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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-27
Jowett's Idea Of q University.

In Jowetts first sermon in Balliol chap
ell, he spoke of the college, first, as q
place Of education; secondly, as a place of
society; thirdly, as place of religion. "
he was accustomed TO use very similar
language about the university: There
are two things which distinguish uni
versity from mere scientific institution.
First of all, il is a seat of liberal educa-
ton, and, secondly, it is place of society. 4"
Both education and society he conceived
of nobly. He sought TO impress upon each
generation of undergraduates 1.-THE I'M
speakable importance of the four critical
years Of life between about Is and 20, 1"
when the task before each young man is
"to improve his mind, to eradicate bad
mental habits, TO acquire the power of or
der and arrangement to learn the art of
fixing his attention. - 1.-The object of
reading for the schools final honor
commandments not chiefly TO attain a
first class, but to elevate and strengthen
the character for life. "
AS against those who declare examina-
tions injurious, he maintained that "they
give fixed aim toward which to direct
our efforts They stimulate US by the love
of honorable distinction. They afford an
opportunity of becoming known TO those
who might not otherwise emerge. They
supply the leading strings which we also
need. Neither freedom nor power can be
attained without order and regularity and
method. The restless habit of mind which
passes ut will from one view of a subject
or from one kind of knowledge to another
is not intellectual power. "-Professor w.
J. Ashley in a tlantic.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-27
ROSE PLANTS.
Where They Should BE Planted and How
They Should BE Tended.

Where They Should BE Planted and How
They Should BE Tended.
When any plant in the flower garden be-
gins to produce seeds freely, 1t usually in
clines to stop Towering.
Plants such as roses, which we desire to
have flower as long as possible, should
therefore not be permitted to fruit. All
faded roses should be at once cut away.
Even those which are known as ever bloom
ers are benefited by this practice. Indeed,
the reason that these roses have this length
ened period of towering Is that they show
q natural indisposition to make growth.
Roses flower only at the end of young
branch When the faded flowers are cut
away, the buds In the leaf axis push into
growth, and 1t Is from this second starting
of young branches that the flowers come
Roses, to succeed best, should be plant
ed out In the open, never under the shade
of trees or in any place where the roots Of
trees can reach them to monopolize any of
their food. Roses are gross livers and re-
quire large amount of good food. Ac-
cordingly, they do better placed where
nothing will have q chance to encroach
upon their rights.
When one has chance TO prepare a bed
for them just as 1t should be, the better
way is to remove the upper soil and dig
out the subsoil to the depth of two feet
Take pick and mellow up what is posi-
BILE of the bottom of the pit. Then fill in
with mixture of good soil and old, thor
oughly rotted manure.
These beds may be made of any desired
size or shape. and should always be pro-
yided with u good drainage. as roses will
never endure having to stand in water.
They like water, a goodly quantity, when
it can be administered according to their
fancy. Baths of soap suds are beneficial
as well as being fine preventive against
insect ife.-Philadelphia Press.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-27
Stag Hunting at Night.

Wonderfully elaborate open air fetes, Of
ten the scene of some mummery or coup
de theatre celebrating scenes in connection
with venery, were frequent occurrences.
Thus Louis XIV more than once held
stag hunts ut night. and for that purpose
the great forest of Chantilly was illumi-
mated with torches, and the hunted stag
was forced to pass through avenues lined
by several thousand men holding brightly
flaring fam beaux in their hands. Several
of the princesses of his court were daring
riders, and from the letters of one of these
royal ladies', duchess of Orleans, we
learn that in four years she was present at
the death of over thousand stays. Her
descriptions Of the sport are most enthusi-
astic. II have had 26 falls, but have hurt
myself only once" she says in one of her
letters. Sports In the Seventeenth Cen
tury," by w. A. Baillie -Grohman, in Cen
tury.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-27
The Stable OdOr.

