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THE COPPER COUNTRY EVENING NEVS, CALUMET, FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1808. Forlage Late Hews. Pupils of Prof. Lau gier Will Entertain This Evening, Largo Attendance Anticipated Am 'be Jleservcd Seat Male Han iieen (icol-IIri. JIoaon and Sir. Uale, of Calumet, Will Aalat. . This erenlng the concert by Prof. Eu gene Lauier'i pupila takes place la St. Patrick's Hall. Rehearsals have been held regulaily (or some time and the finals bespeak an excellent concert. The pupils will be aaaisted by Mrs. Bofhoq, sopran . and Prof, (lile, baritone, of Cala met. The reserved seat sale at Scott's dru store points to a good at tendance. A lartf party will drive in from Calumet. Admission 35 cents. The f jllowinif is the program: Pelectlon from Jon of Arc Cantata by A H. Uaul "Hall to the Ueautlfull Morning of May" Tctaeatra. foprano Solo-"Wbere Oh Where U Joan?" ... Mra. Boeson. Hocked Pong "Who Would Not Fight For Freedom" Prof. Charles Gale. Duct -"Full Flows tho Ujvct" Mrs. HoSMon and Mr. Gale. "On to the Battle, On" Orchestra. Duet "In the Cathedral" Mrs. HoHSon and Mr Gale Soprano Solo I" it Hero That I Must Dlo". .. Mrs. liosnon. aj "Thou Art Like Unto a Love Vocal Bolo ljr Flower" mlth Lb "At FartlDR" Rogers Mr. Charles Gale. Violin Solo "Last K"seof Summer".. Farmer MUt LUlto Mandertield. Overtu'e . Tancrede Hosslnl Orchestra. On account of moving from the copper country E. S. Stringer offers his houne hold furniture for sale, consisting of two coal stoves, two rooking stoves, one heating drum, one book case, o je mantle clock, one piano lamo and shade, one couch, one dining table, 'eight dining chairs, one gasoline stove, one hat rack, four parlor chairs, one pair chenille cur tain?, one parlor table, one easel, one music stand, one large mirror, one cot bed, one bedroom suit, one three-fourth iron bed and other numerous articles, such as lamps, clothes, bars, ironing board, lawn mower, kitchen cupboard, kitchen chairs, etc. The steamer Con Voyage has begun her regular trip between Duluth and Portage Lake towns, Th steamer will bain port here on .Tuesday aud Fri day of each wek, aud will run excursion trips to Keweenaw countv points and to L'Anne and Baraga on the above days. The boat may be chartered by private p irties or excursions to any of thone poiats. Toe steamer is neatly furnihed und would be just the thing for a school excursion. The special excursion trips wi l begin just as soon as the weather be comes warm enough. E S. Stringer, Uancock member of the insurance firm of Friederichs, Stringer & Harrin, has retired from the tirm und ac cepted a ponition with his brother, C. A Stringer, now in Detroit ana who U State agent of the Mutual Lire Innuraijce Co. of Worcester, Mass. E. S. Stringer is well known in inuraLce circles, both at Lake Linden and Calumet where he re presented the firm of Wright & Stringer for several years. He will leave for De troit as soon us he can settle his business affairs in this city. The board of supervisors are deter. min d that the insane persons of Ilough ton county will receive all the attention and care which they require, and have de cided to fit up the old court house for that purpose. It will be kept separate and apart Um the jail and will have kitchen, sitting room, bath rooms, etc., 'as well as a sufficient number of rooms furnished specially for insane persons. Bids will be receive for the fitting up of jthis building as per advertisement in an other column. Mr. Sullivan, of Baraga, who has a omestead near the vicinity of Silver contain, about .fifteen miles from liar- ta.was in town yesterday and displayed eieral fine specimens of silver ore, which says were found on his homestead, r BnA.tmAn. a ocrtuiniv fine ones and tig 0icviujcub ai t .w.hv Sir. Sullivan's find will no doubt lead to lucre or lees exploration in that yicinity Juring the coming summer.as it is gener Vly belieyea there are rich silver deposit" ft that place. Early