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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-14
PICKING CHICKENS TO MUSIC
Queer Customs of the italian Poultry
Dealers of san Francisco.

Queer Customs of the italian Poultry
Dealers of san Francisco.
The sailor has his musical shanty TO
which he keeps time as he trots about
the capstan until the anchor is hoisted
to the peak. the farmer trills lay to
tighten his labors as he pitches hay into
the wagon, and these songs are familiar
to many, hut who ever heard or saw
gang of Italian chicken pickers sing and
denude fowls to the time of the music?
Such scene can be witnessed any
Friday evening in season at the Clay
Street market, while the employees Of
the big poultry houses that have their
places of business there are preparing for
sale the chickens that the housewife
buys for the Sunday dinner.
The men seat themselves in half cir
Gle and each takes "a fowl. One stroke
Of sharp knife across the throat puts
the unfortunate squawking broiler out
of its misery, and then the foreman Of
the gang starts his song. As they catch
the air and the time the others chime
in, and in an instant the plucking be-
gins. With rhythmic motion the nimble
out during all the time of the song.
Feathers fly in all directions, but the
song goes on until the last pinfeathers
are removed and the carcasses are tossed
into pile, ready for the man who puts
on the finishing touches and prepares
them for the inspection Of prospective
purchasers.
The rapidity with which chicken is
stripped of its feathers is astonishing to
the uniniiiated who have tried it but
few times. and 50 adept have these men
become that they finish their fowls al
most simultaneously, and the process IS
repeated in unison. Three dozen birds
are not considered heavy nights work
for one man, and when pressed for time
they manage TO compass even more than
that
The song they sing isremarka5ly live
" and sweet and much resembles the
song Of The fishermen as they row their
boats, though the time is much falSer.
San Francisco Call.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-14
MILLIONS OF BUTTONS.
A Man of Figures Makes Some Calcutta
tions the Subject.

A Man of Figures Makes Some Calcutta
tions on the Subject.
We live in an age of buttons. The
people of the British isles unbutton
400,0 900, 900 buttons every night when
they prepare for bed, and next morning
rebutton the same number, unless a few
millions have been lost in the strug-
gle, says an English writer
The world has become so accustomed
to buttons that it has forgotten that
there was ever a time when buttons
were unknown. 1t is safe to say that 80
out of 100, if asked to name the date of
the first button, would anticipate the
actual date by several centuries. In the
fourteenth century there were buttons,
but no buttonholes. They were purely
ornamental, lacking buttonholes, and
the question voluntarily arises how our
ancestors managed to keep respectfully
covered.
Two hundred years ago there were
not as many buttons in the world as
could be found in a small old clothes
shop today, and even those were made
by hand. 1t was not until 1745 that
any considerable manufactory was es-
tablished. In that year the famous Soho
works were opened at Birmingham,
where steel buttons were made of such
beauty and finish as to command price
of e140 a gross, or 81 apiece.
In these modern days we are apt to
boast that this is an age of paper, point
ing at the same time to paper wheels.
paper boots, paper carpets and the
thousand and one novel uses made of
ibis material as proof of our assertion.
II is curious fact that as far back as
1884 we find mention of paper buttons.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-14
Japan and Australia.

An Australian gentleman, Mr.. Aud
ley Coote, sends TO the Melbourne Ar
gus an account of recent visit to ia
pan, in which he says: 81 was travelling
with friend of mine who speaks Jap
anese fluently when he asked me il l
could guess what q number of Japanese
military and naval officers who were IL.
the car were conversing about 1t Is
Australia, he continued, and they are
saying that you have a large country.
fine pastoral lands. great forests, and
in the north excellent land for the cul-
tivation of rice, coffee, tea and other
tropical products; that you are like the
dog in the manger among nations. and
that some one will have to take a good
part of Australia to develop it, My
friend also told nae that the officers
spoke about it being great pity to see
30 fine country lying waste, and
though they recognized that England
was useful nation to have as an ally,
still, il i'll feeling arose, the policy they
ought to pursue was to send several OF
their battleships down south to annex a
large portion of north Australia. These
statements I found were only one ex-
preston OF public opinion in Japan in
regard to Australia. and when you con-
slider the matter it is not surprising that
, small country. teeming with its
45, 900. 900, should regard Australasia,
with only 100000, with certain
amount Of covetousness.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-14
A FAMOUS RECIPE.
How the Hoboken Turtle Club Concocts
It's Time Honored Turtle Soup.

