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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-20
Outside Decoration OF French Houses.

Outslue DecOEablOh OF uchsess
Ferdinand Mazas, in The Arohitec-
tural Record, explains sculpture as ap-
piled to Paris houses. Twenty years
ago, " Mr.. Mazas says, "the external or
namentation of French houses was, in
general of very sober character " To
day decoration is very much in fashion
and prehaps not always discreet
M. Paul Heneux, having been in
trusted with the erection of the new
town hall at Les Lilas, a charming lit
tie place near Paris, conceived the idea
of treating all the sculpture of the
building with lilacs. The capitals, the
balcony, the friezes and the flower work
placed above the dormer windows Yep
resent nothing but sprays, lunches
leaves and petals of lilac. The bracksfs
of the windows are also formed of flow
ers of the same spring shrub. AS to the
baluster Of the grand staircase, it repre-
sents trellis with branches of Ilan
climbing over it. Yet the architect has
avoided monotony and has produced
the most graceful variations upon this
single theme adopted by him. We will
also mention house designed by M
Paul Heneux. In this case all the scnlp--
ture has been inspired by the profession'
of the owner, who is a druggist. The
frontals of the dormer windows of this
| house are ornamented with garlands of
mallows and peoples. The frieze is COM
posed of renaissance motives, in the or
namentation of which other mediciuak
plants figure. Finally. on the first ssery
there is an escutcbeon that recalls the
origin of the fortune of the owner. who
is the dissemination of some kind of oint-
! ment or elixir.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-20
ONE OF NELSON'S CAPTAINS.
a New Yorker Commanded a British Ship
In the Battle of the Nile.

a New Yorker Commanded British Ship
In the Battle Of the Nile.
The fifth ship was the Theseus, Cap
tain Ralph Willett Miller. This gentle
man, whom after his premature death
Nelson styled "the only truly virtuous
man ever knew" was by birth New
Yorker, whose family had been loyalists
during the American Revolution. A let
ter from him to his wife gives an ao-
count of the fight which is at once
among the most vivid and from the
professional standpoint the most salts
factory of those which have been trans
mitted to us. OF the Theseus' entrance
into the battle he says:
"In running along the enemy's line
in the wake of the Jealous and Goliath,
! observed their shot sweep just over us.
And knowing well that at such a mo-
ment Frenchmen would not have cool.
ness enough to change their elevation,
I closed them suddenly, and, running
under the arch Of their shot, reserved
my fire, every gun being loaded with
two and some with three round shot,
until had the Guerrier's masts in a
line and her jibboom about six feet clear
Of our rigging. We then opened with
such effect that a second breath could
not be drawn before her main and miz-
zen masts were also gone. This was pre-
cisely at sunset, or "A minutes past 6.
Then passing between her and the Zeal
ous and as close as possible round the
off side of the Goliath, we anchored by
the stern exactly in line with her and
abreast the Spartiate. We had not been
many minutes in action with the Spar
tate when We observed one Of our ships
(and soon after knew her to be the Van
guard, place herself so directly opposite
to us on the outside Of her that desist-
ed firing on her, that / might not do
mischief to our friends, and directed ev-
cry gun before the mainmast on the
Aquilon Fourth FRENCH ard all abaft
it on the Corquerant, giving up my
proper bird to the admiral. "-"Nelson
In the Battle of the Nile" by Captain
Mahan, in Century.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-20
A Parlor Ornament.

Something which demonstrated that
the human hair grows after death was
discovered recently in Colesville. N y
There lives in that town family named
Howe, we'll to do farmers They had
daughter. Jessie, - years old She had
beautiful golden hair. When she was
stricken with fever. it was necessary
to cut off her locks. Finally she died
and was buried After two years the
parents decided to remove the remains
to another spot. The grave was opened
1t was found that her hair had grown
to reach nearly to her feet. 1t was as
bright and glossy as though its wearer
was in the best of health. The tresses
were cut off They measured over five
feet They were put into glass case in
Mrs. Howe's home. where they are now
shown to visitors. New York Press.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-20
A Welsh Rip.

