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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-20
HOW TO FRY OYSTERS.
They May he Prepared at Home as suo-
eessfuliy as In Restaurants.

III you were to ask any dozen good
Americans what their favorite lunch con-
sisted of, at least ten of them would an
swer promptly and unhesitatingly, "Hot
fried oysters" To the feminine palate
especially Is this preparation of the sue.
culent bivalve so dear that box of them,
steaming hot, is popularity believed to be
the only thing that will appcase the just
wrath of an irate wife when her erring
spouse has been out late with the boys.
But all this applies strictly and only TO
the restaurant oyster Even rs this is a
thing to delight the human palate, so is
the ordinary home fried oyster tough, hard
and greasy, thing to be Stunned and fed
from. Mind, | say the ordinary" home
fried oyster, for there are housewives
though their name is not legion, who have
learned the secret of successfully handling
this delicate morsel. From such one did
l receive the following directions, which
will, if carefully followed, reward the eff
forts of the most inexperienced of amateur
cooks:
In the first place, avoid cracker crumbs.
They are pasty and will make'a hard outer
shell around the oyster that will in the
beginning remove any possibility of sue
cess. Instead put some stale bread in the
oven to dry, and after it is thoroughly hard
and dry Crate it finely and keep the
crumbs in glass jar, so that If any are
left they can be kept for future use
Then beat together an egg and cup of
sweet milk, seasoning with salt, pepper
and, if liked a little Worcester sauce. Be
sure not to beat the egg separately. Dip
the oysters first in their own liquid, then
in the crumbs, then in the egg and milk
and lastly in the crumbs again. Then
comes the actual frying, which is the cru
cial point. The secret of success is to have
plenty of fat and have it boiling hot.
The oysters should only be immersed n
minute or so-just long enough to brown
them delicately on both sides. A wire egg
whip makes a good turner. After frying
lay them on brown paper to absorb the
grease that may be in them. Remember
that too much cooking will make the finest
oyster tough and generally unpleasant. If
these directions are carefully followed, the
oysters will be plump and delicious Large
oysters are not especially desirable, except
for looks. Tho small ones taste quite as
good. Cooks in restaurants have trick
of putting two small ones together in
dipping" before frying.-New York Adj
vertiser.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-20
PARSON CARTWRiGHT'S WOOING.
1t Began at Dance Which He Turned
Into Prayer Meeting.

McKendree college, Mt Lebanon has
been presented with an interesting relic in
the shape of IA pair of saddlebags, in which
the famous itinerant preacher, Peter Cart
wright carried his Bible and hymnbook
in his horseback travels in southern llli-
nois
Parson Cartwright was a well known
character in early days, and his pulpit elo-
quence is still recalled by people who lived
in southern Illinois so years ago. His elo-
quence swayed multitudes of people at the
old time camp meetings in Egypt. When
thoroughly aroused by interruptions and
abuse, the parson became veritable giant
in strength. He would spring upon tho
bully like tiger and give him thrashing
that was never forgotten. After the bully
was whipped the pugilistic preacher would
suddenly change into administering angel
of mercy and dress the wounds of his vic
tim. He would then offer up devout
prayer for the salvation of the mans soul,
and if he did not make "a convert, which
he usually did, he effectually disposed of n
disturber
A romantic story of Peter Cartwright Is
related in connection with his early days
as preacher. When boy in his teens
one night he stopped at a country house in
southern ILLINOIS Tor the nlgnU. me ola
fashioned farmhouse was prepared for n
country dance. By the time young Cart
wright had eaton his supper the largest
room had been cleared for dancing.
The pretty black eyed daughter of the
host walked straight up to the young
stranger and asked him to lead in the
dance. The remarkable beauty and win
ming manners of the farmers daughter foi
the moment mystiiied the youthful par
son, and he allowed himself to be led to
the center of the room Before the set"
was complete, however, the parson had
time to collect himself.
When the musicians commenced to
tune their flddles the parson dropped upon
his knees and commenced to pray. There
was mrth at first, but before it was closed
there were tears in the eyes of those who
had at first felt inclined to laugh. The re-
suit was that the proposed dance was
turned into a revival meeting, and many
of those present professed religion then
and there The farmers pretty daughter,
who chose the parsUn for her partner in
the dance that night, afterward consented
to be his partner i'll the journey of life
Chicago Tribune
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-20
The Conductors Keen Senses.

