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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-02
Indian AgricuIturists.

The Indians on the Shoshone reserva-
ton have TO the present time this season
sown $4,000 pounds of grain, and il is
expected they will sow as much more
before the close Of the planting seoson
The department is not giving the seed TO
Ihe Indians this year as heretofore, but is
loaning IL, and expects the Indians 20 re
pay it when they harvest their crops The
pupils Of the Indian school are farming
extensively under the direction II the In
dian agent, Captain Wilson, and the teach
ers of the school They have put out IL,
900 cabbage plants and have a model gar
den. A test will be made on the farm
with sugar beet seed, the department hav.
ing furnished "a large quantity for expert
ment. Under the present management Of
Indian affairs the Indians of the Shoshone
reservation are improving rapidly in con-
dition, and the majority Of the tribe will
soon become self supporting Great inter
est Is being taken by the Indians i'm school
work, and the agency school Is having a
very successful term. Correspondence
Omaha Bee.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-02
THE TIPPING EVIL.
Enormous Extent to Which IL Has De-
veloped In This Country.


As is often the case with evil insects and
weeds, as soon as the tipping system OBJ
| tanned foothold in this country it began
10 develop prodigiously. From the insig.
nificant annoyance which tipping was and
| is in Europe il soon became downright
blackmail, conducted on a scale that l.
rapidly becoming uncomfortable. In Eng
land and on the continent copper coins
will still satisfy majority of the exactions
of this sort, while here only silver will do
as a second recompense for the most tri-
| fling service. In amount it must be at
least a tenth of the nominal price for what
one gets and often the enforced proper
tion rises TO half or two-thirds A few
Americans once in awhile muster up cour-
age enough TO leave untipped barber or
a waiter whom they are never likely TO see
again, but even in these cases il is neces-
sary TO bear away burden of heaped up
scorn that robs the economy of all its Joys
AS for giving one of these servitors cents,
the very possibility of such an act would
never enter an Americans mind-in
America Yet in England, where the tip
Is at home If anywhere, people write in
dignant letters to the newspapers if gra-
tuity of threepence is not accepted with
demonstrations of loving gratitude, and
the angry correspondent is informed by
his editorial advisers that the man should
have been reported to his employer, and
that the latter would have turned the in
solent fellow into the street.
In commenting on one such communica-
ton London journal says that at res
taurants in the city walters are usually
content with penny and very rarely get
a larger fee. In places like Gatti's two or
three pence will preserve the diners self
respect and insure careful attention to him
next time. At the more snowy and fash
ionable west end restaurants the levy rises
20 sixpence, ana there are only one or
two resorts so dreadfully aristocratic that
nothing less than a shilling will fill the
walters palm. These sums would be re-
garded with derisive contempt in a land
like this, where 10 cents must be added to
the price of the simplest luncheon, and
every barber must receive in addition to
his wages two-thirds as much from each
occupant of his chair as goes to the owner
of the shop.-Ncw York Times
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-02
THE SPERM WHALE.
Some Interesting Facts About This Mon
ster of the Sea.

The common sperm whale, or cachalot
has very wide geographical range; it is
said that it inhabits all seas except those
near the poles. 1t is much sought after
because it furnishes us with spermaceti,
ambergris and much fine OIL
AS "a rule, it is from 40 to so feet in
length. It's head is immense, being equal
TO half of the entire bulk of the ami
NAL and more than one third of its length.
The right side OF the head and nose is &C.
cupied by cartilaginous, triangular
shaped cavity, called by whalers the
cease, which is the main receptacle for
spermaceti. The Case is divided into
compartments communicating with each
other, and it often contains as much as
ten large barrels of spermaceti.
Though the head is large and clumsy
looking, it does not impede the whales
movements in the least, for it raises it's
head above the surface of the water when
swimming and keeps it above when at
rest.
1t is not very well known of what use
the spermaceti is to the whale. except that
1t gives buoyancy to the fore part of its
body. Ambergris is fragrant. waxy SO.
erection. 1t is gray substance and when
heated or dissolved in alcohol gives out
peculiar, agreeable odor exceedingly
diffusive. 1t also has the power of increas-
ing the odor of other perfumes. Often it
is found floating on the sea or lying on
the sea coast and is valued at about IS an
ounce.
Sperm whales traverse the seas in herds
called schools" or pods by whalers.
Five hundred or more have been seen in a
single school," following leader, whose
duty seems to be to keep close lookout
for danger; in case of threatened harm he
sounds an alarm by a peculiar roar.-Phil.
adelphia Times.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-02
LYING PHOTOGRAPHS.
The peceptions That Can he Manipulated
Through the Camera.

