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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-04
barrel of Alcohol Blew Up.

An explosion in a saloon in Suffolk
street. New York, recently was caused by
the tapping of barrel of alcohol IN the
back part of the room. The barrel new
into atoms and the bartender's hands and
face were badly burned The building
was set on fire by the explosion.
The bartender is known only as Iony'
He had tapped the barrel, and was draw
ing alcohol from it when 1t blew up. Inc
bartender carried no light, nor is 1t known
that there was any fire in the place
Tony was blown ten feet into corner
and every one in the saloon, including tnt
proprietor and his customers, was knockeo
down and partly stunned. All picKeo
themselves up and ran into the street oht
of the customers went back and heipee
Tony out.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-04
HIS CLEVER SCHEME.
BUYS Goods on Credit, Opens Store, Sells
Out and Decamps.

Buys Goods on Credit, Opens a store, sells
Out and Decamps.
A few weeks ago n very smooth appear
ing citizen calling himself Thomas KEEP
Ter made his appearance at Eubanks, a
small place 10 miles north of Somerset,
KY, and stated that he was merchant
and desired to go into business. He rent
ed a storehouse and commenced having
goods shipped from city merchants. After
he had secured several hundred dollars
worth of goods he sold out the remainder
of his stock to w. r. Lee & Son of Eu-
banks, and stated that he was going away
to purchase another stock. He never re-
turned, and wholesale merchants from the
cities have become very anxious about his
present location.
Kepler is described as ''about 30 years
of age, about medium height and size,
round shouldered, protrudes his head for
ward as he stands or walks, wears nose
glasses and is remarkably polite. "
The description of Thomas Kepler tai
lies with a description of one Joseph
Kemper, who was sent to state prison
from Jessamine County, KY, about two
years ago for obtaining goods under false
pretenses while a merchant at Wilmot
KY, at which place he did business a
Norris & Co.--Cincinnati Enquirer.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-04
NEW USE FOR ALUMINIUM.
1t Is Excellent Material For Reproducers
In Talking Machines.

IT Is Excellent Material For Reproducers
In Talking Machines.
A new and important use of aluminium
has been discovered in the manufacture OF
reproducers for talking machines.
The reproducer is the apparatus which
holds the vibrating diaphragm of glass.
The peculiar sonorous quality of Alumni
um has recently attracted the attention OF
manufacturers of musical instruments
and experiments are being made In varl-
Gus directions in regard TO instruments
which depend for their musical quality
upon the yibratory characteristics OF the
material used.
Heretofore the recorders and reproducers
of talking machines have been made, as q
rule. of hard rubber. For hard rubber al
minimum has been substituted with what
is regarded as much success 1t is claimed
that the blasting, blaring or chattering,
as it is called in the trade, which is Otter
noticeable in the performance OF the talk
| ing machine, is almost completely absent
when an aluminium reproducer is used
/ Exchange.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-04
A Remarkable Record.

What led the bonbon loving girl
To spurn the youth she might have won
And wear at last a spinster's curl
Through trusting TO q tickle onef
Sugar.
What was il made the liquor which
Once shocked that young man paia'e %
When blended as q mixture rich,
With flavor more benign to fiowf
Sugar.
What IL il makes the gentle lamb
Who dallies with the Stock Exchange
Experience dizzy qualm
AS figures tell tale most stranger
Sugar.
What makes the Jail, once bleak, appear
To bloom more splendid than the rose'
with Turkish rug and chandelier
And downy cushions for repose'
Sugar.
What causes statesmen TO engage
In enterprises sadly dark
And only leave on historys page
A large, reproschful dollar mark'
Washington Star
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-04
Take Notice.

have just received a new stock Of
domestic and imported woolens, which
will be made up to order in suits OF any
stvle desired.
One thing sure lie: II YOU rrv me once
YOU will patronize me sgain. Work and
fit fully warranted. John b. Rastello,
merchant tailor, 212 Sixth street.
Do not make objection to the street as
il ia not the street that makes your
clothes, but first-class tailor with eigh-
teen years experience.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-04
THE LUCK OF M'LAURIN.
Unusual Political Record of south Caro-
lina's New Senator.


