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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-31
LODGE MEETINGS.

Attention Sir Knights:
The annual mee,igg of the Montrose
COmmandery takes place on the evening
Of Friday, April 2, at which time the
selection OF officers will be held. A full at
tendance is requested
r. 81. OSBORN, C.
E. G. Brown, Rec
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-31
TOBY AND THE BEAR.
A mANEUVER OVER WHICH THE WISE
OLD NATIVES DIFFERED

Toby Was the smartest Bear Dog Ia All
the Woods and His Owner wouldn't
Have sold Him For sIOo. but tie Wasn't
Cut out For an Acrobat.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-02

Oh the course of the Mississippi. Btt
rndlnS that it was goirc - me wrong
direction, the river mus have broken
q new path through it's soft banks and
lett the curve to one side. Besides
these "cut-offs," as they are called a
great number of peculiar mounds. s,,ch
as form the banks of the stream. arc
scattered through the territory ad-
Jacent to the river, showing that the
Mississippi must have passed over a
good part of the valley at different
times in the past while on it's way 10
the sea.
This fact explains the remarkable
fertility of the land near the lower
Mississippi. A great part of if has
been built entirely of this rich river do
post, as the delta is being built at
present, while the rest has been thick
ly coated with it during the varions
times that it formed a part of the river
bed. This part of the valley is ac-
knoWledged to be the most productive
lane in the world. 1t is com nosed
largely of mineral substances, but rom
tains also considerable vegetable nat
ter, making it the richest fertilizer
known. It grows wheat, corn. cotton
sugar, rice and all manner Of vegetables
in wonderful profusion and in a very
short time. One acre produces
seventy bushels of wheat in a s:npl
crop, whereas thirty bushels is con-
sidered good in other places.
~ al
conduct of the Mississippi in former
times, for it has made The country
through which it flows worthy Of its
title, "The Garden of the World" But
now things are different. The land
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-02

enters into 1t easily, undermlnes and
eats it away until suddenly the bank,
island or bar gives way and in a few
moments the course of the river under
goes a great change.
1t is this uncertain habit the river
has of suddenly shifting it's course or
changing it's appearance that adds an
element OF danger to life in it's vicinity
and makes it so difficult to navigate.
Sometimes a steamboat in coming up
the stream will pass directly over the
spot where stood an island when it
passed down a few days before. Or
perhaps it will find a new island or bar
where the water was formerly clear,
or have to sail over what was before
a farm or plantation, and leave the
previous course some distance to one
side. This has frequently led to dis
putes and law suits between farmers
whose lands had been seized by the
river and those on the other side who
suddenly found large tracts Of rich, fer
tile soil added to their domains.
To this habit the river has of deposit
ing sediment along it's banks must also
be ascribed the numerous tw%istings and
turnings in the channel which follow
one another so closely. A small bar or
other obstruction starting out from the
shore catches the silt as it comes down
and soon builds up a curving bank that
turns the course of the stream. Still
tho wofor Eoorc alIi,,r ~ ,,,o%{o, ~
it and extending it further and further
around until the river is flowing in an
opposite direction to that it ought to
follow. Sometimes it almost describes
a complete circle before it is turned
again in the right direction. The
the mouth of the Missouri down, is a
series of large, graceful bends, one after
another. The distance from St. Louis
to the sea as the river makes the jour
ney is 1900 miles, but in a straight
line it is not quite 700 miles. Thus,
because of the distractions which the
river is constantly carrying down and
placing in it's own path, it is obliged
to travel nearly twice as far as is neces-
sary between these two points.
Look on any large map of the Mis-
sissippi valley south of Mason and
Dixon's line, you will see on either
side of the river, and quite distinct
from it, a large number of small, cir
cular lakes. Some of these have mere
ly a slight bend, while others have the
shape of horseshoes. These crescent
shaped lakes indicate the fact that at
sometime in the past they formed part
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-02

appear enormous. It is stated by ex-
perts who have made long and careful
observations that the matter thus car
ried down by the Mississippi in a'single
year amounts to a solid mass one mile
square and 1853 feet deep. This sedi-
ment is being constantly deposited
along the shores and upon the bars
and islands that abound in this re-
markable stream. Most Of it, however,
is carried down to the gulf, where it is
added to that already there, forming
the delta. This process has been 60
ing on for such a long time that the
delta, which at some former age was
located in the vincinity of the Red
river, has been moved into the Gulf
of Mexico a distance of 800 miles or
more. All the country on both sides
of the river for this 800 miles has been
built up in this way. The land upon
which the city of New Orleans is stu
ated is part of this territory which
the river has made.
Along the lower course of the Mis-
sissippi the natural banks of the river
are in many cases in the nature of
levees, having been added to by the
stream until they are higher than the
surrounding country. The strange
phenomenon of having to walk up"
to the shore of the river, instead of
down." is frequently met with in this
part of the country. But the very
nature of the soil with which the bars,
islands and banks of the Mississippi
have been built make them of very
uncertain length of life. Being COM
posed in the first place of so much
water and being deposited in or near
the river. it is very soluble. The water
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-02
A
The Diseases of Modern and the Health
OF Classic STYLES.

