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The sun., 1897-04-16

Dan Creedon informed q reporter OF THE SUN
that his proposed AFFAIR with Kid Mccoy will In all
probability DC settled ut tho Arena A. C. This CLUB
has offered $1,000. and Crcedon says that he Is
willing to nRht for the amount. Tho boxera may
meet 10. day tomorrow to talk over matters.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-26
Football In Africa.

Englishmen are proverbial for taking
their games with them into whatever
part of the world they CO. Golf, as we
know, is played in the shadow of the
pyramids and in the very heart OF the
Himalayas. but football in the middle
of darkest Africa is something OF an IN.
novation. Yet football isTapidly be-
coming popular OH the shores OF Lake
Nyassa, and at Kotakota, which a few
years ago was notorious as the greatest
depot for slaves ON the western shore OF
the lake, mixed teams of black and
white meet every Saturday with as
much regularity as do our home teams,
though the local chronicler omits to say
whether Rugby or Association has won
the suffrages of the Nyassa teams. One
startling feature of the game is that the
black players decline to hamper them
selves with boots and find apparently
no inconvenience in playing with bare
feet.-London Cor. Manchester Guard
ian
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-26
A beginning In Literature.

For my first effort to sail the sea OF
letters it occurs to me that l ought to
say that my fathers literary reputation
cannot be held responsible.
l had reached Ito take step back
ward in the story the mature age OF IL.
l was little girl in low necked ging-
ham dresses. / know, because l remem-
Der l had on one (of purple shade and
incredibly unbecoming to half grown,
brunette girD one evening when my
first gentleman caller came to see me.
l felt that the fact that he was my Sun
day school teacher detracted from the
Importance of the occasion, but did not
extinguish it. 1t was perhaps 80,
and, obediently to law and gospel, l
had gone up stairs.
The actual troubles of life have new
err dulled my sense of modification at
overhearing from my little room at the
head of the stairs, where l was strug-
Cling to get into that gingham gown
and present tardy appearance, a voice
distinctly excusing me on the ground
that it was past her usual bedtime ana
she had gone to bed. Whether the an
guish of that occasion so far aged me
that it had anything to do with my first
literary undertaking cannot say, but
am sure about the low necked gingham
dress, and that it was during this par
ticular year that determined to become
an individual and contribute to The
Youths Companion.
/ did SO. My contribution was accept
ed and paid for by the appearance IL
my fathers postoffice box OF the paper
for year, and my impression is that
wore high necked dresses pretty sooi
thereafter and was allowed to sit up til
| 0 O'Clock. At any rate, these memora
BILE events are distinctly intertwined II
nv mind. -Elzabeth Stuart Phelps IL
McClure's Magazine.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-26
Ia a Countess and q Brewer.

A unique occupation for woman is
reported from Berlin. The proprietor OF
a large brewery there received a request
from Russian lady to be shown the
interior arrangements of the brewery.
After looking at various processes
through which the golden beverage has
to 60 the lady inquired for several de-
tails of the pneumatic machinery in the
malthouse, which proved to the brewer.
to his great surprise, that she was per-
fectly familiar with every detail OF the
entire complicated machinery. Upon in
ouiry it was learned that the lady,
Russian countess, had q large acreage
of barley growing on her estate, and in
order TO increase her revenue from this
source she had built brewery, which she
managed all alone. She was interested
very much in the pneumatic mailing
apparatus because she could not get
skilled labor necessary for the produc-
tion of malt on her Russian estates.
Tasting the product Of the Berlin brew
cry, she stated that her own beer was
not much inferior to the German prod
net. When few days later the brewer
received some samples Of the lady's
Russian beer, he pronounced 1T excel
lent and not inferior in any respect to
the best Bohemian or German beer.
This lady is believed to be the only
woman brewer in Europe. -Philadel-
mia Record
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-26
c,,,.,,au Endcnvor Notes.

