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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-24
A Grent Hunting OUTFIT.

The emperor hath two barons who are
own brothers, one called Baian and the
other Mingan, and these two are styled
chinuchi Tor cunichi), which is us much
as to say, 1.-THE keepers of the mastir
dogs" Each of these brothers hath 10000
men under his orders, each body of 1000
being dressed alike, the one in red and the
other in blue, and whenever they accom-
pany the khan to the chase they wear this
livery in order to be recognized. Out or
each body of 10000 there are 1000 men
who are each in charge of one or more great
mastiffs, so that the whole number Of
these Is very large. And when the prince
goes a-hunting one of those barons, with
his 1000 men and something like 5,OOO
dogs, goes toward the right, while the 9TH
er goes toward the left with his party in
like manner. They move along all abreast
of one another, so that the whole line ex-
tends over n full days journey and no
animal can escape them. Truly it Is glo-
rious sight to see the working of the dogs
and the huntsmen on such an occasion.
And as the khan rides a-fowling across
the plains you will see these big hounds
coming tearing up, one pack after bear,
another pack after stag or some other
beast, as it may hap, and running the
game down now on this side and now on
that, so that it is really most delightful
sport and spectacle.
The two brothers / have mentioned are
bound by the tenure of their Office TO sup
ply the khans court from October TO the
end of March with 1000 head of game
daily, whether of beasts or birds, and not
counting quails, and also with fish to the
best of their ability, allowing fish enoug1
for three persons TO reckon as equal TO one
head of game. 1.-The True Story of Marco
Polo" by Noah Brooks, in st. Nicholas.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-24
ENGINES TO THE LEFT.
Why One Railroad Uses Its Left Hand
Track For Trains.

People who live along the line OF the
CHICAGO and Northwestern railroad where
there is n double track have often asked
the question, ''Why is ii that the trains
run i'm and out on the left hand track
In the case of the Northwestern and in
few other instances the time honored rule,
"Keep TO the right, is disregarded, and
the engineer rides over the inside rail In
stead of the outer one At Chief Engineer
Brunt's Office il is claimed that there are
arguments for and against running ahead
on the left hand track. The Northwestern
has made this its custom since the road
was first built, the main argument In It's
favor being that the engineer can better
keen both tracks under his watch. When
running ahead on the right hand track,
there is always short distance immedi-
ately ahead of the engine which he cannot
cover with his eye, while II he keeps the
right hand track TO the right he can at all
times keep both tracks square in 'front.' oil
him. However, il is awkward 10 most en-
gineers, who prefer 70 run under the ola
rule of keeping to the right. This Is evil
denced by the fact that most OF the roads
stick TO the old custom.
The Northwestern people say that they
will adhere to their present practice, be-
cause We're they To change III III Wouiu 10
necessary TO change the locations of all
the depots, which are always on the near
side of inbound trains. ltwould be unsafe
to compel passengers TO cross the tracks
from the depot, where they always walt
until the train arrives. III they had TO
cross over, they would be running IN front
of the train and lives would be in danger.
Passengers who get off on the side opposite
the depot dsperse at once after the train
pulls out, ana there is no danger in cross
ing.
The Iresont plan of running ahead on
the left track is in vogue all over the North
western system where there is double
track, and it is doubled from Chicago to
Belle Plaine, Ia. and 10 milwaukee,. 1t is
noticed that all the new depots on the ele-
waited tracks are built on the near side as
heretofore Chicago Tribune
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-24
G. ID. Gibson's Tribute to Du Maurier.

English speaking people have been in
troduced to each other by long line of
clever craftsmen. They have laughed to-
gether about the same people in the truest
and sweetest natured way in all the world.
Above all Others, one hand awakened the
interest that finally grew into an intimacy
resulting in people knowing themselves
and Others better. 1t has brought men to-
gether by its chivalrous praise of women,
and women together by its fair treatment
of men, and the same master hand brought
men and women together by the tender
sympathy it showed for children and all
nature. The beautiful was safe in that
gentle hand. Although the heart that
guided 1t no longer beats, the human in
terest and kindly feeling that 1t awakened
will live forever, and all the world has
placed among the foremost men of his day
the affectionately remembered name of
George du Maurier.-C. ID. Gibson in
Scribner's.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-24
BOYS OF olc ST. rAUL's.
, They Were the Pets of london In the
Days of Queen Bess.