A"e D'eo"e0s Vi modern and the Health
OF Classic Styles.
Modern literature has been more or
less sentimental since Petrarch. a NOR
bldly subjective strain has existed in
1t since Rousseau, while of late a onal-
ity is beginning to appear which we
cannot better describe than as neurotic,
says the Atlantic. We simply say, to
~paraphrase an utterance of Chamfort's.
that the success of some contemporarv
books is due to the correspondence that
exists between the state of the authors
nerves and the state of the nerves
of the public. Spiritual despondencv
which, under the name of acedia was
~count one of the seven deadly sins
during the middle ages, has come in
these later days to be one of the main
resources OF literature. Life itself has
recently been defined by n of the
lights OF the French deliouescent
schoo as AN %epileptic fit betwee, two
nothings."
1t is no small esource to be ahla tn
escape from these miasmatic exhala-
tons of contemporary literature into
the bracing atmosphere of the classics
for of him who has caught the pro-
founder teachings Of Greek literature.
we may say, in the words of the "imi-
t%ation,' hat he is released from a mil
titude of opinions. We may app]v to
authors like Sophocles and Plato. and
to those who have penetrated their
deeper meaning the language the Budd-
hists used to describe their perfect
sage-language which will at once ro-
mind the scholar of the beginning Of
the second book of Lucretius: "When
the learned man has driven away van
ity by earnestness, he, the wise. climb
ing the terraced heights of wisdom
looks down upon the fools. Serene he
looks upon the toiling crowd. as ona
that stands IN a mountain looks dow,
On them that stand upon the plain"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-02

former course. This yearly action of
the Nile in flooding the adjacent
try and leaving it covered, when it
withdrew, with a surface of rich, fer
tile mud, made a deep impression upon
the ancient Egyptians and they wor-
SHIPPED the river as a great god. The
Mississippi acts in the same way, with
the exception that it is as irregular and
uncertain as the Nile is regular and
certain. 1t is also, in conjunction with
the Missouri, the longest stream in the
world, having a total length of 1920
miles.
While the Nile has been rolling along
for ages in the same channel, the Mis-
sissippi has been roaming all over it's
valley, twisting hither and thither,
building up banks and then cutting
through them and suddenly abandon
ing the old channel for a new one. It
is doing the same thing today, and for
the last thirty years the government
and it's ablest engineers have been
studying the difficult problem of how
to make the Mississippi river stay
where it is and keep within it's banks.
The cause of the trouble lies in the
large amount of silt, a fine earthly sedi-
ment, or slime, which the Mississippi
is constantly carrying down and
emptying into the sea. The vast
length of the Mississippi and it's tribu-
~taries, measuring 5000 miles of navi-
gable waters and draining an area of
1,244 900 square miles, must account in
a large part for the great quantity Of
this matter, but even when these facts
are considered the estimate must still
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-02
Try Graln-O.

Ask your grocer today to show you
a package of GRAIN-O, the new food
drink that takes the place of coffee.
The children may drink it without
injury as we'll as the adult. All who
try it like it. GRAIN-O has that rich
seal Blown OF Mocha or Java, but it is
made from pure grains, and the mont
delicate stomach receives it without
distress. n the price Of coffee.
Is cents and Is cents per package.
Sold by all grocers. Tastes like cot
fee. Looks like coffee. +
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-02

has all been occupied, the people are
engaged in tilling the soil and they
want the river to leave them lone.
They would like it to forego the wan
dcring habits of it's youth and settle
down into one certain course. But this
the river is loath to do. Many schemes
have been suggested for compelling i.
to stay where it is, but the levee and
jetty system seems to be the only
feasible one.
The first levee was built as long age
as lI17. In that year De la Tour. a
French engineer, constructed one about
a mile long for the protection OF the
infant city of New Orleans. From that
SINAI! beginning they have been gradu-
ally added to until now they extend up
the east bank almost to Memphis, and
up the west bank to a point opposite
the mouth of the Ohio. But although
they are being strengthened each year,
they are still far from perfect. They
have to stand an m pressure,
especially in flood time, and as the
only earth available for their on
struction is the soft soil that is found
in the vicinity of the river, they are
easily acted upon by the water.
The clearing away of instructions in
the rivers all over the northern part
of the country and the destruction Of
the forests are supposed to contribute
largely to the severity of the floods of
late years. The spring rains that
formerly took months to reach the
main river are now precipitated al
most at once upon the lower MISSISSIPPI
pi, causing great destruction of life
and property. If all this extra water
could be carried off as fast as it al
rives, there would be no danger, but
owing to the %tortuous nature of the
channel and the distractions of the
delta, this is impossible.
In 1875 congress authorized Capt.
Eads to begin the construction of jet
ties in the branches of the delta. When
the river reaches the delta it divides
anu flows into the sea through five diff
ferent outlets, called passes. In these
passes Capt. Eads built long walls of
masonry, combining the stream 10 ii
narrow channel. This had the effect
OF quickening the current, which
secured gu the bottom of the channel,
deepening it and carrying off all OBJ
structions. Extensive dredging opera
tons were also begun for clearing the
passes and allowing the water to reach
the gulf more quickly.
These are the plans upon which the
work of combining the Mississippi to it's
present channel is being carried on.
But it will probably be some time be-
fore the 'levees and %jetties are of suffi-
Gent strength and extent to remove all
danger of floods. Whether the current
can BE %quickened enough to carry off
all the sediment and thus remove the
possibility of shifting bars and chang
ing the channel is a doubtful question.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-02
An Inquiry.