Here is an amusing story of Mr.. John
Hare and his coachman: Wishing to hear
particular performance at certain thea
ter, Mr.. Hare sent his trusty coachman tu
secure stalls. In due time the plain, blunt
man, who understood more about stables
than theaters, returned heavily laden with
what appeared to be difficult verbal
message.
"Well, did you get tho stallss' inquired
the great actor.
No, sir, replied the coachman. "The
stalls were all taken up, but they told me
to tell you they would be very pleased to
to-
here the message seemed to evaporate,
leaving dry, worried expression ON the
coachman's face. Then, as he scratched
his head, sudden CLEAN of intelligence
struck in, and he concluded the message
TO his own satisfaction-"to put you In a
loose box, sir. "-Pearson's Weekly.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-27
THE ENGLISH METROPOLIS.
No Comparison Between the London Of
Today and of Elizateth's Time.

IL Is usual 10 compare the glories of VIC
| toria's reign with those OF Elizabeth. but
between the London of today and that of
"good Queen Bess" there is really no COM
parison. London was still grit around by
the walls built by the Romans and was
largely inclosed within them. The man
sions of the great lay outside the city walls
chiefly on the way from the Strand 10 West
minister. There were few stone houses, and
none tiled or slated, being mostly built OF
wood and matched with straw. Beyond
the royal palace at Westminster was open
country and marsh lands formed the sole
feature OF the landscape across the river.
On the other side of the city was opercoun-
try, with 'merrie Ellington" a Sllage, in
the distance. Where ST. Sepulchre s church
now stands were slums. In Golden lane
was a row of curious Old houses which had
been used as a nursery for the children Of
Henry VIII. Roundabout the Moor gate
were large houses, and farther out u wa
terry tract which abounded with wild fowl.
The citizens used 10 exercise themselves
here with archery practice and sport. In
Bishopgate the earls of Devonshire had
their palace. Houndsditch was foul ditch,
the receptacle for sewage, and there was a
similar ditch on the western side of the
city. Sanitary science was unknown. The
paving of the streets was In Its infancy.
Except with regard TO few of the prlnci-
pal thoroughfares, each inhabitant paved
as much as he liked before his own door
with the materials that his pride, poverty
or caprice might suggest.
The streets were INSTRUCTED with stalls,
sheds, signposts and projections Of every
kind. Curbstones were unknown, and
only In few thoroughfares were the foot
paths divided from the carriageway with
posts and chains. This was the London of
Elizabeth, just 800 years ago-a very diff
ferent city from that Of today-a London
gradually becoming foul and pestilential
ultimately to be cleared and purified by
the great plague, which carried of a fifth
Of the inhabitants In 1865, and the great
fire of the following year, which involved
400 streets, ID, 200 houses, SO churches, st.
Pauls cathedral and four city gates.
Before the fire II Is estimated to have
contained from 10, 900 to IL, 600 streets,
alleys and lanes, l56, 900 houses and about
700, 900 inhabitants. SO that in II CEN
turtles London had grown to population
of under $50, 900. BY the beginning Of
Queen Victorias life IL had increased to
1000, 900, and now ii is sevenfold what 1t
was under good Queen Bess." Rather
than to Eliza beth, London owes its growth
TO Charles ii, for, after the restoration,
those who returned with him did not care
to return to their old city houses, but built
themselves mansions farther west, leaving
the city to the merchants, by whom Ii has
ever since been monopolized.
Standard
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-27
NEVER PAY CASH.
Advice OF q Business Man Who Believes
In Buying on Credit.

huSiCo VI IubInesb Nl6n w no DeneVeo
In Buying on Credit.
Never pay cash for anything If you
want to get commercial rating" said a
business man the other day. "Get goods
on credit, even when able to pay spot cash
for them, and pay the bill with prompt
ness when it becomes due. If you do this
long enough, you will probably get the
reputation of possessing all the money you
have got trusted for, and at any rate, will
be known in business circles where you
wouldn't be named if you always paid
cash. A man who pays cash for every
thing is supposed to be doing business on
small capital, while man who gets
things on credit, or, what Is better still,
pays for them in notes, is generally be-
lieved to be operating on such largo
scale that he has no ready money to spare
for small deals.
'As for getting credit, it is the first step
that costs, of course, but a man can begin
by referring people to his landlord and the
tradesmen with whom he deals if he can
do no better. If he has no accounts any
where, he must set about having them.
Get trust for small amounts and you will
In time get trusted for larger ones. The
first requisite to wealth is not money, but
SiOuio. oSO anu yOu Will uO DuSl-
ness amounting to an indefinite number
of times your capital.
without dilating further on the adj
vantages of credit, let me give you an IL
lustration of the disadvantages of doing
business on cash basis A country mer-
chant l knew who had always paid cash
for everything he bought, and did COR
respondingly small business, determined
finally to enlarge his trade, and to do this
required the credit he had never before
asked for. When Inc came to town and
asked the men to whom he had always
paid cash to lot him have goods on time,
they one and all became suspicious of him
and refused. The very fact that he had
always paid cash made them think, when
no finally asked for credit, that he wasn't
safe man to trust. Moral. Never pay
cash for anything if you would avoid sus-
picion. New York sun.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-27
NO GOLD CURE NECESSARY.
How an Inveterate Smoker Was Cured OF
the Tobacco Habit.

