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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-03
How May Spelling BE Reformed?

Mr.. Benjamin T.. Smith, in "The Flu
ture of Spelling Reform" (Tho Forum),
thus explains what Is one of the main diff
flculties:
For the average man-that Is to say, 90
out of every 100-the existing spelling is u
personal possession. He has bought it
with price, and a high one 1t has be-
come instructive, except for an occasional
reference to the dictionary. 1t is a tool
which well serves all his ends, because he
has adapted himself by long habit to it's
imperfections What argument has the
reformer capable of arousing him to the
annoying and time consuming If not pain
full effort to walk in the paths of phonetic
rectitude? Will the arguments of the phi
lologists avail! Will he be stirred by the
appeal to help make the language "A sim
pier and better tool for coming genera
tions9 Will he be moved to action by the
fact that the public is annually losing
some millions of dollars by the present
system? Will he be profoundly agitated
even by the loss of learning time by his
children and the woes of the foreign learn
or Of the language The younger genera
ton can have practically nothing to do
with the matter, and the reform must be
accomplished, II at all, by the cooperation
of grown up people like him.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-03
CALIFORNIA PEARLS.
The Great Majority Found Are Of Little
Value.

The beds of the gulf Of California pro-
duced enormously for awhile, yielding
many pearls OF great size. For some time,
$50 years back, the output was 300 to 500
pounds Of the "gems of the ocean" an
nually. In 1890 collection of big pearls
was made there for collar that became
the property of the queen of Spain, and
which is even now one of the most valua-
bic possessions of the Iberian crown. As
late as 1881 black pearl, valued at $40, 600
and weighing 2S carats, was obtained from
those waters. One of twice that weight,
light brown and worth $4,000, was Sc
cured In 1858, and in the same year a rner-
chant Of La Paz. Hamed Hdalgo, bought
from an Indian for $40 pearl of beaute-
Gus luster, which he sold i'm Paris for
%, 3O0 All the black pearls got from the
gulf of California are sent to Europe, be-
cause over there they fetch more than
white ones, being fad.
The pearl oyster banks of the gulf could
not be worked profltably today but for the
introduction of modern apparatus for div
ing. Such Of Che bivalves as are left are in
water too deep for search by ordinary
methods, but the rubber clad diver, pro-
vided with tube to furnish him with air,
is able To search the bottom at leisure, his
glass fronted helmet giving him good
view of his surroundings. thanks to the
dim greenish light which illuminates the
subaqueous regions. He carries with him
a sheet iron reservoir filled with compress
ed air, which In case of emergency may be
connected instantly with his helmet by
the turning of cock. In this business one
interesting fact Is that no such articles are
employed In diving for pearls anywhere
else in the world. The customary method
Is to dive naked. In the Sulu archipelago
the divers paint themselves black, SO as
not to attract the notice of sharks.
The pearl fisheries of the gulf of Califor-
mia are farmed out by the Mexican govern
ment to San Francisco company, which
employs about 400 men. Work is carried
on along the eastern shore of the peninsu-
la and up the Pacific side as far as Marga-
rita island. The oysters are found always
edge upward and usually in groups, and
the diver has no difficulty in separating
them from the rocks on which they grow
by cutting the "byssus' which serves the
mollusk as an attachment to its resting
place. The bivalyes thus obtained are car
ried by schooners to La Paz and are open
ed under official inspection. One thousand
of them may yield not "a single pearl of
any size, while from dozen shells $50, 900
worth may be taken. The great majority
of pearls found are of little value The
final process employed is to squeeze the
meat of the oyster in the fist, lest a pearl
should remain imbedded in the tissue of
the bivalve.-Boston Transcript.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-03
COLONIAL GRANDEUR.
Adelaide Scenes In the Early Days of Aus
tralian PrOsperity.