"Some men are born 10 be lucky i'm pol
itics, " said q. G. Weaver of South Caro-
lima recently. "ghe luckiest man in our
country beyond doubt Is Congressman
John l.. NlcIaurin.
"When Mac as we call him, was still
member of the legislature, he was elect
ed attorney general. Before his term In
that Office expired no was elected to the
Fifty second congress, and now he will
leave the house for the senate by virtue OF
appointment Governor Ellerbee could not
have done more popular thing than to
| name him as Senator Earles successor, for
| McIaurin has made fine record in Wash
| ington as IA representative and when 1t
| comes to primary election, which Is the
mode we have of choosing United States
senator, he can easily win over all compet-
| itors.
Mr. McLaurin is one of the younger and
more progressive of the southern contin-
gent in congress He was born 81 years
ago, and his education was In part OBJ
tanned in Pennsylvania college. Last
year he repudiated one of the cardinal
doctrines of Democratic tariff reform
when he declared his opposition TO SO
called free raw materials" and his con
version To the belief that If protection IL
good for New England or Pennsylvania II
would be equally beneficial to South Caro-
lima and the southern states in general
In other respects Mr. McLaurin has eyincet
desire and determination to rid himself
, of some of the shackles which antebellun
traditions and habits have fastened upoi
so many southern statesmen. TO him no
long ago was ascribed the pungent remarl
that southern men have fingered ant
loafed too long round John g. Calhoun
tombstone. New York Tribune.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-04
Mineral Range Railroad.

Will run additional Sunday trains dur
ing the summer months, commencing
Sunday, June 6, and continuing until
Sunday, September 26, the trains leay-
ing Red Jacket at 1915 p. m. Tor
Houghton, and leaving Houghton at
1:4O .. m. for Red Jacket will run daily.
These will be in addition to the trains
scheduled on the public time bills as run
ming on Sundays.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-04
GERMAN SEWING NEEDLES.
They Are Making Great Headway Against
the Product of Other Countries.

They Are Making Great Headway Against
the Product of other Countries.
In a recent report to the state depart
ment the consul at Annaberg, Germany,
says:
"The enormous growth in the produc-
ton of sewing needles in Germany is
principally due to the lively export trade
to China, where Germany seems to entire
" control the market. OF the entire ex-
port of needles during the first ten months
of the current year, which amounted to
1919, 100 Kilograms (2,417,0OO pounds),
more than 90 per cent-nameiy, 7l2, 'oo
Kilograms q 800, 900 pounds), valued at
nearly 6, SOC, 600 marks Isl 600, OO0), went
to China.
"Here is O branch of manufacture which
has hitherto been almost entirely neglected
in the United States. Perhaps the article
appears to be too insignificant, but the
Germans have succeeded in obtaining I'M
portant results from small causes. Under
the protection of their government they
| have built up needle industry which
( commands the respect of the world. AT
! first they initiated the English methods OF
manufacture, but their superior technical
training soon enabled them to discover
the defects of the English machinery, and
they adopted new and improved devices
and followed their own course OF manu-
facture The infant industry OF rev
| years ago has become one OF national IN
portance. The manufacturers go into the
markets of the world, preferably into new
countries, and compete successfully every
where. 1t is only question of few
years until German sewing thread VIII re
place in China that of Coates, Clarke an'
10
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-04
To Change the Climate Of Canada.

~, "A Boston man says he can change the
climate of New England and the maritime
provinces Of Canada by building dam
across the strait Of Belle Isle. blocking it
snu diverting the northern currents. The
yam would have to be ten miles long ana
aoout 200 feet high and strong enough to
.esist the ocean. He thinks this could be
uone Tor 100000. and that 1t would
s Wv, the territory named a climate much
Jersey.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-04
The birth of POrtraiture

His hand had pictured many a rose,
And sketched the rays that lit the brook;
But what were these, or what were those,
To woman's blush, to womans lookf
Oh! il such a magic power there ne,
This this" he cried, lis all my prayer,
To paint that loving light see,
And fix the soul that sparkles there.
THOMAS MOORE.
Ii you have ever feltsuch an aspiration,
land who has not?) remember that this
magic power exists in these days and is
practiced in perfection at Herman's stu
do
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-04
No Duty on Giants Causeway Specimen.

