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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-19
Hard to Wait.

"It is so hard TO wait. "
She was but Is and betrothed. When
she was 90, they would let her we'd
And so she stood by the window this
April day, the tears in her blue eyes.
1T is 20 hard to wait, grandpa, she
said.
He was eighty and eight. Close to
the CRATE fire he sat and bleared into its
depths.
at is so hard to wait" he thought
He had been waiting these many years,
yet God was not ready for him.
And as he looked into the fire he
smiled.
The girl at the window sighed. Two
tears rolled slowly down her cheeks.
She looked at the hurrying world, at
the crowded street at her feet.
The old man was content to look into
his fire. He had seen the hurrying
world
The girl at the window watched a
busy wren building nest. Again she
sighed. Down the street hand organ
was playing waltz.
The tears started afresh in the young
girls eyes as she looked at the world
through her window.
And patient smile still played about
the face of the old man as he nodded at
the great fire.
"It is so hard to wait" he said soft.
ly.
ut is so hard to wait, she sighed.
-Footlights.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-19
An Apology.

A man who has a reputation for being
very careless as to his toilet was elected
town clerk in one of the small towns in
his state some time ago, and the local
paper thought it would be good joke
to announce that
"Mr. Makeup will wash himself be.
fore he assumes the Office of town
clerk. F"
On reading the notice Mr.. Makeup
was furious and demanded retraction.
which the paper accordingly made the
following day in this fashion:
"Mr. Makeup requests us to deny
that he will wash himself before he as.
sumes the Office Of town clerk.
And still Mr.. Makeup was not
pleased. How hard it is to satisfy some
peopleI-Our Girls and Boys.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-19
A Luminous Cat.

Those who now tolerate mice or rats
in or about the house certainly must be
blind to the fact that a luminous cat,
which costs very little to secure and
nothing to keep. has been invented and
can be placed in any dark corner or nook
and effectually scares away all such
pests. This cat is struck or stamped
from sheet metal or other like material
90 as to represent in appearance the ex-
act counterpart of its animated feline
sister. 1t is painted over with a lumi-
nous paint. 40 that it shines in the dark
like a cat Of flame. After being used
for about week the place is forever
free of either mice or rats. Popular
Science News.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-19
please Take Notice.

We are pleased to tell you that we
make everything pertaining to the shoe
makers trade as cheap as ever from the
best quality of leather. Mems boots or
shoes soled for As and so cents, ladies'
shoes soled for 80 and 40 cents. We
have a nice assorted stock Of fall and
winter snoes, ana our own maze shoe
packs, which we will dispose u. 1t very
low figures. Good work guaranteed.
OKER 4 KEMPPAINEN.
Fifth street, Red Jacket, next to Jacob
Gartner's store.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-19
The FinIande ere

Mutual Fire Insurance company oil
Houghton and Keweenaw counties, or
ganised in 1890 according to the laws OF
the State OF Michigan. will insure proper
ty OF it's members. Have paid fire Losses
over 5000 during its existence: The
company paid back during the last wear
to sixty-two OF it's members OF hve years
standing 90 per cent of their premiums.
amounting to $4,000. Will pay back
curing THE year on the same rate to
thirty-six members OF five vearr' stand
ing 81, 447. On the first day OF July
the company had Ala members. $751;.
$40 worth of r~,perty in~ured. and
$7,611.27 In Treasury. For further par
tscuIars apply 10 the undersigned
Jomy RunMovwr. President
ALIEN LTMoNNs. Sscrctsrv.
OeHce. Ais Ps,a s.-set -p~~s'-~ Hed
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-19
A WOMAN'S LOVE.
She Barred Her Arm to the Surgeons
Knife For Her Husband's Benefit.

