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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-05-23

It's my wife's shoemaker probably
TEL him to let the matter rest until to.
morrow. She delivered the message
out returned shortly to say that the
man insisted on talking to me. Invent
10 the telephone. 1t was the telegraph
operator and the message he was trying
to transmit to me was: When shall I
send you my shoes? Johnson r. Cam
den. Then l knew that had been
CHOSEN to fill the shoes of that worthy
gentlemen" Exchange.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-05-23

to Paris. They were married, however.
in 1874.
Lady Randolph Churchill has few
interests in America, except as a small
property owner. She is passionately
attached to France and the French, and
prefers Paris to London. This is in
deed the only point on which she and
Mr.. Aston differ. He adores Germany,
and dislikes France, and the French.
Lady Randolph Churchill is the daugh-
ter Of Leonard Jerome, of New ork.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-05-23

II. Since they have shed their light
upon its remotest places Il has been
turned into land of bloody strife and
turmoil from end to end.
number of bloody outbreaks. of
such a character as to interest even
Americans unconcerned with European
policy, help to call attention at this
moment to the perpetual condition Of
Africa. 1t is hardly to be doubted that
this condition will continue until all
the warlike races Of Africa are exter-
minated or reduced to the condition Of
hopeless subsection.
There are three great regions Of
Africa which are of supreme interest
at this moment. They are the Egyp-
tian Soudan. Abyssinia and South
Africa. To the first two places belong
the distinction that Europeans have
suffered there about as much as the
natives.
A strong Egyptian expedition, under
British officers, has started to attempt
to reclaim the Soudan from the Mahdi,
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-05-23
Jones Is Proyident,

The pictures printed in southern
newspapers OF the new home Of Sam
Jones' the evangelist. at Gainesville.
Georgia. show that it merits the term
palatial, which is applied to it. Archi-
teet and builder were apparently CIV
en- carte blanche, and the interior dec
orations and furnishings were supplied
regardless OF expense. The revivalist
is now well fixed" with the treasures
that moth and rust are supposed to
corrupt. There are fire horses in his
stables, thoroughbred dogs in his ken
nels and other comforts OF wealth. Mrs.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-05-23

chem, more sermons with the golden
rule for a text so cunningly hidden
away that one never suspects anything
sermon-like until one is impelled 10 a
kinder thought and act, and can trace
the impulse to the reading OF the
poems so full of kindly feeling.
Mr.. Waterman is not fighter. He
does not buckle on his literary armor
and sally forth with a clarion call TO
arms. His is not a vitriolic pen, but
the lesson is taught none the less eff
fectually.
There is a gentle strength about the
writings of this young western poet,
which indicates an undercurrent OF
thought, that does not lose itself in
meanderings of poetical imagery, but
goes straight to the understanding.
There is a merciful tolerance in the
tone of Mr.. Waterman's writings, even
when the lesson is pointed. The point
is not dipped in gall. In short Mr..
Waterman, while not being at all ag-
gressive, has a way Of making people
want to be better, and ashamed OF hav-
ing done or thought anything mean.
While his writings in the Bulletin have
no distinctive flavor of the bicycle, they
certainly have tendency to make the
paper more interesting.
We quote from the Midland Monthly,
which in a recent article says OF Mr..
Waterman that he is zone of the three
best known and widely quoted news
paper poets" THE keynote
of his song is located about midway
between smile and tear, and always
UNNECESSARILY distant from sigh. He
is never pessimistic, and line of satire
was never formed by his pen"
The purity of his verse is exempli-
fed in the following, which presents
to the mind all that is sweetest and
best of the "grande passion" without
any of the besmirching thoughts and
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-05-23
snnak Well of Us.

Two distinguished visitors from
england. John oliver Hobbies and Har-
nv Furniss, have taken occasion TO pay
their respects to us since their return
and Il is profitable to compare the OBJ
sets If interest they found here. Mrs
Craigie, who has succumbed to brit,
,sh interviewer was impressed by the
fact that we are a deeply religious peo'
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-05-23
A Mutual Fondness.

Harold" said Mrs. Pulsiver, when
Won talk in your sleep about the kitty
IL always wakes baby up. She Just
dotes on a kitty"
80 do l." answered Mr.. p, gratefui
for his escape.-Detroit Free Press.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-05-23
TIL, Ottoman Empire.