How the Hoboken Turtle Club Concocts
Its Time Honored Turtle Soup.
Good livers will be interested in this
recipe.
By il $50 pounds of turtle will pro-
duce 80 gallons of soup. 1t is the recipe
used by the Hoboken Turtle club for
many generations, and the original
recipe is now in the hands of the stew
ard of the club:
Take a kettle Of 80 gallons capacity
and fill nearly full Of water. Put in 8
sets of calves feet (32), well cleaned,
and 30 necks of beef. To this add Q
dozen parsley, dozen leeks, half peck
of small onions and sat and pepper to
suit Boil the whole to rags, about 20
hours.
Kill the turtle, scald off the thin out
side glazed portion and take off fins. Put
the shell, cut up into small pieces, into
boiling water until the citron comes off.
Then add the turtle meat, also cut in
small pieces. To this add the meat of 8
calves heads which have been suffi-
GENTLY boiled to remove the skin.
Strain off the stock through fine
sieve. Strain twice out of pot and back
again. Now add citron and boil three
hours. Then add turtle meat and calves
heads and boil the whole until the cit
ron is wholly done.
Add these spices: Quarter pound each
of ground allspice, ground cloves, ground
mace and ground nutmegs, pound of
sweet marjoram and the same of thyme
and summer savory, with black and
cayenne pepper to taste.
Put the spices into two small salt
bags and drop into the pot until salts
factorily seasoned, taking out and put
ting in again from time TO time and
occasionally squeezing the bags into the
pot.
After adding the turtle meat and
calves heads boil FIVE hours until all
the sour taste is gone. Boil over slow
fire and be sure to keep well stirred to
avoid burning.
When cooked and poured into vessels,
let it get perfectly cool before covering
up or touching with spoon. 1t should
assume gelatinous consistency. KeeI
at same temperature. Use gallons eacf
of claret, sherry and brandy.
Original recipe in possession of M. p
Phillips, steward Hoboken Turtle club
New York Herald
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-14
BIRDS OF ILL NATURE.
The Cruelty of Swans as Displayed Toward
Other Fowls.

OtHtT
Among those birds which stay at
home, especially the most domesticated,
there is often an exhibition. of unkind-
ness seemingly unaccountable, says a
writer in The Cornhill Magazine. The
graceful swan, g. g., is one OF the most
ungracious in its ways. Not only Tin
the breeding season) docs male bird
resent the intrusion of a strange gentle
man, but it will spend the day in driv-
ing OFF from its domain any unlucky
geese, which might be plainly assumed
to have no designs upon its domestic ar.
rangements and have, indeed, no desire
beyond that for a comfortable wash and
swim. twill also pursue even the most
innocent of newborn ducklings while
they unwittingly rejoice in an early
taste of their common element.
When an only child has passed out Of
the cygnet stage of life and grown to
full physical if not mental maturity,
father and mother swans have been
known to fall upon and deliberately
beat it to death with wing and beak.
The gratified parents swan gracefully
about the mere in which they lived,
while the great white corpse of their
son lay, battered and dead, upon the
shore. The following year, after another
had been born to them and in infancy
carried upon his mothers back, they be-
gan to treat him so roughly that. not be-
ing pinioned like them, he wisely flew
away and we saw him no more. Curl
ously enough, geese which have expert
enced rudeness from swans in the lusty
spring have been known to retaliate in
the calmer autumn, when the fierceness
of their enemy had become mitigated.
/ have seen gander leap upon the back
of q once arrogant swan and pound
away at it in the full enjoyment OF
gratified revenge. = San Francisco
Chronicle. - D.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-14
CLOTHES IMMORTAL. On
Gade So For Economizing People by q
Gotham Industry.

