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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-07-13

prougnt on uecK, neatly sever nm
hammock and covered with a
white ensign by way Of pail tn pam
we could hardly see each other o n'asA
bier, we took our place at the pana,r 'ne
and at once began to read the beaa3
fui service for the burial of the dead
sea. When arrived at the place w b AZ
it is instructed that the body sb anete
cast into the deep, l gave a signal s W
the stretcher was tilted SO tha, ana
hammock and its grim contents sIid ' as
1T and fell with sullen splash into ~. ~
water alongside. Just as it disanneass"ass
a curious thing happened. f'''eu
The body could hardly have tonch0s
the water before the fog was lifted
though by some giant hand, and the sn 20
shone brilliantly forth. The trans;. sun
from the obscurity of semidarkness -
bright sunshine was quite dazzling ana
set us all blinking like so many owls
Then l saw every face turn suddenlv H.
one direction, and as they did SO eyorr
mouth went down. Next moment ~,
officer of the watch had bounded 70 tho o
engine room telegraph. there was cor '
fused ringing of bells in the bowels 80
the ship, and before a minute corls
have elapsed we were under wav onoa
more.
And what do you think was the ran
son OF all this commotion? Why. there
not half mile distant from ms frll
steam up and ensign streaming in tho
breeze, lay an enormous English man
of-war. She was evidently on our tra;,
and by altering her course only half
point might have run us down in tha
fog. 1t was very evident she had only
just become aware that she was so closa
to her prey or she would surely have
sent boat and attempted to take ms
prisoner. AS it was, this sudden lifting
OF the fog must have caused them az
much surprise as it did us, for it wasa
good minute before we heard the shout.
ing OF orders and blowing of bos'n's
pipes aboard her. AS soon as had re-.
covered from my establishment fetched
a glass from the rack and brought it to
bear on her, at the same time conyinc.
ing myself that we were in for a warm
quarter of an hour.
True to our expectations, before we
had been steaming couple of minutes
there came a puff Of smoke from her
port bow, and an instant later shot
flew in front of us and dropped into the
water mile or SO on our left side. Il
was evidently signal to us to heave to
without any nonsense or further waste
of time. But as the boom of the gun
died away Allie made her appearance
from the after companion and came over
to where stood.
GOOD morning, DIR. De Norman.
vile" she said, as calmly as if we were
each other in Hyde park. "You
see how anxious your government is to
have me in its keeping. Mr.. Patterson
full steam ahead"
The chief officer touched his cap, gave
the order, and then resumed his prom.
enade, stopping now and again to ex-
anime the man -ofwar through his glass
They're going to fire another gun,
and then if we don't attend to that they
will chase us, I" said Allie, who was also
closely scrutinizing her great opponents
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-07-13
fro BE Continued
First Elephant In Americs.

1t is not generally known that former
citizen of Owensboro brought across the
ocean the first elephant that was ever in
America. The name of the gentleman
was Moses Smith, who at one time own
ed vast body of land from the mouth
OF Panther creek up the river, embrac
ing nearly all the present farms in the
neighborhood of Sorgho. Mr.. Smith was
at Paris with his brother and had
more money than he knew what to do
with" He told his brother that he in
tended taking something to America
that the people had never seen. "You
had better buy an elephant, said the
jocular brother, and that was what
Moses did.
He picked out the biggest animal he
could find and paid an enormous price
for it. He brought it to New York,
where it was nine days. wonder, but
the owner soon found that he had some
thing worse than the proverbial white
elephant on his hands. He tried to sell
it, but could find no buyer and at last
undertook to give it away, in which he
was equally unsuccessful. Finally he
found man who agreed to pay him
500 for it. and this individual put it
on exhibition. He was so successful
that he went into the show business and
made fortune out of Mr.. Smiths fol.
~. Colonel Frank McKernan of Adair.
vile is grandson of Mr. Smith, who
lived to great age at his home in this
county.-Owensboro (Ky.) Inquirer.
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CHAPTER XII.
A TYPHOON,


