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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-28
MODERN WHALE HUNTING.
The Huge Mammals Now Pursued with
Explosive Lances Fired From Cannon.

The weapons with which we'll armed
modern whaling vessel Is equipped are
probably the most savage and deadly
known TO warfare. The enormous strength
OF the average whale makes the contest
with small boat, even under the most
favorable conditions, very unequal.
Captain A. Il. Folger of New York, 9TH
erwise known as whale Oil Guss," who
has spent 80 years on whaling vessels, has
accumulated very curious collection Of
these deadly weapons. The most barbar-
Gus Is bomb lance. In whaling the main
object of the hunter is to securely fasten q
harpoon In the whales flesh. The old
style of fishing consisted in merely throw
ing a barbed harpoon at "a whale with suf-
ficient force to fasten IL in its body. IL
often happened that this crude instrument
was torn out of the flesh and the whale
was lost.
The bomb lance consists of long, thin
cartridge, at the end of which is fixed u
very sharp steel lance. The bomb lance Is
fired with great accuracy and force from "a
gun especially constructed for the purpose
The bomb is provided with fuse, which
Is set on fire automatically when it Is dis
charged and burns for three seconds before
exploding the bomb itself This gives the
bomb time to strike the " hale and become
imbedded in its flesh before 1t explodes.
These bombs are filled with pound of
powder, so that the result of the explosion
Is very likely to be fatal.
The bomb harpoon is constructed on the
same general plan, except that the har'
poon is much heavier and the bomb much
larger. This interesting weapon is fired
from gun weighing $50 pounds or more
the barpoon itself weighing about AZ
pounds. A rope is attached to the end Of
the harpoon, the other end of which is, o.
course, held in the boat. 1t is customary
Captain Folger says. to open fro on ,
whale with the light musketry, boml
lance or SO, and then Immediately to fol
low with broadside of bomb harpoons.
! New York World.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-28
Vegetation on Glacial Moraines.
Tn The Century John Muir writes Of

In The Century John Muir writes OF
"The Alaska Trip" Mr.. Muir says:
The wilderness presses close up to the
town, and 1t is wonderfully rich and lux
uriant. The forests almost rival those OF
Puget sound. Wild roses are inches In
diameter and ferns 10 feet high, and,
strange to say, all this exuberant vegeta-
ton is growing on moraine material that
has been scarcely moved or modified In
any way by postglacial agents. Rounded
masses of hard, resisting rocks rise every
where along the shore and In the WOODS
their scored and polished surfaces still I'M
wasted, telling of time, SO lately gone,
when the whole region lay In darkness
beneath an all embracing mantle OF Ice.
Even in the streets of the town Rlsciateti
bosses are exposed, the telling inscriptions
of which have not been effaced by the wear
of either weather or travel, and In the
orchards fruitful boughs shade the edges
of glacial pavements and drop apples and
peaches on them. Nowhere, as far as
have seen, are the benefoent influences OF
glaciers made manifest In palmer terms OF
with more striking contrasts. NO tale OF
enchantment Is so marvellous, 80 exciting
TO the imagination, as the story OF tn.
works and ways of snow flowers bandet
together as glaciers and marching torti
from their encampments on the noun
tains to develop the beauty OF landscape
and make them fruitful.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-28
witty Latham.

Arlie Latham was truly one OF the few
real wits of the baseball profession. but
like all ball players Arlie found that the
young bloods were too fast and were SLOW
ly crowding him and other vets out. one
of Lath's funniest remarks on the neld
was made during game between the Chi-
caeo and Brooklyn Players league teams
at Eastern park in 1890 1t was dark,
dreary day, and interest in the national
game was growing beautifully less every
day. BY actual count there were 90 per-
sons IN the stands and on the field, in
Guiding the players of both teams, police
men. attendants and spectators The ON
cials of the two clubs were forlorn, ana
even the teams seemed influenced by the
situation, for they were playing dead
game.
Inst at the rear of the grand STAND
workmen were building the clubs ONCE,
and among other things employed by them
in their labor was huge derrick and an
immense iron chain. BY some misoue
this derrick and chain suddenly toppied
over and fell with clanking crash that
was prolonged and deafening. The chain
| made the most noise and continued 10
rattle long after the derrick had fallen.
There was naturally rush to the scene OF
the accident, and when quiet had been re-
stored Latham created laugh by shoue'
/ ing;
mo need of Excitement They're sim
ply counting the money out there New
! York Sun
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-28
ONE OUT. ALL OUT.
Tho Irate Butcher Didn't Understand the,
Game and stopped II.

