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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-07-18

on the ground In the form OF bricks
to dry In the sun. These bricks are
left for two days and then are ready
for use A Mexican is paid 50 for
making 1000 bricks, each fifteen by
ten by four inches.
In building a house these bricks are
cemented together with adobe. The
walls are smoothed outside and inside,
and within are covered with a wash
of white or light drab color. This
wash is made OF earth found In the
hills. and when fresh IL gives the walls
a neat appearance. For the roof large
poles are first laid on, then smaller
ones, then a layer OF weeds, and lastly
adobe. This makes a roof which may
let through a few drops when the first
rain OF the season comes, but after
that il Is water tight.
Just outside the house are the ovens
In which the bread is baked. They
are odd-looking. dome-shaped things
from four to six feet in diameter made
OF adobe. One small opening Is left
at the bottom for building the fire and
putting in the bread. and another
smaller one near the top for the smoke
to come out. In this oven fire is
built and kept burning until the walls
are heated through and through. The
fire is then drawn out, and the fine
ashes are removed with a wet rag on
the end of stick. The bread is put
in with wooden shovel and both
openings carefully closed. AS the walls
retain the heat for long time the
bread bakes quickly and well.
/ have seen dogs sleeping in these
ovens. fortunately not in the one in
which the bread which eat is baked.
But perhaps l have not yet caught the
dog which sleeps in that particular
oven.
The stumpy l!tle chimneys which
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are seen all over the houses are nf
adobe, too but they are often topped
with a broken pottery vessel. At the
fireplace below the cooking is done
A little iron stand. a frying-pan and a
few black pots. with "A knife or two
are all the cooking utensils. But they
are enough for such simple cooking
some Of the poor families OF Indians
have only tortillas and coffee three
times a day. Mix -four with water
put in a little salt cook the mixture
over the fire and you have the tortil-
las. The coffee, of course, has neither
milk nor sugar.
But am living with one Of the first
families in town. Here | get fat
pork and one fried egg three times a
day; frijoles. canned tomatoes, bread
and even butter and chow chow. Some
of thes things. 10 be sure, are bought
especially for me and are not shared
by the family. It is all right. since
eat alone, sitting at a table. while the
family is in another room sitting on
the floor.
The ordinary bed is the floor. or pos
sibly platform raised a foot from the
moor. Rawhides are laid down and on
these the Indians sleep. rolled up in
blankets. But there are at least two
beds at this pueblo and one cot In
winter time the fire gives the light in
the evening. In summer pine stick,
in few cases candle, and in still
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-07-18
AN ORIENTAL NERO.
Grimes ssa Crusitiss rrsotic.d n.
Psrsis's Ruler.

Grimes ssa Crusitiss rrsotic.d n.
Psrsis's Ruler.
With the death OF Nasr Ed-din thar.
has closed the career OF one OF the mos,
cruel and rapacious rulers Persia has
ever been cursed with-a veritable orr
entail Nero, says the st. Louis Clobe-
Democrat. Under his reign the peas
ants were constantly plundered without
hope of relief, an the so-called civilized
powers, Great Britain and Russia, ever
had covetous eyes on the possessions OF
the shah and winked at his wickedness
Probably the most atrocious OF ths
many crimes OF the Persian monarch
was In the cruel death melted out 10 tho
governor Of Matzendor. Abdullah Ku-
lah, whom he sentenced to be boiled
alive in a caldron OF oil on the charge
OF embezzlement. Notwithstanding his
pleadings and prayers Abdullah Kulah
was pitched head first into the caldron
by the executioners of his serene high
ness, while the shah stood by to see
that his mandates we're obeyed. Tray-
elers through the domains of the shah
said that Il was not an uncommon
thing to hear groans issuing from pill
lars Of brick on the roadside, the liy-
ing tombs OF peasants unable to satisfy
the demands OF the tax-gatherer-left
to lingering death. without food to
satisfy their hunger or water to quench
their thirst. To prolong the misery Of
these poor wretches a small window
these unfortunate wretches small
wlndow-like aperture is left in the pill
lar that the prisoner may breathe and
not die from suffocation. These tombs
dot the wayside in the province OF
Hamadan as plentifully as do crosses
the mountain roads of Mexico to show
where some wayfarer has fallen by vio-
lence-a more merciful fate than the
Persian monarch melted out to his SUBJ
1ects.
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and the half of
what she is and of what she has ac-
complished would be more than suffi-
cient TO satisfy many woman of far
greater ambition. AS an editorial
writer upon the staff of the Omaha
World-Herald, she has made her name
known and respected in the newspaper
Offices of the entire country among
men with masculine prejudices against
women in editorial positions. She has
long conducted daily "woman's col
umn, which is not pink tea or a sew
Ing circle reduced to type. and she is
the author OF short stories which are
recognized as among the best that the
west is giving to the world through the
medium of the leading eastern maya
zines.
