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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-02
BABoc TosAcco SCIENCE.
Information on the Right Mixture For
Rindoos to Smoke and Chew.

Rindoos to Smoke and Chew.
AS we see, 10 is a most amazing extent
to which tobacco has spread all over earth
IN these 800 years, when it was brought
into England from America by Sir Walter
Raleigh in 1856 A. ID. In Turkey il Is
perpctually In every mouth. In China it
is SO universally practiced that female of
9 or has pocket in her dress to hold her
pipe and tobacco. In Burma it is smoked
by persons of all ranks, even child of 2
or 3. In India all classes and both sexes
smoke, eat and smell
1t grows in India so vigorously that we
can scarcely find town or village in Hin
dustan where no plot of ground would be
found covered by this perpetual plant.
And in the same manner there would be
very few of our readers who know the proc
esses in which the tobacco becomes suit
able for our usual smoking 1t would be
not therefore out of place to draw before
the public an outline of its manufacture.
When it is full grown and its leaves have
begun to acquire "a yellowish tint, it is
gathered and left on the ground to be
withered one day or more in the sun.
Although we can have smoking tobacco
from many different ways it would suf-
fee here to mention some processes, for
butlT sulluDiclcos, CuIItHO u lllOsb Ia
nous place for the purpose in India known
as Biswan, in Seetapore district.
Being withered it is brought to be cudg-
eled with wood so firmly as to become a
dust, which is called ruddee and mixed
with strip and alkali or impure carbonate
of soda. 1t is left in balls to be dissolved.
Now a leavened or khamira tobacco is
prepared by the undergoing formula: /.
Cloven. 2. Cardamums. g. Mace. 4.
Nutmeg. 8. Allspice. 6. Cinnamon. 2.
Dry rose flower. s. Filling aloes wood. 9.
Filling sandalwood. 10. Nakh. IL. Fan
dree. ~ White cardamums. ID. Benzoin I;
of each part seer. IA. Amillas; one seer.
All these except the last one, which is
boiled, are cudgeled and made a powder
And a next preparation is now made:
Camphor two Chatak-Karpur; salarus
quarter seer; bctel quarter seer.
All these being cudgelcd are boiled, and
now five punsaris of ruddee mixed with
strip are mixed with both the preparations
and stirred with hand, and in this essence
of rose or kcorah, one tola; musk, six
mashas, and saffron, three mashas "be-
ing grinded," are mixed, and the process
now ready is called khamira, good one
| for the purpose, ever used in India for
smoking. Calcutta New Age.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-02
HerOism of the Police.

Hon. Theodore Roosevelt writes an arti-
Gle on "Thc Roll of Honor of the New
York Police for The Century. Mr.
Roosevelt says:
doubt if the average citizen, especially
the average stay at home citizen, realizes
how often the man of the night stick is
called upon to display qualities which in a
soldier would be called heroic. His feats
in saving life or in arresting dangerous
criminals alone and at night, attract no
special attention when mentioned in the
newspapers, but they often imply just as
much courage as those of the man who
captures an enemy's flag in battle or plants
his own flag on a hostile parapet. The
men of the New York police force repre-
sent all the different creeds and different
race origins that go to the make up of our
stock but they all become good Ameri-
cans who pay no heed to differences of
creed and race, for otherwise they would
be useless. The police occupy positions of
great importance. They not merely pre-
serve order, the first essential of both lib
erty and civilization, but to large por-
ton of our population they stand as the
embodiment as well as the representative
of the law of the land. To the average
dweller in tenement house district, espe
cially if born abroad, the policeman is in
his own person all that there is of govern
ment. He is Judge executive and legisla-
ture, constitution and town meeting. His
power and influence are great For any
vice or shortcoming he should be sternly
punished, but for gallantry and good con-
duct he should receive prompt and gener-
Gus recognition.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-02
THE OLD OFFICE DEVIL.
He Tells How He Evoluted Into a Coun-
try Editor.