"Railroad conductors train themselves
up to fine point, said travelling man.
"The other night 1 was on Conductor
Stovalls train, on the Southern, going up
to Washington. We were somewhere in
the neighborhood of Charlotte, N. c., l
knew, but to DO exact / asked Captain
Stovall, who was sitting just behind me,
where we were. He waited about half a
minute and replied: 1--WE arc about 10
miles from Charlotte. y How can you tellP
/ asked him. Easy enough he replied.
Just feel the motion of the train, and /
can tell. can tell every curve on the road
nearly, and / never have to look out to
find where we are. just at that moment
there was blast from the locomotive.
That's Stanley's Crossing. said the con-
ductor And that was from man who
has a run of about 300 miles. Atlanta
Constitution.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-20
ALPINE TORRENTS IN HARNESS.
Water Power Now Used to light Noun
tain Villages by Electricity.

"All over the Tyrol. Switzerland, and
the Alpine country generally, you hnd to-
day a curious conjunction Of the modern
and the medieval in the village streets
the stores and the inns, said "A traveller.
"In the smallest, the most remote and
the most ancient villages i'm the Bavariau
Alps, the Tyrol and tho Bernesc Overland r
you find the streets, the stores, the inns
and not infrequentiy tho houses supplied
with electric lights l revisited last Au-
gust little village back in the Tyrolearh
mountains, near Innsbruck, which Is ono
of the most Enthusiastically medieval
communities one could well find. The
people live in the houses of their grand
sires and follow their customs and ways
''This year arrived there in the oven
ing and was amazed to find the streets as
brilliantly lighted as Broadway, where
formerly the only light was from swing
ing horn lantern here and there. There
were clusters of incandescent lights strung
across the streets every few yards. The
little inn had a complete installation, and
so had the few little shops. Twas prepared
to learn that the formerly quiet village
had become fashionable watering place,
But it hadn't. 1t was as quiet and as
slow, Anticipated and out of date as ever
Later, as i wandered about the Tyrol and
Switzerland, found the same change ev-
erywhere.
at is very natural that IL should be so.
too, for in all that region there is power
in superabundance running waste on ev-
cry hand. From every rock leaps cas-
cade, and over every cliff roars water
fall There are streams that flow evenly
with steady, small power and torrents
that thunder down with tons of force.
The village of Murren, perched on the edge
| of cliff opposite the Jungfrau, at height
| of 5000 feet above sea level, has very
complete electric lighting system anu
| power enough within few hundred yards
radius to light half New York. Tho viii
| lagos get their light almost free.
This is, so far as l could learn, the
very first use to which the vast water
| power in the Alps has been put. Hitherto
| it has all run idle Matcrialistic travellers
often wonder why Switzerland is not IA
! big manufacturing country. Alasl 1t soon
may be, now the patient plodders there
! are finding what wonderful capability
for work is in the waterfalls. New York
I sun,
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-20
James Anthony Froude.

James Anthony Froude came on the
stage of life at the period of transition,
and being unable to adjust himself to eli
ther of the contending currents of thought
at Oxford he went off on his own lines, or
rather upon lines that Carlyle suggested
to him, and never got his attitude very
clearly adjusted to the end of his long life
This was the cause of his limitations as
a historian. lie was quite off with the
old methods and not quite on with the
new The older historian was avowedly
partisan. The modern historian means to
be scientific ana impartial. Froude was
not scientific nor careful for exactness Of
statement, but while he profcssed indiffer-
entism his beat was really polemical, and
though it was never quite certain what
point of view he would assume he gener-
ally assumed it first and wrote to sustain it.
But he was modern historian in this
that he wrote with literary charm and
made history interesting. In this respect
at least he was n leader. And he had one
extraordinary talent-he was u brilliant
biographcr. His portraits may not always
DO true, but they arc always strong and
vivid and full of life, the work of great
literary artist.-Philadelph Times.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-20
BIG, LITTLE AND ODD PAPERS.
One Is Eight Feet by Six Feet and An
other Is Only -Four Inches Square.

