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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-05
THE "pEvlL's MOOSE. y
"A Gigantic flesh Eating Plant That Is
Found In Nicaraeua

Carnivorous plants are Certainly
among the curiosities Of the Vegetable
world. The poetical and religions Lin
n@us, who had occasion to study the fly
catching peony, found, in his astonish-
ment, no other name to bestow upon it
than this-Miraculum natur@ (prodigy
OF nature) Since the illustrious Swedish
botanist, the mechanism of carnivorous
plants has been well studied, and par
ticularly by Darwin, who has devoted to
these plants a remarkable work They
are usually Of small dimensions, and do
not attain the size of one described in
the "Bolletino del Naturalist 4"
M. Fabiano Carlo tells there of gil
gantlc carnivorous plant that has been
discovered on the shores of Lake Mica
ragua by a naturalist named Dunstan.
He discovered this curious plant in the
following manner: Travelling with his
dog, he heard the animal give vent to
cries Of pain. He advanced and found
his dog held by three black, sticky bands,
under which the skin was chafed till it
bled. These bands were the branches of
a new carnivorous plant, which Dunstan
calls the land octopus. The branches
are flexible, polished, black, without
leaves, secreting viscous fluid and fur
nished with great number of suckers
by which they attach themselves to their
victims. 1t might almost be believed to
be an octopus transformed into plant
To extricate his dog Dunstan tried to
cut the branches, and succeeded, though
not without difficulty, and after having
his hands severely injured by the ten
tacles of the Gland octopus" AS may
be realized, observations under these con-
ditions were not convenient to make,
and the naturalist was able to get few
facts concerning this odd plant. HC
proved the presence of numerous suckers
and found that the fetid odor OF thu
black sticky fluid that covers the branch
es serves to attract prey to the plant. H'
: also was able to note similarity OF char
acter with other carnivorous plants
! For instance, the Gland octopus" aban
, dons its prey after having sucked out tn
nutritive elements. The natives OF Cen
trail America call this singular plant b.
| the appropriate name of "the devil
moose. Paris Cosmos
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-05
WHAT FlREMEN FIND.
they Pick Up Curious Articles Sometimes.
A Touching Incident

A Touching Incident.
"Well, sir, said a stalwart looking
fireman the other day, eve fellows don't
have much time for looking abont for
finds when house is burning and per-
haps peoples lives are at stake, yet we
do come across things occasionally.
"a brother wearer of the brass helmet
used to tell how he was once at fire
and big one, too-and i'll making his
way through the house positively saw
bank notes burning away like so many
pipe lights. He picked up as many as he
possibly could, stuffed them i'll his peck
cts and went on with his work. After
| the confagration had ceased the man
who was left in charge picked up among
the embers an old fashioned pepper box
black and charred-filled with silver
dollars, and further search brought
him to number of rare old silver
spoons.
81 have myself found two or three
| checkbooks, and once q set of false teeth,
which l popped in my pocket and soon
after was able to return to the owner,
who proved his right to possess them
without doubt. / once brought out
genuine Stradivarius-a violin worth
several hundreds of dollars-while dla-
monds and other jewelry have been
saved in plenty.
"Indeed there are thousand and one
things q fireman finds and saves, though
perhaps that which gave me the greatest
satisfaction was an old rag doll. 1t was
touching little incident and quite true
cit happened at a big fire, and III the
midst of the excitement-which L as
sure you few people realize-the WORD
went forth that little child was NJ
stairs. | don't want to boast, but ava.
went. l found her on tho second floor
asleep in her little crib, with this oil
doll by her side caught tho child II
nv arms and-she awoke She looke'
. up in my face and seemed to understan
that was saving her from the flames.
"Dolly Dollyr she cried.
"The next iEstant-aye, quicker tha
it takes to tell you'll had the old ra
doll, and my pals told me that If an
artist could only have painted us as W
appeared--me with the youngster IN m
> arms, and she cuddling up her treasul
why, there wouldn' t have been anotl
> er picture in the land to touch 1T u
u Boston Traveller.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-05
WHAT THEY BELIEVE.
The God of the Scientists Is Real, Living
God.

