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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-06-26
Try Aliens Foof-Ease.

A powder to be shaken into the shoes. At this season your feet feel swollen, ieryous and hot. and get tired easily. If you have smarting feet or tight shoes, try Aliens foot-Ease. It cools the feet and makes walk ing easy. Cures swollen and sweating feet. lblsters and callous spots Relieves corns and bunions of ali painand gives rest and comfort. Try 1t to-ddy. Sold by all druggists and shoe stores for 25c. Trial package FREE. Ad. dress, Allen $. Olmsted. Le Roy, N. Y.
 Good advice has been offered for hundreds of years, but none of it is as good as the old rule to keep your mouth shut.-Atchison Globe.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-06-26
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good share of his food and clothing, and in many localities the protection it gave to him from the Indians consti- tuted his sole lease on life. Conse- quently it became traditional that all Americans should shoot we'll.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-06-26

The young woman who possesses a million certainly has a good fgure.-Chieago Daily News.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-07-23
Effects of Imagination.

Some years ago number Of students
In Europe We're concerned in charge
which demonstrated the powerful effects
Of imagination. La frolic they donned
disguises and arrested another student,
whom they tried in Electrically ar
ranged and dimly lighted chamber and
condemned to death. For several hours
they kept their horror stricken victim
In darkened room, and having inform
ed him that he was to be beheaded band
aged his eyes and led him to another
apartment.
A crowd was assembled, but restrain
ed their mirth as the victim Of the
practical joke was forced to kneel down
and placed his neck across the spindle
OF three legged STOOL They prepared
for great outburst Of laughter as the
neck OF the poor young fellow was
touched with slender cane, but instead
had to shed tears Of regret for the &C.
ton, as Immediately upon being touch
ed with the cane the young man fell
dead
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-07-23
Bill Was Fooled.

"Seen anything of a Teller round
here with red whiskers an a squint?"
queried Bill Sykes of Newberg, as he
adjusted his red comforter and blew a
sonorous blast from his bibulous nose
preparatory to taking little stimulant,
cause If you have I've got business
with him He come to my house yes
terday, an after talking around spell
an telling Hammer he thought she was
my darter an making fool Of her he
said he would have to inspect the we'll.
Sent out by the state, you know.
well, l got pailful of water, an
he poured some in a sasser and looked
at it through mikyscope Then look
ed at it, an say, fellers, that water was
full of alligators foot long-microbes
he called 'em. The upshot was bought
the mikyscope and some stuff to put in
the well to kill the animals an paid
him SO, but twas partly Hammers
fault. -
Here Bill looked around defiantly and
continued: THAT stuff was salt an wa
ter an there want no bugs. They were
painted on the glass to the mikyscope. /"
And with rather derogatory remark
about the honesty of man generally Bill
left in quest of the man with the squint
-Dowagiac Republican.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-07-23
Identified by a Blind Man.

A blind man picked out his dead wife
in the New York morgue few days ago
by his delicate sense of touch, says an
exchange. Two women, both of the
same name and both of whom died in
Bellevue, were taken to the deadhouse
at about tho same time When the
morgue keeper caught the blind man g
right hand and guided il to an upturned
face, he said, "No, no; that's not my
Maryi" The drawer was closed, and the
next one was pulled out The sightless
man laid down his stick this time and
used both hands His face was transfig-
ured as the tips Of his fingers rested on
the sharp set cold features Mary"
he whispered. II have found you, dear
How thin your face has growni How
cold you are, Mary-how coldl" Tho
blind man had made no mistake. The
dead woman had been his wife.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-07-23
Magnetizing a Soar Bubble.

Oxygen is a million times less "at-
tractable" or susceptible" than iron,
and therefore experiments to show its
attractability have to be extremely del
icate 1t was with one of them that
Professor Fleming concluded his lecture.
He took soap bubble-soap and water,
by the way, being diamagnetic-and
filling it with air placed it in the field
OF very strong electro magnet. The
bubble did not culver. Then he filed
another bubble with oxygen, and again
turned on the current. Instantaneously
the bubble inclined itself toward the
magnet. 1t bobbed back again when the
current was turned off, but at "a second
attempt. when again the current was
turned on, the attraction so unsettled
it that it burst London Graphic
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-07-23
Heating Capacity Of Wood.

