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Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-27
SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION.
Wilmington, N. C., May 6th-14th. Cheap Bates Offered hv the Plant System

Wilmington, N. C., May 6th-14th. Cheap 1 Rates Offered by the Plant System.
 On account of the above occasion the Plant System will sell tickets from Ill points on their line to Wilmington, N. C., and return at the very low rate of one fare for the round trip. Tickets to be, sold May 3rd to 7th; good to return fifteen Q5) days from date of sale. Ar rangements have been made whereby an additional fifteen days will be given by aepositing ticket with ticket agent at Wilmington prior to May 18th.
 The Plant System. has double daily trains carrying Pullman Sleeping Cars making direct connection through to des- tination. For particulars apply to w. V. Lifsey, Division Passenger Agent, Montgomery, Ala. 4-15-36t.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-27
CHEAP RATES
Y Ou.......

To Wilmington, N. C., Southern Baptist Convention, May 6-14th, 1897, Via
 Southern Railway.
 For the above occasion. the Southern Railway will sell round trip tickets, from all points at the low rate of one limited first class fare. The short line. quickest time, through coaches and Pullman Sleep CTS. Tickets to be sold May 3rd to 7th inclusive, good for fifteen days. For further information. cal on
 J. F. BILLUPS,
 Tray. Pass. Agent.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-27

w ILLIAMSON IRON CO, foundry. ma- w chine and boiler shop. First avenue and Fifteenth street. Phone, 2O8
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-27
TO FLORIDA.

Winter Tourist Excursion tickets now on sale by the Plant sys tenn to all points in South Georgia and Florida. Tickets
 daily trains and through sleeping cars to all principal places in Florida For rates schedules or any information rela-
 tive to the different tourist points, also literature descriptive of the state and It's resources write to w. V. Lifsey. division passenger agenty Montgomery, ;Ala.Y
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Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-27
Cotton Manufacturing.
Cotton-Seed Mil
Founders and Mach;aistss,

TIT GOD MACHINE CO, founders and ma. II chinists, repairers of machinery. sH eavy forgings. car wheels and axles of all kinds. Builders of electric locomotives. First avenue and Fifteenth street. Phone, 2O9.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-27
Peoples Savings Bank and Trust O.,
HENRY B. GRAY. Pres.
1907 SECOND AVENUE.

We esneeially invite all persons who wish to save money to open an account with us in our Savings Department. s&No DEPOSIT TOO SMALL TO a RECEIVE if the person wants to add to it and build up savings account. &sa Nowsis a good time to start an account A small bank given to every de- positor for THE NEXT THIRTY DAYS rp 4l.H
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-28
An Enthusiasm.

"You can't comprehend what gen.
uine enthusiast is till you have known
one as | have" This oracular declara-
ton from the man of the world called
for story by way of evidence.
"When Tom Blumber and l were
boys together, he was an enthusiast on
the craze for gathering postage stamps.
He wrote, advertised, hunted and would
have walked across the continent for "a
rarity in his line. Suddenly he switch
ed to dogs and had everything from
toy terrier to Great Danes. He had a
canine herd that would crowd an acre
of ground. They barked and howled
and fought till he fell in love, and he
was either counting, serenading, send
ing soft poetry or hanging around till
the girl married him just to have peace
AS the honeymoon waned he was
seized with baseball enthusiasm. He
would have faced "a battery to get to a
game. He yelled, jawed, bet, followed
the club from spring till fall and was "a
noisy bleacher even in his sleep. The
next turn Of the crank made him fish
elman. Out of season he would sit in
the back yard and make casts by the
hour just 70 keep his hand in There
was never invented or suggested any
thing TO lure the finny tribe that he did
not have III his collection, which would
fill freight car. Ee could sit Gu wet
rock all day without winking and then
go shining or trolling all night Get
him III crowd and he d have every
body talking fish inside of five minutes,
and when he saw the Lone Fisherman he
cheered till an usher got him out of the
theater Now he's singer, and every
house within block of him is vacant.
He has no more music in him than a
blackbird, but he is an enthusiast. -
Detroit Free Press.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-28
The EPISCOPAL Churcb.

