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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-07
A LOn.fcn Palmist.

Every daughter of Eve has hankerine
after the occult; therefore make no apollo.
giles Tor the subject of the following obser-
'aoiohs. we are, too, very credulous, as
most men will admit, and it is generally
easier for us to believe i'm ghost than to
investigate it, On these hankerings and
this credulity hundreds of persons. more or
less clever, trade. Some of them believe
III their own powers and are deeply hurt il
any one hints that they possess only imap
nations. L have had personal experience
with few of these farseeing women. and
they impressed me with their absolute sin.
cerlty. One is a palmist-a chiromancer
or Whatever she calls herself; she tells tho
character from the hand, often with star
iling exactitude; she informs you of various
incidents OF your past life, of which Won
are already very well aware, yet which She
can possibly know, in way to raise the
hair, and she predicts, with Indifferent sue.
cess, the future.
one Is The only person 1 ever heard of
mno can read names I'm peoples hands.
beware, " woman! Ii there be one person
VINO mas influenced your life more than all
oo',eTS' ohe name (shall l say his nane?) is
Mri,,en IN your hand! 1t is "a positive fact
. :ii5U 1irs' - can read it there, unless,
a. , 'oo"ii.s ior the mystery on !
the grounds usually taken now Inv tbe !
Psychical Research society who attr,bnto
everything TO telepathy. The palmist told |
me ali things that ever did" land how |
glad felt they were not worse y and end. |
eu ny spelling out name. She tried to |
snow me the letters, but couldn't see anv-
thng but mass of unmeaning lines and
an irregular q. turned cold and remark.
cd politely, You are the devil" I meant
ltasa compliment, and she took IL ms sncb
her Zee was los. Cd (she earned il welD
winch paid, and then 1 left her full 81
thought. She now asks guinea. and her
door Is besieged by the carriages of tbe
great.-Harper's Bazaar '''e
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-07
THE PORCUPINE.
The Creature Noted Chiefly For His Slug
gishness and Stupidity,

The porcupine can hardly be said TO
have home, but he uses hollow tree ms
tenement, or even u hole among the
rocks. AS warm weather approaches the
female produces two or three young, which
are of amazing size at birth, actually
larger than the new born cubs of bear.
Their flesh Is eaten by the Indians, but
has never been liked by white men. The
use OF the quilts in ornamentation by our
Indians is well KNOWN robes, garments,
moccasins, pouches, weapon cases, baskets
and everything else being ornamented with
them by the squaws with great skill and
often with truly artistic effect; but, as
usual, the earliest methods and patterns.
when the Indians used their own delicate
dyes ana sinew threads, were much better
than is seen I'm these days of aniline colors
and crude limitations of the white mans
art. The longer quilts of the Eurcopean
porcupine arc turned into fancy penhold-
ers, and In India and Malaga they weave
nttlc baskets, etc, out of them, which are
often rs pretty as they are strange.
Reviewing his narrow life the strongest
impression left upon ones mind seems to
DC that OF the creatures sluggishness and
stupidity. These are perhaps concomi.
tants, il not consequences, of it's strictly
vegetarian life, in which its tastes arc so
simple that it rarely seems to have TO
make the least exertion for food at any
season OF the year, and to its highly pro-
tectcd condition, which makes ii careless
OF danger, and hence unvigilant and stead.
lily inclined to sluggishness of mind os
welt as of body. 1t is not well for an ami.
mai to be too safe or too comfortable. for
lts mlnd grows rusty with disuse, or, if il
never had use, lies inert, and the whole
creature exists on low plane. do not
know an animal of the American woods
that is so well Off and so unnteresting as
the rorcupine. -New York Post.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-07
A Lucky Mistake.

You We heard of a cripple being beaten
WIN MS own crutch, remarked the man
VINO has reached that degree of fortuna
Whlch imposes nothing more arduous than
the clipping of coupons and the collection
OF rents. Something very like that han
pened me when l first went TO Denver at
the time things were humming there. I
was doing well and always have been n
good deal of Il crank in the matter of dress
My clothes had to be made at the highest
priced establishment and nv footwear at
the fanciest shoemaker's | had fallen in
love with the daughter of one of the
"ealthlest citizens, and she refrigerated.
one eventful evening called on the
stern father to gain his consent, with the
possibility of blessing thrown i'm.
found him smoking on rustic bench in
the shade and saw i'm his comfort n bor.
binger OF good tidings. But he was hot
headed, 1 was pertly independent, and the
interview terminated by his kicking me
across ABOUT an acre of lawn to the side.
walk. w '"e '''e
was so Inundated that began ar
rahgements for leaving town at once.
among other things, called at the shoe
maker Tor pair of fine boots with kid
tops ana patent leather trimmings. After
the proprietor had searched for a time he
suddenly showed his glasses up. looked
iooilsn ana SAID: 'Silverton must have
your Doots. he called for his the other
eeening when 1 was busy, and / Just
pointed to this corner, where the two nairs
stood together '
Siiverton was the man had bonor.d
10y asking him to be my fathcr-in-low
nastened' to his residence to have those
boots or another row. The old fellow wos
80 nearly tickled to death with having
kicked me off the premises with INV own
poot that he looked me up and gave me
MS daughter detroit Free Press.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-07
Dishes For Invalids.

