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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-24
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When Lady Burton was travelling alone
in Brazil, after three months roughing ia
in the interior she arrived at Rio .Janeirc
in plight which might excuse any one
for not recognizing her. Her boots were
in shreds, her dress i'm Sits, her hat in rib
bons, and her face, much swollen by ex.
posture, was Of "a reddish mahogany hue.
On arriving she was told that the Estran-
geiros hotel, where she had left her maid
and luggage, was full, and so she went to
the next best house in town. The land
lord, seeing before him only IA ragged
woman, pointed across tho road to a little
tavern where sailors wives were won't TO
lodge
My good woman, said he, 81 think
that will be about your place. Not here. 4"
well, she responded 81 think | shall
stay here all the same"
Very much amazed he showed her an
attic room, but she would have none of it
and insisted on engaging one of his best
rooms. Entering 1t, she said:
Now DO kind enough to send this let.
ter for me to the Estrangeiros
In reply TO the letter came the maid. n
most imposing functionary, with the lug
gage and letters. After bath and a
change of garments Lady Burton rang the
bell to order supper, and the landlord him
self appeared.
did that woman come to take apart
ments for you, madam he asked humbly.
Il beg your pardon. l am afraid | was
rude to her."
Il am that woman" returned Lady
Burton, smiling. "But you need not apol-
ogize, for l saw myself in the glass. and
dc not wonder at yonr suspicious. -
Youths Companion.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-24
BROKEN BY THE BANK.
The Usual Fate of Gamblers mt the Monte
Carlo Tables.

Carlo Tables.
An exact record is kept of the profits of
each table at Monte Carlo every day, but
1t Is sufficient for our purpose to strike an
average. The earnings of roulette table
during the winter average e4OO day, and
during the summer 1850. For the trente
ct quarante tables the averages are 93O0
and 925O day respectively. OF course
the takings of these tables vary very con-
siderably. A plunger may walk into the
rooms at any moment and have q run of
luck which will not only prevent any par
ticular table from making q profit, but
force the cashier to advance more money
to keep 1T going. This feat is enormously
called breaking the bank" but, depend
upon 1t, all such winnings find their way
back again to the tables.
AS Pere Blanc remarked, "He who
breaks the bank today will be broken by
the bank tomorrow" 1t was SO with
Lucky Chance Wells, whose play l watch
cd closely from day to day, and who I'M
doubleday won nearly csc, 600 during two
visits of ten days duration. He lost not
only the whole of it at two subsequent
visits, but also go, 900 of the money of
people whom he duped with his bogus
patents. SO with we'll known London
money LENDER one of the best customers
Oh the tables, who visits Monte Carlo every
season. He generally plays the maximum
Vi lS'oOO francs (94S0) "a coup at trente ct
quarante and has won large sums from
tine TO time. He informed me, however,
last winter that he was almost always u
loser at the end of his stay; that he made
alo,ooO his limit of loss, and that during
the last 10 or ~ years he had left ut least
@loo, oOO upon the tables. These are only
typical cases. The winner at Monte Carlo
returns to make little more. The loser
returns To try to get his money back and,
50 In the enc, La banque gagne toujours!-
Pail Mall Gazette.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-24
How TO Use Rloftinp Paner.

~ is curious about blotting paper, :"
said Mr. Dirperton, that it lasts lon.
ger II used on one side only. | refer
now to the small piece of plotting paper
that we pick. up and press upon the
i,eshiy written lines by rubbing it with
me hneor tips. Continual rubbing
makes the side that is rubbed upon
smooth and oily and less absorbent. If
we turn the blotter over now and then
ana get fresh surface and rub ind;ffer-
ehtiy on either side, we soon get both
sioes more or less oily, and then it
uoesh blot perfectly On either side. 1t
Is better 70 use it always the same side
oowh' 80 that hateyer moisture may
pe transferred from Tic finger tips is
KEPT All on one side. Thus used, the blot
Ter VIII take up ink more satisfactorily
ana Tor longer time than it would if
we Kept turning it over. ATLANTA
Constitution
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-24
A LIZARD HARD TO KILL.
stabbing Its Brain and Soaking In Aico-
hol Doesn't Worry IL.

