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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-09

Portage Lake and Lake Superior Ice
company headquarters at Slattery &
Ryan's. Telephone connections. James
Allen, manager.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-09
Wise Advice.

of you cannot make a friend OF man
in any other way" said the elderly gen.
tleman, "buy him.
by lending him money!" asked the
younger.
Certainly not. by borrowing OF
him. "-Indianapolis Journal
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-09

WANTED-A competent English speak
ing girl to do general homework for
family OF two. Apply to Mrs. Thompson.
1874 Depot street, Hecla.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-09

A well known scientists theory for per
feet physical condition is as follows; NIX
ercise moderately and temperateiy ior
short time at the same relative hour every
day of your life.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-09

Secure a good pocket knife before tariff
advances prices. Big lioe to select from.
at Carlton HARDY ware Co.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-09

The sound of thunder may be heard for
20 or 20 miles: with the ear to the ground,
much farther Lightning Is reflected for
$50 TO 900 miles.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-09

II india rubber bands are put around
bottles carried In a satchel or packed In a
box, they will prevent the bottles from
grinding together and perhaps breaking
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-09

Rice Is the most important Of all Jap
anese crops; the cultivation takes up
more than half of the country's total sur
face of arabic land.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-01-27
Congressional Proceedings.

"WEDNESDAY, Jan. 20.-The time OF the
Senate was largely taken up with an ex-
haustive speech by Mr.. Turpie of Indiana
on the Nicaragua canal bill. He likened
the provisions OF the bill to the case Of bogus
mortgages and to the successful looting Of
credulous people by such means. The OPP
GRAFTON proposed in the pending bill differed
n rom the bogus mortgage case only in the
fact that the canal company on the face OF
the bill, on the face Of the treaty charter
and on the face OF the reports submitted to
the Senate. 1t was admitted that 1t had no
title to the lands which 1t proposed to sur
render, that 1t had no interest in them and
that 1t could not answer for them to
any one. The company asked Congress,
with its eyes open and knowing that the
security was straw, to give 1t 800, 900 .000
guaranteeing repayment by lien on Sc
curities that were utterly without value.
The legislative appropriation bill was
passed. - In the House the Senate bill
authorizing the secretary OF war to issue TO
| telegraph operators in the military service
during the war, or to the representatives Of
deceased operators certificates setting forth
| their term and conditions OF service was
| passed. The contested election case OF
Yost against Tucker from Virginia was
considered and Tucker was seated. Mr..
Hall OF Iowa reported partial agreement
| OF the conferees on the army appropriation
| bill.
THURsDAY.-In the Senate the bill fixing
the terms Of postmasters at four years was
taken up. 80 much opposition to this meas
| ure was developed that 1t was laid aside
without action. The Nicaragua bill was
again discussed, but no final action was
taken. A motion to adjourn till Monday
was defeated by vote of 10 to 26. -
The time Of the House was taken up in fur
Their consideration Of the Virginia contested
| election case. No quorum was present I'M
| til call Of the House was ordered, and the
matter was finally laid on the table.
FRIDAY.-The great event in the Senate
was the speech in favor of the Anglo Amer
lean peace treaty by Mr.. Hoar Of Massachu-
sets. In the course OF his remarks Mr..
Hoar said: II suppose there is no man in
this body who does not hail as one Of the
great events Of the century the conclusion
Of this treaty, strengthening the bonds OF
| friendship between the two English-speak-
ing nations as we'll as the friendship between
the United States and the whole world, and
doing away with the barbarities of war.
But it should not be forgotten that the
| treaty was not an accomplished fact until
the Senate had examined and passed upon
it, While no man Is more DESTROYS than
myself to see the era Of peace on earth and
good will toward men, yet l wish to enter
my protest against the meddling with the
serious duty Of Senators, either by sermons
or Professors lectures" - In the House
bill was passed granting right of way
through the Indian Territory to the Calves
| ton and Grant Northern railroad. The
House also passed over the presidents veto,
| by vote OF 145 to 68, the bill to establish q
new lewiston of the eastern judicial district
| of Texas.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-01-27
BETTING IN ENGLAND.
How Those Who Cannot Attend the Races
Lay Their Money.

