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The San Francisco call., 1897-02-07
THE latest society fad which promises

T,HE latest society fad which promises
AS to eclipse palmistry, thought-read-
JksS ing, pin-tinding and all other i'm
aginations of the heart and the intellect
that have found work for idle brains to do
is that OF ing by the eyes.
The fact that the eye is "the window of the
soul" would make it seem probable that
by its light we may distinguish the inner
mind and possibly make guess at the
interior decoration of the palace OF
thought.
Like other windows, especially those Of
cathedrals, the eye is of various colors
and consequently the views obtained
through it are tinged by its hues. A blue
eye shows the mind in a different light
from that given by black, hazel or brown
one, and a part of the opticst's art is to
differentiate and to decide on the meaning g
of tie various tints obtained through this
medium.
According to Lavater and others who
have made study of physiognomy the
color Of the eye is the key to the character.
A hazel.eyed woman, we are told, never
elopes from her husband, never chats
scandal, prefers his comfort to her own,
never talks too much or too little, always
is an intellectual, agreeable and lovely
creature.
The gray is the sign of shrewdness and
talent. Great thinkers and captains have
it. In women it indicates better head
than heart. Gray eyes are of many varie-
ties. There are the sharp, the shrewish,
the spiteful, the cold and the wild gray
eye, but the fact remains that the gray
represents the head.
There is one variety of gray eye OF
which every lover should beware, the soft
eye with large pupil that contracts and
dilates with word, q thought or fash
offeeling. An eye that laughs, that sighs
almost. that has its sunshine, its twilight,
its moonbeams and its storms. "A wonder
full eye that wins you whether you will or
not, and holds you after it has cast you
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-07

Bees, according to a statistician, must,
in order to collect a pound of clover
honey. deprive $1,000 clover blossoms of
their nectar. To do this. the 1000 flowers
must be visited by an aggregate of
$3.50 600 bees; or, IN other words, to col
lect his pound of honey one bee must
make 3. 100000 trips from and to the hive.
AS bees are known to fly for miles in quest
of suitable fields of operation, it is clear
that single ounce of honey represents
millions of miles of travel
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-07
Is Gibraltar Useless :?

An article of exceptional interest-evi-
IDENTIFY written by Spanish military Of
ficer-appears in the current number of
the Memorial de Artilleria," showing
that the extended range of modern artil-
lery has completely revolutionized the
conditions which have hitherto enabled
Gibraltar to protect its own arsenal and
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-07

of the enterprise expressed in dollars is
not to be fixed at this day. Its estimated
that the power thus to be derived is
million times greater than is that de-
veloped by ali of the water falling over the
cataract of Niagara, and will continue to
be available long after that famed water
fall shall have drained the shallow pool
forming the Great Lakes.
F. NJ. CLOSE. De
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Art.

Said Life to Art: 'I love thee best
Not when l find in thee
My very face and form expressed
With dull fidelity;
"But when in thee my craving eyes
Behold continually
The mystery of my memories
And all long to be-"
CHARLES G. D. ROBERTS, in Century
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-07

upon its combined arsenal and dockyard,
the subject is beginning to attract the
serious attention of naval and military
authorities.-New York Herald.
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-07

Germany possesses "a s43 miles of rail
ways; France, 21, 1886; Great Britain and
Ireland, 1851; Russia, 1898; and Aus
tria. 15. 442.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-12-22
COTTAGE

