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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-06
a NV y.aseY Pc teR STORY.
Fr' Ezrkrt.t y ,shes Result In AN EquAE
EttftG } of the stakes.

A fraishs iush IN the great Ameri-
can game OF draw poker is such rarity
that the person holding il is regarded as
one of the most fortunate and blessed Of
mortals. Dovotees of that game wilL
peruse the following story with incredu-
lily, but its absolute authenticity can
be verified by at least ten thoroughly
reliable witnesses A party Of four play
ers entered a place not thousand miles
from Summit one night not long ago
and prepared 10 enjoy few hours OF
recreation at their favorite game An
other game in progress at the time was
full, so the four players were obliged to-
start at an adjoining table.
The Jack pot" came around, each or
the four players filled in, and the game
proceeded. The cards, regulation pack,
81 cards, were cut by the player to the
right of the dealer and dealt out III the,
regular manner The first player to the
left of the dealer opened the lack pot,
and each succeeding player in turn
raised The limit was 10 cents, and the
players are usually light bettors, So
that the raising and lively chipping i'm
before the draw created considerable
surprise When the dealer prepared to-
serve the cards for the draw, each OF the
players stood pat, and the betting
again started
When each of the players had Clipped
in $40, it was decided to stop the bet
ting, as that amount had never before
been wagered ON game in the place,
and none of the players could afford to-
risk greater amount. When the hands
were shown, some Of the players almost
succumbed to heart disease, for there,
lay four straight fiushes, one OF each
suit and all running from four to eight
The pot was divided, and the cards
were carefully put away in case to be-
| preserved as a reminder of the greatest
poker hands ever held in this section
and probably in the United States
Summit N. j. } Record.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-06
Robert ColIyer,s Father.

And now about my father, writes the
Rev. Robert Collyer, ID. D., in The La
dies Home Journal. l think still he
was as good a smith as l have ever
known, a man who would forge no lie
in iron or steel, with soft, steadfast
brown eyes, strong and sinewy arms to
labor and never sick day can re-
member, always at his work until he
fell dead that day with the hammer in
his hand. Blacksmiths, 1 think, are usu-
ally silent men. The old Beechers We're,
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-06
Small BOY AND BIG VOICE
They Create q CommotIon ON n Chicago
al" Train.


The boy and his voice were not
mates. That was evident the moment
the former attempted To use the latter
The one was not quito "5 foot hoy -
while the other would easily pass ~ a
~ foot voice" They both got ON an
Alley l. train at Congress street, and
the boy undertook 70 say sometime
about having o'clock papers to sell
whereupon the windows ratified and The
car began to rock. The old man who
had jumped so high that his head nearly
struck the roof looked at the boy re-
proachfully for moment and then at
tempted to be humorous.
"A little louder, please" he said.
HUH" returned the boy inquirinaly.
Speak little louder. Have you lost
your voice."
The other passengers laughed, and the
boy seemed somewhat discounted.
"Paper?" he asked, going closo to the
man.
No, " replied the man, gratifed at
the success Of his little joke. 81 was
merely wondering why you didn't speak
out instead Of whispering.
The boy was close to the mans eaI
by this time, and he let out cry OF
Evening papers - that fairly Jared the
engineer.
He got to the door first, and the hook
that the old man threw after him mere
ly raised bump on the side of the con
dactor IS head Chicago Times Herald
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-06
GREECE GOES 1T ALONE.

