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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-06
His First Story.

A certain author, now well known to
fame and fortune, once in the battle
for bread" wrote wild Indian story
for a northern story paper. That was II
years ago, and to the story he gave ms
real name. He received "a fat check for
it, but year after year went by and-the
story never appeared. 1t finally passed
from his remembrance, until the other
day, when be received IA letter from the
publishers informing him that 1T would
shortly put in an appearance in serial
form. That made the author nervous,
and he forthwith sent the following tel
egram:
suppress story and return manu-
script and will pay three times amount
of original check. +"
The publishers replied:
Cant do it. We know good thing
when we have it. The story is in you
best vein.
Letter after letter, telegram after tele
gram passed, but no, he didn't have
money enough to buy that story. So HI
has written to ali his friends and critic
and has explained the circumstance
and now awaits as cheerfully as possibl
the weekly slaughter of the red Indian
Of his youthful brain. Atlanta Consti
tuition.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-06
i.eIniniscence OF n Famous uosteltv
the PHILADELPHIA Centennial

the Philadelphia Centennial.
The Philadelphia Times publisho.
long article reviewing the history Of N"
famous Globe hotel, just outside tho
grounds, which will be remembered hv
visitors to the Centennial exhibition ~
1876. 1t was built by company com
posed of some of the wealthiest and mos,
prominent citizens of PHILADELPHIA. in
Guiding General Harry II. Bingham
who was president; Hamilton DisSton
p. A. b. Widener, w. l.. Elkins, Sam
mel Josephs, Charles Ii. Gross and 9th.
ers Most of these gentlemen SUBSCRIBED
from SEQ, 900 to $50, 900 each. The ideas
these capitalists had of the remuneratiye
character of the enterprise they had on.
gagged in may be judged from the fact
that one of them, at meetings of the di.
rectors, could show most conclusively on
paper that the net profits could not DOS.
sibly be less than 1000, 900. The hotel
cost $3.50, 900, and was kost imposing
structure, as many will recollect. A big
mineral fountain was erected at one end,
and the company received $50, 600 or
$50, 900 for the lease Of it. A manager
of the hotel was engaged at $1,000 a
month for year.
The hotel had accommodations for
9, 900 guests. But somehow people
would not patronize it. Samuel Josephs,
later the originator Of "Grover, Grover,
four years more of Grover" and his
mariner paid $50, 900 for the bar priv.
lege. Afterward the company RENTED
$4,000, but even then the two lost
ago. 900 ON their venture. 1t was not a
liquor drinking crowd that went to the
Centennial. Connected with the Globe
hotel, couple Of squares away, was a
vast collection Of sheds, beneath which
teams could be sheltered and where
thew could be watered and fed. They
calculated that the manure alone would
nav all the expenses of the enterprise.
During the six months Of the exposition
how many teams do you suppose were
driven beneath the sheds? Exactly one
During July, August and September thu
hotel cleared an aggregate over expenses
of S1O3, 900, but the upshot of the whole
business was that when the exhibition
closed the concern was sold out at pub
lilo auction, and the mammoth hote
that had cost $3.50, 600 before piece o
} furniture was placed in it was knocked
down under the hammer for ~, SOC
; The stockholders in the enterprise re
ceiyed 81 cents for every dollar they ha
J invested-a loss of 33 per cent. TIL
Globe hotel enterprise was one of tn
brightest bubbles and most costly fai
, ures that ever marked worlds fair.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-06