The Church Standard (Episcopal) adj
mlts that there is some truth in the
charge of sectarian superciliousness of.
ten brought against the Episcopal
church. There is, it says, "a good
deal of offensive conceit in the way in
which we talk about the 'sects' and the
denominations There is something
hardly less offensive in the patronizipg
way in which we sometimes admit tbe
Christian graces which are exhibited in
the lives and works of their ministers
and members, as if, forsooth, they were
marvel of God s exceptional and Who'll.
~ uncovenanted grace. If we were as
catholic as we pretend to be, or just
one-half as catholic as we ought TO he
we should behave differently. Differen,
behavior would beget different disno.
sition toward the church from that
which generally prevails among non.
Episcopalians 4"
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-28
HIGHEST of all in Leavening Power-Latest U. Govt Re
RH!A!I! RR s%aesg
ABSOLUTELY PURE
The Crawling Centiped.

The crawling centiped is built some
what ON the model of Il train of cars,
the resemblance being enhanced by tho
reptiles habit of running straight back
ward when suddenly confronted. Every
joint OF its long body has two legs, each
jointed and tipped with sharp point
like bees sting. Its head is furnished
withtwopincherlike poison fangs, which
work horizontally toward each other,
and instead of legs it's rearmost joint is
furnished with two long hooked claws,
which drag behind as the centiped
walks, and by which it can hang head
downward from any place to which it
can fix them. If chance is given the
centiped, it will run from the presence
of man, and most of the cases where
men have been bitten by one of these
reptiles have come about through the
man rolling upon them or in some other
way crowding them while asleep.
The sensation produced by cent?
pede's crawling upon the bare skin.
with it's numerous and keenly pointed
feet, is usually described as similar TO
that of being touched with "a redhot
poker. If the person thus invaded re-
main perfectly still, the reptile will
crawl off rs soon as it can. If an at
tempt be made to shake it off, it sets
every claw into the flesh in the effort to
hold on, with an effect like the stimuli.
taneous stinging by score of bees, and
if any way it be crowded or damned it
bites, injecting poison which, though
less virulent than that of the tarantula
or rattlesnake, causes a serious slough
ing from the wound during the progress
of recovery. New York sun.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-28
wa,tze. and ~why Notq.

have been preaching for years that
it is stupidity academical and pedantio
to exclude such truly inspired pieces as
Strauss waltzes from the programmes
of our symphony concerts, but against
stupidity, "a Schiller has remarked, the
gods themselves fight ia vain. A SYM
phony is considered al right though ii
be the veriest trash, hut waltz that is
"A product of pure genius is taboocd I'M
less it is smuggled into symphony, as
by Tschaikowsky. What makes the sit
uation the more peculiar IS that pianisis
of the highest calibcr never hesitate to
insert waltzos by Chopin or Strauss on
their programmes. Bat, then, pionis.s
are their own bosses; they have nc
academic board of directors.
The taboo placed on the Strauss
waltzes by the minor professional mu-
sicians who regulate orchestral concert
affairs is seen In its full blooded asinin-
ity when we bear in mind how the
greatest composers eli orr century have
honored and admired Johann Strauss,
To begin with the two antipodes,
Brahms wrote on Nine. Strauss fan the
first bars Of the Blue Danube Waltz,
with the words, met by Brahms, re-
greet to say :" And Richard Wagner
wrote in 1868 that "a single Strauss
waltz surpasses in charm, refinement
and genuine musical value most of the
imported and often laboriously manu-
featured products of foreign musicians.
1t is often said that Wagner undervalued
his contemporaries, but Liszt, Franz and
Strauss are decided exceptions. Mos
kowski relates that once at dinner
Wagner proposed a toast Ito all music
al geniuses from Bach to johann
Strauss, - and it is known that he often
played his waltzes at Baireuth with
more animation than skill Liszt's adj
miration fer Strauss was equally sin
cere, and his greatest pupil, Tausig,
arranged some Of these waltZes for
piano, con amore. Henry 3. Fink in
LOCKER On.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-28
IA the Sultan Mad?