A young curate, an enthusiast at the
game, set himself 70 organize cricket
team in tina country parish 70 which no
had been lately appointed. The only avail
able field was one owned by butcher, a
good natured but quick tempered man
who had never handled bat, but was
well disposed toward the new minister.
When committee. headed by the GU
rate, waited upon him, he responded In
the most generous manner. Lend his fields
OF course he would. More than that, he
would join the club and take hand in
the game now and then.
The CITRATE was taken little aback, but
could not do less than express his pleasure,
and the butcher was duly enrolled as a
member of the club.
BY and by after little practice the
club arranged scratch match among
themselves, and on hearing of IL the butch
er at once declared his intention of being
present and taking a share in the contest.
AS he was the owner of the field, IL seemed
courteous to put him in first.
He was little uncertain what 10 do
with his bat, but on being told that he
was TO hit the ball he said that II that
was all IL was easy enough. The curate
first took up the bowling, and the butcher
had the honor of the opening over.
The first ball sent the leg stump flying,
and in recovering from the momentum of
a tremendous swipe the batsman himself
knocked down the other two. He took
no notice, but shaped for the next ball.
You can't play any more, T." said the
umpire. "You are out"
"WhatY' said the butcher
"You are out, said the umpire.
Whats thatp" said the bucther.
"You're outl' yelled the felders in ex-
PLANTATION. 1T means that you can't play
any more.
| ooh, is that itf" replied the butcher
"Yes," said the fielders.
II can't play any moreS" said the
butcher, looking round angrily.
| mo" replied the felders.
II am out, am ~"
| "Yesl" yelled the fielders.
"Then out of my field, every blessed one
OF you'll" roared the butcher And out they
had to go.-Golden Penny.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-28

The story Is told of Sunday school
which once had teacher named Amina-
dab Wilk, a milkman. One day the SUD-
iect of the lesson was the feast OF Belshaz-
Ear. but the class was most inattentiVe.
Wishing to arrest immaculate aeeension'
ha called ont TO one of the boys in a sharp
voice: A..
"Jini, who placed the writing on the
WALTZ" on,
The boy falteripgly answered, Please
sir, IL was Harry Barker.
The teacher was amazed, but he at once
said:
Tread out what he wrote"
Jim Immediately turned round ana read
from the wall:
Our teachers name Is Aminadao Wiik.
He sits on a bucket his cows TO milk
He waters his milk three times day,
Then comes 10 school to sing and pray.
Scottish Nights
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-28
THE NEWS IN BRIEF

Willie Juderjahn. years ~ aoa ..
instantly killed by a street car ~ Nil
waukee. ''"-
Thomas sprouze, aged 10, of Alma
u.s. Tell between two box cars of a
moving train and was killed.
William Case, proprietor Of oeo,
market at Converse, Ind. is diving from,
the effects of pistol wound accidental
ly inflicted.
Frank Smith, working on an electric
railway at Milwaukee. Wis. was killed
by train.
North Carolina reports that its crops
TINS year viii exceed in quantity and
value any produced in the state in the
past thirty years or more.
About 5000 people ATTENDED the an
nual farmers picnic at Sycamore. Ills
Thomas Merritt gave the principal adj
dress.
g. Il. Ross, the station agent al Min
den City, Mich, was seized and gagged
by robbers who took 1925 and a gold
watch and left him lying under a car.
Mrs. b. f. Merchant Of Port Clinton.
o., attempted suicide by taking paris
green. Medical aid was promptly sum-
moned and she will recover
A peach thirteen and three-quarter
inches In circumference was raised In
McMinn county, Tenn, this season.
otto Dickerson, a well-known farmer
living three miles north of Lebanon.
Ind, left home last Tuesday and has
not been heard from since. A large
nf IA
him.
The Kansas man who is printing a
little daily paper on Pixies Peak, at a
height of 14,l70 feet, Is said to be clear
Ing from s25 to $35 a day
Mrs. Jacob Nicholson, aged GO. Of the
town of Clayton, Wis. was killed by a
Wisconsin Central train
In Virginia before 1865 there were
about sixty insane negroes in the asy-
lums Of that state, and now there are
over 1000.
Henry Fletcher of Seatonvile, Ills.
60 years of age, and his grandson, Har.
| ry Fletcher, aged IL, while driving
across the tracks were struck by pas
| senger train and instantly killed.
] The number of pupils in the schools
| Of the United States last year was &c.
| 415.197 an increase of nearly 5000, O0
| since 1890.
Dec 26, 1896, a 12-year-old colored CIR
was found dead in the basement of
| furniture store at jefferson City, Nc
lobe Lanahan was arrested, tried
found guilty and sentenced to death Il
April last A new trial was granted
and the jury has again brought in
verdict of guilty of murder in the frs
degree.
Miss Lex Valiant of Palmyra, Mo
left that place. she said to visit at d
Soto, but instead eloped to Bellevill
Ills, with Elmer Reed Of Quincy, an
| was married.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-28
ATKINS SELLS HIS WATCH.
Sometimes Her Msjesty's Soldiers Make q
Good Thing Out of 1t.