The London News correspondent WITH
the Sudan expedition sent the ioilo"ihs
reflections on the camel;
The camel, be il az once salo' Is an
orerrated beast. There Is great ueal ul
bi,, but ne is not for his size nearly so
strong "a the useful, unpretentious don-
Lev Then. too, his anatomy Is so
STRANGELY conceived. His legs are at
tacbed 10 his great, unwieldy carcass
with seemingly so little consideration
for tbe uses 10 which (merely viewed as
Iegs, he might be expected 10 put Them
and his neck and tail are so obviously
disnrorortionate 20 the rest OF hlm' anu
both So useless, that the camel Is some
how incomplete, or, owing 10 some ms
take. was never finished oil at all
Even the qualities he possesses tena
m strengthen one in this bewilderihg
snsnicion. For instance, he can KICK
himself violently in the-let US say the
| front of the back-with his fore leg. ne
does II constantly. Time and again have
Idevoted long hours (fruitlessly, must
admit) 20 an attempt to win the conn
dence Of NV favorite camel-my favorite
because he is less cruel 70 me than the
others I have wooed him with the sort
notes OF my kourbash, have tempted
him with the thorniest OF mlmosa
branches, have pulled tobacco smoke
into his supercilious nostrils.
And then, just as | have fancied
saw the light of sympathy dawning IN
his long dashed eye, be has risen all OF
one movement to his feet, grinned al
me in a frightful manner, disclosing
forest of green and broken teeth, ano
gazing at me full, with more vindictiy'
CONTEMPT than / have ever marked IL
sny human eye, has kicked himself VIC
lently in the stomach and lay dowl
again, as who should say, NOW, g
away and don't bother, like goo'
boy. =, =,
Theu ne can gnaw his own tail-hi
absurd. useless little rag of tail tina
isn't even worth biting. But is that a
object worth living for? Or, again, q
has. to be sure, seven stomachs, {
which, vain beast, he is so inordinatel
proud (as though he had anything to d
with it) that he is constantly fetchln
nm one of them to show you and blow
il out from his great, ugly throat IN
horrid, glittering, transparent bulo II
, you 10 admire.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-06
AMERICANS AS MUSICIANS
Mime. Calve Says They Have the Charac-
taristics of the Conquering Race

>,,. Calve Saws They Have the Charac-
,.ristics of the Conquering Race.
Nine Emma Calve contributes pa.
ner ON the "Conquering Race In Music
n The Ladies' Home Journal, in when
she specially addresses students OF Vocai
music. She tells Of the training re-
ouired for the operate and the concer'
stage. the impersonation OF character
the value of suggestions, etc., ana pays
this tribute to Americans: Tine Amer
icans have. il seems TO me, in the held
of music, and especially in the Held Oh
vocal music, all Of the characteristics
of the conqueriDg race. Ihey are pos
sessed naturally of the most exquisite
voices. which, when properly cultivated
and trained, are almost unrivaled. Ihey
have indomitable energy, perseverance
and pluck. They stop at nothing ana are
deferred by no trouble and prevented
by no obstacle. .us
"Poyerty, WEAKNESS, exertlon, marc
vork-none of these living specters
which alright and terrify the average
art worker has terrors for them. Ihel'
physioue and their temperament seen
|. made for toll and TO surmount discour
apement. and the success which the.
are daily achieving, in the field OF boti
operatic and concert singing, Is testlmo
nv TO their natural fitness for accom-
plishment and to their ability to excel
They seem, in fact, to be most LAVISH.
fitted by nature for the parts they ar
assuming. To these gifts of voice, ener
gy, pluck and perseverance they ire
auently add beauty of face and grac
Of form and movement which the put
lie recognizes as most important factor
in the success of the singers career
They have. too, the temperament wh'c
makes great artists and great actresses
!, the artistic feeling which has for Il
, standard perfection and which is sa
isfed with nothing less. y
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-06
THE WALDORF'S OWNER.
A o., 900, 900 Investment Which Mr.. Astor
Has Seen but Once.

A S5. OOO, 900 Investment Which Mr.. Astor
Has Seen but Once.
William Waldorf Aston has 80, OOO,-
600 invested in the Waldorf hotel and
has never been under its roof but once,
only to visit friend who happened to
be STAYING there. He drove up to the
ladies' entrance, walked through the
hall about 80 feet to an elevator, got
out at the fifth floor, went to Mr.. MS
SANS room, remained half an hour or
more. rode down the elevator, walked
to his carriage without looking to the
right hand or the left and drove away
He has been in New York several
times since his hotel was completed, but
this is the only time he has ever entered
the doors. Whether his indifference lsa
freak or an affectation no one seems 10
know. The managers OF has business,
who are old family friends and occupied
a similar relation with his father, sub
mitted to him the plans OF the archltect
before construction was begun, and they
were approved by him, and he, OIL
course, advised rs TO all that relates 10
the property. But he never goes there'
A friend suggests that his peculiarly
may perhaps arise from the TACT tna'
his late wife took an active part III
planning and particularly i'll selecting
the decorations of the house. but ono
would suppose that would increase his
interest in it,
A special reason for Mr.. Astor TO 1eei
an attachment for the Waldorf IS founu
ON the first floor, where the dining room
of his grandfather is exactly reproduced
When the old mansion was torn down
to make way for the hotel, the archi. .
tects carefully removed the decorations
from the walls of the original dlnlhS
room, the old fashioned marquetry noor
was taken up, the mantel, sidepoaru''
window frames and doors, the firepiace'
the chandeliers, and, in fact, all the LII,
ishings and furnishings. which are =,
black walnut, handsomely carved weie
slowed away and then reset IN VIVA. ~, :,
known as the Aston memorial room' pu'
William Waldorf never has had the cu
riosity to see it.-Chicago RECORD.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-06
TO BUY A COUNTY.
Dunkers Want TO Establish n Govern
ment of Their Own In Indiana.

