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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-07-04

The appalling disaster which befell
st. Louis and the surrounding towns
together with the tornadoes which de-
vastated sections of Iowa. Kansas and
Texas a few days before, has again
called attention TO the death-dealing
storms which at times visit the Mis-
sissippi River Valley.
There have been few disasters in re-
cent years which have resulted in the
loss of as many human lives and as
much property as the storm that struck
st. Louis. When the loss of life in the
other storms of the previous ten days
Is considered in connection with the
one at ST. Louis, tornadoes seem more
terrible than war.
There have been more people killed
by the recent storms in the West than
have met death while battling for
Cuban freedom. II takes the Spanish
army. the Cuban insurgents, and the
iatter's ally, Yellow Jack, about a
month to kill as many people as were
hurried to their death within a few
minutes during the awful storm last
Wednesday night.
The average man has a misconcep-
ton of the difference between cyclone
and a tornado. A cyclone is a wind
storm which covers vast area OF ter
rltory. The wind at such time attains
q velocity of from 80 to so miles an
hour. These storms frequently cover
several States, and. while they are
often dangerous and destructive Of
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-07-04
CATCHING SHARKS.
some Exciting Fishing That Was En-
joysd Near Hawaii

Lieut.. Coyne and some fifteen men,
bers OF company Il started out on a
steam launch little after 10 a. m.
Sunday for the purpose of doing what
they could with a certain family OF
sharks reported to have been seen out
side the harbor, says the Pacific Com
mercial Advertiser. They stocked the
launch well, preparatory to an all-day's
hunt.
Just outside the harbor unmistak-
able signs in the shape of several fms
were noticed projecting above the sur
face of the water. and they made the
soldiers hair bristle with excitement.
A hook baited with large piece OF
pork and attached TO heavy line was
thrown overheard. There was a bite
and a pull, and before long a good
sized shark was hauled along and filled
with rife and revolver bullets. This
was excitement enough, but when,
after the line had been thrown over
again, another shark was captured in
the same manner, the men in the
launch could hardly remain in their
places.
The line was cast overheard once
more. and soon there was a tug that
caused a very burning sensation to
pass over the hands Of the four men
who held 1t. The launch was pulled
here and there by what seemed to be
a monster twice the size OF the others.
This seemed TO be proved when the
shark stuck its fin above water. At
this seven or eight bullets pierced the
head of the monster, and after hard
fight, during which the launch was in
imminent danger of being capsized,
the prize was brought alongside and
towed with the other two to the Aloha |
boathouse, where it was found to be |
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-07-04

Indians and wild animals, but which
did little damage, because there was
nothing to be damaged.
The earliest tornado which visited
civilized North America occurred in
lI6l. For two hours on the afternoon
of May in that year South Carolina
entertained tornado which did much
damage and killed several people. but
full history of IL cannot be obtained
In the spring Of 1910 tornado visit
ed Natchez, Miss, killing 217 people,
wounding as many more and sinking
number Of vessels in the river. The
storm lasted exactly four minutes. and
while awful in its character. had be-
come ancient history with those who
passed through it before residents of
neighboring states knew that it had
occurred.
Lightning may not strike twice in
the same place. Some one has said
that ut doesn't need to-" The same
observation would apply to a tornado.
but two OF them did strike Natchez.
The second was two years later than
the first, and was even more disas-
trous, the number of dead being be-
tween four and five hundre
Since 1874 the figures regarding tor
nadoes are tolerably accurate. having
been compiled by the Weather Re-
view. Here are the most important
storms:
Nov %, 1874: The town OF Tuscum-
bia, Ala, was destroyed Ten people
were killed and 100 buildings de-
stroyed; loss 100000.
May 6, 1876: A tornado in Chicago
killed several people and destroyed
s25O,OO0 worth of property.
June 4, 1877: Mount Carmel, ILL.,,
destroyed; 10 killed, 80 wounded; loss
$500 900.
July Z. 1877: Pensaukee, Wis, de-
stroyed; 8 killed, many wounded; loss
$500 ,000
June 1. 1873: A path $50 feet wide
and a mile long moved through Rich
mond, Mo. There were 13 killed, 20
wounded; loss 100000.
Aug. Q, 1878: A disastrous tornado
in Wallingford, Conn. The loss of life
amounted to "a and twice as many
wounded; loss 5000 900.
April IA, 1879: One man was killed
and sixty buildings destroyed in Col
linsville, Ill. This tornado struck a
cemetery and levelled every tomb
stone.
April 16, 1879: Sixteen people we're
killed in WATERFORD. S. G.. During
the storm many claimed to have seen
balls OF fire rolling along the ground.
April Is, 1880: Two killed and 80 in
jured In Fayetteville, Ark.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-07-04