The Dartmouth debaters have CHOSEN
the first question submitted by WI
liams for the first annual. debate, when
will be held in May. The question reauS
as follows: Resolved, That the gen
eral welfare demands The suppression
of the Ottoman empire by the European
movers" Dartmouth chose the mega
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-05-23

Armenia is not a thoroughly Chris
tian country, as Is generally believed.
Out of population of $3.50. 2O5 nearly
five-sixths are Mohammedan. the ex-
lct number being 2.soo,ilt to only Co.,
70l Christians.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-05-23

n,e independent, frank and not given
- id,e or malicious gossip. American
women seemed to her very WHY AM AM
exceptionally well dressed MI ..a tu, !
Mss considered his own impressions u,
n n'aa,hv Of a lecture, in the course Oh
',u,oh no commented on the pertinaci'y
W. ~" rcnorters. the large appetites oil chi, mi,
cago girls, and the superaou"p Ia too
ebiropodists in New York, h ~ ' tSc
like Mrs. Craigie. was struck Ny ~, y,
prevailing courteousness oil manner -
Americans toward each other'
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-05-23

ho great confederate leader during
wor Of the rebellion. He was born
/ ,sq5 at Clermont, Fairfax County.
r,einla and was graduated from the
[ngorv academy in 1856. Commits
1 anod ne lieutenant in the Second cav
- no went TO the frontier, was severe
[ vonnded by the Indians and was re-
f.uod IN be instructor of cavalry at
rsst Point. When the war came Lieu
[rapt Lee resigned his commission and
IDiDed the confederate cause. AT first
I AID staff duty and was adjutant gen
III Of Ewell's brigade. In September,
sn he was made lieutenant colonel
! tbe First Virginia cavalry and soon
Iterward was promoted to be colonel.
h served in all the campaigns OF The
srmy Of northern Virginia. In 1862
| ee was made a brigadier general and
major general in 1863. At Winches-
h. in 1864. he was disabled by severe
bound. which kept him from duty for
kyeral months. In 1865 he was placed
! command of the whole cavalry corps
\ the army of northern Virginia, and
month later surrendered to General
Meade at Farmville and retired to his
Virginia home. In 1885 he was elected
kpyernor of Virginia. General lee
1 ces to Cuba with absolute liberty to
tayel about wherever he pleases un-
Distracted and unrestricted by the
)paniards. Should the President de-
IRE any Information concerning the
hate Of affairs in Cuba the new con-
b general will be in a splendid posi-
tol to gather 1t. 1t is known that Gen
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-05-23
LAND OF THE BLACKS.
NATIVE TRIBES OF AFRICA
DYING BY SWORD.
me Good ChrIstian Nations OF Enron.
Making Quick Work of EIterm,natinr
Gods Creatures-A DIsgracs to Centurv
Congress stIii.

ERICA HAS LONG
been picturesquely
named the Dark
Continent" but 1t
might now be more
appropriately call
ed the Bloody
Continent" A few
years ago It was
dark in the sense
that Euro p e a n s
knew little about
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-05-23
THE HAWKEYE POET.
MR.. WATERWAYS HIGH PLACE
IN LITERATURE.
The Keynote of His Song Is Located
Midway between the smile and the
Tear. But Far Removed From the
Sigh.

ANY have laughed
over Nixon Water
mans quaint con-
ceits and witty
turns on common
place things, but
how many stop to
consider what a
gain TO the world
such a healthy,
sunny writer is.
We need more OF
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-05-23

have acquitted him. Colonel Martin
has been prominent in fraternal and
benevolent orders. such as the Odd
Fellows, A. o. U. W., Knights OF Hon.
or and other great organizations. AS
colonel of the Sixth regiment. S. X. A.,
o. U. W., he did much to improve the
proficiency of that regiment. He was
captain of the Shaw Guards. NJ. N. c.,
and won for his company much of its
reputation. He is a whole-souled, gen.
erous, genial man, very popular in st
Louis and throughout his state.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-05-23

Ancient Indian temples at Ceylon are
being illuminated by electricity.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-05-23

Jones takes special pride in a collec-
ton of souvenir spoons said to have
cost five hundred dollars.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-05-23

