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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-15
A Pointed Question.

The great question whether the use
of forks is understood in Chicago hav-
ing been happily settled in Paris, 1t
may be asked in seriousness whether
forks are not too much used in Chicago
and everywhere else. Not that anybody
wants to use tho knife for conveying
food to the mouth, but might not the
teasnoon as a part of the dinner equip
ment be little more prominent?
People of breeding train their chill
dren to eat peas, for instance. with a
fork, tabooing the spoon for no apparent
reason other than that its use would
simplify and facilitate the operation.
On the same principle they ought to eat
their peas with chopsticks, as CHINA
man could easily do. So with certain
kinds of pie and pastry. The relish is
marred by the loss Of juices too thin for
the fork to carry. Yet the man who
values his social reputation must not
ask for a spoon. :,
The proper use of the silver fork
might be better understood IL 1t were
regarded as modified shovel with linn
itations imposed by its Sits. For solids
it is an excellent shovel. For liquids II
is naturally failure. The countrymanl
who ON his first visit to a city hotel
asked the water for spoon with nc
Sits in it was no legitimate subject OF
ridioule. He was an impartial critic
being without the prejudice of habit OF
tradition. Hotel Mail.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-15
High Hats and Prices.

"If do not have the exact change,
have invariably to pay 10 cents for a
drink even in 10 cent saloon" said
man v no habitually wears high hat,
which never appears to be new. Yes
terday, for example, L offered quarter
in payment for cocktail for which l
had paid 10 cents few days before, as
usual got back but dime. When
mentioned the price of my previous cock
tail, the saloon keeper said:
"'You asked for the best whisky,
didn't your
81 hadn't, but there was no use Ill
kicking. When l told my grocer, who
knows the saloon keeper, Of the episode,
he said it was because Of my high hat
that l was overcharged. Although said
the hat was too old to give an impress
sion that its wearer was wealthy, he in
sisted that he was right.
" Either wear derby, or always
carry dime with you when you go for
a drink, he said. It's the high hat that
does it. I intend to take his advice as
to the dime or patronize a 10 cent sa-
loon. What l object to is paying 10
cents for 10 cent drink. New York
SIM
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-15

Articles Of association Of the lele Roy
ale Consolidated Mining Co. have been
fled in the Office Of the county clerk, he
amount OF the capital stock OF the asso-
citation being $2,500,00D, divided into
100000 shares Of $25 each. SO far no
cash has been paid in on the capital
stock neither has any property been con-
yeyed to the company; the time OF incor-
poration Is thirty years. The first board
of directors is composed OF the following
gentlemen: Clarence Bssell, Charles IL.
Altmiller, Walter A. S. Chrimes, Phillip
Dumaresq and William +. Parnall.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-15
The Trail of Slang.

1t is astonishing how the children
pick up slang. No matter how select
the neighborhood or how careful the
parents the bywords of the street are
sure to drop when least expected from
infantile lips.
A day or two ago 4-year-old daugh-
ter of east end parents was being escort
ed along East Prospect street by her
doting papa, when they met little boy
of the same age escorted by his papa.
Both papas are well acquainted, and
they stopped to chat for moment or
two.
"Who is this little boy, Mabel?"
asked the first papa
"It's Edward" promptly answered
Miss Mabel.
"And who is this with Edward?'
continued the first papa as he pointed
to the second.
"That's Edwards old man," said
Miss Mabel. Plain Dealer.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-15
Amsr.s.u snun For the Pope.

Pope Leo XIII sneezes just as other
lortals do, and he adheres TO a custom
aill practiced in this country by geii-
tlemen of the old school-that of using
snuff to tickle his olfactories. 1t is not
generally known that the snuff used by
the head of the Roman Catholic church
is made in Baltimore especially for his
use. This particular snuff goes direct
fom prosaic Canton to the sacred pre-
cincts of the Vatican. 1t is the highest
priced snuff made anywhere in the
world, and its value is increased several
times above the original cost after the
customs duty has been paid to the Ital-
ian government.
The snuff for the prince of Rome is
manufactured from the pick of the finest
Virginia and Kentucky tobacco, the
Baltimore firm which makes the snuff
being careful that every vestige of stem
is removed from the tobacco before 1T
undergoes the process which changes
the leaf to a sneeze provoker Before 1t
is packed the snuff is favored with the
costly altar of roses.
One hundred pounds were first ordered
for the Vatican. This was packed in one
pound and five pound jars, each jar be-
| ing placed in leather case lined with
cardinal satin. The jars were of the
same color and each was tied with
cardinal ribbon. In honor of Cardinal
Gibbons, through whom the Baltimore
firm secured its first order, the snuff
was called Cardinal snuff. "
1t is supposed that the five pound jars
found resting place i'll the private
apartments of his holiness The one
pound jars were used as presents from
the pope to various cardinals and to
others of his friends fond of good
Baltimore sneeze. Baltimore Sun.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-15
Changes In Pronunciation.

