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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-08
Women and Insurance.

Only about eight or nine OF the life
insurance companies of the country in
sure women at the same rates as men.
A considerably larger number insure
women, but charge them an additional
IS per $1,000, and still more even do
not insure women at all. 1t is the opin-
ion of those qualified to speak that the
companies charging the excess rate are
not justified in doing so and that the
practice will not long be continued.
The mortality rate experienced among
its women insurers by one well known
company has been about 80 per cent OF
what was expected, and it has insured
several women for the full amount it
will issue on any one life-that is, $50,
600. The heretofore unfavorable atti-
tude of insurance companies toward
women has been due undoubtedly to the
fact that few if any women had an in
surable interest, but that day has passed.
AS the avenues of occupations have
widened thousands of women today
are the sole support of children or par
ents, and those thus dependent on then
need the protection of insurance a
much as if the family breadwinnel
xuere n man
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-08
AN INFANT TERRIBLE.
She Made o Man Blush and the Girls
Giggle.

Literal children or, more properly,
children who take your Gliding literal
". are holy terrors, relates a young
man noted for his politeness to ladies.
81 was in herdic the other day when
was much crowded, though no one was
standing mt the time. Presently lady
and gentleman got in, and L gave my
seat TO the lady, leaving the old gentle
man standing. Immediately a young
lady sitting in one end of the herdic
called 10 her little sister, child OF D
perhaps, who was sitting near the door
at the other end, TO come TO her ana
give her seat TO the elderly gentleman.
The child came willingly enough, and
while the sister was reading her lesson
in manners a passenger got out, and L
took n seat. Never let me see you re-
main seated again when people older
than you are standing" closed the lee
ture, and the child was crowded, hall
sitting, half standing, between the Old
er sister and the lady next to her. Two
minutes later pretty girl got in, and
of course, as the only gentleman in the
herdic, / gave her my seat. No sooner
had done so than that small terror was
ON her feet.
"Oh, mister" she said in sweet,
shrill accents, "you take my seat! You's
older than me-" And everybody laugh
ed. of course, trust lot OF gigglins
girls for that, for the only place ON earth
that could have "taken seat" was on
the sisters lap, from which the child
had slid. I didn't take the seat, but
did take to the street and walked five
blocks in q drizzling rain to get away
from the giggle Of those girls. wash
ington Star.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-08
A New Point In Insurance.

The ingenuity of some insurance COM
panies in devising ways and means for
evading responsibility is equaled by
nothing on earth. A claim was recently
made against an accident insurance COM
pany for indemnity by physician who
had met with an injury in very pecul-
lar fashion. He had been i'll as the re-
suit of an accident received some time
previous, but was partly recovered.
While driving he was seized with a
spasm, and great exhaustion overcame
him. He stopped his horse and proceed
ed to administer hypodermic injection
of some powerful stimulant to which he
resorted in such emergencies. just as
he was about to insert the needle his
horse started. The needle was driven
deep into the flesh, inflicting severe
and painful injury. He sued for indem
nifty, he being disabled for 20 weeks
The Judge dismissed the complaint OF
the ground that the injury was no
caused through external violent and &c
cidental means in the intent and pur
pose of the policy. This decision vii
strike the average thinking individual
as somewhat peculiar. If mishap du
to the sudden starting of horse is no
an accident, it might be interesting {
know how the word could be defined
New York Ledger
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-08
Hadriau's Wall.

Hadrian, in A. d. 100, built a stone
wall from Bowness, near Carlisle, on
Solway firth, to the river Tyne, near
Newcastle. 1t was so miles long and
garrisoned by 10000 troops. 1t was
from 12 to 20 feet high at various
points, s feet thick at the top and was
provided with gallery in the rear,
which enabled its defenders to take
their stand with only head and shout
ders visible to the enemy. At every
quarter of a mile there was castle
with a garrison of troops. Beacon lights
and signals were used, and ON an at
tack. whether by day or by night, the
news was at once flashed up and dowi
the wall from sea to sea.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-08
HE GOT THE
A Story showing the Sym
pUeify of Professo,

