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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-14
Mounting Big Guns Near Boston.

Boston. March 1.-THE work of
mounting the new 10-inch guns at Fort
Warren and Long Island head is being
actively pushed. The last of the three
10-inch rifles at Fort Warren is practic-
ally completed. OF the five which will
be mounted at Long Island head three
are in position and work on the other
two is advancing. 1t is thought that
all the guns will be in position within
ten days
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-14
Death of sylvester A. Ward.

Niles, Mich, March 14.-Sylvester A.
Ward, father of Montgomery Ward,
died here. Mr.. Ward was born in Chat
ham, N j.. March 9. 1915. He was mar
ried to Julia A. Green at Auburn. N. j.,
Dec. 7, 1S41. His widow and seven chill
dren, two sons and five daughters. sur
vive him. Mr.. Ward was highly re-
spected by the people of Niles. among
whom he had lived for half century.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-14
KAISER PUTS IN HIS OAR.
Says Yankees Shall Not Have Cuba While
He Is Emperor.

He Is Emperor.
Madrid, March 1.-THE Madrid Cor
respondencia prints the following tele-
gram from Berlin: II know, from q
sure source, that last night, at a fam
lily dinner party in the palace. at which
was present Princess Irene. the wife of
Prince Henry, the emperor's brother,
who is now in command of the German
squadron In the far east William III
uttered the following really startling
words. in consequence Of the conversa-
ton having turned upon Cuban affairs:
What I declare is that. as long as WILL
lam III Is emperor of Germany, the
Yankees shall not take possession Of
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-14
Say the Report Is Untrue.

London, March 1.-The officials of
the United States embassy here say
it is absolutely untrue that they have
been informed that Spain has raised
sec, 900, 900 for the purchase of warships,
etc. and has deposited that amount in
q London bank.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-14
Food for starving Cubaus.

Key West. Fla, March 14.-The Fern
sailed for Matanzas with a cargo of
provisions for the starving Cubans.
From Matanzas II will go 10 Sagua la
Grande. The torpedo boat Dupont has
arrived from Mobile. There is no unus-
ual activity among naval officers here.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-14
BODY WAS PETRIFIED.
Remains OF Ex-Mayor of Chattanooga Eek.
humed for Reinterinent.

Chattanooga, Tenn, March 4.-The
remains Of John A. Hart. ex-mayor Of
Chattanooga, were exhumed and will
be shipped Monday to Xenia, O., the
former home of the deceased, for re-
interment Mr.. Hart died about seven
years ago. When the metal casket was
removed from the grave the body was
found to be petrified. The features are
excellently preserved. and every part
of the body is as natural as when en-
balmed for burial. The casket was
partially filled with water and the re-
mains were so heavy the casket had
to be drawn from the grave by team
of horses, chain being attached to
the casket for this purpose.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-14

Southampton. March 1.-THE Ameri-
can line steamer Paris passed the Liz
ard at 1920 in the afternoon. At the
rate of speed she was going 1t will un-
doubtedly be nearly midnight when she
reaches her dock in Southampton.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-14
No Available war.h,p. at Genoa.

London. March IA special dispatch
from Rome says agents of the United
States navy department have been Wis
iting the ship yards at Genoa and Leg
horn to buy war ships. but have found
none available.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-14

Milwaukee, Wis, March H.-Milwau-
kee will have to secure new marrying
parson. The Rev. Wesley A. Huns
berger, who holds the record Of the
country for marrying Chicago and 9TH
err couples, has resigned AZ pastor Of the
Grand Avenue Methodist church to ac-
cept a call from the First Methodist
church Of Asbury Park. N. ].
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-14
BERNABE PRESENTED.
New Spanish Minister Formally Received
by the President.

Washington, March 14.-Senor Luis
Polo Bernabe, the new Spanish min
lister, who succeeds Senor Dupuy de
LONE as the representative of Spain
at this capital, was formally presented
to President Mckinley at IL o'clock.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-14
small sales of Wool.

