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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-01
DIR. Nicoll on American Newspapers.

DIR. Nicoll, who came to this country
with Mr.. Barrie, read the American
newspapers while he was here and au-
daciously admits that he liked them.
He has confessed to The Westminster
Budget that in his opinion no American
institution is more misunderstood abroad
than the press. He thinks our newspa-
pers less sensational than they seem to
be and says, very truly, that you may
look in vain in them for such matter as
the divorce reports which the most prop
er English papers publish. Undoubted-
" we Americans like the newspapers
we have better, on the whole, than any
others in the market, but we are so con-
tinually advised that our passion for
them is guilty, that while we satisfy 1t
with prodigality we seldom attempt to
Justify or even to excuse it, so that to
hear our journals praised by visitor
excites emotions of considerable novel
ty After all, a liking for newspapers
is, like a liking for ones fellow crea-
lures, apt to concentrate itself on indi-
viduals. If DR.. Nicoll had been impoli-
tic enough to say which American pa
pers he liked, his comments would have
gained in interest all that they lost III
discretion. -Harper's Weekly.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-01

Abw days ago this paper mentioned
astylene gas as coming illuminant.
nenew light has been discussed in Han
cock 10 common with other places where
hets it's extreme brilliancy and low
cost have appeared. The impression is
that each user OF this light is compelled
toequip bis residence or place OF business
With generator, but this is not neces-
anlys for the company engaged in
putting the light on the market are pre-
pared to furnish generators OF sufficient
capacity to light village or city like
any city gas company.
Ine acetylene system has the adyan-
dgs over the old plants in that a much
smaller town or one using moderate
aulnOer Of lights may be served profita-
Wy lhelaying Of mains for the acety-
euesyStem too ia much less expensive,
"r,negaS having an Illuminating power
"e''e umes that OF ordinary gas does
uO'HQulrenearly solarge conducts.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-01
He Held the Winning Hand.

They were having the usual game of
cards in the smoking apartment. The
travelling men snapped jokes, nailed lies
and told bigger ones The stranger who
just sat in to fill out the game contrib
uted nothing but smiles and an occa.
sional general laugh to the social fea-
lures of the occasion.
Every once III while jovial drum
mer would announce that he had some
poker in his hand, and an occasional
side bet was made under the rules of
the great American game.
Finally one of these challenges elicit
ed from the stranger an admission that
poker was about the only game of cards
OF which he did not possess some knowl-
edge, but he had rather peculiar hand,
and because of the value it would have
in other games he would just take a
chance.
Bets were rapidly made until there
was $3.50 in the pot, when a call was
made, and the stranger awkwardly ask
ed how many points his opponent had.
''We don't count points,, was the
answer, "but l have four Fights. rath-
er think that will take the plumber. +"
"Well, L declared gasped the stran.
ger, as he leaned back and mopped his
brow. Here l am with high, jack,
game, big casino, an ace, run of five
and a flush, - as he threw down the
ace, king, queen, jack and ten of dia
monds. 81 really thought L had yor
beat" and he showed the money TOWARD
the paralyzed drummer.
In the midst Of the roar that followed
"a royal fush!' was shouted by some
one, and the stranger was hilariousl.
assured that he had won. His surprise,
face never gave away so much as ;
chuckle until he was alone that night
New York World.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-01
morrow is Candlemass day.
ON A LOW PLANE.
Japanese Commercial Morality Said to he
Below Par.

UoP0nSsc mofhlity Salu To lt6
Below Par.
1t has long been known to those who
had dealing with the Japanese that
commercial morality in Japan stands
almost on the lowest plane possible to a
civilized people With few exceptions
even those japanese who prove estima-
BILE and high minded in all other matters
are not to be trusted in business transac-
ton. In Japan the man who fails to
take advantage of his neighbor in bar
gain is looked upon as q fool The ex-
PLANTATION of this state Of things given
by Robert Young, who edits Kobe pa
per- is that merchants in Japan have
hitherto occupied the lowest rung on the
social ladder, being deemed inferior to
the tillers of the soil and but little above
the pariah class. Up to comparatively
recent period trader was but another
name for trickster and the pursuit of
commerce was held to argue a lack of
Integrity.
With changed commercial conditions
this low standard seems 10 have re-
NAMED unaltered, 50 that the japanese
trader is always thinking how he can
"best" the foreigner, and he will not
fulfill his engagements if by so doing ne
is likely TO suffer loss. Mr. Young gives
cogent reasons for believing that the
mikado's subjects soon will lose the for
eign customers they have gained unless
their code of commercial morals 3 ma
terially and rapidly improved.
Already japanese consuls have re-
| ported that the country's foreign trade
is seriously injured by merchants who
send abroad matches that will not strike,
rice that is not up to sample and stuffs
the only merit of which is cheapness.
Guilds have been formed to introduce
better methods of business, but they
have not wrought much improvement,
and the situation cannot be radically
changed so long as there is 10 publ,
opinion to support the application Of
morality to business. At present the or
binary japanese trader has no con
science, and until he acquires one thc
expected competition Of Japan i'll tn
markets of the world is not likely Il
be worthy of serious consideration.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-01
The Care of Clothing.