Raoul Pictet, the learned Swiss phys
icist whose researches in low tempera-
ture-in the very domain of sympathetic
vibratory physics-have brought him
out of the "impenetrable cloud" in
which materialistic science has wrapped
the mysteries Of nature, into the light
of religious science after listening to "a
Wholesale condemnation of scientific
research from Roman Catholic bishop,
said to him, "Have you ever seen God!'
"Of course not, the bishop answered.
"Then / have this advantage as re-
searcher of truth over theologians, " re-
piled Professor Pictet, "for the longer L
study the phenomena of nature the more
distinctly l see God in all of nature s
operations. "
When Edison was asked, 'Do you be-
lieve in personal God?" Certainly,
he answered 1.-THE existence of God
can, to my mind, almost be proved from
chemistry.
"The reason for skepticism and unbe
LEVERS is not to be wondered at, p" writes
Thornton, "when men interested III
scientific research find no evidence, from
their experiments, of the presence OF
God in the universe. How could this be
otherwise? God has to man but sub
iective existence, which could never be
reached by any known mode of expert
| ments. Therefore man must get outside
| of himself, which means that he mus
| die to know God and the reality o.
things. Mrs. Bloomfield Moore II
| New Science Review.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-05
The STORY oe A BEAR.
N. Truth Come Out In spite of the o2S.
Paid to suppress IL.

Paid to Suppress IL.
There used TO be some good hunting
up in Maine, about Rangeley lake, T" said
Mr.. r. L. Page "A house that man
aged in the little village of Phillips was
the headquarters Of lot of Nimrods,
who came up every season after big
game. OF all the ardent sfortsmen, two
New Workers., chums and partners in
business, Messrs. Buckley and Webb,
were the keenest lovers of the chase.
They were very successful hunters, too,
and generally carried off the palm both
as to quality and quantity OF game.
Zone season, however, they met with
very poor luck, and after spending about
a week in camp, with nothing to show
for their labors, started to come to
town, with the intention Of going home
On their way in they overlook coun-
tryman driving farm wagon, in the
bed of which lay one of the handsomest
specimens of black bear that the New
Workers had ever laid eyes ON. The rus
tic stopped his team to let the city stran-
gers admire his big take. Suddenly
brilliant idea occurred to Buckley.
what would you be willing to sell your
bear for?' said he to the farmer.
well, the state gives bounty or
$40 for every bear, and / reckon IL you III
give me $40 more you can have him.
Buckley gave the old man his price,
with So additional, first exacting from
him a solemn promise that he would
never breathe syllable of the transac-
ton to any one. Then he and Webb rode
ahead, and on reaching the hotel told IN
most enthusiastic style how they had
killed the biggest black bear that had
ever came out of the Maine woods.
They entered into details of the shoot
ing, and every guest of the house was on
the uui vive for look at bruin, that
was coming ON little later. He was
such a heavy beast that the mighty
hunters were forced to hire an old farm
er to bring him in town in wagon.
Pretty soon the wagon hove in sight and
a big crowd gathered at the hotel en-
trance to see him unloaded. Exclama-
lions of delight We're heard on every
side, and Buckley and Webb were the
heroes of the hour
down in the little village OF Phil
lips Old Sol Mayberry, with bigger
wad of cash in his pocket than he had
possessed for long time, was getting
very drunk on the proceeds of his sale,
and after the third or fourth round OF
drinks he couldn't resist telling how, on
that very morning, he had caught In
trap the finest bear he'd ever beheld,
and how he had sold him TO two chaps
from the city. The facts leaked out IL
less than an hour, and the conspirator'
were forced to own that Old Sol hac
spoken the truth. Their bill for cham
} payne that day was in three figures. -
Washington Post.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-05
Brummel and Byron.

