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t Sfce Copper Countn EYEnim H b ux rVBUSHBU ST JTrxxX MctolLonslo, Editor and rreprteter. -rX"Offloe In the Nawa block, north end of TXU street. Bed Jaofcet. Mjcnian. TCH Or mJOSCBLTTIONl ST MAIL OB CAMUXB. ne fmr m advance) month Vr month .WOO .ISO 0 ffTUUD At Till TOtt OfTfCB AT CALTMBT, JflCBTUAH At teOUKDUB CrOomanicationj and letter of business yxmneotd wTW u paper snouw oe aaaressaa The Ocrper Country Evening; Hew, Celsuaeu niehlcan. leland, Towle & Co. Dftaken and Broken, Member of the 3ojta ani Hew Tort Eickaues. Oopper 8tockj a Special tj. W. F. Fitzgerald. riCoiiM Street Boston. Mass. lining Property For Sale. ' All tbe property, real andjpersonal. ot the i.Lsc La Belle Minim Company, Nltnated in Keweenaw Co. Mich. f Imbraclng S.fWS acres oa the mineral range, t .0 794 acres In fee 1.04 acres surface only inak- ng20,75J acres south of mineral range with the aardwood still standing, together with seven miles of railroad to stamp mill at Lao la Belle; with outlet thence to Lake Superior. Plant at the mine and Lake all In good order and ready x Xor operation. Enquire for further partlo- aar s from W. K. VIVIAN. 8upt. itolaware Mine P. O. Keweenaw Co. Mich. Howland & Co., B1NKEUS AND BBOKEUM, Ames Building, BOSTON - MASS Interest allowed on deposits . Orders executed for Cash or Margin In Stocks, Bonds, Orain and Provisions Usted on the Boston, New York and Chicago Exchanges. ntciiil Attention Giren to Copper Stocis. Send for Clrou ar and Telegrawu Co. MINING. leek . Boston, Mass , February 7, 1398 . 'vtllouei 1 25 Arnold 25 Atlantic 31 Baltic, MM Boston A Montana 172 75 f ilatie A Boston . 2tf 76 Oilumetand iiecla 5io ' Centennial 9 75 ' Franklin 14 P.oneer 6 'Osoeola 4S Sulnoy 115 Id Dominion 24 75 Tamarack 152 Teomuseh Wolverine .... 21 iisroedOold .... 5 25 Copper Htock Xote, The great advance in Boston's copper "OiioiDg shares in the last few days euj? ueststbe followicjc compilation, which may be of intereHt in connection with current mining fitock activity an! is .given accordingly; Shares, Price. Mkt. Val. fV2l t:2,10uiu0 177' J 2'i,'i25."Hl l'K) B.Sitfl.lXJU T)alunvt& Hoc'a.. ..I'JO.U-O !toton & Montana.. l.V),0W , 00.001 TauiarHck .... Vulncy 1n.(jj0 112' fjoeofa 100,0 0 44 11.230,000 4,4U0.(I K) Atlantic 40,000 31 'J I,2ii0,ijii0 Hiittn 200,0 0 2' :j, 700.0 0 Old Uwinlou l.'iil.OOO 25 3 7.V)0OO Varrot 2(0,0-0 3 5 2:to,om) Wolv-lne oo.Wxi 20'i 1.2;7,ftoo J-'rarH -'.in 40,0o') It!1 , fioo.imu .ialtl IiK),(Hl0 II 1,400,000 Art n i 40 otiO 10 400,000 '.''-mlftl NJ.OUI ll) NH.OOO Twc so.o w l.n.ooo !m;boldt 40 0(10 2' W5,ij0l) 'Vl.-ouez MU.000 llo.OuO Total, 17 I.eiO.OuO " Wornire I1J2,7W,!W0 Add fur atxtut a dozen small and inactive copper mines an esti mated market value of, say.. 500,000 Approximate market or selling val ue of the Huston copper mining lnie 111,22,500 It may well be asked if this movement may not have gone too rapidly at last. We think that it has, but this does not mean that changed conditions of general investment and of the copper situation do not warrant tbe prices reached by some of the leading stocks. The proved dividend abilities of such stock as Calu met and iiecla and Montana in years of buHincss depression warrant expecta tions of better results now that tbe coun try Is etjoying an industrial revival, while similar considerations apply with force in the rases cf other dividend pay. 3rs also in such instances as Wolverine, 'booked to enter the dividend list in July, 'But where tbe movement may have been ' too rapid is in some of the other proper ' ties which have to demonstrate tbe fact that they are mines, and after that tbey are dividend earning mines, la the list above some properties are shown to be welling at total values far In excess of dividend paying companies. Take such cases as Butte and Old Dominion and Daltic for example: No one denies the epeculati ye attractions of these special ties; furthermore, there is undoubted! promise of ultimate substantial results 'a them all from the standpoint of re ts ros to