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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-06-06

Windemere, Edgar d. Peacock, p.
Harry Price, C. Beach, F. G.. Mortici,
Calmer Howard and John Mckay (all
Chicago capitalists).
Those of our friends and business as
sociates who did not share our views
and who combat our theories endeayor-
ed to convince us that our conclusions
were based chiefly on heresay, and,
therefore, unreliable; also on the pub
lished accounts of interested parties,
which were apt to be misleading, and
not little OH our own fertile magma
tions. But we were too sanguine OF
success to be easily dissuaded, and so
with equal unanimity we resolved to
travel together to Honduras and per-
sonally investigate the possibilities for
and against successful speculation, and
incidentally to publish an authentic ac-
count of the trip and our acquired
knowledge of the industry in question.
For the benefit of those who may now
be contemplating, and who may here
after decide, to undertake similar
trip shall commence TO describe our
Journey from the general rendezvous
of the party in Chicago.
Our first concern was to secure
competent guide and interpreter, and
in this we were more than fortunate,
for in the person Of Col. j. ii. Watts
date of the engineer corps, United
States army we found guide, coun-
selor and friend. Col. Watts is man
Of commanding appearance, with Tlne
omen countenance that seems to invite
ones confidence, while his perfect
courtesy and witty conversation served
TO establish a ready intimacy between
us. He has travelled extensively al
over the world, and there are few SUB
iects on which the colonel is not con
versant. Col. Watts is now located II
Santa Cruz. Honduras, where he has
large coffee plantation and is known
and respected throughout the republic
Therefore, when Maj. Edgewater an
rounced to us that the colonel nat
agreed to meet us in New Orleans La
and thereafter accompany us, we wer
roioiced and commenced our prepare
tion with a zest and tranquility hith
erto unknown to us. In addition 10
stock of lightweight clothing we pur
chased oilskin pommel slickers (water
proofs) and hunting boots. These tw
articles are absolutely indispensable
Owing TO the mode of transit in Gen
trail America (Which I will describe i
a future article) our outfit was packe
In steamer trunks, and thus, with tn
purchase of railroad tickets to New vi
,eans. our preparations were conciuo
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-06-06

that there is quality Of soldering
which Is not to be attained by the mere
fire eater.
The Egyptian cavalry force OF Soma
six hundred men Is encamped inst
outside the Swn. and marches I'm TO-
morrow along the Arabian bank of the
river. They are not due in Halfa untr
about April or 8. Horses and men ar,
In splendid condition; many of the lat
ter fine outstanding fellows. with aoui-
line faces, which recall the bas-relief OF
thor ancestors upon the temple walls.
The more | see OF the Egyptian troops
OF all arms the more confident | feel
that they will surprise the world by
their behavior. To judge by their faces
and bearing, they are going forward
in the best OF spirits.
The Staffordshires, too. turned I'D
yesterday, looking as though their week
on the water had done them no harm.
and in spite of being out of condition
they did the hot and dusty little desert
march TO Shallal in excellent form.
Those red granite gorges through which
they passed have been threaded by
soldiers Of many nations-Cambyses
Persians, the Roman legions, the Otto
man conquerors, Bonaparte's flying
column-and now, by the whimsical
turn Of fate, here are 900 of our own
| homely Midland boys passing under the
chisel marked cliffs and looking up at
the four thousand year old heroglyph-
les upon the rocks; Persians, Romans.
Arabs, French, British-who next?
Not the Mahdi's men, hope. And yet,
who knows?
Red and orange are the prevailing
tints at that point-red fantastic rock
and orange sand. The sand winds like
river through the jagged islands OF
rock. You must stand on one OF these
islands to see the Staffordshres pass
The dust smokes up from them, and the
gilt spikes anG white he!mits, with the
CLEAN, as the sun strikes rifle or side
arms, are all that catch the eye. Then
as they pass you catch glimpse of dust
covered faces, the further one Of the
four hardly to be seen through the
smother. The short ranks swing past
with a low dull thud of feet upon sand
Some of the men have blue glasses Il
keep out the grit Many have pipes
The perspiration plays strange tricks
upon their dusty faces. One stumble
and pulls himself up and stumble
again. He has turned white under thu
dirt. The long-legged subaltern take
his Lee Metford from him.
| smith, you're a hideous objec'," say
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-06-06
,,- unue.s Husband.

