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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-23
A Remarkable Tree.

There is hayward white oak tree
near Laporte, Ind, that may we'll pug
zle naturalists with the vagaries of its
growth. The tree is 9 feet in circumfer-
ence at the base, and there are no
branches of any size below 10 feet from
the ground. There the great bole d.
vides into q number of limbs. Two,
leaving the trunk about 30 inches apart,
grow west, their lines diverging for some
6 feet, and then each rending toward
the other. Twelve feet from the body of
the tree they unite again, making per-
feet oval, and out Of this grow two
smaller branches. AS il not satisfied
with that expressed disregard for the
laws of nature. this old tree has per-
formed another feat. Six feet from it's
base grows another white oak, less than
half its size, and no sooner does the
smaller tree arrive at the charmed cir
cles of those branching limbs than one
of them grows right into it. and is alb
sorbed. The second tree is very much
larger 90 feet from the ground than at
its base
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-23
A SUNBEAM BROKE A BANK.
The Faro Dealer Thought It's End Was =
White Check.


White Check.
THAT piece in your paper bout the
guy that cleaned up the faro banks out
IN Seattle" unused Bettam High, the
Chicago gambler. as he told the waiter
to bring on three fer halt, ;" "ain't
in it with my personal experience. This
was ont in Cripple Creek when the
boom was way up an good play
agin right bank. see, was with more
to the banker than split in the best
claim you could git if they broke even.
Do you know Eaten Up Jakef That
wasn't his name Of course, but the gang
give him the handle cause he could
chew SO fast, see? Well, Eaten Up got
hold OF piece of money in Chicago
he win ont roll off n short money, see,
an he goes off to Cripple Greek an starts
to dealin. De lay out was in little
frame, pine board joint bouts big's a
dry goods box. Jake gets good play,
you know-took minute to settle after
every turn, see? But l didn't tell you
bout the knothole. You see, there's a
knothole in board right back of the
dealer. Jake, he's in the lookout chair,
seef Jake don't have no clock there,
see, SO nobody minds the daylight, only
it makes the dealer a little sleepy an
Jake he's kinda dopy.
"Well, there's tin horn from over
in another joint-a plugger in the stud
game, seer He blows in an buys two
red checks, waits fer cases, fergits the
copper one play an gets whipsawed,
see-loses both bets. Then he buys half
a stack of whites an keeps the seat,
playing mostly cases. He keeps his
checks in his hands, an Jake don't keep
cases on him. Well, he goes broke, but
Jake doesn't know it.
1.-THE jacks case, see, an the sun
lights coming through the knotholt
over the dealers shoulder. hits the jack
right in the center, an it looks like 9
white check. The jack wins. Dealer
pays a white check ON the jack. Tir
horn pushes the sleeper over between
the queen an, the king, an it wins
again, see? An, ON the level, the guy
win and win, an nothin can stop him
Five deals afterward he has the checl
rack out, an Jack says:
II can't deal fer you no more. Nj
roll is gone
Next day stake Jake in the poke
game an tell him how it happened, al
he says:
"Well, watyetink Of thatf Wouldn'
that skin you? I've heerd of guys win
ming out de bank roll off eat money
but never heard of winning out on
shadder. "-Elmira Telegram.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-23
Pingree Case in Court.

Detroit, Feb. 22.-Arguments were
heard by the judges Of the circuit court
sitting EN- banc Saturday on the appli-
cation for a mandamus to compel cleo
ton of mayor to succeed Governor
Pingree, who. 1t Is alleged, vacated the
office of mayor In becoming governor
After arguments Of two hours on
side and a submission Of briefs, the
court stated 1t would announce a de-
cision within a week, so as to give am
pie time for an appeal to the supreme
court and a final decision before the
April election.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-23
MISSOURI FARMER MURDERED.
Shot Down from Ambush by n Miscreant
Near Eldredge.