One Is Eight Feet by Six Feet and An
other Is Only Four Inches square.
Curious newspapers by themselves form
readable chapter in the history of jour
nalism. The London Press News men
tons the following samples:
Tho largest paper ever published WAS,
or is, for the promoters have the prepOs
ferrous intention OF bringing it out once
every century, The Illustrated Quadruple
Constellation.
The first number came out in 1858; con
soquently No : is due 1858. 1t measured
by feet; price, , shillings. The first
number did not contain "a single advertise
ment.
The smallest newspaper in tho world Il
El Tolegrama, published in Mexico, ex-
actly A. inches square.
In Japan The Shi Clio Shuo Dan Kwai
Zasshi is printed with its sheets or leaves
of different colors.
The title is printed on white paper. The
inside leaves are printed on various bright
ly coiorod-grecn, orange and yellow. 1t
is not printed on both sides, but each sheet
is folded at the fore edge, not at the back,
as in this country, and the printing is
done ON tho first and fourth pages 1t Is
about the size of n crown octave pamphlet.
The Austrian Fortnightly Review is q
unique literary publication, in that it has
contributors in almost every land, and
each article is printed in tho native Ian
guage of the writer.
HoIa Focunda is a useful monthly peri
odical for the blind, printed in Edin-
burgh, from the BrGille" type, and all
engaged in its production are blind.
The credit Of having the smallest circu-
lation in the world belongs to The Imperial
Gazette, Berlin, of which two copies are
printed daily. This exclusive publication
is intended for the perusal of the emperor
alono.
In Turin is paper printed with an ink
that becomes luminous in the dark, Sc
that the matter may be read without the
assistance Of artificial light.
At Prince Albert a township in north
west Canada, u weekly newspaper appears
in tho handwriting of its proprietor, who
is also its own editor reporter, printer
and advertising agent. The paper appears
in violet ink from gelatin photograph
and is said to be widely read and Is often
quoted by the printed papers.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-20
Not That Way.

1t was late in the evening, and the young
professor of physiology ought to have
known enough about the human system
and functions of society to have gone
home, but he didn't, or If he did he was
not putting his knowledge to much use.
The girl in the meantime was doing the
best she could under the circumstances.
You see, Miss Frances" he was say
ing as the clock struck IL, IF from any
cause the brain is unduly stimulated,
whether by emotion, thought or external
impressions on the one hand, or by the
acceleration of the blood current and in
creased blood supply through the cerebral
vessels, then the supervention of sleep
will be delayed and possibly prevented for
a prolonged period"
p YES" she responded, with feeling,
"but you see mine isn't that way. DE
troit Free Press.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-20
The DuNe's Offer.

Persons who are envious of those whon
they are pleased to call the fortunate rare
ly count the cost of success. Apropos of
this, an amusing story is told of General
Lefevre, duke of Dantzic. One day ths
general had visit from friend of his
youth, who commented, not without feel
ings of envy, on the dignities and riches
which the duke, who was born in peas
ants cottage, had acquired in many hat>
ties and by his faithful services.
"Oh, l am prepared, was the rejoinder>
Ito hand them over to you at the very
price l paid for them. We will proceed
together into my garden. There you shah
walk up and down for the space of half an
hour while l command company of in
fantry to fire on you. There were more in
my case, but you shall have the benefit Of
altered circumstances. If you are not shot
in 80 minutes, all that is mine shall be
yours. '-Philadelphia Times.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-20
\ COLD DECK OR The JlMIAMs
Ths Problem Puts a Player TO Sleep In q
Queer Game of Casino.

"A certain famous flshinQ club oave n
banquet quite recently, at which many Of
the guests were of international promi-
nonoe," said Lester Cady of Philadelnbis
TO reporter. Among them were three
or four generations of less notoriety, and
who drank more of the toasts than they
spoke TO. When the feast was over and
the intellectual pyrotechnics had SCARED.
spiuttered and gone out, two of these in
dlviduals fell into an argument respecting
their skill at cards, and both eloquently
expatiated upon their superior skill at Ca
sino.
Their friends, to humor them, and, as
1t turned out, to have some fun with
them, suggested game to settle the con.
tention, and both assentcd to the PROPOSE.
ton with much satisfaction. They also
thought it good thing to steady their
nerves before the combat with generous
bumpers of tho strongest tea punch over
concocted. After an IL course dinner,
with the appropriate liquids and dozen
toasts, with their accompanying wetness,
tea punch is calculated to make men wuZ-
zy to superlative degree, and the COM
blnation worked as usual in the case of
the players. They began the game with u
splendid assumption of sober gravity and
proceeded with labored care and dignity.
When the cards had been pretty well dealt
out, wag in the unlocking party slipped
is extra cards on the deck. Neither play
er noticed it, but the dealer continued to
serve four cards to his opponent and him
self
Again the deck was added to without
discovery, and at last eight tens of dia-
monds were placed on it, The dealer who
had been growing moro and moro hopeless,
and whose eyes were blinking, rapidly
dealt the cards. His opponent and him
self skinned their hands over together.
The player opposite the deck rubbed his
eyes and his forehead. heavod Il deep sigh
and laid his hand, face down, on the table.
The dealer gazcd at his and seemed lost
in thought His eyes stared at right an
giles across his nose.
II made, he hiccoughcd, 70 big cash
liner twish already, III shwear, an heresh
TO- mo-. Itch either or cole deck er the
jimjamsh.'
Then he toppled over and went to sleep
before he could decide the important ques.
ton. Washington star.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-20
Love VIII Find a Way.