Tin is strong at 1425c and spelter at
AZ, but lead is weaker at s3.7712 and
tin plates at $2S5 for the best, against
81 for foreign. Sales of wool for this
week have been smallest since the week
of greatest alarm in August, 1896, but
not because any mills have stopped
work Cancellations are frequent, and
jobbers have evidently failed to sell
as much as they expected at the ad-
vanced prices asked. but even those
would not be possible had wool cost
the millers current market prices.
Little wool can be moved, with a new
clip near and heavy stocks still in mills,
without further reduction. Goods are
now lower in qualities less well known,
though unchanged on standard grades.
Cotton goods have a large distribution,
and prices are generally steady, though
in outside dealings print cloths are a
shade lower. Prints are in better de-
mand Failures for the week have been
24s in the United States, against 256
last year, and thirty-six in Canada,
against sixty-one last year.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-14
Prod uctioo and Consumption.

For four months production has
gained a little, but consumption still
more. and if preparations for war last
only a few weeks they will add much
to the demand. Other consumption for
railroad cars. for vessels on the lakes
for elevators and oil pipe lines, for agri-
cultural implement works and for sheets
is beyond precedent, and structural and
rail works are crowded with orders,
though now receiving few.
Iron bar works are depressing prices
because some are not fully employed,
while the steel bar mills at Milwaukee
have to put on three eight-hour turns
daily to keep up with orders. Prices
are very strong, except for wire nails,
which dropped because the great wire
combination fell through, though a
smaller agreement is expected and in
some western dispatches is said to have
been formed. The minor metals are
generally stronger in demand, a sale
of 4,000, 900 pounds copper being report
ed at 12c, though the usual quotation
is .S7c and the product last year was
305, ,02l tons, against 219,97O consumed
in this country.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-14
TRADE VERY HOPEFUL.
Volume in Many Lines Shows
Marked Gain.
EXPORTS OF WHEAT STILL HEAVY.

The Greatest of All Industries Is Sending
Grain Forward as At There Were no Limit
to the supply Weekly Output OF Pig
IrOn--Minor Metal, Generally stronger
in Demand-Smail. Sales of Wool for the
Week--Business Failures.
New York, March AR. c. Dun &,
Co.'S weekly review Of trade says: 1t
Is most gratifying that no industry or
branch OF business shows any restric-
ton or hindrance, but some have beer
rapidly gaining for the past week and
month. The railways are gaining even
while spectators are selling their
stocks and the demand for products
for all the great industries is increas-
ing.
More gold is coming from Europe than
is needed, $lO sos, 900 having been or
dered during the past week, and money
markets are nowhere alarmed or strin-
gent, though reasonably more cautious.
The country rests assured that its in
dustries, almost all of its business, the
foreign demand for its products es-
pecially, and all it's resources are be-
yond the reach of any foreign power.
and that it's honor and foreign inter-
ests are In safe hands.
Exports of Wheat.
The greatest Of all industries Is send
ing grain forward as If there were nc
limit to the supply. Wheat exports
have been 4,171,497 bushels, -four in
cluded, against 1.26s,171 last year, from
Atlantic and Pacific ports, and for two
weeks 7.462,730 bushels, against 3,016,54e
last year. Exports Of corn in spite of
smaller yield have been 7,706,494 BUSH
els in two weeks, against 9,336,699 last
year, when they far surpassed all rec
ords. Wheat declined 2Ac, but corn did
not change during the week. Cotton
declined an eighth, sales of fertilizers
indicating less reduction of acreage
this year than was expected.
Exports of principal products in Feb
ruary were SCI. .624 ,091 in value, with in
crease over last year of about so pei
cent. in breadstuffs, in cotton 25 pei
cent, and 25 per cent. in the aggregate.
The weekly output of pig iron was
22S,S3 tons Feb. /, but 234, ,430 March 1,
and the increase Of unsold stocks in
February was only 5.S52 tons weekly
leaving 225,532 tons weekly for exports
or consumption, against 21S.457 in Janu-
ary and 215,249 i'm November, 1895. the
month Of greatest consumption before
this year
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-10-22
Blanco and Columbus, none.