with shiver and whisper at the break
fast Christmas morning. Toinette
and l looked at each other as if to
ask, sis her old trouble coming
back?" She, catching our chances,
shook her head.
''No, my dears, there's nothing the
matter with me-" answering as if she
had read our thoughts. "There was
a light there" she reiterated. 81
heard some one cough. There were
strokes of a hammer and, a little
later, carriage was driven away.
saw it 60"
She was so decided in voice and
manner, so different for the moment
from her usual gentle self, that l
felt sure nothing allied her head. We
were very watchful of the dear old
lady because she ometimes-not
very often-had mild but temporary
delusions. She had never entirely re-
covered from the shock caused by the
tragic loss of her husband.
cit was Christmas night a year
ago, John, that you saw a light
there" remarked Toinette medita-
lively.
81 have not forgotten it," said I,
"nor how, when I went ITO look into
the matter, [ pumped into a man
coming down the front steps. What
followed was something like this:
Beg PARDON I said. Being an Of
ficer and seeing light in this emp
ty house I thought tramps might
have broken in"
"T'm no tramp replied the man,
speaking in a heavy bass voice, as if
he had cold.
"It was so odd a thing
"'Odd or not,' he broke in, it's my
house, to do with as [ like. What's
the time, officer? But never mind!
Here's my carriage. Good night!H
And he was driven away without so
much as a glimpse of his face"
"Now, I'm not a bit superstitious"
mother declared it with a vigor and
positiveness that permitted no con-
troversy, even had we, her children,
thought or said anything to the con-
trary-'but it made my flesh creepy
to think of any one being alone in
that empty, horrible old she'll"
'And then you went to bed and
cried over it half the night" asserted
Toinette reproachfully. "Your eyes
show it, mother.
"Kill out my memory, daughter,
and the tears will stop" Her lips
quivered as she spoke. "You know I
can't help it,
eyes, [ know" and Toinette began
to talk of other matters.
I might as we'll state right here, SO
that the story may be the better kept
together, that misfortunes had in my
case transformed me from a book
keeper into a policeman, and [ had
found no way Of turning myself back
again. The station to which I was
assigned was within five minutes
walk of the fiat we called home. The
cottage about which we had been
talking was a small, one story struc-
ture, with steps coming directly down
to the sidewalk in front and with a
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There, there, daughter. 1 didn't
mean to scare you, but it excites me
so to see a quiet thing like yellow
light looking out between the blind
Stats of that empty house that I sup
pose 1 show my feelings"
Toinette's forehead had two up and
down wrinkles between her eyebrows
as she looked at me with a hard stare
Then she spoke.
"John Austen-dear John-you're
big and amt afraid of ghosts, and
are a policeman besides. Now do go
down to that shanty and find out
what's inside. 1t will relieve moth
er's mind 500
I wasn't on duty, but an officer of
the law ought always to be on duty
is the way I look at it. So [ got my
work clothes on, put my star where
I could show it easily and went away
with the laughing threat of arresting
the ghost.
Somebody or something was in the
old house, sure enough. Threads of
yellow light around the windows
proved it. I pushed softly at the door
of the little lean to in the rear. It
noiselessly swung open, letting me
into as mean and squalid kitchen
as I ever saw or heard Of. 1t wasn't
much bigger than a large closet. The
door was broken and hung by one
hinge. The griddles had pieces
knocked out of them. Only one pot
or kettle was visible. Two panes Of
glass were gone from the one win
dow, and rags were stuffed into the
holes, the tight wooden shutters hid
ing them from outside view. A tai
low candle, stuck in it's own grease,
gave swirling, smoky flame, by
which I saw a few bits of dilapidated
crockery on a shelf. The table was
an inverted dry goods box, from
which pieces had been broken for
fuel. Great heavens! Into what
nesting place of poverty had [ stolen
my way? What did this opening
scene promise?
My entrance Lad noiselessly forced
open, just hairs breadth, the door
to the adjoining room. Blowing out
the candle, I enlarged the opening
until my eye could take in the con-
tents of the apartment The first
look showed gray haired man seat
ed at table, his arms upon it and
his head upon his arms. | was d1-
rectly behind him, and my glances
took in the length of the little room.
Such room and such table! The
plastering had dropped off the cell
| ing and sides, leaving ulcerous look
| ing spots. What remained was of d
| dirty, gray color and a network OF
cracks. The lath showed like the
| ribs of skeleton.
The table was covered with a cloth,
| clean, but porous with holes and
| fringed with tatters. In the center
was a little kerosene lamp of glass,
whose wick was so small as ito afford
little more than FREELY sort of glow,
but it was enough to show a plate
holding six potatoes with their jack
cts on and half loaf of bread.
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d
mockery of his Christmas dinner. The
bowed down figure suddenly shook
as with an ague. A groan came from
! it. A minute more the man was sit