Every nation has Rip Van Winkler
of its own, but the Welsh story of Rip
is unique He is known as Taffy apr
Sion. One morning Taffy heard bird
singing on tree close by his path. Al
lured by the melody, he sat down until
the music ceased. When be arose, what
was his surprise at observing that the
tree under which he had taken seat had
now become dead and withered. In the
doorway of his home, which, TO his
amazement, had also suddenly growR
older, he asked Of strange old man for
his parents, whom he had left there, as
he said, few minutes before. Upon
learning his name the old man said:
"Alas, Taffy, / have often heard my
grandfather, your father, speak of you-
and it was said you were under the
power Of the fairies and would not be-
released until the last sap of that syca-
more had dried up. Embrace me, my
dear uncle-for you are my uncle-em-
brace your nephew" Welshmen do noss
always perceive the humor of this some
what novel situation of youth-fOr'
Taffy was still merely boy-being
hailed as uncle by a gentleman perhaps
40 years his senior. -Lippincott's-
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-20
English Administration of Jamaica.

The English administration Of ia.
maica is thing to be thankful for.
There are law and order. excellent
roads, comfortable houses, adequate po-
lice, lawn tennis and cricket, plenty of
manly, companionable English army
and navy officers and governor who is
strong, able and genial. At the same
time it would be folly to maintain that
the island is producing tenth part of
the wealth that is latent in soil and
atmosphere, or that most Of the wealth
that is beginning to make its APP
pearance is due to anything so much
as to the American enterprise and cap
ital which are opening up railways
and cultivating fruits. Another serious
fact, though not necessarily an unwel-
come one. is that the islands 1000
square miles contain population of
600, 900 persons, 20, 600 of whom are
white. Julian Hawthorne in Century.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-20
AN INDIAN VILLAGE.
Found In New Jersey-Supposed to Have
Been Deserted For a Century.

An Indian village has been discover
ed by Constable George w. Sneft of Egg
Harbor City n j. This was midway
between Pomona and Mckee City.
Sneft was fox hunting with party
of friends and passed through the dense
forests, when suddenly one of their
number spied an opening in the thickest
of the brush They Investigated 1t and
found that it was an old Indian hut.
still in good condition as it was made
of hickory wood
A further search revealed four other
huts, and around them were found
many arrowheads. darts. tomahawks
and quantity of flint. One of the tom
ahawks had covering of some animal
skin and a sharp arrowhead fastened
to an end This spot covered but an
area of about 200 feet and is so thickly
surrounded by brush that 1t is safe to
say it was not trod upon for nearly a
century, although it is only 200 yards
from a we'll travelled road.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-20
Cities Buried by Sand Storms.

Sven Hedin, tho Norwegian traveller,
has discovered on the north side OF the
Kuen Lun mountains, and in the edge
Of the great desert Of Cobb, the ruins OF
towns which he thinks were buried by
sand storms about 1000 years ago. The
largest town was nearly Q Il miles long,
and canal connected it and the sur
rounding country with the Kerija river.
The houses had walls Of plated reeds,
covered with mud and then coated with
white plaster, and OH these plaster walls
were we'll executed paintings OF men,
animals and flowers. Poplars, apricots
and plum trees had evidently hourished
there before the invasion of the sand.-
San Francisco Chronicle.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-20
Big Alligators.

At the end of chapter on alligators
In his book, ''Hunting and Fishing in
Florida, Mr. Charles B. Cory, curator
of the department of ornithology i'm the
Field Column isn museum, Chicago,
gives an entry which he once saw in the
register of the Brock House.
In the old days, when transportation
was more difficult than it is at present.
the Brock House was about the end or
civilization and was "a hours trip by
boat from Jacksonville. 1t was at that
time great resort for sportsmen, who
were attracted there by the fishing an6
shooting to be had in the vicinity.
The old register, which extended
back great many years, contained
some queer records, some Of them OF
doubtful veracity. Among others. some
one had written:
March 10, 1879, killed large aiIS-
gator, the largest seen here this year.
The stomach contained boot, piece
of pine wood, fisherman's float and
some small fish,"
Immediately beneath this record was
another, evidently added by some wag :
"March "a, killed much bigger ALI
gator than the one mentioned above
The stomach contained a gold watch
$4,000 in government bonds and a cord
of wood.
On the next page, written in neat
unobtrusive style, was inscribed the fol-
lowing "Shot the biggest alligator ever
known in Florida. The stomach con-
tanned the remains Of "a steam launch
lot of old railway iron and quantity
of melted ice, proving that it existed
during the glacial epoch.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-20
THE CRANE DANCE.
Where the soubrettes Got Their Idea For
Speciality.

