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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-29
VENICE A DELUSlON.
An Engiishman Finds Its Canals and Dis
tances Not at All Entrancing.

An Englishman Finds Its Canals and Dis
tances Not at All Enhancing.
An Englishman who has seen Venice
but to be disillnsl,Lized writes OF his
impressions to The Westminster Budget
as follows: "Here is description or
what these canals are, taken from my
diary, and it is literally truthful, which
the poets and the painters never are.
On either side staggers crowd OF de-
cayed buildings; from the roof down.
ward they are mass of squaIld rum;
sbroken balconies cling to the stained
and discolored walls, great scabs or
plaster have fallen from their fronts as
| if a leprosy had eaten into them; for
foot above the water the walls are black
with slime, the broken windows are
stuffed with rags or paper, the shattered
steps lead up to doors that swing by one
| hinge; the steps themselves are slippery
with a greasy scum; to the edge OF the
lower stair there is a fringe of foul
green weed-it swings slowly Ill tho
crawling water the iron grilles, once
80 beautiful, are eaten by bitter salt rust.
the shutters hang at all angles, Tapping
and creaking in the wind; in the crazy
balconies there is lumber of broken
fowerpots with dead flowers In them
and through all these reeking alleys the
greenish gray water slowly pulses anc
oozes, covered with straw, eggshells
cabbage stalks and nameless refuse. Owe
all this brood a hundred filthy and OBJ
scene smells, each canal contributing |
particularly putrid stencil of its own
No longer does Venice sit in state; hou
by hour and stone by stone she is sink
ing into her dishonored grave.
"Night in Venice and music on tn
canal-that surely would have its oil
charm. / had pictured the soft air
pulsing with sweet voices. and over al
q sky chick inlaid with patines o
bright gold" Well, every night abou
s the singing certainly began, guitar
tinkled, and now and then one heard
fairly good tenor voice, but as rule tn
mems voices were harsh and worn, an
the women's indescribably shrill, an
the songs they sang were Verdi an
Bellini at their worst-'Ah, Che ]
Morte, and its companion absurdities
And when once they began they kept on
no sooner had one boatload OF singer
!, exhausted its repertory than anothe
,, took up its place and repeated the sam
|, songs with the same quaverings an
tinklings."
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-29
Nh Chance For the Judge.

At Harrodsburg one day Judge Card
we'll summoned negro boy in his court
to testify in case. The following con-
versation then took place between his
honor and the boy:
"Do you know good from bad!''
eyes, sir, boss, spec er duz. "
"Can you distinguish the truth from
falsehood?"
eyes, sab, kin extinguish truth or
anything else eff you'll gimme huff wa
ter. F"
"Do you know what will become OK
you if you testify to lie?'
"No, sab, jedge. DUE your"
where does the devil liver"
you'll neber git to sec him. He
lives in heaven louisville Courier
JOurnal
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-29
what n BOY Can 40.

A recent poem in the children's page
asks, "What can boy do anyhow
Well, by the proper use of tack he can
make his pa talk in four different Ian
euages by dropping little ammonia
on her back he can make the family cat
drill hole through the woodshed; by
his free and disingenuous conversation
to his sisters best young man he can
make that sister cherish pessimistic feel
ings toward the universe What can 7
how do?-Minneapolis Journal
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-29
Let Us Hope They Got Good Dinner.


When Hall Caine first came to this
country, he was invited to Philadelphia
by an old friend and fellow Manxman.
A New York litterateur who found HIM
self in the Quaker City attended dinner
at which all the IL guests were talking
about the expected lion and his books
and looking forward to meeting him.
The New York man confessed to know
ing Mr.. Gaines books only through re-
views, and asked the lady at his right
which one of the novels he should read
first. She answered that she was in the
same predicament. The question finally
went around the table, and the COM
pany laughed to discover that only one
person had ever read one of Mr.. Gaines
books. Times-Herald.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-29
uniaue Mail Service.

The inhabitants Of the small group OF
islands situated ON the south of Iceland
possess very curious method OF COM
munication in their so called bottle
post" When the wind blows from the
south and one Of the islanders wishes to
communicate with the mainland, he
puts his letters into well corked bot
tie, and to insure their delivery he in
closes at the same time plug or twist
of tobacco or cigar. The wind speed
lily impels the bottle to the shores OF the
mother island, where people are usually
ON the lookout who are willing to de-
liver the contents Of the bottle inreturn
for the inclosed remuneration.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-29
PEOPLE who Patroni.e Banks.

