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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-17
Yule Dough.

The first authentic record of Christmas
pie or pudding is that of the Yule dough.
This was paste made in the form of a
baby and presented by the bakers to their
customers as Christmas gift. In ancient
Rome on the vigil of tho nativity sweet
meats in the form of images were present.
ed to the holy fathers, and 1t is probable
that Yule dough had its origin In this Gus
tom. A belief was prevalent at one time
that mince pie, which Is composed of fruits
and spices grown in the east, was a sur
vival in momory of the offerings brought
by the wise men to Bethlehem, when they
came to worship tho infant Saviour. The
pie in later years came to be wonderful
compound of fruits, spices and meats, eggs
aud sugar, and inspired the poet Herrick
to write:
Come, guard this night the Christmas pie
That the thiefe, though ne'cr so size,
With his flesh hooks don't come ME
To catch 1t.
Plum pudding, now the universal piece
de resistance In England, was originally
"plumb porridge," and was served from a
tureen at all the Christmas festivals
New York Tribune.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-17

Even DIR. johnson was won over by
Wilkes delightful manners until they
were found by Boswell "reclined upon
their chairs, with their heads leaning
almost close to each other and talking
earnestly in kind of confidential whis-
per Of the personal quarrel between
George III and the king of Prussia. 1t
presented to my mind the happy days
which are foretold in Scripture when
the lion shall lie down with the kid. ;"
According to Boswell, when Wilkes
snd sat together each glass Of wine
Produced a fash of wit like gunpowder
thrown into the fire-puff, Iuffp' But
Wilkes hardly confirmed this. for he
thought the famous Life" the work
"of an entertaining mailman, in which
much was put down to Boswell which
was undoubtedly said by Johnson
what the latter did, and the former
could not say" We can well imagine
that an encounter with Boswell would
have many charms for Wilkes
No man ever lived who could adapt
his wit better to his company. Compare
his chaff Of the alderman. formerly
bricklayer. who was trying to carve a
turbot with q knife-"Use trowel.
brother, use a trowel"-with his reply
to Mime. de Pompadour when she asked
him. "How far is 1t safe to 60 in
England against the royal familyT'-
''That Is what am trying to find out,
madame. There are few more really
witty replies recorded than that made
to the prince regent, who asked him at
dinner when he drank to the kings
health, "How long have you been so
loyal, Wilkes Ever since I knew
your royal highness "-Cornhill Maya
zine
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-17
Ne1roea With Red Hair.

"A man sees lots of funny things
while travelling around the country, but
the most peculiar sight / ever say was
in Omaha the last time was there, "
said Charles Killinger Of Cincinnati.
"While walking along the street there
one day saw two negroes with hair as
red as any red hair you ever saw. II
was as kinky as the negro wool usually
is. 1t was funny sight, and stopped
to look at them as they went down the
street. A friend of mine who resides
there told me those negroes had come
from the south some years ago and as
far as he knew were full blooded darkies.
Six fingered people are not uncommon,
but for freaks those darkies took the
cake. denver Republican.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-17
Catching Thieves by Code.

Most folks think an elevator starter
has a very easy job, but they're wrong, "
said the man who has charge Of the ele-
vators in La Sale street skyscraper.
ut seems to keep you busy, but the
work looks easy" remarked bystander.
"You think just what the others do
that we have nothing to do but tell the
conductor of each elevator when to start
up" replied the starter. "Seeing that the
elevators are not overloaded and that they
are not all either at the top or bottom of
the building at once is the easiest part of
our work. The hardest is stopping thieves.
Pickpockets and overcoat lifters work the
skyscrapers regularly. I've spoiled their
game In this building, though"
"How?"
81 have arranged code of signals by
which l can, without attracting the atten-
ton of anybody else, warn the elevator
conductor to keep his eye on certain per-
sons while in the car, see them IL they do
any pocketpicking and notice at which
floor they leave the car. For instance, If
on a cold day like this two men well
dressed, but without overcoats, come In
here, as soon as they step into an elevator
say, That's all right No. z. All you
once. The elevator man, however, knows
that l suspect the last persons entering his
car may be overcoat thieves, and it is his
duty to notice at what floor they leave the
car and, If possible which room they en-
ter. If instead of saying, That's all right,
No. q, had said, Go ahead, T. the ele-
vator conductor would have known l sus-
pected the last two men-for pickpockets
work In pairs-in his car were pickpock-
cts, and he would keep constant watch
on them"
"How does your system work."
"Well, we've caught four pickpockets
and seven overcoat thieves already this
winter. and the season isn't half ended.
The public doesn't realize how much 1t
owes to the elevator starters, who are gen.
orally considered lazy lot Of fellows with
an easy Job. Chicago Inter Ocean.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-17
ERRORS OF INSTINCT.
Mistakes Of Insects Which Seem to Den.
Them the Power Of Selection.

