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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-09-05

ters of Washington to Col. Henry
Bouqet, and showed that those which
were published by Jared Sparks were
not given correctly.
Mr.. Smith also wrote a political
History of the United States" and re-
Gently had been engaged on a life of
rutherford b. Hayes, as the literary
executor of the dead president. His
association with Mr.. Hayes, and the
CONFIDENTIAL relations between them.
combined with his literary ability and
political knowledge, enabled him to do
this work probably better than any
other man could have done il. The
work, which, unfortunately, is prob
ABLY not as complete as Mr.. Smith
would have made it, had he lived, was
not only a carefully prepared and in
teresting account of events in Mr..
Hayes life and career, but was Incl
dentally review of the political his
tory Of the country, particularly that
part OF it connected with the recon-
struction period in the south. Advance
sheets OF Mr. Smiths book were recent
~ sent to Senator John Sherman of
OHIO, who said that the book promised
TO be the most valuable digest of recent
political history ever written.
Mr.. Smith lived at Lake Forest, near
Chicago, where he had an ideal subur-
pan home, THE Rocks" house of the
colonial style, in beautiful grounds.
ms library was one of the largest and
most valuable in the country, and was
probably more complete in works on
the political history OF this country
and england than any other private IL
Orary. In all he had about $500 vol
umes' besides innumerable pamphlets
and public documents.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-09-05
NJ Wasn't "A ScoOp.

! At Red Creek the stage stopped for
half an hour for the passengers to get
| dinner and the driver to change horses.
AS We drove up in front of the shanty
hotel from the west an army paymaster
in an ambulance drove up from the
| south. With him was a guard of six
cavalrymen, and while the paymaster
entered the inn with us TO take dinner
the soldiers ate their bacon and hard
tack in the shade OF the stables. We
had been eating for about ten minutes
when there was a sudden hurrah out
doors, followed by dozen rifle shots.
Five men on horseback and sixth in a
blackboard drawn by n mule dashed out
of the thicket a quarter of a mile away,
and, sweeping down on the paymaster's
rig. had transferred the safe to the
blackboard before one of us reached tie
door One outlaw had been killed by
the fire of the soldiers and two soldiers
had been wounded by the fire of the
outlaws. The fellows were off at full
gallop and the score of shots fired after
them only FASTENED their speed. The
paymaster was the last one to leave the
table, and as he came out an excited
stage passenger called to him:
There they go, majorw
Yes, l see 'em!' quietly replied the
officer
and they've got your safe?"
Yes, expect So"
Great Scott, man, but are you going
10 let 'em git away with all that
money!" shouted the half frantic pas
senger.
"All of what money!"
Why, in the safer
There isn't shilling in it, said
the major as he returned to the dinner
table. zone of the door hinges was out
of order and so | was carrying the
money in this carpet bag"
He reached down and lifted I'D the
bag and opened it to show us $4,000
in crisp greenbacks, and as he snapped
the lock he sighed and said:
Sorry for the fellow out there and
his gang, but perhaps they'll have bet
ter luck next timer
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school teacher for a time, and next a
tutor in Western college. Later he
became the assistant editor of weekly
newspaper in Cincinnati. At the age
OF twenty-five he had risen to the posi-
ton of editor. At that time he was also
doing work for the Literary Review.
At the beginning of the civil war he
was engaged on the Cincinnati Gazette,
and took an active part in raising
troops and forwarding supplies, and,
through the medium of the press, did
much to strengthen the Government
Largely instrumental in making John
Brough Governor of Ohio. he afterward
became the Governors secretary. and
later was elected Secretary OF state,
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Turned Him Black.

