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The Portland daily press., 1897-12-31
WILL ExPosTULATE WITH CoREA.

London, December 30.-The Daily
Graphic asserts ION authority" that the
British squadron was definitely instructed
to assemble off Chemulpo to support a
strong British expostulation with Corea
on the dismissal Of Mr.. McIIeavy Brown,
(British superintendent of Corean Gus
toms.) who, under the advice Of the Brit
1sh consul, has twice returned the notice
of dismissal served upon him.
With regard to Port Arthur the Daily
Graphic asserts there is every reason to
believe the Russians will adhere to their
pledge to evaouate at the end of the win
ter and there is therefore no ground for
complaint on the part Of England. Neith-
er does the government regard the oc-
oupation OF Kiano Chou as calling for
action, because British interests are not
threatened. According to the Daily
Graphic both the foreign offices and the
admiralty are agreed upon this point.
The Portland daily press., 1897-12-31
MORE BRITISH SHIPS ARRIVE.

London, December 3i.-A despatch to
says: ga British fleet of eight ships and
four torpedo boats has arrived at Che
mulpo (the port of Seoul) 1t Is reported
that there are two japanese cruisers in
the Yang Tse-K -Kiang river. Japan is
working night and day preparing for war
1t is believed that the British and Japan
ese fleets are in close touch. -
The Portland daily press., 1897-12-31
JUDGE BENNETT VERY ILL.

@@sBo ton, December 3o.-Judge Edmund
H. Bennett dean Of the Boston Univer-
sity law school, is dangerously i'll at the
hotels Vendome, and is not expected to
live.
The Portland daily press., 1897-12-31
EAST BREAKS RECORD ALSO.

Bangor, December 3)-Tho hunting
season which closes tomorrow has been Ii
most successful one in this section of the
state. More deer than ever before we re
killed and about as many moose. although
the season began later. Many sportsmcn
from long distances, including large
parties from Ohio, came to Northern
Maine and had much success.
The Portland daily press., 1897-12-31
JAPAN BEsTIRRING HERSELF.

| London, December 31.-A letter from
Ebo says: Military manoeuvers of great
magnitude were executed in Japan last
month, for the first time since the war
| with China.
The Portland daily press., 1897-12-31
he discussion was then closed.
ADMISSION TO COLLEGE.

OF almost equal interest to the football
question was the discussion over the re.
quirenents for admission to college. This
was also Eefore the High school section
and the debate conferred in the question
. Are the proposed changes in college
preparatory Latin desirable?'' The
changes referred to are embodied in the
proposed preparatory course as approved
by the commission of colleges in New
England on entrance examinations. A
printed summary of The courses was dis
trtbuted and they were explained By Pro-
fessor William A. Houghton of Bowdoin.
and discussed by Principal Prescott Keyos
Of the Bar Harbor High school and
Principal FL. e. Cole of the Bath High
school. Mr.. Coles particular subject was
"Some needed notifications of college
entrance requirements" and his paper
The Portland daily press., 1897-12-31
PULLING TOGETHER.
Uncle Sam and Miss Canada Join
Hands
AND WILL HELP OUT THE STARY-
ING KL0NpIKERS.

Mounted Police of Canada Will Help TO
Convey the Provisions to the sut-
ferers-Detach VIII Be Ready to
Leave Skaguay Middle OF January.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-21
How the AGED Should Live.

livery person who advances in life should
carefully examine his whole methods of
life and personal habits and should adapt
MS NODE OF living TO the peculiarties of
ms individual case One of the first and
most important questions to consider is
that OF food. The teeth in old ace are fire.
quently lost. and unless under exceptional
circumstances they should be replaced bv
artificial ones, for mastication is a most
vital point and is more necessary in the
case OF the old than the young, for in the
former the digestive powers are apt to fail.
very many old people are injured by the
use or FOOD In excessive quantities. But
little exercise can be taken. All growt,,
has ceased, and the bodily furnaces which
make heat are able to destroy but little
food fuel 1t is perhaps not universally
recognized that in numerous cases death
Is finally due TO an absolute failure on the
part of the body to keep itself warm. In
the old the heat making functions are ex
ceedingly low, and hence it is that few old
people are comfortable in room where
the temperature is under rs or so degrees
1t is especially important therefore, that
an abundance of clothes be worn bv old
people,
Another vital point in the treatment of
the aged Is protection, and especially pro-.
tection against strain of any vital organ.
An old man exposes himself to Indictment
weather, and especially to high wind.
with the result that the blood is driven
from the surface of the body upon the in
ternal organs, and the enfeobled movc.
ments OF respiration which aid i'm forcino
the blood out of these organs are checked
"hat Is true in regard to the ordinary
healthy conditions of the old man is ooro
particularly true in regard to the diseases
Oh the old. Medicines that are too violent
in their action cannot be taken. Az tho
same time when possible it is most essen.
tlal to arrest at once any incipient disor.
der in old persons New York LEDGER
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-21
A Bishops Hat.