Shot Down from AmDusu ny ~ '"'sShS""s
Near Eldredge.
Lebanon, Mo-. Feb 22.-Joseph Wor-
ley, farmer who lived two and one
half miles from Eldredge, was murdered
at o'clock last night His assailant,
who appears to have lain in ambush,
fired a charge of buckshot into Worleys
side. The man fell fataDv---rouhueo'
h,,. .;,...c~>s--s---,.- -ssdke sure or his work
the assassin seems to have deliberately
driven a large wire nail into his victim, 8
brain. There is no relial hIfa-crue to the
perpetrateOr, the manner of the
assassination can only be surmsed from
the conditions found
The report of a gun was heard at
o'clock A pool of blood was found near
the barn door, but the body was loo
yards away. A wire nail had been
driven into the brain. 1t is thought
Worley was shot as he entered the barn
and that when he revived and
to crawl to the house the work was
completed with a nail and stone.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-23
What Other Kindg

"what nasty smell burned powder
has - said Johnny.
"Powder?" exclaimed his elder sis
ter, Miss Maud, looking mp. why, 1t
hash Il any sm-oh, you mean gunpow-
der
And abe turned o lovely, creamy
shade of vermilion and became ABB
sorbed in her fashion magazsns again
--CbieaSs Tribune.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-23
THOUGHT THE KAISER STUPID.
A Co~chman Told Him He Would Never
Set . River Aflre.

A Co~chman Told Him He Would Never
Set River Ahre.
An amusing little story about thepr
emit emperor of Germany, William II,
md Vienna ooachman was narrated at
. banquet lately given az Vienna by
some diplomatists. the narrator being
himself we'll known and prominent
member of the corps diplomatic.
In the year 1887 the present Emperor
William ii of Germany, then Prince
William of Prussia, came to Vienna,
visiting his particular friend and chum.
the late Crown Prince Rudolf OF Aus
tria. Joined by the Prince Of Wales,
who was at that time also frequent
visitor to the Vienna court, the three
princes took fancy to mingle with the
commons of the Vienna population.
Dressed in ordinary clothes, they visited
places which are not in the least regard
ed as suitable for priucely guests.
One day they entered hotel, but in
stead of going into the dining room they
walked into the "schwemme," place
which answers in some degree to the
barroom of an American hotel; in this
room coachmen and the servants OF the
hotel guests take their meals.
The three princes took seats at an
empty table, and listened, highly
amused, to fierce debate about politics
between several stout members OF that
class of fashionable Vienna coachmen
who are known all over Europe as
'fesche Wiener fiaker. I" The distinc-
ton of those characters is kind OF
good natured boldness and droll famil-
iarity toward their customers as we'll 2.
| to perfect strangers. s,,sh
After listening awhile Prince Will obu
put in a word, and soon was drawn ,om.
the excited discussion. Suddenly g. OBJ
red faced coachman walked mp to iom
table where the three princes were
ed, and, tapping Prince William gei
on the shoulder, said, Nov, II syl
should ever have anything to say
politics, you wouldn't set river ON faro
I'm sureP q eel
AS every public coachman in Weller,
wears a number, this coachman waion
upon special request Of Prince Willi,sa
easily identified. The prince sent b; 4
q handsome scarfpin with his initials ii
thanks for the amusement he had fryy
nished, and thus the man learned a
amazement whose political abilitia
they were that he had so belittled.-
Vienna Letter in New York Press. !,
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-23
EXPLOSION AND FIRE.
Several Men Injured in The Chronicle Of
flee at Chicago.


