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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-29
AN INTERESTING FAMILY.
Parents and Ten Children All Attend
School and All Work.

Away out on the prairie of western Kan
sas there lives at the little town Of Lincoln
Center family of father, mother and ten
children, all of whom are attending school
and all earning their bread by their labor.
Thomas NJ. Strange is 45 years old. He
Is an ordained minister of the Christian
church and is attending Lincoln college
for the purpose of obtaining higher edu-
cation for his work Mrs. Strange is also
attending the college, as are the two Oldest
children. They are all in the junior year.
Each morning they go to the college anf
sit together in the recitation rooms, and
they usually have their lessons we'll pre-
pared The remaining children go to
school at Lincoln Center.
There is a romance connected with the
marriage of Mr.. and Mrs Strange. Tom
Strange was farmer, 81 years OF age, and
poor. He was the oldest Of six boys. He
fell in love with his cousin. Miss Sarah
Bird aged 10 years. The two decided to
marry, but the laws of Kansas forbid mar
riage between first cousins So they set
off together in an OK cart from their home
in central Kansas and went to Pleasant
Hill, Mo. 1t was a long and weary jour
ney They were married there on Aug B,
1871, and returned home in the OK cart.
From that time on Tom Strange worked
the harder and in spare moments studied
with the intention of entering the min
istry He was licensed TO preach in 1881
and ordained in 1888 Mrs. Strange also
studied for the ministry and has been or
dained. She seldom misses an appoint
ment by her husband and in many ways
lends him valuable assistance.
To this couple have been born II chill
dren Ten are living and are with their
parents The youngest is girl oil years
the oldest son of 81 While Mr.. Strange
and the boys are planting, cultivating and
harvesting the products from the ten acre
patch about their home Mrs. Strange and
the girls take in sewing and washing, and
thus do their share toward supporting the
family Each member of the family has
a particular work to do and 1t is always
done promptly and well.-New York sun.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-29
LANTERNING FOR OooEs.
Weird Hunting That Brings Lots of Game
to Roger Hayes.

III you want 70 get coons and whole
lot OF EN-, said Roger Hayes, Erie yard
master at Greycourt, N. Y, recently,
lantern for EN-. Lanterning for coons
Is the only way to hunt 'em II you want
to get whole lot It's exciting too First,
tree your coons and have the night dark (;
the darker the better. Carry lighted
lantern. and walk slowly In circle round
the tree Pretty soon you'll see balls of
lire breaking out here and there among the
branches of the tree. How many of those
hreballs you will see depends on how
many coons you have freed. These balls
are coons' eyes, and they'll follow you all
around the tree as you walk. All you have
to do is to put bullet between each pair
OF fireballs If you re a safe shot, you'll
extinguish couple of those big sparks ev-
cry time you shoot, and fat coon will
tumble to the ground
1.-The first time l tried lanterning for
coons l was positively scared out Of the
woods My dog had freed couple of
coons, as supposed, and started to make
the circuit of the tree. First one big pair
OF fireballs flared up out of the deep gloom
of the tree, then another and another, un-
! til so many at last blazed there from the
bottom limb to the top, that give you my
word the tree looked exactly as il it was
on fire. The sight was so weird and I'M
canny that / took to my heels and never
stopped until l was out Of the woods
There must have been hundred coons in
that tree IL there was one.
"Lanterning for coons is the only way
| to get whole lot Of 'em. You want to be
particular, though, when you tree your
| coons to tree em in tree they live in
| when they are at home. If you tree 'em
in strange tree. they won't stay there,
but will come down, and unless you have
| some one with you to stand at the foot Of
the tree and club 'em back you won't get
any coons. So always be particular and
tree your coons in the tree they live in
when they re at home. Then they'll stay
| freed. You might ask me how fellow is
going to know what particular tree a coon
| lives in when he's at home and what he S
going to do il he doesn't know it. Well,
in case Of that kind, may be he had bet
ter hunt ground hogs. Ground hogs don t
tree New York Sun.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-29