"A o O'Clock next morning, being un.
able to bear the closeness Of my cabin
any longer, dressed myself and went
on deck. To my surprise, the schooner
was stationary and wrapped in as dense
fog as ever l remember to have seen
1t was most depressing, so for the sake
OF companionship / fumbled nv wav
over to the starboard bulwark, and. hav.
ing found 1t, ran it along to the bridge,
where almost fell into some person g
arms The fog here was so thick that
could not see his face, so INQUIRED his
name.
Walworth," was the reply, "and
from your voice you should be DIR. De
Normanville.
Quite right" answered. "But
what fog this is to be sure How long
have we been in it?''
Very nearly three hours, " he re-.
piled. Its most unfortunate. Bv tho
way, want to ask favor of You ON
her ladyship's account. We are going
10 bury that poor beggar Burlington in
half an hour. Will you conduct the
service?' '"o
did her ladyship tell you to ask
mef'' ~ "'A
lie answered in the affirmative.
Then, If it is her desire, of course I
VIII do SC" l replied, Though must
own do not very much look forward
to the task"
lie thanked me and went below to
give the necessary instructions. / waited
ABOUT and IN half an hour the body was
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-07-13
In Q Buddhist Nunnerx.

Sir Charles Gordon's "Recollections
OF Thirty-nine Years In the Army"
contains this anecdote: "In 1860, at
Tien-tsin, the two Gordons, when seek.
ing for hospital sites, came across
Buddhist nunnery. Despite the warn.
ings OF one Of the inmates, who appear
ed In boys clothes, they entered the
building and found that the inmates all
wore male clothing The Buddhist
women were greatly shocked at the in
trusion.
" Our regret, says Sir Charles, was
real. Explanations were exchanged We
were informed that the community
within adopted male costume as an in
dication that they not only renowned
the world, but with it the emblems of
their sex. We were received by the
lady superior, tea and cakes offered to
and partaken of by us. We were then
permitted to visit the private chapel,
and finally we parted from the re-
hgieuses on the best of terms
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-07-13

Lay on tlUclUc ldshcs," said Allie sternll,
they were to play, sprang forward
seized him by his arms and legs ant
bore him swiftly from the gangway t.
the object whose use l had been wonder.
ing. Once there his feet were firmly Sc
cured, the upper part{ of his body wa:
stripped to the skin, while, at a signal
powerful native stepped forward from
the crowd, carrying cat o. nine tails
in his hand.
"Lay on I2 lasha5," said Allie sternly.
The man had broad white back, and
the first cut raised it's mark, the second
put another alongside it, and by the
time the IL strokes had been admins.
tered the blood had begun to flow. After
tho first cut the wretched culprit nc
longer attempted to comport himself
like man. He struggled, whined and
finally beloved outright. When the
number was completed the native
paused and looked at Allie. Her face
was turned away, but it was as hard as
iron.
"You have so far had six lashes for
each OF the women you killed. she
said. Nov you will have six more for
the man you butchered and six more ON
top OF them to teach you to respect my
self and the name Of woman. Go on 20
BY this time the wretched man g
pluck was entirely gone. He entreated
to be let off, offering large sums Of mon
ey, to be faithfully paid directly he got
ashore, If she would only abate one
lash. He might, however, as well have
appealed to stone. The second 10 were
duly administered, and he was then cast
loose. He fell in a heap on the deck and
for some time refused to bulge, but ON
being promised an additional half dozen
II be did not do as he was ordered he
soon found his feet and bolted down the
gangway into the gig alongside, which
Immediately set off for the mail steamer.
Half an hour later the boat returned.
bringing with her the men whose part
1t had been to insure the stoppage of the
vessel and the capture of the passenger
Steam was up by this time, and within
five minutes of raising the boat to the
davits we were under way. In an hour
we had lost sight of the mailboat and
were making as straight course as DOS
sible back to the settlement.
That evening I received an invitation
from Allie to dine with her in her cabin.
and as may be supposed / accepted it.
but as the lady whom had only known
as Mrs. Beecher and who had been con.
fined to her cabin by i'll health ever
since our leaving Singapore was present
we only conversed OH general topics
during the progress Of the meal. When.
however, we sought the deck afterward
alone and came to our favorite spot at
the taffrail, Allie said:
:" Up to the present You have seen n
good many sides Of my character. have
you not? l hope among them they will
not make you think too badly of me"
Make me think badly of you, Alie?"
! cried. "That would be impossible.
What have seen? Let me think. First. |
nave seen you collecting about you and
pefFiending many Of the worlds unfor.
tunates; second. I have seen you toilina |
DAY and night, without thouobt ~ |
for the welfare of the lives
.--t .--- -
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Carries His Ratchet In His Boot Leg.