Investors as distinguished from peculators. But at present tbe figures of market or selling value of some old dividend payers are leas than thot of companies which have yet to show that they can produce copper profitably. These things should be considered by tbe investor, who may be tempted by the fact that copper shares offer materially larger percentages of return on money invested than do rail way shares." Unde niably the point that Montana once was as much of a problem as are some ot the others now has weight. Some of the more speculative and manipulative shares ultimately bid fair to become solid dividend payers and to reward the one who buys now and holds, but the point which we wish to make Is that under cover of the graud results achieved by half a dozen copper companies the re newed speculative animation of Boston is marking up some shares altogether out of proportion to present conditions and even future prospects, as the latter appear from present knowledge. It Is well enough to have a wide market in which to speculate; trading In shares which are bought with other peoples' money U as fascinating as ever, but it is of investment we are speaking now, and the prudent and careful investor will show discretion in his purchases of stocl which represent non-producing, not to say non-diyidend earning companies. Old Dominion, as yet an unsolved prob lem, sells at par; Butte at nearly three times par, and it must be admitted that this valuation is imparted by speculative conditions almost entirely; the new Par- rott (new to Boston dealings) is selling at more than twice par, albeit this stock pays dividends and seems to be well managed and capable of yielding good results. But here is Wolverine under par, and yet there is no more conservatively man aged property, And it will begin divid ends in July dividends earned over lib ra! payments for development and con struction needed to insure the mine's profitable operation. These comments are called forth simply in the desire to take heed in tbe midst of excitement that caution is not thrown to the wind.; stocks may boom for a time on mere speculative craze, but it is genuine and demonstrated merit which wins in the end, and it is a profound bit of specula- tive philosophy that that which bulges easily slumps proportionately in the in evitable profit taking. There alwaje are buyers for the good and proved shares, foi the more speculative tbe mar ket Is quite likely to be wanting when tbe buyer at high prices wants to sell. A word of caution does no harm, even a the midst of conditions highly favor able to speculative activity. There is no more attractive study than that of min ing conditions and prospects, and hap pily Boston retains its great interest In tbe subject, with every promise of mater ial gain to itself as a result, but it has a painful record of assessments as well as a magnificent list of dividends paid by its mining companies. No matter bow good tbe general situation may look it will do no harm to use discrimination. 1 oday Calumet and Iiecla jumped from 507 to 521, receding to 51G, while Bos ton & Montana advanced 4 more, to 177S. reacting to 172, and closing at 173. Other copper shares showed a softening tendency. Butte fell back from ! 2 to 21. Lawson, Weidenfeld Jfc Co. issue a circular on Butte saying that tbey "are making no efforts in regard to Butte & Boston stock other than filling commission orders for its purchase or sale. We have placed our holdings in trust until the market price of the stock is legitimately $100 per share. We have guaranteed all holders who have become such through us that they can at any tiro on or before July 1, 1898, sell any or all of the stock held by them to us at $25 per share." Baltic was listed on the Boston stock exchange todav, price ris ing IS, to 14, reacting to 13. Tarrott rose J to 23, reacting to 22,; Atlantic fell back 1, to 30; Franklin Vi, to 14, rallying to 151,; Osceola , to 43; Tama rack 4. to 155, while Wolverine gained li, to 20'. later selling at 20. In all oyer 18,000 shares of listed copper stocks