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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-04-12
A Tramp In Luck.

Roc,v is u man that never had to WORK
for n living, hut he's always busy purSu-
inc some fad pushing some Inc oi s,uuy
a.. ipdulyinp some caprice. Inc othCr
night when friends were helping MN HI
his library with smoke, he told TINS one
"Twenty wears ago | read OF TWO r'ch
voung Englishmcn who had become tram
i'm orlcr To study the species. IL cauEhO
my fancy and | undCrtoU.i TIC f--'h' -,
;n,crt A thousand interesting incidents
MIGHT he recalled, but there was one 'i''
changed the whole current of my NE
.,Ore evening about dusk pounueu Nv
the bock door of IA house ana was answer"
Inv n stately, noble locking woman Wno
recognized me with gasp, whiic i i'iS ."
though turning TO stone at seeins Nc,
You know the mental vacuum that Nls''s
| a man in time of deep embarrassment
suffered and sputtercd and CROPPED ABOUT
In a fruitlcss effort to explain Wiliio sh'
,yorc n look of mingled pity ana disaaih'
| Sho was wondering if her refusing ne wv
| wears before had brought me 10 suc'.
| stote while | was inwardly curslhe th'
car,b for not yawning just long enough y
'io,,, mo AT last rallied sufficient!
=. r,ol,e nor understand. We had "a lherr'
',o,I togcther. though the hired girl ttrhc'
mn her nose and refused point hiahN
wait ON SIGH a lookin crtter
"Thc face of my hostess bealned p'ca .,I'
was not the wreck she had thought III, i'
! caught her on the rebound and was ,,,,.a a'
ccptcd. long hair unshavcn face, a l 81
ntphlc clothing and all. She swertly a'
,,'i,tcd thai she must have been mistake
in thinking l had no aim in life l ia
enterprise she had never ssp'c,G,n, s IN me ' M
Now Won know why she often calls me IN
ao,r old tramp! '-Dctroit Free Ircss'
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-04-12
IN A iOSsHOuSE.
Tie Chinese Celebration OF New Years In
San Francisco.

Theodore Wores, the artist, has a sto-y
VI Chinese life In San Francisco in IT.
Nicholas, under the title of "Ah Gau's
New Years Celebration. " Mr.. Wores says:
The processon-for some queer reason the
Chinese always seem to walk In single file
was headed by his father, carrying the
baby brother proudly in bis arms. The
mother and sister carried baskets filled
with offerings TO the gods, while All eau
had contontcd himself with paI1ding his
fincrv only.
The interior Of the josshOuse was but
! dimly lighted, and when the eyes once be-
: came used 60 the mysterious and smoky
atmosphere that filed the place strange
! and weird faces of gods and demons show
! ed through the darkness and gazed solemn
! " down from rich affairs upon the visitors.
| priest, seated at the entrance had
supply of painted candles, sticks of incense
made of sandalwood and packets of papers
containing printed prayers.
Having bought supply of these helps
to worship, All eau and his family had
entered the inner room of the pagan gods
In the presence of these images, with hid
eous. PAINTED faces dimly looming out OF
the darkness and mystery OF the incense
laden atmosphere, most American boys of
, All Gau's age would have been terror
stricken. He, ON the contrary, seemed to
be quito ~ ease among these strange
, things and went near TO the uncanny idols
, with quite an air of familiarity. He bold
: " walked up TO Il large drum standing II
one corner, and Selling drumstick
a pounded on it with all his might Tor TN
4 purpose Of drawing the attention OF th'
= gods 10 the worshirers
t He then had joined with the family II
;. placing large number of lighted candle
n and smoking incense sticks upon the altar
e after which they had bent themselves J.
prayer before the principal image In III
e temple. A number of oifcrings-cakeS
r. fruits and various articles of food, as we
!. as rice wine-were next piled mp peioi
this deity Their devotions ended win u
burning of lot of printed prayers In u
II tie brick furnace erected in corner oil u
10 iosshouse for that purpose. As they ieit
- mack of frccrackers was set on, ana the'
X thoroughly satisfied with themselves ~
rs with minds at rest, they had gone nom
ward.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-04-12
MAKING The ToRTILLA
Tie Process OF Producing Mexico's Main
Article of Food.


