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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-02
QUEER QUESTIONS ASKED.
Some of the Conundrums With Which
the Smithsonian Officials Arc Assailed.

The doorkeepers Of the Smithsonian in
stitution have hard time of 1t In answer
ing the questions propounded them by the
visitors to that place These questions are
original, II nothing else and cover all va
rieties of subjects. One of the men who
has been there for number OF years has
become so accustomed TO hearing those
that he would not be surprised, no said, II
some one should ask him gravely, where
the right molar tooth Of George Washing
tons grandmother's great aunt could DO
found Neither would he think that the
propounder of tho question was lunatic.
Strange to say, though in some places
it might not be regarded rs strange, most
Of these peculiar questions arc asked by
the feminine portion Of the visitors to the
Institution. Some time ago a lady, who
had every appearance Of being such, in
addition to having an intelligent face and
cultivated manners, stepped up to door
keeper and inquired, in a tone OF voice
which showed that she was In earnest
Would you kindly direct INC TO tho por-
ton of the institution who | could find
the relics from the Garden Edon. ! un-
derstand there are nm them here,
and should like to SCI ~ much
The doorkeeper did l., low whether
she wished to sec the trad. AL fig leaves
or the core of the apple viii Acam Is re-
lated to have eaten with sue dire results
! to the human race, but told her very frank
! " that the institution was not possessed
| of such treasures The lady seemed sur
I prised and stated that she had been In
formed correctly she thought, that the
relics wero there. With an air OF disap
] pointment she went inside to sec what
else she could unearth.
One day recently another lady asked
doorkeeper where the bottles containing
| the elements of the universe were located
I In spite of his experience In such things
the doorkccper was rather nonplused ant
shook his head
"Why, was told that they were here
and was also informed that they were kep
in bottles for inspection" the lady said.
"The only elements of the universe tina
know of" the doorkeeper replied, "ar
whisky, air and water, and they are com
! mon most everywhere, believe, madam
Further than these know Of none. "
Wash ING ton Star.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-02
Housekeeping Abroad.

American housekeepers struggling with
refractory maids may well listen with envy
to the tale of some countrymen In FRANCE
says the Chicago News
This family has n servant whom IL calls
its Jewel She gets So q month, and this
is what she does for that sum; From to
q. m she cleans the drawing and dining
rooms and has her own little breakfast OF
tea and bread Then she carries up hot
water to the bedrooms, serves coffee and
rolls in bed and departs to market, where
she buys all the provisions for the day.
She returns by 10 and does the two bed
rooms, and at noon serves luncheon In
dainty manner In the afternoon she does
O little sewing for the family, serves tea
and prepares dinner, which Is course
meal In the evening she reads the paper
and retres when the family docs. she
has no company, speaks French, Italian,
German and English She has her own
bottle of wine, which lasts two days and
costs her employers cents They lock
ND nothing, and che never SO much Us
touches a hairpin.
On the continent 1t is the custom to cat
| bakers bread, which is very good. Wash
| ing is never done at home, and thus two
dreaded days-baking and washing days
are escaped The washing costs about
a third the price paid in this country. IL
France and Italy Sunday meals are served
| at the same time as during the week
4 lunch ut noon and dinner at 4 Servants
have the hours from to only for them
selves on Sundays and holidays.
] In England a general servant can b'
had for S75 year, cook from 800 up
All the servants expect beer money, ono
each has his own line of work, which n
will not overstep A cook would no
dream of doing bedroom work or loot
man Of taking the buffers place Thos
who have lived many places say the serv
ants of southern Europe excel those OF an.
| other land.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-02
English "a. She Is Writ.

Foreign manufacturers, when shipping
fragile goods, pottery, bric-a-brac and the
like, inclose a printed notice to buyers to
sec that caro- lie exercised in unpacking the
goods. The following "caution notice"
appeared in q cask received from Berlin
few days ago. 1t 10 very good example
Of English las she Is writ" In Germany:
"Vorsyht.-It Is pray to treat cautious
with the open of the pack; particularly
take out II you please with the greatest
vorsight the packing (hay, straw, wool OF
wood. but you will not take out with
violence the peaces, because the embaiing.
Tho the bottom you must no take the
peaccs, out of the chest, before to remove
the embaling. We have take the greatest
care of the embaling and we cannot give
compensation for fractures.
The factory from which this flnc exam
pie Of English comes has large American
trade. Now York Commercial
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-02
WHY CARDS WE'RE INVENTED.
Some Facts About Them which Are Not
According To Hoyle.