She Barred Her Arm to the Surgeons
Knife For Her Husbands Benefit.
The keen stroke of the surgeon s blade
along the slender nerves, shooting cur
rents Of agony to every fiber and tortur-
Ing every muscle, causes the physically
bravest of us to quail, even when 1t is
vitality necessary to undergo the pain,
and something like Spartan courage is
needed when one voluntarily goes
through with the experience solely for
another's sake.
DR.. Jarnigan tells a story, and it Is
out of his own professional experience,
that has for it's heroine woman who
did this bravely unselfsh thing.
Her husbands arm had been crushed
In the machinery. The hard folds of
muscle had been flattened, and the bone
had been crushed. The arm, bruised and
discolored, was bad enough to look upon,
but it gave no indication of the excru-
ciating torture Of pain the man had to
undergo. 1t was thought at first by the
doctors that his arm would have to come
off-the good right arm that supported
the brave wife who stood by his side
and the serious, anxious faced children
who stood looking on. He begged them
to save his arm. and his wife begged
them, and fortunately the condition OF
the case permitted them to.
But the arm did not heal. The skin
sloughed away from the wounded sur
face and left it raw and sore. The doc
tors saw that it was necessary to graft
portions Of skin to the service to bring
about cure. They told the sick man
| Of it, and they barred his side to cut of
the strips of skin to put over the raw
arm.
The blade flashed into the mans side,
the blood spurted out, and with moan
| the man fell over in faint, sickenec
by the pain. His wife had been watch
| ing, her sympathetic heart touched tC
its depths by the sight of her husband'i
suffering.
| doctor, don't do that again" SHIT
begged. Don't cut him any more. H'
is too weak and has suffered too much
| Tut il off me- Won't that do?'
The doctors told her that IL would
she coolly barred her arm and told then
she was ready. The razor edged blad
sank into the flesh and went rippin,
down, followed by tiny fountain o
blood She did not vince. Dexterously
expertly, the doctors slit out piece o
skin and grated it over the mans arm
Another and another piece was cut on
until more than dozen had been re
moved, and all the while the SPARTA
woman remained standing watching tn
swift fash of the knife, the springin
of the warm blood and the sickenin
spectacle without shrinking once.
The husbands arm, grated over wit
skin takcn from his wife's arm. is nov
we'll, and the arm of the brave woma
is fast healing mp, leaving many Ion
scars, that will ever bear evidence
the heroism of her love. Atlanta Con
| stitutiOn.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-19
The Desire to Leave a Name Behind Us


We have an involuntary reverence
for all witnesses of history, be they ami
mate or inanimate, men. animals or
stones. The desire to leave work be-
hind is in every man and man child.
from the strong leader who plants his
fame in nations glory and teaches
unborn generations to know him to the
boy who carves his initials upon his
desk at school. Few women have it.
Perhaps the wish to be remembered is
what fills that one ounce or SO OF matter
by which modern statisticians assert
that the average mans brain is heavier
than the average woman g. The wish
in ourselves makes us respect the salts
faction of it which the few obtain. Prob
ably few men have not secretly longed
to see their names set up for ages, like
the "Paulus V Borghesius" over the
middle of the portico OF st. Peters,
high above the entrance to the most
vast monument of human hands in ex'
istence. Modesty commands the respect
of many, but it is open success that ap
peals to almost all mankind. But Pas
quin laughed:
"The corner is Peters, but the whole from
Paul's.
What thenp
Not being Peters, the whole house is built 70
Paul"
EST. Peters," by Marion Crawford
in Century.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-19
Agreeablencsa.

The art of being agreeable frequently
miscarries through the ambition when
accompanies it. Wit, learning. wisdom
what can more effectually conduce to
the profit and delight of society? Yet l
am sensible that man may be TOO IN
variabIy wise, learned or witty TO be
agreeable. and take the reason OF this
TO be that pleasure cannot be bestowed
BY the simple and unmixed exertion OIL
any one faculty or accomplishment
Cumberland.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-19
1t I. tn. Unexpected That Happens.

'Did you put stamp ON the letter !
gave you this morning"
"a stamp Certainly; oh, yes. !
couldn't send it, you know, without a
stamp"
"And you mailed it, them
"Who, me? Why, Of course.
"Let me take your coat and dust off
the collar.
"My coat? No, thank you. haven't
time.
"You have plenty Of time Hand me
tho coat. F"
Unwillingly he removed the garment
and reluctantly he handed it to her.
There was flash of triumph in her
eyes. She ran her hand into his breast
pocket and drew it forth-empty
There was no letter there.
Then she tossed the coat back to him
and turned OH her heel-Washington
Star.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-19
$500 Reward

Will be given to any person that will
prove to Santa Claus that he does not
wish to see the big stock of Xmas pres
ents; an elegant line OF neckwear and a
full line OF handkerchiefs for men, women
and children; also full line of dry goods,
clothing, boots and shoes. Santa Claus
has ordered that all shall be sold with
40 cent less on each dollar. By the Lau-
rum Fair, near the postoffice.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-19
Tho Wonderful Marching Ant.

