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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-06-09

J. II. Newbern,l N. D, of Whitefeld,
one Of the foremo doctors in the In
dian Territory writes: IT e have recon-
mended and sold 5Beggs's Blood Purifier
for the past five yearssand am pleased
to say it has mo qual in any blood
medicine that I have ever tried Sold
by McCuaig 81 Danielson, Druggists.
Rev. S. H. Jones, Tacoma, Wash,
says: 4 havessnfered for years with
consultation and indigestion. One
bottle of Greggs' Little Giant Pills re-
lieved me entirely" Sold by McCuaig
s. Danielson, Druggists.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-06-09
Buckleu,s Arnica Salye

: The BEST SALvE in the world for
cut, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt. rheum.
fever! sores, tetter, chapped hands.
,Chilblains, corns, and all skin erup-
tions, and positively cures piles, or no
pay required: 1t is guaranteed to give
zPer1ect satlsfac tion or money refunded.
.Prlce 70 cents per. box. For sale by
McCualg q Danielson, Druggists,
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-04
The Fascinating zulu Maiden.

One morning got into a railway train
running for about dozen miles through
succession Of sugar plantations. My
idea was to see the country and the people
I'm more leisurely way than could have
done had l travelled by swifter convey
ance. We stopped at most of the cross
roads and picked up varied assortment
of native types that soon made the train
look like an anthropological section In. the
Berlin museum. 1t was something Of O
shock at first to see young ladies step
aboard dressed I'm nothing to speak Of be-
yond their magnificent skins of chocolate
bronze, but a more modest and well be-
haved menagerie cannot be conceived
There was market for Cape gooseber-
ries at the end of this railway, and the oc-
casion was evidently one for social display,
for there was considerable coquetry shown
in the matter of hairdressing and arrange
ment Of beads. One Zulu maiden fasci-
mated me by headdress which reached
out behind something like. vast kinky
marline spike. This conical chignon was
at least two feet in extent, and gave her
great satisfaction. 1t excited more envy
than If she had worn ducal coronet She
allowed me to photograph her subsequent
ly, with the result that she became even
more naughty toward her undraped
friends. - white Mans Africa" by
Poultney Bigelow
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-04
ANTARCTIC EXPLORATIONS.
Cooks Second Expedition and the Lessons
That It Taught.

IL was not until the results OF Cook 3
second expedition became known that the
idea of n southern continent was aban-
doned, or rather very considerably modi-
fed. Many maps down 10 the end of the
eighteenth century show continuous
stretch of land extending in an oblique
line from Cape Horn almost as far north
as the fortieth parallel. Cook himself,
who was no better informed than the rest
of mankind until he found out the truth
for himself, was sent out to see IL there
really was continent, and sailed with the
assumption that there was. When he re-
discovered South Georgia. no concluded,
like Du Fresno, that he had hit upon the
skirts OF this continent, but he did not i'm
mediately run home with the news. He
sailed round the islands, and called ono
part Cape Disappointment to give lasting
expression to his chagrin.
It was salve to his injured spirits to re-
fleet that If the continent did really exist
farther southland most men nowadays
believe that It does-it was, at any rate,
not worth discovering, to judge Of the
bulk by the sample before him In South
Georgia. But even on the top OF this re-
FICTION he turned the Resolutions head
to the east-southeast and came very near
to being wrecked on the still less inviting
coast of Sandwich land. The north ooun-
try collier was driving heavily before a
strong breeze, with a thick fog enveloping
everything, and with binding sleet fall
ing, when momentary lifting of the fog
showed land dead ahead at distance Of
only three or four miles.
Finding himself In this predicament.
Cook hauled his wind to the north, but,
seeing IL was impossible to weather the
land in this quarter, he tackled in 175
fathoms of water, ~ miles from some
breakers. He did not investigate this
coast with any degree of minuteness.
When he left, he was unaware whether
Sandwich land was a group of islands or
part of the expected continent. The place,
he said, lay so far south and was so very
uninviting that knowledge concerning 1t
was utterly futile.-Macmillan's Maya
zine.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-04
A Great Smoke.

