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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-05
A LAWYERS Retort.

Judge Campbell tells story about
the cross examination of bad tempered
female in his court. She was an anna
zonian person. Her husband, obviously
the weaker vessel, sat sheepishly listen
ing The opposing attorney pressed q
certain question rather urgently, ana
she said angrily: "You needn't thihk
TO catch me. You tried that once De.
FORE" The lawyer said. MADAME, ]
have not the slightest desire to eaten
you, and your husband looks as IL ne
was sorry he did. "-Exchange.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-05
A CRITIC CORRECTED.

He Was on the Right Track, but Did Not
Go Far Enough.
1t had been very bad attempt at au-
thorship, and the actor who had made
the venture into literature was sensible
enough not to quarrel with the unfavor-
able verdict OF the audience. 1t was
hard to admit that his genius was at
fault, but he did so with a good grace
and without reservation.
"I-er-I suppose you saw that COM
edy of miner" he was saying to a friend.
Eyes, l saw it. ;"
Gin looking over the house / was
forced to the conclusion that a great
many people were missing it, and was
afraid you might be one of them"
''No. / staid till the very end"
''It wasn't very hilarious occasion,
was it?'
'Not very, I must admit. 1t may be
that I didn't catch the spirit of the
thing. / hear so much about the density
of audiences that I suspect it was due
to my own lack of appreciation that I
couldn't get enthusiastic. But some of
it was undoubtedly your fault. You
misled me.
"How?"
"You told me it was going to be a
funny play.
"That's what get for trying to be a
prophet. was sure it had all the symp.
toms when l started in with it. re-
garded it as masterpiece Of efferves'
cent hilarity."
"You were wrong That was the great
difficulty with the piece-it was toe
somber You must pardon my frank
ness, but that performance was positive
ly gloomy"
my boy. you don't speak advisedly
Your comment may be justified by your
point of view, but it doesn't cover th'
ground.
81 had one of the best seats in TIT
| house.
''But you should have been with me
up ON the stage, where you could watcl
the audience. Then you would realiz
that gloomy isn't the word. 1t was Sc
| pulchral. Exchange.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-05
an Extraordinary Woman.

DR.. Abernethy, the famous Scotch
surgeon, was man Of few words, but
once he met his match-in woman.
She called at his Office in Edinburgh
one day and showed hand, badly in
famed and swollen, when the following
dialogue, opened by the doctor, took
place:
'Burn?'
"Bruise."
"Poultice.
The next day the woman called again,
and the dialogue was as follows:
"Better?"
"Worse.
"More poultice.
Two days later the woman made an
other call, and this conversation oc-
Cured:
Better
swell. Fee?'
Nothing" exclaimed the doctor.
"Most sensible woman l ever met. -
New York Mail and Express.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-05


o. Patrick's Benevolent society OF
hancock, ia preparing to give a ball at
o. fatrick's Hall on the evening OF Jan
uary ~. This is the first affair OF the
A'ao this society has given for years and
@ior the purpose OF adding to the treas
ury' which has been depleted OF late by
numerous sick benefits. The society
), and maintains the hall called after
IT, IL. While the hall pays for itself it does
niue more and as the members of the
.oc'ety advance in age the calls on the
aeasury have been more frequent and a
u'ue't Is to be met. The members OF the
.Vc'ety hope and have reason to expect
~, uaa' tne citizens OF Hancock will respond
.oetally in subscriptions for tickets to
,'e'r nrst ball Of years. More particu-
.a's OF the affair will be given when the
arrangements are completed.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-05
The Proposed Library
Meeting With Big
Success.
The noushton Council Makes
osa Free Room I'm the CiiS
ua,,-severai Other Donations
Also Made.