A friend of mine out in Omaha has a
daughter, and that daughter has among
other girlish trinkets sweetheart who is
rendered doubly dear to her by the fact
that her parents have forbidden her to see
him. He is, TO be sure, n very common
place person, but no girl can resist man
her parents have forbidden her to see, you
know. This particular girl is in Wash
ington now, for safe keeping, in a private
school, where incoming and outgoing let
ters are read by a stern faced teacher.
went to see her the other day just after
the mail was in. She had received letter
from schoolgirl friend in Omaha, and
there wasn't noun or pronoun of the
masculine gender in the whole of it. The
girl read it demurely and showed it to me.
Then we went to her room The door was
no sooner closed than she flew to her curl
ing tongs, heated them, held them close
to the written sheet and read with delight
the yellow letters in masculine hand
which appeared between the lines and
faded again as the paper cooled The
moral of this is that love will find way,
and so long as chloride of copper in solu-
ton is to be had l advise every keeper of
girls school to toast all letters well be-
fore she delivers them. -Washington Post
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-20
THE IRISH scHoOLMAsTeR.
Many Stories Told of Him In Regions
Where He Prevailed.

In the days when teachers were few and
far between an old fashioned Irish school
master went the rounds from district to
dist let OF him many stories are still
told in the regions through which he trav
eled. He did an excellent work on the
whole and trained in the three RS" many
men who afterward became prominent in
public life but this broad Irish accent
was the occasion of many laughable scenes
between him and his pupils.
On one occasion the master examined
his school from the spelling book before
the committeeman. He always called the
boys by their last names, pronouncing
their Christian names last, as in a roll
call.
Brown, Payterp' the master shouted.
Peter Brown stepped forth tremblingly.
"Phat is the pleyrul of the wurrud
'futS'"
Peter had no knowledge Of any such
word as 'fut," but he answered at random
"Futsl'
wrong 20 aire' Numbered the mas.
ter. 1.-The plyural of fut' is fate Sit
down. Bill, Jeems, shtand Opt"
James Bell rose.
"Diifoine the wurrud lake. "
"A lake is large body of water"
"Blockheads ye all aire the day." shout
ed the master angrily. "Shure, then, wud-
dent yer own sinse till ye that a lake is
hole in booklet o. wather? Mkt by
Dooly, Moichael!"
Michael Dooley stepped up with conf
dent and somewhat roguish CLEAN in his
gray eyes. He was the son of recent set
tier of the schoolmaster's nationality.
The master quickly perceived the know
ing look in the boys eye.
IAN whoy do We LUX at me wud the car
ner o. yer OF, Dooly, Moichael?" he ex-
claimed. us it that ye think I'd be put
tin ye wurrud in the Oirish languagef
It's a brogue We suspect me af, is it?'
Michael freckled features betrayed q
grin, though he tried to suppress it by
keeping his lips shut together very tightly
indeed.
"Faix, ye shall have utp' said the
schoolmaster. spill and defoine me
bhfeiteambnuibh
This real word from the Irish language,
which means "trangressions, was toe
much even for the special knowledge OF
the bright Irish-American boy, and boo
ly, Moichael' went down with the rest.
The committeeman were convinced that
they had schoolmaster of wonderful
erudition and capacity. Scottish Ameri-
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-20
sympathetic Butter.