Marshal Blanco has received a very
delicate mission from the Spanish gov
eminent. He has been commanded to
remove from their resting place in the
cathedral of Havana the remains Of
Christopher Columbus and to bring
them back to Spain. 1t will be remem.
bered that Columbus, who died al
Vaiiadolid, was first buried in the Car.
thusian church of Las Cuevas. at Sc.
vile. Twenty years later, in accord.
ance with his expressed desire, his
body was sent to San Domingo or
Hayti, and inferred in the choir of the
cathedral. In 1896, on the cessiou OF
Hayti to France, the body of the dis.
coverer was taken by the Spaniards to
Havana and buried in the cathedral
there with very great pomp. Early In
1878 box was found in the sacristy al
the cathedral of San Domingo con.
tanning a quantity of bones and with
them certain documents tending ia
show that they were those of Column
bus. There is some probability, there.
fore, that the relics of the iliustrious
Italian which Marshal Blanco is t<
convey 10 Spain may not be those Of
Columbus at sll.-London Chroniele.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-10-22

ganization known as the Womans Relief
Corps, whose aid to the soldier of to-day,
fighting against the world for living, is no
less notable than the heroism of the COS.
One of the most earnest members of the
corps at Byron, ILL.,, is Mrs. James House
weart, but illness once put a stop to her
active work. A year or SO ago, when she
was nearing fifty years of age, the time
when women must be most careful of their
strength, Mrs. Houseweart was taken seri-
ously i'll. The family physician told her
that she had reached critical period of her
life, and must be very careful His pre-
scriptions and treatment did not benefit her,
and other treatment proved unavailing.
At last DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People were brought to her notice, with in
disputable evidence that they were helpful
in cases such as hers, and with renewed hope
she tried the remedy. Last March she took
the first box of the pills, which gave much
relief. She was determined to be cured,
and kept on with the medicine, until now
eight boxes have been consumed. and she
feels like new woman.
Mrs. Houseweart said: 'I have taken
eight boxes, and have been improving since
! took the first dose. ] do not believe / could
have lived without the pills. They have dore
me more good than any physician or any
medicine l have ever tried"
DIR. Williams Pink Pills are sold in boxes
tnever in loose bulky at SO cents a box or
ak boxes for $3.50. ard may be had of all
druggists, or direct by mail from DR.. VIII.
liams Medicine Co., Schenectady, NY.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-10-22
FOUNDER OF THE RED CROSS
Swiss Gentleman Who Spent a Fora
tune and n Lifetime to Estab-
nsh This Movement.

To Mr.. Henri Dunant, q Swiss gen.
tleman, belongs the honor of inaugu-
rating this movement. Being in Italy
at the time of The battle of Solferino,
June "a, 1859, he visited the battlefield.
Appalled, by the needless and terrible
suffering, he remained many days, do
ing all In his power to relieve it. Dur
ing these terrible days Mr.. Dunant
conceived the idea of system of or
ganized relief whereby aid could be
given under such circumstances. Re-
turning home he published O little
book, called "Recoliections of Softer
mo" that aroused great interest. His
appeal touched a responsive chord in
all hearts. Being invited to address
the Geneva Society of Public Utility
on the subject. he unfolded to them his
plans. From that time forward he la
bored indefatigably to win adherents
to his cause, writing articles, deliver
ing addresses, travelling from place to
place, consulting officials high in au-
thority at the European courts.
BY the provision of the Red Cross
treaty surgeons, nurses, ambulance
trains and all hospital supplies are
considered neutral, provided they dis
play uniform badge and flag accom-
panied by their national flag.
In compliment to Mr.. Dunant and
the Swiss government the protective
sign and the flag agreed upon was
red Greek cross on white ground
the reverse of the Swiss flag. Turkey
alone has objected to this. Her sol
diers, in their intense hatred of the
Christian symbol, refused to work un-
der banner with red cross, andthey
were allowed to use red crescent in
its place.
Mr.. Dunant is now about 20 years OF /.
age. Having spent half his fortune in
establishing the Red Cross, and, having
lost the other half in unfortunate
business ventures, he lived for many
years, poor and forgotten. in a plain
district infirmary in Switzerland, of
which he himself was the founder.
Now, however, through the pensions
granted him by the dowager empress
OF Russia and the federal council of
Switzerland, and the generous gifts OF
money sent him by the citizens OF
Stuttgart, Germany. he is spending a
peaceful old age in comfort and plenty.
Mrs. Belle NJ. Brain, in Womani
Home Companion.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-10-22

you don't seem to thoroughly real
lie how low you have got" said the
court.
The prisoner. a faded, battered spec.
linen of manhood on whose haggard
face, deeply lined with the marks of
dissipation, there still fingered faint
reminders of better days long past,
started as il struck.
"You do me injustice, your honor
he said, bitterly. II can bear the dis
grace of arrest for drunkenness. the
modification of being thrust into a
noisesome dungeon. and the publicity
and humiliation of trial in crowded
and dingy courtroom, but to be sen.
fenced BY a police magistrate who
splits his ininitiyes-that is, indeed, a
crushing blow.
And as they led him away he placed
trembling hand to his forehe ad and
shivered like one in an ague. Chicago
Tribune.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-10-22
A Real Hero.