Cnaries Baker, boy 10 years old
whiie at work in wheat field near
burlington Ia, the other day, stepped
upon rattle snake, receiving its fangs
IN MS leg. At once his entire body be-
gan 10 swell, and soon reached immense
proportions, the skin being stretched
utmost to the bursting point. He was
s n..eh large doses of whisky with but
i'ttie erect, except TO stop the swelling.
out aside from that he suffered the
greatest agony and his life was in dan
ger. He has turned black as n negro
IN the lace and over a greater portion
OIL MS body. and no remedy seems 10
stop the spread OF the disco,oration or
ease the pain. Farm hands killed the
snake after n fight OF several min
utes, in which one of them had q mar
TOW ,, escape from being bitten. The rep
TIE was nearly five feet long.
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HOLDS jumped overheard. and after
two days of drifting and terrible suffer
ing. was picked up by two nikan fish
ermen. He was taken before the reign
ing king, who regarded him as a NEE.
senger from God and at once adopted
him. The natives had been preparjng
Tor war at the time with neighboring
nation. Through a piece of strategy
on the part of Mr.. Hobbs the army of
INC opposing island was defeated and
MI. Hobbs was appointed var chief.
little more tnan nine months after
Hobbs landing on the Ilikan islands
the king died. AS he had left no heir
the chiefs called a convention to select
Il ruler. The choice lay between two
warriors who had held great positions
under the government. After spirited
arguments between the two candidates
the convention named and ratified
Jonn Hobbs as king. Each year since
hie enforcement King John, or. as he
IS best known by the natives of the
iiikan islands, "Oumalea," takes a va
cation OF about six months. He goes
10 different part of the world at diff
ierent seasons. II was when he came To
New York city. about Ave months ago
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-09-05

being reelected in 1866. When Mr..
Smith retired from Office. he became
the managing editor of the Evening
Chronicle. He was obliged, however.
to desist from such active work, on ac-
count of i'll health.
In 1870 he became manager of the
Western Associated Press, with head
quarters in Chicago. Several years
later, upon the personal request of
President Hayes, who had been his
close personal friend for many years.
he accepted the Office OF collector Of
customs at Chicago. During his term
OF Office he was instrumental in bring
ing about many reforms in the GUS
toms department. In 1888 he again be-
came actively engaged in Associated
Press work, and, in January OF that
year he effected n consolidation of the
New York and the Western Associated
Press, taking the general managership
OF the united systems, and became thus
charged with the responsibility of the
news service of the entire Western con-
tinent, and the guiding power in a news
organization which, with its working
allies. encircled the globe. Mr.. Smith
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that he met Miss Collin. She had been
from school but year. and her pretty
face, as we'll as her Titan tresses. sent
him into raptures. After brief court
ship they fell madly In love with each
other, and the engagement followed.
King John says that his subjects will
look upon her as a goddess. AS the
empress of the Ilikans, she will be
called "Mialie." II will be late In the
fall before the King of the Cannibal
islands Will resume his duties as ruler
OF the new South Sea station.
The Ilkian islands form a garden OF
wealth. Timber Is among the chief
exports.
Among the many valuable timber
trees are the vesi; the dilo, the oil from
its seeds being much used In the islands
as in India. in the treatment OF rheu-
matism: the dakua allied to the New
Zealand kauri; the vaivai. the Casuar-
ina, and others, chiefly conifers, Gutti-
ferae, Myrtaceae. and Leguminosae.
Most of the fruit trees are also valuable
as timber. The native cloth (masD Is
beaten out from the bark OF the paper
mulberry, cultivated for the purpose.
Several useful fibers are supplied by
plants Of the Musaceae Bromelideae,
Thymeleae, and other orders. OF the
palms the cocoa-nut is by far the most
important. DIR. Seeman discovered
sago-palm known to the natives by the
name of sogu. though they were then
ignorant of its use. The yasi or san
dalwood is now rarely found, and only
in a small district at the western ex'
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-09-05
ro,,rsa from the management of the