flee mt Chicago.
Chicago. Ills, Feb 22.-While the en-
gineers and pressmen employed in The
Chronicle building were finishing up
their work at o'clock Saturday morn
ing, preparatory to departing for their
a loud explosion, which was immediate
ly followed by several others. The force
of the explosions shook the building to
its very foundations. hurting the work.
men to the ground. and injuring seven
of their number. To add to the excite
ment. flames were discovered eating
their way through the woodwork i'm
meditely below the sidewalk on Wash
ington street. or the eight men work.
ing in the cellar the following were
injured: Lewis Hargrove, chief engin-
eer; John Mcmillan, head pressman;
Charles Dupuis. night clerk; Matthew
Baynes, Alfred Steinger, Benjamin Nc
MILAN, Charles Ereck
Just what caused the explosion Is
not known, but 1t Is believed that the
natural gas which is used for running
the machinery and presses was ignited
by an electric wire. The wires of the
Western Union Telegraph company anc
the gas company used in The Chronicle
building all come together in the cellar
beneath the sidewalk on Washington
street, and IL was here that the explo-
sion occurred. The trouble is thought
to have been caused by the insulation
having worn off of wire which crossed
the gaspipes. The loss will not reacf
more than about $4,000, and possibly
less. The Chronicle building was onl,
slightly injured. though 1t is feared tina
some Of the machinery was damaged b!
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-23

tors have given up hope. His father
and brother have been telegraphed for.
Besides being a famous bicyclist
Johnson is also a great skater. During
his career on the ice Johnson has
broken many records. In January. 1884
he went against his own worlds rec
ord of I'm. 22s. for half a mile and cut
the record to I'm. 16 Ass. On Feb. 26
Of the same year he broke the worlds
ten mile record in Montreal, covering
the distance in Sim. IL lbs. The best
previous time was made by Smith OF
ST. Paul, who skated the ten miles in
32m. SIS. Johnson made the entire dis
lance without the assistance of pace
makers
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-23
PERCENTAGE OF POOR EYES.
Only One Person In Fifteen Has Both
Eyes In Good Condition.


Eyes In Good Condition.
Only one person in 10 has both eyes
in good condition, and in cases out of
10 one eye, generally the right, is
stronger than the other 1t is found
that just as people are right or left
handed so they are right or left sight
ed, and while apparently looking with
both eyes they often really use only one.
Out of 30 persons whose eyes were test
ed by German doctor two only were
found to be AFT sighted.
The reason Of the greater strength
generally possessed by the right eye is
not altogether understood, hut prohah,y-
tho natural tonsso.acy 70 the greater use
Of the right side of the body has some
thing to do with it. In using yeaI.aI .ht
for instance. mankind has been . a0n;n,.
l,ecass1me for ases-a.titna eS IN la rtf
the right hand and side have Most exer
else, and this discipline has undoubted
ly had its effect on the eye.
Old sea captains after long use Of TIT
telescope find their right eyes mucl
stronger than the left-the direct effec
of exercise. This law is confirmed b.
the experience of aurists. If a person
who has ears of equal hearing powe
has cause to use one ear moro than tn
other for long period, the ear prough
info reop;sicf0n is found to be strength
eped and the ear not used loses its hear
ing in a corresponding degree. Pitts
burg Dispatch.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-23
Costly Fire ut Toledo.

Toronto, Ont. Feb. PA telegram
and Michigan Southern railway eleva-
tor "a burned here Friday night. The
fire broke out at 1890. According to
the best figures obtainable there was
1926. 600 bushels of wheat stored In the
elevator. The loss on elevator and grain
will aggregate S355,o00. Thirty cars
were burned on the tracks. The grain
was fully insured at the market value,
while the elevator was insured for 20
per cent OF its vIue. Spontaneous
combustion is given as the cause Of the
fro
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-23
SONS CHASTITY DISCOVERY.
Terrible Double Tragedy Enacted at Fall
village, Conn.

Terrible Double Tragedy Enacted at Falls
Village, Conn.
Falls Village, Conn, Feb. 22.-When
he awoke Saturday morning the 10
year-old son of Postmaster Walter
Chaplin found the corpse of his mother
In the dining room of their home. and
nearby the dead body Of Charles Mead,
about 26 year old, the son of Rev. II.
p. Mead, formerly of Falls Village, but
now of Scotland. Conn. Some distance
away was revolver with several
chambers empty. Mr.. Chaplin. who Is
engaged as superintendent of Henry
Bishops factory at Sheffield, Mass, was
summoned home upon the discovery OF
the double tragedy. The superstition
is that Mead killed Mrs. Chaplin and
himself, but at present the facts in the
case are not known.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-23
-
death of an Old 'l0er.