changed hands in the first half of the day. The trading quieted substantially in the afternoon; the pace was just a little too hot; such sharp rises tempt profit taking. The rise in Calumet and Iiecla took place on sales of but twenty shares; five shares sold at 508; the next sale was at 521. A Ilorse's Strategy. The superiority of mind over matter was demonhtruted by a horso in Franklin street yesterday. It was noon, and the onts Lag bung from the horse's head. The rope of the bag bad not been drawn tightly enough to bring the oats within reach. Every llttlo while tho horso tossed up its head in an endeavor to get n mouthful of onts, but tho only result was a shower of oats over the horso's neck ond back. Tho horso then tried to rest the bag on tho ground, but was prevented from reaching down by the harness. After a long pause, as if for thought, tho horse finally lifted one of its fore legs and let tho bag rest on it. It then took a mouthful of oats, put its leg down and munched contentodly. Each tlmo the horso wanted a mouthful of onts after that it lifted its leg and let the bag rest on It. New York Sun. In Finland women have the right of suffrage. They usurp men's privileges and are carpenters, paper hangers, bricklayers and slaughterers. The average weight of the brain of the Chinaman is greater than that of any other raoo on the globa except the Scotch. AN EPISODE. Che pours the tea, and aa her hand Above the dainty china linger.. ' X raise my own right hand aloft And setae upon the jeweled fingers. "Too '11 break the teacup, Jaokl" she cries. And on the floor I hear II clatter. Oh. what care I for oupa," I aay, "While you have got a heart to shatter I' "Don't break It, that's a dear." she says; The cup, I mean I " And then, with laugh ter, I tell her It is not her cttp. But heart, her humble servant's after. MTouve broken that long since," she sighs. "I never can forgive yoo, never!" And well, ahe did, and now she's eome To make and pour my tea forever I , E. a B. lo What to Eat LONDON SLUMS. The Bent Collector said the Difficulties Tie Enooanters There, Slum property apparently has its drawbacks, though it 5s generally re garded as tho most profitable, for most of the owners do not as a rule allow such trifles 'as repairs to reduce the amount of the rents. "This work is breaking up my nerv ous system," said a man who has been collecting rents for years in some of the worst slums. "I am really beginning to feel that I shall meet my death at it "Much ill feeling of which I am the victim is engendered between landlord and tenant over the question of repairs. It does not pay to be always repairing such broken down property, though of course repairs are always being asked for, and some people have a decidedly unpleasant manner of trying to impress on me the necessity for such. "They are continually alluring me into all sorts of undesirable traps. I nearly broke my neck once by walking up a dark staircase in which a few boards were broken and loose, and the woman who had asked mo to walk up calmly told me to get my master to have it mended. If thero is a dark, rick ety staircase without a banister, I am 6ure to be asked to walk up it, and on one occasion I was nearly frightened out of my wits by my head coming in con tact with some hanging paper and plas ter which had fallen from a passage ceil ing and was suspended by a very mea ger support. "In addition to all this the tenants, when they hear I am about, put pails of water and broom handles in the dark passages I may traverse, besides making other preparations for bestowing similar delicate attentions on me. "Only recently a woman asked me to come and look at tbe awful state of re pair of one of her rooms. She took me to a large cupboard and opened it and the corpse of a man tumbled into the room. It was only her poor, dear hus band, she said, whom she had stowed there for convenience till the coffin ar rived. Of course she had put him there only to give me a pleasant little Bur prise, and she was so successful that a doctor advised me to lay up for a week. "Sometimes