There are many quaint pictures OF old
London in John Benefits st. Nicholas
| serial master Skylark." The hero or
the story is in the music school of st.
Pauls cathedral, and the following ao'
count of his experiences Is given;
"Heigho and alackadayl" thought Niok.
| cit is better in the country than in town.
| For there was no smell in all the town like
the clean, sweet smell of the open fields
| lust after summer rain, no colors like
the bright heartsease and none SO pretty,
or the honeysuckle over the cottage door,
and no song ever TO be heard among the
sooty chimneypots like the song of the
throstle piping to the daisies on the hill.
But he had little time 10 dream such
| dreams, for every day from 10 O'Clock
| the children's company played and sang
| in public. at their own school hall, or In
the courtyard of the Mitre inn on Bread
street, near st. Pauls.
They were the pets of London town,
and their playing place was thronged day
after day. For the bright young faces and
| sweet, unbroken voices of the richly cos
| TUNED lads made spot In sordid London
life like pot of posies in window on
dark street; so that both the high and the
low, the rich and the poor, care in to see
| them play ana uance, lo NEAR thcih sing,
and 10 laugh again at the witty things
which were written for them TO say.
The songs that were set for Nick to sing
were always short, sweet, simple things
! that even the dull eyed, toll worn folk upon
the rough plank benches in the pit could
understand. Many silver shilling came
climbing down at the heels of the other
boys from the galleries of the inn, where
the people of the better classes, wealthy
merchants, ladies and their dashing gal
lants, watched the children's company.
but when Nick's songs were done the COM
mon people down below seemed all gone
daft. They tossed red apples after him.
ripe yellow pears, fat purple plums by
handfuls, called him 10y name and brought
him back and cried for more and more
and more, until the old precentor shook
his bead behind the prompter's screen and
waved Nick off with forbidding frown.
Yet all the while he chuckled TO himself
until it seemed as if his dry old ribs would
rattle in his sides, and every day, before
Nick sang, he had him up to his little
room for broken egg and u cup of rosy
cordial.
"To clear thy voice and to cheer the
cookies of thine heart, said he, land to
tune that pretty throat of thine ad gust
um regin@-which is TO say, to the
queens own taste'-God bless her maj
esty ~
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-24
KENTUcKY'S SHAKER MILL.
Once 1t Ground Flour For n Cake For
Queen Victoria.

One of the Oldest mills now standing in
Kentucky, says a Lexington correspondent
of the Cincinnati Tribune, is that known
as the Shaker mill, which is located on
Shawnee run, a small stream in Mercer
county, about six miles northeast of Har-
rodsburg and about two miles from the
famous high bridge on the Cincinnati
Southern railroad. The mill has now
fallen into decay. The dam was partially
washed away by freshet in the spring of
1896, and the millstones which for so many
years ground their grist day and night are
stilled, perhaps forever.
The mill was erected about the year
1909 by John Meacham and Benjamin
Youngs, Shaker missionaries from the
Mount Vernon society in New York. They
had established Shaker community with
in n mile of the hillside, and as it was
thriving rapidly they soon found the need
of a mill. AT first the mill was rather
small affair, but as the Shaker community
increased in numbers and wealth improve
ments were added until it was finally one
of the best mills in Mercer county. Old
fashioned burs were gradually replaced
by the best French burs, and the reputa-
ton Of the -four made by the Shakers
caused them to find n ready market for
every pound they produced, and many
hundreds of barrels of -four ground in this
old mill were shipped on flatboats down
the Kentucky river to Louisville, Mem
pihs, Natchez, Baton Rouge and New Or
leans.
From the latter port Shaker flour was
frequently shipped to Europe, and it is
said that on one occasion the Christmas
cake for Queen Victoria was baked from
-four ground by this mill. The machinery
was turned by two old fashioned overshot
water wheels.
The Shakers were scrupulously honest
in their milling operations, and nothing
but the very choicest wheat was ground
by this mill. 1t was on that account per-
haps as much as in the excellence Of their
mill and the skill Of their millers that
they produced such n superior article of
flour. 1t was noted all over central Ken
lucky for its excellent qualities in making
the delicious salt rising bread SO familiar
to all strangers who have partaken of Ken
tucky's country hospitality. In recent
years the mill has made but little flour,
as the Shakers never put in the Hungarian
rollers and all tho grinding down there
has been in making cornmeal. Since the
dam washed away, however, even this
| work has been abandoned.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-24
Two Thousand Pigs.