yesterday morning Mr. Clyde ia kenile while crossing the bridge on )b way from the telegraph office.iasome inner fell from his wheel and striking U back inflicted an injury, which caused ,1m to lake to his bed where be now is, Ve ere Mad to be able to sey the hurt is jot so painful this morning and in a fw ajs he will no doubt be aDie to reuuui, s duties on the Evening News. Co. Flu mill Bhortaboot ten men and otices were posted about the twin clti-:s esterday calling for that many volun urs to go to Island Lake. Wednesday ght several presented themselves for nination, among them baioff nome of loss sent home from Island Lake, but r Jones rJ:tcd all of them. Now ms little trouble Is btjlng found In w ring the requisite number. John Rowett, the Umou Cornish wrestler ha issued a challenge to Ed Hogan of Maniuette, to wrestle a straight catch-as-catch-ran match for $30 a side and the entire gate receipts. The match to be held in any U.per Pen insula town within twenty days. The challenge is also open to any othercatch-avatch-can wrestler in the state of Mich Kan. Memorial Day will be observed at Lake Linden this year by E. R. Stiles Post. The oost, escorted bp the newly organ ised Sods of Yeteraus, will go to Lake Linden on the morning train. On arriv ing there the usual parade and decora tion of the graves will be conducted. At the exercises there will be muBic and W. E. WiUard will deliver an oration. Thomas L. Chadbourne,of Cbadbourne & Keen, has filed a bill in chancery tor the purpoHe of winding uo the affairs of th Naumkeag mining company. This com pany was organized in 1859 for the per iod of thirty yers and itn charter, which expired in 1880, wa not renewed. Houghton county's reputation in being the one having less divorces than any other in the State, in proportion to its population, is lik-ly to have a set-back this year, for up to date no less than eleven suits for divorce have been started in the circuit court. J.'W. Wyckoff, of the Entry, visited Houghton yesterday on business. He states that 100 men have been at work at the Entry, but unless there is a better demand for stone part of the force will have to be laid off Yesterday special services were held in St. Patrick's and St. Joseph's church, al so in St. Peter's, S Paul's, German Lutheran church and in the Finnish Lutheran church in honor of the Feast of the Ascension. Manager Ed Hocking, of the ball te im, expected to bare games Saturday and Sunday with the Isbperaings, but they have been declared off owing to the inability of each club to leave its own ity. The Elks of the copper country, or at least a goodly portion of them, will at tend the opening of an Elk lodge in Du kith next Thursday evening, and will make the trip on the steamer Bon Voy age. Ei Dell a former Hancock boy. has b en given the hgeney of the D., S. S. & A. R'y at Calumet. He passed through oere yesterday to assume his new duties. To Rent The Olivier & Jacques cor ner building, now occupied as a saloon by Angelo Mooshrugger. Apply to Charles O. Olivier. Hancock. The estate of John Ebtrly, recently de ceased, is now being probated, the estatu amounting to about $5 000, one-half of w hich is in cash Henry Faull of Nigaunee. arrived on Portage Lake yeHterdny and has ac c ured the position of engineer at the 1Ja,tic' Work on the ne Qiincy smelting works is being steadily pushed, uuder the direction of Superintendent Coop r. Mi s Ellen Yooney left yesterday noon forMaikinac Llaud wher, she will visit her sister, Mrs. .lames I)jwd. Miss Hattie Mason who was operated un last Wednesday h now n sting easily. Fob Sale House and lot on Hancock street. Apply to E. S. Stringer, Hancock' "OLE SAVED HIM S3C.CC0. 