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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-17
FREAK LEGISLATION.
Ksnsas 10 Not the Only state Trossisd In
This Manner.

xsps.s ID Not the Only state TroseleA 1.
This Manner.
Who shall say that Kansas has reached
tho climax of freak Legislation in trying
to attach an enacting clause to the len
Commandments? Every stats Legislature
seems to contain enough cranks to keep
the ball rolling, and every day brings
forward new evidences Of Legislative
ssininity. Kansas Is 10 worse than other
states in this respect Bills almeu
against theater hats, cigarettes and fooe'
ball have literally became "too numer-
Gus to mention.
A Massachusetts, solon asks for a sal
aried state board to examine black
smiths: North Dakota proposes to license
BARRIERS: an Indiana man has project
10 tax whiskers; Massachusetts, aiso
wants all chiropodists to pass state
examination.
Michigan and Missouri propose to tax
bachelors, and Missouri legislator ha'
also introduced o bill to punish %,
heavy fine any widow or unmarrle'
woman who refuses an honorable offci
| Of marriage. Minnesota comes FORWARD
Il
with bill to prevent womei. from SEM
ing flowers to criminals. Missouri want
TO fine railway hands $50 for fiirtin
with women passengers, and Nebrask
asks that all bulls horns shall be re
moved when the animals become 2year
old.
Michigan and Indiana demand tina
bills of fare shall be printed III En8iis
only, and measure was recently INTRO
duced in the Indiana legislature maxim
, it a misdemeanor to wear squeakln
boots to church. Oklahoma has trle
legislation against boomers, kans'
against corsets and Alabama again
r shirt waists. ,.,
, This country may or may not be III
t home of the brave" but 1T certainty
fast becoming the land OF the freak
Chicago Times Herald.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-17
,y.,,a Ride a Mile a Minute.

Charles M. Smith of the Garden Oi'y
crciors San Jose, Cal, is perfect'ng
arrangements for a sensational rue ~, ~, Tn
b,cycle behind locomotive on 'ne
a. of the Southern Pacific company
between Mayfield and Lawrence ,,o
0eS rive snace between the rails will be
,oa ,nr 'p over for distance of three ,ae
O ti,ea a. it will require nearly one mile
to get in motion and ano.h nraa ~ NTH" the
to stop With locomotive breaking ,bs ' aip
emee. y, he expects to cover the mile
.,e,i inside of one minute and possibly
WEI W. iow as 81 seconds. E E. Anderson oa
has a record for similar pe''O
80 a fraction over one minute
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-17
For . Big bunker Colony.

A body of represen' tive Nebraska
farmers. accompanied ~ several OFF,
Gals of the Northern Pacific immigra-
ton department, have arrived In North
Dakota. The delegation purposes TO ex-
anime the soil and inv stigate the re-
sources of the country isom an agricui-
tural view. 1t is reported that the gen.
tlemen are favorably impressed with
the situation and that an option ror tine
purchase Of 5000 acres has been secured
from the railway company The tract
which is reserved for colony OF the
bunker faith, lies within q few miles
Of Darlington and Is a part OF the IN
demnity strip recently patented by th'
government st. Paul Pioneer fress
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-17
YOUNG WOMEN DlSTlllERS
Unexpected Sight Witnessed by Revenue
Ofacers In q Georgia Raid.

Uuexpected sight Witnessed " ns's"s
Onacers In = Georgia Raid.
Peter Walker, a farmer living ~
miles from Atlanta. has been operating
an illicit distillery with the aid OF ms
two handsome daughters, Sallie and
Mary. who are respectively IL and 10
wears old Uncle Sam 8 vigilant servants
learned that several stills were being
operated within two or three miles OF
Red Oak
-uty Collector f. w. Runbert and
Denuty Marshals Mann and Whatley
went out to bag some OF the boys. oue
what they saw was surprise to them
They reached the still which they wish
ed to destroy and found that the pros
had flown. They were demolishlng the
furnace when several shots were hred
down the creek to warn the other stills
The officers ran down to the place where
thew heard the shooting and lookins
through a thicket. saw another sui III
full blast ,oo,,oa
Creeping up carefully, they looked
tbronph the cracks of the log hut be1ore
making the seiIuio' CIV - o,,
beheld nearly took their breath away.
| Lying upon bed was an old man aias sioH
,vith rheumatism, who was directing
his two daughters in making the liquor,
| The officers went in and arrested tne o..
man who gave his name as fe'e'
Walker and his two daughters, mary
and Sallie They broke the still, de
s sno 5000 gallons of beer, th mr. e
barrels Of whisky and much other ma
terial, They pronounced the moonshln
as GOOD as any they ever tasted and re
uretted having to destroy the WORKS 6,
despite the young ladies pleadln so,, 0 oh
man Walker was too sick TO De o'ouS :;
to Atlanta, so he had to be iell ' AZ ~, ~
home under arrest. The girIs wero ,. ~
arrest.d-St. Louis Globe Democrat
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-17
Electric Eyos.

