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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-02-08

tust coming on board. Estcourt was IN
troduced TO them all in turn, and they
sat down TO supper soon afterward.
They were a very undressing lot:
chiefly Portuguese and English men OF
business. voyaging for mercantile
houses with a South American connec-
ton. But the crowded table, the hum
OF conversation. and the continual
laughter were a change 70 Dick. and he
delayed his departure Till the last mo-
ment.
When he returned TO his own ship
he found that his new companions hat
already gone TO their cabins. Their
baggage was carried down 10 them ana
finding that they were not likely 10 APP
pear again that night Dick soon AFTER
ward turned in himself.
He was already drowsy. when he be-
came slowly conscious that he was lis
tening TO noise which seemed 10 have
been going on for an indefinite length
OF time
1t was the sound OF two voices. wheth-
er far off or near he could not tell;
but the other seemed still like voice
In a dream. utterly remote from the real
world. and yet in a way even more real
to him than that which preceded and
followed IL.
over and over again he thought him.
self on the point of remembrance, brt
he never quite reached 1t, ana in
short time the bland. soothing tones
overcame him like a spell, and he fell
into a dreamless sleep.
When he awoke next morning the
mysterious noises of the night had
passed entirely from his recollection. He
fastened on deck, and found that he
was the first TO arrive there. IL was
a fresh. breezy morning. ana the brig
was cutting the waves calamity as she
went southwark in long lacks. -Four
or five miles away to starboard the
Hamilton was wlng.ng her way 10
the westward, the courses or the two
vessels diverging more and more with
every minute. The islands lay like tiny
clouds upon the horizon behind them.
and the long. low coast-line OF Africa
was visible TO larboard under a rainy
sky.
Dick took a careful survey. and be-
gan 10 prophesy to himself about the
weather
Those who are expecting today to be
the same as yesterday" he murmured.
sententiously, will be probably good
deal"
AS he spoke the words died away
on his lips and the torpor OF helpless
astonishment seized upon him. lie
could not turn his head, he could not
move: but he heard behind him voice
that shook the Utmost fibers of his soul
Whether ii came from the sky or the
sea, If he were mad or sane, living or
dead. he knew not. but these were the
lovely tones in which Camilla spoke In
the old times before he had to begin
life anew.
The voice came nearer. and still he
could not or dared not move. Then,
suddenly, another voice answered-the
strange familiar voice of the night be-
fore; he remembered 1t in fash, and
knew 1t for Colonel de Montauts.
He turned swiftly and was face to
face with them.
The colonel came toward him at once
with outstretched hand, and with a
cordial smile upon his face; but Dick
passed him and went forward 10
Camilla.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-02-08
Deafness Can Not Tie Cured

BY local applications, as they cannon
reach the diseased portion OF the ear.
There is only one way to cure DEAFNESS
and that is by constitutional remedies
Deafness is caused by an infiamed con-
dillon Of the mucous lining OF the Eus-
tachian Tube. When the tube Is In
famed you have a rumbling sound or
imperfect hearing, and when II Is en-
tirely closed Deafness is the result, and
unless the Inflammation can be taken
out and this tube restored TO its normal
condition, hearing will be destroyed for.
ever: nine cases out of ten are caused
by Catarrh. which Is nothing but an in
famed condition of the mucous sur
faces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars fol
any case OF Deafness Caused by Ca
tarrh) that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free
+. ]. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. o.
Sold by druggists 75c.
Halls Family Pills, CSC.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-02-08

M. nj. Luther. East Troy. Pa, grew
hast season over 2O7 bushels Salzer
Silver Mine Oats from one measured
acre! How Is that for old Pennsyi-
yania? Over 10000 farmers are going
TO try and beat this in 1896 and win
5000 in gold! Then think OF ll6 pus,
barley from one acre and loo big iui,
bushels OF potatoes and $50 busheis VI
Golden Triumph Corn!
what's teosinte. and sand vetcn anu
spurry and fifty other rare things? Wen
Salzers catalogue will tell you. Larses'
growers of clovers, grasses ana Tar 4"
seeds in America. Freights cheap
II You Will cut this out ana sen"
Il with 1Oc postage to the John A. Saizer
Seed Co., La Crosse. Wis, you VIII re-
ceiye their mammoth catalogue ana zen
packages grains and grasses, including
above oats. free. "'H'
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-02-08
MRS. KETCHUM, ALIAS BROWN.

