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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-07
An English Criticism.

In most cases Europeans comment with
intelligence and discrimination upon the
gastronomic achievements of Americans.
Now and again, however, a foreign writer
on this topic displays malevolence and ig
norance worthy of critic of 80 years ago.
In recent issue of an English journal
contributor, in writing of the American
cuisine, opens the subject with the remark
that, next TO air, ice water is the staple
American food. He says that until quite
recently there was strong feeling against
the use of wine spirits or beer at meals.
He cites the case of an Englishman who
was ostracizcd at fashionable watering
place or summer resort because he drank
a bottle of beer at luncheon. OF our meats
the writer says that they are coarse in
grain, insipid in flavor, usually tough ard
invariably served half raw. He confesses,
however that his experience was mainly
confined to hotels and restaurants He
praises Philadelphia squads on toast, hut
denounces Little Neck clans as composed
of rather sckly gristle. OF our fish he ap
proves of bluefish as superior to I'll others
Our salmon he does not regard with ap
probation.
OF our dinners he has poor opinion,
with the exception of the sweets. He
thinks we excel in those because they go
well with our favorite beverage, ice water
He says that We like strong favors; our
sweets are sweeter than elsewhere, our salt
fish saltier. and our picked food more re
morsclessly picked He asserts that we
serve apple fritters between the roast and
entree, and that the service Of an Ameri
can meal is modelled upon that of the
quick lunch, where the maximum of food
is stuffed into the stomach in the mini
mum of minutes. He illustrates this by
citing the case of young man who, at a
quick lunch has served to him ut the same
moment "soup. fish, three meats, four
vegetables, two solids, two sweets, fruit.
ice cream, ice water, coffee. sugar cream,
cruets, jug Of spoons and worcestershire
sauce" Our one meal to which he accords
praise is breakfast. This he pronounces
magnificent. but it is indigestion
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-07
Only q Little Playful.

"He amt vicious, stranger, and ain I
got a single mean trait.
So SPOKE the owner of the mustang to
the tenderfoot who was sojourning in the
hills of southwestern Missouri.
You just get on and try him, and If
you don't like him don't buy him. He
may be bit spry and playful, but that 5
cause he's been I'm the stable over week. ?"
The tenderfoot sprang to the saddle, and
what happened thereafter he only dimly
remembered The horse reared; then he
came down on all tours, with his legs as
stiff us sawhorse, Having repeated this
operation half dozen times, he sprang
forward and covered a good section of the
county at n 2;0l gait, with no running
mate either He reared. leaped, plunged
and finally made his way back to the
starting point. made as If to roll over and
then dived for the stable door, leaving the
horseman dazed, dumb and limp in bush
near the roadside The owner helped the
would be purchaser to his feet, straight.
ened him out and damned his battered hat
on his head
What kind-kind of horse do you
call thats'' gasped the tenderfoot
"Shol He's all right Been In the sta
BILE week. that's all Feels n bit playful
But he has a right nice gait What do you
think OF that single foot OF his'n De
troit Free Press.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-07
Business Foresight.

The man talking was from Boston in
New York on business involving a real
estate deal.
"When l began this business ten years
ago, he was saying, 81 didn't know as
much as do now. Neither did know rs
much as would suggest to me the propri-
ETY. of going In when it rained. For in
stance, had got up n big thing in South
Boston, where we have tremendous Irish
population, in the way of suburban prop
critics, and l got company to build n
street car line to it. A rival of mine was
doing something of the same sort in diff
ferent direction, but / knew i could give
him four aces and beat him out of sight
His street car line was half a mile longer
than mine to my property, and the loca-
ton wasn't nearly so good. just the same,
he walloped the everlasting pudding out of
me, If you will excuse a Bostonianism, and
did it in the simplest way possible. You
see, l wasn't thinking and when i ordered
cars for my line l had them painted n
beautiful orange To show how rich our
subdivision was The other chap, guess
to show what kind OF chump was, had
his cars painted glorious green The
Irish did the rest. Il you don't believe IT.,
you want TO go out TO my subdivision some
time when you arc in cur town, If you can
find it, New York sun
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-07
HIS WEDDING FEE.
lster the Transaction Was Fully EN-
planned Maria Was Satisfied.

