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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-13
BATHING IN THE DEAD SEA.
An Easy Matter to Float on the Surface oi
the Thick Water.

the Thick Water.
The Dead sea, or more properly the
Salt sea, is also called in Scripture the
sea of the Arabah; in the Apocrypa, the
Sodomitish sea;in the Talmudical books,
sea of Salt and sea of Sodom. The
name Dead sea seems to have been INST
used in Greek, and the Arabic name Is
Bar Lut, or the sea Of Lot IL mas
length varying from ~ to 46 miles ana
is only about three miles across at It's
broadcast part.
From the analysis of the United States
expedition it appears that each gallon
Of the water, weighing 124 pounds,
contains nearly 80 pounds (3.olo) Oh
matter in solution, an immense quantity
IN view of the fact that sea water
weighing 1917 pounds per gallon, con
toins less than one-half pound. Of TINS
az pounds nearly a pound is common
salt (chloride of sodium), about TWO
pounds chloride Of magnesium ana less
than one half pound chloride of calcium
(muriate of lime) There does not ap-
near to be anything about it inimlcai 10
| life. and the story OF q recent touris'
confirms this. He says:
GAS for the Dead sea, it will, III con
| tradiction of the name, forever preserve
n green and living memory in my mind
No fish can survive in it, we all know
but for a place for a swim, or, above all,
for a float. commend me to it beyond al
the Winnepesaukees in the world. How
il bears You up in arms! How 1t annini
lates the tiresome ponderosity and dig
nitv of tho laws of gravitation how j
introduces you into the inner conscious
ness of dainty ariel and thistledom an'
all other airy, fairy creaturesl The mor'
YOU weigh the less you weigh. There
the real hydrostatic paradox. AN ele
nbant in the Dead sea would feel MN
self n gazelle. Then what mirror IL
steely surface was that morning. an
how beautiful it's reflections OF the noun
tains of Palestine ON the one hand an
Of Moab on the otherV-Brookly1
| EARLE.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-13
ROMANY,S PRINCE WILLIAM.
He Lives Near East Hartford-Iiis Tribe
Arc Noted Horse Trainers.

Arc Noted Horse Trainers.
One of the most famous representa-
tives of Romany Rye in this country is
Prince William, as he is called, who,
with his family, lives near East Hart
ford. There are branches of the family
at New Haven and Bridgeport. The
East Hartford branch of the family is
the main branch
The Williamses are all horse dealers.
Attached to their residence are stables
which, in winter, always contain astock
of fine blooded draft horses.
One of the interesting sights at the
stables are the wagons that are used by
Prince William and his family when
they go off on their annual nomadlo
pleasure trips These wagons cost from
$1,000 to So. 500. Prince William 8
nriyate wagon cost So, 500 and is fitted
up in regal style.
In these trips around the country the
whole family joins. These trips are
made in the summer, spare horses pelne
taken along and sold or traded lhis
means q cavalcade of dozen fancy
wagons and about 100 horses.
The start is made about the ISL o.
August, the entire family-men, WON
en- and children-being taken along
The party keeps together. travelling D!
easy stages, about 20 miles day being
considered a good journey. When III
hurry. they can make 40 miles day
The place selected for the nights res
is usually grove. There the wagon
are drawn up in circle, fires are iiGht
ed and the evening meal prepared
After supper the whole party gatne
around Prince William S tent or wagon
and the affairs of the family are dis
cussed. A Waterman patrols the caln
all night to watch the horses -Ne'
York Times.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-13
The Hawaiian Islands.

The Hawaiian Islands have been found
TO be richer in animal life than was for
merly supposed. As the result OF a year S
investigation by the British association.
through its committee, it has been found
that of birds there are 7S species, OF
which 81 arc peculiar to this group. All
the land and fresh water shells are Pc
culiar, and of 1000 species OF insects
ZOO are not found elsewhere. 1t thus
seems that these islands have by nc
means been populated from the CONT
nent but have been ceiters of independ'
ent creation. Independent.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-13
- .,c.r,an spectacles.

