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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-17
AN ABsuRD PROJECT.


"Colonel, we are intending to erect an
park, and thought perhaps you might
subscribe small"
THE project is sheer nonsense, Sir.
DO you imagine TO an instant that the
city will grant license?"
MERELY EXPERIMENTAL.
IL didn't know lhese had been any
death in Miss Wayter's family
There hasn't. She's wearing black
as an experiment"
IAN experiments"
''Yes, old Gtedge has proposed and
she wants to see how she would look in
mourning"
SOME NATURAL IRREGULARITIES.
81 woulSlt like to marry an auction
eer" remarked Miss Northside.
"Why not!" asked Miss Manchester.
"Auctioneers are all morebid men,"
'And | wouldn't like TO marry a road
commissioner"
why not!"
ale is likely to be hayward"
BRUTAL PROCEEDING.
"Well, old man, guess Pd better go
home My wife will raise a holy row
even as it is"
why don't you do as do, when you
find you have stayed out too late ?"
"What do you do?"
al Just keep on staying out until
know she IS scared and will be over
joyed to sec me-"
PERSISTENT AS USUAL.
Agent Here is book, Sir, every
gentleman ought to have -"Hints on Ar
chtecture"
Mr. Smalpurse-I have no use for it.
but. Sir it teaches you how to build
beautiful villa, regular little palace,
for only $4,000"
al haven't $1,000. l haven't over S.
to my name"
"Well, the book is only 81"
DEFINITION.
',Father," sail the bright little girl
.'what is loaf sugar."
There are several kinds, my dear"
replied Senator Sorghum. 1.-The most
important variety is that which enables a
man by little superior knowledge and
prompt action to place himself beyond the
necessity of working any MORE"
WHAT HE WANTED.
Publisher dmpatiently) We'll, sir,
what is it?
Poet (timidly)-O-er-are you Mr..
Jobson.
Publisher irritably) Yes.
Poet (nore limidly)-Mr. George Job.
SON.
Publisher (excitably)-Yes, sir. that
my name.
Poet (more timidly stilD-Of the firm
of Messrs. Jobson ~ Doodle!
Publisher (angrily)-Yes. What do
you want,
Poet-Oh-I want to see Mr.. Doodle.
PHILOSOPHICAL DEFINITION.
"Papa." askcl RoIlo earnestly, what
| is a mahatma Z"
"a mahatma. my son. is man who
talks through his hat"
Papa. are you mahatma?"
mo; my son, why do you ask that ?"
because. to-day heard three men
say you talked through your hat"
"My son, they were mahatmas."
AN OBJECT LESSON.
"Here's a story of California girl who
saved her life by kiss" he said, looking
| up from paper
''How was that?" she asked, with in
terest.
'.She was confronted by a desperate
man"-he began.
That's lust the trouble she broke
in. scornfuly. "You never seem to get
desperate"
Immediately thereafter he gave her a n
imitation OF u desperate man, and, while
lit was not very good, it served the pur-
pose.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-17

tests and Yarns Made and Told BY Funny
Men Of the Press. 1890
THE RKAsoN.

THE REASON. s,
Trump-Do you think very much OF
Gayboy?
Grump-Yes, he owes me hundred.
SINCERE LOVE
ibid he marry for love, Storker?"
Eyes; for that love which Is said to be
the root of all evil"
HER AMENDMENT.
Brownies, Miss Smythe and were
boy and girl sweethearts In the long ago.
Miss Smythe-Not so very long ago.
KNOWN AT LAST.
Chicago Little Boy-Mama. what Is .
Chicago Mother-lt is the iron that
holds the front wheel of bicycle.
sILRNcINa HER.
Leola--But. papa, why wont you le
me study French?
Mr.. Grump-Because, my dear, one
THE TIME TO FIND THEM.
parker tells me he has found his
dog"
Yes found him the next day after
the assessor was around"
THE REAL THING THIS TIME.
Carmelita-Oh. Jack is back from Italy
and he has monkey that will black his
shoes.
Her Aunt-He always was up to mon
key-shines!
THE INEVITABLE ARGUMENT.
''Mrs. Saver must feel that she was
very extravagant in buying that new
gown"
'What makes you think SOP"
She's begun to argue that 1t will be
the cheapest in the end"
FAMILIAR FEELING.
Knocked-out pugilist Qainty)-Wuz
me wife in de gallery? Are yer sure?
Bottle .holder-Yes, why?
Knocked out pugilist-Are yer sure
dat it wuzn't her dat wuz in de ring wild
me!
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-17
NOTHING ELSE LEFT.