An accomplished housewife and practi
cal nurse states that dishes for an invalid
should be cooked and served in the dain
tiest manner, and she suggests some ex
cellent viands for the sick.
one OF the most satisfactory WAYS of
giving an invalid raw beef is i'm sand
witch. Butter lightly on the loaf bread "a
hours old and then slice 1t very thin.
Scrape choice, tender piece of beef. sea
son 1t with salt and also pepper, IL the lat
ter can be taken; spread 1t upon the but
tered bread, put another piece of bread
over 1t and then cut the sandwich into fin.
ger pieces, being sure to remove all the
crust. Serve them upon prettily embroid-
cred dolly or fringed napkin as soon ne
they are made. When stimulant IL re-
CURED, try putting spoonful of whisky
or wine In a cup of beef tea instead of n
glass of milk. Beef tea is a food of which
an Invalid quickly tires. Try making il
into jelly. Soak for an hour third of n
oox OF gelatin In water enough to cover
1t, then pour over 1t pint of hot beef tea
season to suit the taste and turn the liouid
into small cups or individual molds and
set 1t away to harden. When needed. turn
the Jelly from one of the molds out upon
dainty saucer. Served with nicely
toasted cracker it will be very invitinr
ana the samc amount of nourshmcnt will
DE obtained as when the beef tea is taken
In liquid form.-Chicago Times Herald
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-07
THE BAGPlPE.
Something About the National Musical
Instrument of Scotland.

The bagpipe of Scotland is the only in
, strument of which 10 may be said that i
! is distinctly national. The violin, tn
flute, the horn and other instruments ar,
common TO many nations, but the bagpip,
is peculiar 10 Scotland, and although il
does not now occupy the position il once
did IL Is found in no other country.
In the days when the notorious Rob
Roy committed his depredations, when the
Vich Ian Vohrs lived securely in their
highland Businesses and kept up their dig
nified social position-in the stirring times
of which Sir Walter Scott has told us-the
bagpipe player was one of the important
| personages in the chieftain's retinue and
these may be considered as the palmy days
| of the instrument
| Within the region more strictly known
as the highlands its shrill note was the
| first sound that fell on the ears of infancy:
| IL charmed the rude Caledonans i'm times
OF JOY and comforted them in scenes of
mourning; it animated their heroes in
battle and welcomed them back from their
conflicts, and wherever their chiefs went
1t accompanied them, even to the grave
The effect of this wild instrument on
the highland soldiers is marvellous Above
the rattle of musketry and the turmoil
and roar of the battlefield the inspiring
notes of the pibroch have spoken encour-
agement 10 the Highlanders and led
them bravely forward At the battle of
Quebec, when the troops were retreatng
III disorder and the conflict had most
dlscouraging aspect, the general COM
plant was about the decentralization i'm
Frazer's corps.
sir, said an officer, "you did very
wrong in forbidding the pipers to play
Nothing inspirits the Highlanders SO
much. Even now they would be of some
use.
Let them blow, then," said the gen
eral.
SO the pipers started well known air
and the highlanders rallied and bravely
returned to the charge.
Some say that the bagpipe came down
from the Romans; others, that il came
through the northern nations of Scotland
AL any rate, 1t seems to have always been
one OF the musical instruments of the
Celtic race
Inc pipe mentioned in ancient history
was simply what is known as the sbep-
herd reed. After time q bag was add.
ed and subsequently the drones or bur-
dens. There are four forms of the modern
pagpipe the great highland bagpipe,
which is blown by the player, the droncs |
being placed over the shoulder the low
land bagpipe, which is provided with a |
bellows for supplying the wind; the
northumberland bagpipe, which is small
or and sweeter in tone than the former
two, and the Irish bagpipe, which is a
much more complicated Instrument
Philadelphia Times.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-07
A Harvard Lottery.

