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CAUGHT A WALKING FISH.
n Had No Gilia. but Had Four Legs and
 Knew How to Use Them.


 Frank Davey, the photographer, is the possessor of very strange fish, which after having exhibited toa nuna- Der of friends while still alive he put Into alcohol to keep. The fish is known c. some people here, but is quite rarc. Its home is in the deep water, and if the story told by tho Chinanan who pro cured it-namely, that the catch was made in comparatively shallow water Just outside of the harbor-is to be dc pended on the occurrence is indeed us- usual.
 1t is about three inches in length and when alive was of a bright yellow hue, with spots of black hero and there It's mouth is quite large, and tho part of the body nearest is corrospondingly large It then tapers off to small tail, but tho peculiar part is that there arc no gills, or what arc popularly known as such. Where those should be the skin is just as 1t Is all oyer the body At a distance of about half an inch and pro- trpding from tho belly near the central pnrt arc what might be called arms or legs. They are jointed and have somo ten very fine claws These. together with another pair farther anterior, the fish, when alive, used to walk about with on the bottom of the jar in which 1t was contained
 It would show fight instantly when approached and gave every sign of be- tug endowed with tho spirit of the evil one, bristling up it's fins, snapping it's sharp teeth, eleyating sharp knifolike appendago on tho top of it's nose and sending two currents of water from holes or false gills just back of tho large, armlile appendages mentioned above.
 When the fish was killed and placed in alcohol, the bright yellow disappear ed entirely and left in its place whitish color. Pacific Commercial Advertiser.
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gray any more than she esn wear pale piBs or turquoise blue or lavender, those deli. cato tints making the rubiound complex. ion seem deeper by contrast.
 Ecru linen lawn, plain, embroidered, epenworked plaidod and striped with silk threads, thick and thin, is moro worn this summer than it was last, which ls saying a great deal In the sheer varieties it is ofton accordion plaited and is always made over colored silk lining which shows through with ehaageable effect. Tho lining ought to be of q rather decided tone ih order to assert itself through the aoru iawn and not lose its character hY 5s. tng so veilcd. Clear, light yioiot, strong pink, pronounced bluo, scarlet cora1 rcd, bright green and white are all effective lining tones, the latter with ecrn itseH being perhaps tbe most refined and elegant The trimmings--that is, the bows, ehoux, embreideries and girdle-may be n nttle lighter than the lining, as they are not GOV cred by anything.
 The toilat illustrated is composed Of feulard having n white ground with mauve and pale green figures printed upon 1t. The skirt shows m apron effect, from and hack, given hy throe ruflles of mauve nlousselino do soio, which are led upward Rt 6he sides. The blouse bodice of printed foulard is mounted on yoke of white gui pure over mauv0 silk outlined by bertha composed of three rufflos of mauve nous selino dc soie and opens at the left side ol She front. Yhe close sleeves of printed foulard have n slight fullness at the top the wrist and GsileE gF!ils being of white mousseline dc sole. Ths collar is of mauvs satin. as iS alee Che bait, which is tied sz eAs ssde. .luDIe CuoLLET.
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Most wonderful Gave In the World.

The most wonderful cave i'll the world is i'll the island of Tonga, ill the south Pacific, Byron called it n chapel of the seas :" It is formed in arock that Is almost surrounded by the ocean. This rock is about 60 feet high and broad approximately
 Many years ago q boy, the son of a native chief, was chasing huge turtle, when his game seemed to sink into the rock The lad watched and waited until the tide fell, disclosing small opening in the rock about six feet under low water mark.
 Diving boldly, the young hunter ens tered the aperture, and, to his surprise, came to the surface inside theroc The rock was hollow, and its interior was found afterward, when the natives ex- plored 1t with torches. to contain many beautiful stalactites.
 When attacked and followed by ezse- miles, the natives, who know the secret, leave their canoes, plunge into the water and disappear Their foes finger, aston fshed at their disappearance, for no per Con not acquainted with it would sus- pect that the rock was hollow. --Londna Telegraph
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A Christmas Edition.