Article of Food.
Edward Page CASTOR, writing on g Bread |
making In Mexico and Huniland," in Tho
Woman's Home Companion, thus describes
the making of Mexican tortilla The tor
tilla is typical of old Mexico and is en-
countered wherever the influence of the
cactus republic has reached. 1t was found
as the main article of food among the an
cient AZtecs at the time of the spanish
conauests, more than ga centuries ago,
and the little hand ground and palm fash
toned corn cake has well held its own down
| through the ages, being today as popular
and in as general use as ever
"Shelled corn intended for this use Is
| first soaked overnight in limewater until
the outer husb of the kernels Is loose
enough To be removed by being rolled De-
tween the hands and Is then ready ior
grinding. This is done by the Mexican
women of the lower class, who often work
in the doorways of their homes, bending
over the historic stone hand mill, called In
Nexico n metate. The mill is simply
rough slab of stone supported by Tour
stocky legs and is made Of volcanic tufa,
the coarse grain of which is best adapted
for the grinding of the corn, beans, chile
seeds. cheese or whatever it may DC desired
TO finely pulverize. The stone hand mill Il
an INDISPENSABLE item in the culinary out
fit of the tropical home. The accompany
ing hand piece, looking like rude rollins
min. is also of stone and is briskly WORKED
nm and down the incline OF the crude SION
table by the woman rs she bends To ne
work with steady swing of body, shoui
ders ana arms.
alt Is claimed that the flour for the toi
tilla can be perfectly milled only by thei
ancient methods, and when one secs vi
result of the grinding he is ready To ann
q that possibly they are right
"As the moist windows of the meal ro
:, off the grinding board, it Is caught III
> basin. and is then all ready Tor DEN
y formed into cakes for baking. When rea'
- IA bake a woman takes IA small lump
the heavy mixture and lays it in the pal
u of her hand. Then, with the other pal
:, she rolls it into ball and begins To qllc
- ~ nat IL into the required thinness, deit
u snreoding the fingers To allow it to enlar
- it's size, and changing 1t from mana 10 i''''
~ until il is only an eighth OF an men
W. thickness, and generally about SIX ihcr
in diameter, although sometimes as lar
to as a dinner plate.
W "The plastic cakes arc tossed, one al
another. as completed, upon the $40
~ called a brascro, and as fast as dcl'cit'
~ drowned and turned they are placed II
:" stcoming heap and cnvclopcd IN ci'
20 TO keep them warm, from winch arise'
In most tempting odor
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-04-12
buttons.

II Is only in comparatively mouern s III,
that buttons have been utili"u "a 80" ~
ers The Greeks and Romans knew ,U.a
inc of them, and though they p rrse,tIn
themselves as ornaments IN the ,o"r. ,,m'
century buttonholcs were sun q" ,uti,
dreamed of possibility. 1t was no. " ,ha
nearly the middle of the last century 'n on
the manufacture of steel buttons n, m"s un
tered upon at the soho works III nar cnss;o,,
ham. England Then, on inc .naarcd
Of George III, the gilt buttons apP \, ,va.
and became quite the vogue, nu' i ~ We r.
reserved for the artisans OF our u"'
make these useful fasteners III 'nc 49,. ., ON,
variety at marvclously low prices sh anu scc Un
of all sorts of material even W VI. "A
ingly impossible potato We" io'" -'
\ xartiscr
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-04-12
Liked Harmony.

A short time ago young wo'"'n o
fashion in Washington went 10 ono -
tbc taxidermists of the Smithsonian ~,
stitution and wanted favor one n", ,
with her bright canary bird aiiFe am,
cbirruping, and she very much ,oS ,,.,
H. tayidermist 10 kill and siuif the oiru
Gov her She went on to say tint sle hau
81. .ehnn,od all over the city for aird OF
inst this shade, because she wan. a,.
the plumage to match in color a new new
uo o which she was having made. In'
Si,d that she brought she wanted STUN. .
Cor an ornament for her person NAV
| Fields Washington.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-04-12
COST OF LIGHTS.
A Comparison of the Relative Cost Oh
Different Artificial systems.

