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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-20
Case of Six Mohammedans.

Washington, Nov. 20.-Commissioner
General Powderly of the immigration
bureau has not yet been advised Of the
reported action of the local immigra-
tion officials of New York in refusing
permission for the landing Of six Mo-
hammedans on the ground that they are
believers in polygamy nor is he willing
to state what his action would be in
case the matter should be referred TO
him on appeal. 1t is stated, however,
that the immigration bureau would very
likely proceed on the assumption that a
polygamist is one who practices or advo-
Gates polygamy. and In that case the
immigrants in question would be de-
barred from landing If II could be shown
that they were advocates Of polygamy.
whether they practiced it themselves or
not
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-20
Cruise of Torpedo Boats

Charleston. s. c., Nov. 20.-The tor
pedo boats Porter, Dupont, Ericsson and
Cushing left Charleston for Port Royal
continuing their cruise along the coast
The Porter and Dupont went to sea and
the Ericsson and Gushing took the in
side passage.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-20
cLAVs CHILD WIFE LEAVES HIM.
Friends of the Kentuclian DO Not Believe
That She VIII Return.

Richmond KY. Nov. 2O-For several
days it has been rumored that Dora
Richardson Clay, the wife Of General
Cassius Marcellus Clay, had left his
home. A visit to the Whitehall post
office reveals the fact that she did leave
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-20
Case Of Rev. stnbonxolI.

Racine, Wis. Nov. 20.-The police now
believe that Rev. Stubenvoll is the vic
tim Of an accident due to his own care
lessnsss. They think he fell against
large wire nails protruding In the fence
and thus hurt himself.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-20
Death ofLieutenant jackson.

Washington, Nov. 20.-The adjutant
general of the army has been informed
of the death of Lieutenant A. B. Jack
son, Ninth cavalry at Lincoln Neb.. fol-
lowing an operation for appendicitis.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-20
GREAT FIRE IN LONDON
The Most Serious Conflagration
Of Recent Years.
THE LOSS WILL BE ENORMOUS.

Huge Blocks Crumble from the Effects of
the Flames and Pile the Streets with
Debris-The Fire Starts on HamselI
Street, Ina the Vicinity of the General
Postofiice-Historic Church of st. Giles
Attacked by the Flames.
London, Nov. 2O.-The most serious
fire in recent years is now raging here.
In several streets adjacent to the post
offices hugh blocks of buildings are blaz-
ing fiercely. Many houses have col
lapsed and fifteen warehouses have al
ready been consumed. Buildings are
blazing on both sides of the streets, thus
preventing the firemen from reaching
the burning buildings. The fire broke
out in Hamsell street and worked
through the houses to Well street,
narrow thoroughfare. There the flames
leaped and seized the opposite houses.
From that time the confagration ex-
tended rapidly both up and down the
street.
Entire street Ablaze.
Well street is now involved from end
to end, and the flames are rapidly near
ed by tall warehouses. The fire brigade
has given up hope Of subduing the fire,
and is devoting its energies 10 prevent
ing its spread. The occupants of the
threatened buildings are busily remov-
ing their books and business documents
No casualties have thus far been re-
ported. AT half past o'clock thirty-five
engines were engaged in lighting the
flames and others were arriving momen-
tarily from all parts Of London. One
end of Jewin street is now attacked by
the flames. 1t presents the appearance
Of a huge furnace
The Damage Is Enormous.
Several large buildings have already
fallen and the debris completely blocks
the roadway. The damage done by the
fire is enormous. Most of the buildings
destroyed were six stories high and
filled with merchandise.
The flames at $3.50 p. m. had worked
their way from Jewin street into Red
Cross street, where an entire block Of
houses on the west side of the street was
threatened. over forty engines were at
work by this time 1t is impossible &c
make an estimate of the damage done or
regarding the real extent of the fire at
present. Many of the buildings burned
or threatened contained large numbers
of girls. employed i'm various capacities
Very many of them escaped with diff
Guilty.
Famous Church Attacked.
The area Of the fire is at least 100000
square yards Sixty warehouses have
already been destroyed and the fire has
extended from Wood Street square to
Alders Gate street The damage is esti-
mated at s10,000.000.
The vicarage of st. Giles. Cripple Gate,
is destroyed and the church is on fire.
The church contains among other
things the tombs of John Milton, who
died in 1874: the tomb of Fox, the mar
tyrologist; Frobisher, the voyager, who
died in 1894, and Speei. the typographer.
who died in 1929. Oliver Cromwell was
married in the church Of st. Giles on
Aug %, 1920. and the parish register
contains an entry of the burial Of Dan
iel Defoe. the author of Robinson
Crusoe " who died I'm 1731
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-20