The GRApnIe will issne it's Christi mas edition on Sunday morning December 19 six days before Christ. mas. This Christmas number will be q joint edition Of the Sat. urday Semi-W Weekly and the Daily Sunday Morning GRApnIe, thereby giving advertisers the benefit of the joint clrcuIations of the two news papers.
 The Christmas GRApme will con tain number of special articles, attractive and appropriate illustra tious, letters to Santa Claus and Q number of other special features. While it will not be as expensive and as elaborate an edition as our last Christmas number, 1t will nevertheless be novel and attractive in every respect and cannot fail to please the local newspaper reading Diiblie.
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na PainIena Wax

Before the days of ehloroforYn there was qunok in San Francisco who advertised tooth drawing without pain. Tho patient was placed In ohair and wrench given, when he roared violently. 'I thought you said there was no pain9' ''So there is not by my process. That is Cartwright's way. That's the way he does 1t. It's very different from mine Another tug, and still more violent howl That's the way Dumerge pulls teeth, said the uDabashed practitioner You don't like 1t, no doubt. Who woulds'' Another twist was given, and the patient, as a rales howlcd worse than ever That, the dentist says, is Parkinson's mode. T By this tina the tooth was nearly out. T will now. he said. display my own method, wherenpon he triumphantly withdrew ths tooth and held it up for ic- spection. You observe that by my trul5 scientific process there Is really DO patn whatever. "--New York Tribune.
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Where & Man Must Speak Up.

@I had occasion the other day. for the first time, said sober minded eitizeit. to go up high ill one of tho modern tall buildings l called on q man in tho seventeenth story It certainly was tre- mondons tho way they hoisted us mp that shaft, with smooth start and easy stops and lightning between But the most impressive thing about the trip was this: A man who got on whore did, at tho ground floor, and who wanted to get off at the tenth floor, said Tenth, as it seemed to me, the instant we started up, but tho elevator man said; This is tho twelfth We'u stop going down.
 If there is a place on earth where q man needs to speak up, it appears to be in the modern elevator car Nov York Sun
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CoGee and Its Uses.

When there are in u community cpl. denies of typhoid fever, cholera, cry, sipelas, scarlet fever and tho various types of malarial fover. which are trans. mitted almost entirely through the me. dium of food and drink. coffee is valu. able agent and may be used as drink instead of water
 It is valuable agent in assisting in the digestion of food and aids the blood in taking up more nourishment than it would without it.
 It quickens the circulation of the blood and respiration.
 It is also stimulating and refreshing tdue to the caffeine it contains)
 In tiding over nervousness in emer genoies it is q sovereign remedy.
 As q stimulant and caloric generator in cold weather 1t is 100 per cent ahead of whisky or ether liquors
 AS disinfeetant 1t is one of no small usefulness in the sick chamber.
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CLOSED THE ROOM.
Does the ehont of Washington stni stAsh
 Ghrough tic Old Asnnslon2

Does the Ghost Of Washington Still atAsR
 Ehrough the Old Mnnalon2
 fs vfRs customary i'll the famfy If George Washington to shut mp unused for two years u room in which death hnd occurred, says an exchange So, after tho death of the first president ta the stately chamber with the great four poster bed which is still shown to visit ors, Martha Washington, with her lone- iy heart, nightly climbed the attic stairg to lie in low eeiled. sloping roofed room with one window---a room intol- erably hot in summer, with little or no means of securing draft except by a triangular opening where the lower cor ner of tho door had been cut of to make room for the passage of tho cat Martha Washington died before the two year period had ended.
 If she had occupied the death cham Der, would she have seen the ghost of her dead husband? They say that the stalwart, stately figure of the brave general stalks through the passage with martial tread and clank of astral sword iii spectral scabbard
 Again and again it has happened that people detained at Mount Vernon on the business of tho Mount Vernon assoeia- tion have declared, on waking from sleeploss night, that they had heard the ghosts sword and stride and seen It's tall. commanding figure, dressed in the old uniform that ill lifo it wore
 No lights are permitted in tho old house, for fear of fire, except during tho meeting of the regents, and then only candles. Ghosts arc said to love dark cr Ill lighted houses.
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Plant Culture bv Amateurs.