always shake, brush and fold your
clothes at night" is Walter Germans
advice to men in The Ladies' Home Jour-
nal "Never hang coats-fold them.
Trousers should be folded by putting the
two waist buttons together and preserv-
ing the crease. Fold lengthwise and
then double. Coats are folded length
wise, the sleeves in half first, then each
half of the coat to the sleeve line, then
the two remaining halves, the lining be-
ing ON the outside. Waistcoats are fold
ed in half, lengthwise. Never lounge
about your room in your clothes-noth.
ing destroys them SO much. When you
come in during the afternoon or at
night, remove your coat, waistcoat and
trousers and put on bath robe If you
are to remain in your room for any time.
Always have an old coat at the Office
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-01
ri, Childhood of Genius.

As far IS / have studied the child
hood of genius it commonly shows itself
less in performance than in character,
and, alas, not agreeably. The future
genius is often violent, ferocious, fond
Of solitude, disaereeable in society.
The great Du Guesclin, the scourge
of the English invaders of France,
was most odious boy. His parents had
to make him dine at a table apart. He
was rude, furious, bully; he beat ev-
cry boy he could lay hands on; he ran
away from home; he led companies OF
peasant children against other compa-
MES; he was the terror of the neighbor-
hood and the ugliest page as he be-
came 1.-THE ugliest knight in France. I"
This was the boyhood of great mill
tary genius; the boyhood it was of lit
tie savage.
SCOTS childhood was noisy. He yell
ed old poems at the top of his voice. He
loved the lonely hills. He read forever,
when he was not wandering aloRs, and
he remembered anything that he read
He was dreamer, a teller of romances
to himself. He delighted in fighting, as
did Keats. He studied everything ex'
cept his books. His enthusiasm for po'
etry made lady recognize him for gen
ius at the age of 6. but his father
thought he would end as a strolling fid
| der.
Napoleon, again, was sullen, lonely,
a dreamer, and always spelling for &
| fight" like Du Guesclin.
Unluckily, sullen, dreamy, pugna
cious boys are not at all uncommon
They do not become Scotts-not that M
was sullen-nor Du Guesclins nor Ma
poleons nor Byrons-for Byron, too
was passionate, lonely, morbid kline
of boy, with terrible fits of temper. Hi
early poems were trash.
Shelley's early poems were trash
Scott's were as almost any clever school
boy can write, and there is no promis
at all in Tennyson's Poems by Tw
Brothers. Andrew Lang in Mort
American Review.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-01

Saturday evening Marshal Malherbe
arrested a lad named Jerry Nelson, whose
home il al Osceola, for stealing IA watch
rom house at the Franklin Junior To-
cation. Nelson was taken before Justice
Finn and, admitting the charge which
WA made against him, was sentenced to
jail for sixty days.
Itseems that after taking the watch he
traded it with August Hohnala for a
much poorer watch and small sum OF
money. The second watch IL in the
possession OF the officer and he will de-
mand the stolen timepiece OF MIR. Holm
ala. Young Nelson was on his way in
from Calumet, when passing Franklin
junior he noticed a house door open and
the opportunity proved too much for
him. He gave his age as 1S years, but
hssemed to beyounger. The complaint
might have been for larceny instead OF
petit larceny, so the boy may consider
himself lucky in getting off as tasy as he
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-01
Hurrsh For Saewal

nAhlSETTE, Wis, December 81, 1896.
~. DaAh MR. tbs with pleasure that
s'''y lot your Kickapoo Indian RENE
~. ."'' nave been troubled with a severe
' ~ Of dyspepsia for years and l could
S S.s'a', Slnce using a bottle of your
- s'a nave a good appetite and moth
,,'. a'a' hurts me. firmly believe 1 am
,al - and | recommend your medicine
Wv w~ ' % best on themarket and shall al.
'''''nank Indian Sagwa for my cure,
Yoursrespectfully,
CoRAD. DoUsEY.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-01
INCANDESCENT LAMPS.
How the Burned Out Filament May BE
Replaced and Renewed.