Havana. Nov. 20.-The Ward line
steamer Saratoga, having on board the
released crew of the American schooner
Competitor, the United States vice con-
sui, Mr.. Joseph A. Springer, and Senor
Julio Arteaga, who was sentenced to
death. but who was recently pardoned,
have sailed for New York She should
reach her destination on Tuesday next.
There is great rejoicing among the
members of the American colony here
at the release of the crew of the Com
petitor.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-20
HERRING BOATS.
Their Peculiar Rig - One of Them Sails
From Cornwall to Australia.

Their Peculiar Rig - One of Them Sails
From Cornwall to Australia.
The fleets of herring fishing boats sail
ing out of the ports of Great Britain
are grand seagoing craft strong and
swift, and able to stand the stormiest
weather They are usually rugged with
two stumpy Masts and carry enormous
square lugsails, which have to be low
cred and raised every time the boats
"come about" In Scotland and the
English and Irish ports they are called
luggers, but in the isle of Man have
the local name of "nickies. p"
In many cases the crews own the
boats, each man having a share, but in
any case the fishermen have an interest
in the amount of fish sold and are paid
according to results. 1t is glorious
sight to see these boats racing home aft
er good haul, the first boat in having
the best market for the fish.
1t is not uncommon at Tarbot, the
headquarters of the Loeb Prone boats;
Peel, in the isle of Man; Penzance, in
Cornwall, and at some Irish ports to
stt tilt usu away W Nui'Ao"'o w
be used by the farmers for manure at
times when an unusually big catch has
oversupplied the market.
In many places during the summer
there are races organized by the towns
people and visitors for these luggers,
and the interest in the events is far
more keen than in the finest yacht
races. Only recently PenzaDce lugger
was sailed by her crew to Australia,
and made the passage in wonderfully
quick time. The large beats are manned
by from 90 to 80 men, the weight OF
the lugsails making big crew neces-
sity. In most cases the sails are stained
a reddish brown, and distinguishing let
tiers and numbers Oh the sail tell 90
what port the craft belongs. - New
York SIM
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-20
A Concert on the Grand Banks.

With his eyes fixed on the beams above,
Dsko began this ancient ditty, Tom Platt
flourishing all round him to make the
tune and words tit u little:
"There is q crack packet-crack packet o fame.
She halls from Moo York, and the Dread
nought's her name.
You may talk o. your fliers-Swallowtail and
Blackball-
But the Dreadnought's the packet that can
beat them all.
"Now the Dreadnought she lies in the river
Mersey
Because of the tugboat to take her to sea,
But when she's off soundings you shortly VIII
know
She's the Liverpool packet. o Lord let her gol
.,Now the Dreadnought she's howlin crost
the banks o. Newfoundland,
Where the waters all shallow and the bottom .
all sand.
Sez all the little fishes that swim to and fro;
She's the Liverpool packet. . Lord, let her
gol'"
There were scores of verses, for he work
ed the Dreadnought every mile OF the
way between Liverpool and New York as
conscientiously as though he were on her
deck, and the accordion pumped and the
fiddle squeaked beside him. Tom Platt
followed with something about "the rough
and tough McGinn, who would pilot the
vessel in. "-Rudyard Kipling's Captain
Courageous" in McClure's Magazine
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-20
Interdependency of Inventions.

