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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-07
QUEER COLONY.
shlt on From the World on n Little Is
land In the Missouri River.

Sioux Cityans are accustomed to regard
themselves as the center of an unusually
enlightened and progressive region. Yet
within ten miles of the local high school
building dwells a tribe among whom
primary pupil would pass as a marvel of
learning and refinement.
The colony is located on n strip Of land
formerly included In the state OF Nebraska
Many years ago a change in the channel
of the Missouri river cut IL off and joined
it Co the then territory of Dakota. On one
side are the muddy waters of the Missouri.
On the other a chain of lakes marks the
old bed Of the stream.
Between % and 90 families live in the
bucnlic businesses of this little island, OBJ
livious to the tulmcil OF the outside world.
few Of the older men and women can
yet remember something OF its trials and
pleasures But Of their children not one
in ten has ever been five miles from home.
Scores of them have never seen a loco
motive Descriptions of the telegraph.
telephone, electric light, trolley car any
and every one Of the improvements OF
modern civilization, are received with
grins of incredulity. But for the occa-
sional passage of Missouri river packet
boat the use of steam as motive power
would also doubtless be treated as the fig
ment of IA dsordered i'm gination. Such
accomplishments as + ing and writing
are unheard of.
Garments for men and women are of
home manufacture. Such supplies as are
occasionally needed are furnished by ped
dlcrs from Sioux City, Le Mars, Elk point
and Vermillion, all lying within a radius
of 90 miles of this queer community. II
compelled to go themselves for these arti.
cles, the denizens of the region would
probably contrive some method OF doing
without them altogether.-SiouxC City Let
ter in st. Louis Post Dispatch.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-07
[x,ectric Light Com
nany Announces a
Reduction.
Wal, poubtiess Solve the rroo-
lem of Municipal hxh"ns
views From tho Lake.

IoTbe liberal reduction oil rates Ior hs in.
lus aSs Nv the Peninsula Electric Light
lns Power company, will undoubtedly
anu tented by the Hancock council, and
.'',, hill forever and anon the IDEA Oh
wing w." a municipal electric light plant at
na aeoL The reductions will surely
sling a large amount OF business to the
k n as nearly all the business men
Hancock who have been using oil
,"mns have decided to put In electric
Tabts At the new rates many persons
e. oouId not afford to use electricity In
..a;. residences, can low enjoy that priv
40 OF course the new rates are not
90 low as that charged in some OF the
lower Michigan towns. but it should be
considered that they have not the num-
her Of draw backs to contend with as a
company in this northern country. The
Peninsula company promise, should the
Increase in their business permit it ire
Coming year, iurthur reduction Will be
made What fairer dealing can one wish
for The Peninsula company are doing
all in their power to give us cheap light,
and sbould be encouraged by a good
revenue from increased business.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-07
A HISTORIC KEY.
It Was Thrown Into Loeb Leven When
Queen Mary Escaped.

This interesting key of Loeb Leven cas-
tie is still i'm existence. 1t was found in
the lake, and is supposed to have been the
one thrown in by the young Douglas when
Mary, queen Of Scots, made her escape.
The key was originally in the possession
of William Hamper, Esq, who presented
it to Sir Walter Scott, having first had an
engraving made of it,
The castle of Loeb Leven Is situated on
an island of about two acres near the
northwest extremity Of the lake. Queen
Mary, when she dismissed Boutwell, on
Carberry hill and joined the insurgents,
was carried captive into Edinburgh and
on the following day committed to Loeb
Leven castle. On the 25th of March,
l567-S, she attempted to escape thence In
the disguise of laundress, but was frus
tratcd.
On Monday, May 2, 1868, however,
while the family were at supper, the boy
William Douglas, secured the keys of the
castle and gave egress to the queen ano
her maid from the stronghold; then, lock
ing the gates behind them to prevent pur
suit, he placed the fugitives in boat thai
lay near at hand and rowed them to the
appointed landing place on the north side
of the lake. Strand Magazine.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-07

