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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-08
The Struggling Young Autbor.

Il have always read, and always
with interest,"" said the struggling
young author, what literary men had
to say concerning their habits of work.
In many cases productiveness appears
to depend upon mood-sometimes a
man can write and sometimes he can't.
a man feeling in condition can do anv
sort OF work. nc doubt. better than
wheE he is out of condition. but a man
may be mistaken in himself. I find
that 1t Is good thing to make begin
ning.
Often the mere effort of making n
beginning is enough to dispel clouds
that had seemed to be heavy. but which
are shown to be mere films. and one
touch of concentration is enough 70
bring back fancies that you had Thought
were wandering far from home but
were really loafing about right near
waiting only to be called. New York
Sun
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-08
ANCIENT CORPORATIONS.
Trade Monopolies That Were Almost Saw
age In Their Operation.

Apprentices became no better than
serfs and slaves They were not merely
pitilessly fined and brutally punished,
they were often left in ignorance of the
craft that they had purchased the right
to learn. In that frightful social and
moral revulsion following the long and
devastating wars Of the sixteenth and
seventeenth centuries the corporations
became more determined than ever to
maintain their industrial aristocracy
and monopoly They refused to admit
any trade less ancient and honorable
than their own to the rights and privi-
leges OF the law; they soiled themselves
by contact with no person of illegiti-
mate BIRTH and in their savage and re-
lentless pursuit of persons engaged in
unauthorized traffic they invaded the
homes of contraband workmen, confis-
eating both their tools and the hidden
products of their toll, leaving them and
their families destitute and starving.
To such absurd lengths was the crea-
ton OF corporations carried for the pro-
duction OF new taxes and new places for
court favorites that occupations like the
teaching OF dancing, the selling of flow
ers and the catching of birds were or
ganized. and homogeneous occupations
like the hatmGkers' and carpenters
were divided and subdivided beyond the
comprehension of the modern mind.
But despite the ingenuity of lawyers
and the vigilance of armies of inspect
ors the lines of demarcation could not
be drawn so sharply as to avoid con-
fiicts of interests. The makers of felt
hats quarreled with the makers of cot
ton hats. The spinners who had pur-
chased the right to use hemp quarreled
with those that had purchased the right
to use flax. The shoemakers fought
with the cobblers that reproduced more
than two-thirds of an old shoe. The cut
lers that made the handles of knives
fought with those that made the blades.
The relations of the makers of wooden
porringers and the makers of wooden
spoons were equally belligerent. -
Franklin Smith in Popular Science
Monthly.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-08
SllKWORMS OF LEBANON.
How They Are Cultivated In the Noun
tains of Tripoli.

Harry Fem, the artist has written "a
paper, entitled silk and Cedars," for
ST. Nicholas, describing his visit to
the famous mountains of Lebanon
Concerning the silk industry, which
plays such an important part in the
lives of the natives, Mr.. Fem says AS
the time approaches for the silkworm
to hatch out the egg the family move
out OF the house and camp under the
trees, giving up the entire establishment
to the worms, after having placed the
eggs OH shelves made of reedlike
bamboo. AT first the young worms are
fed on finely chopped leaves, but as
they grow larger the leaves need only
be broken in two. The people have to
feed and watch the worms night and
day, or they wander in search of food
and get lost, and in the silence of the
night the sound Of the worms feeding
is like gently falling rain.
The worms fast three or four times
during this period, and about "a hours
is the length of each fast. A curious
feature about their fast is their posture.
They assume the attitude of a cobra
snake about to strike and remain rigid.
ly fixed in that position for the entire
period. When they are ready to spin,
small branches are placed on the
shelves, and as the cocoons are formed
upon them the dead twigs seem to bear
golden fruit. When the worms get
through that part Of the business, the
neighbors are called in-something as
to an old fashioned New England APP
pie pairing bee. They call it "qtaf" in
Arabic-that is picking. and soon
you see piles of pale green, pure white
and golden yellow cocoons heaped upon
the floor Later they may be spun into
hanks, but usually the cocoons are sent
down the mountains TO Tripoli or Da.
mascus, and after their 30 or 40 DAYS
OF toll they, too, often have to sell the
produce for next to nothing, as the Chi
nese are always ready to undersell them
Another curious use Mr.. Silkworm is
put to is TO soak him in vinegar for
some hours, after which he is drawn ont
into so called "catgut" to make smells
or leaders for fishhooks.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-08
HE FoREsAW THE FUTURE.
james @. Blaine's Prophetic Words About
His Political Career.

