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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-04-01
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A PIRATES FITTING END.
Che Buccsneer LOlonnois Was Tortured
TO Death by Indiana.

To Death by Indians.
In st. Nicholas, in his series of
sketches of 1.-The Buccaneers of Our
Coast" Mr. Frank r. Stockton tells Of
the adventures of L'Olonnois, the
Frenchman. While coasting along Hon.
duras L'Qlopnois ran his vessel ashore.
Mr.. Stockton says:
AS it was impossible to get their
great vessel off the sand banks the pi-
rates set to work to break her up and
build boat out of her planks. But
when they began the work they had no
idea it would take so long to build u
boat. Ii was months before the I'M
wieldy craft was finished, and they oo-
cupied part of the time in gardening,
planting French beans, which were ripe
in about six weeks, and gave them some
fresh vegetables They also had some
of the ships stores, and made bread,
thus managing to live very well.
L'Olonrois was never intended by
nature to be a boatbuilder, and when
the boat was finished it was discovered
that it had been planned SO badly that
III MOulu HOb nOll lutlu All, 81 lutN
drew lots to see who should embark in
her, for one-half OF them would have to
stay until the s)thers came back. OF
course L'Olonnois went in the boat, and
he reached the mouth of the Nicaragua
river There his party was attacked by
some Spaniards and Indians, who killed
more than half of them and prevented
the others from landing L'Olonnois
and the rest of his men got safely away,
and they might have sailed back to the
island where they had left their CON-
rades, for there was now room enough
for them all But instead they went to
the coast of Cartagena
The pirates left OH the island by their
heartless companions were rescued by
buccaneering vessel, but l. 'Oionnois had
now reached the end of his wicked ca
reer.
On the shores where he landed he did
not find prosperous villages and peace
full inhabitants to be robbed, but instead
he came upon fierce tribe Of Indians
called by the Spaniards "bravos,"
or wild men. These people would never
have anything to do with the whites
1t was impossible to conquer them or to
pacify them. They hated white men.
They had heard of L'Olonnois and his
buccaneers, and when they found this
notorious pirate upon their shores they
were filled with a fury such as they had
never felt toward any other of his race.
Nearly all of the buccaneers were
killed, and L'Olonnois, being taken
prisoner, was put to death with most
cruel tortures-a fate of which he had
no right to complain.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-04-01
The Cache In Alaska.

The settlements along the Yukon are
few and far between and consist, for
the most part, of the same elements.
There are the company's store; the huts
and tents Of the natives; the crowd of
bowling dogs; salmon hanging in red
strips, FURNISHED with copper tinges in
the sun; little tots of children chatter
ing women Offering baskets, moccasins
and trinkets for sale, and here and there
perhaps a squad of uniformed children,
marking the work of some mission
good looking, clean looking children,
but, whether Christianized or not.
spoiled for living like natives again.
The problem is, What is to become of
them? Along the banks are occasionally
met the rude huts and tents of small
parties of Indians come hither to cut
wood for the boats or to fish, but, how
ever simple the habitation, it must al
ways have the cache, or storehouse,
propped upon posts to keep the supplies
out Of reach of the dogs, for these dogs
can bite through q tin can and almost
climb a creased pole in search of food.
The cache should have place on the
coat of arms Of Alaska. 1t is universal.
River Trip to the Klondike.
BY John Sidney Webb. in Century.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-04-01
students Franks.

In The National Magazine W. II
Leavitt tells some amusing stories of
the pranks of American art students in
Paris. Once the students in one atelier
hazed newcomer by taking all his
money, putting him into a cab and Civ
ing the driver instructions where to
take him. When the cab halted, the
penniless student alighted and stood on
the curb. will you be so good as to
light match?" said the student IL
dropped napoleon in the cab and can t
find it. Whereupon the driver whip.
ped up and was away in hurry.
A new student from Algiers amused
the studio for awhile by initiating the
sounds of various wild beasts and birds.
Then the tickle fellows tired of it, So
one day, having prepared big box
with breathing holes in it, they put the
mimic in it and kept him there three
days, at the end of which time he per.
formed only by request.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-04-01
A LESSON FROM MEXICO.
Destruction Of the Forests Has Brought
Drought and Desolatiou.