~. ap r en- an old story the other
S a. ohout Mrs. Julia Ward Howe thal
u u'ov or NAV not be true. At all events
- was worth resurrecting. Inc s.O.'
Goes - that Mrs. Howe was one fine morn 0nl-
goes ..nI,',ng down Beacon street, Bos-
Ing men she met a friend, who asked ca
, ,orn' how wv DR., Howe was. "Dr. Howe.
rel, repeated Mrs. Howe, vaguely ..o,i INC" go
as # suddenly recollectins herself, -.
S Us a unite well, I'm sure. remember , ,,Do'
n ne S in the morning paper that he pre- pre-,
s s,soS at some meeting or other last
evening"
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some high position. Unlike most of the
public men of the day. the senator owns
his home at the capital. 1t is pretty
red brick in a nice part of the city, on
the shady side of the street, and fronts
on parking that lends an almost rural
aspect to the neighborhood. The house
is not a large one, but as there are but
two in the family. there is no need for
a spacious mansion. The Vests are all
southern people and their feelings show
most plainly in their speech and ideas.
Mrs. Vest was Miss Sallie Snead, and
was born at Danville, KY, but her faith
er and mother came originally from Al
bemarle county, Va, where they owned
a place a short distance from Month
cello, the mountain home OF Thomas
jefferson, which overlooks the Uni
versity Of the Old Dominion. When but
young couple, these Virginians went
to Kentucky, then rated almost as a far
western state, and when the daughter,
Sallie, married, ii was to young Ken
tuckian, George Graham Vest, who had
been a student at Centre College, the
institution of which Mr.. Green, the
father of Mrs. Adlai Stevenson, was the
head. The wedding took place nifty
four years ago, and as soon as the fes-
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:, aver a man could wish 20 work in.
I'm the day the British suba.tern,
t,..Dnoipted of Tel-el-Kebir, cried out
calamity that "a jolly old false
| aonbet' had arisen in the Soudan, up
Z his turning point Of the reconquest
1, nongola. what a panorama OF strik-
.rg scenes! Bakers defeat, Hicks an
4 Imitation. the first Suakim campaign
,So wonderfully dramatic Gordon cam
L.i,n the second Suakim business with
'E,mai and McNeil's zareba, the Aus
Er,lian contingent, the attempts upon
|rrvnt Chimes, Arguin. Tosld, the in
[,p,sant frontier fighting. and now the
,rrn of the tide. II all this came from
4. local outbreak OF fanatical feeling
,mong some scattered desert tribes we
Ian form some opinion of the fury OF
|tbat original outbreak which extended
|trom the south of Spain to the from
HERS Of China.
Pc the cause what 1t may, there Is nc
Religion which fills its devotees so COM
|pletely with the conviction of truth as
hoes the creed Of Mohammed. They are
Eager to give up their lives for 1t In
{Tar and, what is more difficult, they
are scrupulous in times OF peace tC
Etulfl its exacting and most incon'
{ren!ent ritual. A creed which can in
[duce its devotees to absolutely fast from
Mood and drink from sunrise to sunse
|for month on end in every year, mus
<be very real one to those who profess
AS to the vices of Mohammedan
<ism, It is interesting to consider how
\, ar lust and cruelty are matters o
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and az we were about to say "adios
(good-by) he approached us and suave-
Iy remarked, as he returned us each 80
cents, that IAN error had been maze
in the charge for breakfast"
Belize has population of 5000 souls.
II is a British possession, and is pre-
sided over by encouragement APP
pointed by Great Britain. Besides the
two hotels just mentioned, Belize has
two protestant churches. three schools
and a convent. JOfiN M NAL
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-06-06
chicago was concerned.

al 60 far as Chicago was concerned
We left Chicago on Friday, January
~ The thermometer registered 20 de-
erees above zero when we left Chlcaso'
and on our arrived in New Orleans II
600, e5 above. In New Orleans
WE were Joined by Col. Watts, and tnen'
,'udor his direction. proceeded to COM
~ieto our preparations. We purchased
p = ,Sreo months supply of general pro-
visions also mule trappings' saddles
hr,dles. corduroy riding breecnes'
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Answering Questions, Etc.


