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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-10-20
Fire at Alexandria.

Alexandria. Va. Oct 20. - A fire
broke out here I'm the large warehouse
of the Alexandria Chemical and Fer
tilizer works. The total loss Is esti-
mated at 100000. of which $4,000 win
fall to the Chemical and Fertilizing
company Fifteen small buildings near
the wharves were destroyed. 1t Is be-
lieved that the insurance will cover
nearly All of the loss.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-10-20
Costly Freight Wreck.

Cleveland. oct. 20.-Twenty-five
freight cars with their contents were
destroyed I'm a wreck on the Big Four
railroad. near wellington. o. The loss
will reach 100000 The track has been
completely blockaded all day and
trains are running around the wreck
over other roads.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-10-20
Rabbit. Propagate Diph,h~ri..

Webster City. Ia, Oct %. rabbits have
caused an epidemic OF diphtheria in the
eastern part of the county. aud IL has
spread To Dows, Iowa Falls Jewell June.
tion. aud Alden. No less than dozen
deaths have been reported. For years
the vicinity of the Tybithra Lutheran
church has been subject 20 epidemics Of
the disease Many rabbits have made
their home under the building. which is
used for school during the week. The
building will be burned
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-10-20
Duke aud Duchess Hurt.

Edinburgh. Oct 20-A dispatch from
Cairnsmore. Observation-Disclosures, an
nounces that the Duke and Duchess Of
Bedford. while out driving Monday
morning were thrown ont of their car
riage and seriously injured. The duke
was aide camp TO Lord Dufferin
while the latter was viceroy OF India.
The duchess is the daughter of the
Rev. W. II. Tribe. formerly srchdea-
con OF Lahore.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-10-20
Pnnic NarrowIx Ayerted.

Milwaukee. Oct. 2o-At ST. Hedwig' 8
Polish Catholic church Sunday morn
ipg during communion service the huge
clock, weighing more than 500 pounds.
fell from the belfry. crashing through
two floors and dropping into the vesti-
bule. A panic was narrowly averted.
as the church was crowded. No one
was hurt
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-10-20

Bloomington. Ills. oct 2o.-Rev.
George Stevens. tother-in-law of Gen
eral John NJ Palmer, died Sunday.
aged so. He was one of the most dis
tingulshed pioneers In Metliodism In
Illinois. He had been presioing elder
in Jacksonville and Bloomington dis-
trict4
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-10-20
Masonic Home Dam.ged by fire.

Wichita. Kan. oct 20.-The new Ma.
sonic home. recently dedicated. caught
IRE Sunday morning. Smoke. water
and hatchets Of the firemen have dam
aged the place badly. Valuable Ma
sonic relics, books. ana furniture have
been practically destroyed The origin
VI the fire 10 unknown The building
sost $4,000.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-10-20

New York. Oct. 2O.-The steamer La
Gascoene arrie we'd here yesterday bringin :
$500. 900 gold On Wednesday last the l.n-
Gascogne encountered a tremendous wave
which swept away one Of the life-boais :
and in other respects slightly damaged
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-10-20
Cuban Rebels Use Dynamite.

Havana. Oct. 20-A train near Nava-
Jas in Mantanzas has been dynamited
with two bombs by the insurgents.
Two cars were blown up and two were
derailed, the rails were torn up and
two employees were wounded.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-10-20
senator Bate Ill.

Nashville, Tenn. Oct. Ex-senator w.
B. Bate is very sick and has been so
for a week. He has been forbidden
during that time TO see visitors. Mon
day he was somewhat improved and
his physician hol es he will be able to
be out in q week. His appointments
have been canoe led.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-10-20
rver,y persons Drowned a, Sea.

Lisbon. Oct. 2o.-The Portuguese bark
Venus. Captain Pinto. hsiling from this
port, which sailed from Cardiff on Oct.
l for Lisbon, foundered in gale on
Dot. Q. OF Skomcr island Twenty per-
sons were drowned.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-10-20
Catholic Church Iinrnci.

stevens Point. Mich. Oct. 20-St.
Peters Polish Catholic church and
parochial residence were destroyed
sunday afternoon. causing a loss of
fully 10000. The property was in-
yursd for sli.eo0
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-10-20