The great majority of people cannot at
tend race meetings, except once or twice
year, when these take place in the district
in which they reside. But they can bet up
on them none the less to the fullest extent.
The great modern development of betting
has sprung up under what is known as
the Starting price, system. Any one liv-
ing in Birmingham, say, who wishes to
back horse which is running in race at
York, goes to a starting price bookmaker
and deposits his stake, which is the amount
he will lose If the horse runs unsuccessful
ly. If the horse wins, he receives the odds
laid against 1t at the moment of the race
starting, which are accurately reported in
the newspapers. Ninetenths of all the
betting in the country is done in this way,
and the numbers who patronize the system
are enormous. The we'll to do man who bets
In sovereigns communicates with his book
maker by letter, telegraph or telephone, or
perhaps meets him at "a club. The small
bookmakers, who subsist upon the shil-
lings of workingmen, do their business In
the streets, where they are constantly
bounced upon by the police, to be brought
up and fined. The men who do what
might be termed a middle class trade, in
sums ranging from half a crown to half a
sovereign, have agents in various guises.
The hacker hands his shillings perhaps
to restaurant waiter, who conveys it to
"a harmless looking tailor's shop little
way down the street, and the tailors boy
transmits it to the bookmaker wherever
the latter's quiet retreat may be.
The vigorous and we'll intentioned efforts
of public authorities to repress betting
sannot be said to have had, in the aggre-
gate, any very substantial effect. AS fast
as one channel is stopped another ingen-
ious device takes its place, and although
1t may be driven under the surface it's vol
ume is not really diminished 1t can only
be hoped that, as other vices in social his
tory have done, it is only running a tenn
porary course, to become attenuated and
pass away ultimately, like some spent cpl
demic. -Chambers' journal.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-01-27

While most of Menelek's Italian pris-
oners are being harshly treated many
OF them have comparatively easy
time. The wealthy Abyssinian women
insisted that their husbands should take
into their houses those prisoners who
were able to render services that graft
ned their personal vanity, so that hair
cutters, perfume makers, tailors and
shoemakers are very well treated. Queen
Taltou herself set an example in this
respect, and those of the officers and
soldiers capable of using pencil skill
fully live i'll her residence under the
best conditions, being employed in
painting the walls of her new palace
A photographer is making considerable
sums OF money by taking portraits Of
the ladies Of the court. London Letter.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-01-27

many of the most important factories in the
district will have to shut down owing to the
lack of hands.
AT the close Of cabinet meeting at Mad
rid last Wednesday Premier Canovas del
Castillo declared that, although they had
full confidence in the success Of the military
operations in Cuba, the Government was
prepared to grant reforms to that island,
and would submit Decree with that OBJ
ject in view, to the Council OF State
EVERYWHERE in Europe energetic meas
ures are being taken to prevent the intro
duction Of the bubonc plague through YES
sells or cargoes arriving from Indian ports
A dispatch from Bombay states that there
In not the slightest improvement in the sit
uation there. People continue to flee from
the city in large numbers and the absence
OF the laboriDg classes Is severely felt in
every direction.
FIVE hundred insurgents under command
| of Col. Francisco de Paulo dashed into San
Miguel de Padrone, Havana province last
week. The Spanish garrison, consisting OF
600 men, withdrew from the town without
firing shot. The insurgents held possess
sion three hours, looting the stores, public
buildings and many OF the residences, occu-
pied by Spanish families. They captured
| the mayor and forced him to deliver the tax
money in his possession, amounting to
$1,000 After firing the business portion OF
| the town and several private residen ces,
the insurgents withdrew. AS soon as the
insurgents withdrew the inhabitants busted
themselves trying to extinguish the flames
and saving their effects from the burned
buildings. While thus engaged the Span.
ish forces returned, and, 1t is alleged, opened
fire on men. women and children.
PROFESSOR BERGMAN, the distinguished
German surgeon, was called from Berlin tc
st. Petersburg to perform an operation or
the Gar, to prevent the extension OF an
osseous excresence which has appeared II
the region Of the Uranium. This trouble il
due to the blow inflicted by fanatica
Japanese upon the Gar, then the czsrwitch
when be was travelling in Japan in 1891
His majesty was visiting the town Of Ostt
on May II Of that year, when he was max
ing a tour Of the world, and he as set upoI
by the fanatic, who probably would have
inflicted more serious injuries had it no
been for Prince George of Greece, who &C
companied his majesty, and who knocked
the assailant down. This osseous grow tn
which the surgeon will remove has, com
bined with overwork, caused an attack o
vertigo, from which the Gear has suffered
for some time.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-01-27
Domestic.

