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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-04

npch more to expel it! IL is Ike oxygen
~ iron--tbe hottest fire viii not expel 1t
ltogether--and it steals in with the very
air we breathe, turning all our steel INTO
"Tbiprs that require steady labor, he
whites 10 the same correspondent, there
are indeed for all of us to do, but they
are the coal heaving part of our ll1e ana
20 no done with u slow step and bent
back. patiently, not in passion no'
irving to beat our brother coal beavers
INIT only to carrying as many Goals as we
con comfortably. But the great things
Which require genius to do are done
oasilv if YOU have the genius. lf you are
40 10 ANYTHING that is really glorious
ond for which men will forever wonder
Of YOU, you will do it as duck quacAS
because it is yonr nature 10 quick
when it rains. .,-oa q
"Do YOU know, Watts, he asked q
friend in lS49, "to my mind the only
rao1 nointer of history or thought we
haxa in Enqland?" There's nothing
hore like Carpnccio, he writes from
Vpuira TO Clr LiNs.Au
"Tbere's bit of humble pie for you;
don't give up my Tintorct, but ms ols
so1rtion Of expression into drapery an.
shodov ia too licentious for me now
eve been going TO the old masters
10 ,rrites TO Mr.. Murray, land staring
- the Sir Joshua's. My stars, wpa
IN that fellow could dor And here final,
are some flying shafts at certain modern
imitators of Turner: i have been nov
for 40 years vainly and always louae
and louder growing and thunaer,ne ~
90 the deaf ears of the artists who fancle
thew admired Turner: Lead penc
no;nt-pencil, sir! Pencil - pencil
l in Won can manage your blacklead-
than color if you will. They never a
tond 70 one word that l say, but go 9
donb. daub, daub to their deaths, ana
9 nothing or worse. Atlanta Constit'
9 ton.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-04
tn. p,cvcle Demand.

II is doubtful if such condition OF
affairs as exists at present in the bicycle
business has ever before been witnessed
bv our naturally wide awake dealers,
Scarcely a leading manufactures OF
wheels but has found his sales--through
agents greater in number than no ever
snnnosed it was within his ability TO
pather-so far surpass his most sanguine
expectations that he is today unable TO
supply to any appreciable extent the
constant, steady and increasing demand
for high grade wheels apparent ON every
hind. Hardware.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-04
ONE CAT WORTH st2,5oo.

"A Sou Ever See Pure Tortoise She'll
To,u?-Cats That Look Like Bulldogs
II Is estimated that there are $50, 900
rats in England and go varieties. With
the greater number of these varieties the
average reader is probably quite unfa-
miliar.
Tortoise she'll and white toms are very
common, says an English writer, but a
pure tortoise shell tom is so extremely
scarce that many people declare that
they exist only in the imagination.
Any one who happens to possess a fe-
male red tabby without any white spots
could obtain a price which would keep
him in comfort for at least couple OF
wears without work. Female red tabbies
are as rare as tortoise shell toms.
The taste in Persian cats just now
runs ON the deep blue with orange col
ored eyes. Edward Lloyd, the tenor, had
one for which he repeatedly refused
$3.50 The bright slate or blue is ia
yorite variety Of the Persian, the price
sometimes going as high as $125.
White cats Of really herculeaD proper
tions readily fetch $500. The Marquis
| of Dufferin is extremely partial to white
cats, upward of a dozen of these splendid
| creatures being comfortably domiciled
| at the British embassy in Paris.
Russian cats fetch high prices. The
Duchess of Bedford owns several OF q
| species extremely rare-a very curious
| tint of blue. Russian white cats are also
highly priced, but the white variety Is
seldom long haired.
Mr.. Sam Woodiwiss is the owner OF
smooth haired tom, Xenophon, OF such
gigantic proportions that when the
writer, after an introduction, induced
the cat to approach by calling in seduc-
tive accents, he experienced a feeling
akin TO dismay as the mammoth jumped
ON his knee, which in the course OF
few moments began to exhibit unmis-
taxable signs of fatigue, and no wonder
for 20 pounds is fair weight Keno
phon is valued by its owner at $12, 800
Lady de Trafford has cats OF such re-
markable ugliness that the writer for q
moment took them for hairy sort OF
bulldog.
The value of cats is much enhanced II
they possess the black markings on the
chest known as the Lord Mayor Z
chain" The writer has seen cat O
this sort for which the owner would no
take So 800.
Some cats are actually vegetarlans
and a curious variety from Burma wil
only drink water
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-04

