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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-30
Kings IN Servants, Clothes.

The lord mayor Of London has II
servants eight Of whom are over & feet
. inches high They arc dressed in
sapphire blue velvet uniforms. with
heavy gold bullion lace. once asked
an eminent clothiers' firm in Ludgote
mn, which seems to have the mononolv
OF supplying uniforms to lord MAYORS
and sheritfs servants, why they were
not handed on from one lord mavor 70
another.
They are the pcrquisites of the serv-
ants, " was the reply.
And what DO they do with them?" I
asked.
They sell them to African kings
though few Of them go to the theaters
Tor kings servants there. Weonce mode
a crown to 20 with one Of these mi.
forms out 70 Africa, continued the
clothier In fact. we hayc supnlied
African kings with most things rnev
require. such as tLlll,.. and 20 On.
nom time TO time "--LonC,n Ccrre.
spOudCut
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-30
(smaitre's Debut.

Frederick Lemaitre, the Co.,
French comedian, who died in ,e,u
began his stage career in a humble ~
LIE Gaulois tells the story of bis "y.
appearance, which was in the tbeato.'ssss
the Varieties Amusantes. Tall and an VI
ietically built, young Lemaitre nresana
ed himself before the director of ~
theater, who asked him what esnooi ne
roles he wished to play. p'0iai
"Oh, I'm not particularr, wos !,
cheerful reply. 'ne
Very well, consider yourself or
gagged. From today ON you are mon,
Der OF my troop mt salary of 30 fran.
$500 month. Are you satisfiedg',
Il should be hard TO please if I wo,o
not. " were
In that case you may begin Won,
work on the day after tomorrow. ;, '
"But-my part?"
"Oh, 1t will not take long TO lear,
that You have strong lungs: Jnst
shout a bit to let me hear if Won have +"
Frederick Lemaitre gave a roo.
which shook the windows in their case
ments.
"Splendidl" exclaimed the dirooto.
enthusiastically. you will MAKE .
magnificent lion. "
A lion" repeated the astonisbad
applicant.
Why, yes, lion. l predict certain
success for you, considering how Won
can roar A" ''
Two days later the young artist. on.
yeloped in magnificent lion skin. made
his debut on all fours in pantomime
OF "Pyramus and Thisbe. "
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-30
Ounl,er Hnnostr-

In the Chronicles Of Kentucky
Settlement Is given an instance of in.
tesrlty which deserves 10 be made his
torical 1t is related Of three brother,
who were importing merchants i'm North
Carolina before the war Of the Revolu.
ton. They were Quakers, as were MANY
oil the early colOnlsts Of that state The
story, II true, goes TO show that in this
country private honor is too often SUI
perior to the public conscience.
During the war North Carolina, ard.
we believe, others of the colonies. passed
an ordinance requiring citizens owing
money to subjects of Great Britain to
pay the amount into the treasury of the
state, which thereby assam cd the posi-.
tlon OF debtor 10 the foreign creditor
Harcourt Bros. owed at the time q
large amount for goods imported. and
this amount they paid as soon as pcssi-
DIE TO the state treasurer After the
termination of the war and the signing
OF the treaty Of peace, the English
creditors, unable to recover the amount
due them from the state, which had
been hopelessly bankrupted by the long
ana severe struggle for independence.
demanded payment from the original
deDtors' as they were allowed 10 do bv
The terms OF the treaty of peace.
The HarcCuTts, who were honorable
paid again in full, although
n so doing they were, in their old age. |
cit comparatively poor
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-30
EIephants That CnnnI

MIS- Marie A. Mile has some "Sto.
RES OF Elephants" in st. Nicholas
Mrs. Mile says:
vi their marvellous mathematical pre.
clslon and ability to count no doubt
can exist III the mind of any one who
mas ever visited Mandalay. in MINER
Burma. There large forests of teak are
cultivated by the government for build.
ing purposes, and the squared timbers
are placed and secured one above anotb.
VI 'iii raft is formed to float down
me lrrawaddy for conveyance to vari.
Gus other stations. Elephants do the
whole OF this work They convey the
enormous logs down to the waters edge.
anu PIE them one above another. both
iengthwlse and across, till a perfect
ouoe is formed. They show an intelli.
sehce and interest in their work that
seeils human, as any eyewitness can af.
4, urn who has watched an elephant at
us io'iulhg, and then has seen him move
" Jew PAGES to one side i'm order 70
Judge OF the effect of his work. If the
appearance OF the heap is not quite SYM.
nle'rlcai' two elephants force the logs
.'i, way or the other with their trunks
VII 'hey get the desired result. and tbe
poiiece evenness and symmetry of the
lnisned cube is astonishing. They new
4 nilscaiculate the number required for
-"'" ouoe' ana never overweight it.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-30
AN ECLIPSE OF TIE SUN
somber and Terrible Was the Scene n,
the Moment of Totally.

