money she had, but
how could she ''get it off the new pas
sengers!" Every one in the stage had
become interested, but no one volun-
down the rosy cheeks.
The stage stopped, and an old lady
scrambled in AS she took out her mon
ey, a cent piece, the tailor made girl
leaned over to her
Twill you give me that for this little
girl?' she asked. "She dropped in a
quarter by mistake, and the driver said
the new passengers might make it up to
her. "
The old lady beamingly handed over
the nickel. She felt that the stage COM
pany was being rigidly but justly dealt
with at last.
Then man got in. This was harder
for the tailor made girl, but she made
the request again and handed second
fare to the grateful young person from
the country. The whole stageful was
now interested watching for new pas
senger as a spider watches for fly. A
woman waved desperately from down
side street for the stage to wait for her,
but the driver passed on unheeding and
EXPLANATIONS OF disgust arose. Another
corner, and another smartly dressed girl
got in. The new arrival did not seem at
first to understand the request, and,
flushing, the tailor made girl repeated
it and secured one more of the precious
cent pieces.
The little girl had reachad her dseti-
nation.
Il am so much obliged, she lnurmur.
ed to the heroic maiden who had been
taking up fares in her behalf. Il ought
to get out here, so guess I'll let the
other go. i"
mo, no, you must not, " said the fair
conductor, opening her purse. Take
this and can get it from the next one
who gets in. -
lyon are awfully good" murmured
the unsuspicious little one with new
tears in her eyes, and one of the men
took the big box and handed it down to
her when she had stepped out.
The stage ratified on and the tailor
made girl looked unconcernedly out of
the window. The next passenger was
allowed to drop his fare unmolested
into the box, unconscious of the little
comedy that had brought the others to-
gether in a common interest for mo-
ment, and the stage company was still
ahead of the game. New York Sun.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-16
Guarding Her Nerves.

A little east end maiden Of 8 sum-
mers. whose clever sayings are the de-
light of her friends, recently dined with
an aunt AT the beginning Of the repast
she gravely said to her relative:
"I'll take just one cup of tea, Aunt
Liza. ! have to be so careful about my
nerves. II don't take care, I'll have
nerves like cat. -
She got her tea, and it is scarcely
necessary to add that when she had fin
ished it she forgot all about her poor
nerves and clamored for more.-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-16
AN EVENING WITH DICKENS.
How the Great Author and His People
Can BE Studied by Literary Clubs.

Can BE Studied by Literary Clubs.
For an evening with Dickens, adj
vises Fannie Mack Lothrop, writing of
Evenings For Literary Clubs" in The
Ladies Home Journal, lone of the
items of the programme might be
sketch of his life condensed into about
200 words The Dickens drawings by
Charles Dana Gibson might be cut from
The Journal and hung up before the au-
dience and the story of each character
and incident illustrated told. The trial
from 'Pickwick' could be arranged for
individual reading or for a number to
take part in it. A bright paper may be
written ON The People of Dickens
World In Dickens works there are
1850 separate characters, enough to peo-
pie whole village.
"Some of Dickens poems have been
set to music-notably The Ivy Green
Anecdotes of Dickens might be given by
ten or dozen members, each giving
one. These might be interspersed
through the programme. A member
with any cleverness in photography
might make series of Dickens lantern
slides from pictures in standard editions
of the novelist s works and give magic
lantern entertainment. The death of
Paul Dombey would make pathetic
reading from 'Dombey and Son. Mrs.
Jarley's waxworks as described in The
Old Curiosity Shop, could be given
with some of the members grouped as
characters in the famous show and des-
ignated, as Little Nell did, with a
pointer.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-16
After the Eiopement.

Artie-Darling. you have no idea
how anxious l was while you were
coming down the rope ladder ] was so
afraid you had not fastened it securely
above
Susie You needn I have been alarm
ed. dear Papa tied the knot for me.
Pick Me Up
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-16
Time,A Changes.

In 1880 Goethe wrote to friend that
1t seemed almost inconceivable that now
that the Gothard wagon road had been
opened it was possible to go from
Frankfort to Milan in single week. 1t
is now done in day.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-16
All Ouiet There.

I'm glad to know" remarked Miss
Cayenne, that Mr.. and Mrs. Jinkles
are living far more happily than they
were formerly"
'Indeed?''
Eyes am informed that they have
not spoken TO each other for weeks -
London Tit BitA
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-16

The Oldest sailing craft in the world
is the so called Gokstad ship, q viking
vessel which was discovered in sepul-
chral mound on the shores of Chris.
tiania ford It is 1000 years old.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-16

Among the Vosges peasant children
born at the new moon are supposed to
have tongues better hung than others.
while those born at the last quarter have
better reasoning powers. A daughter
born during the waxing moon is always
precocious.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-16

A doctor asserts that the growth of
children takes place entirely when they
are asleep