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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-05
How o.trichss Arc Plueked.

In South Africa IL was originally the
custom Of the keeper to coax the ostrich
10 come toward him by throwing to 1t
some corn, and then when the bird had
its head down the keeper would catch it
by the neck. At the same moment sew
eral men would take hold firmly OF its
legs and compel it to squat down. Then
its tail and wing feathers would be
plucked.
Another practice was to give the os-
tricb some dainties, and while It was
engaged in eating them the keeper with
a sharp knife would out the feathers
close to the skin. Subsequently in Al
riers box was devised with movable
sides, into which the ostrich was driven
and the feathers then extracted.
The directions given were that the
feathers must be caught as near the SKIN
as possible and pressed gently as II to
stick them farther into the flesh, then
twisted half way round. This move
ment dislodges the feather from its socket
easily and without wounding the os-
trich. A certain degree of dexterity is
required for this operation. which can'
however, be rapidly performed after
little practice.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-05
Telegraph Lines.

A German expert, after careful es-
innate, has announced that the total
length of telegraph lines in the world is
1,O62, 700 miles, of which America has
545,6OO miles; Europe, $50, 700; Asia,
81, 400; Africa, 21,500, and Australia,
47,500 miles. The United States has a
greater length than any other country,
4O8, 900 miles, and Russia comes next,
although European Russia has only 81
600 miles The other countries follow
in this order: Germany, France, Aus
tria- Hungary. British India. Mexico. the
United Kingdom, Canada, Italy, Tur.
key, the Argentine Republic, Spain and
Chile. In point of proportion, however
Belgium leads, with 400 miles of wire
for every l., 900 square miles of territory
Germany comes next with 800 miles
Holland is only slightly behind Ger,
many, and the United Kingdom has 2sl
miles Of telegraph for every 1000 miles
of country.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-05
Auxiliary Concert to
Take Place This
Evening
=. the Y. M. q. A. Auditorium
y.,,ef club at Hancock Now
so,,eiung Funds 20 Forward 10
headquarters.

The preparations are very complete 'or
49, living pictures, literary and musical
..tsrtaipment tonight at \. M. Y. A.
s snditorium by tire Woman's Auxiliary
s %s.dames Moralee, Bawden and Baer
.a rendering the auxiliary excellent as
;s,.nce As the people learn that Mrs.
lanes NJ. Merton, OF Calumet, is to recite
.roral selections during the evening,
.hor delight finds enthusiastic express
siou. The auditorium stageis 80 changed
, ,hot there ia but little resemblance to the
s.arossit was. Picture frames OF NAM
18th size have been made tor some OF the
living pictures, and W. W. stockiy will
uluminate them with colored calcium
rcbts from the gallery, A number o'
rocal and instrumental numbers OF line
music are also on the program. Reserved
COATS are selling at 35 cents. Admission
o. cents. From the present indications
oiattendance, it will be wellto have seats
reserved in advance,
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-05
A PROF ESSlONAL MENOlCANT.
His Income From Begging Reached $50
Day.

