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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-01-18
CURIOUS FACTS.

1t is estimated that 293 hairs on the
head, thirty-nine on the chin, twenty
three on the arm and nineteen on the
back of the hand are respectively con-
tanned in an area OF quarter Of an
inIh OF the normal individual.
Mr.. Joseph Chamberlain once re-
marked TO vacillating and somewhat
lazy member of the house of commons:
MY dear boy. observe the postage
stamp rs uselessfulness depends upon
It's ability to stick to one thing till II
gets there.
The new water-works tower Just COM
rSeted at Eden Park. Cincinnati. o.,
Is the highest artificial structure in
America. The floor of the tower,
reached by elevators, is 552 feet above
the Ohio river. The base Is 40i feet
above the stream.
A Lebanon county pa school teach
er Ia under arrest for injuring boys
hearing by boxing his ears II is time
that teachers and parents, too, wero
informed that boxing the ears Is a form
of punishment likely TO produce much
more disastrous effects than are intend
ed. Thomas A. Edlson's defective hear
Ing is said TO be due 10 a blow on the
ear given him when lad. II Is very
easy to rupture the ear by such blow,
and the injury Is irreparablc.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-01-18

daughter of the house pours
tea from kettle heated by
electricity. and her loom is supplied
with a curling iron also heated by cleo
trical energy. But electrical kitchen is
the chief object of interest. The cook
ing stove bears very little resemblance
10 an ordinary range. Ii is very much
cleaner and is in all ways marvel of
convenience. The electric stove in &C
tual use consists of a substantial table
on which stand the heat generators
wherewith the cooking is done. Be
meath the table are series of ovens,
each OF which is provided with a sep
arate heat generator of its own. The
back OF the range is arranged with a
broad shelf. on which other heat gener-
ators are placed. There, also. is the
keyboard which regulates the strength
of current and the temperature of the
stove. The wires, which are wound
with green silk and carefully insulated
to prevent an accident, are attached at
one end to little copper posts in exactly
the same way as the wires of tele-
graph instrument. The other ends are
fastened to the heat generators beneath
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-01-18

the saucepans or boilers. The current
. turned off or on by turning q little
key like those on the incandescent light
lamps.
Any one can start a good baking fire
in this way with his eyes shut. There
is no chance of the fire going out when
the weather is damp, or of its smoking,
or becoming stopped by clinkers.
One curious feature of the electrical
stove is that it is supplied with as many
different fires, or heat generators, as
there are dishes to be cooked. Instead
Of there being one large surface heated
all over, as in the case of ordinary
kitchen ranges, each kettle, or sauce
pan, is separately connected. and pro.
vided with a heating apparatus of its
own. This, of course, gives the cleo
trical stove a very unusual appearance.
There may be, for instance, kettle Of
soup boiling over on one side, and next
to it an ice cream freezer in which the
cream is being rapidly frozen by the
electrical energy which churns it.
An ingenious cook can find all sorts
of possibilities in this apparatus. 1t is
quite possible, for example, to have any
dish cooking on a side table. In fact.
the various cooking utensils may be
carried all over the house and set going
by turning q switch. If the cook wishes
to prepare dish of sauerkraut the wire
may be easily heightened and the
cooking carried on in some remote spot
in the back yard or the sub-cellar.
The vexations of housekeeping are
reduced to minimum by the electrical
stove. 1t gives out no coal dust, and
the new kitchen resembles a parlor
more than the overheated, smoky
kitchens we are all familiar with. A
little practice soon teaches one the
trick of operating it. At first it seems
difficult to the uninitiated to calculate
what voltage will cook an egg, roast
turkey or bake bread to the desired
color. But the ordinary cook soon loses
all fear of the complex apparatus.
While the visitor was gazing in won
der at the electrical stove, an order was
shouted down the back stairs in the
most approved electrical kitchen par
lance:
"Bridgetw shouted the voice from
above, "have you started TO get that
dinner? You have eight minutes to
broil that chicken and cook the vege-
tables, and you had better not waste
any more time"
"Ail rightr said Bridget. I'll start
the fire in minute, num-"
A few moments later the voice was
heard again.
Bridget" 1t said this time, don't
give that chicken too many volts to-
night, or you will cook the life out OF it,
And keep the things that are cooking
on the tables. Be sure not to let the
pot boil on the floor where any one may
walk into it,"
Eye see," explained the cook, II like
to carry the meat around with me and
have it cooking beside me so l won't be
likely to forget 1t and let Il burn"
The electrical kitchen is also pro-
vided with an electrical glue-pot, and
the laundry is equipped with electric
irons. The cooking utensils of the
electric range include ovens of various
sizes, a chatting dish, tea kettle, griddle
iron for baking cakes, and a broiler for
meats ~
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-01-18