There is one savings bank here which
keeps an accurate record of the calling
of its depositors. During the last year
there was only one actor on the list,
while there were 1899 tailors; there
was but one editor, while there were
725 laborers; there was but one board
ing house keeper and 337 peddlers.
There were lots of shoemakers. bakers.
BARRIERS, walters, cigar makers, but very
few musicians. liquor dealers, lawyers
or policemen. Chicago Tribune.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-29

ed. and the whole animal bears an ap-
pearance of concentrated strain. "
This is Captain Millais' phonetic rem
dering of the sound, taken when listen
ing to three lions roaring their best:
"Moan - roar - roar - roar-roaI-
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS dy-
ing away" Why lions roar, when IL
ought to pay better to keep silent, is not
vet explained. General Hamilton was
convinced that tigers hunting i'll com
papy roar to confuse and brighten the
deer. Possibly the lion roars, when
prowling around camp, in the nope OF
causing some of the draft animals &c
break loose at other times 1t appears &c
be form Of conversation with others al
a distance. London Spectator.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-29
A Sure Thing.

First Detective-Hal Through the
aid of the press we will capture our
man. see it here. He cannot escape.
Second Detective-What have you IL
the paper!
First Detective-A picture OF the
house in which the man who saw the
man who looks like the prisoner lives.
The guilty guy will surely be caught
now !--Cincinnati Tribune.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-29

"what you need is exercise sala
Dr Morus. after an examination OF
Mrs. Bellefield, who had called him up
by telephone. or;.n
"Doctor, I" replied the good woman,
"being an unmarried man, you DO NOT
know that bargain days and remnant
sales have been going on III the ury
goods stores for about month.
"Ob-er, in that case, what you neeo
60 nerfect rest. think / shall have &c
order you to the Bermudas for SIX on
s;oht weeks" - Pittsburg Chronicle
Telegraph.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-29
WAR DOGS MUZZLED.
SOME INTERNATIONAL DISPUTES SET
TIED BY ARBITRATION.

Nearly Hundred In the List-G Great Brit
ain and the United States Have Taken
the Lead-The Movement Endorsed by
Other Nations.
The treaty signed by Secretary Olney
and ambassador Pauncefote may be re-
garded as the outgrowth of series of
arbitration treaties between Great Brit
ain and the United States. No less than
nine disputes between the two countries
have been settled in this way. The first
was in reference to the st. Croix river
and lake boundaries. The matter was
referred in 1916 to three commissioners,
and their finding was accepted by the
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-29

"Don't you ever get tired of doing
nothingr' asked one. -.
ooh, yes" replied the other IAN
guidly. .honyp
uTate n rest. "--Philadelphi JAIL
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-29

The common lotus was the most sa-
cred flower Of the Egyptians. Its repre-
sentation is everywhere found ON their
monuments.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-29

my wife is woman who is very
hard to please.
"She has never given any evidence OF
il. detroit Free Press.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-29

Enthusiastic Artist--Do you know
nainted a picture of lion so naturaiiy
That II had to be placed behind barsf
Enthusiastic Author-That's notnine'
7 wrote a novel so full of burning emo
ton that it bad to be printed ON asDoS''S
pages. for fear Of consuming 'nem
IN, first ropemakers were the spiders
which spin thread so nue. % o a,~s,ds
tbouah it is composed o. 90 OF oo s'ran .hs
- - a dozen times smaller than the
Huost thread spun by the hands OIL men,
Connecticut western news., 1897-03-18
7raueLerS' Jatde.
HoUsAToNIC R. R. ROUTE