| retired from the management or the
| Associated Press In March. 1898.
In May, 1892, Mr.. Smith and his SON
in-law, Mr.. Charles II. Williams, Win
w. ]. Richards, purchased the interests
OF John II. Holiday and his two broth
ers in The Indianapolis News, and Mr..
Williams became editor-in-chief OF the
paper. which position he sti,, holds.
MIR. Smith, since hls re'.rement from
the MANAGEMENT Of ne Associated
Press. devoted much OF his time to lit
erary work. particularly political his
tory. During his earlier and buster life
he had found time TO do much work OF
this character
He had been a close student OF early
life in the Northwest, and as histio-
grapher of the Northwest Territories
was probably without compeer His
browning literary achievement of THE
kind was his edition of the "St. Clair
Papers" embodying the career OF Gen
eral and Governor Arthur of ST. Clair,
work in two royal octave volumes
which is recognized by the best critical
authorities as one of the most import
ant contributions of the present gen.
eration to the early history of the Re-
public. For Mr.. Smiths patriotic
labor in the preparation of this work
the legislature of Ohio unanimously
voted him a resolution of thanks. He
was also the author of the biography OF
Charles Hammond, wrote several PAM
phlets and had contributed frequently
to American periodicals. While Secre-
tary of State of Ohio, he founded a
department of archives. a matter which
had been wholly overlooked since the
admission of the state. and he sue
ceeded in recovering many valuable
papers, which are now on file in the
State House at Columbus. BY his in
vestigation in the British Museum, he
brought to light many unpublished let
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-09-05
TO passage. meals and state room 70
st. Louis. seven hundred miles away
and back TO his home.
GOOD MANNERS IN 1923.
Hints for Polite Conduct of Up-to-Dats
Society Men.

Hints for Polite Conduct of Up-to-Dats
society Men.
What is probably one of the oldest
books on department in existence was
discovered in Paris the other day, says
an exchange. u was published In that
city in 1928 for the coll sc of the Jesuits
OF la Fleche. and Is entitled Good
Manners in Converse Among Men,"
The text is in French. with a Latin
translation. Department in public Is
first touched uron. I'm yawning do
not groan," this ancient guide to polite
ness says, "and do not cape even when
speaking. In blowing thy nose do II
not as one would sound a trumpet, and
afterward regard not flxedly thy hand
kerchief. Avoid wlping thy nose as
the children do with the fingers or upon
the sleeve. When listening to some one
speaking do not wr.ggle about, but keep
myself in thy skin the while" 1t must
have been hard to obey this latter in
junction. judging from what is said a
little further along: XIII not fieas or
the like in the presence of others, but
excuse myself and remove whatever
torments thee" Three hundred years
ago gentlemen did not wear such sad
colored costumes as they do to-day,
and one cannot help feeling that little
pride and swagger was eXcusable in
dandy of those days when he donned
for the first time a particularly fetch
ing costume of high-colored silken
doublea and hose, Yet this guide" re-
marks severely: IF thou art we'll bedi-
zened, il thy hose be tightly drawn and
thy habit well ordered. parade not thy
self. but carry myself with becoming
modesty. Demean not myself arrog-
antly. neither go mincingly about. Let
not thy hands hang Imply to the
ground and tuck not up thy hose at
every turn"
DO not embellish myself with flow
ers upon thy ear" is another injunction
which sounds curious to-day, but the
advice. When speaking raise not thy
voice as if thou vert crying an edict,"
is just as pertinent now as when the
budding young gentlemen of La Fleche
had it drummed into them. Table |
manners in those days must have been
rather more primitive even than those |
of some of the 50-cent table d hotes |
in this city, for the book says: Being |
seated at the table, scratch not myself, |
and if thou must cough or spit or wipe |
thy nose, do it deXterously and without |
a great noise
Stuff not thy mouth with food when
eating and drink not too much of the
wine if thou art not master of the
house. Show not overmuch pleasure,
either, at the meats or wine.
In taking salt have care that thy
knife be not greasy; when it is neces-
sary to clean that or the fork, do it
neatly with the napkin or little bread,
but never with the entire loaf Smell
not of the meats. and if by chance
thou dost put them not back afterward
before another.
1T is very indecent thing to wipe
the sweat from thy face with thy nap
kin or with the same to blow thy nose
Or clean the plate or platter
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-09-05
Relic OF President Van auren

Mrs. Martha Larrabee, OF Ripley
county, Ind, had on exhibition at the
osgood fairan ancient article which has
attracted considerable interest II was
q small linen garment or mantle that
was spun and woven in the old country
ny the grandmother OF the American
president Martin Van Buren,, and pre-
sehteo 10 MIN at his birth. 1t was SUBJ
sequentiy presented by Mrs. VIM Buren,
10 her friend, Mrs. Perino. and BY that
family became greatly priced after its
original owner had attained national
celebrity. For four generations 4. has
descended from one to another, and has
Deen carefully guarded as a treasured
heirloom. Notwithstanding Its great
age IL Is still substantial, and shows
little effect of time
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-09-05
Short-Livsd In....-