a brick or two will be aimed at my head without my being able to discover whence it came, and I have just had an interview with a man who showed me a broken window through which he hod shoved his wife's head backward and forward by way of chastisement, and he expressed what exquisite delight he would take in doing the same to mo if the window was not soon mended. "All this is quite apart from the trouble I have in obtaining money." Pearson's Weekly. Ian Maclaren.on Scott. "Scott was all gold, and even the nuggets are not enough; the gravel ought to be sifted and the gold dust gathered in, for Scott had such an afflu ences of knowledge, legend and poetry that he did not write by measure, but put his hand into his pocket and threw out money that any might pick it up. What ono is afraid of is that Scott is being raisod to tho elevation of a classic, and that is tho same thing as taking a man ont of the houso of commons, where be is an active figuro, and placing him in tho stately seclusion of the house of lords. I do not know a single page of Scott that is not readable, and I do not know a singlo page that would shako a man's faith or bring a blush to a wom an's cheek. Why do not people read Scott as they ought to? Some say that he is not interesting, and others object to his stylo. Why, Carlylo himself brought tho charge against Scott that he was amusing. Amusing I One of the grand est functions of fiction is to be amusing in the right sense that of lifting up tho weight and care of daily life from men's minds by leading them into re gions of sentiment and romance." The Nearest Approach. An English tourist visited Arron, and being a keen disciplo of Izaak Walton, was arranging to have a day's good sport. Being told that tho cleg, or horsefly, would suit his purpose admirably for a lure, ho addressed himself to Christy, the highland servant girl, "I say, my girl, can you get mo some horseflies?' ' Christy looked stupid, and he repeat ed his question. Finding that he did not yet comprehend him, he exclaimed : "Why, girl, did you never seo a horsefly?" "Naa, sir," said the girl, "but a wanso saw a coo jump ower a preshi pico." Rambler. Extenuation. "I can tell when my wife buys some thing she considers extravagant." "How can you tell?" "She always explains that she bought it with a f 5 bill she happened to have tucked away. "Chicago Record. The citizen who is determined to take care of himself alone is of very little use to a community, and few tears are shed when ho takes his final de parture. Birmingham Age-Herald. The cost of a patent in Germany if 1100, which includes the taxes for six years. A NOBLE CALLING. Tie Feaader of a School For Backward , ChUdrea. Margaret Bancroft, the founder of the Iladdonfield training school for men tally deficient and backward children occupies an enviable social, and finan cial position through her success in a unique branch of teaching. She is now mistress of a large income through ia dependently supporting and putting in.o practice her own theories. It is said that the guardians of Miss Ban croft's poorest pupil pay a tuition fee of no less than $1,000 per annum. - Miss Bancroft in the beginning en dured almost every discouragement be longing to reform debt, disappoint ment, misfortune, lack of sympathy and co-operation. She found friends, however. Physicians were interested in her work, and Mr. George W. Childs gave prominent space in the 'Philadel phia Ledger to an article treating of her methods of teaching. The first year she had only two pupils. The third year showed an advance in number. In 1883 the school had grown to such an extent that Miss Bancroft was advised to find an assistant. She was then fortunate enough to secure the services of Miss Jean W. Cox, a lady experienced in kindergarten work and learned in the art of ministering to diseused minds and bodies. And now these two ladies are earnest and able partners in their kin dred work. The location of the school was changed many times to secure larger and better quarters. In 1892 its home was entirely destroyed