Dunkers Want TO Establish Govern
ment of Their Own In Indiana.
The religious society known as Dun
kers is endeavoring to purchase the en-
tire region comprised within Brown
county, Ind, to which its members Will
emigrate to establish government OF
their own according to their peculiar
notions.
G. +. Everett of Albion is the pro-
iector of the scheme He has already
purchased al 900 acres Of land in that
county, to which 100 families will re-
! move in a few days.
The projectors say that neither jail
nor courthouse will be needed and thai
the election of local officers will be helt
only to comply with the law. as al
property will be held in common.
Negotiations are also reported to b
in progress for the purchase Of an i'm
mense tract of land in northern Wiscon
sin, where it is proposed to establish a
Indiana Mennonite colony.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-06

ttLtit. auut not TOT theo
irwin fade like that of yesterday
v1,,n once again along the lea
IT,, humorous glints u morning sue''
~, ,,-,lt have passed 90 fields unseeh'
To meadows Of perennial Nay,
W. never veCrs the yernal sroVn
Nor aeet the vernal flowers away
1se,,r i think Of thee as gone
- e'er cream Of thee as Sped
twill only be in winter wah' 49,, aod
Wben leaves lie lorn and flowers nave NV
p,t whom anew the sun has shohe
t. xsl-one 20 the world Of spring
SIN NV my side thoult wander ON
a. .l,,,,rh thou meier hadst taken wing
s.,,I be,ea+h days dilating beams
60 eoch new flower that May uhluris'
s.ii ~ tbv murmur with the stream
And blend thy music with 'he met
Then. as in vespertinal dreams
The suns tired rays rececins siah''
g. a. ~ old. the wood where teens
The nichtingale's awaking chant
Fast falls the night. Twill not weep.
Al MOI Not tears shall be tiny do"er
To carry through the folds OF sleep
into the cline of leaf and hover! -,
TT calls the night. More dark, more deep
Each instant grows its eerie sway
Farewell, farewell. Will not Weep,
But smile thee on thy journey ; way
William Toynbee in Gentleman MasaAi"''
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-06
WAS THERE TO GlOAT.
An Oversight by the Gas Company That
Gladdened His Heart.


There was look Of JOY about his face
as he went into the gas office that made
the man behind the counter glad in his
soul. 1t was so different from the ex-
pression which visitors ordinarily wore.
He walked to one window and then 10
another and stood around and smiled.
"Can we do anything for your the
clerk inquired.
"Nope. Go right ahead with your
business. Don't mind me. l had a few
spare minutes, and / came here TO
gloat. !" d,
"Oyer whom?" was the surprised
query.
"Over the company.
"I-I must say don't quite under
stand you.
81 suppose I'd better explain it. It's
too good to keep. But | get so much en-
iovment out of it that you'll have to ex'
cuse me if l tell it slow, so as TO make
it last longer. You people are very par
ticular about your meters.
"Of course. We have TO be. y
you've got it down so you can meas
IRE the extra pressure that occurs al
through the city if one Of the workmel
happens to cough in your gas factory.
ave haven't got it quite so close q
that, but we've done our best to protec
our interests.
"Well, had occasion to have sar
. itary plumber in my house yesterday
He's the man that made the discovery
He informed me that there was who
lot of sewer gas in my house that 20
never discovered. You didn't have an
arrangements for measuring it in II
, meter, and it got clear past you. l.
[. not naturally vindictive, but l couldn
|, resist the temptation to come arour
= and tell you about it and make you fe
- bad. Washington Star.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-06
Railroad Catechism.

primer of Municipal Government.
issued by the Buffalo Crosstown i'aii'
way company:
q. What are streets forP
A. To put car tracks in.
Q. What are people forF
A. To pay fares. -,
Q. What are municipal authorities.
A. The manager of the street railway
company. ii.
Q. What form of government has 'n'
city of Buffalo?
A. An absolute monarchy.
q. Who is the monarch? ;,
A. The manager of the street rah'
way company. Buffalo Express.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-06
RUSSlA'S CRISIS.
She yainIy Tried to Bolster Up inc
Finances of Her Aristocracy.