they are wide and with carefully
squared corners and parallel sides. Now
draw in the right hand figure a success
sion of sharp angles pointing upward
and i'll the left hand figure some sim
liar angles pointing down. Now the fig
ures no longer look of the same shape.
The one at the right seems larger at the
top, the one at the left seems larger at
the bottom, which shows that lines
and angles, like dogs and people, are
known by the company they keep, often
unjustly.
A more wonderful achievement still
is to make "a straight line appear crook
ed. 1t can be done in variety of ways,
Of which one of the simplest is shown
in Fig. 3. The straight line can be
drawn as carefully as one pleases. Then
draw black stripe across its middle
and draw diagonal lines as in the cut.
The art consists in making each dag
onal just trifle longer at the top and
shorter at the bottom than the last one.
Looking at the completed figure, the
top and bottom seem straight, the mid
die line crooked. But hold the paper
edgewise and "squint" along the lines.
Ahal Now the middle line is straight
after all. 1t is the upper and under
edges which are crooked.
In truth, we can never judge lines or
people apart from their surroundings.
The rising full moon seems twice as
large as it will two hours later, because
we see it just over houses and trees in
the distance A dooryard with a great
many small trees and shrubs looks
larger than one with a few large trees,
especially if in the first instance the
edge is made very irregular by planta'
tions Of shrubs.
If one who is unused to country life
is asked to guess at the length OF 8
house and barn, he is pretty apt tc
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-29
VICE AT DAWSON CITY.
The Brilliantly Lighted Dance Halls and
Their Evil Environments.

For iniquity and vice no city can hope
to make favorable showing alongside OF
Dawson City, this little community which
a year ago did not contain single house
and was but wilderness alongside OF the
bosom OF the Yukon river and in its brief
existence has shipped out to the world tons
of virgin gold Some 10 or Is saloons are
filed every night with crowds Of men and
women. The dance halls are brilliantly
lighted, and all night long poor music
serves to attract men who have seen better
DAYS and to divest them of their gold. A
few nights ago at the opera house saw
several men roughly clad in miners cos
TUNES. big. wide brimmed hats and high
topped skin boots, with lighted cigars
dancing with girls whose faces are paiing
fast under the blaze of excitement.
Around the halls are benches and sugar
barrels, all occupied by spectators. In the
sea of faces noticed many refined coun
tenances; persons who looked as II It was
a revelation of an evil world to them
Cor Chicago Record
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-29
Hand In Hand From the Cradle.

At Fort Scott recently Mr.. and Mrs.
d. @. Bondsteel celebrated with few
friends the flftieth anniversary of their
birth. They were born on adjoining
farms in Clark county, Mo-, on Oct 10.
ls47, the advent of the girl being about
an hour earlier than the advent OF the
boy. AS they went hand in hand to
school a few years later they called
themselves sweethearts. When is sum-
mers had passed over their heads, their
baby affection had ripened into love.
and three years later they were married
kansas City Journal.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-29
Bad Temper and Digestion.

Boys and girls, have you ever thought
how bad temper affects your diges-
ton? In the first place the presence of
blood in the capillaries of the stomach
is absolutely necessary to good digestion
Bad temper tends to a disposition OF
blood to the brain, and this makes the
stomach unable to perform its functions
properly. The converse Of this may be
seen in the drowsiness which so often
follows the eating of good meal. Then,
again, anger has powerful effect in
setting up nervous irritation, and nerv-
GUS irritation again greatly hinders,
and sometimes even stops, the secretion
of the gastric and hillary fluids, without
which, of course, food cannot be digest
ed. The result is that meal eaten dur
ing or just after fit Of anger simply
results in the depositing of mass OF
undigested food in the stomach. Its
presence there reacts on the nervous sys-
tenn and repeats the evil from which 1T
originated. This is the explanation OF
the meager, half starved appearance OF
most constitutionally irritable people.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-29
ASLEEP FOR MANY YEARS.
"'"nesots Farmer Has Wasted Away Uu-
dor an Unconscious slumber.