1t has been generally supposed to be a
fruitless task to attempt the renewal OF
a burnt out incandescent electric lamp,
although there appears to be some eco
nomic fallacy involved in the destruc-
ton of what is except in ono small IL
important particular perfect piece of
apparatus. It is not intended, as rule,
to give in this column descriptions of
American devices or achievements
drawn from foreign publications. This
subject has, however, been taken up by
the English journal, Industries and
Iron, and, although it states that an
American process for renewing these
lamps after the fllament has been bro
ken has been developed, it does not give
the name of inventors nor state that the
process has come into anything like gem
eral application. It's description OF the
operation is therefore given for what 1T
is worth.
1t states that commercial success
has been made Of a process for renewing
burned out lamps which renders possible
the use of the old bulb at very slight
expense. By the new method the collar,
or bare end, of the lamp is not disturb
ed, the old filamont being removed and
the new one placed through a small hole
in the lamp bulb made by removing the
tip. The small hole is subsequently clos
ed exactly in the same manner as III the
case of the new lamp, leaving nothing
to indicate i'll the finished, repaired
lamp that it had ever been opened.
1t is stated that some 400, 600 lamps
have been repaired by this method, thu
filament being inserted through thu
small hole referred to by skillful twis
of the hand and secured in position by {
special carbon paste The black deposi
on the inside of the bulb is removed b.
fitting the lamp to the holder and re
moving it in gas furnace, while i'm
mediately following this operation
small glass tube is fused to the openin
made in the bulb, through which tn
lamp is exhausted. When this has bee
done and the last trace of air and ga
absorbed, blowpipe flame is directe
upon the throat of the tube, which
melted into the point exactly i'll ever
respect q counterpart of the origins
lamp.-Proyidence Journal.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-01
A FATHERLY ASSURANCE.
The Old Gentleman Was No Linguist. but
He Knew Life.

The Old Gentleman Was No Linguist, but
He Knew Life.
Mr.. Cumrox's son was studying his
Latin lesson. There was the tremolo of
discouragement in his voice as he re-
marked:
81 don't seem to get along with this
lesson very well, father p"
Cant you say any of it?"
eyes, / can say 'amo, amas, amat, ;
and then l always forget what comes
next"
"What does those words mean, john
ny?' asked Mr. CumroX, who deserves
credit for being always ready to add to
a somewhat deficient early education
"They mean 4 love. thou lowest, he
loves. -"
"It does seem too bad to see you
startin in so soon," the old gentleman
unused. with the difficulties that have
always surrounded that verb. But You
might as well commence young to learn
that them words in one way or another
cause two-thirds Of the botheration that
occurs in this life. "
"Please, can quit school, them"
"No. 1t wouldn't be any use. You
couldn't dodge 'em, and you might as
well go right along and get as familiar
with them rs possible. You'll find thai
learnin 'em amt half the worry that
handlin 'em is after you know 'em.
Cheer up, Johnny, and remember thai
most of your trouble is still ahead OF
Won v-WashinptOn Star
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-01
Group of Mines Are
o' coId to a Syndi-
cate.
T.. Leopold Has the Deeds
u.s Yet Been Chosen For
'' ,.e stamp miIl-o'her inter-
esting News

a,.vs the Deeds" said Nate Leopold
s.,arday, which means that the Grand
S S'.."os Huron and Isle Royale mining
ru '"',ss are sold to a syndicate OF cap
i,.r.ts that is prepared to at once begin
~. S' cork Of developing them. tbs pro-
".he that the preliminary work at 'eas'
iii be undertaken ny the new owners
w. ,i..o0t stock company being formed
w, S% eventually company will be organ
,.,,ed and stock put on the market
S,tbat time the value Of the properties
viNbe partially developed and the stock
oIths company will Represent a value De-
and that OF the land AZ 1t lies today.
mo matter Of stamp mill for the new
NINE has been little discussed, but Mr..
,sODold has been several times quoted az
saving that the people for whom he has
been acting have more than one eligible
stein view with options on them,
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-01
Tn. largest British Painting.