God made some laws to show he
much he hates idleness.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-05-23

An oath on the lip shows that the
devil is In the heart.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-05-23
EEN. FITzHUGH LEE.
!, NEW coNsUL-oENERAL
~ rug CITY OF HAVANA.
a., +. stranger to the Scenes OF
ga Now Being Enacted In
/ ,-Sephew of the Confederate
Chlsftaln'

ENERAL FITZ-
hugh Lee. the newly
appointed consul
general to Cuba. is
not unfamiliar with
the scenes of war
that await him at
his post. He has
seen some service.
He is a nephew of
General Robert +.
Lee and served I'M
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-05-27
ANYBODY Fit For ANYTHING.

In one Of his letters to Motley, John
Stuart Mill, that English friend Of the
United States, deplored "the fatal be-
lief Of your public that anybody is fit for
anything" This optimistic conceit was
no doubt developed by the practice OF
the earlier Americans, who turned their
hands to anything, and, thanks to the
bounty Of q virgin continent, generally
with good results. But progress has
given rise to specialization, and the
American, like the European, has be-
come specialist. He is learning to do
one thing well.
Already the fatal belief" deprecated
by Mill has disappeared from business
where it means ruin and bankruptcy,
and from manufacturing and transpor-
tation where it means arson and muir
der. But it still survives in our admin
istration of public affairs, where the evil
consequences. though greater, are not SO
strongly felt, because they are less per-
sonal, less tangible and more widely
diffused. 1 hesitate to say that anything
is or could be worse than our unreform-
ed civil service, yet suspect the bane-
full character of what Mill calls that
fatal belief" is most strikingly revealed
in our administration of education. -
Forum.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-05-27
International Arbitration.

The real obstacle in the way Of inter-
national arbitration is not so much a
lack of efficacy in the method as the
lack of II disposition to try it. The sys-
tenn of arbitration necessarily presup-
poses that nations desire an amicable
adjustment of their differences. Such
an adjustment may be prevented either
by willful opposition to it or by the
adoption Of style Of controversy that
will render argument impracticable.
Against such obstacles it is difficult to
contend, since their direct tendency and
effect is to bring about collision be-
fore an arbitrator can intervene 1t is
obvious that arbitration can no more
afford an absolute safeguard against
such contingencies than can system Of
municipal law absolutely prevent men
from attempting to settle their differ
ences by fighting in the street, If they
desire thus TO revert to primal condi-
tions. Yet severe penalties, strictly en-
forced, may reduce such chances to a
minimum, and i. is conceivable that a
scheme Of international action might be
devised SO comprehensive rs to render a
resort to war exceedingly difficult and
hazardous. 1.-THE Possibilities Of Per-
manent Arbitration" in Century.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-05-27
The valleys Of Madagascar.

No great faith is expressed by General
Duchesne in the future Of railways in
Madagascar. 1.-The road built by the
French military engineers from Majunga
to Andriba was" said the general in
conversation with our Paris correspond
ent, "child's play compared with the
difficulties of the country through which
the French had to go at an almost run
ming pace. / had taken with me officers
of the engineers to survey the country
for military railway, but when they
saw the difficulties they gave it up. 1t
looks very easy on map to go up the
valleys, but Madagascar valleys are not
like those of other countries. They
shrink into gorges and are cut up by
mountain ranges. The whole country is
a maze, and yet the west road is COM
paratively easy when compared with the
east one from Antananarivo to Tama-
tave. The latter defies description. !
was taken down to Tamatave in litter
by active porters. / cannot make out
how we came to our journeys end. Your
porters take you through quagmires,
tumble down sheer cliffs and push
through tangled forests. They cling to
the boughs of trees like monkeys and
balance themselves ON rocks. am bound
to agree with travellers good opinion Ct
the climate, once you are through the
fever zone. l never felt better than on
the plateau. London News.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-05-27
Ono Correct Answer.

