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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-02
Profits From the porcupine.

Porcupine quilts are necessary of life
to anglers, for they make excellent floats
for bottom fishing Also scores of pen
holders are made from the black and white
spikes, and many kinds of ornamental
screens and fans are pioced and knitted of
these quilts.
Something like 100000 porcupine
quilts reach Britain every year, and they
chiefly come from India, also few from
Spain. The animal has 20 he hunted and
killed before tho quilis can be obtained,
and many hundreds Of LGrcuEiLcs are
slain for this purpose every year. The
quilts are carefully oAtr.ottd and dried,
packed In crates and shipped away to
Europe, where ley are used for al man
ner of things in the way of tackle and or
namentation. A lOrcurine Is always
worth killing, for cyI.y "spike pig" car
ries 10 shillings' woi,h 'of quilts on his
fretful back. London Answers.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-02
Whittier's Name.

Whence "Whittier, which we all unite
with the revered memory of John Green
leaf Whittier Some one, looking up
Whittier" at its place of derivation, which
Is In England, found 1t was not discover
able. Whittier was In Cheshire, Devon,
Sussex, but not with the interpolating a."
Many names are derived from trade. The
aristocratio "Tolliver," "Taillefer,"
"Talleferro, simply meant the French
blacksmith who worked with iron. We
have tailor, from the French tailleur, and
fer Is iron. Canon Bardsley, In English
Surnames, tells of "John ie Tawyere"
and of "Geoffrey 10 Whitewater. The
calling Of these men was to dress goat or
kid skins and to make them supple and
white for the gloves. There arc the Wyte-
weres. Whitawyers, with Wittoweres. Evil
IDENTIFY our own Whittier came from tan
ner's stock.--New York Times.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-02
Fighting Fires In Winter Weather.

To stand upon the peak of ladder at
perhaps the third or fourth story of a
building, directing the stream Of water at
the blazing interior while the thermom-
eter Is at about its lowest point, is not a
comfortable task Perhaps another stream
is playing over your head, and you stand
In an icy spray. Icicles hang from every
point of your fire hat, and the rubber coat
is frozen to your back, and the water that
Is falling about you freezes as fast as it
falls Every movement upon the ladder
Is fraught with danger; for 1t is SO in
crusted with ice that it is almost impossi-
BILE to get solid foothold, and misstep
would hurl you to the ground, 40 feet be-
low .-Charles 4. Hill in st. Nicholas.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-02
LAKE HISTORY.
Most of Eastern Utah Was at One Time
Under Water.

Under Water.
Lake Bonneville occupied nearly all Of
eastern Utah in the pleiooene period. This
lake had four periods in its history. In
the first period OF rainfall the lake grad
ually acquired an area of 10000 square
miles-iilling the whole of the depression
OF eastern Utah with water to the maxi
mum depth of 1000 feet, until an outlet
was found in the north in the Snake river
valley, and through the Snake into tho
Columbia, and thus TO the Pacific. Then
the climate Of the country changed and
evaporation exceeded rainfall, and the
lake steadily shrunk until it became dry.
That was the second period. The third
was when the rainfall again increased un-
til the lake assumed its old extent, and
even exceeded it, and then had it's outlet
again to the north. After this came an
other period of minimum rainfall when
the lake again dried up, and Salt Lake is
one OF the remnants of old Lake Bonnie
Vile, but only one-twentieth it's size. At
the left hand side of the Wasatch noun
tains the lines of the old lake shore can be
seen for many, many miles
The Yellowstone lake Is q rock basin.
Not very long ago from "a geological point
of view it had "a drainage the other way.
The old outlet led southwark across to
Ocean pass, down through comparative
ly insignificant river, into the Pacific. Its
traces are still clearly visible, whereas the
present outlet is north by way of the Vel
lowstone river into the Missouri, and thus
into the Atlantic watershed This Is due
to a change in the movement of the earth's
crust and the basin itself is partially due
to atmospheric disintegration.
Eagles Nest lake, in the Adrondacks, is
a glacial lake, a rock basin lake. Such lakes
are scattered through the Adrondacks
by the hundred. There are more of them
in that single region than in the whole
south, because the south is of comparative
ly ancient topography, not having been
glacated.
Lake George is an ice basin--not a mere
dam of marine material or anything of
that kind. 1t is yet more beautiful and
picturesque than Lake Champlain.
Schroon lake, in the neighborhood of
the Adirondacks, is rock basin, due
partly to folding movements of the earth's
crust, partly to the gouging out of the
loose soil by the action of tho great ice
sheet.
Devils lake, in Wisconsin, is glacial
lake remarkable for its circular form and
for the very curious character of the cliffs
that border it in many places. -Exchange
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-02