A gentleman well known in turf circles
made curious wager in the year 1860, in
which he backed himself to smoke one
pound weight Of strong foreign rcgalias
within IL hours. The conditions were
that the cigars should be smoked one at a
time to within IN inch of the end, tho
hacker Of time as in the case of some pi-
geon matches, finding the weeds.
The match was decided on q Thames
steamer plying between London and Chel-
sea- the smoker taking up position well
forward In the bows, where he caught the
force Of all the breeze that was blowing.
The cigars ran 100 to the pound, 10 that
about eight an hour had to be consumed
to win the wager. A start was made at 10
o'clock In the morning. and the affair
was finished shortly after in the evening.
In the course of y hours and 20 minutes
SO cigars were fairly smoked, the greatest
number consumed being in the second
hour, when the smoker disposed of no few
or than 10. At the eighty sixth cigar,
when IA only remained to be smoked, tho
hacker Of time gave In, finding that the
smoker was certain to win, and the latter
pulled the remainder away at his leisure
In the course of the same evening. STRAND
Magazine.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-04
An Unwritten Story.

This story is being told about reporter
on a New York morning paper: He was
sent out by his city editor to write a spe-
cial Sunday article on the subject of dia-
monds among the poor. The stories Of
diamonds among the rich are legion.
They are kept in stock, for use when
needed to I'LL up. But the diamonds Of
Division street, East Broadway, Rivington
street, the Bowery, Cherry Hill and Cor
lears Hook have not been done satisfao-
torily in prose or poetry.
Our friend had no trouble seeing every
thing In the shape of carbon and glass
that the dealers in the streets mentioned
had on sale. He had scarcely left shop
in East Broadway, when q sergeant of po-
lice entered.
"Say, we have just got wire from Chi
cago that ten of the expertest diamond
thieves In the country are bound for New
York. You want to look OUT
Heavens, cried the dealer, zone of
them has just been here, and showed
him all my stockl He pretended he was
q newspaper reporter"
An alarm was sent out, and for three or
four days the force looked for the reporter,
who had been described by the dealer. A
close watch was kept on the property, in
the belief that the suspect would return.
At last the reporter was spotted and iden-
titled, and everything was explained to the
satisfaction and relief Of the dealer in
"Rems. New York Press.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-04
tn. Aftsr En.cts Of Grin.

No one has, up tn date, been able salts
facterily to diagnose the after effects Of
this remarkable epidemic. An eminent
authority In commenting on its peouliari-
ties says that fresh air Is the best tonic and
restorer. Among the most serious symp-
toms of apparent convalescence is the ex.
treme depression to which the patient u
liable. In this state q suicidal tendency II
often developed, and hysteria Is not un-
common. This is specially noted In cases
where there has been O great deal of pain
In the head. Pleasant and absorbing oc-
cupation Is one Of the best helps to recov-
cry. Nourishing food, not too concentrat-
ed, reasonable amount Of exercise, stop
ping far short of the poipto Of WEAKNESS, are
also advantageous. AbpFe all, indulgence
in depression should be avoided, as this may
develop into chronic melancholia and end
in mental disease of serious character.
As summary of treatment take plenty Of
fresh air, simple s0nics, nourishing food
and laugh and enjoy everything that comes
in the way.-New York Ledger.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-04
SCOGAN THE FOOL.
A Practical Joke That He Played Upon
His Royal Master.


Amelia Wofford contributes to St. Mich
olas an article on 1.-The Court testers of
England. The author says:
Scogan, Scoggin or Scogin, already
mentioned, was principal jester to Edward
~. He is said to have come of good
Suffolk family, was a graduate of Oxford
and for time was tutor there, but was
dismissed on account of his irreligious
spirit and INSCRIPTIONS conduct. Upon
this he presented himself to Sir william
Neville, solicited the place of jester and
was accepted. Sir William was very proud
of him, and one day, wishing to show him
off, took him to court and introduced him
to the king Edward was as pleased as Sir
William could have wished. In fact, he
was 50 enthusiastic he was unwilling TO
have Scogan leave. The kings wish was
all powerful and so Sir William left SEQ
gan, receiving in compensation house in
Cheapside and country mansion in Bury.
Soogan loved practical joke, and one
that he perpetrated on the king brings to
mind the fun of our burnt cork MINISTRIES
He borrowed money of the king and when
the day for payment came was unable to
make good his word He feared the king
anger and decided to appease him by q
joke. Feigning death, he had his friends
carry his body before Edward. The king
fell ready victim to the deception and
in his lamentations over the supposed dead
fool said he freely forgave the debt Sco-
gan Immediately sprang to his feet, ex-
claiming, 1.-The news is so revivifyipg that
IL has called me back to life F"
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-04
RAISED THE COOKS WAGES.
For He Had tn Preserve His Wife's Con-
fdence In His Capableness.