Destruction Of the Forests Has Brought
Drought and Desolatiou.
The early conquerors of this country
and their followers of today have been
very wasteful and careless in the dispo.
sition Of their forests. with the result
of accelerating the date when they will
be compelled to face a problem of forest
preservation at considerable cost to
! themselves. nenizens of the northwest
are familiar with the rapidity with
which the valuable timber areas have
been denuded, until now there is scarce
ly a merchantable tree between Ar
kansas and the Canadian line. Many
notes of warnings accompanied this de-
struction of the northern soft wood for
ests, but they fell upon unwilling ears.
Only after it was too late to stop the
mischief did the country begin to recog
nize the inairect value of forests TO agri-
culture and that no high degree of civ
ilization can exist permanently with
out some systematic and adequate forest
management. In India the destruction
Of the forests commenced 1000 years
ago, and that country, having at last
seen the folly of such waste, is now en-
gagged i'll the expensive undertaking of
reforesting large areas
The effect upon rainfall and the pro-
ductiveness of the cultivated tracts has
already been acknowledged by investi-
gators. When Cortes first saw the val
ley of Mexico, ii was covered with
woods, not dense, but abundant, from
the timber line on the volcanoes down
to the waters edge. The reckless cut
ting down of the forests by the Span
iards in the first century following the
conquest in 1921 increased evaporation,
caused the lakes to dry up, led to fire
quent droughts, followed by occasional
floods, and changed the climate of
Anahuac.
Any old rancher will tell stories of
streams that flowed when he was boy
and will show the dry arroyo now.
They all claim that the tablelands had
timber in considerable quantities. where
now there are barren deserts.
This government has taken some steps
in the matter, but it is also necessary
for the landowners to assist in this
work by planting trees and irrigating
them for few years until they have
taken good root. By using good judg-
ment in selecting the trees and in plant
ing in few years the complaints
which are now so frequent of years Of
droughts will soon become fewer and
fewer until they finally cease. Mon.
terey Globe
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-04-01
A Tough Colored Man.

A recent railroad wreck in North
Carolina was caused in a peculiar way.
A colored man wanted to get ride and
tried to jump train of empty fat cars.
He missed the car and fell across the
track, where the wheels of several cars
passed directly over him. His body
threw two of the cars of the track, and
the strangest part of it is that after the
cars had run over him the man was able
to get up and walk away. AS he looked
around him he was heard to exclaim:
well, welli | never see de like sence
wuz bon. Ill bet my week wages dat
railroad'll sue me fer damages. AT.
lanta Constitution.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-04-01
DR.. LYMAN BEECHER.
The Great Preachers Peculiar Habits In
Preparing His Sermons.


DIR. Lyman Beecher's peculiar habits,
shown by his method of preparing SER
mons, are illustrated in Annie Field
latest book, 1.-The Life and Letters of
Harriet Beecher Stowe" In her words:
If he was to preach i'll the evening,
he was to be seen all day talking with
whoever would talk, accessible to all,
full of verybody's affairs, business and
burdens, till an hour or two before the
time, when he would rush up into his
study (Which he always preferred should
be the topmost room Of the house), and,
throwing off his coat, after a swing or
two with the dumbbells to settle the
balance of his muscles, he would sit
down and dash ahead, making quanti-
ties Of hieroglyphic notes Oh small Stub
bed bits of paper about as big as the
palm of his hand. The bells would be-
gin to ring, and still he would write.
They would toll loud and long, and his
wife would say, He will certainly be
late, and then would be running up
and down stairs of messengers to see
that he was finished, TILL just as the
last stroke of the bell was dying away,
he would emerge from the study with
his coat very much awry and come
down the stairs like hurricane, stand
impatiently protesting while female
hands that ever lay in wait adjusted his
cravat and settled his coat collar, call
ing loudly the while for a pin to fasten
together the stubbed little bits of paper
aforesaid, which being duly dropped
into the crown of his hat and, hooking
wife or daughter like satchel on his
arm, away he would start on such a
race through the streets as left neither
brain nor breath till the church was
gained. Then came the process of get.
ting in through crowded aisles wedged
up with heads, the hustle and stir and
hush to look at him as, with matter
Of fact, businesslike push, he elbowed
his way through them and up the pulpit
stairs.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-04-01
Tho Real Truth.