Tho ladies OF Hougbton and Hancock
corning the Wednesday afternoon eluo'
~ conceived the idea OF forming
' %uo to be established on Portage
Lake. were greatly encouraged by the
"o.oss Of the preliminary meeting held
st The parlors OF the Douglass House yes
.s,dav afternoon, Twenty-Five ladies'
I'D gentlemen attended, and about 700
Gas s subscribed by the joining OF twenty
,our members and gifts from two or
,bree persons, and in addition several
gentlemen, not PRESENT at the meeting,
have promised to donate number of
volumes each.
The matter of room for the new
library was settled by an offer by the
Houpbton council, rent free with heat
and lights, OF room in the city hall.
This removes an item OF expense that
,,oubled somewhat the proprietors OF
the infant library.
The meeting elected Mrs. A. r. Gray.
Mrs. George II. Nichols and Miss May
pope as members OF the executive COM
mittee. to act with the officers already
cbosen. This committee will meet to-
morrow to appoint book committee,
which later will have charge OF the. selec-
tion Of books, it having been decided
that the outlook was so favorable that
the purchase of as many books as the
iunds allowed should follow immediately.
The new library is to be called the
County Library. The ladies who are in
terested thus far have worked industri-
ously and will work hard for it's success,
and 80 worthy an object should be coun-
tenanced by the business men OF both
towns as a good thing for thecommunity
and should receive the support, as lar at
least as membership is concerned, oil
every family that has growing children
interested in good books. The matter oil
a membership is asmallltem; ridiculously
small when the benefit and OF access to
large number OF books il the result Of
taking out one,
1t is hoped that by March 1 as many
volumes as the funds will allow will bt
installed in the room in the city hal
building In the mean time when thu
institution is in it's beginning a member
ship taken out by anyone will count FOL
much more than after its success is as
sured. 1t ia an institution that will b'
Of benefit to the members at the very
start and continue OF benefit as it grows
but aid now will be greatly appreciated
by the projectors and all lovers OF book
and those who desire to have their fami
lies have access to good reading shoult
rally to it's support.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-05
A Cyclists Wants.

Customer see that you advertise to
supply cyclists with necessary parts to
replace those lost or damaged by acct
dent.
Cycle Dealer-Yes, sir.
Customer (taking out his list)-Well,
please give me two fingers and thumb
for gentleman of 80, decent sort or
a nose for girl of 10, left leg for my
mother-in-law, two right and three left
ribs for myself, and please just send a
man up and measure my wife for a
broken neck. She hasn't got it yet, but
she's getting there. Pearson Weekly.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-05

The Boston Stock Exchange had n
royal lot OF fun with huge Christmas
tree Thursday morning. Harry Gay,
one OF the youngest and cleverest mem
bers, was Santa Claus, and in presenting
the gifts, which were absurdly approp-
rate, made witty little speeches, which
brought out prolonged roar all around.
Rollins Morse, that pink Of dapperness
and good grooming, whom all New York
knows so well, president of the Somerset
club and ex-presdent OF the exchange,
mad Tor his present a bottle of cologne
to make him still sweeter,' Charlie
Head and Charlie Sweet, two of the
smallest members OF the board. had. one
apalr OF stills, upon which he at once c.
sayed to walk, and the other baby
chair. Ned Hodges, one OF the park
commissioners, had pick-axe, with a
charge to go to work. Col. Henry Hig.
g'nSon had toy symphony; Percy Will,
nams auburn-covered head brought him
ahttle white horse, and q bottle OF Elixir
o' Youth was handed to one OF the ven.
cradle bald pates, and 80 on indefinitely
IL was a big occasion for the Jolly
BOARD. Town Topics,
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-05
Dronplng the "H..

The fine old English custom or dis
carding the initial "h" is said TO be 60
ing out Of use Some writers are in
dulging in "reminiscences Of men to
whose conversation it gave picturesque
ness
At the celebrated election in 1865, at
which Mr. Gladstone lost his seat for
Oxford university, his opponent was
Mr. Hardy. The practice then-and,
for aught to the contrary, it may be so
still at contested electiOn-was for
each elector TO record his vote by word
of mouth before tellers for each party
sitting in the convocation house or some
other suitable place OF meeting. The
late Professor Henry Smith was acting
as teller for Mr.. Gladstone, when an
uncouth country parson entered, and to
the usual question for whom he wished
to record his vote replied in confusion,
"I vote for Mr.. Glad-I mean for
| 'Ardy." 81 claim that VOTE" quietly
put in Professor Henry Smith. "No,
no, " protested the old clergyman, 81 did
| not finish the name. " "You didn't even
begin the other" was the professor s
dry retort.
| A story is told of an eminent legal
practitioner who was afflicted with a
similar difficulty in pronouncing his
aspirates many years ago. He had a
particular dislike to late learned lord
| chancellor who had published book
upon hymns. Upon seeing his rival en-
ter the court on one occasion he was
heard to mutter, "Ere e comes, 'um.
ming us 'ymns; oily old 'umbug, 'ow
| do ate 'imr'-New York Journal.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-05