AS late as 1906 Harvard college was RMS
ing money by lottery 1t offered % oo1
tickets Tor sale at S. each, with prizes IN mo-
ing from $500 down to 81. "In m,
above scheme" said the prospectus "tbs
!ust expectations of the publick and the
a interest Oh the University have been con.
Sor.e 1. is worthy the attention of ad.
double in value to any that has been dra 10y y
IN TINS Commonwealth for many years
paso, though the usual price of tickets e
preserved: The Managers solicit tho not =
ronage OF the publick in general. and p', Of
1he friends of Literature and the ITnive -
slty IN particular, and, considering the oh
Ject Oh the Lottery, they will combine tho
et 1Ipec. Vi gam with the certainty of bene.
aid 80 , Inc University, and by lending their
the best Interests VI -, e tn will promote
York Tribune. New
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-07
TIE DARK MAN.

Rose o. the world, she came TO my bed
And changed the dreams of my heart and head
For Joy Of mine she left grief of hers
And garlanded me with crown OF furze.
Rose o. the world. they go out and In
And watch me dream and my mother spin,
And they pity the tears ON my sleeping face,
While my souls away in fairy place.
Rose o. the world. they have words galore,
And wides the swing of my mothers door,
And soft they speak of my darkoned eyes,
But what do they know who are all so wisef
Rose o'the world, the pain you give
Is worth all days that man may live
Worth all shy prayers the colleens say
On the night that darkens the wedding day.
Rose o. the world, what man would wed
When he might dream of your face unsteady
Might 90 TO his grave with the blessed pain
Of hungering after your face againf
Rose o. the world, they may talk their fill.
For dreams are good and my life stands still,
While their lives red ashes the gossips stir,
But my fiddle knows, and talk TO her.
-Norah Hopper.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-07
A GREAT HOTEL KITCHEN.
where Everything Is Organized Bustle
and Orderly Disorder,

Ii Is large, brilliantly lighted place
full Of peOple-cooks that shout at each
other in shrill French and perform won
derful featS with copper skillCts, and wait
ers with their black clothes, in strong con
trast 10 the white caps and coats of the
cooks that scud In and cut, holding a
tray in one hand and an order card in the
other lodging other walters and shouting
their wants 10 the chefs in French who
wouldn pay any attention TO them II they
were not in French, while farther down
the room are vegetable preparers mash.
ing potatoes by the tubful. and on the
other side q rabble Of solutions rafting
silver and scraping plates and cleaning
dishes at the rate of several thousand an
hour by the aid OF the self drying process,
which makes cloud of steam
The chefs OF the various departments
along the range snarl out directions 10 the
undercOOks and the undercooks jerk
sizzling things off the fire and slap them
back again with the apparent carelessness
thar dizziness brings, reminding one of the |
seeming unappreciativcness of bank clerks |
tying up packages of bonds And when |
they want another portion or two 10 fill a
fresh order they shout across the room 10
the gardc Manager, and those AT the gardc
Manager repeat the order and shout Bon -
and three or four of them yell in concert
sometimes Each tries 10 put more spirit
into it than the other Everything is or
ganized hustle AZ Il orderly disorder, with
the chef standing calmly i'm the center of
the room watching everything. Occasion
ally he confers in a low tone with the head
waiter as To the time to send UP the 500
of Maryland terrapin 10 the
banquet room. where these same noisy
walters will presently enter sedatcly and
speak in whispers
The chef is the acting commander not
,nly of all these scenes of activity, but of
he bakeshops and sweetmeat departments.
with their various heads and subheads I
md he is just as important as he is gencr-
lily imagined to be and wears pearl but =
ons ON his coat Jesse Lynch Williams !
n Scribncr's ]
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-07
Blackie Wooing sleep.

Professor Blackio was once staying Mt
iynemouth. Before retiring to rest he in.
formed his host that he had two REQUESTS
10 makc-first, that they would allow his
bedroom door to stand wide open, and, sec
oho, That they were not to be alarmed
should they hear him singing In the mid
aie OF the night, for when he could not
iali asleep he wooed Somnus with song.
AccordingIy at o'clock in the morning
the old professor was heard singing in
strong cheery tones, Scots, wha hae wi
wallace bied, like veritable highlander
on the warpath. And again, in the still.
ness OF The night, he sang out, Green
grow the rushes o." The last lines were
sung In more subdued tones, and sleen
zane 10 him ere he finished his song San
Francisco Argonaut. ~"
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-07
THE OWL CANE BACK.
The Question He Asked the Man Who
Thought He Was Dead.