Tn a delightful paper before a CLUB I5lL'
recently Mrs. Fannie c. Barbour, ; ;n',
Ie '.;.ar and traveller, gave description
W Sar visit to some Algerian LADIES'
I'll %hrouph the interpreting friend who &c,
oompanied her the hostesses co III; :, orv
tpoir polite pity at her extraordinary +,
.net "Where," they asked ID
o .,o;nt;ve nifty for tho unfortunnsc
p'a. an;oon ''are her Turkish trousers'
When told that she came from Amer,
lea, they asked where ina. was Sro " sea
hearing that it was across q gr r., ',,. sea
Complacently remarked; TN, moi :; SO no s' sea-
like that.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-13
Electric Lights.

Vienna professor gives it as ms
onin;on. after much research on the
Subject. that all delicate persons ana
those who suffer from nervousness
should never remain long in a room
lighted by electric lights, its erect o o.
the nervous system being such that ait,
er awhile they generally become uneasy a, ,
and depressed and find it impossible POI nae
49, concentrate the attention for any
length of time. Young persons, OH the
contrary, and those with strong nerves
end the influence of the light extremely
beneficial, especially when the ora am, y
overworked and tired, the eilec. pesn -
much the same as that OF strong colle'
-; g.. increased activity OF the nerV
ons system.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-13
FAMOUS ENGLISH SWORDS.
Some Noticeable Weapons That Are Ell
hibited In the Tower of London.

Some Noticeable Weapons That Are Ex-
hibited In the Tower of London.
Whoever visits the London Tower |
may enjoy veritable feast OF swords,
but amid the numberless array OF woap-
ons there are one or two that are espe-
cially worthy of notice. There is the
sword of state, which is grit on the
monarch's side after his amounting at
the imposing ceremony of coronation,
which g;rding is more honored in the
breach, ene would suppose, when the
monarch is lady. The sword is first
consecrated by the primate, and by him
handed to the lord chamberlain, who
completes the function. 1t is two hand
I'd weapon, with rich decorations on hills
and pommel and scabbard. OF scarcely
less Importance is the Sword OF mercy,
borne before the sovereign in the coro-
nation procession This sword is named
Curtana, but though undoubtedly very
ancient it can hardly claim to be the
original Curtana forged by the famous
Munifican.
This original Curtana Was the magic
weapon of Ogier the Dane, bold knight
| of Charlemagne' most warlike days.
| Our own Curtana is in any case many
centuries old. 1t is square pointed, with
the look as though the point had been
broken short; hence possibly its name,
| A fine gold wire covers its handle, and
the scabbard is remarkably ornate. Two
other swords are carried at the corona
ton eremony-swords symbollcal OF
spiritual and temporal justice, the first
with an obtuse point, the latter sharp.
Curtana and these two Justice swords
are not often called upon to make pub
lie appearance. 1t is happily more than
half century since they were last re-
uuired at q coronation, but whenever
the sovereign opens parliament i'll per
son the sword of state first mentioned II
called from its repose.
The lord mayors sword is even more
familiar to the general public, and mo-
only London, but most other corpora
tions, have their sword and sword bear
er. 1t is picturesque survival OIL tn
middle ages, which one would regret U
see abolished-part of the ritual OF stat
customs, which ritual is by no mean
meaningless. Public action must oftel
be of figurative character. Such is tn
|, mode by which the city of London some
times does honor to those who have rel
dered the nation good service. presentln
to them swords of honor These clvl
: swords have been given to men Ink
Lord Napier, Lord. Clyde, Lord Wols'
!, lev. Wellington received one in his ola.
and so did the Prussian Blucher. -Loi
don Standard.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-13
TEXAS LAW FOR TEXANS.
ow Judge Culberson Once Won Case
That Seemed Hopeless.