1t requires 10 very profound knowl-
edge of English literature to ascertain
that the pronunciation of the language
has undergone vast change during the
last three centuries. The shrewd con-
lecture has. indeed, more than once been
hazarded that the works of the Eliza
bethan dramatist would be unintelligi-
BILE to modern audience if the native
and original pronunciation were adhered
to, and certain, at all events, it is that
in many well known passages of Shakes
peare the very rhythm Of the line i'm
peratively demands strange and unac-
customed accentuation of certain words.
With the peculiarities Of later period
most people are sufficiently acquainted.
That gold was goold and that china was
clancy during the Augustan era is mat
ter of common knowledge. And who can
forget Popp's description of Atticus:
Dreading even FOOLS by fatterers besiegeG
And SO obleeging that he ne'er obleeged?
The last mentioned mode, as well as
the two others. fingered on we'll into
the present century and was habitual
with Lord John Russell, though they
are all, probably. by this time as rare
| as Rooshia for Russia and rarer than
Spaw for Spa. chambers Journal.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-15

A dispatch from Hancock which an.
peared in the Detroit Evening News
OF February IL conveyed the following
startling information: Alderman George
huope comes out flatiooted and saws
there Is boodliDg in the council. Tax.
payers are demanding an investigation"
Mr.. Ruppe was asked what foundation
there was for this dispatch, which he had
not yet seen, when called upon by the
NEWS. He said, that's quite an exagger
alton oil kick | made against certain
bills at recent meeting of the council.
The fact Is though that the village
finances are run in a very loose manner.
though understand me, 1t is extrava-
gance not boodling mean.
IL think that anything to be done for
the village to cost more than say $50
should be done on contract made on bid.
We should get things done much cheaper
by following that plan, as witness, the
item OF street sprinkling The present
manner oil doing things has been going
on so long, however, that no one man
can effect "a change. | is a matter for
the interested taxpayers to take up,
they can enforce a new and better eys-
tenn OF handling our village expenditures.
Why the village has some $4,000 in
come yearly and big part of it is frit-
tered away and yet no man can put his
hand on any one thing and say there is
the leak. Many OF our citizens are well
aware that the money goes unexplaln-
ably and yet they are content to kick
and do nothing"
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-15

The attention of the readers OF the
Portage Lake column OF the NEWS is
again called to the fact that the gymna-
stun boys OF the Y. NJ. {. A., with the as
sistance OF the Calumet boys, will be
ready to give their friends an opportu-
nifty OF witnessing an exhibition of some
OF the work done in their classes .'omor-
row night. The order of exercises are as
follows: Parallel bars, battle ball game,
vaulting horse, single stick drill, horizon
tai bar, long horse and basket ball game.
The games will be played against Calu-
met teams. The single stick drill will be
acne worth the small admission fee
charged, which will be 20 cents for gen
tlemen and 10 cents for ladies and chill
dren.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-15

James Shields was elected to the sem
ate in lS48, defeating his predecessor,
Senator Breese. Shields had distin-
guished himself in the Mexican war
and at the battle of Cerro Gordo he was
shot through the lungs, the ball passing
out at his back. His recovery was one
of the marvels of the day. Shields war
record is believed to have secured to him
his triumph over Breese. When the
news Of Shields election was received,
q lawyer named Butterfield was speak
ing of it to group of friends, when
one of them remarked, lit was that
Mexican bullet that did the business. !"
"Yes," retorted Butterfield, that was
great shot. The ball went clear
through Shields without hurting him
and killed Breese 1000 miles away. y
San Francisco Argonaut.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-15
A Humbugging Story.

