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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-11
California Deserts.

Or the l57, 900 square miles which COM
pose the area of California about 35. 900
square miles are desert These do not to
any distinctive extent appear in the north
ern ana central parts of tho state, though
rs you approach the Nevada line at all lat
itudes the country ASSUMES more sterile
characteristics, but when you cross the
southern boundary of Mono county, an
extreme eastern division OF the state and
about midway its length, you pass into "a
country which gradually assumes those
qualities and appearances whic. constitute
desert the globe over.
From point about 80 miles west OF he
forty first parallel of lo0ritade ard upon
the south line of Mono county, southcrly
200 miles to the base of tho Sierra .,iadre
range OF mountains, east 10 the Nevada
line and the Colorado river, along the en-
tire Longitudinal distance, the country is
all desert For 90 miles inland, following
the bend OF the ocean beach at and below
Los Angeles, there is "a climate tempered
by the sea fogs and the cool salt breezcs,
but these cannot climb the slopes of tho
Sierra Madre, the San Bernardino and the
San Jacinto mountains, SO that thence to
Arizona and south to the Mexican line
there is an aridity-a parched dryness and
dancing heat-which Expresses all animal
life when the sun Is high and radiates and
disappears soon after the sun has set 80
that even the summer nights are cool and
In winter there Is a freezing temperature.
John X. Bennett in March Lippinoott's.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-11
Indian Rainmakers.

All the Indian tribes had rainmakerss
and some are yet left. This is one OF
their methods of operation: large
body of Creek Indians had gathered, all
decked out in their best tinery. Two
elderly men retired short distance and
seemed to be mumbling to each other
something like prayers or invocations-
After some time fire was made on the
bank of the stream, when the two rain
makers gave an order, and a young man
plunged into the river, which was there
very deep. When he came up, he had q
blue catfish in his hand, which one OF
the old men took and threw into the
fire, the tribe looking on in perfect ST.
lence. Then there was more mumbllng,
accompanied by various cnntortions and
gesticulations, when the gathering dis
persed. 1t rained that night. Perhaps,
ON the whole, the Indian rainmaker IS
more generally successful than the civil
lized, one occasionally appearing ON the
frontier in times of drought, the former
having a shrewder and more experienced
forecast of weather probabilities and
putting in his lamentations at the right
time. New York Tribune.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-11

dreariest OF November days only sug
gests the radiant sunlight that is sure
later on to struggle through the clouds.
So with the sights of a city. For each
of us as they take on the aspect of our
own mental condition. How differently
they impress the citizen who has spent
his life among them from the foreigner
who views them for the first timei What
q different message the stately and mag
nificent buildings bear to the absorbed
man of business and to the architect
who appreciates every detail of their
construction
IL there is so wide divergence in the
aspect which inanimate things have for
us, the difference is still greater in the
way we regard the men and women by
whom we are surrounded. Character is
complex thing, difficult to detect, i'm
possible to fathom, yet we presumptu-
ously venture to gauge and pronounce
upon it with the smallest modicum OF
knowledge. 1t is curious to notice how
differently the same person will impress
various individuals. His friend will per-
haps see no fault in him, his enemy no
virtue. One will put faith in him; an
other will suspect his every action. Ono
will deem him cold hearted; another
will think him affectionate and kind.
lt must be that their own personalities
are reflected in him, and that to GER
tain extent he does thus become for a
time, while under their influence, what
they suppose him to be always. 1t is
certainly true that the good and gentle
find far more goodness and gentleness
i'm the world than those who are def
cient in such qualities Ii is the selfish
man who is the keenest to detect selfish
ness i'm others; it is the overbearing who
complain most of the arrogance and
pride With which they are met, and the
unjust who murmur at the injustice
thew receive. On the other hand, the
loving and sympathetic discover love
and sympathy everywhere; the noble
and true bring to light nobility and
truth which might otherwise be hidden.
Thus to large extent we develop the
character of those we meet BY subtle
magnetism we draw like to like and
evolve out of other personalities the
characteristics of our own
Even the outward circumstances OF
life are largely what we ourselves make
them We are accustomed to consider
prosperity q blessing and adversely q
cnrse. but quite frequently they change
places Il is the spirit In which they are
received that determines their result
The eich and self indulgent man. sur
rounded BY luxury and opportunity. may
b far lsas happy than bis poorer neigh
Dor who brings industry, adelity and
gSnsfusity into CONSTANT exsrcisa The
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-11
A Notable Instance of Courage.

