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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-30
Against Premature Burial.

Consul Mantius writing from Turin,
says: prominent physicians and laymen
are at present busily engaged in preparing
an exhaustive report, with exhibits, on
the subject of Apparent Death and Pre-
mature Burial. This report will be the
striking feature of the medical department
at the national exposition to be opened
here in April, 1898.
reports of similar kind are expected
from all over the world. There will be an
international competition and a prize will
be awarded for the best work on the solu-
ton of a problem in which not only the
profession, but, more or less every mortal
is interested
"Up to the present time no infallible
test for distinguishing apparent from real
death has been discovered, in consequence
of which horrifying cases of persons buried
alive occur from time to time and are mar
rated in medical journals and daily papers.
The committee of physicians and laymen
organized to gather and sift the material
realizes that the first step to remedy such
conditions should be to obtain modifica-
ton of the laws relative to the limited
space of time allowed for bodies to be kept
before burial in some countries 1t Is
clearly proved that the number of persons
buried alive is much larger in such coun-
tries Therefore the members of this com
mission appeal to the heads of the govern
ments and to all those whose position
gives them influence over the people fol-
their support in movement which cannot
fail to interest humanity. 1t is the inten
ton to start periodical which will be
devoted to the furtherance of the matter
in hand
Early this year the Italian government
through foreign ambassadors and minis
tiers, 9. nded an invitation to other ma
lions to sctive part in those branches
of the 4 exposition which are of an
international character. The main feature
of the medical department. might have
been easily overlooked in the bulk OF othel
interesting material.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-30
His First Chance.

"Is there man in all the audience,
demanded the female speaker on woman s
rights fiercely, THAT has ever done any
thing to tighten the burden resting on his
wife's shoulders? What do you know of
woman's work. Is there a man here
she continued, folding her arms and look
ing over her audience with superb scorn,
"that has ever got up in the morning,
leaving his tired, wornout wife to enjoy
her slumbers, gone quietly down stairs,
made the fire, cooked his own breakfast,
sewed the missing buttons on the chill
dren clothes, darned the family stockings,
secured the pots and kettles, cleaned and
filed the lamps, swept the kitchen, and
done all this, if necessary, day after day
uncomplaininglyP If there is such man
in this audience, let him stand up /
should like to see him.
And far back in the hall a mild looking
man in spectacles, i'm obedience to the
summons, timidly arose. He was the hus-
band of the eloquent speaker 1t was the
first chance he had ever had to assert him
self-Strand Magazine.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-30
The Bargain Sale.

A bargain sale is a pretty serious bust
ness in England. The Newcastle Chron-
icle recently contained the following item I:
"a remarkable fatality occurred in Mare
street, Hackney, on Saturday. A sale at
a local diapers was announced to begin
in the morning, and large crowd OF
women assembled long before the doors
were opened Some were there as early as
5:45 o'clock Among them was an old
lady who succeeded in getting into the
shop and fell fainting at counter while
making a small purchase With the as
sistance of the police she was got out and
a doctor sent for, but life was found to DO
extinct The body was removed to the
mortuary. A large force OF police was on
duty throughout the day to control the
crowds, and at intervals it became neces-
sary to close the doors The excitcment
did not subside until the place was finally
shut up at IL o'clock on Saturday night.
Some persons declared that such scenes
were never before witnessed ut sale
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-30
DECLINING A BULLDOG.
A Theatrical stenographer Put IL on the
Same Plane rs q Play.