How an Inveterate Smoker Was Cured OF
the Tobacco Habit.
eyes" he said to The Tobacco Journal,
"I quit smoking nearly year ago and
haven't even taken single puff since"
at must be considerable of struggle
for q man who has been in the habit Of
smoking a good deal, said the man who
never had tried to stop, but was always
promising himself that some day he would.
81 had smoked for over 20 years, said
the man who had quit
"Yes, know it," returned the man
who never had tried. That's what sur
prises me in your case. 1t must have re-
CURED good deal of nerve and self con.
troll"
"Not at all; not at all; merely judg-
ment."
"Judgmentp"
Precisely. It's very simple when you
know how"
"Why, I've always understood that q
man went through all kinds Of torture and
only hung to his determination by the very
greatest exhibition of will power"
"When he doesn't understand or grasp
the proper method, yes, said the man who
had quit. but II he exercises a little
Judgment and common sense IL Is the east
est thing in the world. Now, didn't 60
of by myself and make solemn VOW that
never would smoke again and then stop
right short Off.
Limited yourself, Isuppose, and graded
down."
"Not bit Of 1t. That's where all the
struggle and the fight come in. l didn't
undertake to put any limit on my smok-
ing, and made it point for several weeks
to keep box of cigars open on my desk
at home, only
Eyes"
81 let my wife buy them"
"Ah! ! begin to understand"
81 gave her the money that I usually
spent for cigars and told her that she was
better bargain hunter than and would
naturally be entitled to anything that she
could save out of my cigar money. OF
course she was delighted.
"That was to be expected"
"Three days later was sick, and the
smell of cigar smoke soon became nauseat-
ing to me. ! never could stand poor cigars,
you know. quit smoking from choice in
side of week. -
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-27
Commissions

In commissions the first thing to do IS 10
loosen the clothing, so that free respiration
may be had. Cold water should be appnou
to the head with sponge and the iaCe
gently sprinkled with 1t. The hot pa,D'
which should be from 81 degrees to W DC.
grees, In connection with cold applicatio,n,'ss
to the head, is of great service. The emu
should not be kept in the hot bath mo,s
than ten minutes, and while there should
10 well rubbed with the hand ana tnon
dried and rubbed with warm towel, roiieu
In hot blanket and put to bed. Wnen
commissions are caused by the approach Vi
an eruptive fever, such MS scarlet ieNIr,
measles etc., the hot mustard bath ior .no
feet or entire body Is excellent. III tno
child can be induced to drink hot drihhs'
Il will greatly assist
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-27
Piano Drapery.

one enters house arranged with ex-
quislte care, and both artistic and home
Ike In its atmosphere. The one false note
IN The whole arrangement is in the drapinp
OF the piano-an upright-which is
swathed in embroideries and covered with
porceiains until it has positively lost all
semblance to It's original form and is ridic
ulously unfit for use. Many of the so called
music rooms are ruined by q total disre-
gard OF acoustics, heavy curtains, carpets
and portieres breaking and mufling the
SOUNDS, and there are almost always far
TOO great number of ornaments scattered
about. Considering that many who are in
the possession of wealth pique themselves
on their prominence as patrons of music.
or on being considered average performers
from the amateur standpoint, IL is extraor-
ulnary now very seldom an appropriate
music room Is TO be found. -Harper's Ba-
Zar.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-27
FeASTS FOR FISHES.
naaau-ss That Are Spread When . Wind
Bound Fleet Gets Its Anchors Up.