a curious story, said to be well au-
thenticated, is going the rounds of the
European press and explains much that
Is mysterious in the sultan conduct.
Two days before the Bairam festival,
so the tale runs, an aid-de-camp went
to Abdul Hamid's room for orders and
found him walking up and down with
wild gesticulations and incoherent MUIR
murs. AS soon as the sultan caught
sight Of the officer he exclaimed: "Son
Of dog, what are you doing here? Do
you not see that | am conversing with
my father" The aid-de-camp, in great
alarm, was about to withdraw, when
Abdul Hamid stopped him, saying,
PROSTATE yourself before my father
and then execute his commands"
Down dropped the trembling officer
ON his knees, awaiting the development
OF events with intense anxiety. A quar-
ter OF an hour later his horrible sus.
pense came to an end, for the COM
mander of the faithful, bringing his
promenade to an abrupt close, threw
himself on divan, and, looking around
the chamber, relieved the mind of the
aid-de-camp by inquiring what he was
doing and why he had come. The sui
tan had completely forgotten the previ-
Gus scene.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-28
The Language of Crime.

The general tendency of the criminal
to reduce the abstract to the concrete, to
denote the substantive by one of its at
tributes, is shown very clearly in his
synecdochical phraseology. Thus purse
is leather; street car is short, COM
pairing its length with railroad car; a
handkerchief is wipe, and a pair of
shoes pair of kicks.
Again, some of the terms appear to
be purely arbitrary, and were it not
that the creative power is absent in
criminals as in women l should not
hesitate to state it as fact. But it
seems wiser to conclude merely that the
origin Of these terms has become OBJ
scured. To suppose that they were Gre
ated would be i'll too distinct contradic-
ton to all obtainable evidence, indirect
though it may be- Such expressions are
to kip, meaning to sleep; to spiel, to
make speech; jerve, waistcoat pocket;
thimble, watch; TO do lam, meaning
TO run.
Some Of the expressions are very de-
scriptive. To run from Il police officer
is to do hot foot. A person who is al
ways listening to other peoples CONVEX
sation is called a rubber neck The
word push, meaning a crowd, is occa-
sionallly seen III the newspapers. To be
arrested is to be pinched; to be convict
ed is to fall. To refuse person. ap.
peal is to give him the marble heart.
Such expressions require 10 explana-
tion.-A e. b. Crofton in Popular Sci
ence Monthly.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-28

Mrs. A. Tween, residing at 100 Henry
St., Alton, ILL.,, suffered with sciatic rheu
matism Tor over eight months. She doc
tored for it nearly the whole OF this time
trying various remedies recommendedb'
friends. and was treated bv the physl
clans, but received no relief She then
used one and a half bottles OF Chamber
aims Pain Balm, which effected com
plete cure. This is published at her re
quest. as che wants others similarly
afflicted to know what cured her. I'M
20 and so cent sizes for sale by Solder
gren x Sodergren, Druggists.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-28
Edllenl PACING.

Edhem Pasha. though Turk, is far
from being an unspeakable one, if the
reports about him that come from the
war correspondents are to be believed.
They describe the invader of Thessaly as
handsome, courteous and well edu-
Gated man, who looks more than his 45
years because his thick beard, once
glossy black, is now thickly fiecked with
gray. He is above middle height, his
nose is straight and rather long, his
gray eyes are large and intelligent, and
his manner is that attractive mingling
of amiability with dignity which is a
not uncommon attribute of the Turk as
seen on ordinary occasions. Edhem does
not strike the superficial observer as a
strong man, but he is a hard worker
and does not spare himself. His talk is
as rule quiet, and marked by much
refinement, but it grows animated when
subject kindles his interest, and his
eyes then glow with enthusiasm 1t is
difficult to judge of a man sense of hu.
NOR through the barriers of strange
language. His style of life is simple
and he has none of the oriental love of
display. In character he seems to lie
straightforward and sincere, frank and
truth loving. Trickery, intrigue, di-
plomacy and politics alike he appears
to detest. His subordinates and those
who see him most intimately are most
fond of him. New York Times.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-28
BIG GUNS.
The Skill aud Machinery Used In Turning
out the Monsters.