nanv who wants to insure my life Each
one represents the best company on the
face of the earth. Each pays the largest
dividends. Each invests the money OF
its patrons to the very best advantage.
Each moralizes ON the uncertainty OF
life and seeks to impress upon me the
solemn duty 1 owe to my wife that is TO
be to get my life insured for a mi lion
ar two of dollars. And each blessed one
has come since the announcement or my
approaching wedding was printed.
The young man paused moment,
then he dug into the pile and after
few moments search produced docu-
ment which he showed at his friend,
simply saying:
Just look at the devilish ingenuity
displayed in the construction OF that
thing"
The thing" was about the size OF q
theatrical poster known ~ three sheet,
In other words, three Of them will paper
the side Of barn. Down the center, at
regular intervals, were q lot OF notices
and warning exhortation printed in type
three times the size Of the context, and
in red ink Here is one choice extract
from the document: elm the midst on
life we are in death.
LET us call your attention that IT u
every husbands duty-his solemn duty
to provide for those dependent upon
him. No one bmoweth when the angel
of death may knock at the door OF hovel
+ or mansion and how can one be prepared
for his coming unless time is taken by
the financial forelock? Think OF the ray
of hope which breaks through the clouds
of bitter bereavement when the sorrow
ing ones reflect that by the careful fore
thought of the dear departed poverty has
been prevented from adding its horrors
to those of the grave. 1t is your duty &C
provide for your loved ones. Do not put
IL off until tomorrow, for in the Ian
guage of the poet, Tomorrow never
comes
There was another paragraph In the
document that showed the touch OF
master hand. It ran something like this
"Our policies are devised and de-
signed to meet the wants and needs OF
all people desiring insurance. They are
liberal. They are honest They bring
the very best returns. We have idea
policies which we can safely recommend
We can and will guarantee endowment
results at much less than endowment
rates. And again we pledge ourselves &c
furnish paid up policies at far below the
usual cost Our dividends are often fivt
times as large as those Of other com
NAMES ON similar policies We also make
q specially Of making liberal loans e
our clients ON their policies, We are IL
the f,eld for business and we mean to GEL
Il And don't you forget it."
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-06

or OF chemistry, electricity and SO
forth, used to give us an experiment
with lightning rods, which is the only
thing l recollect in connection with
them. He had battery rugged up 10
furnish the lightning. Then ne had
house of blocks, nice two story mousse
painted white, with green shutters On
this house was lightning rod, a NINA
ture affair, made like the ordinary hight
ming rod of commerce. He would make
a few remarks OH the necessity OF nav
ing the rod properly connected with the
ground, explaining that wet earth or
water connecting directly with the
earth was the very best. Then he would
make ground connection OF this klnd
and proceed to fire few big electric
sharks. or lightning flashes, through the
rod. They would go through all right
not doing the slightest injury TO tne
house Then he would make rev
more remarks, this time to the erect
that a little learning is DANGEROUS
thing. and tell about good minister
in the neiehborhood who wanted to pro.
tecs his house by lightning rod ana
who had heard that water was COCO
thing for the rod to end in. 30 ne SET
M the rod and had 1t end m hs CHS
tern. where, az it was carefully cement
ed there was always certain to be wa
ter. The old professor would then put
tho end of the rod in glass OF wafer,
o,oao,t the cistern, and turn on
his lightning. The big spark would
lean across to the rod and down wouh
come the house, heap of blocks.
Zone of the most beautiful and at the
sone time one of the most terrifying
SIGHTS ever saw" said another mem
Der of the group, veteran OF the wM'
twas down in Arkansas in 1862. was
drilling my regiment one summer aioer,
noon when sudden thundAr shower
came mn. The men had bayonets nAeo'
ond as we started for camp were carry
inc their muskets at right snouioei
sbift Suddenly there began at the tip'
of those bayonets the most marVeiU,'' '
electrical display had ever seen ln'
I;sbtninp PLAYED about them, dancing
rolling, flashing, leaping from one o y
another, as if it hugely enjoyed 'ne III ~,
- For an instant thought the whoi'
companv would be struck down, ap'
tho men themselves were badly frign,
aned No one was hurt or even shocke,
by the brilliant display. New LUZ
sun.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-06