9t Gave Him the Clianre to Avoid thi Man Who Had Cheated Him. "The inopt thrilling fnonient I ever hnd," remarked a mnn in tho lobby of a hotel the other evening, "was during the great western boom of 1888. Through my agent, Seymour Green, I had Invested aboi.t 130,000 in ranches near San Diego. The returns on tho Investment wero sent tue regularly, and I supposed I had the nucleus of afortuno when something came Up that made mo suspicious. "I had placed entire confidence In Green and decided to go out and eeo If I had made o mistake In so doing. He took me to visit the ranches, and I found to my surprise that there weren't half a dozen cattlo on cither of them. " They're- nil back in the brush,' insist ed Gran pompously, 'but they nro all In lino rendition, nnd you have tho two best raniM s In southern California. ' Hmvi-viT. I soon saw that my $30,000 woi lnt(d in a K-nurflrel. I knew that If I shemd tho lenst vlpii of suspecting him hov.Mild skip over the torder into Mcxko. and that would to tho lust of my niomv So I pn tended to believe hlni and let Mm take me to the station, sup iTsrdlv to p. luu-k hen e Uo stemtd pr iiculailj -I.HM..I.S to l ave mo pet out of town ami i.ocr lelt r. e for a i.:oment un til vo lu.liU lietti't. 1 wailed until i,ov.nsutot MjihtMid tlun took near llnue to the liolil. 'UoM.Nt i:.crnlngre mr.ae erranpo nu.ats lor 1.1s erriM in the idurnomv and 0L,n.t 1 oilci. I dtrtfed to take n little Hioll. 1 hue v. i.s ci.!y ure man In town that 1 kniw ii.tM l.'t M inc. d '""J was Cmn. Tl-f 1-mcs v. ere h two miles Item l.m bouse, ar.d 1 took llj"1i,'dkln t meet n r'trlan, but at the Foin.d of vlul lc.l..d i:p. ai.d there vva. Green driving riKbt toward mc! Ihere M emed n n vt ca, e. a..d lor tho mo ment 1 vv.s , -irhlyud. Suddenly I noticed hat there win u Inigo tekaraph polo Just , Eead of me, ami I aw that retarding U speed and gauging It according to b I I could move In sirch relation to the pole that It would obstruct his line of vislo. fl d hide me, 'I never walked jc j carefu ly In my life, but It saved me IJO-OOO, for lo hour, after we ,i niioitbp monrr..r usupxmsa ECCENTRIC WAGERS.- CURIOUS BETS MADE BY PROMINENT MEN IN OLD LONDON. A Contest In Masquerading Which Wot to the Wrong Man Deta on Eating and Drinking But Lord Lome Won the Bert of All These Wager. So far as we can go back into the world's history, wo find the rage for making wagers provaleut. The Romans had a great inclination for betting, nnd they bad n conventional form of ratify ing their contracts, whicli consisted in taking from their finder tho ring, which tho higher clashes invariably wore, and giving it to tho keeping of somo third party. In the old days somo very ex traordinary bets wero mado. Thomas Hodgson nnd Samuel Whitehead wager ed iu tho castlo yard, York, as to which should nssnnio tho most original char acter. Umpires wero solectod, whose duty it was to decido npon tho compara tive absurdity of tho costumes in which the two gentlemen appeared. On the appointed day Hodgson camo beforo the umpires decorated with bank notes of prious valuo on his coat and waistcoat, a row of ft" guinea notes mid a long net tod purso of gold around his head, while a pieco of paper bearing tho words "John Bull" was attached to his back. Whitehead was dressed liko a woman on ono side; ono half of his face was painted, and ho woro a silk stocking aud slipper on ono leg. Tho other half of his faco was blackened to resemble that of a negro. On tho corresponding Bide of hia body ho woro a gaudy long tailed linen coat, and his leg was cased with leather breeches, with a boot and spur. Much to the astonishment of the crowd, tho stakes wero awardod to 'John Dull." Tho Duko of Quoensbury laid a sin gular wager with Sir Charles Bunbury about tho end of the last century. The former was to produce a man who was to walk from his grace's house in Pic cadilly, London, to tho ten milo stono beyond Hounslow in tho space of three hours, advancing four Eteps and at ev ery fourth 6tep retiring ono 6tep back ward. Tho bet was for 1,000. Most probably tho Duke of Quoensbury had- borrowed tho bint from a circumstance recorded in the history of Catherine Medicis. This celebrated and beautiful queen mado a vow that if an enterprise of consequence in which sho was en gaged should terminate successfully she would send