Near tho city of st. Charles. MINI ra.
sides a sleeping wonder in the nerson ~
Herman Harms, who has snept nearlv
every hour during the past Is or % yaar.
III unconscious slumber Mr.. Harms has
Iaiiily OF adult children, and, although
lsuch money has been spent for the best
" iheuical treatment and advice. no doc
Oor mas yet been found who has been able
W oreak the spell under which the sleeper
rests he is given food by tender hands,
put seems only partially aroused when be.
ing iedl ana on being left alone at once
again drops OIL to sleep In fact, SO hard
Is 10 10 arouse him, a great part of his
ioou mas 10 be administered in LIQUID form.
"hen Harms first came west, nearly 20
years ago, he took up farming Gradually
the sleeping spell grew upon him until he
was unable TO attend TO his farm. This
summer for few days the sleeper thor
oughly awoke, and his family were In
hopes his long slumber was at last bro.
Ken But the awakening was for a short
time A few days and Harms was again
in sound sleep.
The pulse Of the sleeper is regular.
though stronger than that of the healthy
adult. The pulse over the temple is strong
and the head is hot, while the flesh is gen.
orally below the ordinary temperature. AS
he sleeps the eyelids blink, as If annoyed
by the light The usual position of the
sleeper is on his left side, the left hand
firmly against the brow. Harms is now
81 years old. When the first symptoms of
his trouble made their appearance in 1875
the patient weighed $50 pounds. Now he
does not weigh more than half of that
about 80 pounds.
Powerful electric batteries have been
applied to the body. the only effect Of
which was to cause slight contraction Of
the muscles of the body. The disease has
been variously denominated as heart trou-
BILE, softening of the brain, Bright's dis
ease of the kidneys, complication of trou-
bles and the use of too much quinine
Harms is fed about once in "a hours
sometimes only once in As hours. In the
partaking Of food he is very frugal, refus-
ing any dainties that sympathetic friends
and neighbors may offer him, saying that
a slice of buttered bread is enough for
him.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-29
Bicycling and walking.

Mechanically considered, bicycling
should be much easier to learn than
walking, for a hoop, which embodies
the bicycle principle of balance, only
requires propelling, while mechanical
walking figure needs careful and elabo-
rate balancing. Experience seems to
bear this out, for those who have lost
the art of walking take many weeks to
reacquire confidence, while most bicycle
students learn in few days. 1t must be
remembered, however, that there is
much in common between bicycling and
walking, the balance, the steering by
leaning, and the alternate movement of
the feet being very similar. We prob
ably inherit a certain amount of ability
to walk, while we cannot yet have de-
veloped hereditary bicycling instinct,
yet, in spite Of this, bicycling is so much
simpler that it would probably be the
easier to learn.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-29
The Aurprlse OF All.

Mr.. James Jones, OF the drug firm OF
Jones & Son, Cowden, ILL.,, in speaking
of DR.. Kings New Discovery, says that
last winter his wife was attacked with
la grippe, and her case grew so serious
that physicians at Cowden and Pana
could do nothing forher 1t seemed to
develop into hasty consumption. Hav-
ing DR.. Kings New Discovery in store,
and selling lots OF it, he took bottle
home, and to his surprise she began to
get better from first dose, and half dozen
dollar bottles cured her sound and
we'll. DR.. Kings New Discovery for con-
sumption, coughs and coldsisguaranteed
10 do this good work. Try it. Free trial
bottles at d. T. MacDonald's drug store
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-29
FARMERS DIVINE MISSION.
Curtis Obeyed u Command to Call Men
From Evil Ways.

ODeyeu W Viii "ASA>
From Evil Ways.
In the town of Utica, Kan, there has
resided for number Of years farmer
named G II. Curtis This year his 100
acres Of prairie land yielded good crop OF
wheat, for which Mr.. Curtis got good
money. He recently appeared in Boston,
saying that he had been commanded by
the Lord to come to Boston and tell about
q call he had received from the spirit to
preach to mankind. He had come with
out delay Mr. Curtis does not look like
an insane person. His manner was not
that of the religious fanatic. He has q
clear eye and n pleasing voice.
1.-TWO years ago." he said, 1.-THE Lord
came to me in vision and told me that
was to start out and preach the gospel,
anoint the blind and give them sight, heal
the sick and lead people from their evil
ways'so that they would salute each other
with the holy kiss and wash each other s
feet The spirit told me not to cut my
hair or get married. had been married
n good many years before, but my wife
and | separated and were divorced. My
former wife is in Iowa and has the girl,
who is 10 years old.
81 did not like the idea Of not getting
married, and l told the Lord so, but de-
cided to do ms Gideon did when he wanted
to know IL he was to have power over the
army He spread a fleece and II it was
wet he was to know that he was to have
power. / spread n blanket on cart body,
and I said, III it comes out wet in the
morning. will know that the Lord does
not want me to marry In the morning
the blanket was wet with dew, and have
not married. st. Louis Globe Democrat.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-29
Left Handed Animals.