He Tells How He Evoluted Into q Coun-
try Editor.
The old time devil was keen to learn.
He had gall. He wasn't afraid to ask
the milliners for advertising or print
ing. He dreamed of owning paper of
his own. He experimental in a thou
sand ways. He lived in the office al
most, being there early and late. He
made battery and copper plated types
before the first type founder thought of
doing it. He did stereotyping in rude
way, making a matrix from plotting
paper. Desiring to do his work better,
he tried to buy proper materials for
stereotyping, but he was bluffed so easily
by the prices or talk given him by the
dealers that for many years he supposed
he was the victim of some UNANIMOUSLY
jealous trusts.
A tramp printer from Chicago made
him believe that gasoline could be
made. The Chicago man pointed to
big can Of the fluid and insisted that he
had made it. Gasoline was high priced
then. The devil sold the gasoline the
printer said he had made to rival
Office, and the two divided the money
make some more" said the devil
"There is demand for it," The Chi
cago printer left that night, and the
editor made the devil pay for the gaso-
line.
The editor can recall his last visit
from the tramp printer he Learned the
trade" with, the one who made gaso-
line He came into the "shop" and was
denied work by the foreman. He saw at
glance that the old days and loose
ways We're gone. Neatly dressed, well
kept young men and women were at
work in an Office as clean as parlor.
"Whose runnin this sheet now?" he
inquired.
Jack Hill" was the reply.
81 know him." he said laconically.
81 taught him his biz. a"
And then they saw him drift into the
sanctum and heard him say: Hello,
Jack! You're doin well. l want some
thin to eat and drink.
"Gasoline" got what he asked for,
just as all tourists do who apply. The
next morning he called on his editor
friend again, and when he found him
! discussing prohibition with two or three
ministers and one or two of the elders
of the town he lurched right into the
editorial den and joined in the talk to
help the editor along. He was very
drunk. He cried and said that naturally
he was prohibitionist, but he really
longed to die and go to heaven, only he
had become "such ID skeptic he
didn't believe there was such u place. !"
Then he went to sleep. The preachers
looked at him in pity. The editor spoke
kindly of him as a comrade who had
seen better days. AS the editor talked
"Gasoline" awoke and said:
Jack, if you don't gimme quarter
to buy drink with I'll sit here and
boiler.
And "holler" he did.
He "hollered' until the ministers
left.
This may or may not account for the
fact that prohibition has prohibited in
Editor Jack Hills town since the last
visit of his Chicago printer friend
Chicago Times Herald.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-02
SNOW BLINDNESS.
The Fearful Suffering Ii EntaiIs Some
times Leads to Madness.

Government officials who have been in
Alaska tell of terrible sufferings from
snow blindness The continued glare of
the fields of ice and snow on the naked eye
has an almost understandable effect, say
those who have experienced IL. The vast
expanse of cleaning white, the silence and
the awful sense of isolation produce a feel
ing akin TO madness.
First the eye becomes panied, waving
lines pass up and down and in front of the
eyeballs. Miragcs appear to the vision
The eyeballs burn, the mind warders the
brain seems on fire. and finally blackness
sets in. Perfect rest and freedom from
anything which may be calculated to strain
the vision are essential for "a cure.
j. II. Dyer spent two years in Alaska
and experienced the snow blindness
Speaking of il and the plague of mosqui-
toes which infect the northern regions and
are perhaps more voracious there than
elsewhere, he said:
"Tho snow blindness is an awful thing
/ was affected slightly once with 1t in the
= left eye. / saw terrible example of it in
member of our party who was suddenly
afflicted with the trouble. He became vio-
lently insane from not properly shading
his eyes l never witnessed a more marked
case of mania We had great trouble in
getting the young man back to camp. He
got hold of Ratchet in s.'ue manner and
came near splitting my vi open with it.
He had no realization of what he was do
ing. 1t was some time before he recov-
cred from the attack.
/ 1T is absolutely necessary to protect the
eyes in some way. wore black SLOUGH
hat pulled down over them. In addition
we donned goggles manufactured by the
Indians, which fulfill the purpose for
which they are intended These are made
of bits of wood, oval shaped, like the
glasses of spectacles. They have small Sits
in them, so that one can sec, but the eye
is shaded and not affected. st Louis
Globe Democrat.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-02
WATER FOR ONE.
An Authority Tells How Much Is Needed
by Persons In Various Occupations.