Greot Britain now has more than
4 ooO Christian Endeavor societies.
Two Prote slant Episcopal churches in
Providence have Christian Endeavor
societies.
Three members of st. Louis Chris'
tian Endeavor society are OH the way W
Africa as missionaries.
One psalm month is commi''oo "
,romorv and used in their meetings py
tba Endeayorers of Beverly (Mass.
society.
A company of girls in Sidney, ",
are taught sewing regularly ny tno
vounp ladies of Christian hh"ea'o'
society.
The first society of Christian Enueav
or among the japanese in the un''eo
States was organized few weeks aso
at Santa Cruz. Cal.
A Christian Endeavor society hold
inc weekly prayer meetings at the noon n
bonr has been organized among 'ne
Young people in Pittsburg Once
A blind man is led to church every :.
Sunday BY the missionary comm r..ss. =.
: az Thomas (Ont. Christian Enoeav'
or sooiety-a practical endeavor'
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-26

Runaway Loc0m0tive Had Many bIseD-
ing Passenger In Tow.
Early one morning the engineer and
fireman Of the Santa Fe overland train,
bound east, when near Cajon pass, I'M
agined they saw something ON the track
right ahead. Thinking the train was
about to be wrecked they both jumped.
The engineer was rather badly hurt, bus
when the fireman picked himself up out
of the dust he found that the engine had
made kindling wood Of wagon to
which two horses had been attached.
Their driver had seen the headlight OF
the engine and had jumped in time to
gave himself, und the animals them
selves were cropping the dried grass
along the roadside, which showed that
they had not been greatly disturbed by
the accident.
But the train, with nobody at the en-
gine's throttle, was plunging away
through the darkness, the passengers
asleep in their berths, utterly uncon-
scious that they were being drawn by a
wild locomotive.
The fireman, who had been left be-
hind, thought he would try to overtake
the flying train on foot. Then he changed
his mind and, jumping astride one OF
the horses, he set out after the runaway
train. He knew it must stop shortly, as
| il had TO climb very steep grade, and
if the fire under the boilers was not kept
up the supply of steam would not FUR
nish sufficient pressure to keep the
wheels going around. The vagrant train
did stop mile and half from where
the accident occurred There did not
seem to be any reason for an Interrupt
ton of the journey just at that point,
and so the conductor and brakeman hur-
ried ahead with their lanterns to ask the
engineer what had given out.
When they found the cab empty, OF
course the trainhands were very much
mystified. They asked each other a good
many questions, and were engaged IN
looking up theories to account for the
strange disappearance of the engine
crew when the fireman came looping
along on the horse he had borrowed.
After explanation had been made, he
turned his horse toward this city and
brought the first tidings the railroad
people had of the missing train. A hack
was sent out to the scene with another
engineer, and as soon as steam was
raised the overland went on over the
hill through Cajon pass. The same car
riage brought the injured engineer &c
the city.-San Francisco Examiner.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-26
Aboriginal Caves In Kentucky.

Two caves of a size to make them i'm
portAnt were found in Kentucky last
week One is i'll the Chaplain river bot
'oins, few miles southwest of Law
,rs,n,ceourg, and the other on the old
Ems place, near Milldale The first con
ANS many stone relics, and some dis
;ance from the entrance has nicely fin.
;sneu room OF ordinary dimensions 1t
walled with stone that has been
a i'ss ana the floor is composed of
80 rock The work is doubtless that
" T,, .ne prehistoric mound builders The
an LIS farm cave also has huge room
, .'lu' IL Is said, has an iron door at the en-.
mauce' Cincinnati Commercial Trib.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-26
A WOLF CURE.
Alarming Scheme Proposed to Rid Wyo'
ming of Ravenous Beasts.