A butcher residing in country town
was afflicted with terrible lisp. one
sale day. being suddenly seized with an
Inspiration to raise his own pork, he in
vested in few pigs; but, having no place
ready for their immediate occupation, he
called upon neighbor whom he knew
had an empty sty.
Il thay, old man." he began, Il have
jutht bought a few pigth. Could you lend
me your thtyI"
Certainly, if IL is any use. But how
many pigs have you? The sty is none TOO
large"
"Oh, only two thowth and pigth.
1.-TWO thousand pigs! Good gracious
1t wouldn't hold 200l'
81 did not thay two thowthand pigth i
thed two thowth and pigth.
Eyes, hear, and 1t won't take quar-
ter of them. It's no use
"You don't underthand me" said the
poor fellow. Il do not mean two thow,,
thand pigth; 1 mean two thowth anu
pigth. -,
"Well, you couldn' get 90 in; so there
81 don't want top exclaimed the lispei
excitedly. "There are not two thowthano
pigth, but two thowth and pigth" (ges,
ticulating), 1.-TWO thowth and pigth, tei,
you'll And so he kept on in vain unti,
at last a happy thought struck him. u
did not mean two thowthand pigth, pu'
two thowth and two pigth!"
He got the sty.-London Answers.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-24
Where the Pinch Came.

1t is odd how in misfortune some trivial
and absolutely unimportant detail will
cause actual annoyancel "When we lost
our money" said a plucky woman, whose
courage and cheerfulness in her trouble
had excited every ones admiration, II re-
member that the first thing that actually
broke me down and made me lose my tenn
per was the want of brown paper and
Irvine to do up package In the days Of
our abundance so many packages and
boxes came to the house, and there was
such an accumulation of both, for had
the old fashioned way of keeping good pa
per and string, that when one day want
ed to do up some important parcel and
could not find either, it made me realize
that the days of plenty were over as moth
ing else had done. 1t seems absurd to say
so, but 1t was really my first sense of acute
deprivation.
my first realization Of poverty came
with hanging on to strap in crowded
street car" remarked another woman,
who had always kept her carriage.
And mine," said another reduced gen.
tlewoman, twas when the tradesmen in
sisted upon having their bills paid. had
always put them in the fire when I was
rich. New York Commercial.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-24
"REMINISCENCES OF WAR.
The Old Soldier Recalls His Experience
with the Army shoe.

1.-THE first pair of shoes l had In tho
army" said tbe old soldier, were two
sizes too big Tor me. wore skies; my
first army shoes were Fights. / didn't take
them from choice-I got the nearest
could to my size. We were being fitted out
from head TO foot for the first time; that
was when we were mustered In, and the
required numbers of pairs of shoes, OF as
sorted sizes, had been delivered to each
company When got at them, they had
been cullcd over so much that there was
nothing left smaller than Fights.
81 didn't think IL would be possible for
me to wear shoe two sizes too big for
me, but / tried a pair on. They were
brogans, having flaps, with two eyelets
on each side, lacing over the instep with
leather shoe strings. They tied snugly, so
shat the heel and often part of the shoe,
and the sole, did not shuck on the foot
The forward part of my foot felt as though
1T were outdoors, but thought they might
do; had got to have pair of shoes, and
took them.
~ wore those shoes for months, and
with the greatest comfort. They We're
enormous, or they looked so to me. AS
soon as / began to wear them the thick
leather of the uppers bumped up into big,
rounded ridges, with valleys between,
across the top, giving to the top of the
shoe a sort of fluted or corrugated effect
These corrugations remained always just
the same as long as l wore the shoes. They
were not what you would call q handsome
shoe, but, as said, they did not shuck
around on my feet, and they were mighty
comfortable.
"But it doesn't follow that after that 1
always got shoes two sizes too big for me;
as matter of fact, didn't, but always
did get shoes plenty large for me; plenty,
and found comfort in wearing them.
Sometimes we used to draw boots,
cavalry boots And it was kind of fun to
get boots. / remember very well the first
pair of boots drew. think felt (perhaps
in a little maturer sort of way, though not
much so, either) about as much pleased
over that pair of boots as did with my
first red tops when l was boy. To get
on pair of cavalry boots sort of made "a
man feel little bit less like plodding
infantryman, and little more like cav
alryman; it gave him sort of horse and
saber touch. But this was only as he
walked down the company street after
drawing the boots from the quartermas-
ter. The next day, on picket, the boots
were about the same to him as shoes
would have been.
"Still there were men who preferred
boots and always drew boots when they
could get them. But for myself liked
shoes better. A mounted man, of course,
wants boots, but according to my notion
the most comfortable thing for an infantry
soldier to wear is good roomy shoe that
can be made snug enough somewhere so
that il won L shuck around on the foot. "
New York Sun.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-24
COX AND HOWEllS.
The CoDgressman's Sunset Story Erro-
neOusly Ascribed to the Novelist.