The monitor is distinguished among all
lizards by the difficulty of killing TO- IL
ewes its name 90 its habit of whistling 20
| give warning of the approach of crocodiles,
| a naturalist who undertook To Kill one
WRITES;
Having caught one Of the species by
the neck so that she could not bite me, |
got a large worsted needle and gave her
several punctures with IL, not only in the
heart. but i'm every part of the Uranium
which was In contact with the brain,
This however, was so far from answering
my purpose. which was 20 Kill her i'm the
most speedy and least painful manner
without mangling or mutilating her, that
she seemed 20 have still enough life left 10
be able 10 run away
After this my host undertook TO put
an end TO her. and, having given her sov.
sra hard squeezes about the chest and
tied her feet together, hung her up by the
neck in moose which he drew as tight as
he possibly could.
"From this situation she was found in
a space Of IS hours to have extricated her.
self though she still remained near the
farm, appearing at the same time TO be al
most exhausted Upon this we tied her
lctt Cio>c ltIlilu AtTs 80 tHtt WIFI HCT lung
and sharp claws Of which she had five
upon each foot, she could not damage the
serpents and other animals. which | kept
in cask Of brandy, and among which |
put her with my own bands. holding her
u long time under the Surface of the liq-
nor Yet she was 50 far from being suffo-
Gated Immediately that she Gounced about
and even "a quarter of an hour alterward
convinced MS y her motions thai she had
sJill some life remaining in her
The Milo monitor or varan (Naranus
is perhaps the largest mem
Der of the family and has been known
TO attain Il length of over feet. In struc-
tural character 10 is somewhat distinct
from other lizards, approaching in several
respects its enemy the crocodile. the lar
gest of existing reptiles. IL is on tho eggs
Of crocodiles or the young cocodilcs them
selves that 10 chiefly feeds habit which
Is said to explain the fact that it appears
pm the monuments Of the ancient Egyp- |
ians 1t is still common to the Nile.
hough 80 mas also been found i'm the rivers |
If south Africa as we'll as i'm Senegal and |
loar sierra Leone New York journal
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-24
Wren's Little Trick.

When Sir Christopher Wren was build
ing the town hall OF Windsor ndrcty
member of the curroEtion-so the story
goes-insisted that the reef required fur
ther support, ard desired the architect TO
add more pillars In vain Gid s'lr Christie
pher assure him that the danger was imagi
nary He know better The alarm spread
and the great architect WAS worried into
adding the desired columns
Years pissed. and IN later tines, when
architect and patrons were dead cleaning
operations IN the root revealed the fact
that the supposed additional supports did
not touch the root ~ TWO inches. though
this was not pcrceptlble to the gHzers he.
low
BY this Ingenious exredi,rt did Wren
pacify his critics while indicating his
own architectural skill to future genera
tons
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-24
cLAYs GREAT vALEDIcToRY.
All Who Heard His Pathetic Farewell to
the senate Shed Tears.

John r. Coylo writes of Henry Clay s
farewell 90 the senate i'm The Ladies Home
Journal, regarding 10 as the most dra-
matte event ever witnessed in the United
states senate. Almost from the opening
words of the famous valedictory the vast
assemhlage of people were I'm tears, and
| the great commoner" was frequently
| interrupted 10y the sobs of his auditors
The scene was indeed impressive as Mr.
| Clay pronounced the concluding words of
| his farewell To public life" says Mr.
| Coyle. "He stood for "a moment after i'm
reverential attitude while all about him
strong men, swayed by the magnetic pow
| er OF the great orator, wept in silence.
The flushed suspense of intense feeling
and attention peryaded the crowded as
semblage as the famous statesman, with
lowering eyes. resumed his seat. For sew
eral moments the silence was unbroken
Senators sat as if i'm the shadow of some
impending calamity. Men of all parties
seemed equally overcome by the pathos
and majesty of the great statesman's fare
well.
"As Mr. Clay rose to leave the chamber
after adjournment, which directly follow
ed his address, and after he had said fare
well to all the other senators, he encoun-
tered Mr.. Calhoun. The eyes of the whole
assem- blage were fixed on these two old
friends and old political antagonists.
There was n pause in the demonstration
which awaited Mr.. Clay. The moment of
suspended anticipation was almost pain
full. For five years they had been cstrang-
ed and the only words which had passed
between them had been those harshly
spoken in debate. But now as they met
the old time came over them. They re-
membered only the political companion
ship of 20 years' standing. The interven-
ing differences which had chilled their
hearts toward each other were forgotten.
Tears sprang to their eyes. They shook
each other cordially by the hand, inter-
changed God bless your and parted. The
released suspense which awaited this tear
full scene found vent in shouts and cheers,
which were taken up by the crowds out.
side the senate chamber, expecting Mr.
Clay's appearance He was surrounded by
the waiting thousands on his way to his
carriage, and throngs followed him even
to his hotel.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-24
An Oxford Scholar