In passing along on foot among the
troops at the extreme front that evening
while transmitting some of the final or
ders observed an incident which afforded
a practical illustration of the deliberate
and desperate courage of the men. AS |
came near one of the regiments which was
making preparations for the next morn
ing's assault l noticed that many of the
soldiers had taken off their coats and seem
ed to be engaged in sewing up rents In
them. This exhibition of tailoring seemed
rather peculiar at such moment, but
upon closer examination 1t was found that
the men were calmly writing their names
and home addresses on slips of paper and
pinning them on the backs of their coats,
SO that their dead bodies might be recog-
nized upon the field and their fate made
known to their families at home They
were veterans who knew well from terri
BILE experience the danger which awaited
them, but their minds were occupied, not
with thought of Sinking their duty, but
with preparation for the desperate work of
the coming morning Such courage Is
more than heroic--it is sublime. -" Cam
paigning With Grant, by General Horace
Porter, In March Century.
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AS WE SEE THINGS.
INFLUENCE OF THE INNER LIFE ON
THE EXTERNAL WORLD.

How an individual or Scene May Have
an Entirely Different Appearance to TWO
Persons Happiness and Sorrow Made by
Ourselves.
There have been philosophers who de-
clared that the earth on which we stand
and the stars on which we gaze have no
real existence, but are merely the out
comes of our inner selves. Perhaps the
best answer to this is that the mind it.
self, at least that of most people, refuses
to receive the idea. The difference be-
tween the me and the not me is too
sharply defined in the inner conscious
ness to permit Bishop Berkeley's notion
from taking root within u.s.
Yet we cannot afford to overlook the
germ of truth which this idea contains.
Though not literally the creation of our
thought, the outer world is to each one
of US largely that which we make it.
Nature herself, in all her varied scenes,
whatever she may be in reality, shows
herself to Us in the light which we
throw upon Her. One man looks at a
landscape and sees land and water, grass
and trees, hills and plains, and nothing
more. Another, farmer, sees the grow
ing crops, the fallow land, the noxious
weeds, the prospect for future tillage
and the obstacles to be overcome. An
other. with painters eye, sees every
variety of form and color, proportion and
perspective, harmony and contrast,
beauty and sublimity. To the melan-
oholy man all is tinctured with gloom
"a leaden pail covers even the gayest
scenes-while to the joyous everything
seems bright and glad, and even the
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same privileges that raise one Young
man 20 honor and usefulness are snare
and temptation TO another The same
recreation that invigorates one enfeebles
another The same sorrow that softens
one and leads him out Of self TO works
of kindness and helpfulness prostrates
another and renders him valueless 1t
is that which Is within man that so
acts upon the externals of life as TO de-
eide their results to him, and through
him TO others.
fthis be so, then happiness or wretch
edness is largely in our power, and
most of our complaints only bear wit
ness to our own remissness. We may
rightly recognize the futility of strug-
Cling against outward events which we
cannot control, but we can always bring
to bear upon them such spirit and in
fiuence as shall turn evil into good and
bitter into sweet. philadelphia Ledger
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Nelson's Famous Order.

CAPTAIN Alfred Il. Mahan contributes to
the March Century an article on NELSON
at Trafalgar" Concerning Nelson's ia
nous order Captain Mahan says: After
returning to the deck Nelson asked Black
wood whether he did not think another
signal was needed. The captain replied
that he thought every one understood per-
fectly what was expected of him. After
musing awhile Nelson said, suppose we
telegraph that Nelson expects every man
60 do his duty. " The officer to whom the
remark was made suggested whether it
would not read better, " England expects
In the fleet, or, for the matter of that, to
the country, the change signified little, for
no two names were ever more closely iden.
tilted than those of England and Nelson,
but the latter welcomed 1t eagerly, ana at
II 80 the signal which has achieved world
wide celebrity flew from the Nictory's
masthead and was received with shout
throughout the fleet
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-11
The Senator'S Striped Underwear.

