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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-18
ON THE GRAND BANKS.
How the Cod and Halibut Are Taken by
the Small Vessels.

How the Cod and Halibut Are Taken by
the Small Vessels.
Gustav Kobbe writes an article en-
titled ION the Grand Banks and Else
where" for ST. Nicholas. Mr.. Kobbe
says:
The trawlers are generally found on
the Grand banks, the hand liners on
the western bank and Quiro. These
hand lines are smaller vessels with
fewer dories, and the men fish with
hand lines, one man and two lines to a
dory. The hand liner sits in the middle
Of his dory, with compartment in its
stern and another in its bow for his
catch. When you see the bow sticking
far up in the air, you kow the fisherman
mas his stern load. Then, as fish after
fish flashes into the other compartment,
the bow settles, and when the dory is
on an even keel the hand liner pulls
back to the vessel.
The trawlers bait with fresh herring,
mackerel and squid, the hand liners
with salt CLANS. The catch of both is
split and sailed, and the vessel has
full "fare," or catch, when she has
"wet her salt'--that is, used up all
her salt-and is full of fish. a trawler's
voyage lasts about weeks, hand
! liners !.
a trawler's crew receives no wages,
but fishes On shares. First the captain
gets percentage; of the remainder. one
! half goes to the vessel, which finds -
that is, supplies the gear, stores, salt
and half the bait--and the other half TO
the captain and crew in equal shares,
, which run from $110 to $3.50 and even
to $3.50.
But among the hand liners each man
! is paid according to what he catches,
the "fare" from each dory being weigh
ed as it is taken aboard This stimu-
lates competition. There is judgment
in knowing where TO fish or how long
to stay over certain spot, and even the
quickness with which a line is hauled
in will make perceptible difference at
the end of a days fishing. 1t means
something to be "high line as they
call the best fisherman, at the end of 8
voyage, and those who win this distino
ton time and again, as some do, be
come known as "killers' and "bie
fishermen.
The main catch on the banks is coz
and halibut. There is also fleet O
small American vessels which pursue
the merry swordfsh. Swordfishing j
good sport---whaling on small scale. Z
man, dart in hand, stands in the YES
sel's bow, supported by semicircuia
iron brace. When near enough to tn
fish, he let's fly the dart. A swordfisl
, may weigh $50 pounds. One can tow
! dory q mile, and piece of the swor'
has been found driven through the bot
tom of pilotboat.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-18
The Hudson River Valley.

The Hudson river valley and the as
pect of the river itself have passed
through many changes since the eye OF
so wears and over first knew them. The
old manorial estates, the many acred
"places'' derived from grants Or by
purchase when land was worth but lit
tie money, were then in the full flower
of their hospitable occupancy and, with
the exception of few market towns,
themselves of small mportance-Hud-
son, Poughkeepsie Newburg-over all
the region else between Albany and
New York there brooded sleepy, pas
toral peace, not to be broken until the
demon of steam should come with ear
shifting scream and laundering tread,
asserting its right of eminent domain.
At the sound of that unruly voice the
white winged brood of sloops and sail
ing vessels of all kinds disappeared,
never to return-a loss i'll supplied by
the splendid steamboats, which, ablaze
with lights like so many Aaron's breast
plates. plow their way through the hills,
sending their magic searchlights from
shore to shore.
The generation that knew and loved
the valley in this pastoral time i'rapid-
ly passing away, and the newcomers
who are remaking the land are in large
measure of different race, or at least
| il NAV be said there has been so strong
an infusion of new peoples that the sur
face complexion of the towns and vii
lagos has been strangely altered. Where.
in this still remembered time. the names
of the inhabitants betrayed, for the
most part, remote Dutch or German
origin, with scattering contingent oi
English and Huguenot strain, our rural
postmasters find the labor of having
every few years to learn the names OF
even the older residents enormously In
creased by the necessity of answering
the calls for their letters of swarm Of
outlandish folk-Bohemians, Hungarl
ans, Italians, Syrians. Cook
in Century.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-18
A ROYAL TRAGEDY.
The Ignominious Ending of the III Fated
Duchess of Wurttemberg.