Each man has his own personal linn
itations. and it is unwise to expect him
or ourselves to do that which is beyond
our power. The deed for which praise
Is bestowed on man may have been
Gone without much effort on his part,
though 1t could not have been done by
rs. On the other hand, that which is east
ly and even naturally done by us may
only be done by another by strenuous
effort and the overcoming of his nat
ural inclination. 1t is the soul which
thus puts constraint upon his natural
temperament who is the true ovcrcomer
and entitled to rank as a real hero.-De-
troit Free Press.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-10-22
Natures Diamond Labora,or,e,.

Much attention in scientific circles
has been attracted by recent lecture
by Prof. William Crookes on 'Dia-
monds." Prof. Crookes made special
study Of the diamond mines of South
Africa. and his conclusion is that the
gems found there have been crystal
lized out of molten iron containing car
bon in solution, and at sufficient depth
below the surface to give great pres
sure; but this is doing on large scale
what Moissan the French chemist, has
succeeded in doing on small scale.
Moissan makes microscopic diamonds
by dissolving carbon in iron, and caus-
ing the crystals to form under pres
sure. The chief difference appears to
be in the size and capacity of the la
ooratory, in which regard nature has
vast advantage.-Youth's Companion.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-10-22

The origin of the name of the deao
statesman has puzzled many of his
countrymen. On one occasion Count
Herbert, his eldest son, gave the fol-
lowing explanations: A streamlet OF
the name 'Biese" flows into the Elbe
md 1t has been always believed in the
family that in the thirteenth century
a MARK" existed on the Biese, the COM
zhander OF which, according to the
custom of the day, was called Herr Won
Bisemark, and that in course of time
his defendants altered the name to
Bismarck. The prince was always very
particular that his name should be
spelt correctly with &C." Bismarck
not Bismark.-St. James Gazette.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-10-22
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

"Why did he sign the pledge?" '.Re
lodged trolley car one night for
several minutes and then found that
1t was lightning bug."-Town Top
ics.
Well-wisher-"At last, then, Mr..
Seeker, you have discovered your life's
ideal?' Mr.. Seeker-"Oh, no; my life's
ideal has discovered me.''-Boston
Courier.
Sign Language.-"How did Eleanor
announce her engagement to the fam
lily" "She just wiggled the finger
that had on the diamond ring."-Chi-
cago Daily Record.
One of the Last Straws.--FirstH Horse
-"Tm afraid we're getting to be back
numbers" Second Horse-'.Surel
Why, / sec that in Cuba even the cav
airy fought on foot!"-Puck.
The Observation-Disclosures no.
tice you always say the same when
asked to drink. Why is it?' Col. Bax-
ter-"It Is the natural consuhvatism
CT gentleman, sah."-Cincinnat En-
quirer.
She--"I will consent to be your wife
on one condition" He-'Name it,"
She-"That you will stop smoking"
He-"All right; but let's make the en-
gagement very short" - Chicago
News.
"Have l got the pleasing expression
you want?" asked Mr.. Gubbins. Eyes,
sir" replied the photographer; II
think that will do very WE'LL" Then
hurry up, please. 1t hurts my face
Sporting Times.
Oar ain no good O. bein' backward
in dis life," said Uncle Eben- "De par
rot amt a very smart bird. But it
manages purity comfortable, jes' by
gittin' on de perch an hollerin' de
little hit 1t knows Washington Star.
Those Awful Girls.-Miss Antiquate
-"Perhaps you are not aware of the
fact that my family came over in the
Mayfower." Miss Cutting-"Indeed!
But then l suppose you were too young
at the time to remember much about
the trip."-Chicago Daily News.
A Delicate Discrimination
did Col. StilIwell say about the
branded peaches we sent to cheer his
"He said he was
afraid he wasn't strong enough to
eat the fruit" replied the little girl,
but that he appreciated the spirit in
which 1t was sent."-Washington Star.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-10-22
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