 Amateur florists should study the habits of tho plants ill their collections in order to give tho special care needed by each variety, writes Eben B. Rexford i'll The Ladies Home Journal. Not only does this advice apply portinently to wa. tering, but to tl.o position in the window. Your plant window may boa southern ems which will admit great deal of sunshine. This will exactly suis geraniums, hello tropes, roses and plants of that class, but begonins, primroses and many other plants adapted to house culture are not partiou- larly fond of strong sunshinc--in fact, are often injured by full exposure to it. It is possible to find out exactly what course to pursue and to otfect n compromise between these two classes of plants without change of windows. Find out what plants liko partial shade and give them positions in tho rear of the sun loving plants. In this way the plants which require sunshine viii not be robbed of it, and those which donot require sunshine will not be har1ped by &;s ring an excess of it. z
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-12-10

Tnr Sunday edition of the Daily GRAPHIC will consist of twelve pages next Sunday, as usual. h addition to local, social and telegraphie news, the edition will contain q number of special articles, page of Religious Thought, a humorous story by M. Quad, Ellen Osborne's weekly fash- ion letter, and other interesting features. Don't fail to see it.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-12-10
Brute Instinct.

Natural laws pertain to all things, and certain laws govern the conduct of brute society But that the actions of the lower animals arc over prompted by Q sense of duty is not only extreme ly hypothetical, but altogether doubt ful Tho hon has strong maternal affec- tion, but thot sho has tho least idea of the virtue of that affection any more than of tho yirtne of doing good for evil is in the extreme conjectural. It is often hard aud even impossible to ac- count for the likes and dislilles of ami malls. The hen will sometimes destroy certain of her brood and tho SOW de- vour her own offspring, Much of the cruelty is practiced upon the brutes for the lack of thought that they are not morally responsible They are treated as if they arc conscious of wicledly selfish acta l onco saw some men look Ing at a drowning mouse in pail of water. Irebul1ed them, and one of them "a man perhaps 40 years old--turned to me and said, ftThe mouse deserves it. ? Why deserved it2 Pray tell us Shall we say it was conscious of the sin of thieging? Others may try to Yiew it in that way. l do not knew another man who would hold rats with tongs and roast them alive ill the fire If ho could not piove that they deserved their torture, he certainly wished to be hove they did. If we recognize d Crea. tor, is 1t not most rational to suppose that he has created tho hrutes morally irresponsible and would have us thus regard them. that our inclination to tor ture them would be held in restraint?--, Forest and Stream.
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Lnnt,nn Archifectnre.

Not long ago an English architect was heard to make emiously suggest i've remark. Conversation had turned upon the manifold dangers to which wo expose ourselves by travelling in rail- way carriages "The great rule, " said this architect, lis never to look out of the window until you arc good 30 miles from london. Otherwise you risk
 aeing tho Crystal palsoe '
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SleenY Onions.

The London Medical Press asserts that some plants sleep through the rainy season, others during periods of drought of heat or of cold. Farmers are rather skeptical about weeds ever going to sleep, and it is hard to realize that an onion bed is nightly wrapped in balmy slumber. Yet science in this matter is too well fortified to be doubted. St Louis Globe Democrat.
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Catching at a Straw.

They say cows age can he told hy the rings on her horns. he said apropas of nothing in particular.
 It is evident, she retni ncd, with a certain wistfulncss, that it Is not eonsid cred improper for n COW to set engaged every year. ',--Chicago Post.
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SUMMER WEAR.
Silver Gray Crepe de Chine -Gofu7s wes
 DlfFerent Compilations.


 Different CompIexions.
 Accordion plnited petticoats are slsa newest thing in underwear They arS made of silk and are plaited throughout sheir length or have m accordion plaite,i fouDce set on yoke which extends hall way down.
 Costumes of silver gray crepe da chine or mousselino dc soie are among this sum mer'a novelties and are very dainty and attractive. They arc saved from half mourning effect by the addition of earna- tions, red, pink or deep blue bows, choux and girdle. Itshouid he remembered that women without any pink eoloring should never wear clear gray, either dark or light, us it gives thon faded look Those for. tunate enough to hayc pink checks look very well in it, whether they be fair or dark in general complexion. Of course an OK sremely red faced person cannot wear light
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In order to love our own country 1t is not neeessary to hate. any other ono.
 IrffcefiNa.