His Political Career.
I first made the acquaintance OF Mr..
Blaine during the congress session OF
1866. He was then beginning his Sec
ond term in the house. At that time
owned and edited country newspaper
I'm General Garfields district. One day
in the fall of 1860 Garfield wrote me TO
come up to his hilltop home in the little
college town of Hiram. He told me that
he thought il would be good thing for
young newspaper man TO study nation
al politics i'll Washington and get ac-
ouainted with national men, and that
he would undertake 10 get me a clerk
ship in the house of representatives. In
due time he spoke to his old friend,
General Robert g. Schenck, who was
chairman of the committee OH military
affairs, and the result was was given
the clerkship of that committee.
Colfax was speaker of the house, and
for some reason or other he seemed to
have little liking for the ambitious
young member from the Augusta dis
trict of Maine, for he appointed Blaine
TO a position near the foot of that COM
mittee. Now, Blaine had not served in
the army and had no knowledge of mil
itary legislation and no taste for that
kind of work. He used to be a country
editor himself, and he appeared to take
fancy to the young clerk from Ohio.
He would often drop into the committee
room, and, standing before the wood
fire, would talk freely to me about his
newspaper and political career and his
plans and hopes for the future.
l remember that he said one day: II
do not like this military committee
business and ought not to be here. Next
congress / am going to be on the COM
mittee ON appropriations or ways and
means. Finanoi Il questions will soon be
the dominant ones in congress. Two
years later expect to be chairman of
my committee Then think l shall be
speaker of the house and after awhile l
hope 70 90 to the senate.
Ever thing came about exactly as he
planned. He had wonderful prescience
con corning his own future, as well as in
relation to political events. When he
was candidte for the presidential nom-
nation in 1880, he said to me: my Ca
reer has thus far closely paralleled that
of Henry Clay. He was speaker of the
house and then senator. His party re-
fused to nominate him as long as it had
any chance of electing a president.
When it had no longer any chance, it
gave him the nomination he had so long
sought. believe that is going to be my
fate. Chicago Times Herald.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-08
Serving Carrots.

A way of serving carrots is the fol-
lowing, evolved by cook DESTROYS. as
all cooks should be, Of something
new. " The vegetable is scraped, diced
and boiled till tender Meanwhile a
slice of onion is Drowned in a table
spoonful of butter With this one table.
spoonful of -four is rubbed smooth and
stirred until the flour is cooked Then
one cup of tomato juice, not heated. is
added to the mixture with a half tea
spoonful of salt and dash of pepper
The whole is stewed together three or
Tour minutes before being strained over
the carrots, which have been drained
ms dish is much more palatable than
the creamed carrots because il adds a
needed flavor and is none the harder TO
prepare than the better known prepara
tion. New York Post
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-08
A VISIT TO SCOTLAND.
laurence buttons RecoIIections of His
First Trip to That Country.

Laurence Hutton's recollections of his
| boyhood are i'm ST. Nicholas under the title
of "A Boy | Knew" His earliest visit to
Scotland was made when he was but 4 or
5 years of age and long before he had as
sumed the dignity of trousers or had been
sent To school. His father had gone to the
old home at st. Andrews hurriedly, upon
the receipt of the news of the serious i'll
ness of the boys grandmother who died
before they reached her. Naturally the
boy has little recollection of that sad
month of December, spent in his grand
mothers house except that Ii was sad.
The weather was cold and wet the house,
even under ordinary circumstances, could
not have been Il very cheerful one for
youngstCr who had no companions of his
own age. 1t looked out upon the German
ocean--whirh at that time of the year was
always in Il rage or in the sulls, and the
house was called Peep o Day, because
1t received the very first ravs of the sun as
he rose upon the British isles.
The boys chief amusement was the feed
ing of -four scenes ana Oatcnkcs TO an
old goat that lived in the neghborhood
and the daily walks with his grandfather
who seemed 10 find some little comfort and
entertainment in his grandson's childish
prattlc, He was then almost the only
grandchild and the old man was very
proud of his manner and appearance and
particularly amused ut certain gigantic
efforts on the boys part to adapt his own
short legs L. the strides of his senior
long ones.
After they had interviewed the goat, and
had watched the wrecks with which the
wild shore was strewn, and had inspected
the castle in ruins and the ruins of the
cathedral the boy would gaze upon his
grandmother's new made grave, and his
own name in full-a common name in the
family-upon the family tomb in the old
kirkyard-all of which must have been
very cheering to the boy, although he
could not read it for himself
And then-which was better-they
would stand hand in hand for time in
front of a candy shop window, in which
was displayed a little regiment of lead sol
diers marching in double file toward an
imposing and unconquerable lead fortress
on the heights of barley sugar OF this
spectacle they never tired, and they used to
discuss how the boy would arrange them
if they belonged to him, with sneaking
hope on the boys part that some day they
were to he his very own.
AT the urgent request of the grandfather
the American contingent remained in st.
Andrews until the end of the year, and
the boy still remembers wildly, and he
will never forget the dismal failure of
"Auld Lang Syne" as sung by the family
with clasped hands as the clock struck and
the new year began. He sat up for the oc
casion, or rather was walked up for the oc-
casion, and of all that family group he has
been, for decade or more, the only sur
vivor. The mother of the house was but
lately dead, the eldest son and his son were
going the next day to the other side of the
world, and every voice broke before the
familiar verse came to an end
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-08
A SEA ABOVE THE CLOUDS.
Extraordinary Superstition Once Prevs-
lent In England.

