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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-16
To Expedite Work.

r,,o necessity for doing something W
- tho work in order to reach
ep, adiournment in any kind or sea-
49,. hos led Speaker Gordon 10 hoiu
nfarence with the chairmen OF the
,,or,ous standing committees Vi 'ho
so,,se The result of the conference we
~ annointment of a steering coIif',i'-
~ y,bose duty IL will be TO siit tle
.a,rg hills wedding out the worthiess
- combining those relating 10 the
80 suhiect or seeking to accompiisl,
So s,' 20 me object. and pushing the most
meritorious to the 'front.' tha
,,ittee will be the sole WITNESS %
demise of the pet measures Vi nian a,,S
re LEGISLATORS. The treatment pio',
"a for Is heroic, but the OCCASION ue
'" a,,,a senate has agreed to the Dudley
,,,, nroviding a bounty OF 1 cent pc
n,,nd for beet sugar OF Michigan pr
p,sa, The bill was slightly amehu-
~ Tho senate, but the chances are
GU :" ~ amendments will be concurreo
,n" sr,,a changes made by the senate are
III - weigh masters and inspectors
.na he amounted by and under .he
shan Of the commissioner OF the
SUP lend office. instead OF the secre-
sta'e % state. and that the bounty
ssai, he paid whether the uhi.eu o'a.es
s"an bounty or not. AS IL passeo
~ house the bill provided ina. a." a..
.ne bounty shall cease whenever tne
s.a ., government offers one. the oe'
k,-a heine TO not pay two boun,le pv
sire oe'"s " JAMES ". BARRY.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-16


State Senator Lawrence's bill requlr-
Ing that foreign-born persons shall be-
come citizens of this country before en-
titled to work on public improvements
ETC., called out much discussion In the
senate last week. and was finally re-
ferred to the judiciary committee lot
an opinion as to its constitutionality. IL
was discovered that 1t not only prevents
the employment of non-citizens on pup
lie works. but any other line OF work.
and State Senator Youmans declared
that II II became a law he would De
compelled to discharge his hired man
or be liable to the penalty provided Tor
violation of the law.
II Is hardly probable that the bill VIII
pass In Its present form.
1t looks very much as IL macnine
voting Is sure to come. The IDEA is
steadily growing In favor year by year
This spring the cities Of Adrian. HUDSON
and Lansing will use the Abbott vot'
Ing machine at their municipal cleo
lions. This machine was used at HUG
son, where the inventor. who was sew
sral terms q member Of the Michigan
The times., 1897-05-09
MODERN GREEK BABY CARRIAGE

In the country about Leysina, now a
saualid and ague-shakenl Greek village,
fourteen miles from Athens, but In an
-cient days the seat or tile celebration
of the EIeusinian Mysteries, the peasant
women have {. contIivance for carrying
their children, which reminds one of the
way In which the American squaw dis
poses OF her papoose. The Greek baby is
rolled up In & long scarf of yellowish,
homespun wool, outside OF which may se
wrapped a sheepskin, or in summer a
CAV yellow handkerchief, 1t is then strap
ped into a trough that might be called
cross between a mummy case and cradle.
This trough consists sometimes OF frame
-ork OF canes, covered with leather or
cloth, and sometimes OF followed wood,
like the wooden hotties and pots common
throughout the East. 1t is slung by
straps from the mothers shoulders. Bal.y
and baby case make considerable weight,
but peasant backs are used to burdens.
The Eleusinian woman Is more apt TO
be Albanian than purely Greek, for there
has been considerable admixture of
Northern blood in this part Of Attica. But
whatever her claims 10 classic descent,
fever and miasma have disposed of her
The times., 1897-05-09
Mrs. Storer,s Hobby.