The advent of important and valuable
:Sventlons is often dependent, not upon
the brilliant inspiration of some indi-
Vidual inventor, but upon the general
ana gradual advance of the state of the
art to which they belong, making their
occurrence not only possible, but almost
inevitable. The bicycle is an excellent
example of this kind of growth in me-
ehanlcal construction, since, while it
Is one Of the most important things,
both mechanically and commercially,
which has ever been produced, it owes
It's development TO the parallel i'm
provements in metal and rubber work.
ing, without which it could never have
existed at all, in the modern sense, or
to any extent
The clumsy wooden velocipede would
always have remained useless toy had
not the introduction of drawn steel
tubing made the construction of light
and yet strong frame possible, while
the original leather tire of Dunlop could
never have led to the practical applica-
tlon OF the pneumatic principle with
out the substitution of the rubber con-
struction which only the advances in
rubber manufacture made possible.
This is but one instance of what is ap-
parent III many other lines of work, and
there is little doubt that if the patent
records of the past 90 years were thor
oughly studied by competent specialists
many inventions which at the time of
their conception were failures simply
because of the impossibility of executing
the ideas would now be found both
| Magazine.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-20
cRocKERY pREAKAoE.
Ordinarily Five Per Ccnt--LiEcly 20 re
More Than Ihat when Dropped.

Ordinarily Five Per Cent Likely 20 lie
More Than Ihat when Dropped.
Importers Of orGckery usually figure on
breakaae a5 D per cent. Nat very mucn
stuff Is brokon after IL has been actually
received. Men become expert IN handling
samples and stock and they don't very
often drop things Tie bulk OF the break
ago is in transportation. Crockery Is ship
ped chiefly IN crates, casks and cases. The
familiar crockery cratic Is IA package pecul-
lar To England and the United States.
Crockery from continental Europe comes
mostly in casks and cases, though u little
of it comes in Slated boxes something like
crates
Tho crockery crates used in England
and this country make very heavy pack
age, running from 700 to 800 pounds,
according to the goods packed in them,
hollow ware, that cannot be nested, such
as toilet sets, weighing the least, and such
things as plates, that can be packed close
ly together with only the straw interven-
ing between the pieces, weighing the most.
Whoever has seen a crockery crate handled
must have observed that it is yielding. 1t
sways and gives more or less in the han
ding. 1t might be supposed that crockery
'ON'
not always preserve it's form, would be
moro likely to DO broken, but it is said
that this yielding is to some extent pro
lection to the goods. 1t takes up shool;
that might break things in unyielding
| packages, In any event, the breakage IN
crates and in rigid packages, such as
| casks, is about the same
Obviously Il crockcry package cannot
be dropped for any considerable distance
| without danger of at least cracking some
OF tho things contained therein. There
was once being hoisted up To an upper lot
| in the establishment OF New York crock
! cry importer II crate containing 100 dozen
2 inch plates. In some way this crate
| got loose and fell from the height OF TIC
third story to the subbasomont Wher
this cratic was opened, it was found that
every one of the 1900 plates had been
! broken. New York sun.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-20
Never Saw Mercury.

To most people Mercury is known
chiefly as being very difficult to see, and
to be seen at all it must be looked for
low down in the twilight sky at certain
specified times during certain equally
specified seasons of the year. Seeing
him is enhanced by the rumor that the
great Copernicus died without ever bav-
ing done so.
He is, however, not so difficult to de-
tect as this probably true fable about
Copernicus has led many to suppose.
Two impediments to Mercury S observa-
ton stood in Copernicus' way-the one
that Copernious lived very far north,
the other that the mists at the mouth OF
the Vistula rose nightly to obscure the
twilight sky. The latter obstacle is as
evident as it made Mercury the reverse;
the former will be none the less appar-
ent when we reflect that the path III
which all the major planets travel is III
northern ATTITUDES greatly bowed to the
horizon. In consequence that patch Is
subject for long distance from the sun
to all those atmospheric disturbances
peculiar to the horizon, disturbances
which make observations near 1T prac-
tically impossible, and the farther north
the greater the difficulty. Atlantic
MONTHLY
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-20
WHAT SHE NEGLECTED.
He Was q Student of Human Nature, and
He Caught Her.