His Income From Begging Reached $500
Day.
~ have just walked from the Riggs
House to this hotel, said Thomas Crof-
ton of New York at the National. "aud
have only been approached by one
tramp-a poor, wretch shivering
devil, whose poverty needed no argu-
ment. had just finished hearty din
ner, an excellent cigar, and my humor
was good enough to make me feel for
the whole world of suffering, so stalk
ed him to bed and supper. As I'm not
a philanthropist, don't care whether he
used it for the purpose of lodging and
food or bought some of the fleeting pleas
ure that few drinks Of whisky brings.
Tonight you cannot pass yard on
Broadway without being importuned by
beggar. Do you know that the great
est professional mendicant in the metrop-
Oils was created through accident; He
formerly had position as bookkeeper in
some mercantile establishment, paying
$40 month. One night he found him
self way down town, far from his home
| in Harlem, without cent of car fare. IL
| changing his clothes he had neglected
| to bring his purse along. Without any
hesitation he approached gentleman
and explained his situation. The book
keeper was entirely respectable and had
| none of the earmarks of practlceo
beggar, which, indeed, he was not. He
got the car fare without difficulty. Thai
one incident set him thinking and de
veloped the latent streak of indolenc'
he possessed. Every Sunday when III
was not engaged balancing accounts thu
bookkeeper tried the scheme to test 1t
ability as a money maker.
"The result was astonishingly sue
cessful. Here was man, we'll dressed
apparently respectable, placed in pc
sition that in many cases had been IN
situation of the very men he asked fo
the loan of a nickel. A great maJorit
of them obliged him. The sequel
short. He threw up his position and be
came hypocrite and fraud. He has M
tually gotten dimes from detectives an
policemen before they discovered n
. game. A central Office man told me tn;
the fellow has collected some days $2O'
At any rate, he is making money enoue
to build several houses and has an II
come much greater than that OF b
honest days. He has been arrested seVe
: al times. Upon one occasion they four
ON him a great quantity OF sma
3 change and in an inside pocket gre
/. roll of bank notes. He is one OF u
!, characters that only large city CT
make possible. Washington News
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-05
He HAD A GOOD MEMORY.
How "a Bright Young American Astonished
Some Smart German Ohicers.


A story is told Of bright young
American and several German officers
who at dinner one evening set out TO
make him uncomfortable by chatting
him about his country. The young man
is Albert II. Washburn, the United
States consular agent at Magdeburg.
Henry f. Merritt, consul at Chemnitz,
. was the first one of the Americans at
tackled with a taunt from one of the
Germans that he could not give the
names of the presidents of the United
States. Merritt named them over with
some deliberation and drew from his
German friend the declaration that he
did not believe there was another Amer
lean present who could do it.
Young Washburn had said nothing
until now, but he broke in and declared,
81 can do it, and / will give you the
vice presidents. He was about - begin
when a second thought struck him. and
he said, "While l am about it, l might
as well give you the secretaries OF state
too" The Germans got down book
| giving the names and kept tabs ON the
young man as he correctly went through
the list. They were pretty we'll backed
down already, hut Washburn had no
idea of letting them off so easily. "Now,
I should like to know" he said, "wheth-
er any of You can give the names OF the
Prussian rulers from the time of Charlie
magne and his sons down to the Emper-
or William"
Not one of them could go half through
the list, and they were on the point OF
apologizing to the young Massachusetts
scholar when he took them down still
more by modestly suggesting, perhaps
had better do it for you. He began
with Charlemagne and went through
the list without a break, much to the
establishment of his German hosts and
the delight of Consul Edwards and the
other Americans. "How did you do it!'
asked Merritt. "Oh, my father had
taste for such things and taught then
to me when l was boy, and, you see
, they are sometimes useful to know, h'
replied. San Francisco Examiner.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-05

A gentleman named Wilson, represent
ing the Mining Journal, hascalled on our
business men during the past few days
soliciting them for space to be occupied
in special edition containing write-up
Of the Upper Peninsula. Though he rep
resents paper Of established reputation,
very different from the West Superior
sheet that recently feeced the business
an professional men of this county, and
Mr.. Wilson's methods seem entirely above
the Matchmaking scheme OF the West Su-
perior fakir, still he will find little encour-
agement in his enterprise. Special
edit 8 with advertising write-ups hay
been oserworked in this section and the
last experience we had killed anything ol
the kind Tor long time.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-05
SAL .oRs, SUGGESTIONS.
How Jolly Jack Tar Used To Look Upon
i the Days of the Week.