That Seemed hopeiesss
Congressman Dave Culberson, as he Is
Familiarity known in Texas from the Rio
Grande TO the Red river, is one of the
most entertaining members of the house.
He is always ready with witty reply
to any law or political question pro-
pounded to him by his associates and Is
the subject of more stories than any
member of congress except Thomas b.
Reed.
''In 1860, Just after Lincoln had been
elected president, said an old friend OF
Judge Culberson the other day, there
was a neighborhood quarrel between
two citizens in Upshur county, Tex
The southern question was at fever neat,
and the feeling was very strong on both
sides, Each side of the case, OF course,
was anxious to get the verdict. The de-
PENDANT went to jefferson and engaged
Culberson, who was then rising to dis
tinction as a bright lawyer. Dawes Gil
ent didn't have any case, the evidence
being all against him; but, true TO MS
trust, as he always is, Culberson deter.
mined to make the best fight he could
for him. When the trial came on, IL
turned out that the other fellow had
employed smart young saddlebag law
yer from Maryland, just located III
Texas.
"Culberson had the opening speech
and made good defense for his client
under the circumstances. When the
Marylander replied in behalf of his Gil
ent. he produced vast array OF author
| ~ in.
his case When the young man closed
Culberson picked up one OF the DOCKS
from which the opposing counsel had
been reading and said: If your hon.
or please, this young brother OF the pro-
fession has been reading for your in
struction Massachusetts law. This book
is printed in Boston. 1t is "Greenleaf
on Evidence" We don't want Massa-
chusetts law to govern us in Texas. l
have been giving you genuine Texas
, law, made by our own people.
".What's that?' asked the judge
sharply, been imposing on the court
, with Yankee law?'
"'Yes, sir, your honor, said Culber-
son: he has been reading from this book,
q which was printed in Boston, Mass.
? "'Pass it over this way, said the sur
! prised court, looking at the fly lear.
0 Then he said:
!. "'Mr. Culberson, the court finds that
YOU are correct. 1t is Boston print
q and we don't want any Of it here. Nc
n abolition law for Upshur county, ane
$ the court will be id ii we Will nave
n it,
a "To the supreme disgust OF the youni
, LAWYER the court continued as follows
" Sir, upon the evidence OF the case
,s dismiss the suit against Dave Culoer
ID sons friend and fine the plaintlH =
m and costs and his lawyer So for con
J. tempt of court. Now, young man, ie
nj that serve as q warning to you how 20
err try to practice abolition law in TIL
I'd stated
nt "Culberson's client set up the dinner
s. and the young Maryland lawyer WI
one of the first men to enlist in the wa
He wanted to whip Massachusetts, II
the loss of his first case. "-Washingte
POST
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-13
some TRAINED CATS.
Tie Clever Tricks They Have Been Taught
IN Perform.


to Perform.
One of the mos. difficult things to
teach a cat is To follow like dog AS q
rule, they will not follow, but OCCASION
ally there is an exception. A New York
young lady has cat that trails so close
after her as to be almost stepped upon.
The chief clerk of the state department
at Washington has cat with the same
accomplishment. He has owned 1T for
seven or eight years. 1t will follow him
about the streets for miles just like
dog and is excessively fond OF going out
for walk, provided its master selects
evenings for his meanderings. In day
light it prefers not to go on these ram
bles, evidently because it does not like
to come in contact with small boys and
dogs, who are then too numerous on the
streets of Washington.
1t has often been observed that cats
really care nothing for master or
mistress, but become attached TO place
and not to persons. Not so with tins
particular cat, for at one time when its
owner changed his residence he pur-
posely left his cat with friends who oc-
cupied the house he had vacated, but
| the cat was not satisfied until it had
| found where the new house was and
taken up its abode there, with evident
delight at finding its old friend and pro-
tector.
In the treasury department. at WASH
ington there is one very wonderful cat
His name is Tom, and when addressed
he will quickly respond, even waking
out of sound sleep to go toward the
speaker. Sometimes, to confuse him,
the clerks will sing out some word on
words in which the syllable "tom" is
emphasized, and to that he pays no at
tention. But let any one all, tom,
it's dinner timep' and fol hwith he
walks across the room, reaches up with
his paws to a tin pail, claws it dowr
and comes bringing it in his mouth
Tom is passionately fond Of music. A
! the cry of Hand organ" he climbs II
a high window seat, but at the word
Here's dogl" he sinks under desk
One of the most accomplished cats II
England belongs to Lady Randolph
Churchill. 1t is a maltese Angora, with
| Oub SDOb ttuu With RoAoASA~y
r ming face. This cat was bought for tn
late Lord Randolph Churchill durln
S that year or two when his strong min
failed and every effort was made I
@ amuse him. He was afraid of dogs, TAX
t ing sudden terror at the sight OF then
= but Miss Angora just pleased him. Sil
: was sent from India by an officer ]
Q that country who had taken her paren
O there years before. Her mother had bee
q a watch cat, able to keep guard over
IS tent, meowing if strange step cam
n and of course her children were vel
10 bright. When this Churchill cat WI
o. told to $50 play the piano, she won
d Immediately walk back and forth up'
q the keys of the baby grand i'll the DO
ic doir. "Now sit for your picture, mea
Re to assume a demure position, with n
O. paws in line, her tail neatly curl
v, around them and her head nicely be
n to one side, as if trying to "look plea
ant. Our Animal Friends.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-13
tt wing OUT FROZEN MEAT.
A Dark Room Treatment Before Leaving
the Cold Storage House.