In some places men carry bowie
knives and guns in their boot legs. One
may meet in Fulton fish market in this
city man carrying a Ratchet in his
boot leg, but the Ratchet is for peaceful
purposes 1t Is an implement much used
IN the market for opening and for nail
ing up boxes and barrels in which FISH
arc packed. and the boot leg seems to -
sne handiest place to carry it.-New
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CONTINUED

Suddenly the lookout posted forrard
uttered cry, and next moment we saw
ahead of us green light. 1t was OBJ
scured and revealed three times. This,
knew, was the yachts signal, and in
less than quarter of an hour we were
alongside, had hitched on and were
safely aboard. The launch s crew was
then suitably rewarded and sent back
to Singapore.
AS we reached the deck Ebbington
must have read the yachts name on
life buoy and realized into whose hands
he had fallen. For moment he stood
rooted to the spot; then he staggered
pace forward, clutched at a stay, and,
missing it, fell upon the deck in a dead
faint. AS | stopped to see what was the
matter with him l felt the tremor of the
screw. Our errand was accomplished.
Singapore was thing of the past We
were on our way back to the island once
more.
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THE BEAUTIFUL
WHITE DEVIL.
copyright. 1898. by D. Appleton 9 Col
By GUY BOOTHBY.

CHAPTER .-Dr, De Normanv lie, an Eng
ish Physician at Hong Kong. hears of woman
called the Beautiful White Devil making her
home on an island in tbs Pacific OF which she
is the sovereign and leading piratical life in
white yacht on the ocean. DR.. De Norman
vile receives a call from a stranger who en-
cages his professIal services TO go TO an I'M
known place to treat an epidemic of smallpox
II and lIl.-Aft9r an eventful voyage he finds
himself on board the Lone Star, the yacht OF
the Beautiful White Devil. " aud VI
He is taken TO her island lone, where he fights
the plague successfully and falls in love with
Allie, the Beautiful White Devil.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-04-25
Railroads and Steamboats,.
MAINE CENTRAL RAIL ROAD.
Arrangement Of Trains in
EffectlAprii ~, 1898.
THROUGH TRAINS

Passenger trains leave Augusta as fol
lows:
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Several gentlemen of good repute
were talking. yesterday, of high school
graduates. Not the girls particularly,
but all.
-Therc'H come a time some day,
said one of the gentlemen. when 4
long suffering public will rise up IN
their wrath, and put stop to the klnd
of essays the graduates write. The
time is most here now, when the puplic
will be told about Greece and Rome by
hopeful young people who are just en-
tering on the realities of life.
Some public-spirited citizen shou!d
offer a gold medal to the young man DE-
woman graduate who will prepare an
grafton, the delivery Of which VIII con
sumo Is minutes, that does not contain
some reference to Napoleon ana The
Alps. Greece or Rome, CT an eNhoftat.oi
to seek higher life. There is no GUS
tom more foolish than that OF requlr'l'9
the preparation of an Grafton by every
member of a high school graduatihS
class. II is not surprising that TUG
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-04-25

BoARDEBS WANTED at No Flagg
Pace. Also rooms to rent. mar29 DIFF
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-04-25

There's a gentleman in this city who
owns a fine roll top desk. Others own
desks of the some kind but this one
had trouble with his deck. This man
uses tobacco. Other men also use to
sbacco. but this man had trouble over
shis This man always locks his desk
at night and unlocks it again in the
smorning with a key. Other men also
unlock their desks with a key, but
this man had trouble with his.
He carries his key, Which is cn2 Of tn"
kind that has hollow shank. in the
pocket with some tobacco. The key
kept getting filed with the small
pieces of the tobacco. until it becam"
almost impossible to unlock the desk
with it,. and as a matter of course he
laid the fault to the lock. Finally one
morning he could not unlock the desk
at all. and he had to have the lock
picked. The lock was taken all apart
and pronounced as good as new. and
the l0ckslnith next turned his at
tcntiJn to the key. After a few mo-
ments he discovered that the hollow
shank was filled up, and upon removing
the dirt the lock worked all night. His
bill was $3.50.
h..
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The Eclectic Magazine.

