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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-27
Best Fruit Trees For Shade

The denizens of towns find the pear one
OF the most satisfactory fruit trees for
shade 1t is deep roofing, and many other
things may be successfully grown right nj,
to their trunks Insects trouble them lit.
tie. They grow rather fast, but it is many
years before they get an EXCEPTIONALLY
large size. The apple makes a spreading
head, and there is soon shade under its
branches, and, besides, the beauty of its
blossoms in spring makes the tree appreci
ated fully equal TO "a more ornamental one.
1t is not very serious robber of the soil.
The cherry makes a desirable shade, hut
birds make too free with the fruit, and
there is the temptation TO break branches.
The sour or pie cherries are, however, not
relished by birds. European walnut trees
grow slowly 1t is usually ten years be-
fore they produce nuts in any quantity.
but after this they are regarded as treas
ures with which their owners would not
willingly part. For utility and grateful
shade combined few trees can rival them
Thomas Meehan in Ladies' Home Jour.
nal
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-27
Indians with Blue Ewes,

One OF the mysteries of Mexico is pre-
sented by the Maya Indians, who in
habit the Sierra Madre mountains in
the lower part of Sonora. They have
fair skins, blue eyes and light hair, and
students of ethnology have always been
puzzled to account for them. There is q
tradition, however, that these Indians
are the descendants of the crew and
passengers Of a Swedish vessel wrecked
on the Mexican coast centuries before
Columbus discovered the new world.
but this tradition is founded on moth
ing more substantial than folklore
tale current among them that their an
cestors came over the big salt water
hundreds of moons ago.
The Mexicans have never been able
TO conquer this people. Nominally, in
deed, they are under Mexican rule. but
really they are governed by their own
chief, and whenever the Mexican gov
eminent has interfered with them thev
have taken up arms, getting the best Of
the scrimmage every time. Their near
est Indian neighbors are the Yauuis.
and these two warlike tribes have reci-
procity down to fine point. Each helps
the other when the Mexicans attack
them.
The Mayas live principally by the
chase. although they cultivate some
corn and garden truck. The men are
large and well formed and some of the
women are remarkably handsome
blends. -Ohio State Journal
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-27
A RIGHT ROYAL ROBE.
Made of Rare Feathers For the Ruler OF
the Sandwich Islands.

the sandwich Islands.
a million dollars seems a pretty
round sum to pay for cloak, and prob.
ably even Worth never dreamed of ask
ing so fabulous price for the most
elaborate Of bis garments. And vet in
the National museum at Washington is
a cloak the cost Of which cannot be
reckoned at less than this vast amount,
and ladies may be pleased to learn that
1t was not a woman, but a man, who
was guilty of such piece of extrava-
gance
Long years ago, when the Hawaiian
Islands, small as they are, supported
not one but several furnishing king
doms, the kings, chiefs and mobiles,
whenever they appeared in public on
state occasions, wore, instead of the
purple and ermine of more civilized
potentates, capes and cloaks of brilliant
feathers. The ladies of the court were
forced to content themselves with feath-
er boas, as we should call them, known
as lels. These capes and collars were
made from the yellow, red and black
feathers of few species of small birds
peculiar TO the Sandwich Islands and
called, from their habits, honey suck
ers. Fashion ruled even in those DAYS.
and as the yellow feathers were scarcel
than the red yellow was the fashionable
color, and the more powerful the chief
the more yellow was his robe of state
These yellow feathers were found only
on two or three species of birds. tho
finest coming from bird called in the
native language mamo and known az
Drepanis pacifica by ornithologists.
These birds, with their striking black
and yellow plumage, were as dear tc
the hearts of the Hawaiian monarchs as
they might be today to the hearts of
patriotic Princeton students and were
sought for far and near throughout the
Islands The populace paid poll taxes IN
golden feathers instead OF golden dol.
lars, and as each bird furnished but q
lew feathers the taxes may be consid-
cred as having been high. Some csti.
mate OF the value Of the feathers NAV
be formed from the prices paid in later
times when piece Of nankeen cloth |
valued at 81. so was the equivalent Of
hve feathers; but, after all, the great !
element III the cost of these cloaks was |
time and labor, since the making OF a
single cloak required from 80 to lCC |
years.
AS the feathers obtained for taxes |
were very far from supplying the de-
mand the chiefs were accustomed TO |
employ regular staff of bird catchers,
much as medieval baron had his staff |
OF falconers. These skilled foresters pre-
pared sort Of bird lime from the gum
OF the fragrant olapa, mixed with the
juice of the breadfruit tree, and with it
the branches Of the Towering
trees frequented by the honey suckers.
Frederic f. Lucas in ST. Nicholas
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-27
An Autograph Collection,