He-You say you married Western
man?
She Yes.
'And that he never drinks?"
Never"
'.Nor smokes?"
"No, SIR"
''Nor loses his temper"
That's what said"
''When did he die?"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-17


in search of secret hiding place.
Everything had been scrutinized; even
the gray calico cover was pulled off
Lock" to make sure that nothing was
between it and the binding. Nor was
this all, for while surveyed the wreck
L became conscious of an over'power-
ing feeling of drowsiness, and knowl-
edge came to me that I had been
drugged Too late remembered hav-
ing just accepted drink from Gibson
but I had only sense enough left to
tumble into my bunk before falling in
to a heavy sleep.
They no doubt searched me to the
skin that night, for 1 slept as the
dead; but though woke next morning
with bad headache, felt well
pleased, for no result had awarded
to the conduct of some mysterious
thieves, who had not even spared the
lining of my boots, and certain in.
quiries were instituted which came to
nothing. / innocently complained to
Gibson as to the bad quality of his
whiskey, and there apparently the
matter ended, for / was molested nc
more.
/ felt that I had won, as saw by
my enemies manner that they had de.
cided they were mistaken in imagining
had the map; but great cautiousness
was still necessary till the journey
end. Never crow before you are out
of the wood is an excellent piece Of
advice. Still, feeling that the worst
was over, sense of calm possessed
me rs lounged in my Madeira chair
under the shade of the awning, for the
tropical sun was very sultry, and made
iced drinks . necessity instead Of Z
luxury.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-23
ConstantinopIe Monuments.

AS to the facilities for visiting the mon
uments of Constantinople, Max Muller
says, ms recorded in Letters From Con-
stantinople," by Mrs. Max Muller:
"With u little trouble any stranger can
get admission to the principal monuments
at Constantnople One has to pay back
sheesh, but the idea that the Turks scowl
at visitors who enter the mosques is purely
imaginary. Turks do not smile or smirk,
but as to their wishing to kill all Chris
tian dogs, that is purely subjective preju-
dice on the part of timid travellers. Certain
places are forbidden, and if strangers, from
ignorance or inquisitiveness, enter there,
the Turk makes it very clear that he does
not approve of it, but he does not dream of
expressing his disapproval by means of the
dagger. There is police and there Is law
ut Constantinople, as everywhere else, nor
is religious fanaticism any longer an excuse
for violence or brutality. Excuses
will happen in Turkey as well as at
Argues Mortes, in France. but such ex-
cesses are punished in Turkey even more
promptly than in France.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-23
CHRISTIAN ENDEAvOR.
Topic For the Week beginning June 20.
Comment by Rev. y. III. Doyle.

Topic For the Week beginning June 20.
Comment by Rev. s. ii. Doyle.
ToPIc.-our brothers keepers "a temperance
topic. -Gen. iv, BIG.
The family is one of the most blessed
| institutions that has survived the fall
of man. No names are dearer than IA
ther, mother, husband, wife. And no ties
in life are stronger than the ties of
home. But family ties are not limited
to enc Preside, nor do the duties of life
end at the thresholds of our own homes.
The whsle human race is one family
the family Of God God is the father of
all, Jesus Christ Is the brother of all,
and all men are brothers. The father
hood Of God and the brotherhood of man
are equally taught in the word of God.
The world recognizes the duties that
we owe to those who are members of
our immediate families, but often it
does not go beyond this. 1t sees no
reason why a Christian in America
should be interested in an inhabitant Of
Africa or Of China and feel impelled to
do all that can DO done for his moral
and spiritual betterment. 1t sees no
! reason why he should be interested in
the poor unfortunate who has fallen by
the wayside as a result of intemperance
and should try to give him a helpful
hand to a better life. The world ordi-
narily answers Gains question, Gam l
my brothers. keeper" in the negative.
1t says that every man ought TO keep
himself; that if he cannot take care Of
himself he deserves to perish; that every
mans brother has as much us he can do
to keep himself. But even the selfish
world, unGer the influence of Christian
ity, is coming more clearly to rocog-
nize the claims of common, universal
brotherhood.
Christianity teaches clearly that man
is his brothers. keeper; that he does
owe duties to every other man in the
universe who needs his help and whom
he can properly help. The common
brotherhood of man makes this the only
true answer TO Gains question. All men
are brethren in Jesus Christ. This fact
should make every man interested in
every other man and willing and anx-
ious to help him in every time Of need.
The common interdependence of man
should also enforce this truth. No man
lives to himself in this world. Every
one depends more or less upon some one
else in life. Nor does he know, though
he may be III what we call self support
ing circumstances, how soon the tide
may turn and it may be he who will
need his brothers. help. Could he ask
it, could he expect it if he had not as
sisted his brother in his hour of need?
God teaches this fact. His word makes
it incumbent upon the strong to help
the weak, the rich to help the poor, the
successful to help the unsuccessful, the
fortunate to help the unfortunate. In
short, in every sphere of life God teaches
that every man is his brothers. keeper,
and, moreover, that He will hold him
responsible for this relation to his
brother.
Bible Readings. xvii, IS;
Prov. XIII, 29-32; Math. X, AZ Luke X,
| 25-37; xvi, 1881; Rom. xiv, 1913; XIV,
1-3; Cor. viii, lib; Col. ii, 81; IL
Cor. xi, 20, 20; Gal. V, 1915; vi, /, 2,
8, 10; ii Pet. j, SO.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-23
Friendship In Kentucky.