Newburgh, N. Y, Feb. 22-William
Wait one of the men who dug for gold
in California in ls49. died OF paralysis
Friday at the home of his nephew DR..
Wesley Wait, at this place. He was
n years of age Mr.. Wait left fortune
of $500. 000 much of which Is invested
In Chicago and Lincoln. Neb., real es-
tate. DIR. Wait found 100000 In bonds
and other securities in the room OF MS
uncle soon after the death Of the latter
Mr.. Wait was unmarried.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-23
IN PLAGUE TIMES.
How London Handled the All Dsvouring
Sickness In the Seventeenth Century.

How London Handled the All Dsv0uring
Sickness In the Seventeenth Century.
During the plague Of 1903 Francis.
Herring, doctor in Physicke and Fell
low of the Colledge of Physicians in
London published certain Rules
and Directions for the prevention OF the
spreading Of that contagious and all de-
vouring Sickness. These he reprinted,
"somewhat inlargsa~'' inhthe next
plague season of 1925, TO \iey and
yse. and / hope good nz0@z
and Countrimen. Amod for Supreme
"Concourse of people ,lamation.
wakes or feasts and May 1000 delegates
are to be pss66fiw when Chairman Ferry
! ~ oned 10 order the state Republican
convention, called to nominate JUS
tice of the supreme court and two re-
gents of the state university. The roll
81 com difitrtteess on Xacsr eaehtlas
rules and resolutions, and the conven-
ton then took a recess until O'CLOCK.
After adoption of the report Oh the
committee on credentials In the al.e,-
noon the resolutions committee reported,
briefly "congratulating the country on
- abe victory of last November :
Inc DurylnS-A DOuleS III
churches, churchyards and, namely. in
Paules Churchyard, where the chiefe
Magistrates of the Cite and many other
Citizens meete weekly to hear Sermons,
must needs be not onely inconuenient,
but verie dangerous for spreading the
contagion, and poisoning the whole
Cite"
Some folk ate breakfast then, others
did not:
"For breakfast you may vse good
draught of wormewood Deere or ale,
and few morsels of bread and butter,
with the leaues Of sage, or else toste
with sweet salade oyle, two or three
drops of rose vinegar and little sugar.
They that hnue cold stomackes may
drinke draught Of wormewood wine
or malmsey, instead of ale or beere.
But take heed Gas you loue your life) of
extreme hot waters, as aqua Vita, Rosa
soils or other compound waters of like
nature, which Empericks prepare and
set out with vaine and boasting words
80 they were devised to kill,
not cure men. Notes and Queries
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-23
Little encouragement.

]. L. Toole was once entertained by q
party of Edinburgh gentlemen at din
ner. After the cloth was removed a lit
tie sociability was INDUCED in, and Mr..
Toole was asked to give recitation.
This the veteran comedian sternly de-
clined to do. A worthy baillie, whose
knowledge of things theatrical was
somewhat primitive, approached Toole'
patted him on the back and said in
fatherly way: Come ava, my man |;
dinna be bashfu'. We're no i'll TO
please. "-Household Words.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-23
Twenty-seven Members Unseated.

Salem, Ore, Feb. 22.-The Benson
house Friday night unseated twenty
seven members who failed to qualify.
The house then adjourned until Mon
day. A letter from Senator Mitchell,
addressed to State Senator Hughes
chairman of the Republican caucus
was read in a conference held. Senator
Mitchell reviews the facts of his nomin-
alton by the Republican caucus, the
subsequent refusal of the minority &c
qualify and permit the house TO oe OF
eanized, and closes by releasing ms sup
,,orters from any further obligation.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-23
CRACKER WAR SPREADING.
II Has Reached Kansas City an" rrices 70
Down 40 Pe~ Oent'

Down 40 Pew cent.
Kansas Cit,, Feb. 22.-The cracker
NO., has reached Kansas City, and the
prices to dealers. at least, is just half
of what 1t has been. Mr.. Jenkins of
Chicago, representing the New York
Biscuit company, has arrived and Of
fered dealers cut of 40 per cent on
some of their goods, besides a 10 per
cent trade discount. Several local
dealers and wholesale grocers ordered
carload lots. Up to this time the Amer
lean company in which Kansas City
Is most interested, has not met the cut.
Loose Bros. the largest local competi-
tors of the New York concern, refuse
to state at present whether or not they
will reduce their prices.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-23
Verdict Against the Companies.