residence was taken possession OF BY
the administrator, who disposed OF all
the furniture, plate and books. for the
heirs, who are now scattered and gone.
For the last three years the house has
been unoecupled and has gone rapidly
10 dec.y. The grounds around IL have
been neglected. and the whole place
presented a picture of desolation and
ruin seldom seen In real life. The con-
tractor who purchased the place and
who is now erecting row of fats on
the site has caused the bones found by
his workmen to be decently buried, but
no headstone marks their resting place,
and no one will ever know where
rests all that is mortal of Mrs. Thomas
Horton and Frank Beauford.
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Of the most celebrated singers and mu-
sicians of Europe.
The Proper Way.

DR.. Albert Shaw. specialist in and
lecturer on municipal government, was
before a legislative committee in New
York City last week, and said he be-
lieved, as a general proposition, that
limited franchises for the use of streets
should be put up at public auction and
sold to the highest bidder. He stated
that New Orleans had recently sold a
franchise for the extension of an cleo
tric street car line for 100000, and he
did not consider the sum too large.
Every large city in Europe, he said, is
looking for tremendous suburban de-
velopment, and complex system of
transit will be necessary in every popu-
lous center for the convenient inflow
and outflow of passengers.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-01-18
Identifies Himself.

Statistics of nomenclature would DC
interesting. John Smith, a travelling
man from New York, who was at the
Riggs house recently, states that one
person out Of each 100 bears the same
name as himself. This used TO be a
source of great annoyance to him but
he has proved equal to the emergency
by inventing new and attractive mode
of Identification through the medium
of photography. He buys photographs
The size of a postage stamp in large
lots, reducing their cost to a mere trihe.
These he places on his business cards
and leaves with his correspondents
with instructions to stamp on all en-
welcomes The photograph e placed In
the center Of the envelope and his name
below it. When he calls for mail he
presents a duplicate photograph, thus
avoiding getting other mems letters or
their obtaining his. The scheme has
only been in operation n month but
works like a charm.-Exchange.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-01-18
ANNIE LAURIE's BIRTHDAY.
The Scotch LassIe Was Born els Years

The Scotch Lassie Was Born els Years
Ago.
Most people have an idea that Annie
Laurie was a creation of Robert Burns
mind. The fact is. she was a real per-
sonage. who lived and died many years
before the poet OF the people saw the
light. 1t is also probably true that
the words of the beautiful ballad were
written by a man named Douglas, who
was in love with Miss Laurie, but failed
to win her. Annie Laurie was the
baronet of that name, and was born at
Maxwelton house, the family residence,
located in Glencairn, one OF the most
beautiful spots in all OF that lovely
Scottish shire, Dumfries. Her birth is
thus set down by her father in what Is
called the "Barjorg MS" AT the
pleasure OF the Almighty God, my
daughter Annie Laurie was born upon
the 10th day OF December, 1852 years,
about o'clock in the morning, and
was baptized by Mr.. George -, min
lister OF Glencairn."
Maxwelton house was originally the
castle Of the earls of Glencairn. 1t was
bought in 1911 by stephen Laurie, the
founder of the Laurie family. Stephen
was a Dumfries merchant. The castle
was a turreted building. In 1t Annie
Laurie was born.
1t was at Maxwelton house that
traveller came across the missing link in
the chain OF evidence that fixed the au-
thorship OF the song urnn Douglas OF
Fingland. England is in the parish
OF Dairy, in the adjacent shire Of Kirk
cudbright, and Douglas was a some
what near neighbor of Annie. The
present proprietor of Maxwelton house
is Sir Emelius Laurie, formerly rector
of ST. Johns, Paddington, when he was
known as Sir Emellus Baylay. He took
the name OF Laurie when he succeeded
TO the family estates. Sir Emilius is
descendant Of Sir Walter, third baronet,
and brother of Annie.
Some forty years ago famous ball
lad singer was on a visit TO house in
the north of England. One evening
after dinner she sang Annie Laurie"
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-01-18
Popular MisconceptIon.