MRS. hEICHDM ALIAS bhOW ~.
ciated a long time. In 1882, while he
was in Jail at Kansas City, waiting to
be sent to the penitentiary at Jefferson
City, Mo-, to serve three years SEN
tence for stealing and selling fifteen
carloads of grain belonging to the Chi
cago & Alton railroad, his wife, whom
he had married a short time before,
visited him and managed to slip him
some saws, with which he succeeded in
making his escape a few days after
ward. Shortly after this he was sent
to the Missouri penitentiary for a term
of six years under the name Of Frank
Ralston, for the robbery at Mexico,
Mo-, of a trunkful of jewelry belonging
to a travelling man. The theft Of a
money package containing $4,000 from
the Wells-Fargo Express company,
perpetrated by Ketchum, who was en-
ployed as messenger by the company
under the name OF Hardin, was one of
the cleyerest pieces Of work in the his
tory of crime. This took place Nov. 81,
1892. The run was from Cincinnati to
Nashville, Tenn, over the Louisville &
Nashville railroad. A package of cur
rency amounting to $4,000 had been
shipped from New York to Galveston,
Tex. II arrived in Galveston intact.
with seals and everything apparently
untouched, but when opened was found
10 contain nothing but brown paper.
Ketchum was arrested and charged
with the crime upon a confession said
to have been made to his wife, but
which she afterward denied to the Jury
at the trial at Nashville. Ketchum
was acquitted Oct II, 1891. Since that
time he has been drinking heavily. He
went to Kansas City for a short time
and then came to Chicago, where he
lived for about year. He was thought
to have been implicated in the $4,000
express robbery at Colorado Springs re-
Gently, and was arrested for it, but was
released as soon as it was found that he
had no connection with it. Ketchum
is wanted badly by the Chicago police
for the passing of bogus checks or
many merchants, and there are several
warrants now out for him.
His wife was in Chicago to see the
chief of police not long ago and told
him that her husband had forced Ter
TO go out ION the road" again. She said
she had been trying to lead an honest
life, but found it impossible, and said
there was nothing for her to do but to
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-02-08
Stu~utar Suicilc


A Paris working shoemaker named
Chapeau committed suicide on July 20
for an extraordinary reason. He was
found dead in his room, suffocated by
the fumes Of charcoal stove. On the
table was found a letter, in which he
said: For ten years past have been
saving up to buy a really pretty china
table service, which has cost me lis
francs. l had promised to inaugurate
it by a dinner to my numerous friends
in the neighborhood; but, as have not
the means OF providing a good feed
have resolved to die. In order that my
friends might not be wholly losers,
however, I desire that the service may
be distributed as here set down."
Then follows list of the friends among
whom he wished the different parts to
be divided.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-02-08

McDougle. The captain OF each COM
many was selected as a juryman ana
McDougle was placed on trial, ana IN
the investigating II developed that NC
Dougle had killed a man. woman ana
child In Canada. He was sentenced 10
death. and on tho Sept. 20, 1883. was
taken 10 the woods near Ligonier ana
strung UP to limb. A number OK
suspected persons were ordered to leave
the locality in which the regulators
were organized. and the extreme meas
ures invoked in the McDougie case
proved a warning which they were not
slow to act upon. The survivors OF the
organization are men of wealth and In
fuence. and 1t is proposed to hold re-
union at Ligonier at an early day.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-02-08
CHApTER IX.-fCoxrfyrrpl.