But IL is in her work for the women
or Omaha, Nebraska. and the west, that
Mrs. Peattie has the strongest interest.
The particular phase of that work
which is just now engaging her ener-
gies is the organization of circulating
library. in connection with the wom-
ans club of which she is president.
we are trying to make it possible for
every woman in Nebraska to have ac-
cess, without cost. to the wide variety
OF books at the command of our organ
ization," said Mrs. Peattie. The pub
lie interest in this movement would
surprise any person who is not in close
touch with it. a two days accumula-
ton of the letters which come to me
from women all over the state would
heap high one of the ordinary letter
baskets which business men usually
keep on their desks. As never allow
one OF these letters to go unanswered,
| find that / must make my replies inn
mediately or become swamped with
the influx of two or three days cores
pondence. 1t would be revelation.
fancy, to most people If they might
read those letters, full of the pathos OF
the struggle for more knowledge, for
horizon wider than farmhouse kitch-
en- and for a mental elevation higher
than the level of that deathly Moloch.
a kitchen stove-the altar upon which
many a prairie woman offers herself
a daily sacrificial victim.
"The yearning of such women for
the better, higher and nobler things of
life and the patient persistence in at
tempting to satisfy those longings have
something heroic in them that touches
me strongly.
my own life in great Michigan
woods. where | spent my girlhood,
taught me many helpful lessons. The
life person leads before 10 years OF
age is what counts. II is what comes
during that period that leaves the most
lasting and permanent impressions.
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The recent prominence in the news
papers of the affairs of the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad has recalled atten-
tlon to Miss Mary Garrett, who still
enjoys the popular reputation. now
probably doubtful. OF being the richest
unmarried woman i'm the United States.
Her fortune was once estimated at
Sio,OOO,OOO. but with the enormous de-
cline OF the securities which chiefly
represent 1t, 1t must be now very much
less. Miss Garrett is few years un-
der sixty, and still woman of great
force OF character, who exhibits much
or the virility Of her celebrated father
one Is rather small woman physi-
cally, and is not given TO display. She
lives in Baltimore. preferring her
roomy old city house to her more mod
ern country-piace.
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G. -TER xvI.-CoxrISurD,.

From Che very first moment | saw
Imogene Trenholme. was repealed! l
had suspicious of her before l had been
here a week, and her conduct in this
chamber. somnolent though she was,
confirmed me. This afternoon l saw
her put slip OF paper in the hollow OF
the old tree at the end OF the garden,
and took the liberty TO examine it. |
found IL was an appointment to meet
some one in this room at eleven o'clock.
kept the tryst So did the others. |
did not intend to kill this Rudolph, but
he made me, or rather, he saved me the
trouble, he killed himself. And five
days ago, anticipating a denouement OF
some kind, | sent for my father. He
will be here to-day, think"
Ralph's mother crept timidly to his
side.
My son, what will you do with herr
she said. looking at ImogeEe.
The law shall take its course" he
answered sternly.
But remember o Ralph, remem-
Der she is a woman
And Marina whom she murdered
was a woman. also! Mother, do not
talk to me! Ny heart is changed TO
stoneT
lie took Imogene by the arm as he
spoke, and led her up stairs to a room
on the third story. which had once been
used as a chemical laboratory. but
which had long since been given up to
the rats and spiders. Into this he
thrust her. and drew the bolt on the
outside.
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IF l could go back with my family
to the peaceful solitude of one of those
great clearings in the woods, such as |
knew so intimately in my childhood
and we could there raise enough from
the soil to easily satisfy our daily needs
and sustain a comfortable existence. |
would never write another line.
would just do my work, play with my
children and think my own thoughts
for their own sake"
This declaration was uttered with all
the enthusiasm of which Mrs. Peattie
is capable, and that is not a little.
This might lead TO the impression
that Mrs. Peattie considers her news
paper and literary work as little better
than a daily grind, but the truth is
that she takes no such pessimistI,
view Of her routine task. Quite 70 tho
contrary, her whole heart is in what
ever she does. whether it be as a prac-
tical philanthropist. n writer of stories
or newspaper woman.
when l started my 'woman's COL
umn' l determined that 1t should not
be made the vehicle of woman's fol-
iies or foibles. but that it should con-
tain whatever OF good common sense
and practical wisdom / could COM
mand, added Mrs. Peattie. THE re-
suit has been gratifying TO me. for !,
mas demonstrated the fact that denar,.
ments or this kind as ordinarily CON
Quoted are not what women want mr.
appreciate, but what bachelor editors
think women like.