Mrs. Mabel Loomis Todd, writing il,
The Atlantic Of an eclipse seen in Ia.
pan' says: Just before totality, to oc-
! cur at minutes after O'Clock. I went
over to the little lighthouse. taking
up my appointed station on the sum.
INIT, an ideal vantage ground for u spec-
tacle beyond anything else | ever wit.
messed Grayer and grayer grew the
Day narrower and narrower the cres.
cent OF shining sunlight. The sea faded
TO leaden nothingnesS. Armies of crows
Whtch had pretended entire indiffer.
ence, fighting and tapping as usual on
gatles and fiagpoles with unabated fer.
vors finally succumbed, and flew off
WIEN heavy haste to the pine forest On
the mountain side. The French nan-of.
wat disappeared III the gloom. the
Juiiks blended in colorlessness but
grass and verdure suddenly tumed
strangely, wildly yellow green.
1t was moment of appalling sus-
pense. Something was being waited for.
Inc very air was portentous. The flocks
OF circling sea gulls disappeared with
strange cries. One white butterfly flint.
tered by vaguely
Then an instantaneous darkness
leaped upon the world Unearthly night !
all things. With an indie.
scribabie publishing at the same sec.
ond' the corona burst forth in wonder.
Iui radiance. But dimly seen through
'hlhly drifting cloud, it was neverthe.
eSs beautiful, celestial fame beyond
description. simultaneously the whole
sky was instantly flooded
Nlth lurld and startlingly brilliant
orange across which floated clouds
lightly darker, like flecks of liquid
lame while the west and southwest
LEANED in shining lemon yellow. II
vas not like sunset; it was too som.
er and terrible -
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-30
Everything Inverted


In Japan-if the bull mnv Ia ,,or,.
after dinner speeches arc mall haS"u'
.'ihner' Thus insuring brevity nnd r, ~uioro
Ihg the topics for conversation In t. 't's,'
oai ana Modern Japan" the nutbnr Gu, r,u,
,'lae 10 Is the absorbing desire Of tho go,
' nnu,es 10 grow old that they NAV sbor ou tIs
reverence given 60 ace '""re the
,oon ne n'St rooms Of the house are in tbo
'e'r' y 'apanese entering it takes or t Ii'
snoes instead of his hat If he talo W, ,, us
book to read. be opens it at the b tonLS " u
,enus from right to left instead ~ :, 'io
ieit 10 right The letters nre o -, rom
,ereichliy instead of horizontaIIy 1;si
lareer margin of the page is NJ ,ba ,o. = ne
sse"u OF at the bottom, and che too ,p ~.
IT nc writes n letter, he will take.
- n' . Q, sheet, write along thn ,', ,u''
VI ,ne roll missive which begin.'., ,"rE'
as one OF ours would end. and yico ,s,'g''y
nnu then' putting it into an rnyclno, ,efs'
ing at the end and ADDRESSING II ~ ,uieh
n n' Ohio Cincinnati. Smi,h i n''Vu
Mr', ne VIII seal It, turn il oyar a "ohh,
MS postage stamp ON the back "N' put
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-30
Nictoria's wit.

Mr. Sidney Cooper, r.. A., was Soma
years ago painting a picture at Osborne
of a fine Guernsey heifer belonging 70
the royal farm, and her majesty wished
to see how the work was progressing
The picture was submitted and admired
and the artist was about to leave when
Prince Albert said:
How about those dock leaves that
you are introducing into the foreground
Mr.. Cooper"
The artist explained that their intro.
duction was allowable to avoid the mo.
notony, as much as possible, of grass
and earth. o'''
Well, " said the prince loosely
they are beautifully painted and as.
slst the composition, but they do not
give evidence of good farming ="
Her majesty smiled. and SHAKING
her finger at the prince, said:
How about the little pool of water
III which the heifer's hind legs ara
standing?"
On, i" said Prince Albert laughing
think 1T is beautifully artistic idea
ana gives stamp of nature TO the
scene -
Yes, Albert " said the queen, land
L Ike It's introduction very much. but
IL is not evidence of good drainage. 4"
Ihey both laughed. The Joke was
that at that time her majesty was very
tond OF farming, and Prince Albert. for
MS part was devoting nearly all his
attention to land drainage. - Strand
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-30
Tho nulaan nndr-