We are all sensitive as to our personal
identity. Smith doesn't like to be called
Jones, and Adams shows good deal of
the "old Adam" when he is mistaken for
an expressman. The London Realm tells
a story illustrative of this constituencies:
The late Lord Aylesbury was standing
bareheaded in well known hatter's shop
In Piccadilly while his hat was being
lroned. A bishop-who, being still alive,
has not reached his turn for posthumous
anecdotes, and must consequently be
nameless-entered the shop i'm full attire,
and seeing Lord Aylesbury bareheaded
mistook him for a shopman
Taking off his own head covering tho
bishop said, 81 want to know if you have
u hat like thisy'
Lord Aylesbury surveyed tho hat and its
owner, and turned ON his heel with the
curt remark:
No, haven't, and if l had I'd be hung
before I'd wear it,
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-21
History of Ivory.

The earliest recorded history-we might
say prehistoric, the Observation-Disclosures
has come down to us has been in carvings
on ivory and bone. Long before metal
iurgy was known among the prehistoric
races carvings on reindeer horn and NAM
moth tusk evidence tho antiquity of the
art. fragments of horn and ivory, en-
graved with excellent pictures of animals,
have been found In caves and beds of rv-
ers and lakes. There are specimens in the
British museum, also in the Louvre, of
the Egyptian skill in ivory carving at
trlbuted to the age of Moses. In the latter
collection are chairs or seats of the six
teenth century Ii. c. inlaid with ivory
and other pieces of tho eleventh century
IS. =. Carving of the "precious sub
stance was extensively carried OH at Con-
stantinople during the middle ages.
Combs, baskets, horns, boxes, ETC., of
carved ivory and hone, often set i'm pre-
cious stones, of the old Roman and Anglo
saxon periods, are frequently found in
toinbs Cruciiixes and images of the Vir-
gih and saints made in that age are often
graceful and beautiful. The Chinese and
Japanese are rival artists now i'm their pc
onllar minuti@ and detail.-N. b. Nelson
In popular Science Monthly.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-21
Two "Grcat TiresD

The fire which occurred in London In
1866, and which is known i'm history rs
the great fire, was not nearly SO de.
structiye as that which swept Chicago i'm
October, 1871. The great London fire de-
stroyed $4,000 houses and other BUILDINGS
not counting outhouses, barns, etc, and !,
great many bridges, ships and boats. Tho
TOTAL loss is estimated by the best histori
ans at s53, 000 600 not pounds.
Tho great Chicago fire destroyed II. 43O
buildings of all kinds, burned over 124
acres OF territory and made 9s, 600 people
homeless. The money loss was not loss
than 10000, 600, almost four times as
great as that incurred in tho great Lon
don disaster Of 200 years before. ONLY six
persons lost their lives during the PROGRESS
Oh 'he great lire in the British metropolis.
whereas upward OF zoo Chambers saws
20O) persisted during the three davs ,Ia
demon ragged through the streets of Chi.
cago.-St. Louis Republic.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-21
MINoT's LEDGE LIGHTHOUSE.
The First One Was sweptAway With All
Its Occupants.


