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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-01
The KEYNOTE of Nature.

The Chinese find in the deep roar of the
great and sacred rivers the keynote of ma
ture. They say that'the aggregate sound
of nature, such as is heard In the roar of
great rivers, the soughing of the wind in
tall forest trees, the hum of great cities,
etc., is q definite single tone of quite an
Improbable pitch. Professor Rice, in his
"Chinese Music" says that the Chinese
recognized thousands of years ago this
fact in regard to sound, which the scien-
lists of today are just beginning to dis
cover. As proof of this he quotes from
their writings, "The waters of the Hoang-
Ho, rushirg by, jntOned the great kung, "
called "the great tone" in Chinese mu-
sic, and he shows this to correspond with
the f, considered by modern physicists
to he the actual tonic of nature'"
Professor Is. Silliman, too, in his "Prin-
ciples of Physics says that "this tone is
held To be middle + of the piano, which
may therefore be considered the keynote
of nature" This can easily be put to the
test by any one in the following way: Go
outside some fine night when sounds are
clear and listen to the general sound OF
nature as from distance. 1t will suggest
q tone of q certain pitch Keeping this
in your mind, go inside and strike the
middle of the piano. The two sounds
will be found to correspond in pitch
Harper's Round Table.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-01
CRUISING FOR A FLY sPEck.
Hut For This the Rescue's Crew Would
Have Got the Doubloons.


The sailing of a schooner from Victoria
bound for Cocos island to dig IN the rich
plunaer supposed TO be buried there
brought out a number of contradictory re-
ports about the authenticity of that treas
ure legend, the latest story being To the
effect that IL was discovered and carried
away early i'm the eighties. A water front
man was reading this yarn and, whom he
had finished exclaimed:
That shows what great results some
times hinge on very small matters
know couple of men who would prob
ably have recovered all of that treasure if
1t had not been for a iy."
The Explanations of surprise and in.
crodulity which greeted this remark wore
all the encouragement needed, and the
veteran proceeded:
ut was along in the latter part of 1879
that Thomas Doig, Uric Johnson, William
Masters and NJ. ID. Staples, who had been
running an independent pilot service at
the mouth of the river with the schooner
Rescue, were driven off the bar by the
Flavel monopoly. Having no further use
for the schooner, Masters and Doig sailed
south in her Co do little discovering on
Cocos island and 10 eventually sell the
vessel in some port on the lower coast.
Staples dug up some old charts of the Pa
cific, which, though IA triile worn with
age, were supposed to be accurate, and in
due season the craft sailed out of Astoria,
never TO return. Cooos island was notice
able on the map, but there was no name
attached 60 it. In due season, the Rescue
and her fortune hunters reached the lati-
tude and longitude where the isle of
riches showed up on the map. They al
most went blind straining their eyes TO
catch sight Of the land, but their search
was unrewarded, and, like Noah's ark in
the song, they 'jes KEEP a sailin, and a
sailin. Every time they would get past
that spot on tho map they would double
back on their tracks again, but tho island
would not appear.
"There is no telling how long this state
of affairs would have lasted had it not been
for the discovery made by DOig one morn
ing. Masters had the old chart spread out
on the table and was figuring away for
dear life when Doig came down from the
deck. He leaned over Masters shoulder
drew his sheath knife and made scratch
on the paper Cocos island disappeared,
and Masters as soon as he regained his
composure, said, We'll, I'll be burned if it
wasn't fly speck.
his discovery ulSguSteu UDein SO 1nucn
that they bore away for San Jose dc Qua
temala, where the schooner was sold, and
| Doig became admiral in the navy at that
| point and it was only about a year later
| before this other outfit came along to Cocos
| and dug up a schooner load of Spanish
doubloons, showing plainly that If it had
not been for that fly Doig and Masters
| would have found the treasure, for if the
| fly had kept off the paper they would new
| er have sailed without a man showing the
| island, and, of course IL they had found
| the island before the treasure was taken it
| would have been theirs. Portland Ore
pOnian
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-01
Origin of the Cigarette.