Mrs. Mariah Longworth Storer, the wife
of Bellamy Storer, the newly-appointed
ministerUo Belgium, has been experimenting
for five years at her pottery kilns at her
home in Cincinnati and in Washington with
new glazes for artistic wares. TheresultIs
that she has achieved something new In
art For year she has been working in
Copper. and a wonderful glaze is the re-
suit In producing the final results she has
tried experiments that few commercial
firms would undertake, because of their
great cost 1t is purely original and en-
tirely Mrs Storer's own invention, and
bears no resemblance to the famed wares
of the Rook wood pottery of Cincinnati, Of
which Mrs. Storer was the founder and is
stillthe moving spirit. The new glaze is a
dull effect of color, with curious notified
effects There are beautiful color spots
in it. 1t has feeling, as one strokes it,
something like fur. Mrs. Storer last year
exhibited at the Paris salon some pieces OF
ware of strong, vivid color effects that she
had made New York Sun.
The times., 1897-05-09

in that length of time enough sorrow anu
misery were compressed to fill century
The coming of the Mlnorcans ana their
subsequent slavery was in this wise: In
1857 a certain Capt. Andrew Turnbuii ob-
tanned grant of 10000 acres IN Voiusla
county, Fla. and named il New Smyrna
Florida had just been ceded TO Great
Britain, but it was SO thinly settled that
a small empire might have Deen buiit up
in the middle counties without attracting
auv attention from the English
Cant. Turnbull sailed for the Mediter-
ranean after securing title TO his lanu'
and proceeded TO dazzle the people or the
Grecian isles with his fair descriptions
and promises of his New Smyrna he was
not the first ex ploiter or adventurer to mis-
rerresent the wonderful climate and pro
ducts OF sunny Florida. He was SC sue
cessful in his persuasions that a colony oil
ZOO men, women and children, chiefly
Ninorcaus, was induced to embark with
him for the new land. To make the
nronjses seem more real, Capt. Turnbull
offered to carry the colonsts to their
new home free of cost and clOthe and
fed them for six months. If at the end
of that period any were dissatisfied with
the conditions of their new home he would
TRANSPORT them back to Europe. But TO
those who desired to stay ne would pre-
sent fifty acres Of land and twenty-five
acres thereafter to every child born.
What inducements could he fairer than
these. fully set forth in the contract?
Men and women of noble families joined
the exredition and left pleasant homes be-
hind them: but the prospects of the fu-
oil
at home. and the innocent Grecians and
Minorcans cast in their lots together anu
started for the New Smyrna.
| They had a rough passage across the
seas. and some of the old and feeble ones
| died. hut the rest took heart when they
were actually landed on The coast OF
| Florida. Everything seemed TO be as rep
| resented aud the new colonists started
! in to make New Smyrna one of the flnest
| homes in the world. They erected palmetto
| huts and lahored diligently in the fields
| for their master. 1t was not long before
| they found that they were in the hands
| of crafty man, whose sole purpose III
| bringing them over was to force them to
! create wealth for him. They We're In a
| strange land. far, far away from any
| civilized town or village, and thousands
| CT miles away from their own countrymen-
] They were soon reduced to the level or
! the negro slave, and forced to labor in
| the fields frem early morning until night
| under the control of heartless white over
seers The immense plantation was soon
| brought under cultivation and Turnbuii
realized a lrincely income from it. The
| Mjporcans realized nothing but Iiueble
living No land was ceded to them. nc
nrolits were given to them, not even wages.
small Quantity of food was doled out to
them and they were forced to eat out oi
a common bowl For nine years they tolet
hopelessly for their cruel master, but, ii
The times., 1897-05-09
Talented Postmistress.

I've come to the conclusion said the
old politician, ,thoughtfuily, that men don't I
understand the first principles OF politics
The fact is it takes a real brainy woman to
get all there is in politics out of it"
Thinking of some particular casc?''
asked one of the listeners.
That's what I'm doin'," returned the
politician. I'm figunn' on the postinis-
tTess upto Willow Holler Now when a man
gifts a postoffice he don t calc'late to hold
it any longer than his party's in power,
does be?''
Hardly was the unanimous sentiment
of the listeners.
jest as soon as he gifts through countin'
the returns election night an finds that
the other fellow has got there with both
feet an little TO spare he packs up an
glts ready to move out, doesn't he?"
They agreed to this without dissenting
voice
We'll, this here post mistress was ap-
pointed as a Republican, under Harrison -
explained the politician, land of course
when Cleveland was elected it looked ike
cinch for her to step out and for some good
haTd-workin' Democrat TO step in; but she
was too smart for EN-"
What did she do?'i
Married one OF the strongest Democrats
in that section of the country before the
President haG time to reach her case, and
then insisted on holdin' onto The office ON
the ground that only the politics of the
head of The house counts
And they let her hold over?"
Couldn't Go nothin' else No matter low
they felt regartiin her it would be tCo much
like takn' a fall out of her husband to drop
her, aud that wouldn { do at ALL
''But how about the politics OF the head oil
the house now that the Republicans are
again in poweT?' asked one of the listener
doubtfulIy.
Don't count at aI,' answered the poll
tician. shes sued him for divorce ON the
ground that he's so much dead weight dur
ing a Republican Administration, and as
like as not she'll have a chance TO get a
Democrat with a stronger pull If the Demo
Gratis ever getinto power again. tell you,
q man doesn I know the rudiments of prac-
tical politics when it comes to conparin'
him with a good enterprisin' woman who's
once made upher mind what she wants. =
Chicago Journal.
The times., 1897-05-09
English InfnrunnlitY.

