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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-22
BOY VERSUS TIME.
1t Was a Severe Test, but the Youngster
Won the Battle.

1t Was a Severe Test, but the founSster
Won the Battle.
You can nearly always bet your money
on a boy. Boys know some things better
than even the angels. In an important
lawsuit mt Clay Center 12-year- boy
was on the stand and testified that he had
spent just ten minutes in getting bucket
OF water for his mother The question of
time was vital one, and the opposing
attorneys tried to rattle the boy. Finally
one of them pulled out his watch and pro-
posed to test whether or not the boy knew
when ten minutes had elapsed. The OPP
posing attorneys on the boys side of the
case strenuousiy objected to this test, for
il is we'll known that nothing is harder
than to sit still and gauge the passing of
time. The Judge ordered the test to be
made, however, and after the courtroom
clock had been stopped and every chance
removed for the boy TO play sneak, the
trial commenced. The stiffness in the
room became oppressive. Every watch was
drawn and the eyes of the multitude rested
upon the youngstor, who chewed gum,
swung his foot against the round Of his
chair and ga2ed placidly out over the
benches ms though the proceedings had
mighty little interest for him.
Two, four, six minutes passed, ana stlll
be made no sign. Then the attorneys com
menced to worry him. Isn't time about
up?" asked one of them. Nope, senta-
tiously responded the boy as no changed
the cross i'm his knees. Seven and eight
minutes passed. Haven't you got that
water pumped YETI" said the attorney in a
tone which was intended to convey the be-
lief that ten minutes had more than passed.
"Reckon not, ;" again replied the boy, and
his own attorneys began to chuckle. Nine
minutes passed and tick, tick, tick went
the seconds toward the ten minute mark,
and up to exactly three seconds before the
limit when the boy drawled out, Il think
I've rot that water drawed. The people
burst into applause, and after the trial
when the boy was asked to explain how
he hit off the time so correctly, he replied,
"Oh, 1 just sorter knowed, that's all -
| Kansas City Times.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-22
=. /. M. Rhodes. An
ether Pioneer. is
No More.
,..sed Away at the Franklin
day Morning-He Came TO the
a, ts54-ProfessOr Brock
o,a HIS Big Fish-Notes.

D,. l. NJ. Rhodes. whose death yester-
=, - earning was noted in the News that
D1 ZINC was born in New York State on
s'otember "a, 1880. Although lar from
~ Oldest in point OF years he was
%ouc the Oldest in point OF years OF the
/ Lake Superior pioneers having come to
OntOuagon in 1854. In 1866 Dr.
Ohodos was married and his wife survives
Sm The wedding occurred at Pontiac,
oakland county, from which place a
inner Of the older residents OF the cop
eer country came.
T, the fall of 1868, DR.. Rhodes came to
.ho Franklin nine as ply sician and he
bas held that position eversince. He
was always most active man in the
york OF his profession and his practlce
extended wide of the boundaries OF the
mine he officially served. Untilhis recent
plress. a second attack OF which proved
fatal he kept up his vigorous habits not
outstanding his advancing years and
thai illness was one that most frequently
attack men who have worked too hard
with brain and body combined.
DR.. Rhodes was prominent member
Of the Congregational church OF Han
cock and his place in that organization
will be hard to fill. He was man who
fought for the principles in which he
believed with extraordinary persistencY
and with all his combatitiveness for his
| ideas was q most kindly and even TEN.
pered man.
The last attack and death came SO
quickly and at a time when he seemed to
be recovering his former vigor that the
news OF his demise was great shock to
many life time friends. The community
felt that it had lost good man.
, The funeral services will be held at the
Congregational church tomorrow after
noon at $3.50, Rev. j. E. Reilly, officiat
inO
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-22
An Untold Story.

She is maiden aunt who has ceased TO
hide her spectacles when gentleman calls
and likes to knit rather than be idle.
"Of course there's a romance In your
life. auntie," declared her dashing niece
the other day. 'There's romance in every
woman's life. Now be good and tell me
yours.
cts nothing" and the kindly face
blusbed almost into youthfulness. There
was a very attractive young man with
whom / had grown up. We had been
thrown together a great deal, and before he
started abroad to pursue his studies as an
artist he came to spend the evening with
me and take leave. recall that we talked
of everything that offered an excuse Tor
talking until he rose to go.
"Then he took mo by the hand. He
faltered, turning red and then turning
white II seemed he could not speak then,
and he took n nervous turn about INC
room. AS he came back to me there was
n steadier and more determined look In MS
grave blue eyes. Again he took my trem-
bling hand in his strong grasp ana pro
nounced my name".-
eyes, auntie.
"Here father and your uncle entered
unceremoniously, discussing some earehy
matter of business. Manlike, they spread
themselves out i'm front of the crate, talked
TO Hugh about his trip and remained there
till he was gone.
ooh, the horrid brutes"
Thank you, dear. Now you can share
tho curiosity / have INDUCED so many
years. If no had spoken, what would ne
have saidY'-Detroit Free Press
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-22