Inventor-This is a new gas meter
While the gas is burning the meter ac-
quires such a momentum that it keeps
going after the gas has been turned
off. Gas Offcial-I understand put
in what respect does it differ from the
meters now in use?
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-02
A Changed Man.

Maude-You wouldn't know my beau
now, If you met him.
Nell-Why, has he changed so much
as that?
Maude-That isn't 1t exactly. I've
changed him.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-02
Little Choice Loft Him.

''Sir," said the indignant constitu-
ent, Il am compelled to say that
you have acted the part of q knave."
"Great Jonah!' replied the as
tonished congressman. would you
have me be a fools"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-02

DRorsY treated free by DR.. H. H. Green's
Sons, of Atlanta, Ga. The greatest dropsy
specialists in the world. Re- ad their adver.
tisen.ent in another column of this paper.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-02
Information ana Adv.~.

JoDes-l think you are carrying too
heavy an ccount i'll you1 bank. I've,
heard some unfavoraple rumors as to
its s%olvency. Smith-Nonsense: l am
a director of the bank. Jones-I know.
That's why ( thought I'd give you a
tip.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-02

The development of a school from small beginnings
into a great educational institution, is directly trace
able to = careful selection Of the best ability and
minute attention to the details of administration. No
Institution is so favorably known in this respect as the
NEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY OF Music in BosroN.
With nearly a million dollars invested in its magnia-
cent buildings, and with courses in music and elocu-
ton and practical instruction in piano and organ
tuning, the advantages offered ore unparalleled. and
prove beyond question that the student can make no
mistake who selects this school in preference to any
other, at home or abroad.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-02
Shake Into Your Shoes.

mako Into Your SnOoB. -
Aliens Foot-Ease, a powder for the
feet. 1t cures painful, swollen, smart
ing feet and instantly takes the sting
out of corns and bunions. 1t is the
greatest comfort discovery of the age.
Aliens Foot-Ease makes tight-ftting
or new shoes feel easy. 1t is a certain
cure for sweating, callous and hot,
tired, aching feet. Try it to-day. Sold
by all druggists and shoe stores. BY
mail for Csc in stamps. Trial package
FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted, LIE
Roy, N. Y.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-02

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing syrup
For children tcethiHg softens the gumS, reduces innam.
nation, alIaJ 8 pain. cures wind collie. rs cents q bottle.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-02

HE Mississippi is
probably the 10
remarkable river in
the world. The
Nile, which it re-
sembles more near
ly than any other
stream, is noted for
the regularity with
which it overfows
it's banks and e
cedes again to it's
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-02

The further a man gets away from his
youth, the smarter be believes himself to
have been.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-02

Two bottles Of Piso's Cure for Consump.
ton cured me of a bad lung trouble.-Mrs.
J. Nichols, Princeton, Ind, Mar. rs, 1895.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-02

After a man's daughter becomes an old
woman, he calls her his little girl.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-02

Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Life Away.
II quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag
netic, full of life, nerve and vigor, take No-To-
BAG, the wonder-worker. that makes weak men
strong. All druggists, SOC or 81. Cure guaran-
teed. Booklet and sample free. Address
Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or New York.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-02

Hens that are laying regularly SHOULD
have a little extra food.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-02

Every person ought to lave an old pair
of shoes to rest up in.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-02

No-To-Bac for Fifty Cents.
Guaranteed tocacco habit cure, makes weak
men strong, blood pure. SOC, 81. All druggists
Dry-picked poultry generally brings the
best price.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-02
OUR MIGHTY RIVER.
ITS MAD CAREER HAS MADE
MANY CHANGES.
The Mississippi Easily the Most Unruly
Stream in the World-Eforts of the
Government to Keep 1t Within Its
sounds.