Tho director of the electrical company
of Cologne has made comparison OF the
cost of the different sorts of artiiiclal lgnt
reduced 10 the same standard of illumi-
Mating mower As the cost of materials Tor
illuminating varies in different Localities
he has taken the price of coal gas at VI
cents ncr / 900 cubic feet, of alcohol, Tor
use in incandesccnt lamps, at 80 cents
Gallon. of coal oil mt Is cents gallon, ana
IF electricity at "a cents per hectowatt'
Sunnosinq the "mantles" of the incandes-
cent cos burners to last 400 hours ana 10
cost 90 cents each, and other apparatus w
have the average life, he finds the most ex-
pensive ordinary light to be that rom III,
candcscent electric lamps, when cos's ~
per hour for given amount Oh iiiuiiiiii",
lion Next comes the light from ordinary
gas burners, with openings In the 10Th, Vi
| Sits. which cost u cents Tor the SAINT i.u
mination. Argand burners are, lSho ioi
LIGHT. about 20 per cent more economic"
| than the other sort Next TO these coiii :
| incandescent lamps burning alcohoi' VIII
give light mt half the price OF the or"i"a'
gas burner. Ordinary coal oil lamps gi,
light much more cheaply, the cost per UNI
&c illumination being little more than on.
9Th that of iucandescent electric iigh'
hut the modern gas lights with lncahoe'
cont mantlcs are still more economical
furnishing for "a cents per hour the sam
amount of illumination rs incanuesce'
electric lamps at 10 cents. Electric I'll
,,mns are about 10 per cent more ecohoh
,c,l still and are the cheapest sources
| artificial light at present known 10 US
: American Architect.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-04-12
ro,u,,,v In Old Gloves.

Never throw cid kid gloves away. IL. d"i ~
NJ ',,oe 70 nse. for they save the hands III
are cn wv ways. For example, in gardening
, nma busting, and, indeed, If one moas ao y,
I'm. .na ',raw on pair of easy old gloves lSr
any ui"w tho hand r made astonishingiy
an an, no. smooth. soft and flexible. Another ne,
w wso far old gloves is to cut the backs ~.
p t"r cnt fingers or burns or any accidcn' u
,Ia hands New York World.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-04-12
Ity Name.

nNv friend" said the traveller with the ,r
.,,i,c MY nutting his head out of the ca, :.
s ~,ndow as the train stopped at o ae - his
w ,onn;ns Village, 'what is the name oil 'h''
S t up, God forsakcn place ,,ondcd SAC
ur ,,That's near enough, responder ~, y,
,,.ontn% citizen. who was leaning asa', Is,
ths little rcd shanty that scrveo . AZ Wv "''
. .,y station. "Iet 1t go at '''''''
Chicago Tribune.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-04-12
nna Needed study.

Tbc Green Bag tells this story %oi I"~
", wf "%s 9, wilson's after 10" rstrc
of court anu member of the bar. AMONG
ment oil a omc whose practice is worth ,
them was on, He said i have hce,
ss5 GOO s Syrr years and am well fixed 81
practicing seIa'I should like to return ant
have tnU not gvcmaining years to studies ,''so,
devote my , ,ol study law said jung
-
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-04-12

Friendships are not uncommon De-
tween the cat aud dog. and have been
known between Il dog and VOL put
the mutual attitude of the weasel an i
raj is invariably war--wr that l.
vaped 10 the death
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-04-12
r,,a Wise Doctor.

.p,. INV dear sir, you pos'. r, ;otc an
but ny ,,rcctions You must tahe IN
why, doctor, that 'u''
ing Ill then you must stop IT,
Flieesnde Batter
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-04-12

The estimates of the yield u the po'
cato crop in Great Britain SHOW ln"l on
533. 600 acres a crop Of 3,O53' OOo TONS
was secured, against an almost exactly
similar quantity produced on "a much
larger acreage-153, 600 acres-m Ire
:
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-04-12
His Speciality.

"uos your SON any especial TALENT
Yes" replied the other i tn'nS "' .
an inventor. .h,rgs,"
"Yes; most of them reasons WY
...,,d Give him money. Washington
Star
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-04-12
DEATH.
ed and tho boundlesa

Where meet the bounded and tho boundless
good,
Aweary soul that earth 3 deep anguish knew.
Faint In the falling shadows, dimly stood
And prayed tho gates to let him enter
through.
A thin, white hand. scarce visible, with might
Turned the vast hinges Gnl he walked alone
From man the mote TO God the infinite.
Comrade Of truth and heir of the unknown.
Freeman l.. Miller in Century.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-04-12

on,,on Of mensuration ana e.
The invention .,,,hu NJ by some writer's to
ycyns is "'sr tnc annual overflow S Of the
III Se ca,y@s a ssase '1% e%s
aries of the ar, ay redrawing of boundary
lines. ------------
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-04-12

The house fly of Europe =, r.s SI ,bc sam,
an entirely different spec'es HUN WV
of,,iction of America
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-04-12