The story of the plot to capture Will
liam Penn first appeared in the United
States more than 20 years ago. 1t has
been contradicted over and over again,
but it still reappears periodically in the
newspapers. 1t is nothing less than a
miserable forgery, intended to deceive
the public either for the purpose OF
putting its credulity to test or OF
creating prejudice against the early
founders of New England. The name
of Mr.. Judkins is entirely unknown at
this library. No such chest of old pa
pers as is alleged to have been deposited
in the archives of the society has ever
been received and 10 such person rs
the one said 10 have made the deposit Is
known to the members. AT the date of
the document Cotton Mather was only
10 years old, which fact alone would be
presumptive evidence that he was not
connected with any such piratical
scheme. Furthermore, doubt whether
the word "scampe" was in use at that
period. Notes and Queries.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-15
The Supreme Court.

"The judges Of the United States
courts have, with rare exceptions, been
men of excellent legal ability and OF
high character, writes ex-President
Harrison in The Ladies' Home journal:
"The bar has sometimes complained
that judges were arbitrary and not al
WAYS as suave and respectful IN their
treatment of the members OF the bar as
they ought to be. Perhaps there has
been in particular cases ground for such
complaints, but the cases have peen
few. Manifestations of rudeness ana
passion are inexcusable in Judge ne
must be deferential if he expects DEFER
once. He should be patient and even
tempered, for the case is sure to go ms
wav in his own court And, on the otn-
err hand, the bar should always give It's
powerful aid to support the influence Oh
the courts, for the judicial department,
is the keystone Of our government ana
assaults upon it threaten the whoie
structure of the stately arch"
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-15
rio Health Officer of
rrankIin Township
Arrested
a. Complaint Of DIR. Sc alion
c..reed with Not Attending
70 HIS Duties ProperiS-o'her
Notes.

n, ]. E. scallon Saturday swore
-, warrant against DIR. |. Nj. Rhodes'
O''s .mnlaipt made charging DIR. Rhodes
'l ~ "sglect Of his duties as sheath officer
FRANKLIN w. township. The complaint
ada under act 1877 OF 1888,
amended by act 81 OF 1889.
' Tho case in which it is alleged that DR..
ph y. was neglectiul is in the family OF
T Ioso Maddigan, OF Ripley. A month
w.. one Of the children had diphtheria
"a covered. On Wednesday last Dr.
ps.ao, was called to attend another
AHA Mrs. Maddigan, familiar with the
....,t ease declared this child had diph-
iberia and D.. Rhodes assured her he
~onh have it better in twenty-four
so,,s On Friday the child was not bet
=, and a second child was becoming Ill.
n, Seallon was called ia by Mr.. Maddi-
nan and he pronounced the. first case IN
mlstakably diphtheria and it was then
that he learned the facts that induced
him 70 make the complaint noted above,
Some Of the duties of the health officer
under the act named above are:
Promptly investigate the subject.
Order prompt and thorough isolation
oIthose sick or injected with diphtheria.
600 that no person suffers for lack of
nurses or supplies.
Give public notice OF Injected places by
pscard on the premises, and otherwise If
necessary.
Notify teachers or superintendents OF
schools concerning families in which there
are cases Of diphtheria.
All these things the complaint alleges
Dr. Rhodes neglected to do.
DR.. Scallon was interviewed by the
News yesterday. He said "the difference
oiopinion that we're recently made pub
lie on the proper treatment OF diphtheria
have nothing to do with the proceeding.
that have instituted against DR.. Rhodes.
The matter OF trestmen is a thing be-
tween physician and his patient.
have made complaint that the health
officer Of Franklin township has been
negligent in his duties az laid down in a
statute Of the State OF Michigan. What
eyer opinion man may hold OF any law
hemust obey it as long as it remains in
force"
twill be remembered that recently in
an open letter DR.. Rhodes took issue with
hesitate board OF health on various
matters pertaining to the handling oil
contagious diseases denOminatinp
isolated, placarded houses as estate
germ breeding establishments"
hearing IN the proceedings now in
stltuted Will be had before Justice Finr
When Mrs. Maddigan is able to appear a:
witness.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-15
A Victim of Rudeness.

women are so inconsequent, COM
planned Chollie.
"What has happened now?' asked
the man to whom Chollie is specimen
to be thoughtfully studied.
81 was saying to Miss kean that
wished knew of some way in which
could be of use to the world, and she
broke right in ON my wemawks to tell
me that they were making pocketbooks
out of monkey skins nowadays. 1t was
pawsitively wude. Indianapolis Jour.
nal
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-15
HAS THE UMBRELLA FAD.

