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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-08
..Rooks In the Running Brooks!"

There is no knowing where the Bod
leian library at Oxford will leave OIL.
At present it is literally overfiowlng
with the literature, if not the learning,
of the age. 1t has, like the library OF the
British museum, to be supplied with a
copy of every work published, and nat
urally the strain put upon its limited
resources has been too great for 1T.
A long time ago the library itself
could hold no more books, and the Rad
cliffe camera was called into the service
of the librarian. That got full, and then
the basement of the Sheldonian theater
was obtained. This is also full now, ana
the basement of the Ashmolean museum
is now "a home for what would other
wise be homeless books.
At the present rate 1T is not lmprop-
able that the library will spread ana
spread until it completely overfiows ana
swamps the whole university town IT.
self. That. however, is not likely to DC
lust vet, in spite of the activity OF the
"lady novelist. "-Pearson's Weekly.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-08
MouOtOnOus.

A well known physician once told .
patient, who he suspected was receiving
too many calls from solicitous friends,
to make stroke with pencil ON piece
of paper every time he was asked, "How
are you today?"
The result for one day was just "a
strokes, and the physician Immediately
gave strict orders that no visitor shoul0
be permitted to enter the sickroom I'M.
til further notice, remarking to the
nurse that if his patient must be wor-
ried to death there was at least no rea-
son why it should be done in such an
unscientific manner.
Only those who have suffered serious
illness know how trying it is TO be re-
CURED to answer again and again the
same question, asked by one well mean
ing individual after another. 1t would
matter less if visitors contented them
selves with asking just the one question,
but they do not, and the minute details
of ones ailments become peculiarly de-
pressing after few repetitions.
Many people forget that rest and quiet
are often invaluable agents in securing
restoration to health. -Philadelphia
Ledger
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-08

While they were discussing the melee
IN the school board the head OF q big
manufacturing establishment was moved
to relate this experience:
II was once pSlagogue myself.
had resolved to do something worth
while in the business world, and having
no capital except what was wrapped up
in my person taught school to get
starter. / had some advanced students
and had to skirmish in order to keep up
with the procession. One day the whole
class was stumped by an arithmetical
problem, and so was i. In order to gain
time for myself came the old dodge OF
telling them how much better it would
be if they would work out the solution
for themselves and gave them another
day.
"That night, behind locked doors and
closed blinds, worked in fear and per-
spiration. From the bottom of my trunk
I took key to the arithmetic, but even
with that aid / failed to master the
problem BY midnight was desperate
1t would never do to let the scholars,
| the parents and the whole cruel world
know that was not equal to my posi-
ton. But it's not in my make up to sur
render while there's fighting chance.
"At the town, ten miles away, there
was loyal and highly educated friend
of mine. He would help me and say
nothing. 1t was one of the bitterest
January nights ever knew But slip
ped to the barn, appropriated horse,
made ride more notable than many OF
those immortalized in song or history
froze my ears and toes and had my voca
powers reduced to whisper.
"But you should have heard my whis
pered explanation of that problem ant
my regrets that none of the pupils hat
mastered it. Detroit Free Press.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-08
Their Peculiar Aversions.

Most people have aversions OF some
kind or other, and some very strange
ones. The sight Of set Of false teeth
makes John L. Sullivan sick at the
stomach. Napoleon did not like to see a
white dog. Agassiz could not bear to
touch polished steel. The sight OF the
rising moon, when it was full, always
made Mime. de Stael i'll. Barefooted
children made Louis XIV nervous. Dean
Swift has said that Bolingbroke would
"act like one bereft should he cast his
eye ON poor, harmless toad" Disraeli
had an attack of vertigo when he saw
anybody chewing gum. Dickens never
liked a stiff shirt bosom, and Button
would fly into rage if any one put an
egg ON the dining table at which he sat.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-08
Wave Names.