Il have been deriving m ,i,r.
amusement from the good critics who
have been kind enough to mass indaD
ment upon my latest collection OF short
stories, called A Mountain Woman
lhe very stories in that yolnme which
they have branded with the stamn 20
improbability are little moro sbon
pieces OF reporting rather than mag.
NATIVE creations. The PRINCIPAL char.
acters' as well as the main thread n,
incident, in the story OF The Tbree
JOINS and Up the Gulch are absolute
" true and practically unembelIisbo6 {.
"A recent number OF the Wheclman
contained bright article by Mrs
ea..ie and was accompanied by an
eAceilent portrait OF herself which
was labeled Mrs. Frederick ! Ti,us
VIE OF the American eight-hour chan
plon: She does not ride a bicycle
ana her husband is known TO the news
paper fraternity of the United states
as Bob" Peattie. ''"'e'
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are used for storage, principally of
corn, wheat, oats and beans.
Occasionally one can still find
house which has no door, but they are
not common. Most Of the houses have
a low door hung on iron hinges. 4
piece OF rawhide serves as handle.
The rooms are about nine feet high
and vary in size. A room fifteen feet
square will serve very well as kitchen.
sleeping-room and general living-room
for four persons. Many families have
houses In addition TO the town
houses" This second house is mere
hut built near the fields. Here the
family lives in summer to keep watch
over the crops in unfenced fields. In
winter time, however, the family
comes back to the pueblo, loads of
wood are brought from the hills on
burros. the doors are shut and all Is
made ready for the cold season. At
this time the light and air in the
rooms come through trap door and
small window, less than foot square.
near the roof. When the trap door
has TO be closed the little window is
the only opening.
Long before the Spaniards appeared
here the Indians knew how to use
adobe to build their houses. But now
they find IL more convenient to hire
the Mexicans to make the bricks for
them. They say the Mexicans can
make them better. II Is simple
process. Water from one Of the irri-
eating bitches. which run in almost
every direction through the fields, Is
turned on to a small piece of land
With spade and hoe the earth and
water are thoroughly mixed until 8
loose mud is made. Then fine straw IL
brought from a threshing place neal
by and mixed with the mud. The
raw material is ready. 1t is put int,
molds. carried few feet and dumped
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ITO BR CONTINUED
A Memorial to Girsrd.

When the yellow fever epidemic
swept over Philadelphia in 1893, carry
ing OF 4,O31 people out of population
OF $4,000, Stephen Glrard offered his
services to the public and was appointed
overseer at the Bush Hill hospital. He
devoted his time to visiting the sick at
just been concentrated by the unveil-
ing OF a marble tablet to his memory in
the chapel Of Girard college. II is pro-
posed also to erect statue of him In
the plaza In front Of the Philadelphia
city hall on the one hundred and forty.
sixth anniversary Of his birth in 1897.
The alumni OF Girard college will at
tempt to raise 10000 for this object.
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the first whom the early Spaniards
saw in permanent settlements.
Most of the pueblos are in the Rio
Grande valley; there are few farther
west along the line of the Santa Re
railroad and one group of seven in
northeastern Arizona. Here they
have been. TOO. for $50 years at least,
for here the Spaniards found them
when they first came up into this
country from Mexico in the first half
of the sixteenth century. Many of
the pueblos have been moved few
miles TO new sites; from some of these
the people have disappeared and left
no trace or record of themselves.
Others have as large n population as
they ever had and retain TO large eX-
tent their old customs in spite of 800
years of influence from the whites.
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IF DICKENS HAD LIVED.
Worked Faithfully to the Last - Death
Cam. Suddenly and upexp.c,.aix.

Worked Faithfully to the Last - Death
Came Suddenly and Unexpectedly.
How swift was the blow that struck
Dickens down on that summers day
five and twenty years ago. says Mac
millan's Magazine. Rich, happy. uni
versally honored. rejoicing in his pros
perity and in his power OF giving
pleasure TO others. he worked faithfully
to the last. Toward the close OF his
life his labors as a novelist had been
somewhat interrupted, and from 1861
when Great Expectations" was COM
pleted, until 1870 only one novel had
come from his busy pen and that not
one of the best. But in that latter
year Tor, rather. in the close OF 1861,
after months of the most untiring ex-
ertions, travelling. lecturing and read
ing he turned again TO his true voca-
ton and began The Mystery OF Ed
win Brood"
There is no trace OF fatigue in It..
no sign of lcssening vitality. He was
working on the ground that he had
made his own and he was happy In
his work. On the morning of the sth
OF June. 1870. he had been writing IN
the little chalet in the grounds of his
house at Gad's Hill. writing cheer
fully, hopefully. Contrary to his
usual custom he had resumed work
after luncheon and continued through
the greater part of the afternoon. Then
he walked back to the house he was
never again to leave alive.