The Rev. H. r. Haweis, in his book,
"Travel and Talk" tells some amusing
stories of the levees held at Government
House, Adelaide, in the early days of
South Australian prosperity. The govern
or of the period-a very early one-decreed
that all who presented themselves at his
court should wear court dress.
The number who aspired to the honor of
presentation in those days was very small,
and among them there was but one who
possessed tail coat. The difficulty was
not insurmountable, nevertheless.
The lucky owner of the coat went in,
made his bow and came out and then
hung the coveted possession on tree for
the next conner to array himself in. This
process was naturally slow, and the gov
ernor grew impatient and inquired the rea-
son of the delay.
1t is said that the righteousness of the
situation struck him at once He burst out
laughing and suspended the oppressive
regulation until such time as the colony
should be sufficiently advanced to live
more generally up Go tail coats
1t must have been q little later on that
another amusing scene WAS witnessed at a
presentation, for colonist' s lady had then
arrived at the dignity of a real Irish car,
purchased in Dublin. 1t was the only one
In the colony, and the lady was proper
tionately proud of it, She drove in grand
style to government house, the cynosure
of all eyes. But her joy was damped,
when, after her own presentation, she
happened to look out of the window in
time to see another party arrive in an ex.
actly similar Irish car. Her prominence
was gone and her modification was ex-
IRENE.
But what was her anger and disgust at
seeing third, and fourth, and even
fifth car arrive, all at due intervals. She
made her way down in terrible state of
disappointment-just in time to see her
own car, with her own driver, arrive with
a sixth bevy
So far from not having created a sensa-
ton, the car had been too popular, and her
man had not been proof against the money
offered him to allow other people to ride
in it.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-03
IMPORTATION SCHEMES.
Why Japanese Matches and ToothpicIs
Are So Cheap.

IL has often been n matter of wonder to
casual purchasers that small articles of
japanese manufacture, such as toothpicks
and fans, could be sold at such low prices.
The small fans are sold at cent apiece,
while the dainty little toothpicks com
mand the same price per bundle
When one examines either of these prod
ucts and speculates upon the amount of
labor that must be spent to make them in
any quant:ty, the natural inference Is that
tne well known smallness of japanese
wages contains the explanation. At first
glance this seems to be the natural ex-
PLANTATION. Such skilled workers as watch
makers get but trifle more than 81 a
week for their services and the less skilled
and more mechanical trades command q
pittance that To our western ideas seems
Incredibly small
But, small as the wages of the Japanese
worker may be, there are considerations
that indicate at once that some other cause
must be found. There is duty on both
the articles mentioned and In addition to
this 1t must be remembered that Japan Is
good piece away, and that, in the natu-
raj course, freights would give considera-
BILE price in this market to articles that
were entirely without cost in the orient
A visit to several japanese importing
houses which deal exclusively In fine Sat-
suma and other native wares and In Jap
nnese curios revealed the secret of the prices
at which the small wares could be offered
here. The large vases, which form the sta
pie import Of the concerns called upon, re-
quire the most careful packing, lest on
their long journey they come to grief, and
here is where the toothpicks and fans not
only work their passage, but legally escape
duty. Packed in and around the vases are
many thousands of these articles, and by
this use they lose their character as mer-
chandise and become merely SO much
packing" 1t would be difficult to esti-
mate the enormous quantities of this
"paeking" which would be required for
single shipment of vases. The market here
Is constantly glutted, and New Workers
can purchase here at home these trfles at
the same prices that are asked in Tokyo,
and their wonderful cheapness makes
American competition totally out of the
question. Jewellers Review.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-03
The Fish Caught the Man.

A singular incident connected with fish
ing is related by the author of "Wild Sports
of the West of Ireland. A party of fish
ermen were out in boat after gudgeon
near Sunbury One of the men, who had
famed his horse some miles from home,
had been taken on board, but was not
fishing AS penalty for wearing spurs,
he sat in tho bow with his feet hanging
over the side of the skiff.
Soon after he got into the boat one of
the anglers caught Il small gudgeon, which
he playfully hung on the horseman' S pro-
jecting spur. The incident was for often,
and the gudgeon hung there. its tail just
touching the water.
Suddenly the man gave cry of aston
ishment, aud the others, looking up, saw
large jackfish founderng about the
dangling foot and splashing the water in
vigorous fashion. The boat began rocking
and the man in tho bow lost his balance
and tumbled into the lake, where he dis
appeared from sight
n moment later he rose to the surface
the iackfsh still thrashing the water about
bis foot, and it was seen that the fish was
caught on the spur. The jack was huge
fellow and very strong, and in it's strug-
giles for freedom it plunged toward the bot
tom of the lake, dragging the man feet
foremost after IL. His weight however,
was too much for the fish, and it made
small Roadway
The fishermen now went TO the assist
ance of their lucklcss companion, and one
of them struck the jack with an oar and
stunned it. The man was palivd into the
boat and the iaoktsh dispatched. The big
fish had jumped for the gudgeon, fixed it's
teeth in its body and had somehow been
caught by the gill OH the crane necked
spur
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-03
Great Money-SaviDg sale