Some Facts About Them Which Are MOL |
According to Hoyle.
They were sitting around the table wait |
ing for the rest Of the party to arrive when
a new man in tho game picked up tho
cards and began TO spread them before him
ON the cloth.
"Of course, " he said in half soliloquy,
'you all know that cards were invented
in 1890 10 divert the mind OF Charles Nv
of France, who was dreadfully In the
dumps with "a torpid liver OF something OF
the kind. but possibly you don't know
about the figures of tho four suits. Well,
the inventor proposed by them to represent
the four states or classes of men In France
by the occurs (hearts) arc meant the gems
de chnur, choir men or ccclesiastics. The
nobility or military part is represented
by the points of lances or pixies, which we,
In our ignorance of the meaning or rcseln-
blance Of the figure, call spades. The
Spaniards have espadas (swords) instead
of pixies, which means the same thing.
The diamonds (carreaux, square stone tiles
! or the like) designate the order of citizens,
merchants and tradesmen. The Spaniards
have a coin dincros, which answers to 1t,
( and the Dutch call the French word car
+ reaux steinen, stones and diamonds, from
the form. Trieste, the trefoil leaf or clover,
corruptly called clubs, alludes to farmers
and country folks generally. 1t Is not
1 known how this figure came TO be called
1 clubs, unless tho namo was borrowed from
) the Spanish game, which has slaves OF
clubs instead of the trefoil
''The history of the four kings Is that OF
David, Alexander, Caesar and Charles,
names which were and still are on French
cards. These names are those OF the great
monarchies of the Jews, Greeks, Romans
and Franks under Charlemagnc I'y Tho
queens are intended Argine, Esther, judith
and Pallas, typical of birth, piety, forti
tude and wisdom, the qualifications resid
y ing in each, and, i may add, most OF thos'
necessary in a good poker player. ma.
also explain that Argine is an anagram 10
regina, meaning queen by nature. by tn
knayes were meant the servants to knights
the old definition Of knave being servant
! There are some, however, who think tina
the knights themselves were intended b.
those cards because Hogicr and Lahire, tw
, names on French cards, were fa;nou
knights at tho time cards were invented.
"Now," continued the new player
warming to his subject, "if you will tax
{ the history of cards from tho time Of
but he was never allowed to finish, for tn
. other members of tho party came in Their
} and whoever heard of n lot of poker play
4 ers delaying the game for anything, hi
torical or otherw ise?-Washington star.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-02
Sound Sleep,

There arc few of us who have not some
time or other suffered from inability to
sleep and have not tried every possible ex-
pedient to obtain it, Most people, of
course, have their favorite prescription for
falling asleep. Some in imagination
watch sheep jumping through hedge one
after the other. Others fancy they see
ships railing out To sea. The late DIR.
Wilberforcc used TO repeat very slowly A,
L, l, O, Ia vowel at each Inspiration
and expiration. Many doubtless have
heard of the m;dshipman who when ut
home could not sleep because there wero
no waves beating against tie sides Of tho
ship and got his mother TO initiate the
familiar sound by dashing pals of water
against his bedroom door. We might OBJ
serve that this mother must have been n
most self sacrificing person not only TO
forego her own rest, but also, from strict
sense of maternal affection, TO risk the
ruin of her household goods by the inun-
dation. We own therefore, to little skep-
ticism as regards the strict accuracy OF
this tale.
Be this rs 1t may, safe remedy for
want of sleep--less original perhaps than
any Of the above, but suited almost to ev-
| crybody--is nothing more or less than
eating onions The late frank auckland
once said: Everybody knows the taste Of
onions. This is due to q peculiar essential
oil contained in this most valuable and
healthy root. This oil has, l am sure,
highly soporiflc powers. In my own cas-
1t never fails. Ii am much pressed with
work and feel / shall not sleep, / eat two
or three small onions, and the effect Il
magical. New York Ledger
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-02
Na.iona, monum.p. to stanton.

The formal organization. of the STAN
'on Monument association puts the
project ON firm and satisfactory foun-
oation, and TIE prominent men who
ave consented 10 take On active interest
~ the matter will give it deservedly :
national character. 1t is fittipg thst'the
whole country should unite IA paying
'@ tribute to the great war secretary In
monumental form just a. IL haf done IN
|. W cases Of lincoln Garfield and
mud nowbste 10 shore moro nt'
! Peese 70 mark that tribute than q
- - uf his-h4tivfty. bcynuod @snd
Rv eaAAood. --DtsNbsuyills Hoznh-
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-02

~. He Split One. ne Bargainsd For a.
Old Pair Of 6togies.

