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The Newtown bee., 1898-04-01

half to two centuries and half earlier
it Mexico than in the United States
Bishop Zumarroga set up here, in 1886,
the first printing press. One did not
reach the English colonies till 1885,"
"Ninety-three years ago Guanajuato
was the second largest city in the New
World-Mexico being first and Havana
third"
SIN the beginning of this century two
Guansiuato mines produced annually
4, 100000 ounces of silver-one-seventh
or one-eighth of the entire American out
putt
Here lin Zacatecas were the first be-
nanza mines in the New World, and here
sprung up the first American million
aires"
1.-THE streets paved for squares with
silver ingots fer the christening process
ion Of some purpleborn, and twenty-ton
silver ratings for church altar
"At the beginning of the last century
the Pabellon de Sombrerete paid its three
owners $4,000 day for five years and
it has produced in all two hundred mill.
ions of dollars"
Though it is conservative estimate
that not 10 per cent of the mineral
wealth of Mexico has been exploited,
mines are becoming secondary consider
alton. Not that they are failing, but
that other industries are being born"
Between the extremes of its marvel.
Gus climatic range Mexico can produce
every crop known to the civilized world.
Two-thirds its lands belong to the tenn
perate zone and only one. third to the
tropics. Sitting astride the lorgest
mountain system on earth, it's head
touches the eternal SHOWS, while its feet
dabble in seas Of eve listing summer
It IS competent tor support-and we'll
a population of at least seventy five mil
lions"
The Hercules cotton mills ''a mission
AIRY of beauty to its employees. Its love-
" patios Of tropical flower its fountains,
its $18, 900 carara marble Hercules at the
main mill. and other Toe statues at the
annexes.n
ITO, day Mexico is the safest country
in America. Life, property, human
rights, are more secure than even with
us.
Porfrio Diaz: . Probably the greatest
The Newtown bee., 1898-04-01
biteth like serpent and stingeth like an
adder"
An Important Neighbor.
INTERESTING FACTS CONCERNING MExI-
co.

Mexico, that has more to give Cor to
withhold) than we fully realize, has the
power to kindle enthusiasm; and per-
haps that is the best gift of all. Mr. Lum-
mis-, in his new book called THE Awaken
ing of Nation Mexico of To day"(H ar-
perez, communicates as a sort of irspir-
alton or co2tagion to his readers more
or less of his own ardent friendship for
the land, its people, and its institutions
and that he is determined the importance
of our Southern neighbor shall not es-
cape attention, the folio Riog extracts
from the book will show:
Before Shakespeare was born, American
literature had its beginnings in library
of volumes printed in America in score
of original American languages, besides
the mass in Spanish
1.-The first University in America found
ed by the Spanish crown in 1551."
The City of Mexico contains "the era
dies of printing, education, art, and Or
ganized charity in the New World; for
all these things came century and a
The Newtown bee., 1898-04-01

What pleasure fs there in life with
headache, constipation and biIiousness?
Thousands experience them who would
become perfectly healthy by using De-
Wits Little Early Risers, the famous
little pills. E. F. Hawley, Newtown; S.
c. Bull, Sandy Hook; A. 3. Blake
man, Botsford; B. Hswley & Co., Step
new
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NEVER USES INTOXICATING DRINKS HE
WILL NEVER BECOME DRUNKARD.
The Newtown bee., 1898-04-01

Good times have come to those whom
Hoods Sarsaparills has cured of scrofu-
la, catarrh, dyspepsia, rheumatism. weak
nerves, or other form of impure blood.
The Newtown bee., 1898-04-01

Hoods pills are the only pills to take
with Hoods Sarsa' srilla. Easy and yet
efficient.
The Newtown bee., 1898-04-01

The two-year-old son of W. L, FurEa-
son, of Bolton, Miss, had whooping
cough. CATER several physicians had
prescribed for him, without giving re-
lief" writes Mr. Furgason, ~ persuaded
my wife to try a % cent bottle of Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy. The first dose
had the desired effect, and in IS hours he
was entirely free from all cough. |
consider your remedy the best in the
market, especially for children and rec
ommend it at all times" The 25 and 80
cent sizes for sale by Z. q. Beers & Co.,
Newtown; Warner, Taylor & Curtis,
Sandy Hook; A. B. Fancher, Hawley
Vile; A. B. Brakeman, Botsford; W. n.
Rurd, Long Hill.
The Newtown bee., 1898-04-01