When Judge Pendleton grows reminis-
cent, he is always interesting, and when
Mr. Henry Tompkins walked i'll he said:
"Mr Tompkins, your cousin, Louis
Garth. was the only bully l ever saw
who was brave man. He was the most
overbearing man ever saw. He was i'll
a poker game in camp with Lieutenant
Forrest, brother of General N. Il. For
rest, and he called Forrest liar. For
rest pulled his pistol, double barreled
weapon, and, placing it to Garth s
breast, he pulled the trigger. The car
fridge failed to fire, and Garth spat out
a chew of tobacco and without moving
a muscle said, Lieutenant, you had
better try the other barrel" Forrest
put his weapon up and said, "Garth,
you are brave man, and will not
shoot brave man." They were insep.
arabic friends forever afterward.-
Owensboro Inquirer.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-23
A CITY OF SPIES.
The Espionage Practiced by the German
Government In Berlin.

The Espionage Practiced by the German
Government In Berlin.
There is something specially degrading
about espionage, especially when practCed
by national government as it Is in Ger
many. This was brought very wildly be-
fore me 10y the following incident: One
day there dinCd with me i'm public res
taurant in Berlin an aged Clergyman and
his wife. The former had occupied the
same pulpit for over 40 years, had proved
father To his parish had been a leader
in many liberal movements, and in all
ways had served his country nobly, while
the latter had for the same length of time
been very great blessing to her neighbor-
hood for many leagues around.
In the course of conversation L asked
him how he felt about the emperor policy.
Before replying to me he turned and looked
anxiously about him in all directions, and
then said, 'If Fritz had lived ten years
longer, things would have been different. "
When L asked, "Were you looking about
for anything" he said, ono, but one never
knows who may be listening, and it would
go hard with me if it were known that L
expressed such opinions"
To my surprise | then learned that Ber-
lin was full of spies of all sorts, ready to
catch and report TO the authorities the
slightest word rejecting unfavorably upon
the emperor, his family or his actions, and
that on such reports many persons, espe-
cially young men, had been seized by the
police and kept in prison for months-one
because in the heat of discussion he had
said the emperor was a schafskopf When
l asked my guests what they thought Of
such system, they looked Mysterious and
declined to reply.
afterward spoke of the matter to SOW
eral persons, who, whether from fear or
conviction cannot tell, informed me that
they thought it quite right that the en-
peror, his family and actions should be
above criticism, and that he should enforce
this rule. L learned also afterward that
tho president Of the Berlin Ethical society,
man of eminent scientific attainments,
had been imprisoned for three months for
venturing in II public address to express
views on socialism different from those of
the emperor, although he did so without
naming him. l could not help feeling
that the Germans were paying dearly for
their empire. I homas David
son in Forum.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-23
STUART, THE PAINTER.
Vurious Hits Born of His Faculty For
Reading Faces

