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a shoulder strap cannot for any length of time cohere. They make the effort sometimes; at other times the strap expands, perforce, into sleeve.
 The square-cut evening corsage ap- pears oftener than any other form. It is framed with ribbons often, with flowers or a simple edge of lace oc- icasionally. A broader ruche of lace, sometimes a double or triple ruche, falling down upon the shoulder in hounces, stands prime favorite as finish for the rounded bodice, though the folded bertha makes stronger claim to that position. The V corsage with draped bertha is used on some very pretty new costumes, but the front is apt to be filled in with lace, leaving the decolletage really square, or nearly so. The butterfly bow with it's buckle, big lace-edged wings and long, streaming ends at the back of the waist is as pretty as any of the belt finishes. Young girls, instead of jewels, wear at the throat ribbons matching the dress garnitures The effect against the white skin above the decolletage is usually geod, though if the neck be pretty any ornaments superfuous. But for such like eonceits it is time one turned to examples.
 Louis XVI. gowns have precedence. Out of a score or more seen here are a couple of the freshest. A dainty com bination of rose color and white is for young girl of IS or 10. The skirt of white silk is striped perpendicularly with pale water green and figured with bouquets of roses. Above the hem is a very wide founce of white mousseline de soie with g. puffed heading. Open ing upon this skirt is another of rose pink silk making the back and side draperies and seemingly held away from the front by rows of rose colored ribbon which catch it to the figured silk below. The square bodice is of rose satin, entirely coveredwith blouse of white mousseline de soie, which is fitted to the figure with rows of puff ings. The corsage figure is of marrow outings, below which is set a full ruche of pink satin on either side to form an epaulet for the shoulder. There is a bow of pink ribbon at the bosom and a folded belt at the waist of pink vel vet. The short, full sleeves are of pink satin and the gloves of ivory white suede are more than long enough to meet them. pink ribbon is worn at the throat and another in the hair.
 A much simpler dress with the gen. eral effect of the Marie Antoinette style and extremely pretty when worn is of white silk, delicately figured with small flowers in pink and blue. The skirt has two full, narrow ruf1es of white silk at the bottom, above which at in- tervals are set bows of pink velvet. The low square bodice of the same ma terial has blouse front gathered into a pink ribbon belt, with a rose of pink velvet on one side. The shoulders are set in. a square frame of pink velvet | ribbon with bows above the arms. Full fuffles of silk make cross between
 paulets and sleeves. White gloves are orn to the shoulders.
 Of an altogether different style is q
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NATURAL BAROMETERs.

How Animals and Plants Indicate the
 Approach Of storm.
 It is worth while to know that many animals and plants can tell us when ai storm is approaching. You young peo- pie who live in the country watch the horses and cattle stretch their necks and sniff the air, and see the chickens
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Miles of Reading Matter.

An ingenious French statistician has calculated that in reading 100000 let ters of the ordinary newspaper type the human eye travels mile. and that the average man in an average lifetime gets through 2,5o0 miles of reading mat
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Camphor as a Barometer.

4 piece of camphor gum is very good indicator of what the weather is going to be- If, when the camphor is exposed to the air, the gum remains dry, tho weather will be fresh and dry, but if the gum absorbs the moisture and seeris damn. it is an indicat tinn of rain.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-01-24

Was it?" Tommy replied, disgusted- ly. 'I met him all alone yestiddy. Was it? Say, just look at that eye."-Har- pers Bazar.
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piscrace For bad Graduates.

When T graduate of Cambridge uni yersity, England, commits crime, the authorities of the university take hls degree from him and strike his nasne fran the rolls. of the alum ni.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-21
A BRAVE PRINCE.
The Eeroism of Duke Charles of Bavaria
In Theater Fire.