One OF the largest collections of an.
tographs in Connecticut is owned by
William l.. Ransom of Litchfeld In
his selection he has confined himself
mainly to the pen written letters and
portraits of the members of the provin.
cial congress, the signers of the Decla.
ration OF independence. the presidents
OF the United States, senators and con.
gressmen, supreme court officials and
famous army and navy officials. He has
the autographs of every president. Mr..
Ransom found that Andrew Johnson s
autograph was the most difficult to SO.
cure, from the fact that johnson wrote
little. and, when he did write, used a
lead pencil as a quill. New York Trib.
une
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-27

FOR sale-House No. 1911, Hecla street,
on premises.
FOR Sale-House No. 5s7 Cedar street
Gasperich. P'0''' W
IL, no Rent, kOOn - Three small upstairs
s, lids III 3zIo northwest corner Tenth and Oak
n0r,ha.s . Enqulre OF Henry Krigsholm, at 4Hs
'o''"eas' corner OF Tenth and Oak streets.
Tor sale - Eleven-room house. No 2OO0
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FOR Sa1e-A six-roomed house. ADD
on .he premises No. ia east Pine street.
wanted To Rent-rour or Eve rooms,
apply at the NEWS office.
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the NEWS office
.Eor Sele-An eight-room house on swede-
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For Sa1e-House of seven rooms mo. i5Osl
IN IN tne west side of Hecla street. Amply to
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FOR eale-House No. s1li, six rooms and
situated In ewedetown. Appiy 20 Oaiumst
anu Nicola mining company.
For sale-House No. slis q street. Raym.
Dsnv Apply on the premises or the DOM.
Fer sals-House No. siso Tunnel street,
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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-27

thought il burden TO pay the same
rate for riding over a narrow guage,
but il competition arises as is now more
likely TO be the case, then the four-cent
rate would probably not be continued,
even il the legislature did not interfere
with the matter.
The senator is of course | er'ectly cor
rect and il the principle Ct his bull was
right before, il Is now, but the senator
should remember he was not representing
any local interest or particular locality;
he was working for the good OF the whole
Upper Peninsula. whereas Others who
were working more ia local interest, as
the News was. cannot hereafter perhaps
be expected so warm in advocating mea =
ures where their interest is not so direct
in them, most persons being TO some de-
gree selfish and consequently when their
particular desires are fulfilled they are
not so likely TO rise in opposition against
the very persons who assisted in carry
ing out their wishes.
The News thinks the people of the
Upper Peninsula generally are greatly
indebted to the senator for his manly
fight for what he considered right and il
the senator wishes a reelection when the
ii ire comes, believes the people OF this
district, whether two wide guage rail-
roads enter il or not, aud a consequer
lower rate prevail will stand man
fully by hun, at any rate they should.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-27
Free Pills

Send your address to II. Il. RuckeI
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Kings New Life Pills. A trial will con
vince you OF their merits. These pills are
easy in action and are particularly effec.
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headache. For malaria and liver trou.
bles they have been proved invaluable.
They are guaranteed to be perfectly free
from every deleterous substance aud to
be purely vegetable. They do not weak
en- by their action, but by giving tone to
stomach and bowels greatly invigorate
the system. Regular size, 20 cents per
box. Sold by ID. T. Macdonald. drugg g..
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-27
THE SUPERNATURAL.
Contact With 1t Brings Out a Peculiar
Kind of Fear.