Nade SO For Economizing People by q
Gotham Industry.
It's easy 10 be well dressed man
nowadays III one saves up his old
clothes until he accumulates few
suits and then follows the example Of
his rich friends lere,. he will soon find
out how they pose as bowling swells at
comparatively little outlay. 1t costs only
$50 year to look like man who owns
a valet, providing one has the costumes
to start on. In a skyscraping structure
a suit of sumptuous offices is occupied
by the clerical staff of a concern which
is engaged in keeping the clothes Of
some OF our worthiest and most infiuen-
tial citizens in repair. A large factory
down town, employing Small army of
scourers, pressers and members, is kept
in constant operation, and the wagons
of the company may be seen daily COW
ering regular routes in the best parts of
the city. So sensitive are the patrons ef
the concern, however. lest their econom-
ical proclivities become known to neigh
bors that nothing more than the ambig-
uous title of the firm is painted on the
vehicle.
A lady with a pronounced French ac-
cent manages this part of the business.
From her it was learned that yearly
subscription fee of $40, payable in adj
vance, entities any ordinary American
citizen to membership in this concern,
by means of which his clothes at least
can jostle up against those of the -Four
Hundred. On paying the fee the men,
bers are entitled to all the services re-
quired to keep their wardrobe in repair
and presentable condition The chests
are allotted to him, upon which his
name and address are printed. One OF
| these remains at his home, while the
other is at the factory. Wagons call at
the houses of patrons Of the company
twice week. if necessary and collect
the Globes which have been placed in
| the chest, at the same time leaving q
| chest full of clothes, carefully mended
and pressed ready for wear. One young
man who has been patron of the novel
establishment for some time says that it
works like charm, and his apparel
bears out his statement. OF course the
tailors, the old clothes gatherers and the
servants who have strutted in the cast
off garments of their masters don't like
the innovation, but it is necessity OF
the times Keeping up appearance is q
great business here, and this new clothes
fixing scheme is regular boon to lots
of men who travel On shape and style.
New York Letter in Pittsburg Dis
| patch.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-14
OFFERED A SQUARE GAME.
How Young Lawyer Collected Bills From
Chicago Gamblers.

.Ao" ho"hg Lawyer Collected Bills From
Chicago Gamblers.
A young attorney just starting out In
his profession in Chicago was commits
stoned TO collect number Of bills by a
prominent tailor of the town. All these
accounts were against gamblers Some
OF them had been sued on and iudg-
ment had been obtained. These judg-
ments, however had not been collected.
A liberal percentage was offered the
lawyer IL he could succeed i'm collecting
any OF them. The attorney had his OWE
notion as to how to go to work on these
accounts and listened to the tailor's adj
vice about "going for them hot with
dubious smile
He selected bill of SIS for one suit
or clothes against quite noted knight
OF the green cloth and proceeded to try
his plan Calling on this man, he told
him that he had rot come TO threaten
him with a lawsuit or to bluff him. that
II the bill was correct he would call at
any time the debtor would designate
for part or the whole of the bill; that
If the debtor would say he would not
pay the bill the lawyer would not call
again; that all he asked was square
deal; that he would call only when the
debtor made an appointment to pay
money, as he did not propose to inaugu-
rate system Of "dunning
The gambler heard him through with
q perfectly impressive face and then said:
That's fair. The other collectors didn't
know their business. They tried to bluff
me, and they 'dunned' me. Your game
is square one, and III give it whirl.
Here is my card Call Tuesday, and
will pay you half. Have you got any
more bills against the boys?'
On being told of the other accounts
he sat down, took dozen of his cards,
wrote across them 30. X, ~ and said to
the attorney, "Hand one of these to each
man you go to, tell him your game and
you will get your money
The lawyer did so. In not one single
instance was a bill repudiated. and in
every case all appointments and agree
ment to pay were kept with scrupulous
fidelity. Every account was finally paid
to tho last penny, and the tailor won
dgIoi az the collection Of these. to him,
desperate accounts. - San Francisco
Chronicle.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-14
Hanged and Vanished.

An English custom of not SO long ago
was to hang smugglers on gibbets ar
ranged along the coasts and then tar the
bodies that they might be preserved
long while as a warning to other Gull
prits. As late as 1879 three men thus
vanished could have been seen hanging
before Dover castle. Sometimes the
process was extended to robbers, assas-
sins, incendiaries and other criminals.
John Painter. who fired the dockyard at
Portsmouth, was first hanged and then
tarred in 1870. From time to time ne
was given fresh coat Of varnish and
thus was made to last nearly IA years.
The weird custom did not stop SNUG
slinR or other crime, but no doubt It
worked some influence as preventive.
-Pittsburg Dispatch.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-14
The Green Cross.