The latest adjunct that science gives
70 the surgical operator - an electric
eve. Strictly speaking, It Is not an eye
at all. but rather sort OF searchhgnt,
which is used to aid the human eye In
delicate surgical operations
Oftentimes surgeons are landscapes
in their work by the fact that they can
not see distinctly the parts upon which
thew must operate. The formation OF
the human body is such that III many
instances no light can be put directly
upon the particular part OF the human
anatomy that ia to be operated upon
The eve can see to the extent OF human
capability, but in intricate operations
however strong the light in the operat-
ing theater may be, the rays lack tnat
penetration and power OF concentration
SO necessary to delicate surgical opera
tions.
Professor Charles E. Quimby, OF
Bellevue hospital, New York, has pat
ented this new aid to surgery From am
ordinary electric light wire connexions
ism 20 with this device, which hts the
face uch in the manner OF pair or
spectacles. The appliance in itself con-
sists of two small incandescent Lamps
which are fitted one above and the othen'
below the eye of the operator. They are
SO adjusted that the rays focus at point
sufficiently near the ordinary point on
vision to throw all the power OF the
electric rays upon the point desired.
1t is practically portable searchllghs
ADAPTED to the operating theater. Inc
lamps are in the form of an annular
glass globe, with an illuminating con-
/, ductor. An insulated backing, consist
ing of metal leather lined band, when
:. passes around the head. prevents the
heat from affecting the wearer, and az
the same time holds the light in position
!, and prevents any possible effect that
!, otherwise the electricity might have
: upon the wearer The lights more near
ly resemble long glass tubes than any.
!. thing else. Within these tubes are placed
= the lamps, which can be adjusted TO any
q desired angle. When direct downwart
a raw is desired, small reflector Is hxet
"a above the light and the rays thrown IL
:, the desired direction. Francisc'
Examiner.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-17
HE COULDN'T TELL A LIE.
And Consequently He Was the Victim Of
Confidence Mon.


Confidence Men.
Last week a couple of men worked
confidence game on an old gentleman
whose name IL 700 well known in Wash
ington for il TO be mentioned here The
story is given just as he told it,
II want 20 see, he said how this
story will strike you. 1t struck me two
ways at once
We had just PASSED through C!ncin.
natl. and had settled comfortably down
In my seat, when a man came III and
sat down behind me In 10 OF 5 min.
utes man from another part Of the car
came over TO MN and sand JIM have
you got any Olg Bills. We beer Object
ing and want 70 send some morey home
but these little bills MAKE toe .arge a
roll
Jim replied that he had none With
that the first speaker SAID 10 ne IN a
brusque and oaslnesslike manner, Sir,
have you some large bills that you could
exchange for some sma. ones
Now, / had two tweutles folded up
in my watch pocket, but as distrusted
the man / said No am a pretty old
man. as you know and in all my 81
years l have tried 20 stick somewhere
near the truth decided was too ole
to begin lying now, so | corrected my
| self and told him had two twenties.
well, sir, If you can let me chang'
one of them will be very much oblig
| ed, he said and counted out three five
| and five ones looked at the bills, ant
they were good money. handed hin
the $40 and folded the bills up with m
other $50. Just as l was putting then
in my pocket again he said, Let m
count it again and see if it is all right.
Although knew it was correct, l hand
cd it to him. He counted it over, the
handed it back, saying, Yes, that is a
right.
! Pretty soon they left the car, and the
I thought / would look at that none
again. took out the roll and foun
that it consisted Of five 81 bills and
more. The darned rascal had slippe
out with my $l5.
II consider that they played goo
Joke ON IN. and that view Of il is anu
, ing-in q way-but l was most CO.
foundedly mad too. Washington Sta
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-17
A GREAT RIVER.
Marco Polo's Report Concerning this et-
gantic Yang -tse- kiang.

