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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-22
MISTAKEN IN THE MAN.
The New Postmaster Proved to the Crowd
That He Had Dignity.

was getting my mail In the little post
office at Wolf Valley and chatting with
the postmaster, and he was just saying
that he had only held the Office a week,
when a crowd Of men marched In and one
of them said:
"Bill, we've bin talkin the matter over
up at the Palace saloon, and hev come to
the conclushun that you ha!n't fit man
fur this job.
"B but, why not?'~ stammered the post
master, turning pale.
"Waal," continued the speaker, "you
don't seem to hev dignity 'nuff about you.
It's United States guv'ment pOsishun,
you know, and the man who fills it must
DO full o. dignity and ready to shoot at
word o. sass. -
"W-why, w-who complains"
"Seycral of the boys, Bill. Fur instance,
Joe Davis claims he gave you 10 cents to
pay fur cent stamp Yesterday and you
didn't hev dignity huff TO keep the
change"
"B-but"-
"And jim Peters says he sassed you in
yere the other day fur five mints, but you
never pulled gun on him. Is that any
way fur United States guv'mont official
to actg Is it, Billy"
W-why, you see, boys" the postmaster
tried to explain, but the other interrupted:
"And when Pete Perkins pulled your
nose last night cause thar wuz no letters
fur him you didn't hev dignity huff to
throw him out of the winder. You won t
do tall, Bill, and
"Boys," spoke up the new postmaster,
sudden change coming over him, 81
didn't know you wanted that kind o. dig
nifty in this office, but If you do why it's
my dooty to give it to you. jest stand
whar you are fur "A mint and give me a
chance to show off my dignity"
And in less than that time he emerged
from little side door carrying IA big horse
pistol in one hand and a club in the other,
and when he yelled TO the crowd to git
there was rush which took them out
doors and block up the street. l was the
first man out of the building, and when
came across the crowd little later in the
| hotel barroom heard the fellow who had
acted as spokesman exclaiming:
"Boys, I'm burned if we didn't make a
| big mistake in that postmaster arter all,
fur if thar's u critter in this hull state
| who could hev treated us more dignified
| then don't keer to meet himl Dignifed,
dignifledl Why, durn it, he's dignifled
huff to be in the state legislator that 6
what no ar !'-New York Journal.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-22
CORONATION SERVICES.
!enure Of Land on Condition of Personal
Duty to the Sovereign.

Florence Hayward describes Queen
Fictoria's coronation roll in The Cen
fury. The writer says:
After telling how the privy council
was formed into commission "to hear
the petitions of the lords, great men,
mobiles, knights and other with regard
TO services, duties, attendances, offices,
fees and rights connected with the cere-
mony of coronation" the roll states
what these petitions were, or at least
such of them as were granted.
One was that the Duke of Norfolk,
who claimed "the right TO find for the
queen on her day of coronation glove
for her majesty S right hand and to sup
port the queens right arm on the Same
day as long as her majesty shall hold
in her hand the royal scepter, the petit
toner holding the manor of Worksop
by the aforesaid services. In other
words, if the Duke of Norfolk had
failed to provide the glove or to support
her majesty's arm at that particular
time his ownership of Worksop manor
would have been invalidated and the
property have reverted to the crown.
Another petition was that of Barbara,
Baroness Grey de Ruthyn, who, as the
head of her family, claimed the right to
carry the great spurs before her majesty
on the day of her coronation and asked
that George, Lord Byron, be appointed
her deputy for the performance of that
duty.
Yet another was that Of Francis,
twelfth earl of Huntingdon. The earl
dom of Huntingdon had remained sus-
pended for many years owing to the
tenth earl dying without issue. When,
however, this twelfth in the line of sue
cession succeeded in establishing, as "a
descendant of the second earl, his right
to the peerage, he also claimed the right
to carry one of the four swords Of state
in the coronation procession, this, as
we'll as other duties and services con-
nected with the ceremony, being the
condition of his tenure Of lands. Small
wonder, then, that in announcing the
omission of the procession it was i'm
poItant to set forth also that the non
performance of duties connected with it
should entail no forfeitures.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-22
The Old SandbOx.