popular idea that the circular motion
Is a necessary feature of the tornado.
Prof. Hazen gave the following de-
scription of the formation OF a typical
Western tornado:
On quiet but very hot afternoon
there suddenly appears in the south
west horizon an ominous, greenish-
black cloud; the sky is almost cloudless
overhead, and there is a gentle south
wind blowing towards the general
storm, which almost invariably will be
found to the northwest and about four
hundred miles away. Occasionally light,
fleecy cirrus clouds, also generally from
the south, pass far above ones head.
Suddenly the black cloud draws near.
preceded by tremendous mass of dust
and a terrible roar likened to the
believing OF million mad bulls" or
10 "the passage OF ten thousand trains
of cars through a tunnel" Is heard.
This Characteristic roar is usually
heard at least fifteen minutes before
the arrival of the tornado, and, in con-
junction with other signs, gives ample
warning of its approach.
The cause OF this roar is not easy to
determine. II is like a continuous
roar OF thunder. 1t is without doubt
some manifestation of electricity, and
1t has been heard in a violent thunder
storm. The wind now blows violently
from a western point, but it is hardly
proper TO say that it shifts to the west.
as the cause of the west wind has no
connection with that OF the previous
current from the south. Almost i'm
mediately the tornado, often ushered
In by fearful pelting of hail. is upon
us. On the south side the destruction
extends oftentimes to 900 feet or even
a quarter of a mile, while on the north
side one may stand with impunity
within 400 or 500 feet of the greatest
destruction.
Where there are so many conflicting
notions regarding cyclones some of
them must OF necessity be wrong
They are difficult things to study, be-
cause they cannot always be found.
and the unfortunates who have been
compelled to examine them at close
range have not always been able after
wards to accurately describe what they
saw.
Prof. Hazen formed his conclusions
from studying the debris made by a
storm and noticing the direction In
which trees had been thrown. The
West has recently supplied much mate
rial for this sort OF study. and 1t is
possible that something scientifically
definite will be known about tornadoes
before long. And then perhaps some
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-07-04
GREAT CYCLONES AND lorna
DOES OF OTHER YEARS.

way will be discovered to prevent them
Many people believe that cyclones
are more numerous now and more
destructive than they We're years ago.
Some scientists hold 10 this theory,
and have tried to account for IT, The
destruction Of the forests has been as
signed as cause, while other wise
men attribute the storms to the rail
road and telegraph lines, which form
a net work over the country and which
may, they say, have some effect on
electrical phenomena.
The chances are that cyclones and
tornadoes are not more numerous now
than they have previously been. There
are more people in the cyclone belt
now and more towns TO be destroyed,
and the facilities for gathering and
publishing the news are better than
ever before. To this last may perhaps
be attributed the belief that tornadoes
are more numerous.
Certainly more people learn of the
destruction of town by a storm or
by any other cause now than ever be-
fore in the history of the world.
Tornadoes have long been a feature
of level countries, whether prairie or
timbered. Throughout Indiana, Ohio,
Wisconsin and Michigan are what
were known TO the early settlers as
"wind-falls." In the midst of an un-
broken forest would be found narrow
swath where the trees had been blown
down. This marked the course OF
tornado that may have scared a few
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-07-04
SOME OF THE BIGGEST.