I have note of some curious names
given locally to the waves on different
parts Of our coast that may be worthy
of record. These were culled from The
Family Herald few years ago. can
not give the exact date. The names are
curiously varied and sometimes not a
little suggestive. The Peterhead folk
call the large breakers that fall with a
crash on the beach by the grim name OF
"Norrawa Norway carpenters" On
the low Lincolnshire coast, as on the
southwestern Atlantic fronting shore OF
these islands, the grandly long unbroken
waves are known as 'rollers. Among
East Anglians heavy surf, tumbling III
with an offshore wind, or in calm, Is
called by the expressive name OF a
"slog," while we'll marked swell, roll
ing in independently of any blowing, is
called "home - 'There is no wind, y
Suffolk fisherman will say, "but
nasty home on the beach," Suffolk mel
also speak of the ozark" of the surf
and sea covered with foam is spoken
of as Feather white" The foam itsel
is known as "spoon drift " So in tn
vernacular we have it, "The sea was al
feather white with spoon drift. -
| Notes and Queries.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-08
Signaling From Mars.

Any citizen who is tired of mundane
concerns and wants to fix his mind on
something higher is invited to consider
the allegation of Sir Francis Cation,
made in the London Fortnightly Re-
view, that some one on Mars Is signal
ing 20 earth. The information seems not
as yet TO be very generally confirmed by
astronomical Observers, but Sir Francis
is quoted as authority for the report
that in one Of the European obeorvato-
ries an apparatus Las been devised for
recording the Marian flashes, and that
the record shows that three signals and
no more are made, and that they differ,
as all flashlight signals do, in the length
of the flashes and Of the intervals be-
tween, so that if we had the key they
might be read like Geographic messages.
OF course this is not yarn TO be
swallowed whole, but the association Of
the name of Sir Francis Cation with it
is enough TO entitle it to consideration.
There seems TO be no intrinsic impossi-
bility of our having relations with peo-
pie in Mars. 1t sounds preposterous, OF
course; but, like other marvels, 1t seems
preposterous chiefly because 1t is unusu-
al. We have to nudge ourselves from
time to time in this age of swift sur.
prises and remind ourselves that moth
ing that is new to us can possibly
be more marvellous than many things
that have grown familiar. Harper
| Weakly
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-08
.rNIade In GERMANY"

Apparently one OF the chief results OF
the idiotic 'made in Germany act Is
to render importers of foreign goods
specially anxious to pass themselves on
as British manufacturers, says London
Truth. Here is good example; The
label round q matchbox extensively sold
in London and the provinces bears sort
of trademark in the shape of a sailors
head, with the legend England re-
roes'' and the following inscription III
red and black letters: .
Manufactured by Martin Harris q
Co., Ltd, Stratford, London, f.
Support English Workpeople only
by using English made matches"
This covers three sides of the box,
The fourth is covered by a piece OF
sanded paper to strike the matches on
Remove this paper and you find under
meath the further and still more interest,
ing notification, Printed in Germany.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-08
A Bootblack,s Novel Scheme.

The most enterprising bootblack in
New York is a young negro who has a
stand ON Columbus avenue not far from
the Natural History museum. His loca-
ton is one which does not bring much
transient trade, but he has goodly
NUMBER of regular customers. On days
when the weather looks threatening this
wise young man issues rain checks, good
for 10 hours, so that if it rains and
customers shine is ruined he gets new
one free of charge. The rain checks are
slips of paper with the date and hour
written in pencil. New York Press.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-08
EGectual Prayer.

There is an awful amount of so called
PRAYER that is only from the throat out
ward; it begins nowhere and ends In
nothing. Such pointless repetitions OF
stereotyped phrases must be as weari-
some to God as they are Improbable to
the utterers There must be pith, point
and purpose as well as faith in every
effectual prayer. At an evangelistic
meeting for "roughs" over III New
York, when the leader called ON some
one to pray, hard looking character In
the crowd arose and said: 20 Lord, for
give me for being bad man, and please
excuse me, Lord, from saying any more
now. Amen" He did not need TO say
any more. He had told God just what he
wanted. DR.. Cuyler in Central
Presbyterian.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-08
How He Answered Them.