Mistakes OF Insects Which Seem to Deny
Them the Power OF Selection.
The opinion Is still very generally en-
tertained that with animals, especially
those of the lower order, instinct is the
determining guide that inoites to the prop
er performance of action or function, and
that as such 1t is far less liable to err than
the reasoning of intelligence. Few scien-
tifc prejudices have been more difficult to
overcome than that which removes from
animals the reasoning faculty, and proba-
bly, many years will yet elapse before 1t
will be recognized that all animals which
come under ordinary observation are en-
dowed with the same kind Of faculty. al
though developed in various degrees of q
descending scale, which distinguishes man
and the SO called higher organisms. The
bee and ant have been frequently held up
as the best opponents of the instinct class,
and moro recently of the exceptional"
animals which developed reasoning pow
ers, and It was a rude shock, not only to
the layman, but as well to the scientist,
when Sir John Lubbock, as the result Of
an almost endless series Of experiments
announced a few years ago that these ami
mails were "sadly wanting" both In their
instructive and intellectual traits In
other words, there were many times when
both instinct and intelligence erred for
them.
Some most remarkable instances Of the
erring of instinct among insects have re-
Gently been noted by naturalists, and they
add an interesting chapter to the physiol-
ogy of sense. One of these was the case of
butterfly, which persisted in visiting the
artificial flowers on q lady's bonnet mis-
taking them for the natural product. An
other, and perhaps more striking, instance
of fault is noted by the distinguished
French entomologist, NJ. r. Blanchard,
and concerns a species of sphinx moth,
which entered hotel room in the half OBJ
security of early morning, and was found
to fit with direct intent to definite parts
of the walls and ceiling. These were dec
Grated with paintings of leaves and flowers,
and to the latter the insect approached in
repeated attacks, tbrusting forward its
proboscis a. though intent upon intruding
it into the opened cups of the beguiling
flowers. After repeated failures and the
resulting discouragement, the effort was
given up, and the sphinx escaped by the
window. This case of self deception is in
teresting i'm another way inasmuch as II
proves that it Is not always the sense OF
smell, but at times that of sight, which
directs insects to their flowers. Washing
ton Star.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-17
THE SPONGE BEDS.
Two Most Important supply Centers Have
Been Hampered by Wars.


Been Hanpered by Wars.
Mr.. James w. Maroon of Jacksonville,
Fla, prominently interested in the
sponge fisheries of that far southern
state, when seen by reporter recently
said:
There is one phase of the Cuban war
that has not been touched on very gen.
orally, and one that adds but another
reason for the early cessation of HOSTILE
ties on the island, and that is the dam
age to the sponge beds and the loss con-
sequent upon their abandonment. 1t hap
pens that just at this particular time
two of the most important supply CEN
ters have been hampered by wars. In
the east the war stopped sponging in the
Greek waters and the Mediterranean
output has been but small one. These
conditions have, naturally enough,
caused big increase in the price Of
sponges and has conferred the demand
in Florida, where hard work is being
done in order that the markets may be
supplied. In the Florida waters the
grass sponge Is found in the greatest
abundance and It is this variety that is
being sold most rapidly at present.
"The large demand for Florida
sponges will Of necessity hold for some
time to come. In this connection may
say that the price bid by European con.
Germs is SO much higher than that offer
ed by the American buyers that great
er portion of the sponges are being ship
ped abroad. The new tariff, placing a
duty on imported sponges at 10p per cent,
will have the effect of putting more
American sponges ON our home markets
and keeping foreign ones out. Wash
ington Post.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-17
Sensitixing Paper.