The Eeroism of Duke Charles of Bavaria
In Thcater Fire.
The bravery al hattie is surpassed in the
quality and fiber of it's intrepidty by the
courage which faces conilngration or a
wreck, because the battle fereor is helped
out by patriotism, esprit dc corps and
other emotions which have u distinct
place in the soldiers heart The great
charity bazaar fire at Paris, and particular
ly tho heroic death there Of the Duchess
d'Alencon, recalls brave exploit Of this
lady's uncle, Duke Charles OF Bavaria,
many years ago.
1t was in 1923, and some sort of oXoep-
tional representation tat the Residenz thea
ter at Munich had attracted large and
brilliant audience Duke Charles was seat
ed in the royal box Suddenly an attend
ant rushed in and whispered eXcitedly:
"Your highness, thv thcater is on iirel
Make your escape before the panic breaks
cut. "
This alarming announcements did not
cause change of expression on the
PRINCES face First satisfying himself by
word of inquiry that the stage was really
on fire, the prince rose, stepped calmly to
the front of the box and said to the audi
enCe:
Il am informed that fire has broken
out on the stage. 1 here is time enough
for you all to get ont before the danger be-
cores imminent The only thing that you
have to fear is II panic. | urge you, there
fore, to quit the hall in the most perfect
order, and give you my word that if you
do so you will all escape. To prove that /
mean what | say | shall now sit down
and shall not leave my seat until the last
one of the audience is out of the house"
Duke Charles then sat down us uEmovcd
as if the performance was TO proceed. The
sight of his calmneSs treasured the audi
ence, and the people moved deliberately
out in an orderly manner; the flames burst
through the curtain to the proscenium;
the people looked at Duke Charles, who
still sat imperturbably in his place. No
one could make "A cowartly rush in the
face Of such an example.
In ten minutes the house was entirely
| emptied, no one being hurt. Duke Charles
was the last to go out. In another instant
| the interior was all on fire, and the house
was completely destroyed. Youth Com
paniOn.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-21
Soothing His Conscience.

He had not been a store clerk very long,
and he was quite unused TO the ways of the
world. His employer pointed out "A lot OF
goods and said;
"As soon as you get time mark these
selling at cost and let them go at 81
apiece. "
"But-er-aren't you mistaken"
"Mistaken about WHAT"
"Charging 81 apiece for them. You say
selling at cost, and they didn't cost but
20 cents
young man, did say was going to
sell them for what l paid for themY''
"Not in so many words"
"You dislike to run any risk of misrep-
resenting anything, don't your"
"It is contrary to my principles. "
"Your feelings do you great credit IL
would grieve mo very much to give you
the slightest cause for departing from
what you consider proper. l wouldn't
have you deceive any body who comes into
this store for the world. When ] say those
goods are selling mt cost, l mean it, And
if anybody asks you how much it Is you
can come right out frankly and tell him
that 81 is the cost to the purchaser DE
troit Free Press.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-21
The Thyroid Gland In Medicine.

In the past few years remedy has been
discovered for certain conditions hitherto
regarded as incurable, which is certain in
it's action, and which for the beneiicence
of it's results stands unrivaled in therapeu-
tics. The use in medicine of the thyroid
gland Of animals is a logical conclusion
from adequate premises, and the thyroid
forms one of the few medicinal agents in
our possession which are not given on
purely empirical grounds.
1t is generally familiar fact that the
majority of drugs are prescribed because
medical history records that, for some un-
known reason, they have proved effectual
in the diseases in which they are admin
istercd, though why they should do so re-
mains unexplained. In certain conditions
mercury has a specific action, the nature
of which is absolutely unknown. Quinine
lad cured the Countess Chinchon-and
hence the name cinchona-of her ague con-
turtles before clever Frenchman discov-
cred that malaria resulted from the activ-
ity in tho blood of n vegetable parasite on
which Peruvian bark exerts restraining
influence.
so it is with most of the remedies which
the physician employs. He uses them be-
cause experience has shown that they Will
do good in the conditions in which he
prescribes them, although he has not
learned why, but in the use of animal
thyroid the physician knows that he has "a
sovereign remedy, and he also knows the
reasons for the brilliant results of its prop
er application.-Dr Pearce Bailey in Pop
ular Science Monthly.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-21
This Tramp Had Read the Bible.