"Blotting paper" said man of ma.
ture years, "has been commonly used
for only about 40 years. Before that we
used sand, which was poured from q
sand box out upon the paper Enough
of it adhered to the wet Ink to keep it
from plotting. The rest was poured
back into the box 1 think liked the
old sand box better than l do the mod
ern plotting paper. Sometimes when
you opened letter you would find sand
in the envelope, which had rubbed off
the letter in transit. But that didn't do
any hurt, and the letter itself was more
slightly to look at than the letter of to-
day. 1t did not shade off pale, where
fires ink had been taken from the lines
bodily by the blotter-it was uniform
in color. And the lines, fine and coarse,
were Just as the writer made them-not
blended or blurred or softened or spread
out, more nearly uniform. They were
clear and precise and characteristic OF
the writer.
81 liked the old sand box, but of
course we couldn't use it now; we're
too busy. New York Sun.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-22
THE OPEN BOAT.
At the Mercy of the Sca-Stephen Crane
Describes His Sensations.

At the Mercy of the Sca-Stephen Crane
Describes His Sensations.
In the meantime the oiler rowed, and
then the correspondent rowed, and then
the oiler rowed. Gray faced and bowed
forward, they mechanically, turn by
turn, piled the leaden oars. The form
of the Lighthouse had vanished from the
southern horizon, but finally pale star
appeared, just lifting from the sea. The
streaked saffron in the west passed be-
fore the all merging darkness, and the
sea to the east was black. The land had
vanished and was expressed only by the
low and drear thunder of the surf.
IF am going to be drowned-if l
am going to be drowned-if l am going
TO be drowned, why, in the name of the
seven mad gods who rule the sea, was
l allowed to come thus far and contem-
plate sand and trees? Was brought
here merely TO have my nose dragged
away as was about to nibble the sacred
cheese of life?"
The patient captain, dropped over the
water jar, was sometimes obliged to
speak TO the oarsman.
keep her head mp! Keep her head
upp'
"Keep her head up, sir" The
voices were weary and low.
This was surely quiet evening. AL
save the oarsman lay heavily and list
lessly in the boats bottom. AS for him,
his eyes were just capable of noting the
tall black waves that swept forward in
a most sinister silence, save for an &C.
casional subdued growl of crest.
The cooks head was on thwart, and
he looked without interest at the water
under his nose. He was deep in other
scenes. Finally he spoke. billie" he
murmured dreamfully, what kind OF
pie do you like best?"-"The Open
Boat" by Stephen Crane, in Scribner S.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-22
Not to BE BunkOed.

The president of one of the leading
eastern colleges was recently journey
ing toward New York and found him
self in the same seat with an old man
whose general appearance betokened
the farmer. They soon fell into CONVEX
sation, and after saying that he was on
his fist visit to the metropolis the
farmer mentioned the name of the lit
tie village up among the hills of New
Hampshire from which he came and re-
marked that he supposed his friend had
never heard of it. "Oh, yes, said the
man. 81 was born there. Imagine his
establishment when the country man,
after staring at him several seconds, ex-
claimed, "See here, I've heard all about
you bunko fellers, and you cant get a
chance to bunko me-" So saying, he
grabbed his carpetbag and. marching
down the aisle, took seat on the other
side of the car. New York Times.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-22
England and Russia.

Many believe. says Benjamin l..
Wheeler in The Atlantic, that Constan-
tinople has been Systematically forti-
fed against the English to the west, but
not, at least by land, against Russia to
the east. A Russian army can enter
Constantinople without great difficulty.
When the question Of forcing the OAR
danelles with an English fleet was agi-
tated last winter, the English naval au-
thorities estimated that of the 10 ships
lying at Salonika 6 must be sacrificed
to do it. The cards have been stacked
for Russia. 1t looks today as if the III
innate occupation Of Constantinople
by Russia were foregone conclusion.
What has England to say? The mat
ter concerns her. 1t seemed for time
that the discovery of the route by the
cape of Good Hope would provide an
evasion of the eastern question and free
her from the necessity of worrying about
the Egean. But the opening OF the
Suez canal has changed things, and, as
if by jealous interposition of geograph-
10 fate, drawn the issue back to the old
fighting ground in the eastern Medi ter
ranean. II she is to hold India and Aus
tralia, England must control the Suez
canal and its approaches.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-22
RIase Ticket Chopper.