tue Days of the Week.
The old superstition as to lucky and
unlucky days has largely passed away.
Foreign mails start aud arrive on Fri
days without any regard for beliefs
which were at one time accepted as be-
yond argument by most sailors Some
thought otherwise, as will later appear.
Generally speaking, all saints days and
church holidays were regarded as un-
lucky, and certain days in each month
were rather distrusted. In an old alma
nae Of 1915 we find that July 10, 20. "a
and 81 were noted as "no good anchor
age" Sunday was always looked upon
as lucky, presumably in reliance ON the
maxim, "The better the day the better
the deed" and the fact of our Lords
resurrection having taken place on that
day.
Monday had no particular reputation
for good or evil. Tuesday was the same,
except among Spaniards, who said,
"Don't marry or go to sea or leave your
wife on that day" Wednesday was the
day of Odin, the Morse god, and lucky.
Thursday was named after Thor, the
Morse god of war, and was suspicious.
| Friday was the day dedicated to Freya,
| Morse goddess of love, and having refer
ence to women was not liked on this
ground The true reason for avoiding
Friday was, of course, the fact of the
crucifixion having taken place ON that
day, and sentiments of special venera-
tion for the day became converted into
feeling Of fear for the results which
would follow its violation. The Span
iards. Oh the other hand. had consid-
cradle veneration for Friday and be-
lieved that some occult influence enabled
Columbus to successfully clear out OF
port and discover new land ON that day
Saturday was generally considered aus
picious.
The origin of the phrase, "A capfu
of wind" can be traced to Morse king
Eric vi, who died i'll 907 A. ID. He wa
credited with the useful power of direct
ing the wind to blow where he wished b.
the simple method of turning his cap t.
that point of the compass. His power
were much appreciated and trusted am
resulted in his being known as wind
CAP" There is no evidence as to wheth
er he could regulate the force of tn
wind as we'll as the direction; presume
bly, he could, or his faithful believer
would not have been so many. A "bae
full of wind" is another common e1
preston and indicates something like
? gale. This has been traced down to I'll
classical legend Of Eolus and his capti'
winds confined in bags.-London MAJ
tical Magazine.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-05
WHY DON'T YOU TAUGHT
Merriment During Meals Is the Greatest
Medicine For Dyspepsia.

A writer in The Speaker of London
calls attention to the value of converse
ton at meals as an aid to digestion. He
says with truth that the frugal repast
eaten in silence is more harmful than
a copious one enjoyed in the society OF
gay and vivacious companions.
He asserts that an English dinner is,
as q rule, a funereal rite OF taclturnlty,
and that his countrymen reserve all OF
their talk for the political platform ana
sessions of parliament The writer IN
The Speaker contrasts this habit of the
English with that of Americans ana
Frenchmen, who, he maintains, are To-
uuacious at meals. So far as the latter
are concerned, he is correct, but his as
sertion in regard to the former is only
partly true. To those who have given
attention to this subject the habit OF
our people who take their meals at no.
| tells or more notable restaurants is, dur
| ing their repasts, one of timid hesitation
in indulging in conversation. Men ana
women seated at the same table are
J more than sparing Of words. Each sepa-
rate group appears to be oppressed with
| fears of the others. Oblique looks and
an occasional sentence, uttered IN low
tones, take the place of animated talk.
Those who are eating have an air OF
furtive apprehensiveness. The writer III
The Speaker has probably drawn his
conclusions in regard to the vivacity OF
Americans at meals from experience al
minor French and other foreign restau
rants in this country. In those the fu
nereal taciturnity that Expresses oul
men and women who take their meals
at pretentious establishments collapse'
under the inspiration of example ant
unconventional environment, and witt
almost boisterous gayety they give FREE
impulse to natural love of converse
fion
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-05

The advocates OF village electric lght
ulaut for Hancock desire to be under
stood as iavorIng now simply the cleo
tion Of such a board OF trustees as will
investigate the subject not as favoripg
electric light under any circumstance.
Whatever the result OF the election, an
electric lighting scheme would have to be
submitted to the people in the shape oil
voting for bonding the village, Tor which
atwo.thirds vote would be necessary.
The opposition to the electric light"
ticket, il there is to be any, is slow in or
ganizing. The former ticket has a mum.
Der Of candidates to choose from.
II is hard to determine what the senti
ment Of the community is upon this cleo
trio lighting, but the coming election
should settle it, that is, II a clear line II
drawn upon the subject and 80 made TIT
issue
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-05
FIGURING THE PROFIT.
He Knew When He Had Good Thing
and How to Hold on to 1t.