Some people deceive themselves with
the notion that if they have been denied
some advantage which another has had
the only dignified course for them in
life is to ridicule that advantage.
ut is strange thing to me to dis.
cover, said Mr.. X to Mr.. T., THAT l
have wanted college education all my
life, and never have known it until
lately"
What brought it to your knowledge
at last?" asked Mr.. a., smiling
II perceived that there was q CERTAIN
bitterness in the light way in which l
always said, We'll, as for me, I'm
heartily glad that didn't go to col
lege. youths Companion.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-04-01
Sienkiewicz.

Father Barabasz of Baltimore, who
visited his countryman. Henry Sienkie-
wicz, not long ago, says in the Balti-
more Sun that the Polish novelist is
very simple in his manners and is rather
silent when in society, but he is good
listener to good story. He is of medi-
um size, rather dark and is inclined to
badness, with hint Of gray over the
temples. The name is pronounced Chen
kay-veetch, with the accent on the Sec
ond syllable and the CHI pronounced as
in child. His home is now at Warsaw,
though much of his time is spent in
travelling and in getting material for
his literary work. He has been married
twice. The death of his first wife &C.
CURED when he was writing "Pan
Michael" and its somber toas Is traced
back to that event
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-04-01
BEAUTIFUL MAGIC LAKE.
The Present Which an Earthquake Made
to Tennessee.

Reelfoot lake, which lies mostly il;
Obion county and partly in Lake, is the
largest sheet of water in Tennessee, it
being 40 miles in length and from to
in width.
This lake, which evokes rapturous
comments from even the most indifser-
ent observer, was formed in few min
utes by an earthquake, which, accord
ing to the best authorities, occurred he.
tween and 3 O'Clock on Saturday
morning, Nov. lG, 1871. There were
two terrific shocks about 30 minutes
apart and many lighter ones between
and after. The earth rocked violently,
"a deafenIng noise like thunder struck
terror TO the ear, the atmosphere was
heavily laden with something like
smoke and vivid and almost constant
flashes of lightning illuminated the sur
rounding country, and i'll less time than
1t takes to write it thousands of acres
of land mad sunk far below the level of
the mighty Mississippi.
The Father of Waters rushed into
the sunken country, and the suction
was so great that for three hours the
river ran up stream, and RATS and boats
below the lake were torn from their
moorin9s and went whirling into the
seething, maddening vortex AS soon
as the newly formed lake was filled the
river went majestically on its usual
course, leaving to Tennessee one of the
finest fishing resorts in the country,
which is annually the Mecca of thou.
sands of men.-Cincinnati Com
mercial Tribune.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-04-01
HAUNTED BY MEMORY.
One Man Who VIII Never Forget the sa-
moan Disaster.