Commencing Sunday, November 20, 1896.
 oorNo SOUTH Leave North Adams 70 ann, pittenold l5 Dannnn 26 Arrive New Haven 10 b5, Bridgeport II 9o New York II si. Leave Albany 2 10 am, State Line 10, Pitts field 10, Canaan g 40 Arrive Bridgeport l2 co D. m, NewlInvon i2, a NewYork 400. Leave Albany 10 70 .. m., htAte Lipo n 70, North Adams IA lb ?. m., pittsheld 70, Canaan 2 4G. Arrive Bridgeport 10, New Haven C 90, New York GAO. Leave Albany 10 % a. m., State Line II fh, Pittsneld I2 b0 r m,, Canaan 2 %, Arrive Bridgeport 25. New Haven 500, New York %,
 Leave Albany 22o p. m.. State Line 8 30. Pittaneld 3 30, Canaan 5l. Arrive bi tdge- port 2 25. New Haven GO, New Yorkta %. (sundays onlyl Leave piitsfield t5 p. m, Canaan 25. Arrive Bridgeport Ob, New Hayon 20. Now York sSO.
 ooIso NORTH Leave New York 70 n. m. Bridgeport oo, New Haven tn, Canaan 70, Arrive Pitts. field II O5, State Line 10 Al, Albany l2 "A p. m. Saratoga ib. North Adams IA co. Leave New Yo,k g co a. m., Bridgeport 9 bb. Now Haven &, Canaan l2 Ss r. m; Arrive Pittsnald 9 03 D. m.. state Line N, Al. banN 43 Saratoga ( 20.
 Leave New York 900 a. m, Bridgeport II n6. New Haven 70 30. Canaan 0.iu p. m. Arrive Pittsfsd 1O00 D. m.
 Leave New York 90 p. m. Bridgeport 2b New Haven n0 Canaan 30. Arnve Pitte- fold z 30, North Adams s 5b. State Line s00, Albany 9 70.
 Leave New York s 90 D. m., Bridgeport 2o, New Haven 0u, Canaan 0a. Arrive Pitts- Held s 30. State Line s0O, Albany ' +. sundays only) Leave Bridgeport s5 a. m Canaan 10 lb. Arrive Pittsheld II 40.
Connecticut western news., 1897-03-18

T. K. Q. SHERWOOD, Receiver roUGHKEEPsnE BRIDGE uoUTR. I'm Effect Friday, oct. 18th, 1ss9-
Connecticut western news., 1897-03-18

Trains stop only on signal, or when condac-
 hdditionai train leaves Highland for Pough- teepsie at 10 D, m Leave fouHhkeepSte if Hiphiaud at 60 P m .,, Trains leave poughkeepeie for Hopcweh isD and 2 e5 a. m, 6 Is and 05 D. m.
 Trains leave Bopewell Tor foughho"rsas fDO and 10 tb a m, G and eco D m -.
 Trains and 10 carry thryuvh coacn De' ,s Ninsted and Grand Cont al ststnn' neW iMA oa,s-
 estern Express, train T. makes ,ss olreos 0St sts ,ection at Campbell Hall witn tass SnP s s,t,aso niiowing day ai0 m also connecI M.n shs.ss e,ss Ri s fast western trains speelN aue.sa.e ,a ss ryen to western travel Rates or fare sl to VI n,ver than any other line Write for rates ana ,Articuiars before pucnAsing tickets over any ASsi AW ]! Martin, cen rsss Agsnt, ...a c,,.
Connecticut western news., 1897-03-18

that uncompromising war Is declared. Thus 1t is that the church of Jesus Christ, jealous for the honor of its sov- ereign and determined to get back those who have been carried off captive into the bondage of satan and intent upon the destruction of those mighty wrongs which have so long cursed the earth and bent ,pon the extension of the Saviour s reign of mercy in the name of God sets up it's banner of proclamation.
 Assault Against Sin.
 The church makes no assaolt upon the world I do not believe that God ever made better world than this. It is magnificent in it's ruins. Let us stot talking so much against the world. God pronounced it very good at the be- ginning. Though a wandering child ot God, see in it yet the great Fathers lineaments. Though tossed and driven by the storms of 6, 1000 years, she sails bravely yet, and as at her launching ir the beginning. the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy, so at last, when coming into the calm harbor of Gods mercy, she shall be greeted by the huzzas of glori fled kingdoms. It is not the world against which we contend, but its transgressions. Whatever is obstinate il the will, degrading in passion, harmful in custom, false i'll friendship, hypocrit- ical in profession-against all this Christ makes onset. From false profes sion he would tear the mask. From op pression he would tear the rod. From pride he would rend off the plumes. From revenge he would exercise the devil. While Christ loved the world SC much he died to save it, he hates sin SC we'll that to eradicate the last trace o1 its pollution he will utterly consume the continents and the oceans. At tht gate of Eden the declaration of perpet ual enmity was made against the ser pent. The tumult roundabout Noun Rinai was only the roar and aaRh-- q
Connecticut western news., 1897-03-18