by Persons In various Occupations.
According to Professor Allen, we should
drink from one-third to two-fifths as many
ounces as we weigh pounds, Therefore
for man weighing 1853 pounds there
would be required 56 to GA ounces daily, or
from u to pints This is Il very indcfl-
mite answer. The amount of water re-
quired depends on the season of the year,
the amount of work done and the kind OF
food eaten In hot weather we require
more than in cold because of the greater
loss through the skin, though this is in
part made up by the lesser amount passed
away through the kidneys. If man la
: bors very hard, he requires more than If
his labor is light. A man working in a
foundry, where the temperature is high
and the perspiration profuse, rot inire-
quently drinks three or four gallons daily.
If the food is stimulating and salty, more
water is required than if it is bland.
: Vegetarians and those who use much
fruit require less water than those who eat
salt fish and pork, and often get along on
none except what is in their food. In most
cases our instincts tell us how much water
, to drink far better than any hard or fixed
| rule. For ages they have been acquiring
, knowledge of how much to drink and
transmitting that knowledge to descend
| ants, and if we follow them we shall not
! go far out of the way.
! 1t is of more use to us to know that pure
/ water is essential and that impure water il
one of the most dangerous drinks than tC
) know how much of it is required daily
If one lives in region where the water i.
bad, 1t should be boiled and put away IN
! bottles well corked in an ice chest, and in
! addition one should eat all the fruit one
! can if fruit agrees Fruits contain not
I only pure water, but salts which are need
! ed to carry on BEAUTIFULLY the functions o.
: life.-Journal of Hygiene.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-02
A Tale of the Sea.

Two American captains were recently
relating their experiences on different
voyages One of them told the follow
ing story: "About p. m. on March 2
my ship was proceeding under full sail
when cloud about the size of man s
hand was observed on the horizon. 1t
came on, and as it neared the ship We
discovered that it was composed of To-
Gusts. They settled on the sails, and you
couldn't see bit Of canvas for them.
When they flew away, there was not a
stitch of canvas left on the yards. !"
"Ah," said the other captain, Il can
quite believe that, for at about $3.50
p. IN. ON March 2 my vessel was pro-
ceeding under full sail when we OBJ
served small cloud on the horizon.
As it approached the ship we discovered
that it was a cloud Of locusts, and as
they passed our vessel we saw that
every man Jack of them had pair OF
No. / canvas trousers ON. Brazil Nut.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-02
CHINESE DOCTORS.
TOE Medicines That Are Used by the Ce-
lestial Medicine Mem


Tine ways of the Chinese medical man
are certainly, like those of the heather
Shinee, peculiar Chinese medicine ia
chiefly based on plants, and is taught i'm
DOCKS which are often very ancient. In
his practice the doctor strictly follows the
methods OF the master by whom he has
been taught. He is above all things con-
servative. With a very grave face, his
eyes protected by large spectacles of thick
glass, the physician feels the pulse of the
patient and never fails TO make him show
his tongue. Next he examines his eyes
and asks a series of questions, the answers
to which will help him out in his dag
nosls. Then he writes his prescription on
piece OF rice paper and hands it TO his
pupil, who proceeds to compound it. 1t
should be observed that Chinese doctors
both prescribe and sell their remedies.
GENERALLY the prescription is made from
the directions in some book which are
simply referred to by name or number.
The pupil goes to the book for directions.
The seeds, herbs, leaves and stems, the
essences of which are to be combined to
form the remedy, are generally weighed
out or measured and given to the patients
with directions TO boil them at home with
PicsoripSu puuHllty Ol urlnklnR water TO
measure which is exactly indicated.
Put all these plants into an earthenware
pot with large glass of water and boil
them over bright fire down to tcacup-
full. Then strain carefully and drink
hot. The remedies are all taken in bed,
and rest or sleep, if possible, is recon-
mended. The potions as administered
have very powerful effects.
Chinese doctors have various devices to
make their products attractive. They have
luxurious shops and modify with liquorice
and other substances their yilely tasting
pills. These pills are inclosed in capsules
of wax as large rs pigeons eggs, which
preserve the compound from compact with
the air, and are broken when the remedy
is taken. One of their remedies is the
dau nhu-y, Il medicinal oil which pro-
duces excellent effects i'm headache and
generally in cases of brain wearncss of
every kind. 1t is rubbed on the temples
and is inhaled by strong breathing after
having been rubbed upon the nostrils.
The basis of the preparation is calnphor.
New York Ledger
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-02

When ladies wore their 'topknots" ri
diculously high, it occurred to Rowland
Hill to admonish them from the pulpit,
and he did it by means of the words,
"Topknot, come down, which he evolved
from Matthew xiv, IL, LET him which Ii
on the house top not come down. Oh
course nothing but the exceeding quaint.
ness of the preacher could have excused
such liberty with the sense and sound OF
the sacred text
1t was almost as bad as Swifts uniquely
brief discourse on the text, HE that hath
pity upon the poor lendcth to the Lord. y
my friends" said the dean, rs he closed
the book, 'if you approve of the security.
down with the dust" AS a matter of tact.
1t is usually only the quaint preachers who
do venture on such liberties. chambers
Journal
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-02
Smallest Rock In the World.