ting stiff1y erect staring at the Ia
BILE and muttering and signing.
Very real, but very crazy, he seem
ed. None the less so when, rising to
his feet, he became a figure of mag
nifcent manhood gray topped, but
tall muscular and dignifed-a soldier
in looks, even to the trimming of the
heavy white mustache. His clothing
was black, and not CLINT of orna-
ment was visible. What had this
grand looking man to do with this
place of chilling misery? He was it's
foe by dress and bearing. It's un'
speakable poverty made it his enemy.
He walked the room with long
strides and heavy footballs, the floor
creaking and groaning under his
weight There was no cessation of
his talking to himself until, placing
his hands on the back of his chair,
he halted and looked across the ia
BILE at the vacant chairs. Then his
mutterings changed to loud TRADE
of self denunciatio
'This is the fifth time I have set
this table and sat at it alone" he
said "Where are you, my loved ones?
If you are dead, pray God that your
spirits may come and see my grief
and shame and learn of my peni-
tence. If you are dead, then 1 MUIR
dered you. I am a criminal whether
you are alive or dead. I am so guilty
that Iwould not dare to tell the world
of my cowardly act. For years I've
here done penance on Christmas
NIGHTS. This miserable hut is mine
my chapel of confession, my place of
self punishment. What good is all
my wealth if you are not with me to
share it? Guilty coward that I was
to flee from you! Money has not been
lacking to find and restore you to me.
Perhaps you starved to death and lie
in the potter's field. If you are liv-
ing, it must be that you remember
me only with curses. I deserve them
indeed I do"
Then sinking on his knees he said:
"Good Lord, hear my prayer! Give
me back my loved ones! I have come
to this spot from the ends of the
earth year after year that my past
may never be forgotten by me. I
ought to be dead, but dare not die.
I shall taste tonight of such food as
we ate that night. All that we had.
I would give up all my riches if [
might eat it with my loved ones, but
it is not to be-not to be-
His chin came down upon his
breast. He was statue of despair.
Clearly to me he was also crazy. He
would have been considered so by any
man in my place. Plainly enough he
had worked himself into frenzy and
at that moment was suffering from a
reaction. While he was in that mood
and [ was wondering what to do with
him or for him there was a flash of
light, touch on my arm and whis-
pered:
"John, what is the matter?" 1t was
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preferring that the property should
remain tenantless. This cottage was
directly in the rear of our building,
facing parallel street. An alley sep
arated the two yards. From our rear
windows we could look down on the
premises, so that it was not difficult
to notice any unusual happening.
Among old women and children the
place had the reputation of being
haunted, a distinction that seems nat
urally to become attached to wornout
and unoccupied places, and this one
had not been lived in for many years.
For my wife and her mother-the lat
ter especially-the cottage was the
reminder of the saddest period in
their lives. One Christmas night,
just II years before, the husband and
father, David Vance, crazed by the
ruin brought upon him by the per-
fdy of a friend and reduced to con-
diton of starvation, went out of that
cottage into the binding fury of
snowstorm and was not seen or
heard of again. His family had af-
terward drifted around, being some
times in one city, sometimes in an
other, until they had unwittingly
come back to within a stones throw
of the birthplace of their bitterest
recollections.
After the family had left the cot
tage the story ran that subsequent
tenant had murdered his wife there
and that it was haunted-not by the
ghost of the slain, but by that of the
slayer, who had been duly and prop
erly executed, and that for this rea-
son no tenant would take the house
at any rent Still another legend,
picked up by me in conversation with
cold settlers" and considered from
professional point of view, was to the
effect that the present owner was a
man beyond middle age who had
been disappointed in love, the object
of his affection being the daughter
of the woman who had been murder
ed and the man who had murdered
her, and that he came to the house
every little while, like one to the
tomb of his departed, to mourn over
his loss, the girl having considerate-
Nv, Il r I, ch TX
be observed that the little house
seemed the nucleus of several TRACE
dies, real or unreal, and therefore be-
came an uncanny spot to the super
stitiously inclined. A community Of
houses, like a community of persons,
seems necessarily to cover disreputa-
BILE constituents, and the cottage,
from its meanness of appearance and
it's unpleasant antecedents, looked
more disreputable than any of its
neighbors, and seemed, therefore, al
ways an object of suspicion.
The light Of the Christmas day had
blended with the darkness of the
Christmas night. I had travelled my
beat as in duty bound. Our dinner
had been eaten and all evidence that
it existed removed with hOusewifely
skill and care. Frank, Toinette's
big brother, had gone out for a mile
walk, ''to shake down his food" as he
said TOinette was reading to me,
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-22
The Coming woman