An amusing little story was told q
good many years ago in connection with
Governor Mattox Of Vermont At one
time he was chairman Of the committee
appointed to examine candidates for ad-
mission to the bar Of Caledonia county.
He reported that one of the candidates
was, in his opinion, unqualified, having
answered correctly but one of the ques-
tions put to him.
"Only one? Well, what was that?"
asked the presiding judge.
81 asked him what freehold estate
is, replied Mattox.
Important question, said the judge.
"And what was his reply?"
"He made it without the least hesita-
tion," said the chairman, with twin
kle in his eye. "Of course that fact is
in his favor"
well, what did he sayr" asked the
judge, with some impatience.
He said," returned the chairman.
"that he didn't know. "-Youth's Com
DaniOn
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-05-27
SUGAR MAKING IN CUBA.
The Crude Methods That Were In Use
Twenty Years AGO.

Twenty years ago, In those times of
slavery and high prices, but little atten-
tion was given to machinery or engi-
neering. Planters were content to get
what tonnage of cane they could from
an acre of land.
The cane was brought TO the sugar
house, where the laborers slowly put it
on the carrier passing IL to the mill,
where 1t was rolled or ground between
the rolls of three roller mill to extract
the juice, getting an extraction Of 90
per cent out of possible SO or SO per
cent of the whole weight in the cane.
The cane was brought to the sugar
house train" which was set of four
or five kettles set in brickwork, having
strong fire Under the smallest or
Strike" kettle The flames passed un-
der and around all the kettles, the un-
consumed gases escaping through a
chimney. The combustion was so imper-
feet that at night flames could be seen
many feet high, coming from the top of
the chimney.
The largest Of these kettles received
the raw juice, and there 1t was lined
and SKINNED as the impurities rose. 1t
was then ladled to the next kettle in
succession, each time being thickened in
density and reduced in bulk by evapora-
tion until it arrived at the "strike"
kettle, where skilled attendant knew
the exact point at which to stop the fire
and ladle out the mass into the crystal
lizing pans, in which it was allowed to
cool.
In II few days it was firm enough to
be taken out, placed in hogsheads and
allowed to drain in the storehouses,
losing mt least one-sixth in dripping mo-
lasses. The hogsheads were then repack-
ed and placed on carts and drawn many
miles to the railroad for shipment to
the merchants stores ut the seacoast,
where they were again allowed to drain,
were repacked, reweighed and sold, thus
piling up an expense account that made
the profits look slim; but, as sugar was
selling mt a high rate. these expenses
could be borne "A. w. Colwell in Cas-.
sier's Magazine.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-05-27
Tanning.

The most recent and expeditions proc
ess in tanning, according to The Revue
Scientifique, consists in passing cur
rent of hydrogen gas or a current of
some gaseous compound of hydrogen
containing certain quantity Of arsenic
through the liquid in which the hides
are immersed. The hydrogen is obtained
either from the action Of commercial
sulphuric acid upon zinc or iron or from
that Of steam upon iron, the calculation
being, in fact, that In this case the hy-
drogen obtained will contain q sufficient
quantity Of arsenic. The gas, collected
under pressure in gasometer, is intro
duced into the bottom of the tanning
vat through pipe provided with Sc
ries Of apertures, and after bubbling up
through the liquid it flows out through
another pipe affixed to the cover Of the
vat Vats of very large dimensions are
employed. and the tanning proceeds very
rapidly.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-05-27
Patti and Her Price.

OF course in this matter of money and
music no one needs TO be told at this
time of day that Mime. Patti is far and
away the best remunerated artistic in
the world. Patti was the first prima
donna who demanded in Paris nightly
salary Of 10, 900 francs. When It was
conceded to her, her rivals preferred the
same claims, so that, to keep her su-
premacy in the operatic market she per-
sistently raised her price to 10, 900
francs which sum she received for each
of the three concerts she gave in one
week at the Eden theater And yet
Patti began modestly enough. When
she made her debut in London in 1862,
she was engaged for five years at sal.
ary of e150 month for the first year,
e200 for the second, f250 for the third,
e290 for the fourth and e400 for the
fifth year, the lady to sing twice week.
Until her marriage to the Marquis de
Caux, Patti never received from Covent
Garden more than el20per night. Con-
sidering that the diva gets $500 per
concert in London, and that an Ameri-
can contract recently gave her mini
mum salary of ei,200 per night, plus
expenses and half of all the gross re-
ceipts over e2, 400, times have undoubt-
edly changed. During the last 10 or 12
years Mime. PATHS annual average has
been about e40, 900. To the nonprofes-
sional mind this may seem out Of all
proportion 10 the value given and re-
caiypd 4 (iba r,harc, Journu1
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-05-27
CLOTHING.