The wonderful brevitv q, :.
is curiously illustrated IN ~ 'aS
those that prey upon difYara'.
OF mushrooms. The life =, ~
room itself is measured hv S s.'
1t is often entirely ruined h. IVY "
which deposits its eggs unon =, y
while 1t is in the vigor Of von ny
entire span OF life of this mnsS.s
sect Is SO brief that the yrus'
from the eggs and the creatn,a !.
fully developed and capable =,
eggs itself before the musb,oa.
even though the latter's lI,s ~
extend over a period OF to,.'
hours from the moment II sr.,
through the soil.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-09-05

cut, in 1905, was a grandson OF Bethel
Smith, of Kent who was grandson OF
the Rev. Henry Smith, clergyman
well known in the Connecticut valley.
His mother was a daughter of Deacon
Story Colt. of Spencertown, Columbia
county, who was lieutenant in the
army during the Revolutionary war,
and was descended from Daniel Colt,
who settled in the Connecticut valley
prior to 1890. The family was of Dutch
origin and came to America on account
OF religious freedom. The parents of
Mr.. Smith emigrated 10 Ohio and set
tied on the Darby claim, in Union
county, In 1895, when he was about
two years old, he having been born in
Columbia county. n. Y, December /,
1893.
Being of n studious turn of mind. Mr..
Smith had the best educational advan-
tages the state afforded. He was
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-09-05
Statue TO Strnhen cirnrh

j. Massey Rhind, the well known
New York sculptor, has been commits
stoned to model the statue of Stephen
Glrard, the philanthroplst, which is to
be erected in Philadelphia. Thirty
artists competed for the work. and out
Oh the models submitted, fve-those by
). Massey Rhind, II. G. Ellicott, C. II.
Niehaus' A. M. j. Muellen and Henry
manser-were selected as being par
tieuiarly meritorious, and these model
ers were requested to engage in n final
competition. This was done, and the
hve new models were placed on exhI-
bition in Girard College a short time
ago, when the statue committee unani-
mously selected the model submitted by
Mr.. Rhind. The work of the four nm
successful contestants was also highly
praised. and each OF them will be
giyed $l25 for his model.
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WHEN HE GOT TIRED HE SAT
e; DOWN.
down in the Office sos, and didn't you
say yourself that was the price COR
Bringing this bell to st. LOUISE" And
1.-The bell rang out louder and faster,
such waves of sound that the captain
was unable to hear what the engineer
was saying up through the speaking
tube connecting with the engine room
: below.
But" said the captain, you didn't
mean that, did your"
Did /? Well, do l look like a man
that's joking? Nary a joke. meant
just what l said" and all the time he
was ringing the bell. The passengers
had gathered around Bill. and they
seemed to relish the joke, and were of
the opinion that he had the best Of the
captain.
Just let him alone" said the cap
tain; hell soon get tired of that fun. q"
But old Bill hung right on to the bell
rope. and kept the bell going. When
he got tired he lay fiat down on the
deck and kept on ringing. Night came
on; the boat tied up to the bank on the
rustled the restless leaves OF the cot.
tonwood, and sighed a mourning dirSe
Nebraska side, and while the wind
among the willows, ding-dong. ding
dong, rang that bell. and ding-dong
was echoed back from the prairie bluff
that rose to the west Never was the
sound OF a bell buoy" at sea more
mournful and sleep-dispelling. The
passengers began 20 lose interest in the
fun. and threw out sundry hints 20 The
captain, who in the meantime had
grown stubborn and eullen. that they
thought he owed it to them to do some
thing to stop that internal bell. He
fried 20 bluff old Bill, threatened 10
put him ashore. but he soon found that
NE got no encouragement from the old
frontiersman in doing that. The cap
tain knew something of Bits power
on the bottom and as his boat must
invade Bills domains again, he tried
coaxing. and then as a last resort com
promise This won the fight for thu
captain. Bits colors went down, am
the bell was silent, but the old man Eat
his $25 back in his pocket, and 81
moro of the captains money had cSm'
with II 10 keep 1t company, and as
further inducement he held the RICH
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-09-05
A WEIRD TALE.
Indiana Spiritusiists give Out some
Sensational News.