VI the Little Insect. but n Weather vsns
to Aid In Steering

Ihere ~ much curious sea lore in an
trtlcie D, Gustav Kobbe ON "Steering
without Compass" in ct. Nicholas. Mr..
Kobbe says:
Inc ny at the masthead Is often used as
sign To steer by. IL revolves on a pivot,
anu hence, like weather vane shows the
direction from which the wind Is blowing,
whereas flag attached TO halyard
streams directly astern or AT AN angle more
or less affected by the speed and course of
tho vessel. A glance at the fly having
SHOWN the winds direction, glance at
The pinnacle shows from what point of the
compass IL comes. Then, by watching the
lily, and thus keeping the ship always at
the same angle to the wind, you are able
TO keep her on her course.
The ships of different nations have dis
tinctiye flies. The American and the Eng
hsh fly is little triangular pennon. Ger.
man ships often have a small tapering
bag at the masthead, and French vessels "A
dog vane--a line of corks with colored
feathers on a wire. The steamers of the
French line from New York TO Havre have
dog vane at each masthead. 1t is one of
their distinguishing marks.
Steering by the fly is one way of steering
by the wind, but there are other tricks
lor nndlng the wind point sailor can
find the point of stiff breeze by simply
letting 1t blow against his face. In a
light air, almost a calm, he lifts his cap
and turns his head until he feels the cool
breath on his moist brow, which is far
more sensitive than his sun tanned face,
or he moistens the edge of his hand and,
turning 1t toward the wind, waves 1t gen
tly back and forth and toand fro until the
GOODNESS of the air is felt on one side of
that narrow surface and not on the other.
In heavier airs he will moisten the palm
OF the hand and hold it fiat to the wind.
The wind point being found, the ship is
sailed as close to the wind as possible, the
helmsman keeping his eye on the sail
leech The least CULVER, and turn of the
wheel keeps her off enough to ill her sails,
but with an experienced hand on the
wheel there will be no culver along the
leech, for an "a. b. can tell by the feel
of the helm when the ship is about to come
up into the wind. AS the vessel comes up
the strain on the rudder is lessened, and 10y
quickly checking her he keeps the sails
crap full and asleep'-keeps them from
quivering-and holds her on her course
without so much as glance at the COM
pass.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-02

Gould she have guessed my O. lu cliU
knew her foot upon the sta.
Her figure chained my inmd eye.
only looked "a lovers lie. -
feigned Indifference, felt despair.
My very blood leaped up, aware
or her free step and morning air.
She raised her head. She caught my eva
Could she have guesseds
faced her with chilly stare,
with words so common and so bare.
Her whispering skirts as she went by
Swept every sense--a thrilling sighl
All, would her heart have heard my prayer
Could she have guessed?
-Elaino GOodale in New York Times.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-02
The True Remedy.

w. M. Repine, editor Tiskilwa, ILL.,,
"Chief," says: eve won't keep house
without DR.. Kings New Discovery for
consumption, coughs and colds. Exper-
imented with many others, but never got
the true remedy until we used DR., Kings
New Discovery. No other remedy can
take it's place in our home, as in it we
have certain and sure cure for coughs,
colds, whooping cough, etc." 1t is idle
to experiment with other remedies, even
II they are urged ON you as just as good
as DIR. Kings New Discovery. They are
not as gooo, because this remedy has a
record OF cures and besides isguaranteed.
Ii never fails to satisfy. Trial bottles
free at Macdonald's drug store.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-02
She Didn't Feel Comfortable.