1t is well known that left handed
ness has often been observed in animals
According to French scientist, pa
rots seize objects with the left claw by
preference or exclusively. The lion
strikes with the left paw. and Living
stone gave it as his opinion that all ami
mails are left handed. An English pro-
lessor has recently verified the state.
ment with regard to parrots. He found
that this bird makes q reader use OF
the left claw for climbing than the
right.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-29
Vacant Lot Farming.

The Pingree plan of turning over to
the poor the vacant lots throughout the
city for potato patches and vegetable
gardens has proved success in Kansas
City. The agricultural commission.
which had the experiment in charge. re.
ports that ON an outlay of $46S for tools,
seed and the salary of superintendent
the city has benefited the poor to the
amount of $2,3S0. This is in spite OF
the fact that the commission was not
organized till the regular planting seq.
son was over.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-29
The Finlanders,

Mutual Fire Insurance company OF
Houghton and Keweenaw counties, or
ganized In 1890 according to the laws oil
the State OF Michigan, will insure proper
ty OF its members. Have paid fire losses
over 81, 900 and dividends nearly $4,000
during the last seyen years to members
of FIVE years standing. On the first day
of July the company had 541 mem.
beers, $466.943 worth OF property in
sured and 11,121.1S in treasury. For
further particulars apply to the under.
signed. JOHN BLoMovIsT, President.
ALEX LENoNEN, Secretary.
Office, 448 Pine street, upstairs DIE
Jacket,
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-29

The tbree-year-old boy oil j. A. John
son, OF Lynn Center, ILL.,, is subject to
attacks OF Group. MIR. johnson is sat
isfied that the timely use Of Chamberlain
Cough Remedy, during a severe attack,
saved his little bows life. He is in the
drug business, member OF the firm OF
johnson Bros. of that place; and they
handle great many patent medicines
for throat and lung diseases. He had al
these to chose from, and skilled physi
clans ready to respond to his call. but
selected this remedy for use in his own
family at time when his child's life was
in danger, because he knew IL to be sup
erior to any other, and famous the coun-
try oyer for it's cure Of Group. Mr.. John
son says this IL the best selling cough
medicine they handle. and that it gives
splendid satisfaction in all cases. Sold
by Sodergren & Sodergren. druggists.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-29
Black Snake In the Organ.

There was panic during the special
services in Shiloh church in Milford, Del,
recently caused by big black snake that
became coiled around the pipes OF the
organ. When the organist tried to play,
the instrument would not respond, and
the services continued without music.
Afterward the congregation took the or
gan apart and the snake jumped out The
colored people fled in all directions, but
the preacher killed the snake by blow on
the head with the collection plate.-Phila'
delphia Record
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-29
FIG. III.

guess that the house is longer and the
barn shorter than is the case, because
the house has small door and many
windows, the barn very large door
and perhaps no windows at ALL
In fog even familiar objects look
larger than they ought because they
seem to have the indistinctness that on
ly comes from distance under ordinary
conditions.
In short, to see things exactly as they
are is something that no human eyes
ever yet succeeded in doing.
JOHN l.. HRATON.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-29
Jubilee Year.

This being Jubilee Year OF the I'm
proved Order of Red Men, the Great Sa-
chem Robert Winery OF Grand Rapids,
has granted dispensation to Red
Jacket Tribe No. AZ, to admit pale faces
at almost charter ices. This is a great
opportunity when you get to understand
that it is a four degree order. All those
who wish to take advantage OF the same
can do so by applying to
WILLIAM II. HODGES, Hecla.
JOHN d. Rowe, Tamarack.
JAMES OLIVER. Red Jacket.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-29
PRINCE Monaeo,s Yacht.