Well wta the prosperous looking man, T will not affirm that the Gush- CT spring water is balm for all bodily ills, but this I will say--that it has re- moved Q trouble under which I had sui fered nearly all my life.
 He referred to monetary difficulty, bat he did not think it necessary to go into particulars Boston Transcript
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be asked.
Marshall Field s?''

Yes Hois tho man it'snamed for ,"
 We'll I'll ho everlastingly gumdast- cd if I'll stand itl don t care for the nickel, but bought this cane of Mar shall Field, by jocks, and I'm not go ing to pay him for keeping it half an hour while look at his old showi''
 And he went away, uttering dreadful things Chicago Tribune.
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Wouldn't stand It.

The uniformed guard at tho entrance os tho Field Columbian museum stopped the man i'll tho brown suit who was about to go in through the turnstile. ''I can't let you take that cane in- side, he said
 Why not79 demanded the other.
 Its against the rules You'll have to check 1t Ut that window /"
 What will that eost?'
 It will cost you cents.
 The man in tho brown suit hesitatcd This Is the Field museum. ism t it?'' De asked.
 "Yes. "
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-17
Bagpipcs In New Guinea.

Mr.. Angus Mackenzie, an old miner
we'll known as prospector in northern
Queensland, Australia, recently arrived
from New Guinea with large quanti-
ty of gold and thinks there is great
advantage in being a Scotchman. When
he left for New Guinea he took bag
pipes with him, and to their agency he
attributes much of the luck which fell
to his lot while prospecting for gold.
He said that the natives would do any
thing for him, providing he played the
pipes to them at night. They looked at
ter him and his effects and acted as por-
tiers without other pay than the music
of the pipes. They took him over new
country and showed him where heavy
gold could be obtained. 1t is possible
that intending prospectors in New Gui-
nea might lay out their money to worse
advantage than in the purchase OF bag
pipes. In any case, Mr. Mackenzie re-
CARDS the pipes as the best and most
judicious investment he ever made
New York Sun.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-17
An Empire Shade.

The latest fad in lamp shades is the
empire, and, bought complete, it costs
as much as does fairly handsome
lamp, but if made at home need not ex-
coed modest sum. All that is required
to ensure success is patience combined
with neatness. There is no technical
skill involved, unless one undertakes to
paint the figures or flowers, which is
not essential.
Select q wire frame, such as can be
found at any shop devoted to artists
supplies, in any size you may prefer.
Then cut from heavy water color paper
q piece in the shape shown i'll the dia-
gram just large enough to fit round and
lap over one-half inch. Paste the two
edges firmly together. When that is
done, select three or four suitable pic
lures, preferably figures in empire cos
tune, either water colors or prints, and
place them at intervals upon the shade.
Mark an irregular opening for each, as
indicated, and cut out the heavy paper,
FASTING the pictures upon the inner side
of the openings. Around each and around
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-17
GOLDENROD.
Take a Back Seat, Ladies!

my experience shows that some men
make up as much as women, II not
more" said retired barber who had
kept an establishment in fashionable
part Of New York.
'The amount Of black cosmetic l
used to sell was enormous. 1t is used to
rub over bald patches that may show
themselves, so that they cannot be no.
ticed except on very close observation.
When rubbed into the hair, it also dark
ems and conceals the gray streaks. Be-
sides, not a few use it to darken their
eyebrows.
"There is also great demand for
mustache bristles, which are used to
thicken and improve the mustache, and
quite thriving trade is done in them.
"Some elderly swells, upon whose
faces time has left an unmistakable i'm
press, actually enamel their faces.
Though it hides wrinkles, it is very un'
comfortable, for those who wear it dare
not laugh too heartily for fear of crack
ing it. p"
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-17

The sale TO q. Greek, OF Calumet, closed
out livestock in the r. M. Hoar store and
the trustees sale is ended. There is yet
of the property included in the chattel
mortgage the horses used in the store
business, quantity OF hay, etc, in all
perhaps 1000 worth. The sale in
round numbers foots up $500. Some
OF the store fixtures were bought by
Hodgson 4 Hoar, who will occupy the
build .ng with fresh stock of goods they
are now buying. The interior will be
considerably renovated and remodeled.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-17
Dopny BIT Frances.