Paul Du Chaillu tells Of the doings
of queer African species of ant, which
the natives call the bashikonay, which
marches through the forests in irregular
line This line usually averages about
two inches in breadth and is often sew
eral miles long, with not break in the
column. "All along the line," says the
great traveller. Large and fierce looking
ants act as officers, keeping the singular
army in order.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-19
The Envious Ono

shc-Oh, look do at Mr.. Wright. the
poetl What a rupt expression he hasl
He must ba thinking Of some sublime
stanza or sonnet
He (another poet)-Thinking OF him.
self. I rectna. Cincinnati Enquirer.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-19
So. GseOrge,s Ha 90 Reut.

The st. Georges Hall il TO rent on very
moderate terms on the following even
ings. Every Wednesday. every alternate
Thursday and three FRIDAYS in each
month. For further particulars apply to
John Jenkin, William Maynard. r. B.
Rule, trustees
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-19

COACHING.

The musical trumpet's blast
The sound Of laughter gay,
Then word TO start Ia passed,
And tho tallyho rolls away.
Out OF the city's street,
Far from the noisy throag.
Into the country sweet
IL rumbles gayly along
Over the cool green hills
And down through the wooded dales,
Fragrant with daffodils
And vocal with calling quails.
Happy each youthful face,
Merry the mirthful wits.
And, 10, IN the footman's place
Trumpeter Cupid sits
Arthur Grissom in New York Tribune.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-19

The bread and cas- OF the Huperio.
Bakery can be had at che following agen-
cies: James Lisa's. Mrs. Hoskin's, Red
Jacket; Martin Kuhn's. J. &. Leans
Peter Olcem's. Calumet Village, and
Weisenauer's, Guilbaul's, Lake Linden. A
fresh supply is left at these agencies every
dav. and thepricee are sslow as thelowest
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-19

The date Of human life IL too short
to recompense the cares which attend
the most private conditions Theraore
Il Il that our souls are made as |"
were, too big fer IL and extend them
selves /. the psOspsct Of lsnSsr exist
euca Steal
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-19
Clearing sale

of $4,000 worth Of clothing, dry goods,
shoes, mackintoshes, LADIES' capes, wrap
pers, etc. Goods will be sold at your
own price. No monev refused and no
charge for examining the goods. Come
and avail yourself of this grand oppor-
tunity. SAM MAwRENCE,
Next To Carlton hardware store.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-19
Lake Linden SfaRe.

Stage leaves Pearce's livery stable
Lake Linden, every day at 8 a. m, 10 a.
M, and 4 p. m. Stageleaves McClure's
livery stable, Red Jacket, at 8 a. m, 10
a. m, apd 1 and 4. p. m.
THOMAS PEARCE,
JAMES MCCLURE,
Proprietors.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-19
To secret Societies and Others WISH
Ing TO Rent a Lodge Room

The Temple of Honor lodge room is
vacant on Wednesday and FRIDAY even
ings OF each week. Parties desiring to
rent the same may apply by letter TO the
Union Temple of Honor and Temperance,
No. As, Calumet, Mich. Secretary's ad-
dress. 2029 Calumet street.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-19
To Mine Owners and Timber Con
tractors.

For sale. in Keweenaw county, about
$50 acres OF land, the standing timber
being cedar, hemlock and Norway.
Part OF this land is on the shores of Lake
Superior and about four miles from Boil
MAINS lumber railroad. For particu-
lars apply at the News Office.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-19

Madame Smith, the clairvoyant, is still
in the city and can be consulted at her
residence on Sixth street, over Sotlich's
building
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-19

Heroes in history seem to us poetic
because they are there. But II we should
tell the simple truth OF some OF our
neighbors 1t would sound like poetry
@. w. Curtis.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-19

In the south of Francs the handing
of a sweet pea by young lady TO .
young gentleman is a polite way OF
stating that she is tired Of his company.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-19
CALUMET BUsINEss POINTERS
smokers, II you have failed to find O
.'gsr 10 suit you. try "Heimlich's
Crown" the best In the market.
Cur lodge room can ne rented for
meetings on Saturday evenings.
SWEET OLSON.