ming Oh RavenOuS behstSs
Wyoming ranchmen for long time
have been trying to devise schemes for
discriminating the wolves which destroy
thousands Of young cattle yearly. Boun-
ties on scalps were found TO be too slow.
Emil Stritz has finally arranged q
plan of incubation that he says will
soon destroy all the wolves in the west.
He has a poison which. when introduced
into the blood of wolf, produces n.y.
drophobia within ten days. He has cap
tured number in traps and has expert
mented with them.
He has released number of them,
and wolves showing signs of hydro
phobia have been seen in various places.
The inventor is working to have the
Stockmens association contract with
him for the determination of all the
wolves i'll the state
The only obstacle to the agreement Is
the young mans inability to give the
slockmen assurance that the wolves will
not III turn bite the stock and spread
the disease all over the range, with the
most disastrous results Chicago Rec
ord
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-26

The story is told of soldier OF the
Army of the Potomac who had his own
ideas as to his financial value, as we'll
as the method by which that value could
be realized.
He was white man and was detailed
for service as q teamster in train
which was driven for the most part by
negroes. The negroes were hired at the
rate of SEQ per month, but the white
soldier received no more than his regu-
lar pay Of SIC.
He appeared somewhat dissatisfied
with this arrangement and made an APP
plication to his captain.
81 should like" he said gravely, ito
be appointed negro by brevet. and be
assigned to duty in accordance with my
brevet rank r'-Youth's Companion.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-26
MEATH Gu ALL SIDES.
,,,ne 40, sNTuRE IN A PENN
''" suyAnlA LOGGING CAMP.

rsunei Finds Himself Shut Up
s, : = Engine Room with an ov.r~''a "'i
md Two Big Rattiesnakss : His
D. Action saves His Life.
% n thrilling adventure had by
new Fennel, who recently left his
Palrl'i ~ montgomery, 30 miles east OF
n iSCa,,;.msport Pa, to work IN Susgue-
WILL WIZ county, has been received. rem
hanna sso "a an engineer, went up into
nel VIII ,her woods of Susquehanna coun-
the iu .,,n an engine in sawmill. When
;'od in camp, he found that the
~ m ~ had been i'll disuse about zen
saw" Among tie machinery left IN the
yeai', IN were boiler and stationary
olu ' -" They were in bad shape, but
s g,nsl cot them ready for business.
's The other day Fennel fired up TO test
So;Ier and engine, and then went
inc -. 10 70 another part of the mill. He
aw" aolaved some, and returned TO find
wa SoiIer was generating steam with
'a ,"rtlinr rapidity. He rushed into the
sa;,ar house, the door closing AFTER MN
UG al a hang. The door fastened ON the
WIZ .a;de with a hasp and drop hook, and
c .sa ior caused the hook to drop into the
's M making Fennel prisoner. AL
. .%anoh tested to only 100 pounds, the
'.""@ gauge showed that the boiler had
' ',.andv generated 10 pounds, and the
"n;vor;nc hand on the steam gauge was
qrDrutins higher and higher. That the
ho;,er was liable to explode at any mo-
msnt Fennel well knew. He glanced at
the safety valve and was startled to see
that Il had become fastened IN some
manner and refused to work.
He was about to climb up to loosen
.he refractory safety gauge when his
Voc bebeld a sight from which he drew
SacS Around the safety valve, just
where he was about to grasp 1T with hi'
hand was coiled big rattlesnake
while two other reptiles Of the same
sDec;es Law OH the floor of the boiler
house They had evidently been drawn
from their hiding places in the wall O.
aoor of the old boiler house by tin
heat. The quivering hand OF the steam
range told Fennel only too plainly tina
tbe nressure on the boiler was becom
inc terrific. But he could not pass tn
sprpents and reach the boiler, neithe
could he get out of the door. The onl,
means of exit was a small window, an
10 reach this he would have to pass tn
snakes. Near by stood an iron bar use
in clearing out the fire, and graspin
this he crushed the head of the serpen
nearest him. The other snake cole
about his leg and struck viciously, fa'
tening its fangs into his Rubber boot.
blow with The bar crushed the snake o
the safety gauge, and then came strut
gle to remove the one around his les
Pressing down the bar the snake cole
around it for Il second, leaving tvs
folds around his leg Quick as fias
he snapped the snake in two, and thel
with the iron bar, knocked off the SAT
ty valve.-New York Herald. g.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-26
THE BLOND eRAkeMAN's STORY.
1t May Be Read With Profit by Present
Day Record Breakers.