Ouo MAN w no w III never Eorket tne Sa-
moan Disaster.
"I suppose that all of us who felt the
living, frenzied force of that awful on
shore hurricane will dream about it
occasionally as long as we live," said
an ex-bluejacket of the United States
navy now living in Washington, who
was among the Vandalia ships COM
pany at the time of the great naval dis.
aster in Apia harbor, Samoa, in revert.
ing TO that experience. For three or
four years after got out of that mess
all safe and sound the memory of it
used to get tangled up in my head when
was asleep, and l would wake in a
tremble and be unable to sleep for the
remainder Of the night. But time has
softened the craggier edges of the re-
membrance of that horrifying black
wind, and once in q spell nowadays /
forget all about it for two or three days
at time.
"There was one man in my mess on
the Vandalia who was never quite right
after we went on the reef. was ship
mate with him for two years afterward,
and his occasional wildness was plain
to all hands, and men who've been ship
mates with him since-for he's still In
the outfit-tell me that he's just as bad
ly haunted by the memory OF the disas-
ter as he was when last saw him
This man was shipwright, and hi
name was Turley. Before we had th,tt
bad blow Turley was as cheerful and as
clipper man around decks as | ever
snapped yarns with, but when he got
well of his broken arms down in Apia
he was changed man. / never saw
him crack q grin after the blow, and
from a stout, husky fellow he became
thin and haggard looking. He recovered
all right physically from the thing, you
see, but it sort of twisted his head and
preyed upon him. He swung his ham
mock alongside of me on the Alert for
two years after we were sent up to duty
on the west coast again, and it was a
common thing for Turley TO hop out Of
his hammock in frenzy in the middle
of the night in port or at sea, yelling
like "a mailman: All hands abandon
ship! She's going to strike!' He created
a lot OF excitement up forward by doing
this, but after awhile the men got used
to it and only turned over when they
heard Turley bowling.
1t was the regular thing for the cor
poral of the marine guard at the gang
way to prod the poor chap awake when
he had these crazy somnambulistic
spells and put him back in his hammock,
for he'd come out of them as weak as "a
kitten and trembling all over There
were a number of us on the Alert who
were washed up in the Samoan disaster,
and naturally once in awhile we'd get
to talking about it. But it didn't take
us long to find out that we couldn't talk
about it while Turley was around. The
of the thing in his hearing
would bring an insane CLEAN into his
eyes, and he would suddenly begin to
talk incoherently and at the top of his
voice about reefs and dragging anchors
and all that, SO that we learned to
knock off Samoan hurricane talk when
he was around. don't wonder much
either. 1t was an evil enough blow to
nigh turn any mans headgear topsy
turvy. - Washington Star
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-04-01
Gem Tester.

The radiograph-that is, the Roent-
gen ray "photograph"-is an excellent
test for gems. Diamonds, pearls, rubies,
turquoises, emeralds, opals, garnets, sap
phirss and so on all give black radio
graph, whereas paste limitations give
only faint photograph, hardly visible.
A minutes exposure is sufficient to tell
a true from false stone.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-04-01

The will of an old London merchant
shows him to have been something of q
wag, for he had made a list of all his
bad debts" and lett them as legacies
distributed among his friends, one par.
ticularly favored person getting over
IS, 900 worth.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-04-01
Quick Eingera.

Tina dexterity of modern virtuoso's
fingers made a deep impression OH an
old farmer who was among the audience
at "piano recital" Clapping both
hands suddenly down upon his knees,
he was heard to exclaim, "Id give 500
to have that man pick peas for mel"--
Troy Times.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-04-01
Not Sufficiently Explicit.

Timkins-Who is that solemn look
ing man?
Simkins-Why, that's Crankleigh,
the great society leader.
Timkins-Sooiety for the suppression
Of what?-Chicago Newa
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-04-01

Very happy is Curran's reply to his
pompous antagonist in debate who had
loftily asserted that he was the guardian
of his own honor. Il wish the honorable
and learned gentleman Joy Of his sine.
cure"
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-04-01
A SESCAPTAIN'S PAY.
NE MASTER OF A Big OCEAN STEAM
Err is NOT A PlUTocRAT.

Everything Considered He Is Poorly Paid.
False Stories Printed-Low Wages Given
Other Oncers For onerous Duties-Pur-
Ger aud Surgeon.
The Coconino sun., 1898-12-31
BRIEF LOCALS.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3l, 1898.

Happy New Year.
 THE CoCoNINo SUN for 1909 $2.
 The time to turn over that same old leaf and call 1t new has arrived.
 James Loy returned this week from two weeks visit to the Verde valley. c. H. Faucher and family have nov ed from Albuquerque to Los Angeles, Cal.
 Monday being legal holiday the Arizona Central bank will be closed on that day.
 Dr.. P. c. Cornish, wife and son of Albuquerque, spent portion of the week here visiting relatives.
 If you want the local news of the town and county, suscribe for the SUN. Subscription for 1899, two dollars.
 Monday J. c. Church received the sad news of the death of his oldest son, which occurred at Glen Ellen, Cal.
 Mrs. E.T. .McGonigle and children and Mrs. J. B. Pouthie left yesterday morn- ing for three months stay at Long Beach, Cal. The regular monthly meeting of the w. c. T. U. will be held in the Pres byterian church, Tuesday, Jan. 3, at ID. m. M. E,. K sndricx, secretary. Godfrey Vapderen, father of c. F.. Vanderen, of this place. died at his home in the Verde valley on the Eth instant, aged 70 years. He had been resident of that valley sin ce 1878.
 The time honored custom of the "Watch-night" service will be held in the Methodist Episcopal church on Sat- urday night, beginning at 10 o'clock. The song service will occupy about an
The Coconino sun., 1898-12-31