According to the process invented |
by Messrs. Nelson Bros. for thawipr
frozen meat in such way as to put il
on the market in a sound condition and
avoid the many obJ sctions to which the
sale of the meat while still in frozen
state was open, the chamber of the an.
paratus Is provided with double doors.
one of which is extremely thick, so as
TO shut out, as far as possible, all exter.
nal atmosphere. The chamber has no
windows, but is supplied with electric
light.
On entering one sees only some 30
quarters of beef hanging in rows Oh
hooks over a slightly raised open plat
form, with canvas curtain at the back.
Under this platform, however, there is
a series of steam pipes, while behind the
curtain there is series of pipes filled
with compressed ammonia. similar to
those used in connection with the ordi-
nary freezing processes. The steam pipes
under the meat cause current of warm
air to ascend all around it, and as soon
as this current reaches the top Of this
chamber it is drawn to the freezing pipes
behind tho curtain, by which all the
moisture is frozen out Of it, on to the
pipes themselves. 1t accumulates there
in tho form Of snow some three-quarters
of an inch in thickness.
The snow has to be scraped off the
pipes from time to time, and it is stated
that the accumulation during five days,
in the thawing of 30 quarters of beef,
| has resulted in no fewer than lGS pounds
| of water. During that same period the
meat has lost only per cent in weight.
| The purpose of the canvas curtain is to
J divide the ascending warm current from
the descending cold current, and it is
| claimed that the effect of this incessant
passing of the air first over the steam
pipes and then over the freezing pipes
is eventually to free it from all mois
ture. When the meat is first hung the
temperature of the room is almost a
freezing point, but Oh the fifth day tn
temperature of the chamber has beef
raised to that of the air outside. b.
this time the frost has all been thawet
out Of the meat, which is then i'll con
dition to be sent to market. -Londo
| Invention.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-13
NEW FIELDS FOR NovEusTs.
Why n,es Not Some Writer Use an Eskimo
as Heroine?

The division of the earth among con.
temporary novelists has not as yet III
cluded Greenland, where some new
writer can lay the scene of story in
which the heroine will wear sealskin
trousers and calm her troubled heart
with mighty drafts of train oil.
Neither has any novelist seized upon
China, where great things may yet be
done by story teller who really knows
something of that modern and multitude
nous sphinx, the Chinaman.
But with these exceptions there is
very little desirable territory which is
not pre- empted. This of course greatly
hampers new novelists who are com
PEELED to write novels dealing only with
English men and women at home.
England is the common possession of
everybody. and even the American writer
who does not wish to initiate either Mr..
Harte or Mr.. Howells is compelled TO
| lay the scene Of his stories in London
or III some one of the many little Eng
lish colonies to be found in continental
cities.
The English novelist who wishes to
write story characterized by some little
novelty is reduced to inventing Dodos on
other fabulous creatures, an attempt
which fails more frequently than it sue
ceeds
This state of things is so plain to CIV.
cry writer that wonder that no one has
rushed i'll to occupy the Greenland Oh
the Chinese field.
A Greenland story would at once at
tract attention because of its novelty
and we who have never been to Green
land could warmly recognize the truti
of its local color, and the profound
knowledge of Eskimo character shown
by the writer.
An advanced Eskimo maiden with
wild desire to wear petticoats instead
of trousers and to drink tea instead
train oil could hardly fail to charm tn
reader.
, / am afraid, however, that the nd
vanced Eskimo maid would not surviv
, beyond the first four or five chapters
for understand that whenever an rs
kimo woman exhibits symptoms OF &C
vanced thinking she is Immediately sc
adrift on an ice floe-W. l.. Alden
Idler.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-13
The History of Tacitus.