Puts Hill, to mark the historical spot
On FEBRUARY q, 1879, General Putnam 8,
20 history records, rode down the lorg
and steep steps there, closely pursued by
a detachment of British troops under the
command of General T yor.
There will be more shad caught in the
Connecticut river, the coming season,
than in any season for 10 years. This Is
the prophecy of Game Warden Abbott C.
Collins, and Mr. Collins knows what he is
talking about. Nothing but fl pods of IN
precedented length can prevent the full
fillment of the prediction. Not only will
there be more shad, this spring, than
have run up the river in many years, but
there will be more nets to catch them.
Something like 100 nets will be spread to
gather in the delicious fish, and many an
old favorite netting ground will be used
this year, after many years of idleness.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-15
His Highness Hunting Tigers.

Great Is the prowess of the Indian ma
tive sportsman. The Times of India prints,
"just as it reached us, lurid story of a
tiger hunt, in which the chief figure was
his highness Maharajah Shri Sir Kesaris-
inji, X g. S. l., of Edar. After describing
the eight mile tramp out of Edar the
trumpeter of his highness thus delivers
his soul
"Just as the sun was on the point OF be-
ing down the signal was given to chal-
lenge the tiger to come out of his den.
Majestically, though furious and irritated,
the tiger walked out of his den, and, with
a loud thunder, responded He surveyed
the surroundings at glance and made
his way straight up to the direction where
his highness was, as II he scented before
hand at whose hands he was to meet his
DUE Fury begot fury and courage. UP
drew his highness the trigger. To level the
gun and take aim was an instant's work
on the part of his highness. Boom went
the gun, and the object of tho aim was
turned into dead body with heavy fall. "
Shouts of joy, we are told, went up.
What a remarkably discriminating tiger
this wasl Scorning the bodies of the beat
ers, he went straight toward his highness
to meet his fate. "Up drew his highness
the trigger and up has gone his nigh
ness reputation in India as prince who
can shoot.-St. James Gazette.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-15
Her Disappointment.

Every one who has ever been a child
will recall that sense of injury entailed by
being sent to bed early-that conviction
that you are being deprived of the most
interesting part of the whole day. There
is really no knowing what the elders are
up to when once they get the youngsters
tucked up safe in bed, but it stands To
reason it must be very interesting, or why
would they be in such hurry to get the
youngsters out of the way? With some
children this amounts to more than mere
feeling. 1t was little girl of the latter
sort who begged so hard to sit up just for
once that her mother one evening not long
ago said that she might. How the little
girls eyes danced at the prospect of all the
wonderful things she would see for herself
upon this her first occasion of sitting
upl' How commiseratingly she regarded
the other children, who were as usual
packed off to bed at an early hourl She
seated herself in her small chair and eager
ly awaited developments.
But imagine her surprise when her par
ents, as was their custom, seated them
selves at the library table, and unsociably,
but hygienically, turning their backs to
the light, began to read. For some time
the small girl rocked away in her small
chair in silence. Then came sleepy
plaintive voice, lis this all you dor
Philadelphia Times.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-15
First Use of Umbrellas.

There can be little doubt that when UNI
brellas first came into use in England they
were carried only by women. OF this we
have the evidence of Guy Mege in his
French dictionary, $685. who has the sem
tence, Umbrellas are only in use amongst
women" 1.-The New World of Words"
revised, etc, by j. X. Philobibl, 1870, has
the remark, "Such as are here commonly
us'd by women to shelter them from
rain" Both umbrella and umbrella are
given. Gay has the following allusion:
Good housewives all the winters rage despise,
Defended by the riding hoods disguise,
Or underneath tn umbrellas oily shade
Safe through the wet on clinking pattens tread
Let Persian DANES tn umbrellas ribs display
To guard their beauties from the sunny ray,
Or sweating slaves support the shady load
When eastern monarchs show their state
abroad.
Britain in winter only knows its aid,
To guard from chilly show rs the walking
maid. ooo 80
-'Trivia," Ills, blk. /, II 20olS.
For many years tho carrying of an UNI
brella was regarded as eifeminate. In the
Diapers Dictionary il is stated that when
men began to carry umbrellas they were
hooted and jeered ut rs "Frenchmen. In
The Female Taller, Dec. 10, 1909, there Is
the following satirical announcement:
The young gentleman borrowing the UNI
brel!a belonging TO Wills Coffee house, in
Cornhill, of the mistress is hereby advertised
that to be dry from head to foot on the like
occasion he shall be welcome to tho maid s
pattens.
Notes and Queries
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The Reporter.
Notes and Queries