do not leave your wife and babies
dependent on charity
The elocu.ionary effect the benedict
20 be threw into the reading of these ex-
tracts gained him round of applause
from his companions. IL also brought TO
him the knowledge that every other
man in the Office who was married-in
Chicago-had been similarly afflicted.
But that brought no balm TO his soul,
and he continued TO kick. He didn't
think it tho proper thing to do and he
announced his intention OF writing
circular letter to the various individuals
who had importuned him TO take a
risk" and informing them of his feel
ings
Dom do it, my boy, said the head
bookkeeper. "Wait until after you are
married. You will get forty of these
things then TO one now, and then you ii
have to get out another letter Wait till
then, and then you can address yourself
at one and the same time TO the life in
surance agent, the furniture dealer, the
grocer, the man who has "A second hand
sewing machine to sell, the philan-
thropist who wants TO see young people
get along and who offers you lot way
out in the suburbs that will make you
rich in five years, the rental agent, tho
iceman, the milkman, the cockroach ex-
tor,ninator, and all their kith and kin.
You IL hear from them all, for they all
read the society columns OF the daily
papers and the newly married are their
legitimate prey. Chicago Tribune.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-06
OLD "JIM CROW"
How Rice Introduced This Unique Char
acter to the Stage.

How Rice introduced This Unique Char
acter to the Stage.
In the early twenties Thomas Dart
mouth Rice first entered upon his theat-
rical career by doing little negro bits"
between the acts of plays, says tho
writer in the Boston Herald. While In
Louisville the theater at which he per-
formed looked out back upon an old
stable yard, around which there was
constantly lounging an old. decrepit
slave named Jim Crow, who was 80
frightfully deformed as to appear inhu-
man. His left shoulder sloped of from
the neck in way that would Indicate
that the bone had been inverted. His
lower limbs were dreadfully distorted,
the left knee being huge bony knot
larger than his head, which caused him
to move about with O pitiful, yet fudi-
crous, hobble.
This forlorn darby was in the habit
of grooming queer old tune, and desig-
mated the close of each verse by taking
a peculiar step-'rockin de heel Ricer
closely watched this unconscious per
| former, and conceived the idea of pro
| ducing a similar stage character, which,
| he felt assured, would take" wonder
fully. Accordingly, he made up precise
ly as the original and appeared upon b
Louisville stage singing score of hu-
morous verses to the air-slghtIy
changed and quickened-of the poor,
wretched cripple. The audience received
this innovation with bursts of applause,
encoring him dozen times the first
| night. And thus Jim Grow" jumped
into fame and Immortality.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-06
A Small Business Building.

The distinction of being the smallest
business establishment in this city il
claimed for diminutive Georgia pine
building at S51a East Houston street,
where is located candy, fruit and sod,.
water business. The structure is fitted
tightly between two towering brick
walls and covers an alleyway surface
which had not hitherto been considered
susceptible of utilization. ihe cost OF
the tiny place was $3.50, and it rents
for 5000 year It's actual measure
ments are feet inches front, Is feet
deep and Q feet high. New York Her
aid
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-06
A1usardi's Voice.

Aeuiari, better known as La Bas-
tardella, had an incredibly high range
Of voice Mozart heard her in ITO and
expressed the greatest delight She sang
p in altissimo with perfect ease and
nerformed cadenzas deemed impossible
sor the human voice. During q great
psrt Of her professional career she re-
cetvsd about $500 . night, . sum then
sousI 70 about $500 IN The money q
or tima
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-06

as have heard, who were Of this craft,
silent men who left the pent up speech to
their sons and grandsons. This was my
father also. He was silent man, while
both father and mother were as free
from contagious and infections as the
sound oaks are and the stars, so that the
microbes when they came in the dread
full form of fevers, found nothing in
them for prey
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-06