-o" VI HIS rhculty For
Reading Faces.
L don't want people to look at nv
pictures and say|\ ow beautiful the dra-
perry Is. The face is what care about. I"
said Stuart, the great American painter.
he was once asked what he considered
the most characteristic feature of the
face. He replied by pressing the end of
ms pencil against the tip of his nose,
distorting il oddly.
his faculty at reading physiognomy
sometimes made curious hits There
was person in Newport celebrated for
his powers of calculation, but in other
respects almost an idiot. One day
Stuart, being in the British museum.
came upon bust whose likeness was
apparently unmistakable. Calling the
curator, he said, i see You have a head
OF Calculating Jenny.
Calculating Jemlyp" repeated
the curator in amazement. THAT is
the head of Sir Isaac Newton. "
On another occasion, while dining
with the Duke Of Northumberland, his
host pr'vily called his attention to a
gentleman and asked the painter if he
knew him. Stuart had never seen him
before.
Tell me what sort of a man he is. &"
II may speak frankly?"
"By all means. +"
"Well, if the Almighty ever wrote a
iegible hand he is the greatest rascal
that ever disgraced society"
1t appeared that the man was an at
torney who had been detected in sundry
dishonorable acts
Stuart's daughter tells a pretty story
Of her fathers garnet, where many of
his unfinished pictures were stored:
The garnet was my playground, and
a beautiful sketch of Nine Ronaparte
was the idol that l worshiped. At last
| got possession Of colors and an old
panel and fell to work copying the pic
ture. Suddenly heard q frightful roar
ing sound. The kitchen chimney was on
file. Presently my father appeared, TO
see if the fire was likely to do any dam
age. He saw that looked very foolish
at being caught at such presumptuous
employment and pretended not to see
me. But presently he could not resist
looking over my shoulder.
"'Why, boy, said he--so he used to
address me-'you must not mix your
colors with turpentine. You must have
some oil.
1t is pleasant to add that the little
girl who thus found her inspiration
eventually became portrait painter of
merit. Youths Companion.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-23
PHOTOGRAPHIC MYSTERIES.
The Surprising Images That Sometimes
Show After a Plate Is Developed.


Show After Plate Is Developed.
1t is no uncommon experience to find
upon nav plates certain images for
which there seems no possible explana-
tion, their startling and unaccountable
appearance being ''wropt in mistry,"
causing establishment not unmixed with
uncanny feeling. A gentleman made
an exposure upon the interior Of a
friends house. He was doubtful of the
time and proceeded to develop for un-
der exposure. To his great surprise the
plate developed quickly, and to his
greater surprise the image was an in
terror quite different from that upon
which he had exposed. The plate was
from fresh box and could not possibly
have had previous exposure.
Another instance of the kind, having
quite sensational and tragic ending,
is on record An exposure was made
upon a view having a river in the fore
ground. The photographer, while de-
veloping this peculiar plate, was per-
fectly astounded by an appearance
which he had not seen while taking the
photograph, and for which he could in
no way account. On completing the
development there was plainly reveal
ed in the foreground Of the picture the
figure Of woman, apparently floating
upright in the water. Not many weeks
after, to complete the mystery, the body
Of woman was found in the river at
the exact spot where the photograph
had been taken.
Again, not long since, the daily pa
pers were agitated over the account Of
travelling photographer who, upon
making an exposure upon the exterior
Of reputed haunted house, discovered
at one of the windows portrait of the
murdered man through whom the
house had gained its evil name. In an
other case three distinct images, having
no connection one with the other, were
impressed upon a single film. The plate
was exposed upon garden in the even
ing-nothing remarkable being seen
but when placed in the developer "a
mans hat Of old fashioned shape, a
child's dress and dog We're distrib-
uted over the image of the garden.
Such mysterious images were more
! common III the days of wet plates than
now. A few years back Professor Bur-
ton investigated the matter. Upon trac-
ing back the history of the glass he
found that it had been used for other
films, and that the images which APP
peared undoubtedly arose from the re-
mains of previous images. The old
glass was thus proved to be the source
of the ghosts; it only deepened the sci
entific mystery, while it cleared away
the supernatural. The glass traced by
Burton had been washed for some
weeks, immersed in strong nitric acid,
and every means taken to insure chem
ical cleanliness, yet in spite of all this
enough energy remained latent to form
a developable image upon the new film,
whether by chemical or physical force
| remains to be discovered. A complete
solution of the difficulty would prob
ably throw considerable light upon the
! nature of the Photographic images in
| general. At least, it seems to indicate
that light is not absolutely essential i'll
the formation of latent images in q
sensitive film. American Journal of
Photography.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-23
Jenny Lind's PrecOcifY.