Think what one of these guns is. II
is pierre of solid steel weighing about
go tons. IL has chamber running
nearly its entire length Is inches in di-
ameter. ~ the beech of the gun that
chamber is enlarged 20 a Giameterof ~
inches for 63, feet The long tube Of
the gun is strengthened by an enormous
band. reaching almost half its length
and called a Jacket " and in addition
il has what is called a hoop or band
with the appliances whereby the gun is
fastened or locked 10 its carriage In
side the tube OF the gun there are about
90 spiral grooves. which give the pro
lectile or long bullet twist as II leaves
the gun That twist causes the proJectlle
10 turn nearly 20 times second as 1t
plunges through the air. This projectile
weighs 100 pounds. and IL requires no
less than 900 pounds Of powder to give
il its full force Every discharge of the
gun costs in powder and proJectile fully
5000. The cost of one of these guns is
not far from 500 600
To make one of these implements Of
war requires NOT only great skill, but
the use of very costly machinery. Not
only must the steel be cooked in enor-
NOUS furnaces but II must be seasoned
as delicately as the most expensive dish
for a banquet Chemistry is called upon
to say just when the metal-of which
the gun is made is of the proper degree
of purity.
Then the steel is cast into a long cast
ing. When it is cooled, it is forged or
elongated under pressure while hot
Then it is turned outside and inside on
enormous lathes. Then it is tempered.
so as to harden the metal and TO distrib.
ute the molecules evenly through the
mass to prevent dangerous strains and
bursting when the gun is fired. Then it
is turned again outside and inside with
absolute accuracy as to size. Then the
powder chamber is finished, and the
mechanism for the fastening of the
breeCh block is made Then the gun is
ready for its carriage without which,
Of course, it could do no work. -Har.
per's Round Table.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-28
PLACE DE LA CONCORDE.
The Most Famous and Beautiful Square In
Gay and Nivacious Paris.

Gay and Nivacious Paris.
The most important public square in
Paris and one of the handsomest in the
whole world is the Place de la Concorde.
In the center rises the obelisk of Luxor,
presented by the pasta of Egypt to Louis
Philippe. 1t is fianked ON either side by
a large fountain. The Place de la Con-
corde seems somewhat wrongly called,
in view of the history of the spot. One
hundred and fifty years ago it was an
open field, but in 174S the city accepted
the gracious permission of Louis XIV to
erect statue to him here. The place
then took his name and retained it till
the new regime, in 1889, melted down
the statue and converted it into 2 cent
pieces
On the Both of May, 1870, during an
exhibition Of fireworks here, a panic
took place and 200 people were tram
pied to death and 1900 more were Sc
yerely injured. The occasion was the
attempt Of the people to express by
grand celebration their unbounded Joy
at the recent marriage of the young
dauphin with the Austrian princess
Marie Antoinette. On the 21st of Jan
uary, 1893, they gathered here again in
immense numbers to see the head of the
same dauphin, then Louis XVI, chopped
off by the sharp guillotine. During the
next two years the spot we'll earned its
title Place of the Revolution, - for the
gulllotine had not ceased its work until
Marie Antoinette, Charlotte Corday,
Nine Elizabeth (the kings sister,,
Robespiere and more than $500 per.
sons had here persisted by its deadly
stroke -Chautauquan.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-28

The Westfi'ld (Ind.) News prints Il
following in regard to an old resident
that place: Frank McAyoy, for man
years in the employ of the L., N. A. &
railway here, says: L have used Chan
berlain's Collie, Cholera and DiarrhG
Remedy for ten years or longer-a
never without it in my family. 30
slider it the best remedy of the kind mani
featured take pleasure in RECOMMEND
log It," 1t is specific for all bowel di
orders. For sale by Sodergren & Sode
gren, druggists.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-28
Luck.

DO you think there is any luck in a
four leaf clover?" asked the Young
woman.
well, " replied Mr.. Barker thought
fully, Il can't trace the connection be-
tween any superstition and actual oc.
currences, but l knew girl who was
very lucky soon after she found four
leaf clover.
DO tell me about it,
There isn't much to tell While she
was hunting the four leaf clover she
got her feet wet and caught cold. and
everybody SAID she was lucky that she
dldn { die. "-Washington Star.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-28
The Grande est Remedy.