by fire. The two brave women who had it in chargo were left resourcelesa as to the means of procuring another. In 48 hours, however, their little family was established at Atlantic City, and Miss Bancroft was looking about her for other quarters. Mr. Charles Lippincott of Philadelphia, having heard of her work, offered to buy The Lindens, in Iladdon field, as a home for the school in return for the life care of his afflicted daughter. His offer was gladly accepted, and this beautiful . home amid its spacious grounds now shelters Miss Bancroft, her teachers, young governesses, attendants and 17 children whose brains are defi cient and some of whose bodies are crippled and deformed. Miss Bancroft has tho assistance of the medical officers of the American In stitution For the Feeble Minded and sends to them each year a paper on her work. Though her pupils will perhaps never need a calling, having for the most part rich parents or guardians, yet they are trained to be self helpful. Their studies embrace all the ordinary school subjects and manual training. The principal prefers to accept pupils at a tender age, so as to better sound twMaihilietAsi for arrowing, no to MARGARET BANCROFT. take their place among normal brains. She has ono littlo boy for whom sho hopes all normal possibilities in about three years. Sho might have hotjcd the same thing with reason of a girl cf 17 but that she came under her tuition when her mind was set in its infirmity. Every child that opens its eyes to the world is put among us for a purpose, and simple minded children have crown with assistance and good care to bo world geniuses. There are famous ex amples adorning our present day. liesides a very excellent business wo man, whose brains, hard worked, have brought her to her present position, I regard Margaret Bancroft as a nhilnn. thropist and public benefactor. The proper education of children, be they what they may, is the ono wav to save future generations the mistakes and ills of the present. In addition to the curse of ill assorted marriages and bad habit9 Miss "Bancroft attributes idiocv to tho fact that not enough care is taken with the diet of growing girls they aro not given food containing sufficient brain nutriment. My subject is a member of tho A lean Society For Backward and Fi-pMa Minded Children and a strong supporter oi tne movement for smaller state schools. She believes that schools of 1,000 could be practically snnnortfid t divided into five smaller ones. In large schools the good accomrjlished in imirt and the harm and failure a defeat of their very purpose. "My school," said my hostess, "is large enough, but I have started a fund to cover the ex penses of a few poor children whom I wish to have under my care. As it is, I caro for and have been caring for at least one child whose parents cannot afford to meet the expenses of my train lug. I want to care for more." Margaret Bancroft Is a Daughter of tbe Revolution and can also lay claim to being a Colonial Dame. Her father was a cousin to John Bright. So tho reforra blood is in her. Her school has not only become an object of admiration, but just what she has intended a public incou tive to work in smaller channels. Lillian A. North. Origin or Wedding Presents. Wtdding presents originated in a feudal tribute from the vassals to their lord. When feudalism ceased, the pres ents became voluntary. In the days of Queen Elizabeth a pair of knives or scissors were a common gift aud sym bolized the outing of unfsiikul lovo, STATU BAHE. NO. 95. SUPERIOR SAYINGS BAUK. HANCOCK. P11CII. CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $70,000 3 PER (TENT INTEREST Paid On Saving Deposit. ComDonnd 4 PER CENT INTEREST PeJl Oa Certlflcateso! deposit payable one TyTar 7SDn) JOHNSON VIVIAN. E. L. WRIGHT, M. C. (JRTmJ JACOB BAEIt, - -OFFICERS a A. WRIGHT. Pres't and Manager. M, C. GETCUELl., Cashier Superior Savings Bank. Clothes cleaning, dyeing, repairing, altering and pressing promptly and neatly done. All work guaranteed to prove satisiactory. Michigan Dye Works. Over 312 Fifth