The current number Of the Eclectic
Magazine contains a large number If
able and timely articles selected from
the leading foreign reviews. The fol-
lowing partial list gives an idea of the
contents of this number: THE Span
ish crisis. Captain Mahan's Counsels
to the United States" Chats win
wait Whitman The Quaint Side Gf
Parliament "'rhe Russian Advance on
india. The English at Home" The
Italian Novels Of Marion Crawford :"
The Crisis in China" "Tattooing and
It's History" and "Gold-Mining at the
klondike"
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The Atlantic Monthly

for April opens with an article of great
value and interest by Henry c. Adams,
entitled. "a Decade of Federal Railway
Regulation" G.. II. Darwin writes en-
tertainingly of The Evolution of
Satellites" Mark H. Liddell gives his
views ION the Teaching of English.
Other entertaining and instructive pa
pers are ''Shall We Still Read Greek
Tragedy" "A Florida Farm" The
Yellowstone National Park and Per
sonal Impressions OF Bjornson and
Ihsen." A number of dainty poems
add much to this issue, as does also
the fiction which includes Il short story
and an installment of Gilbert Parker s
serial THE Battle of the Strong
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y capable girl for general hOuScWOrk al
Ms. ], +. Beams No. IL Spring street.
Augusta. apr23dtf
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Harper's Round Table.

The April Round Table contains =
vast amount of interesting matter
The leading articles and stories, many
Of which are illustrated. include: The
Taking of MalaXa, The Way to Build
Punt" A Ballad of Apia Way,
Lever No. 49," How Tom Wiped out
a Score" draining Animals for Circus
Tricks" and The Making OF Gulf
Course" This number is one that can
not fail to be appreciated by those who
desire first class reading matter for the
VaInT
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-04-25
AN AUGUSTA LAWYER,
How He Intents to Kill a Few
Spaniards.
The Tobacco and the key-One Man on
Graduation Exercises.

One Of Augustus ilMStrious lawyers
intends to lend what little aid he can
TO help along the furnishing of the
naughty Spaniards. should Congress
long deliberations. This gentleman has
10 intention of going to the front him
self. Oh, no, he was not built on the
lines of a fighter physically, though
mentally he can put up battle that it is
like approaching a pins point against
the shield Of Pelides, for the opposing
attorney to attempt to combat with
him. AT war of words, he is in the
list of first class men, but in a war of
blood he is nowhere, unless it would be
leading the retreat
The way that he proposes to help
along the cause Of the United States is
by sending a gun to the Spanish forces.
If they use that gun 1 will guarantee
that there will be one or more Span
iards in the land of the dead" said the
lawyer. The last time | used the gun
is still as fresh upon my memory as
though it was only yesterday ! was
out hunting one afternoon many years
ago when | was a boy in the town Of
Union. | had as usual seen nothing TO
at something. The only object near At
hand was the meeting house horse
shed, and | located a knot hole in about
the middle of the side nearest me.
Taking careful aim. l fired. What
transpired during the next five minutes
l am unable to relate as | was busy in
some astronomical studies. in other
words counting the stars that passed in
rapid succession by my eyes. l became
so very much interested in my studies
that / fell over backwards. / don't
know how many times or how soon,
came to realize that I had a mission on
this earth, that of finding where the
charge in that gun Went; The knot
hole was in first class condition. not a
shot hit il, There was not a scar on
the whole shed and the Lord only
knows what became of those shot that
We're in the gun. for ii the gun hurled
them with half the velocity that it
hurled me, they must have gone on n
long journey.
Since that day I have often trans
posed LongfelloW's song thus:
! shot some shot into the air.
They fell to earth. | knew not whore.
The matter has often worried me,
for, Internationally. | may have hit
someone or something, and caused
great injury.
so 1 think you will all agree that
unless that gun has lost some of its
characteristics it will do deadly work il
it is once placed within the Spanish
lines
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The Pail Mali Magazine.

The April number of the Pail Mall
Magazine is notal,le for the number
and beauty of it's illustrations. The
place of honor is accorded to a richly
Illustrated paper on "Rufford Abbey
THE Evolution of Comfort in Railway
Traveling' gives much interesting in
formation. Other noteworthy Illus
trated papers are: AN Artist III
Antwerp" The Record of the Gurk-
has" south London "A Careful
Man" and Five Weeks in jerusalem.
The fiction is of a high order.
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The American Kitchen MAGAZINE.