A 46 ga Burman ruby, the largest
ever cut, was sold in London the other
day for $4,000.
Henry Schacht of Johnson county,
Neb., sold the other day a pet pig
weighing $50 pounds.
A steel plate 76 feet 3 inches long,
and feet wide has just been made by
a Stockton England company.
You know the dome of st. Peters
church in Rome is upheld by four piers
of irregular shape. Well, each of those
piers is as big in floor area as an aver
age church in New York.
Piles from 100 to los feet long are
used by the Tacoma Land company.
They are cut from Washington fir,
which has furnished piles 40 feet long
and two feet square at the butt.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-07-04

trician, however, who not only thought
the plan of electrocuting whales FEAST
BILE, but built the dynamo and outlined
a plan by which II may be done. AS to
the method of application. the cap'n ex-
planned 1t as follows: 81 am going to
place the dynamo on the whaler and
not put 1t in operation until the whal-
ing grounds are reached. On board
will have a big reel of heavily insu-
lated wire. The reel will be placed in
the smaller boat, in which we go out to
meet the whale. We shall have several
thousand feet of wire on the reel. One
end will be connected with the dynamo.
At the other end. which will be in the
smaller boat, will be a hard rubber
stick about four feet in length. The
wire will run through that stick, so that
1t may be handled easily and safely
At the end of the stick will be attached
piece of metal "a inches long and l
inch in diameter. The point of that
needle will be sharp. so as to penetrate
the flesh of the whale easily. The hard
rubber stick and the big needle will be
used just as we use the harpoon to-
day. Well sight whale and lower the
boat. The reel will be swung into the
boat and the dynamo started. The small
boat will go out to the whale, the har-
pooh thrower in his usual position in the
bow. When near the big flsh--as near
as we get in the old way-the harpoon-
er will throw the electric barb. At the
time there will be a current Of 10000
volts running through the wire. When
the point of the needle strikes the
while a current connection will be
formed with the dynamo. and the
whale will get the full shock OF the
high voltage and be dead in the frac-
ton of a second "
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-07-04
SOME SUPERSTITIONS.

In Sicily il is devoutly believed that
a scorpion Enclosed in a bottle or in
some situation from which 1t cannot
escape will sting itself to death.
The beaver hunters of the early days
of this country believed that the Sc
verify of the coming winter was indl-
Gated by the thickness of the beaver
huts.
In Holland and Belgium to kill a
stork is considered one of the greatest
misfortunes that can happen to a man.
Ill fortune is certain to follow him
through life.
In some southern localities the COL
ored people believe that II a crow
croaks an odd number of times foul
weather will follow IL even, the day
will be fine.
Many of the East Indians, particu-
larly among the Hindoos of south In
dia, believe that monkeys can speak,
but will not do so for fear they will be
put to work.
In the Ural mountains the peasantry
believe that II a wolf sees a man before
the man sees the wolf, the nan will be
struck dumb and remain so as long as
the wolf lives.
In many countries there is a super
stition that when ants are unusually
active, running to and fro about their
nests, foul weather is sure to occur In
a very short time.
Several ancient authors narrate the
superstition common in both Greece
and Rome that the basllisk can throw
Its poison to a considerable distance.
and thus slay its victim.
In England and Scotland milkmaids
believe that II they forget to wash
their hands after milking their cows
will 60 dry. This superstition is dill
gently fostered by the owners of the
cows.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-07-04
MIS- SIONS.

Reports from city missions in var,.
Gus parts OF the country Indicate a
great revival on gospel lines.
Col. Edward Fielding, of the yolun.
teers OF America, has issued an urgent
appeal to Christian young men and
women, asking them to consecrote
their lives to Gods service in the new
movement.
Inc Presbyterians has 600 churches
with $4,000 communicates in foreien
helds. in maintenance of which tbev
last year spent $4,000, and the ont.
TOOK Tor increased result for good from
all part was never more promising
"A recent writer declares that out q,
lSs missionary societies at work in ,ha
world world III are supported by Anglo.
saxon money; and out of the go Eoo
ooo given for foreign missions over
came from the nglo-saror
race. oaAop
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-07-04
MISCELLANEOUS