The reporter everywhere, but more par
ticularly in America, has of lato grown to
feel that no is an extremely important
factor In contemporary affairs. And he Is
right, he is extremely important. Ho Is
the most representative figure in the liter
ature of the notwithstanding tho word lit
erature just here because there IS none
other to take its place. He Is at tho center
of the situation. He is important because
he embodies the most active forces of the
hour, because he is their tool, their We
hicle, but not because he more thoroughly
knows or more faithfully portrays life
than others. As matter OF fact he Is as
much a victim of conventions as the liter
airy theorist and dreamer who beholds 1t
only as it shows through his study win
dow. Sometimes no is more So The medi-
um In which he works imposes fixed re-
strictions and distinct limitations upon
him, and he comes to conceive all OF life
chiefly as it may serve his purpose and DO
made to fit into those limitations.-A
Eorren in Scribner's.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-15
THE AFRICAN PoLYeAMIsT.
And the Moral Mess That Was Stirred Up
by His Conversion.

And the Moral Mess That Was Stirred Up
by His Conversion.
The condition was about like this: The
old African chief had three wives and the
missionaries explained to him that three
were too many. Then he found the matter
was not even to be compromised by turn
Ing off two and going to the chapel to be
married, with accompanying hymns and
orange blossoms with No. 3, for the
ladies held together. Not one OF them
would marry him and let the other two
go. So the poor old chief worried him.
self to a shadow and anybody else who
would listen to him. His white trader
friends told him not to besuch an internal
ass. Some of his black fellow chiefs said
the missionary was quite right and the
best thing for him to do would be to hand
over to them the three old wives and 60
and marry a young girl from the mission
school. Personally they were not yet af1lict-
cd with scrup1es on the subject Of polyg-
amy and, of course (being missionary man
now), he would not think of taking any
thing for his wives, so they would do their
best, as friends, to help him. Others Of his
black fellow chiefs, less advanced In cul-
ture, just said, "What sort Of fool palaver
you make" and spat profusely. The poor
old man smelled hell fire and cried, "Yo,
70, yo," and beat his hands upon the
ground.
1t was moral mess of the first water
all round. Still do not imagine the mis-
sion field Is full of 20 yoing old chiefs, for
although the African Is undecided he Is
also very ingenious, particularly In dodg-
ing inconvenient moral principles Many
keen old chief turns on his pastor and
makes driving inquiries about the patri-
archs until l have heard sorely tried
pastor question the wisdom of introducing
the Old Testament to the heather. Many
a young man hesitates about joining the
church that will require his entering into
the married state with one woman, whom
he knows he may not whack and who will
go and report all his little failings up at
the mission and get him into hot water
with the missionary, whose good opinion
he values highly and he is artful enough
to know he enjoys this good opinion more
as all interesting possible convert than he
would as church member requiring dis
cipline. National Review.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-15

Rev. E. Edwards, pastor of the English
Baptist church at Minersville, Pa, when
suffering with rheumatism. was advised
to try Chamberlain's Pain Balm. He
says: "A few applications OF this lini-
ment proved OF great service to me. 1t
subdued the Inflammation and relieved
the pain. Should any sufferer profit by
giving Pain Balm trial it will please
me-" For sale by Sodergren & Sober
gren, DrugR lists.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-15

