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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-21
story OF THE Angelina"

Millet's brother Pierre, who is now
In this country. has given a Boston re-
porter the interesting information that
the celebrated painting. The Angelus,"
which Is now valued at one hundred
thousand dollars was originally offered
to Boston merchant and art lover for
three hundred and sixty dollars
Through some miscarriage of the nego-
tiations the offer was not accepted, and
the painting was sold to a Belgian col.
lector for six hundred dollars. Pierre
Millet has an excellent reputation as
sculptor. and was for some years rest
dent OF Boston. He was the artist's
model for THE Angelus."
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-21
Society at tho CnnItnL

1t would be interesting to have tn,
opinion of Charles James Fox, of Hen
ry Clay. OF Alexander Hamilton, or OF
a dozen other great statesmen OF former
times. whose names readily occur, on
Senator Hills proposal to send all the
ladies away from Washington and abol-
ish all social dissipation at the capital,
so that members OF congress may give
more attention to problems of state.
Macaulay has described Fox as leaving
the gaming-table to make a speech of
magical eloquence In parliament, and
then, the speech ended, turning to hand
a lady to her carriage with a whis-
pered word OF hattery in her ear. And
Clay and Hamilton found leisure in the
intervals of social frivolity to settle
very important political questions.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-21
Law su,t Last. 400 yc.r..

A law case which lasted 300 years has
again come on for hearing in Bavarian
court. II is waged between the market
community OF Burginn at Unterfrank-
en-, in Bavaria, and the lords OF Thur
ingen. The case was commenced on the
21st of June. 1895, when the legal ad-
visers of this community appeared be-
fore the legal tribunal which then held
its sitting In Speier. against the lords
OF Thuringen for sum Of 1000. 900
marks as owners OF forest Of noble
oaks and beech trees Century by cen
fury death thinned the ranks on each
side, but others took up the cause, and
when the case came on for trial the 9TH
er day matters seemed as fresh as ever.
IL is hoped, however. that the 21st OF
June. 1896, will see the last of this ven.
cradle suit.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-21
CaIne ON American Women.

While Hall Game was in Philadelphia
he took occasion to say that he con-
sidered American women clever and
more cultivated than their British sis
tiers. and this opinion he has recently
reiterated with emphasis to an inter-
viewer In London. He considers them
prettier, too. than English women. but
not so beautiful. The author appears
not to have had a single unpleasant
experience In the United States ex-
cept bad quarter OF an hour. result
ing from reporters Misrepresentation
OF his views. He liked us, frankly and
openly. and without the certain con-
ascension observable in some transat-
lantic visitors.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-21
BREAKFAST CONVERSATION.
Such . Thing Exists In Literature. but No,
In Real Iife.


A writer In the Buffalo Courier repre-
sents someone as asking this interest
ing question: did you ever know any
one who could converse brilliantly at
breakfast" The question Is a good
one. says the Rochester Express
Why. indeed. should not conversation
be brilliant at the breakfast table, when
the brain is fresh. yesterdays worries
have all been slept over and to-day's
have yet to come? And were not she
genial "Autocrat. Professor and Poet"
speakers at a breakfast table, where
surely the conversation was nearly akin
to brilllancy? There are other books
that give, as early morning talk. con-
versations which their authors think
worth printing, and now and then in
the journal or the letters OF great man
there Is reference to breakfast-table
! discussion. Yet, what one OF us has
ever really come in contact with the
fish-balls and buckwheat cakes are
humble, lowly. reassuring viands that
somehow do not inspire the eloquence
that comes with the pungent flavor OF
the venison. the cool, self-confidence
suggested by the orange ice. the cpl
grammatic tefseness of the after-dinner
cofee. the genial sunniness OF the fruits
and the sweetness OF the candies. Even
clothes make difference, for more or
less we always talk on the level OF what
we wear-unconsciously perhaps-and
II Is one thing TO eat with a watch In
your hand and the work before you.
and another with the watch in your
pocket and the work accomplished
which is the difference to most men be-
tween their breakfast and late dinner.
We are reminded, TO be sure, that
there are social functions known as
breakfasts, and the talk must be
somewhat interesting and clever or
they would have long ago died out.
But these breakfasts" take place al
noon, and the buckwheat cakes and
fish balls have been privately and in
dividually served to the guests some
hours before. and so these are break
fasts in name only. There is, too. an
other evidence that the animal nature
has the better OF the spirit usually al
the breakfast nour in the circumstance
that the French, who could not bear TO
be conversationally dull at meal, take
the first one OF the day in bed How
very clever they are. and what repu-
tatIon for unfailing geniality. quickness
and fascination this one custom perhaps
has given to them! We believe that
the most glowing description of brill
liant talker would be that he (or she)
was so at the breakfast table.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-21
FOX AND OTHER SKINS.
The Most Valuable of All Pacific Coas,

