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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-28
A COLLECTION OF ODDITIES

II a man fell out OF a balloon at a
distance OF five miles above the earth
MS velocity at the last second would
be at the rate OF 1853 feet per second
washington. the city of magnificent
distances is laid out over 69A square
miles, ard In the beginning of 1895 its
population was estimated at 100000.
Thunder is sometimes one erea,
crash because the lightning cloud is
near the earth. and as all the vibrations
OF tne air ION which the sound depends)
reach the ear at the same time
Inc cost OF timber in China is so
great that wooden trestles are ont az
Tue question. The railway station
houses are all built of light. burned
Drick. plasterer on the outside The
broad platforms are of stone mr. con.
crete niled In with earth and cinders
Two Sicilian scientists, Grassi and
hoVeiii' have recently discovered thar
inc house fly is the intermediate hos, q,
species OF tape worm which does much
nsrm among chickens. The chickens
eat hies whose bodies contain the larvae
OF the tape worm.
remarkable fact connected with tho
rice plant is its almost entire immunity
from the attacks of insects and from
those diseases which infect the cereals
ana other vegetable groxths. as also
'ha' IL supplies a wholesome diet for
one-naif the population of the world
professor Polnacre of Paris IN his
studies of the effect OF the moon nm The
meteorology of the earth. has dIscov-
ered that IL has an influence not onIr
on the production of cyclones. but also
on their direction.
AT Johns Hopkins university recent,v
a patient under hypnotic influence was
successfully operated upon for diseased
kinney, no anaesthetlcs being used
Inc case was the first in which hynno-
tism has been used in that institvt,on
one of the popular mistakes Of the
day is that one can travel cheaner IN
Europe than In the States. TRAVELLING
nrst-class there costs quite as much a.,
In America, and the tourist does not
get anything like as good accommoda-
tons for his money.
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member and reputed to be OF intem-
perate habits. He was very little seen
by visitors to the Barrison home and
is now reported dead. His wife, Rlcha,
was a woman of very little education.
She did not seem to worry herself about
her children's welfare, but only con-
sidered them in the light OF money
makers.
All of the sisters were pretty and
bright. What amount of schooling they
had received no one knew, but it was
evidently very small, as the mother had
turned their liking for the stage to ad-
vantage as soon as possible. It was in
1891 that the Gerry society had its at
tention attracted to the sisters. They
were then playing in Wang" with
DeWolf Hopper, at the Broadway thea
ter. The five came out with dolls. sang
a little song and went through simple
dance. Inger was then only 13 years
old and Gertrude Il. Mr.. Gerry was
favorably impressed with the girls and
made inquiries about them. He learned
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-28

try of considering the possibility of war
as very remote has had a tendency 10
breed indifference regarding many of
the preparations that are necessary TO
put a ship in proper trim for battle.
II is only when there is a prospect
of an actual engagement that the work
OF clearing ship will be done with thor
oughneSs. AS rule. the exercise ia
finished in short order, and a careful
inspection would discover many points
TO which insufficient attention has been
given. says New York Herald.
When the United States steamship
Detroit was ordered by Admiral Ben
ham TO protect American merchant
men in Rio harbor during the Brazilian
instruction, she was cleared for action
in very thorough manner. Two hours
were given TO the work. and no prepare
ton was forgotten. The minds Of the
officers and men were enthusiastically
concentrated upon the matter in hand.
and not little originality was displayed
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art and not descend to the level OF the
variety stage. He had a talk with the
mother. In which he warned her that
the course the girls had adopted would
in all probability lead TO their ruin.
He called upon her parental love 10
prevent this depreciation. but his appeal
met with no response. Mrs. Barrison
wanted her girls TO do what would make
the most money. Accordingly. on June
5, 1898. lnger and Gertrude did the skirt
dance on the Casino roof garden. aud
on Sept 3. 1898. repeated il at Tony
Pastors. The Gerry society protested.
but Mayor Gilroy granted the permit
and the girls were not molested.
II was about this time that William
Fleron, the adapter of "The Clemenceau
Case" and manager of Pearl Eytinge.
assumed the management OF the girls.
He was very attentive TO Adlone. and
report had II that he had married. A
woman called at the Gerry society's
rooms on July 81. 1892. and said she
wished 10 do all she could to prevent
Fleron's intimacy with the girls. She
said she had separated from her hus-
band. Beir, in Copenhagen. and in 1888
became acquainted with Fleron. They
came to this country in 1883. and lived
as man and wife in Paterson. Chicago.
New York and Brooklyn. She then
left him on account of her children by
Beir.
In the winter OF 1898 the entire family
went abroad. Fleron. II was said, ac-
companied them. The mother tried ia
convince Mr.. Gerry that she intended
to educate her younger children in
Europe. but he placed no credence in
what she said. 'Since their departure
the Gerry society has not heard from
them.
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three men. as a brother Judge put il,
TO his never allowing particle of flesh
food to pass his lips.
Il owe much to vegetarianism," once
declared that popular wielder of the
brush, Hubert Herkomer. Herkomer's
father was vegetarian of the strictest
Kind, as is Mr.. Bruce JOY, one of our
most famous sculptors, the producer of
the celebrated Bright statue, which
Liverpool boasts among its art treas
ures. One of the hardest workers in
our islands is Sir Isaac Pitman. the man
to whom the world owes the perfection
o. photography. He works ten hours a
day on a vegetarian diet.
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story Under New Conditions.