Where the soubrettes Got Their Idea For
Speciality.
There is "a dance called the crane
dance, which is popular at the vaude-
Vile houses. At Lincoln park there is
real crane which does a crane dance,
and those who have seen its saltatorial
feats say the bird does it much better
than do the featherless, two legged ami
mails.
No purely initiative dancing could
fail TO gain by being an exact copy OF
the performance of the long necked,
spindle legged sand hill crane. It's steps
are not only grotesque, but they are of
a kind to make the gravest onlooker lose
his dignity and laugh like delighted
boy at the circus. This Lincoln park
bird at the outset of his dance is the
personification of dignity. When in the
days of his freedom he tripped it on his
native sand hills for the sole benefit OF
his mate, be did SO only in the spring
time, but now, in his lowly captive
state, he dances in and out of season if
the keeper who feeds him will but wave
his arms and take an awkward step or
two to give him encouragement
The crane begins its dance by showing
one long leg, with it's claw attachment,
straight out in front of his body. Then
he lowers it and draws it back slowly
until it is within an inch or two of the
ground. Then there is lightninglike
double shuttle, and the other leg is
pointed to the front. Then the dance
begins in earnest. The wings are
stretched and beat the air in perfect
time to the movement Of the feet, be
they going fast or slow. There is the
sem blanoe of clog then the sinuous
foot and body movement of the nautch
girl, and in moment the whirl of the
dancing dervish, TO be succeeded as a
finale by sort of wild "all hands
round" in which every feather Of the
bird is alive, as it enters into the JOY OF
the dance with an utter abandon. The
act of stopping is like the halt" of the
German soldier-sudden. stiff and in
slant. Then the crane marches away to
corner with still stately tread, but
with an eye which appears to reveal en-
barrassment. Chicago Times-Herald.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-20
A Physicians Pigeons.

The carrier pigeon has been put to -
new use by doctor in Scotland who
has large and scattered practice. SayS
the London Globe:
When he goes Oh long rounds, he car
ries number of pigeons with him. IL
he finds that some of his patients re-
quire medicine at once, he writes ouk
prescriptions, and by means Of the pr
geons forwards them to his surgery. Here
an assistant gets the messages, prepares
the prescriptions and dispatches the,
medicine.
If, after visiting patient, the doctor
thinks he will be required later in tho
day, he simply leaves q pigeon, which
is employed to summon him if necessary
To this enterprising physician the keep
ing of carrier pigeons means saving OF
time, expense and labor.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-20
Youthful interrogation.

"Mother," said a thoughtful Boston
child to his maternal relative.
"What is it, Waldo?"
SIS Philadelphia older than Boston,
mother!"
"Of course not, my son. The first set
Element was made in Charlestown in
1880. while William Penn did not ar
rive on the site of Philadelphia until 5s
years later. I"
''That was always my impression.
mother, but how is it that Philadelphia
is mentioned in the Bible, while Boston
is notl' - Pittsburg Chronicle-Tele-
graph.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-20
The Mine Trouble mt Leadville.

Leadville, Col. Jan. 2O.-The PROPOSE
uon OF the managers Of the mines here
was refused by the representatives of
the miners, and they then withdrew all
oHers and left. The governor, after
further conference with the managers,
sent Tor President Boyce and e. ". Debs
ana Tor two hours the executive COM
mittee Of the managers and the govern
or discussed the situation with them,
ms being the first since the governors
arrival that representatives Of the OPP
posing organizations have been brought
together
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-20
Hammond Died Anything but Rich.

ehicago, Jan. 20.-Letters of admin
,sra'ion upon the estate of Vice Pres
iuent Hammond of the National Bank
~. iiiinois. who committed suicide after
sne banks failure. were granted Mon
my 10 the widow, Ida L. Hammond.
"e schedule of the estate shows 1t to
o Se worth but $4,000, consisting Of &c.,
W., ". personal property and a cemetery
lot, valued at 5000
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-20
Skeletons with Tails.