The curious superstition that there Is
an ocean ABOVE the clouds is illustrated
by the following strange story by an
old English writer: lone Sunday the
people of certain village were coming
out of church on thick, cloudy day.
when they saw the anchor of a ship
hooked TO one of the trmbstones-the
cable, which was tightly stretched,
hanging down from the air The people
were astonished, and while they were
consulting about IL suddenly they saw
the rope move as though some one la
bored 10 pull up the anchor. The an
Choir, however, still held fast by the
stone, and a great noise was heard III
the air. like the shouting of sailors.
Presently sailor was seen sliding down
the cable for the purpose of unfixing
the anchor When he had just loosened
it, the villagers seized hold of him, and
while in their hands he quickly died,
Just as though he had been drowned.
About an hour after the sailors
above, hearing no more of their COM
rade. cut the cable and sailed away. In
memory of this extraordinary event the
people of the village made the hinges
of the church doors out Of the iron of
the anchor 1t is further stated that
these hinges are still to be seen there,
a bit of evidence much like Munchau-
sens rope whcrewith he once climbed
to the moon. If you doubted the story,
you were confronted with the rope.
There is another queer tale about
this aerial ocean. A merchant of Bris-
tol, +" it is said, "set sail with his cargo
for Ireland. Some time after, while his
family were at supper, knife sudden
ly fell in through window Oh the ia
ble When the merchant returned and
saw the knife, he declared it to be his
own and said that on such day, at |
such an hour, while sailing in an I'M
known part of the sea, he dropped the |
knife overheard, and the day and the |
hour were found to be exactly the time |
when it fell through the window. F." All |
Of which was once implicitly believed |
by many and regarded as incontroverti-
bic proof of the existence of a sea above
the sky. One is at loss to conjecture
now that unknown part of the sea-
with the rest of it. A phys
cal geography showing this would be
10 small curiosity. Boston Post.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-08
How He Was Fooled.
now
tTbioi,


Inc SICK man paused for breath. A
spasm Oh pain passed over his countenance.
ana an attendant FASTENED to administer a
stimulant. :"
lis q dead
At the dread word the speaker again
hesiCated Bewa soon TO know what tbot
terrible word, SO fraught with misery TO
ene world, means and what it is. But he
continued: "0
give away"
ne referred to the will he had just sign
rious relatives. " ""
ruSure events showed that the dying
. .nan olu not speak the truth. The lawyers
Sscrappeu over the will, and when IL was
'ii, %. sectied the attorneys had the dough
nj ~ was really steal.-New York Jour
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-08
Something 60 Know.

IL may be worth something to know
tnat the very best medicine for restoring
tne t'red-out, nervous system to heal
thy vigor is Electric Bitters. This medl-
.'ne Is purely vegetable. acts by giving
Tone TO the nerve centres in the stomach.
gently stimulates the liver and kidneys,
ana aids these organs in throwing off inn
pur'''es In the blood. Electric Bitters i'm
proves the appetite, aids digestion and is
pronounced by those who have tried IL
as tne very best blood purifier and nerve
'on'c' iry 1t. Sold for 80 cents or 81
ttore. e
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-08
Argall Brothers, Red ,Jacket Much n,

Argall Brothers, Red Jacket Mich, uni
dertakers, paractical embalmer and tuner
al directors. Graduate of Chicago Col
iege 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, 1897-05-08
To Mine Owners and Timber Con
tractors.

For sale. in Keweenaw county, about
100 acres OF land, the standing timber
being cedar, hemlock and Norway.
Fart OF this land is on the shores of Lake
Superior and about four miles from Boil
mann's lumber railroad. For particu-
lars apply at the News Office.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-08
a Coincidence

ihe man who brought this in, A" re-.
marked the editors assistant as he mn.
rolled half yard of manuscript, told
me confidentially that he needed the
money for it. WV
YES" was the melancholy answer.
ITS strange fact that the longest
poems seem almost invariably to be
written by the shortest poets. Wash.
ington Star. "'"
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-08
Hurrah! For Laur,um Fair,

Inc business OF the Fair increased so
much since its opening year ago that
we mad to enlarge the store and double
the STOCK oil 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. I.FrMprpo p-on
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-08
Rivals For Fame.