Mr. Godfrey Dawling stumbled into my
room with awkward movements and
equivocal sounds, long, lean, confused,
confusing young man, with "a bad com
plexion and large, protrusiye teeth. He
bore, in its most indelible pressure, the
postmark, as it were, of Oxford. and as
soon as he opened his mouth l perceived
In addition to remarkable revelation of
gums that the text of the queer communi-
cation matched the registered envelope.
He was full of reflnements and angles Of
dreary and distinguished knowledge OF
his unconscious drollery his dress freely
partook. 1t seemed, from tho gold ring
into which his red necktie was passed to
the square toe caps of his boots, to conform
with high sense of modernness to the
fashion before the last. There were mo-
ments when his overdone urbanity. all
suggestive stammers and interropatiye
quavers made him scarcely ineligible.
but felt him to DO n gentleman, and I
liked the honesty of his errand and the ex
preston of his good, green eyes Henry
James Glasses 4"
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-24
An Untrodden Canadian Wilderness.

The vast country north of the gulf Of
1T. Lawrence is to the uncommrrcial OK.
plorer the most interesting region on this
continent, if not in the world For nearly
four centuries the ships of civilization
have sailed by it, yet, except at the very
waters edge, there has been no intrusion
upon 1t. The rivers which pour forth from
every opening in the hills bear witness
that the back country is network of
lakes and water courses. Ask the commits
sioner of crown lands of the great province
OF Quebec today what his department
knows of that region and he will tell you
that 1t is the least known portion of North
America; that only "a few of the lakes
have been surveyed; that two exploring
parties have recently crossed the penin-
sula; that handful of fishermen's houses
fringe the gulf; that for the rest of il the
wandering Montagnais Indians are the
only tourists who traverse half a million
square miles Of territory. Steamers 90 up
the Saguenay. Lake st. John is reached
by rail, but away TO the northeast is "A ire.
mendous tract Of country whence Issue
streams greater than the Hudson the head
waters of which no white man has ever
seen. Frederic lrlund in Scrirners
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-24
ANNIE LAURIE.
The Authorship of the Song Fixed un.-
Douglas of England.