At one of tho recent revival services held
at noon in Old Epiphany church a ragged,
unkempt tramp walked in, apparently
supposing it TO DO charitable soup estab-
lishment. When he saw his mistake, Inc
started To go out, but was staid by one OF
the evangelical workers.
"Stop with us," he said.
But tho tramp persisted in going out,
saying, "Im in Gle wrong place"
"No, you're not, responded the evange.
list. "Wo are glad TO SEQ you.
But" said the tramp, "youse are all
strangers ter me.
"That may be- replied the other, "but
we arc all servants of tho Lord, and the
Lord, you know, went among strangers.
"Yaas," sententiously added the tramp,
"and they didn't do thing ter him."
Dumfounded by the display of Biblical
learning the gentleman allowed the tramp
to pass and when outside the door iie was
observed to sigh deeply and walk rapidly
away with the air of a man who had just
escaped with his fe.-Philadelphia Rec
,rl
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-21
Deer Hunting.

A Forest and Stream correspondent
writes as follows about his method of deer
hunting:
81 am interested in q fine bit Of deer
country in the Adirondacks, and when
we go to our lake in the season wo ara
sure of good sport. OF course we go ut it
in n scientific way, and with the best ap-
pliances Our boats arc tight and stiff,
our guides are men of experience and our
dogs are trained to drive the game to wa
ter. We start the dogs out in the morning
and then sit around in comfort and wait
until the music comes our way then jump
into a boat with II guide and watch for the
deer to come to the lake. Soon he dashes
In and starts to swim across, and away we
20 as fast as the pair of oars can drive the
boat, and have got to see the deer that
can swim as fast as one Of those guides
can row. The excitement of such chase
is intense, and only big game hunters en-
joy such sport. Overtaking the straining
buck, the guide drops his oars, and with
a long forked sapling and a bit of rope
deity slips u moose around the head, and
then the good old ten gauge gun with a
charge of buckshot makes the supply OF
venison sure. 1t is great sport, and Il cool
headed man is sure of his game. Why, my
boy, chip of the old block and only IL
years old, killed his deer the first time he
was out. Quite a number of deer have
been shot on our preserve by ladies of tho
party"
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-21
Fortified Beetles.

One of the several geological formations
of England is that known to those who
make such matters study as the 'lias !"
This stratum is variously known as "the
beetle rocks, j" "insect stones" and wing
case chalk" Wherever this formation Is
found exposed or is encountered by min
ers, well diggers and others it is found to
be formed almost entirely of the petrifled
wing cases of kind of beetle peculiar to
Britain in the geological age in which that
particular stratum was formed. The lime
in the composition which makes up the
body of the stratum has transformed the
original matter of these delicate wing cases
into a hard, smooth chalk, and on that
account some biologists list the formation
under the head of "insect limestone !"
Biologists account for the presence of these
countless numbers of insect remains in
this way:
At one time the whole stratum was the
bottom of an immense lake. For count
less ages the beetles died on its surface,
and their shells sank to the bottom. FL
nally the lake dried up, and the chemical
action and the heat of the sun transformed
tho whole into % stratum of stone ana pre-
served it to the present day. So we now
have the wonderful "insect stones" TO
ponder over.-St Louis Republic
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-21
A SHARP FlNANClER.
The True Tale of Keen Young Man of
Capitol Hill.

All the great flnanciers of this country,
outside of politics, do not live in New
York. One Of the greatest Of them, name
less here forevermore, lives in more or less
regal splendor on Capitol hill-that is to
say, he lives in regal splendor when he is
asleep, and the rest of the time il is pretty
much boarding house, except when the
mother of his hest girl takes more pity on
him than she ever will sitter he is married
and asks him to take dinner at her house.
About II week ago this financial Machia-
vell sat I'm poker game with a young
man whose reputation for not paying any
kind of bill is wider than the District of
Columbia at its widest part, and he won
SO from him, for which he gave his check.
Our Machiavelli from Capitol hill didn't
want To take the check, because he had
heard how previous checks had not been
available, as there wasn't quite enough
money in bank TO meet them, and there
was usually squabble which didn't de-
clare any dividends worth mentioning. But
he had to take the check or nothing, and
when he had taken it he sat him down to
think. When morning came, he had
thought, and as soon as the bank was open
he was there with his check for $75.
"There' not enough money to meet 1t,
said the paying teller, with the lnvariable
suavity of paying teller.
II supposed not" smiled and bowed the
holder of the check, land was instructed
TO make up the difference so If you will be
kind enough to tell me what it is I'll fix
it,
He was informed that the balance was
S62, and the Machiavelli at once deposited
Sl3 to the credit of his friend and then
presented the check, which was of course,
honored and he came out of the bank just
S62 ahead and no bother to anybody.
The best part of it was that when the
maker of the check met him and he told
him that friend of his had deposited
enough money to his credit to make his
check good he never asked who the friend
was. Indeed he never asked any ques-
tions at all; he slumped and kept his
mouth shut Washington Star
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-21
eAs NC HIS CONSCIENCE.
She Wasn't the First Girl He Had Kissed,
but She Was the Last.