There is nothing in all the world that
admire SO much us "a really capable man.
A friend of mine has married one, and
am quite sure he can do all that does be-
come man and few other things that
are not entirely becoming. He and his
wife-somehow one always thinks of them
In that order-moved into a new house.
The upper floor was TO be left uncarpeted
and was to be oiled. The wife suggested
having man from the furniture store 10
do it, but the capable man scoffed at the
idea; oiling a floor was just as easy as
rolling off log. He'd attend to it him
self. The wife went out of town for u few
days, and one afternoon the capable man
came home early with can of prepared
oil finish and "a brush. He went up stairs
and whistled gayly. When the cook went
up later, the hall was neatly oiled desert,
with narrowing unoiled oasis in tho
middle. The capable man was in the
oasis. There were sundry spots on the
new wall paper, hut the capable man said
they ID dry Off The cook went down stairs,
and presently there was a loud noise,
sliding noise and Il falling noise from up
stairs, together with savage yell and
some remarks that even cooks don't care
to repeat. The wife came home a few
days afterward. The husband met her at
the station. He was wearing brand new
trousers. The wife assembled to the upper
hall 1t was neatly carpeted with new
carpet and the walls had a new paper dado.
WHY" she exclaimed. Il thought you
were going to oil it,.
II decided that bare floor would be
noisy" answered the capable man. 1T
always looks cheap"
'And tho dadoy" answered the wife.
wasn't it good idea?' answered the
capable man. ut gives the hall such an
dir, you know"
The cook has had her wages raised, but
then man must preserve his wifes conf
dence at any price, you know. Washing
ton Post
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-04
FASCINATION OF folsLss.
Iastie Fraiities May Mako the Preseason
Of Them More Lovable.


"No m.n is sincerely and securely loved
except by those who know his foiples'
says Sir Arthur Helps. Rousseau quaiines
his recognition of faults In his old frieno
Gauffrecourt by the surmise that without
them he would probably have been less
amiable In no works Is this better exem-
plified than In those of Charles Dickens
"When know all the foibles man has
with little trouble in tho discovery, be-
gin 10 think nc is worth liking" And OF
Dickens father, and his notable Micaw-
berisms of speech and demeanor, he de-
clarcs that no one could know him with
out liking him the better for them. No
one likes Micawbar less for his follies, ana
Dickens liked his father better the more he
recalled his whimsical qualities.
One of the notable examples OF the fact
that foibles may rather endear than es-
TRANCE is in Oliver Goldsmith. The cpl
tibet so often heard and ever In kindly
tones of Poor Goldsmith" speaks vol
umes Writing of him, Washington Irving
saws that when eminent talent is united 10
spotless virtue we are awed and dazzled
into admiration, but our admiration Is apt
TO be cold, while there Is something In the
harmless innrmities Of a good and great
but crring nature that pleads touchingly
with ours Irving is persuaded that few
who consider the real compound of admi-
rable and whimsical qualities which form
ed Goldsmith's character would wish To
prune away its ecccntricities, trim its gro
tesque luxuriance and clip IL down TO the
decent formalities of rigid virtue.
"Let not his frailties be remembered,
said johnson. "He was very great
man." Washington Irving would rather
say, LET them DO remembered, since their
chief end was to endear.
Oliver Wendell Holmes asserts that we
must have weak spot In any character
before we can love it much. People that
do not laugh or cry or take more of any
thing than Is altogether good for them or
use any but dictionary words may be ad-
mirable subjects for biographies. But we
don't always care most for those fat pat
tern flowers that press best In the herba-
rum.
The most nonexacting and most indul-
gent cannot perhaps fail to find some faults
in the nearest and best friends. But in
not few cases foibles are even the
strengtheners of regard. -Exchange
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-04
GIFTS OF A FAMILY.
what kriss Rringie Brings Little Princes
and = Princess