The wife Of well To do Vermont farm
r called the attention of her husband to "a
newspaper article describing a wedding,
where the groom had compensated the
minister for his services IN farm produce
How ridiculous commented the good
lady
Her husband smiled Ii isn't the ordi
nary thing he remarked but then PEG
pie who live in glass houses mustn throw
stones
What do you mean Jonas Farmer
asked his wife sharply
Well returned Jonas, "when ! mar
ried you paid the minister two pigs and
he gave me 35 cents change And with
that Mr. Farmer burst into laugh, to
the great discomfort of his wife.
We lived with you 30 years, and
never heard that before she said, land
should like 10 know what you mean by 1t.
J believe you re saying that just to hector
me
No. M'ri," answered her spouse when
his mrth had somewhat subsidized IN
tell you how il happened
You know ! had been running the
farm for father before we were married,
and Parson sitcadman, who married us,
had just come 10 town He wanted a cou-
Pile of pigs and came over to our place TO
get them ] was gone. but the hired man
sold them TO him by weight and they
amounted 10 just $l0.35
PEARSON Steadman told the man that
he hadn the money by him. but would
be over again in few days and settle,
and the hired man told him that would be
all right
We'll, wien we were married, l gave
the parson a brand new $40 bill, one that
! had got clean from the bank for that
purpose
Next morning bright and early over
came the rarson to our place. He asked
the hired man if l was at home, and when
] came out he was pretty much surprised
to sec that / was the same man that he
had married the night before He turned
kind of red and looked little queer and
said he had come over to settle for those
two pigs and he took from his pocket
that very $40 bill that l gave him the
night before and 30 cents besides and
handed them to me.
Il burst out laughing, and he looked
kind of sober for minute then he burst
out laughing too
80 If had recognized you as the man
owed for the pigs when you were at my
house last night, he said, i could have
handed you the 35 cents, and we should
have been square.
SO, you see, M'ri, that while we went
through the form of passing the money
back and forth you were practically bought
| for two pigs, minus 30 cents. Youth I
Companion.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-07
Attorney M. J. Sherwood, OF Mar
quette, was in Hancock yesterday.
Electric Waves.

An old friend of mine long ago used to
maintain in my hearing that when we
knew more about electric waves and their
conditions of propagation we should have
q telegraph without wires, simply because
when certain vibrations were sent forth.
they would be received only by correspond
ing sensitive surfaces, and that the great
discovery would simply be a matter of
finding the exact adjustment of waves to
the receiving surface. Now, according to
Mr. Preece, this is what certain Signor
Marconi an Italian experimenter, has
been able to accomplish. He deals with
electric waves vibrating to the tune of
$50, 000, 900 times per second. These waves
behave just as light waves do, and may be
projected into space and reflected and re
fracted after the fashion of light vibra-
tions. Marconi's apparatus was exhibited
by Mr.. Preece, and experiments were shown
by the inventor himself Two boxes were
used, each containing the necessary Gppa
ratus The vibrations produced in one box
affected the receiver in the other box and
rung a bell, for instance, as an evidence of
its effect. The inventor carried the recciv
er about to different parts of the lecture
room, and whenever the sending box emit
ted its vibrations the receiver responded
London Illustrated News.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-07
lie Took TIC E.nt.

Not long ago coed intc WAS played on
a young medical r'an y y tcva In scot.
land which Lad Tie Ci.ett a. ryc, .lig Tim
to the fact th;t Nc iU.," g! iicst K
should bc Lis g.. =. i'~a INC lie
medico fairly Gh Gtd lis tive ia attcn.
ton bctwccn lis l.Iy love and lie "a
tients.
Lattcrly, howc,r &. c'a.i,r;s have lclt
themselves IcaltctC1. H. lv,y love, who
lives IN the neigh ,".n ". no; oroli?irg
the doctors attcnti'rs. K. q wen call
was made IT. ,hci, ,,y 81, 5oGrg nan
was generally To lc iUcLd at tie home of
his inamora,a.
So in the dead Of nigh. some wGggisi,
folk removed the rur.c has, from the sur
gerry door and screwed !! on 10 the from.
gate of the lady : residence.
1t Is not said whether the doctor relshed
the little joke. hut there Is "a marked i'm
provement i'm his attendance to patients
since the occurrence. Scottish Nights.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-07
A WOMAN'S OBSERVATION.
Methods Adopted by Men Who Expecto-
rate In street Cars.