There are two ways Of sensitizing pa
per. One is to apply the solution with a
brush, and the other is to float the salt
cd paper on the surface Of the liquid.
Thin papers like Rives Photographic
paper take the solution quickly and do
not require so many applications of the
solution if it is applied with brush.
or 30 long soaking if floated on the
liquid as do the heavy, rough papers
like Whatman's drawing paper or cray
on paper.
The paper is first sailed, and il ia
better to have this done by the dealer
in Photographic goods, as it is much
easier to apply the sensitive solution
than it is to salt the paper. If photo
graphic paper is used, ask for fresh salt
ed paper, but if drawing paper is used
take it to the dealer and have it sailed.
The expense is very trifiing, sheet of
sailed paper costing only a cent or two
more than the plain paper.
The sensitizing solution is made of
240 grains of nitrate Of silver and 8
ounces of distilled or filtered water.
Dissolve the nitrate of silver crystals in
the water, and then add strong liquid
ammonia drop by drop, stirring the So
luton constantly until the brown pre-
cipitate which is formed by the addi-
ton of the ammonia has disappeared
and the liquid is clear. Not more than
20 drops of ammonia should be added
to the solution, and if it does not clear
when this amount has been added clear
the solution by filtering. - Harper's
Round Table.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-17
TONTlNETEMPERANCE PLAN
Wabasha Drinkers Swear or on Scheme
to Make Money.

to Make Money.
A temperance society on the tontine
plan, composed of gold cure graduates
and hard drinkers who have now sworn
off, has been formed at Wabasha, Mimi,
to continue for year. 1t began bust
ness with about so members. The Ton
tine Temperance association is the name
of the organization, though it is not
formed to aid the temperance cause.
On Jan. all persons who had decid-
ed to join the association paid 50 into
it's treasury. there being regularly ac-
credited treasurer. Three months later
all those members who have refrained
from drinking intoxicants during the 80
days since Jan. will pay another 20
into the treasury, and the remainder
will be dropped. On July 1 the remain
ing abstainers will each contribute an
other S. to the organization, and, as be-
fore, all who have not refrained from
looking on the cup in the interim will
lose their investments and their mem
bership. A fourth payment by the faith
full will occur ON Oct l and another
wedding out of the ranks. On Jan. l.,
1899, will be last wedding out and a
division of the proceeds by those who
have continued steadfast unto the end.
No man is eligible to membership who
has not been confirmed drinker
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-17
Uhamberlaiu,s Cough Remedy.

This remedy is intended especially for
coughs, colds, Group, whooping cough
and influenza. 1t has become famous for
it's cures OF these diseases, over a large
part OF the civilized world. The most
flattering testimonials have been re
ceived, giving accounts Of these good
works; OF the aggravating and persistent
coughs it has cured; OF severe colds that
have yielded promptly to it's soothing e.
iects, and OF the dangerous attacks OF
Group it has cured, often saving the life
OF the child. The extensive use OF 1t Tor
whooping cough has shown that 1t robs
that disease OF all dangerous consequen-
ces. 1t is liked especially by mothers for
their children, as 1t never fails to effect q
speedy cure, and because they have iound
that there Ia not the least danger In Civ
ing It, even to babies. az It contains moth
ing injurious. Sold by Sodergren 4
Sodergren, Druggists.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-17
Luxurious Travelling.

The height of luxurious travelling he's
been reached by the car and czarina. The
empress private car is upholstered In pale
blue satin. The electric lamps are all In
the form of lilies, and 1t contains writing
and tea tables made of mother Of pearl.
The nursery Is the next apartment, and Is
as comfortable and handsome as the same
rooms In any Of the cars palaces. There
are dining rooms and drawing rooms and
several sleeping apartments. In fact, this
train is a miniature palace. The wheels
are covered with india rubber tires. Phil
sdelphia Ledger.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-17
TIL. Phonopraph In Russia.