"There's no fun any more in the theater
for me-" said ticket chopper at one of the
principal up town east side 81" stations
the other day. II used to like to go to tho
show to see the different kinds of people
there, but there's such n variety goes 10y
me here that the theater seems tame. From
early in the morning till late at night l
see all classes of folk going about all kinds
of business. The last rounder at night
has scarcely got off the train before the
men who do their days work by night
come along. They're hardly out of sight
when the earliest of the workingmen OF
the day appear. Then come the clerks,
and then the school children, and the men
who get to the Office between 5 and ., then
the more prosperous ones who don't go
down until the women shoppers begin TO
throng the trains. The women keep it
up all day until the first of the people who
work for living begin to como home.
That crowd starts at about o'clock and
runs till z and after. Then there's the
theater crowds going and coming, and
then the FOUNDERS again.
$50 1t goes. 1 never have to buy a news
paper; get so many OF them that are left
in the cars, and hardly ever want to look
at them any more than l want to go to
the theater. don't get tired of the peo-
pie, but 1 don't find any fun in looking
for variety anywhere else, either In the pa
pers or at the shows. New York Press.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-22
STEERING A STEAMSHIP.
Stunning the Tune and Distance" In
Foggy Weather.

Gustav Kobbe has an article entitled
steering Without a Compass" in st.
Nicholas. Mr.. Kobbe says:
The degree Of A. b. is not confined to
college graduates. Aboard ship it means
liable t4Nlied" seaman.
Every nautical "A. b." knows how
TO box the compass" and how to steer
by 1t, but you will be surprised to learn
that no good helmsman will steer by a
compass unless all other things fail
him. Among those "other things" are
the horizon, the wind. the wake Of the
ship, the stars, the soundings and the
line OF the surf when running along the
coast. And so the ablebodied seaman.
when greenhorn takes his trick at the
wheel, hands over the helm to him
with this caution, Keep your head out
of the pinnacle. 4"
am speaking Of sailing vessels.
Steamers, especially those that travel on
regular routes, steer by compass. They
run their courses" from point TO point
from lighthouse TO lighthouse, light
ship. day mark, buoy, bell or fog whis-
tie In thick weather they know, TAX
ing wind and tide into consideration,
how long they should stand on each
course and Try never to pass the "sig-
nal' at the end of it. When they have
seen or heard that signal, they start on
the next run" or course This is called
running the time and distance. "
have gone into Halifax on steamer
that met with thick fog from Cape Cod
down. One morning the captain said tc
me:
We ought to pick up Sambro in hall
an hour ~
Surely enough, about half an hour
later we heard, through the fog, a can.
non shot, the distinguishing fog sigma.
Of the Sambro light station on the Nova
Scotian coast.
Real sailors-the Jack tars that mar
sailing vessels-actually prefer, as
have said, to steer by signs rather thar
by compass, and there are times wher
the steamer pilots have to.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-22
Wonderful Forethought.

The habit of companies which insure
against accidents to compel their pa
irons to resort to the courts to recover
in case of injury was the occasion of
this singular thoughtfulness, told by the
president of large accident company;
"Some time ago." he said, "a large
policy holder in my company was run
over by Brooklyn trolley car and his
right leg painfully crushed. He re-
manned conscious after the shock for
three minutes, during which time he
pulled out his watch and called the at
tention of the crowd to the fact that 1T
was just 10 minutes of IL. His policy
expired at noon, and his foresight was
rewarded by the immediate payment of
his weekly indemnity without contro-
versy or litigation. youths Compan-
ion
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-22
THE USEFUL GIRAFFE.
Employed 20 Get Down Balls That Had
Lodged In the Roof Gutter.