Chicago Man Who Carries 1t to Greater
Extremes Than Most People.
There is man on the North Side
who has the umbrella fad 1t would
hardly be fair to tell his name, as it
was learned in confidence, and the fad
might not be regarded as mere eccen-
tricity by some people who have suffer
ed from it and they might be tempted
to complain to the police. Again, every
body who has lost an umbrella-and
that means a majority of the people of
Chicago-would look up his address in
the directory and sweep down upon him
with the hope that his lost property
might be in his collection.
There are other men who have
weakness for taking umbrellas, but no
man is known to have carried it to so
great an extreme as this one He has a
collection numbering 400 umbrellas of
all kinds. A good many of them were
bought. Some of them were borrowed
from friends, with and without their
permission and others were acquired i'll
other ways which it would be hardly
polite to mention. The man is good
citizen in other respects, but he is VIC
tim of the umbrella habit, and when he
sees an umbrella he is compelled to
struggle very hard to resist the tempta-
ton to make himself its owner. Usual
y he yields to the temptation, and the
coveted prize is transferred to his col
lection.
The umbrella collector does not make
any great display of his collection. The
umbrellas are piled up in big closet in
his bedroom, and he very seldom visits
it. Now and then he looks over them
and counts them with satisfaction. The
last time he counted them there were
398 in the closet. He has added few
to his collection since that time.
In every other way except this pas
sion for umbrellas, which amounts to a
mania, the man is perfectly sane. Ills
friends regard him as very clever
man, and he holds responsible posi-
ton in big wholesale house down
town. But umbrellas are his weakness.
| He is victim of the umbrella habit
| lust as another man might be victim
of the opium habit or morphine habit,
! and his relatives are in constant fear
that the habit may some day get him
into trouble. Chicago Times-Herald.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-15

There is very liable to be conflict be-
tween the health authorities OF Hancock
ana Portage townships. 1t seems that
90 Friday Mrs. Joseph Siler, OF Hancock,
TOOK one OF her children to Houghton 10
Tue nome OF her mother, Mrs. Werner.
Ihe child had been ill several days and
N'nln lew hours after the arrival in
noughton died. DR.. Wheeler was called
anu decided death was caused by diph-
nerla Health Officer Scallon, of Han
COCK was notified and gave permission
"naye the funeral pass through his
~wn' but burial was finally made on
zoe Houghton side OF the lake.
Az the same time DR.. Scallon was mott
asu mat Mrs. Siler desired to return
nome and to this he made vigorous
~o'eSt' declaring he would institute pro-
asO'ngs under the statute prohibiting
.us'emoval OF anyone exposed to con-
"s'ous disease or with the disease from
Ooe township toanother. However, Sat
uuay afternoon Mrs. Siler and Mrs. Wer.
~ ~ were brought to Hancock by Marshal
.OTy' the officer, OF course, acting under
orders.
m. an act approved March 20, 1895,
A." a. ~ i a misdemeanor, punishable by
VIII wi, VI imprisonment, for any person sick
ons s" Narlet lever or any other danger
dssa communicable disease, any corpse
Ss a ~ VI such a disease, or any article liza.
orhao,eonVey any such disease, to come
a, III ~ brought into any township, city,
esl mage 10 Michigan, without the spe-
tS a' permit OF the board of health. or OF
Or y;, oa.n officer OF said township, city,
yis;o "a !: and then only under the super
w. Vi said health officer"
~, ~" unoer this act that DR.. Scallon in
A;s ' 70 institute proceedings and with
,,s' 'uo IN view he will consult the prose
cutting attorney.
~, ~ Jones, the health officer Of Hough'
M 0,,as asked disposition, stated that
b,o,s sa.a was i'll Of diphtheria VIII. n
tain sa' 10 his town and that he was GER
uo,s' .,s position in ordering the re
S,I,nu" the mother to her home. DIR
Honss '' on the other hand, said tina,
ton. a'on getting the case was Hough
cocl ., .a misfortune. that had the Han
no,,as "or''ies been instrumental in re
ton ths,' 'ne mother and child to Hough
as,n,.' would be liable under the sam,
tons s. O,,that having the case Hough
tale .sa a',n authorities are bound t
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-15
Making O Critic.