AsSuno Ehees ooso Aso hhShoAn ~ -
"Besides the things that live In the WA
ter, said a collector, "there are numerous
things that live In the mud and sand I'M
der IL, many of which furnish food for
fishes, which seize them when opportunity
offers, or which perhaps dig them out.
The sturgeon, for instance, with its sharp,
pointed nose, plows "a furrow in the mud
on the bottom and then goes back along it
and picks up and eats whatever may have
dropped into 10, as worms dislodged by
blowing drop into furrow in field.
"Some curious or interesting specimens
are found attached To timbers or other
wood or materials imbedded In the mud.
1 came across once plank half buried in
the mud in shallow water. i worked my
anchor under this plank and turned it
over, but it was heavier than one man
could lift. There had been lot of small
soft clans In the mud along the edge of
the plank, little bits of fellows, half an
inch long or so, and when / turned the
plank over quite number of them tum-
bled into the space where it had been. Two
or three minutes later little blackfish,
maybe or inches long, came out from
some eel grass near by and made for the
place where the plank had been and began
eating the little clans It would pick one
up and chew 1t up and spit out the shells
and go for another. 1t was feast for the
little blackfish, probably the greatest 1t had
ever struck, those dainty little CLAIMS, and
plenty of them, and nothing to do but eat
them.
with q strong easterly gale blowing up
the sound, many vessels bound east along
the sound seek shelter In some of the har-
bors along the Connecticut shore. Some
times in some Of these places you will find
40 or 30 vessels, many Of them, most Of
them perhaps smaller, Of 20 to so tons, but
all with anchors overheard. In some Of
these places you will find vessels so thick
sometimes that there Is only room enough
for them to swing. The wind comes out
In the night from the north or the north
west, and they all get under way together.
They all get their anchors at once, prao-
tically tearing up the whole bottom and
dislodging tb, lsands and thousands OF
animals that I've in the mud. This Is an
occasion of feasting for all the bottom feed
ing fishes thereabout. New York Sun.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-27
STORIES OF JoweTr.
The Manner In Which Little Benjamin"
Treated His Pupils.


The many stories that are told of Ben
jamin Jowect. the late master of Ballioi
college, Oxford, show a strongly marked
Individuality, one calculated to make many
friends. He was declared, indeed, to be
the only men living who could maintain
close friendship with 90 people mt once, but
In his early days at least his manner 10
pupils repealed rather than attracted, while
to shy men he was positively alarming
II remember one OCCASION under
graduate of that day relates, .ich ho
invited me to take a walk wit. u. The
number of words exchanged bo.H cen US
was incredibly small and believe that 1t
was relief TO both when we regained tho
college gate.
His long silences were felt as an awk-
ward bar to conversation, and to interrupt
this silence by starting fresh topic was
often to provoke snub. As he never made
an unmeaning remark himself, he was i'm
patient of empty speech from others.
Once friend was accompanying him
on q long walk. Arriving at Tewkesbury,
the quaint old world town seemed asleep
in the summer sunshine, and his compan-
ion rashly ventured to say:
~ believe that there are more dogs than
people In the streets this morning"
Jowett instantly awoke from his reverie
and replied, III you have nothing more
sensible to observe, you had better be silent
altogether"
Another thing which hampered his in
innate association with younger men was
his fastidious taste In the use Of language,
particularly evidenced In his adherence Of
slang, which undergraduates thought q
piece Of donnishness. With one Of his child
friends In the country he took q singular
way Of enforcing this lesson. He insisted
on giving her shilling every time she
used the word lawfully" and so shamed
her out Of the habit.
In after years, however, most Of those
who had been his pupils were glad to 40
knowledge the influence - stimulating
rather than formative-that lay behind the
abrupt and peremptory yet always serene
and kindly ways of the master, known In
undergraduate circles as "little Benjamin,
our ruler"
IA paternal from Jowett," as one Of his
severe admonitory interviews was termed,
rarely indeed failed Of its effect, and the
fatherly vigilance with which he watched
over able but unsteady young men, his un-
firing efforts to keep them straight and
when they failed to sot them on their feet
again, caused one grateful pupil to declare:
mo minister of Christ ever more fully
realized the precepts: Strengthen thy
brethren, Support the weak. youths
Communion
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-27

Conductor Of Western Express Had Tn,
His Eyeteeth.