He Knew When He Had Good Thing
and How to Hold on to 1t.
He rubbed his hands together glee-
fully.
"Well, I'm winner on that last deal"
he said.
"Good, returned the broker. 81 told
you that You ought to sell, and you
didn't seem to believe me at the time.
When did you let it go?"
81 didn't let it CO." replied the anna
teur speculator. II have it yet. "
"Have it YETI cried the broker in
establishment. "Why, great mackerel
It's only SO now"
81 know it," returned the speculator
complacently.
"And when told you to sell it was
49,"
"Thats right.
"Then can t see how you make your
self out winner. "
"That's because you don't know me
as we'll as I know myself. I've got the
stock now, haven't II"
eyes"
"And it's worth SOP"
eyes"
"Well, then I'm just that much ahead
! tell you, was tempted to sell when II
was ll6, but / was able to resist thu
temptation.
"But, if you had sold, think what you
would have now"
"Not cent" returned the speculate
promptly. II would have started out t
celebrate, and it would have gone in q
hours. would be broke now. Oh,
know when I'm winner. washing
ton Post.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-05

Miss Clara Louise Kellogg tells the
following story of her introduction 10
one of the British aristocracy. she was
very young at the time OF her nrse "Trip
abroad. A gentleman who felt an inter
est in the talented young American took
her to call on the dowager Duchess Oh
Somerset. Miss Kellogg says that She
had never before seen a duchess, ana
that she fully expected the lady 10 come
into the room attired in velvet ana er'
mine and wearing coronet ON her
head. She was quite bereft OF speech
when a very ordinary looking person,
wearing q black bombazine gown anu
nrnnella shoes. appeared on the scene
The gentleman who had brought MISS
kellogg told the duchess that she woulu
be Glad to sing for her, to when her
grace responded;
"But have no piano.
This was the finishing touch 10 tne
vounp singers childish ideals regardine
persons of high degree. A duoness whe
wore prunella shoes and did NOS own
pianol ho,
Later a musicale was given py mel
oraca at which Miss Kellogg sang-t'
the accompaniment Of hired piano
choosing for one Of her songs an ar az
sanoament of Tennyson's Tears, ldl'
Years. The verses were quite new u
the duchess, who had heard OF Ienny
con lint had never read anything tina
ha had written. 4" The next day the gen
tleman who had introduced MISS hei
iogo and who, by the way, was al
American, bought copy OF the poem
and sent it to her grace.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-05

When the present Duchess OF MARI
borough was a very little girl. she spoke
and was spoken to exclusively in French.
English was a tongue of which she knew
lint little, the language of the parents,
Of those high in authority. One day the
young lady had been very naughty IN
deed. She had revolted against the nur-
sery government and expressed herself
very rudely. The nurse expostuiated.
"The good God is very angry when you
sneak Ike that, Mile. Consuelo. she
said.
The child looked at her In surprise.
docs the good God speak Frenchr'
she asked. New York Journal.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-05
A Strange Spring.

mile and half from Franks l. l.,
a verv large spring of clear, sparkling
water bubbles up through the gravel at
the foot of Boggie mountain, tumples
swiftly down the hills over nu ni;Si at
falls and runs a big Touring MN az
Franks for the Hon. b. +. BYRD ~ ..a 'ns
water is q substance that attaches l'se,
70 the buckets of a wheel, forming a
hard, smooth stone about them tn .;, mas :
=" No. hroken off every six weeks with d
So,nmer Wood or bone thrown into the
water il petrified in very short time,
wa manv rare and curious formations
ara 20 he seen in and about the stream.
Near the mill the roots OF lalse a , all
tree, over but not in the creek, 'ro W.
turned into stone. Dallas news
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-05

ME-. Curzon, father Of the Rev. C. Cur
zon' oil Trinity church, died yesterday
and the body was taken this morning to
Alma Tor burial. The Rev. Mr.. Curzon
has only just returned home from below
where he was called by the illness and
death oil his brother. Mr.. Curzon leaves
widow, daughter ana son, the Rev.
Z. Curzon. The deceased, who was 80
years OF age, had been married "a years.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-05