Byron, while walking along Piccadil-
" one bright summer morning, encoun-
tered Beau Brummel, who was return
ing from his tailer's.
"How are you, Brummel?" said the
poet. i,
pretty well, thank you," returned
the beau. "I've been reading Don
Juan.
"Yes?" said Byron, with a smile.
"There is some clever rhyme in it. "
"so?" observed Byron, with affected
surprise. :,
"And some pretty good versification. >
"Ah?" returned the poet.
"why don't you try your hand at poe
try, Byron?" asked Brummel
The two never spoke to each other
again.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-05
The Name Aroused Her.

Mr.. Rudolf Lehman declares that he
once found political animosity OF great
service to him in painting portrait
His sitter was London lady who be
longed to a family renowned for It's
stanch political opinions. 1t was the
height of summer and very hot. Inc
lady was inclined to be stout, and under
the influence of the heat she now ana
then fell into u nap, to the serious an
noyance Of the painter.
Her husband, who knew her weakness
in this regard, asked MIR. Lehman IN
the lady's absence if he had experienced
any trouble of this kind. Mr. Lehman
could not deny it. .,..
Every we'll" said the husband tht
next time it occurs you just mention
Mr.. Gladstone, and you Will nave III
further difficulty.
The artist took the hint, with imme
date effect. Henceforth the lady was al
most too wide awake. Youths Com
panion.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-05
THE EMPTY HOUSE.
emit apple tree that stands

The ancient apple tree that stands
Beside the black, decoying caves
)pce more has both her crooked hands
Half full of Maytime flowers and leaves.
But the old gray house where the gold haired
children
Blossomed out from window and door
AZ tbe early kiss of the warm May sunshine
The old gray house will bloom no more.
In that old apple tree again
Their loving nest the bluebirds I'LL;
They MARBLE to the mild spring rain.
With music soft the mornings thrill,
But the old gray house with her vacant win
dows,
Where never n rosy cheek Is pressed,
Where all is silence and void and shadow.
No birds come back to her empty nest.
Irene Putnam in Good Housekeeping.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-05
Castles In the Air.

"Castles in the air." to indicate
dreaming projects, is an expression
which first occurs in the writings OF
Sidney. 1t is believed, however, to be
much older than his time. In the form
"castles in Spain" it is found in the
French literature, while the Latins had
an expression "castles in ASIA" and the
Hindoos rendered it as "castles in the
moon. +"
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-05
Lifting Power.

"The growth of few tiny rootle.s'
observed the teacher of the botany GLASS;
"bas been known to lift heavy rock
from its place, and the root Oh a IRE,
growing out under a stone sldeWaiA C ~i
sometimes push it up and break IT. o.h.
er cases of a like nature showing ,nt
strong uplifting power OF vesetaol'
growth have occurred, l doubt not WIN
in vour own observation. Is it not so'
SYes'm. (" said the boy with the faded
hair. GIVE heard my paw say ms % i ,:'
years corn crop lifted mortgage Oh ni'
farm. Chicago Tribune.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-05
Famous Living Pictures.

"Living pictures" cannot be called an
;,vent;on Of "these modern days since
.. ~ claimed that they were first employ.
ed by Mime. de Gelnis for the purpose risss.o Oh
educating the Duo d'Orleans. children,
whose governess she was. With the ne,9
~ several famous artists she arranged
s;otnros Of historic scenes which iadie,
p p the French oour, posed for.-Ladiss'
Home Journal
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-05
Division of the Sexes.

One of the most remarkable churches
is to be found at Prudential, in the
Black Forest 1t is built on such plan
that the men are unable to see the wom-
EN-. and vice versa, for it is composed OF
two wings, which meet at an angle
where the pulpit stands. The right wing
is allotted to men, and the left one to
the women of the congregation. Berlin
Letter
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-05

"Confound it'' exclaimed jackson.
"What stupid fellow that jeweler is T.
"How SOL" inquired his friend.
"why, l told him the other day that
/ wanted engraved on the engagement
ring the letters from A. to from
Arthur to Zenobia, you know-and the
idiot went to work and put in the whole
alpbabet p'-Elmira Telegram.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-05
Right He Was.