"For three years we have never been
without Chamberlain Collie. Cholera and
Diarrhea Remedy in the house," says
A. FL. Patter, with f. c. Atkins & Co.,
Indianapolis, Ind, "and my wife would
az soon think OF being without flour as
bottle OF this Remedy in the summer sea-
son, We have used it with oil three oil
our children and it has meyer failed to
cure-not simply stop pain. but cure alb
solutely. 1t Is all right, and anyone who
tries it will find it So" For sale by Sod
ergren & Sodergren, druggists.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-22
Take Notice.

have Just received new stock o'
domestic and imported woolens, which
will be made up to order in suits OF any
stvle desired.
One thing sure is: II YOU Urv me once
YOU will patronize me again. Work and
fit fully warranted. John b. Rastello
merchant tailor, 212 Sixth street.
DO not make objection to the street at
it il not the street that makes your
clothes, but a first-cass tailor with eigb.
teen years experience.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-22
THE eRHco-TURKIsH TREATY.

by Its Provision Greece slust Pay 100000
Pounds.
Constantinople, June 21.-The draft or
the treaty Of peace between Greece and
Turkey is likely to be submitted to the
powers next week. The amount of the
indemnity which Greece will pay will,
it is believed, be G5.OO0,00O (Turkish),
the largest amount the Greeks could
pay. 1t has also been generally con-
ceded for some time past that the Turk
ish government has given up the idea OK
retention Of Thessady, and it is UNDER
stood that the changes in the frontier
line will be Slight.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-22
TIE MARKETS.
Chicago Grain and Produce.

Chicago, June 10.
Following were the quotation on the
Board Of Trade today: Wheat-June,
opened nominal. closed 692sc; july
opened 6S54c, closed 6Sssc; September
opened 6i%c, closed 6495c; DecemDer'
opened, $3.50, closed 6oAc. CON- I une'
opened nominal, closed 244c; july
opened 247sc, closed 25c; September
opened 257ac. closed 25%c. Oats-June,
opened nominal, closed 1Sc; July, opened
1Shc, closed 1850; september, opened
1SIsc closed 1870. Pork-July, opened
1922. closed $1.S21a; September opened
S7.42ia, closed $40. Lard-July, opened
$3.65. closed 1855; September, opened
1915, closed 1915.
Produce: Butter - Extra creamery,
14Ibc per 10; extra dairy, l2c; fresh
packing stock, 6 % &c. Eggs Fresh
stock, &c per dozen Live Poultry
Turkeys. 7ISc per 10; chickens, 7@71ac;
ducks 7171hc. Potatoes-Burbanks, 300
32c per bu. Honey-White clover, ITO
I2ihc per fb: imperfect. 709c. Apples
Common to fancy. s2.O0@S.50 per Dbl.
Chicago Live stock.
Chicago. June 10.
Hops-Estimated receipts for the oay'
% 600: market active and feeling weak
err. prices sc lower; sales ranged at sZ,oo
az. as for pigs, $3.30Q3.45 FOR light, SS.loW
400 for rough packing, S35ouo.4o lor
mixed. ana yo.LDWio.fO ioi
and shipping lots Cattle-Estliha u'
receipts for the day, 100; quality falr;
quotations ranged at $5.OO@5.3O Tor
choice to extra shipping steers. s4'4oW
495 good to choice do, $4.20q4.io lalr
70 good. $3.S5d4.30 common 10 meuiuIn
do, $37Od4.20 butchers steers sS' S2S
2 on stockers. S3S5@445 feeders, 1880
$50 cows. s2.6O@4.20 heifers 2.25n3.so
bulls oven and stays S2.75M4.1O Texas
steers and s3.5Om6.00 veal calves. Sheep
and Lambs ESTIMATED receipts for the
day. 1500: quality fairly good; market
rather quiet; feeling steady; prices un1
changed: quotations ranged at S3.OOW
A 90 westerns. s2.S0@3.75 Texans, $2.25Q
44O natives, and $S.25@5.55 lambs.
East Buffalo Live stock.
East Buffalo, n. Y. June 10.
Dunnine e Stevens, Live Stock Com
missiun Merchants, East Buffalo, n. Y,
ouote as follows: Cattle-Kecelpts' =
cars; market slow and shade loWer'
veals lower, S425@5.75. Hogs-Recelpts'
80 cars; market active out nich ~ :, so cs.
or for light grades. Workers, $335@3.6o;
others SS.5O@355. sheep and Lambs
Receipts 8 cars; market dull and full
! o5c lower: warnings very dull; good 10
choice. S3.5O@3.90: spring lamos, AOVD
| 200: sheep, culls to best wethers, SZ'zo
| d4.00.
81 Louis Grain.
st. Louis, June 10.
wheat-Lower; No. red cash eleva.
tor. SiIbc asked track, S1@Sl1sc; No.
hard cash. 75c asked; July, 6S1aq6sesc'
| Corn-I.ower; No. cash, 23l9c; July,
22%c bid. Oats-Dull; NO. cash' lt1sc
| hid: July. 1shc asked. Rye-Lower;
31hc track.
| Milwaukee Grain.
Milwaukee, June 10.
whsat-Quiet and easier; No. 2 spring,
nc: No. northern, 76lkc; July, $3.50.
Corn-Firm; No. 3, 24%@25c. Oats
Steady; No. white. 22q22lRc. Barley
Firm, No. 2. 32h@SShc; sample, Esq
S2hc Rye-Steady and quiet; NO. IL
34%o.
| Detroit Grain.
Detroit, June 10.
wheat-Cash white, SIC; cash red, SSs:
July. IKE asked; September, 6Shc.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-22