An old story under new conditions
Is reported from Martinsburg, Ky.
Fred Henson and Miss Morris were
married three weeks ago, and a week
later Henson was arrested and put In
fail on an old charge. His wife was
much perturbed and passed most OF her
time at the Jail. One night, her hus-
band being unwell. she prevailed on the
taller TO let her pass the night with
Henson in his cell. Very early the next
morning the woman asked to be let out
and the TALLER opened the door for her.
She left the Jail, as he supposed. but
he learned at s o'clock. when he went
10 serve breakfast to Henson, that Mrs.
Henson was in the cell and her husband
had escaped in her clothes.
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How's Thist

We offer One Hundred Dollars reward
for any case OF Catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
+. J. CHENEY a. CO., Toledo. o.
We, the undersigned. have known #.
J. Cheney for the last 10 years. and be-
lieye him perfectly honorable In all
business transactions. and /hnancially
able to carry out any obligations made
by their firm.
WRIDING, KINNAN a MARVIN.
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo. Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken Internal
", acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces OF the system. Testi-
monials sentfree. Frice. Toe per bottle.
Sold by all druggists.
Halls Family Pills. 26c.
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GROWTH OF vEos1ARIANIsM.
some Celebrated People who Now Esehsw
All Animal Food.

"The future is with the yegetarians.
said Prof. Virchow. Germany's greatest
medical scientist. some time since when
interviewed upon the subject, In Pear
sons Weekly. what will people eat
in the near future?" II is interesting
TO uote how many OF the distinguished
people belong to the class OF nonmeat
eaters. Vegetarianism is well repre-
scented among people who WELD the pen.
Count Leo Tolstoi, the strange man who
amid the dreary wilds OF Russia pro-
duces books read the world over de-
clares that for years flesh has not pol
luted his lips. Ouida, the novelist, finds
a fruit diet essential TO successful fic-
tionwriting. and the broad-minded
reasoning of Mrs Mona Card fiourishes
on the same sustenance. as does the
scholarship of Prof. Mayor, who
amazes Cambridge by showing how
much learning can subsist upon lunches
of no more substantial food than piece
of bread and an apple. The professor is
an enthusiastic vegetarian and declares
that higher thinking has no greater
enemy than fesh-feeding. That vege-
tarianism is, indeed, not inimical TO
acute thinking. Edison. the inventor,
is an example. The food which enters
the laboratory in which the great
worker immures himself for days and
weeks at a time almost suggests by its
scarcity and simplicity that the in
ventor has discovered some mode OF
obtaining nutrition from the atmos-
phere. Fruit. bread and milk he de-
clares to be the material upon. which he
thinks best. Sir James-afterward
Lord-Hannen attributed the reten-
ton of his extraordinary powers of
work. in spite of age and study, which
might have ruined the constitution "of
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-28
ADIONE