On recent trip to this country from
Glasgow the steamship Furnessia OF the
Anchor line broughta piece of the Giants
Causeway, consigned to William c. Nc
Mabon, New York, and intended for Gen
eral Patrick A. Collins of Boston, the for
mer United States consul general at Lon
don. Something of controversy arose
between the naval office and the collector
office as to how il should he rated In re-
spect to duty The naval office contended
that IL should pay duty of cents as
granite The collectors office, on the other
hand. held that IL should be entitled TO
free entry as crude mineral 1t was de'
cided 10 let it in free. As fact, the
Giants Causcway is not composed OF gran
ite but of trap
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-04
The rtnIanders'

Mutual Fire Insurance company OF
Houghton and Keweenaw counties, or
ganized in 1890 according to the laws Of
the State OF Michigan, will insure proper
ty OF its members. Have paid fire losses
over % 900 and dividends nearly $4,000
during the last seven years to members
OF Ave years standing. On the first day
of this year the company had 4S2 men,
bsrs, $421, 4sO worth OF property in
sured and $1O.66S.54 in treasury. For
further par ticulars apply to the under
signed. JOHN BLoMovIsr, President.
ALEX LENoNEN, Secretary.
Once. 448 Pine street. upstairs dRs
! Jactet
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-04
New miIeh Cows for sale.

The undersigned Will receive car load
OF new mich cows, some Jerseys. which
can be seen at Nappa's warehouse, Fifth
street, CD and after Monday afternoon.
Come and examine them before purchas-
ing elsew here. DEMARoIs & THOMPSON.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-04
RY Reward.

Lost, between Hancock and Calumet. a
curb bride, with double reins and breast
straps. Finder please return to DIR.
Berghell, Agnitch block, Calumet, and get
reward,
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-04
To Mine Owners and Timber Con
tractors.

For sale. in Keweenaw county, about
$50 acres of land, the standing timber
being cedar, hemlock and Norway.
Part OF this land ia on the shores OF Lake
Superior and about four miles from Boil
mann's lumber railroad. For particu-
lars apply at the News Office.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-04
Striking.

"Aunty. said Polly, rueiuliy rup-
hing her forehead, THAT big photograph
of yon is a striking likeness, isn't 1T!
"Do you think so, deary!'
eyes, {" said Polly. 1T just ieii Oh
the mantelpiece and hit me on the lore
head. Harper Bazaar.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-04

Many animals feign illness. In mill mill
tary stables horses are known 10 nave
rretended to be lame in order to AVOID
going TO a military exercise. A CHM
nanzee in the Zoo had been fed on cake
when sick. After his recovery ne often
feioned coughing in order to procure
dointiea
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-04
To secret Societies and Others Wish
Ing TO Rent a Lodge Room.

The Temple of Honor lodge room is
vacant on Wednesday evenings OF
each week. Parties desiring to rent the
same may apply by letter to the
Union Temple OF Honor and Temperance,
No. 4S, Calumet. Mich.
j. r. JAMES, Secretary.
Box 81, Opechee.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-04
Gone to BE a Missionary.

Miss Elizabeth NJ Deane of New York
has gone to Alaska as missionary for
the Church Mission society. she Is
trained nurse, and will take charge OF the
hospital maintained by the society at CIR
ole City, the great mining town
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-04

De Quincy, who devoted his life TO
the reading of books, said that the great
est number of books any one man could
hope to get through within mans al
lotted time was $500.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-04

Old wood best to burn, old wine pest
TO drink, old friends to trust, ana o'o
authors to read. -Alonzo OF Aragon.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-04

The federal telegraph of Mexico mas re
Gently inaugurated night service anu oe'
words can be sent for 10 cents
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-04
Position wanted .