Who goes to the club while her husband
tends the baby. as well as the good old.
fashioned woman who looks after her
home. will both at times get run down
10 health. They will be troubled with
loss OF appetite. headache, sleeplessness,
faintiDg or dizzy spells. The most won
derful remedy for these women is Electric
Bitters. Thousands ofsufierers from Lame
Back and Weak Kidneys rise up and call
1t blessed. 1t is the medicine for women.
Female complaints and Nervous troubles
OF all kinds are soon relieved by the use
OF Electric Bitters. Delicate women
should keep this remedy on hand to
build mp the system. Only so cents per
bottle. For sale by ID. T, Macdonald.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-22

Our Boston Letter.

Boston, Mass, December 20, 1897.
The stock market last week continued
firm. as rule, but "boom" tactics were
not INDUCED in by the traders to any ex
tent. There is good demand for bond.
of all classes end investment securitle.
which keeps prices firm, despite the posi-
ton OF The professional traders, whether
on the bull or the bear side ofthe market
There are fe " unfavorable factors in tn
sltuation and speculative public gener-
ally is bullsh, which augurs well for the
immediate future OF the market, especi
ally az there are many favorable factors
and very good reasons why prices should
appreciate substantially during the com.
ing winter months. Congress has had a
negative influe ce upon the course of the
market thus far and its doiDgs have re-
ceIved very little attention from the trad
ers since it's session began. Although
Secretary Cages bill for the reform OF the
currency and banking laws has been pre-
sented, n has had no effect in financial
circlSe, as it il thought that ND action
will be taken upon 1t at this session OF
Congress.
The money market has been trifie
tirmer recently owing to the shifting of
large amounts on account of the pay
ments for the Union Pacific railroad since
the foreclosure sale, and in anticipation
OF large Disbursements on account of in
terest and dividends the first of the new
year. There has been no stringency in
the money markets however, and none ia
likely to occur. as the supply OF loanabIe
funds. while very large Mt present, would
be considerably augmented by an adj
vance in current loanipg rates. The
slight furry in rates last week had the
effect OF reducing sterling exchange rates
and il is thought that gold may be i'm
ported from Europe, where the United
States have large credit balance on ac-
count OF the heavy expectations of mer-
chandise. The net gain in our foreign
trade balance in October was in excess
Of $50, 5000 and in November IL was
more than $60,00O,OOO. None OF this
balance has been paid; it is being loaned
abroad at as good rates as have OBJ
taine6 here aud would be called upon in
case OF any material advance in loaning
rates.
While good crops in the west have
made business there much better than a
year ago, here in the east the outlook
among the cotton manufacturers is not
80 bright. In previous letters attention
has been called to the unsatisfactory
condition OF the cotton industry in New
England. The result has been that
many Of the leading mills will announce
a reduction Of 10 per cent. in wages the
first Of January. There may be strikes,
but that will not help matters any, ex.
cept to reduce the stock OF goods on
hand and provide wider market for the
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-22

Don't be persuaded into buying lini
ments without reputation or merit
Chamberlain's Pain Balm costs no more,
aud it's merits have been proven by test
OF many years. Such letters as the fol.
lowing, from l.. g. BsgIey, Hueneme,
GAL. are constantly being received: "The
oest remedy for pain have eyer used is
onamberlain's Pain Balm, and say 40
after having used it in my family for sew
eral years. 1t cures rheumatism, lame
oack' sprains and swelling. For sale by
Sodergren & Sodergren, Druggists.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-22
The Laurfum Fair.

Our twelfth annual sale will be in great
bargains-455 pieces OF mems fieeced.
lined underwear worth 81 25 each, at
this sale only 35 cents; $50 pairs OF mems
kid gloves worsh 81 so per pair at this
sale only AZ cents; 6O0 par OF children's
rubbers. from No. 6 to IL and from IL
to No. =, worth 30 cents per pair, at this
sale 10 cents. Call at once as it is to
your interest. The Laurium Fair, next
to the postoffice, I. Feinberg & Co.. pro-
prietors.
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Enquire at the house or OF the
company.