Lighthouses form the subject of an arti
Gle in ST. Nicholas, written by Lieutenant
John NJ. Ellicott, u. :. N, and entitled
"The Lights That Guide In the Night. "
Lieutenant Ellioctt says:
The first lightho use on Minot's Ledge
was built in is4S. 1t was an octagonal
tower resting on the tops of eight wrought
iron piles inches in diameter and go feet
high, with their bases sunk feet i'm the
rock These piles were braced together in
many ways, and, as they offered less sur
face TO the waves than solid structure
| this lighthouse was considered by all au-
thorities upon the subject to be exception
oily strong.
Its great test came in April, 1851. On
the 18th of that month, two keepers being
| In the lighthouse, an easterly gale set in,
steadily increasing in force. People on
shore, and no doubt the keepers them
selves, watched the heavy seas sweep harm
lessly through the network of piles beneath
the house, and feared no harm. On the
10Th, however, the wind and sea had
greatly increased, and the waves were
flung higher and higher toward that tower
In the air. Yet all thought they surely
could not reach 60 feet above the ledge.
That night was one of keen anxiety, for
the gale still increased, and all through
that dreadful driving storm and darkness
the faithful keepers were ut their posts,
for the light burned brightly. On Wednes-
day, tho 10th, the gale had become hur-
ricane, and when mt times the tower could
be seen through the mists and sea drift,
it seemed to bend TO the shock Of tho
waves. At 4 o'clock that afternoon an
ominous proof of the fury of the waves on
Minot's Ledge reached the shore--a plat
form which had been built between the
piles only seven feet below tho floor of the
Keepers room. The raging seas, then,
were leaping so feet in the air Would
they reach 10 feet higher, for, if so, the
house and the keepers were doomed? Nev-
erthcloss, when darkness set i'm the light
shone out rs brilliantly as ever. But tho
gale seemed, if possible, then TO increase.
What agony those two men must have
suffered! How that dreadful abode must
have swayed in the irresistible hurricane,
and trembled at each crashing sea The
poor unfortunates must have known that
II those seas, leaping always higher and
higher, ever reached their house, it would
be flung down into the ocean, and they
would be buried with it beneath the waves
To those hopeless terrified watchers the
sen came at last. At o'clock |
In the morning the lighthouse bell was |
heard by those on shore TO give mourn |
ful clang, and the light was cxtinguished. |
1t was the funeral knell of two patient |
heroes
Next day there remained on the rock |
only eight jagged iron stumps.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-21
RUSSIAN OFFICIAL ORDERS
Some Of the Queer Things That oc,.
Through Thei. Infiexibilitv

The iniiexibility of Russian of,ic,a,
dcrs has resulted in many queer and noos
less fixtures In the official system ~.
story Is well known of the sentry who NV
| put on guard over rose I'm bloom In ,ts
| imperial garden In the seventeenth oo a'
tury. The rose and its bush disannearo,
| but every day for hundred years a sentss
mounted guard over tho spot because -
ono had ordered the service discontinued
A story quite as ludicrous is now told :.
discovery made by the Empress 9th
rine, mother of the Emperor Phnl ,rhD
was assassinated in 1901. Catborina ~
one time was inspired by some nnss,n ~
within OF economy To scrutinize the i,r
perial housekeeping accounts. In tbo,n
among other things, she found thai s'on,
bottle of rum daily" was charged n tho
naslednik, or heir apparent.
AS her son, who was then n youn, MAJ.
had never given any sign of intemnorat,
habits, the empress was greatly astoniSh
ed. She went over the accounts to SEQ hon,
long he had been addicted to this practice
and found, to her still greater surnriso
that the expenditure went back TO the dan
of his birth, and, indeed, far beyond II
The heir Ia the throne had not only hoo,,
SH'i $50 WIN VI ONtT on uOXOn lOt.
ties of fine Jamaica rum yearly ever since
he was born, but for long time beforo
that. The empress, it is hardly necessorv
TO shy, made "a thorough Investigation ~
this strange matter, and with the aid of
an antiquarian she at last reached tho
original entry.
a century or so before the Imperial pbv.
stefan had prescribed, for the naslednik
Of the period, ION account of "a violent
toothache, Il teaspoOnful of rum. To ba
taken with sugar" This dose was given
for several days in succession, and the
nurse or steward in charge had deemed il
moro lifting to the imperial dignity, os
we'll as more profitable to himself or her.
self, to purchase new bottle of rum every
day. No one had ever given the order to
discontinue this purchase and it had gone
on for century, the rum having consti.
tuted one of the perquisites of the court
steward.
The empress submitted the discovery TO
her husband, who at once declared that
the method of keeping the accounts should
be thoroughly reformed and such abuses
ended. He carried out his threat. Youths
Companion.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-21
MODERN DRUG STORES.
The List OF Things Sold Grows Large,
Every Year.