A story showing the ss"'scussing the mel'
P's"' VI le head Of n b
Twenty years ago thsbment was move
her 3-year-old child, was,ce:
Washington in midwinapoeue myself
reaching that beautiful C something wor,
morning, as was expecte6yorld and bavir
stalled in the night by a, was wran,,ed !
card. After the height of school to Ger
over it took hours to dig aS vanced stnden
snow that buried, not only ,rdar IN teer /,
I the whole world APPARENT yav the who
and laboriously the locomotive cre.p ,,et;c
and we were still 200 miles from Wash
ington when the church clock struck
in village where we halted. Men
| jumped up 10 see if there We're time TO
get a cup of coffee; nervous and anxious
women clamored for tea, and / cried
with the rest, "Oh, if only / could get
a glass of milk for my little girlF' I'm
possible" said the brakeman, who was
passing through the car; 1--WE shant be
here but minute.
Paving no heed TO his words, gen.
tleman of striking appearance, whose
fine face and head / had been silently
studying, hurriedly left the car and dis.
appeared upon the snowy platform
HELL get left, sneered the brakeman.
The train moved on, feeling its way
through the huge white banks ON both
sides. The gentleman had evidently
been travelling alone, for no one seemed
anxious because he did not come back
The cars were hardly in full swing,
however, when he jumped aboard, lit
tie out of breath, busted with snow, but
, self possessed and calm, holding care
| fully tall glass of milk, which he gave
TO the wee girl beside me. My SIAM
mered thanks for such unexpected kind
3 ness from an unknown traveller he brush
D ed away with wave of his hand But
( the glass;" insisted, knowing 1t could
not be returned, as we were now thun-
1 dering onward. SIS yours, madam, " he
3 replied. settling himself into his seat,
: paving no more attention to us. But
. later in the course of the dreary fore
S noon he motioned to the little lass &c
i come to him, which she willingly did.
N He lifted her to his side, and with his
o arm round her she cuddled up against
him. and for two hours he whispered
l. stories into her ear, so low that no one
d else could hear, but the delight of which
', was reflected in her dancing eyes anc
i. smiling lips.
At Baltimore the stranger disappear
ed, and gentleman across the passag'
from us leaned over and said, do yo'
n know who has been entertaining you
Or child so charmingly, as indeed only h
~ could?" 81 haven't the faintest idea
ly professor Francis J. Child. "
II So many years have flown since the
no that the little lass herself writes storie
IL now-perhaps faraway echoes of thos
e. she heard that wintry day when Profess
ne or Child made summer In her hear
d. but the tall, thick depot tumbler stl
stands ON the high shelf of the cul
ne board, too sacred for any use, save as
ID memento of the kindly chivalry or
on great man to little child.-Atlantic
no Contributors Club.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-08
An Old Hymn.

pathetic and yet charming story is
told of the origin of the well known
hymn, "Blest be the tie that binds, y
which was written by Rev. John Faw-
cett, an English Baptist, who died III
1917. having spent nearly 60 years III
the ministry
1t was in 1772, after few years
spent in pastoral work, that he was
called to London to succeed the Rev. DR..
Gill. His farewell sermon had been
preached near Moinsgate in Yorkshire.
Six or seven wagons stood loaded with
his furniture and books, and all was
ready for departure.
But his loving people were heart
broken. Men, women and children gath
cred and chung about him and his fam
lily with sad and fearful faces. Finally,
overwhelmed with the sorrow Of those
they were leaving. DR.. Fawcett and
his wife sat down ON one Of the packing
cases and gave way to grief.
"Oh, JOHN" cried Mrs. Fawcett al
last II cannot bear thisl I know not
how to Co."
"Nor I either" returned her hus
band, "and we will not go. The wagons
shall be unloaded and everything put
In Its old place"
His people were filled with intense
Joy and gratitude at this determination
Dr. Fawcett at once sent q letter Il
London explaining the case, and thel
resolutely returned to his work on q sal
airy Of less than 5000 year.
This hymn was written to commemo
rate the event. When Mr.. Coffing,
missionary at Aintab, in Armenia, sc
out In 1860 to explore the Taurus ncun
tains, he was to penetrate an entirel
new and dangerous field. This fact wa
fully realized by the inhabitants @
Aintab, and they gathered to the nun
Der of 1900 at the roadsides and bad
farewell to the missionary and his fam
lily in the Armenian words Of this hymn
written nearly century before by IL
devoted Yorkshire preacher. Youth
Companion.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-08
Man and the Mammoth.