Jenny Lind could not have been more
than years old when she woke up the old
spinet in the attic to repeat under her tiny
fingers a fanfare that band used TO play
in passing her home. This was the first
music that broke upon her ears" re-
cords Mrs Raymond Maude, her daughter,
who writes of "My Mother as l Recall
Her" in The Ladies' Home journal.
'There is also cat story" continues
Mrs. Maude, cher voice having been no.
ticed as singing to her cat, but l won't
give any credit to that, and will pass on
to her ninth year, when the director of the
theater and opera school ut Stockholm was
induced to hear her and to accept her as
pupil. At this school she also learned de-
pertinent and gesture, in which she was
always perfect, and which all her life made
her bearing and carriage so stately as to
give her the appearance of u tall woman,
when she really was not more than feet
6. She was also beautiful dancer, and
loved dancing, though seldom indulging
in it-refraining for her health's and arts
sake, as she used to say, since 1t tired her
too much.
Mrs. Maude notes that Jenny Lind's
first teacher was CrGlius, and also that
Garcia, one of her earliest instructors in
the technical art of singing, is still living
in London. Jenny Lind began making
her professional tours ut an age when
most girls are being rendered and nurtured
ut home, and also coached fellow pupils
less gifted than herself, thereby gaining
knowledge and experience. Her first full
grown" appearance was made March z,
1887, when she was between 16 and II.
Forty-six years later she sang for the last
time in public.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-23
FOR AN OCEAN VOYAGE.
Take Only Half the Clothes You Think
You Will Need.

Take Only Half the Clothes You Think
You Will Need.
Take only half the clothing that you
think you will need for an ocean voy-
age and do not attempt to have a small
trunk in your stateroom, writes EN-
ma M. Hooper in The Ladies Home
Journal. Have in your largest shawl
strap travelling rug, heavy wrap--a
golf cape is excellent-sun umbrella,
rubbers, small cushion to tie on the
back of your deck chair, warm dress
Of plain design, and flannel wrapper
to use as a nightgown. Wear channels
pocket well secured with tape about
the waist for your letter of credit, jew
elry, money, etc.
''In a large travelling bag place a
change of underwear, hose, bedroom
slippers and needed toilet articles, with
which include a small hot water bag,
bottle of salts, vaseline, box of cathar-
tic pills and bottle of camphor. Do not
forget comfortable cloth steamer cap
and gauze veil if you are afraid of a
little sunburn. Wear jacket suit Of
mixed cheviot or serge and a silk waist
on board. After starting put on the old
Ell gown and lounge in it until you land,
when it can be given to stewardess.
Some travellers try to dress for dinner
and carry steamer trunk filled with
silk waists and fancy neckwear, but for
an eight day journey this is poor taste
and a lot of trouble. Others have the
small trunk in the cabin, and before
landing pack the things in it that are to
be used only OH the return voyage, and
send it to the ship company's office un-
til their return. 1t must be remembered
that 80 pounds of baggage is the aver
age weight allowed free OH the CONT
nent Warm wraps and wooden under
wear are necessary at all seasons going
across the Atlantic. T"
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-23
THE PURITAN LOVERS.

"you read my soul you know my wish.
Oh, grant me its fulilling!
She answered low, "If heaven smiles
And If my fathers willing"
Her sober answer pleased the youth,
Frank, clear and gravely cheerful
lie left her at her fathers door,
Too happy TO be fearful.
She looked on high with earnest plea,
And heaven seemed bright above he
And when she shyly spoke his name
Her father praised her lover
And when that night she sought her
couch,
With headboard high and olden.
Her prayer was praise. her pillow down,
And all her dreams were golden.
Marion Douglas i'm Woman's Journal
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-23
Serving Others.

The old conception of personal Chris
tianity was that it meant hardly more
than securing ones own salvation. This
was its principal aim. Being of spirit
ual use to others was involved, but was
secondary in Importance. But now the
purpose of service to others has assumed
the greater prominence, and it is held
that the surest way to secure ones own
salvation is to spend oneself in loyal ef-
fort to win others to Jesus Christ. The
personal aim is not lost to sight, but it
is pursued from new point of view,
and its relation to other motives is al
tered. This result has come about as the
result of study and imitation of Jesus,
who came mot to be ministered unto,
but to minister that is, to serve. -
Congregationalist.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-23

Ham N'Gbi, ex-king of Anam, whom
the French are keeping as prisoner of
state at Algiers, occupies his leisure
with painting and intends to send some
of his pictures before long to the salon.
He is also a musician and regrets that
he is unable to appreciate Wagner.