JB. asks II there are papers or mag
azines that make it a rule TO answer
every question that is asked. Also,
chronological reason for peculiar con-
ditions of the teeth. Answer: All pub
lications are supposed to answer the
important questions asked If they have
a correspondence department. Phre-
nology has nothing to do with the
teeth. except as far as general health
and vitality are concerned. All sound
teeth have nerves, and a tooth without
a nerve must be so because the nerve
is dead, therefore 1t cannot be sound.
IL may remain fair and strong for many
years and show no signs OF decay, BUT
all the same IL is not perfect tooth. IL
is dificult to see how such state OF
things hes any rclaticn to a mental
condition.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-06-06

was, after due consideration and many
debates, the unanimous opinion of sc y
eral enterprising business men. These
mel are Maj. A. Edgewater, /. w.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-06-06
in BRITISH HONDURAS
a VISIT TO THE LAND OF PER-
PETUAL SUMMER.
John Mckay Writes of the Trip from
mldwinter to Midsummer In Central
America-PersonneI OF the Party
Experiences.
Belize Letter.

HAT the coffee In
dustry in Honduras
could by the aid of
American capital
and energy be de-
veloped so as to
yiel d infinitely
larger returns for
the amount invest
ed than could pos
sibly be effected in
the Tfnitad Gtatae
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-06-06
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
INTERESTING NOTES FROM THE
NATIONS CAPITAL.
Senator Vest of Missouri Has an Inter
esting Family Group - The Invalid
wife OF Senator Georgs-Miss Steven
sons Marrlage-Other Notes.
washington letter.

MESS HE is RE
elected, this is the
last season that
Senator Vest will
spend at the CAPT.
tai. yet there is lit
tie doubt but Mis-
souri, is so proud OF
her distinguished
son that she will
see that he returns
to public life in
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-06-06
fT1TH THE RED COATS
NnoYLE WITH BRITISH
cn~pr,AN EXPEDITION.
Inland Around Assouan-A Letter
&c Before the Army Left That
neutrality-suspicious. OF tho S''''' "
=. Active Regiments
Assouan Letter.

been, this whole
history of the rise
OF a fanatical Mo-
hammedan state up
ON the upper waters
of the Nile! When
its story comes fin
ally to be written
the historian will
find tho most pic
turesque materi a
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-06-06
MRS GEORGE p. VEST.

MRS. GEORGE P. VEST.
land Little Mary Wheeler Vest1
ewes. she is an attractive girl, and her
sweetness of disposition will make her
an admirable wife for a minister.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-06-06

An oath on the lip shows that inc
devil Is in the heart
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-06-06

The wife and daughters OF senator
Brice sailed for England recently ana
expect to be presented to court at the
Queens drawing room. They will be
back in town by the end Of June, and
then the family will occupy during the
summer a villa at Newport, 1t being
reported that the Ohio senator has Sc
cured the Aston House, known as
"Beaulieu."
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-06-06

The secretary of the treasury ana
Mrs. Carlisle will spend their summer
at a house they have taken at Marion
a short distance from the home oil the
president, at Buzzard's Bay.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-06
oosr OF MARRnAGE cER1suoNY.

A clergyman in Kansas married
couple the other day and received in
payment a barrel of beans. He came
from Boston, knew beans all right, but
didn't like them 10 eat. However, they
proved salable.
A Vermont bride is worrying for fear
she is lightly valued, for she heard that
the ceremony in which she took lead
ing role, offered to trade the unopened
envelope containing wedding fee for
watermelon. The envelope contained
a punched Scent piece.
There are plenty of toll bridges along
the upper Connecticut, and plenty of
near. people on both sides. One of
these-no matter whether in New
Hampshire or Vermont-recently gave
the minister who married him to the
best wife in seventeen states an enve-
lope containing one 2-cent toll ticket.
The same clergyman performed an
other ceremony with more satisfactory
financial results After ii was over the
groom gave him a pair of cheap gloves,
which he turned over to his wife. She
flung them into a drawer in disappoint-
ment, which was moderated some
months later upon finding a 50 bill in
each finger and thumb
Hymen is one of the most unimport-
ant functions at the Budapest celebra-
ton just now. One of the features is
an illustration of peasant wedding Gus
toms, and the committee offers a week 3
entertainment to the couples who sub
nit to a public wedding. The idea has
often been used for advertising pur-
poses in this country.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-06
EoR. BLACK EYES.