Dog stories are plentiful, as are also fish
stories, but here is genuinely true one,
vouched for by Manager Will j. Davis and
Myron B. Rice which alone should be suf-
ficient evidence of its truthfulness. Mr..
Davis is fancier of dogs, and he Is con-
tinually bothered by his friends for young
specimens. In the summer Mr.. Davis had
a kennel of bulldogs which were unusual
ly fine He had remembered Mr.. Rice Wis
iting his farm in the Henry Irving engage
ment where he much admired all of Mr..
Davis canine family. He thought Mr..
Rice would be pleased to possess one of
these fine bulldogs, SO he forwarded one to
New York city.
Mr. Rice while i'm New York lives in an
apartment, and as apartments in New
York are similar to those in Chicago the
janitor protested against Mr.. Rice having
a dog in his rooms. He did not know
what to do with the pup, having no place
to keep him, and yet not wishing to give
it to any one else. He therefore thought
1t would be best to return 1t to Mr.. Davis.
He took the dog to the Office and there had
it packed for shipment. In the meantime
he had requested his stenographer to write
a polite letter to Mr.. Davis, telling him
the facts and expressing thanks and re-
grets. Now, in Mr. Rice's New York office
they are in the habit of receiving numer-
Gus manuscripts of plays.
"Will you dictate this letter. asked the
stenographer.
"No. Go ahead and write it yourself I
am busy just now. With all the experience
you have had you certainly should have
tact enough to decline bulldog without
giving offense."
A few days later Mr.. Davis received
the following polite letter of explanation
and thanks from his friend, Myron b.
Rice. At first he could not comprehend
it's meaning. He, however, kept it and
| expects to have considerable amusement
out of it at the expense Of MIR. Rice:
DEAR Strive regret that we are compelled
| to decline the bulldog you so kindly submitted
| to us. We have carefully examined it and are
| sincerely sorry that it does not seem wholly
available for use.
OF course you are aware that many consid
| erations besides quality must govern the ac
| ceptance of bulldogs, and the rejection of any
| particular bulldog does not necessarily imply
| that it is lacking in merit.
| This and hundred other reasons may cause
| the rejection of any offered bulldog without
| reference to its intrinsic worth. The simple
fact of refusal, therefore, does not carry will
it any adverse judgment as to the excellence
of the bulldog, but it is merely statement
that it cannot be used at the present tine. w
thank you for your courtesy in submitting
same and remain, very truly yours,
| MYRoN b. RICE.
Per f. j.
| -Cbicogo Trihunp
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-30
Philosophy of Wearing Out Shoes.

Young people wear shoes out more rap
idly than their elders owing to buoyant
proclivities to kick the world before them.
With maturity comes age, possibly matri-
mony and probably children; hence in
creased demand for shoes Economy then
forces elderly shoe wearers to pick their
way more cautiously; hence to prolong the
life of their shoes.
Further, as the years lengthen, tendency
to exercise decreases and old shoes, like
old friends, are more solicitously cared for.
Care of the shoes is not one of the signs
of old age but it is large and luminous
fact that old people make their shoes last
longer than do young people. Hide and
Leather
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-30
LOADING CATTLE AT HILO.
How the Animals Are Taken From the
Beach to the Decks of Vessels.

To load cattle they are driven from
stone corral through an opening that leads
into the surf, walled on either side with
lava rock. One kanaka cowboy, having
cast his lariat around the wildly plunging
steers horns, makes fast to the pommel OF
Sis saddle, while another riding behind
gees twist on the steers tail. and togeth-
err, one dragging, the other twisting they
go careering through the opening into the
surf, the wild steer thinking that he sees
an opening for escape. A small boat con-
tanning five or six natives from the steam
er is anchored where the water is too deep
for the cattle To touch bottom, and when
the first rider quickly throws the lariat to
one of the boatmen the swimming steer is
hauled to the boats side, twisted around
in the water until the curve of his horns
can be hung over the side of the boat his
back being toward the boat, and he Is fas-
tened there, 10 hang until 10 or IL more are
driven out and hung up in the same way,
half on either side, and the boat then pro-
ceeds to the ship. Formerly they hoisted
the cattle from the water by rope around
the horns, but finding that this resulted in
too much loss they now use sings.
As the last one of boatload reached
the deck il twisted out of the sling by
struggling in the air and fell directly into
the boat beneath Every Kanaka in the
boat Immediately had pressing engage
ment elsewhere and made quick dive to
keep it, There were then pleasanter places
for quiet half hour than the small boat
with that wild steer in it.
An amusing incident illustrating some
what the kanakas' fearlessness in the wa
ter occurred while unloading lot OF
mules. While all the boats were ashore
with one lot another mule managed to
jump through the gangway into the sea
! Instead of heading for shore it swan out
! toward the open sea, and the mate ordered
/ native to go after it. He dove from tho
| steamer at once, finally got on the mule
! back, and holding its ears, guided it to
ward the ship, when the mule began tt
/ buck but, as he had no solid starting
place for his jump did it quite unsuccess
| fully, and was finally held up alongside
, the steamer with lariat until the boa
came back Hartford Courant.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-30
BEWAEE THE ROADS TURN.
1t May Upset Even the Fondest Calcutta
tons Sometimes.