The funeral of Mrs. Bat Shea from CAL
umet passed through Hancock about
noon yesterday to Forest Hill cemetery,
HoLghton. The cortege was an unusu-
ally large onS friends from here haying
joined it all along the route from Calu-
met. The end OF the procession was just
passing thecorner OF Hancock and Reser-
walton streets when the head had crossed
the bridge and was in Houghton.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-05

same Issue headed "a Land OF Plenty"
says, I'm every way does this section
(the copper country show evidence of
progress except in it's newspapers" The
proprietors OF the copper country jour
mails are described by the Citizen as "set
OF tin horns" This is very good from
sheet which at 60 cents year cannot
command support enough in it's home
town TO keep il from going outside the
State TO fake.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-05
Bonny Bobby ShaftO.

An early version will be found in
Bells "Rhymes of Northern Bards, J."
page 2S3, and Sir @. Sharp's Bishop
rick Garland, page 81. The latter runs
as follows:
Bobby Shafto's gone to sea.
Silver buckles at his knee.
He'll come back and marry me.
Bonny Bobby Shafto.
Bobby Shafto's bright and fair,
Combing down his yellow hair.
He's my ain for evermair,
Bonny Bobby Shafto.
According to Sir G. Sharp, the song
was used for electioneering purposes in
1851, when Robert Shafto Of Whit
worth, ESQ, was the favorite candi-
date and was popularity called "Bonny
Bobby Shafto." His portrait at Whit
worth represented him as very young
and very handsome and with yellow
hair. Miss Bellasyse. the heiress OF
Brancepeth, is said to have died for
love Of him. Notes and Queries.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-05
Cheerful People.

One is always refreshed by the pres
ence of cheerful people. The thought
ought to teach us salutary lesson to
be always cheerful ourselves. The
CHEEKY person, who has pleasant smile
for all, genial word for every ac-
quaintance, happy expression for the
world, is the person whose companion
ship is sought. whose presence is indis'
pensable at party or dinner and whose
absence is always noted Exchange.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-05
The Songs of the Navsjoes.

With the photograph we may note
down what is exactly the musical Sc.
uuence in original songs. In "The Land
of Sunshine" is an article entitled
"Songs of the Navajoes, and there are
notes of the music, as recorded on the
photographic cylinders, accurately scor-
ed. Mr. John Comfort Fillmore writes:
From the standpoint of the scientific
student of folk song, all these Navajo
songs which have had the opportunity
to study are extremely interesting. This
interest too, is of several different
kinds. The Navajoes, like all other max
ers of folk music, use their songs as a
medium of poetic and emotional express
sion, and it is very interesting to note
the quality of melody they employ for
this purpose. One may note the range
and kind of intervals, the kind OF rhythm
and meter and the quality OF tone
which these people find appropriate to
the expression of certain ideas and feel
ings in song. A comparison of the Ma
vajo songs in these particulars with the
corresponding songs Of other tribes and
races would be q most interesting eth
biological study, especially as the inner
most life of all our aboriginal tribes is
embodied in their music. So far as
know, all their prayers and expressions
of religious feeling find outlet in song.
So do all the deeper social emotions.
and the historical records Of the tribes,
the traditions of noble deeds, the memo
ries of good and bad fortunes received
at the hands of the gods. all are record.
ed and handed down in the songs Of
the various societies.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-05

."e west Superior Citizen has come
~ win Its "write-up" OF the copper
s o,s and 1t proves to be one Of the
vu 'aml''ar kind which no one reads. bat
s. S'e whose leg was pulled for mention,
49, suu 'ney only to see how badly the mod
~ events Of their lives have been twist
:" 'ne telling. An editorial IN the
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-05

Beds are quite an innovation in hus'
STA, and many well to do houses are .
still unprovided with them. Peasants
sleep ON the top of their ovens. Middle
class people and servants roll them
selves MP in the sheepskins and lie down
near the stoves. Soldiers rest upon
wooden cots without bedding, and IL Is
only within the last few years that stu
dents in schools have been allowed peds'
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-05
One Letter Missing.

In an advertisement Of railway
company requesting the owners of un-
claimed goods to remove their merchan.
disc the letter "l'' was dropped from
the word "lawful" in the notice, which
ended thus: "Come forward and pay
the awful charges on the same. Pitts
burg Chronicle.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-05
A Pertinent Query.