t a pilgrim to Jerusalem, traveling on foot in. tho ruaunor de scribed. Having succeeded in her flrBt point, it remained to discover a man with vigor and patience enough to un dertake tho journey. A citizen of Ver berris, Picardy, presented himsolf and promised most scrupulously to accom plisli tho vow. Ho fulfilled his engage ment with great precision, of which the queen was well assured by thoso whom sho bad appointed to travel by his 6ide and watch his motions. There was a notorious gambler at tho end of tho last century who ruined him self finally by a very extraordinary bet. Ho bad been playing with Lord Lorno. Their stakes had been very high, and luck had gono steadily against him. Ex asperated at bis losses, ho jumped up from tho card table, and seizing a largo punch bowl said: 'For oneo I'll havo a bet when I've got a chanco of winning 1 Odd or even for 15,000 guineas?" "Odd," replied the peer calmly. The bowl was dashed against tho wall, and on tho pieces being counted thero proved to bo an odd ono. Tho rash gambler pr.id his 15,000 guineas; hul if tradition bo correct, it was only by foiling tho last of his es tates that ho was enabled to do so. Hero is a record of another wager: A member of parliament bet n gentleman well known on tho turf that a man should go Iron London to Edinburgh in any node ha choso whilo another mado a million of dots with a pen aud ink upon writing paper. Eating and drinking havo at all times been tho subject of bets, and we boar of a courier, by nanio Aristocratic Tom of tho Old Lion, London, for the trifling bet of a shilling undertook to drink thrco gills of lamp oil of tho most ran cid and nau?eous quality that could bo procured, which ho performed with as much gusto and relish ns if it had been tho most delicious cordial. Tho money he had won was immediately converted into strong beer, which, with a penny loaf soaked in another portion of oil, he likewise swallowed. About two hours after this repast for another wnger ho swallowed 20 eggs with the shell In V minutes, but tho last having a young chicken in it ho complained it spoiled his stomach. Feats of strength, too, havo been a fruitful sourco of wagering. In 1702 a waizer for 50 was mado betwecu a Mr. Hopkins nnd a Mr. Dalton that the latter could not carry 500 sacks of flour weichiug 20 stono 20 yards in 12 hours Mr. Dalton began tho undertaking, but thero not being a sufficient number of sacks in tho town he used but ono weigh ing 20 6tono 8 pounds, which ho carriod 250 timos each way 21 yards, and, not withstanding ho carriod above tho weight and tho distanco ono yard moro than agreed upon, tho feat was per formed with great ease in seven hours and 25 minutes. Chicago Tribune. Surprl.I, but Kqnal to IU Tho marshal in a western town had occasion to nrrcst four or fivo ugly citi rcns,vand ho called on Mr. William J Smith, better known ns Bill, to act us a posso comitatns. The offenders were found in n saloon, and Mr. Smith went in thero with tho sheriff very modestly Tho sheriff hadn't more than stated his business when ho pulled a pistol and tho crowd broke for tho back door. Tho sheriff fired and missed, and Mr. Smith tnm l.lod tho biudermost man, the oth ers escaping. Then Mr. Smith looked at the sheriff with a look oi pain, -u i, Jim." he said, "why didn't you tell me you was goin to open the mectin with pra'r and I'd 'a had a full honse for you?" New xoric bud. WATCHING FOR REGINALD. Ihe Ia Determined to Pnraae Him to aa Bitter End. Darby is nothlnsr if he Is not rrmna. thetlq, and the other day when he was waiting for the train In the Union dopot and he saw an elderly woman clad In a drab veil, white cotton glovos, fluttering white ribbons and other rmhmhla nronf rf bridal attlro when Durby saw her woep-1 Ing bitterly into a lace handkerchief, he , approached nor and said gently: you eeem to be In trouble, my good woman. Can I help you In anv wavf" 'No; I don't know as you can." the re plied; "not unless you can find a man who says his namo is Reginald St. ClHlr, but like enough he Hod p'ut that, as I'm tbinkln ho lied about f.'ry thing else, blame his plctorl Ho bind he'd meet m here at 10 o'clock this jnnrnin, and hert it's 5 In tho afternoon, an I ain't seen hide nor hair of '1m I Ho said he'd wear a red flower In his buttonhole, and hero I've rushed up to half a dozon men with red flowers In their buttonholes thlnkin they was him, an ono emtio near bavin mo ar rested 'cuusu I wiih so sure be was Regi nald I up an kissed hhn!" 