Now" began the orator, "in con-
sidering the money question, let us avoid
false issues.
fright you air." shouted Mr.. Fall
wheat II thort was buyin 5000 OF
,em once, and it turned out to be saw
dust. Indianapolis Journal
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-05

The driest place in the world is that
part of Egypt between the two lower
falls of the Nile Rain has never been
known to fall there, and the inhabitants
do not believe travellers when told that
water can fall from the sky.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-05

First Humorist-How many jokes can
you write day?
Second Humorist with dignity)-Do
You mean the sort print or the sort you
print?
They do not speak now.-New York
Weeklv
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-05

The Big Sandy river in Kentucky WAS
40 called ON account Of its sand bars ane
Indian name Chattcroi has siniii~f
meaning. One tribe called it We-pe-po-
co.ne-ce,pe-we, another the Si-ke-a-ce'
No. or "Salt river.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-05

The cold Of Canada seems to diminish
with an increase of population. Between
1928 and 1887 Hudson's bay was closed
an average of lS4 days every year; now
its ice lasts 179 days.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-05

The children of foreigners, as rule
use English in preference to the Ian
ruaQe Of their parents, especially after
they begin to 60 to school
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-05

What can be more foolish than 70 .
think all this rare fabric # heaven ana :,
earth could come by chance wnen a., -
the skill Of art is not able 10 make "'
ovster!-Jeremy Taylor.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-05

The words . Emerald Isle, - applied
10 Ireland, were first used BY d. nFen-
nan In q poem entitled "Erin."
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-05

Man is the merriest, the most joyous
Of MI the species Of creation. Above ana
below him all are serious Addison.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-05

The Catawissa river. in Pennsylvania.
was named from an Indian word thas
means getting fat +"
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-05

ouinea was named from o wess A. 4.
yican word meaning "apoon"A
sold. -
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-05

Algiers is so called from the Arabic
words Al-Jezair. meaning "a peninsu-
Ia
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-05
"oesn't Cost M,,,

\, Doesn't Cost Much.
r r,-papa says You can't af.
to, naE. 1 can get
perform the ceremony Ton
t,hasOan youf How foolish
0rook ia J Republican.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-05-27
Painful EruptiOnS
Continued to Spread and Discharge
Until Blood Was Purified by
Hoods SarsaparilIa.

Until Blood Was Purified by
Hoods SarsaparilIa.
envy sister was afflicted with erupt1ons
around her ears which kept getting worse
and spreading until they became very
painful. The sores would discharge and
were exceedingly disagreeable. We MADE
up our minds we must do something Tor
her and we procured bottle OF HOODS
Sarsaparilla She continued taxing
it until she was entirely cured" NADIA
DUNNING, Concord, Wisconsin.
sAfter having tumors removed was
very weak. l had headache all the time
and dreadful tired feeling. My daughter
urged me to take Hoods Sarsaparilla and
I did so, and after taking three bottles
was relieved of these troubles" E. "
AsTLE, Merrimack, Wisconsin.
Hoods Sarsaparilla
Is the best-in fact the One True Blood Puri-
fer. Sold by all druggists. 81; six for S..
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-01-10

sick. o, Joe. Joe Sales! Your mother
wants you. Cnto's gone for the doctor.
Your sisters sick"-all in Pedro Garcia s
hoarse voice.
With bound Joe was out in the dark
ness and the other boys followed, though
Will suggested, IT'S only trick" "No;
his voice is frightened replied Bert.
"Pedrol Tell me quick-quick Is it
true? Is Ruth sick?" Blu. as he heard
the quick breaths of the Mexican he
waited not for the ''yes, but raced home
ward. Will and Bert started after him,
with Pedro at their heels. Never had any
OF them made two miles in better time.
As Joe opened the kitchen door he saw
Jacinto putting wood in the stove, his
mother, with Ruth in her arms, in her
low rocker before the fire and the doctor
standing beside her. talking softly.
She's better now, thank God, +" said his
mother as Joe knelt at her side. The
little sister opened her eyes, her lips
formed weak little smile, her tiny hand
just touched his hair, and she sank into
quiet slumber.
THE danger is over" said the doctor.
Just keep her warm, and if she wakes
give her teaspoonful of this medicine.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-01-10