60 to the CITY Bakervfor your fine pas
tries. Angel food, fruit cake always on
hand. Cream puns Fridays and Satur-
dava
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-19

An ordinary Tablespoonful Of ocnson
salt. dry. weighs almost exactly 0Hs
ounco.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-11-05

yard, or else git" .. ~.
"Mother. have no gift that way
intend to make literature my pro
fession." said jeremiah, with calm
ness he was far from>fe feeling
Just at that moment the twelvc-year-
old Ezekiel burst into a shrek of cor
vulsed laughter.
Zone moonlight night the sun arose."
he sang out, in shrill accents, An epic,
by Jeremiah Greenleaf'
At first smile, born at the thought
of his prospective greatness and the
splendid story told in the line, "An
Epic, by Jeremiah Grcenleaf," stole
over Jercmiah's face. Then suddenly
it struck him that something was
wrong, something was awtullv wrong,
in those splendid opening lines of his
epic, and all at once flashed across his
brain the meaning OF what he had writ
ten. His face paled, and he made one
grab for Ezekiel, but that entunt terrible
eluded his grasp, and flew downstairs
and out into the village street of Eu-
phony, shriekng louder and louder:
One mool light ieht the sun Arose
Mrs. Grcrnlraf paid no attention to
Ezekiel; she never dat pay attention to
Ezekiel, for she was used to Ezekiel
and his terrible ways Sae sat watch
ing Jerry, and. when the echoes of her
younger sons discor,lant voice had
ceased i'll the distance, she turned to
Jeremiah, and said, seriously:
Jerry, yer fathers awful mad, and,
when he is mad, he is mad. and no mis-
take. Take my advice now, and go at
once to the yard, or it will be worse
for you
jeremiah got up slowly, too stupetied
to speak, for the terrible failure of the
opening line of his epic had dazed him.
''And get your hair cut before YOU
get there
'1es, mother"
AS if under spell, Jeremiah went
to the barber, too miserable even to
feel the loss of his cherished locks
Then he turned his steps in the direc-
tion of his fathers yard.
Old Ezekiel eyed him sternly when
he entered, but set hin" to work ut
once, making no remark at the sudden
ness Oh his appearance, except 4 grunt
of approval to be considered as such.
Jeremiah went to work with a will,
glad of anything that would blot from
his memory the shrill voice of young
Ezekiel shricking forth the opening
lines of his long considered American
epic:
m liph uip oh he
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-11-05

the Stoics and Epicureans, had re-
nounced wealth and honours for phil
osophy. Epicurus himself taught
that ''all good and all evil consist in
feeling, and what is death but the pri-
vation of feeling?' And Cicero de-
clared that ''all virtue is in action"
The proper study of Il wise man."
said great modern philosopher, sis
not how to die, but how to live.
There is no subject on which the sage
will think less than DEATH" When
Antonius Plus was dying, and the tri-
5unc asked him for the pass word of
the night, the Emperor replied, ''Ae-
quanimitas!' (patienceD
Action, feeling, and resig glatior
form the three components of
worthiest life, but the crown of a.. IS
patience: to know how to endure and
how to wait; to render the MUD seper-
ior to all accidents of time or place.
The Imagination of the most imagina-
tive race never conceived anything
grander than the lonely Titan chained
to Mount Caucasus with an eagle
from year to year ever gnawing his
vital organs. Beaten by tempcsts and
chilled by the eternal SHOWS, he lifted
his eyes and voice in calm defiance OF
his unjust prosecutor, and patiently
awaited the hour of his deliverence.
He stands today, in the records of Pa
gan genius, rs giant type of mortal
endurance. But if we turn our eyes
to Calvary, in the reign of Tiberius,
we perceive a still grander and more
human example. He who had rcnounc-
ed all things from His love of human
ity, Whose whole life had been spent
in innocence and beneficencc and the
highest exercise of patience, condemn
ed for blasphemy by the impure lips
of those he wished to save, hangs bleed
ing on the Cross. But, in that hour of
torture, His patience arose a.
bove His pain. Father" He cried,
"forgive them, for they know not what
they do."-By LAZY Cook, nee Teanes-
see ClajHn.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-11-05