Charles Frink, of Minneapolis, is visit
ing his uncle. John E. Hooking, OF Han
COCK. He will remain here some time
providing he an organize class on the
Yiohn. Mr.. Frink Is said to be, by those
VINO have heard him perform on his fav-
orite instrument, most finished musi-
clan and his locating here would there
lore be distinct gain to the community.
IL is to be hoped that the young man
Will meet with encouragement and sue.
coed in his object.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-22
E,gineer Killed i'm "A Wreck.

Omaha, June 21.-Engineer Hamilton
was killed outright and his fireman was
seriously injured by the wreck OF the
Burlington train (No. III known as the
Iowa local at Creston, Ia, Saturday
morning. The train was just moving
out of Creston when it ran into an open
switch and was ditched.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-22

lhe funeral OF Miss Name Smith, OF
Anse, will take place tomorrow after
noon at 2 o'clock and the remains will
oe inferred In L'Anse cemetery. Many
trends from here will attend and they
VIII have to take the morning train, re-
turning the came evening.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-22

Professor Brock and Allan Kirkpatrick
went fishing in Elm river, near the form
| er's homestead, Saturday. The probes
sor can reel off figures in q mathematical
recitation and facts before his class in
chemistry with great facility and he can
reel in big trout with a manual dexter
ity equal to the ment,i exercises above
mentioned. This latter he dir Saturday
! and the fish was the biggest OF the day,
that is the biggest the professor caught,
not the biggest he had on his line and
lost however.
SO lar this is an ordinary fish story,
but the sequel is extraordinary. The
fish was packed away nicely by it's cap
, tor in his basket, but on the way home
desiring to feast his eyes once again on
the beauty the professor OF dead Ian
guages opened the basket when strange
tosay there was no dead big fish there,
only the little ones in which the owner
did not take much interest. The fish
could not possibly have gotten out by
itself and Prof Brock Immediately sus-
pected MIR. kirkpatrick, but the latter
swore by all the gods OF fishermen that
be had not touched the trout.
Sunday evening Mr.. kirkpatrick in.
ylted mutual friend to lunch and the
disappointed pedagogue commissioned
this friend to quietly nose about and try
and learn il Mr.. Kirkpatrick had not
really taSen the feb after all. The
friend not only located the fish. but be
had portion for lunch and both he and
his host desire to assure Prof. Brock
that it was toothsome dainty. AND
still Mr.. Kirkpatrick had told the truth
when he asserted that he had not touched
the trout. Prof. Brock had in bis excite
ment at catching such beauty packed
IL tenderly awey in his friends basket.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-22

Aioert Sandquist, formerly employed
u Nichols drug store, is home from Chi
.ago where during the pact year he at
'ended the Northwestern Medical School
and School OF Pharmacy.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-22

Alfred Grugier is confined TO his home
On water street, Hancock, with a pain
III injury to his hip which occurred in
Tue quincy mine Friday evening. No
zones were broken, but the muscles we're
BADLY bruised and sprained.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-22

The Hancock post office will open sun
day afternoon from to o'clock until
further notice and will therefore not be
open in the morning as heretofore.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-22

Nicholas Britz and Miss Mary Martin,
OF Houghton. were joined in marriage
this morning at st. Igoat'us' church by
Rev. FIR. Rezek.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-22

Off the coast of Ceylon the hshing
season is inaugurated by numerous cere-
monies. and the fleet of boats then puts
70 sea. Fishing, when allowed, gener.
ally commences in the second week OF
March and lasts from four to SIX weeks
according 20 the season.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-22
lsse Lind.n stage.