Albert Bloodgood gazed long and
earnestly into his young wife's eyes. 1t
was evident that serious doubts had
taken possession of him. He had been
married to Sylvia Bloodgood for three
days and had thought that he was hap
py, but now, as she sat beside him in
the saloon Of the pluneing steamer, a
horrible thought suddenly forced itself
upon him.
The sweet girl who had given her life
into his keeping noticed that something
was out of whack with him, and, look
ing up, more as an innocent child would
look at parent than as wife contem-
plating the features of her husband, she
asked:
Doesn't 'oom love 'oor little darlio
any more? Tell me, darling, what it is
it from 'oor little lovey dovey. You
know I'm so wise / can see everything.
You told me so yesterday, when guessed
what you had in that pretty jewel box
for me. Z"
He sighed and said:
"Ah, sweetness, don know whether
ought to impart my thoughts to You
or not. Perhaps am borrowing trouble.
But / have, as you know, always been
of studious disposition. have studied
men and women, and have been won't
to think that knew human nature"
eyes" she urged, becoming inter-
ested ego on"
"Well, either my observations and
deductions have been wrong or you
don't love me as wife should love her
husband.
"Oh, Albert" the sweet girl cried,
f1inging her arms around his neck and
sobbing pitifully, what has caused you
to form this cruel, cruel opinion? What
has 'oor little darlie done to arouse
such suspicion?"
"It isn't what you have done, - he re-
piled, "but what you have not done,
that worries me. "
She drew back in wild fear and
waited for him to proceed.
Eyes" he went on, lit is what you
have neglected that has caused these
doubts to take possession Of me. Here
we've been married for three days, and
You have not yet asked me TO solemnly
declare that never really loved until
came to know you.
With a guilty look she skunk away to
her stateroonI, for she knew that she
had forever forfeited the right to claim
his confidence. cleveland Leader.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-20
Johns Hopkins

Johns Hopkins began life w;.. . -
a noues' school education, and he is y
p ~, sing example of what may be done
H. .neiey' economy and perseverance
ne was IL years old when he Ies, ~.
ia'her farm, on which he had wortnd
since s, his twelfth year, but hard rs no
nau worked III the country, a still hard
Il experience was lis during tho first
years III the city N'''
soon after his arrival in palti,ooxo
no obtained employment in his uncle,s
Whoiesale grocery store. The work was
lapoIlous and the salary small. Early
ana late he was at the store maxine
the ilfo IN the cold winter poninos
running euands, packing goods col.
iectihg DIS, receiving and delivering
irelght keeping account Of stock helm
ing at the books, etc, for il must he re-
hlempered that when Johns Hopkins
was clerk letter carriers were mn.
Known, steam heaters undreamed of
ana lightning calculators uninvented
Inc SIX years that he passed in his
uncle store, while toilsome, were
serviceable' They taught him method
ical business habits and thus prepared
nm for his future career as one of the
merchant princes Of Baltimore-one of
that remarkable trio of benefactors
(Feabody' Pratt and Hopkins) whose
enlightened liberality has provided
Their adopted city with magnificen,
monuments in the shape of Libraries, a
university and hospital. OF these
three public benefactors of Baltimore
Johns Hopkins was the wealthiest anG
founded two of the most splendidly en-
lowed institutions that the world has
ever seen-the Johns Hopkins univer
sity and the Johns Hopkins hospital
Self Culture.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-20
Took Him Down n Peg.

The young doctor to whom the Asscu'
lapian oath was Greek looked con-.
temptuously at the old woman who had
come to the up town hospital where he
was an inferno to inquire about her
SCH.
"He has cerebro neurosis, i told you
once" he said.
"Oh, DEAR" said the woman-for she
was not as ornately educated as the
young physician-"is it as bad as thatF
New-what do you call it?"
"Neurosis, said the surgeon. Don't
| talk plain enough for your
"Is it anything like nervous prostra.
tion?" inquired the woman. You Will
pardon me, sir. My education was
along literary rather than scientific
lines.
''That's what some call it," said the
Young physician as he got ready to
make a run for the ambulance at the
door. New York Telegram.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-20
William Wordsworth.

Many readers have thought Words
worth to be dull and heavy, and that
these defects are objectionable in poet.
1t is true that his poetry is not uni
formIy great and attractive, and that
much of what he wrote is tame No
writer could yield 20 n1ch V heat and
not have some chaff with it, No poet
could write long poem like "The Ex-
cursion" or 1.-The Prelude and be bril-
liant in every line. Even Homer some
times mods. Shakespeare does not al
ways reach the same heights, and l
venture to say that Byron, who sneered
SO often at Wordsworth, flies very low
in more than one of his poems. Many
of those who do not consider Words
worth profitable reading belong to a
class that is incapable of feeling OF
poetry" and without the power to ap-
preciate poet it is not easy to derive
any pleasure or help from him. Mrs.
A. p. Peabody in Forum.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-20
Making 1t Easy.