The CoDgressman's Sunset Story Erro-
neously Ascribed to the Novelist.
The following story was published in o
New York paper:
"When William Dean Howells, our pet
ted novelist, was earning small wages on
n Cincinnati paper, he was sent to Column
bus TO report the proceedings of the legis-
lature of Ohio, which at that particular
time Were of u riotous nature. Wandering
off to the Olentangy at noon recess, he be-
came enamored of the scenery and re-
manned there until nearly sunset, when
the splendor of the heavens entranced
him. Never before had he seen such q
sunset in Ohio. The legislature and it's
doings were forgotten, and in the delirium
of rapture he rbapsodized three or four
columns about the glories of the western
evening sky. On the following morning,
while the rest of the Cincinnati papers had
pages about the riots in the halls of legis-
lation, Howells' paper led off with his de-
scription of sunset! If / am not in en-
ror, he retired from active journalism that
very day"
The story Is well told and lacks only
the one element of truth. In other words,
the incident never occurred. Howells was
the Columbus correspondent of the old
Cincinnati Gazette In 1886, and in 1859
became news editor of the Ohio State
Journal. The story of the sunset is evil
IDENTIFY grounded on an incident which
happened in the career of 5. >. Cox, while
ho was editor of the old Ohio Statesman,
at Columbus, in 1854
Late one afternoon u summer thunder
storm swept over the city, and as the
storm clouds broke away from the west n
magnificent sunset followed. Cox watched
its splendor and dashed off brilliant de-
scription thereof, which appeared in the
next mornings Statesman. 1t attracted
great attention and gave its author his
sobriquct of "Sunset Cox" which he re.
tanned through life. Thousands of people
have read the witty speeches of his con-
gressional career without knowing that
his first literary step which attracted popu-
lar notice was "A third of "a column of fine
descriptive writing on a Columbus sunset.
Toledo Blade.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-24
AN AMERICAN DIPLOMAT
He Br>'ke Through Court Etious,,
Found Favor With tho or- and