Employed TO Get Down Balls That Had
Lodged In the Roof Gutter.
GOOD natured?" said the old circus
man. why, the best in the world.
When the old mans boy used to get a
baseball lodged in gutter at the caves
of the house-this was when we were
off the road i'll winter quarters-he new
er used to get out at the scuttle and
climb down the roof and take the risk
of falling off and breaking his neck to
get it. He used to 60 to the barn and
get cut the giraffe. The old Is footer
would trot along after the boy-he knew
what was wanted-till they came to
the house and then walk along the side
looking down into the gutter as he went
along until he came to the ball, and
then he would pick it up and bend his
head down and give it to the boy.
lone day when the youngster had
thrown a ball up on the roof and had
seen it roll down into the gutter he
went as usual after the giraffe. When
the giraffe looked along the gutter that
day, there was no ball there. He took
his nose out of the gutter and looked
OOWn at tn5 10y III INC ydIu With ~
large interrogation mark in each eye as
much as to say:
"'Sure it didn't roll off somewhere"
"And the boy said Sure, and then
the giraffe looked again, but it wasn't
there, and the giraffe so reported, with
solemn shake of the head, and was
driven back to the barn.
"They wondered about this, for it
was the first time the giraffe had ever
failed to get the ball, and they knew it
must be there, but it was soon explain
ed. A day or two later there came big
rainstorm. Instead of running big
noisy stream as usual the tin water pipe
from the roof ran just little bit of a
stream, and the water that should have
run off in that way overaowed the gut
tiers and dripped in a thin sheet against
the side of the house. Then they knew
why the giraffe couldn't find the ball.
1t had rolled down the water pipe. y
New York Sun.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-22
An ExDensiye Product.

It is said that the most costly product
in the world is charcoal thread. 1t is at
present made in Paris, but by an artisan
who carefully conceals himself from the
public the better to guard the secret OF
his craft. Charcoal thread is sold at
wholesale by the gramme (l5K grains)
and is used for incandescent lamps
That for the 30 candle lamp costs $l2,
600 per pound and that for 20 candles
as, 900 per pound. New York Ledger.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-22
THE QUEST.

Upon my lips there fell when first the night
Pales in the highest heaven, seeing day
Far down the fathomless eastern depths
away
Pales with fearful JOY, dread delight
Upon my lips, with wakeful watching white
There fell kiss. One instant's space IL lay
Soft as "a roscoaf that the west winds fray,
And thon my eyes awoke to dazzled sight.
Tho warmth, the tender impact and the thrill
Burnt on my lips, and the calm pulse Of sleep
Awoke and quiverod quick in soft surprise.
From that day forward knew Lowell
And still
BY day l search and nightly vigil keep
For her revealed 90 me in such strange wise
The Late III. G.. Bunner in Scribner's.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-22
To Clear the Completion.

Dandelion wine is excellent for persons
who have liver trouble, and the following
recipe is given for making the wine:
Gather 8 quarts of dandelion buds at night
pour quarts of boiling water over them,
and allow IL to stand until morning; strain
through a cloth; slice into it lemons
from which the seeds have been removed
and add 81 pounds of sugar. Put on the
fire until the sugar is dissolved; then pour
into covered jar, and let It remain for 12
or Ia days. Strain again, pour into bottles
and cork when the fermentation Is COM
plete.
Dose, one wineglassful twice day. 1t
is said by many grandinas who profess to
know that there Is nothing like this as
medicine to clear the complexion.-New
York Tribune.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-22
A Hard Swallow.

An eminent barrister, noted as much
for habit he had of sucking lozenges
as for his eloquence, was once defend
ing murder case. He was standing
with bullet in one hand and the usual
lozenge in the other, when suddenly, in
the midst of fine burst Of eloquence,
his face fell, and in tone Of agony he
cried:
Gentlemen, I've swallowed the bull
let. "-London Tit-Bits.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-22
with the Lights Turned Down.