Hsae Lind "a stage.
stage leaves Pearce's livery stable
] exc Linden, every day at 8 e. IN, 10
M, and p. m. Stageleayes McClure's
livery stable, Red Jacket, at s a. IN, II
a. M, and l and 4. p. m.
THOMAS PEARCE,
JAMES MCCLURE,
PrOprietOrF
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-22

Phil johnson, son Of MIR. aud Mrs. L ID.
Johns ID. OF The Quincy, il home from
Ma lison University, Wis, for vacation.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-22

Knives, razors, shear, ETC.. in endless
variety. Guaranteed goods at popular
nrices at Carlton Hard ware Co.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-22
To secret socseEies aud Others Wish
ing 20 RenI "a A.naEe Roum.

The Temple OF Honor lodge room IL
vacant on Wednesday evenings o.
each week. Parties desiring TO rent the
same may apply by letter TO the
Union Temple OF Honor and temperance,
No. 4S, Calumet, Mich.
j. Il. JAMES, Secretary.
Box 81, Opechee.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-26
=, Kirkpatrick Loses
W" u;s Case in Circuit
Court.
81. supreme Court to Decide
,...rs By the One Just Tried
Inc ~ Case ma. Been one Of Inter
- e,t 20 the Bar.

IT,. case Of Allen kirkpatrick agalnt
u, au Mihelich, one OF the stockholders
m .ap Mechanics & Miners cooperative
o. ".s 'o was decided in circuit court
" ''ss,srday afternoon againstthe pla'n'ih'
ss' oa.e e one of one hundred and sixty
a i"st tSe others are continued to await
a." action Of the supreme court on the
Wv ..io5 CD. Hanchette for the plain
~. U1' ard A. T. streeter for the defendant
savs worked hard four days, and when
A" .uov the case would have gone here
w.. .ss .nnreme court would have been called
mon by the loser.
Op NJ Kirkpatrick frat fued the associa-
.,on and the execution having been re-
.nr0od unsatisiied he then proceeded
oroinst the Individual stockholders.
Tho olaintiil claimed to have made an
oo,oement with Capt. Knauf, formerly
..oosurer Of the association, TO sell the
concerns goods ard on the succeeding
nov dav TO take negotiablepapers, which
,,o,,d extend the ultimate date oil pay
mont MFR. Streeter and Mr.. Hanchette
both agreed that any act that extended
,ho Indebtedness would release the stock
holders but the latter contended that
under the agreement with Capt. Knaul
,hore WAS no such extension. The defense
commended that first there was no such
contract made as claimed with Treasurer
Knaui and secondly that il there were II
was not made with person holding
authority to make it and thereforeit wat
not good.
The court held the views OF the defens'
correct under the testimony and that II
followed that no contract binding on TIT
stockholders having been made that thu
acceptance on the negotiable paper b,
Mr.. Kirkpatrick virtually extended tn
time and therefore released the stock
holders.
The case has been one OF interest to tn
whole bar, involving, as it does, severa
nice points. A good many persons ar
interested and the original claim OF Kirk
patrick, some 5000, ia far exceeded b.
the costs, which amount in each cas-
before trial to.$20.75. Mr.. A. r. Ora.
sat on the bench in the case for Judg
Hubbell, but he stated in rendering hi
decision that Judge Hubbell conceded j
hia views
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-26
MORGAN AND THE OPERATOR.
The Latter Was Not So Glad to See the
General ~ He Said He Would Bo.