tious Sometimes.
Phil Scott had bought new black band
for his Sunday hat making it after five
years of service conspicuous by its new
ness, and also adding to the dignity of the
occasion when he was chief mourner in n
procession in which his late wife. Belinda,
was the central figure.
Phil had always asserted his right to be
master in his own house. Belinda had dis
puted his supremacy, and the result had
been bitter warfare, which was now set
tied by the demise of the weaker party.
Not that Belinda would for a moment
have admitted that the phrase represented
her, but it was supposed that her ears
were forever deaf to belligerent sounds.
Indeed Pills freedom was already making
it's effects visible in n jauntiness of step
that was hardly in decorous keeping with
the services.
The procession was on foot, and some of
Pills old friends officiated in carrying
Belinda to her last resting place, when, as
they came to turn in the road the fore
most one stumbled and dropped his end of
the load, and the next moment there was
crash, a wreck, and Belinda, sitting up
among the debris, said sharply:
Couldn't wait till l was dead before
you went to buryin me, Phil Scott?
There was u wild scene of terror and
confusion, but Phil was the first one to
recover from the shock and TO assure Be-
! linda of his JOY that she had only been in
| a trance. He also alluded feelingly to the
| fortunate circumstance that one of the
1 bearers had stumbled.
year or SO later Belinda, whose tenn
| per had not been ut all improved by her
remarkable experience, really died, and
/ this time Phil waited until there could be
, no doubt, and then gathered the same
! friends under his roof for the final serv-
! ices. AS before, Belinda was conveyed by
| hand, but the bearers took particular pains
| to be sure footed AS if this might not
/ suffice, when they reached the scene of
their former mishap Phil silently directed
1 their attention to "A large sign nailed to a
| tree. 1t read, beware the Turn In the
Road. Chicago Times Herald.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-30
The Paris Frotteur.

a. almost every one who has lived here has
=. sumo time or other made the acquaint-
S Suos Oh the Paris "frotteur," whose sole
,r uSluess 1t Is to polish oak floors. The
n wP,Oai irotteur is quite character. He is
in oane and patronizin9. He confers an
i nn favor upon you by condescend-
ers. 70 oeeswax your floors, but he has tact
ana uen not to make you uncomfortable,
for 1 $50 - long as you show a proper respect
ba ., sne profession of which no is a member
tab pohteness itself He never fails to
ma great interest In his customers and
CON-" "s ali about their friends, their in
IS, ue and their private affairs generally.
tS s,s of the Paris frotteur have
drawbacks; but, on the whole, the
m sran Is made up of very useful
to,nau oers OF society, for whom their GUS
bla ~ generally entertain kind Of anna
"eakness,=Paxis Letter.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-30
CHE BOOSTER.
One PecultAe Product of the Glorious CIi-
mate of California.