Frank Pope Humphrey says in N.
Clure's Magazine: '0'
1t was mt Maxwelton House. Apn,o,-
birthplace, that came across the missin'
link in the chain OF evidence that FIXES rs
authorship of the song upon Douolao 30
England. England Is In tho parish -
Dairy, in the adjacent shire of Kirlcrd
bright, and Douglas was u somewhat moo.
neighbor of Annie.
The present proprietor of Maxwelton
House, Sir Emilius Laurie, placed in n,,
hands n letter of which he said | miaL,
make what use l liked, and this lotta.
contained the missing link.
1t was written i'm 1889 by a friend IN q.
Emilius and relates an incident which
took place in 1854. At that TINA tha
writer whom we will call Mr.. b., was or
"a visit with his wife TO some friends IN
Yorkshire. Mrs. B. was "a somewhat %
nous singer of ballads. A few friend.
were Invited to meet them one eyenino
and after the ladies had retired to t5s
drawing room their hostess asked Mrs r.
to sing, and she sang "Annie Laurie, - in
the modern revision, just as we all sine n
Among the guests was "a lady i'm her
ninety seventh year. She gave close NJ.
when Mrs. b. had finished she spoke nm.
"Thank you, thank you, very much! But
they're ma the words my grandfatber
wrote. Then she repeated the first stanza
as she knew it.
The next day Mr.. and Mrs. b. called
upon her. and in the meantime she had
had the original first stanza written ont
debating it to Il grandniece. She had
signed it with her own shaky hand. Not
being satisfied with the signature, she had
signed it Il second time.
She explained that her grandfather
Douglas of Fingland, was desperately in
love with Annie Laurie when he wrote the
song. But" she added, che did ma Get
her after "a. -
She was not quite suro as to Annie's
fate, she said. Some folks had said she
died unmarried, while some had said she
married Ferguson of Craigdarroch, and
she rather thought that was the truth.
Questioned rs to the authenticity of the
lines she had given, she said
"Oh, l mind them 1nel have remem-
bered them a my life. My father often
them TO me-" And here is the
stanza, signed with her name:
Marvellous banks are bonnie.
They a clad owre wi dew
Who're an Annie Laurie
Made up the bargain true,
Made up the bargain true,
Which ne'cr forgot sail be,
An for bonnie Annie Laurie
I'd lay mo down an dee.
mind ma mair. CLARK DOUGLAS
Aug. 80, 1854.
In the common version this stanza reads:
Marvellous bracs are bonnie
Where early IA 5 the dew,
An it's there.that Annie Laurie
Gie'd me her promise true,
Gie'd mo her promise true,
Which ne'er forgot will be,
An for bonnie Annie Laurie
I'd lay me down an dee.
The music of the song is modern and
was composed by Lady John Scott, aunt
by marriage of the present Duke of Buc-
,leuch. The composer was only guessed
1T for many years. but somewhat recently
'he has acknowledged the authorship.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-24
Onions and Rheumatism.

A large Spanish onion stewed slowly
until tender in weak stock quickly made
from beef extract and hot water is most
palatable and nourishing dish, especially
useful, according to physicians, in coun-
teractlng the poison of rheumatic govt 1t
should be well seasoned with cayenne.
ne late supper OF chronic sufferer from
TINS same rheumatic govt, and which is
taken just before retiring, consists of a
perfectly roasted apple, without sugar, but
with thick cream and two large slices of
brown bread.-New York Post.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-24
United States EnpIish-

We as people use better English, on
the whole, than is used i'm any English
speaking community In the world In
England, as Is well known, many of the
inhabitants of one county cannot under.
stand the Inhabitants of an adjoining
county. A university bred Londoner On n,
not translate the uncouth patois of the
provinces to his consciousness. The citi
zens OF any one of our states can comm.
nicate freely with the citizens of any other
state A Harvard or Yale graduate talks
freely and easily with Colorado miner or
Minnesota farmer. The entire republic
Is bound closely together by common
intelligible English speech. In Great Brit.
am the conditions are just the opposite.
san Francisco Argonaut.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-24
-
IntempeHAAs Monkexs.

a, IL was stated that the death of Sally,
vve unlmpanzee, was hastened by drink.
whether this be true or not, her partiaiity
ior aicoholic beverages was we'll known.
anu no secret was made of the fact that
Sne was daily INDUCED with pint of beer
anls predilection for intoxicants consti-
.uees another feature of resemblance be-
Tween men and monkeys. Mr.. Muddock,
sne well known writer Of books of travel,
mentions that he has known several
simians who were all habitual drunkards.
anu mat his own monkey, Baba. drank
''seu INTO delirium tremens.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-24
An Oklahoma Indian Tradit,on.

tradition among the Caddo and otbct
Indian tribes of Oklahoma gives an no.
count OF cannibalistic tribe that once az
listed In this locality. The other tribes
nnaiiy agreed to annihilate such updesir.
apie neigh bors, and at time agreed upon
the cannibal village was surrounded. and
every member OF the tribe was DESTROYED
no. even babe was spared. Chief George
washington OF the Caddo tribe oftsn "a.
@tes this bit Of tradition. -OkIaboma
Timss-Journal.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-24
He Told Her.

good highland minister was endeavo
ing to steer u boatload of city young ladies
TO landing place. A squall was bursting
The steering was difficult. One of tbs
girls annoyed him by jumping up and call
ing anxiously, "Oh, where are we going
tor" If you do not sit down and keep
still, my young Teddy" said the minister
pilot succinctly, that will vera greatly
depend on how you were brought up. -
San Francisco Argonaut.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-24
Lightning Revenge Arfist-

Yes, Julia rejected him, and she was
afraid to open the morning paper for fear
she would read an account of his suicide. {"
She didn't find It, did sheY"
NO The first thing she saw was the
announcement OF his engagement to a
prettier girl. detroit Free Press.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-24
Ought to Know.