"Civilization should hold the aboriginal
Aztec accountable for the baleful influ-
ences of the cigarette" declared Ramon
G. Garcia of the City of Mexico to st.
Louis Republic interviewer. at is wrong
to attribute the origin of the cigarette to
the Spaniards. have given the matter
good deal Of investigation and have es-
tablished beyond doubt that the Spaniards
first got Whit of the cigarette when they
invaded Mexico under Cortes. The Aztecs
then used tobacco In no other form, and
the Spaniards learned from them how to
roll the little package into smokable
shape. They introduced the cigarette into
Europe, and by that route 1t found its
way into America, though 1t was nearly
300 years reaching here.
"The Aztecs were also using cocoa and
its product chocolate when Cortes con-
quered them, and 1t was not long until the
whole of Europe was eating the various
preparations of this bean. When the
Spaniards first tasted 1t, they named 1t
theobromus, from the two Greek words
meaning flood Of the gods"
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-01
He nihn.t Like Tvlcr.

Among batch of stories attributed to
President Lincoln is the following good
one on President Tyler; "Dnring Mr..
Tylers incumbcncy If the office he ar
ranged to make an excursion in some di-
rection, and sent his son Bob to arrange
for special train IL happened that the
railroad suporintcnGaNt was strong
Whip. As such he had no favors TO be-
stow on the president, and informed BOD
that his road did not run any special
trains for the president. What, said BOD,
did you not furnish u special train for
the funeral of President Harrisonr Yes,
said the superintendent, and II you IL
bring your father i'm that condition you
shall have the best train on the road, -
Trov Times
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-01
A LIGHTHOUSE GIRL.
abby nrrges' Makes q Brave Rescue OF
B(r Imperiled Chickens.

Grstsv kobho writes q paper on "Hero-
Ism IN tho Lighthouse Service for The
Century. Mr.. kobbe says; Several of the
violent storms that have whirled over
Matinicus Rock have tried the fortitude
OF the little band of faithful watchers
upon 1t. One of these watchers, Abby
Burgess, has become famous I'm our light
house annals, not only for long service,
but also for bravery displayed on various
occasions. Her father was keeper of the
rock from 1853 TO 1851. In January, 1856,
when she was II years Old he left her in
charge of the lights while he crossed to
Matinicus island. His wife was an in
valid his son was away on a cruise, and
his other four children were little girls
The following day it began to breeze
NJ" The wind increased to gale, and
soon developed into storm almost as furi-
Gus as that which carried away the tower
on Minot's Ledge in 1851. Before long
the seas were sweeping over the rock.
Down among the powders was a chicken
Soop, which Abby feared might be carried
away. On n lonely ocean outpost like
Matinicus Rock "a chicken is regarded with
affectionate interest, and Abby, solicitors
for the safety of the inmates of the little
coop, waited her chance, and when the
seas fell off n littlo rushed knee deep
through the swirling water and rescued
all but one Of the chickens.
She had hardly closed the door of the
dwelling behind her when a sea, breaking
over the rock, brought down the old cob
bic stone house with a crash. While tho
storm was at its height the waves threat
ened the granite dwelling, so that the
family had to take refuge in the towers
for safety, and here they remained, with no
sound to greet them from without but the
roaring of the wind around the lanterns,
and no sight but the sea sheeting over the
rock. Yet through 1t all the lamps We're
trimmed and lighted. Even after the
storm abated, the reach between the rock
and Matinicus island was so rough that
Captain Burgess could not return until
four weeks later
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-01
POWER o. FRUeALITX.
Showing How Easily Big Fortune Can
BE Accumulated.