Milwaukee, Oct. 2o.--Horace Rublee
sditor OF The Sentinel died at ] O'Clock
Monday morning at his residence, II
Prospect avenue, after lingering Ill
aess. Mr Rubles had been In failing
health for the last two yserp
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-10-20
WHEAT STILL RULES.
World Of Finance Bows Low for
Its Favor.
II CLOSE TO EIGHTY.CEyT MARK.

every operator on the Board of Trade IL
'i""ihg Money and No Fortunes Have
"eeh Lost-rhe Voice of the United
hingdom, Coming over Niles of CabI,
wire Is Crying for More wheat-The
supply Increased.
Chicago. Oct. 20.-December wheat
held the poll -on change Monday. and.
III the word of rural visitor" ran like
quarter horse" Before the nit
opened for business the voice of the
united Kingdom, coming over miles Of
cable and wire, was crying, Give US
wheat The United States Is answer
ing the demand with every available
snip. The curb gave an early indica-
tion OF the cereal fever that was soon
10 break out in a malignant stage. by
setting such marks at 1Sh cents for the
opening price. This, in the face of Sat
urday's closing at 1875 cents With
quick jerks that startled even the
'spellbinders" of the curb, December
went to 1855 cents, reacted to 7S4 cents
and stood at 1915 cents when the mar
ket opened.
shOl from man-of-war would not
have been more telling i'm the pit than
was the first bolt of the days business.
Wheat opened anywhere from 7Sh
cents to 19h cents in the midst of a
scene of great excitement. Minneapo-
lis was equally boisterous, opening at
7Sh cents after closing at 1881 cents
Saturday. This was accepted as pal
pable evidence of the strength of the
northwestern market. st. Louis, which
closed at 7S& cents Saturday, bounded
to 81 cents at Mondays opening. The
local market reacted to 1874 cents, and
flashed all around this point with be-
wildering assortment Of changes.
supply Increased 1000, 900 Bushels.
Great big figures upon the south wall
of change showed an increase in the
visible supply of over 1000, 900 bushels.
and this had its temporary effect.
bringing the market down to 7Sh cents
at noon. This handwriting on the
WALL had no significant meaning to
many They admitted the increase, but
placed il at the door of western men
who were in need of money and un-
loaded their grain for the sake OF the
present increment of profit.
Liverpool cables showed an increase
of pence per GENITAL. equal to a g.
cent advance a bushel. All late Lon
don and Liverpool cables were strong
and Paris fell into line with an ad-
vance of franc. Willy Nilly. the bull
and bear trades. were gradually being
led to believe that the market was not
local one, and il would not decline
with easy local operators selling out.
Prices remained firm i'm the face of
heavy lines of long wheat sold out by
the holders of IL to get the profit.
Another great feature of the day was
that no one was losing money. Every
one was making money and participant
ing I'm the drama of nature pouring a
cornucopia of golden ducats into the
wealth basket of the nation" Those
who cared no longer to walk in the fe-
erish ranks of the bulls. sold out.
cleaned up big profits and declared
they were safe at any stage of the an
thracite market. Out of town custom
ers flocked upon the floor, and one
house had business from Tacoma on
the northwest to New Brunswick on
the northeast.
Gr.at RuIga In Eor.aion Trade
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-10-20
Great Bulge in Foreign Trade.

Shrewd ones declared that the local
sentiment was but the awakening of
spectators TO facts regarding the In
dian and Australian situation, that were
otherwise during the last three months.
The bulk of heavy speculation for
three weeks has been within the grain
trade. on foreign orders, and not in
general trading from this country. That
is why wheat has advanced 10 cents
within six weeks.
Exporters of wheat In New York do
not fear any sharp decline. One tele-
graphed Monday an order of 100000
bushels and asserted confidently that
he would clear pa cents profit on each
bushel in Liverpool. Tire foreigners
are also here after our corn and oats.
Late Saturday in New York 100000
bushels of oats were purchased for i'm
mediate export. London is paying in
New York an equivalent of s6h cents
a bushel OF wheat for shipment Were
the ability of shipping masters to get
more vessels greater the stream of
wheat out of the country would be.
Yet strong as the demand was locally
buyers could only get wheat when men
were found who were waiting to let go
and be satisfied with the profits. Had
there been time of heavy shorts on
change such advances as the cereal
has made would have ruined many.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-03-26
An Attentive Gallant.