Jamestown, N. Y, Feb. pa jury
has awarded Mrs. Louis Morris of
Franklin, Pa, a verdict of $29,250, the
amount of insurance on the life of her
husband who was drowned in Canta-
saqua lake. The insurance companies
threaten to appeal the case to the SUI
preme court. They allege that Morris
carried more insurance than his salary
would keep up and hint suicide.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-23
Ann Arbor's Junior Hop.

Ann Arbor, Mich. Feb. 22.-Ths jun
Tor hop Friday night was the largest
and most successful In the history OF
the university's social events Two hum
dred and ssvsnty-five couples attended.
The grand march began at ESQ and was
led by g. n. 0roesbeck. Alpha Delta
Phi, Of GRAND Rapids. Mo-, saa hiss
lsuSsl y7oS1 u petp0lt.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-23
GREEKS WHIP THE TURKS.
Sultan's Troops Badly Beaten in Battle
on the Frontier.

London, Feb. PA dispatch to The
Times from Vienna says that the Neue
Freie Presse publishes report from
Sanlonka, dated Tuesday, to the effect
that collision has occurred between the
Turkish soldiers and the Greek insur-
gents at Naxlitza, near the Greek from
tier.
The Turks were defeated with losses,
and withdrew to bring reinforcements.
The governor of Salonika has ordered
the troops to the point where the dis
turbance took place. The population
along the Greek frontier, according to
the Neue Freie Presse, Is eagerly await
ing the signal to rise against the Turks.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-23
CRABTREE ACQUITTED.
The Slayer of DIR. Isaac n. Cohee Proves
~elf-Defense.

Self-Defense.
cairo. Ills, Feb. 22.-Green p. Crab
tree. who killed DR.. Isaac N. Coffee,
president of the state board of pharm-
acy, in a street fight on July rs last,
was acquitted by the jury Friday on the
ground Of self defense.
Crabtree, who was formerly a pre-
scripton clerk in Coffee's drug store.
started up drug store Of his own only
two doors from Coffee's place. This
caused Coffee to feel very bitter toward
him, and in passing Crabtree's store he
made an insulting remark which Crab
tree heard and resented. A fight en-
sued and Crabtree used a small dagger.
stabbing Coffee several times. CRAB
trees friends remained at the court
house to hear the verdict and when 1t
was read made quite demonstration,
picking the defendant up and carrying
him around the room.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-23
Golden wedding Celebration.

Beloit. wis. Feb. 22.-Mr. and Mrs.
william Jack, Beloit's oldest living set
tiers. Friday celebrated their golden
wedding. Mr.. Jack was born in Ireland
of Scotch parents 81 years ago. When
years of age he came to this country
His parents settled first in Canada. He
went to Chicago in 1886, when that me-
tropolis was village. He came to
Beloit in 1s37-sixty years ago. eleven
years before Wisconsin was a state.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-23
p,ock Hawk War Veteran Dead.

clinton, Ills, Feb. 22.-Philip Clark,
BLACK Hawk war veteran and close
friend of Abraham Lincoln, died here
Friday. Mr.. Clark was So years old,
and had lived in Dewitt and Sangamon
counties for nearly sixty-five years. He
formerly spoke some of the Indian Ian
puaees. and had Travelled extensively
on the plains in the old days. He was
with Lincoln in some Of his trips on the
fiatboat. and in the Black Hawk war
was in the same company
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-23

While teaching class Of girls in q
school recently, the master asked the
following question:
What was Noah supposed to be do
ing when the animals were going into
the arkp'
He received several answers. Al last
little girl put mp her hand.
We'll. he said, what do you sayE'
Taking The tisksts. - "--Due