GOOd In1us Out oi Au
There are many little eccentricities pc
culiar to Tommy Atkins, not the least re-
markable of which Is the method he adopts
for disposing of his watch.
Almost every man when he enlists pos
sesses q watch of some kind, but In a few
weeks time he discovers that this useful
article Is not an absolute necessity In the
ranks.
Consequently he decides to turn 1t into
a little current coin of the realm, which,
under the existing circumstances, would
be of moro service to him.
But he is a soldier now, and 1t would
seem as though he took delight In openly
defying the stereotyped methods OF civil
ians, for he has invented little method
Of his own for selling watches.
The watch "for sale" Is hung upon the
messroom door and the owners comrades
stand some 10 or IL yards away and shy
sixpences at It, The first one that strikes
the watch takes It, and 1t becomes his abb
solute property. The seller pockets all
the sixpences which have gone wide OF the
mark until the fatal one is thrown.
To throw sixpence ~ yards with any
degree of accuracy Is not such an easy
matter as II perhaps appears, and 1t not
ipfreauently happens that the seller of the
watch obtains more than its value for IL
| before il is struck The chagrin of Tommy
| when his watch Is struck at the first or
second throw can better be imagined than
described.
This method of doing business provides
a little excitement, and Tommy Atkins
dearly loves a break in the monotony oil
life.-London Telegraph.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-28
Emery Bags.

Emery bags for keeping in the work
basket, for taking the rust OH ana polish
ing needles, can be made In various iorns'
The rrettiest areimitations OF straw berries,
made of crimson merino, worked WIN
green and brown silk, to represent inc
calyx and spots of the strawberry. unless
these bags are made of firm stun they
should be lined, for the emery would DO
ant TO sift out. Emery can be bought at
any II onmonger's. Perforated Cardboard
in the childhood days Of our mothers was
used for making bookmarkers, needle
hooks, pinoushions. the tops of penwipers,
the outside of blotting books, etc. IL Is a
good material for the youthful fancy
xvorkpr
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-28
A difference In Sport.

The late DR. wilberforce, bishop of Win.
chester, was a keen sportsman by inolina-
ton, and one day, when on visit at
ducal seat, was persuaded to join shoot
ing party. His grace's head keeper was
Scotchman and Presbyterian, and the
bishop tried to engage him in friendly
chat, but finding the keepers replies were
short and reserved he said, 81 suppose,
Grant, you think bishop ought not TO go
sbootingY" "weel. my lord, said the
Scot frankly, IL doubt ye'll find no war
rant for it in the Screeptur. Did We ever
read of the apostles going out shootingY
"No. true" replied the bishop. They
had no game in Palestine In those days.
They went out fishing instead. House
hold Words
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-28
INVESTIGATING THE BABY.
MsAoma Appeared just In the Nick Of
Time to Save Trouble.


