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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-11
A GEORGIA HEN COOP.
Ut Was Sure Proof Against the Inrosds os
Outsiders.


There isn't more faithful being ON
shrth, said Georgia business man 60
reporter, than one of our Georgia
darkies. Neither is there one more su
perstitious, nor yet again is there one
VINO loves better the products of the
hen coop. And Gainesville ism any diff
ferent from any one of hundred south
ern towns. When | was down there
some time ego, a customer of mine who
had fancy for chickens and who had
always had more or less trouble i'm
maintaining ownership of them told me
he had a remedy and asked me to 90
around with him and see it. wanted
him to tell me what it was, but he in.
sisted on my seeing it first, so / went
along with him, and in a few minutes
was standing in his back yard before
what was to me the oldest chicken
coop ever saw 1t was constructed of
large timbers and there were dozen
places in its walls where hand could
be run in and everything cleaned out
within reach. Then there was no fas-
tening on the door, nor was there any
kind of protection to the fowls.
couldn't understand how such an in
viting snap could be of any use to the
owner and said as much.
1.-the charm is in the timber, said
he.
"'No, said /.
Fact, just the same, said he You
don't see it on the outside and you don't
know it, but the darkies around here
do, and they won't come within 100
yards of that coop if they can help it. l
don't care how full of chickens it is.
Cause why? 1t is built of the timbers
of gallows on which man was hung
about three months ago in another coun-
ty. 1t cost me something extra to get it,
but it has more than paid for itself
since / have had it, and am in the
market now to buy all the secondhand
scaffolds in Georgia. If you run across
a sheriff any place with enc for sale. let
me know by next mail, won't you,
please?'
1t was true bill, +" concluded the
travelling man, "for / saw darby
tried OH it, and he refused big silver
dollar to go down to the coop to get q
chicken for breakfast washington
Star.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-11
Animals Fright Is short.

A question that has often been asked
is, How long does fright last in wild
creature? The close observer will be
surprised at it's brief duration. They
are not subject to "nerves" like human
beings. A partridge after running Cor
rather flying) the gantlet of half dozen
guns-if we may be allowed a mixed
metaphor-drops on the other side of a
hedge and begins calmly to peck as II
nothing had happened. You would
think rabbit after hearing charge OF
shot whistling about its launches and
just managing to escape from yelp-
ing spaniel would keep indoors for "a
week, but out it pops quite merrily as
soon as the coast is clear. A fox pur-
sued by hounds has been known to halt
and kill fowl in its fight though we
may assume that his enemies were not
close to Reynard at the time. We have
been led into thinking about the matter
by noting what took place at a cover
after being shot over.-Pall Mall Ga.
gette.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-11
OLD CATERER ON TERRAPIN.
Wien IL IL Ready, the Satisfaction IL In
eating 1t All Yourself"