You will save money by
buying your clothing at
Hanau's. Mems all wool
cheviot suits at $50, worth
1000; mems all wool cheviot
suits at 500; mems clay suits
from $50 to $14; youths
suits in cheviots, worsteds
and clay, all colors, at all
prices.
Boys and children's suits
from 75c up to 500.
A large line of laundried
shirts, white and colored,
from SOC to 1.25.
A fine line in neckwear,
hats and caps.
Please call in before buy.
ing elsewhere. No trouble
to show goods.
| N. Hanau.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-05-27
Social Life Long Ago.

The stately danes Of the court Of Ed
ward w rose with the lark, dined at
II a. m. and retired to rest Mt in the
evening Henry VIII went back to 10
in the morning for dinner and had
supper at 4. In Queen Bess' days her
maids of honor began the day with a
round Of beef or red herring and a fiagon
of ale for breakfast at about 9 80 and
dined at II. and then went to the play
house in the afternoon, not later than
2, sometimes as early as 12:3 80, accord
ing to the order of the play and the day.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-05-27

She (gushingly to the literary lion)-
Oh, Mr.. De Retire, did SO enjoy that
last volume of yours-that Little Book
Of Sonnets," you know
He-Thank you. am glad that you
enjoyed them. But haven't you any
helpful criticism for me?
She-Well, don't you think If you
had made them different lengths they
wouldn't have looked 80 monotonous?-
New York journal.
Wanted.
Ladies and gentlemen suffering with
throat and lung difficulties to call at our
drug store for bottle Of Otto's Cure,
which we are distributing free Of
charge, and we can confidently recon-
mend it as superior remedy for
coughs, colds, bronchitis, consumption
and all diseases OF the throat and lungs.
1t will stop cough quicker than any
known remedy. We will guarantee it
to cure you. II your children have
Group or whooping cough it is sure to
give instant relief. Don't delay, but
get trial bottle free. Large sizes 500.
! and 25c. Sold by w. B. Alexander.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-05-27

In dealing with immature minds, one
should be careful to say what he means
A little boy in the course Of his reading
lesson came to, the word widow"
and called it window" a word more
familiar to him. The teacher, who was
acting as examiner, corrected the blum
der, and ZEN, wishing to improve
the occasion, put the question, What
is the difference between widow and
Window The boys answer began.
"You can see through window,
butt and then stopped. The amuse-
ment plainly visible on the teachers face
prevented this miniature Sam Weller
from completing the contrast. BLACK
woods Magazine.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-05-27

A line of novelty goods
from 10 to so cents a yard;
dress goods in all colors and
at all prices; plaids from 8 to
Is cts a yard; Shepherd plaid
from 124 to IS cts; cashmeres
in all colors and at prices to
suit the times; forty-fve inch
Henrietta in black, blue,
green and rose at 4S cts a
yard; former price S1.00.
A large line in wash goods;
Dimity, Percale, Gesmonda
and Moire Esistal, Dotted
Swiss in white, blue and pink
at prices lower than ever;
white goods at all prices;
satines in plain, striped and
figures.
Large line of embroideries
from 9 cts up, to Is cts a
yard.
Ladies' waists from 4S cts
to S1.25.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-05-27
N. W. MCDONALD,
FIRE. InOnrono0
LIFE and H\uHHnk
ACCIDENT ucJuV uUUUs

l have large line of Companies and
am prepared to handle large or small
lines of insurance. Prompt attention
given to any business intrusted to my
care. Office in Nolan Block, Reynolds
vile, Pa.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-05-27

Friendship hath the skill and observa-
tion Of the best physician. the diligence
and vigilance Of the best nurse, and the
tenderness and patience Of the best
mother. Lord Clarendon.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-05-27

New Woman-Husband, I need a
change. Tho doctor said my life is too
monotonous. Ineed excitement.
Husband-Ty staying 1t home.-
xpn1on Tit-BitA
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-05-27

Jewellers In New South Wales receive
ga. 30 . woek. In Switzerland e6.Sb,
h Germany e6.3l and In France e6.2l.