THIRTEEN fishermen persisted by the ice
breaking up in Green Bay, Wis, recently.
The men were at work ON the ice and
were carried out into the lake. Nothing
has been heard of them since the ice went
to pieces.
The New York board OF health has Off
cially declared tuberculosis an infectious
disease. Hereafter physicians in private
practice and the heads Of hospitals and
other institutions. public and private. will
be required to report all cases of tubercu-
losis TO the health authorities. New cases
must be reported within week after their
diagnosis. 1t is proposed to have a city
sanitarium for the isolation OF certain
cases, which may also be used as a school
to educate those suffering from the NAL
ady
ANTONIO ANGEL who was employed by a
contractor in Greenwich, Conn, placed
frozen,dyamite cartridges near stove in the
kitchen of his dwelling to thaw it, last
Wednesday. Later, his ten-yesr-old boy,
who was playing with one, placed it on the
stove, when it Immediately exploded,
wrecking the house completely, killing the
boy and probably fatally injuring Angelo
and his wife and Giuseppe Ninoll, who
were in the house. Mrs. Angelo had her
clothes completely torn from her body. The
explosion caused the earth TO tremble for
miles.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-01-27
Items Of Interest,

AN old English almanac tells of three
different instances of human life ex-
tending beyond 300 years.
THE first watch ever made by ma
cbinery in the United States was
at Roxbury, NJ 1885,, ia 1850.
GRAMMAR, which knows how to lord
it over kings, and with high hand
makes them obey its laws.-Moliere.
THE very first of the living skele-
tons ever exhibited in modern times
was Frenchman named Claude Seurat,
who was born in 1893.
THE Malay language, spoken in the
south seas, is softer than the Italian,
and is said to be totally unlike any
other known language.
THE football field is called grid
iron because of its shape and mark
ings, and not because the game 80
frequently ends in broil.
HEATING stoves and open CRATES are
to be managed, as far as possible, the
same as furnace. With the stove
there is no trouble, there being plenty of
checks and drafts. The open crate is
not SO well provided,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-01-27
Foreign.

The steamer Salisbury, from Port Reath
to Newport collided last Thursday off Clar-
combe, Devonshire, Eng, sinking the latter
Her crew Of twenty men were drowned
A PANIC exists in Naples and Sicily,
caused by fears that the Indian plague will
be introduced there by steamers arriving
from Indian ports. The residents of Mes
sina have demanded that the steamers from
these ports be prohibited from coaling
there.
THERE is no improvement in the situation
in Bombay. People continue TO flee from
the city in large numbers, and the absence
OF the laboring classes is severely felt in
every direction. The tramway companies
have been compelled to stop the running of
their cars, it not being possible to find men
to operate them. The exodus OF mill oper-
atives continues, and it is expected that
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-01-27

MOZART lived thirty-seven years.
His first mass was composed when he
was less than ten years of age, and the
enormous quantity of his compost
tons was the work of the succeeding
twenty-seven years. Mozart wrote
forty-one symphonies, fifteen masses,
over thirty operas and dramatic COM
positions, forty-one sonatas, together
with an immense mum Der of vocal and
concerted pieces in almost every line
of the art.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-01-27
ESTATE OF WHITMAN G. FERRIN
STATE OF VERMONT,

DISTRIOT OF WARRINGTON, BB.
In Probate Court, held at Montpelier, IN and for
said District. on the 18th day of January D. 1897;
Albert w. Ferrin and Charles II. Perrin, Execu-
tors of the last will and testament Of WHITMAN
G. FERRiN, late Of Montpelier. In said Dis
trict. deceased, present their administration ac-
count for examination and allow ance, and makes
application for decree Of distribution and partition
OF the estate OF said deceased Whereupon II is
ordered by said curt, ths said account and said ap
plication be refeTJ' u session thereof to be held
at the Probate ONCE, In said Montpelier. on the 9Th
day Of February, A D. 1897 for hearing and decision
thereon: And, 1t Is further ordered, that no.
publication of the three weeks successively In
the Vermont Waterman d State Journal, a newspaper
pointed for hearing, that they may. appear at said
time ana place ana snow cause, II any they may
such decree made.
BY the Court.-Attest,
1888 HIRAM CARLETON. Judge.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-01-27

In Mexico are found ruins of an
cient Aztec teocallis, or goods houses"
some of which are thousands of years
old. One of these, near Cholula, is in
the form of a truncated pyramid, Each
side of the base of this pyramid is 1923
feet, which is twice the length of the
great pyramid of Egypt. The height
of this Mexican wonder is 1T feet,
and its base covers an area of forty
four acres.-St. Louis Republic.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-01-27
Doom of the Derby.