Frugality Is the coperstone Of wealth.
Unhappily, however, there are few who
realize the truth of this maxim, or at least
who exemplify Ii In the practical affairs of
life. With the same prudent and economic
habits which characterized the founders of
some of our great American fortunes,
there is no reason why thousands who are
now struggling on the ragged edge of pow
erty should not be i'm prosperous circum-
stances, if not indeed rich.
But tho spirit Of the age Is opposed TO
such primitive and obsolete methods of
money making They belong 90 past
generation. Financiering is the modern
substitute for old time saving while ex-
travagance has everywhere taken the place
of frugality. Young men with ample sal
aries and bright prospects i'm life, who
could easily put away something each
month, prefer either TO squander their in
comes in riotous living or else make ship
wreck of their opportunities by rushing
hcadlong into speculative enterprises with
out consulting the advice of older heads.
Whatever may be said of the slow methods
of acquiring wealth which are now de-
spised in certain quarters, they do not lack
the charm of honesty, and while they may
not give rise TO colossal fortunes in IA sim
BlS nlBhb tHty are lesS app 10 Gnu III us
grace and failure
What the young men Of this generation
need TO be taught is that patience is
virtue and that corruption wins not more
than honesty. With these simple maxims
implanted in their minds they will be con-
tent 60 look for wealth in the beaten paths
of safety and not in the byways of deceit
and crookedness Some few weeks ago
one of the leading papers Of the country
pu blished a table showing the results Of
legitimate accumulation which one might
reasonably expect in 80 years. The table
deals with small savings only and calcu-
lates that by laying aside a copper cent
daily one can accumulate $3.50 in 30 years
This amount, in addition TO actual savings,
includes interest at the rate of 6 per cent
The following figures are taken from the
| tahle ahOYe cited:
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-01
Hancock a Calumet Railroad Addi-
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, 1897-07-01
In fifty years.

These figures contain abundant food for
thought and should encourage the young
men of our country to greater zeal and
effort, especially in the line of legitimate
saving. Without frugality there can be
no lasting or genuine prosperity, and the
sooner this truth is learned the better it
will be for those who covet riches.-At
lanta Constitution.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-01

Argall Brothers. Red Jacket Mich, un
Gertakers, 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
atrpeta
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-01
Great Money-SavIng sale

At the Laurium Fair, next to the post
Office. Fifteen hundred pairs OF ladies'
and Misses fine shoes, worth from $3.50
to 81 pair, to be sold at 81 pair for
thirty days only. We also have lot OF
baby shoes, sizes from o to No. 4, at 81
cents pair. Call promptly, as it is to
your interest. /. FEINBERG K CO.,
Hecla Street, Laurium.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-01
An Accessory.

"Please, ma'am, II the twins Is asleep
will you let ma borrow your baby car
riageS"
"But you haven't any baby"
ono, ma'am, but there's man comm
to photograph our house, and ma thinks
the baby carriage would look awful nice
standin in the front yard. "-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-01

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 It's 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, 1897-07-01
Light Givers.

"Um-ah," said the Rev. Mr.. Wilgus
as he looked over tho scanty missionary
collection. 81 asked this congregation to
aid in the illumination of the benighted
heather mind. And must say that such
Q lot of light givers IL has never before
been my experience to meet. Indian
apolis Journal
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-01
Summer SryIes.

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 call. NJ. JOHNSON,
Over Sauer's Sample Room.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-01

Have you tried Moeb's Pro Patria
cigars? Worth 10 cents sold for cents.
Stamped Pro Patria. A cold, sweet salts
flying smoke. George Moebs & Co., man.
ufacturers. Detroit.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-01
Professional CONTEMPT.

81 byahs dat dc gemman you wucks fob
IL er fine picture painter" 49,
"Yaas," replied Erastus Pinkley. HE
kin paint pictures good huff. But yoh
orter see de way he done slop de whitewash
aroun when he tried ter kalsomine dc cell
In. Washington Star.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-01

DR.. f. l.. Robertson, OF Lansing, is
stopping at the Taylor House. Thedoc
tor is noted specialist and is having
great success in curing chronic diseases.
Office hours from to and IL to II
a. m. and from 1890 to and from 6 to
n m
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-01

FoUND-Near the corner of Elm and
Fifth streets, Singer sewing machine, on
easy monthly payments. Old machines
taken i'll exchange. Oil, needles and sup
plies OF all kinds constantly on hand.
The Singer Manufa curing Co.
$50 Fifth street
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-01
BuekIeu,s Aruica saIve.