These stories of Horace Greeley are told
By DIR. Henry Raymond Rogers OF Dun
Kirk, N. Y. Tho first was told TO DR.
Rogers many soqrK ego by the late W. Ia
Carpenter Of Dupkrk, and the other Is
personal ~reoolleotion OF MIR. Greeley by
Dr. Rogers hip,splf:
"william l. Carpenter was an intimate
TREND OF Mr. Greeley, said DIR. Rogers.
land had worlled with him In newspa-
per Office In Fradonia The two friends
were tramping An she center OF New York
state, hooking. for work. While feeling
somewhat discouraged they were one day
standing on y bridge. quite uncertain -
to what steps to take next. Mr.. Carpen-
ter took cent from his pocket, and. toss
! ing 1t up with his thumb and finger, said
Heads, go cast; tails, l go west The
cent fell tails up, and Mr.. Carpenter start
I'd west, landing In Dunkirk, where he
spent the remainder of his life In newspa-
Der work and was prosperous to the extent
of establishing a pleasant home, In mu
nicipal affairs and the politics Of the dis
trict, and always standing high In the es-
TEEN of the people. Greeley's cent fell
upon the bridge head up and he went
.ast to Albany, where no at once started
upon his upward career.
| II met Horace dreeiey ior tho hie'
| time" continued DIR. Rogers, when
was living in Gardiner, Me-, and can
vouch for the truth of the following Incl
dent of this visit of Mr. Greeley to Maine
He was upon lecture tour, ana peior'
his departure from New YORK had pur
| chased a pair of fine, fashionably made
boots to replace the heavy stogles that M
usually wore. The New York Herald hae
/ - oCt a
stance. Mr.. Greeley lcctured in Bango
and started TO Augusta, 60 miles distant
bv stage An accident occurred on tn
way and the stagecoach was capsized
Mr.. Greeley escaped unframed personally
but one of his stylish boots was torn opel
ON one side He looked at the torn boot
then glancing around at the feet oil u
bystanders he noticed country felloN
who had lust come from barnyard an
. whose coarse cowhide boots, disfigured q
they were by barnyard stains, seemed !
Mr.. Greeley to be about the right size &c
him He at once struck bargain wit
the countryman, giving him enough MOI
CIV in addition to the new boots to buy al
; other pair suitable for his work, and imm
diately drew upon his own feet the hea'
soiled footgcar that he had purchased.
81 was sent as a committee OF one by
debating society In Gardiner TO see nj
Greeley and secure him to address Ga
! diner audience When saw Mr.. Greeie
/ he was wearing the same boots, which ST.
c showed on their dingy surface traces
y their previous acquaintance with the bar
IT ward He had his trousers tucked into u
- tons of the boots My mission was success
. full Mr. Greeley gave remarkaplc
Z. dress In Gardiner upon yellow Cover
" Literature New York Sun.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-02
Force of Habit.

"strons indeed is the force OF habis, /"
..vs the Buffalo Enquirer THE police
;rst,ca had formerly been bartender. He
sd sons into politics and had been elect
~ hy 4 bir majority. This was his first
- 4 NAV. McMannis was up before him
for drunkenness. The justice sookeu -
her for minute and then saia s.y,
well, what arc you here ior! ~
please, yer honor. said Mary, tne coppSSs
beyant pulled mo In sayin We u, Snn;s
An 1sn't drink ycs honor; oon
drink 'Ail right said the luc@ ~.
! 0usnSep 1o1Nmont1astees8 m WI
~ IN rishs; hsvs . eisas.'
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-02
Mask AGAINST MASK.



