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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-23
Incandescent Lamp Cleaner.

Many people blame the central sta
ton for the poor light from their incan-
descent lamps, when the fault is really
their own. They allow their lamps to be
dirty. 1t has been shown that one days
accumulation of dust on incandescent
bulbs cuts off per cent of the light, so
the result of few days neglect can
easily be guessed. AS means OF remov-
ing to great extent the frequent COM
plants of poorness Of light central
station recommends the use OF lamp
cleaner which greatly facilitates the
process of busting the bulbs To a foot
handle is attached a strong wire frame
work, which carries a number OF felt
mittens. By forcing the frame over each
lamp and giving the handle few turns
the dust on the glass is removed, leav-
ing the bulb as clean as when it left the
factory. Each cleaner is provided with
a set of rubber friction pads that will,
when suitably placed on the mittens,
remove and replace burned out lamps.
The handle can be extended so as to
reach lamps at any distance. This de-
vice makes the cleaning of lamps very
quick and easy task.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-23
Got What She Asked For.

She was buying trunk.
81 want one," she said, "that cannot
be opened by the regulation trunk key
that everybody uses. T"
"All right, said the dealer. twill
see that you have one"
The next day the trunk was sent
home, and few hours later the pur-
chaser appeared at the trunk store.
II told you," she said, THAT l want
ed trunk that could not be opened by
the regulation trunk key.
THAT'S what l sent you. "
"Why, any trunk key in the house
will unlock that trunk.
"You said the regulation trunk key
Have you tried hairpin?"
Tlen she went home and wcpt when
she found that she couldn't unlock that
trunk with hairpin. Detroit Free
Press.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-23
PRAISE YOUR WIFE.
Say to Her the Pleasant Things You Say
to other Women.

"How do look:" asked a young wife
who stood before her husband dressed to
attend party with him.
He raised his eyes from the paper he
was reading, looked at her critically
and said
"All right. You'll do. F"
Her heart sunk, and her lips quivered,
but he did not know it. She was con-
scious of looking her best, and she want
ed a word of praise, of admiration,
from her husband, and she failed to re-
ceive it.
Why was he so grudging of his praise!
Ask the average man who answers MS
wife in that way when she asks his
opinion. as she invariably does, and he
will tell you that she always looks well
dressed in good taste and above critl-
cism. But why doesn't he say that TO
her. or rather why does he not make
little loverlike speech for such an occa-
sionp Even the courteous remarks ne
would bestow ON the costume OF an or
binary acquaintance are withheld from
his own wife.
There was a husband-he is dead now
who used to say to his wife, my
dear. YOU are looking charming tins
evening. 4" or, II love you best III tha'
blue dress of yours. He was a pool
stick of a man in the way OF worldly
success. but his widow canonized MN
for inst those loving tributes, given t(
her with lovers Difference after many
years of welded life.
ooh" said disappointed woman
IT would like to be man just 10 snow
what a good husband could be. dc
| troit Free Press.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-23
AN ELEPHANTS TENDER CARE.
When Left to Watch Children He Will
Faithfully Protect Them.


The whole family of the mahout be-
come, as it were, parasites to the ele-
plant, by whom they earn their living.
! have seen baby placed by its mother
systematically under the elephants care
and within reach Of its trunk, while the
mother went to fetch water or to get
wood or material to cook the family
dinner. No jackal or wolf would be
likely to pick up and carry off baby
who was thus confided to the care of an
elephant, but most people who have lived
life in the jungle know how very pos
sible it is for jackal or wolf to carry
off a baby when lying in hut when the
mothers back is turned.
The children thus brought up in the
companionship Of an elephant become
familiar with him and take all kinds OF
liberties with him, which the elephant
seems to endure ON the principle that 1T
does not hurt him, while it amuses the
child. You see little naked black child
about feet high standing on the ele-
plants bare back and taking it down to
the water to battle, shouting all the time
in the most unbecoming terms of native
abusive language.
On arriving at the water the elephant,
ostensibly in obedience to the child's
command, lies down and enjoys him
self, just leaving part of hisbody, like
| q small island, above the water, OF
| which the small child stands and yell'
and yells all the more if he has severa
companions of his own age, also IL
| charge of their elephants, all wallowins
in the water around him. If the chilt
slips off his island, the elephants trunl
promptly replaces him in safety. TIL
little urchins as they grow up becom
first mates to mabouts and eventual,
arrive at the dignity of being mahout
themselves. Omaha World Herald.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-23
SPOONlNG PARTIES.
How These Commendable Aids to Matri-
mony Should BE Conducted.