Furs.
The most precious OF all Pacific coast
furs is the sea otter, says the San Fran
cisco Chronicle. There was a time
when this animal was very plentiful OF
the California coast. The Russians are
largely responsible for their destruction
at the time they founded a settlement
at Fort Ross. at the mouth of Russian
river. In Sonoma county. Some otter are
still captured off the California coast
and there are a few small vessels es-
pecially engaged of the California coast
sea-otter hunting. but Alaskan waters
are the chief sources OF supply of this
class OF bearing animals. Sea offers
are always found afioat and the hunter
can capture them In no other way than
by shooting. The deeper and colder
the water they are found in the better
the fur and the higher the price the
hunter secures for the pelt. A flrst-class
sea otter skin in the raw is worth $500
20 the hunter. The best sea otter pelts
taken of the California coast will yield
$3.50 each to the hunter. There may
be elements, however, in the pelt which
may reduce the value of the Alaskan
pelt to $50 and that of the California
coast to S.. The coast Of Japan has
been good hunting ground for sea
otter and during the past twenty-five
years several small craft have sailed
from San Francisco and San Diego TO
Japan QUILTED for otter hunting. AL
most all sea otter skins are marketed in
Russia, where the fur is in great de-
mand. Next in value to the sea otter
is the fox among the fur-bearing ami
mails OF the Pacific coast. Six kinds are
hunted for their pelts. which range In
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-21
HEROINE OF Above MATCH,
Marie Alexandra Victoria. Princess OF
Roumsnis, Loves Her Husband.

Marie Alexandra Victoria. Princess OF
Roumsnis. Loves Her Husband.
Marie Alexandra Victoria, Crown
Princess Of Roumania, is one Of the
most popular royal personases OF Eu,
rope. She is unaffected OF manner and
sweet of disposition, and 1t is asserted
as strange thing in her set that the
marriage between herself and her hus-
band was a love match. The Princess
Marie is the eldest daughter and sec
ond child OF the Duke and Duchess OF
Saxe-Coburg Gotha, and is one OF Queen
Victoria's favorltes among her numer-
Gus grandchildren. Princess Marie was
born Oct. %, 1875. at Eastwell Park.
where her father and mother lived when
they were English folk-the Duke and
Duchess of Edinburg. 1t was at Berlin
in 1892. when she was just II years old.
that Marie met the handsome young
Crown Prince of Roumania. They were
mutually attracted, and without objec-
ton they were married early in 1893.
The King OF Roumania belongs TO the
older line of the Hohenzollern family
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-21

A new scheme OF life insurance is
growing in France founded upon rather
peculiar principles. Under this novel
plan the amount that man is en-
titled to diminishes the longer he lives.
The idea is that II poor man dies
young he will leave his wife dependent
and his children unable to earn liv-
ing. while II he lives long his wife Will
probably be dead. or. II she survives,
the children will be old enough to sup
port themselves and their mother too.
Under this plan a poor man gets his
policy cheap. because of the fact that
the amount due him diminishes as he
grows older. He gets most when 1t will
do the most good, and less and less as 1t
becomes less needed.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-21
CURRENT READING.
LATEST PUBLICATIONS FOUND
IN TIE BOOKSTORES.
The JuckIins," by OpIe Read; Paul
and Virginia OF a Northern Zone bJ
Holger Drsehmann; Jude the OH
scure." by Thomas Hardy.
Great Character Novel.