France has already arrogated to herself
supremacy In the terpsichorean art, but
this proud position, according to M. Des-
rats, an acknowledged authority on dane
ing, is being rapidly lost. He has penned
q report on the subject which, for dignity
and dependency, might rank with the re-
suit of royal commission. At the opera
and the conservatoire, he points out, since
the disastrous reign of Perrin, men have
practically vanished from the "corps dc
ballet" and the noble traditions of the
great corypheus, who could quote Cicero
and Quintilian to their classes, have per-
ished utterly. Women are all very we'll in
their way, but they lack classical grace
and refinement. Dear, dearl In society
matters are still worse, and the dance as a
fine art hardly exists, owing to the Eng
lish and American influences. AS rem
edy for this crying evil M. Desrats sug-
gests that nobody must be allowed to set
up as professor of dancing until he has
received diploma from the state or some
competent body, a salutary provision
which he declares to exist In Germany,
Great Britain and the United States. We
were certainly not aware of this provision
and had no special desire to see 1t enforced.
London Chronicle.
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have been afflicted with rheumatism
for fourteen years and nothing seemed to
give any relief. was able to be around
all the time. but constantly suffering. l
had tried every thing could hear OF and
at last was told to try Chamberlain's
Pain Balm, which did, and was immed-
lately relieved and in short time cured.
am happy to cay that it has not since
returned.-JosH ED5AR, Germantown,
Cal, For sale by Sodergren & Sodergren,
Druggists.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-15
The Lost Purse.

81 have had my pocket picked!" ex-
claimed a middle aged woman as she hur-
riedly entered suburban police station q
day or two ago.
"Where did it occur?"
sin shop in the High street, and
know it was "a man who stood near me
took it.
"How much was in it?"
81 can't say, sir You see 1t was this
way: / came out to do some shopping. l
put my purse in my pocket when l left
home When went to pay for the goods,
it was gone. 1 think had about 30 shil-
lings."
"Did any one have an opportunity to
pick your pockets'
Il suppose they did"
"Sure you brought the money with
yous''
"Yes.
"Are you certain you did not lose it9"
"Do you think I'm fool sir?" she in
dignantly exclaimed. "When l say had
my pocket picked, know what I'm talk
ing about"
II hope you do, ma'am, butt
At this moment boy entered the room
with the purse in his hand and said:
"Here's your money, ma. We found 1t
ON the piano after you left the house, and
Sarah sent me down to the shop after
you"
The woman and the sergeant looked at
each other for few seconds. Then he
smiled. Then she got red. Then he said
he was glad she had found her money, and
she retorted:
81 don't believe It'll You wish had lost
1t I'll never come here for help again,
neverl"-Pearson' Weekly.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-15
What "Hamir. Meant.

Though the Scottish guard OF France
had long lost It's natural character, 1t Jeal-
ously retained until the crash OF 1889 all
its curious old privileges, which, though
they led to constant wrangles with other
regiments, had been duly allowed by Louis
XIV. He was actually obliged to inter-
yene at his own wedding to compose dis
pute as to the precedence of tho Scots
guards and the Cent gentilshommes.
"Proud as Scotchman' was an old prov
erb In France and their SUCCESSORS In the
bodyguard did their best to justify 1t. But
the most curious survival, long after q
word of Scotch had been heard In the corps,
was the practice of answering "hamir'
Ia corruption for I am here) when the
roll was called, which was religiousiy
maintained, at all events, down to tho
revolution. -Macmillan Magazine
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-15
New York,s Front Doors.

1t is a fact that the only distinctive char
acteristic of an ordinary New York house
is its front door. 1t isn't usually that one
woman can boast big house while an
other has only a little one, or that one has
q brick house, another only a frame. New
York houses taken as whole in the resi-
dence districts of the city, with the excep-
ton of some few of the more elegant, are
as much alike as peas in pod, with the
exception of the front doors There the
family, according to Its means, can ex-
hibit massive elegance, n lighter and moro
fantastic beauty, cheap commonplaceness,
or anything that it's taste, lack of TASTE
money or lack of money may suggest.
This is thoroughly appreciated by the
house jewellers themselves. why, said
one of them, describing her mansion the
other day, 81 have the handsomest front
door on the block. New York Times.
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THE VALET DE PLACE.
He Is Suppianting the Courier as q Trav-
cling Companion.