- When the Quincy mining company
offered the Hancock council che lot on
the north side OF Quincy street Tor ~.
900. IL was with the understanding that
the village would rclinquish their lease OF
the property whereon the old fire ball
VOW stands. This the authorities are
oath to do for they need the old engine
house for storage purposes. The CON-
mittee to wait on the Quincy officials
were consequently instructed to offer the
company 81, 500 for the lot referred to-,
the village to retain their title to the site
Of the old engine house. tits to be hoped
f,ae Quincy company will grant the vii
lage this privilege for in case they should
not, the old building would have to be
moved to the lot on which the new city
hall is to be built. and it would not en-
nance the beauty OF the surrounding oil
the new buildings.
u When erected the new city hall will be
stone structure two storys high AXIS
feet. The first floor will be fitted up with
stable for team OF horses, which will
he kept on the premises, bed room for
the teamster, an Office for the chief oil
police and the general room for the hose
j CARTS, On the second floor will be fitted
up meeting room for the council and
an Office for the town clerk 90 occupy
about one.third OF the floor space, the re.
naming tw thirds to be used as an
assembly room for the fire company. iu
which to hold meetings, etc. When com
,sSleted Hancock will have convenient
and well equipped city hall and fire hall
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-07
The Game Of Nrancal..

The game of mancala may be said to
be the national game of Africa. 1t is
most closely associated with that conti-
nent IL is found among all the tribes
a. is an evidence of the essential unity
that underlies all the African races.
Among the Abyssinians it is played by
ali classes, from the king TO the peasant.
1t is the favOrite amusement of the
negroes at Benin, on the west coast. 1t
is well known among the natives OF
Bombay. in Java, in Ceylon, in the
Maldive islands and in the Malay pen.
insula. In Syria and Palestine cup
marked stones used in this game arc not
infrequently found in old ruins. 1t is
played by the Druses with holes made
in plank of wood. and this is the COM
mon form of the instrument in Jerusa-
lem and throughout Syria, where it may
be seen continually played in the cafes
by the visitors, The children in Egypt,
Nubia and Syria play it in holes exca-
waited in the ground, and when two
travellers meet on the way they fire.
quently rest and extemporize board Of
holes dug in the hard path and proceed
to play with the pebbles they gather on
the spot.
In Palestine and Egypt the shells
used in the game are brought from the
shores of the Red sea, while in Damas-
Gus pebbles are employed which pill
grims collect in certain valley on the
way home from Mecca. Games of haz-
ard are prohibited by the Mohammedan
religion, but mancala is considered a
game of fate or skill and is therefore
tolerated, and in all likelihood it is
diffused by the pilgrimages from Mecca
| throughout the Mohammedan world to
the utmost limits Of Arab culture. -
| Good Words.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-07

The Elks who attended the institution
OF the order OF Elks at Calumet We'd
nesday evening are loud in their praise oil
the entertainment furnished and speak In
glowing terms OF the banquet gotten mp
by Mine Host North Of the Calumet
house. The Elks OF Portage Lake have
come in contact with many strange
things in their time. but never before
had they encountered a muley ELK as
they did that evening at Calumet.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-07
A Lafayette Relic.

One of the most curious and valuable
of the relics of General Lafayette, the
great Frenchman who cast his fortunes
with America when the battle for indie
pendence was at its height, is in the
possession of the family of w. G. Griffin
of Los Angeles
When Lafayette came to this country,
he was entertained by Colonel Griffin
and was so touched by the attention
shown him that he presented his host
with rare and beautiful ring which
had been placed ON his finger by Louis
XIV, to whom he admitted allegiance
before sailing for America.
The ring is marquise, with setting
about an inch long and fully half an
inch wide. San Francisco Call.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-07