We have several times commented on
the falsity of the prevalent idea that "a
| photograph must be absolutely true TO ma
| ture, at least Ia the proportions of the OBJ
jects represented. The author of a series
of articles on The Magic and Mystery Of
| Photography" in The American journal
| Of Photography, gives additional proof
| He says: IL is said photography cannot
| lie, although it is an easy matter to Sc
cure photograph which Is far from the
| truth and the reality. This is done by
! what is called straining the lens, result
| ing either in a caricature or in exagger-
ated perspective A caricature is easily
made by bringing one part of subject
nearer the camera than the remainder,
thus giving false proportion Some of
these are distinctly ludicrous For exam
pie, when taking portrait, the hands or
feet, being nearer the camera than the
body, come out abnormally large. A per-
son lying at full length on the grass and
photographed either from the head or feet
will find the picture result in a gross carl
cature. There was comical drawing in
one of the illustrated papers recently, show
ing two sailors taken on board ship, who,
owing 70 lurch of the ship at the moment
OF exposure, were represented as monstros-
tiles having long legs and small bodies.
Animals will also appear laughable If the
camera is placed so as to represent them in
perspective.
"A row of six or seven cottages can be
made TO appear in the photograph like a
street half a mile long by fixing the cam
era close 70 the subject, and using a lens
having focal length very near the size Of
the plate. Owing TO the difference be-
tween the angle included by the lens and
the angle Of the eye apparent distortion
will ensue Another method of creating
Illusion is TO photograph objects without
any means of judging their real size; thus
the model Of steam engine or other ma
chinery only 6 or Z inches high will. II
taken on plain ground, appear in the |
negative like "a machine or feet high, |
with wheels or feet i'm diameter Many |
photographs exhibited as taken from ma |
chimes weighing several tons are from |
models only Weighing pounds. IL is curl |
Gus TO notice IN this connection that pho |
tograph from an actual working machine |
will look like copy from a model, a COM
plete reversal Of the previous illusion. /
These illusions may be taken advantage Of
TO flatter those who vary from the aver
are ~
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-02
War Horses In Armor Times.

The size of the English war horse
reached its maximum in the reign of Henry
VIII, when the relations of body arnior
TO hand guns" were analogous to those
OF the early ship armor and cannon before
the high velocities' were obtained at
Elswick. There was good reason to be-
lieve, says the London Spectator, that by
adding little to the thickness of the coat
of steel the soft, low velocity bullet of the
day could be kept out. So it was for a
time. But the additional weight required
still larger horse TO carry it. The charger
had TO be armored, as well as his rider, and
the collection in the tower of London
shows the actual weight which it carried.
The panoply of Charles Brandon, duke of
Suffolk, the brother-in- law of Henry VIII,
still exists. That of the horse covers the
whole OF the hind quarters, the back of the
neck, forehead, muzzle, ears, shoulders
and chest. 1t is exactly like piece of
boiler plating and fastened by rivets.
The rider sat in saddle, the front of
which was q steel shield ten inches high,
covering the stomach and thighs as the
"breastwork" on an ironclad's deck COW
ers the base of the turret. The total weight
is so pounds 10 ounces. To this add the
weight of the riders armor, 90 pounds o
ounces, and of the rider himself, say IS
stone (224 pounds), and the total is 2s
stone IL pounds ounces, or 404 pounds s
ounces. This bears out Hollinshead' S state
ment that in the days of Henry VIII,
WHO erected "a noble studderie for breed
ing horses, especially the greatest sort, +"
such as were kept for burden, those
animals would bear four hundredweight
commonly
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-02
EPWORTH LEAGUE
season For the Week Beginning JuIy 4
Comment by Rev. w. j. Yates. A. N.
Topic. Paul asa Citizen.