It May BE Read With Profit by Present
Day Record Breakers.
The Railroad club met Tuesday even
ing in the usual place. and after short
business session the boys drifted into
"shop" conversation. The fast run of
the general manager special from Hope
to Missoula was commented ON, and
the talk on fast runs became general.
Several stories Of remarkable time made
on different occasions were related, and
when the blond brakeman got the floor
he saw he was expected to break the rec
ord. And he did.
Speaking Of fast runs" said he,
"why, that little Montana Union line
lays over anything / ever saw. No Dutch
clocks or anything else tn hold man
down there. / worked for that road
when Bob Smith was dispatcher, and
when he told the boys to wheel 'em'
we all knew what it meant. One day we
were going north and were delayed In
various ways until we reached Stewart.
Bob wired the con. at that point that he
wanted our train to get to Garrison just
QulCh N'ON NOUib iCb no. We hStu q
clear track when we started, and it
wasn't long before the telegraph poles
looked like picket fence. The biggest
burst of speed was reserved for the
home stretch-from Deer Lodge to Gar
rison-ll miles We didn't stop at Deer
Lodge, but as we approached that place
the engineer sounded the whistle as
usual, and you may take my head for a
| football if the slow sign in the CARR
son yards wasn't passed by our train be-
fore that whistle had ceased to sound. y
This made the boys look weary, but
the "braky" hadn't finished yet. He
continued:
| "Well, we put orr train away and
were resting ourselves when we glanced
| mp the track and saw dark streak ap
preaching at lightning gait. We were
astounded for an instant, but as it slow
ed up we readily recognized it as the
shadow of the train we had just brought
in
And the boys all rose up, and aftel
presenting the relator with regularl!
signed license the club adjourned. =
Missoula Silverite.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-26
MEN WORSE THAN APES.
isvoitipg Customs OF Some Of the African
Cannibal Tribes.

Cannibal Tribes.
The cannibalism If the black secret
vociety known, as the Human Leopards
in the country near Sierra Leone brings
forcibly before us the difference between
the east African and west African hab-
its of eating human flesh. The Sherbo
cannibals waylaid and killed their VIC
Tins and afterward Toasted on their
flesh. The cannibalism Of the east coast
is of very different kind. The flesh OF
the old people-the grandfather and
grandmother of a family-is dried and
mixed with condiments, and q portion
of this is offered. with dim sort OF
sacramental meaning. to travellers who
become guests of the family. To refuse
it would be deadly insult. To accept
it is passport to the privileged position
of a friend of the house. Many of our
travellers in east Africa have eaten thus
sacramentally of the ancestors OF some
dark skinned potentate.
The cannibalism of the west coast is
of more horrible kind, connected with
fetichism, the worst developments OF
which are peculiar to that country. But
there is a hideously genuine appetite for
fresh human flesh still existing among
the negroes of west Africa. This canni-
balism manifests itself in refinement
of gluttony which has its mild analogy
| in the tastes of Europeans. Young boys
are bought from the dark interior, kept
| in pens, fattened upon bananas and fin
ally killed and baked. To these Thyes-
team feasts come not only the savage
chiefs of the interior, but also, 1T is
whispered, black merchants from the
coast. Men who appear at their places
of business in English territory in broad
cloth and tall hats, who ape the man
ners Of their white masters, are said to
disappear annually into the interior,
where, we are told, they might be seen
in naked savagery taking part in the
banquets on plump boys, in which they
delight.
Be this as it may, somehow the native
of the west coast and its Hinterland II
unlike the East or South African native
in the deep lying savagery and the ex
traordinary facility for returning to Il
which are his leading and very unpleas
ant characteristics. The subject claims
the attention of the anthropologist, ant
certainly suggests curious reason 10
questioning the relationship OF the blacl
man and the ape Or the gorilla, seeini
that the race of monkeys seems to b
singularly free from anything like can
nibalism. London Saturday Review.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-26
Co,vcution GayeIs.