A remarkable discovery was made a
few years ago in the sandstone rock at
the Nevada state prison. The find"
was considered wonderful not only
from geological standpoint, but from
an chronological point Of view also.
While the convicts at the institution
were unearthing some huge blocks of
stone they uncovered some peculiar in
dentations in one Of the slabs. Closer
investigation proved that these queer
marks were the tracks of some gigantic
beast of antediluyian time-perhaps a
mastodon or a mammoth. When the
startling intelligence was announced TO
the prison officials, they had the sand
stone slabs containing the tracks care
fully cleaned, whereupon another won
derful discovery was made. In the same
pieces of stone, sometimes at the side
and sometimes between the tracks, made
by the great prehistoric beast, were a
series of human footprints, which proved
conclusively that man and the mammoth
lived not only at the same time and in
the same age, but that the huge beast
and the man had passed that way dur
ing the same year, and perhaps ON the
same day These wonderful relics of a
bygone age were found in a quarry at a
depth of about 10 feet from the surface
| and had previously been covered with Z
stratum composed Of hundreds of tor;
| of stone-tho accumulation of the agCs
that had interviewed between the date
upon which the tracks We're made and
that upon which they were revealed Il
the scientists. Expert biologists wh'
have since passed an opinion on thu
matter say that at the time the track
were made that which is now haze
sandstone was a mucky deposit of sof
sediment, probably the border of lake
where the man had been fishing, ant
where the mammoth had come to bath
or drink. st. Louis Republic.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-08
THE UMBRELLA.
II Has Been known and Used For Thou
sands of Years.

Possibly uany of you suppose that
the umbrella is modern invention, but
il is not. Both as an emblem of rank
and as protection from sun and rain it
is of very ancient origin. Though the
materials used in the manufacture have
been constantly changing, the general
construction of the frame has been
changed but little in thousands Of years.
Egyptian and Ninevite sculptures OF
the earliest dates have many representa-
tons of the umbrella, but it is invari-
ably in connection with royalty. Ii was
always held over the head of monarch
when he rode in his chariot and at his
great open air feasts. In some of the
Hindoo sculptures Vishnu is represented
carrying an umbrella when going ON a
visit TO the internal regions.
We find frequent references to the
umbrella in the Greek poets, for its use
was quite fashionable among women OF
| high rank in Greece. In the middle ages
| it was an emblem of rank in the church.
| Umbrellas were carried over cardinals
| and bishops in solemn professions, and
all of the large cathedrals owned one or
more umbrellas that were kept for use
ON such occasions.
The Chinese adopted the umbrella at
a very early period in their history, and
for many centuries were the only people
that did not confne its use TO the king
and princes of the blood. However, they
permitted only men of wealth and high
position TO carry them. The common
people protected themselves from the
elements by making their hats broad
and umbrella shaped.
From the time that they established
their empire the japanese have made
much use of the umbrella. 1t is als'
used throughout India, but 1T Is a mari
of rank in Burma and Siam. One o
the titles of the king of Burma Is Lore
of the Twenty Umbrellas. He use
white silk umbrellas, and no other per
son is permitted to use white one
The princes of the blood each have, a
a mark of distinction, 5wo gilt UNI
brellas, with handles 10 or 10 feet L
length. The other officers of the stat
have but one.
From carly drawings it seems probf
, bic that the umbrella was Introduce
i into Europe in the fourteenth centur,
but it did not come into general use Ill
I, til about philadelphia Press.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-08
Eggs Are Useful.