Time to Save Trouble.
A baby cart, which was occupied by q
child about years old, broke loose from
its moorings in front Of dry goods store
on Monroe avenue recently and went sail
ing along for about 40 feet and brought up
against dry goods box. Some boys came
along and observed the situation of the
cart, and they stopped to size up the occu-
pant.
"Pull up his hair and see II he has got
any grit" suggested one.
His hair was pulled. Gears came to his
eyes, but he did not YELL
"Let him bite yer finger" suggested
another. "I'll dare any boy In the crowd
to put his finger in the little feller's
mouth"
The challenge was accepted. A dirty
finger was inserted, and the baby sucked
ar it In "a melancholy way and seemed tc
be thinking of the long ago.
"Giye him a marble and see II he'll
swallow it," piped little kid.
A great, big, dirty marble was hshec
out of boys pocket and put into thu
| baby's mouth. He bit at It and rolled II
| around and finally spat IL out.
"Try him with terbacker and see II M
knows how TO cbaw," advised a freckl'
faced boy.
The only one in the crowd who had ar
rived at the dignity Of "chawing" bit OF
a piece of plug and was about to offer
| when the mother came running down tn
| street and broke into the crowd and be
slowed "a kick or cuff upon each one he
fore they could get away.
"You young villains" she shouted a
they halted in the middle of the street.
"whos a villyun?" demanded the big
gest boy.
"You arel"
"Humph! Do you think we never SAY
kid beforeY He never cost more'n
cents at the outside, and You are dom u
worth of hollerin! Let's stand arount
boys, and give him the whoopin coli r.
Exchange.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-28
Wheat Sells Down Again.

Chicago Aug. 2S.-There was a spec
ulative tornado in the wheat pit at
the opening Friday. 1t leveled things In
a sensational way. September wheat.
which sold at Sl.03k Thursday and
closed $3.50, opened from 1914 to &c
nearly IL cents range for twenty-four
hours.
New York, Aug. 2S.-There' was a
somewhat sensational smash in grain
prices Friday morning, wheat breaking
4 cents a bushel and corn about cent.
Big lots Of long holdings were pitched
into the market at almost any figure,
bulls acting as If demoralized at the
big decline in Liverpool cables. There
was a gradual recovery of cent IRON
the lowest.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-28
charged with Postofiice Robbery.

Mine Center, Ont, Aug. 2S.-William
tIoetetter was arrested by Canadian Of
fcials at Bell City, mile from here,
and turned over to United States post
Office inspector from Denver, charged
with the robbery Of the Denver postot-
ece wear ago. Hostetter came to Mine
Center Eve months ago and invested in
gold mines here, living quietly Win his
wife at hotels. He is well known ~
Denver and kept a saloon in COLORADO
Strings about two years ago. he was
one of the owners of the town site o.
Havre. Mont, and was regarded mere
as a man of means and good character
Ua will be extradited at once and taker
IN Denver.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-28
A.. Ola Time D,ct,onary.

One of the most interesting OF the ola
hooks lately unearthed is little volume
about six inches square, entitled the
1Roval standard Dictionary. published
IN Bostop In 1777 by william Perry, VINO
announced that he exhibited the pronun-
citation of words according to the poiise
accommodation Of England.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-28

Don't hang a dismal picture on the
wall. and don't daub with sables and
glooms your conversation. Don't be-
wall and moan, don't waste yourself In
detection, or bark against the bad. but
chant the beauty of the good. Set down
nothing that will not help somebody
Emerson.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-28
ROYAL CousIns.

Nearly all the royal personages OF Eu-
rope are cousins and not very far removed
as It has been laid down by German gen
ealogist that every crowned head OF Eu-
rope, excepting Turkey, is descended from
one or other of two sisters who lived about
$40 wears ago.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-28
Attacked by Pirates.

Madrid. Aug. 2.-The Portusue ss
~ Rosita Fario. has been attacked
pa the coast of Morocco by pirates pc
, T to the Bocosa Kaoils. a ~. S esp
were carried on.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-28
Dangerous to Yawn.

,oresvi,,e. wis, Aug. PSI. p. Car
- Of clinton dislocated his jaw while
vawning. For two hours physicians
.nor,,ad TO get 1t back in the socket ana
49, Then he was brought to TINS
TO-, ,,bere he was relieved.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-28
THE MARKETS.
Chicago Grain and Produce.