THE Jucklins." by Ope Reed. is a
pure, wholesome story of true southern
life. The characters portrayed by Mr..
Reed are not simply story book" char
acters, but are SUI as are met in every
day life. Underneath their rough,
awkward exterior lies true manliness
and womanliness. strength OF purpose
and love OF honor
The southern pride, the southern
hospitality. and the southern loyalty
are clearly set forth in the work. II
is a book adapted to both young and
old, and is refreshing and helpful
Cloth, gilt top, 81. Chicago: Laird &
Lee)
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-21
Satollrs Daily Routine,

Apart from the dignity and official
state OF his high place, Cardinal Satol-
lis routine of life is as simple as q
priests. To retire shortly before mid
night and rise at five, breakfasting
frugally two hours later and eating a
midday dinner. is not conducive to the
luxurious living that might be sup
posed to be the privilege Of a prelate.
Although his residence In Washington
is handsomely and even deliberately
furnished, the greatest evidences OF lux
Jury In It are to be found In the private
chapel In which the cardinal celebrates
mass every morning.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-21

It is always hard to get up In the
world When you see a man who Is
really and truly up in the world. you
see a man who has worked his way up
There is neither man nor woman at the
top in any department who did not
have TO climb there with blistered
hands and bleeding feet. The leading
merchants, the leading insurance man.
the leading physicians, lawyers, educa-
tors. all climbed patiently to eminence.
Plants get up. trees get up, men ana
women get up. all in one way-oy
climbing up.-Rev. W. II. Fishburn'
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-21

MERCEDES TOVAR DE PAINTING.
and further polished by travel. II is the
practice OF the South American families
20 send their children to Europe or
Spain for educational training, or I'm
port trained teachers in case IL is de-
sired to keep the children at home. Ven
ezuelan women to the charms Of their
minds invariably add the attractiveness
OF personal beauty. There are few ugly
ones in the country. 1t may De the ei-
feet of the climate. or merely the per-
petuation OF the graces OF their great
grandmothers OF far-away Andalusia.
The blondes are few and are almost al
ways OF Anglo-Saxon parentage.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-21

whose people It's characters are SUD-
posed to have been drawn. A local
physician is supposed to be the hero
ana naval widow one OF the princl-
pals. Mrs. Hasklns has been but
short time In Berlin. but long enough
to become widely known as one OF the
most beautiful women about the Ger
man court. Her beauty is OF the soft.
melting. Irish type, large violet eyes
and perfect complexion. She was with
her father when he died. The late am
bassador left younger daughter.
Helen, almost as beautiful as her sis
ter.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-21
An Army Romance.

Captain Charles King, L. S. A., is the
romancer of the regular army and OF
western military life. new story by
him is always sure of good reception
by the read!hg public "Bugler Fred
is story of frontier military expert
ence issued in Neely's Prismatic Lii
bfary, at IS cents, with many full-page
Illustrations. The story is not long
one. but all the more readable because
of the rapid development of circumstan-
tial evidence against the buglerboy,
who Is accused of murder.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-21

value from 20 cents to 500 each "in the
raw" These are the silver, cross, red,
blue. gray and white Something very
rare among foxes is a black coated ami
NAL and the fur Of such fox COM
mands a fancy price, often running as
high as $3.50. To supply the demand for
black fox furs furriers prepare an imi-
tation by dyeing the fur Of the red fox.
which Is the cheapest pelt Of the fox
family, the best red" not being worth
to the trapper more than s2.25 per skin.
II we except the natural black fox the
highest priced fox pelts are the "sil-
yer" and the blue" A trapper gets
for perfect silver fox pelt as he strips
IT from the carcass about $50 and for
the best blue fox pelt about So.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-21
Power Of Old md Nav N.xx