Mr.. r. B. Greeve, merchant, OF Chi
howis, Va, certifles that he had cor
sumption, was given up to die, sougn.
all medical treatment that money could
procure, tried all cough remedies he coud
hear OF, but got no relief; spent man!
nights sitting up in a chair; was ind'ceo
to try DR.. Kings New Discovery and was
cured by use OF two bottles. For pas'
three years has been attending to busl1
mess, and says, DR.. Kings New Disco'1
cry Is the grandest remedy ever made a
1t has done so much for him and also ioI
others In his community. DR.. King
New Discovery is guaranteed for coughs
colds and consumption. It don't iaii'
Trial bottles free at d. T. Macdonald''
drug store.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-28

The best saive in the world for cutl
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, ievs
sores. letter, chaDped hands. chilblainl
corns. and all skin eruptions, and pos
lively cures piles, or no pay required. II
is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction
or money refunded. Price, % cents ps
box. For sale by ID. L. Macdonald.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-28
Repair shop.

l have opened general repair shop
321 kearsarge street, Laurium, and a
prepared to do all kinds OF bicycle
pairing, tin soldering, light forging,
pairing baby carriages, sharpening pcl
repairing chains, gun cleaning and
pairing, etc. GEORGE WARNE.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-28
What Else Could She Dn2

Il was surprised to hear that Pencil
ope had broken her engagement. 1t
thought she was determined to stick to
him in spite of the opposition of her fa-
Their"
"She was but the idiot wrote her
some poetry, as he called it. And he
rhymed her name with let us then
elope. That settled him. "-Cincinnati
Enquirer
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-28
Teaching n Lost Art.

"A New York woman," he said
looking at her over the tops of his
glasses, has gone into the business OF
teaching women how to walk"
Somehow it seemed to strike bor no :
joke. - 10 ="
Ihink of it!' she said. "Just when
the price of wheels is coming down tool
l began to think you were right, John.
when you said that women had no bnsi,
ness sense. Chicago Post.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-28
"It L. the Rest ON Earth :,

That is what Edwards & Parker med
chants of Plains, Ga, say OF Chamber|
lain's Pain Balm. for rheumatism. Iau|
back, deep seated and muscular pains|
Sold by Sodergren & Sodergren, drug|
Qsts.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-28
AUGUST GaEN.
UphoIsterer and Mattress Maker

UphOlsterer and Mattress Maker.
All kinds of upholstery work done o.
short notice in a first-class manner, AM
cheaper than the cheapest. Carpet
cleaned, window draperies made, designe'
and hung, awnings replaced, etc. Wit
ten years of experience, I solicit your pat
ronage. All work guaranteed. Ofic
and shop at No. 451 Front street, Red
Jacket, Mich.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-28
Spider Silk.

Notwithstanding the failure common
~ attending attempts hitherto made to
obtain from spiders, gathered collective
ly for the purpose, an amount of silk
sufficient for industrial uses, it is now
claimed by M. Cambolle, Il French nat
uralist, that the Madagascar species of
this insect is susceptible of management
capable OF some practical results in this
line. He has found that the spider of
that country is capable of producing at
the beginning of its work more than
100 yards Of thread per hour, increas-
ing i'll quantity until it actually pro-
duces more than 100 yards i'm that
length of time. His experiments also
show that this thread has about the
consistency and strength of the thread
yielded by the silkworm that is fed on
mulberry leaves. A peculiar little ma.
chine winds the threads on bobbins as
soon as it issues from the spider. New
York Sun.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-28

The bread and cake of the superb
Bakery can be had at che following ageu
cies; James Lisa's. MIRA. Hoskin's, Rs
Jacket; Martin Kuhn's. j. c. Lean
Peter Olcem'e, Calumet Village, AM
Weisenauer's. GuilbauI's, Lake Linden.
fresh supply Ia !e.S Al these agencies ever
daY, and the prices are aslow as the loves
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-28
Believed In Either Mode.

"Why didn't they have that baptiz.
ing out at the creek the other day?'
1T rained furiously while they were
on their way out, and before they got
half way there the man who was going
to be baptized said he was not preju
diced in favor of either mode, and he
believed it wouldn't be necessary to 90
any further with the ceremony. Chi
cago Tribune.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-28

The loneliest house in the British
Isles is said to be the gamekeeper's cot
tage in Skiddaw forest, approached
from Keswick by a path along Whit
Beck, which offers 81 miles of as
rough walking as can be well compress
ed into that distance.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-28

window plants should not be taken
out to the garden and syringed with
cold water when in bloom. It will
cneck the flowers and may destroy them
altogether.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-28

The new yacht for the emperor Of
Russia is boat of 3, 200 tons displace-
ment Her length is $40 feet, breadth
30 feet. 9 inches and depth 33 feet
inches. She has been fitted with en-
gines of 10000 horsepower and is val
ued at G43O, 900.