"Do you notice any increase in your
GAS bills since your daughters are old
enough to receive company, professor
"You have recalled something, sir,
that is inexplicable to me. We regard
mathematics as fixed science, and yet
Il is q fact that pay less for gas than
when the entire household used to re-
tire together. It's astounding. DE
troit Free Press.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-22
Hurrah, For Laurium Fair.

The business OF the Fair increased 80
much since it's opening year ago that
we had to enlarge the store and double
the stock OF goods in order to accommo-
date our many patrons. We have just
received new stock OF clothing, gents
furnishing goods, dry goods, boots and
shoes, ETC., which will be sold at low
prices, l. FENBERG, Prop.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-22

FouND-Near the corner OF Elm and
Fifth streets, Singer sewing machine, on
easy monthly payments. Old machines
taken III exchange. Oil, needles and sup
plies OF all kinds constantly on hand.
The Singer Manufacturing Co.
$50 Fifth street
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-22
To the Public:

have been appointed copper country
agent OF the Northwestern Benevolent
Society, OF Duluth, Mimi, in place OF
Capt. Erick Abrahamsen, who resigned.
Calumet, Mich, June 81, 1897.
j. L HENDRICKsoN,
451 Pine street.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-22

Argall Brothers. Red Jacket Mlch,, un
dertakers, paractical embalmer andfuner
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, 1897-06-22
Escapipe the Organ Grinders.

Reside close to a dentists if you are
not fond of street music. Itinerant or
gan men carefully avoid playing any
where near the house of practitioner
who can effectually stop or remove all
troublesome grinders. London Punch.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-22

Hundreds OF thousands have been in
duced to try Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy by reading what it has done for
Others, and having tested Its merits for
themselves are today it's warmest friends.
For sale by Sodergren & Sodergren, drug
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-22

DR.. Z. l.. Robertson, OF Lansing, is
stopping at the Taylor House. The doc
tor is noted specialist aud is having
great success in curing chronic diseases.
Office hours from to 8 and IL to II
a. m. and from 1890 to and from 6 to
9 o. m
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-22

William Scott, OF Hancock, will supply
all kinds OF Portage Entry cut stone at
lower prices than anyone else in Hough-
ton county. Stones for cemetery lots,
and the work on them, at reasonable
prices. Apply at the Hancock stone saw
mill
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-22
Hancock a Calumet Railroad Add
ttonal sunday Trains.

Commencing Sunday, June 6. and con-
tinuing until further notice, the train
leaving Lake Linden at 1915 p. m. for
Hancock and leaving Hancock at 1:50
d. m. for Lake Linden will run daily.
These trains will be run to secure direct
connections at Houghtou with the day
trains OF the d., s. 8. & A, railroad, from
and to Marquette, which are now run
daily.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-22

Have you tried Moeb's Pro Patria
cigars? Worth 10 cents sold for cents.
Stamped Pro Patria. cold, sweet salts
flying smoke. George Moebs & Co., man.
ufacturers. Detroit.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-22
Sunmer Sryles.

Having received fine stock OF cloths.
suitable for spring and summer suitings,
/ invite an 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, 1897-06-22

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, 1897-06-22

We sell the celebrated Sher win William
paints. s. OLSON.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-22
A House and Lot for Sale.

Aneight room house, No. 800 Kearsarge
street, Laurium. Also a corner lot and
one adjoining on Pewabic street. Apply
to Frank Tobinski, on the premises.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-22

WANTED-A situation by an exper-
fenced man as store clerk or teamster.
Apply at this office. Speaks French and
German language.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-22
Voice Culture

Mr.. Arthur S. KimbalI, professor OF
singing in Oberlin consery atory OF music,
will spend the months OF July and August
in the copper country and will receive
pupils in singing on and after June %.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-22

Many Of the streets of Paris are lined
with trees. II tree dies, another Of the
same kind, age and size is brought from
N me state forests and put in its place.
Inc cost is something tremendous, but
cities
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-22

Hanan & Sons celebrated shoes in
AAA to ID widths. The Sprocket and
DeMuth's bicycle shoes.
JOHN F. Spring,
BOrgo Block.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-22

Screen doors OF all kinds at the lowest
prices. SIvERT OLSON.