II
gantic Nang-tse- kiang.
Noah Brooks quotes the following
from the great Venetian traveller IN his
series Of st. Nicholas papers, The
True Story of Marco Polo:"
And assure you this river flows so
far and traverses so many countries ana
cities that in good sooth there pass and
repass on its waters great number Oh
vessels and more wealth and merchan-
disc than all the rivers and all the seas
of Christendom put together 1t seems
indeed more like a sea than river. Mes
ser Marco Polo said that he once beheld
at that city 10, 900 vessels at one time
And you may judge If this city OF mo-
great size has such number, how many
must there be altogether, considering
that ON the banks of this river there are
more than 10 provinces and more than
200 great cities besides towns and VII
lagos, all possessing vessels.
Messer Marco Polo aforesaid tells us
that he heard from the officer employed
TO collect the great khan's duties on this
river that there passed up stream zoos-
600 vessels in the year, without count
ing those that passed down. Indeed, as
IL has course of such great length and
receives SO many other navigable rivers,
il is no wonder that the merchandise
which is borne on it is Of vast amount
and. value. And the article in largest
ouantity of all is salt, which Is carried
by this river and its branches to all tho
cities ON their banks and thence to the
other cities in the interior.
The vessels which ply ON this river
are decked. They have but one mast,
but they are of great burthen, for can
assure you they carry, reckoning by our
weight, from 1000 to $4,000 cantars
each. In going up stream they have to
be hauled, for the current is 30 strong
that they could not make head In any
other manner. Now the towline, which
is some 500 PAGES in length, is made Oh
nothing but cane. IT'S in this way:
: They have those great canes OF which
told you before that they are some 10
!, PAGES in length. These they take and
= split from end to end into many slender
. strips, and then they twist these strips
together so ss to make rope OF any
:. length they please. And the ropes .
y made are stronger than If they wen
made Of hemp
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-17
INDIAN DIVORCES.
sae Courts Are Now Playing Havoc With
Tribal Customs.


With most of the plain Indians mar
riage consists of picking out the maid
en-, leading her to cabin or wigwam
and installing her as mistress OF the
house and cornfeld, sometimes with the
necessary preliminary of paying the Ia
ther pony or two or an installment OF
blankets and occasionally with some
slight ceremony performed by chief or
medicine man. And when the brave
grows tired of his partner he can get
rid of her as easily as he won her.
The people who are now Hooking 10
the Dakotas or Oklahoma to get divorces
would be Supremacy happy if they could
throw off the CALLING bonds OF wedlock
as easily as does the reservation Indian.
The fact having been formally announced
by the head man of the clan, the d.
vorce takes place when the tribe is gath
cred at a dance. When all are assembled
and the circle formed, the discontinued
warrior strikes drum used by the rev.
elers, gives away a few presents, Oft
times making present to the squaw ne
intends to take next, and then In q
short bombastic speech he stigmatizes
his wife by giving her over to the tender
mercies of other braves, while they look
upon him enviously and consider thai
he has performed an act Of bravery II
his desertion.
| With the taking of land in severalt,
and putting ON of citizenship, however
the Indian finds that he has cementet
the ties that were so loose before, 10
the courts everywhere are deciding tina
the tribal marriages are legal and bind
ing upon the Indian who becomes CIT
izen. And, if the weight OF one iega
marriage wears somewhat heavily upo
O white man, how must it be with tn
red man, who has contracted two, three
four or even more alliances, which Tn
court now declares legal. and at tn
same time takes away his former avenu
of relief?-Cincinnat Commercial It'll
| une.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-17
pleased with the Driving.