were in parts of the body ordinarily con-
sidered vital and would doubtless have
caused death, but the vitality OF these
animals is almost incredible. Instances
are cited of their running over 100 yards
after being shot through the heart.
"Last summer, while was at Sand
Point, two hunters came in, after an alb
sence of over month in the vicinity OF
Portage bay, and reported having killed
33 bears. One day they killed seven. In
order to show that they were not spin
ming hunters yarns they brought the
skins with them, and sold them at a
trading post at Sand Point During the
summer of 1891 two prospectors were
looking for coal lands near Port Moller,
and about mile from the shore they
came upon an immense brown bear en-
gagged in catching salmon in small
stream. One Of the prospectors immedi-
ately opened fire, and evidently wound
ed the brute badly, but he got out OF
sight in the thick brush. Being anxious
to secure the skin the two men started
to follow the wounded animal. They
had not gone a dozen steps before the
enraged and wounded brute turned on
them, and before either one could fire
shot he seized one man by the leg and
bit it nearly off, and then sprang upor
his companion and knocked him sense
less with the blow of his terrible paw
Having, as he thought, finished his enc
mics, the bear quietly ambled off, ant
was subsequently found dead few hun
dred yards from the scene of battle "
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-04

rent OF The nOow;Ii river all day, ana
toward niChtfall pitched our tent at the |
base Of q high bluff forming the right |
hank Of the stream. While supper was
being prepared l climbed the blum TO
get q look at the country and was walk
ing along with my gun carelessly heId
in nv left hand. The top OF the bun
was densely covered almost TO the edge
with snruce and alders, and the under
growth was SO thick that it was lmpos-
sible TO see more than few feet through
it. Ahead Of me cluster OF rocks oher-
ed temporary place to sit down ana
enioy the view, and i made for 1T. just
as I reached the nearest rock tremen-
dous shaggy animal arose apparently
from under my feet, and L Immediately
recognized in him the brown bear Oh
whose fierceness the natives had been
telling me for weeks. My first instinct
was to shoot, and probably would have
done so had my gun been III my rlSht
hand. but the first motion L MADE the
hear reared on his launches and was SO
formidable looking that 1 concluded TO
wait and see what he intended DONG
After % moments hesitation, during
which he turned his head from size 10
side and licked his chops in most sug-
oestive fashion, he dropped on All tours,
and with wonderful quickness turned
and sprang out of sight in the dense
nndergrowth. When returned to camp
and related my experience, Tah-tah-rok'
nv native guide assured me that the
. hear must recently have concluded Q
heavy meal. or otherwise he would have
attacked me.
, "Some officers from some OF the yes
! sells of the Bering sea fleet went ashore
at Herendeen bay during the summer O
1901 ON deer hunt, and one OF TIT
Marty saw n bear about 100 yards dlstan
eating berries. Without thought OF tn
: consequences, he raised his gun and hre'
!. at the animal.
"Tbe shot went wide Of the mark, bu
Mt the report of the gun the bear starte
for tho hunter on n dead run. His charC
was met with shower OF bullets iroi
IS the officers repeater; but, although oac
}, " wounded. the Infatuated animal IL
n not hesitate an instant and rushc
r straight at his enemy. When With
D. about 10 feet Of the hunter, the pei
70 rose on his launches ard prepared
m close. Blood was pouring i'll stream
4 down his body One bullet had shatter.
y his upper jaw, but hewas so full OF hg
a that the final outcome of the strugg
to would have been extremely doubtful M
Of not another of the party arrived al
n ended the fight by shooting the bru
K through the brain. An examination
n the bears body showed that he had be
struck six times, Three OF tho shs
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-04
TIE eron1 OF A PoRTRMT.
Kew the Psslnting Was Rescued From an
;cnoininious Fate.