A western senator, who has always
been addicted to the habit Of wearing
striped underwear, had a narrow escape
recently on that very account. The
striped underwear worn by the distin-
Ruished senator looked for all the world
like prisoner garb, but Of course that
aspect of the case did not suggest itself
to the senator. While en- route to Wash
ington on one occasion the fact came to
him in a striking way. 1t was on q
sleeping car at night. The car pitched
and threw him out Of the lower berth
ON to the floor, clad in his striped UNDER
wear.
The lurch Of the car startled other
folks, too, and two ladies OH the opposite
side of the senator stuck their heads out
to see what the commotion was all
about. When they saw the senator crawl
ing under cover in his striped garh.
thinking he was an escaped convlcs
they screamed, and pandemoninLl Seign-
ed. The porter was summoned, where
upon the ladies commanded him to re-
move the convict.
1t took all the senatorial courtesy"
the senator could rake up to prove an
alibi, and he was finally able to demon
strate who he was, but he has since
abandoned the idea of wearing striped
underwear, having reached the conclu-
sion that plain flannels without stripes
are much better and far safer. Wash
| inpton Post
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Planting the Lawn.

When planting trees in the lawn, we
must remember that the tree of today is
only hint of what the tree of 10 or 90
years to come will he. The trees we plant
today, perhaps or 9 feet tall and with a
spread of branches not more than . feet
across, should in dozen years from now
stand % feet high and have a spread of
Is or 20 feet. II we plant them but 10 or
~ feet apart now, we will have at the
stage Of development they are expected to
reach in dozen years a perfect thicket OF
branches overhead and dense shade be-
meath. Never plant with regard to "regu-
larity''-that Is, $50 many feet apart each
way as the rule has been laid down for
orchards.
II you want several shrubs on a small
lawn and the space Is too small to allow
you to set them as far apart as they ought
to DO In order to give them the benefit OF
space individually, group them-that is,
plant them In a clump. The idea Is to
make the three or four or five shrubs which
you plant in the group produce unity Of
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-11

akin to lampblaok as a coal FIRE Is able
70 produce-soft, light, impalpable,
inner than the finest -four. Not many
among those who throw this into the
ash BIN are probably aware that this is
the best thing in tho world for polishing
uhware' far SURPRISING all the prepared
powders and pastes sold for that pur-
pose. Apply it to the tin with u damp
CLOTH and a few strokes will produce
such luster as is on new ware or as the
engraver puts upon his zinc plates by
the use OF charcoal. -Exchango
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-11
THE King OF l:.hl..i..A-
He nweils on an Irish Island and nn,s
Mayo Tribe.