Edison's photograph has had battle
royal with Russian press censorship, says
The Anglo Russian. In the pavilion OF
the public gardens in Tagonrog the ma
chine was exhibited, and attracted large
audiences. 1t ,,iayed and sang, and laugh
ed and spoke for some time undisturbed,
until police officer heard the machine
reciting one of Kriloff's famous fables
viz, "Demyan's Ukha" (soup or hospital
ity), but with some variations on the orig
inal text. The officer got suspicious, and
not trusting to his memory, he ran at once
and got Kriloff's book, and came again to
listen to the photography version of the
fable. TO his horror he found the fable
reproduced not at all as 1t was passed by
the censorship more than half a century
ago.
An alarm was raised at once, the higher
local authorities communicated with, and
the manager of the pavilion, Mr.. Parafino-
witch, was called upon to explain the be-
havior of that speaking American beast.
All the poor manager could do was to open
tho mysterious inside of the criminal ma
chino and hand over to the authorities the
indiscreet cylinder which threatened to
tell the peaceful inhabitants so many I'M
desirable things But the arrest OF the
chief criminal was considered insufficient,
as it could not have acted without a hu
man accomplish So according to nc
Taganrog Viestnik, the affair has taken
its official course, and the innocent man
ager of the pavilion has lost in the mean
time his generally good appetite and sound
sleep, as he does not know in what pun
ishment the official proceedings will re-
suit, and how long he will have to wait
until his fate Is decided. Invention.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-17

Rev. E. Edwards. pastor OF the English
Baptist church at Minersville, Pa, when
suffering with rheumatism. was advised
Co 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 ssle by Sodergren & Sober
gren, Druge ists.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-17
INTERcOUNTY NUPTIAuS.
How q Bride Mastered the Obstacle In .
Wedding Ceremony.

How Bride Mastered the Obstacle In .
Wedding Ceremony.
An odd marriage ceremony was per-
formed near Raleigh recently. X. p.
Stewart was sick, but what made mat
ters worse he was engaged to get mar
ried, and the wedding day was drawing
near.
His bride elect, who lived in Harnett
county, learning Of her lovers danger
GUS illness, determined to hasten to his
bedside and marry him at all hazards.
When she arrived on the scene, she
made haste to declare her intentions and
would listen to no proposals or sugges-
tions as to procrastinating the consum-
nation so devoutly wished. The license
was procured, and the preacher was
brought in right speedily, but another
serious difficulty arose when it was as
certained that the license was for Har-
nett county and the residence of the
bedridden bridegroom was across the
line in another county. The preacher said
he could not perform the ceremony out
side of Harnett county and was about
to leave the disappointed couple when
suddenly the bride, after inquiry, de-
clared that she had mastered this OBJ
stacle..
The county line was just in front of
the house. so the couple stood on the
porch, and the minister was placed
across the county line, where he loudly
shouted the marriage vows and listened
while the asserting echoes came back to
him.-Atlanta Constitution.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-17
THO ffniandsrs,

Mutual Fire Insurance company Of
Houghton and Keweenaw counties, or.
ganised In 1890 according to the laws o
the State OF Michigan. will insure proper.
tv OF ite members. Have paid fire losses
over "a, 900 and dividends nearly $6, 900
during the last seyen years to members
OF Ave years standing. On the first day
OF this year the company had 617 mem.
bers. $546,425 worth OF property In.
eur d and $15,s10s5 in treasury. For
further particulars apply to the under.
signed. JOHN BLoMovIsr, President.
ALEX LEnoNEN, Secretary.
Once, 448 Pine street, upstairs Red
Jaeket.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-17
Mistakes Of the Publishers Reader

was speaking Of some of my expert
ences as q publisher reader, few
years ago, in q recent conversation with
o friend, who told me that Mr. John
Morley had read "Mr. Isaacs' for
Messrs. Macmillan and had advised
against it's publication on the ground
that while it would be most creditable
book to have ON their list, there would
be no sale for it. In the light Of subse-
quent events this is rather amusing, but
1t only proves that even so astute crit
10 as Mr.. Morley is not infalliblc-in
other words, that he is human. Critic.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-17
prietOrs.