| have known American guests to ar-
rive at an English house in the afternoon
when host and hostess and all the guests
were out shooting or driving. The arriving
Americans thought they were being treated
unceremoniously and were disposed to re-
sent it. ! asked them whether they really
thought that the days plans for Il score
OF guests ought to have been upset in
order that the lost should meet them at
his front door as they drove up. That was
a new pointof view to them. And finally
paciried them by relating what had be-
fallen Inc early in my English experiences.
which / will repeat here.
An English friend, whom / met by
chance in London on Friday. asked me
to come to his house in the country from
Saturday to Monday. l was engaged Sat
urday evening and arranged to come sun
day morning instead. Arriving at IL
O'Clock. / was shown into the drawing
room. where sat lady whom ] had never
seen, but whom guessed to be my friend IS
wife. OF him there was no sign. We
talked for awhile, then went out for a
walk.
NV host came ia just before luncheon.
one or TWO other guests with him. This
lady told me long afterward that she no
more knew me than l her: that her bus
band had told her a man was coming
down that morning. but did not say who,
and she took it for granted it was some
one whom she knew; that when the serv-
ant announced me she did not hear the
name. and thus it was that we spent the
morning together. neither sure of the
others identity. 1t was the beginning
of long friendship. 1t is also very
good Illustration of the easy way in which
formalities are dispensed with in an En-.
glish country house.-Harper' Magazine.
The times., 1897-05-09
Barney Barnato's wooing.

1t is better to be born lucky than rich.
When Mr.. Barnato was at Johannesburg
last year he determined to go to the races
You'll only lose your money" said his
friends, warningly. We'll, / Won't take
any with me-" he replied, land then
shall be all right" Arrived at the race
course. he saw a man with a peanut and
fruit stall, and asked him what he'd take
for it.
Two hundred pounds was the reply.
'Done with you," said Barnato.
well, where's the money!" asked the
man, as Barnato was proceeding TO appro-
pirate the stall.
..oh I'm Mr.. Barnato It'll be all
right
We'll, that's good enough for me-"
Within an hour Barnato had sold the
contents of the stall for $500. He paid the
man his goo, staked the balance OH the
races, and won f12,o0o before the end Of
the day
Perhaps it is not generally known how
Mr.. Barnato came TO be married The be-
ginnings OF his fortune are said TO have
been due To the prudent purchase OF dia-
monds in South Africa. These he de-
posted for safety with certain barmaid
in Kimberley After a ti.ne Ee said to
her:
Give me my diamonds. I'm off for
Europe When l return ven get mar
ried.'
.sI think Wen be married first" she re-
piled, and those were the only terms on
which he could get back his diamonds.
Now this astute young lady is the present
Mrs. Barnato, and her baby drives along
the Kings road at Brighton in silver
perambulator.-L London Figaro.
The times., 1897-05-09
The Ross of the Family.