Reports, from various parts q, ,,o
state speak very highly Of the hono o
hcial effects of the Ohio anti.c,sa usa.
law, so efficiently introduced ana 60 e,o
ried ana car
The British. french and R,ss,.u
embassies at Constantinople have aaah
received checks for 10000 as an i'm a.
.emnity Tor the outrages at Jiddah IN
May last. ''uuan IN
Earnest attempts are being mad
elect President Daniel Gilman -
JOINS Hopkins university. as snner-
intendent Of the Greater New yor,
city school system.
The annual general assembly ., A..
southern Presbyterian church ,n .s ne
United States. was held I'm Memns ,ne
rem, In the same church where 81.
assembly was held thirty years ago
Important steps have been taken %
ward permanent union between ~
american Federation of Labor ana ,he e
nn,snts OF Labor, which together CON
.rol about 100000 organized voph.
ingmen WORK.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-07-04

faith in his scheme that he
engaged an electrician to build
dynamo that would generate
an alternating current OF lo,ooo
volts. That dynamo he will have
rugged up in his ship, and then he VIII
sail away to the north to capture the
whale in a fin-de-siecle manner. Capt.
Charles w. Hershell, Of Halifax, who
is owner and commander of the whal-
ing ship Rosalie, is the man who in
tends to wipe out the customs and ira
ditions of the whaling industry with
a small wire and large dynamo. So,
the captain said, when he came to New
York this time it was with the deter
mination that he would consult an cleo
trician and get the opinion of an expert
on the feasibility of the scheme he had
in mind. Capt. Hershell thought of in
terviewing Tesla, but could not find
that gentleman. He did find an cleo
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-07-04
ENGLISH PLANT NAMES.
They Recall One Rather Curious Habit
of Our Ancestors

Our ancestors had a curious habit OF
connecting the names OF plants with
those OF various well-known animals.
says Notes and Queries. Our present
habits are SO different that many
moderns are wholly unable to under
stand this To them such names as
foxglove and harebell seem entirely
senseless. and many efforts, more in
genious than well directed. have been
made to evade the evidence. Yet II Is
easily understood. The names are
simply childish and such as children
would be pleased with. A child only
wants a pretty name, and is glad to
connect a plant with a more or less
familiar animal. This explains the
whole matter, and Ii Is the reverse OF
scientific to deny a fact merely be-
cause we dislike or contemn 1t. This
is not the way to understand the
workings OF the human mind, on
which true etymology often throws
much unexpected light. Ii will be un-
derstood that / can produce my evil
dence, but IL is tedious from its guam
tity. / therefore refer readers to the
glossary in the third volume of Cock
aynes. "Anglo-Saxon Leechdoms,"
where the plant names and refer
ences are given in full Cock
ayne includes some names, such
as cranes bill, which are not found in
or middle English but ap-
pear in early printed herbals. These
l pass over and mention only such as
are actually found in Anglo-Saxon or
early English. The following are ex-
amples: Brides nest, birds nest, wild
bridde-tunge, stellaria holostea;
cat-mint; cicena mete,
chicken meat, chick-weed; cookies fot,
cocks foot. columbine; cocks hedys,
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-07-04

She was given regular and systematic
exercise in running, wrestling and other
athletic accomplishments. and by the
time she was twelve years old became
noted in the neighborhood for her feats
of endurance. At sixteen she could out
run any man, and could distance any
skater in the region famous for its
skating. She could fell a giant hem
lock as quickly and skillfully as any
man in the country, and it is a common
saying in the neighborhood that she
can lick her weight in wild cats"
She is now nineteen years old
weighs III pounds and is as 1.-the and
active as a panther. She dresses in a
combination of male and female attire
consisting of man flannel shirt and
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-07-04
An Erroneous Conclusion.