"shk IL All hourseiL
James Prosser, famous oolored ca
terer of this city, dead long ago, fur
nished the following formula for pre-
pairing and serving terrapin, which was
published In gastronomi journal at the
time when he was on earth:
You can't enjoy terrapin unless the
day Is nippin. Temperature and terra
pin go hand in hand. Now, as to your
terrapin. Bless you, there is all the
difference in the world in them The
more northerly is the terrapin found the
better. You eat Florida terrapin-you
needn't despise it, for terrapin is terra
pin everywhere-but you get Chesa-
peake one or Delaware bay one, or,
better still, Long Island one and there
is just the difference between $40 q
dozen and $50. Warm water kinder
washes the delicate flavor out of them.
Don't you let Mr.. Bergh know it, but
your terrapin must be boiled alive
Have good big pot, with hot fire un-
der 1T, so that he shan't languish. and
when it has got on full head of steam
pop him in. What am goin to give is
recipe for IA single one. If you are aw-
fully rich and go in for gross of terra
pin, just use your multiplication table.
just as soon as he caves in watch him
and try his fiippers. When they part
when you pry them with your finger
nail, he is good. Open him nicely with
knife. Bilin of him dislocates the
snuffbox. There amt overmuch of it,
more's the pity. The most is in the
jints of the legs and side lockers, but if
you want to commit murder Just you
smash his gall, and then your terrapin
is gone forever. Watch closely for eggs
and handle them gingerly. Now, hav-
in got him or her all into shape, put
the meat aside. Take three fresh eggs
you must have them fresh. Bile 'em
hard and mash 'em smooth. Add to
that tablespoonful Of sifted flour,
three tablespoonfuls of cream, salt and
pepper (red pepper to a terrapin is just
depravity) and two wineglasses Of sher-
ry wine. Wine as costs So. so bottle
aim bit too good. There never was a
gotega in all Portugal that wouldn' Z
think itself honored to have itself mixed
up with terrapin. Now you want quite
quarter of a pound of the very best
fresh butter and put that in porcelain
covered pan and melt it first-mustn' Z
be Drowned. When it's come to be oily,
put in your terrapin, yolks Of egg, wine
and ALL Let it simmer gently. Bilin
up two or three times does the business.
What you are after is to make it blend.
There ain tnothin that must be too point
ed in terrapin stew. 1t wants to be a
quiet thing a suave thing, just pervad-
ed with most beautiful and natural
terrapin aroma. You must serve it to
the people that eats it on hot plate,
but the real thing is to have it on q
chain dish, and though man ought
not to be selfish there is kind Of divine
satisfaction in eatin it all yourself. -
Philadelphia Times.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-11
BREAKFAST CEREALS.
They Contain Essential Elements For Fer
feet Nourishment of the Body.

feet Nourishment of the Body.
Cereals and fruits should form the
base of breakfast foods" writes Mrs.
S. T. Rorer on Breakfast Cereals and
Fruits" in her cooking lesson in The
Ladies' Home Journal. "They will sup
port muscular action, preserve the heat
of the body and strengthen the brain in
its nervous activity. Whole or steel cut
oats and whole wheat, from which our
nineteenth century bread should be
made, contain the essential elements for
the perfect nourishment of the human
body. The great objection TO cereal
foods is their difficulty of digestion, not
from any fault of the foods, but, first,
from lack of time in cooking and, second,
from lack of proper mastication. Raw
starches are indigestible. The first step,
then, toward the digestion of starches
is over the fire. Each little cell must be
ruptured, and for this long and careful
cooking is required. The second step to
The digestion of starches is in the
mouth. They are there converted from
the insoluble starch to soluble sugar
If they are swallowed quickly, without
mastication, they miss this digestion,
entering the stomach as strangers. This
organ not being prepared to receive
them, they are cast out into the small
intestines to be entirely instead of part
ly digested. This organ now compelled
to do, in addition to its own duties, the
work of the mouth, soon becomes over
taxed, and we have, as result, the
disease most common i'll this country
intestinal indigestion.
''Of the breakfast cereals steel cut
oats head the list. Any of the wheat
germ preparations are good. After these
come the rolled wheat and barley and
rice preparations. All these foods, how
ever, must be thoroughly cooked and
eaten without sugar
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-11
BEFORE THE RAILROADS.
When Philadelphia Was the Greatest City
In the American Colonies.

When Philadelphia Was the Greatest City
In the American Colonies.
In IVA Philadelphia was the largest
town in the American colonies. Esti-
mates of the population, which are all
we have, differ widely, but it was prob
ably not far from 80, 900. A single city
now has larger population tdan all
the colonies possessed in 1774, and there
are in the United States today 104 cities
and towns of over 80, 900 inhabitants.
Figures Alone however, cannot express
the difference between those days and
our own. Now town of 80, 600 people
is reached by railroads and telegraphs.
1t is in close touch with all the rest of
the world. Business brings strangers to
it constantly, who come like shadows
and so depart, unnoticed, except by
those with whom they are Immediately
concerned. 1t was not SO in IVA, not
even in Philadelphia, which was as
nearly as possible the central point OF
lous city.
Thanks to the energy and genius OF
Franklin, Philadelphia was paved. light
ed and ordered in way almost unknown
in any other town of that period. 1t
was well built and thriving. Business
was active, and the people were thrifty
and prosperous and lived well. Yet, de-
spite all these good qualities, We must
make an effort of the imagination to re-
alize how quietly and slowly life moved
then in comparison to the pace OF today.
There in Philadelphia was the center
of the postal system of the continent,
and the recently established mail coach
called the Flying Machine, F" not in
| jest but in praise, performed the jour
ney to New York i'll the hitherto un-
equaled time of two days. Another
mail at longer intervals crept more
| slowly to the south Vessels of the coast
wise traffic or from beyond seas came
! into port at uncertain times and after
long and still more uncertain voyages.
The daily round of life was so regular
and so quiet that any incident or any
novelty drew interest and attention in q
| way which would now be impossible
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge in Serb
| ner's
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-11
Exclaimed.