In addition to the Red Cross and the
White Cross there has just been estab-
lished in Vienna a new order, to be
known as the Green Cross. Its object is
to give succor to Alpine climbers and
excursionists in mountain regions. IL
originated in the Austrian Alpine club
The intention is to establish huts ON
high mountains and to keep supplies and
relief stores or boxes containing articles
likely to be required in emergencies at
conveniently located points.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-14
croo,xs Sentenced 70 Prison.

Salina, Kan, Dec. A.-Andrew John
son and Edward, or Denver Red"
Manning, well-known crooks, have
been sentenced ten years each in the
states prison for highway robbery.
Johnson has served five years in the
penitentiary for safe-cracking and both
have records in the west.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-14

The means by which fiy can creep
ND a pane of glass or walk on ceiling
have long been the subject Of contention
among scientists, some claiming that
the fly foot is q sucker, others that ad-
hesion is effected by the aid Of viscous
fiuid exuding from the foot, and others
again that the f1y walks by means Of .
ciliary apparatus which answers the
purpose Of hook.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-14
General George w. BeaI Dead.

Norway, Me-, Dec 14.-General George
w. Beal. member of the board of con-
troll of the National Soldiers home, eX-
pension agent. adjutant general of
Msine and eX-state treasurer, died at
his home here Saturday. General Beal
was II years of age and had a notable
military record as soldier in the civil
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-14
weyIer i'm Havana.

Havana, Dec. 4.-Captain General
Weyler has arrived once more in this
city on horseback, accompanied by
Lieutenant Colonel Escribano and 9TH
ers of his staff and by a cavalry escort.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-14

The expression used by the prophet
Joel with regard to the locusts--that
''they darkened Decentralization been
oorroborated by subsequent observers.
Even in southern Europe swarms OF To-
Gusts have been seen in such numbers
that they quite obscured the light OF the
sun.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-14
Sure Sign.

"Did you come out we'll on your ex-
aminations?"
Didn't I, thought All the professors
wanted me for son-in-law right
away"-Fliegende Blatter.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-14
'"e steel Billet Pool

[e",,. pec' A.-The Bessemer
4 sf,ao OF the United States
E.o ",se' = a three days session
\ ' Ors ;, s. Griscom, the secre-
d 'c co, .ae following statement.
|stes s,T ,ul existing in the
6Ds r, 'rade, no fixed price has
Ebss , ana py y the association for
kiation,u a sneet bars. However,
|nmsn, continues con, intact, and
feellnsS was taken with a har-
"''y TsS n existing among the
de Of OF ,h Sellalre steel plant is
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-14
'ered Back toI..,,u,,,

the , ra.morders have been
uonsl , s,,u Of all members
is apa SGard to Leadville for
who @pS Sa.. to several hun
leaves I y, been at home on
to tss Of o. absence and said i'd
d to ha vac, over 200 of them
rsise @aS ,r Joined a company
| A rec,n IN Denver for service
for ttis, e ting office has been
names ss1 hi past three days and
es have been enro,,ss u
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-14
!. Idaho WIN yot.

"a dow Ds1 :, ls.-rhe supreme
Pat the eos an opinion in which
y on At sst "a. suffrage ame mend"
r and Se me >, recent election
h state. hereafter women viii
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-14

MILWAUKEE, De

wheat-No. . spring, 7pc; No. northern.
nc; May 6O3zc Corn-No. g. 22@23Kc. Oats
No. white lst<@20Ifc. Barley-No. 2, $50
03&c; samples s808k Rye-No. !. 00tO1<c.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-14
h.. oman Found Dead.

Mary rye T Free CT, Thought '', com.
Etnenntt d IL dead :. upon the floor or
EAlc =, e Back B., tRG Ssp stree, street,
|tnam So woman = was 20 years
|ut me cause OF daa.s Vi
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-14

wheat-No. red cash elevator, 600 bid;
track, elD92l<c; No. Q hard cash, 40 nominal;
December, eo1fc nominal; May, ee5s@eoc
asked. Corn-No. 2 cash, HHc; December
2lc bid; May, x7xc bid. Oats-No. cash.
Boo bid; May, 2lI<c bid Rye-S4szc. t
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-14
THE MARKETS.
New York Financial.