Deacon Johnson-Do yo' fink 20
kood support NAH daughter eft 20 mar
ried herr
Jim Jackson-Suttingly
Deacon Johnson-Hab yo' ebber seen
her eat3
Jim Jackson-Suttingly.
Deacon Johnson-Hab yo' ebbar seen
her eat when nobody was watchin her'
New York Tribune.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-05

County Clerk Shields was triile aston
ished day or two ago when a caller at
bis office stated that he was William Nc
Kinley and that his business was to get
a certificate OF election. The unfortu-
nate stranger is from Calumet and bis
name is withheld until the outcome OF his
delusion appears.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-05

The funeral OF Mrs. Henry SCHNEIDER,
who died Sunday, was held this morning
from st. Josephs church. Deceased was
60 years OF age and one OF the Oldest resi-
dents of Hancock. She leaves husband
and two daughters and three sons.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-05

Many plants close their petals during s
rain or at the approach of night. Some
never reopen, while others expand ON
the following morning or after the
shower has passed and remain in bloom
for several days.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-05
Malice.

81 guess I've found way to take the
conceit out of that amateur actress, +" re-
marked the girl who is not always good
natured.
How did you do itf"
introduced her to an amateur pho
toQrapher who wanted to take her pio-
tura "-Washir tar.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-05

Prussia has had. including the pres
ant king. who is also German emperor,
seven kings. The royal house OF Hohe' :
zollern was established by Frederick
William of Brandenburg in l70l.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-05

The name Agag, mentioned in Jew.
ish history as that Of an Amalekite
king, was used in common by all SOW
ereigns Of that country. la
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-05

Auditor Holthausen, of the Val Blatz
Brewing Co.. of Milwaukee, arrived hire
yesterday and during this visit will deter
mine the future OF the copper country
agency.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-05

There are now five insane persons in
the Jail. Mrs. Shea, OF the Atlantic, hav-
ing been brought down by Deputy Sheriff
Mcnamara yesterday.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-05

For the first Il ne in good many years
the county officials are all OF one politi
cal party.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-05

The SNOWFALL is symbolic Of winter
its name and appearance evidently sug'
costing the idea.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-05

From New York to Alexandria. via
london. REQUIRES Is days. travel.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-05

In California 30 pounds make a bushe!
Of barley; Georgia. Kentucky AND
Pepnsylvsnia, a.; In all the ress' Co.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-05

Letters posted in New York VIII
reaoh the Barbados eight days later.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-05
H. n. TIMETABLES.
In effect December 90. 1895

Daily. : Daily except Sunday.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-05
PASSENGER Trains on 4. & c. R. R.

.Daily. +Daily except Sunday.
Evening journal., 1897-09-02
Miners Go ont In Iown.

Des Moines, Sept. 2.-The threatened
miners strike in this district has cul-
minated. and all miners except about
200 employed in Christy Flint Valley
and Des Moines Coal and Mining COM
panies went out. following the lead Of
the Carhondale miners of several days
ago. 1t was decided by a meeting to
stand by the demand for 81 ton. A
conference committee was appointed to
confer with the operators. About 800
men are out. The operators issued a
statement a few days ago refusing to
grant the price asked by the miners,
and il is reasonably certain they will
not give in. The present price is IS and
so cents, and the operators may grant
IS, with a possibility of going TO 80
cents. The Des Moines district is known
among the miners as Polk county, but
the strike may affect the official Des
Moines district, taking in Adair, Boone,
Dallas, Green, Guthrie, Marion, Polk,
Storey and Webster counties.
Evening journal., 1897-09-02
ro nrnnl, tl,o Nntires In.

London, Sept 2.-The following notice
has been posted in the Bank OF Eng
land:
'"The secretary of state for India, In
council. gives notice that the sale of
bills of exchange on Calcutta, Bombay
ard Madras has been suspended for a
period Of not less than ten weeksH
The government has very little mon
ey in India to draw on. owing 20 the
famine and the plague having render
ed the collection Of taxes slow, and the
present time might be opportune TO ac-
custom the Indians to the use Of gold
instead Of silver. though Il would not
have attempted this had not the scarci-
ty of money arisen
The Daily Telegraph, anticipating the
action of the Indian council, says
THE council may refuse to draw al
together. thus sending exchange up 10
gold point and render possible the es-
tablishment of the gold standard in
India"
The Westminster Gazette, comment
ing on the subject. says
THE decision was altogether uReX-
pected. being the outcome of the finan-
cial situation in India"
Evening journal., 1897-09-02
Weather Predictions.
Showers, with southerly winds.
New York Markets.