Mr.. Andrew Stevenson of Viro,n,.
been the American minister 10 E. mad
only few months when the vo,na. snahd
cess victoria became the queen. His con
temporaries LOOK great pleasure in hear,n.
ms eAperiences on that occasion, so fortre'
nate for England and the world ''''u'
MI stevenson was duly presented 10
King William Nv by his predecessor 20
he backed away from the presence =.
majesty no observed n small gronn sto, "
ing near the door through which he n,,'a.
leave the drawing room. Two ladies "r,
IDENTIFY mother and daughter, atter S,,
by several gentlemen, stood apart. neoIe Sea
ed by the crowd. Mr.. Stevenson saw Nv.
the young girl was looking direct,r ,"a az
him, and bowed courteously to her. wh,o%
salutation was returned by the u,tla
party, the two ladies smiling pleasant,v'
When they were fairly out of bearin.
Mr.. Stevenson companion Informed h,ess'
that the two ladies were the Ducboss -
Kent and the Princess Victoria. and tho.
he had committed a great blunder in 60
luting them, since 1t was contrary 10 CON-.
etiquette to acknowledge the heir in tho
presence of the sovereign. The gallans
Virginian, however, stoutly protested thai
no cast iron rule could excuse a pentla
man for incivility to a lady.
When the next drawing room was ho,d
Mr.. Stevenson saw with satisfaction tbat
the young princess and her party were all
looking away from him, so that his com
tesy need not be tired. But as he IN
preached them the Duchess of Kent 10
marked, in an audible tone, "Victoria. tho
American minister. The young prin.
cess turned quickly with glance of recog.
milton, and again smilingly acknowledge
Mr.. Stevenson bow.
Not many weeks after this the youthfr,
princess became the queen and showed
her appreciation of American ciyility Inv
including Mr.. Stevenson's name in the
list of first guests invited to Windsor castle
When the visit took place, Mr.. Stevenson
found himself seated near the queen. tn
whom he talked as he would have done 10
any other pleasant young girl. The cour.
tiers present exchanged chances of horror
at seeing him guilty of such faux mas.
With them, unless royalty spoke first.
silence was preserved
The young sovereign regarded Mr..
Stevenson attention more favorably and
invited him to ride with her the next
morning. He told with much humor how
it tried his mettle TO keep up with the
active English horsewoman, and how,
when she leaped her horse over five
barred gate, he dared not follow, but rode
around some distance on an easier road
and found himself completely distanced by
the queen and her immediate attendants
-Harper's Round Table
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-24
Art In NIanteluieces.

But few years ago the choice in man.
telpieces was limited to marble or wood,
with a prediction in favor Of the latter
material, perhaps in the best examples,
combined with stone, brick or tiles. But
now a new material, or rather an old ma
terial put to new uses, is suing for popular
favor, and the beautiful and artistic, orna.
mental, unglazed brick mantel is deserv.
ing more than popular notice. These man.
tells are built up in an endless variety Of
happy combinations that can be made from
the various shapes of bricks manufactured.
These bricks are pressed in molds prepared
from patterns of Greek and renaissance
designs, and the effect Is that of carved
work. They are made in different colors,
red, cream, buff, pink, brown and gray,
thus securing q choice of coloring TO har.
monte or contrast perfectly with any
scheme of surrounding decoration.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-24
A Successful Ruse,

A certain captain included among his
cargo couple of gallon jars of fine brandy.
Incidentally he also included remarkably
smart and intelligent cabin boy. The
worthy skipper had deep rooted aversion
TO the inconvenient curiosity of the rev.
enue officers. In short, he desired to land
his brandy without their aid.
Upon berthing his vessel alongside the
quay, plank was pushed on TO the jetty,
and as soon as the patrol came within a
few yards the cabin boy, carrying the jars,
stepped ashore and was Immediately ac-
costed by the customs officer. The follow
ing dialogue ensued:
"Well, my lad, what have you got
there?'
Cant tell you, SIR
"But you must"
captain said 1 wasn't to, sir"
"Oh, but I'm custom house officer,
my boy, and If you don't tell me what you
have there / shall call that constable over
yonder and have you arrested"
"Well, sir, captain'll just kill me II he
knows. He said was to take the jars to
Mr.. -" mentioning the officers name),
"12 B. street, with his compliments. J"
"Oh, yes; ] see It's all right I'm
| Mr.. -. Here's shilling for your
honesty. and. see, go out this way"
The officer is still whiting fo- the ar
rival of that boy and brandy, and will
have to wait.--London Tit-Bits.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-24
Wonders of RaaIbec.

Baalbec or Baalbek is the name given q
ruined city lying in ancient Coele-Syria,
40 miles northwest of Damascus There
is nothing particularly remarkable about
ruined city being found in the locality
mentioned, but the size of the blocks of
stone used by the ancient builders of this
particular city is something that has puz-
zled the modern engineers since the day
when Baalbec was first made the Mecca Of
the oriental traveller. There are immense
stones on every side of the visitor to this
ancient pile of ruins, but the three most
remarkable blocks-said to be the largest
ever used In the construction of q building
are in a wall back of the Temple of Baal
These immense stones are respectively GA,
go and 62 feet in length and each is ID
feet in thickness, but the most wonderful
thing in connection with them Is the fact
that they ure at place in the wall 20 feet
from the ground. How these immense
blocks of granite were ever raised to such
q height is question that has never yet
been answered. Louis Republic.