She Vainly Tried To Boisur Up III"
Finances of Her Aristocracy.
Russia is in the throes OF a tnanclai
crisis almost inconceivably great.
Some years ago the late car founded
land bank for the nobility, for the pur-
nose of coming to the rescue OF those
Russian landowners VINO. owing to the
abolition of serfdom, were on the point
of financial collapse. The bank was en-
powered to advance 60 per cent OF the
estimated value of the estates on mort
gage. The idea was that the Russian
noble would devote the money TO the
Improvement Of his property. Instead
of this, he squandered it and spent no
portion thereof in any agricultural i'm
provement, and the result Is that today
the bank, having advanced over 81, 600, :
coo. 600, finds itself with millions or
acres on its hands, which it can neither
cultivate nor sell at even 60 per cent OF
the estimated value. Either the bank
will fail-in which case the entire
! financial credit Of Russia will be shaken
to its foundations-or else the state
will have to come to its aid with large
amount. The whole affair CONSTITUTES
an illustration of the futility of trying
to bolster up the finances of an aristoc
racy that has outlived the sense OF 1t
responsibilities New York Tribune.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-06
,,,,v.s with Confectionery.


.oh how perfectly lovelyp said the
girl in the pink dress i do SO oo'0 ~
candy" o+n dc.
,,ared the young woman III WINE
s.It i inst too sweet for anything ;.
"Wbere did you get themS Was IL
Charley or Bob!' :. A. r;r,
"'It was Charley" replied the girl
with the box in her hand. lie always
has the incest candy.
"But YOU like Bob best!' .
"Aenes. dear, you are entirely 'oo III
quisitive." id % rou like
candy. ~. ;..,,
"Didn't YOU ever hear that the men
who buy candy before you get married
never buy you any after they 'o in"'
ried?"
SIS that SOP
"That's what the papers say. 80,
"Poohl / don't believe word Oh III
But. then, that's just like some Oh 'no
borrid men. know one who won oo
it." -, rIor.
"Oh, l say, girls. What luck' he ,,
comes Maud. Well ask her about IT,
"You'd never dare.
"Wouldn't /, though?" IT,
Maud drew near, and all the gariS
giggled merrily. .ron,,
"Oh, Maud, you're married. aren
you?" .,.;o., Wore
"Why, what silly question: were
not you one of the bridesmaids -.
! "0h. YES, we all saw her, and sn'
looked Just perfectly killing. .
; swell, wanted to ask you ques
: ton. y,,
4 "Certainly, dear. What is itF" ;,
. "Well, does Dick buy you any cana.
: now that you are married? You know
!. he used to buy you lots OF lt-"hoi
g candy stores full-before.
4 "No, he doesn't"
= "What did / tell you?" exclaime'
e the girl in pink. cit is just what
o said" :, al
d "well. maybe they are not all hk
Dick"
a "What do you mean?" exclaime
20 Maud. 81 never did see such CIR
70 Why didn't you let me finish sayin
i what wanted to say? was going
=, saw something and you broke right il
r. Twas going to say that he doesn't bu
~ any candy because / don't want HIM {,
n What's his is mine, and l just take n
q. money and buy it whenever l want
n. 1t is a much better arrangement, to'
j. for buy the kind like and ne seldol
10 did. "-Chicago Times Herald.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-06
New Years Bells.

Oh. the bells are loudly ringing
In "a silver plated tide.
They're dingdonging and dongdinging
Through the country far and wide,
Ger the snowdrifts
Where the crow drifts
Till he's frozen TO the quilts
Hear them knell Us,
Hear them tell us
OF the New Years bills.
In the noisy rangle jangle
OF brazen jamboree,
How they clangle, clangle, clangle,
Meath the stars that sparkle free.
While the moonlight
Sees the coon light
On the hen whose marrow chills,
They are trembling,
Not assembling,
or the New Years bills.
Oh. the old year out they're banging,
And they're banging in the new,
And we're on the music hanging
OF their gay whang-
While we're gliding.
Down hill sliding,
Till the sled upsets and spills.
Ring they madly.
Ring they gladly,
OF the New Years bills.
Keep on With your brszen clangor
Til your tongues are sore and sad
From Los Angeles to Bangor,
From Sorrento to Bagdad.
Keep on ringing.
wildly swinging.
Though your noise our spiris nns
With the sorrow
That we borrow
From the New Years bills.
a. X. Nunk1ttrick In New York Soosne
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-06
company,
And No Wonder.

doctor. my daughter is frightiuii'
seasick. I"
"But, my dear madam, there is 10
water at this resort.
"No, but she has been reading u ~,
el called Waves of Emotion. -D'
troit Free Press.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-06
South African ChivaIry.