SCRIPTURE READINo,-n Cor xi. 22: Acts
xxi, %; Rom. xiii, IL.
Christianity has a message TO every
individual. 1t offers pardon for sin and
peace with God on condition of repent.
ance and faith i'm Jesus Christ.
Unlike any other religion the world
has ever known, il also has message
to men as united in society, and pro-
poses on the principle of the brother
hood of men under the one Father, God,
to construct the ideal human society.
Men have from remotest ages been
working at these problems. Almost ev-
cry conceivable device has been attempt
ed in the adjustment of the social rela-
tions of the race. Fascinating in the ex-
treme is the study of the ancient civ
ilizations. Instructive and valuable are
the results of the various adjustments
of political, religious and social rela.
tions instituted in the long ages of the
past. None has been permanent,
though many have existed long. Defects
have existed in all which sooner or
later proved destructive
Christianity proposes a new world
order wherein righteousness shall fur
nish a foundation of permanence and
all institutions established upon it shall
be durable.
The writings of Paul more than any
other part of the Bible furnish the prin.
ciples of this new social order. They
are nowhere gathered into a system,
but are scattered throughout his letters
as directions for the regulation of the
practical life. Men are 10 live in COM
munity. They are 10 live godly in this
present life. Righteousness is not in
isolation and mere contemplation of alb
stract truth and purity and beauty
Goodness and goodness are TO be con-
stantly developing life. The motive
power of faith in Christ and love to
God and men is to be exercised through
every bodily and mental power. All
work, every activity and thought, are to
be wholly controlled and directed by
this inner impulse.
All things are to become new, not
suddenly, but by gradual transforma-
ton. Men are not to be rioters. The ex-
listing order is not ideal and must pass
away, but obedience TO the properly
authorities is to be cheer
fully given. Paul never forgets that he
is Hebrew. Intensely yearning for the
welfare of his nation, truly patriotic,
he is broader in sympathy than ordinary
Jewish bigotry, and while a thorough |
and intense Hebrew becomes the broad |
minded apostle to the gentiles.
The kingdom of God is wider than |
Judaism. He will bring in the new So
cial unity of childhood in God. Citizen
ship in the commonwealth of Christian
ity is to be an advance upon citizenship |
man citizenship.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-02
Gave Her sister AWAY.

1t was a long time since they had seen
each other, and naturally enough they had
lots Of real nice things to say to each
other, but her little sister Grace was very
much in the way, so to speak.
run along to mamma, DEAR" she said
to the little one. "I'll give you some
candy If you will"
"No, don't want to-
"Ah, now, please do, like a good little
girl"
"But I'd rather stay here"
II won't take you out driving with me
tomorrow, II you DON'T"
Her pleadings were in vain, and so the
little one remained. Presently mammn
came in, and the conversation Jagged n
trifie. Suddenly thought struck little
sister.
Say" she asked, "what did you want
me to go to mamma for little while
agof"-Twinkles.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-02
An Ideal Spelling Course.

First, rs 10 oral and written column
and sentence spelling | shall say only this,
that the wise teacher will acquaint herself
with as many methods and devices as pos
sible and change from one to the other,
in order TO relieve the tedium and TO meet
the needs of individual children
Before all she will beware Of running
off at a tangent with any particular meth
cd, because none yet discovered has proved
a panacea. Second, under no cream
stances should more than 10 minutes daily
be devoted 20 the subject Whatever bcne-
fit the pupils receive from their instruc-
ton in spelling will lie obtained within
this period. Third, would recommend
that the words be carefully graded, not
only in regard 10 photographed difficult
ties, but in accordance with the vocabu-
larry of the child as we'll In this way the
course in spelling might become as sys-
tematic as in other subjects. Fourth, pre-
cedeDce should be given TO common words,
while technical and unusual words should
be taught incidentally. BY excluding
words of the latter classes, the course
would be materially abridged and the
chances of producing good practical SPELL
ers proportionately increased. Fifth, the
course should he further abridged by ex-
Guiding words that contain no catch-that
is, words which naturally spell themselves
My researches on this point would indi-
cate that more than half the common
words belong TO this category, and conse-
quently need not he studied. The ideal
ground 70 be covered in spelling would be
represented, therefore, by carefully grad
ed list of the common words most liable to
be misspelled. The number of words in
this list, according TO my estimate, would
be between 5000 and 7,000.-Dr. j. NJ.
Rice in Forum
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-02
Going to the Opera Underground.