The largest picture ever painted by a
british artist is said to be Sir James
Tbornhill's work ON the ceiling OF the
great hall at Greenwich hospital, rep
resenting the founders, William Ill ana
Queen Mary, surrounded by the attri-
butes of national prosperity, which meas
ured 112 feet by &c feet.
The largest picture ever painted and
exhibited as such by British artist Is
one by John Martin, the subject being
"Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand
Still" It was hung on the walls OF the
academy in 1916.
Another large portrait group picture,
PAINTED by Phillips, containing over ooo
portraits, measured 2s feet by II feet
Strand Magazine.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-01
v,.v., r,me. Around the Earth.

Just think of it'll ELEVEN times
around this globe of ours in the space
of 60 secondsl Can you imagine any
thing that moves with such remarkable
speed? Sound travels only IL l-2 miles
DER minute, and rifle ball (if its speed
were not diminished by resistance) 10 1-2
miles. Light passes through distance
equal to i-2 revolutions of the earth IN
one minute, but electricity travels SO
astonishingl, fast that it is able to com
plete the circrit of the earth l. l-s tunes
In 60 seconds. st. Louis Republic.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-01

.ou NJ. scnool supenntendents of the
S,,n's' mat visited Ishpeming returned
tbs n mSs.' evening, greatly pleased with
nnl, s' y, Of superintendent and the
h, Ss VI 'ne mutual discussion INDUCED
'Th.. s''u supt. Brock, OF Hancock:
| to -. meetings. serve to concentrate
|h sS t1s pest plan Of conducting our pub
professions v'' 'o e Ideas Of men we'll up in the
|nsstin" v u, Each takes his ideas to the
|eopta,t , "aen they may be modified by
benefit WIN Others, resulting in mutual
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-01
Household Economics.

81 don't see, Ella, how you manage
with your house money. If give you q
lot, you spend lot, but If l don't give
You SO much you seem to get along win
it."
"Why, that's perfectly simple, Ru-
dolph. When you give mo lot, use
II 20 nav the debts get into when you
don't give me so much. "-Fhegende
Rlatter
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-01

Chumpley-That hypnotist is fraud.
He couldn't control my mind at all last
night.
Pokely-Of course he had some ex-
cuse.
Chumpley-Yes. He said there was
no material to work on. You ought to
have heard the audience give him the
laugh. Detroit Free Press.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-01

About 100000 trees are annually
planted by Swedish school children I'M
der the guidance Of their teachers -
Pittsburg Dispatch.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-01
uh.re the Trouble Il.

EFT isn't bit of trouble to get mar
RED" said the airy young person.
"No," spake the sedate one. IL is
in being married that the trouble Is =
indianapolis Journal.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-01

The annual meeting OF the Peninsula
Electric Light and Power Company for
the election OF directors will be held Feb
ruary9.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-01
A Decided Change.

Lady-And you escaped from the
wreck?
INDECENT Seaman-Yes, mum.
Lady--How did you feel when the
waves broke over your
Seaman-Wet, mum-werry wet
but now, mum, feels dry-werry dryi
-T;k- Rita
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-01

The regular Onigaming snow shoe
tramp will occur tomorrow evening.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-01

"Er-I want some sort of present
for young lady"
Sweetheart or sister,
"Er-why--sho hasn't said which
aha will be yet ''-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-01

There are 20 illusions in the Bible to
the east wind, 10 of them being Oh a
disparaging character.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-01

The largest American fly Is a little
over half an inch In length.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-01

|at tbs Hs machine has been installed
bstioa hancock ~'.. ! high school and, in con-
Hxra aa. supt' Brock is rigging up
week tbs apparatus. BY the end of the
tory and ,. may visit the labora-
PtuetIon' :, investigate J, the interior con.
"'0" hidden from them. w
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-01

The oat plant is in Italy regarded as
smblematic Of music.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-01

(As ,ir,uI ~ . replevin has been issued from
pa M,Sisss'O,u court in the case Of the North
|sAonss.' n Ia Land and Iron company
Rad Eliza co pesOroush, W. H. Coombs
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-01

|plon . ,s'a arrived home yester-
(sohs so s"ree weeks trip in the inter.
COMPANY 'o'e' the Smith, Wallace Shoe
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-01

pa win VEN. ass ~ daughter Agnes and
'' TO Milwaukee Saturday.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-01
III. gs. TIMETABLES.
PASSENGER Trains On M. R. R. T..
In effect December %, 1896.