sClD1nhiooH race
Probably Chicago's first pointing with
4 history was an excellent portrait OF ore
If her fairest citizens--a belle OF 1891.
Fine work as it was, however, at one
time there was imminent danger Oh Jus
becoming decorative signboard or
prominent local livery stable.
Long before the days Of the iron horse
d wandering artist strayod along What
is now the corner of Lake and clark
streets. and there opened studio.
Among the early patrons OF ms prush
was n dazzling creature who yearned TO
have her beauty perpetuated upon can
vas. She was leader in the swelldom
of the town, the adored object OF poth
secret and outspoken admiration or al
the bachelors of her set. Her family had
not come over in the Mayhower, but her
blood was the most cerulean III the iar-
away down east whence 1T came. Hence
II was with propriety that she proposed
to crafty her ambition, and posed, be.
decked with n wonderful "amazone
and waving numberless plunes, d'sport-
ing herself with equanimlty on the BACK
of a rearing, plunging steed.
The artist had fine subject. Need
less TO saw he rendered it full justice
When the canvas was finished, the I'M
pressive ensemble was placed upon eN'
bibition in the artists studio, and every
bodv who was anybody dropped III ano
lavished his admiration upon 1t. After
n time the novelty of the display wore
off. People had seen all they wanted O
il. but the fair equestrlenne por'rai
,, still hung upon its creator walls' uh
claimed. and, alas, unpaid for. In'
landlord of the embryonic Sir Joshu'
: REYNOLDS grew unpleasant to MN. ~
/, became addicted to the aponinapi
habit Of dropping in upon the youn
artist and making unnecessary remark
7 about "the rent at all kinds of lnol
! nortune moments, until at last lie pe
came a burden to the child or art, an
=. in despair he decided to return 10 ID
!, native east and abandon all his dream
Of fame in the wild prairie town OF Vi
:, west
u Among the inartistic and unpretei
y tious citizens of the town was cer.a'
o highly prosperous stable keeper who WI
70 aware of tho circumstances connect.
"a With the unpaid for picture and u
,. nainter's impecuniosity. The night pr
"a ceding the formers proposed departu
"a for the city of his birth it was give
io ont among the good people roundapo
70 that the stable keeper had purchased =
Oh famous portrait for $500, and tn
,n benceforth it should be the attraction
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-04
CONQUEST OF THE NORTHWEST.
1t Was Acquired From the British by
Force OF Arms

In l776, when Independence was de-
clared, the Un;toa states included only
the 3 original s1.tes on the seaboard.
With the exception of few hunters.
there Were no white men west Of tho
Allegheny mountains, and there was
not even an American hunter in tho
great country out of which we have
since made the states of Illinois, Indi-
ana, Ohio, Michigan and Wisconsin. All
this region north of tho Ohio river then
formed part of the province of Quebec
1t was wilderness of forests and
prairies, teeming with game and inhab-
tied by many warlike tribes of Indians.
Here and there through it were dot
ted quaint little towns of French creoles,
the most important being Detroit, Vim
cennes, ON the Wabash, and Kaskaskia
and Kahokia, ON the Illinois. These
French villages were ruled by British
officers commanding small bodies of reg
ular soldiers or Tory rangers and creole
partisans. The towns were completely
in the power of the British government.
| None of the American states had actual
possession Of foot Of property in the
Northwestern territory.
The northwest was acquired at the
time of the Revolution only by armed
conquest, and if it had not been so &C.
quired it would have remained part OF
the British Dominion of Canada.
The man to whom this conquest was
due was famous backwoods leader, q
mighty hunter, noted Indian fighter
George Rogers Clark. He was very
strong man, with light hair and blue
eyes, Of good Virginian family, who
early in his youth, embarked on the adj
venturous career of backwoods survey
or. exactly as Washington and so man.
other young Virginians Of spirit did a
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-04

t,,at 1eriod. Tie travelled out to Ken
tnckv soon after it was opened no ~
Boone and lived there for a year, either
at the stations or camping byhimseh IN
the woods, surveying, bunting ana max
inc war against the Indians like any
otbor settler Bat all the time bis mind
ras bont ON vaster schemes than were
dr ,r Of bv the men around him. lie
had his spies ont in the NorthWeS -
territory and became convinced 'i','V
with small force of resolute p" ,l
woodsmen he could conquer 1t ior tne
United States. When he went PACK "
Virginia, Governor Patrick Henry en-,
tered heartily into Clark's schemes ana ana
Covo him authority to fit ont force i 10.
his purpose. -.Theodore Roosevelt III "''
Nicholas.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-04

his signboard over his new livery stable.
The rumor spread like wildfire within
few hours, and at nightfa1 artist and
stableman had the satisfaction OF ro-
ceiving visit from the naughty rela-
tives Of the pictures original The re-
quired sum was gladly paid by them.
Two hundred fell to the lot of the
shrewd liveryman, the painter received
his first price, $500, and every one was
serene over the historic transaction
Chicago Tribune.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-04
rt,o Chinese Court.