most interesting discovery has recent.
~ been made in Paris which recalls an act
OF Napoleon l. This Is the subterraneap
passage which ran to the imperial box at
the old Theatre Italien.
The reason for the building of this un.
foreground passage, which formed feature
OF nearly all the subsidized theaters of
Paris. was because Of the attempt on the
ne OF Napoleon In the Rue Nacaise when
he was going to the opera.
By means OF this tunnel 1t was possible
Tor him to disappear from the house with.
out any one being aware at the moment.
while in the event of necessity troops could
De introduced which would be able TO dom.
mate the audience should the necessity for
Suoh contingency arise. Pearson IS
Weekly. .
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-02
AN ABANDONED NINE.
One Man Made Fortune Out OF It Over
Forty Years Ago.

Far up on the left shoulder OF Bald
mountain Is the old Higgenbottom mine.
1t is an old mine. so old and so long ahan-
doned that even local tradition concerning
II is very hazy. There is an old trail lead
ing down from IL, dim and hardly trace
able. bearing easterly and north around
Black Top, and out over Nj Wot hill. Over
this trail, IL Is said, ore came down, hun
drcds OF t0Ias of it, and by OK teams was
dragged over the rough country 30 miles
10 the smelter at Central City. In those
days il cost $50 ton TO smelt ore, $50
more 10 freight il in, $40 TO pack IL down
the trail, $50 TO mine it, and yet they say
this old man Higgenbottom made for
tune from the mine and lived in afiluence
all his remaining days.
All this was over 40 years ago. while yet
Denver was a sheep pasture, and the great
mines like the Nj Wot, Utica, Dew Drop
and star, that have since made the reputa-
ton Of Ward, were undreamed of. All these
years the old mine, despite its traditions,
has lain untouched, high up among the al
most perpetual SHOWS, its shafthouse of
logs standing stiffly against the winds
and its old shaft filled 10 the collar with
perpetual ice. Few people visit 1t. Few
people even know of its existence, and IL is
only recently that your correspondent went
upon the ground, for rumor has it that the
old mine is to be brought TO life. 1t is a
slightly spot. Behind it rises the snowy
range, before 1t the endless foothills, merg-
ing into the plain. There is something
impressive in its splendid isolation. To
the east and north Ward nestles far believe
while directly before, in perfect descending
line, are the many dumps marking the pro-
jected course of the great adit tunnel at
whose mouth Camp Frances seems TO
stand like a cluster of hives. Elsewhere
nothing of life-snow, endless snow, and
limitless waste of mountain.-Den
Times
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-02
Canp Meeting.

Much of profit in spiritual things can
be had from attendance upon camp
meeting, and much of harm can also be
found there if one is careless. Not the
place, but the spirit of the person, is the
matter which counts. Go to get good;
attend enough services, but not too
many; pray and sing and talk, but
don't neglect to find time for quiet
reading of the word in private and for
meditation and prayer. Not the amount
eaten, but what is digested, determines
the strength. Nourishment of soul, and
not number of services attended, is the
object TO be sought
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-02
NO STAR EYED GODDESS SHE.

II Nellie's eyes were "lilJe a star"
How very sorry should bel
The nearest star shines from afar
On many millions besides me.
like her better as she Is
A child Of earth, but all my own,
With eyes, just near enough TO kiss,
That shine and shine for me alone.
j. l.. Heaton in THE Quilting Bee"
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-02
A Mean Trick.

mat was mean trick they played on
the human snake at the last place he ner.
formed, observed the ossifled man crack.
ing hickory nut with himself. He'd tied
himself into beautiful sailors knot. and
the dwarf, who was envious, walked mn
ana stuck scarfpin into him. "--Harper,s
Bazaar.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-02

A few years ago 100000 bronze 2 cent
pieces were set afloat. Three million Of
these are still outstanding. Three million
3 cent nickel pieces are scattered over the
United States, but IL Is very rarely that
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-02

Now blessings light on him that f,rs,
invented sleep. 1t covers a man all over
thoughts and all, like a cloak: it IL meal
Tor the hungry, drink for the thirsty. bect
Tor the cold, and cold for the hot.--Cer.
vantes
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-02
A Family AFFAIR.