The Prince of Monacos new steam yacht
Princesse Alice. in which he proposes TO
investigate the deepest mysteries Oh tne
tropical Atlantic, will be launched at Birk :
enhead, England, next spring. She bids
fair to be one of the handsomest vessels
afloat She has a steel hull, seven water
tight compartments, 1900 tons dispiaoe,
ment, 1000 horsepower and a mean speed
of 10 knots. New York Sun.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-29
I,incoIn's schoolmates.

Several of Abraham Lincoln's school
mates still survive. One recently dis
covered is Mrs. Susan Yeager Of Rhiney-
Vile, KY, aged 80, who was pupil at
the first school session Lincoln attend
ed. He was her junior by one year.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-29
SHIPS IN DISGUISE.
THE LATEST NAVAL PLANS TO DE-
CElvE AN ENEMY.

Dresses Devised For United States Cruis-
ers to Give Them the Appearance of
Ocean Liners or Freight steamers-Dis.
Ruise For tho New York.
Acting under instructions of Rear
Admiral Montgomery Sicard, captains
of the various warships of the north
Atlantic squadron are employing every
moment these days to devise schemes
whereby their ships can be rendered
more efficient in time of war.
The latest wrinkle which is said to
have been considered by the feet cap
tains is a disguise dress for the men of.
war which will turn those war mon-
sters into peaceful looking merchant.
men.
Fighting Bob Evans has devised a
dress for the armored cruiser New York
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-29

You can't afford to risk your life by al
loving cold to develop into pneumonia
or consumption. Instant relief and a
certain cure are afforded bv One Minute
Cough Cure. SoDERGREN & SopERGREN.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-29

We call your special attention to our
new Planished Steel Ranges as besides
being perfect baker. the material, a
secret process, does away with the old
complaint OF the enamel peeling and will
retain it's lustre. T.. RYAN.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-29

John Messner has carload of fine
fresh mich cows which anyone can pur-
chase or trade for. Parties calling on Mr..
Messner at his place OF business on Fifth
street will be shown the stock.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-29
Lake Linden Afa4e.

Stage leaves Pearce's livery stable
Lake Linden, every day at 8 a. m, 10 q.
m, and A p. m. Stageleaves McClure's
livery stable, Red Jacket, at a. m, 10
a. M, and and 4. p. m.
THOMAS PEARCE,
JAMES MCCLURE,
Proprietors.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-29

Our crockery is breakable as well as
Others, but the cheaper you get 1t the
less you worry when it does break. Buy
it from us and save worrying.
The SAVING BANK.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-29

DO you wish to protect your house?
If 80 coat it with Hecht & Zummack's
celebrated paint. Your neighbnrs have
used it and will recommend it. Get it at
Z. Ryan's.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-29

There is no better way to spend the long
winter evenings in Alaska than to organ
lie clubs for good roads and hustle for
them as rapidly 40 possible.-St Louis
Globe Democrat.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-29

lfyou desire comfort in the approach
ing cold days the Peninsula Heater will
furnish it at the smallest expense. Call
and see the new stocks at l.. Ryans.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-29

Charles Greensbields arrived Monday
with u car load OF draft and driving
horses, which can he seen at Anderson's
Il McLean's barn, Pine street.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-29
JUGGLING WITH LINES.
Diagonal Lines and Square Corners do
Not Seem to Agree Well.

Not Seem to Agree Well.
Diagonal lines and right angles seem
to have a standing quarrel when they
are put together on paper. The naughty
diagonals are always casting doubts up
on the rectitude of the upright lines
and square corners.
If one wants to see this battle raging
merrily, let him draw two oblong fig
ures about once and a half as high as
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-29

In parlor, dining room or bed room
furniture we have large new assert
ment in brass. iron and popular woods
to suit your tast and pocket. f. RYAN.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-29

Big bargains in stockings. II cents
per pair, all wool. Gentleman's white
handkerchief, one half dozen II cents at
M. Gittler's.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-29

For SALE-If taken quickly. two houses
and lots in Laurium. at excellent bar
gains. W. II. Faucet, Borgo block.