The entire history of Tacitus. as we
have the work, was regained from sim
gle copy found in the fifteenth century
in monastery of Westphalia. That we
should owe the works of this author to
one copy 10 remarkable circumstance,
for the Emperor Tacitus, who claimed
TO be a descendant of the historian, had
copies of the history placed in every IL
brary Of the empire, and each year had
ten copies transcribed for presentation tc
scholars. All, 1t seems, perishsd saw
ths Wsstphalian copy.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-13

The Festum Asinorum, or feast Oh
asses. was formerly held Jan. Ia ~
commemorate the flight into heyp "f
Tbere are still extant several rituals VI
this festival. One, of Beauvais, II
France, orders the priest TO bray 'n,eI
times and the congregation to resounu
each time in similar manner AN ' ,aS
decorated with costly coverings, was i ~
to the altar in procession ana WIN
hymns of rejoicing.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-13

One of the earliest Of the American
bearded freaks was Louis Jasper, who
lived in southern Virginia at about the
time of the close of the Revolutionary
war. His beard was % feet long and
correspondingly thick and heavy. He
could take his mustache between his i'm.
GERS and extend his arms to their full
length, and still the ends Of the boards
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-13
TONIGHT.

Tonight almost envy you
Your quiet bed that seems
Too narrow for the coming in
or any noise or dreams.
So when the earth Is not too hard
A moist and pleasant mold
With dandelions here and there,
Like scattered bits Of gold,
Then maybe shall break my way
The earth and grasses through,
And smiling with my drowsy eyes
Shall come to sleep with you.
Bertha G.. Davis in Kate Fields Washington.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-13
How He Was wounded.

Pension Agent sec you have been
drawing pension on the wounded list
when the record shows that you were
drummed out of the army for desertion.
Pensioner-Yes. That is so.
Pension Agent-Well, how were you
wounded?
Pensioner-My feelings, colonel, my
feelings. Atlanta Journal.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-13

ooh Of course" said the old mar,
~ don't blame you for taking the heb, boy IS .
part-it is Just like boys mo'n s him
do 40. But I'd think heap more =, n .nd
II there were less point to his shoes : an"
more to his conversation. "-oni''s'
Tukor OOoau
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-13

eve read sometimes, said Mr.; BIZ .
49,. W" of a'r neople eagerly devouring' 2
'ops, ,oner INIT horses sometimes 90 tna'
,;sVraI1Y Twice lately have seen horse:
eating newspapers. Perhaps .ni !, . s,srv
s s"ma under the head Of taking in every
-,ord New York SUM-
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-13
x.rotlation. Not Complete.

Customer (female and unfair)-l or
aered ten yards of dress goods here yes
terday to be seut Has it been cut yet!
Shopwalker-No indeed. The assist
ant said you hadn't been in yet to change
vour mind. London Globe.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-13

Whenever you see ingratitude you
NAV ms infallibly conclude that there Is
growing stock Of i'll nature In the
breast, as you may know that man 20
have the plague upon whom You see tho
tokens.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-13

Niobrara, the name of a river in Ne
hr.ska IN said to mean ''wide water. +"
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-13

Ter but the
| ntry.
we'll as the
! do every
! st inspect
he is a wo'
be, and she
iablegOOds
/ naturally
but woe to
who pro-
q inthe re-
omen shoe
be sheds Of
yee shut and
K over the
Fade. They
|,s Cor their
/ town IN
side Of the
mating sci IS
ife and sc =
|at turns The
|lacker than a,
the furnace ace
Is the tO iiss'
Apprentice.
| sometime E
caucasian y
woman. WEI :.
thool for v
pupils was "a,
|rr the coloI
The advocate., 1897-11-17
Food Lost in Cooking.

A series Of investigations just COM
pleted by experts connected with the
United States Department of Agriculture
go to show that there is an immense
amount Of popular ignorance in the mat
ter Of cooking; that while the greater
part Of the food of man is prepared for
use by cooking, yet the changes which
various foods undergo during the pro-
cess and the losses which are brought
about have been but little studied. Few
persons know, for instance, that in 1000
pounds of uncooked cabbage there are
but seven and one-half pounds OF dry
matter, and Of this dry matter from two
and one-quarter to three pounds are lost
in the cooking pot. Experiments with
potatoes showed that in order to obtain
the highest food value potatoes should
not be peeled before cooking; that when
potatoes are peeled before cooking the
least loss is sustained by putting them
directly into hot water and boiling as
rapidly as possible. Even then the loss
is very considerable. If potatoes are
peeled and soaked in cold water before
boiling, the loss of nutrlment Is very
great, being one-fourth Of all the albu-
menoid matter. In bushel of potatoes
the loss would be equivalent to pound
of sirlOin steak. Carrots contain less nj
trogen, but relatively more albumenoid