In proportion to population 'na, na %ts" Of
inc Is more common In 'hosc pr crows
south America where tine p'a ,,o,r;c,s q,
than tea drinking In the 'e" o's''"'' "
China
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-04-12

An .ore Of ordinary English measure w
-, four.tenths Of a hectae
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-04-12

Somet,mcs vegetable growth IS VIZ ~,
rapid. The common nu s,us
~, size in less than ~ hours
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-04-12

In Paris the houses are very high ard
the streets narrow. In London the houses
a,e iov; a,u. ahn streets hr'?H
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-04-12

r,.ro oro 5, as5 miles Of travel 'e'~''"
III; n' and washington city
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-04-12
PROSPERITY RETARDED
...,,eme Courts Antitrust De-
cision.
sr,RIlITY OF RAILROAD RATES,

,.,. That Rate Wars VIII Cause Divi-
"a. TO Disappear-The Decision of the
Alan Affects Labor Unions-rhe
,.xation of Hawaii.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-04-12
IT,. u.w.iian Question.

No doubt exists here that frcs.u. 90 Ha.
Kinlev will favor the annexation OF n or
wall when the time comes ior not as
this question. The president mas DIT he
vet openly declared his intentions. Hatch
has come very near it. To Mihls'eu Hawaii
and Attorney General smith o' 90 talk of
who recently called upon nm . ~
the proposed annexation ,ne .oited in a
without committing himself, ta's s,s oue,;.
very encouraging manner All n,s tina that
tions nut to these gentlemen indicate" ud that
his sympathies were with them, "nu ,,e his
when the decisive moment shou'u r p" mem
co operation could be looked TOT have
bers of the cabinet with wno, ,he nresi
talked coincide in this view oil shv McrKin
dents attitude. But they say M .,G I'M out
iey's first object is to get the tafln ,n,erfer,
of the way. He wants nothing ~ th,
with that. The Hawaiian qur,,ssion
Cuban problem, the monetary Ching thai
international bimetallism, eVe'. the nresi
can be deferred till next winye'' .hat Their,
dent wants now to push ASIDE ..r ;,," II i
NAV he A clear road for the ta ..n penub
wei, known to be the policy OF '.S els
iican leaders to discourage ever yynaiey bill
in the legislative line TIL the s,a D books
shsli have been put upon the s, ws,sMAS
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-02-10
SHE WANTS A MISSION.

Marilla NJ. Kicker Candidate For Minis
ter to the United States Of Colombia
Marilla M. Kicker, woman lawyer
Of Washington and Of Dover, N. H., is Q
candidate for minister plenipotentiary
to the United States of Colombia, which
position is now filed by Luther McKin
ney of Manchester, N. H.
Mrs. Kicker has secured recommends,
tions from many influential men in New
Hampshire and elsewhere, and her peti
tion has been sent to the president elect.
She was admitted to the supreme court
in the District of Columbia in. 1882,
standing at the head of her class, in
which there were Is men. She was ap-
pointed United States commissioner and
examiner in chancery by the supreme
court of the District in 1855 and was
admitted to practice before the supreme
court of the United States in 1891. She
was the first woman lawyer to practice
at the New Hampshire bar.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-02-10
White Ribbons Convention.

The announcement of the dates for
the great convention Of the Women q
Christian Temperance union has been
received. The Dominion convention
will be held ut Toronto OH Oct. 90 and
~, the concluding session being I'm the
nature Of u mass meeting, at which
Miss Willard and Lady Henry Somerset
have promised to speak. The world 4
convention will Immediately follow at
the same place, opening ON Saturday,
the 23d, and continuing through to the
evening of Tuesday, the 26th. The ma
tional convention will open at Buffalo
on Friday. Oct 30, continuing through
Wednesday, Nov. s.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-02-10

A resident Of the Indian Territory
sends the following remedy for snake
bite TO the Atlanta Constitutions:
Take u piece OF tobacco as large az a
pallets egg, cut it up pretty fine with
common table salt, in equal portions
Mix the tobacco and salt together. Then
take potato masher or something
blunt and put an onion Of the same size
In the mixture. Mash the onion up with
the tobacco and salt. The substance in
u. the onion will mix mp nice poulticc.
Then Apply the mixture to the bitten
part Nothing to he put with il, such
Ms water, as the onion will furnish the
liquid.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-02-10
Stanford Estat. 70 he Sold.