Must be a awful lot OF birds used
on wimmern's hats nowadays" said
Uncle Abner. as he removed his best
suit of clothes.
why, Abner?" asked Aunt Soph-
rome.
wal, they wus a Teller in front OF
me on the train tibet was dressed to
kiil-short coat, a diamond big as
shellbark hickernut, an a plug hat;
an l heard him tell the Teller tibet he
was settin' with tibet he'd made over
$4,000 this year skinnin' jays"
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-07-04

IL feet inches from head to tip OF
tail, and 531s inches around its largest
part. The largest of the remaining
two measured 8 feet 8 inches.
Upon being cut open the large shark
proved to have a stomach exception
ally void, which in some degree ac-
counted for the tug given the line.
The stomach of a smaller shark was
found to contain two hats, one towel
and half Of the top of a barrel, which
one of the soldiers construed as mean
ing that two native women had gone
out in canoe with keg of beer, and
had been met by the shark, which
had devoured one woman. the head of
another and tapred the keg in a pc
culiar manner.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-07-04
beers Icebont Sail Ends In Capture.

Early one morning recently Oscar
Pinkham and James Mcclure, two
young men of Dover Point, while walk
ing on the beach near the residence of
the former, discovered a half-grown
deer sitting on cake of ice and leis-
urely floating down the Piscataqua
river. AS soon as they recovered from
their surprise they gave chase and with
assistance succeeded, after much effort.
in launching boat from the ice-b bound
shore. The deer was soon forced TO
take to the short on the Newington
side, but a sudden impulse again
changed his course and for a second
time he took to the icy water of the
river, this time to be captured with the
assistance of other boatmen in the vi
entity. The animal is now on exhibit
ton at the residence of Hon. Woodbury.
Langdon, in Fox Point, in Newington.
and bears his strange experience and
captivity well.-Portsmouth IN. HI
Chronicle.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-07-04

cocks head. melilot; colts foot. colts
ioot' cow-rattle; cuslyppe. cu-sloppe.
cowslip; cronesanke, cranes shank
'polygonum persicaria); crowe-pil
crow-bill (erodium moschatum); crow
sope, crows hope, latherwort: dog
Kennel; efor-fearn, ever-fern: ever
BOAR poly-pody; eofor-throtu, ever
throat, boar-throat, carline thistle.
ioxes clate, fox-clote, bur-dock; foxes
lot, fox foot (sparganium simplex.
ioxes glofa, fox glove; fugeles leac.
fowrs leek; fugeles bean, fowls bean
vetch; fugeles wise, larkspur; gauk-
pintel, cuckoo-pintle (arum macula-
tum); geaces sure, cuckoo-sorrel: gate
treow' goat-tree, cornell; haran hyge.
hare's foot trefoil
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-07-04

Lola, the Chippewa girl" is the
greatest woman sprinter of the age, and
1t is doubtful if more than one or two
men are her equals.
Her history is interesting. She has
been brought up and trained by Pierre
Crowl, Canadian backwoodsman
who has carried out for her benefit
some long-cherished theories of his
own.
"Ze mare outrun de horse, re doe
outrun re stag, Wy shall not re laidee
outrun re MANI" he used to say. II
will see 1t prove some day."
He is now pleasantly engaged in
seeing it prove"
From the time of her adoption by
Crowl the girl was practically training.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-07-04
Another Variety.

What you want to do" said the
man who speaks frankly to Senator
Sorghum, "is to branch out and get out
of the machine phase of your career.
You want to reach up into the heights
and write your name on the roll of
fame"
L suppose So" replied the Senator.
The roll Of fame is a good thing to
think about. But when a man is as
busy as l have been getting peoples
names on the payroll of the govern
ment he doesn't get time to give it the
attention II deserves"
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-07-04
She Sighed and Tie TumbIed.

They were sitting in the twilight and
he was explaining how he lost his
money.
"You see, It was this way: In the
quarter stretch my horse was two
lengths ahead, but he gradually lost
ground till in the home stretch he was
neck and neck with the young filly-"
How lovely" she exclaimed, inter-
rupting him and moving little closer.
How lovely?" he repeated. II don't
understand. l had my money on the
horse that was dropping behind"
Yes. Harry, know; but was think
ing how perfectly beautiful it must
have been to be neck and neck"
Then he gave a protracted sigh, ad-
justed his position, and there in the
silence and cleaning they illustrated,
in pantomime, a modern racing term.