Chicago, Aug. q.
Following were the quotations on the
Board Of Trade today: Wheat-Augusl'
opened and closed nominal; september
opened 92%c, closed 92lac; December,
opened 903sc. closed $3.50; May, opened
9i1kc, closed Ole. Corn-August' opened
and closed nominal; September, opened
2essc. closed 29%c; December, opened
31%c, closed &c; May, opened S5c, closed
35Kc. Oats-August opened and ciose1
nominal; September. opened 1890 cioseo
1880. December, opened 20hc, closed zoe;
Nav. opened 22Tsc. closed 22%c. Pork
September, opened SS.72k, closed sSSo;
October, opened $3.50, closed $s;S, " De,
cember. opened $500, closed $S.9712. Lard
Sentember. opened $3.50, closed $3.50;
October. opened s4.S7k. closed $3.50.
Produce: Butter - Extra creamery,
1Sihc per 10; extra dairy, 15c; fresh
hacking stock, Sc. Eggs - Fresh
Stock. 1s1bc per dozen. Live Poultry
Turkeys. T@9c per n; chickens (hensl'
"a: spring chickens, sA ducks. &C.
Potatoes-Early Ohio, 50q55c per bu
Riacs berries-F to good. 75c-$1.00 per
loot. case.
Chicago Live Stock.
Chicago, Aug. q.
uoes-Estimated receipts for the Day
20 ooo. sales ranged at $S.25@4.5O Tor pigs
"a 956r4 IS for light $3.95@4.l0 TOT rousn
nacking "a 1O@4.45 for mixed ano sf.Io
G1A 40 for heavy packing ana shiPp.ns
lots Cattle-Estimated receipts i.I a sne
day. 4,O00 quotations ranged at sfso
5.45 for choice to extra sn up as@1 70
Ta,r 10 rood. s3S564.30 common TO mt
d aa do s3.6O@425 butchers steers
60 aoSDs 90 stockers, $4.00Q445 feeoers,
., aoS,a 90 cows. $260@4.40 heifers. va 20
IA M bulls. oxen and stays, &.io@4,zo
Texas steers, S3.40@4.4O western ransels,
and s4.OOM7.10 veal calves. Sneep anu
Iambs-Estimated receipts ior Tue so 90 q
400, quotations ranged at S2aoWo'ooSS
, ,,Voy, S2.7O@3.4O Texans. $S5qS's'
natives. and $S00@5.25 lambs
East Buffalo Live stock.
East Buffalo, Aug. ~.
,,u,,rs C. stevens. Live Stock Com
..,iss;on Merchants, East Buffalo, ~: l..
,,,ota as follows: Cattle-hecelP'S,
quu'e o,,tioook fair for good grades, pu,
ein,,, ard unavoidable for common q an ~
si,inerv green stock; veals, s4,oVwoe;;S ,'s
UogsEReceipts. 20 cars; mars st esaea N.
| and higher; sales forkeIS ~ close
s,iyed S.456460; last sales at cloS :
ndi,,ros "a. 45@455: for Mlchlgans
| sh $500 ca. for corn-fed westerns roush
| $S.75@4.0o. nd Grain.
| ST Louis, Aug. "a
wheat-Lower and unsettie t',ot ~ s51t
red cash elevator 9SlAG oo bid TRACK raSk A su
6e7c. No. 2 hard cash, 9OQSl traeN oofhc
gnst $3.50 nominal; SeptelnpTJ,d Cor,
| December, 92&c; May; s412S Ma. Sentem
Ever. No. 2 cash, 2I1sc plu, Sept ia
ono. December 29b gZ9he o,t
May, ssNc. o ats, owe. No no. 2 white
d dsHS Go S No. white, 2O@2lh sep.em,,
2 SsZ ,ss.e bid bid Rye-Firm; size track
Oe'' milwaukee Grain. .,
milwaukee, Aug. ~
wheat-LOwsr; No; PSrth sssc. ' Cor
No 2 spring sSc; Dece omstshs tesi Nc
STEADY oa mn assc. Rye-Lower; No No.
2 whi! Rsa;r1leyDsteady; No. 2. iSh~'''
sample, 25Q46c. 80.
Detroit. Aug: r.
wheat-cash white S,. ssS; ss:n MSc bid
September. s4c bid; De'e" -.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-28

A statistic,an has compiled q curious
table Of the expectancy OF nie' oruns Sns
sober. At age Of 30, drunk 10 ysars, CO.
- years; at age Of 20, drunk H. soo~ ~
years