followed by Christian testimony and concluding with prayer at midnight. All are invited to attend.
 The dome of the Lowell observatory is being recovered with wooden sheat- ing first then with steel, making a de- cided improvement and one that will tend to the comfort of the observers.
 J. w. Francis spent several days in Prescott this week obtaining signatures to petition to congress asking that law be passed by that body allowing the grazing of sheep upon the forest reservations in Arizona.
 Cases of smallpox have appeared in Williams. Ash Fork and Prescott. There are no cases here. but as long as the disease exists in neigbboring towns our town and county authorities should be on the lookout, for tramp cases.
 Probate Judge Layton issued the fol. lowing permits to marry during ihe "VVn' liaits ofttT tO htss MdCklt l.. McGowap, Chas. A. smith to Miss May Fahsbender, and Ed. P. flower to Mrs. Hallie Jackson, all of Williams.
 Flagstaff Lodge No. II, l. o. o. F. on Thursday night December 23, elect ed the following officers for the ensuing term: w. r. Shades. N G.: Anton Kline, V. GIN. G Layton, secretary: J. w. WeLtherford, treasurer: D. k. Prime and J. R. Treat, trustees.
 Col. Aaron Exlebon. who has the con tract for surveying six sections of pub lie land for Uncle Sam, in the vicinity of Tuba city is in town this week. He says the recent snow storm in,erfered with his work and that wood and water has to be hauled to his camp distance or ten miles, and the contract win be anything but fat one.as surveyors are usually supposed to have. Colonel Exlebon will return to Tuba city next ,ra
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-07-22
IN THE JUVENILE COURT.
Several Boys Sentenced TO Reform School
For Petty Thefts.

In the Juvenile section of the District
Court today Judge Sweetland sentenced
Robert Casey. a boy about 13 years Of
age. TO the reform school during minor
ity. for stealingf55 cents In money from
Maynard Williams. the property OF Geo.
A. Williams.
John Casey was arraigned for unlaw-
fully receiving Is cents. which he knew
to have been stolen. He pleaded guilty
and was sent to the reform school dur
ing minority, with an alternative OF n
fine of 81 aud costs.
BENJAMIN Robinson. IA years OF age
who pleaded guilty 10 being an idle
person without visible means of sup
port. was sentenced TO the reform
school for his minority, or, a. an alter
native, six months at the state work.
house.
Charles Smith pleaded not guilty TO
having broken into and entered In the
night time the store of Frederick Erics-
son. and was adjudged probably guilty
and held for the action or the grand
jury I'm the sum OF 5000. or To be com
mitted to the Sockanosset school in the
meantime.
James Magee. l3 years OF age.
charged with being an accomplica OF
Daniel Thompson an older boy. In the
stealing OF two bottles. valued az 20
cents, pleaded guilty and was fined 81
and costs.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-07-22
BETTER FACILITIES
To Be Provided For Jack Tars and Troops
at Newport.

Both the army and navy departments
are to have greater facilities at New
port in the very near future, and there
is no doubt that the changes contem-
plated will do a great deal to improve
the condition of the men of both
branches of the service. The hospital
at Fort Adams, while large enough for
the demands made upon it, Is alto
gether too old-fashioned in it's arrange
ment and equipment and 1t has been
deemed cheaper to erect new hospital
filled with all modern conveniences.
An appropriation of $4,000 has been
made, and a hospital Of 40 beds will be
the result.
The navy is to have an additional
wing to the hospital at Coasters Har-
Dor Island, $4,000 having been appro-
priated, at the suggestion of Congress-
man Bull. to do the work. There are
also several changes being made at the
torpedo station. The building used as
a dispensary and as quarters for the
seamen gunners under instruction Is
being raised and greatly enlarged. A
large addition Is also being built to the
machine shop. This building has been
crowded since long before the war be-
gan with men and machines, busy as
they could be, and additional room was
badly needed. The result of all these
improvements is that there In plenty
OF work for Newport people, and very
few men are idle.