Thought He Was Dead.
| "De biggest owl or de season, said Un
Gle Moses as lac held the saucer eyed bird
to the gaze of the interested spectators
"Hit's dc very one dat's been a-killin ei
my chickens ever sence de war, but he
won't kill no mo-, bet you! l ketched
him in de very ac'-des a-makin fer my
big Ioostor-cn rolled him over en- put a
end ter him with dis lghtard knott"
Ii was certainly monster owl, measur-
| ing fully feet from tip to tip, and Uncle
Moses black nCighbors felt that they had
at last triunphed over IA mutual enemy.
Il gwne Ter take him home, explained
Uncle Moses, Gen skin him en- stuff him
en- put him on dc mantclpiece fer good on
all-dat' : what i gwinc do wild him. On,
yes, he said, addressing the slain victim
us he let it fall at his feet, "you's had yo'
day wild my chickens You has, You likes
chicken meat, don't your Hits mighty
tender, ain IL! Couse it is But you amt
gwine ter git no mo OF it-dat YOU ANTI"
And, so saying, Uncle Moses bore &c
bird i'm triumph TO his cabin. "Iil DIES lay
you down hc;.h by dc foot or dc rcd " re
said, still addressing the owl, "tell after
supper, en- den I'll skin you alive.
He went ont and ATTENDED to various
"u'icn "Dout ti-c lurIn, ana III Was Late
when he returned
Il reckon, he said 'I'll leave dc skin.
min en- stufiin or dat owl tell mlwnin, kase
I'm all tired out.
Then he dispatched his supper and re.
tired for the night
lie never knew what time 10 was and. |
indeed, he never stopped to inquire, but
certain 10 was that he was suddenly and |
rudely aroused from his dreams by the loud |
hooting of an owl, SO close to him that il |
almost deafcncd him.
He sat bolt upright in the bed. '..Who-
who-is you-o-oY" rang through the room
again. He stared about him, when 10. |
perched on the foot of the bed was the owl |
he had left for dead.
'Who-who-is you-o-o?" came once
more from the throat of the terrible bird.
There was no doubt about it, It was
impossible that eyes and ears could deceive
him. There was the bird flush with life.
the wide eyes glaring at him like globes of
IRE He sprang from the bed, shrieking:
20 Lawd, have mussyl Help me ter cit
out er heah, good Lawdl o Master. helm
me ter see daylight once modes one mo-
time!''
few neighbors who were ND late saw
a white robed figure speeding through the
night, and terrified sought their cabins.
crying, on, Lawd, Judgment come, en-
dc dead raise up!''
Uncle Moses never returned to his domi-
Gle. DE dcbbil WIZ in dat OWL" he said
land dies give him deed ter
Tie whole place. Chicago Times Herald.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-07
COrrecteh the bean

On one of Bishop Coxe's later vovooc
Ian an Stanley OF Westminster abbey wa.
Ic''ow passenger The dean asked wbnt
was was the irst land sighted in coming into
t1us'oil Us they approached the coast. Tn,
p pip replied, Cape Ann, So named nv
hIng Charles l i'm compliment to Queen
Hnhe. Inc next morning the dean asked
ene manipulating evidently rond, rod
oNer the mattcr-how Charles | couId
ndiiie cape after Queen Anne when sh,
HNeu at so much later reriod
49, by the great seal said the bisbor
mus ! tell the dean Of Westminster that
.nere was another Queen Anne. Charles t.
mother and wife Of James r. Tbo DEAN
was considerably disturbed that ne had
made such II break with an Ampric,r ''''
George Alfred Stringer 10 D.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-07
Something 60 kuow

IL may be worth something to know
."a. tne very best medicine for restoring
.ne t'red-out, nervous system to a heal
10y v'gor is Electric Bitters. THIS med,.
s'ne Is purely vegetable, acts by giving
Tone TO the nerve centres in the stomach
ken1'y stimulates the liver and kidpevs
and aids these organs in throwing Of, inn
pu''''es IN the blood. Electric Bitters inn
proves the appetite, aids digestion and =
pronounced by those who have tried n
as the very best blood purifier and nerve
Tonic Iryit. Sold for so cents or a
! tore. urug
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-07
THEY LIKED THE sIRUp.
But the Dude Grub Made His Wife Feel
Somewhat Stuck Up.