A well known artist received not long
ago a circular letter from a business
house engaged in the sale Of California
dried fruit, inviting him to compete Tor
a prize to be given for the best design to
be used in advertising their wares
Only one prize was to be given, and all
unsuccessful drawings were to become
the property of the fruit men. After read,
ing the circular the artist sat down anu
wrote the following letter:
Tho - Dried Fruit Company;
Grxrr rxEN-I am offering prize OF 90 cents
for the best specimen of dried fruit and should
be clad to have you take part in the com pe,i.
tion' Twelve dozen boxes Of each kind OF run
shou,d he sent for examination. and all frui,
that is not adjudged worthy Of the prize WI
remain the property Of the undersigned. 40
aIso required that the express charges on tht
fruit so forwarded be paid by the sender. very
truly yours.
-Bookman.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-08
American women and Royalty.

During the Prince of Wales tour
through Canada / had attributed the
strange conduct Of the ladies to an ex-
cess of loyalty. AS soon as the prince
had left a hotel they would rush into
his rooms, seize all sorts of articles,
from a furniture button to solled
towel, as souvenirs, and even bottle up
the water with which he had just wash
ed his face" writes Stephen Flske III
The Ladies' Home Journal. But in
the United States the women were
equally curious and sycophantic. The
luggage of the royal party was carried
in small leather trunks-a trunk for ey-
ery suit of clothes-and whenever the
train stopped the crowds would beg that
some of these trunks might be handed
out. and women would fondle and kiss
them. | need not say that the tralnmen
were never too particular as to whose
luggage was subjected to this alteration,
and / have had the pleasure of seeing
NV own portmanteau kissed by mistake
Before the prince arrived at Richmond
his room at the Ballard House was en-
tered by the ladies, and the plllowsllps
and white coverlet were SO soiled by
the pressure of hundreds of fingers that
they had to be twice changed by the
chambermaids. When he attended
church on Sunday, the whole congrega-
ton rose as he departed and climbed
upon the seats to get better view On
/ him, -
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-08
HOminr pigeons.

When pigeons were TO be sent back
and forth, il has been usual to keep two
sets, with their respective homes at
either end Of the course, and when they
have reached their homes TO carry them
back to the places from which they are
to be dispatched. An ingenious process
has been devised to overcome this diff
Guilty and cause the birds to fly with
equal certainty in both directions. Pi-
geons, for example, whose home is III
Paris are confined for several days at
St Denis and fed there at a stated hour
every day with some favorite food which
is not given them at their real home.
They become in the course of time ia
miliar with their new home and Its
choice dishes. When set at liberty, they
start off at once for Paris without for
getting the good things they enjoyed al
st. Denis. When they are to be sent
back, they are made to fast little
while, and are then let loose at abou
feeding time at ST. Denis. They q
thither, and, when they have their owl
way, time their going so as to be there
at the exact moment of feeding. Bro
have thus been taught to fly back ant
forth regularly between places 30 mile
apart. &c. Renaud in Popular Sclenc
| Monthly.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-08
Extensive Benevolence.

There is a venerable and benevolent
judge in Paris who at the moment ., 81
passing sentence ON prisoner consults
his assessors on each side Of him as to
the proper penalty to be inflicted
"What ought we to give this rascal,
brother?" he says, bending over to the
assessor ON the right
81 should say three years.
"What is your opinion, brothers! &c
the assessor ON the left. >,
IT should give him about four years:
The Judge, with benevolence; TITS
oner, not desiring to give you long
and severe term of imprisonment as
should have done if left to mysei1,
have consulted my learned brethren anc
shall take their advice. Seven years
London Telegraph.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-08