"Who is that stout lady over there?"
"That's Mrs Spriggins of the La
dies Whist club, She's the only wom-
an in the club who never asked, What
is trumps?'"
"Quite remarkablel'
Eyes. She has some kind of an inn
pediment in her speech that prevents
her from pronouncing words that begin
with [. "-Clevelaud Plain Dealer.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-11
The Modern Agnostic.

We look at our churches with their
congregations, growing in numbers and
dwindling in faith, says ii. q. Chap
man in The Atlantic, and we ask our
selves: In all these buildings, cheap or
costly, what real prayers rise, and of
those that rise do any get above the
roof? What God hears them and has
there ever been an answered prayer? We
look at the face of the dead and repeat
q burial service. If after the manner of
men have fought with beasts at Ephe'
sus, what advantageth it me if the dead
rise not? And as we say the words we
ask ourselves, "Do the dead riser" And
if any one is found who believes these
things he knows that there is another
at his elbow who believes them not q
whit or an atom, and these two can hit
on no universe that shall satisfy both,
nor can one be poet to the other.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-11
TEAS AND TEAS.
Things Once Used or Now Used rs Substi
tutes For the Chinese Herb.

OF course every one knows that we
drink good deal that isn't tea when
we drink cup of tea. We drink-or
are supposed to drink-some tea, some
lead and some straw. But there are sew
eral "teas" that the drinkers know are
not made Of tea leaves and yet are not
adulterated.
In Peru they drink mate, tea made
from the Hex paraguensis a species OF
holly. This is the only mate tea, but
there is Brazilian tea, gorgonha, call
ed mate there; another tea used in Aus
tria, called Brazilian tea, and several
other so called mate teas are made from
different varieties of the lick. In Lab
rador they make tea from two species
of ledum. Oswego tea was made from
the scarlet mouarda, and mountain tea
from the dwarf evergreen, Gaultheria
procumbens Then clover tea and tansy
tea and catnip tea and mint tea are
used, though not as beverages.
In Sumatra they use coffee leaves to
make tea out of, and the beverage is
said to be very refreshing In Mauritius
the leaves of an orchid, Angroecum
fragrans, are used. The Tonquinese
have teas Of their own, made of leaves,
berries, banks and woods. The Abys-
sinians make tea out of the leaves of
the Catha edulis. When sentinel can
leave his post to get cup of tea, he
can chew leaf or two of this plant,
and he won't feel like going to sleep
all night In Tasmania there are said
TO be more than 200 substitutes for tea;
in England they used to make a tea of
sage, betony or rosemary and OF rasp-
berry leaves; in France they use black
currant leaves and borage to make tea,
and century or so ago they gathered
in English gardens and fields ash, elder
and sloe leaves, and the leaves of white
thorn and blackthorn, out of which to
make tea. So it is evident that there
are teas and teas. New York gun.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-11

Lady of the House Ito servant girl
applying for situation)-You were in
the service Of my friend. Baroness X.
Why were you sent away
Servant-Please. ma'am. for listen
ing at the doors.
Lady-Ah. then / will take you, only
you must promise to tell mo all you
heard. London Fun.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-11
IT ALL WILL COME OUT RIGHT
Whatever is a cruel wrong,

Whatever is cruel wrong,
Whatever Is unjust,
The honest years that speed along
Will trample in the dust.
In restless youth rallied at fate
With all my puny might,
But now know If but wait
IL all will come out right.
Though vice may don the judges crown
And play the censor's part
And fact be cowed by falsehoods frown.
And nature ruled by art,
Though labor tolls through binding tears.
And idle wealth is might,
know the honest, earnest years
Will bring il all out right.
Though poor and lovoless creeds may pass
For pure religions gold,
Though ignorance may rule the man,
While truth meets glances cold,
know law supreme, sublime,
Controls Us with it's might
And in Gods own appointed time
1t all will come out right.
ELLA Wheeler Wilcox.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-11
Suspicion.