1t is often the case that people meet
with accidents and bruises that cause
disfiguring discolorations, from which
they suffer not a little embarrassment
and annoyance. 1t is worth while to
know that there is a simple remedy, and
one quite within the reach of every one
Immediately after the accident mix an
equal quantity of capsicum annum with
mucilage made Of gum arabic. To this
add few drops Of glycerine. The
bruised surface should be carefully
cleansed and dried, then painted all
over with the capsicum preparation
Use a camel's hair brush and allow il
to dry, then put on another or ever
a third coat as soon as the first is en-
tirely absorbed. A medical journal is au
thority for the statement that if this
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-06
ANY WIFE TO ANY HUSBAND.

Today, if 1 were dead and could not feel
Your kisses or your tears upon my face,
II all the world could give of woe sor veal,
Could find within my heart no resting
place.
You would not think of any bitter past,
You would not chide me for a careless
word,
You could not be so cruel at the last
If were lying wrapt about in white,
With flowers all around me, on my
And in my hands, and on my face the
That angels shed upon their dead at
If I were lying thus, and one should say
Such bitter things as you have said to
With sternest anger you would drive
That one and swear 'twere all base
calumny.
I'll not rebuke you, though my heart be
1 dare re- not chide. l. too, may be astray.
Experience yet may teach-a bitter
Me what to do and what, perchance. to
say.
And yet 1 ask you. humbly, tenderly,
If 1 should answer nevermore your call,
Would you not grieve of all most bitterly
For words and deeds that are beyond
recall?
-Pearson's Weekly
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SECOND THOUGHT.

It's mighty fascinatin' ter rise up in public
view,
An tell this glorious nation all the things
Ter scale the heights of oratory fur ez We
kin climb,
An hear yer voice a-echoin down the cor
ridors of time.
But there comes a sad reaction, an sech
feelin's lose their charm,
When yer git back home agin an settle
down ter run the farm.
When We see the weeds a-growin' tell
they've got ter be a sight,
An the cow a-sufferin' fur the want o.
milkin' every night.
I hev lost enthusiasm Ger the ballots in
the fall,
Through a-thinkink' on the bushels tibet
I'll never count at ALL
An the goldbugs an the silberbugs seem
trifiiR every one,
When L come ter view the damage thet
the later bugs hez done
Washington Star.
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white bread, and some fresh butter,
it down. 1t was in front of New Hope
church in the summer of 1894. Some
one had sent Eustis a leg of mutton.
Someone had sent Yeatman a large pill
box of butter Bragg, General Folks
cook, had some flour. EustiS and Yeat-
man invited Governor Harris and my
self. The governor happened to have
a, key which fitted General Folks medi-
cine case. AL Of US united in making
the robbery of a vial of Irish whisky,
the general himself being absent. and
that was the dinneri Glorious dinnerI
Please God, the Quartette still survive
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tional weakness, and 4 tonic should be
prescribed by a physician. In this case
il is unwise 70 hattie the feet too fire.
quently, AMI the WAGER should contain a
solution Of boraX; they should De freely
powdered with lycopo dunn, or with
equal paris of starch and subIitrate
of hismuth
The following is also helpful: OIeate
Of zinc. l drachm: subn:trate of bis
muth, drlchm5; beta-naphthol, 2
grains. To be GusIeI frequently over
the surface.
RED HANpS.
Rel hands are often benefited by fire.
quent baths in oatmeal water-tlat is,
take fine oatmeal, boil 1t in water for
about an hour. strain, hen night ami
morning use The liquid 20 wash in; it
must, howe 5er he made fresh every
day, as it soon spots. FOR exceptionally
red and harsh hands a Few grams Of
chloride of -iTa@ may be safely ecde
to the soft am water YOU wash IN.
but remember 10 remove your Rigs. or
they will be tara'shed.
INDIGESTION
Cider has o4en lately recommended IS
a remedy FIR certain phases Of ndiges-
ton. In cases wRr-e feed assilnllati N
is too hurried, the cider is said 10 be
beneficial. and IDS; h.y rs aclu 1av HrS
the action Of the gastric juice For
equity people cider mas also been recon-
mended heca lse 1t corrects the forma-
tons of the uric acid 10 the presence of
which govt is due.
indigestion IN children can he c.-el
by carefully wa+ri.rG AMI vigilantiy
preaching ,he wholesome doctrine Of
mastication. ralch he enid thai every
morsel he swallows without chewing 1t
I 1nTr or111 iC
body. Children are tenacious of life and
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-06
IN sUaIMIERp1DE.