A Glasgow lady in hurry to go to
church took from her dark closet what she
thought to be her dolman.
She hung the garment over her arm,
and did not. discover until she had thrown
it over the back of the pew in front of her
in church that she had brought by mistake
pair Of her husbands trousers.
She and her lady companion laughed so
loud that they attracted the attention of
the entire congregation, and no one except
themselves understood the cause of the
fresh burst of enthusiasm when the choir
led off with GAS Pants the Heart. Pear
son a Weekly
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-02
BEFORE MoRsE's MESSAGE.
The First Working Telegraph Line Was
at Princeton College.

at Princeton College.
The campus wire" as the students
called it, was the thing which excited the
most wonderful speculation when Henry
was at Princeton. DIR. Edward Shippen
of Philadelphia, of the class of 45, states
that it ran along from Philosophical hall,
by the front of North college, among the
outer branches of some of the fine trees
and then round the western end to Profess
or Henry's house, which was west of
North college and south of the old library
and Recitation hall. This wire was the
first in which the current was completed
through the earth. 1t went into the well
at the professors house, the other end be-
ing in the earth at Philosophical hall.
Professor Henry often used the campus
wire" in the presence of tho students, al
though he was not given TO superfluous
experiments. He had an arbitrary code.
If he wanted his luncheon sent over, he
worked his armature few times accord
ing TO the code. Mrs. Henry received the
message. The students waited, and pres
entity Sam would appear bringing the pre-
else articles ordered on tray covered
with a napkin.
This simple exhibition of what is now
an everyday transaction was then "a source
of wonder. This occurred again and again
before Morse telegraphed between Balti-
more and Washington, which was in the
month of May, 1S44.--James w. Alexan-
der in June Scribner's.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-02
TO the Public.
$50 Fifth sire,

The undersigned is prepared to deliver
ice to any part of the city or location at
at any time between today and Tuesday
next at short notice. Telephone connec.
ton and prompt attention given to priv
ate orders. JOHN MEssNER, JR.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-02
Colonel Robert shaw.

No death in the cause of liberty and un-
ion, save that of Lincoln himself, has been
the occasion of such tributes as those
which have been offered to the memory of
Colonel Robert Shaw. This was Lowell's
hero when he wrote
Right in the van
On the red rampart's slippery swell,
With heart that beat n charge, he fell
Forward, as fits a man.
But the high soul burns on to light mems feet
Where death for noble end makes dying sweet.
And he was Emersons youth who nobly
answers to the voice of duty:
So nigh is grandeur to our dust
So near is God to man,
When duty whispers low, "Thou must,''
The youth replies, II can"
Already the prophecy of Motley is being
fulfilled. II have often thought, - he said,
chow fondly his image will be retained in
after days as type TO inspire American
genius. Sculptors, painters and poets will
delight to reproduce that beautiful vision
of undying and heroic youth, and eyes not
yet created will dwell upon it with affec-
ton and pride. And when the history of
these dark, tragic, but most honorable
days comes TO be written, there is nothing
that will fasten itself more closely on the
popular memory than the storming of Fort
Wagner by the Fifty-fourth, with their
colonel falling on the rampant, sword in
hand, cheering on those despised blacks
to deeds of yalor"
The patriots of today are not now and
may not be called upon to die "sword i'm
hand" But this country is in need of
men who will bring into the fight against
civic corruption as keen sense of duty
and as true courage as that which in
spired the young hero of Fort Wagner
Century.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-02
CoNSClENcE's PRoMPTlNes.
Those Who Have Defrauded the Govern
ment Have Sent Back 100000

fpdfC SUM Dhck 1OOD,OOOs
$50 strong is the influence welded by
conscience and so frequently does it cause
the wrongdoer to atone for his sin that for
the past 50 years the conscience fund has
been officially recognized as one of the reg
ular sources of revenue for the United
States government" writes Clifford How
ard in The Ladies' Home journal. cur
ing this time the conscienccs of the Amer
lean people have added to Uncle Sam re-
sources at the rate of about $500 month,
or "a total sum up to the present year of
something over $500, 000-the amounts of
the individual contributions varying from
a few cents to several thousand dollars.
1.-THE smallest contribution ever made
to the conscience fund was received in May,
1896, and consisted of 2 cent stamp,
which was Enclosed in the following letter
of explanation: Il once sent letter in
with a photograph (unsealed), which
have since learned was not lawful. 1 in
close stamp to make it right by Curl
Gus coincidence the largest sum ever con
tributed reached the treasury department.
about the same time that the stamp was
received. This was bill of exchange for
S14 225. Is, which had been sent to the Sec
rotary of state by the consul general at
London, TO whom the money had been
given by clergyman on behalf of per-
son unknown, no name being given"
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-02
SyupatI,y.