There never was a bigger fool no.
ton in the world" said young Full
back, pulling on his padded trousers
than the idea that football is dan
gerous game. These reports about
boys getting hurt" he continued, adj
justing his shin-guards and fastening
them on securely, ARE half the time ex-
aggerations and half the time they're
made out Of the whole cloth. A fellow
simply can't get injured in game,
he proceeded, stuffing a quantity of
wadding about his hip bones and
around his shoulders and chest, "un-
less he just wants to injure himself
and does it on purpose. Now I've been
in a dozen games this year"-here he
strapped his ear-guards round his head
land with the exception of a black
eye now or then, and one or two fingers
dislocated. or something like that,
haven't had the slightest injury"
Here the young man put on his nose
guard and mouth protector, and short
~ afterward went forth to engage in n
harmless little game OF football.-Chi-
cago Tribune.
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man and the other of woman. The
discovery was made known to the au-
thorities, who are now making an in
vestigation.
1t has so far been learned that only
one member of old Thomas Horizons
family is now living-a negro woman
who served his second wife. This ne
gro, Eliza Ann Cutler, tells at last
story which is almost too strange to be-
lieve.
Thomas Horton, after making for
tune in pine and lumber, erected the
mansion which has just been torn
down. He married Miss Ella Reno. a
handsome brunette, much younger than
he was. All went we'll for a time, but
after awhile Frank Beauford, who had
been q schoolmate of Mrs. Horton, APP
Feared on the scene. Beauford and Mrs.
Horton were seen so often in each 9TH
er's company that a scandal arose.
Mr.. Horton gave no sign that he sus-
pected his beautiful wife. On the con-
trary, he treated her with greater kind
ness than ever. He insisted on the sec
end anniversary of their marriage that
she give grand reception, which many
of the older residents remember, be-
cause of the disappearance at about
midnight of Beauford and Mrs. Horton,
satisfactorily explained then by the
statement that they had eloped, leaving
the guests behind. They were last seen
going to the room under which their
bones have been found. Mr.. Horton
dismissed his guests and shut himself
up in his home, where be remained for
months.
Finally Mr.. Horton came forth from
his seclusion, secured a divorce on the
ground Of desertion and married Mrs.
Sarah Clinton, a widow we'll advanced
in years. Soon after the wedding Mr..
Horton was called to Madison, Wis, on
business, and one night a ghost ap-
peared to Mrs. Horton. who called Mrs.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-01-18
ANNIE LAURIE.

and was cordially Thanked by another
guest, a venerable Scottish dame of 81.
The latter said she was a granddaugh-
ter of Douglas Of Fingland who, she
said, was in love with Annie, but did
ma get her after "a" she was not quite
sure as to Annie's fate, she said. Some
folks had said that she died unmarried.
while others had said she married Fer
guson of Craigdarrock, but she rather
thought that was the truth.
The music of the song is modern, and
was composed by Lady John Scott, aunt
by marriage OF the present duke of Buc-
cleuch. The composer was only
guessed at for many years.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-01-18
MRS. THOMAS HORTON.


Cutler 20 her assistance. The ghost
led the two women TO the room in the
wing Of the house where the first Mrs.
Horton was last seen and suddenly
vanished through the wall Returning
70 their rooms, Mrs. Horton and her
servant waited for morning when the
former made up her mind to discover
how the ghost had vanished. She
pounded the wall with a hammer and
fLally found the secret door which the
vorkmen In tearing down the house
stumbled onto. Passing through it she
descended some stairs into dungeon.
in which were two forms seated on a
bench, clasped in each others arms and
chained together, the decayed flesh
cropping from their bones. Near the
forms was platter on which food had
evidently been passed to them.
Mrs. Horton did not survive the
shock. She was taken violently III and
before many weeks had gone was re-
moved TO the insane asylum at Men
dota, in the southern part of the state,
where she died some time ago. Mr..
Horton, who was called home by tele-
graph when his wife was taken i'll, was
found dead in his bed short time
after Mrs. Horton had been removed TO
the asylum. Eliza Cutler, the old col
ored servant, was handsomely provided
for in the will of Mr.. Horton, and 1t was
this that induced her to keep silence
for go long. Portions OF the story we're
disclosed by Mrs. Horton in her raw
ings, and although many people have
heard of the secret of the old house, no
examination of the place was ever
made, as IL was considered foolish to
pay any attention to the words Of a
crazy woman.
After the death Of Mr.. Horton the
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-01-18
A IuNnrlons Artist.