The Ignominious Ending of the Ill Fated
Duchess of Wurttemberg.
About the same period at which Queen
Caroline was earning notoriety for herself
there resided in a small town in the north
of Germany man noted for his skill as
public executioner. Late one evening two
men in military uniform called upon this
person and requested him to accompany
them, as his services were required at some
distance and would be literally rewarded,
but that he must consent to be blindfoldcd
To this, after some demur, he consented,
and entered the carriage brought by the
two officers Apparently they drove
long distance, and at last by the sound'he
Judged that they had crossed bridge and
entered paved courtyard.
The carriage having stopped, he was as
sisted TO alight and conducted along cor
ridors and up stairs, till at last, the band
age being removed he found himself In
large, gloomy room, in the center of which
stood block with heavy sword laid ON
it. A door at the far end of the room
opened. and tall and very handsome
woman entered led by two men, and gag
eed. She was forced to the block and the
exocutioner ordered to do his office With
some hesitation he obeyed. Instantly he
was again blindfolded. hurried down
stairs, placed in the carriage and driven
off at full speed. TO all his inquiries and
circumstances his escort remained obsti-
nately deaf but on reaching his home a
very large sum of money was given him,
with warning that he would do well
never to attempt TO solve the mystery or
tell of that nights work.
Shortly afterward he heard that the
| Duchess of Wurttemberg, sister of Queen
| Caroline, had died suddenly on that very
| night She was a woman of great beauty
and known to be an object of great jeal-
| ousy and suspicion to her husband, who
was said to keep her In enforced seclusion'
and, from inquiries he made, the exeou,
| TONER felt no doubt that this Ill fated
daughter of the house of Brunswick had
been the gagged lady who had been thus
secretly done to death by his hand'-Iem
| pie Bar.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-18
The TURKEY BUzzARD.
'giy as He Is, He Figures In a Legend =,
jamaica

4. ihere Is an odd little legend still told IN
a'o peautliul Island of Jamaica attribut,ng
|" wizard the peculiar and ugly amman,
anoe Oh the turkey buzzard, which was
once so the legend asserts. a bird Of rara
grace and beauty.
Between this par aular wizard and tbo
turkey buzzards the. had been n feud of
long standing but one day the for,nor an.
nounced his intention of making neooo
WIN MS winged enemies and invited them
an 10 banquet to cement the pleasant re-
iatlons that were TO exist in the future.
Inc turkey buzzards readily accented the
invitation and assembled In duo time at
tine abode Of tho wizard, where an immenso
caldron, carefully covered, was boiling.
Raising the cover, the host invited hi,
guests TO take look at the contents
whereat each guest obeyed his invitation
In an instant tho cover descended on the
heads OF the unsuspicious turkey buzzards,
VINO found To their cost that the caldron
was filled with boiling tar. With frantic
struggles the poor deceived birds freed
themselves from their painful positions,
Tor they had thrust their heads deep into
the mixture, expecting to taste unusual
dainties provided for the occasion. Home
ward they flew, smarting with pain, the
glossy plumage that once adorned their
backs and heads remaining in the caldron,
to the wizards great delight.
The turkey buzzard is most repulsve In
appearance, its featherless neck having q
plucked effect which no doubt gave rise to
the legend here told AS its name denotes,
the buzzard is not unlike turkey, but its
dusty, unkempt appearance Is great con-
trast to our Well groomed, dignilied kings
OF the barnyard whose namesakes they are.
The turkey buzzard has, however, one
point of beauty that deserves mention
his flight. He Is the embodiment of winged
gracefulness. He spreads his wings and
floats, seemingly motionless, a black OBJ
ject against the azure of the southern sky,
too far away for the watcher to note his
ugliness. Without q motion of the wings
he rises or ascends at will, pair of dusty
pinions resting on the sultry air. You
watch him breathlessly until he descends
when the spell is broken, for repulsive ant
ungainly he stands revealed-the scaven
| ger of the tropics.
Yet this poor, ugly, ungainly bird has
| his uses. Without him the south would b
| q sorry victim to fevers and diseases breC
| from oifal fostering under the fierce trop
! ical sun. AS a scavenger he is invaluable
| and the law protects him as he plies TIN
calling for which no was created. -NeV
York Home journal
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-18
CafernilIar Lace.