The ceremonial of the Chinese courV Il
.o,nowhat exactipg 1t used to include
% - does not now, complete prostitution
hoforo the throne. Last century FER
a;an onvov refused to go through the de-
s srnod;no ordeal. Directions were given 20
tbe officials to compel him by stra,aee"
20 V do SO. On arriving one day at the en-
. ~ Uc 70 the hall of audience, the envoy
sonn o NO means of going in except by q
,U;cLet which would compel him 70
w. w. yerv low. With great presence Oh
s ,.,;Ud and considerable audacity the en-
bassador turned round and entered ,'' . uucn
ward, thus saving the honor Oh n's'ou"
trv.-London Standard
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-04
SOME RUSklN DlCTA.
Extracts From Some Letters of the Subtle
and Charming Old Critic.

Talk is impossible to me-" Ruskin
writes in 1864, lowing to the state of
quiet rage and wonder at everything
people say and do, in which Ihabitually
live. Il don't get mellow tempered
as get old, he writes some years lat
er, which is true, for to another CORE
spondent he says: Nothing can advance
art in any district of this accursed ma
chine and devil driven England. lee
ture here Cat Oxford), but only on the
art Of the past
"How inexpressibly subtle and pene-
trating," he writes to a young man, sis
the principle of pride! How it mingles
itself with, and even pretends itself to
be, and takes the likeness Of, the noblest
feelings in the woodland what con-
slant struggle it needs even to detect,
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-04
WOMEiN IN FRANCE.
r,av Are Not Only tho Stronger pu' '"o
I,o,ter Half In That Country

,,otter Half In That Country
Women are the stronger as well as tne
,ottor half of France. They do every
thing but build houses. The oest inspeOs
~. in the French custom house Is " W.
,n,or She is in the Havre office, ana s'Io
- !, nose that can detect dutlable Soo.1s
without opening lock. She is natur"it :,
on,iable and slow to anger, but woe W
a. fore;gner or countryman who pro-
VIII Tl,ore ;s no sadder spectacle in tho re-
Lit of France than the women shoe
ppui,shors who dozc under the sheds o,
Tho markets and quay, one eye siiuO ' .Ia
t,other fixed on the bootbox over nm, .nu
49,, patiently waiting for trade hhoy
ast i cents and accept Genus ioi '"0'-
urwomanly work. =, .on IN
"A AZ Thiers. the BLACKLIST town ~
pranoo the women sit outside OF 'h'
49, little machine shops mating scis'
g. hlados and polishing knife ana so, n,
81 bondles. The stream that turns 'n'
10 600 little mill wheels is biacS S' .n CO.,
the Chicago river, and as the uni. III.
.no hurn without belching the 'oiiei
Ia their devoted lifelong appren.'oe
aua sn,netimes Malay and some,iin ).
are SIN Int seldom Caucasian II
color. ill.,, woman wen
down to Theirs to teach scnoo ;,s yvos
uumn The promise of so pupils was
,,.atiop Int on reaching the coion
t os poot begrimed and smoke stalne
OF soov Sbs found that the positio
sm .s az a month, and the teacher wa va
expected es to furnish the fuel i0r 'r0 W.
.or-philadelphi Times.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-04
with Tears In Her Eyes.

She was thrown ON the world.
"Merciful heaven !" she gasped.
Considerable turf was knocked on tho
world where she struck it.
Before anybody could reach her she
had risen and was swiftly leading her
bicycle away.-Town Topics.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-04

How charming is divine philosophy
Not harsh and Grabbed, as dull fools
suppose, but musical, as is Apollo's lutte,
and perpetual feast OF ncctared
sweets. where no crude surfeit reigns. -
Milton
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-04

In 1870 the population Of native ex-
traction-that is, Americans or the chill
aren of Americans-was 20, 100000 ana
Of foreign extraction 100000.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-04

whether sweet peas can be success ,S,,ea,r
civ nlanted in autumn depends Isl, iar Eoy.
e on the latitude, says Garden anu 80
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-04

The SYLLABLE "ia, as termination to
the name of country, is Of Celtic origin
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-22
ARE UNITED IN
FRATERNAL BONDS
Order Eastern Star.