The letter was written in formal
clerks hand. dated from the Admiralty,
and signed with hieroglyph which was
no doubt the autograph Of some high
official IL ran as follows:
Dear Sir: The Volunteer has
brought intelligence that his majesty
ship Niobe, seventy-four. has put into
the Cape OF Good Hope 10 rent. she
has lost her captain and first lieutenant
overheard in a gale. and is reported Sc
verely damaged and short of all stores.
The brig Speedwell has been loaded
with the necessary material, ana VIII
take out an officer to bring the MODE
home. Captain Truscott. TO whom TINS
commission was offered, is at the last
moment unable to sail. II you are In
a position to take his place you VIII De
good enough TO start Immediately Tor
Mounts Bay. where the Speedwell was
70 put in on Thursday next. You VIII
be carried as a free passenger TO the
Cape. where you will take over com
mand of the Niobe; and for this pur-
pose the present letter shall be good
and sufficient authority to the officer IN
charge to hand her over TO you.
"In the event OF your being unavoid-
ably prevented from accepting you VIII
be good enough TO re-address and for
ward this letter TO Captain Anderson
at Portsmouth without delay"
Dick read without understanding any
thing beyond the general purport OF
the letter. but he grasped clearly
enough that Camilla was lost TO him
for many months at least
He reused himself TO consider ways
and means at once. and his eye fell up
on the valise. which the messenger was
still holding in his hand.
To his surprise he recognized 1t as his
own.
where did you get this?' he asked.
From your house, sir" replied the
man There's a uniform and a few
things in II his lordship thought you
might want. as you wouldn't have time
TO go back to town.
His lordship? Whom do you
mean?"
1T was Lord Glamorgan, sir, that
gave me the letter"
"Ah that explains it," exclaimed Dick.
But how did Lord Glamorgan or you
know where I had gomez"
His lordshlp sent me to you house.
sir; and they sent me on TO No. % Bed
ford square"
And they told you there?"
Yes, sir; they said you'd gone Off aft
er a wagon on the road to Guildford."
every we'll" said Dick; "now you had
better go and bait your horse. Come
10 me in the parlor when you're ready
10 go back. and I'll give you an answer
for Lord Glamorgan."
Half an hour atterwarI the man
knocked at the door Of the room where
Dick was writing his acceptance 10 the
Admiralty and his thanks 10 his patron
for this second piece Of cruel kindness
He handed them to the messenger with
a liberal pourboire, and rang the bell
10 make arrangements for continuing
his own journey.
While he was talking TO the host a
clatter Of hoofs was heard outside the
window.
There goes my man." thought Dick
hes hot rider, IT seems. l wish to
heaven he had broken his neck on the
way here"
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was TO be delivered; but the man,
though assured that Dick himself had
no longer the time to follow him, stout
ly refused TO give any further answer,
and by daybreak next morning he had
disappeared, wagon and all. without
giving any one a clue to his destina-
ton.
The sun was setting as Dick left Hell
ston for the last stage Of his journey.
When he came In sight Of Mounts bay
there was but one golden bar left in
the western sky. Gradually this too
faded. and a gray misty twilight began
to creep over the bay. ST. Michael
Mount doomed in sight, weird as the en-
chanted castles Of fairyland. In the
highest turret glimmered a single light,
making the mist more drear and the
silence yet more desolate.
The opposite shore was wrapped In
darkness, but on the broad water be-
tween twinkled here and there tiny
RESTLESS sparks that Dick knew for the
lanterns Of the ships at anchor. One
Of them doubtless was the fate that he
must follow. Will-o'-the-wisp or guild
ing-star, there It cleaned among the
rest, with the dim, shivering night
around and the fathomless sea be-
meath.
a mile or two more. and they came
rafting into the streets Of PenZance
and Dick arose from his reverle. He in
quired for the Spcedwell. and found
that she was lying out toward Newlyn
and was TO sail at daybreak.
Her captain had been ashore that
afternoon. looking out for a passenger
who had been expected by the coach
an hour before.
Dick engaged boat and ordered sup
per at once; by 10 o'clock he was along
side the brig and half an hour later
fast asleep In his berth, forgetting FOR
the present all journeys whether by
land or sea.
He awoke next morning 70 ind the
ship already on her way. The captain
was waiting for him on deck; a gray
wrlnkled man with a short grizzlct
beard, and a somewhat slouching all
about him. Dick thought.
I'm your passenger" Dick said. "ant
i ought to have reported myself las
night, but they told me you were busy
and I was too tired TO wait. Ny nam,
is Estcourt, captain OF her majesty
ship Nlobe. when you bring me TO her
"Ay, ay." replied the other; II wa
In the service myself once; but WASH
called Worsley then"
Indeed" said Dick. and stopped, EN-
barrassed
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-02-08
Chester,s Climbing Eel.