He had made an appointment with
friend In London for the following
day. but 1t was never kept. BY the
evening of the 9th he was dead. leav-
ing The Mystery of Edwin brood"
a mystery still, though one, it may be.
that does not need much unraveling.
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Wilkesbarre. Pa, has a human curl.
osity In the shape OF 3-year- old baby
boy, perfectly formed, apparently DOS.
sessed of all faculties, yet weighs only
ten pounds. The child was brought
from a remote country district. and &,
now the guest of the charity organiza-
ton. His name Is Jesse James Long
His parents are both dead. When he
was born his mother was about n
years Of age, and his father ~. Both
were feeble and infrm. The babv
weighed at birth eleven and half
pounds
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Die change within the past twenty-four
hours. He had aged a score of years.
and there We're white hairs mingling
with the brown on his temples. He
received them with sad stern gravity.
and led the way up to the apartment
where he had left Imogene. He opened
the door and they entered.
Crouched in the further corner of the
room was the object of their search.
but she looked more like a wild beast
than a beautiful woman. One glance
was sufficient TO show them that reason
had fled from her brain. Her face was
livid, save purple line beneath each
eye, her long, glossy hair had been torn
from her head in handfuls, and lay
scattered on the floor. Her dress was
fearfully disordered. and her delicate
hands were bloody where she had beat
against the door in trying to escape.
The sheriff advanced toward her. and
spoke gently. but the sound Of his voice
filed her with new madness. With a
wild, fearful cry, she sprang upon him,
hurting him TO the floor, while her
slender fingers frightened so closely
round his throat, that in a moment he
would have been strangied, had not
Ralph and one of the constables inter-
fered. She snapped mt them fiercely
with her glittering white teeth, and
brandished her arms high above her
head.
"Of! off! every fiend OF your she
cried. 81 am empress of the world! l
reign queen and king! The nations are
glad to bow down In the dust and wor-
ship me! What no, there! Guards.
bring hither my crown and sceptre and
hurry these base varlets TO the chopping
block"
The scene was terrible. These men,
hardened as they we're by the sight
of suffering. turned away from this with
sorrowful faces. The law did not med
die with insanity. They had no power
to arrest a raving maniac. So they left
her and went their way.
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7M c. ARA AUGUSTA


said reverently. IL would have spared
her. When she did this deed | loved
her. Her beauty had intoxicated me.
would have died for her, and counted
1t bliss. And then she asked me TO
keep her secret. Worlds would not
have tempted me to betray her. But
Agnes, the moment | knew what she
had done. all the absorbing passion
felt for her melted away shuddered
at the thought OF her! But she was
nobly born, beautiful woman. and had
loved her. And because OF this, | could
not speak the words that would free
me and bind her. When l knew that
your brother married her. then for the
first time | was convinced that l had
done wrong; but it was then too late
to remedy my error, and | would go
silently to the grave. carrying her
dreadful secret with me-"
viii you not read the pardon? 1t
is written in the governors own hand.
Helen would not let them wait to go
through with a formal process OF re-
leasing you. but she must have the par
don al once"
She held II up before him. He took
it. but the letters swan before his eyes.
He could not read single line. He
dropped his forehead on the shoulder
of Agnes in sheer weakness.
20. Agnes! Agnes" he said. in a
choked voice, God is too good"
She stroked his hair tenderly.
I'VE want you up at the Rock, Lynde.
Ny mother and brother both sent for
you. Will you not Gomez"
His joyous face grew sad.
Not today Agnes. will wait lit
tie cannot forget that your brother
is smitten by the blow which opens my
prison doors. l will 60 to my desolate
home first. By-and-by l will come to
the Rock. You understand me, Agnes"
II think do. o. my poor Ralph.
My heart aches for him.
They passed out OF the prison to-
gether. The warden shook Lyndes
hand heartily.
God bless you, lad" he cried, with
suspicious moisture in his gray eye.
Il never thought you did it, and I'm
glad it's all found out. There be bright
days in store for you yet"
Lynde wrung the honest hand, but
he was too full for speech. He walked
on with Agnes until they reached the
great pine by the shore. There their
paths diverged. He took her hands
in his and looked into her eyes. No
word was spoken. He stood thus mo-
ment, then he stopped and touched the
shining hair above her forehead with
his lips And then turning his back
upon her. he walked in the direction OF
the deserted cottage he had once called
home.