hhe wasn't the First Girl He Had Kissed,
but She Was the Last.
IL was shortly after the. honeymoon and
he had grown a tribe weary of a super
abundance OF sweetness, as men will some
times He was tired when he got home,
but he kissed her affectionately. Even a
tired man can hold up his end In kiss,
you know, provided it is not too long
drawn out or too frequently repeated. So
the kiss was all right.
Then sho kissed him, and that was all
right too. She had been brought up very
.rictly and had been taught that all debts
"a he paid with the utmost prompt
so that 1t was only natural that she
Il return his kiss at once to avoid re-
..i1E ia debt 10 him.
\ little later she kissed him again, and
that WAS different. Before and during tho
Honeymoon it would have been all right,
but there had come 10 be degree of mo-
notony about five minute wifely kisses new
or experienced before marriage. Conse-
quently he was desperate when he got tho
fifth kiss and she put her arms around his
neck and usked:
cam the first woman you ever kissed?"
He had answered that question six or
seven hundred times before, so there was
no particular novelty about it, but no felt
now that it was about time tn give his
conscience a little consideration. Any ono
of his previous answers would have ruined
George Washngton's famous cherry tree
reputation, and no felt that he could not
afford to lie more than six or seven hun
dred times about little matter like that.
Therefore he replied coldly:
"Not on your life"
"George!" sho cried, breaking away
from him. "Do you dare stand there and
tell mel
Now, don't get excited, - he interposod.
az might as well square this thing with
my conscience now, and besides you have
no kick coming You 70 the only enc out
of the 433 that ever got such II breach of
promise cinch on me that | was afraid 60
try to break the engagement, and you 70
playing in pretty good luck 40 that.
Then he cooked his hat on one side and
started for the door with the air Of a man
who feels that he has won great victory,
but nevertheless thinks it wise TO go to tho
club for the evening.
"And, by the way" he said rs he paused
in the doorway "that question is foolish
one anyway, and you ought TO break your
self of the habit Of asking it, What you
are lot more interested in when / come
home at night is this, Arc you the last
woman | ever kissed?' You young mar
ried women all make the mistake of con-
corning yourselves with the wrong side of
the ceremony.'
He shut the door gently, feeling that he
had impressed u valuable lesson on her
Chicago Post.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-21
The Japan. China and
India, FavOrite Pas
senger Boats.
They Run ON Schedule Time
the Comfort OF Their Patrons
consequently Doing big Bus
mess This Year.

The Japan, China and India have had
q remarkably goo passenger business
,bs pre ,4nt seas IN and the managers OF
.ha line Co which they belong have paid
n,rtienlar attention co the running OF
thair boats on schedule time and TO the
comfort OF their patrons. Only light
nackage freight has been carried by these
tbrae boats. the bulk OF the heavy stuff
going by other boats under the same
dag. During fhs rest OF the season how
aver the passenger business being about
over they will take their share of the
ireiOht IA it comes and the time tablA
will not be 10 closely followed. All this
season il has been remarked by those
about the Hancock dock at L O'Clock
Tuesdays and Fridays that the down
hound boat has not once bsen more than
five minutes ahead or behind the arrival
of the train from Calumet Captain
Dohertys Japan has perhaps ben the
layorte with passengers and she has
been GRO wd I'd upon several trips.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-21
A MARTYR TO STYLE.