The first distinct mention of soap
now extant is by Pliny, who speaks of
it as an invention of the Gauls, but be
that as it may the use of soap for wash
ing purposes is of great antiquity. In
the ruins of Pompeii complete soap
mandatory was found, and the uten-
sils and some soap were III tolerable
state of preservation. The Gallo soap
of Is centuries ago was prepared from
fat and wood ashes, particularly the
ashes from beech wood, which wood was
very common in France as well as in
England. Soap is spoken of by writers
in the second century, but the Sara
Gems were the first people to bring 1T
into general use as an external cleansing
medium. The use of soap is thus de-
scribed "When examined chemically,
the skin is found to be composed OF
substance analogous to dried white OF
egg-in a word, albumen. Now, albu-
men is soluble in the alkalies, and
when soap is used for washing the skin
the excess of alkali combines with the
oily fluid with which the skin is natu-
rally believed, removes it in the form
of an emulsion, and with it portion
of the dirt. Another portion of the al
kali softens and dissolves the superficial
stratum of the skin, and when this is
rubbed off the rest of the dirt disap-
pears. So that every washing OF the
skin with soap removes the old face OF
the skin and leaves new one. and
were the process repeated to excess the
latter would become attenuated. -
New York Ledger.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-07

The next meeting OF the Upper PENN
sula Firemen's Association will be held
on Saturday, April D. The meeting will
probably be held at L'Anse, but this will
be decided later. Should L'Anse get the
convention IL will be given here for the
reason she will be unable TO put bid in
for tournament owing to the limited
accommodations in that place, and the
committee thinking she is entitled TO
something, the convention will probably
be held in that city in April.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-07
Refining.

Music" said the eminent pianist,
as the reporter to whom he had kindly
accorded an interview ran his pencil
rapidly over the paper, ''is the most
elevating of sciences. 1t refines the SEN
sibilities and enlarges the heart It
what were you about to ask?''
IT should like to know, sir, how you
regard the distinguished pianist Pro-
lessor Won Bergstein as musician"
"He is nothing, sir, but cheap, vile
imitator; base counterfeit, q tenth
rate keyboard bangor, sill" exclaimed
the eminent musician, sccwling. -
Strand Magazine
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-07
s,eep :. AM Aid 70 plgestlon.

There r. a time honoredsnotion that q
nap after meals promotes digestion. ana,
filed with this belief, largo number OF
persons habitunMy take o nap after dinner
and think they are doing precisely the
best thing for their health. There are
other good authorities, too, who claim thas
sleep during digestion clouds tho mind
and predisposes those who indulge In ~ 70
apoplexy and stupidity. AFrench scientist
has made this subject study anu ny OK
haustivc experiments has discovered ina.
sleep does not aid digestion, but rest and
asborizontsl position are OF great advan-
tags In promoting the proper conditions
fer perfect digestion and assimilation OF
food. New York Ledger.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-07

"why thou

"why thou INN others moref Why thou at
ALT"
Thus spike the wicked city s scornftl street.
'swhat place / here for thy hare, blesdinv ieet.
What cars fSr thy prophetic, foolish caiY
Go toll Go toll Tho xchnnges' rise and ian
/. Fill Der tho brim our rainful moments fleet.
Col Prato OF judgment dag and winding
sheet
To ghosts that guard the city's crumblins
|. WALL"
So these poor. frail, unspeculate living dead,
With eyes mcro ashes OF extinguish i fires,
Doom marked, inscnsate prey 10 haze dcsires,
Soul starved, with sin unto repetition fed,
Unhccding Of the hungering, whcttcd swort.i
Borne by the avenging demons gathering
hordes.
Alfred II. Louis in Harpera Magazinc Fo'
peoember.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-07

The Houghton Lodge. F. & A. NJ, will
entertain their friends to dancing party
this evening.in the Strobe block. These
affairs are long looked forward to and
always prove society success, and the
entertainment this evening will prove no
exception to the rnle.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-07

Charles Klein, proprietor OF the Twin
City Bottling works at Portage Lake
yesterday. He was advertising the cele-
brated carbonic acid beer pump, for
which he il the agent for the Upper Pen
insula. Mr.. Klein has sold fifty pumps
since he has started out.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-07