and see how many are left" And with q
kiss to baby Ruth he was off.
By the time Joe had found both the
boys his mind was full of a plan for out
whiting the Mexicans.
you see ii is O clock now. They can't
get to their house, unload their baskets
and get back those two miles before just
dark. If we can rig up ghost 1t will
brighten them away for good.
II don't want TO take hand in fright
ening them" demonstrated Bert Just
remember they believe in ghosts and won't
be able to see the joke
well! I'd never have thought of it if
Pedro hadn't suggested it. l don't see
what else to do"
II think it's all right" agreed Will.
eve told Miss Nutter we'd get the berries,
and we can't break our word, can we?
And MIR. Davis gave those berries to US,
and the greasers had no right to take
them after taking all the others. I'm with
you, joe
By dInt of much coaxing they got Bert
to accompany them, and, armed with
sheet, candle and small gray pumpkin,
they finally reached the adobe and imlne-
diately prepared the ghost. The head
they made as they often had, jack Ian
tern. They pinned the sheet around and
into the head. Then Withheld the pump
kin on his head and, with sheet falling
around him and light shining through the
cavities of the pumpkin, he made all ap-
partition that might have startled even
brave heart on a dark night. Then they
sat waiting for the victims
Dusk deepened into darkness, and sud-
denly they were startled al hearing:
Joe! Joe Sales! Your little sisters
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-01-10

She will be all right in the morning.
You won't need me any more With
parting greetings he left them.
Joe had to swallow down a good many
sobs and wipe away a great many tears
before he could hear what had occurred.
1t seems that after her walk Ruth had
been very quiet and soon fell into a
stupor. About dusk she was seized by an
attack of Group. Mrs. Sales rushed wildly
to the door to call some one to summon
the doctor. Just then Jacinto and Pedro
were passing OF their way to get another
load of berries, and she addressed them in
Spanish, beseeching one to run for Dr..
Hunt and the other for Joe, up at the
haunted adobe. Throwing their baskets
over the tence, they were eff like startled
deer, one in each direction. After some
difficulty in finding him, Jacinto brought
the doctor and Baby Ruth was saved.
"Jacinto!" was all Joe could say as he
wrung the Mexican's hand. but tone and
eye expressed the gratitude that words
could not reach.
! A low tap at the door diverted their at
| tention. Knowing it to be the boys, Joe
and Jacinto stepped out on the porch.
1.-THE baby's better, old fellows, but |
can't talk. You tell Jacinto all about it..
Let him have the berries. He saved Ruh's
life. Jacinto! Pedro !'-and he took q
hand of each-''I didn't believe / was
such a sneak. Don't blame the boys; it
was ell my fault. Count me as yonr
friend from tonight. Goodnight. fell
lows; l must go to my mother" and he
passed into the house.
The boys were silent q moment. (Will
afterward confded to Bert that Joe's my
mother" awed him more than anything
else.) Then Bert made explanations.
When Jacinto understood all, he asked,
in panied voice: why didn't you tell
me2 Miss Nutter's been good to US. I'd
get her berries if 1 knew she wanted
them"
''It's because we wanted to do all our
selves We didn't have much sense, but
we're sorry and we hope you'll give us
your hand
After a general handshake, it was de-.
cided that the four boys would collect the
remaining berries on the morrow, and
after Miss Nutter had selected sufficient,
Jacinto would ship what were left TO the
city.
SIT doesn't matter much about these"
he said, "for most people have bought
their Christmas berries already"
at the association the berries glowed
and sparkleo and nodded to each other,
fully satisfied that Christian cheerful
ness pervaded the land.
KATHERINE A. CHANDLER.