sOh, l guess I'm getting into the game
now" chuckled the little man on the street
car as he hugged his packages and smiled
at the sympathetic man with glasses who
sat next.
II don't quite understand, my friend.
.'Of course not, but it's this way; you
see, It's kind OF an open question up at
our house whether she or l is the nead
of the family and we're both doing the
cunning act just to feel our way thrlst-
mas she had saved up enough of my own
money to buy me some presents what
i got was a diamond ring that's SO small
that she has to wear it, q lot of toilet fix
ms for our common sleeping room and
q pair of gloves that happened To be her
number l took it all so meekly that she
thinks she's the boss, and that | daren't
enter a protest.
Wouldn't it be well to assert yourseH
just enough, you knowg'
Well, l should clearly enunciate. To
morrow's her birthday. See these bun
dies? All presents for her. There s
pair Of trousers made to my measurements,
three neckties, half dozen big linen hand-
kerchiefs, pair of shoes that she could
slip down and sit In, 1-S derby fat,
brier-wood pipe and four pounds OF snlok
ing tobacco. They're all for her, and the
little mar laughed and dropped most oi
the packages.
Next forenoon the same two happened t.
ride downtown together and the little man
had his packages
How did your wife en- njo y the presents2?'
asked the sympathetic man.
~ don't see what business you have IN
quiring into my private affairs, sir II
choose to get these things exchanged |
don't have to advertise the fact. "-Detrci'
Free Press.
The times., 1897-05-09
THE RIVERSIDE PARADE.

claims to classic beauty. Dark-haired,
dark-skinned and sallow, she is more
picturesque than pretty as in unkeihpt peas
ant dress, her head tied up in kercmef
she prunes the vines, baby on back, or
hacks at the ground with heavy ana
awkward pick-aXe under the olive trees
Sometimes the traveller meets her on the
old time Sacred Way over which the
solemn torch-iight procession USED 10 pass
from Athens to take part III the Mysteries.
Driving donkey loaded down withfaggots
along this ancient thoroughfare into the
..city of the violet crown this peasant
mother is as great contrast 20 the
Frenchified wives of the government oiii-
GERS and merchants who throng the streets
of the capital OF modern Greece as Argive
Helen herself could be.
The times., 1897-05-09
spite Of it all. their spirit was never actu-

spite of it all. their spirit was never act'i-
ally broken
They were subjected to the lash on the
slightest provocation. The e-wonlen were
whipped publicly while in nude eondi-
ton, and no indeceney was too great or
horrible for them to endure They We're
half starved and many of them actually
died for lack of proper food. No Greek
slave of classic history ever appealed more
strongly to the sympathies of a world
than these beautiful Mlnorcan women
dashed to the stake. while the execution
er's whip was laid upon their bare bodies
But there was to tie an end TO al this
One night the whole colony escaped from
ths pIaptation, and wandered through
the almost impassatle swamps OF Florida
to st. Augustine. They arrived there In
tjme-6OO strong, all that remained OF the
original 1.50o-and, throwing themselves
upon the mercy of Gov Tonyn. they We're
protected from their former master. Turn
bull sued for his alleged rights. and IA
special court was organized for the trlal-
Attorney General Younge appeared in te-
half OF the Minorcans. and they we're made
legally and morally free. Since then their
descendants have lived In ST. Augustine
or the vicinity. and it is almost impossi-
bile to induce any of them TO return to
the scene of the former slavery. Today
The times., 1897-05-09
A Diet Boarding House.

Do you know the latest scheme of
bright woman for earning living? She is
keeping a boarding house where she caters
only to people who aret.dieting-' Some
want to grow thin, others are trying TO
cure dyspepsia, still others are feeding
their nerves. All found it impossible 10
ward off hunger at ordinary places OF
public eating without taking things con-
trary to the doctors order. My friend
sets a table with whole wheat bread,
all kinds of mush, fruits stewed with
very little sugar, rare meats Tor those
allowed meat, cereal coffee and fresh
bciled'' hot water for those taking the
water cure. The plain food is cooked
del:ciousIy, and the dieting is thus made
q pleasant affair for those undergoing 1t.
Special dishes are cooked when asked for
the best beef tea is always on tap, and gra-
ham crackers OF every known variety
abound Boston Home Journal
The times., 1897-05-09
PRETTY MINORCAN GIRLS.
Transplanted From the Mediterra-
mean, They Flourish In Florida.