The beautiful laco known as fayal Is
made from the fibers in the leaves OF the
bitter aloe-grown in the Azores, or West
crn islands-a relative of the common CEN
fury plant.
This lace is manufactured by women,
but the necessary skill is so rarely attained
that there are but 90 pei sons on the Islands
that can make It,
Caterpillars have been made to spin lace
wells from the leaves of plants by the In.
genious contrivance of gentleman Oh
Munich.
He makes paste Of the plant that Is the
usual food of the caterpillar, and spreads
IL thinly over stone or other fat surface
Then with a camel's hair pencil dipped IN
olive oil he draws upon the coating oil
paste the pattern he wishes the insect to
leave open.
The stone being placed In an inclined
position, the caterpillars are put at the
bottom, and the animals eat and spin
their way up to the top, carefully avoiding
every part touched by the oil, but deyour
ing the rest Of the plant.-Philadelphia
TimpS
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-18
A Kansas Town.

Chiefly by reason of its newness and OF
a certain cosmopolitan aspect, says VIII
liam Allen White in The Atlantic, the
Kansas town differs from villages else
where in the United States. and presents
a few interesting variations from the com
mon type The largest town In the COM
monwealth has hardly 1000 inhabitants.
Most of the county seats in the eastern
half of the state where the rainfall is copi-
GUS and where crops are bountiful and reg
ular. contain about 5000 persons each.
The county seat is in the strictest sense
country town The inhabitants live al
most entirely UPON the tributary country.
There are no factories The money that
the farmers Of the county spend for food,
clothing, fuel and the comforts OF the
farm home Is the cash capital upon which
the town does it's business. This capital
is passed from the grocers to the clothing
merchants, to tho druggists, to the furni-
ture dealers, to the hardware sellers and
TO professional men. In the older COM
munities of the eastern and middle states
necessity has developed factories, which
convert raw material into finished prod
ucts, and money from the outside world
comes in, but Kansas is yet hardly a gen
Grafton old, and 1t has not entered the
manufacturing era of industry.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-18
A THEORY rNAT FAILED.
Taking Time by the Forelock Was the
Cause of Her Troubles.

"Never talk TO me about taking time
by the forelock' or any of that nonsense
again." CALCULATED the girl who Is always
In hurry TO friend who holds serenity to
be the most valuable Of virtues. IF ever
again / try TO get anywhere before too late,
hope I'll have just such another time as
l did today Tell you about it, indeed
Why else do you suppose / would have
come 10 see you? If / hadn't followed
your advice shouldn't have had such an
awful time.
''To begin with obeyed your sugges-
tion and got up at O'Clock. Tal~Jf early
rising adding to ones chances of successl
1t made mo so sleepy that was positively
cross by breakfast time, and as for study
ing, all / could do was to wonder when In
the world that tardy meal would bo ready
and whether there'd be enough of 1t when
it did come. and I've had headache all
day from eating too much.
"Then | hurried down town-no,
didn't hurry, dawdled, as you said, but
got there long before any ore else, just
the same. Waited around In idleness for
an hour or two, missed all the good bar
gains, because i hadn't stopped to read the
morning papers. and never saw a single
person wanted to. l suppose they weren't
up When / got home, l found that by
starting away so early I'd managed to
miss the man l most wanted to see
Archie, you know, and l just know he'd
come TO ask me to go TO the theater-and
he'd spent half the morning across the
street with that horrid Maria Jones. l
went early to the club and missed Henry
Fellows, who called to drive me there,
went home to dinner promptly, and was
just early enough TO have to help get 1t
ready, since our cook had gone to bed with
headache, and burned my face until it
was sight.
"Then thought might as well follow
the rest of your directions and go to bed
early, and l did-just early enough to
have my hair all damp and stringy-I was
going to curl it with kids, you know
when callers came. had to send word
down that I'd got horrible cold OF course,
and now discover that they wanted me
to 90 camping with them, and l missed II
all because / tried to do things In good
time. Good time indeed Bad time, cal
it, And if ever you mention such thing
as taking time by the forelock to me again
I'll never speak to you us long as we both
! live "-EXchange.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-18
A valuable Prescr ptiOn.

Editor Morrison, OF Worthington, Ind,
"Sun," writes: You have a valuable
prescription for Electric Bitters, and |
can cheerfully recommend it for constipa-
ton and sick headache, and as general
system tonic it has no equal" Mrs.
Annie Stehle, 1925 Cottage Grove av-
enue, Chicago, could not eat nor digest
food, had backache which never left
her and felt tired and weary, but six bot
ties OF Electric Bitters restored her to
health and renewed her strength. Price
so cents and 81. Get a bottle at ID. L.
Macdonald's drug store.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-18
A Bachelors Paradise.