Quite a novel sight was seen at Jen-
ning's lower factory in Chester Satur-
day, writes the piscatorial editor OF
the New York Sun. A large number
of cells about three inches long were
seen climbing up the perpendicular
sides Of the wooden Aume with appar-
ent ease. a little moisture assisted
their seed, but when it was perfectly
dry their s-7yements were but slightly
impeded.-ES.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-02-08

Several millions of dollars pass into
the hands Of the bookn,akers during
the racing season in this country. OF
course, some Of it comes back to the
bettors, but, as few who bet come out
ahead at the end Of the season. and tho
bookmakers constantly complain that
they are losing money. It would he in
teresting to know where all the cash
goes to.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-02-08

Lemon Juice applied to cast iron arti-
cles gives an excellent finish to the
surface Of the metal. 1t turns the por-
ton of polished cast iron to which il
is applied to a bronze black, and when
touched over with shellac varnish will
absorb a sufficient amount of varnish
TO preserve it. To many lemon Juice
would seem TO be a weak and inefect-
i've acid for metal, but every one
knows how quickly a knife blade of
steel will blaclien when used to cut a
lemon, and the darkening Of polished
iron by the acid is very beautiful.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-02-08
The Limit of Enllx.

1t seems about tho limit of folly 10
hide money in the stove and leave IL 10
the risk of fire, but even that line was
passed by some unknown imbecile near
Norway, Ga, who stored a lot Of cart
ridges n stove. A woman started n
fire In the stove one day last week and
the cartridges exploded. destroying the
sight OF one eye and otherwise injur-
ing her
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-02-08
MARY M'GILL.

Mills, near Wilkesbarre, Pa, performed
a daring act the other night. While
she was walking along the railroad
track toward her home. she noticed a
drunken man short distance in front
of her. Not wanting to pass him be-
cause 1T was lonely place she walked
slowly. He continued along the rail-
road and entered long and deep cut
through which the tracks of the Della
ware and Hudson road run on a heavy
grade. They had walked some yards
in the cut when Miss McGill saw a fast
freight enter the other end. The
drunken man saw 1t. too. and tried to
get off the track. but his foot struck a
tie and he fell between the rails and
after a vain effort to raise himself top
pied over helpless.
AT the same time the engine whistle
shrieked and Miss McGill, who had
stepped from the track, realized the
horrible peril Of the drunken man, and
without moments thought of her own
danger ran toward him. She was sew
eral yards away, and the heavy train
was rapidly approaching. She tried to
lift the drunken man but he was too
heavy.
Inc train was now only few yards
away, and summoning all her strength
In last effort, she grasped his coat
collar and pulled his body from the
track, one leg being grazed and brushed
by the cowcatcher. The rush of the
train was such that she and the man
were hurled against the side of the cut
and fell to the ground. The engineer
had just time to wave his hat in recog-
milton OF her brave act as the train
swept by. The awful danger to which
ne had been exposed sobered the drunk
en- m2n somewhat, and after thanking
Miss McGill he walked home.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-02-08
REUNION OF REGULATORS
unique Gathering Recalls Memories a.
the Days of Authorized Ivpcbt,s

'"-f"" tHhhering Recalls Memories of
the Days of Authorized Lynchings.
a unique reunion has been called in
Noble county, Ind, of the older class Of
citizens who formed in 1862 q lynch or
ganization which was known through
out northern Indiana as "the regula.
Tors 1t was the only regular organi-
cation OF the Kind that bad then existed
IN Indiana, ana but one has existed
since, that in southern Indiana. which
broke UP a gang Of express robbers
headed by the Reno brothers. BY an
act Of the legislature. citizens of the
counties Of Noble, Elkhart, Steuben.
and Kosciusko we're authorized to or
ganize In bodies of not less than ten
nor more than one hundred, TO SUD-
press horse stealing and Other crimes
Inc irst arrest was made In 1852. when
q man named o. Kessler confessed TO
morse stealing and implicated Gregory
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-02-08