Mrs. Leland Stanford has decided to
close up the estate of her husband by
disposing OF the lands and personal prop
erty. From the proceeds the balances
due the legatees, nearly 81, 600, 900, will
be paid, and the residue is to 20 to the
university at Palo Alto. Years may be
required to carry out her purpose. The
outside lands will be sold off first. and
later the Stanford residence aud other
realty in San Francisco and Alameda
counties. The outside lands consist of
the Copeland ranch, Tahama county.
1000 acrest a 5000 acre ranch near
Martinez; the Coon and Fell ranches in
Ban Mateo county, aggregating 1850
acres. and small ranches near San Luis
Obispo and Redlands.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-02-10
TO HAVE 4 CARNIVAL.


Military and Athletic Competitions 20 b
Held In Chicago.
If all Of the present plans are success
fully carried out, Chicago will have il
April one Of the largest military an
athletic carnivals eveAattempted in thi
country. 1t is proposed to eclipse the re
cent carnival given by the New Yorl
Herald in Madison Square Garden ant
to make it monumental success in ev
cry way. Since every penny of the pro
ceeds will be donated to numerous de
serving charities, yet to be named, it il
entirely within reason to expect the
fruition of the promoters hopes.
The plans are fostered by two power
full organizations-the Amateur Ath
letic Union Of America and the Chicago
Athletic association. Colonel L. M
Hamburger Of tho latter body returned
from New York few days ago, ant
soon after had long consultation will
F. f. Pettet, president Of the club. The
colonel told Mr.. Pettet that the govern
ing board of the union wished to dupli
cate the Madison Square Garden CIR.
nival in Chicago for the dual purpose OF
reviving interest in athletics and to aid
charity. It took but few moments foi
Mr.. Pettet to fall in heartily with the
plans. Colonel Hamburger said he had
promised the eastern officials of the un.
ion to devote his entire time and atten.
ton to furthering the project As he is
q man Of means and influence, nc
stronger ally could have been selected.
He will have entire charge of the details
OF the work until such time as the
numerous committees necessary have
been appointed.
A meeting Of sporting reporters was
called yesterday, and the plans explain.
ed to them by Colonel Hamburger ana
President Pettet. It is planned to have
the carnival take place in the Coliseum,
beginning April 10, which is the Mon
day after Easter Sunday. The competi.
tions will be open to the athletes in the
various regiments and the regular army,
not only at Fort Sheridan, but in the
entire United States. Splendid special
prizes will be given for general excel
lence and to the regiments scoring the
highest number of points. There will be
fancy drills by light artillery, regular
troops, cavalry, gatling gun squads and
other special features appertaining to
carnival, with contests and ex-
hibitions by the national guard and
naval reserve.-Chicago Times Herald.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-02-10

Captain /. II. Short Of the steamer
Abner Gile Of Burlington. Ia, is the
possessr Of u ground hog. which has
been sleeping as usual through the win
ter months. On Feb. the captain re-
solved to note the actions Of the animal
10 see IL there was any proof Of the pro-
phetio propensities given it by tradition
At noon the animal aroused itself, sat
up and tried 20 open it's eyes. but failed
IL then curled mp and went sound TO
sleep again. As the sun was able to cast
. dim shadow 10 IL claimed the animal
perceived IL and is actually carrying
out the tradition and will remain asleep
for six more weeks. The matter will be
watched with interest. Cincinnati En-
cuirer.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-02-10
VOORHEES, VIII Retire.

- will retire from the senate ON
March 4, said Senator Voorhees,. "and.
IL my health permits, will resume the
practice OF law a. my old home in Tcrre
hsute. The firm to which 1 belong has
q large practice. and hope to share my
part OF the burden. But my whole time
viii not be devoted to the law. II ismy
purpose to devote some Of my remaining
years to lccturing New York Sun.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-02-10
RIVAL REllEFS.
Social Settlements to oppose the Potato
Patch scheme.


Chicago is to be made the center of q
vast system of social settlements SINH
lar to that i'll operation in England or.
ganized by General William Booth OF
the Salvation Army. 1t is to extend Ill
over the United States, its object being
the solution OF the pauper problem. Ar.
rangemcnts have been made whereby
General Booth is to go TO Chicago and
personally direct the Inauguration OF
the movement.
Ballington Booth, the head of the
American Volunteers, formed largely OF
seccdcrs from the Salvation Army, ar.
ranged week ago with Governor Pin
gree of Michigan fer a series of the po.
tato patches for the poor, of which he is
the originator.