He hweiis on an Irish Island aud Rn,a.
Mayo Tribe.
About lG miles from Dugort. in Achiu
island, out - sea, locking like thin
line Of sand in the waves of the Atlan'
tic, Is tho island Of lnHishlca. Ono f,,a
morning OR party started to visit il in
trusty hooker As Slo hooker came in
sight ct til sAcgo orart czci;c.acnt was
visible among ta z ',@ r., and it was
very hard to rcal -c i.!.t we were still
but 80 hours journey ilolI Laudop
The inhabitants lHucd or! en- r,aeeo
The women am ch,larcn in their scantv
garments OF rod G:.HAoi c.ouchod outside
their cabins, while Numbers of the man
ran down TO the Leach and pat cut in
their coraclcs Gil CHARGE C rowing us 70
land. IL was stl2n%o scene and curi
ously like apiotCra plGte in Il boys hook
OF adventures We E,icw there Was n
king OF lnniahlta. and soon tai.
bronco faced man WIS roiu; Il out TO rs
as his majesty On lantln ,u,l t&aparty
were introduced and conducted bv hlm
to the palace, where tho queen Gowacer.
with her daughter, b..Ge Us welcome in
true Irish fashion
Tho old laCy was ii her picturesque
native costnmc--rcd dress ard plaid
shaw l over her he;d. The Princess, how.
ever, had evidently Oh first sight of the
hooker arrayed herself in modern fash
ion to do us honor, and we were amused
on penetrating into tho reception room
to find advertisements from shops in
Buckingham Palace road and st. Paul's
churchyard hung up to embellish the
wall, though only by a favored few
could they be read
The island was destitute of any school
or means of instruction for the children,
q very small proportion either under
stood or spoke English, and there was
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neither watch nor clock among the peo-
ple, who had happy go lucky idea OF
time and troubled themselves little as
to Greenwich regulations
There were no church bells to ring, no
trains to catch, no office hours requiring
punctuality, so when the sun was hlgh
in the heavens they would get through
their not arduous farming duties, ana
when he sank in the great waste OF
waters they could sleep. The King S
word settled all disputes. 1t was
hereditary monarchy, and his people, SO
far as he was concerned, were untaXed'
Happy those states, thought some OF the
visitors, where royalty could be MAIN
tanned with so little GRANDEUR HOW
ever. | am in honesty bound to add we
found King Philip had other means Oh
filling his Golfers besides levying taxes
ON his faithful subjects and learned the
art of making good his opportunity
whenever the Saxon stranger ventured
to land on his shore But lnnishkea mas
an interest altogether apart from It's sit'
nation. surrounded as it is by lovely
views of mountain cliff and rocky heae-
land. On this spot, hundreds OF years
ago. early Christian missionaries land,
ed. and on top of shelly mount. nan
mile from the beach, are CHRISTIAN
remains of great antiquity. West OF the
island there stand also the ruins OF q
chnrcb said to have been built by the
s,,ooossors of St COLUMBIA. Leisure
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-11
Jenny Lind.

Jenny Lind must have been the mose
simple, unpretending prima donna , .na'
ever lived. When she first came TO Eng.
land she was bound to sing only at inc
ROYAL Italian Opera House, and when
commanded to sing at the queen con
cert she was obliged to refuse. very
sorry to be compelled to notify TINS she
ordered her carriage and drove straigns
TO Buckingham palace. She handeo ner
card 70 an official, who, not unnaturaiiy'
declined to take it in. A higher author.
ity happened to pass and took IL upon
himself to present it. As soon as ne, ma a.,
astv saw it she said, admit her, oy al,
means. " Jenny Lind appeared ana s" 40
simply that she was so very sorry 70 10
unable to sing at her majesty's conce, ,s
that she thought it better to call hers s ~
and explain. The queen was cna,ineu
with her natural manner, gave ne "a =
cordial reception and promised to DC nef
friend. To-day.
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The Bribery of Legislators.

Men are hired whose influence, personal,
political or social, is supposed to control
certain members of the house. In some
cases, doubtless, these men act rs go be-
tweens and pay directly for the votes which
they procure, but much more frequently
the vote is procured by persuasion, coax.
ing, an appeal to friendship or a threat OF
unpleasant consequences. The representa-
tive is often free from any faint of dishon-
esty and may not know that the friend
whom no trusts has been hired 20 cajole
him. If the agent succeeds, 1t is believed
by the public that bribery has been com
mitted; II he fails to secure the vote he Is
supposed to control, he not uncommonly
excuses his want of success TO his employ
er by asserting, quite untruly, that the
representative has been bribed by the 9TH
or side--F. G. Lowell in March Atlantic.
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An influential Office.

The small boys club is not only infinite
in its variety, but frequently the source OF
much amusement to his elders.
"We've got up new club, pa, said an
ingenious little fellow of years to his Ia
tber recently, land I've got everything TO
say about it. H.
Indeed! Are you PRESIDENT asked the
interested parent.
"No. indeed, I'm notl Jimmie Brown
e nresidcnt. and Sallie is vice president,
and Wallis is secretary, and Tommy is
treasurer
"But what are you, theng'
"Well. | know the name, and L know
hos boss. but don't know what he has
10 do. but I'm the majority p" Editor
Drawer" in Harper Magazine For March
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Curfew on Hot Nights.