Among the audience at one OF the
popular theaters were a young man and
a young woman who appeared to be
either newly married or on the verge OF
it. The yOnng man was as attentive as
he could be, and the young woman, who
wore all the earmarks of spoiled child,
took all his little kindnesses as a matter
of course. Between the first and second
acts the courteous gallant whispered to
his fair one for a moment, and she nod
ded her head affirmatively. The young
man arose and went out of the theater
through a door leading to an adjoining
candy store. He returned few minutes
later accompanied by colored boy in
white coat and apron, who carried IN
one hand a tray with a glass of soda
water upon it and in the other napkin.
He stood in the aisle while the young
man besought his lady to refresh herself
with the glass of soda. The eyes of the
entire audience were upon them. The
young woman shifted at the glass dis
painfully and waved it aside. A face
tious youngster in the front row of the
gallery ruthlessly fractured the prevail
ing silence with the suggestion: "Slap
'er on de 'rist, de sassy Ting. Get 'er
some shampy. She don't want none O.
yer temp'rance drinks The young
man blushed and sat down and looked
miserable during the rest of the play
Philadelphia Record.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-03-26
A Remarkable Tree.

There is hayward white oak tree
near Laporte, Ind, that may we'll puz-
zle naturalists with the vagaries Of its
growth. The tree is 9 feet in circumfer-
ence at the base. and there are no
branches of any size below Is feet from
the ground. There the great bole d.
vides into number of limbs. Two,
leaving the trunk about 20 inches apart,
grow west, their lines diverging for some
6 feet, and then each rending toward
the other. Twelve feet from the body of
the tree they unite again, making per-
feet oval, and out Of this grow two
smaller branches. As If not satisfied
with that expressed disregard for the
laws of nature. this old tree has per-
formed another feat Six feet from it's
base grows another white oak, less than
half its size, and no sooner does the
smaller tree arrive at the charmed cir
cles Of those branching limbs than one
of them grows right into it, and is alb
sorbed. The second tree is very much
larger 20 feet from the ground than at
its base.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-03-26
An Old Love Letter.

The following love letter, written by
a Kentuckian in his youth, and bearing
date in 1928, may be of use to some of
our more modern but less ELUSIVE and
tropical lovers, as an example in erotic
epistolary correspondence:
MY DEAR AND ADORABLE POLLY-As the
heavens yield gloomy aspects, making null
and void my timidical feelings, sit down to
promulgate to you, most holy and immaculate
virgin, that hold a kind of biennial reverence
for your most sacred charms but owing to the
intense frigid.ty Of the circumambient atmos-
phere it has discomboborated my respiration
like a ship tossed on the tumultuous ocean in
sight of the delightful land and then tossed
back again. Oh, if there is any tender pity
lies within that snowy bosom, delay my raging
passion, or / shall doubtless pass out of this
world in a hurricane of signs to that sweet
elysian which gives dreams Of consolation to
heal lovesick hearts. Your fond adorer, etc.
It may reduce the percentage of ro-
nance to state that the writer died an
old bachelor about 20 years ago. New
York Sun.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-03-26
IN PLAGUE TIMES.
How London Handled the All DevourinG
Sickness In the Seventeenth Century.

How London Handled the All Devouring
Sickness In the Seventeenth Century.
During the plague Of 1903 Francis
Herring, Doctor in Physicke and Eel
low of the Colledge of Physicians in
London published certain Rules
and Directions for the prevention of the
spreading Of that contagious and all de-
vouring Sickness. " These he reprinted,
somewhat inlarged," in the next
plague season of 1926. "to the view and
vse, and l hope good of my Citizens
and Countrimen. Among his rules are !:
"Concourse of people to Stage playes,
wakes or feasts and May pole dauncings
are to be prohibited by publique Author
ity, whereby, as God is dishonored, the
bodies of men and women-by surfet-
ting, drunkenness and other riots and
excesses-disposed to infection, and the
contagion dangerously scattered both in
Cite and Countrie.
LET not the carkasses of horses, dogs,
cats, ETC., I've rotting and poisoning the
aire (as they have done) in More and
Finsburie fields, and elsewhere round
about the Cite
1.-The burying Of infected bodies in
churches. churchyards and, namely, in
Paules Churchyard, where the chiefe
Magistrates of the Cite and many other
Citizens meete weekly to hear Sermons,
must needs be not onely announcement,
but verie dangerous for spreading the
contagion, and poisoning the whole
Cite
Some folk ate breakfast then, others
did not:
For breakfast you may vse a good
draught of wormewood Deere or ale,
and few morsels Of bread and butter,
with the leaues of sage, or else toste
with sweet salade oyle, two or three
drops Of rose vinegar and little sugar.
They that haue cold stomackes may
drinke draught of wormewood wine
or malmsey, instead Of ale or Deere.
But take heed Gas you loue your life) of
extreme hot waters, as aqua vitae, Rosa
soils or other compound waters of like
nature, which Empericks prepare and
set out with vaine and boasting words
they were devised to kill,
not cure men. Notes and Queries.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-03-26
TIE FIN DE Steele DAMSEL.