BY young lady as stenoarapher and
typewriter. Apply to Miss Sumner.
Jewell House.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-04

Granlteware at the price OF tinware at
Carlton Hardware Co.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-04

The cigar industry at Tampa, Fla ano
its suburbs has reached such dimensions
that the average weekly pay rolls nov
amount to $3.50
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-04

Several thousands of hairpins In man,
STYLES have been recovered from Pompeii.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-04

Corsets have been found ON the waists of
Feyptian mummics
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-04

One hundred and thirty horses are beins
trained at the royal news at Buckingham
palace to take part In the royal procession
Jubilee day.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-04
HERE AND THERE.

The Transvaal produced last year $40,
000 tons of coal and I. $50. 1856 ounces Oh
gold
DR. ID z. jenkins OF Thurman o., who
h,s been i'm active practice 3s years, has
ofliciated az ?, - births
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1897-07-17
WON HIMSELF IN A RATTLE.
Missouri Man, In Great Straits, Put
Himself Up as Prize.

81 encountered the strangest man |
ever knew while / was doing some gov
eminent work in Missouri" said he
retired contractor. ''He was smart
enough, so jolly that everyone liked
him, and apparently in the best of
health. But he made few bad deals.
Had to mortgage some of his property,
and Just seemed TO throw up his hands.
He vowed that he had ceased to be his
own man, and would drift until he
found out what the world wanted to do
with him.
"IIe never tried to dispose of any of
his possessions by auction or private
sale, but nearly every day held rattle,
at which the chief attractions were his
jokes and odd sayings. AT this time he
was not trying to earn dollar, and in
a year or so it was thought that he
had come to the end of his string.
when he had disposed of the family
clock, and there seemed to be nothing
left, he coolly announced that the next
day he would rattle himself. He didn't
know whether the boys would care to
buy chances, but he meant business,
and would work faithfully for the man
who drew him. Tickets sold for good
figures, but there were two left, and
he laughingly said that he would take
a couple of shots at himself. When the
drawing came off he held the lucky
number
well, sir, the fellow turned loose
and went to making money hand over
hand. He became one of the greatest
hustlers in the west, paid off the mort
cages, bought everything there was
money in, and is as rich now as the
river-bottom farm. When he drew him.
self AT the rattle he made up his mind
that he was his own man again, and,
besides, he had agreed to do his best
for the winner. twas a strange case"
Detroit Free Press.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1897-07-17
CORONATION SERVICES.
Tenure of Land on Condition of Per-
sonaI Duty to the Sovereign.


After telling how the privy council
was formed into commission ito hear
the petitions of the lords, great men.
mobiles, knights and other with regard
to services, duties. attendanees, offices
fees and rights connected with the
ceremony of coronation" the roll states
what these petitions were, or at least
such of them as were granted.
One was that the duke of Norfolk,
who claimed 1.-The right to find for the
queen ON her day of coronation glove
for her maiesty's right hand and to
support the queens right arm on the
same day as long as her majesty shall
hold in her hand the royal scepter. the
petitioner holding the Manor of Work
sop by the aforesaid services" In
other words, if the duke of Norfolk had
failed to provide the glove or 10 support
her majesty's arm at that particular
time, his ownership of Norksop manor
would have been nvalidated, and the
property have reverted to the crown.
Another petition was that of Bar
bara, Baroness Grey de Ruthyn, who,
as the head of her family, claimed the
right to carry the great spurs before
her majesty OH the day of her corona
ton, and asked that Lord George Byron
be appointed her deputy for the per-
Torrance of that duty.
Yet another was that of Francis
twelfth earl of Huntingdon. The earl
| dom of Huntingdon had remained sus-
pended for many years, owing to the
tenth earl dying without issue. When,
however, this twelfth in the line of sue
cession succeeded in establishing. as
descendant of the second earl. his right
to the peerage, he also claimed the right
to carry one of the four swords of state
in the coronation procession; this as
well as other duties and services con-
nected with the ceremony, being the
condition of his tenure of lands. Small
wonder, then, that in announcing the
omission of the procession it was i'm
portant to set forth also that the nom
performance of duties connected with II
should entail no orfeitures.-Florence
Hayward, in Century.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1897-07-17
ALL HAD MOTHERS-lN-lAW.
And They Wanted Set of False Teeth
Mt Once.