Indiana Spiritusiists give Out Some
Sensational News.
At the state Splritualists' camp meet.
ing at Anderson, Ind. recently, Hon.
William Baxter, late OF Richmond. and
author of the famous Baxter liouof
law. materialized and appeared TO his
friends. He talked some time on the
political outlook. Following his de-
NATURALIZATION spirit of Isaac Sbi-
mer, a suicide. materialized and came
out into the room. He gave a warming
to those who contemplated self-destruc-
ton. He then returned TO the cabinet,
and a second later a blood curdlins
series of gurgles and struggles emitted
from the cabinet. The lights were
hastily turned up and the curtains of
the cabinet turned back. Nothing was
there but the medium, bound hand and
foot, in the chair. He was unconscious
and was black in the face. He explained
that suicides or people who die a horri-
bic death often wish to dematerialize
in that way.
The spirit of DR.. Westerfeld, the
founder or Spiritualism in the west,
and for many years president of the
Indiana association. appeared, and ex-
pressed his wish that the association
would continue President Parkinson,
who took DR.. Westerflelds place. at the
head of the association. He said that
Parkinson was the man appointed of
the spirit to take his place at the head.
The Spiritualists will elect him. DR..
Wcsterfield said that he was enjoying
life beyond the rave.
Parties were OF the grounds irving
to get in touch with the spirit of Pearl
Bryan. They were from Charlottesville
and Greencastle. They were friends
and relatives of the girl. As yet they
have been unsuccessful in their efforts.
Several attempts have also been made
by the friends of Emile Cigrand one
OF Holmes victims, whose home was in
Anderson, to get the archfiend to ma
terialize. The spirits who do material
izc and the controls state that Holmes
cannot be found. He secems to be down
In the darkness.
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French Thrift.

A French railway has hIt
new source Of revenue. In ths
people who accompany their nj
any Of the stations on that lin,
them of will only be admitted
platform on payment of a fes
penny. AS this railway is ths
in France, a considerable yea,
is expected to be derived IN
source.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-09-05

tremity of Vanua Lew. There are
various useful drugs, spices, and per-
fumes; and many plants are cultivated
for their beauty. to which the natives
are keenly alive. Among the plants
used as pot-herbs are several ferns, and
two or three Solanums, one of which,
S. anthropophagorum, allied to our S.
nigrum, wac one of certain plants al
ways cooked with human flesh. which
is said TO be otherwise difficult of di-
gestion. The use of the kava root,
here called yanggona, from which the
well-known national beverage is made,
was introduced. it is said, from Tonga.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-09-05

to take advantage O, ,s
ever made to st. Paul s sns love-
on the occasion Of ths an =, Nine
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nrst week In Septemhsae, a. A
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rate made. fought for 'S sns TIP
by the Chicago Great H. Wand sna esaS
map. maple Leaf Route) for %es ,ss !. q,
blue and their friends . sSs 'boI
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within thirty days. This !. az alJ
tunity to visit the aT~ s : your
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The Iilacksmifh'a ANVIL.

1T is not generally known" OBJ
served a prominent blacksmith. that
nearly ali of the anvils used by black
smiths in this country are made by one
firm in Brooklyn, N. Y. All kinds of
substitutes have been invented and put
on the market, but after using them
the blacksmith generally goes back to
the wrought iron anvil, which is hand
made. There are plenty of cast-lron
and steel anyils for sale, but they find
but little favor from hlacl,smiths, who
prefer an anvil that sings. The cast
iron anvil has no music about IL, and
does not give any more response to the
hammer than il one was hammering
on 2 stump. Il IS music. or singing. as
smithy calls It, that is wanted. A
blacksmith does nearly all his talking
to his helper by the sounds made on the
anvil by his hammer. AS far as the
village blacksmith is concerned, sing
ing by the anvil is his constant adver-
tisement. Ordinarily an anvil will last
from ten to twenty years, that is. IL it
is handled carefully, though there are
many anvils that are now used by some
which were used by the fathers during
their entire lifetime. Washington
Star.
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