Apropos of the arrest OF young
woman in New York for having run
over n man OH Fifth avenue, the writer
of this paragraph wildly recalls his ex-
perience in the same city and on the
same avenue some time ago.
II was OH wintry day in February
and the sleighingN was good. a barge
drawn by four spirited horses ana hlleo
with a merry sleighing party came
gliding down the avenue, the horses III
full gallop. At one of the crossings tue
leaders struck the young man from DOS
ton. who was thrown fat on his pack'
the four horses passing over him on the
RIM. Before the horses could be stopped
the barge had partly passed over the
PROSTATE body of the young man. anu
he was pulled out from between the lore
and aft runners There were screaming
and fainting among the crowd VINO wiz
messed the spectacle but luckily the
voupo man had no cause to join In the
shr,eking or swooning. He had gone
through his frightful experience WITH
out incurring scratch or a bruise' vi
regaining his feet policeman rusheo
up and shouted: u,
"This is an outrage, sir. Shall ar
rest the reckless driver!
"No," said the young man from pos
ton. Amy man who can drive lou
horses and barge over me without IN
juring me deserves amedal' not reprooi
Let him goV' ~.
And the barge moved on.-Bosto
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-17
Inslrncted tn blockade.

London, March lin the house or
lords Tuesday the Marquis of Salisbury,
replying to the Earl of Kimberly, the
Liberal leader, said that instructions
had been given to the admirals in COM
mand Of the foreign fleets in Cretan
waters to commence the blockade OF the
Island Of Crete without any further de-
lay. The premier added that an ad-
mirable statement Of policy OF the pow
ers had been made in the French cham
Der of deputies by M. Hanotaux and M
Meline (the minister for foreign affairs
and premier respectively, In which he
heartily concurred
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-17
coNsrANrINOPLE IN DANGER
,,rst Agreement Between Greece ana
Russia.


Russia.
corstantinople. March 17.-Frederick
b.,msr cables The Press from Athens
= follows:
| ~ learn that secret negotiations are
lrooeeding between King George and
u Russian government. This informa-
k,on comes from q high and absolutely
Lustworthy authority. Russia, I'M
oubtedly, is playing a tws-faced game
Win the Turkish government, ana with
kbe movers as well. There Is an ex-
blicit understanding that, when the
Greek army crosses the frontier, Russia
|sball find a pretext to seize Constantl-
|nople.
"Ths understanding. so far as King
|Ceorge is concerned, Is that In the gen.
eral conflict in the Balkans, which Is
sure to follow fighting on the frontier
/ and the disruption of the Turkish en-
pre. which would follow a seizure or
IConstantinople by the Russians, Greece
| Is 10 be encouraged to seize Macedonia
with the cars promise in advance that
she shall be permitted to retain tha'
province. The action of France in de-
Gliding to stand by Russia and to SEND
troops to Crete means that action In
Europe is expected and determined
upon, and France does not intend to bt
on the outside when the final settle
ment comes. The situation seems today
more serious than 1t has appeared since
the first expedition from Greece LANDED
in Crete
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-17
svsaen Tn the Arctic Seas.

The Swedes do not intend to let their
neighbors. the Norwegians. have 1t all
their own way with arctic explorations.
and it is said that an expedition Will
be sent from Stockholm to KONG Karl S
Land, east of Spitzbergen. next sum
mer 1t is intended that the same expe.
dition shall also explore the islands and
undiscovered region between Spitzberg
en- and Frauz-Josef Land.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-17
A Contrast.

How firm and courageous must the
president elect seem when he proceeds
TO the White House under the escort OF
5. 600 troops and how different few
hours afterward. when the troops retire
and 5000 office seekers besiege the ex-
ecutiye mansion, with only the private
secretary between them and the presi-
dentl-Denver Times.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-17
-nou,,,. Traredy at Fort Wayne.

Fort Wayne Ind. March l5.-satu,-
aav morning Will e. Colerick. promi-
nent Young lawyer of this city son on
Hon. Henry Colerick, was found dead.
and his intended, Miss Mae Hall, was
found unconscious in the rooms OF .ns
voune lady's home. An empty bottle
Of carbolic acid found in the room IN
dicates suicidal intent. The young peo-
r,,e were soon to have been married
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-17
IrEISDESPONDEN7
H.. # Division Among the
|H0 powers Shattered.
l. N FAVOR OF COERCION