His Mother-in -law--Why, what's the
matterf You look as gloomy as new
moon in fogl
He-No wonderi Bilkins called me
colossal ass!
His Mother-in-law = Well, you are
large.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-02
Hancock a. Calumet Railroad Addi-
liOnal sunday Trains.

Commencing Sunday. June 6. and con-
tinuing until further notice, the train
leaving Lake Linden at 1915 p. m. for
Hancock and leaving Hancock at 1:50
p. m. for Lake Linden will run daily.
These trains will be run to secure direct
connections at Houghton with the day
trains OF the D., s. 8. & A, railroad, from
and to Marquette, which are now run
daily.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-02
Great Money-saving sale

At the Laurium Fair, next to the post
Office. Fifteen hundred pairs OF ladies'
and Misses fine shoes, worth from S2.50
to 81 pair, to be sold at 81 pair for
thirty days only. We also have lot OF
baby shoes, sizes from to No. 4, at 81
cents pair. Call promptly, as it is to
your interest. l. FENBERG < Co.,
Hecla Street, Laurium.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-02
Merccnary.

"Mercenary gil, ;h;t Miss Coldhcart. :"
"Why sop
"Jimmyboy wrote on II slip of paper 4
love you and handed 1t Go her In church
Sunday. She scratched out the IL and
we and said she'd have him IL he would
put the amount of bis fortune i'm figures
below. "-Cbicago Journal.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-02
SI,op Chat.

Said the anvil to the bellows, "You
have too much wind"
Said the bellows to the anvil, "None of
your irony"
"I want pull ey," said the politician.
"You need push" said the clerk, and
threw him out of doors.-Hardware.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-02
Loyalty and Pairs.

A Democratic member of the house re-
ceived letter'from an active politician of
that party in his district calling attention
to the fact that he Is reported in The Con-
gressional Record almost every day as be-
ing "paired" with Republican. II don't
doubt your loyalty to the party" reads
the letter, "but think the boys would
like It good deal better II you paired
with Democrats instead of Republicans.
Chicago Record.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-02
Good Excuse.

The Lady-I'll give you good meal II
you will cut up some of that wood.
The Tramp-Sorry, but I cannot ao-
commodate you, madam.
"Too lazy to work, supposep"
"Not that madam; not that. I would
be false to my trust. You see, I'm men,
Der of the Society For tho Preservation
of the American Forests, and we never cut
any wood "-Yonkers Statesman.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-02

FoUND-Near the corner OF Elm and
Fifth streets, Singer sewing machine, on
easy monthly payments. Old machines
taken III exchange. Oil, needles and sup
plies OF all kinds constantly on hand.
The Singer Manufacturing Co.
$50 Fifth street
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-02
Bucklen's Arnica saIye.

The best salve In the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers. salt rheum, fever
sores. letter, chapped hands. chiIblains,
corns, and all skin eruptions, and posi-
lively cures piles, or no pay required. 1t
is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction,
or money refunded. Price. 25 cents per
box. For sale by d. T. Macdonald.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-02

Argall Brothers. Red Jacket Mich, un
Gertakers, paractical embalmer and funer
al directors. Graduate of Chicago Col
lege OF Embalming.) All calls promptly
attended to and the best OF service rem
dered. Telephone in connection. Tach-
ellis old stand, corner Scott and Main
strppta
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-02
Reduction I'm Millinery Prices.

During the remainder OF the season
Mrs. Peach, the Laurium milliner, will
sell all trimmed hats and sailors at one
third off.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-02
summer styles.

Having received fine stock OF cloths,
suitable for spring and summer suitings,
invite an inspection. Suits made to
order, fit guaranteed and the prices very
low. Give me call. NJ. JOHNSON,
Over Sauer's Sample Room.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-02

Hanan x Sons celebrated shoes in
AAA to ID widths. The Sprocket and
DeMuth's bicycle shoes.
JOHN F. SPRING,
Borgo Block.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-02

hyou would enjoy comfort during the
hot weather get Blue Flame oil or gas
oline stove. SPECIAL prices at Carlton
Hardware Co.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-02

Portage Lake and Lake Superior Ice
company headquarters at Slattery &
Ryan's. Telephone connections. James
Allen, manager.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-02

Have you tried Moeb's Pro Patria
cigars? Worth 10 cents gold for cents.
Stamped Pro Patria. A cold, sweet salts
flying smoke. George Moebs & Co., man.
ufacturers, Detroit.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-02