DR.. BENJAMIN A. Gould, the eminent
astronomer who died ut his home in yam
bridge fortnight ago; Professor Josiun
Dwight Whitney, the we'll known professor
of geology at Harvard, who died last sum
mer, and George Nj. Lane, now professor
of Latin emeritus at Harvard, were nan
century ago three young bachelors livin ~
together in Cambridge, Mass, In one o,
the old colonial houses there. hero'
says Professor Davis, in recent issuo ~,
Tbe Harvard Graduates Magazine, twas
feast of reason and flow of soul-a reoep-
ton in Roman style, the door opened by a
house servant blackened and chained Ike
n slave and greeting the guests in Ls'' :,
with a brogue; gathering In honor o,
Professor +. j. Child's first angio-oaA 90,
book, and as tho edition did not go On
rapidly in those earlier days all tho unsold
copies were borrowed from the puplisn'eis
and used to decorate the house, everything
s!se being cleared away.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-18
Selecting Furniture.

The size and uses of room muso oe'o,.
- .ho lind and amount of furniture 10
he mt into it. Furniture should DO 1eau ,
Utn, en- itself and beautiful as considereu
o.. '.,u aannection with everything else In the
room. A piece of furniture good IN de a.ls,,
.oon and workmanship is always beau
t,smI when appropriately used. Let use DO
.i,o frst consideration. Make no purchaso
Sast;,v Have definite idea OF what j.
,'osh Suitable and good, of the needs OF the
room and the sum you can "no,S , , ~,
pend. Prefer hard WOOD ana e oou lions
monship every time to cheap decola. "s,n,,
If Won must economize closely, ie. lssn anm'
be neither the FIRST, second nor tn''i ''A'
sideration.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-18
'gue F1nkanders'

Mutual Fire Insurance company OF
Houphtop and Keweenaw counties, or
panised in 1890 according to the laws Of
the State OF Michigan, will insure proper
ty OF its members. Have paid fire losses
over 81, 900 and dividends nearly $4,000
during the last seven years to members
of five years standing. On the first day
OF July the company had 541 men,
hers, $466,9 worth OF property In
sured and $11.121.13 in treasury. For
further particulars apply to the under
signed. JOHN BLoMovIsT, President.
ALEX LEMoNEN, Secretary.
Office, 448 Pine street, upstairs die
Jacket
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-18
SUPREME GOODNESS.
She Resisted Temptation and Refused to
Go ON the Trip.


The girl of whom her friends are telling !
this story Is so unnaturally good that II
she wasn't exceedingly human at times
and exceptionally fond of fun as well she
wouldn't be so popular ms she Is, and even
with the saving graces of humanity and
fondness for good times to help her out
there is nothing which her chums enjoy
more than II joke at the expense of her
"bloated conscience" To quote the indig
nant term of the young woman who has
suffered most from the undue development
of this organ. When, consequently, the
little incident here related came to pass
their delight and appreciation of II were
particularly keen, and the too good young
woman Is mournfully announcing that she
never expects to hear the last of It,
'No, girls" she declared virtuously
when merry trip was in course of prepa
ration, 81 don't think l shall go. / don't
believe it would be right for me to do SO"
"WhyY queried the others in chorus,
somewhat impressed by her air of grave
solemnity. "What is there wrong about
it?"
The virtuous girl hesitated, blushed
holly and was silent. An answer being
insisted upon, she Pravely but evasiyely
declared that she had thought the matter
over some time since and had come to the
conclusion that 1t would be hopelessly
wrong for her to indulge in the projected
pleasure. Finally, her evasion being
laughingly declared insufficient, she color
ed more furiously than ever and blurted
out the truth in half indignant despair.
~ know 1t would be wrong for me to
60 with you, much as l should like to do
so," she said sharply, her eyes falling
shamefacedly beneath the searching gaze
of her companions, land so I'm not going,
but can't exactly tell you why / decided
1t would be wrong because-because"
"Why?" persisted her listeners merciless-
! ly as she once more came to hopeless
stop. "Why can't you give us your reason
for condemning it?'
because" snapped out the righteous
girl sharply, taking immediate refuge in
indignant tears" because I've forgotten
it."
And now she pathetically declares that
she considers that they were excessively
unladylike because they never stopped
laughing for ten minutes afterward.--
Chicago Times-Herald.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-18