At the Laurium Fair, next to the post
Office. Fifteen hundred pairs OF ladies'
and Misses fine shoes, worth from $3.50
to 81 pair, to be sold at 81 pair for
thirty days only. We also ave lot OF
baby shoes, sizes from o to No. 4, at 3
cents pair. Call promptly, as it is to
your interest. l. FENBERG & Co.,
Becla Street, Laurium,
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-03

Mutual Fire Insurance company OF
Houghton and Keweenaw counties, or.
ganized in 1890 according to the laws OF
the State OF Michigan, will insure proper.
ty OF its members. Have paid fire losses
over "a 900 and dividends nearly SO 1000
during the last seyen years to members
of five years standing. On the first day
OF July the company had Sal men,
bers. $466.9+3 worth of property in
sured and $11.121.13 in treasury. For
further particulars apply to the under.
signed. JOHN BLoMovIsT, President,
ALEX LENoNEN, Secretary.
Office, 448 Pine street, upstairs dRs
Jacket
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-03
GREAT VOYAGERS.
As a General Rule They Came From the
Smaller Countries.

Smaller Countries.
Portugal is a small country, with land
area one-third less than that of the state
of New York and with population of
500, 900 less than that of the state of Penn
sylvania, but it has turned out in its time
celebrated navigators, Cabral and Da
Souza among them.
1t is a somewhat peculiar circumstance
in the history of ocean navigation that the
chief navigators of Europe have usually
been natives of minor king CONS and with
out the advantages which would naturally
accrue to representative of one OF the
larger governments,
Christopher Columbus, as every school
boy knows, was native of Genoa at the
time when the Italian peninsula was sub
divided among numerous petty govern
ments. John Cabot was Venetian, who
sailed in the service Of England as Column
bus had sailed in the service of Spain,
Amerigo Vespucci was a hlorenline, who
sailed originally in the service of Spain,
and afterward transferred himself to the
Portuguese service and then went back
TO the Spanish service for second time
Vitus Boring, after whom Boring
strait was called, was a Dane by birth,
who served under the naval flag of Russia.
Magellan, after whom Magellan strait
was named, was native of Alemtejo, in
Portugal, and was the first to complete the
oircumnavigation of the globe, in 1922
Verazzani was Florentine, whose voy-
ages of discovery were undertaken under
the protection of the flag of France. Hen
drick Hudson was an Englishman, and it
seems surprising to many persons in this
day familiar with the pre-eminence of Eng
land as maritime nation that he should
have been in the service OF the government
of Holland when he discovered Manhattan
Island. San Francisco Chronicle.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-03
Pittsburg Wasn't ON thu Man

sells so,,d ~ ,he present century, when ves-
yoyasa ss cleared Pittsburg for a sea
Leuhor,u 'ne captain of a shin arrived Mt
ersn', rh with a cargo The officer who
your nan0r MS papers at once said: "Sir,
place a. 'f p,.s are forged. There Is no such
sci mus, ho ''sourg In the world. Your yos
captain , 1e confiscated." The frightened
Officers o Ssen secured a map, directed the
pointed o "',e Iion to the gulf of Mexico.
followed a ,s inc mouth Of the Mississippi.
to the fo. mat stream to the OHIO, thence
showed M and said, though the map
port uboro o such place, "There, sir, IA the
""0'e my vessel cleared out -
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-03
He Anticipatea.