The white 0nss sssrsf tire n.rgisrs ana
sessd the 3livsswars.
go wers tellins ghost Jssorles one rainy
svenine he hulise party In = Maine town,
lays a Youths Companipn contributor,
when a young lady remarked, with .
hugh, Mine Is not exactly ghost sory,
but Is rsoiiethihg like ono, and II Is, be-
sides, q psfsonni experisncc! 90
~ was spending q week with . friend,
Frances Nvermore, q few years ago, dur
Ing the absence OF her. father and mother.
The housemnid was called home by illness
In her family, and my friend and were
left alone but for the company Of big
hound We were not mt all timid, for Tige
was an excellent watchdog
ION the last day of my stay We went to
| q picnic, from which We returned very
| tired and with faces sadly sunburned.
| We applied buttermilk and then covered
them with white linen masks, with holes
cut for eyes and mouth. We had great
| merriment over our cOmical appearance.
Frances expected her father and moth
or to return that evening, and we sat up
rather late awaiting them. At last, how
ever, we gave them up and retired to bed
and were soon asleep, with our masks still
ON.
"Along In tho night we were awakened
by "a noise in the rooms below stairs
" They've comet whispered Frances.
I'm run down and see II they re all right,
saying which she rose lighted n candle
and started down stairs
"As soon as she had left the room de
cided to follow her, and lighting another
candle / threw on white wrapper ant
hurried after her.
"The sounds came from the dining
room, and we proceeded in that direction
Frances opened the door, expecting to Sc
! her mother and father. Instead we be
, | held two masked men hurriedly putting
| tho silyerware into bag
"Tho burglars looked up as we appear
cd, then hastily dropped bag and silye
and fled TO the kitchen and out OF an ope
window
. "We did not scream, but stood for Inc
4 ment petrifled with astonishment an
terror. Then we looked at each other an
@ did not wonder that our appearance ha
frightened the burglars. We were in whit
. from head TO foot, and with those masks
: by the weird light of the candles, we mus
have looked like veritable ghosts.
i "Tigo, 1t appeared, had been lured int
IS the stable and shut up, making 1t apparei
j. that the burglars were men whom the dc
|. knew. Mr.. and Mrs Livermore had bee
y detained a few miles from home by
II broken bridge.
"Franoes and rallied from our frigh
> hunted up Tige and sat up the remand
% of the night, but nothing further occu
red The burglars had carried oil not
a ing"
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-02
Oticei

The public will please take notice that
l haye dissolved partnership with n.
Oker and have opened shoemaking
chop OF my own. / sm prepared to take
all kinds OF shoemaking. repairing etc.
All work guaranteed tn be first class In
every particular. Prices very cheap.
Mems and boys finefootwear, shoepacks,
etc. Workshop opposite the Finlander
livery etable, north end OF Filth street,
Red Jacket. KARL KEMPPAINEN.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-02
ELEVATORS CARRY MILLIONS.
Moro IMAM Forty Thousssd Psssengers
Essh Hour In Thirty Buiidings-

More Than Forty Thoussad Psssengers
nssh Heur In Thirty Buildings
4 q estimate OF the number OF persons
carried 10y elevators In New York busi-
moss houses Is purely n matter of contec-
ture. Ono of the members Of large firm
engaged In the manufacture of elevators
gave his estimate that 600, 900 passengers
are carried sdnily In about 30 Of the sky
sorapius buildings alone. Another person
oonneesed with the same firm said that
this ostlmate should be doubled to DO oor-
rect. .tfff,if .r gss.
IL 10 difficult Ia keepa record Of the per-
sons using elevators. In the case Of the
elevated railroads, surface roads and other
common carriers, tho tickets or money
collected can he used ms means of obtain
ing statistics. but nothing Of this kind Ia
possible with the elevators, which are pat
ronized daily by thousands of persons who
pay nothing for the privilege.
| 1t il estimated that In the average build
ing using several elevators trips are made
about every minute ind half One large
retail store In Sixth avenue has ~ eleva-
tors Many of the buildings have eight
and ten, and the number in other build
ings varies from one TO six Taking 30
buildings with six elevators, each carrying
six passengers per trip, 1t will be seen that
In one hour 43,200 passengers would be
carried In five busy hours 2l6, 900 passcn-
gers would represent the number of per-
sons carried in only 80 buildings. From
this 1t may be seen that with thousands oil
elevators i'm use In New York the figures
are enormous In 1887 IL was estimated
that I6, 600 persons were carried In ont
day by the two elevators in the Potter
building
In the clearing house $50 passenger
patronize tho elevator regularly between
l2 and | o'clock The New York Lift
: building has eight elevators in operation
and it is reported that each elevator car
: rics 1000 passengers each day. In tn
r Mutual Reserve building 5000 passenger
a are carried daily. The Postal Telegraph
building elevators average 2,7OO hours
= work per month. A low estimate of tn
4 number of passengers carried may be pu
Il at 800 passengers per hour, equal to So
d 900 persons in one month. When 1t Is II
o membered that this represents the servic
5, in one building, it will no seen that tn
It amount OF work done by elevators Is vas
New York Commercial.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-02
TIE rinlanasrs'