wonder what's happened TO my folks.
They used to be simple and plain,
But ever since father began TO get rich
They began to get silly and vain.
My mothers been doing lot of queer things,
But the funniest thing she has done
Was 10 purchase "cute little velvet suit"
To put on her overgrown son.
She bought me collar full foot wide,
A bow that's foot and half,
And the very first time that / went ON the
street,
Gosh, how the fellows did Taught
Then Tom Brown, the oldest of all OF my
friends,
Who knew well that Pill was my name,
Tipped n sly wink 10 the rest of the boys,
And "Sweet william" my title became.
| can stand lots of chaff. but couldn't stand
that.
"Swoet William" just settled the biz.
So took off my little black velvet coat
And knocked all the dust out Of his
And I'm going TO teach my friend Tommy,
If in guying me he persists,
Although don't wear the same old clothes,
DO wear the same old fists
III. II. w. in Brooklyn Eagle.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-21
A Wife's Awful Dread.

Once Professor Sylvester purchased n
new pair of trousers and wore them to the
university. His wife, who was well aware
of his absentminded habits, knew moth
ing of the purchase. An hour or so after
Professor Sylvester's arrival ut the univer-
sity his wife was seen rushing breathlessly
down the street with "a package under her
arm.
Meeting one of the professors, she in
CURED hastily and anxiously, Have you
seen Professor SylSesterY"
Eyes" answered the astonishcd pro-
fessor.
"Well, is he all rights everything all
rightY" asked his anxious spouse.
"Nly dear madam, said the professor
calm yourself Your husband Is per-
feotly we'll ] saw him but moment
ago"
"But ] mean" said the almost fronzied
woman, Ibid you notice anything peculiar
about him? Did he look as lie ought to
lookY oh, did he-did he"-
Just then Professor Sylvester strolled
around the corner with the new trousers
ON. to the intense relief of both his wife
and the other professor. baltimore sun.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-21
QUAINT ST. AUGUSTINE.
Tie Florida City Resembles Old Towns In
Spain and Italy.

The appearance Of st. Augustine, Fla,
TO the visitor from other parts of tho coun-
try Is rs quaint and peculiar as its history
Is bloody and varied. Nothing at all like
10 Is To bo seen In any part of the United
states ltresombes some of the old towns
OF Spain and Italy. Tho streets are quito
narrow--orc which is nearly II mile long,
being but - feet wide, and that In which
principal hotel stands heing but IL feet,
while the widest Of all Is but % feet
An advantage Of these narrow streets i'm
this warm climate is that they give shade
ana increase the draft of air through them
as through lue. Indeed, somo Of the
streets seem almost like ilue rather than
IN open Wey tor many If the housCa, with
high ruoiaDud dormcr windows, have hang
ing balconies along their second story.
which sccW almost II touch clch other
over the narrow street and the families
sitting ~ .hcfa ~ n warm evening. can
chnt coniidenlnlly or oven shake hands
with the!r over tno way LCighhors no
street walls az 6he houses are frequently
oStcndca In 'front.' 81 the side Garden Inc
house roof ard perhaps ~ side balcony
covering this eXtonsiun--gr the h0usca 20
built a'o8nd uncovered courts, so that,
pnssing through the mtiG door ot - huild.
ing, you find Yourself still in the opon air
Instead OF within the dwelling.
hese high and solid garden walls are
quite common along the principal streets,
and an occasional latticcI door gives you
q peep into the attractive area beyond tho
massive structure, with perhaps a show of
huge stone arches or of winding staircase
between heavy stone columns, or Of pro-
fusion Of tropical vegetation in the winter
garden bringing TO mind the stories i'm
poem and romance of the loves OF Spanish
damsels and OF stolen interviews at the
garden gate, or Opponents by means Of
the false key or the br:bed porter The
principal streets were formerly well paved
or hooIed with shell concrete, portions Of
which ire still to be seen above the shift
ing sand, and this flooring was so carefully
swept that the dark eyed maidens of old
CASTLE, who then led i'm society here. could
pass and repass without soiling their satin
slippers. No rumbling wheels were per-
mitted to crush the firm roadbed or to
whirl the dust into the airy verandas,
where in undisturbed repose sat the Span
ish dons and DANES. Picturesque Amer
lea.