1t was on Georgetown car, coming
down the avenue from the capitol. A styl-
ish young matron and her friend were dis
cussing some subject in n very animated
manner when the young matron, stopping
suddenly, gazed intently at "a well dressed
man sitting opposite her Then she opened
the tiny tablets dn the back of her card
ease and began to jot down something.
"My dear Mrs. A, what on earth are
you doing?" queried her friend. "Have
you taken up literature and given to catch
ing ideas on the fly"
''Oh, dear, no!'' was the laughing re-
joinder Il have new fad. l am making
notes of the various places that a man
finds to spit. Not q desirable fad, but one
that fascinates with it's ugliness and that
Families, l find. Now, that man, speak
ing gravely, as though diagnosing his ca
daver and regardless of the fact that he
could hear perfecly well all that she was
saying, "that man is well dressed and evil
IDENTIFY has some breeding, for he Is
ashamed to spit on the floor of tho car
right in front of us, SO he is making GUS
pidor of the opening in the back of the
seat where the window slides downwhen
opened. Now, that is u perfectly new idea.
yesterday / was on the street line,
and youth who was evidently just learn
ing to chew nearly broke his back trying
to spit between his legs into the grating
under the scat. He gave it up at last and
took the quid out of his mouth and poked
it into his pocket Washington Star.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-07
IN THE EXPRESS OFFICE.
The Timid Young Man Did Not Like the
Loud Voiced Clerk.

He was timid, self conscious young
man and could not get over the idea that
everybody he met was looking for some
thing 10 laugh at In his conduct. 1t made
him blush to carry his big package into
the express office. He was sure that every
body thought il highly ridiculous for
young man of his appearance to be seen
carrying package on the street. He tried
to hide Ii under his overcoat and thereby
called attention to it all the more. He felt
trifle treasured after he got into the Of
fee, for there was crowd of people, and
every one had n package similar TO his
own. There was no danger of his being
laughed at there If he could only do as tho
rest did. But the busy, relentless clerk
spoiled it all. He would insist on speaking
to this young man Ia loud tone of voice
which could be heard by everybody in the
room That was why the young man felt
a disposition to abandon his package and
run when the clerk told him IL was not
addressed properly. Express companies
might hire clerks who would be consider
ate enough not to shout out their custom
ers' plumbers i'm that way. he thought. He
was half minded 10 try another company,
but the thought of having TO face the
crowd on the street again With t'iat pack
age under his arm restrained him. His
troubles did not end however, when he
had remarked his package and presented
himself n second time
Anything brcakablc or any liquid in
thisy" gruffly demanded the clerk. The
timid young man blushed and stammered,
and the clerk had to repeat the question
before the young man managed To say that
the package contained a bottle of wine.
The busy clerk began writing the receipt.
What's the vauey'' he inquired. That
capped the climax. The young man shift
ed from one foot to the other and said
something in an inaudible tone.
WHAT thundered the clerk.
Grown desperate at last, the young man
leaned far over the counter and, putting
his hands to his mouth, whispered, with
tears in his eyes:
cts California wine, since you re
bound to know. And my mother made
me bring it down, and it's going to my
auntie.
Whats the value?' demanded the i'm
patient clerk for third time.
The young man looked fearfully around.
| There was no help for It, He leaned for
ward again and whispered in a choking
| voice that was still audible to erybody
| In line:
Twenty five cents.
And then everybody did laugh.-Baffale
| Express.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-07
WANTS ADMIRALs' CONSENT.
Greek Government Plans to Send a War
ship for Nassos.