Old John S. was rural postman
in a west country district and in a
rather rough fashion was also an anna
teur dentist. On his rounds one day he
met a certain farmer about to start for
a six mile ride to town for the purpose
of getting an aching tooth drawn. On
seeing old John, however, the farmer,
distracted with pain, determined to test
the old mans skill as tooth puller. A
pair of somewhat rusty pliers was pro-
duced, and after few tugs the tooth
was held up for the farmer to see, who
exclaimed:
"Why, John, you've drawn the wrong
tooth! That is sound onev'
81 know that, master" said John,
"but now can get at the other handi-
er. Pearson s Weekly.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-20
Easy stump Grubbing.

This is the way one Of Caribou's pro-
gressive farmers clears land: He has a
portable fence, which he can move
around without much Inconvenience,
and he incircles a stump with it, plac-
ing within the Enclosure two of his big
gest hogs Then he goes to work with
n crowbar and makes some holes around
the stump, filling the holes with corn
or oats or buckwheat, whatever he has
handy, and the animals get in their
work. In the course of few days the
hogs have so rooted the dirt from the
stnmp that it is an easy job to TIP IL
over and take it away. -Kennebec Jour
nal
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-20
The Camp of the Great Khan.

The tent i'm which no holds his courts Is
large enough TO give cover easily 10 1000
souls. 1t is pitched with it's door to
the south, and the barons and knights re-
main in waiting in 1t, while the khan
abides in another close to 1t on the west
side. When he wishes to speak with any
one he causes the person to be summoned
to that other tent Immediately behind
the great tent there is fine large chamber,
where the khan sleeps, and there are also
many other tents and chambers, but they
are not in contact with the great tent, as
these are The two audience tents and
the sleeping chamber are constructed in
this way. Each of the audience tents has
three poles, which are of spice wood and
are most artfully covered with lions skins,
striped with black and white and red so
that they do not suffer from any weather.
All three apartments are also covered
outside with similar skins of striped lions,
q substance that lasts forever. And in
side they are all lined with ermine and
sable, these two being the finest and most
costly furs in existence, for robe of
sable large enough to line IA mantle is
worth 2, 900 bejants of gold, or 1000 at
least, and this kind of skin is called by the
Tartars "the king of furs. The beast
itself Is about the size of Il marten. These
two furs of which l speak are applied and
inlaid so exquisitely that 1T is really some
thing worth seeing. All the tent ropes are
of silk. And, in short, l may say that
those tents--to wit, the two audience halls
and the sleeping chamber-are so costly
that it is not every king could pay for
them. Noah Brooks in st. Nicholas.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-20
ya,uab,etPre. ERUPTION.

Editor Morrison, OF Worthington, Ind,
"Sun," writes: You have valuable
prescription for Electric Bitters, and |
can cheeriully recommend it for constipa-
ton and sick headache, and as general
system tonic it has no equal" Mrs.
Annie Stehle, 1925 Cottage Grove av-
enue, Chicago, could not eat nor digest
food, had a backache which never left
her and felt tired and weary, but six bot
ties OF Electric Bitters restored her to
health and renewed her strength. Price
so cents and 81. Get a bottle at ID. T.
Macdonald's drug store.
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RENOUNCEM EMIT.

must not think OF thee, and, tired, yet strong.
shun the thought that turks in all deli ght-
The thought of thee-and in the blue heav-
ems height
And IL the sweetest passage of a song.
Oh. just beyond the fairest thoughts that
throng
This breast the thought of thee waits, hid
don, yet bright.
But it must never, never come in sight;
must stop short of thee the whole day long.
But when sleep comes TO close each difficult
day,
When night gives pause to the long watch /
keep,
And al NY bonds needs must loose apart,
Must don my V4.l as raimvnt laid away,
With tho nrst dream that comes with the
frst sleep
run, ! run. am gathered 70 thy heart.
Alice 1Leyneil in Woman's Journal