and first made their appearance on the
stage in New York city. at Nlblo's gar
den. in 1883. Five years later they were
with DeWolf Hopper in Wang" and
attracted much attention by their cos
tunes on the street and by the fact that
the five always, appeared together in
public. Adlone. the eldest. is now "a
years old: Olger is 81: Sophie. IS; Inger.
II, and Gertrude, 16. After taking to
the stage the Barrison sisters did every
thing they could to attract attention to
themselves and succeeded. They were
photographed in all sorts of costumes.
got their names into the papers often.
and soon became much talked about.
They always appeared in public TO-
gether and by their stunning hats. gay
attire and sprightly manner were
among the most observed of the prom
enaders. The eldest girl was Adlone.
born Aug. 10. 1872. Next in age to her
was Olger. born April 10. 1875. Then
came Sophia. three years younger than
Olger; Inger still year younger. and,
last of all, Gertrude, who was Inger's
junior by year. Their father was
SINUS Barrison. who was an umbrella
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obliterated. No effect is produced by
the weather on glass. The Pepper
monument Is of plate-glass one inch
thick. foot and half wide and four
Feet high. 1t stands in mortise cut
INTO tube of sandstone. The top OF
the glass is arched. The lettering on il
Is made by the "sand-blast" process.
and is distinct The monument bears
this inscription:
In memory of Elizabeth Pepper OF
Ford City. Died Feb 4. 1892. aged n
years.
Also, William Pepper. husband of
the above. Died ---. Age -"
From this inscription it may be in
Ierred, truly, that William Pepper Is
still living. The Peppers are of Eng
lish birth and came to Ford City years
ago directly from the Great Dillingham;
glass works of London.
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Could Rseomm...

On the files of the postos %s'A:s
ment there is letter from : Depart
Hill testifying to the ahIT,, ~aa hand
and good character OF a NJ. mdHr
VINO turns out to be his own . n'o''|
and stating that her appOIn,,,. ~'''''|
cierkship would be great r,s,,s s' .
$3.50, 90 large circle of influential DoIIN.'
friends. He writes that sA. bs S""ua Y
an excellent family ard occupis, 'ss ~, Y
social position; that he has know, n e
intimately for several years !. ,'.n Pc
with her qualifications and can '. .a
mend her without reserve n r. ''''a
by accident that the RELATIONSHIP ''v
discovered. as the writer wa. ~. ""
OF her husband, and atts, 80 w
death she married agaIn.~chSaato' s
Record. '''s'
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roMHsroNEs OF GLASS.
An Expsrlms entail Monument with Letter.
ing by sand Hast.

A glass tombstone IL certainly some
thing unique. Such a grave marker
stands in but one place In the United
States, and that Is in the cemetery over
looking the city OF Kittanning. says the
Pittsburg Dispatch. 1t has but re-
Gently been set up there over the grave
OF Mrs. Elizabeth Pepper OF Ford city
by her son. Matthias Pepper. The Kit
tanning cemetery possesses many ma
tural and artificial beauties. IL has
been handsomely laid out, with wind
ing walks. stately trees and ornamental
shrubbery, and in II are many preten-
tious monuments. Not one OF the pies
of marble and granite attracts SO much
attention as the piece OF polished glass
with its clean inscription, which STANDS
on a gentle slope falling slowly from
the hilltop. Matthias Pepper. who had
the glass set up. is assistant superln-
tendent at the Ford City factory. The
piece used as a grave memorial Is
part OF a large plate which was made or
unusual thickness for the construction
or circular panes 10 cover the poT'noies
of ocean steamships. The practical
indestructibility of glass was the quail
ity which suggested to Mr.. Pepper It's
use in the cemetery. Marble and gran
lite seem to many to be almost eternal
in their hardness, but they are far from
II. and not at all to be compared with
glass. Wind and rain, heat and cold,
have their effects on stone OF any kind.
and finally wear away the hardest
granite and cause 1t to crumble. Go
into any old graveyard where stones
were erected more than 100 years ago,
and it will be found to be the exception
where all the lettering on the monu-
ments can be made out. The stone has
crumbled and the outlines have been
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-28
MARRIED EIGHT COUPLES.
Wholesale Wedding Ceremony Performed
by Coiored Parson.