A discovery of wonderful interest to
the followers of the Darwinian theory
of evolution was made not long since
near the little village of Sinaloa,
Mexico. while workmeu were preparing
the ground of new coffee plantation.
This wonderful chronological find con-
sisted of hundreds Of skeletons of what
some believed to be q prehistoric pee
pie of very low order Of intelligence
Each Of the skeletons is provided with
the bones of long, thick caudal ap-
pendage, which in life turned up, like
squirrels tail.-St. Louis Republic.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-20
Climbing.

Selfish ambition may help us to climb
to the point where we may be SEEM put
IL never aids us in climbing to where
we can see. The higher man gets in
the world in pursuit of selfish aims the
narrower his field of vision becomes.
The higher he gets in the pursuit OF un'
selfish aims the farther he can see
around him. IL matters little whether
we climb in life if we do not climb TO-
ward higher point of vision.-Sunday
School Times.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-20
The scapegoat.
r is not to his liking

When the weather is not to his liking
And he's taken terrible cold
Through imprudence audacious and striking
He feels that he's licensed to scold.
In manners as fierce rs Viking
He forgets how the mischief was DONE
And his rage will resound
In remarks most profound
On the way that the governments run
II too freely the sun sheds caloric,
Or IL frostward the climate should stray;
II the tests seem too fatty historic
When he's seeking for mirth at the play:
n he's purchased book sophomore
Or encountered a narrowing pun
His wrath he'll display
In the things that he'll say
ON the way that the governments run.
Washington Star.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-20
John Dillon Re-El.cted.

london Jan. 20.-The Irish parlia-
,n ",ary party at Its seasonal meet ..
LIS LIS heid Tuesday reelected John Dill
on as chairman. Timothy M. Healy
n,vd against the reelection of Mr..
, uaiioh by unanimous vote and insisted
NAV ma' a detailed vote be taken. This
w. "as done and the result was the defeat
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-20
HeIiOtrOpe.

The name Of the heliotrope comes
from two Greek words signifying
''twining toward the SUM-" 1t has long
been a belief that the flower OF the he
liotrope turns, with the advancing day,
SO rs to face the sun. in some species
of this plant this curious practice Is
noticed.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-20
France Wants Arbitration. Too.

London, Jan. 20.-The Standards VII
e emma correspondent says: An inspired
raris correspondent Of The Politische
corresponding learns that France Is
laeuitating the negotiation Of a treaty
=. aroitration with the United States
similar TO the Anglo-American treaty.
1 S treaty would be very welcome in
franc. Trance and the prospects for its conclu-
SION are In no way unfayorahle.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-20

The red oarnation is regarded in
Spain as an emblem of despair. There
is a tradition in Andalusia that the
flower sprang from the blood Of the Viz.
gin Mary.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-20
Fssryboat Carries seven 20 Death.

u,.. nNon, Jan. 20.-A ferryboat laden
III I'm workmen sank while crossing the
ts en at Newport and seven of the If
persons on board were drowned.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-20
wolcotts Home Com,ng r,.ed.

nor,n "uon, Jan. 20.-The Chronicle re-
eott ,nat United States Senator VOL
end W WIN return to America about the
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-20

There are many families Of the mos
quito, one entomolorist saying thss
there are so kinds in tho United States
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-20
An Immense Organ.