It was at an art show, and the tall,
aesthetic looking girl was walking
about in bored manner, while the
short one in serge rhapsodized over ev-
erything. Finally the latter remarked
alphabetically:
81 know my rawlings seem crude and
undiscriminating to you. Cousin Nell
saws you're such a connoisseur. How
did you ever get to be?"
The tall girl yawned.
"It's very simple" she said. "One
Merely has to dress for the part and call
everything which one understands at all
'hopelessly mediocre New York
Journal.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-15
A Child's Question.

James Payn tells of an amusing ques-
ton put to him seriously by little boy
of his own. The family were being
driven out Of their London house to
make way for the painters, cleaners and
whitewashers. Papa" said the child,
who had evidently been turning the
matter over in his own little head,
"where do the people in heaven go
when the spring cleaning begins there!'
The problem was too perplexing even
for Mr.. Payn.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-15

A little bird has whispered to the News
that certain charming young lady OF
Huront own is to be married on Wednes-
day next at ST. Ignatius' church. The
bridegroom is a resident Of Ripley. The
contracting parties suppose the proposed
marriage is not generally known, but the
little bird appeared TO enjoy the joke OF
giving the news away.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-15

Several Houghton county people have
been considering a trip to Europe the
coming summer with the Michigan dele
CATION to the Ghird worlds Sunday
school convention in London. Advice
has just been received that the conYen-
ton has been postponed one year.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-15
TIE ROSE or STARS.
When love, our great immortal,
Put on mortality.

When love, our great immortal,
Put on mortality,
And down from Eden's portal
Brought this sweet world to be,
AT the sublime archangel
He laughed with yelled eyes,
For he bore within his bosom
The seed Of paradise
He hid 10 in his bosom,
And there such warmth IL found
IL brake in bud and blossom,
And the rose fell on the ground.
AS the green light on the prairie,
As the red light ON the sea,
Through fragrant belts Of summer
Came this sweet world to be.
And the grave archangel, seeing,
Spread his mighty vans for flight,
But glow hung round him fleeing
Like the rose of an arctic night,
And sadly moving heavenward
By Venus and by Mars,
Ee heard the joyful planets
Hail earth, the rose of stars.
g. Il. Woodbury. in Century.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-15

There were large number OF men at
the mems meeting yesterday afternoon IN
the Y. M. C. A. auditorium. 1t was dis
appointment that the Lake Linden male
and ladies' quartettes were unable to get
here on account of the storm, as had been
telephoned to General Secretary Gillespie
at nOOn
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-15

1t is belieyed that the Tamarack pas
ket ball team OF the Calumet Y. M. Z. A.
will have to "play BALI tomorrow even
ing or be beaten by the Hancock team.
Game at 8 O'Clock in the Hancock gym
uaaium
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-15

She (sentimentally) What poetry
there is in firel
He (sadlyt Yes. A great deal OF my
pretty poetry has gone there. Toronto
Record.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-15
Convalescence.

Doctor-The matter with you is that
you want to be out more.
Patient-I'll be out enough when
get your bill, doctor. -Yonkers States
man.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-15

Ed Finn, son of Justice Finn, OF Han
cock. took position today in the Office
Of the Tamarack cooperative store CON-
papy as stenographer.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-15

It now looks as though there would De
several members OF the Hancock Y. A.
nresent at the State convention at Owosso
February 25-2S.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-15
He'd Starve.

"I don't see how Jolly lives with tha'
r;cb wife of his. She's Tartar"
"It would be a good deal harder 70
explain how he could live without her'
Detroit Free Press.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-15

Mr.. E. L. Wright is improving slowly
although still confined to his bed IL is
five weeks since he had to give up 10 iym'
phangitis.