The derby hat is ii thing Of the past.
Time was when no set respecting race
goer thought Of presenting himself uLon
the EPSON doWus MNLoLt i White hat
and green veil But t!As state of
things eXls,s 10 ltnl a. Eats we've con-
spicuous eLorSh 1T LGsom at the last
Derby, but tic VAlto Lat as ccnspicu-
Gus mmnly ~ It's absence, while wells
were few and tar between. Boston
Post
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-01-27

When dogs refuse their food, the
chances are Tor Il rain. 1t often happens
that storm is foretold by dogs seeking
long leaved grass and chewing and
swallowing the blades
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-01-27

DIR. RoMANEs places the horse, in
point of intelligence, below the ass and
the elephant. The doctor says intense
fear in the horse corresponds to the
emotion of anger in man, and he char
acterizes it as brief madness.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-01-27

IN all the cities of Arabia, even at
the present day, dried locusts, strung
on threads as dried apples used form
erly to be treated in this country, are
exposed for sale as an article of food.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-01-27

BARNEY LLOYD of Charlestown, w.
Va, is the last surviving member Of
the grand jury which. in 1859, indicted
John Brown for invasion and melting
instruction.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-01-27
ION + MANS
MIN Ute
COUGH CURE

cures quickly. That 10 what 1t was
made for. Prompt, safe, sure, quick
relief, quick cure. Pleasant to take.
Children like it and adults like IL.
Mothers buy it for their children.
Prepared by e. Q. Dewitt 4 Co., makers OF
Qe Wits Little Early Rissrs, the famous
Voele pills
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-01-27

COVERED WITH HIVES" Ny little
girl had the hives and was completely
covered with them. My wife wanted to
consult physician, but lady told her
to get bottle of Hoods Sarsaparilla.
We did so, and also bottle of Hoods
Pills and these medicines cured her.
The hives entirely disappeared. p
Henry Smith, Fair Haven, Vt.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-01-27

THE crown of Rudolph III. chiefly re-
markabe for the lavishness with which
it is adorned with uncut diamonds and
other jewels, is preserved in the i'm
perial treasure house at Vienna.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-01-27

HUNDREDS of precious little ones owe
their lives to DIR. Thomas Eclectrc Oil,
the sovereign cure for Group and all other
throat and lung diseases.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-01-27

PURE blood and a good digestion are an
insurance against disease and suffering.
Burdock Blood Btters keeps the blood
pure, the digestion perfect.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-01-27

To nail in position 1000 feet of
flooring thirty-eight pounds of ten
penny nails are required.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-01-27

The insurance of buildings against
fire loss was practiced in Rome in the
time Of Augustus.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-03-25
Postmasters to Hold Four Years.

WASHINGTON, March 15.--Post-
ter-General Gary made the def
mite announcement to-day that the
administration, after due delibera-
tion, has decided to adhere to the
four-year tenure of Office, policy for
all postmasters. He stated that OK.
cept in q few cases where removal
for cause was required on account
of delinquency, incompetency, or
other instances of unsatisfactory
conduct or administration of the Of
fee all postmasters, fourth class as
well as those of Presidential ap.
pointment, would be allowed to
serve out term of four years. This
official statement Of policy, one of
the most important 80 far determin-
ed upon by the administration. has
been awaited with great interest by
the entire corps of postmasters, and
by the patrons of 7O,675 postoffices
throughout the country.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-03-25
Conductor Wofkels Narrow ESCAPE

Andy Wolfkiel, the veteran and ef-
ficient conductor on S. Il L. mail,
made narrow escape from serious
injury if not death, near Beaver.
town, last Wednesday afternoon.
Andy's train had run onto the siding
to allow a double header to pass,
and while standing on the lower
steps of the smoking car an individ-
ual who had been indulging excess
lively in strong dring staggered out
OF the car and down the steps,
humping Mr.. WoIikiel with such
force as to almost knock him off the
car against the fast-running freight.
Fortunately he succeeded in grasp
ing the guard railing and thus saw
ing himself from what might have
been sure death. 1t is unnecessary
to state that Mr.. w. hustled the in
ebriate back in to the car with more
speed than he had emerged from it.
-Le,oisto,on Free Press.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-03-25
Something to Consider.

You are weak, sick. out of health.
You have tried local doctors. Did
you ever stop to think that it is the
great specialists in your disease who
can cure you, the physician who
can cure you, the physician who
treats and cures thousands of cases
like yours7 DR.. Greene, 35 West
14th st., New York City, is the most
successful Of all specialists and has
the largest practice in the world.
You can consult him free. Write to
him without delay'and he will ex.
plain by letter your case fully. This
will cost you nothing and doubtless
lead to your cure.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-03-25
Good Suggestions.

People shouldn't growl because a
newspaper fails to have every scrap
OF news so long as you take no trou.
bic to give the information. We
have heard of readers who have
been awfully put out because no
note is made of the arrival or de-
parture of friends visiting them, OF
Of social affairs of Heaven sent
babies that visit their home during
the night. The average newspaper
man isn't mediu m nor mind read
er, but must depend upon those
who have scrap of information to
give to hin.-Rida,Day Star.