The current number of this valuable
periodical opens with an instructive
paper on domestic Education of Chill
dren at Home" by Mary NJ Kings
Bury. Maude II. Lacy contributes an
interesting paper on "Woman'S Point
of View It's Effect Upon the Home. "
Other subjects discussed are: Two
Sides of the Servant Question" THE
City Kitchen Garden" April Fes-
TRIALS The Spring Dragon" and
"IIousehold Fuels and Their Economic
Uses" In Cooking for Invalids." and
Mrs. Lincoln's household department
manX timNlN receints are Given
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The Arena.

The April Arena has. as its leading
features. the following articles: For
eign Influence in American Politics.
by Hon. William Jennings Bryan
1.-THE Way Upward" Hon. George Fred
Williams. and Three Epochs of
Democracy and Three Men" John
Clark Ridpath. Other subjects ably
discussed are: abraham Lincoln: y
study from Life" THE Relation of Art
to Mortality, America Power,
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Pearls.

The initial number Of Pearls. "a
classic monthly for the home circle de-
voted to the mental forces" edited by
Elizabeth Francis Stephenson. is at
hand. This magazine is very attrac :
lively gotten UP with fine Illustrations
large type and excellent paper The
table of contents includes among others
the following papers and sketches Of
interest: Progress" our Attitude, -
The Ignorance of Others" Paul s
Wife" and The Home Circle
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vick's Magazine.

The Combination and Grouping of
Plants" is the subject of the opening
articles in Wick Magazine for April
1t affords many timely suggestions. In
ANIMALS for the Flower Garden ~
New Variety of Violet" Rose Notes. =
Plants and Drouth," Some Common
Causes of Seed Failure" and Buds
and Fruit" is furnished much informa-
ton that will he of value and interest
to all who cultivate land either for
ri assure OF profit
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APRIL MAGAZINES.
The Art Amateur.

ne Apfll number of the Art Amateur
appears IN covers of artistic and ap-
prop'late design. The many beautiful
illustrations in this number are also
appropriate to the season The longer
articles include: Leonardo Da Vinci,"
IaihtlnSs IN Oils, Old and Modern, ="
stained Glass; Notes on Flower
faintlhg, and "A Designer of Maya
Zlhe covers The color study and
black and white designs are very at
er0c,iVe and offer many helpful sug
geStionS.
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Trained Motherhood.

The April number of Trained Mother
hood discusses many subjects Of in
terest to all who have the care Of chill
dlen. Among the many helpful papers
given are noted the following: Com
plications in Measles THE Hygiene of
childhood" Mothers and Daughters
'"rhe Law of Domcile.' and The sun
day Question" \ large amount of
timely miscellaneous matter together
with the several departments complete
this valuable number.
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The Sanitarian.

The April Sanitarian discusses the
following subjects: The Proper Dis
posal of Sewage" Sewage Consump-
ton in New Jersey" Inquest on the
Philadelphia Municipal Council"
Spontaneous Combustion of Coal"
Railroad Accidents" and "Climate of
Hawaiian Islands," In addition to the
articles mentioned much interesting
miscellaneous matter is given and With
the departments make up valuable
n1,nlhnr
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young people do not do better. They
are frequently given subjects to crate
on that they know practically nothing
aoout' and they cannot reasonably be
expected to prepare these that display
original thinking. The high school
commencement exercises ought to he
elevated along with the stage and base
ball"
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small advertisements not exceeding
~, ,bai lIes thirty words coming under
the head of WANTED. FOR SALE. 10
LEI. LOST, &c, will be inserted two
lines lines ior % cents, three times for 50
= ve ! S!l, aiid one week for 50 cents, AID
r rn.tttE "a MENT In sending by mail
i,t lance OF postage stamps or postal
hoIe should be made with order, as the
for. P~ "NN'0
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bfookline: A Model Town Under the
heierendum, The Medical Trust.
Inc Legal Restriction of Medical
ffactlce,' and 1.-THE Employment Of
convict Labor in Massachusetts. The
number Is an exceptionally interesting
and valuable one