Frances Thompson, chambeimaid,
was passing a saloon on Clark avenue,
st. Louis, recently, when Denny Brooks
ran out, threw her arms around Frances
and began TO chew her up.
"I'll disfgure you SO my man won't
want to look at youp' she screamed.
When Frances got loose, she had
pieces bitten out of her face and hands.
She went to the dispensary.
She was asked if she would prosecute.
mo- she said; "a little chewing
don't hurt any one. The only thing I'm
afeared of, she might have blue gums. !"
She was turned over to an officer. -
st. Louis Post Dispatch.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-17

both the upper and lower edges of the
frame draw the outline of border like
that given. Fill in between all these
lines with the paste for raised work that
can be purchased from any dealer in
supplies, with full directions for use,
and when it is dry paint over the whole
with liquid gold, when the shade will
be complete. If the pictures are well
chosen, it will make good effect at al
times, but when the lamp is lighted 1t
gains an additional beauty from the fact
that the light shining back of the Pic
lures lends them a quality which great
" enhances their value. Flowers and
small landscapes can be and are used,
but the picturesque figures are at once
more fashionable and more desirable
from the standpoint Of fitness. Suitable
subjects can be found In almost any
volume Of prints or can be purchased
from the dealer who supplies all such
needs. MARY EARLE
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-17
Attempt Made to
o. nair the Damage
Saturday
/. the Portage Lake Bridge.
o,son Case 10 he Tried
~ tomorrow in Justice Firms
Court.

c,o,,es Ongie, of the Mineral Range
aoro of men and the tug valerie
/ 1alo attempted Saturday to spring
~ H' protection under the draw oil the
n".,age Lake bridge back to the place IL
- I'D before the steamer Fisk smashed
Wv Il a few days ago. The extreme end
/, the crib work was out oil line TWO leet
40 half but by repeated bunts by the
= was gradually forced more into
49, The injury to the crib is much more
= onnarent at first sight. The blow
g tbe Fisk broke number OF the piles
aahort and broke several large beams
80 wafer and displaced many more.
The whole structure at each shove OF the
valerie swung almost as free as a raft,
3.isot the extreme end. Under the
dro " and for distance out from the
n,;ddle the crib work ia apparently as
c. os ever. The work OF Saturday
brought the piling back a couple OF feet
and nearly straight and the sand OF the
notion evidently settled in around and
riu hold the structure there, but the
damage amounts to considerable. Al
most everyone crossing the bridge had
the same advice, "wait for the Fisk and
Iot her smash into the other side, she'll
straighten it."
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-17

A student at the Michigan College oil
Mines named Barry was the victim Of an
accidental explosion OF flux Friday from
the effects of which his eyes are in bad
shape and his eyebrows and hair are pref
ty we'll burned. He wasengaged in assay
ing ct the time. DR.. Wheeler dressed the
injuries and Mr.. Barry was much relieved
to find that he could see when he opened
his eyes after the operation and that the
sight OF the eye burned the worse would
he sayed
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-17

The hearing in the case OF Smith vs.
Olson, which was referred to day or so
ago in this column, will come up in JUS
tice Firms court tomorrow, when the de-
ieDdant will be required to show cause
why he should not get off the little piece
OF land on the shore OF Lake Superior
which the plaintiff claims along with the
whole earth in the vicinity OF the canal
on the strength OF the tax titles he has
bought upon it and from which old man
Olson ekes out a living. II the United
States government could succeed in loca-
ting the owner OF these lands, the man in
whom was the title, and for whom the
entire county has been secured the plain
till in this SUIT now carrying high hand
would have to come Off in his persecution
OF reed up old man. The land in ques.
ton is little piece OF cleared-up marsh
land on which hay enough for COW can
be raised and potatoes enough for fam
lily grown. The defendant has built him
sell house there and fishes in the sum.
mer time. The piece is three miles and
ball from the canal over a very rough
road and to haul out what could be
raised there would not pay anyone.