'Who 1 Reginald1" 'He's a man I've been correspondln with. I got his namo out of a paper where he'd advertised for a correspondent with a vlow to mutrliuoiiy. I ain't never seen him. but I've bad dozens of letters breath In devotion and declarin ho couldn't wait hardly until 1 got my weddin things ready, and here I sent 1m ?100 throe days ago causo ho said ho needed that much to fin ish furnishln our house and was u little short of funds. And hero I'vo coico 2(JC milori, and it looks mightily to mo as it Reginald St. Clair ain't a-goin to show up, an it ho don't I'll track 'im to tho end of tho earth an let '1m know he was fool in with the wrong person when ho tried to fool me I llo 11 give me buck that hundred dollars an whut I've spent for my troosow an what It's cost me to come hero. I'll let 'im know that there's a man with a red flower in his buttonhole. Mebbe that's Reginald. I'll ran an seel" Dut it was not Reginald, and the drab clad lady returned to Darby und said with Increased ire and bitterness: "No, It wasn't Reginald. I've about gi'n 'im up now, but I'll run Mm down yut, see If I don't!" Detroit Free Press. BUSTER'S SOUP. It Would Have Been Fine If the Bleat Hadn't Escaped. Buster has been making soup. As has been explained In previous frag mentary biographical sketches anont Dus ter, ho Is just a trifle over 3 yeurs of age. The other day Duster's mother was busy sewing, and Mary, the cook, was out. Buster had two little girls to stay witL him. Like the little gentleman he Is, Dustei docided ho would do the honors properly as host, and so he proposed to make some coup for his guests. He climbed up to the kitchen sink, fllleo a saucepan with hot water, climbed down again and, with tho aid of a chair, put it on the range. Then ha hunted around and found 60mo potatoes, nn onion And some flour. lis put these In the pot. Then he put In r handful of salt, all tho pepper In tho nor. about an ounce and some bird seed. Then ho put in the contents of the sugar bowl. The little glrla looked oa with undis guised admiration, but presently one said "Buster, doy isn't any meat In tho soup, I never heard of soup wifout meat In It." Buster looked distressed. Ho knew th little girl was right, and yet , Suddenly an Idea came to him. He jumped from the chair, grabbed tho cat and dropped her luto tho pot. "Uercl" ho said. "Meow I Pht-rrtitl Mce-ow-ow-owl Pht rihtl said the cat. "Tho pot was overturned, and tho little clrls screamed. Then mamma appeared. "What In the land of goodness havo you been doing?" hodemnndod.'wlth somo incitement, lint Buster was too mortified at tho escape of tho meat from his soup to do anything but howl and say, "Tho old soup wouldn t stay souped." New York World. The Semaphore. Shortly before tho French revolution m.iiuln Chnnoo at Ancers invented a sem aphoro telegraph, consisting of relays of fiwnm surmounted bv movublo anna. This plan, with modifications, was adopt- prl in Franco. Emilaml nnd other countries. In August, 17UJ, tho first of .Chappo's lines was completed between l'aris ami I.lll.i. nnd on Sent. 1 at noon tno weicoino news of the recapture of tho town of Condo from the Austrians was transmitted ty it from Lillo and announced by Carnot to t.hn ilemitloa In Paris tho same evening. The Inventor, who was the first person that received tho title of telegraph engi neer (ingoniour tek grapho), as head of a telegraphic department in tne military tho first reuubllc. wus suocceded in thla ofTlon hv his brothers. Icnatius and Rene. During the directory, the