Aw,nnten TO nent-A house OF four rom.
apply 10 Peter Kelly. Laurium. 'oons
wanted - -four boarders. conra.
pioyes Apply TO Mrs. Rowling. issd Rnnynd em =,
ees axn nr,a boarders, company emplov.
havmbauItown. ~" N street
ployen : rn,, 70 - Hc.s-By a company EN-.
OF I'VE room. or more. Apniy e. ~, 'sckei
street or mt NEWS office. 'p'S I" 40 sixth
.,,'rno Sssie-House No. 1911. HecIa stree,
on premises. wv '" 'osepn siniakar
Bine J.cn s.e-. No. 5s7 Cedar straa,
Gasperich. '"o premises TO Mike
on ~ e-A six-roomed house. Am
y" ,S ne premises No. ia east Pine street app
Apply a. the News ONCE VI nvs rooms.
to ros 80 ss'eL An sieh sroom house on sv.u..
John r. Wertin or - ,t suwedetown, Apply 70
sSsr oals-Houss No. siso Trr.s, -
'"eessown' Apply on che prsmisSs. s'Fsss'
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TOnsOrial Parlors, Fifth :
Notice to saIoouke.pers and Others.

N"'oo =" S"'"onHeePers ana Others.
l hereby forbid any saloonkeeper or
person dealing in spurious, malt or vim
Gus liquors to supply nv son. Olaf All ed
Olson, who unfortunately is in the habit
OF getting intoxicated, with any such
liquor. In the event OF them doing 20
hereby give them notice they will be pros
ecuted to the utmost rigor of the law.
LARS OLSON,
519 Sixth street, Red Jacket
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-22

For the next week We will close out all
OF our ribbons or piece goods at half
price. All of our trimmed hats are to be
sold from 81 upwards. Ladies that left
orders at our stand in Red Jacket can
have them delivered by calling at third
door to art gallery, OsceoIa St., Laur-
ium. MRS. VIM. FISHER
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-22

Mrs, Stark, Pleasant Ridge. o., says,
AFTER two doctors gave up my boy to
die. saved him from Group by using
One Minute Cough Cure" 1t is the quick
est and most certain remedy for coughs,
colds and all throat and lung troubles.
SoDERGREN & SoDERGREN.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-22
Over Sauer's Sample Room.

After hearing some friends continually
praising Chamberain's Collie. Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy. Curtis Fleck, OF Ana
helm. California, purchased bottle for
his own use and is now as enthusiastic
over it's wonderful work as anyone can
be. The 20 and so cent sizes for sale by
Sodergren & Sodergeen, Druggists.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-22

Grease spots, pitch, tar, paint, etc,
can positively be removed without the
slightest injury by our new French pro-
cess OF clothes cleaning.
MICHIGAN DYE Works.
Over 312 Fifth street.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-22
Gold Fi.h aud Aauarium

have Just received a large lot oil
aquarium gold fish and aquarium food,
which will make very handsome presents
for Christmas, and which will dispose of
at New York prices, from % cents to 81
apiece Tor the fish. An inspection is in
vited. j. s. DAY,
TOnsOrIal Parlors, Fifth st.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-22

We now handle full line OF underwear,
overshirts, etc; our stock having just ar
rived is all fresh and clean and our
prices-well our reputation will tell you
this story. THE SAVING BANK.
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Buckten,s Arnlca tsaIye.e

The best salye in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores. Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever
Scores, letter, Chapped Hands. Chill.
biains. Corns, and all Skin Eruptions.
and positively cures Piles, or no pay re.
duired. 1t is guaranteed to give perfect
satisfaction or money refunded. Price
20 cents per box. For sale by d. T.
Macdonald
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-22

Leave your subscription or renewal for
Ladies Home Journal with M. E.
VBrien at Friederichs, Stringer & Harris
insurance Office, over First National
bank. Subscriptions also received for
any other Newspaper or magazine, which
will receive the usual prompt attention.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-22
Calumet Carriage works.

Manufacturer and dealer of carriages,
Wagons, cutters and sleighs. Repainting
and repairing OF all kinds on short no.
tice. First-class work guaranteed and
prices reasonable. Give me a call.
JOSEPH HEBERT,
Corner Hecla and Lake Linden Avenue,
Lanrium.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-22

Big bargains in stockings, II cents
per pair. all wool. Gentlemen's white
handkerchiefs, one-half dozen IL cents at
NJ. Gittlers
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The Up-,o-date Re.,auran,.

Having opened first-class restaurant
in the Hooking building next to the post
Office, hope t. receive share OF the pub
lie patronage. Have also a stock of fine
confeetions and cigars. Il, BRANIGAN.