What time the brazen sun offends the
sky,
She frets in heavy mockery of sleep,
And feels for him in dreams, as bill
lows creep
And clutch to reach a seashell dull and
dry.
So he, in town, would fam put business
by:
Her face is all the books his mind can
keep:
And plans are webs where through her
fingers sweep,
The far-off witch weaves every thought
aWry,
BUT with the evening dawns their real
day,
For twilight steals about her like a plea,
And brings her lover speeding to her side
With fond demandings that are not de-
MED.
And summer moonshine builds new
Cathay,
Wherein they dream beside a summer
sea.
Rupert Hughes in September scribner's.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-06
SHE TURNED HIM DOWN.
He Was Not Up to Date and Could
Not Win Her Heart.

Everybody on the train going
through to San Francisco said she was
the handsomest girl in the United
States and every one of the dozen sin
gle men worked his level best to get
an Introduction. The young man worth
100000 finally accomplished the feat
through her father, and for the mo-
ment was happy. Then she queried:
Sir, can you back pedal your wheel?''
II cannot"' he stammered in con-
fusion
Can you mend a punctured tire?"
tN-nor'
What do you do in case of a col
lapse?" she continued, looking him
straight in the eye.
81 get a policeman to take me homer
he softly answered.
Father what sort of a bird is this.
anyhow" demanded the princess as
She turned to the old man
He's got carload of plunksr'
whispered the governor in her ear.
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If used freely at night the sting of the
insect will be almost miraculously cured
and dishguring blotches removed by
morning If the odor is too disagreeable
a few drops Of altar OF roses viii make
the remedy pleasanter, and leave it
quite as efficac ious.
INSECT BITES
Salt viii relieve the pain caused by
the stingS or bites Of insects if damp
ened with water, applied to the affected
Part, and bound tightly with a bandage.
Ammonia is also of great service, es-
pecially for wasp stings; to which also
an indigo bag may be applied with good
results. Flea bites are relieved by vine
gar.
TENDER FEET.
After long walk or much standing.
when the feet are very tired, it is a good
plan to battle them in water in which
charcoal has been boiled; or friction
with gin and water will give speedy re-
lief. Another remedy under the same
conditions is to put a handful of COM
mon salt into foothaJh of hot water.
Feet are apt 20 be sensitive, growing
hot and irritable when the skin is dry
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-06
.eB,,t he does not ride the bikev'

ssBut he does not ride the bike!
& travel on. my shape and wealth"
put in the young man as he bowed low
before her.
"They are both n. g., sir! The man
who wins my heart must be a scorcher
and able to make the tour of Europe
on a. bike Go take lessons, tumble
over on your ears, get up with a de-
termination to conquer or die. win sue
cess. and then write me a postal card.
Father, remove the menagerie and
bring in that chap with the bicycle
hump on his back!'-New York Sun
day World
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to tell the tale, which they do whenever
they meet and can get an audience.
Eustis is in Paris, ambassador; the
same cool, self-possessed man in diplo-
macy he used to be under fire; able,
brave and lazy. Harris-touching the
eighties-is the. dashing, brilliant, i'm
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-06

petuous boy he was 80 years ago-and,
silver or gold, or neither, I look to-
ward him as [ Writei Yeatman, OBJ
trusive only in his courage on the bat
tlefield lives the life of cultivated leis-
ure and unambitious rusticity which
delighted him most when he was both
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-06

A mixture of glycerine and carbolic
acid is said to supply wonderful pro-
lection from mosquitoes as well as q
cure for their bites. Take about TWEEN
ty droRs Of the acid and put it into a
bottle containing an ounce of glycerine
and half an ounce of rosemary wafer.
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A GREAT DINNER

Because Enjoyed, by a Great Quar-
tette-Tbey Are still Alive.
The greatest dinner that I ever sat
down to- says Watterson in the Cour-
ier-Journal, consisted of a leg of mutt
ton, dressed with mustard, bit of hot
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and fails to perspire. In these cases a
salve is very comforting, and the follow
ing will be found eircaci0us: Zinc oint-
ment, cold cream and spermacets in
equal parts.
When there is copious perspiration of
the feet it often arises from constitu-