What might have proved serious al
S')alr happened at Houghton yesterday
afternoon. Mr.. William Dee intended
taking Mrs. William F. Miller and family
ior a drive, and on turning around near
the rock school house to pick up Mrs.
lee the rig Slid and upset. throwisg the
occupants out, The team which is q
.H'rlted one started to run away and
dragged little Harrison Miller. who was
entaneled In the lines, for two blocks be-
lore they could be stopped. FFther
tnan Harrison receiving few scratches
no injury was done the party.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-07

Mr.. Louis Hennee, manager OF l.. Hen
mes & Co. g Houghton store, has gone to
Detroit. where he will remain until
spring. Mr.. Robert Hennes, OF the Lake
Linden store, will run the business here
during Mr.. Hennes' absence.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-07

A match game OF hockey between the
Dollar Bay and Woodslde teams is adj
yertised to be played tonight at the Twin
City rink. The Quincy Excelsior band is
advertised to furnish music for dancing
and skating. The game will be called at
8 o'clock.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-07

j. Z. Brooks is busy decorating the in.
terror OF William Blacks tonsoriai par
lors. The rooms will be newly papered
and otherwise completely renovated and
when completed will present pleasing
appearance.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-07

!, Mr.. Roach OF the firm OF Roach 4
t'eeber, left on yesterdays afternoon
Train Tor bis homo at Waterloo. Wis.
mr. Hoach received a telegram Wednes-
nay announcing that his wife and child
mad met with an accident while out dry
,os oy the hofsss running awav. Mrs.
roach had several ribs broken and WAS
otherwise injured BY Being thrown from
the vehicle, While the child received minor
INJURIES Another telegram received yes-
erday stated that the PARTIES injured
were resting easy and no fatality was ex-
pected, but asked HE presenes at home.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-07

The newly organized Ladies' Auxiliary
A. o, H., OF Dollar Bay. will give Their
initial entertainment on the evening OF
January II. The program will consist
OF musical and literary numbers.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-07
IA xr,tlr.slng Cireumstanos

"You plead guilty." said the court.
"Is there any reason why ! should not
give you tn, full penaltyy'
"Yas, sab. 20 honah. Dat was the
slsinniest turkey etah ] lifted, sah."-
Detroit FREQ Press.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-07

William Coach, administrator OF the
GREGORY estate, left on Wednesday Tor
Port Arthur. Texas, where he was called
on business. Mr.. Coach will be gone
about two weeks,
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-07

"About the meanest man ] ever
knew." said the steady liar, "was q
fellow over in Indiana His little boy
got aleg cutoff in d mwmill, and the
old villain had wooden leg made Tor
the kid of green willow, in the hoI
that IL might grow as the boy did an
save him the expense of getting ne'
one 90 often. "--Cincinnati Enquirer
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-07

Mr.. William II. VIVIAN, OF the Quincy
location. entertained a number OF his
friends Wednesday evening to phono-
graph entertainment.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-07

August Pelto, Hancock's popular meI
chant tailor, did business at Copperdom'
metropolis yesterday.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-07

Mr.. r, D. Light, the commission mar,
has rented part OF Roach & Seeber's
cold storage building at Houghton and
will use It for storage purposes.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-07

Miss Katie Goodell, who has been visit
ing friends at Calumet returned hon Q
Yesterday. She was accompanied by
Miss Gertrude Cotton.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-07

Sweden and Norway find the United
States good customer OF cod liver oil
and matches, those articles being tho
principal items Of export to this coun'
try. tl..r
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-07

WANTED-An English speaking girl e
do general homework. Apply to Mrs. >
T. Fisher, East Hancock.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-07

aHroush with . whirl.
$50 bs married In hastes Did no re-
pent % lsisursf'
''No. He VENT 70 North DakosA
Cleveland Leader.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-07

William Nevall Of Sidnaw. is VISITING
for few days at Hancock. the guest
his brother Frank.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-07

W. II. Monroe, better known al
Sugar" Monroe. has returned from DE
troit. here he has been on visit.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-07

Mesers. George Taylor and Phi
Scheuerman, Jr., spent yesterday alter
noon at Calumet.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-07