An interesting article In The Ladies'
Home Journal describes n Christmas with
the German emperor and his family In the
palace AT Potsdam. After the tr,es-one
for each Of the fanily-havo been arranged
and all X In readiness says the writer,
Nagel Won Brave. 1.-The little princess ac-
companied hy her next younger brother.
opens the solemn proosSSion into the shell
salon. which Is ahlaRe with light For q
moment they halt The flooding lights
are almost binding. since 20 tho illumi-
nation of the Christmas trc,s l. added the
brillianco of the many chandeliers. with
their multiplicity II branches Another
short pause in the center az the room.
Two OF her hrOshc-S csch take the little
princess BY the hand and conduct her with
gallantry u her spcciSl table before turn
ing away 10 their own What delight
What rejOicings, Verify. in the most per
feet Interpretation q the word this consti-
tutes youthful loyfnlness The emperor,
having conducted the ladies and gentle
men OF the court 20 the tables arranged for
them, leads tho empress 10 their majesties'
tables. and the hearty demonstrations Of
pleasure which they exchange evince the
loving care taken in their mutual selec-
ton OF gifts
"But they do not lineer long over their
own gifts The JOY OF the children grows
more and more lively. The princes show
one another their new treasures. Prince
Eitel Friedrich invites the crown prince
to visit his fine water tight tent, while the
latter mounts a bicycle of German manu-
fscture. Prince Adalbert puts on his new
snowshoes, which no would greatly like TO
try at once In the park, and beside him
his younger brother Prince August, turns
the leaves OF an illustrated book of the
Berlin exhibition of industrial arts, to
which he made q visit. Prince Oscar
mounts the tin soldiers over the strongly
fortified citadel Of papier mache which
Prince Joachim Is preparing to attack
with his splendid artillery and its nickel
cannon. The dried peas already rattle
against the leaden gates of the fortress
Victoria Louise is happily seated amid her
miniature dolls household, inspecting the
numerous toilets OF the blond doll which
ian say papa and mamma with great
precision. Repeatedly the imperial mother
is called upon by her youngest child to ex-
anime and admire treasures she had her
self selected with so much care.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-04
SleepleSsuees.

Sleeplessness brought about by nervous
excitement, mental strain or oyerwork
can be cured by harmless home remedy,
which anybody can easily tost. Simply
take a moist towel, fold 1t up and place it
across the neck. For sleeplcssness Of nery-
Gus people who suffer from cold feet
while the head is hot there Is no better
remedy than to rub the legs, and particu-
larry the feet, brlskly with q brush or a
rough towel. This will benefit the circu-
lation, and sort of tired feeling is the
result, which soon produces sleep. Drugs
cannot be used successfully for either of
these forms Of sleeplessness, while the To-
cal application of water will almost unex-
ceptionally give immediate relief. --Phila.
delphia Ledger.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-04
EVER SO.

One paragraph is missing from the pages
Der which your eye 80 carelessly has skipped
And, oh, how most amazingly portentous
In its importance seems the passage clipped
You curse the yawning gap that proves how
precious
pearl Is treasured once. You've not a doubt
The one thing worth the reading in that waste
The little item that some ones cut out.
And so. in ife-thoueh full to OVERLOOKING
With blessings be your cup-what might be
bliss
Is poisoned by the thought that fate has rob-
bed you
OF that sweet unknown something which you
miss.
Mary Norton Bradford in Boston Globe.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-04
Forgeries of Autographs.