Golden Gate Chapter, after the close OF its
meeting last Thursday night, which was at
tended by large number of the members
and q number of visitors from other chapters,
spent pleasant hour listening to short ad-
dresses and reeitations.
District Deputy Mrs. Clara A Giberson will
on the evening OF the 10th of April pay Mis-
sion Chapter an official visit.
The en- ertaiument given on two nights last
week by Oak Leaf Chapter in Oakland in aid
OF the Masonic Widows and Orphans Home
was in every respect great success. The
members of the chapter who "blacked up"
took part in the minstrel show, all appearing
under fictitious names. The attendance on
each occasion was large and the home fund
will be several hundred dollars richer.
Carita Chapter will give its entertainment
in aid OF the fund for the Masonic Widows and
Orphans Home on the evening of the tn OF April
The new chapter at Penryn, Placer County, WAS
nstitut te last Saturday by John Carlton Wood
ward. past patron of Crystal Chapter of Auburn
assisted by members of that chapter A banquet
followed The ceremony Of the institution.
Grand President BIrs. Greenwood.
The assertion has often been made by those who
nal organization, that she is not physically capa
BILE OF enduring the hardships that such position
imposes There is woman in fraternal
organization at this time that is living proof that
the assertion does not hold good every case and
it is doubtful if there many of the sterner sax
who would be willing to undertake all that this
one has done since last May.
I hese remarks refer to Mrs. Marian Greenwood,
grand president OF the Rebekah Assembly of this
State, resident OF the city of stockton. Mrs.
Greenwood was installed the 18th of last May,
and in the early part OF June following she was
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-22
AMERICAN BAKERS UNION.
Its Tenth Anniversary Celebrated by &
Banquet and Good Time Generally.

Its Tenth Anniversary Celebrated by a
Banquet and Good Time Generally.
American Bakers Union No. 81 cele-
brated tae tenth anniversary of the foun-
dation of the organization at lis hall, S19
Howard street. on Saturday evening.
Over 100 members and their friends were
present. The festivities consisted of a
banquet. followed by literary and musi-
cal entertainment and dance. All told the
affair was the most pretentious and sue
cessful ever held under the auspices OF
the union.
During the banquet number OF
speeches were made. The hall was taste
fully decorated in honor of the occasion
with flowers, flags and bunting.
j. J. Barrett, president of the union, de-
livered an address, during which he re-
counted the history of the organization
and the general development Of organ
lied labor on the Pacific Coast.
Other speeches we're made by Messrs.
Meares, Buckley. Shortt and DAILY. Master
j. Shortt, assisted by his brother. rem
dered selection of National airs on the
violin. Master Thomas Trodden was
heartily appauded for his dramatic rem
dering of "The Sword OF Bunker Hill."
The celebration was BROUGHT to close
with dance, which continued until the
early morning hours.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-22

half of the country. During the past twenty-four
hours it has risen about fourtenths OF inch over
SESSIONS
The temperature has fallen rapidly over the
upper n ssouri Valley. 1t has risen slightly over
the Pacific slope. Heavy frosts occurred this
morning genera ly throughout Ca ifornia Heavy
frosts i'll occur again Monday morning through
ut this State Fruit-growers advised TO
smudge early tonight maximum wind velocity
of twenty weight miles per hour from the north Is
reported at Yuma
Weather conditions and general forecasts:
Forecast made at San Francisco Tor ~ hours
ending at midnight. March %, 1892.
Northern California-Fair Monday. continued
cold weather, light northeriy winds. Killing frosts
Mo day morni *.
southern California Fair Mopdav, continued
cool weather, light northery Winds Heavy frosts
Monday morning.
Nevada, Arizona and Utah-Fair Monday,
warmer in Utah and rizona.
San Francisco and vicinty-Fair Monday: con-
tinued cold weather: light norther,y Winds Heavy
froSts Monday morning.
ALEXANDER MCA DIE, Local Forecast Official
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-22
WEATHER BUREAU REPORT.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRIcULr
TURE, WEATHER BUREAU. SAN FRANcIsCo,
March 81, 1897, 5P The following the
ranfalls for past "a hours and seasonal rainfalls
last season:
Eureka, this season 1927, last season 32 49, last
"a hours 90: Red Bluff 22.62. last season 10. 19
past "a hours 90: san Francisco. 20.87 last
season 1870, past "a hours 90; Fresno, 8 SO, last
season 4.93, past ~ hours .OU: san Luis obispo,
zoos, last season i4.6l. past "a hours 90: Los
Angeles 1913, last season 49,, past "a hours
/. 90; San Diego 1l.56 last season 8 6S past "a
hours 90: Yuma, 5.35. last season .SS, past
"A hours 10.
m in i'm um Al, AZ
The pressure has risen rapidly over the western