Mr.. 10 Stringer left on yesterday 9
morning train tor Milwaukee and Chica-
90 on a short business trip.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-07

Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Decker drove in
from Calumet yesterday and spent IL
day with Mr.. and Mrs. N. A. Matz.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-07

The Des Rochers residence at Hough-
ton has been put on the telephone ex-
change.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-07

Postmaster Will Leary spent yesterday
at Calumet, looking oyer his old stamp
ing grounds.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-07

Mrs. p, O'Donnell, OF Marquette, is
spending daw days at Hancock, the
guest OF Miss Julia Pearce.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-07

Z Gypsies are supposed to have come
originally from India. anu NOS from
Egypt. az their name implies hr
Washington sentinel., 1898-02-05
The House for Gold.

With only one dissenting Re-
publican vote, and with only two
concurring Democrats, the House
OF Representatives last Monday
declared that more than four
hundred million silver dollars
issued by the Government OF the
United states as full standard
money were not money available
for the payment Of bonds.
By this act the House, as far as
lay in its power, reversed the pol
ICY consistently followed by the
Government tor twenty years. It
repudiated he Matthews resolu
tion, which passed both Houses Of
Congress in 1878 by immense
msjorities, and for which William
Mckinley voted. 1t gave away
tor nothing the privilege Tor which
a preceding Congress had paid
$40 900, 900. When Mr.. Cleveland
pointed out that by promising to
pay gold $4,000, 900 could be
saved in interest On a single loan
OF $50, 900, 900, Congress preferred
to retain the option OF paying in
either gold or silver, even at that
heavy cost. It did so principally
on the ground that as all the rest
Of our bonded debt was payable in
either metal, 70 promise to pay
gold on one loan would discredit
the rest.
Now the House votes to give
way the right Of choice to which
its predecessors held so tenac-
iouslY. This means more than
simple opposition to the free coin
age of silver. 1t means that the
Re publican party, under the lead
ership OF Hanna. Gage and Reed,
has planted itself so firmly upon
the single gold standard that it
proposes to reduce the silver dol
lars already in circulation to the
rank Of mere token coinage.
Washington sentinel., 1898-02-05
TiDleS.-Lo London, Ian. II.

A patriarch OF English politics has
passed away, No public man OF our
time has passed through a longer public
Career-One of high distinction, indeed,
though scarcely coming up to the level
of the hopes he aroused when he made
his deoHE in politics life. II is curious
that Mr. Villiers--a Radical as he was
reckonedin those days, though a member
OF an aristocTatic family and with many
connections among the most influential
OF the Wings made his first attempt to
enter Parliament n the year when Mr..
Gladstone was leaving Eton. Mr.. VillI-
ers, one Of the brilliant band OF brothers
OF whom, perhaps, the most lOvable
and promising was Hyde VIlliers, cut
off in the flower Of his youth-fell at an
early age under the influence Of the
school of Bentham, then gaining ground
among the clever oung Wings, espec' =
ally at Cambridge. When he came up
to London to study for the Bar he
formed one OF All int, resting group OF
young men, some Of them drawn into
association by their Benthamite views
and some of the intervening as cynical
or contemptuous critics.
Mr.. Villers, though associated with
the Benthamite Radicals, who, if small
in number and not strong in popularity,
became for the time an intellectual
power in Parliament, did not himself
enter the House Of Commons until the
general election OF lS34-3s, several
years after his f st attempt.
He wss neither a great orator nor
great statesman, but he was an English
member of Parliament OF the very best
type, and /; is a fortunate circumstance
that he lived to perpetuate the tradi-
tions Of the highest political dignity and
integrity down to a generation of public
men among whom not few were young
enough to be his great-grandchildren
In his old age he showed the courage Of
his opirions by refusing to follow Mr..
Gladstone when he took over the bulk
Of the Liberal party into Mr.. Parnell's
camp. The last vote which Mr.. Vill.ers
recorded in the House of Commons was
given against the Home Ruls bill OF
1898,