Thronged his chariot wheels
 And bore him to his throne,
 Then swept their golden harps and sung.
 The glorious work is done.
 A Victory Signal,
 Again, when a grand victory has been won, it is customary to announce it by flags floating from public build ings and from trees and from the masts of ships. They are the signal for eulogy and rejoicing and festivity. So the en- sign which the church hoists is banner of victory. There was time when the religion of Christ was not considered respectable. Men of learning and posi- tion drowned upon it. Governments mathematical its supporters. To be a Christian was to be an underling. But mark the difference. Religion has com- pelled the worlds respect. Infidelity, in the tremendous effort 1t has made to crush it, has complimented its power. And there is not now single civilized nation but in it's constitution or laws or proclamations pays homage to the reli- zion of the cross. In the war in India, when Sir Archibald Campbell found iu an hour of danger that the men he or uSltu lO buS lltIu NtIt NIlu asked for the pious men whom the Chris tian Havelock had under his manage ment, he said: "Call ont Havelock' < saints. They are never drunk, and Have. lock is always ready" That Chris. tianity which gathered its first trophies from the fishermen's huts on the shore of Galilee now has Samsonian strength thrown upon its shoulders and has car. ried off the gates of science and world ly power. We point not to the fortresses and standing armies and navies as tht evidence of the churchs progress. w. point to the men whom Christ has re deemed by his blood.
 What if arsenals and navy yards dc not belong to the church? We do not want them. The weapons of our war fere are not carnal, but spiritual ant l mighty thrnush God to the puUinf
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fTo be to@ iRftea.

If we coul1 trace dyspepsia Go it's source, it would lead back to cur kitchens. In fact, the secret of good health is good cooking II well cook ed. foods are partially di3esteG; if poorly cooked they are less digest- ible than in their raW state. If you are n victim of faulty cooking; that is, if you suffer from Dyspepsia. the rational cure must he looked for in an artiticiallY digested food. and d food which will at he same time aid the digestion If other foods. Such d preparation virtually rests the tired digestive organs, thereby storing them to their natural strength.
 The Digestive Cordial. as prepared by the Shakers 0f Mount Lebanon, K Just such Il prepnration, nHd Il single 10 cent bottle will convince yau of its value. Ii your druggist doesd keep it, he will be alAd to get fl through his wholesale mousse.
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The shriners Here.

The Nobles of the Mystic Shrine are our guests today. They began arriving Fere last night for the pnr- pose of attending the special session to be held this afternoon and to- night by Sahara Temple. The Nobles are a fine looking class oi gentlemen, who are whole-souled and genial, and is most gratify- ing to this community to have them with us. Tonight a grand banquet will be tendered the visitors by Sahara Temple at Hotel Trulock The visitors hai from all parts of the State, and are the representa- tive business men from their several localities.
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The Best Remedy for Rheumatism.

lFom he Fairhaven tN. Y) Register
 Mr. Jam,s Rowland ofthis village, states that for twenty-five years his wife has been a suffer from rheuma- tism. A few nights ago she was in such pain that she waR nearly crazy. She sent ldr. Rowland for the doctor but he had read of Chamberlain s Pain Balm and instead of going for the physician lie went to the store and seeurel bottle of it. His wife did not approve of Mir Rowland's purchase at first, but nevertheless applied the Balm thoroughly and in an hours time was able to go tU sleep. She now applies it whenever she feels an ache or pain and finds that it always gives relief. He says that no medicine which sh7had used eyer did her so much good. Fhe 25 and 20 cent sizes for sale by N. l.. Dewo0dY & Co.
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rhe nroleetlonlat perrar.nanee.

The following is T part cf cx-C Con- sresaman John Do Witt Eainer's criti- eism of the Dingley bill:
 As it stands the most brilliant part of the pending performance consists in eating the words of the same actors in the Fifty-first congress. The Mckinley bill of that date was virtually entitled n bill to reduce revenues. The Dingley bill is specially commended as q revenue geitcr The Mckinley bill pointed with pride to the poor mans free breakfast table. The Dingley bill puts upon sugar "a single item of the breakfast table one-third of the total amount of the tariff tax proposed The items which are supposed to help the farmer are good examples of so setting your trap as to 'cotch 'cm a-cumin and aewine For instance, we have reciprocity in order to give the farmers market abroad for what it is assumed they cannot produce for home consumption unless they are highly protected, as is done by another section of the bill
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Sleeping car Service to NashvilIe