good story is told of Kansas farme
who entered a general store in Empori
and inquired for somethin nice to put oil
Triddle cakes. F"
"Mola ,sesl' said the storekeeper.
"Naw, somethin nicer Ben eatin mo
lasses for 20 years. Amt you got somethir
slicker!"
The grocer told him about maple strip
and praised il highly. All the "tony PEG
ple' of Emporia used It, he said
"That' what | want The high tonedest
you've got
BY strange mishap, when the boy went
To pack the goods for the socially amb-
tious farmer he took tin of varnish the
varnish coming i'm square cans of kind
similar To those containing the maple sap.
| Three or four months afterward the man
came back To town and reported at the
ore. The storekeeper, having made the
discovery of the error, was in panic AT
length he mustered up courage to ask how
the maple strip had answered.
"Oh, she was all right, said the GUS
toner. Kinder highfalutin, but good.
My wife at first said she thought ID was
some rancid, but when l told her what
you said about it bein high toned dish
that the best people in Empory jes mach
orally craved she seemed to take second
holt, and now she won't eat nothin else. |
thought there was kind of snap an bite
To il that sorter reminded me o. what we
used to git when prohibition first struck
the country, but i'm gineral it's mighty
good stuff. F"
WAS there any bad effect at alls" in
quired the amazed storekeeper.
''Well, now, l can't say there wasn't.
You see, it was my wife's first experience
with dude grub, and she kinder lost her
head got ambitious; allowed that If we |
was good enough To have the kind of eat
In we was good enough to have some other |
things to match. Bought lot o. new Chi |
ney dishes from IA peddler an made me |
promise I'd get her a new hat with red in |
{ an dress this trip in town. Yes, |
pose you might say that there was some
,ad effects, because vanity is certainly sin
ul. But you re married man yourself, |
IN you know they amt no way TO stop
ambitions when she begins to
iinder get in society. Gimme couple
gallons more o that strip, an If you have
ONE that has jes little more o. that
'leasant bitin sting to it, why, let's have
hat. Chicago Record.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-07
Bottles.

ancient bottles of glass, stone and mote,
have been found In many narts 90 Gnu T inetai
Asia and Africa. Perfume hott,o. Europe 10
tbe to,ei h Uncovered in great numbers i'm
Man. vJ LIDS, Oh wealthy ladies of Egvnt
yassc y op.'les' tumblers and other drinlsipa
po 0,vrs nave r been dug from the ruins Of
an vp.l' Inc most common bottle Of th U
90 anf however, was of leather, the Ell s ~
carca ssn ,,, goa. or OK being taken off the
mada SS WIN as few cuts as possible and 9
w,ns 'n %p receptacle for holding water rr or
vas =, me largest glass bottle ever bIow -
Ire can "ue az Leith, In Scotland, in 17a7's
,' oaoaci'y was two hogshoads ''''''
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-07
SUNDAY SCHOOL BOOKS.
Titles and Teachings of Volumes Found
In sunday school Libraries.

Edward W Box in The Ladies' Home
journal, writes of the WHISKY washy." ucr.
nicious literature which is placed in the
hands of the young through the Sunday
school libraries. He makes plea for re-
form of this evil and has some words of
regret that standard novels are not gencr.
ally included in the Libraries of Sunday
schools. He also gives the titles and teach
lngs OF few of the books procured from
Sunday school libraries.
The first. he says, was called The
Assault; or Bobby : Lesson Bobby struck
a boy, who died from the effects of the
blow Imagine! Then Bobby became sor
rowful, morose, finally went insane. was
sent 10 maGhouse and died there az the
age of %. The story plainly Joints to the
fact that Bobby went to hell AnotL,r
book which | read preached the cheerful
gospel of idiocy. Ii was called Margaret.
or, The Story of Little Idiot Girl In ita
little girl was born an idiot and eight lit.
tie girls were daily sent TO her house so
that they might hear her idiotic savings
ana feel thankful for their blessings 'Os.
car sunday Flowers told the story of n
boy who picked flowers OH Sunday, and
that finally made him an unsuccessful man
for life! Jim's Confession; or, A Boy Who
Lied, was the story of lie. Poor little
jim told lie to his mother one day. and
that settled him His fortunes are pictured
through l4s pages until he at last repents
But men and women shun him. and he is
always known as Jim the Liar. The
TWO Schoolhoys portrays two boys-one
good, the other bad Both die. One goes
% heaven and the other to hell Little
Ella, Is drcssy girl She puts on a bright
ed lrock TO wear TO Sunday school one dav
against her mother' wishes, and her down
all az "a woman j. the result"