Judge-You say you were born in town
Witness-Yes, your honor.
Judge-You mean, suppose, that you
have always heard that you were born
here?
Witness-I have always heard so.
Judge-But that Is bearsav evidence
and 1t cannot be allowed.
witness-But was there myself, your
onor.-Boston Transcript
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-24

Over 1000 ships of all kinds and sizes
pass up and down the English channel ev-
cry "a hours, and there are scarcely ever
less than 200 near Lands End, leaving or
bearing mp for the channel
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-24

Landowners spend about slo. ooo, 900 On.
nually for umbrellaa
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-24

SACRIFICE artl1clal things and live nearer
nature, Father will heal them rapidlv f"
Like the swapping of the string of n
harp comes the announcement that
sweet Mary Kyle Dallas is no more in
the flesh. She was beautiful. high
pred looking woman with white hair
and the soft pink aud white skin Of a
child. A child she was in gentloness
sincerity and purity. One read with
surprise In the notice of her death that
she was 60 years old. She looked cor
tainly 10 years younger, aud it was the
everlasting youth of her heart and sopI
that made her look so. In the earIv
days of the New York Ledger she was
Its most popular short story writer and
at one time was paid by Mr.. Robert
Bonner $4,000 year. Death came 20
her In the best and kindliest way. in
the way hope it will come to me
quickly, without lingering suffering or
Painiui decay OF mind and body. Mon
DAY evening, in ordinary health and in
Iuil vigor OF mental power, Marv KvIo
Dallas sat at her desk finishing a niece
Oh writing on which she was engaged.
tuesday morning she was found upcon.
seious In her bed, and in few hours sbe
gently passed to the plane where sha
ana such as she find joy and light and
the satisfactory solution of all the nroh-
TENS that vexed them here.
ELIZA ARCHARD CoNNxR
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-04-17
Pioneer "Reminiscences.

To the Editor:
Being one OF the Pionesrs OF '47 1
thought l would write a few lines on
that subject. lett Nauvoo early in
February, 1876, as teamster for Par
ley L. Pratt; crossed the river on The
ice, campeu ut the Iowa tithiDg office,
on the fret OF March Joined tue CAM
on Sugar creek ami started on our
journey through Iowa. We csmped
at place called Garden Grove. We
fenced In about two hundred ncres OF
land, plsnied 1t with corn. built quite
number OF log houses, stayed there
two or three weeke. We then started
ON and came TO cemoi & place.
Brother Pratt called 1t Mount Pisysn.
We stayed there nbou. two weeks.
Hslaman Pratt was born there. W.,
then rolled ON TO the Missouri river. l
enlisted In the Mormon Battalion. 1
was told to stay and take charge Of
Brother P.at.is family as he was
called TO no to England. We bnilt's
small city anu called 1t WiGter Quar-.
tore. | ground corn ON . hauu mill
through the winter to keep the family
from sui iriug. A great many uiej
that winter from u disease called the
black ley, kind OF Bcurvy, for the
want OF vegetables. In the spring
Brother John Taylor brought my eis
ters along with him from EnglanU,
They wanted me to go with them to
the valley. l LETT Brother Pratt and
got ready 10 20 with them. We ar
rived In the valley about the nrst OF
o ;tober, ls47. built an adobe room
Ia the OLD tort anu lived there two
winters. In the spring OF 'iS l gave
ten cents for two small CanfOruis
potatoes. 1 plated them ami raised a
peck. In the spring OF 40 came on
TO my lot. L planted my peck OF pots.
toes anu raissd twenty bushels. L had
not eaten any potatoes Tor nearly four
years. 1 have lived on my lot nearly
brty eight years. In the spring OF
AS planted i've acres OF corn. Mil
lions OF large black criokets came
from the mouhtains ana destroyei
hundreds Of acre. Of corn ana wheat.
1 fought the crickets all summer and
raised eighty bushes OF corn.
GEo. WHITAKER