In every California town there are num-
berless little poker rooms where omen
games run day and night There are a
lew handsome places where IL costs from
20 to S25 to sit i'm game, but most of the
places are plain little rooms where a plav
or may buy stack of 20 white chips for
90 cents and take his chance. Chips mt
"a cents each may seem very small. but
as the game is played invariably for table
stakes the player soon either loses his
modest stack in the game or is forced TO
put in more money. The players are near
ly al poor men, but as the losers leave
their money and the winners usually stay
800 worth of chips is not an unusual
sight on the table.
The law forbids the use of a slot in the
table or any kind of kitty" SO the pro-
prietor makes his money by charging each
player one white check every half hour for
new cards. The income of such a place
foots up to exactly cents an hour to each
player, hardly enough to satisfy the ambi-
lions OF the sportsman who runs the place.
hence the booster
The booster Is really poker agent on a
90 per cent commission. He comes into
the game with stack or two of the pro.
prietor's chips and plays to win, with the
understanding that he will quit whenever
asked to make way for moneyed player
He must then return the original capital
and one-half of his winnings His princi-
pal usefulness is in starting new games
and filling vacant chairs in those that lack
players. He comes around early when the
poker place opens and hangs about with
Others of his kind until two or three indie
pendent players turn up. Then he begins
TO play and makes what he can until =
nudge in the back warns him that his
chair Is wanted
To the booster with his small stack the
game is a very serious thing 1t means
food, lodging and tobacco for the next "a
hours He must always look neat and
prosperous, as If he had money in rolls,
although he often sits down with stoin-
ach left empty merely that his linen may
be stainless and his shoes may shine, OF
course such II man is not above running
up set OF threcs" or dealing off the bot
tom if he gets chance. and his spare
hours at home are often passed in front
of the looking glass trying new tricks.
Though he is about the best short caro-
man in the world the booster rarely
makes more than enough for days liv
ing. The stake in the game is so small al
first that he does not get much of chance
and later, when the game grows strong
he has to make way for others. Besides
this, the other players are pretty well sea
soned and keep sharp eye on the dealer
This, with the thought that IA loss means
a hungry day in the street, takes away al
desire to plunge York Sun.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-30
Cure People Don't Want.

Il see it has been decided that love Is
disease"
"Then there must be cure"
"Unquestionably. But 1t isn't known
and probably never will be. "
why not?'
There's no incentive for any investiga-
ton in that line. You couldn't sell pint
of it in ten years. People don't want 1t.
Instead of trying to find cure they are
lying awake nights trying to catch the
disease. II you should get roomful OF
the germs, most of the population would
be fighting to see who could get in first I"
Chicago Post.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-30
Joseph 81. Hodgsou arrived home yes
'erday from business trip to Chicago.
1t Does Make n Difference.

Al Munster recently man received
.nree years penal servitude for attempting
Wpolson his wife by administering to her
suiphate OF zinc in whisky. At Leeds a
woman was condemned to 90 years penal
%rVitude for Attempting TO murder her hus.
"a Tand by administering poison in his food.
~ Is certainly difficult to account for this
vast Inference in the punishment in two
suVn similar cases, and n lady correspond
s W, ihsiEuates that To the woman were
gwen ~ years because the judges, being
men naturally regard the crime as more
ou,nous In wife than in husband My
, ,"n opinion, after reading the reports, Is
saa' .ie woman got no more than she do
London Truth.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-30
|,.,v BreakWater Will
% Commenced BY
Next Year.
|Oamp Rock Will BE Used
..s Quantities From the Quincy
" md FrankIin PiIes-other Twin
city News.

uoor when the extensive work at
s' anal is inaugurated by the govern
'e ,,at Of building a breakwater out
@'u| ,he canal entrance in dep water, a
lom ~. amount OF stone and rock is to be
'A's The rock will come from the large
. ,'ao nile Of the Quincy or Franklin and
D III nrobably be delivered to the con-
...,or. at the lake front, near the old
"'.sola mill site. For this purpose the
,,ios,, Range railroad will put in a side
....t over the old right OF way, used
hon the Osceola mill was running,
-,;.b 70 still owned by the railroad.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-30
Meant to BE Lenient.