$500 worth of diamonds. ran OH with
them. but was captured after an eXeit-
ing chase. Some of the jewels were
found in his possession. n woman VINO
was with him at the time OF the rob-
berry was arrested later in the evening
and was thought by the Indianapolis
police to be Sophie Lyons OF Chicago
A search of her room revealed seal
skin coat that had been stolen a few
days before from an Indianapolis mer-
chant. The woman who was with Har-
din, it turns out. was not Sophie Lyons,
She was his wife. who is better known
to the police as Minnie Brown, an ex-
pert shoplifter and all-round crook.
Ketchum is a confidence man. express
robber, diamond thief and all-round
crook. and one of the most daring and
desperate criminals in the United
States. He is about 81 years of age
and was born In Louisville, Ky. He
and Minnie Brown have been asso-
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-02-08
CHAPTER Y.

lex HAD a LONG
and hurried journey
before him, and he
made preparations
accordingly for
starting in good
time on the follow
ing morning. He
also tried once more
TO find out from the
driver Of the wag-
on where the De
Montauts' baggage
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-02-08
Looked Lll,e the ,innninn

Police Justice-What's the charge
against this man?
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS an officer.
what did he do?"
He walked up to street vendors
stand and took handful of peanuts"
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-02-08
Peanuts In Arizona.

Peanuts have been successfully raised
In Arizona this year. One man near
Phoenix had crop Of 500 sacks. The
first load of peanuts ever shipped out
of Phoenix left there last week.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-02-08

Rights OF Married Women In Georgia. o
The legislature of Georgia has passed
bill which makes the earnings of a
married woman her personal property
and not liable for the debts or in any
way belonging to her husband.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-02-08
Pure

Blood means sound health. With pure -,
healthy blood, the stomach and diSss,l
organs will be vigorous, and there will h. w
dyspepsia. rheumatism and neuralgia win " W
unknown. scrofula and salt rheum will dI.a "
pear. Your nerves will be strong, your slsas
sound. sweet and refreshing. Hoods sarssalp
rilla makes pure blood. That is why IL cure, -
many diseases. That is why thousands ,sSs
IL TO cure disease, retain good health Rememh..
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-02-08

What a man is will always de0.,.
upon what he believes God Is. As
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-02-08
ARE APRECIOUS PAIR.
CELEBRATED CROOKS COME TO
GRIEF.

fried to steal Tray OF Diamonds at
Indianapolis aad Fsn Into the hands
of the roiice-IIis Long Career OF
Crime.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-02-08

believe my prompt use OF Piso's Cure
prevented quick consumption.-Mrs. Lucy
Wallace, Marquette, Kans., Dec. IL, 10.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-02-08

The heart is larger than the world, be.
cause the whole world cannot MI IL.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-02-08

HARLES A. Ketch-
UNI, alias Hardin, a
noted crook, was ar
rested in lndianap-
oils. Ind, a few
days ago. Ketchum
entered the iewelry
store of c. J. Hollis,
in Massachusetts,
avenue. lndianapo-
lis, and snatchins
N tray containing
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-02-08
CHARLES A. KETCHuu

go back to her old graft" shoplifting.
They have apparently a clear case
against Ketchum this time.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-02-08

Great victories are not always won =,
fields where great armies fight
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-02-08

There are still some people who o,,.
follow Christ for the loaves and hsbs.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-02-08

"manson's Magic Corn saiv.-,
druggist for IT. Prizes Is centzI - yeu
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-02-08

The man who couldn't be honest II
he didn't have to is thief at heart.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-02-08

Hsrkers Ginger ronsc Is popu,.,
for 10 good work. suffering. tired, s.s,ls.-
women ma nothing 30 soothing and re,,s,a nsrvoss
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-08-18
The Days Of the State Fair.

So far as it is practicable, ar
engagements are being made so
that the leading events of the
State Fair, the &. A. R. Encamp-
ment at st. Paul and the Knights
of Pythias Encampment at Min:
neapolis, the week Of August 3lst
to Septem Der 9Th, will not enter:
fere with each other. The State
Fair also sets apart especial days
for the entertainment of mem:
bers of both organizations, when
exercises appropriate to each OF
the great organizations will be
held. This arrangement is as
follows.
Monday, August a1st, "Deere
& Webstsr Go, Bicycle Day.
Tuesday Sept. LIST, st. Paul
Day"
Wednesday, Sept. 2nd, &C. A.
R. Day."
Thursday, Sept. 3rd, Farm
ers Day."
Friday, Sept. 4th, ''Minneapo
lis and Knights Of Pythias Day.
Saturday, Sept 9TH, News
paper Mems. Day.