No other painter has home OF such
Perhaps its most remarkable feature is
the wall. which is paneled with tall,
slim pictures, each of them by differ
ent painter. Leighton, Broughton, Sar-
gent, Calderon and full score of the
artists friends have contributed to
this remarkable establishment. An
other feature is the oak and ivory pi-
ano, on the lid of which, inside, are
inscribed by their own hands the names
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-01-18
Making Hades boil.

Then up spake the North Dakota
man: I'VE had a paper out in North
wood called the Headlight. 1t began
business by saying:
1.-The Headlight proposes to boil hell
down to half pint and to administer
it at single dose Just after this an
nouncement the Office took fire and
burned to its foundations, whereupon
Major A. w. Edwards, then of the Far
go Argus, but now of the Daily Forum,
said in his cool, clever way:
:" 1T seems that while the editor of
the Headlight was boiling hell down to
a half pint,the blasted thing tipped over
on a red hot stovc-and there you are.' I"
The Newspaper Maker.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-01-18

ing, Pa. Five miles: Eleven MINUTES
Is 2-5 seconds. at Philadelphia. breai.
ing the worlds record previously hell
by Porter, by % seconds. His one
fourth mile unpaced record of % sec
onds has been equaled by Bald, bu.
has never been officially broken. 1t va
broken, but not allowed. on one occs-
sion. The measurements OF this rec
ord-breaking cyclist and all-round atAI
lete, as taken by Charles r. Culver, ID
September, 1894, are as follows: Chest
40 inches; biceps, 1914 inches; waist
81 inches; hip. 81 inches: thigh, q
inches; calf, Is inches. His height 4
. feet ga inches. and his training
weight l72 pounds. Asked by the SUI
day Post-Dispatch reporter as to BIZ
mode OF training, Cabanne said hE|
course was very simple. He trains
only for cycling. and 1t consists Of 4
hve-mile spin on his wheel in the morn|
Ing, and an occasional "scorchlnsl
squirt, and a rubbing down afterwart
The same exercise he repeats in iA'|
evening. For the rest, while in traln-|
ing, he goes to bed early, eschews Ind
gestible food, but eats a sufficieney u
rare beef and abstains entirely from
alcoholic drinks, though malt liquors
ale and beer may be allowed In modaI
alton. His weight when not in tralH
Ing is lis pounds, sometimes a HUI
over, so II will be seen that the traii1 |
ing process does not entail much fsI
OF flesh. 1t must be said, though, 10
he does not allow himself to aceumuaf
much superfluous fat when not in trar
ing. and at his latest he has nevs
weighed more than lS5 pounds ca
banne was also asked what physa
culture had done for him, although %
case is hardly a criterion. He is Oh
OF those whose physical strength aHa
endurance are perhaps mostly natural
AS stated, his early self-training va
probably a detriment rather than 7
help. entertaining and unscientln'
training are never beneficial and ma
." =" wan utdIl. aiNei w.
the Pastime Athletic club he tralas'
regularly. but his performances 1a0'
that he was good before that time an'
mas been vigorous and healthful sln'
ooysonf. AT 2: years of age he Is no'
a nne specimen OF young manhood.
is manly looking. with a frank, op''
race. somewhat piercing eye. ~.
mouth, manner and voice indicaul'
strong will, plenty OF determinan''
and scrsSSGt combative disposlaSu.
IN rely to n question as TO how
american amateur compares with
foreign athlete. Cabanne said: IL
American beats the old country a.r
iete az every point. In cycling, TOT
stance, take Harry Wheeler. He new
could ride one. two, three in his Os
country. He never got a place In ~.
event. But he went across the wS's
ana beat all those fellows over inc.
riding second to Zimmerman. also
american. in both England and Fran.
zimmerman himself made his reeO'
here when bicycling racing was ain
IN us infancy, and when very few y
were trained. I do not think he COZ.
turn down our whcelmen over '''
now"
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-01-18
largest Ear of Corn.