"Do you remember that girl who
came here and said that what she most
desired was good homer" asked the
housewife.
"What Is the mntter nowf" respond
cd her husband. "Have you missed
something elsey'
"Yes. I guess abe has good home
pretty nearly paid for by this time. -
Washington Star.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-11
An Omitted Particular.

"These here city folks may be purity
smart in some ways" said Uncle Reu-
ben, "but they re away behind us Poke
berry county people in one respect.
"What's that?" asked his nephew.
"Why, these here guideposts you
have on your crossroads tell which di-
rections the streets is in all right, but l
notice 10 never says how far it is to
'em. ''-Chicago Post.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-11
Either Way.

Mrs. Gray-You say Mrs. Greene dis
agreed with everything said? Just like
herl She never is on the right side of
any question.
Mrs. Brown--You misunderstood me.
j said she agreed with everything you
said.
Mrs. Gray-H IN Whats way she
has of currying favor. Boston Tran
script.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-11
More Proof.

'Hoolahan--Countin the two min
yesterday, there's been % kilt so far ON
the moo buildin goin up across the
street.
tO'Callahan (impressively) - Thot's
another proof av the unluckiness av the
number i3.-Brooklyn Eagle.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-11
Drying Clothes.

The drying of clothes in frosty
weather is sometimes. in the case OF
delicate fabrics, attended with tearing
because of the quick stiffening in the
very cold air. A simple precaution
which will prevent any such trouble is
to dissolve three or four handfuls OF
coarse salt in the last rinsing water,
thus making 1t, In fact. a weak brine
Articles so rinsed will not suffer from
or stiffen with the cold.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-11

Oysters after they have been brought
away from the sea know by instinct
the exact hour when the tide is rising
and approaching their beds. and SO OF
their own accord open their shells TO re-
ceive their food from the sea, as II they
were still at home
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-11
His Board Of Trade style.

Clara texcitedly)-Well, papa, did
the count ask you for mo today?
Mr.. Millyuns-Ask me for your Nav
He told me if / wanted to put up mar
gins enough he'd talk business. Chi
capo News
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-11

John-So you really think you have
some chance of winning her, do you?
Henry-Oh, yesl l feel quite encour-
aged. She has begun to find fault with
my looks. -Cincinnat Enquirer.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-11

Balmoral is greatly larger estate.
now than il was when first it became q
royal residence. To the original 10, 900
or IL, 900 acres were soon added the
5000 acres of the adjoining Birkhall
estate. Then in 1878 the forest of Bal
lochoule was purchased--another TO-.
900 acres-and there have since been
more recent acquisitions.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-11

The cheeks become pale from fear be-
cause the mental emotion diminishes
the action of the heart and lungs and 80
impedes the circulation.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-11

wemen coal carriers at the Lisbon
docks receive Is. Sd. day, male coal
carriers IS. I'd.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-11
THE DEACON's PIETY.
MAS EQUAL TO ALL OCCASIONS AND
,Asrep OVER EIGHTY YEARS.

.ndsd Religious Services indefinitely
x,rss the victims of a Smallpox Epi-
An Example In This as He Was
:. peyotion to the Flag.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-03-29
ADJUSTMENTS.