The Latter Was Not So Glad to Sec the
General As He Said He Would Bo.
The fall Of Forts Donelson and Henry
compelled General Albert Sydney john
ston to evacuate Kentucky and northern
Tennessee. When he retreated from
Bowling Green, which had been his
headquarters, he left General John II.
Morgan, whose audacious enterprise was
beginning TO attract attention through
out the country, with his brigade OF
Kentucky and Tennessee horsemen In
Kentucky to obtain information OF the
enemy's movements.
One bright spring morning tall,
graceful looking man rode up to the
Louisville and Nashville railroad depot
at Bowling Green. Leaving his thor
oughbred in charge of little darkey,
the horseman strobe across the platform
to the telegraph Office. He was dressed
In an ordinary riding suit. SLOUGH hat
and high riding boots, but there was
martial air about him that would have
aroused the suspicion of any one who
had ever had anything to do with SOL
diers. His manner was charmingly alta
BILE, and he was soon engaged in CONVEX.
sation with the operator, a sallow little
fellow with a thin, blond mustache.
"What's the news?' he asked.
"Nothing much. Hear that scoundrel
Morgan is in the neighborhood cutting
telegraph wires and playing hell with
our communications. Wish could run
across him. He wouldn't cut any more
telegraph wires. :"
The operator jumped up, and, Selling
a horse pistol that lay on the table be-
fore him, began to strut up and down
the room shaking the weapon at an ini-
nginary Morgan.
The horsemnn eyed him smilingly fol-
a moment, and then, reaching into his
inside pocket, he drew forth card case,
and, taking out card, handed it tC
the operator. The operator glanced al
the card and suddenly stopped. His eyei
Dulged, and his knees smote together
Without word he dropped the pisto
and card and fed from the depot
The horseman quietly mounted hi
horse and galloped off. The card lay OF
the operators table near the pistol TO
an hour. 1t bore this inscription, "Johl
H. Morgan, c. S. A. New York Sun
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-26
rranol. praL. and Cecil Rhodes.

You ignore the fact that there were
two brakes, as there are two Cecil
Rhodeses. When brakes consummate
seamanship and audacious courage sue.
cessfully resisted the armada and sent
the Duke of Sidonia "back to st. Mary
Port among his orange trees" he be-
came, and will justly remain for all
time, an English hero. But eight years
previously Drake stole the church plate
of Lima, when Spain was at peace with
England.
His robbery disgraced England and
himself. In the remarkable volume OF
letters and state papers relating to Eng
lish affairs edited by Major Sharp
Hume, from th~archives at Simancas, /
have counted 80 instances in which the
restitution of Drake plumber is referred
to by DR.. Mendoza in language which
might be employed today by the agent
| general Of the Transvaal. There was
nothing admirable in the episode Of the
Lima plate; quite the reverse. Is II
not, therefore, good thing to distin'
guish between the good and the bad IL
Drake as in Mr.. Rhodes? If Drake had
been broken in 1879 for his theft of the
Lima chalices and patens, he would
never have had the opportunity of win
ming half the three days battles in the
channel in August, 1888. On the othel
hand, to condone the piratical expedi
tions of the earlier part of Brakes ca
reer because later on he acted nobl,
and as a true Englishman is unneces
sary.
Should not tiss same thing hold gooc
about Mr.. Rhodes? We may admire an'
be grateful for his stand against Ger
many while condemning his plo
against friendly state and the Stocl
Exchange aroma of the whole transac
ton. London Chronicle.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-26

The old saying that every sweet has
its bitter might be accumulated by the
statement that honey sometimes con.
tains the most active and dangerous
poison. A case in point is related in "a
medical review az follows: a man and
his wife ate honey. They took but a
little, as they observed a burning sensa
tion of the mouth and throat as soon as
the honey was swallowed. Within a
few minutes both were taken i'll There
were nausea, severe pain and vomiting,
then loss of consciousness, GOODNESS of
the extremities. feeble action Of the
heart and collapse. No pulse could be
detected. The wife remained insensihle
for several hours, but the husband was
not entirely restored until the following
day. Even then strength returned very
slowly, and there was every indication
of extreme exhaustion. A portion Of the
honey was treated chemically, and all
extract was given to two cats; to one a
small dose and to the other large dose
was administered.
The small one produced partial ex-
0aQStlOD, IeldNdtlUu VI tho NOiuhtoiy
muscles and general depression. The
large one took effect almost immediate
ly, producing relaxation, vomiting,
purg1ng, prostration and almost com
plete loss of control over the voluntary
muscles. The cat did not regain it,
normal condition for "a hours.
A fairly thorough examination OF the
honey was made in order, IL possible
to discover the nature of the poisonous
element. Nopositive conclusion was ar
rived at, but the chemists were reason
ably satisfied that the rhododendror
and few other plants of that class con
tanned the Objectionable substance. L
| is also stated that plants belonging e
the heath family have been by bota
nists looked upon with apprehension, fol
the reason that they have been suspect
ed of harboring che toxic qualities
which accounted for the cases OF honel
poisoning New York Ledger.