.d over Emperor Will
rope a', Taearies Cause the Utmost
Whose 80. FAMILY and to Diplomats
'' ',,' 70 20, 20" the Peace of Europ s..,.
VIZ" sss,,t Alliance Between ""'''"
Greece. soo,s,on of
pssT' chamber Of deputies ~ asn ap
rsa ,ss policy of France In adner-
ns inc oncert of the powers has
70 the q erect upon the stock ex-
SUOs so Consols went up o-lo'
Sc n "acurities were firm. Accord
lsn H. Times' dispatch from AthehS
p, ."r toward dependency o, Is oa oe-
ndency show itself at the Greek cap
|ins 70 EAST hope of a rupture OF tne
the europe having been shat-
81 sy t the decision of France TO 'o'''
\ coercion" .r,ore ia much
Pc oisp 90 70 whether the forces Oh
FuaaU ,s will proceed to active meas
p pow colonel Vassos troops
!, = IS formally announced 'na '
PIE I've % been given to both the
EN- , n and ships in Crete TO op,
ess ,o ,,V'f by force, it may be doubtee
t.t ,O,' orders have really been given
F'n', Rave words indispensable.
ID words. however. are indispen
|D,a !" the prevailing popular mooa
Pr IN, ~ and the government have m
A 10, 70 swim with the tide.
~ nailv Mail says: THE vagarDe
~ certain continental sovereign a.,
|.s,rs profound anxiety to his famii'
Gs, aassr,ally to the diplomats who rec
90 that the concert Of Europe ma
. ~, moment be disturbed. Pinchin
's S and trying to trip them WI.
|esS s a. are among the antics attrih
y Ito. ~ the insane sovereign"
~. paragraph Enthusiastically hints
'.nsror william Of Germany. Late
~. day prices on the stock exchane
.nssd somewhat on the weakness
! paris ana Vienna markets. wnel
mas rumored that the crown prince
,ssce had started for Thessaly.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-17
Disgruntled.

What is Officer Let IL eoi
All the worlds heeting show.
All uneasy In the town
Lies the head that wears crown.
On this srasping. grinding earth
There's no room for solid worth.
SIN he's going. clad 30 thinly,
Counting GROSS ties 70 McKinleyi
ATLANTA Constituti
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-17
Americans To BE Released.

Havana, March 17.-Oscar Cespedes'
The American who landed in Cuba with
Trujillos filibustering expedition last
June, and was captured and impris-
oned in San Severino castle, Matanzas,
mas been released upon. condition that
ne leave the island. 1t is understood
mat nearly all the American citizens
now in confinement will be released
curing the present week.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-17

A dispatch from Lagos says $500, q pp''e Of
hos heen issued for the aoolltl Sao. %
slavery in the Niger country .n ,mt er
y. y, ~ tpa completion of the SIXTEEN year u
. o, 'n ne,on Of Queen Victoria
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-17
Ben Eder Ia Fayorite.

New York, Mar n 17.-Gravesend
uainors pick Ben Eder as a sure win
ner Of the Brooklyn handicap. He is
IN line condition, and In practice gal
Tops showed a form which won the
hearts Of local critics, and he VIII be
heavily backed when the big race Is
pulled OFF
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-17
lGNOBLE END OF TIP.
The Famous Elephant Put to Death by
StrangulatiOn.

Bridgeport, Conn.,, March 17.-Tip,
monster elephant which has been shown
throughout the country for many years
PAST, was put to death by strangulation
Tuesday. While the brute's feet were
chained to stakes, firmly driven into
the ground. men with block and tackle
drew a rope taut about his neck until
he was dead. The operation was COM
pleted in fifteen minutes. Tip had de-
veloped vicious tendencies, and his
death was determined upon In order
that he might have no opportunity TO
XIII his keepers or people visiting the
show. Monday he was given poison,
but without marked effect
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-17

This year the pope will award ri, tine
Golden rose Of virtue to Duchess t ,n,', -
81 Wurttemberg. who is a daughter OF
.ho late Archduke Albrecht OF Auss'A'
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-17

frankfort. KY. March AT-Tne
frankfort company (McCreary guards),
are under orders to leave Franktor'
next Friday for Newport. to help pre-
serve order at the Jackson-Waii'ns
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-17
Dsedat His Post.

Columbus. o.. March 1s.-Charscs
prown- a locomotive engineer on the
IAttls Miami division OF the r. C.C. .nc
81. L. railway, died Saturday on NJ
passenger run between Columbus IN"
Cincinnati.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-17

oswego, N. Y. March 17.-Captain
Andrew Robertson, well-known lake
captain and father OF Morgan robert,
son, the writer of nautical stories, died
tuesday after a prolonged illness. He
was 80 years old.