Greek Government Plans to Send War
ship for Vassos.
Athens, May 6.-The government Of
Greece is negotiating with the admirals
in command of the fleets of the foreign
powers in Cretan waters for permission
to send Greek warship to the island of
Crete to bring off Colonel Vassos and
the other Greek officers who have been
recalled. The plan is to have Vassos do
some fighting in Thessaly. Crown
Prince Constantine telegraphs that two
Turkish regiments are marching on
Karditza and that the Greek command
er there has asked for achievements.
Volo, May 6.-The Turkish squadron
refuses to leave the Dardanelles to meet
the Greek fleet. Prince George has gone
with a fleet Of torpedo boats to blockade
Salonica and intercept the Turkish re-
Inducements from Smyrna. The Turks
were routed in an engagement near
Nicola.
The Turkish forces made n fierce at
tack Wednesday on the Greek troops
at Velestino, but were repulsed. There
. was heavy losses on both sides. Fight
ing Is proceeding between the opposing
armies at two other points.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-07
Hennes' Store Team
INDUCES in a Run
away
Doing Considerable Damage.
The Reason Given Why the water IL
80 Low I'm Portage Lake This
summer.

The store team OF l.. Hennes X Co.
played star part in a sensational runa-
way yesterday morning. The horses
started from the lake front and ran
around the store and headed east on the
allpy The off horse tried to keep in the
road, but the other having gotten hind
leo over the pole pulled the other way
at every Jump in it's effort to get out OF
it's predicament, so that by the time Stro-
hes corner had been passed the outfit
was headed directly for Weiber's refriger-
ator building. A. j. Ruhl's Office is at
that corner OF the refrigerator and the
team was headed directly for the double
Office window. One horse smashed into
the window, the wagon pole was thrust
lean through the wall and the other
lorse made jump for the doorway to
he left OF the window and the force OF
he sddden stop threw him into a most
wonderful position for horse to attain.
His head was doubled down betwe, his
ront legs and he was so tangled up in
The harness that he was unable to move.
The force of the collision was so great
hat pieces OF the window glass were af-
erward found sticking into the partition
On the other side of the Office. A wire
screen in the window saved the horse
rom being badly cut and both animals
Dor ont of the mess with scratches only.
Mr.. Ruhla and bis brother, John, ensconsed
themsel' es behind the deck, but this
would have been dangerous place had
the team struck the window square, for
the desk stood with it's end to the win
dow and would undoubtedly have been
driven back. The whole thing would
have made splendid view for the cine
matoscope.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-07
Jonah and the Whale

A curious feature OF the controversy over
the story of Jonah and the whale is the
assertion of SO many clergymen that the
Bible nowhere refers to the fish as a whale
whereas IN the twelfth chapter and for
tieth verse of ST Matthew are these words
of Christ. For as Jonas was three days
and three nights IN the whale belly. etc
Doubtless this Is faulty translation, but
such as 1t is, IL must be authoritative for
average readers who do not know the orig
tual
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-07

The steamer j. Fiske, Jr., ran into the
abutment OF the draw bridge last even
ing. She was at the smelling works dock
and swung out with too sharp an angle
to make the opening and struck the pill
ing head on quite hard blow. The CEN
Ger abutment is very strong and was not
apparently injured and the draw swung
all right in few minutes later. The boat
went through and right up the lake, 80
she too evidently escaped any serious in
Jury.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-07
Illinois Grand Army.

Galesburg, Ills, May 6.-The state @.
A. r. encampment was opened with a
reception rendered to II. S. Clarkson.
the national commander. At. / o'clock
the grand parade was formed and UNI
der the direction of Captain T. L. Nc
Cir of Galesburg, chief marshal,
marched over six miles of streets for
hours. A sham battle on Knox college
campus. between companies Of Knox
cadets and Sons Of Veterans. followed.
The first meeting of the q. A. X. was
held Wednesday afternoon.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-07

Pittsburg, May ga. G.. Fontani. who
came here from New York six months
ago and opened an italian savings bank
on Penn avenue has disappeared. The
banking room, which had been fitted up
luxurlously. has been dismantled and the
name removed from the door. The bank
did a large business. the deposits, II Is
claimed. exceeding $4,000 a month.
Twelve warrants for embezzlement
have been sworn out for his arrest.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-07