The smallest book in the world Is NOS
much larger than mans thumb nail IL
was made in Italy by firm of Padua
publishers, the Salmin Brothers 1t Is
four tenths of an inch high and about
quarter of an inch wide. The volume
contains 2Os pages, each having lines
and from % to 100 letters. The text is an
unpublished letter written by the famous
inventor of the pendulum clock to Mime.
Christine of Lorraine in the year 1913.
The next smallest book is issued by the
same firm. 1t is an edition of Dante S
"Divine Comedy" being little more
than an inch high little less than an
inch wide, with type so small that IL takes
a microscope to read the letters. Chicago
Record
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FORGIVENESS.
I sat IN the evening cool

sat in the evening cool ...y;yrs'
OF the heat baked city street
Musing and watching a little pair
Who played on the walk at my feet
A boy, the elder, of strong, rough mold;
His sister, blossom sweet.
When, just in the midst of their play
Came an angry cry and a blow
That bruised the cheek of the little maid
And caused bright tears TO flow
And brought from my lips quick. sharp reproof
On the lad who had acted so.
And he stood by, sullen and hard,
While the maid soon dried her tear.
He looked at her with an angry eye.
She timidly drew near.
Don't be cross, Johnny" "a little soh).
"Let me fordive 90, dear!'
And the cloud is passed and gone,
And again in their play they meet,
And the strong, rough boy wears kinder mien
And brighter the maiden sweet,
While whisper has come from the heart of
God
To mana man on the street.
English Illustrated Magazine.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-02
StagnatiOn.

Stagnation is more dangerous than
revolution, but sudden change means a
house on sand Action and reaction is
the miserable seesaw of our child world.
If these extreme men had their way, the
end of the century would be plunged in
blood, a universal French revolution.
What we have to bear in mind is that,
even in republic, there must be a
guiding hand; men of education, ex-
perience, weight and wisdom must con-
tinue to come forward. They who will
not be ruled by the rudder will in the
end be ruled by the rock.-Tennyson.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-02

Surt convened yesterday afternoon
J Judge Haire on the bench. AS is
\ on the first day OF the term the
bdar was called to determine the
y 10 which cases should be taken up
what work there is for the term.
be case OF the People vs.. John Gag
has been settled. The liquor cases
inst Jerry NJ. Sullivan will probably
30 so far as a trial. Attorney Me-
bn oil Marinette. appeared to defend
be Gilmore, the bicycle rider, held to
charge OF seduction. The case was
pressed. The case OF the People vs
Ulseth, bastardy; was put on the
bdar.
the civil list the case oil Mrs.
pepper vs. Hancock Chemical Co.,
over. Notice OF trial having been
demanded by plaintiff, Those Of
patrick vs Stockholders of the M. 4
ASSOCIATION cases, those against
lk Bessalo, Peter Lucas, Matthew
were announc. d as jury trials. the
pelng court cases. There will probab-
an application for continuancein the
lacases made by the defendant.
cases were added Ito the civil list
the names OF the paroles were posers
pc Judge. They were G. Martini and
foclssi vs. Mathis Drazich and Kaui-
and Dinkelspiel & Co. Va Jacob
|nski.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-02
|dlge Lake News.
LIZ subscribers of
|he Proposed TeIe-
|.hone Company
|. a Meeting Yesterday
o.oantzation WAS Affected
tar, IS Keceivios Much En-
"..vement-Cireuit Notes.