A writer in Die Stats Zeitung cor.
reefs very common superstition in re-
gard to the heating capacity Of wood,
the most notable fact in the case being
that such practical and easily demon
strable error should so long have pre-
vailed-namely, that the heating ca
pacity Of hard wood is greater than that
of soft wood. The fact, as ascertained
by repeated determinations, is that the
greatest heating power is possessed by
one of the softest varieties Of such ma
terial--viz, the linden Taking its heat
ing capacity for the unit, the second
best heater is also soft wood-fir, with
.99 heating power; next follow the
elm and the pine, with .9S; willow,
chestnut and larch, with .97; maple
and spruce fir, with 90; black poplar
with .95; alder and white birch, with
"a only. Then come the hard oak,
with .92; the locust and the white
beech, with 81, and the red beech,
with so. These examples leave no
doubt OF the general fact that hard
wood heats the least.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-07-23
London Book Thieves.

Sucking, the book seller, gave me
quite little chat on book thieves the
other day. Book thieves" said he,
"are most plentiful They are also most
audacioqs in disposing of their stolen
wares. One of them did me rather neat
ly not long ago. was sitting in my
shop, thinking no harm, when rather
clerical looking man came in and offered
me an abridged edition of Littre's Die
tionary at FL. OF course I bought it.
Judge my surprise when / found out
about two hours afterward that the
clerical looking gentleman had stolen
that copy Of Littre's Dictionary from
the stall in front of my own shopl
may add that I had the satisfaction of
recovering some volumes and Juggling
that respectable clerical looking gentle
man, who, as I afterward found, had
been doing many of my confreres in the
same artistically nonchalant manner. :"
London Correspondence.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-07-23

A Bengal postoffice superintendent
has received from one Of his Babu In.
spectors this report of an accident at q
river which had to be forded owing to
the breakdown Of a bridge:
"As was to pass the river or water
through my cart for absence Of any
boat some alligators ran ON my oxen
hence the oxen getting fear forcibly took
away my cart in an abyss below the
water Of 10 feet which the cartman
failed to obstruct The oxen forcibly
left the cart and fed to the other side
OF the river by swimming. myself be-
ing inside the matscreen Of my cart
the whole cart fell down in the abyss,
used to cry loudly at the time The cart
with myself was drowned in the mean
time the Overseer Babu Mehendra Nath
Chose and my cook jumped ON the wa
ter and took my cart In place where
~ water then myself jumped ON the
water and saved my life The alligators
getting fear from the cart fed to the
roadside and no sooner we came to the
road they jumped ON the water Had /
been under suffocation for three minutes
more then there was no hope of my life
The nearest residents told there
after that some men died this year in
the abyss by the attack Of the alligators
am much unwell the voice of my
speech is fallen low and out of order
from the sufocation. London Stand
ard
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-07-23
Gunpowder Explosion.

The actual chemical result Of the cx-
plosion Of charge of gunpowder cannot
be told with accuracy
The general idea of what happens is
that when the temperature of the ignit-
ing agent reaches 4S2 degrees + the
sulphur bursts into flame the saltpetcr,
acted upon by the heat, frees the oxygen
with which it is highly charged, and,
combining with the charcoal. ferns car
bonic acid aud oxide, while the nitrogen
is liberated
The products of combustion are ap-
proximately 81 per cent Of solid matter
and 4S per cent of permanent gases.
New York Sun.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-07-23
Mexican Customs.

There are no drays OF express wagons
In the City of Mexico The natives use
kind OF cart with enormous wheels,
but for carrying around town the
transportation" is all done ON the
backs of natives If you want to have a
trunk moved, You hire "cargador, I"
and for % cents he will carry 800
pound trunk on his back two miles In
the country everything is carried ON the
backs OF small mules Droves of them
come into town with produce ON their
backa
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-07-23
FORESTALlED HIM.
The Clipper Youth Knew What Usually
Happened In Such Cases.