Street. Alter years of untold suffering from piles. B. W. Pursell of Knitnerville. I'a., was cured by using a single box of De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve. Skin diseases such as eczema, rash, pimples and ob stinate sores are readily cured by this famous remedy, SODERGREX & SODERGREX. Grease spots, pitch, tar, paint, etc., can positively be removed without tbe slightest injury by our new French pro cess of clothes cleaning. Michigan Dye Works. Over 312 Fifth street. A thrill ot terror is experienced when a brassy cough of croup sounds through tbe house at night. But tbe terror soon changes to relief after One Minute Cough Cure has been administered. Safe and harmless for children. SODKRGREX & SODERGREN. SDr. WHlloms' Indian Pile Ointment will cure Blind. Bleeding and Itching Piles. It absorbs tbe tumors. II alls 1-3 a 3 i allays tbe itching at once, acts us a poultice, (rives Instant re lief. Dr. Williams' Indian Pile Oint ment i.s nrenared for Pilenand Itrh. log of the private parts. Every box Is warranted. Ilv druirsrist!. hv tnafl on fa. eelpt of price. 60 cents and $ 1.0O. WILLIAMS MANUFACTURING CO.. Props., Cleveland. Ohio. For sale by D, T. Macdonald, druggist, Red Jacket. LIVERY MTADLEM. Thomas Shea, Livery, Feed and Sale Stable. The bent horses and rips In tbe county at very reasonable rates. Otooii Day and ISTiglit- 8 tables ou Oak street, adjoining the Bed Jaoket depot. Livery, Feci ani Sale Stable. ION. TTDELL. Pron'r. KeeDS the fin . ...t.nf hnrasi .nil rlirafn tm town, and wou la call especial attention to his laree sleigh hnldlntr 2rt iwruim .ha Kir for sleighing parties. On Telephone) RxehangA. ortland street opposite Salvation Army liarracas. Anderson & McLean, FROPJUETOItt OF LIVER! FEED AND SALE STABLE. FIWK HT11KKT, BED JACKET. KlKS at all hours And fnr all nfix..lnn. cm- til V1!?001". '1 tPT11- Hacks tr parties a SDecialtV and t. Hirht nFlu.. vi.-u. . 7 calls attended to. Telephone connections. THIS PA CBIsj KBRBKVBIIHVTHI Calumet and Heela Mining Company. ITS KirfPLOYKKn Wha1ihiA..iiii.i. k. . For Sale Cheap ! House No. 4057. Elm St., Yellow Jacket. inquire at the house or oi the company. . Wanted vnn. fv . il!"1?. . "-Bv a oomnan. .r. treetoratNtwsoflJoe. ppiJ 10 ?li Bljtti DATH STATE BANS NO. 20P STATE . SAYINGS . BA fl A PTT 4 T. " Commercial and Saving Accounts Received DIRECTORS 1 IJ. A. WRIGHT, VUS JAfYin mrn .. Cashier State Savings Bank! Merchants' & Mine 3 Bank.. CALUHET, niu. CAPITAL - . . j10Q 8arplnj and undivided profit, 60 1 TUBEK FEB CBIfT FEB ANNTJ PAID OFT INTBUEHT DEPOlY omcaaii CHARLES BBIQQB pltlJ P. RUPPE, JR Vict-PbiS H.B.OOLTON.. 0a3 First National Ban CALtnET, - Stlsa, CanltaL alitor - 7 w wV)W. Hurplus, - 50.CC Three) Per Cent Per Assam PaU Savings Deposit. Deposits of II and Upwards Beeelved. omoaaa: EDWARD RYAN Prkl JOHN B. DYMOOK VlCl- WILLIAM B. ANDERSON Ci First National Ban! UANOOCXl. - Eflea. Canital .... $2011 Sarplus and unllrljlel profits 68. Three Per Cent Per Aannaa Alls n interest Deposits omonat WILLIAM HAxIBTmm PlBllrf PETER BDPPB M M VlCS-Paatmt WILLIAM CONDON Ci THE LEADING HOTB In Red Jacket is THE - CENTRAL - HOTE MISS M. BEHNXE, PEOPBIETESS Hates raisM on CHARLES B. GALI No. O, Willow Ave.. Calumet. ...VOCAL CULTURE Wednesdays at Langler's Studio, Ilan Thursdava at Lake Linden W F. WILLIAMS Piano Aud Organ Tnner And Itepalrer. Also TONE REGULATOR lias had long factory 'experience In re pairing and tuning and Is able to do tirst-class work. Satisfaction Guarantee! Orders left at Bodergren's drug store or with Harry King will be prompt ly attended to. fyeuee Maekejj J D. 3D. S., Dental Office Over Star Clothing Store. 1 OFFICa HOrJKli in II a.m. i 1 toA leotloD and T to evenlDM Telephone oonneotloD Arvonen &Tenhune The Only , Gold And Silversmitff In the Upper Peninsula. Workshop and store No. 473 Pine street, We are prepared to execute All Kinds Of Wop 3r In gold and silver to order t stone, ffema, etc., set and mounted to perfection. -5771 khiJ of repairing done with pe dispateh. Engraving a tv "diy all and give us a Ulal.