How These Commendable Aids to Matri-
mony Should BE Conducted.
"Spooning' parties are popular in
some quarters. They take their name
from good old English word which
was intended to ridicule the alleged fam
tastic actions of a young man or young
woman who is in love. For some reason,
which no one ever could explain, every
body pokes fun at the lover. In fact,
that unhappy character is never heroic
in real life, no matter what great gobs
of heroism are piled about him on the
stage, and in all the romantic story
books. The girl in love and the boy in
love are said to be "spoony.
When a "spoonSng" party is given,
the committee in charge of the event re-
ceives spoon from each person who at
tends, or else presents each guest with
spoon. These spoons are fancifully
dressed in male and female attire, and
are mated either by the similarity of
costume or by distinguishing ribbon.
The girls and boys whose spoons are
mates are expected to take care OF each
other during the continuance of the So
cial gathering.
Ofcourse the distribution of the spoons
is made with the greatest possible care
fulness, the aim being to so place them
as to properly fit the case of the young
people to whom they are presented. The
parties are usually given by the young
people of some neighborhood where the
personal preference of each spoony is
we'll known, and they are the source OF
no end of fun. 1t is possible also that
they serve as aids to matrimony as well,
and are therefore commendable, since
an avowal is made more easy to diff
dent swain after he feels that his pas
sion is not a secret, but that his weak
ness for "spoony" maiden is known to
his friends and enemies on the commit
tee which dispenses the spoons. 1t may
be mentioned that after the spoons have
been distributed among the guests, each
couple retires for consultation regarding
the reasons which caused the award OF
mated spoons in their case. This consul
tation is known by the name OF spoon
ing. st Louis Republic.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-23
THE MERCHANTS DAUGHTER.
Fer father was a merchant bold

Her father was merchant bold
Who DER the wild Biscayan water
Still brought back the good red gold
To richly dover his only daughter.
Radiant she as rose on tree;
But, though full many gallant sought
her.
No, no, mol on all their woe
Frowned back the merchants daughter.
Until, effulgent from the fight
That shook the shores from France to
Flanders,
Shone upon her patriot sight
The kingliost of our sea commanders,
Looked her through, and from her view
Vanished smiling on the morrow.
Ali but she her laughing glee
Forsook for signing sorrow.
"Fair blows the wind the skies are blue.
Wilt sail with me, my winsome daugh'
teri''
"That will II Dear friends, adieui"
And DER the wave her sire has caught
her.
Southwark far, by sun and star,
His good ship fleets the ocean over,
When, alaclxi across her track
There strikes Salee rover.
But as the pirate pressed them sore,
And deck and hold ran red with slaugh-
ter,
Sudden round the headland boar
noble warship sweeps the water.
Heavens abovei tits her true love
That hath this great deliv rance wrought
her.
Grief. FAREWELL wake, marriage bell,
For our blest merchants daughterl
Alfred Perceval Graves in Athen@um.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-23
",sNUs" AND VICTORY
How These Treasures Of the Louvre I'M
pressed an American Woman.


A New York woman, an art lover, is |
spending her first season in Paris, and !
how some of the old world art is seen |
through her new world eyes she tells in |
a recent letter:
ITO the new world conner among the !
art treasures of this part of the old
world, it is the marbles rather than the
paintings to which the soul responds.
With the first headless muse, whose flash
still throbs after hundreds of years
through the draperied masses of her thin
Grecian robe, is established a bond which
Strengthens with almost every step
through the marble lined Galerie of tho
Palais du Louvre. 1t is a bond that
grows with the freedom and promise Of
the Winged Victory and the fulfillment
of the Venus of Milo
mo statue in all the world perhaps
stands so irresistibly for the message Of
womanhood as does this Venus. From
her beautiful throat, her nobly set head
and her sweet and gracious mouth TO her
yielding but perfectly poised body and
her firmly set foot she speaks woman-
the love, beauty, honor, sincerity, pro-
lection, fulfillment of true womanhood.
AS you look through long vista OF
marble set halls and for the first time
see the Venus awaiting you at the end
with her calm, hopeful smile, and as
she draws nearer, until you have come
to the salon reserved in simple entirety
for her breathing self, you know that
she has been waiting for you through
| the centuries, and that to see her is why
you have come all across the miles OF
sea and land.
"She breathes and smiles as You look
at her, and her eyes that have been tell
ing their secret for ages look into yours
and bid you read They tell you that
the hand of her fashioner, some young,
hopeful enthusiast, some inspired master
of his loved art, put, all unknowing per-
haps, his very heart into this master Gre
alton Of early Greece and of the whole
world. What matters though he be un-
known? To see the Venus is to know
that he has not lived in vain since it is
his heart, speaking through time and
the half century that she has dwelt
among us, that has won the homage of
every one coming under her spell
From one of the grand staircases OF
the Louvre, where she is set as its
crown, the Winged Victory filings her
message of promise-the promise Of
which this age is coming to be the fore
runner AS you come face to face with
the glorious and sweeping lines of this
noble figure you are conscious that it is
she who has set the keynote of the times
which are among us, the keynote of per-
sonal liberty. AS the Venus stands fol
the fullness of life, the Victory stands
now as she did even in her centuries
before the Christ, for the very breath OF
the liberty Of effort which shall lead t.
fulfllment. She bids you hope ant
strive; the Venus whispers of peace a
the end New York Times.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-23
A THEORY.