According to The Medical Record
egg. are useful in the following applica-
hons: A mustard plaster made with the
white of an egg will not leave blister;
A raw egg, taken Immediately, VIII
carrv down a fish bone that cannot be
extracted. The white skin that lines the
she'll is a useful application to Doll.
White of egg, beaten up with loaf sugar
and lemon, relieves hoarseness-a tea
snoonful taken once every hour An egg
in the morning cup of coffee is a good
tonic. A raw egg, with the yolk un,
broken, in a glass of wine is beneficial
for conyalescents
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-08

Mr.. Ferry-Why on earth do you
spend so much time running around
pricing things you have no notion OF
buying2
Mrs. Ferry-For the same reason, l
suppose. that you sit around reading the
sporting column Of the paper and hgur-
Ing up how much you might have won
X you were betting man. 1t is sort
OF mental diversion. Cincinnati En-
quirer.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-08
Russian Army Food.

Tn the Russian army two days week
60 observed rs Observation-Disclosures and
Fr;davs-on which days all the soldier
Gets in the way Of food is lentil soup
and black bread and drink consisting
of water in which rye bread has Deen
soaked. -Spsre Moments
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-08

The last session OF the January term oil
circuit court was held Saturday. The
principal business was the distribution OF
the assets OF the Pontiac and Mesnard
mining companies. Copper country peo-
pie had no interest in this as little, II any
stock in either companies is held in this
enuntV
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-08

The Trinity church social, to have been
given at Pfeiffer's Hall Saturday evening,
was postponed until this week, Saturday
evening, on account OF the death OF the
father OF the rector.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-08
Mental Arithmetic.

Aunt Dorothy-How many command
ments are there, Johnny?
Johnny (glibly)-Ten.
Aunt Dorothy-And, now, suppose
you were to break one OF themF :,
Johnny (tentatively)-Then there'd
no nine. Spare Moments
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-08

Artie-Darling, you have no idea how
anxious was while you were coming
down the rope ladder. / was so afraid
you had not fastened it securely above.
Susie-You needn't have been alarm
cd, dear. Papa tied the knot for me. =
Detroit Free Press.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-08

Now that it is announced that a spec
iol tram will run to Calumet on the
oveninp OF the Light Guard compliment
tarv party, there is sure to be large
marty of Portage Lake p ople in attend
ance. Two or three sleighing parties
had been organized, but they will now OF
course take the train.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-08

Mr.. LaDue, of Philadelphia. is visiting
his brother-in-law, ex-Sheriff Dunn. Me-.
LaDue was former resident here, but
this is his first visit here in fifteen years.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-08

Mrs. NJ. NJ. Moralee will entertain the
Afternoon club and other friends at six
hand euchre next Thursday evening.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-08

Mrs. Hoffenbacher and Mrs. Richard
Barkel went to Milwaukee Saturday Tor
a visit with Mrs. Ed Demar.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-08

Blotting paper is wholly unsized, the
lack of sizing enabling it to take up ane
retain the ink Of the writing ON WHICH
il is laid.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-08
nantIng the ballad

In no field of literature have the fcrger
and the manipulation worked with
greater vigor and success. From Percy's
day TO our own il has been thought an
innocent device to publish bit of ones
own yersifying now and then a. am
"old ballad or an ancient song" Of
ten, too, late stall copy of a ballad
getting into oral circulation, has been
innocently furnished 20 collectors as
traditional matter. Mere learning will
! not guide an editor through these per
plexities. What is needed is, in addi-
vGon, a complete understanding of the
popular" genius, a sympathetic recog-
'on of the traits that characterize
10 mail literature wherever and in what
mems degree they exist This faculty,
\ even the folk has not retained
Itch collectors living in ballad
., d tale telling times have often
| hJIN Io,uire, was youchsafed by ma
OIlIIOA 20 the late Professor Child
I'D of instinct, il had been
and cape coats TO long and loving study
in January a. literature of all ma
become wonderfully
Coma IN and 600 what's and almost in
you. Money refunded il L re'oucneu piece
moment. He
in the genuine
w. A. WASHBUk one SaT Pl'f See or
title read
HANCOCK. MICH. self the
If art
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-08

Only three weeks are required to de-
yelop a perfect mosquito from the egg.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-08

A cubic foot Of distilled water weighs
very nearly I. 600 ouncea
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-08
PASSENGER Trains on 4. & c. R. R.