The new organ of the Church Of st.
Ignatius, San Francisco, weighs more
than 100, 900 pounds and has more than
3. 600 pipes
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-20

The distance between Cape Town,
South Africa. and Washington is 6.6si
miles
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-20

First Movements During IA Revolution.
1 know the men of the people in Par
ia too well not to know that their first
movements in times of revolution are
usually generous, and that they are best
pleased to spend the days Immediately
following their triumph in Boosting of
their victory, laying down the law and
playing at being great men. During
that time it generally happens that
some government or other is set up, the
police returns to its post and the judge
to his bench, and when at last our great
men consent to step down to the better
known and more vulgar ground of pet
ty and malicious human passions they
are no longer able to do so and are re-
duced to live simply like honest men.
Besides, we have spent so many years
in instructions that there have arisen
among us kind of morality peculiar
to times of disorder and special code
for days of rebellion. According to these
exceptional laws, murder is tolerated
and havoc permitted, but theft is stren-
uously forbidden, although this, what
ever one may say, does not prevent a
good deal of robbery from occurring up
ON those days for the simple reason that
society in state of rebellion cannot be
different from that at any other time,
and it will always contain number OF
rascals who, as far as they are concern
ed, scorn the morality of the main body
and despise its point of honor when
they are unobserved -" Recollection"
of De TocQueville.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-20

Ten days are required to make shs
voyage between New York and Amsssr-
dam.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-20
Sto vtfs of Prentice.

George ID. Prentice was remarkably
candid man, illustration of which ia
given in tine anecdotes which follow;
but these are only "a few Of the hundreds
to be told:
Once when coming out of q public
building in Louisville he was about TO
pass through double door which open.
ed both ways. Like the sensible man he
was he started to push ut the door half
on his right A young man coming from
the opposite direction was pushing at
the same door, being his own left.
Prentice lost patience, and throwing
himself with all his might against the
door it flew open and the young man
went sprawling on the mosaic floor.
Assisting the youth to arise, Prentice
remarked: Take my advice. my son.
Keep to the right in your way through
life, and you'll never run against any
body but "a blamed fool, and you needn't
apologize to him.
Will 5. Hays, the famous Kentucky
song writer, was in the latter days of
the old Journal river reporter for The
Democrat. Hays was very sudden
young man, good hearted, jolly, witty,
but lacking somewhat in reverence, and
he had habit Of calling persons, even
old enough to .be his grandfather, by
their given names. Visiting Prentice
one day as fellow poet, after some des-
ultory talk, Hays said:
81 suppose, George, You have seen
my last song"
Prentice looked up at Hays, who was
seated cross logged on Prentice's table,
and with q twinkle in his expressive
eyes quietly replied:
II hope so, Bill
Bill locked around for second or
two, as if something had tapped him,
and then slid down the baluster raj to
the front door. Chicago Times Herald.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-01
VICTIMS OF THE TROLLEY.
Men and Women Injured-Colored
Man Has His Nose Broken.

Three persons were injured in a troll
ley car collision Saturday evening which
was due, it is alleged, to the recklessness
OF the motorman. who was running his
car at high rate of speed. The injured
were:-C. L. Prime. of No So Oxford ave-
nIue. his wife and young daughter. Prime
= a baker of No. 81 Monticello avenue.
ne he had been downtown delivering goods,
and when returning shortly after eight
9 CLOCK saw his wife and daughter on the
corner of Montgomery and Van Worst
streets waiting for car. He helped
proceeded le.sureIy up the Hill toward
home
At Montgomery and Merseles streets he
crew in on the west bound track of the
trucks. The next instant there was a
crash and he. his wife and daughter
were precipitated into the street Trolley
car NO. 40. in charge of Lewis Martin, of
wagon and wrecked it.
Prime, his wife and daughter were re-
moved to the City Hospital Their
wounds were dressed and In an hour were
not arrested. Prime intends suing the
Traction Company for damages.
T,ers 5enn sDenn Delaney HS years old Of No, 2
street troEey car at Montgomery street
and Baldwin avenue Saturday night while
intoxicated, sustaining painful scalp
Wounds WOUNDS, He was taken to the City
While attempting to board a Montgom-
cry street car last night Frank jackson.
colored, missed his footing and falling
against the platform broke his nose He
was taken to his home. No. 100 Duncan
avenue
Louis Martin, the motorman. was ar
rested this morning ON a charge of
atroctous assault. He is held to await
wife md child 80