I'm going to introduce BILL" de-
clared the first legislator, prohibiting
any and all persons from going up in
balloon"
There's where you show your lack
OF craftsmanship" sneered the second
legislator. MY bin will make it an
offense punishable by fine and impris-
onment to fall out of balloon. - DE.
troit Free Press.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-08
summer StyIes.

Having received fine stock OF cloths,
suitable for spriog and summer suitings.
inyitean 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, 1897-05-08

DR.. Z. l.. Robertson, OF Lansing, s
stopping at the Taylor House. The doc
tor is noted specialist and is having
great success in curing chronic diseases.
Office hours from to 8 and Il to II
a. IN. and from 1890 to and from 6 to
q m m
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-08
What Is Really Needed

Somebody has invented another talk
ng machine. -
H., That's stupid thing to do Won't
these scientists ever learn that what the
world needs is ,is.el.rg machine s?"--
Chicago Record.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-08

A famous Scotch dean used to tell
ghost story, the clew to which is in the
question, 'Weel, master ghaist, is this
Q general rising or are We just taking
daunder frae yer grave by yerself?'-
Argonaut.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-08
min POckefhaaI1s

~. "nile thin garments are uncomsor.
a au'e :, III winter, }" said philosopher atbor
aic IN summer quite the reverse b,, =. ~
curious Characteristic of the thin noo y -
Dook tnat It is equally uncomforta he -,
times. New York sun ''o'e at all
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-08
TO secret Societies and Others Wish.
Ing to Rent n Lodge Room.

The Temple OF Honor lodge room is
vacant on Wednesday evenings Of
each week. Parties desiring to rent the
same may apply by letter to the
Union Temple of Honor and Temperance,
No. AZ, Calumet. Mich. Secretary's ad-
dress. 2029 Calumet street.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-08

For SALE-House and lot, situated on
Torch Lake road; now renting for SIS
month. Must be sold at once at bar
gain. Apply to w. III. Faucet.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-08
The Bradiey-M Martin

Are considered the latest in reception
chairs, easy chairs, rockers and settlers.
We have just received some very beauti-
full pieces OF the above.
SIyERT OLSON
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-08

Contractors and builders will serve
their own interests by getting our special
prices on goods they use.
CARLTON HARDWARE Co.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-08
For the Babies.

A large assortment of the celebrated
Wakefield carriages. 1t is certainly the
finest line eyer brought to this city.
SIvERT OLSON.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-08

10 the poet, to the philosopher. 70
the saint, all things are friendly and
sacred, all events profitable. all davs
holy. all men divine Emerson
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-08

Have you tried Moeb's Pro Patria
cigars? Worth 10 cents sold for cents.
Stamped Pro Patria. Acold, sweet salts
flying smoke. George Moebs & Co., man.
ufacturers. Detroit.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-08

The man who has not passionate To-
cal attachments can never become ma.
triotic in any broad or generous sense
American Friend.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-08

musical memories ever known 1 u
end. iiVm beginning to
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-08
store tORent.

The Iron Clad store, No. 454 Fifth
street. 22x90 feet and cellar under it to
rent. Inquire at Joseph Wertin & Sons
store
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-08
For sale.

house and three lots on Kearsarge
street, Laurlum. Apply to F. Lathrap,
Yiyian's store.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-08
Just Received

A large and beautiful assortment of tap
estry, draperies, curtains and table
spreads at Sivert Olson's.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-08

We have the celebrated Sherwin Will
liams paints, also all colors in oil and
st. Louis red seal lead.
SiVEpr IN CON
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-08

Our lodge room can oe rented for
meetings On Saturday evenings.
~'vERT 0Lsor.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-08
WANTED TO RENT-A fve-room house
Apply at the NEWS Office.
Before purchasing bicycle examine
the fine line at Big Mikes.
Tea Thousand

Rolls of wall paper ia what we have in
stock. SIvERT OLSON.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-08

Nature is an arrant democrat and be-
Slows her gifts impartially. Mrs. z.
q. Gore.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-09-28
THE HOTEL SCHEME.

The Star agrees with the Bulletin
upon the undesirability of the hotel
as building to be turned into a
school. In the first place it will
not give the relief which parents
are asking for. At the convention
this matter of school accommodation
was thoroughly discussed, and it
was not Capitalization that was ask
ed for, but the very opposite. The
delegates from the fifth district
showed that the children out Palama
way had to walk long distances to
school, and that what was needed
was a school and probably two
schools in that part of the town.
1t was shown, and with justice,
that the Board had not consulted
the convenience Of that part of the
town when the Kauluwela School
vas moved over to Fort street ard
a Chinese school had been estab-
lished at Kauluwela. The children
from Palama have now to walk