The List OF Things Sold Grows Larger
Every Year.
The name drug store or pharmacy en-
tirely fails at present TO give any adequate
idea of the establishment thus designated.
A drug store, besides being, as its title
would indicate, a place where one may
buy drugs, is also u place where one may
buy so many things that in its general
utility functions IL resembles the old fash.
Toned country store. Soap, perfumory,
brushes, stationery, candy cigars and soda
water have long held their places beside
the rows OF bottles which, with their I'M
pleasant but necessary contents, were
doubtless once regarded as the only legiti-
mate drug store stock. Later came the
posto1lce supplies, and since they were in
troduced the drug clerks have been kent
busy selling 2 cent stamps and postal
cards, the rate of profit on which, it may
be assumed, will never greatly enrich the
proprietors 1t is true that in some in
stances the drug store is made a regular
branch postotlice, in which case monthly
salary is paid to the owner But this is so
small that many druggists prefer to be en-
urely INDEPENDENT and TO keep the sup.
plies only to oblige their customers.
The use of the directory is another con-
yenience offered gratis to the public, and
1t is one which involves more wear and
tear on the store property in the course of
"a year than would be readily imagined.
The telephone pay station is the last in.
PRODUCTION of all to swell the drug stores
list of conveniences. 1t is in connection
with this that one up town pharmacy in
this city has begun messenger service
which is unique, and which, if it should
become widespread, might be rival
worthy the consideration of the American
District Telegraph company The store i'm
question sent out not long ago to those of
It's regular patrons living within "a radius
OF few blocks "a circular advertising n
new district telegraph service" This
being explained meant that any telephone
messages which might arrive at that sta
ton for any of the above mentioned patrons
would be delivered Immediately at the re-
spective houses at the extremely moderate
tariff of cents cach.-New York Tribune.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-21
A GLIMPSE OF HAVANA.
Everything In the Houses Made to Serve
Comfort and Goodness.

| Everything In the houses MADE To Servo
Comfort and Goodness.
The houses in Havana are mainly broad
| and low, three story buildings being raro
| and one story structures quite common.
You notice that everything is made to
servo comfort and GOODNESS. Instead of
having pancs Of glass, the windows arc
open and guarded by light iron ratings
and the heavy wooden doors are left ajar
You SEQ into many houses as you pass
along, and very cool and clean they LOOK.
There are marble floors, cane seated chairs
and lounges, thin lace curtains and
glimpses of courts in the center of each
building, often with green plants of gaudy
flowers growing in thcm between the par
lor and the Kitchen. You will find much
the Same plan mt your hotel. You may
walk in at tho doorg; or tho dining room
windows just as You please for the sides
of tho house seem capable of boing all
thrown open, while in tho center of the
building you see tho blue sky overhead.
Equally cool do all the inhabitants appear
10 be- and tho wise man who consults his
own comfort Will do well to follow the
general example. Even the soldiers wear
straw hats.
The gentlemen are clad in underwear OF
silk or Isle thread, and suits of linen,
drill or silk, and tho ladies are equally
coolly appareled. Havana is dressy
place, and you will DO astonishod at the
neatness and style to which the tissuelike
goods worn there are made to conform.
But come and see the apartment you are
to rest in every night. Ten to one tho
ceiling is higher than you ever saw one liz
u private house, and the huge windows
open upon Il balcony overlooking verdant
plaza. The floor is Of marble or thing,
and the bed is an ornate iron or brass af-
fair, with tightly stretched shoot of can
vas or fine wire netting in place of the
mattresses you are used TO. You could not
sleep on mattress with any proper degree
OF comfort in the tropics. There is can
opy, with curtains overhead, and every
thing about the room is pretty certain to
be scrupulously clean. Conspicuous there
and everywhere else that you go is u rock
ing chair. Rocking chairs are to be found
in rows in the houses and in regiments in
the clubs. -COrnhill Magazine
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-21
The Japanese SnanieI

Ire most valuable of small dogs is the
japanese spaniel. dog year old weigh.
ing ga pounds, is worth 5000. The docs
seldom weigh less than 81 pounds, but rs
they decrease in weight they increase in
value A three pound spaniel is worth
ihuch more than one weighing 81 hounds
ana one weighing 294 or "a pounds very
much more. Japanese spaniels have been
sold for as much as $500.
ihere are large japanese spaniels that
are ho' imported and have no special
."Iue. Inc small dogs are very rare and
their rarity doubtless adds considero b,y 20
thelr value, but they are highly priced 9TH.
erwlse. They are good natured and liveIv
httie creatures. Their markings are black
ana white and white and yellow and some
aogs are marked with all three colors Tho
japanese spaniel lives about ten years.
New York sun.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-21
ORIENTAL sALUres.
nursr aud Amu.trg Ways People of the
East Greet One Another.