Il bore the unmistakable stamp OF the
rural dressmaker.
Notwithstanding that fact, she was
good to look upon, and her interest in
everything around her was vigorous and
broad. They found table III restau-
rant in the Tenderloin not far from the
intersection Of Broadway and Sixth ave-
nue. at the dinner hour.
"Yes," said the uncle, II have been
here long enough to become pretty
thorough New Yorker" and then he
ordered modest dinner. This is one
Of the bang up restaurants, and you II
always find first rate people here. My
boarding house is bang up, but this
beats it all hollow"
The niece Strengthened out ribbon
and then looked around in an embar-
raised way She was struggling with
question AS if the suggestion were al
together improbable she asked
'Did you ever see jay Gould?"
"Sure have,' he answered; "lots
and lots Of times.
"Did you ever see Mr.. Vanderbilt"
"Cornele?" said the uncle inquiring-
". eyes, indeed. When l boarded up
| town. used to see Cornele nearly every
day."
"What did he look like?" asked the
niece, beginning to feel the Importance
of dining with New York uncle who
had seen millionaires
"Why, Cornele Vanderbilt is one man
in a Thousand, said the uncle, putting
MP with pride. "He is tall, fine look
ing man with heavy black beard. You
would know him i'll any crowd for a
man Of importance. He wears his hair
long and'=
Pardon, m sieur," interrupted the
waiter, who had begun to serve the soup,
and who had stopped in surprise as the
| city uncle began to describe Cornelius
| Vanderbilt. pardon, m'sieur, but
hat had re honor to serf Meester Corne'
Illus Vanderbilt, and you make ices mis-
take. He is not beeg, and he has not ze
black whiskers, full beard, so. He IL
one"-
Just bring me large spoon, wait
er." interrupted the uncle. As the wait
or got out of earshot he said: lyon see
I haven't seen Cornelius Vanderbilt
since I moved down town. He's changed
a good deal since then, and l have heard
that his whiskers had been trimmed.
The waiter didn't have another op
portunity to intrude in the conversation
and he received no tip. New York Sun
Anna, your lover was again in tns
Kitchen till 10 o'clock last night can
not allow that any more
II, too, have been thinking II w
~,ridp Y have supper n little earlier. -
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-06

Mary Jane-why does the man in the
:sJ,o ., the diamond stand and hoio
.h ,' hall so long and make faces at the
man with the batf -, Want. 10
Abner-Can% you seeI 20. a
wsls him % mad no oan' ="
O,evslsnA Ylnin Dealer.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-06
A WATER WHO LOST MONEY.

He Intrudoi Upon Conversation and
Didn't Get Tip.
From their conversation they were
evidently uncle and niece, and the lat
ter was from the country. Her gown
was trimmed with many ribbons, and
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-06
Single Men Chastised.

Plato condemned the single men b .
fine, and in Sparta they were driven -
stated times to the temple of Hercules
by the women, who there drilled thar
In true military style.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-06

$50 old Brown is married at lagtf>
eyes, and o furriner. card "a
"a foreigner No. an English lady. =
"Oh, I card as 'ow she was To
m. London Judy.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-06
LIGHTNING.

Frclic That Was Beautiful If Terrify-
ing and Hurt No One.
Speaking Of lightning rods" said
an army officer, "when was at West
Point. old Hank Kendrick, our profess
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-06

Anna, your lover was again in the
kitchen till 10 O'Clock last night can
not allow that any more /"
II, too. have been thinking u We
souldn Z have supper little sarh@. -
Flicgende Blatter.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-06
/ DIFFICULT QUESTION.
L,,,s;,b Controls, the Railroads
or the Government
WING CORPORATE INFLUENCE.

=. the senate-Grand Achieve
'p' 49,, Of American Art-The BumptiouS
nv saving Everything In Sight.
A.. miller and the Stranger.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-09-16
TH|RTY-SIX PASSENGERS
ALL BUT TWO ARE KNOWN TO
HAVE MONEY.
THE DANGER OF FAMINE AT DAWSON
,gent SIoss Says All the Good Claims Have
Been Taken Up--0nly Chance For
New Corners is Rich Strike
Elsewhere.