Kind of Fear.
We wish the Psychical society would
one day attempt an analysis of what,
for want of better word, we must call
the dread of the supernatural. Both
those who believe and those who disbe-
lieve i'll the notion that the veil between
this world and the other is capable of
! being lifted agree in one thing. They
all recognize the fact that most people
fear, or something akin to fear what
they believe to be the occurrence of SUI
pernatural phenomena. There is here,
therefore, a piece of ground which may
be explored without any begging of the
question as to whether the fear is caused
by real ghosts or by trickery, by rats
aud water pipes or by genuine glimpses
Of the people Of another world. One
would like to know whether the fear
felt is akin to that experienced when a
man is frightened by runaway horse
or fire or any other imminent risk of
life, or whether it is something differ
ent in kind.
Speaking broadly and without any
minute consideration of the facts, one
would say that ghost fright did differ
in kind from the fright which comes
from active danger Most people have,
we imagine, at some time or other in
their lives experienced that eerie, un-
canny, creepy feeling which is associat-
ed with the possibility of contact with
the supernatural Yet few would de-
clare that 1t was in any sense connected
with the dread of loss of life or limb.
The man or woman who wakes up in
the middle of the night and hears
strange noises-thumps, raps, clangs
and creakings-or sees lights or feels
the touch of unseen hands is probably
very frightened, but the sense of bodily
fear is not present. There is no dread
OF being killed. People in the agony of
terror caused by dangerous accidents
constantly call out that they are going
to be killed, but we doubt if that is ev-
er the case i'll the fright caused by
haunted houses. Possibly this differ
ence may be said to be due to the fact
that the dread of the supernatural is
not nearly so acute as that caused by
the imminent risk of death. People, it
may be argued, only imagine themselves
to be frightened of ghosts. as women
pretend to be frightened of mice. In
neither case is the fright quite genuine
1t is only want of self control and could
be mastered in an instant if the will |
power were in proper order.
Unfortunately for those who argue
thus there is plenty of evidence to
show that occasionally the dread of the |
supernatural produces very serious re-
suits. On the whole, we should say that |
more people had been frightened out of |
their wits by what they believed to be
phenomena than by acct
dents involving great risk of life. 1t is
not often that one hears of insanity
caused even by the prolonged agony of
'hipwreck The fear caused by what is
to be a supernatural agency
seems, then, to have in it some element
not found in ordinary fear If the haunt
ing phenomena cause fear, they seem to
give shock of special keenness. Lon
Ion Spectator.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-27
A Brave Man.

Nicolas, Cbevalier d'Assas, a French
captain in the Auvergne regiment, born
at Vigan in the Languedoc, while max
ing reconnaissance during the night
OF Oct. 10, 1850, at Klostercamp in
Westphalia, met column of the enemy
which was advancing in silence to sur
prise the French army. He was ordered
to keep silent or else they would kill
him. D'Assas at once cried out, "a moi
Auvergne-the enemy is herel" He was
killed on the spot. -Bouillet's Diction-
airy Of History.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-27
Zebra Culture.

On several South African farms ex-
periments have been tried with Bur-
chell's zebra. The zebras become as
tame as ponies, and are readily broken
IN for draft work. The object of their
tanners has been to breed mule which,
IKE the zebra, is proof against the
tsetse fly. The zebras themselves run
well enough in a mule team, though
they cannot stand overdriving. Lon
Ion Spectator.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-27
INCONSISTENCY.
She loved a youthful minister;

She loved youthful minister;
Her smiling rose lips told him so,
Until they sent him forth to preach
AT Lonesome Gulch in Idaho.
Then all the fervor of her soul
subsidized, and she would not go.
What Waste her lie in bowling wilds
Conserving with the squaw of Lo2
He went-alone. And now she's pledged
Again 70 young Lieutenant Grow,
Who dates his letters, Fort Remote"
At Lonesome Gulch in Idaho!
Paul Pastnor in Brooklyn Life
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-27
Law Term EXPLAINED

well, proceed, said the lawyer
1.-The plaintiff resorted to an inpen.
ious use of circumstantial evidence -
said the witness
For the benefit of the jury state in
palmer language exactly what YOU
mean by that. interrupted the Judge
well, my meaning is that he.lied"
Boston Traveller
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-27

In Austria the man who loses both his
hands in an accident can claim the
whole of his life insurance money, ON
the ground that he has lost the means
of maintaining himself. Loss of the
right hand reduces the claim from 70
to 80 per cent Of the total.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-27
Russia,

Russia was duchy until 1857. when
it became grand duchy of vladimir
remaining such until 1928, when IL was
called the grand duchy of Moscow. The
Russian rulers began to call themselves
cars in 1862. Peter the Great assumed
the title of emperor in 1889.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-27

WOman's Privilege.

Greene-Funny about 10y wife, She ha,
been running on dreadfully about vii
Stunyun, and only a day or two ago she
declared Will was regular trump
Grey-That's all right A woman, you
know. Is hardly ever able to remember
what's trumps Boston Transcript
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-27
IaIi and Winter STYLES.

Having received fine stock of cloths,
suitable for fall and winter suitngs, and
overcoats | invite an inspection. Suits
made TO order, fit guaranteed and the
prices very low. Give me call.
NJ. JOHNSON,
Over Sauer's Sample Room.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-27

William Scott. of Hancock. will furnish
Portage Entry sandstone for cemetery
lots and do all work in setting them at
reasonable prices. Apply at the Han
cock stone sawmil.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-27
Future Population

1t Is now stated that the world will
be overpeopled at the end of l75 years
Inis brings us to the year 2O72, when
the population, at the present rate OF
increase. will be 8, 994, 600, 900 people
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-27
Lap Robe Lost.