She has hair that is fluffy, straight banged OF
half curled:
Has parasol, oft by her deft fingers twirled-
She has eyes either brown or black, gray or
true blue;
Has neat fitting glove and still neater shoe.
She has checks that make bitter the envious
rose. - .
She has trunks upon trunks Of the costhese
clothes.
She has Jewels that shine as the stars do at
night,
And she dances as Ariel dances-or might
She's accustomed to sitting on rocks In the
glen.
She's also accustomed to sitting on men.
There's not much in her brain, but there 9
heaven in her smile.
Her profession is love- and she firts all the
while.
-Munseys Magazine.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-03-26
R@&'! a!!!!!pss :; :'!::::;.
,oet of all Governn'e"' 900
F1leMLatest " Absolutely Pure
II Came Hard.

In France, as in most other countries,
it is necessary to give ones age when
making statement in court of justice,
as we'll as in many other official pro-
ceedings. But Frenchwomen of mature
years are noted above all other women
for their unwillingness to state their age.
On one occasion a lady who had to
testify was accompanied to the court by
a numerous company of her friends. and
when the magistrate asked, How old
are your" there was such coughing
and clearing of threats, as Of people suf-
fering from severe colds, that all that
could be heard in the courtroom was
''--ty years y
Through the amiability Of the magis-
trate, this more than half suppressed re-
Spouse was allowed to stand, but the
tribunals are not always so lenient On
another occasion a magistrate asked a
woman:
What is your age, madam
Whatever you choose, sir, an
swered the lady. She was under oath.
You may put down 40 years, then, y
said the magistrate to the clerk. what
is your occupation, MADAME"
Sir" said the witness, "you have
made mistake of ten years in my age. "
Put down 30 years, then, said the
magistrate. "Your residence
Sir" exclaimed the lady. my age
is 85 years, not 55''
''At last we have your statement,
said the magistrate, and he proceeded
with the examination. Youth Com
panion.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-03-26
A witty Judge.

The late Lord Bowen, besides being q
great Judge. was also great wit, and
many interesting bonmots Of his are be-
ing recalled just now. On the occasion
Of the queens jubilee the judges were
drawing up an address to the queen.
Conscious as we are Of our shortcom-
ings," ran the address. Conscious az
we are of one another's shortcomings, ;"
suggested Lord Bowen.
Sometimes his wit was very incisive,
as, for instance, when he remarked !:
"Truth will out-even in an affidavit. !"
Not the least happy Of his recorded wit
ticisms was the remark he made when
congratulated on his appointment to be
a law lord. He would. he said, find the
work easy. his duty being to give his
opinion after SO many others had given
theirs. I'm fact, only have to agree,
and might well have been raised to the
peerage as Lord Concurry.'"
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-03-26
THOUGHT THE KAISER STUPID.
A Coachman Told Him He Would New
Set River Afire.

A Coachman Told Him He Would Never
Set q River Af1re.
An amusing little story about the pres
ent emperor of Germany, William IL,
and Vienna coachman was narrated at
a banquet lately given at Vienna by
some diplomatists. the narrator being
himself a we'll known and prominent
member of the corps diplomatic.
In the year 1887 the present Emperor
William II of Germany, then Prince
William of Prussia, came to Vienna,
visiting his particular friend and chum,
the late Crown Prince Rudolf Of Aus
tria Jeined by the Prince OF Wales,
who was at that time also frequent
visitor to the Vienna court, the three
princes took fancy to mingle with the
commons of the Vienna population.
Dressed in ordinary clothes, they visited
places which are not in the least regard
ed as suitable for princely guests.
One day they entered hotel, but in
stead Of going into the dining room they
walked into the "schwemme, place
which answers in some degree to the
barroom of an American hotel; in this
room coachmen and the servants Of the
hotel guests take their meals.
The three princes took seats at an
empty table, and listened, highly
amused, to a fierce debate about politics
between several stout members of that
class of fashionable Vienna coacbmen
who are known all over Europe as
"fesche Wiener fiaker. The distinc-
tion Of those characters is a kind of
good natured boldness and droll famil-
iarity toward their customers as we'll a.
to perfect strangers.
After listening awhile Prince William
put in word, and soon was drawn into
the excited discussion. Suddenly stout,
red faced coachman walked up to the
table where the three princes were seat
ed, and, tapping Prince William gently
on the shoulder, said, "Now, if you
should ever have anything to say in
politics, you wouldn't set river on fire,
I'm sure %
AS every public coachman in Vienna
wears a number, this coachman was
upon a special request of Prince William
easily identified. The prince sent him
a handsome scarfpin with his initials as
thanks for the amusement he had fur
nished, and thus the man learned in
amazement whose political abilities
they were that he had SO belittled. -
Vienna Letter in New York Press.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-03-26
The Preacher Performed His Part.