San Francisco, Sept. 15.-The long
overdue steamer Excelsior, which lett
ST. Michael's, Alaska, for this port six
weeks ago, but was compelled to put
back to Unalaska for repairs, after hay-
ing broken two blades of her propeller.
arrived this morning with thirty six
passengers and about S1,OOO,OOO in gold.
OF those men who came down from
Alaska all but two are known to have
money: but few We're communicative e.
nough to admit how much they had
All unite IN confirming the stories al
ready told of the impending danger OF
famine at Dawson City during the com
ing winter They say there are at least
1000 people now at Dawson City and
that more are swarming in every day;
that the provisions are already running
short and the prospects of getting more
in are remote. The Excelsior's passen-
gers are unanimous in the opinion that
the KlOndyke region is richer than was
at first supposed, but are Also of the
opinion that unless the imm gra ton 10
that country is stopped temporarily there
will be terrible suffering. Louis Sloss,
Jr. of the Alaska Commercial COmpa-
ny. was one of the passengers on the
Excelsior. He went to Dawson City
for the company and reports that all
good claims are taken up. There is no
chance for the new cOmers unless rich
strike Is made on some other section.
Mr.. Sloss says that his company's store
at Dawon was closed for but one dav,
to receive freight fromaa river steamer.
He thinks provisions II be scarce, but
he hestates to say there will be actual
starving. There are about 800 impa-
tient miners at St Michaers. most of
whom will have to stay until spring un-
less they have already secured passage
on the river boats. There are plenty
of provisions at st. MichaePs and every
effort is being made to get supplies up
the river to Dawson.
1t is difficult to say how much
money was brought down by the Excel
sfor. The miners are secretive and will
give no accurate information. Some of
them it is known, could not bring much
and will be glad to go TO work down
hero. The Alaska Commercial Company
received a large consignment of treasure
but will not say exactly how much.
When asked MS to the amount Mr.. Sloss
said: eve brought more than came
down on the Portland and we did not
need any maxim guns to protect it,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-09-16
THE BONES OF A WOMAN
lUETGERT GETS HIS WORST BLOW FROM
PROF. DORSEY.
The Prosecution to Fest Its Case Saturday.
The Burning Could Have Been Dore
With Caustic Potash.

Chicago Ills, Sept. 15.--The prosecu-
ton in the Lnetgert trial is nearing its
end and the announcement was made
today that it would probably have all
of its witnesses on the stand by Satur-
day noon.
Thc evidence given to-day weighed
heavily against Luetgert and no more
damaging testimony has been given
against him than that from Prof Geo
A. Dorsey, of the Field Columbian Mu-
scum. who was ON the stand this after
noon. One of the bones found in the
sausage factory was shown him and
in the most positive manner and with
out particle of hesitation he pro-
nounced it to be the upper portion of
the left thigh bone of woman. He
said that formation of the upper end of
the bone proved without any question
it was the femur of woman. The
bone had the appearance Of having been
burned, and Assistant States Attorney
McEwen put the question to the wit
ness:
Gould a solution of caustic potash
have produced the burnt effect you have
pointed out on the bone?'
The reply of the witness was en-
phatic and immediate.
In my judgment it could
The evidence was a hard blow to the
defense. Prof. Dorsey also identified a
bone shown him as the left temporal
bone of woman. Prof. n. III. Pierce
identified the bones in q manner similar
to that Of Prof. Dorsey. The cross-ex-
animation of both witnesses was post
pOned until tomorrow
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-09-16
HON. VIM. |. WILSON
A GOODLY COMPANY OF DIS
T1NGUISHED MEN.
A LETTER FROM Mr.. CLEVELAND
Speeches by Or. Cameron, Of PRINCETON, Pres
ideat Gilman, Of Johns Hopkins and Others
Mr.. Wilson Lays Stress on Gov
ernmental Science.

Lexington, Va. Sept. 15.-Wm. L.
Wilson, ex-Postmaster General and
formerly a distinguished member Of the
House of Representatives. was in
stalled into office as president Of Wash
ington and Lee University today. At an
early hour students, friends and alumni
Of Washington and Lee began to gath
er ON the campus and in the chapel to
take part in the ceremonies. No bright
er or prettier day could have been
chosen for the occasion. Promptly at IL
o'clock q line was formed and the march
into the chapel was made in the follow
ing order: President-elect Wilson, Gov.
Charles T. O'Ferrall and other distin-
suished guests; the board of trustees of
the University; alumni, students and
friendA The chapel was already filled
with the society people OF Lexington and
many guests from the neighboring
towns and cities.
The ceremonies were opened with mu-
sic By the Virginia Military Institute