Lost on Tuesday, the 21st inst, a
wooden lap robe, green on one side and
plaid on THE other; marked j. C. The
finder would oblige by returning it to
the News office.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-27
Good wood-long and short-for sale
at Quello's meat market.

We sell the celebrated Sherwin- William
paints. S. OLSON.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-27

A Californian claims to have invent.
ed q new machine which launders col.
lars and cuffs without producing saw
edge.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-27

We have all kinds ofbrushes. yarnishes,
oils, colors in oil, etc. S. OLSON.
The times., 1897-04-18
That Riddled Treaty.

The prospect that some arrangement for
final vote on what Is left of the olney-
Pauncefote arbitration treaty may be ef-
fected in the Senate tomorrow for the
moment revives interestin that once alarm
ing, but now comparatively eviscerated
measure In its original form it was
drafted for the purposes OF preventing
the United States from appealing
to the Monroe doctrine In resist
| ing European. aggressions in this hem
isphere; OF rendering it impossible
for this country to exclusively control the
| Nicaragua Canal, and generally Of bind
ing the American Government to a system
| under which all matters OF dispute be-
tween it and Great Britain would be Je-
bated before and finally decided by
| tribunal packed against it fTom the start
Every effort was made by the Cleveland
Administration to lam through ratifica-
ton of this disgraceful scheme before the
country should have chance 10 find out
to cover; and but for the patriotism and
persistent courage OF Senator Morgan the
attempt would have succeeded. With the
after history of the treaty the public is
familiar. Investigation and study soon led
to the discovery OF the concealed and
loaded weapons on the body OF the project.
Ii has been measurably disarmed as far
as one can see at present; but little of 1t
remains now that appears dangerous. The
Monroe doctrine, the canal and the Clay
ton-Dulwer teeth have been drawn. That
having been done, our British cousins
seem to regard the treaty as dead for any
good it might do them.
Some time ago the A merican correspond
ent Of a leading London daily cabed 10 his
paper: The Senators continue 10 pretend
that 1t is lot dead, though 1t is over
corpse that they are holding their meaning
less palaver. Their present proceedings
resemble nothing so much as an Irish
wake" Various English journals have re-
marked, with frank cynicism, that an ar
bitration treaty with the Monroe doctrine
and the CIayton-Bulwer treaty excepted
from its operation, could have little IN
it to interest Great Britain.
All the outside appearances appear TO
justify the view that, in It's present form,
there would not be much occasion for
anxiety, even If the treaty should pass the
Senate; but appearances are not always
to be trusted On the whole, probably the
path OF wisdom lies In the direction of re-
jection-on the principle that a gun, and
particularly British gun, 'is dangerous
without lock, cock, stock or barrel
The times., 1897-04-18
a New Club Feature.

a Chicago club has been having some
bers 1t is the Union League Club, and it
was Facilitating, among other innovations,
a new gymnasium. Mr.. Jones, the OBJ
trusive member-and his is a wcll-known
name, although we are not familiar with
the face of this particular Jones gave
the club a good, sound raking over. He
said there were too many pharisees in this
club A rharisee, as Mr.. Jones defines him,
is a man who never goes to the primaries
paign funds Mr. Jones was of the opinion
that mission should be established He
said that the legislature had a chaplain,
Congress had a chaplain, even the peni-
tentiary had a chaplain, and he should
not feel satisfied until the Union League
Club had a chaplain.
What the chaplain would be supposed to
do, MIR. Jones does not explain. Should
he attend the club functions-a club is
mainly for the purpose Of having functions?
Should he drink, smoke and make merry
with ',de boys on festive occasions? Or
should he sit aparta as a sortofmetaphorical
dose Of castor oil, to remind the club that
however good a time they were having
now, the time would come for them
TO pay up? How would he cure the
phariSees7 Could he take them by the
collar and make them so to the polls and
vote, or would he pass contribution box
around, the contents to be contributed to
campaign funds? Mr.. Jones proposition
is mixed.
The times., 1897-04-18

one quart, for instance? Suppose he gets
to crying so that he cannot stop himself,
which might possibly happen If he were
very much interestedin his case? This con-
tingency must be taken into account, for
the whole theory of this emotional busi-
ness is that the lawyer really has his
clients interests at heart, and is over
come by emotion. The jury Is not going to
be moved by any crocodile tears. 1t will
not do TO cast the slightest doubt upon
the genuineness of the briny fluid. And
If it is genuine, there is 10 knowing where
it will stop-this shedding of tears. On
the whole, the safest course for a young
lawyer, even in Tennessee, to pursue. would
be to try to influence the jury by some
other means "A strong mans tears" are
extremely pathetic in book, but not when
they are made a show of for money.