.Daily. tDaily except Sunday.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-12-10

We are pleased to see that the
Star has entered a campaign against
the use Of the building in which the
primary department of the High
School has its quarters. When Mr..
Atkinson was Inspector-G General of
schools he strenuously objected to
the Board OF Education accepting
the school house in question, but he
was not listened to. The building
may be very suitable for some city
or village in New England, but it is
absolutely unsuitable for the climate
in Honolulu, and even the Minister
OF Education ought to realize it
after his successful erection of the
fine Roman mansion in Manoa,
which meets all the requirements of
the climatic conditions OF Hawaii.
Let us offer to His Excellency the
fancy primary school building aud
ask him to exchangeit with one Of
his well-lighted cow-sheds far more
appropriate for school purposes
than the eye-sight destroying abomi-
nation now in use. Why don't the
parents of the pupils get up a pro-
test, or, still better, a meek petition
to the almighty omnlscient Commis-
sioners Of Education.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-12-10
The Moana's Passengers.

The Australia's wharf was crowd
ed Yesterday afternoon to witness
the departure of the Moana, and the
partings between those who left and
those who remained behind were
unusually interesting and merry.
The display of leis was immense on
board the steamer and the general
scene one long to be remembered by
all present. The following passen-
gers left by the Moana which is ex-
pected to reach San Francisco few
hours before the Doric as she carried
the bulk of the mail:
V Knudsen, T r Walker, wife and
daughter; the Frawley Company,
Miss Gladys Huff, A p Brayton and
daughter; r II Brown, @ S Desky,
Trilby Fowler, Miss M f Gray, 2 V
Mohun, U S N; d NJ Addison, U S
N; Mrs Decker, Mrs j S McGrew,
Miss Grace Clark, A T Taylor, H B
Stone, Mrs A M Ellis, Mrs Deming,
Miss A Deming, Mics Catherine
Harrub, Mrs f W Little, j f John-
son, Lieut. Viola Monroe, Lieut. Rose
Cox, Miss l. Friberg, A l. Iceland,
II A Ensign, Miss Ensign, Mr. and
Mrs Williams, Geo o Sharrick, t V
King, Geo Bromley, A W Norton, S
f Alexander, Mrs De Medisis, Aug
Taellner, A V Callahn, Jos Fayaneth,
Mrs Bachelor and others.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-12-10
FRIDAY, DEC. 10, 1897.
A WISE MAGISTRATE.

The Judiciary Department OF Ha-
waii has held a high reputation
since the first courts were organized
here by the learned jurists who re-
sponded to the invitation of the Ka-
mehamehas and accepted positions
as judges. Since those days the ad-
ministration of law and justice has
been in the hands OF men. the
majority of whom was deserving of
the confidence and respect of tho
people.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-12-10
Timely Topics.
Honolulu, Dec. I, 1897
When You Rushed Us

in the battle Of the stoves and
ranges, you about cleared us
out of our stock, so we had
to take q second breath and re-
plenish our supplies. We are
now ready for you again with
all that YOU require. We
especially recommend that
superfne favorite the BLUE
FLAME OIL STOVE which
has won it's way into the affec-
tons of all by it's superior
merits of cleanliness, freedom
from odor and general utility.
The new stock contain several
improvements, notably one
for the manipulation of the
wicks.
We call attention also to
our STEEL RANGES es-
pecially No. Z which you will
find exactly to your taste and
demands. Then we have a
very useful little ALCOHOL
STOVE with its AGATE
KETTLE. This you will
find invaluable. Then there
is the very useful and pretty
PANSY STOVE that has
proved such q hit. In fact
we have all kinds Of Stoves
and Ranges and the imple-
ments connected with them,
and shall be only too pleased
to show them to you.
To- aawalis0 HaFavaTs Co., IN
26S F'oRr STnEET,