Happened In Such Gases.
The fresh young man with no respect
in his soul for gray hairs and dyed
whiskers swung himself on the car in
the middle of block, and leaning
against the brake handle proceeded to
roll q cigarette with great dizziness. The
fat man who despises the ways of the
youth on general principles leaned
against the window guards and watched
the development of cigarette.
"Got a match, neighbour" inquired
the fresh young man as he put the last
finishing twist to his smoke.
Young man"-began the fat man
after brief, elderly pause, calculated
to greatly impress the cigarette smoker.
Eyes, know all about inter.
rupted the youth, $50 you might as
well choke your lecture on bornin.
know cigarettes will kill me if l stick
to 'em, but ! don't care It's an easy
death. l know if must smoke should
smoke cigars, but don't like the color
OF 'em. I've got touch of paresis now,
and I'm due for more. l know YOU
think of all the disgusting things in
the world cigarette is the worst.
Il know they undermine the consti.
tuition and are wrecking the rising gen.
Grafton. Now if I've forgotten anything
you were going to say help me out
Come to think of it. I've got match
myself. If / keep ON smoking these
things, won't be able to think at all
before long. ! know if you had q boy
that smoked cigarettes you would lick
him within an inch of his life. nearly
forgot you were going to say that
Where do you get off anyhow"
Here" gasped the fat man as he
dropped off the platform, muttering
something about what this country is
coming to. And the fresh young man
lighted his cigarette with grim
Washington Times.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-07-23
Religious Items.

Bishop Bompas of the Episcopal
church has appointed young clergy.
man to undertake mission work in the
klondike and has instructed him 20 en-.
deavor to build a church and schools
there.
A Mormon mission composed of 90
members is reported to exist under the
shadow OF Harvard at Cambridge, Mass
There are 90 Methodist Episcopal
churches within the limits Of Chicago.
There are 20 women ON the board Of
directors Of the London Missionary soci-
ETY..
During the past year 1877, 7l6 Bibles
and Testaments and l92, IA PRAYER
books have been circulated by the Soci-
ETY. For the Promotion Of Christian
knowledge Of the Episcopal church Of
England
The Methodist Episcopal misuionarx
.ocieties will NOT employ nsx Pihle No.
men IN north dhlnx Who Win 81 m
bind their tesk
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-07-23

n Duga3a Frenchman, has written
~ extrumely interesting book ON "Ti.
mildly" He finds that the vast majority
OF people are timid in their youth A
considerable minority remain timid all
their lives Timidity leads to medita-
ton and analysis 1t enters into the
temperament of the philosopher and man
OF science. Per contra, q thoroughly
stupid man is seldom timid.
Virgil, Horace, Benjamin Constant,
Michelet and Amiel were all notably
timid men NJ Dugas notes that in the
intellectual man you are apt to find
great speculative hardihood combined
with a practical timidity. Carlyle's is
the typical case The mere thought of
having to order a coat or buy q pair of
gloves caused him the most acute dis
comfort
In its extreme type timidisy APP
proaches the malady of the will which
the medical dictionaries call agoraphobia
the dread Of the crowd, of the gaze of
other people. All public speakers have
known this feeling-even, it is said, the
brazen M. Rochefort Cicero, used as he
was to the rostrum, was prevented by
"blue funk" from delivering his "Mi-
lonian" speech. M. Sarcey, who has
lectured every week for 30 years. says
he has never been able to conquer his
timidity. Pallet famous Partisan ad-
vocate, was 30 nervous that he used to
say he half hoped some accident would |
happen to him in the street on his way
TO the court so that he might be pre-
vented from appearing. Veteran actors,
when they are worth their salt, seldom |
get over their "stage fright"
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-07-23
TRAINING A WARhoRsE
How He IL Taught to Stand m.
and Thunder Of Batt,.