Mutual Fire Insurance company OF
Houehton and keweenaw counties, or
eanised in 1890 according TO the laws
the State Of Michigan, win insure proper
tv of its members. Have paid FIRE losses
over "a, 600 and d'vidends nearly $o, 900
durice the last seyen years to members
nj ave YEAR, standing. On the FIRST day
oi July the company had 541 mem
ber~, e4e6,9ts worth Of property ip-
surrd and s1l,l21.1s In treasury. Fos
further particulars apply to the under.
signed. yom BLonoyuF, Prssadsnt.
ALU LnmopEH, Secretary.
OAos. kA0 Pine stsss&, uIystai-s an
ysskst.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-02

Jhe silver tcndril Of the stroam
Winds through the caverp,of ths night
And, hushi there hoats across my dream
A cygnet tatked In paliid light
The moons cold eyebali starcs not down
Upon tho .wondrous freight II brings;
Hung round It, arched neck. crown
OF pearls and silver blazonings.
And while IL trails sdown the tide.
Ny scnses sfiothering neash tho giocn
And silence that gulf all beside,
ua!l the white glory Of It's plums.
Hail tho claar starlight VI each gem.
Bound In tho frost Of times disdsin. -
n hand grasps at the diadem.
When, sudden. all Is black again.
Thomas wslsh In Bookmsn.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-02
POrtraftuTe.

For while the wings OF fancy still are free,
And csn view this mimic show OF thee
Time has but half succeeded in his theft
Thyself removed, thy power TO soothe
me left. COWPEh
You see how important it is that your
friends possess a "mimic show" OF thy
self, as the poet calls really good por-
trait. You can obtain perfect likeness
and most artistic picture at Herman's
studiO
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-02

A delicious roast Of lamb is secured by
parboiling carefully selected leg with
flyo or six onions In tho water. When II
Is put into the oven, the onions, which
are, of course, by this time well boiled,
are scattered over IL. One might fear that
the dish would be disagrecably pcrmeated
with onion, but 1t Is not. Rather there Is
obtained a fine. delicate suggestion OF the
vegetable, n.ingrd with the native flavor.
now quito devoid Of any suggestion OF
woolincss. New York Post.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-02
kOr sale.

One pacing driving mare, two nice
cows. one two-seated carriage, one TOP
buggy, one cutter. three buffalo robes,
three string bells, one set double drying
harness, two single driving harness, one
seeder. one potato plow, one potato dig
ger, one desk, one No, Diebold safe, one
case specimens. one sulky. For particu-
lars and prices see j, A. Danielson. Calu'
met. Mich.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-02
Johns Les,.

The Chicago Times Herald says that an
Evanston woman one morning Instructed
her new cook To order certain provisions
Of John the marketnan. did John have
frog legs this morningr' asked tho mis-
truss upon hcr next trip to the culinary
sanctum ''Sure. / don't know, num-
was the semiapologctic answer OF Bridget
He had on rubber boots and an ulster. "
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-02

What pleasure 10 there in life with
headache, constipation and tiliousness
Thousands experience them who could
become perfectly healthy by using De
Wits Little Early Risers, the famous
little pile. SoDERGREN K SoDERGRES.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-02

Stage leaves Pearce's livery stable
Lake Linden, every day at 8 a. m, 10 q.
m, 1 and p. m. Stageleayes McCiure's
livery stable, Red Jacket, at 8 a. m, III
q. IN, and and 4. p. In.
THOMAS PEARcE,
JAMES MCCLURE,
Proprietors,
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-02
TIL. mighty Cpsar.

It was on his way to the battlefield OF
Phnrsaia that Caesar uttered the famous
saying to the fishermen. de had como
down to Brindisi to cross to Dyrrachium,
and. finding no galley, commanders the
owner of small sailing boat to put him
across the Adriatic. On the voyage q vio-
lent storm occurred, and even the cxpe-
rienced mariners were terrified, but the
great captain said: Have no fesri You
carry Caesar and tbs fortunes
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To the Publtc.

have moved my merchant tailoring
shop to No. III Osceola street, Laurium.
where will be glad to meet my old
friends az well as new ones. Suits made
To order from best woolens at very mod
crate prices. STEVE FREDRICKsoN.