The old Constitution could, with her
best guns. at 1000 yards. pierce twenty
Two inches of oak. about the thickness
OF her own hull at the water line. The
nVe-eighths Of an inch steel covering at
the Atlanta's water line had nearly the
same resisting power as the Constitu-
IONS twenty-five inches of oak. The
Atlanta's six-inch guns will, at 1000
yards. bore through a surface having
twenty times the resisting power OF
her own or the Constitutions hull at
wafer line. At the same range her
elght-lnch guns pierce fourteen inches
VI iron.-President +. b. Andrews in
Scribners.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-21
VEST OF MISSOURI.
He Recently Made an Attack ON the
National Administration.

He Recently Made an Attack ON the
National Administration.
The latest member OF the United
States senate to hurl thunder at the
President and some of his friends is
George Graham Vest, OF Missouri. The
senator is a man of whom Missouri Is
very proud, although he is not native
OF that state. lie has, perhaps, the
bitterest tongue of any man that Mis-
souri, ever sent TO Washington. His at
tack on Secretary Morton, which was
pointed with few sings at President
Cleveland, was really clever bit OF
satire. Senator Vest comes from Kan
sas City. He was born at Frankfort,
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-21
Fair Astronomer.

The career of Maria Mitchell gave the
,ublic good evidence OF the aptitude OF
women for the severely mathematical
reou,rements OF astronomy. and II any
further demonstration were needed II
has been furnished by Mrs. Fleming, OF
tho Harvard observatory. During the
last ten years she has discovered four
new stars, the last, in the constellation
Centaurus. on December II. 1895. The
significance of her feat is shown In the
fact that only fourteen new stars nave
been discovered in the last three cen
turtles
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-21


tillery. He saw service in the war with
Mexico and in garrison at Fort Monroe
in 1S4s He was ordered to Florida
and participated In the hostilities with
the Seminole Indians. After that he
went to Texas and was In service there
until 1852. In 1859 he was made a
captain and when the war came on he
was on frontier duty in Utah. In the
winter OF '61-2 Captain Gibbons served
as chief OF artillery in General Nc
Dowell's division and in the spring OF
so was appointed brigadier general OF a
brigade in the department of the Rap
pahannock. He took part In the cam
paigns OF the army of the Potomac
and in many other important engage
ments OF the war until he was wounded
in 1863. He left the war brevet major
general and was appointed colonel In
the Thirty-slxth Infantry In 1866. His
battles with ths Indians are recent his
tory; -, 81 1 - LA@
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-21
Football I'm England.

Football has been played in England
for more than FIVE hundred years. For
merly II was the custom TO kick the
ball; but latterly England finds so
many other things to kick at. that the
ball Ia now carried through the game
as tenderly as II IL were a baby or an
obsolescent egg-except when the
exigencies Of the game require a series
Of ground and lofty tumblings. Boston
Transcript.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-21
American. Great Actor.

Joseph jefferson was sixty-seVen
wears old on the twentieth OF February
The house in which he was born IN
Philadelphia. has become more anu
more an object of interest. and recently
a bronze tablet concentrating the
event OF his birth was placed on .ne
wall of the house above the door Inc
aged actor Is Just now enjoying excel
lent health, and his amiable PERSONAL
ity grows more marked as the years
roll or
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-21
C.E. BORCUGREVINK.

Nansens arctic steamer has already
been chartered for the project. By Nov.
the party will have arrived at Adare.
Borchgrevlnk says he Is certain the
land surrounding the pole Is a great con-
tinent and not .mere GLAND. He is
additionally. as well as physically. fit
ted for the great task, his father being
Norseman and his mother English.
He is 80 years old. hardy, strong-willed,
modest and ambitious. He speaks OF
his coming journey lightly as II it were
summer tour through northern Eu-
rope
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-21
Horseless Carriages.