by "a Colored Psrson.
A wholesale marriage ceremony was
performed in Odd Fellows Hall at
Hockessin, Del, the other day. Eight
couples OF colored persons were united
simultaneously by the Rev. William
Jason, president of the State College
for Colored Students. The ceremony
was witnessed by more than 800 per-
sons. Explaining the circumstances
which brought about the wedding. Mr.
Jason said: God must know that when
| went among these people and tried
to bring them to God, they were a bad
lot. At first didn't get much encour-
agement, tut after | had labored with
them for several months l saw that
even the hardest ones were touched
In nearly every instance where a man
and woman were living together no
marriage ceremony had ever been per-
formed between them.
II told them that it was wrong and
sinful; that It was a violation CT the
civil law and an offense against the
divine law. That's why l performed
the wholesale marriage. At first they
objected. but when one couple that lad
been living together for four or Ave
years consented to let me marry them,
the others gave in"
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Literal Factors Invo,y.d

John" remarked Mrs. Billus "T ex-
pect to give tea tomorrow evening "
Mr.. Billus, who was reading his
newspaper, grunted, but made no re-
ply.
I said expected to give a tea to-
morrow evening. john" she repeated
i heard you" said John, 81 can take
my dinner down town"
1 think said a little while ago "
again remarked Mrs. Billus. after an
interval Of silence, that | intended 10
give tea tomorrow evening"
That will suit me to t."
And shall need an xw she
snapped.
Mr.. Billus feebly calculated "Gv but
he forked 1t over.
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The Dutch Language.

It is rumored that a chair OF Dutch
language and literature will be founded
at Columbia college. The only foreign
country In which the study OF Dutch
has ever been seriously prosecuted is
Japan, which, however. in the last half
OF this century. has seen the wisdom
of substituting English. The young
Japanese, who were formerly sent TO
Holland to be educated. now go to this
country. England, Germany, and, to a
less degree. France.
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LATE SUPPERS.
it Is Better to Eat Moderately Before
Going to Bed.

it Is hctter TO Eat Moderately Before
Going to Bed.
The old tradition that to eat any,
thing just before going to bed is sure
to produce Indigestion and render sleep
impossible is now happily exploded.
says the Canada Lancet. 1t is not good
as matter of fact. to go to bed with
the stomach so loaded that the undi-
gested food will render one restless
but something of light, palatable ma
ture in the stomach is one of the best
aids to quietude and rest. Some ply
sicians have declared indeed. that a
good deal OF the prevalent insomnia is
the result of an unconscious craving
or the stomach for food in persons who
have been unduly frightened by the
opinion that they must not eat before
going TO bed, or who have. like MANY
nervous women, been keeping them
selves in state of semi-starvation
Nothing is more agreeable on retiring
for the night than to take a bowl of
hot broth, like oatmeal cruel or clam
soup. IL Is a positive aid to nervous
people and induces peaceful slumbers.
This is especially the case on cold win
ter nights, when the stomach Graves
warmth as much as any other part of
the body. Even glass of hot milk Is
grateful to the palate on such occa-
sions, but light, well-cooked Cruel
is better, and in our climate. during
the cold months of winter, should be
the retiring food of every woman who
feels the need of food at night.
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Wise Thoughts.

The man who spends an hour alone
with God in the morning will not be
seen at the theater that night. The
heart that is trusting God can sing
as sweetly in the dark as in the light
The man who is not doing anything to
help take the world for Christ, is him
dering Gods work in his own heart
The surest evidence OF trust in Christ,
ia obedience to him. The man whose
hope Is in God may be kept waiting,
but his reward will be sure and certain.
Giving rcspectability to any kind of a
sin, gives the devil mortgage on the
ycung man.--Ram's Horn.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-28
All Abou. Western Farm Lands.

The Corn Belt" is the name OF an
illustrated monthly newspaper pub
lished by the Chicago. Burlington &
Quincy r. X. 1t aims to give informa-
ton in an interesting way about the
farm lands of the west. Send % cents
in postage stamps TO the Corn Belt"
209 Adams ST., Chicago. and the paper
will be sent to your address for one
Uoar
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-28
New York. whisky Record.