The silkworm is liable to over It.,
diseases.
A traveller can journey round tn.
world in so days.
VI the earth's surface, 1900 900 acre,
are devoted to tobacco culture.
The German emperor owns s65 car
riages for the use of himself and court
bamboo pens still retain their hold
u, India, where they have been in use
TOT more than 1000 years.
According to oculists, poor window
glass is responsible for eye strain, on
account of the faulty refraction.
1t takes 81 specially constructed and
equipped steamers to keep the sub
marine cables of the world in repair.
Experiments seem to show that a
large ocean steamer, going at 10 knots
an hour, win move more than two
miles after its engines have been
stopped and reversed.
The gavel which Washington used
when he laid the cornerstone of the
national capital is in the possession of
Potomac lodge of masons. 1t is in
perfect state of preservation.
The gold yield of Victoria during thu.
hrst seven months of the present year
amounted to 447.139 ounces. showing
an increase of 6,619 ounces as com
pared with the same period of 1897.
Railway wheels made of leather
have been experimental with in
France.
Maine is again to enter the list of
copper mining states. The deposits,
winch are numerous and valuable,
were worked more than IS years ago,
but sudden decline in the price of
copper made them Improbable; i'm
proved and cheapened method of pro-
duction is the cause of resumption Of
work.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-10-22

The president of the Agassiz associa.
ton. MIR. II. II. Ballard, recently caught
an ant near its hill, shut it up in box,
carried it $50 feet away and set it free
in the middle Of sandy road. What fol-
lowed he thus describes: at seemed at
first bewildered. Then it climbed to the
top OF ridge OF sand, erected it's body
ns high as possible, waved it's antenum
for several seconds and then started in
straight line for home" = Youths
COMPANION.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-10-22

DR.. Howard. the new secretary of the
American Association for the Advance
ment of Science. writing Of the manner
In which seeds are carried to great
distances by birds. recited an expert
ment of Darwin which had a curious
result. Adhering to the leg of a wound
ed partridge Darwin found q ball of
earth weighing ga ounces. From the
seeds contained in this ball he raised
80 plants belonging to five distinct
species.-Youth's Companion,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-10-22
INTELLIGENT COOKING.
All Housekeepcrs should Understand
the High Art of simple Cookery
Some Useful knowledge.

Ordinary sense, the very acme of
good living, is the best presentation of
good material in simple form, and in
that sense it is the best and highest
Of living. The Introduction of cookery
as branch of our public-school train
Ing will start the coming generations
CT housekeepers in the right direc-
tion; but the crying need of the pres
ent, next to knowledge of materials.
is for housekeepers to better under
stand the Importance of the high art
OF simple cookery.
Many woman will take infinite
pains in making a cake who probably
could not tell of the vegetables in
common use which should be put on
70 cook in hot water and which in cold
which should be salted at first and
which later, and why; how each
should be dressed for serving, and the
Inference in dressing them when
young and old. Among housekeepers
there are more good pie-makers than
bread-makers; twenty who make pref
~ desserts to one who is expert In
cooking meats, and fifty who make
hne cake to one who understands good
soup-making. onot, because You have
kept house ten, twenty or thirty years.
feel your housewifely dignity would
be compromised by beginning all over
again in certain things, for that is be.
ing progressive. A narrow-mipded
woman would not do it, be sure of that.
The really useful knowledge YOU al.
ready possess will count for it's full
salue; your experiences in the non
essentials is very desirable-as sun
plementto more important knowledge.
VI course you can cook a potato. But
how? When you have really exhaust
ed "the fine art" of cooking potatoes
you have finished one fundamental
branch of splendid education. There
are Others of equal Importance. and
each alike necessary, II one would be
an intelligent housekeeper.-Ella Nor
ris kretschmar, In Woman's Home
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-10-22

There is enough calico made in the United
States every year to make a sash which
would &c, completely around the earth with
great popularity Of this fabric is justified by
the fact that the goods known az Simpsons
Prints are of the highest standard of
quality and finish. The colors are absolutely
fast and will not fade nor will the goods be-
come limp with washing and wringing, and
as the material is cheap and exceedingly
pretty, there is little wonder that many
millions of yards are used annually in the
dresses of women and children.