l 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 say that it has not since
returned.-JosH EDsAR, Germantown,
Cal, For sale by Sodergren 4 Sodergren,
Druggists.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-17
TRAINMAN'S TOOTH AcHep.
So He Decided to Get Freight Train 60
Pull IL

full q.
SAY, did you hear about nv friend
biiiY said trainman. "Well, that fell
low has made me laugh more times than
once. Not long ago Bill gets a jumping
toothache. He wants to have that tooth
out, but he don't want to pay the money.
nor he amt got the nerve TO have the
thing done. All the same that tooth ia
Keeping him up at night, and Bill he al
most goes wild. Either me or that tooth. )
says Bill; 'one or the other I amt going
TO stand this sort of life.'
"All the same. when Bill starts 10 90
10 the dentist his knees begin to bend.
ana ne Is 30 scared that the tooth stops
hurting But when he turns back and
reaches the house the tooth Is plugging
him again. Now, Bill thinks of a great
scheme. What does he do but buy a piece
OF strong string (say, you know this kind
OF SILK thready), and he WAKES that and
ties 1t to his tooth so tight that IL can
not come of. Then Bill walks down to
the railroad station. You see, IL was his
Idea to tie the string to freight car. and
then when the train started 1t would Jerk
the measly tooth out.
He finds freight and ties the string
to the coupler Of the last car and stands
around to wait until the train starts.
Well, sir, he begins to feel chilly about
the gills. The more he thinks of the time
when the train is going to move the worse
he feels. Every time a whistle blows he
Jumps. We'll, l guess I'd better unite,
thinks Bill, and come again another day, >
but when he goes to loosen the string he
hnds that it's no go, and he can't jerk the
thing loose because the other end Is on
the tooth.
well, sir, that train begins to start,
and Bill he doesn't have the nerve to
stand back, SO he just trots on behind like
little pup on the end of chain. Where
are you going, BillP' hollers out Teller.
You seem to be in hurry Well, sir,
Bill starts to swear like mad, but the train
is beginning to go little fast, and he has
to commence to lope like jack rabbit.
You see, the train had been going through
the city, but now 1t started to get outside.
Bill didn't have the nerve to stand still,
SO he just bumped himself after the train
like 1t was something that he wanted bad.
Say, mister, why are you running
that wayf' asked q brakeman who got on
to the thing. OF course that sort of guy
made Bill madden than ever but he had
to lope on. Lucky for Bill the train had
to slow up for crossing, and while IL
stopped he borrowed knife and cut the
string. But, say, 1t was funny to see Bill
chasing the freight. New Orleans
Times democrat.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-17
The Laurfun Fair.

Our twelfth annual sale will be in great
bargains-455 pieces Of mems fieeced-
lined underwear worth $125 each, at
this sale only 3S cents; $50 pairs of mems
kid gloves worsh 81 so per pair at this
sale only AZ cents; 600 par of children's
rubbers. from No. to II and from II
to No. 2, worth 80 cents per pair, at this
sale 10 cents. Call at once as it is to
your interest. The Laurium Fair, next
to the postoffice, l. Feinberg & Co.. pro-
prietors.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-17
A Human Clock.

Mr.. Noble Stallard of Fairfield, KY,
can solve the most perplexing mathe-
NAUTICAL problems, and he can give the
time to the minute with remarkable ac-
curacy. Many have held their watches
ON him and found that he never makes q
mistake. He cannot explain how he does
it. but he never fails. So wonderful Is
this phenomenon that the family have
cast aside timepieoes. -Bardstown (Ky.>
Record
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-17
Chandelier Gives His Life For Biddy

A large red rooster and a speckled hen
recently were picking up crumbs in
Baltimore when little yellow dog ran
at the hen. The rooster attacked the
dog, and a lively fight ensued. The
rooster had the best of things until the
dog grabbed it by the throat. When the
dog loosed his hold, the rooster was
dead. Onlookers attacked the dog with
a stick and gave it a good thrashing. -
Baltimore Sun.