The present foreign tour OF the presi-
dent of the United Society of Christian
Endeavor will bear fruit in many ways
at the San Francisco convention. Dr.
CLARK writes that no has secured for use
az a gavel at the convention the shoe
makers hammer that was used by Will
liam Gary before he went as mission
ary to India. This is the contribution OF a
prominent English Endeavorer. Anoth.
err convention gavel that Dr. Clark VIII
bring home with him is now being MADE
by a Hindoo society in India.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-26
ARTISTS AND TRADESMEN.
In the Early Days the Former Had q
Struggle to Live.

Struggle to Live.
Among the artists resident III Glas-
cow who had acquired before 1910 some
what of reputation Graham Gilbert
Horatio Macculloch and Daniel Macnee
are those most widely known to general
fame. To these men fell the prizes OF
the profession such as they were at that
time. Prices were then on scale that
would not please the popular landscape
and portrait painters of today.
The smaller men-not very numer-
Gus, it is true, and yet some OF them
most deserving-had tolerably hard
struggle for existence and had to exc
out their income by other work than
that of regular picture painting. Mac
culloch and Macnee themselves made
money in their younger days by decorat-
inc the lids of snuffboxes. The average
PAINTER was frequently pretty much OF
bohemian, living from hand to mouth
and glad to clear off tradesman's bill
by painting the portraits OF the worthy
shopkeeper and his wife.
One of our best known artists tells
how ON occasion in the long years ago
when he was engaged at sitter's house
ON the portraits of successful clergy
man and his family the dinner hour ar
rived. He was not considered "genteeP
enough to be asked to take place at the
table, but the mistress of the house
kindly sent to the parlor, where he was
working, pate of stewed rhubarb to
keep him from wearying while the fam
lily fed. Magazine of Art,
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-26
Uncertainty and Certainty.

Two men met unexpectedly in the cor
ridor of down town Office building
"Hold on, William! What's your
hurry? How are you? You look worried.
Anything wrong?"
"Not much, but, to tell you the
truth, I've just left -, and cant
tell whether he has lied to me or not.
How are things with you?"
$50 SO. I've just had big disap-
pointment, tlat's all. "
"You take it easily"
"Think so? I've had deal ON hand
for three months, and / expected to close
it out today, but this morning the other
party told me frankly that his princi-
pals couldn't take it mp. Now it's on
nv mind and I'm glad of 1T. J."
"Sure there's no funny businessr'
"Sure."
al wish l was So long.
One man smiled and the other scowi-
ed.-New York Times.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-26
HOLES IN THE CANVAS.
An Important Discovery Increasing the
Efficacy of Sails.

Efficacy of Sails.
An Italian sea captain, Clio Batta
Vasallo of Genoa, has made very inter-
esting innovation in the use OF sails OF
ordinary sailing vessels. He claims that
the force Of wind cannot fully take ef-
feet in sail, since the air in front OF 1t
cannot properly circulate in the inflated
part and remains stationary Immediate
" in front of part of the sail proper. he
avoids this stagnation of air, as he calls
it, by the application of number OF
small holes in that part of the sail where
the depression is deepest when 1T is I'LL
ed. These holes are REINFORCED like
buttonhole, so that they will not tear out.
Trials made in various weather have
resulted as follows: With light wind
q boat with ordinary sails made A
knots, while the new sail increased the
speed to 5 Il knots. In fresh breeze the
respective speeds were z and ga knots,
and in a strong wind they were and 10
knots an hour. 1t stands to reason that
the doing away with a layer OF air
which cannot escape past tho sides OF a
sail must increase the efficiency Of the
sailboat. Where the wind formerly
struck cushion of air which acted like
q spring mattress, decreasing the actual
pressure Of the wind against the canvas,
this current of air now strikes the sail
direct and Of course has greater eff
cheney. Vasallo has received much en-
enlargement from practical sailors as
we'll as theoretical scientists. -Phila'
delphia Record.