Inc human Lccyl~ an critome in ma.
tuie Of all mechanic. ai hydraulics
al architecture au uaclaaiy If cv.
cry KIND 1h0c are mcrr tbau glo
mechanical moysmcuts known to mo.
ch'iics today aHa t.l Of tacsu are but
notifications ot tLt,s tocld ~ tso I'm.
, body. Here alo found al tie cars.
iesers' joints, puliys. pumps. pip,s.
wheels ana azles, Lall and socket move.
ihen'S' u'ams, clrCc!o. uusscs. luCcrs.
,'i coItmLs, Cables ana supports
known TO science. At every point mans
pest mechanical work can be shown IN
DC but adaptations of processes of the
nuinah pody, revelation of first prin.
ciples used in nature
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-30
one on the Grocer.

er;ay are telling good story on my
friend the grocer, next door The 9th.
u gay woman came in and said: IL
wa Want TWO dozen hens eggs. They must
al an De eggs laid by black hens.
;,- ne grocer said; Madam. am will.
nat ~ accommodate you. but you have
soV 'he best of me this time | don't
Know how to tell the eggs Of a black
one - MIC" Vi Wni'e
,,,. oaid she, II can tell the difference
mighty quick
l.. II 'h't is so. madam, will You kind.
y picA our the eggs for YOURSELF"
sit cue oio 50. and when the two dozen
cor Ia opuii'ea INTO her basket. the gro.
-, ,e' iooHed at them aud said suggestive.
~ wen, madam, it seems as though
inc black black hens laid all the big eggs .
res said she that's tbe way
you tel them --Eardware
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-30
The Finest Southern Tobacco

Inc leaves of the bright tobacco ara thin
ana small veined. To be of good onoIitn
'hey must possess good body and texturo
Us Wei as uniform and attractive color
ana therefore high maDuring with nitrog'
enous fertilizers, which latter tend RI
produce rank growth and give the plants n
uark or red hue, should he avoided MnoS
Vi .ne highest grades of bright tobacco
produced In the famous North C.roIi,,o
ana virginia gold leaf district is yro,y,'
upon poor land, and it is the prevaiI;na,
oeiiei In that district that the superb cot
or SILKY texture and other merifs of tta
Dest products are due TO this novor.,, 80
the soil. This, however. is donbtIosS| y.
extreme view, for a soil must have sr" %'
clent fertility to produce "A good si1ed lac
oi good body, which, if of the desred col
VI, prlhgs higher price than small ono
Inc superiority of the products of thoso
bright tobacco lands is due largolv 70 80
iightness and porosity, which are onn
oucive to quicker warming of tho coil ' -,
spring and freer aeration of tho root'. -.
.he pants and consequently TO earlier and
: rapid growth and quicker matnrit,
III south Carolina such soils are avooi,'9
'or early vegetables and are now tai',.,
= 'front.' rank in the production of tbe fmaIs
orieht topaccos. southern States
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-30
Good Rules For Living.

Much Of late has been written about
The various kinds of food which partic-
ularly nourish or supply the waste of
the brain. That the labors of the brain
are exhausting 10 the animal economy
Is very true, but the experience of the
studious has proved that it is not so
much the intensity of the STUDY as the
length Of time spent on il and neglect
OF relaxation that produce the exhaus-
tion. German students generally study
more hours than we do here, yet break
downs very rarely occur among them.
The reason Of this is they take better
care OF the body for the sake OF the mind
of the house because Of the tenant
that occupies It,
The real fact is that the majority Of
as rust out rather than wear out. That
the brain j. affected both by the quail
lily and quantity Of the food and drink
like other parts OF the body-perhaps
more IN proportion to the amount Of
blood II contains-no Psychologist will
deny. But that there are certain kinds
OF food-Say fish and milk, as some
have maintained-whi are specially /
adapted to repair the exhausted brain I
has never been actually demonstrated. |
The best way 10 preserve the brain is
above all not to urduly tax it, 10 eat
Of such food as has been
ound by experience to agree with the
tomach, 10 avoid late suppers and
hight work and to sleep as much as La.
ure requires. New York Ledger.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-30
MODERN CHICKEN COOPS.
The Once Familiar Laths Have Given Way
tn Wire Netting.