N@* HE Mississippi is
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-24
STRIKERS RANKS INCREASED.
LITHUANIAN TAILoRs GO OUT, AND MORE TO
FOLLOW.

LITHUANIAN TAIIORs GO OUT, AND MORE TO
FOLLOW.
Eleven hundred of the Lithuanian taors who
were TO go on strike to-day took time by the fore
lock and left their benches yesterday. The men,
bers of the Progressive Taors' Union also went on
strike I'm several shops including that Of Green
berg & Piser. at Allen and Stanton SITS the pal
ance OF the fifteen hundred Lithuanian tailors Will
go out to-day and also the four thousand members
OF the Vest Makers Union.
William Cohen the delegate OF the brotherhood
Of Tailors which has been readmitted 10 member
shin in the Central Labor Union, attended the
meeting of that body yesterday. and reported that
to-day every one of the unions would be on strike.
Never Schoenfeld the leader of the strikers. said
Yesterday that A. Cohen. a contractor. of Gouver-
neur-st. and East Broadway, Will open MS snop
tomorrow He employs two hundred ana hity
cent over the agreement of last year, ana they VIII
work under the weekly wage system
Fechhemer, Fishel & co. have also agreed 70 re-
THE brotherhood of Tailors in making its de-
mands will ignore the contractors untll III mas Cd
tained an agreement; from the manufacturers that
tbnv will he responsible for the contractors living
M TO the agreement which the Brotherhood may
afterward make with the contractors.
In reply 10 the offer made by the contractors 10
take their employees back on the pleceWork system,
Schoenfeld said that the Brotherhood would not
agree 10 1t. as it was impractcaDe !, taRes nan
a dozen men to make a coat, ana tney work III
teams The strikers said the pieceWorK system
was nothing more than the task system OF inc
sweatshops, and that they must nave weekly
Max Cohen. a contractor OF No. q Ptt-st.. who
lives at No - Pittst., was reported missing yes
terdav lie was alleged TO have left the city owing
his employees $50 His wife, who has eight chill
dren said last night that she thought he had gone
10 Brazil. where a rich sister or his ives he had
often talked OF going He left his wife SO before
ne
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-24
NEW-ROCHELLE

The house of the New-Rochelle Rowing Club. on
Echo Bay will be formally opened on "Wednesday
with music and dancing followed by dinner. Co.
lumbus O'Donnen Iselin has recently become
member OF the club.
The sacred cantata THE Holy City" will be given
In St Johns Methodist Episcopal Church on Thurs
day night under the direction Of George }. Mayer;
The solosts the Misses Louise Wdmeyer ana
Belle Newport and John Avery, William stephens
and James Rohan will be assisted by a choir or
twenty voices from ST. AIMS Episcopal Church'
New-York City.
At the meeting Of the Woman's Missionary Asso-
citation I'm Trinity House tomorrow afternoon MISS
Fannie Schuyler will read paper on the Navajo
Indians - o,..
Members OF St Lucas's German Lutheran Church
will hold a meeting tonight TO consider the pulio
Ing OF a new church in Division-st.
4t tho village election in LarchmOnt Manor on
June the people will vote on proposition 10 ap-
propriate $3.50 to purchase steam fre engine
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-24
CENTRAL. LABOR UNION.

Al the meeting OF the Central Labor Union In
Clarendon Hall yesterday letter was read from
Joseph McKenna, Attorney-General OF the United
States in reply TO one fiom the Central Labor
Union complaining that Y. W. Bliss Co. OF
Rrooklvn who have contract for making torpe-
does for the Government. were working their en-
Moves more than eight hours day. and that their
ac,ion was contrary to the laws which prescribe
that all employes of the National Government shall
work only eight hours
In his reply the Attorney-Gencral said; 1T APP
nears from printed contracts between the parties
that the f. ". Bliss company "a bound at Its own
risk and EXPENSE TO manufacture and deliver torpe-
does 10 the Navy Department.
He continued by saying that the United states
vos NOT RESPONSIBLE for and did not control the
emnoyes of T. W Bliss & CO., and that the Su.
preme Court had decided that the statute referred
10 related only persons employed directly Dy the
United States. 49,. , c.........,,
David Iubn n retired merchant OF Sacramento;
cal got the floor and asked that the central
Labor Union indorse his scheme FOR bounty on
ogriculttral exports. Mr.. Lubin made long ad-
dress In which he declared that the same condl-
lions were being brought about In this country as
ca"sed tho fall OF the Roman Empire. namely. that
mo farmers were being compelled TO pay for the
ro,ectIon from which the factories derived the
benefits He said that William J. Bryan told MIN
Ina, ne aid not believe in his theory, because he
was a free-trader. Mr. Lubin said that he was
neither a protectlonist nor free-trader nut De,
lever in equity. The scheme was finally approved
k,,a larV m "a