FLOUR-state and western quiet. but
firm; city mills. patents. S625d645:
winter patents. S5.25@5.6O: city mills
clears. S5.4OG5.5O; winter stralghts. sis5
as.
wHEAT-No. red opened steadier
and advanced actively on firm cables.
local covering and foreign buying, Sep
tember 96 S-16997ssc.; g. October, $50
96ssc.
RYE-ouiet; No. western, Sc, c. l.
T., Buffalo.
CORN-No. strong and higher on
covering and light offerings; Septem-
ber. 35st d36ssc: October. 36ssd37c.
OATS-No. 2 dun. but stcadier Octo-
ber. 23ssc.; track, white. state. 2iG30c.
PORK-Quiet; mess, $l00l0.75; FAM
lily. Slo.5O@1l.
LARD-Steady; prime western steam,
s5.25G5.SO nominal.
BUTTER-Unsettled state dairy. 10
@17c.; state creamery. 12@1Sisc.
CHEESE-Quiet; large, white. CSC.
small, white. 9Ac.
EGGS-Quiet state aud Pennsyl-
vania. 17lkql9c.; western, 16isc.
sUGAR-Raw firm; fair refining
3HC. centrifugal, 96 test. SAc; refined
firm; crushed. 5ssc; powdered, SIC
TURPENTlNE-Firm at 29A @3Oi5c.
MOLASSES-Flrm; New Orleans 25
oslo.
TALLOw-Firm; city, sizQic.; eoun-
try. 33sQ3i5c.
HAY-Dull: shipping, 45d50c,; good
to choice, s5Q65c.
Evening journal., 1897-09-02
nvy THEY ARE GAME.
The Ticket scalpers win Show Fight
Against tho New Law.

New York, Sept 2-The ticket scalp
ers Of this state who were yesterday
forced out of business 10y the Inaugural
tion of the law which makes the sale OF
a railroad ticket purchased for individ-
ual use a misdeameanor are up In arms
against the new measure and threaten
to have the constitutionality of the act
tested.
Isaac Frank Of the Ticket Brokers'
association today said:
The new law is an outrageous at
tack upon the individual rights of the
ticket sellers and was framed chiefly
for the benefit Of the New York Cen
trail railroad. The eight railroads op-
Grating between here and Chicago are
all members Of the Joint Traffic asso-
citation, and as such It is unnecessary
for them to solicit business or make
concessions Of any kind But the less
important lines, of which there are six,
make or rather made concessions 10 as,
with the result that "A great deal OF
business was diverted from the big
lines, especially the New York Central.
SO the state legislature. the humble
servant Of the railroad. caused the pas
sage of this bill, which Is the greatest
outrage ever perpetrated upon a body
OF business men"
Already, it IS said. money has been
subscribed with which TO make war.
and as the National Association Of
Ticket Scalpers Is a large and powerful
organization Il is thought they viii
make strong fight.
The annual business done here by the
ticket brokers is said TO have been in
the neighborhood OF $1,000 00O
Evening journal., 1897-09-02
standIng of the CIubs.
CONDENSED oIsPAToHEs.

Max Feichterman. laborer, was killed
by the breaking OF a derrick i'm New
York.
Rev T. NJ. Kilahy pastor of St.
Stephens Roman Catholic church,
Brooklyn. is dead.
Tramps are said to have robbed the
drug store of John Pratt In PheniN,
A. T.. and stabbed the proprietor. kill
ing him.
A safe in the Office Of Tax Collector
Davis, Washington was robbed Of SlO,
600 in cash. The police are still seeking
the thieves.
Hugo Eberhardt. reputed son Of a
Chicago lawyer Is confined in a cell
on the cattle steamer Mohican at Bos-
ton as a stowaway
Mary Clark, a waitress, was assault
ed at Savin Rock, Westhaven, by
stephen Jackson. a colored man, who
drowned himself to escape pursuers.
Twenty-four residents of Fairfield
county. S. c.. charged With whipping
and driving out Mormon elders and
their converts. have been bound over
for trial
The wild man OF the pipe road at
Mount Vernon. n. Y. held up the car
riage Of Frank r. Chambers of New
York. but by whipping the horses the
occupants escaped.