81 seen a mighty queer piece O bust
ness when | was in town." said Jay
Green, who had just returned from a
days sojourn at the county seat IL
was standin' in front O Simpsons store
when | heard a sharp report-suthin'
like n shotgun-in the dentists office
upstairs in the buildin' across the way,
an downstairs. bulged Teller with a
big cloth around his neck an his mouth
full o. cement, a-splutterin' an a-gob-
bin like all gee whizz. Right after him
came the dentist, with his hair an wills
kers singed off. The smoke poured out
of the windows, an | guess the whole
place would have burnt up if the hook
an ladder company hadn't come an put
it out"
What was the matter, anyhow?"
asked Eben Appledry, to whom Jay
was relating his adventures.
THAT was what everybody that run
up wanted to know. The dentist ex-'
planned that after he had filled the pa
tient full o plaster he had started to
put in the time while it was settin ex-
perimentin' with a set o false teeth
made of a new composition that had
been sent him for examination. He
went on TO say that he had hit 'em with
a hammer to test their strength an
they had exploded like dynamite.
when the dentist had got this far
along in his explanation the patient
managed to spit out enough of the
cement to enable him to ask if teeth
made of that material wouldn't be liza
BILE to explode an blow their wearer's
head off if they were bitten down hard
on bone. The dentist replied that such
would probably be the case, an four
men in the crowd who overheard him
say it hollered out that they'd take
set o them explosive teeth as soon as
he could furnish them. An the man
who had had the cement in his mouth
shouted
ME, too. I've got mother-in-law
myself st. Louis Post Dispatch.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1897-07-17
wit AND WISDOM

"A railroad superintendent IN
sJ'lsania has issued an order probihi yum
the throwing of rice on railway ~"
Uses. Ills act is regarded as cara r.''l'
tack on matrimony. Ut
-IIe-"Darling, will you mixs
when ! am far away in FOREIGN Ia .,, me
Eyes, dear, but you will write mo a.,
won't you? What a chance II win nm
for me to increase my collection ~ De
eign stamps!'-Boston Transforms
Professional Contempt.-aI br.,
dat de gemman you wucks fob User s sa
picture painter" "Yas," replied Fra a'
tus Pinkley; "he kin paint pictuss
good 'nough. But yoh orter sas
de way he done slop de wbitewast
aroun' when he tried ter kalsoniua -
ceilin'. Washington Star.
Mrs. Greene-"Tell me, aren't tho..
any expresses running to your town ~
Mrs. Gray-"Of course there are. nloa
" of them. Why do you ask?e Mrs
Greene-"My husband has told me ,bs.
he has seen your husband almost evers
night on his way home, and he aIways
had more than he could earrv.-pes
ton Transcript.
-Husband-"Did you notice how N.
tempered my colleague was this even.
ing? He was annoyed because have
brought you new set of jewelry. Now
he will have to get a new set for his
wife, too" Wife-"A disagreeable fel.
low that man is. If | were you, Iwoud
annoy him often.'-Fliegende Blaetter
The Colonel's Preference.-.I SIM.
pose" said the girl who affects litera.
ture, that you are fond of somethipg
now and then in the Scotch line?" "ot
co'se," replied Col. Stillwell But
isn't the time fob that sort Of tlfino
paste" You mean it has had its day.
like SO many other fads?' mo; don't
mistake me. | wouldn't think of any
such disrespeet. There is nothing mo-
delightful in the wintuh Inonths than
an occasional hot Scotch. But at the
present time | must say that incline
to'ds a mint ep.'-Washington Star,