What about forgeries, Autographs and
photographed handwriting and all the
other iniquities one hears about in con-
nection with autograpnsS"
well, forgeries, of whatever kind, arc
numerous and very easy to detect"
Easy to detect?"
Certainly, IL the collector has cool
head and does not allow the wish that an
autograph shall be genuine to father the
thought that II Is genuine. Most of the
forgeries would deceive no cool, careful
man with a modicum of experience AS
for photographs, they certainly cannot be
detected at glance. l frequently buy
them in bundles Of genuine autographs
The test Is drop of acid. Tho carclessness
of young collectors Is the mother of for
geries. Academy
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-04
Vanilla.

It Is curious to read that vanilla was
employed by the Aztecs of Mexico as an
ingredient In the manufacture of choco-
late prior to the discovery of America by
tho Spaniards, and that 1t was brought to
Europe as perfume, with indigo, oochi-
neal and cacao ten years before the arrival
of tobacco on our shores. The name
vanilla Is derived from the Spanish vaina,
pod or capsule. Dampier described 1t as
little pod full Of small black seeds, and
like the stem Of n tobacco leafs, so much
soithat his men, when they - ID the dried
pods at first, threw them ~, wonder
Ing why the Spaniards should lay up to-
bacco stems. "-Chambers Journal
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-04
London Streeta.

II any one were to undertake to walk,
one WAY only, through all the streets Of
London, he would be obliged to 20 dis.
lance Of 1900 miles, or as far az 1t Is across
the American continent from New York
to San Francisco This will give an idea
Of tho distance one will have to 20 to see
thoroughly even the greater part OF the
city OF London--tbe largess Oity in the
would.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-04

1.-THE legends say" said tho historical
boarder, that Solomon controlled the
world and conquered his enemies by
means OF ring of peculiar properties"
Him." the cheerful idiot hastened to
say, "our politicians work In good deal
the same way i"-Indianapolis Journal.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-04
without Benefit Of Clergy.

Miss Pruyn-Oh, dearl So you were
ON the City Of Peking when she went
DOWN. How many souls were lost?
Captain Silt-All Of 'em that was
drownded, mum. She went down 40
blamed suddent they want no time fer
deathbed repentanoea -Brooklyn Life
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-04

The first shed as a shelter from the ele-
ments was built by species Of African
monkey, which to the present day provides
itself with n roof by fastening together the
leaves of the common palm.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-04

Tho more sympathios we gain or awaken
Tor what Is beautiful by so much deeper
will be our sympathy for that which II
most beautiful. the human soul.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-04

Ireland sends out as emigrants TO other
lands from 10000 to $4,000 of her sons
and daughters annually, while Scotland
parts with only from 10, 600 to $4,000.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-04
The Modern Mofher.

Friend-what do you do when your baby
cries ut nightS
Modern Mother get up and go into
another room where can't hear It,
Abendblatt der New York Stats -Zeitung
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-04

II man could Jump as far, In proper.
ton TO his size and weight, as a flea, he
could at single leap pass from St Louis
70 Chicago
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-02-25

WATER 'FRONT.' NOTES.

The Japanese liner TeuShin Maru is cx-
pected IL arrive today or tomorrow from
Oriental ports.
Steam schooner Scotia is due from Dyes.
and Skagway. She is scheduled 20 sail
north sunday. February =.
Bark Columbia arrived Wednesday
night from san Francisco. She is now at
the Stetson q Post mill loading lumber
fer Alaska.
The repairs being made on the Riojun
M0ru will soon he completed. and 1t ID
expected that she viii get away Satur-
day.
Bark IEnoCh Talbot. or the La Conner
Transportation Company, sailed yester-
day for Alaskan ports in tow of the tug
Monarch. She carried away a cargo cone
sisiing OF merChanlise and lumber. tor
gethcr with 100 head Of horses. Four
miners went north on the Talbot.
Bark Prussia, under charter 10y Rarne-
son & chiicott, sailed yesterday afternoon
Tor pyea and Skagway IN tow OF the tug
Favcrite- The Prussla's cargo consisted
OF lumber. hay ard miners outfits, to-
gether with "a large number OF horses
Arrangements had been made TO send
tina vessel north iii tow Of the tug Tyee,
but at the last moment it was decided TO
secure the services OF the Favorite.