The report OF the Excise Commission
ers for the year 1895 has some instruc-
tive figures. We are accustomed to
think this city sinner above others
in the state in the proportion of it's
liquor selling places Of all, classes to
population Yet the figures show that
In this respect New York stands TWEEN
ty-frst in the list. having only 1927
licensed places to the thousand of pcpu-
lation. to Buffalo's Ills. Uticas liza.
Brooklyn is the only city in the state
Of more than 10000 inhabitants whose
proportion Of liquor licenses to popula-
lin is less than New York's.-New York
World.
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must leave Germany. This action was
taken because a number of prominent
men have become victims OF their
charms. One day recently Count Won
Wedel was arrested for having pawned
jewels bought on the installment plan.
The money which he realized was spent
on the dancers. The Barrison sisters
were born in Copenhagen. Denmark,
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SOPHIE

that their first appearance In New York
had been on Aug. %, 1888. at Niblo's
in Uncle Sam" They formed a group
or tableau IL one of the scenes. Adlone.
the oldest girl. subsequently joined
Clara Morris company and played
small roles. The three older girls were
beyond the authority Of the Gerry So
ciety. but 1t interfered in behalf OF the
others. 1t was in the summer of 1893
that the young girls. who. up to this
time. had been doing little sketch,
changed their style of performance and
began the skirt dance. high kicking nd
imitation OF the tough girl. Mr.. Gerry
sent for them and their mother, and APP
pealed to them TO stick TO the dramatic
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LATE cable dis
patch from Berlin,
Germany. states
that the five Barri-
son sisters. who ap-
peared, a year or
two ago. in America
as dancers. and who
are very beautiful.
have received no.
tice from the Ber-
lin police that they
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no cleanse the system in q r.o,,. -.
truly beneficial manner, wh.n -, ~
springtime comes. use the tus sas y. ~
rect remedy. Syrup OF Figs. On. hd W.
VIII answer for all the family and I NV.
only 10 cents: the large siss n ' W.
the genuine. Manufactured Inv ~ cv
itornia Fig Syrup Company onlv Inv -. =.
Tor sale by all druggists ''' saa
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Glasa We.

A glass eye may, 1t is said IA ma,
only six to twelve months. Tbe hun.,.
of the eye corrode the glass and ,,r,.
1t to become rough. thus Irritating a.
delicate membrane and necessltatipr |,
renewal OF the false optic.
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After tho Corporations.

st. Louis has notified the electric
lighting and street car companies to get
their wires underground by Jan. 1, 1900.
under penalty of having all left above
ground after that date cut down by the
city. A pretty general movement of this
sort will soon be under way.
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Good Manners.

Manners should be to morals what the
perfume is to the flower. True refine
ment OF manner flows from nobility Of
soul. Manner is the fixed expression
Of civilization. not its measure.-Rabbi
Philipson.
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WHERE DID You arr,

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=. GSu n,ans out for tea, forty Of ~.
. equal II to Riol sal1er's cat, UIoas'''sS
you all about III sS pae Ssa'alotus III
vegetable seeds 800 post stI ss,s ssls
n yoa viii cur ma. pau
with l5c. stamps to job. out and Ia,
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package of above great sa s,ll Get irs
&c. catalogue slo,'
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VIA Missouri Pacific Railway and iroI
Mountain Route.

To the South and Southwest--to
Arkansas, Texas. Louisiana, South
west Missouri. Kansas and Arizona. On
March 10th, April 7th and 2lst, also
May 9Th. tickets will be sold at one fare
plus $500 for the round trip, good
for 21 days. with stop-over privileges.
For particulars address Bissell Wilson.
ID. p. A., Ill Adams street, Chicago.
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CLEARING THE SHIPS.
GREAT IMPORTANCE OF CARE
Full AND THROUGH WORK.
Work that Must re Done Explanation
OF the Necessity for Congressional Re-
Organization In the Personnel Con-
cerned.

n THESE PIP
ing times OF peace
the routine of
clearing ship for
action" on board a
"man-of- war has
usually been per-
formed once IN
three months in
rather a perfume
tory manner. The
habit in this coun %
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The latest photograph of the Hon. /.
n. Walker. commander-in-chief OF the
Grand Army of the Republic. Write to
F. II. Lord, Quincy Building. Chicago.
and you will receive one free.
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ing his soul, will be in earnest about
everything he does.