TIC people of the orient salute each 9th
n in many queer and amusing ways. One
VI them is called the salam, or salaam
which is very low bow, accompanied by
horizontal movement of the arms toward
the person saluted until the extended
hands meet edge to edge. Another form
is a low bow, with the palm of the right
! hand 10 the brow. In Persia the subject
salutes the monarch by throwing himself
on the ground and kissing his feet.
In China, an inferior on horseback, on
meeting superior, dismounts and waits
until the superior has passed. In Japan
an inferior removes his sandals when he
meets superior, places his right hand in
his lcse sleeve, thus crossing his arms and
rocking himself To and fro cries; Don't
hurt me! Don't hurt mel"
They have "A very funny fashion i'm siam.
When an inferior comes into the presence
of n superior, he throws himself upon the
ground. Then the superior sends one of
his attendants forward TO see whether the
PROSTATE man has been eating anything
or has any offensive odor about him. If
he be blameleSs in this respect, the attend
ant raises him from the ground but if he
be guilty, the attendant straightway kicks
him out.
Some of the Indian tribes have "a way of
saluting each other by rubbing their noses
together. This is also the form in the
Friendly and the Society islands, after
which each man takes the Others hand
and rubs it upon bis own nose and mouth
Tho Arabians shake hands six or eight
times Once is not enough. If, however,
they be persons of distinction, they en-
brace and kiss each other several times
and also kiss their own hands. I'm Turkey
The salute is TO place the hand upon the
breast and bow, which is both graceful and
In Burma, when man meets n wom-
an, he puts his nose and his mouth close
10 her check and draws long breath, as
If inhaling delicious perfume. He does
not kiss her cheek, strange to say. a man
is greeted in exactly the same way
In the greater part of Germany it is con.
sidered an act of pOliteness not of gallant
ry, for man to kiss a woman's hand |
In Italy that privilege is allowed only TO |
near relatives, while in Russia it is ex- |
tended to kissing the forehead.
The men of continental Europe have a |
custom that would seem queer, not TO say |
here. They greet each other |
With kiss, if they be friends, not on the |
heck, but right on the lips. What SEN
alton it would make if two men should |
practice that form of salutation on Chest.
nut street, Philadelphia !-Philadelphia
Times.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-21
STREET CARS IN HUNGARY.
The Poetry of Motion on Wheels and
smooth as n GondoIa

Oo'h rs a. oouuOid.
Then came the rush for the underground
electric railway. one of its stations being
almost opposite the main entrance of the
exposition. These stations are small
houses, 10 by 90 feet square and resting
on the sidewalk. Once inside. you de.
scend "a flight of stone steps leading to an
underground room, lined swith white
tiles, the frieze and dado of majolica
in rich colors. There are comfortable
seats against the wall for waiting pas
sengers, and double gates, of spiral
ly turned iron with brass ornaments, pro-
tecting the farther end Across the double
tracked road is another tiled room pro-
tected by similar gates. These two sets of
double gates make u kind of pound, in :
which 30 passengers are corralled, as it
were, or "a less number if some of the car
seats are occupied. When a train stops,
the middle door of the car slides back and
the contents of the pound walk leisurely
aboard. There Is no providing and no
jostling There are no bent elbows aimed
at your waistband, no hanging to straps,
no making half parenthesis of your body
that stout woman with "a basket may
pass while you still keep tight hold of your
overhead brace. Every passenger has a
wide and comfortable seat, cushioned with
velvet. The cars themselves are of mahog-
any or hard wood, the lights are brilliant,
the roadbed as smooth as floor. Each
car starts as gently as a yacht with loos
ened sails and slows down without
tremor.
The movement known as the "Third
avenue cable jerk, with the passengers
shot into one end of the car like the con-
tents of steamer trunk on rough night
at sen, Is unknown. The ventilation is
perfect, for there is no smoke, and conse-
quently no smell. In fine, it Is the poetry
OF motion on wheels, smooth as gondola
and almost as noiseless.-F. Hopkinson
Smith in Harper's.