| Conductor Keshan of the Union pao,ao
| rut his eys teeth quite number of yeare
ago. That Is why he baked n smooth
game that three men attempted Co NAV nm
him. Keshan was called To take the over
land limited west, and, sharpening up his
punch, he began TO work his train. and
| when he came to the rear end of the first
| coach he fodnd three men busily engaged
In talking.
"fickets, please" remarked Keshan IN
his suave and polished manner.
One of the men handed up three tickets
without looking at the gorgeous uniform
Of the knight of the punch.
keshan took the tickets. and lust as he
was about to "skin" the hand a thouobt
flashed through his mind. He rushed m
the forward end Of the car and looked
through the door. Then he sauntered
back to the man who had handed him the
tickets and asked, extending the three
tickets:
Excuse me, but I thought heard n
call for brakes and forgot where | left
off. Did you hand me these three tick
ets?"
The man took them without a word OF
trouble and said they were his. Then be
handed tl1A' up to the conductor again.
"Just give me your ticket please. am
allowed to take but one at a time" said
Keshan.
The man muttered little and still held
out the three tickets.
~ only want yours" said Keshan.
"Well, take 'em all at once" growled
the passenger.
"Nit." was Keshan's short answer az
he reached for the bellcord.
Then the man handed up one and Kesb-
an punched 1t. Then another handed up
the second one and Keshan punched that.
Then came the third one, which was a
half fare ticket.
"Let me see the permit" said Kesbau
to the man who handed up the half ticket.
II amt got none" said the passenger.
Kesban made him pay the other half
and then worked the train.
"That trick might have worked" re-
marked Keshan to friend, chad I not
read about 1t few days ago. Their
scheme was to have me punch all three
tickets and then could have whistled for
the cash fare, because each would have
claimed a full ticket, and would not have
dared put one Of them off,
"Why notf' asked his friend.
why not? Because the other two would
have sworn that his was full ticket and
the company would have been soaked for
heavy damages. Omaha World Herald.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-27
No Lctter Writer.

"Im no letter writer, " said t'r. Cob
bleby. 81 can say Yours of the 80th inst.
came duly to hand, and can say: We've
been having some pretty huevetuher late.
H., bat NC az lo5IiuI nov Tor change
Johnny cut himself had fsrJ,y with lis
row iacssn!ic. Aiury's uro Gr,S.l.i ,.i,,l
beautifully. Mary hgstHo castles Iuunn
is just getting over rho wamping ga y
Willie is down wien tne .ragp. ,.I..i
had Go stay h0Bc from rrgel tcdty F." ..c
count of the carache Mnhcr hssn io,.i.l
of the asthma ugain, but otnsrWi.e ,sc urc
all well. | can tell These plain iilc,s wlli
enough, but when ge- to 5he end Oh La,
have 10 stop.
But, don You know, some FOLKS oan
go right on, easy as rolling of Log, talk,
talk, talk, talk, and have so much 20 scy
they have TO crisscruss the letter when they
get 60 the end, something mover could do
and never could understand. New York
sun
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-27
THE DEEP WOOD.

The trees stand guarded, isolate, y ~
The warders hover at the gate. ~
No smallest wandering loneliness N
Goes hence, none ever finds access. u
AT June's blithe call no vine may run
A tip to gild il in the sun.
The perfumed wind from of the field
Before il enter here must yield
Its burden. Sweetest meadow flowers
Send never greeting to these bowers.
Young morn not yet has sprung with might
To east thus deep lis lance of light.
To moon and star Is still unrolled
The mystery of these wizards old.
Ages uncounted shroud this art,
Time and the silence of GOa's heart.
John Vance Cheney in Critic.
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Appearances Are deceptive.

Do not judge from mere appearances,
for the light laughter that bubbles on the
lip often mantles over the depths of sad
ness, and the serious look may be the sober
veil that covers divine peace and joy.
The bosom can ache. beneath diamond
brooches, and many blithe heart dances
under coarse wool. -E. II. Chaplin.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-27
A Cannibal Tidbit.

The Missionary Herald quotes Captain
Kinds assertion that nearly all tribes in
the Kongo basin are or have been cannibals.
and that the practice is on the increase.
not merely for superstitious reasons. but
also for the provision of food There is a
certain sturdy, fat race in Africa which
has never been famous for it's prowess but
which Is made regular staple article of
diet