Mrs. Wallace do believe that wom-
an could wear her dresses almost to rags
before her husband would notice IL.
Mrs. Ferry-That Is not the case with
Mr.. Ferry. He notices the dinginess of my
clothes before / do. l can tell when Pm
getting shabby by his beginning to talk
about how scarce money Is and how neces-
sary 1t will be for us to economize -Cin-
cinuati ENQUIRER.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-03
5000 Reward.

|. Simon Mcdonnell, OF Hancock.
offer reward of $500 Tor information
that will lead to the arrest and conyic-
ton OF the person or persons who shot
my COW on the Goth ult. The COW was
a valuable Jersey. Her footprints were
traced from where she was found
wounded to and within a neighbours ward
where the trespass was committed.
SIMON MCDONNELL.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-03
AUGUST GREN.
UphoI.terer and Mattress m.L.,

oPhoisterer anu Waitress Maker.
All kinds OF upholstery work done on
short notice in frst-class manner, and
cheaper than the cheapest. Carpets
cleaned, window draperies made, designed
and hung, awnings replaced, etc. With
ten years OF experience, 1 solicit your pat
ronage. All work guaranteed. Office
and shop rear OF the Opera House, Red
Jacket, Mich
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-03

Argall Brothers, Red Jacket Mich, un
Ccrtakers, paractical embalmer and funer
al directors. Graduate Of Chicago Col
lege OF Embalming.) All calls promptly
attended to and the best of service rem.
dered. Telephone in connection. Tach-
ellis old stand, corner Scott and Main
streets
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-03
summer styles,

Having received fine stock of cloths,
suitable for spring and summer cuttings.
inyitean inspection. Suits made to
order, fit guaranteed and the prices very
low. Give me a call. NJ. JOHNSON.
Over Sauer's Sample Room.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-03
Lake Linden stage.

Stage leaves Pearce's livery stable
Lake Linden, every day at 8 a. m, 10 a.
n, 1 and 4 p. m. Stageleaves McClure's
livery stable, Red Jacket, at a. m, 10
a. m, and and 4. p. N.
THOMAS PEARCE,
JAMES MCCLURE,
Proprietors.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-03
The Slave Trade.

The terrible exposures made by Gordon
In 1879 of the cruelties practiced In the
Egyptian slave caravans aroused oil Eu-
rope and compelled the dealers to be more
ciroumspect. Still, no year passes without
the entry of great numbers Of ebony skin
ned slave girls into the harems of Cairo
and Alexandria.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-03

Hippocrates is looked upon by anatomists
as the father of the science. He died in
877 b. O. The modern science began in
Italy In the thirteenth century. The first
anatomical plates, designed to show the
size and relative position of the bodily or.
gans, were prepared and colored by Titan
All the great painters and sculptors have
been careful students of anatomy. Michael
Angelo, Raphael and Leonardo da Vinci
were noted for their anatomical researches.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-03

WANTED-A competent English speak
ing girl to do general homework for a
family OF two. Apply to Mrs. Thorn son,
1134 Depot street, HecIa.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-03
A Remarkable Cure Of q hrouic ID.
orrh9a.

In 1862. when | seryad my coun try a
private in Company A, 167th Pennsyl-
yaDia Volunteers, / contracted chronic
diarrhea. 1t has given me great deal
OF TROUBLE ever since. have tried a
dozen different medicines and prominent
doctors without any permanent relief.
Not long ago friend sent me bottle OF
Cbamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Di
arrbGa Remedy, and after that bought
and took 50-cent bottle; and now can
say that am entirely cured. cannot
be thankful enough to you for this great
remedy, and recommend il to all suffer-
ing yeterads. Yours gratefully.
HENRY STENBERGER,
Allentown, Pa.
Sold bv Sodergren & Sodergren.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-03
Al You Take 1t.

"All little girls said the caller,
"should have some kind of light work for
their leisure hours OF course you do some
thing In that way, SusieS"
"Nit"
"That's especially nice. So few children
knit nowadays. detroit Free Press.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-03

We have removed our office and work;
shop to the upstairs portion OF the same
building we have been occupying.
MICHIGAN DYE WoRKs.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-03

Portage Lake and Lake Superior Ice
company headquarters at Slattery &
Ryan's. Telephone connections. James
Allen, manager.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-03
Second Sight.