1t has long been matter Of contro-
versy how far the end justifes the means
in getting money for good purposes
There are occasionally found people who
object to the extortion of a church fair
where you get in for % cents and out
for $50, and who say that the rattle of a
charity bazaar differs from no other
gambling except that nobody but the
directors ever win the prize quilts. A
gambler from Ohio. who had made a
big fortune in a saloon and faro bank,
says that last winter he attended col
ored church in Florida where the
preacher announced that special bless
ing would be asked for all contributors.
One brother put in dime. DE Lord
bless Brer Jones' exclaimed the preach
er. "Brer Johnson, God bless you fef
that quartah When it came to the
gambler, he fished out $50 bill.
"What name?" asked the almost breath
less collector. at doesn t matter. am
a gambler from Ohio "Gamblah from
Ohio!'' shouted the collector. The pas
tor rolled up his eyes and dropped on
his knees: "Twenty dollars from de
gamblah from Ohiol May de good Lawd
prosper him in his business P'-New
Orleans Picayune.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-03-26
From The Press, Everett, Pa.

Ashcom, who had been smoking for sixty
wears. tried No-TO-Bac and it cured him.
Col. Samuel Stoutener. who would eat
up tobacco like cow eats hay, tried this
wonderful remedy, and even Samuel, after
all his years of slavery, lost the deeire.
J. G. Cobler, Leasing Evans, Frank Dell,
George B. May, G. o. Skillington, Hanson
Robinett, Frank Hershberger, John Shinn
and others have since tried No To- BAG, and
in every case they report, not only cure
of the tobacco habit, but wonderful i'm
provement of their general physical and
mental condition, all ofwhich goes to show
that the use of tobacco had been injurious
to them in more ways than one.
All of the above gentlemen are so well
pleased with the results that we do not
hesitate to join them in recommending 1t
to suffering humanity as we have thor
oughly Investigated and are satisfied that
NO-To-Bac does the work well and is u
boon to mankind.
The cost is trifiing, and three boxes are
guaranteed to cure any case, or money re-
funded. One box in every instance stated
above effected cure, with one or two ex-
captions. No-To-Bac has wonderful sale
upon its merits alone, and can be secured
at any drug store in this country or Can
ada. 1t is made by the Sterling Remedy
Co., Chicago, Montreal or New York. Our
readers ale warned against purchasing i'm
itations, as there are several on the mar
ket. Be sure you get NO-TO-Bac. Then
you're all right.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-03-26
ONE THING LEFT OUT.

In acrobatic, gymnastic and athletic
training one thing seems to be entirely let
out; thing which, if practiced, might
prevent many serious consequences and
thereby become the useful part of training
How to fall down easily and gracefully
with the least amount of resistance by the
muscles, might be made fine art. Why
not adopt slide and practice feet-slipping
with these objects in view. Everybody
knows that at this season the worst injur-
les result from not knowing how to TALL.
There seems to be nearly always compli-
cation of injury in every fall, such as a
sprain, bruise and often broken lbs. IL
s true that for all these mishaps, either
separately or in complicated form, and es-
pecially for sprains, st Jaco bs Oil is the best
known and surest cure. Speaking OF
sprains, the very worst often result from
tails, because the muscles sustain such vic
lent twists from resistance. But Whether
there is practice of the art or not, the great
remedy for pain is sure to cure.
When asked why she rejected me,
Her reasons were most frank;
She weighed me In the balance-and
had none at the bank.