In no field of literature have the fcrger
and the manipulation worked vain
greater vigor and success. From Percy
day to our own it has been thought an
innocent device to publish a bit Of ones
own versifying now and then as ana
"old ballad or an ancient song" Or
ten, too, late stall copy OF ballad
getting into oral circulation, has been
innocently furnished TO collectors ~
traditional matter. Mere learning VIII
not guide an editor through these per
plexities. What is needed is, in addi-
ton, complete understanding OF the
popular genius, a sympathetic recog-
milton of the traits that characterlze
oral literature wherever and IN what
ever degree they exist. This faculty,
which even the folk has not retained
and which collectors living in BALLAD
singing and tale telling times have often
failed to acquire, was vouchsafed by ma
ture herself TO the late Professor Child
In reality kind of instinct, it had been
so cultivated by long and loving study
of the traditional literature Of all ma
tions that it had become wonderfully
swift in its operations and almost IN
fallible. No forged or retouched piece
could deceive him for a moment. He
detected the slightest jar in the genuine
ballad tone. He speaks in one place OF
certain writers "who would have been
all the better historians for little read
ing of romances 4" He was himself the
better interpreter of the poetry of art
for this keen sympathy with the poetry
of nature. Atlantic.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-08
A Pilgrim.
.Bookinan

An inspector of schools was one day
oxominino class of village school chill
dren. and he asked them what was
meant by a pilgrim. A boy answered.
IA man what travels from one place 10
another" The inspector, with elaborate
patience, hoping to elucidate intelli-
rence, said: "well, but l am man
syho travels from one place to another
Am Pilgrim Whereupon the boy
nromntly exclaimed, "Oh, but please,
sir I meant good mani" / may men,
tion that no one enjoyed that cheerful
lest more than the inspector himself. IL
made him merry for days. New YORK
Advertiser.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-08
Set Out Trees In the Spring.

:. spring is a better time to set trees
,nan fall, because at that season trees are
peginning to grow and will, therefore,
70 IN acondition to respond more readi-
" 70 treatment, while in fall they are
UNLIKELY to establish themselves before
Voiu weather sets in. Preserve the roots
" the fullest possible extent and do not
disturb the tree until after 1t has ripen-
VI and has shed its foliage. If the roots
are cut away, as they almost invariably
%e m spring planting, be sure to cut
DUCK DUCK the top proportionately. -Eben Z.
wexford In Ladies' Home Journal.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-08
poisonous scrpents.

All poisonous serpents have movable
fonos which are found in the upper Jaw
and when not in use close up ike tne
Made Of a penknife. The fang is pro-
Idol with e duct leading to the poison
sac and the virus is elected through
this duct by pressure. AT the base OF eve
ery poison fang there are numerous ~
oerms Of others, and the fang broken OF
lost is replaced in few weeks oy the
growth of another.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-08
Salt n Luxury In Africa.

The greatest Of all luxuries in central
Africa is salt. To say that man eats
salt with his victuals is the same as say
ing that he is a rich man. Mungo Park
saws. "The long continued use OF vegeta-
BILE food creates SO painful longing for
salt that no words can sufficiently de-
ooribe it. Chicago Tribune.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-08

Botany was scientifically discussed BY
Aristotle about 347 b. Q. He is &C.
knowledged to be the father Of. the sci
ence. Works ON botany appeared in sew
eral European languages about the close
of the fifteenth century, general atten-
ton being at that time directed toward
the study of this science. The first en-
cyclopedia of plants appeared in 1892
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-08

The unity of earthly creatures Is their
power and their peace, not like the dcsd
and cold peace of undisturbed stones and
solitary mountains, but the living peace
of trust and the living power Of support
of hands that hold each other and are
still. -Ruskin.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-08

Elizabeth Stuart Phelps relates that
once, when Longfellow was visiting her
at her Gloucester home, she pointed out
to him the reef of Norman's Woe and
was surprised to find that, although ne
had wrecked the schooner Hesperus on
Il. he had never before seen it.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-08
Economy.