The ereatest discovery of mummies ever
made in Egypt was i'm the year 1851 wheh
the remains of 80 royal personages were
brought to light at Dier-el' Bahari, IheDes'
One of these was proved to be the mummy
of King Rameses H. tho third king OF tne
ninth DYNASTY and the pharaoh OF the
Jewish captivity This mummy was IN
perfect state of preservation. The mummy
case itself was OF sycamore wood, PLAIN ana
unvornished, and without spot or stripe
of mint. something reckoned as unusual.
Tho case was, however, carved to represent
Romeses in the position of Osiris Inc
crossod arms rested upon the breast. In
tho right hand was the royal whip ana In
tho loft the royal book The features were
,,,ost delicotely carved in the soft wood, and
the whole was surnounted with the crown
of upper and lower Egypt ana SURROUND
ed by carved representation OIL oho ui.eus
sernent. The name of Rameses was WriU'eh
in plain black characters upon the case,
which bore no other text or representative
whatever strongly contrasting WIN 'no
exaggerated dedications noted OH aiiio'0
all the other cases found In the same pi@
The mummy itself was carefully wrap
ned in rose colored and yellow linen OF
texture finer than the very ilnest inuia
mnslin. In the different folds OF this
linen several dried lotus flowers and leaves
were found In the folds OF one OF ohe
hands which passed across the graveciothes
to keep them in shape was folded papyIus
hearing Inscriptions which INFORMED tno
reader that this, the mummy OF Harnesses "a,
was concealed in the pit, where IL was
found at a time when foreign army III
yaded Egypt. This quaint bit OF inf OGn a.
ton. which was probably written s,Vov % :.
1900 years ago, is as plain as though y
had been penned but yesterday. LOUIS
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-18
REPUTATION.

Come people on their families pride,
Some love their rank and station,
But best of all is he who loves
A splendid reputation.
Oh, blushing maid, oh, bashful youth,
IL you would have salvation,
Remember that the road to IL
Is through your reputation.
You may be rich, you may be great,
You may lave cCucation
But what are these IL you have not
with them = Ycpu,anonY
One may lose ms dearest friend
And have 10 food or ration,
Bu', the1, this loss is trihing TO
Tho loss OF reputation
Three things 20 ire are very Gear
Wealth. title and vocation.
But these are Little nolos beside
LILY moantain reputation.
i,zc the earth, Tho sea, the SKY,
All things Of Gods creation,
Eut give, Oh, give me FIRST of all
a spo,iCss reputation.
-Jc@-cs Il. H. !scn in ST. Louis EeDublic.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-18
Administering Justice or the Bench.

"Imaginative story tellers take good
many liberties with that individual in our
judicial system known as the justice OF
the peace" said the judge who now holds
his title without the Office, "but here's u
true one:
Cup in Wisconsin during the earlier
days l helped elect justice who was
diamond in the rough. He was peculiarly
innocent Of legal knowledge, but he had q
fine sense of right and wrong with an in
clination TO be fair in all his official acts.
l told him how he must protect the dig
nifty of his court and the powers he had to
punish for contempt. He must restrain
himself, for no was a man of temper and
pugnacty, and no must insist upon proper
decorum on the part of others.
con one occasion we were having an
exciting trial. and typical western law
yer was very ohstreperous. He was ad-
monished several times by the Justice, but
was persistently ugly, and finally init
mated that the court would be good deal
more at home If he were digging a ditch
or breaking up patch of prairie land.
The Justice was breathing forth dire
threatcnings and big onths when ! caught
his eye and shook my hand. At once the
dignity of his place asserted itself. He
Strengthened back in his chair, read him
self a severe lecture for his uDseemly con
duct and fined himself $40 for contompt.
Then no solonnly adjourned court and
walked out into the yard, where he was
followed by all present. He shucked his
! coat, handed his hat to me, and in min
ute the saucy lawyer had been treated &c
as artistic whipping as was ever admin
istered by an amateur. The court recon
vened, and we quietly finished the case. y
Detroit Free Press.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-18

Argall Brothers, Red Jacket Mich., un
Ccrtakers, paractical embalmer andfuner
al directors. Graduate OF Chicago Col
lege OF Embalming.) All calls promptly
attended to and the best OF service rem
Jered. Telephone in connection. Tach-
ellis old stand, corner Scott end Main
streets