The steambarge George King with the
l.. Rawson in tow experienced consider
able difficulty in getting into the Entry
yesterday morning Both boats were
light and the wind would swing the con.
sort around so that the tow line would
foul with the piers. The boats made this
port in order to obtain medical attend
ance for sailor who was sick.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-07

The First National Bank OF Hancock
has released from attachment that por-
ton OF the property levied upon in their
suit against r. M. Hoar, decided by the
defendant recently tc Mort r. Hoa".
The transaction was explained to the
plaintiff and it being a perfectly proper
one the bank voluntarily tcok the above
action.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-07
Ona WAY Hind.

You admit you are an impostorf' said
the judge
mo. don't, your honor. I"
"You claimed to be blind, and yet you
have AN unimpaired eyesight
That's true, your honor. but I'm moral
" blind, sir, and not being able to see the
harm in my innocent deception
uSix months aiaculata9 the indor
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-07
Ropemak,ns 1000 Year. n. G.

The name of the first ropemaker and
that of the land in which he practiced his
art have both been lost to history Before
the beginning Of the historical period con
siderable skill had been acquired in that
line Egyptian sculptures prove that the
art was practiced Mt least 1000 years be.
fore the time of Christ
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-07

A local contemporary contains the fol-
lowing:
"A measurement at the bridge pile
shows the water in Portgage Lake is
about FIVE inches lower than usual, The
reason has not been stated"
We give as the opinion OF an old resi-
dent on Lake Superior and Portage
Lake, one who is close observer OF ma
lures laws and who may reasonably be
accepted as a Judge, that the state OF
thing referred to ia due to a smaller
quaint y OF water being in the lake than
usual.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-07

The tug Valerie was towing the barge
James Mowat through Portage River
Wednesday afternoon, when the wind
sheered the latter against one OF the
dredges working on the cut. A hole was
made in the Mowat's bow and she was
brought lack to Croze's shipyard for re-
pairs. She 10 loaded with lnmber.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-07
oue Except,on.

81 am wholly self made man." said
the gentleman with the air of money to
incinerate
They who heard him laughed softly. IL
was common report that the bald area on
the top Of his head was the work Of his
wife. -Cincinnati Enquirer
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-07

This evening occurs the entertainment
by members OF the junior class OF the
Hancock high school at st. Patrick's
Hall. A farce by John Kendrick Bangs,
The Bicyclers," will be presented pro-
ceeded by an interesting program OF
music. Weismlller's orchestra will play
several selections.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-07

The concert given by the Hancock
Choral society Wednesday evening at
the Y. M. C. A. auditorium was well at
tended and lovers and good judges OF
music present speak very highly OF the
performance, both OF the soloists and OF
the choruses.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-07

Mat Knauf, who labors under the idea
that he is Mckinley and who several
times applied to the county clerk for
certificate OF election, was taken by Sher-
III Lean to New berry Wednesday.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-07

Alex Wilson, who was treated at the
Jail Tor delrium tremens and then taken
to the poor farm, was returned to the
custody OF the sheriff yesterday. The
mans excuses and exposure have made
him insane and the poor commissioners
think the aeylum is the place for him.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-07

eyes, exclaimed the elephant bitterly,
"they have gone and educated my wife to
almost human intelligence, and now she
doesn't know how to get along with one
trunk any more detroit Tribune.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-07

Only two more nights 1.-THE Courtensy-
Morgan theatre company at the Armory
Opera House. The company gives a
good performance and much more enter
tainment in an evening than the prices
OF admission would indicate.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-07

The ladies OF st. Agnes Guild will have
sale Of fancy work and useful articles,
made by them during Lent, at Pieiffer's
Hall, the 10th and,2Oth OF this month.
Articles Of ordinary ware Of every de-
scription will be found on sale.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-07

For SALF-A number OF pieces OF resi-
dent property in the village OF Hancock.
Apply to John Erickson, office In Scott's
block.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-07

The Atlantic Mine base ball club,
which last season made it interesting for
Hurontown and other clubs in the
county, has reorganized for the season,