When you know thing. to hold that
you know 1t, and when you do not know
u thing, to allow that you do not know 1t,
this Is knowledge. -Confucius.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-02

To hunt the lion was kingly sport from
che earliest times, and the Egyptian mon
uments show that oil kinds Of hunting, as
well as fowling, were followed for pleasure.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-02

The Olympic games were probably the
oldest athletic sports, and their origin Is
lost In antiquity. They are said to cele-
brate Jupiter's defeat of the Titans.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-02

WANTED-A situation by an exper-
fenced man as store clerk or teamster,
Apply at this office. Speaks French and
German language.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-02

We are now prepared to do all kinds o
plastering, kalsonining, chimney build
ing and whitewashing.
SCHNEIDER & BELL,
437 Fifth street.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-02

He that worries himself with the dread
of possible contingencies will never be at
rest.-Johnson.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-02
Voice Culture.

Mr.. Arthur S. KimbalI, professor OF
singing in Oberlin conservatory OF music,
will spend the months of July and August
in the copper country and will receive
pupils in singing on and after June IS.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-02

Our lodge room an be rsured for
meetings on Saturday evenings.
SWEET OLSON.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-02

Call at City Hardware for your stoves,
ranges, screen doors, windows, reirigera-
tors, and ice cream freezers. Quality the
best. Prices up to date.
j. T. SALoMoNsoN,
Wertin's Old Store, Red Jacket.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-02

We sell the celebrated sherwk
paints. s. o..
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-01-16
- YORk rKODTCE MARKET.

NEW YORK. Jan 1j.-FLOUR-Dun
steady and unchanged. southern Houi
d VWNIE,NA'TmusSnogi ' market less active and
easier closing steady; No. = red, I. o. d..
NS'A c.. uugraded red. tfgi'0l2c. 'ptloiiA
were moderately active and Irregular
closing weak M "a decline Of kU4c.s 80
. red. January. e9c., March, JUG May
CORN-spot dun and easier; No. >
2elsc.. elevator. 30isc. ahoat' steamer
mixed. Csc options were dull and weak
~ isqhc decline, January, 291sc.i May
3O'xc.. June. 81 lc., july, 3lBc.
OATS-SpOt quiet and steady. Options
duh and steady. January 22lsc; feDru-
airy 22'sc.. May. 22tAc.
HlDES-Firm and unchanged.
WOOI-Quict and unchanged.
BEEF Firm and quiet. family, S9GW
1880, extra mess, S7O0Ns.Oo, beef hams
steady al $500, tierced beef quiet ara
hrm. city extra. India mess. Sl3.jOg J. 30.
CUT MEATS-Strong. picked bellies.
Sf3Il3. shoulders. S425Q43f2. hams,
LARD-Quiet and barely steady; west
crn steam, $40. city. $50 January.
S4.25. Refined quiet and firm. continent.
$3.50. South American, $50; compound,
S425HiJO.
FORK Steady: now mess. SS.5)d9oo.
Moderately active and steady;
state dairy. l0nl5i4c.. do. creamery, l3a
l9c., western creamery, l3o-Cc; Elgins'
2Oc.
EGGs-Qulet and easy. state and Penn
SAlNdllt, lb'HNltc.s 4tt-IoN1tt lou itttf
western. fresh 16c., 10. case, S1.754 800;
southern 1jTl5Lc. lined. 13dl3i2c
COTTON-sEED OiI-Quiet and firm;
crude. 2Oi2c; yellow prime, 23l.c.
PErROLEUM-Qdic aud unchanged.
ROSIN-Quict; strained, COlpmCn 10
good. S1.7uQ1 72l5.
TURfENTJNIs-St nj 27&i02S4c.
RICE-rirm and IN fair demand
MOlASSES-Qu and unchanged.
PGANCTS-Quot, fancy hand-picked,
3a.0ic.
COFFEE Steady at j0lO points up.
March Sg45u9 80. May Sgj0U9j5; Sep
TENDER. S9Gj09.7O. December. 500. Spot
Rio dull and steady. No. Z. $1,000.
SDGAK-Raw dun and steady. fair re-
filming. l3-1Gc. Others unchanged.
FREtGHTS TO LINERPOOl.-Quict
cotton. by steamer, 1J-12Sd, grain, by
steamer, 30.