Little Dick-Papa, didn't you tell
mamma we must economize9
Papa-I did, my son.
Little Dick-well, Twas thinkin that
mebby If you'd get me pony wouldn' =
wear ont 90 many shoes. Good News
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-08

whats the matter, chum?' asked
the college student of his roommate.
who was making the air dark blue
MATTER l wrote the governor to
send me some money for textbooks, and
here he's sent me the books. / can never
pay my bills at this rate. "-Detroit
Free Press
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-08

There was not member of the royal !
family within reach of the Duke s sou
Dncbess of York when their second SOL
was horn The cabinet minister, whose
a VIC was required by the law al
rived 13 hours too late
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-08

The fern has most peculiar ana ., orig ns,
;nal arrangement of its seeds these . Te,
inc disposed in regular order Oh viz
backs of the leaves.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-08
OF Course.

First Small Boy-I wish I had that 3
cents back spent for candy.
Second Small Boy-What would you
do with it?
First Small Boy-Buy more candy
Boston Courier.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-08

Author invited to very poor dinner,
10 himself)-A miserable dinner, =
have to take care that don't let an.
thing witty slip out. -Fliegende Dia''
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-08

The common house fly lays four times
in each summer, each time about 20
eggs
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-08

A Hebrew cubit was spans, or foot
and little over 0 inches
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-08

From Venice to Washington Is dis
lance Of 1886 miles.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-08

The traveller from New York msy
teach Sydney in 81 days.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-08
4 FEMALE MEMBER.
,v GANG OF coUNTERFEITERs
t' uAs CONTAINED A WOMAN.

.,s.s of the Sex. and They Are
, - Very cisver-some of the
who Have Been Convicted OF
md Passing "Queer" Money.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-09-02
CONDITION OF COTTON.
South Carolina Weekly Crop Bulle-
tin.

South Carolina Weekly Crop Bulle-
The following is e brief summary OF
the Weekly Crop Bulletin, as issued by
Section Director Bauer at Columbia:
The condition of crops are less uni
form than hel etofore, especially of cot
ton, which remains unimpaired in the
western and northern sections Of the
State, but deteriorated rapidly over
! the central and eastern sections, owing
to an excess of moisture and absence
of sunshine, which caused open
bolls to sprout, cracked bolls to rot
and the plant, generally, to shed
Young bolls and squares. Practically
no picking was possible during the
week. and but few bolls opened ex-
cept in places where it is reported that
cotton is opening rapidly. Rust is
common and reported from nearly
every county. Blooms are still numer-
Gus except on light soils where the
plant is apparently dying.
Sea Island cotton remains in good
condition, generally and is heavily
fruited, but is shedding a!armingly in
places.
The condition of corn has steadily i'm
proved and the estimates of yield are
increased by correspondents, except on
some bottom lands where it is too wet
and where it is turning yellow.
Fodder pulling made slow progress
and much fodder was spoiled by the
rains before it could be cured and
housed.
| Late corn continues to look very
promising and will soon be made.
Tobacco curing practically finished
except very late fields. This crop is
| reported to be of high quality, gener-
ally; the yield was large and sales sat-
isfactory of that portion Of the crop
which has been marketed.
Rice harvest was delayed both on &C.
count of unfavorable weather and slow
ly ripening grain but will soon be gen.
eral. Late rice shows improvement
during the week, especially over the
northernly sections of the rice belt.
Peas were injured in places by the
heavy rains, but generally are very
promising. Pea-vine hay cutting will
begin this week.
Sweet potatoes are looking we'll and
| digging has begun with excellent
| yields. This crop promises to be q
large one.
Turnip sowing continues and the seed
is coming up to good stands.
Much grass for hay was destroyed by
worms in the southwestern counties.
Pastures continues in excellent con-
dition. Fall vegetables are being plant
| ed in the trucking districts. Late
fruit scarce, except Iears which art
plentiful and Of fine quality Grinding
cane and boiling syrup is in progress,
The cane is said to be too sappy: Minol
crops generally are very promising.