to WIRE Netting.
Men whose memories go back, say,
40 years Mil remember that in those
days when man wanted to build a
chicken coop he bought bundle or two
( of laths and built it, There are mighty
few lath chicken coops built nowadays.
Even the smallest chicken raiser who
keeps few in his back yard, makes his
coop or runway of poultry netting. The
chicken house, or shelter, is made of
boards, often of two thicknesses and
with tarred paper between, for better
protection from the weather. and with
openings at the bottom and under the
projecting roof for ventilation
Laths were cheap; poultry netting is
still cheaper, Ii is made of steel wire.
galvanized, in various widths and in
various sizes of mesh. The netting most
commonly used is six feet wide, with
two inch mesh The chicken raiser sets
up frame and tacks the netting TO it,
Narrow MEETINGS of smaller mesh are
used III various ways TO keep in little
chlcks-sometimes foot wide small
mesh netting to run around at the base
OF the Enclosure, the regular netting
being set above it, thus increasing the
total height of the netting. Sometimes
the small mesh netting is run around
inside OF the regular netting, thus max |
ing the lower part of the netting double. |
Sometimes IL is used TO make separate
small Enclosures within the large run.
way and perhaps to make a number of
small Enclosures to keep separate broeds
OF chicks apart The narrow, small
mesh netting is made up to three and a
half feet in width
There is nowadays use for wire net
ting III chicken houses A netting with
I square mesh is Laid on the floor of
chicken houses TO keep out rats and
nice
There are now many large establish
nents III this country for the raising of
Tor commercial purposes, for
market and for breeding and there are
s many men as ever who raise chickens
L nome, from the many who keep a
ew Ill the back yard, with simple
hlcken house and coop, to men who
alse many chickens and maintain an
laborate plant for their breeding and
eeplng But under whatever conditions
ley are raised, chickens are rarely seen !
owadays III coops made of laths, such :
were familiar 40 years ago New 6
ork Sun :
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-30
HIS LAUGH HIS FORTUNE.
1t Won Him Friends and Fortune and
Disconnected His Enemies.

Disconnected His Enemies.
Ever hear of man who made for
tune out of his lauGh?" said guest of the
st. Charles to n New Orleans Times Dem
ocrat reporter as no looked over the reg
lister 81 have heard of girls whose faces
were their fortunes, but / knew a man
whose laugh was positively his fortune.
| That name--Sam B. Adams-on the req
lister there reminds me of "a man who made
a fortune out of his laugh. His name was
John ID. Adams, and he was the father OF
sam, the gentleman registered there.
John d. Adams was typical steamboat
man or Arkansas and i'm addition TO his
steamboating was planter of extensive
interests and was connected with other
business enterprises. He was the first man
to run steamboat up the Arkansas river.
and his name in that state today is a syno-
nym for geniality, courage and business
success. He was very successful, and his
friends used to attribute his success To his
wondrous laugh 1t was not boisterous.
yet loud, and was SO musical and Jolly
that one could imagine old Kris KrjnpIo
was personified in him. Other river men
would say that his laugh got him all the
government mail contracts He would On
20 washington, get acquainted with the
man who had charge of the contracts. and
ne, IKE all OF Adams new acquantances.
would soon come under the infection az
his magnetic laugh and form genuine
admiration for the grizzled old steamboat
man. He was known at the hotel by every |
body and was pointed out for years bv n |
negro porter to whom he once gave n 81 |
goidpiece rs tip in fit of jolliGcation
over the closing of "a big contract in his
favor
Amazing tales were told of his couro 90
ana his steamboat experiences. On one
occasion, when an accident happened to
ms boat and the passengers became manic
stricken, he Gained them as if Inv MAGIC
Dy calling them children and laughing mr.
'helr FEAR, his famous laugh compelljnp
confidence and ninth by its very melody
ana Jollity. He even used his laugh when
very much angered, but it was of a differ
'ht character, and death lurked behind II
10 a steamboat quarrel with three desncr.
noes once he denounced them with q
aughlng accompaniment, IA cynical, chill.
n.y. dangerous kind of laugh, his ewes
'iltterlhg like snakes and his forehnger
n MS revolver, ready to dash out the life
Il the nrst one who made a move Ono 90
nc uesperadoes said afterward, in speak.
ng OF the occurrence, that he never frlt So
ueer before in his life. He said he folt
though the very marrow in his bopos
'as being frozen"
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-30
FORGETM ENOT.
nnle flower and the night.