A colored exhorter who was holding
revival meeting in "a Georgia town was APP
proacbed by a member of his congrega
ton, who said:
"Bre'r williams, dey didn't like yoh
sarmont las night.
"Dcy didn't
"No, sub, dey didn IT. o,
"Wbv What been de matter wild itY'
"well, sub, yoh took and SAID dey wuA
folks in dat congregation dat wouid DC III
hell 70 sunup."
did say datY"
"Dat's what yoh did, :,
.WcI, declar ter goodness exclaimed
the parson, my intention wuz ter ~"
'cm ten daysl"-Atlanta CONSTITUTIONS
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-30

The folio wing services will be held at
c,.ee NJ E. church next Sunday: Preach
:. at 1890 a. m. and 7:3O p. m, by the
castor Rev. d. Halser Glass; class meet
mo Of 11:45 a. m; Sunday school at II;
Eosorth League at 6:15 p. m. Subject
=, morning sermon, The Power and
Necessity of Prayer in the Individual
rsristian's Life" evening subject, care
the Young Men Saf'?' The musical pro-
cram in the evening" will be as follows:
,r,bem-"God Who Madest Earth and
az Heaven Dudley Duck
Vocal soIo-"Ave Maria" ..Farne
Miss Nj. Sullivan.
the Cherubic Host" Gaul
Mr. George Edwards.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-30
Editors and Gentlemen.

A Georgia paper somewhat infelicitously
remarked of the late General Avery of At
lanta that, although he was great jour
nalist, he was an ideal gentleman. This
suggests to the Montgomery Advertiser
the old story Of the editor and the barber
on a steamboat When the editor offered
to pay for his shave, the barber drew HIM
self up and remarked, I'VE don't never
charge editors nothin, sah." but you
can't carry on your business unless you
charge for 1t, persisted the editor. "Dats
all right, sah," replied the darky I'VE
makes 1t up or n gentlemen. New York
Tribune
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-30

Miss Oldgold- Before give you my an
sxver count. tell me one thing-when my
freshness of youth Is gone and the hana
of time has dimmed whatever beauty
possessed. when advancing years cause
INV check To fade and my charms To van
ish. tell me, count, will you love me tnenf
The Count 10 Detroit Free Press
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-30

R. Skiff Sheldon, receiver OF the Winona
Mining company. will sell the real estate
oithecompaDy Mt public sale at the court
house at 10 o'clock a. m, December 4,
next, The property lies in Section %,
80 and 80, township so. north OF range
&C. west.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-30

Archdeacon Webber OF Boston, will in
the near future conduct daily meetings 10
Trinity church. The divine has the repu-
tation Of being more than ordinarily elo-
quent.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-30

A foot ball team mas been organized
among students OF the Hancock high
school. With little more practice and
study OF combination plays the team will
be looking for few games with teams Of
its weight,
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-30

The loss TO Oscar Eliasnn by the fire
will foot up more than at frat estimated,
being about $4,000 above the small IN
surance carried. The origin OF the fire is
still unknown.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-30
Her Aim In Life.

Mrs Solomon-What's your chief aim
in life9
Mrs Lightfoot-To wear bonnets a
shade better than anybody else and see as
little as possible of my husband when the
bills come in.-Brooklyn Life.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-30

Tomorrow night is Halloween. It's
being also Sunday may save few gates
and signs, but taking in the movable
ones will be safer than trusting to the
subduing influence OF the Sabbath on the
small how
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-30

Kew. julius Berger. retiring pastor OF
tne Portage Lake Baptist church, left for
C'eVeland yesterday with his family on
the steamer India.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-30
Two drills are at work in the Arcadisn

Two drills are at work in the Arcadsn,
one in each level to the north OF theshaft.
The work Of UNIV Altering and getting the
skiu road 10 shape for hosting was re-
markaby easy, taking into considera-
ton that it is over six years since the
property was last worked. In a short
time drifting vii be started south OF
the shalt
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-30

About sos tons of gold are estimated to
DO in actual circulation as money in the
United Kingdom, that being approximate
" the weight of ll0, 900, 900 pounds
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-30

Rev. j. E. Curzon, of Trinity church,
houghton, will conduct services at st.
David's Mission, Lake Linden tomorrow
afternoon at 4 O'Clock.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-30

Andrew Johnson has returned from a
Two weeks trip to New York City and
other points east.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-30

In Oregon there are $4,000 acres of
prune orchards.