a. ueceIviog Much En-
"..vemenr-Cireuit Notes.
eating OF the stock subscribers Ct
. - Houghton County Tele-
y company, called::Nfor yesterday
|r' y was held at the Office OF Dun
1 ! uoncbette. The meeting was
a,lv to subscribers for stock and
Os OF the press we're ex-
lbout twenty gentlemen from
B.,ts Of the county were present and
Carlton, OF Calumet, acted as char.
[ the meeting. The meeting lasted
hours and nothing was done
lard organization.
WAS proposed in the prospectus
,o,m a company with 1000
Of stock at 500 per share,
N vasiound that but about a hun
shares had been subscribed for.
ANAL showing is not due to any
o,ioterest taken by the public, but
|. iact that subscription has hereto
|h.sO limited, to one share for each
No subscribed for. There have been
I'd mauy instances where subscribers
"A 70 take more than that allow
[ n stock, but were prevented. One
w,sbed to take fifty shares. but
4 take but one as that was the
ber Of phones he would use.
was changed by the
|,uc Yesterday aud general canvas
Itock subscription will now be made
committee appointed.
the matter OF Instruments subs
bed for the promoters are greatly en-
kaped. in Hancock the number is
Ind at Calumet the number is proper
Iately large. This means on the
ksge nearly twice as many instru-
| Ia az the Bell company should the
ksgs hold good the county over. Sew
systems were talked over and the
her Investigation of this matter was
rated to the stock canvassing com
Dee.
be- committee coneists OF Messrs. +.
Carlton, C. d. Hanchette, Held
b, P. W. Grierson and A. j. Scott.
adjournment was taken until Novem-
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r Tara Louise Thompson will give
EuStrated monologue OF the "Chin-
ATTY. M. G. A. Hall tomorrow night.
hundred and'ffty.llie-sized pictures.
Oh the pictorialfeatures OF the play:
lana mountain scenery, prospector
Fo'k' discovery OF the Chinook"
banning OF the gold, storm on the
r.aln, New York Central station
fh'leth street by moonlight, etc.
'c'ors perform the Chinook" before
the ear listens to the artistic
F - oil the play by the noted reader,
thompson.
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|sp in mind the chance to dance

~ In mind the chance to dance
''uay evening at st. Patrick's ball.
..easlon is the first party OF the sea-
s'en by the Ladies' Ideal club.
'ei'eshments will be served during
'a'ng' Weismiller's orchestra will
a's usual fine style. The object
ana'r is to enable every one to
ssooo time, and having always
.''eSslul in the past it is safe to
''soming dance will turn out like
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-02
Apeculiarlx silly Custom.

The Rev. W. Bingley, in his Customs
of the Welsh" states that formerly 1t was
usual in some parts of north Wales when
ever the name of the devil occurred for
the congregation to spit on the floor, and
when the name of Judas was mentioned
to express their adherence of him by
striking their breasts. -South Wales News.
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Mrs. Ginger-How dare you talk to me
In that wayS l never saw such impudcncc
And you call yourself lady's maid do
your
The Maid-I was ladys maid before
worked for you. ma'am. -Boston Tran
script.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-02
Still Waiting.

Cragin-I respect a man who is really in
search of information, but there are some
persons who seem to ask Questions simply
for the sake of asking them.
Digby--That's so. There's Ditmer, for
instance, He asked me today when was
going to pay that $40 l borrowed Of him
last month. Boston Transcript
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An attempt to acclimatize ostrches in
south Russia has proved successful The
ostriches born in Russia are much less
sensitive to cold than the imported ones
and their plumes are equally good
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-02

Eyes" unused the returned arctic ex-
plorer, lat one time we came within an
ace of freezing to death. Luckily, how
ever"-he gazed reflectively at the ceiling
1--WE had presence Of mind to fall into .
heated discussion. "-Exchanga
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-02

Liouefied air can now be ordered by
the dozen bottles in Munich, but just
what it can be used for in general
way is in doubt. IL is SO cold that it
blisters the skin at touch, but its ex-
cess of oxygen is valuable feature. At
present chemists are the only customers
for It.
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A Successful Operation.

"Did you get back that So goldpiece
your baby swalloweds"
mo. The doctor took IL for his fee -
Fliegcnde Blatter.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-02

There are only nine different tones In
the human voice, but there are 7,b92.-
1856. 044. AIS different sounds
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!. product O Of the Atlantic for Octo.
$40 tons, HAS pounds
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-" clerk Shields has appointed
:. rover, Of ChasselI. a deputy,
H.. those desiring to take