Last night at the Opera House,
Chauncey oicott, :hc- ta,erted young
actor and singer. appe&,Gd III the first
Wheeling production OF Sweet 1nnis-
CARA" Star and play mad been the
recipients OF SO much favorable COM
mcnt that a large audience was pres
cnt. and 1t Is merely the ba:e truth to
assert that bGtn play and star. as well
as the supporting company ard very
elaborate scenic accessories, pleased the
audience. Sweet Inniscarr;t" Is an old
fashioned me!odralna from the pen OF
itiou. Ii is seldom that an Irish play
draws veil In Wheeling, bu, Sweet In
nscGrru' was tiIe exception that proves
Inc rule. The scenery used In the
fourth act, showing section OF His
Nal"stys Ship Dolphin, together
WIN the thrilling escape OF the star
rom the press gang, highly ep;hused
'aC audience. and Mr. Olcott was com
iti.c- 10 como before the curtain. Con-
hlerable amusement was caused by the
announcement between acts, by a
mmember of the company that the Elm
"I9vc surface road" would run n spe-
cal motor after The performance.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-03-29

CLEVELAND, o.. March 2S.-A. spe-
cIal from Salem; O., says: 1t is learned
thatu meeting OF the board OF directors
Of the Salem yVirc-Nail Company, and
OF others directlr interested In the
American Steel and Wire Company,was
held here Saturday evening.
Y The meeting resulted In the Salem
company entering the combine. which is
now completed. ID Il.
& In an Interview, General Manager
Baackcs said: The combine Is now
completed and II will be In operation by
April s. The move Is made In order to
drive out competition and for the main
talning OF prices. The latter, however,
will not be advanced TO any great ex-
tent. The combine includes fourteen
plants and will control 20 per cent OF
the output of the country. or even of
the world"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-03-29
1NcERsoLL ro.srG,,r.
Tho Great Agnostlo Appears at the Opera
House Tonight, 81. . 4

Tho Great Agnostlo Appears at the Opera
House Tonight.
Tonight at the Opera House the IA
nous orator, Cot Robert G. 1ngersoll,
VIII thrill and amuse, and at the same
time Interest and astonish wfatprom-
ises TO be q crowded house. On this oc-
casion he will deliver his new discourse.
Why Am an Agnostic, (which has
never been heard in this city. During
the previous appearances in this part
Of the country of the distinguished
thinker, there has always been rush
for seats. ut times for standing room,
and on this OCCASION there is no eScep-
ton to the rule. II Is claimed by those
who have heard this new lecture, that
1t excels all Others in his list of fine pic
lures anu while 1t immensely pleases
and entertains his audience, 1t, at the
same time, is said to answer all the
questions that have been hurled at him
from all over the English-speaking
world.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-03-29
MARTINS FERRY.
IInps and lIlIhaps In tho Thriving Cit
Across the River. =

Across tho River.
7. W. Shreve, secretary and attorney
for the Standard Building Association,
filed suit In the probate court 10 have
H. G.. Pratt removed as assignee and
the assignment set aside. H. G. Pratt
filed a demurrer and the hearing was
set for the 18th inst. The attorneys could
not reach st. Cia!rsville on that day
and the time will be reset. j. C. Tall
man will assist Mr.. Pratt.
The Church of Christ congregation
has secured an option at $500 on the
property of Mrs. Clark Lynn. corner OF
Fourth and Locust streets and an eff
! fort will be made to build a,house OF
worship. The building Is frame. n story
and a half high. and will be converted
into church. Prayer meeting will be
held in 1t tomorrow evening.
Mrs, Hannah ]. Martin, who has been
making her home with Mr.. and Mrs.
George krlm, died yesterday, aged
eighty-seven gears. The funeral will
take place tomorrow morning and the
interment will be at Hendrysburg.
The different mills at the Aetna
Standard went on at noon yesterday.
and the hot mills at the Laughiin at .
o'clock last night. The West Virginia
glass works will resume tomorrow. II
nothing unforeseen happens,
Rev. ]. G. Jones preached his farewell
sermon in the colored VI. E. church on
Sunday, and left yesterday for confer
ence. Rev. Williams will preach for the
congregation temporarily.
"a Yankee In Cuba" will be played
at the Martins Ferry opera house by
home talent, the latter part of April.
The first rehearsal was held last night.
Charles Thomas, of West Jefferson
street, has been appointed boiler in
spector at Wheeling, to succeed his
father, Reuben Thomas.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Heinrick have as
their guest. Mrs. ]. Y. Patterson, OF
Allegheny, Pa. u
While at work at the Laughlia mills
Yesterday Elmer Lady had his face
burned.