Languid Misunderstanding who was
that iii bred child with you and the baby
on the walk this morning.
The Maid-Your eldest, madam.-Chi.
cago Journal.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-02
CITY of Churches.

Bishop Merrill says there ere more
Methodist churches in Chicago than in
any other city in,the world
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-02

"what does Shamly mean by claiming
to be great composerf"
ina 40, r,arrfsctures a very fair article Of
flld ksNpNf 49,, - i.y,-ss-f--.s. nee
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-02

Prayer, ardent, opens heaven
And lets down food Of glory
On the consecrated hour
OF man In audience with the Deity.
Young.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-02
How He Lived.

Weary Walkers-Will yer give me
something ter eat? hev not tasted food
fer six months.
Reuben Cornstalk-Waal, l swami
How did you live?
Weary Walkers-Yer see, when /
thinks of home and mother, the lump in
me throat comes up in me mouth and /
swallow it.-Up to Date.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-02
SALARIES OF ACTORS.
poor PAY AND SHORT SEASONS TIE
RULE NOWADAYS.

The Scale of Salaries All Through the
Profession l. Much Lower Than For
merly-Actors Who Cannot save Money
TO Tide Them over the Idle season.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-06-17
New Railroad Company.

DENVER. June IA special to the
Rocky Mountain News from Santa Fee NJ
NJ. says: The PecoS Valley & Northeast
ern Railroad Company filed amended ;lrti-
eles OF Incorporation with the territorial
secretary today setting forth the fact that
j. J. Hagerman and others of Colorado
Springs bad organized to construct a rail-
way Tine from Roswell y. NJ, TO the Tex
as Panhandle 10 connect with lines at
Amarillo. Washhurn or Panhandle CITY.
The distance Is 30 miles. The CAPITAL
stock r. xs.osps0 and the amount actusI-
~ subscribed and paid over 10 Percy Hag-
errnan. treasurer is t2eoesa The new COM
pany proposes To purchase the Pccos VAL
ley railroad. running from Pecos civ
Tex, 10 Roswell and for this purpose
the new company will Issue 81. ssa shares Of
It's preferred stock. The directors are: !
J. Haeerman. w A. Otis. r. J solIes OF
Colorado Springs: f.. .. Faulkner OF Ed
dy; y. NJ: F. ". Kenna, OF Chicago. u
NJ. Cot, OF 81 Louis. j. ". Poe. of Ross
well. and Charles A otis. OF New York
The offices are at Eddy and Colorado
Springs.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-06-17

MEXICO CITY, June ls-Between 10
and II o'clock last night earthquake
shocks We're felt In this city and In all
Southern Mexico, from Acapulco TO Vera
Cruz. They We're especially violent In the
town of San Marcos. state of Puebia,
where the shocks were both vertical and
horizontal. and were accompanied by sub
ferranean rumblings. The movement was
thirty-ffye seconds. followed later by an
other shock, lasting ten seconds. Acapul-
co reports a shock both vertical and hori-
zonIal. preceded by loud noises under
ground Curfously enough. the movement
was experienced across the whole country
at about the same time. the hour report
cd differing only few seconds. No dam
age is noted. but there is considerable
alarm
The town of Frehimilic, near the city of
Oaxaca. was inundated suddenly. several
persons being drowned. Rains are very
heavy in that region
SIMI.A. June 1.-THE reports that all Of
the buildings at Shiilong have been d.
stroyed are confirmed. Mr.. Mccabe the
British resident deputy commissioner was
killed by a falling house. and the English
ladies' and children are suffering intensely
from exposure. The towns OF Syihet and
CherrapunJi were leveled to the ground.
and whole villages subsidized
The losses are so great that 1t is feared
severe scarcity is inevitable in several
populous districts.