The following interesting little dia-
lopue was heard last week at wedding
In a west end church.
Parson-Who gives this woman away!
Voice at Back Of the Congregational
could, but won't.
The individual at the back OF the
congregation manifests q marvellous
gsnsrosity. We do not give the story a
an intsnded reflection on South African
morality. African Review.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-06
KeprOachful.

81 haven't anything new to sing to
you tonight, George"
well, give me something old then. /"
She broke into refrain that was ga
song Of the day" II years before.
That's very, very old, Clara" he
remarked at the close.
YES, George, sang that to you the
night we became engaged. boston
Globe.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-06
Elnnements by Wholesale.

Thirteen Kentucky clipping couples
celebrated Christmas by going to Louis
Vile and crossing the river, availing
themselves of Indiana's convenient mar.
riape laws.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-06

In the fifteenth century the beer gal
Ion measure Of England was fourth
larger than the wine gallon, to allow
for the froth. The present legal yard
was instituted in England in 1853.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-06

Mini Novgorod, in Russia. was aim ,,s
obliterated by fire in 1864. All the pui i,a
ings and bazaars in which were ne.~
the great annual fair of merchants iion'
all parts Of Europe and Asia were DIV
ted out
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-06
Luck to Ships.

The workers at Barrow. on Furness
make it point of carrying black cat
Ia every ship that is built there. They
consider that this brings luck to the
shin
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-06

The largest egg is that Of the ostrich.
II weighs . pounds and 10 considered
equal In amount to - hens sggs
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-06

A new moon falling between ~ - =.
and 10 m. in summer means very sno"
cry weather.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-06
( Evening Journal.

MIRA Slim ton the ocean liner -Dear
mel Dear mel What makes the ship
Soll sof
NJ. 6lim-It's that COMPOUNDED fat
ehisf eficer walking back and forth on
- Ridgs way shove usi-Truth.
Graham guardian. [volume] (Safford, Ariz.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-13
There Is Nothing So Good. ,

There is nothing just as good as
DR.. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption, Coughs and Colds,
so demand it and do not permit
the dealer to sell you some sub.
stitute. He will not claim there is
anything better, but in order 10
make more profit he may claim
something else TO be just as good.
You want DR.. Kings New Dis
covery because you know ii to be
safe and reliable, and guaranteed
to do good or money refunded.
For Coughs, Colds, Consu mption
and for all affections Of Throat,
Chest and Lungs. there is nothing
so good as is Dir. KINDS New Dis.
covery. Regular size so cents and
Sl.00. For sale by all dealers in
medicine.
Graham guardian. [volume] (Safford, Ariz.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-13
Camp Meeting.

There will be a camp meeting at
the Shiloh school house, on the
ella river, three miles above Fit.
Thomas. The meeting to begin
Aug. 10, and continue about 10
days, wood, water and pasturage
will be furnished campers. Mr..
Jones, the Supt. of the G. v. G. &
N. Ry. has kindly consented to
have the train stop opposite camp
grounds. The meetings will be
held under the auspices of the
Southern Methodist church and
with only one object in view: the
preaching the pure gospel, and the
salvation of souls. Able minister.
ial assistance has been secured for
tho occasion. All are cordially in
vited to attend and as many as
can possibly do so are urged to
camp upon the grounds. Let all
Christians of every faith and order
pray and work for the success o.
the meeting. Let every lover o
mankind lend q helping hand.
j. II. ANGEL,
Preacher in charge
Graham guardian. [volume] (Safford, Ariz.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-13
--------e Q S.
THAT EASTERN TRIP.

Going Feast, take the Santa f,
Route as far as Chicago,
Most direct line from the South.
west generally, and thirty miles
the Shortest between Missouri river
and Chicago, which rnsures quick
time and sure connections. Track
IS straight and rock-ballasted, with
very few crossings at grade.
Vestibuled limited express, With
latest pattern pullmans and free
chair cars, meals in dining-cars serv.
ed al carte.
inquire of nearest agent, or ad-
dress W. ]. Black, G.. p. A., A. II.
& S. F. Ry., Topeka, Kas. If