cling Companion.
Few Americans now travel abroad with
a regular courier. To a great extent he
has been supplanted by the wallet de
place." a useful combination of the guide
and companion. He has his recognized
place in the economy of travel on the con :
tinent he can be engaged to meet you
upon arrival in a foreign city; he takes
the dazed traveller to the hotel or pension,
arranges the programme Of sightseeing to
suit individual taste, takes upon himself
the burden of fighting inordinate charges
and of seeing that fees are not demanded
without cause; he is the especial joy of
the British or American tourist who is in
tent on doing a venerable city in the
shortest time compatible with human en-
durance-in u word, he puts them
through" Brussels or Client in the quar-
ter or half day which the traveller on rapid
transit bent considers sufficient for these
beautiful old cities.
The valet de place cannot do justice to
everything, but he does his best, and most
satisfactory it is. He accompanies his
patrons to the proper "gare" when the
hour of departure draws nigh. He takes
their tickets for them, wraps them up in
rugs, provides them with newspapers and
parting instructions in well meant dialect,
and so performs his full duty to these birds
uf passage. Detroit Free Press
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-15
WAlRUS LEATHER.
Used For Making Wheels For Polishing.
Other Polishing Leathers.

Other Polishing Leathers.
Walrus leather Is used for making buffer
wheels for polishing brass, steel and sill
YER. 1t has peculiar, coarse grain that
holds the emery or polishing powder we'll.
1t takes about five years to tan a walrus
hide. Some walrus leather is made In this
country, but the bulk of 1t Is imported
from England. Leather made from the
hide of cub walrus would be about half
an inch thick. The hide of an old bull
might be two inches thick. The value of
the leather depends upon its thickness.
Half inch would sell for about 90 cents
pound; / a inches would be worth 81. 40 a
pound, and walrus leather from / % to / y
inches thick, smooth and we'll trimmed,
would be worth 80 pound, and a side OF
such leather would cost about $500.
Walrus wheels are made in q variety of
shapes, depending upon the work on which
they are used. They are made with fiat
face, grooved, cone shaped or of any shape
that may be desired, and by cementing
layers of leather together wheels OF any
desired thickness are made. Walrus leath-
er is also used for valve packings.
Bull necks are used also for polishing
purposes. Three-quarter inch bull necks
sell at about so cents pound. Leather
made from the hide of the seq lion Is used
for polishing purposes This Is smoother
and softer leather used for softer metals.
Sea lion leather of an average thickness
costs about 80 cents pound. Built up
wheels of any thickness are also made of
sea lion and of bull neck leather.-New
York Sun.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-15
TIES OF BROTHERHOOD.
They Are Often Very Irksome, Says Nov
elist w. ID. Howells.

eltst w. ID. HOWells.
Perhaps one reason why people dislike
the notion Of human brotherhood SO much
Is because the ties of kindred are often
made so irksome. Society holds you to &C.
count for your brothers. behavior and even
for his character, as II you had invented
it, or at least favored 1t, and his children
can bring your children to shame by their
misconduct, though they may never have
seen one another.
1t is hardly enough, on the other hand,
that you receive a sort of reflected glory
from your BROTHER excellence or celebrity;
you are then expected to live up to him
and that may be another hardship If you
have not his talent or temperament.
You feel that you are fifty answerable
for your son, in measure, though his
great grandfather on the other side, If he
could be got at. might sometimes be much
more Justly made to suffer; but you do
not feel that you are fifty answerable for
your brother and you feel that 1t Is cruel
of society to hold you So II he Is stupid
or tiresome, people will shrink from you
as If you partook of his character because
you partake of his origin. Often you do
partake of his character. Brothers are Of
ten alike, but often they are intensely un-
like in tastes, habits, manners, DISPOSE
lions, temperaments. Often you shall be
truly the brother of man whom you have
met rather late in life and whom you like
because he Is of kindred nature, while in
your heart you may fail to like the brother
who is merely of kindred origin. Yet If
one allowed the brother of ones blood to
come to want or disgrace society would
hold one Infamous. IL it were the brother
of ones soul, society would have nothing
to say.-W. ID. Howells in Century.