Hail is Il familiar phenomenon ofna-
ture, of especial Importance in coun-
tries near the equator, where it is not
uncommon to have violent haistorms,
in which the stones are SO large that
the damage to property, and even hui
man life, is considerable Such a one
occurred in Northern India, May lst,
1888, which, besides damage to cattle,
crops, and smaller things, caused much
loss of life. The collector said in his
report that at Moradadad alone there
were no less than two hundred and
thirty deaths through it; those caught
in the open were simply pounded to
death, though many lightly-clad ma
tives, who may simply have been stun
ned, were killed by the intense cold
consequent on being practically packed
in ice for a short time. Spring in
India is the customary peri ID for ne
tive marrying, and many marriage par
ties caught, far from shelter, were done
to death in this terrible manner. This
great mortality naturally reminds one
of the battle of the lsraelites with the
five kings Of the Anorites, when ''thcy
were more which died with the hail
stones than they whom the children of
Israel slew with the sword"
Thunder and lightning and strong
uncertain winds invariably accompany
hailstorms, and of these the wind is
accountable for no small amount of the
mischief, for it is always of great vio-
lence, generally coming from more than
one direction, and 50 giving rise to
whirlwinds, which sweep along, leav-
ing permanent marks of their destruc-
tive power. Another characteristic of
hailstorms is that they are always very
narrow, so that one that travels from
one to two hundred miles will most
probably not exceed eight to ten miles
in breadth: they will arise IN some Civ
en- place, and thence perhaps travel in
only one direction; they do not always
travel in Il straight line. In this way
very curious results may happen, as.
for instance, one landowner may escape
any damage whatever. while his neigh
bors on every side suffer considerably;
or half Of one celebrated vine district
may be seriously damaged, while the
other half escapes altogether
1t was thought that, rs lightning in
variably accompanied hailstorms, it
was in some way accountable for them,
and indeed many hold to this still; so
it was conjectured that lightning-con-
ductors might, by carrying off the elcc-
tricitv from the clouds, prevent the
occurrence of the storm. These were
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-11-05
1luetrn.
I'll DO WHAT CAN.
BY ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.


Who takes for his motto: AT do what cln,'
Shall better the world as he goes down lfes hill;
The willing young heart makes the capable man,
And who does what he can Oft can do what he
will,
There's STRENGTH in the impulse to help things along,
And fCrces undIeamed Of " ill come to the aid
OF one who. though weak. yet believes lie is strong
And offers himself to the task. unafraid.
I'll do what can is a challenge to fate,
And fate must succumb when it's put to the test
A heat that is willing to labor and wait.
In its ttisse with life ever comes out the beS'
1t puts the blue imps of depression 10 rout,
An makes many difficult problems see IN plair;
1t mounts obstacle dssipates doubt,
Ard unravels kinks III life'S curious ciain.
~ II do what can" keeps The progress machine
In good woi king order as the centuries roll,
And civilization would PERISH ween,
Were not these words written on many a SOU;
They fell the great forests, they furrow the soil,
They seek new inventions to benefit mar,
They fear no eXertion, make pastime Of toll
OH great is earth's debt to III do what l can
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-11-05
EADS IN MEDICINE.

There are fads in medicine as in
every thing else and "new thing
frequently sells for a short time sim
ply because it is new. But in medi-
cine, as in nothing else, the people de-
mand and will be satisfied only with
positive, absolute merit. The fac
Hoods Sarsaparlla has stoo
ground against all competition,
sales have never wavered but have.
maincd steadily at the top, demon
strates, beyond any doubt, the intK
sic virtues of this medicine The
new things have come and gone but
Hoods Sarsaparilla rests upon the
solid foundation Of absolute merit and
its power to cure, and its sales continua
to be the largest in the world.