Yesterday j. z. Weismiler retired from
the agency OF the Western Express CON-
pany at Hancock and Frank Wagner,
a Hancock young man who formerly
worked in this Office and has been EN-.
ployed by the company elsewhere, took
charge. Mas Title Ruhl, who has been
acting as clerk under August Weismiler
also retired.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-05

The young ladies of Hancock. who are
getting up charity ball for the benefit
oil the Sisters Of st. Joseph, at st. Pat
rck's Hall, the evening Of February 10,
are meeting with every encouragement
The use OF the hall and piano has been
donated, and the orchestra has given
them special rate and a large number
oltlckets have already been sold. A
large contingent OF Calumet people art
expected to attend.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-05

ANY one interested in the object Tor
winch the Cuban club was recently or.
gained in Hancock is invited to place in
Tue hands OF the officers OF the club such
sums as they may feel able to contribute
toward the insurgent cause. A canyas
ol the town will be made by theclub with
ne object OF raising as large a sum OF
money as possible to send to the junta
headquarters In New York City.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-05

AN echo OF the Kramer murderis extant
III tne following story: There IL at pres
cut az the Newberry Asylum a young
man who was visited by airiend recently.
"@ reported that in his talk he reverted
Ouce or twice in vague way to the fam
ouS murder and it is said also that bis
"aale first manifested itself short time
a'er tne horrible crime, the perpretra-
'ors OF which are still at large.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-05

All our progress is an unfolding ike
the vegetable bud. You have first an in
stinct, then an opinion, then knowl-
edge, as the plant has root, bud and
fruit. Trust the instinct to tho end,
though you can render no reason
Emarson.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-05

among the bills introduced in the leg
'''a'ure this week are the following: To
r.o'porate the Finnish Temperance
:. 'enos Association OF America; to au-
. .o. the village OF Laurium to borrow
,uo'oVo' to change the name OF the
c ,u'Kan Mining School to the Michigan
s,"a OF Mines; and to appropriate
oN'ooo Tor the Newberry Asylum.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-05

o.. ','a''ons have been received by Por-
na MS. LAKE people to the complimentary
cs,a s' 70 De given February IL. by the
Irs e' Light Guard. in honor OF Gen.
sts SI and %. staff and Col. Petermann and
yo.. inere will be so many desiring to
a.s sas' an effort should be made to have
p'e'al train on the Mineral Range.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-05

O,o' !, ideal club, composed Of several
cent?" 'aent ladies Of Hancock, which re.
4. c ~ gave so pleasant a dancing party
Peh,n "anla Hall, will, on the evening oil
sam. 10y "a similarly entertain at the
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-05

The shape of the fish hook was doubt
less suggested by that of various thorns
or by the claws Of the cat, lion or tiger.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-05

Tho hall and socket joint is seen 70
porfection in the upper extremity u WV
thigh bone --------
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-05

Mrs. Il. Wright returned last evening
from Detroit, Oberlin and other cities,
much benefited for the months rest.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-05
Daily. Daily except Sunday.
PASSENGER Trains on 4. & c. R. B.

.Daily. -Dailv except Sunday.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1897-10-06

A great commotloB seems to have taken
place among railway circles, owing to a
contemplated through car service between
the Pacific coast and Chicago which is to
operate one day each week. This is not a
new departure by any means, as the Den
yer & Rio Grande Railroad company and
its connections have been operating a
through car service between the Pacific
and Atlantic coasts, via Salt Lake, Pueblo,
Denver, Kansas City and Chicago for
years, and three days each week, viz:
every Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
evening. The cars for this through SER
vice are Of the latest Pullman design, and
are supplied with new clean linen and bed
ding throughout. A Pullman porter is as.
signed to each car. These ears are under
the personal supervision of special exeur,
sion agent, whose duty it is to see that
passengers are given every comfort and
attention
For further information, apply to any
agent, or to B. f. Nevins, general agent
or to Fl. M. Cushing, travelling passenger
agent, d. & r. G. railroad, IS West Second
South street, Salt Lake City, Utah