Dobson--Do you believe in second sightf
Hobson-No, but my wife does. When
go shopping with her, she always says to
the salesman, "I'll come in and look as
these again. "-Pearson's Weekly.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-03

Secure good pocket knife before tariff
advances prices. Big lioe to select from
at Carlton Hard ware Co.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-03

"French paste" out of which artificial
diamonds are made, is mixture Of best
glass and oxide of lead
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-03

How great Is the number of folks who
have existed without having livcdi
The leader., 1897-04-28

classes stood the test for seventh
year pupils. The class averages
ranged from 6e.5 to 80, the general
average being rs.
The twenty-one members of our
seventh grade averaged S7.7.
EIGHTH YEAR.
The eighth grade does still better
in all schools. There were % classes
of 1921 members whose class aver
age was from S0.2 to 94.6, while
the average for all was 81.
Our eighth grade made the fine
average of 92.S
The comparison by schools taken
as wholes is equally interesting.
The lowest average of any school
was ~, the highest was 1913. On
the morning when the test was
made in our school there we're Ill
pupils present in the five classes
named. Judging our school from
the work of these Ill it makes the
average OF 1911. The results of
this test warrant the conclusion
that although we have good, bad
and Indifferent spoilers in our
school, on the whole we spell as
well as most people, and better
than some. Lou LOWELL,
Principal.
The leader., 1897-04-28
THE FOUR SEASONS,
As Viewed by the Doctor, Rath-
er Than the Artist.

We often see in the magazines
reproductions of famous paintings
representing the Four Seasons.
They are generally personated by
beautiful women, and the typical
spring is generally a young girl.
She is buoyant and elastic. her
eyes are full of fire, her form lis
som and graceful. Her cheeks
flush with health and there
breathes from the canvas the i'm
preston of radiant health.
1t Is true, we sometimes see our
young women in such a state of
health in the spring.time; but 1t is
the exception. Depression and
languor are generally in evidence
and the dropping, listless figure OF
the school girl, the dragging step
of the housewife, are seen in near
ly every home. Perfect health is
rare in any season, hut this is es-
pecially so IN the spring. The
great majority OF the people need
a tonic in the spring. There are a
great many tOnics and they are all
taken by the people to a greater or
less extent. But the one that
seems most popular at this time of
the year is Pe-ru.na. 1t strength.
ems the weary body, invigOrates
the nerves and clears the mind. 1t
leaves no bad effect upon the sys.
tenn when it is discontinued. The
fact of the efficacy of Pe-ru-na as a
spring tonic is becoming more
widely known every spring. More
Pe-ru.na is being taken this spring
than ever before. The people have
learned that it is unfalllng, aud so
do not experiment, but immediate
ly buy Pe-ru-na when the old list
lessness of "spring fever" over
takes them.
Any one who desires DR.. Hart
mans latest book on this and kin.
dred subjects may obtain one free
by addressing The Pc ru-na Drug
Manufacturing Company, Colum.
bus, Ohio.
The leader., 1897-04-28

'Don't expect prosperity to come
back with a jump" says the Chica.
go Times Herald. "We won't"
says the Kansas City Times. .If
she enters with a glide, if she mos
eys in OH one leg; nay, if she even
sashays forward on her sursingle,
or waltzes gently forward on her
ears; We'll welcome her and brush
the dust off the best seat in the
hosue for her to sit on. 1t doesn't
make one bit of difference how she
comes, but the whenness of her
coming is matter of much inter,
est.'
The leader., 1897-04-28

Referring to the extra session of
the Legislature which convened
yesterday, the Biloxi Herald says {:
ave have not been able to look
upon it as an absolute necessity
from the stand point of public in
terest. 1t is not good policy to re
sort to one calamity to avoid anoth-
er, unless it is very obvious that
the calamity sought to be averted
is the greater. And we are not
persuaded that such is the case in
the calling of an extra session OF
the Legislature, for the chief pur.
pose of preventing the STATE from
running short of spending money
for few months.n
The leader., 1897-04-28
Miss Grace Dinsmore, a Bi

Miss Grace Dinsmore, a Bing
hampton, N. Y. girl, who possess
es more ambition than dollars and
cents, has gone to New York to
sell the middle finger of her right
hand for 1000. Mrs. q. V. Bar
ton, of Houston, Texas, has a dis
eased finger and went to New York
to replace it with sound one.
The surgeon advertised for finger.
A dozen people responded, but
Miss DinsmOre was chosen. She
is ambitious to become a great
singer, and will complete her mus
ical studies with the $1,000 she is
to get for her finger.