The best salve In the world for cuts,
bruises. sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores. letter. chapped hands. chilblains,
corns. and all skin eruptions, and posi-
lively cures piles, or no pay required. 1t
Ia guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction,
or money refunded. Price, % cents per
box. For sale by d. T. Macdonald.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-01

II you would enjoy comfort during the
hot weather get Blue Flame oil or gas
oIine stove. Special prices at Carlton
Hardware Co.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-01

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, 1897-07-01

Books impart sympathetic activity TO
the moral power. Go with mean people
and you think life mean. Then read Plu-
tarch, and the world Is proud place,
peopled with men of positive quality, with
heroes and demigods standing around Us,
who will not let us sleep. -Emerson.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-01

Portage Lake and Lake Superior Ice
headquarters at Slattery &
Ryan's. Telephone connections. James
Allen, manager.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-01

On a physiological writer asserts that up to
sS az youth needs nine hours of sleep and an
i"a. should have eight or nine. The neg
S.,.s, ~, this rule results in exhaustion, ex-
o rsay and physical ana intellectual dis
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-01

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, 1897-07-01
Voice Culture.

Mr.. Arthur S. Kimball, professor OF
singing in Oberlin conservatory OF music,
will spend the months of July and August
in the copper country and will receive
pupils in singing on and after June 20.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-01

4, guess, after all. that CLIPPER did right
~ ~ ~, ms play to have SO many people die off
why sop
90 that most of the company could
T.ape the fury Of the audience. Detroit
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-01

A - rev years more will put us all In the
t sSs', and then 1t will be of moro impor-
- I ns 70 me to have governed myself than
" nave governed the state. John Jay.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-01

No Flies in the house after you have
our screen on the doors and windows.
SIvERT OLSON.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-01

We sell the celebrated Sherwin- William
paints. S. OLSON.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-01

"For three years we have never been
without Chamberlain Colo. Cholera and
Diarrhea Remedy in the house." says
A. II. Patter, with E. c. Atkins & Co.,
Indianapolis, Ind, land my wife would
as soon think OF being without flour as a
bottle OF this Remedy in the summer sea-
son, We have used 1t with all three OF
our children and Il has rsy-r'
cVrasrhes Briggs of Cine
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-01

Our lodge room an ne rented for
meetings on Saturday evenings.
SIvERT OLSON.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-01
A First-eJass Girl

Qualified to do general homework can
hear OF good situation in small family
by inquiring at the NEWS Office.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-01

Screen doors OF all kinds at the lowest
prices. SIvERr OLSON.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-01
Call at City Hardware for YOUR stoves,

Call at City Hardware for your stoyee,
ranges, screen doors, windows, refrigera-
tors, and ice cream freezers. Quality the
best. Prices up to date.
j. T. SALoMoNsoY,
Wertin's Old Store, Red Jacket.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-01

..r,,ne Career of George Barring
A pickpocket. High Rolling Adj
"' r and Australian Potentate-Two
ws,l Known Lives
The advocate., 1897-03-17
$l.OO A YEAR.

general advance in prices and in wages
as we'll. There was decline in prices
between 1884 and 1887 attributed to the
Curtailment Of paper money and gem
eral advance from the latter dates up to
1895.
Persia has a silver standard, and in
that country wages and prices both Od-
vanCed in the past ten years. The cur
rency is, however, greatly deprecated
and the country is much poorer than it
was twenty-three years ago.
Peru uses silver only, and prices In
creased az measured in that standard,
while Portugal with a gold standard
showed 25 per cent. increase in prices
attributable to the fact that the actual
money in use is paper.
Salvador is now using silver, but steps
have been taken to substitute gold.
Meanwhile prices have advanced in a
marked degree owing, it is said to
deprecated currency. The only labor
in Salvador is employed on farms, and
wagesin that case were advanced slightly.
Gold is the standard in Sierra Leone
and prices generally declined owing il Ia
said, to overtrading and the falling of in
exports.
In the South African republic, with
gold standard, high prices obtained for
domestic products, imported articles are
said to be reasonable" and wages are
high in the skilled trades, mining and
building.
In Spain, which uses the double stand
ard Of gold and silver, prices have gen.
orally advanced and only expert labor
has advanced in wages. The high prices
are attributed to the fact that Spain is
constantly importing large quantity Of
the neCessaries OF life, and because Of
the premium she must pay on them
prices Of living are from II to 20 per
cent. higher than il the currency were
at par.
The gold standard in Sweden was &C.
companied by declining prices, but adj
vSncing wages, while Venezuela, with
the double standard, though with closed
mints, showed mixed results, wages sta
tionary and prices advancing in some
articles and declining In others.