.paily. +Daily except Sunday.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-08
81. X. TIMETABLES.
PASSENGER Trains ON M. R. R. l.
In effect December %. 1895.

DAILY. Daily except Sunday.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-24
THE GOBBLER'S LAST APPEARANCE.

z government has proved ceTtain man innocent of the crime of killing a deputy, and his great service as a sold fer has pardoned his offense as an il- licit distiller. He reached my place last night, by arrangement, and is now here"
 Cling Towson stepped in at the side door. His wife, with a shriek, sprang to meet him. He looked for a moment upon her tired face, and then putting his arms about her, he said: You won't have to work so hard. The gov ernment has given me a back pension. .' The congregation shouted with tears in their eyes, for Cling had always been favorite in the neighborhood. The pardoned man embraced his daughter and, with a backwoodsman's uncom- fortable grace, bowed and put her hand in Mayfield's outstretched palm. Then Mayfeld spoke again. We have dis covered that the deputy was murdered by a man known as the Red Steer"
 OPIE READ.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-24

gish school-teacher stood in his way. And 1t was fact, a stronger fact than he supposed. but Mayfield could promise her nothing better than life of hard work.
 Early the next morning the teacher stopped at the Towson house on his way to school. The girl met him at the fence. Looking back she caught sight of her mothers angry face.
 "The postmaster says that you are writing letters to the government" said the girl What are you doing that for?"
 "In the interest of your father" he answered.
 But that won't do any good
 "It may. I have told them what a brave union soldier he was during the war. That will have a good effect, if it is properly presented. And 1 am working on it like man writing book, find that he saved the flag more than once. and 1 also find that there is con siderable doubt as to his killing the deputy"
 He declared that he didn't" Ella re- piled
 "Yes and nobody ever knew him to tell a lie have been poking around Q good deal and have come within one of finding out good many things, and l may find them out sure enough the first thing you know. But now to an- other point. When are we to be mar ried?"
 She shook her head sadly. 'I don't know. Sam. Mother"
 'Yes, know. The Red Steer has worked on her."
 "She thinks he is the greatest man in the world"
 ''On account of his money. But we shouldn't blame her. Her life has been hard"
 But you don't want me to marry him."
 He looked up, and then drawled hu- mcrously: Tt would be sad if they should find Red Steer lying in the road"
 "Ella. come in here" the mother called.
 The young man seized her hand and kissed it as she turned away.
 That afternoon the Red Steer called, full of confidence. "Oh, it's all right to make a bluff," he said, talking to the
The Mena weekly star., 1897-11-24
mother but looking at the girl. "I don't want anything to be too easy"
 Tt will not be at all," said the girl.

Thanksgiving services, the first for many a year, were to be held in the Lick meeting house. The widow de- clared that she would not go, that she had nothing to be thankful for. May field called at the house to persuade her. Don't talk to me-" she said. "You are the very one that causes me not to be thankful"
 But you will let Ella go, won't your"
 'She can do as she pleases. She has done so; she has broken my heart. Mir. Coster went away disgusted day before yesterday and swears that he will not come any more."
 "Ah, and as he is now out of the way, you won't object to-"
 "Yes, I will. You shall never marry her with my consent"
 "Oh, think so. Will you promise me one thing?"
 T don't know, but what is it?"
 That you will foring her to church to-morrow?'
 q don't know. Why do you want me there?"
 ITO see you thankful in the presence of your neighbors."
 Impossible. But if you will make me a promise-but I ought not to ask it.''
 "I don't know what it is, but I'll tell you what l will agree to do. If you are not thankful on this occasion, will agree to withdraw in favor of the Red Steer"
 Il will be there" said the widow.
 The sermon was to be preached by an old man. The congregation was large. A mysterious whisper had gone about that something unusual might be ex- pected. The preacher was nervous when he arose. He looked from time to time toward q side door. The widow and her daughter sat well toward the front. The girl wondered why May field had not como. The Red Steer sat not far away. gazing at her. There was sudden commotion at the front end of the house The people were aston ished to see armed men take their stand at the door Just then Mayfield entered from the side door He nodded at the preacher, who said: Before the services begin there is strange cere-