Down on the Hillsborough River inv olusia
county, Fla, there are the ruins OF one OF
the Oldest settlements in this country, and
it's history forms one of the most tragic
episodes ever recorded Of any place in the
United States The place Is called New
Smyrna, but there is netting new OIL attrac-
tive about it except the orange trees, the
paImettos and green vines. which nature
distributes iayisiily around. There is one
class tS people in the South who can never
be induced TO visit New smyrna, and the
very sound OF the name makes them turn
their heads aside in shame or anger.
In the streets OF St. Augustine today one
occasionally catches glimpse of q tyIe Of
American beauty that fairly takes the
breath away, and again he sees traces OF
that type in SO many faces that he unhesi-
tatingly attributes them all TO the same
source There are only few pure-blood-
ed Minercan women left in this country,
but the blood of these ancient slaves has
mingled with that OF our noblest Southern
families and perpetuated In degree
beauty that is now rarely seen. what
the creole blood has done for so many
women OF New Orleans, the Minorcan has
accom- n,ished for the inhabitants OF Florida
The woudrous eyes, the regular, classic
features, and the beautiful hair are al.
worthy of the Greek slave-their real pro-
totype.
The story of the Florida Mnorcans Is
interesting. dramatic, tragic They were
the first slaves brought TO this country
and white slaves a { that! They suffered the
horrors of slavery which was unregu-
lated by law and which would have made
the scenes in "Uncle Toms Cabin" com
monplace This white slave colony ex-
Isted in the South only nine years, out
The times., 1897-05-09
Europe,s opinion of Hanotnux.

Hanotaux's prestige has become very
great in Europe. The danger in re-
public always is that the ministers VIII
obey too readily the impetus of the crowd;
in too absolute InOnarchies men fear that
they will display too passive an obedience
to the sovereign. But HanotauX belongs
to the same school as the Marquis di Rudini;
He is a wise man. He will retire before
he viii consent to measure which he
considers unfavorable to peace; he thinks
that peace is not only benefit, but q
necessity for Europe. He is thoroughly
to be relied on; his speech is as good as
gold he says little, and understands at the
first glance. That is why he is agreeable
to Europe, not to Russia only, but to Ger
many as well He is less favorably re-
garded in England l think he does not
sufficiently understand the English; the
English, on their side, do not understand
him at all Whom do they understand ON
tine Continent? 1t really is singular 10
think that Continental affairs, " hich were
SO familiar to them thirty years ago, have
become so foreign TO them that they no
longer succeed, despite their efforts, IN
assiiniIating thern--Revicw OF Reviews.
The times., 1897-05-09
Glass GOWNS.

People who live in glass houses must
not throw stones," says the proverb but
what viii we do in case our women folks
come to dress themselves in glass? In the
march of modern invention this seems by
no means an impossibility. We are told
that a European manufacturer is turning
out bonnets by the thousand, the glass cloth
OF whichthey yarecomposed having the sal nie
simmer and brilliancy OF color as silk,
and, what is a gieat advantage, being inn
pcrvious to water. In Russia there has
Tor n long time existed tissue n,anuflc-
sured from the fiber of a peculiar fjament-
GUS stone from the Siberian mines, which,
BY some secret process, is shredded ands spun
into a fabric which, although soft to the
souch and piable in the extreme, is of 30
durable nature that it n ever wears cut.
This is probably what has given an enter
prising firm the idea Of producing spun
klass dress lengths.
The Muscovite stuff is thrown into the
The times., 1897-05-09

mixing a large cupful Of bread crumbs
through it, empty into the baking dish
in which it is to be served. Lightly
sprinkle a few bread crumbs over 1t, dot
here and there with bits of butter, andset
it in quick oven about ten minutes To
brown.
Salmi Of Chicken Joint tender young
chicken weighing about three pounds, boil
in saIted water until done, and allow 1t TO
grow cold Mince it finely and moisten
well with drawn butter (about large cup
full, using one saltspoonful of salt, one
of celery salt, and half that quantity OF
pepper for seasoning and heating the
whole. Cover the bottom of the baking
dish with bread crumbs one inch thick;
sprinkle evenly. Add to the chicken two
well-beaten eggs, one Tablespoonful OF
lemon Juice and pour into the baking dish
Strew bread crumbs over the top thickly,
together with bits of butter now and again,
and bake to a rich brown. The baking
dish should be covered. Serve with po-
tato border Chicago Record.