Perhaps the largest ear of corn raise,
In the state of Michigan was shown il
Sanilac county recently. 1t was a fin,
specimen, having twenty-five rows I,
the ear and forty kernels to the row
making a total of $50 kernels to tn,
ear, enough corn when shelled TO fiji ,
quart measure. The field where thi.
ear was grown grew stalks sixteen fee
high.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-01-18
GIRL DROPS OUT OF SIGHT
Mabel Stewart Disappears and No Trace
of Her Can he Found.

Mabel Stewart, the 17-year-old
daughter of John A. Stewart of Har-
per's Ferry, w. Va, disappeared from
Camden Station a few days ago.
Though detectives have been at work
ever since they were unable to solve the
mystery. Miss Stewart went to Balti-
more to visit her sister. She had prom
ised her mother 10 send a message from
the station announcing her arrival.
She notified her mother by letter from
the station that she had just sent a
message to her sister. The clerk at the
news stand remembered selling the
girl the stationery and saw her write
two letters. Who got the second is
question. Detective Riordan of Balti-
more says he saw her leave with man
and woman. Her father, who is assist
ing the police, fears that she has been
abducted. The girl has never been
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-01-18

John Carm;tchel and family. a Dor
trait OF whom appears above, now re-.
side ut Mount Carmel. Pa. lie was born
IN Ayrshire, Scotland, In the year 1912.
lie sailed for the free shoros" of
America In the fan Of 1853, and settled
Tor time In Combolo, Pottsyllle.
Schuylkill county. After the "unplcas.
antness' broke out between northern
and southern people Mr.. CarmItchol
took up arms In defense Of the Union
py eniisting In the Ninth Pcnnsyl-
wanna cavalry, Company X, in scptem-
ger, 1861, under Capt. Phillips and Col
Williams. and served until the close of
me war, after which he located In
Mount Carmel township whore ho has
resided ever since. lie was married 10
MS eHtlmablo wife In 1854, who waa
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-01-18

willing to live there. 1t was recently
purchased by a speculator in real es-
tate. who Immediately began TO tear 1t
down. WorLmen had removed the
superstructure, when by mere accident
they discovered an underground cham
Der. built beneath a wing OF the house.
and. penetrating the corner, found two
skeletons chained together. the one Of
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-01-18
Hotter Than IIades.

To an Arizona man who was booming
that territory's climate as a claim TO
statehood Speaker Reed said: Tut
tut, man! | have been to Fort Yuma
and know your climate. When a bad
nan dies down there he does not notice
the transition"
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-01-18
ELECTRIC CURRENTS.
THE LATEST THING IN STOVES
IN NEW YORK.
Here Il q MinIonaire's Kitchen IN which
No Fuel Is Used for Cooking Dinner
Pots aud Pans Need No Securing.

HE ingenious de-
vices for cooking
dinners by the aid
OF merely a few
wires and an I'M
seen electrical cur
rent are beginning
TO find their way
into the kitchens of
many New York
millionaires. In one
house uptown the
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-01-18

HE city OF SUI
perior, WIS.,, has
been thrown into
great excitement
over the discovery
made by workmen
tearing down the
old Horton man
sion. This old
landmark had been
in evil repu;e for
years, no one being
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-01-18
Rats Undermining 70 CITY.

The center of the city of Birmingham,
England, is being undermined by the
myriads of rats infesting the sewers.
The damage done to property is meal
culable In one place no fewer than $50
rats were caught in one day.
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MISS Sarah Ann Leiby. daugb,er .,
DANIEL and Susan Lelby. Twenty ch,I'
uren blessed the union. II sons ond .
daughters. The family is well known
g. "o "ucn respected. Mrs. Carmitchel
q, co, an agreeable lady OF a refined nature
s Sno ~ now 81 years old and enjoys pooi
noa''h. Mr.. Carmichael has worked IN
we mines over 80 years. He has heen
~ ~ health for some time SUFFERING
,Ioln asthma which he says he CON,
uuc.ed during the war. lie has been
p'nsloh applicant for several years al
enousn unsuccessful in securing the
safle up to the present time. II Is 20
We hoped that Uncle Sam will soon con-
nuer MS case favorably as he was a
s sa soldier and Is to-day a good ana
honorable citizen 1 ""u