A simple flower and the night,
And neither night nor flower forgot.
When coming years looked dim through
tears,
She gave me this forgetmenot.
Oh, never tongue more tenderly
Murmured u maiden's pleading prayer:
"Farewelli Well fare
Forgetmenotl Forget not mel"
A little maiden and the night
And love that drew Of sorrows lot
When, unresigned, left behind
All save this fain forgetmenot.
Moved all my soul 10 hear the plea
That scarcely stirred the Silly air:
"Tarewelll Well farel
Forgetmenotl Forget not mel"
The maid, the flower and the night,
The lingering at the parting spot,
And then the past which was SO vast
Was closed 10y this forgetmenot.
Sweet spirit, sanity memory,
Still in this flower abides thy prayer:
'Farewell Well farel
Forgetmenotl Forget not met"
"A. W. Bcllaw in Golfers Weekly.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-30
Youthful Enrethnnrht-

vow, m'raillllDila--Why Johnny, how wet
your mar Isl hope you haven't been
" i La.illng when told you you mustn T.
ma voniihy But ! fell into the water
mna You cant blame me for that
81, .aaliina-But how does it happen
'nat your clothes are dryY
7 SS CO., took them off Just before
ieli IN. thought you wouldn Z like
cript. Dosooh Trans
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-30
No Need In Cru

Don't cry, Buster said Jimmiebov
after the catastrophe. Napoleon didn t
cry every time his brother hit him acci.
dentally on the eye. -
know that, retorted Buster. INA
poleon did all the hittin on the eye his.
self. "-Harper's Bazaar
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-30
willing to Die.

,eroa " Tu said Weary Willie ~ ~.
Seathg n"o'my what is the easiest Sort at" ~
eide, are yerp" eo'n 'nittin sui.
Yes. am"
"Whaffur?"
tber's v i,;o ! hear, heard guy say that while
aim van,, 'ner ; soap, and IL that's 90 ..
Sm n worth while Twin no longer go 80 10
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-30

,o. among the treasures preserved at the
residence Of the Earl Of Clarerdor ia
hr o original gilt key of Hyde park, sent
a ~ queen Anne to Lord Chancellor Clar.
s;o u'a, 70 give him at all times admis-
s.on 70 the parks Of London relic of
singular historical interest
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-30
Services of the West to Education.

The susceptibility Of Americans 70
new IDEAS Is "a notable element in the
prosperity Of the country The people
are willing to try anything that is new
Tins Is specially true of the west, " here
the cnterprising inhabitants are ALWAYS
seeking short cuts 10 wealth and IN
knowledge. This adventurous spirit Of.
ten leads 10 superfciality, but il has
also been very fruitful Of new methods
OF school education The Kindergarten
ldea was taken up and developed in the
west There manual training was first
'fled on a large scale with satisfactory
results. Ana 1t was teachers in the west
who first brought about the introduc.
tlon or Literature" in the lower grades
rs the best means of interesting unde.
VeIoped minds. In fact, they demon.
strated the truth that it is better for
me child TO feed upon ideas. upon
thought upon real stories, and the lives |
OF real people, and the stimulating sen
tlmcnts Of all the ages, than upon the
name sentences and jejune and success.
IuI effort TO he childish of the reading
9ooks Charles Dudley Warner in Har.
ocr's Magazine
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Not His Luck.

Mrs Peok-Iiere's another case of n
man VINO forgot to appear on his wed.
ding day.
Henri Peck-And yet they call alb.
sentmindedness misfortune. -Pbila
delphia North American.
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Knra Eellcifv

she.Such lovely bargains as there
are at that new placed
He-Ah?
ohe-Yes, silks at IS cents, and in a
seore 80 small that a hundred persons
orowd II '" observation-disclosures Jour.
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,t,a, so, cannon ball could maintain q. q.
the su velocity for "a hours, IL wonld Us I'm IN.
the world. ''''en' journey around
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as ~ '" ",n, butter was for ages used so,.,
wounds IMMINENT tor allaying the pain sT,' ~