Horseless carriages are by no means
new. as In volume Is OF the Encyclo-
pedia Britannica. published IN Edin-
burgh in 1910, there are diagrams and
description OF horseless carriage In
vented by Mr.. Richards. physician In
Rochelle. The machinery by which the
movement was effected was placed In
a box In the rear OF the carriage.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-21
A rcnnx-in-ihn-sioi Doctor.

A penny-in-the-slot doctor has been
invented In Amsterdam. The machine
is built in human form and each organ
of the body is supplied with slot. A
patient who has a pain in his heart OF
liver will drop penny in the heart or
liver department. and will receive a
prescription together with the address
III an apothecary.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-21

federate senate for half that length OF
time. He took his seat in the United
States senate in March. 1879. and was
reelected in 1886 and 1890. The sena-
tor was friend and "chum" OF the late
President Chester A. Arthur.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-21
GI.d.tone at Eish,x-si..

The arrival Of the eighty-sixth ami
versary of his birth found AFR. Glad
stone in good and almost jovial spirits.
and in comparatively excellent health
for one OF his advanced age. When he
entered the railway station in London
on his way TO Biarritz, a smile on his
face and a fresh flower in his button
hole. he looked fine figure of a rugged
old man, and the crowd of spectators
cheered him with unrestrained en-
thusiasm. His Interest In public affairs
continues TO be uuahatsf
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-21
VENEZUELAN BEAUTY.
M.rcedss Tovsr d. Painting. who i. Ceis

Mercedes Tovsr de Painting, Who IL Cello
brated for Her Charms.
Venezuela, the South American re-
public which has excited much SYM
PATTY and discussion, is celebrated
among travellers for the beauty OF It's
women. They are graceful as young
deer, with velvet skin and eyes that
could give brilliancy to the stars. One
of the regal beauties of Caracas is Sc
nora Mercedes Tovar de Painting. She
Is tall, of queenly bearing. and eyes and
hair Of shade of blackness that is
said by returned travellers to make the
ravens plumage yellow by comparison.
The Sonora Mercedes. like all wealthy
Venezuelan women, Is highly educated
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-21
DcAf Mufcs, Hall.

A society OF deaf mutes in New York
held its annual ball the other night.
The ball was practically the same as
any other. with the exception that the
music was somewhat louder than usual,
causing greater vibrations. for It is by
these vibrations alone that the deaf
mutes are enabled to keep time with the
music.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-21

Ratsey Wonder why they call that
frail little boat catboatT
Catlin--Because to risk sailing In
one a man ought to have nine Ives.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-21
Is A NOBLE WOMAN.
MRS. ROBERT J. LOWRY AND
HER DEEDS OF CHARITY.
ono is Leader In Atlanta Society but
Finds Time to Attend to tho Wants
OF the Needy Poor-An Acknowledged
Beauty Too.


1 is q remarkable
Oh & a n 1 zation OF
which the City OF
Atlanta b o a s { s
when 1t speaks OF
its Woman's Aid
Society. II is re-
markable, II for no
other reason, be-
cause every one OF
its accomplished
fnamharG ig en-
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-21
Congressman Hopkins OF Illinois.

The above Is a portrait OF A. ]. Hop
kins as member Of the Illinois dele
CATION In congress. He is a candidate
for governor OF the state. subject TO
action OF the republican state conven'
ton.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-21

She has all the charms that make one
attractive and she inspires with her
sincerity and candor.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-21
SENATOR VEST.

KY. In 1880. In 1s4s he was graduated
from Centre College, Kentucky. and in
1853 took his degree in law from the
PENNSYLVANIA University at Lexington.
The same year he removed to Missouri
and entered the practice of law in the
central portion OF the state. He has
been In politics many years. In 1860 he
was a presidential elector on the demo-
cratic ticket. He served in the house
Of the Missouri Legislature in fs6O-61.
He was a member of the confederate
congress- for two years and of the con-
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-21

Mrs. Sarah Plat of Essex. Conn. Is
"a years old and has been e persistent
smoker for seventy-four years She
smokes pipe and smokes II regularly
after each meal.