empiro and tho reigns of Ioul8 a v ui anu unuries v mimnraua lines of this description wero constructed in Franco. Louis Philippe secured tho Introduction of the electric telegraph, but both systems were in use rinwn r,n the t mo of tho Crimean war, an cr which the semaphore was finally aban doned. Cornhill Magazine. The Thankful Editor. "During our absence from the oflleo Wednesday evening last," writes a rural editor, "some evil minded person, think ing that wo were seated at our desk, fired a load of buckshot through our window, but as a kind, protecting Providence would have it', the entire load was received by a stranger who was waiting for us in our office. Thore is no trace of the assas sin, and at thl writing the stranger who so fortunately flllod our place at the tlms Is too weak t talk. Thus is another mid night assassin foiled. The Lord will pro vide." Atlanta Constitution. Get Your Bicycles ..Repaiifd Work promptly and neatly done and st mod erateooet. All kinds of repair work done such as Sewinc Machines, Typewriters, Tranks Ioena Umbrellas. Ala Cutlery rlndlng. Also ant for sewlnff machine needles. If you have work to be done ftive me a trial. 8atl faction guaranteed. ALFRED MARLOR, WUllam Carllne's old stand, at the rear of Larry Horan's (trooery store, Qulncy street llaneock. We Cater To Those Who Demand The Best! REMEMBER AND COGITATE: In Ileanty. orkiUMUfthii, FlnlNh and quality of Material PRICES: $50. S60. $75. Tandems: $1 lO, $120. $126. WE ALSO HANDLE THE Celebrated Crescent Bicycles A Wheel Alora Largely 1'erd Thau Any other In Thl Country. TI1EUE MUST UK SOME HFASON FOUTHl!: When the tame condition rrevailsey ery year, ihey must have merit. Tl ey meet every requirement, price value, weight, size and sex. CRESCENT WHEELS FOR THE MULTITUDES l'flrH, ago, 3. .3. 5. halnleM and Tandem. 75. ' G. . ROHRER. . JEWELER, . HANCOCK. Investors From i i-a o . o, More Compound Interest. Little Difference in Premiums Large Difference in Dividends, Policy No. 115,364 of The Northwestern Mut ual Life Ins. Co. was issued in 1882 at age 51, for $5,000, on the 15-year Endowment plan with a 15 year Accumulation period. Results of exactly feimiiar policies in the Equitable and New York Life compare as follows: Company. NorthweBtern Annual Premium $ Am't Insured 5,000 00 lu-yr. Dividend Total cash paid Noi thwestern'H Excess 2,840 51 fj840 51 As au inveptmeiittue Nonhw. tern't policy returns $85G or over per cent, more Compound interest than the Equitable, and $1,221 or oyer 2 per cent, more than the Nw York Lit. From "Itefults In 1PD"." published by the Equitable ar.d New York Life. Insure with the North western Mutual Life Ins. Coforriiit est security and largest results. E. L. WRIGHT, HANCOCK, yesterday, Today, Tomorrow, ways A- PELTO. CUSTOM TAILOR HANCOCK. At the Jewell Rouse, Calumet, on Wednesday of each week. PORT WHAT ARE THEY-Thebest cigars ir the mar ket today. Clear Havana filler. Connecticut binder and Samatra wrapper. FOR SALE BY ALL FIRST-CLASS DEALERS. or All Hlarh-Urade Clear, The et Froren Oporto To Be The nrt-Shakpear. W A PI Whal's Tho Use Of Paying Tho Samo Price For 01 Beer When You Can Cet Rhlnegold. ''The Best." Ilottltd for F.n.lll, Heatanpt. Ai.d S.n.ple Itooma. I " The Tacoma atfe- riPPN HAY Th. abo.. rc.uur.ntl,now'op. be found on our bill of fare, wtoaierww .pectruuy.oue.. ssMTIOML BICYCLE WITH A NVTIONAL REPUTATION la Mjr All Odd The lleat Wheel Ou The Slarket Today. KMer Never Changes HU Mind The National Wheels Have No Equal. Look Here ! to Over a i-i Per; Cent. Equitable Life New York Lifa 85 15 aS8 85 5,000 00 1,090 00 icocToo 850 51 $ 088 85 5,000 00 M,G25 00 02500 1,221 51 District Agent. MICHIGAN. 7Zk Finds a ready market for High Art Custom Made Cloth ing. It's the one line that's al fashionable, always want- I ed, always salable. Nowis the time to give your order for a summer suit or top coat. S TWENTIETH CEXTIBY, MTK4HJIIT, tOMUA JCs FECIAL. - R N,lNC H CQ Q 0 4 P. AND NIGHT. ffiKKS! j H0CKN0 & CO. I Li V ft