Now He 10 Taught to Stand N.
and Thunder Of Battle. A',:
A warhorse is broken TO no o..
under fire by tying ropes TO his ,aS
While the animal is down on the urors s
the officer takes pistol and fire. Sau !,
close to his ear. Then in rapid ordss y /"
nres the weapon over his back NV -
his neck, between his legs. anvr,S ues
that an opening presents itself drs;a
the horses futile struggles. Not un,;,
he sinks back exhausted, all a.trem uua'
and showing the whites of his ewes des
the pistol practice cease. -0''
After two or three lessons of this b.
1t Is considered safe to mount him n,;.u u
q bride furnished with a curb Bit W.
to this time the horse has never fe,t s
curb. The light snaffie is still reta;nas
and the curb bride is only given a usu
tie pressure at first, just enough to i.
him know that it is there. Graar.,,s
the strength Of the pull is increasaj
and with this safeguard the horse !.
taught to stand fire from his riders mis-
tol or carbine. p'',
In carbine practice the horse must \.
thoroughly broken, as both hands a,s
required in using this weapon. whereas
with the pistol the rider may retain ths
bride with one hand.
Then comes saber practice. and Tho,
Is another trial to the horse. Again j.
he thrown to the ground, and he nroho.
bly, can't understand why he sboula
have to suffer this indignity all owe,
again, for he has learned that lesson
very well. But when the bright blads
OF the saber. with quick thrusts fash.
ing before his eyes and cutting the Al,
In close proximity to his ears, appears /.
to him he is again terror stricken.
But the lesson he has learned from
the smell Of gunpowder stands him In
good stead, and he soon gets over hi.
fear. And even with a man ON his back
and another mounted upon a seasoned
horse coming at him with saber raised
In the air or slashing left and right he !.
knows that it is all a part of his educa.C
ton and something to be expected So
ne stands his ground or cavorts about
tho other horse while the two TROOPERS
indulge in their saber practice. New
Y ork World.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-07-23
The Lords Covenant.

The Lords covenant, however, has
an element in it that lifts it above the
plane OF mere human bargain. Though
it also involves two parties and contains
conditions pledging benefits, yet what
Is divinely contributed is the only con-
sideration OF value here, and what is
received is all in favor of man, who has
nothing to offer as an equivalent return
or pay for the good it brings. Reformed
Church Messenger.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-07-23
A Story of Patti.

Patti once went on an excursion with
party of Americans. among whom was
young chap who could play on ban
10 and sing coon" and "rag time"
songs like professional He did not
intend that the great singer should
judge of the quality OF his art, but by
accident she had a chance, and to the
young mans joy she fell hilariously in
love with every rag time" melody he
sang. This was secret between the
two until one evening Patti consented
to sing for the company. Several listen
ers went mildly insane when the great
artist, after little preparatory pat
ting, sang " Mamie, Come Kiss Your
Honey Boy"
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-07-23
The Recruits Religion.

Captain Philip Trevor begins paper
in The Nineteenth Century on 1.-The
Catholicism of the British Army" as
follows:
Whats yer religious persuasion"
said the sergeant to the recruit.
my what?''
Yer what? Why, what I said
What's yer after o. Sundays
Rabbits mostly"
Ere, stow that lip. Come, now,
chu'ch, chapel or oily Roman?"
And after explanation from his ques-
TONER the recruit replied: II amt no
wise .pertickler. Put me down chu'ch
O. England. sergeant. I'll go with the
band."
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-07-23
The Dead Line.

In the ministry there is a great deal
OF talk OF men reaching the dead line. "
No man ever came to that point unless
ne chose to come to it. A dead line"
is not necessary in the ministry any
more than in any other profession and
will never be approached if the minister
devotes himself as thoroughly to his
work as the lawyer, the physician and
the merchant do to theirs.
an Banner.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-07-23
Strategy.

Mr. Chamberlain when little boy
was playing one day with his sister at
a game of battle" each child having
a regiment of toy soldiers and popgun
to fire at the enemy.
The little girls soldiers went down
very quickly, but his stood firm, and he
was proclaimed the victor.
He had glued his men to the floori-
London Figaro
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-07-23

They had eloped and returned for the
parental blessing.
Father" the beautiful young WON
an said, i've are sorry for what we
have done. Will YOU
Then" the stern old man interrupt
Cd. why don't you go to the lawyer
around the corner? I'm no divorce
court. "-Chicago Newa
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-07-23
Accounting For the Size Of a Fee.

1T strikes me, Mr.. Brief" said Mr..
Dogway, THAT your charge of $3.50 for
this opinion is pretty steep"
mo doubt" said Mr.. Brief. "But
you see, Dogway, when you come and
ask me for an opinion which violates all
my convictions you've got to pay not
only for your law, but for my con.
science. "-Harper's Bazaar.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-07-23
The Soul Of Religion.