During tho long suffocating nights OF
July and August, and even June and sep
tember sometimes, II any one walks
through the poorer streets of our city, no
will see every stoop covered with the grown
mn inhabitants of the tenements. Chairs
oven are scattered along the sidewalks,
whose owners sit in them hoping 10 eaten
the first breath of the breeze that never
comes. Would the advocates OF curlew
have the children shut up into .neir soo,no
such nights as these, or IN .no n nSn~nas
baI,yavs where, by the way, the chances
Co. r,iscbief are just az great MS In the
ctr Perhaps they think 1t would be
enough II the children were made to SIT
o,,,etlv ON the stoops with their parents
That might be little difficult to manage nag, :,
however for even the heat does not check x
the energy of youth. -winifred Buck IN
North American Review For March.
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ReYiyined Habit.

The convict under sentence of solitary
confinement had utterly collapsed. For
heavens sake" he begged, Il must
have restl My conscience will not let
me p--unless-unless, can listen
to the chaplain's sermon"
Remembering that he had been a pillar
of the church, they were disposed to
grant his request.
Habit, it must be remembered, is oft
times more powerful even than drugs -
New York Press
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a FINE root.

The elderly gentleman was getting a
pair of shoss, and the clerk was striving
to please.
"You have an elegant foot, SIR" he
said as he smoothed the leather down
across the instep.
"Um." snifSed the old gent, eying
him narrowly, IL guess you amt the
chap chat was coming 10 see my dangh-
". yvery other niaht dll last week: =
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effect which Will give much the same I'M
preston that one well developed specimen
would. BY selecting varieties in which
there is contrast of color as to foliage as
well as flowers satisfactory results may be
secured In the irregularity which pro-
duces charming effects there are always a
method and plan.-Eben K. Rexford In
March Ladies' Home Journal.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-11
u,.ou.c,ous Camden.

their husbands say. she remarked
"well, confded the other. I'm nos
ouite 40 badly Of IS that Ny HUSBAND
tslts In his slesp occasionally. "-Wsn-
+ inSton 6taS.
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Swiss experts have come 10 the con-
clusion that more harm is done than
prevented by roping climbers ON gia-
ciers. Tourists saved from crevaas
are often fatally injured by the rope
cutting into the body. It is now propos-
ed 10 obviate this by means Of specially
constructed broad belta {,
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wben the kitchen range Is CLEANED
- there will be found In the nue. On.
-, shs oven . considerable quantity -
-. -, dust Tt IL not sshss exactly, nos
- sooA bat. ? smoks dep9.r
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The first British telegraph PATENT ~
CREATED In the year that Queen vlssoia
wsa rowned. 1887.
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n s'ory IN point: One day there appeared
Hb,n r~ newspapers q statement, made by a
n ~ ' ~, vil'cer unnamed, of the Cuban pol
psatsa 'ne Cleveland administration It
svoa quite stir. So much criticism did
Nal ,snu. mat the president repudiated 1t,
Sther p paed 1t In a way which made 1t
kbo W. uncomfortable for the cabinet officer
tomm ""u given it out. whoever he was.
kecreta.r gossip ascribed the mistake to
hId nIa;. oiney, and many newspapers
ths, a a that Mr. Olney was the man.
Setbo,s .lsleman kept still. He would
b taks ,,urm nor deny. He was willing
public WI we responsibility, 80 far as the
kllOw , was concerned. in order to shield q
Ne rsa, Iemoer Of the cabinet. But when
kS No., offender learned that Mr. Olney
.sipS, y. unjustly accused he went
sMs nv J, 70 . the president and made a clean
ulS He expected to be severely re-
M an. not told TO pack his traps and get
hiled y cabinet. instead Mr. Clsvelspd
~ o.. MIN, put HE hand upon the cab
y hsAs shoulder and said. Innate
ss,ss - wax Only . littis one. ~ Ana
o anoshsr word about 10
~ WAITED wKLlaaAS.