NEW YORK, Dec. Il.
Money on call was easy at l@ per cent;
prime mercantile paper 4G6 per cent; ster.
ling exchange was steady, with actual bust
ness in bankers bill at 4S6l4@4S64 for
demand and 4s3IsD4s34 for sixty days; posted
rates. 4SilS and 4s7la; commercial bills, 4S'l9.
Bar silver, 653s.
United States government bonds strong; IS
regi tered, l201s; do. coupons, 12O1s; b's reg
istered 1895; do. coupons, ll334; As registered
lO9ls; do. coupons l01s; rs registered, 95]s; Pa
cific 6's of g7 991S
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-14
East Bunalo Live Stock.
Detroit Grain,

Wheat-Cash white, Gle bid, 91Ac asked;
cash red, Gle bid, 9lI4c asked; December VIC
bid, ol4c asked; May, $3.50 asked.
The true northerner., 1896-10-14
WaverIy.

Jerry Carr is dangerously i'll with
typhoid fever.
Mr.. Sweet is putting extensive re-
pairs on his house.
Mrs. Willis Carter is entertaining her
sister from northern Michigan.
Carlton Sly of Port Huron is the
guest of his aunt, Mrs. Jas. Hill.
Mrs. G. A. Critchlow of Paw Paw
visited at Mr.. Whipple's last week.
Elmer Davis has hired out for the
coming year to Davis u Myers and will
rent his farm.
Eugene Allen and wife of Porter are
living in 1.-The house on wheels" while
the boys husk corn on his farm.
Singing school, conducted by q. 4
Rich, is held at Waveriy grange hal
before each Saturday evenings session
James Dillon has rented G. w. Whip
pies tenant house for his daughter, who
will occupy it with her grandmother
while teaching in the Dayton district.
Married, Sunday, at the residence ot
the brides father in Glendale, Ella
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Buck
TO Gustave Stein of Kalamazoo, Rev
+. w. Corbett of Paw Paw officiating
The true northerner., 1896-10-14
Tho Florentine EpicureAn.

Your typical Florentine is epicurean to
the toe tips. His enthusiasms and yearn-
ings are quite other than those Of the
northerner. Give him Q francs n day for
life and he will toll no more. He may be
q marquis and seventh or eighth In direct
descent, but he will be content to forego
the assertion of his rank so he may thence
forward enjoy the priceless boon of leisure
and independence. His leisure he will dis
sipate at the cafe, with perhaps two
halfpenny sweet fluids per diem. and you
may study the effect of his independence in
his courtly manners, even though his hat
be worn at the brim and his coat back be
deplorably shiny. He Is a pellucid brook
shallow as you please, yet engaging for his
pellucidity.
AS he sits on the red velvet cushions and
looks forth at the carriages and gowns Of
fashion in the Via Tornabuoni, he shows
no trace of envy on his open countenance.
What, In effect, have these rich ones more
than he, save the ennui of modishness and
the indigestion Of high feeding? The mon
uments and blue skies of Florence (not to
mention the glorious or stirring memories
of it's history are rather more his than
theirs. Magazine
The true northerner., 1896-10-14
BlOOmingdale.

Wm. Healy has moved from South
Haven to this place.
A party of hunters will start north
from here next Tuesday.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. c. Ii. Merri-
field, last Tuesday, another daughter.
e. Gibson was called to Milford,
Ind, Wednesday, by the death of his
sister.in.law.
A large number of our silverites will
be in Kalamazoo the 10th to see their
Bryan Moses.
Next Monday night, M. G. Burch of
Grand Rapids will address the people
on the issues of the day.
Dir. l.. A. Barber of Petoskey, former
ly of this place, was in town Thursday
calling on his old friends.
The ladies' aid society of the Disciple
church meets at the home of Richard
Powers, October IA. Dinner will be
served at noon.
The mission circle of the Baptist
church will be entertained at the home
of Mrs. VIM. johnson on Wednesday
Lunch served at noon.
Our local paper, the Led0er, has
come out in an editorial for Bryan
Sorry, Roy, that your first presidential
vote will be cast on the losing side.
The republicans of this place have
formed club with 104 members and
are fully organized and ready for ag
gressive work in forwarding the cause
of protection and sound money. They
meet weekly and have local speaker:
who educate the members on the cam
paign questions.