Reverence is the soul of religion.
When that is gone, there is little left
with which God can be pleased. Where
nothing is sacred everything becomes
common, even God himself. -Lutheran
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-07-23

Nervous Old Lady Ito deck hand,-
Mr. steamboatman. is there any fear of
danger?
Deck Hand (carelessly) PLENTY of
rear. ma'am, but not bit Of dansr.-
Harlem Lifa r''
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-07-23
Misunderstood.

Doctor just met your wife. That
medicine l sent her by you seems 10
have benefited her greatly.
Dumley-Sent her? Why, doctor,
thought >you said that was for me, and
! was 81 the hospital week after !
took # Richmond Dispatch. -
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-07-23

In round numbers there are 1850
journals In Paris One hundred and
seventy Of these are political organs,
over 100 each are fashion papers and H.
Illustrated journals, some 1870 medical
papers over 200 financial papers and
about 60 dealing with the turf and other
branches Of sport
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-07-23

The marriage Of japanese bride 10
not complete until abe bathes the feet
Of the bridegroom.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-08-12
Circus Coming.

The John +. Hymmel Colossal Shows, COM
bined with The American Racing Association
will arrive In Garnett, Satgrday, Aug. Is, and
Immediately spread their acres Of canvas at
the show grounds for fiiving their first per-
formance. The Hummel Show is said to be
one OF the most complete OF modern shows.
1t has the advantage OF many In being clean
and new. Two hundred men women and
childred are employed In the show. Thesei In
clude performers, advance men, canvasmen,
horsemen, trainers, cooks, walters, laborers,
etc. TO feed them, two big tents are prOvid-
ed where the cooks and walters hold forth.
In one tent the performers and more import-
ant employees eat at tables neatly arranged
and well served with food. At the other the
hostlers and hustlers are served. Two hun
bred horses are carried with the show. They
include every kind under the sun, from the
roy-poly little Shetlands to the pink-nOsed
racers and heavy Norman and Percheron
draft animals. Four tents shelter them and a
small army of men look after them Three
tons of hay, one hundred bushels OF oats and
two tons OF straw are used daily. A black
smith shop is always stationed near the sta
bles, and a harness-maker works in a big wag-
on as much at ease as II on firmer ground. To
accommodate everybody, a barber also trav-
els with the circus. To carry these 200 people
and 200 horses, besides the whole menagerie
and all the apparatus, requires a train OF 20
cars. The circus has its own train. All the
railway furnishes Is the locomotive and the
tracks. The cars are all over 90 feet In length
and one containing the elephants Is 10 feet In
length-the largest car In the world.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-08-12
A Visit To Greeley.

The "old man" of the AGITAToR and
his better half drove to Greeley, Tuesday
to visit the stone quarry of Champe,
Carlyle & Co. and look at the interven-
ing country.
At the stone quarry we we're surprised
to find such extensive preparations as
have been made by the firm to get out
and prepare stone for building and other
purposes-it is big establishment, and
is the only one of it's kind between Kan
sas City and FIT. Scott. The machinery
is massive and compact, and is calculated
to handle the largest rocks. Everything
is now in shape to saw out stone for
houses, bridges. sidewalks and every
thing for which, stone is used, and the
firm is now at work filling several adj
vance orders for walks, water-ta tables, etc
The stone in this quarry is superior to
the PIT. Scott stone, for all purposes
Garrett has large amount of sidewalk
of the Fl. Scott stone, which is cracked
anu DTOkcI. NdlkS IiltuC VI tIlC OICClCy
stone will neither crack or break from
use orexposure to the elements. Champe
Carlyle & Co. have a large number of
orders ahead, which will keep them busy
for some time. They have good thing
and are sure to make success fit.
All along the route we found some fine
corn. and those with whom we talked
said they had not had such good pros
pect for wears The ears of corn look al
most as big as sticks of cord-wood
At Greeley, we called on Virgil Benson
who is having h seige of rheumatism
He has been on his back for five weeks,
but is cheerful and hopeful, and will
doubtless be out again soon.
We also called on T. H. Jones, the
lumber dealer, who has been sick since
May. Tim has been having hard tus-
sic, and has last his usual rotundity of
form, but he is better, and will be up at
tending to business, no doubt. in few
weeks.