"Mr. Green" said q venerable negro,
entering the store of the village grocer and
provision dealer one morning, here
some butter my missus made, an ] done
toted it in to see If yo'd hab de opp'tunity
to sell 1t, sab"
Good butter, is it?" said the store
keeper as he took the package.
"Yas, sab, prime butter" responded the
old darby, "on'y I'ze feared 1t mought
"a melted jess bit on de way"
"Oh, / guess not" said the grocer.
"This is pretty Good morning."
"Yas, sab, - said the darky, wiping his
face with his big handkerchief, dis am "A
mighty pleasant, cool mawnin, but yo' see
/ toted 1t down here poorly fast. Youth S
Companion.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-20
Proverbs Rough on Women.

A proverb is defined by the learned DR..
Ray as IAN instructive sentence or com
mont and pithy saying in which more is
generally designed than expressed famous
for its popularity and elegance and there
fore adopted by the learned as well as the
vulgar, by which It's distingui she'd au-
thority." A large majority Of proverbs
arc Of a satirical character and are leveled
against women. We find, curiously enough,
that the severest reflections upon the fem
inine sex emanate from those nations
which have the reputation of being par
ticularly gallant, notably the Spanish,
Portuguese and Italian. Widows are in
variably made the butt of ridicule, wives
are dismissed with scant courtesy, and
maidens are treated by provcrb makers as
though they were worthy of constant sus-
picion only.
A spaniel, a woman and q walnut tree
The more they re beaten the better still they II
be.
He that marries a widow and three
children maTrics four thieves"
''He that loseth his wife and n farthing
hath a great loss of his fdrthing"
"A dead wife is the best goods in a
mans house"
wedding and wintering lame both
man and beast.
lit is good TO marry late or never -
Philadelphia Press.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-20
THE CIGARETTE SMOKER.
One Man Who Has Something to Say Ira
Defense of the Habit.

One Man Who Has something To say Ira
Defense of the Habit.
Smoking cigarettes dangerous on 40
count of flres?'" said one of the group.
"Why not step on every cigarette you
throw on the ground? That's what do
and ! never throw away match while IL,
is burning"
''Yes, but the careless mann"
"Oh, the careless man will manage to.
burn things down whether he smokes or
not l smoke cigarettes in bed, and I've
never so much as burned hole in sheet
or scorched a pillowcase.
But you probably will make up for
that by burning up whole block some.
time"
''Well I've been smoking in bed for
10 years and haven't had any accidents"
Don't you get carelcss?'
Not bit. ] put out cigarette before
let it go out of my hand. Then, as an
additional precaution, throw it into a
cuspidor which has water in it.
Aren't you afraid of falling asleep
some time with lighted cigarette in your
hand?'
IF / were sleepy, l shouldn't have "a.
lighted cigarette in bed With Ine. l smoke
them because l suffer from sleeplessness~
When am smoking in bed, nothing less
than opium would put me TO sleep"
"Doesn smoking cigarettes cause your
sleeplossnoscf'
II don't think SO. l suffered from it
long before / ever smoked them. l got
into the habit of smoking them in bed be-
cause found that they helped 20 keep me
from getting extremely nervous. If you
have never suffered from insomnia, You
don't know what a torturing infliction tho
nervousness which accompanies it is. -
"Well" said one of the group, IF you
smoke cigarettes in bed, l am willing to
bet that you are not "a married man."
"You are right" said the cigarette
smoker THAT is one thing am willing
to admit Now York Tribune.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-20
The Eggs q Grasshopper Laws.

Na tow many eggs does grasshopper lay?
sa;s"nihed, according to the Caliph Omar,
tS"' when these insects fell upon him,
w v""v nc could read upon their wings the
We vo' us we are the legions of God, and
d. Nv 9ear % eggs. When we produce hun
nav" n.y. we shall devour the world" In a
S'per read before the Paris Academy Of
MSsnces, M. Kunckel 'Herculai says that
tbo "'a anmed was wrong in supposing that
al,I .ooust laid exactly 90 eggs at time,
10 i !. no was quite right in attributing
and. extraordinary fecundity. M. Kunckel
msn, 'nat one OF these insects will lay as
seoscu as from 500 to 900 eggs during n
a season Of from 10 to II months. He points
~. ~. mat If the French government wish to
s ,S I'D Of the locust plague il is particu.
fo,.s advisable to kill the insects Just be-
London News. -"