On May lG through sleeping car se vice will be inauguarated between Fort Worth and Nashville. Tenn. Trian No. 1 leaving Fort Worth 9:45 Il. In., arriving Pine Bluff :37 q. II, ar at Nashville 5:3O D. m. Corres- bonding service on train No. 3 Ieav- ing Nashville 9:40 a IT,, ar. Pine Bluff 2:20 Il. m, nr Fort Worth -
 Also on June l, in addition to tte above, through, sleeping ear service will be inauguruted between Waco and Nashville via Cotton Belt Kpute and NJ. C. X St. l.. Rvs. train No. leaving Waco at G:30 D. lL ar. at Pine Bluff l2:2O D. n. ar Nashville G:30 q. m; corresponding service on train Ne. leaving Nashville 9 D. n. ar. Pine 2:50 p. III ar. Waco S:25 D. m ] W FARLEY. Agcnt
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vast regions, until now peace and order has evolved from n state of barharic chaos
 The two railroads have been under separate management ever since their completion, md as a rule, have been antagonistic one to the other. The Union Pacific built branches from it's surplus earnings. The branches cover large ateas in Kabsas, Nebraska, Colorado. and NV yoming monopolized the coal trade in those Western States, and has s0 managed lts charges on freight that tit has heen impossible for any pflYate citizen 10 compete, as the railroad charged as much for len of coal at its mine with the freight aided, as it was sold for in any pnrt of Che country reached by its lines
 If costs as mnch for ton of coal in the little town of ldabo Springs, Colorado. which fs less than 90 miles from a mine, as lhe rai'raaa sold Che same coal for in Omaha. or Kansas City, six or seven hundred miles fartaer.
 All private competition was absuz lutely stamped uut aud made impos. sible becaose oftheiHies' .ce prnet'ead hy the railroad, in its ,iiserlmiHa- tions.
 In our next article, WE shall con= tinue these discriminating featurcs and also treat of the manner in which the road was wrecked by dis honest management for personal gain and to the detfiment of thepeo- pie.
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Waived Examination

Charles Dyer, the Deputy Sheriff of Lin coln county, who on last Sun day killed a negro at Warner while the latter was resisting arrest, waived examination before mag S trate at Warmer yesterday and was placed under d s2,00o bond for his appearance before the Lincoln Grand Jury. The killing from all accounts, was iustitiable, a fact that Mir. Dyer will have no difficulty in proving.
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Annroaching Nnptials.


 Ex-Gov. and Mrs. J. P. Eagle on Monday iss1cd invitations to a reception at Old Mansion, in Little Rock, Wednesday evening, June l, in honor Of Mr. Kie Oldham and bride. Mr. Oldham will be married at high noon June to Miss Garry Wepdon, daughter of Capt. and Mrs. John Wecdon, of Wabbaseka. at the home of the Int CT. The wedding will be quiet home event, wit messed by the relatives cf the con tractiug 2 parties
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ul Ter the root of an old de. q trae; i that some time during his absence the woods caught fire spread into the lot, and the leaves caused the root to bue broke the jar and de- stroyed the money He says he did not deposit the muney with his bondsmen because one officer had been indicted fer the same thing. un- der the charge of leaning He did not deposit in bank because he regarded that plan as unsafe, and did not secrete it about his house because of the Hkplilteaed of fire He also had the sum of sl8o io gold in a leather purse; one side of the pnrse Is in crisp and greatly burned off, but the gold is all right
 N. B. Rife K sall to have part of the charred bills in his posses sion that he took fr0m the jar
 Sheriff Fackett is greatly disturbed over his unfortunate privatiou. not knowing just uoW where or how the amount can be raised to make good to the State aud county the amount of revenue destroyed. He said Mon- day, in the presence of his b0ndsmen ard friends m Mount Ida, that his mill property, land, house and lot will h disposed of to meet his deiici- eney and protect his bond. and it is thought he will be able to do so.
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Tennessee Centennial and Intcrna

Tennessee Centennial and Intcrna- tional Exposition at Nashville, Tenn, May lst to Oct 3Oth. 1897. For his occasion the St. Louis Iron Mountain and Southern Railway will sell round trip tickets as follows: April 2S to Oct l5 inclusive. final re- turn limit Nov, [, 1897, rate SIS 70; April 29 to Oct 15 inclusive, final re- turn limit 20 days from date of sale. rate $l3.z0; April 29, May 1. 6. II. 13. Is, 20 25. 27; June l. ,. s. 10 b. F, 22 24, 20, July l, 6, s. i3. l5. 20. 22. 7. 29; Aug. ,. ,, 10, 12. l7, l9 2l 26, :l; Sep ,, 7, 9, II, l6, 2l, ?, IS. 90; Oct [, l2 II, l9. 2l and 26 linal limit return ten days from date of sale, rate Sl0 01
 II E MIzEGI.,
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Mr. ". L. Touey arrived here yes terdaY from Perry county, where he is engaged in stuck faintibg He came to attend the meeting of the Shriners, and incidentally to see lis many Pine Bluff friends Mir Toney IS enraptured with his new home and says that Perry county is the grahdest portion ef Arkansas and the ideal home for man. He stoutly maintains that ii is the finest place II the world for stork raising.