Why do the violins shudder so
When across them Is drawn the bow,
Sob for anguish and wild despair
Human souls are imprisoned there.
Souls are shut In the violins,
They are the souls of Philistines,
But the Philistines, row on row,
Soulless sit and they do not know.
But they brandish their eyeglasses,
Stare at each others evening dress,
Scrutinize form or brilliant hue,
Say, sis 1t rouge or IL it true?"
"Some one was fat semitone,
And how stout the sopranos growni
Isn't tho bass doar2 And, oh,
Do look at Mrs. So-and-sol"
Still the musicians play serene,
As though Philistines had not been,
But their souls in the violins
Mourn on bitterly for their sins.
Call them wildly and call in pain,
Call them with longing deep and vain,
And with infinite tenderness,
Since they can give them no redress.
Since not one OF them is aware
Here is he and his soul is there,
In the music's divinest chord,
Making melody to the Lord
So how often in life and art
Soul and body must dwell apart
Great is the masters soul, no doubt
Twenty Philistines go without.
Are we body or are we soul?
Little matter upon the whole.
Human soul I'm the violin,
Save me at last. n Philistinel
May Kendall.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-23
A MODERN NAVAL BATTLE.
Che Spectacle Is q Grand One and the Ex-
perience Thrilling.

A layman has no conception Of the
awful nature of battle in modern naval
vessels. Even the cruisers have steel
sides, and the air of the inclosed spaces
is very confined. The din made by the
impact of heavy projectile against
these metal sides is awful beyond de-
scription wore cotton in my ears, but
in spite of that, am still deaf from that
cause. The engineers in the Chen Yuen
stuck TO their work even when the tenn
perature of the engine room was above
200 degrees H. The skin Of their hands
and arms was actually roasted off, and
every man was blinded for life, the sight
being actually scared out.
Late in the action, after my hair had
been burned off and my eyes SO impaired
by injected blood that L could only see
out of one Of them, and then only by
lifting the lid with my fingers, was
DESTROYS of seeing how the enemy was
delivering his fire. AS CROPPED my way
around the protected deck a hundred
pound shell pierced the armor about 1S
inches in front of my hand. In a second
my hand touching the steel was so
burned that part of the skin was left
upon the armor. That shows how in
tense is the heat engendered by the i'm
pact of q shot and how rapidly the steel
conducts that heat.
One shell struck an open gun shield
of the Chen Yuen early in the action,
and CHANGING thence passed through the
open port Seven gunners were killed
and 10 wounded by that shot. Early IN
the fight the maxim gun in our foretop
was silenced. The holes pierced by
shell could be seen from the deck. Aft
er the fight we found the officer and men
ON duty there all dead and frightfully
mangled. That one shell had wrought
the havoc.
The detonations of the heavy cannon
and the impact of hostile projectiles
produce conclusions that actually rend
the clothing off, The Chinese soldiers
deserve all credit for their courage and
obedience in that action. No duty was
too difficult or dangerous. When the
Chen Yuen' s forecastle was ablaze from
jap shells, ordered several officers to
cross the shell swept place to fight the
fire. They shirl1ed that duty, but when
I called upon the men to volunteer to
follow me they did it promptly, and the
ship was saved. 1t was while on this
duty that shell passing between my
legs threw me aloft and let me down
upon the deck with such violence that |
became unconscious and was out OF the
fight. All of the officers, however, were
not towards. On my ship were several
who had been educated in this country,
and they were as brave and devoted as
men could be- Others, however, were III
the safest place they could find amid
ships Captain McGiffin in Mail ano
EXPRESS
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-23

A resident Of Cincinnati who knew
Sousa, the bandmaster, when he was
boy in Washington, says: "His mother
was German and his father Spaniard,
and though they had other children
Mrs. Sousa would always talk of my
Chonny' as If he was the only one.
Chonny had every within gratified. He
wanted piano, and got it; a violin,
and got it; a drum, got it; n horn, got
it. His parlor was like a music store.
He played everything with ease. He
was at first drummer boy in the army,
bit later got charge Of the Marine band,
whether by influence or merit l do not
lnow That gave him room to develop,
and lie did to an amazing extent.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-23
sbakesncare,s Name.

II has often been puzzle to students
If shakespeare why his name is spelled
in SO many different ways. Shakespeare
himself is said to have signed his name
on different occasions Shakespeare" and
~sbakespere. and learned disquisitions
have been written to prove which is the
nroner spelling. None perhaps was more
amusing than the weather reason
given in 1851 by Albert Smith who
everred that he had found it in tie Har'
Liam MSS. It was as follows:
How dyd Shakespeare spell hys namef
Ye weatherre maybe ye change we saye'
So write IL as We please
When We some shone ne mayoe h's a.
when wette he took hys E'es
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-23
u-itish cred Coats"

We never think of her majesty 8 Sol,
d;erv as being attired in other than req
coats and brass buttons, but there was a
time when the regulation uniform OF
British soldiers was entirely dii1eren s
from what it is today. In the time Oh
Henry VIII the colors worn by the army
were green and white; later on, W, wn cue,
,v;th e rcd cross ON the breast The nrst
,,,ont;on of the "red coats, which were
90 detested by the American patriots OF
Revolutionary times, is found IN a slr
cular letter by Edward, earl Oh oeso 10y.
Il bears date of 1547, and is TO the eileo oS
that thereafter all foot and llght nor ~
soldiers will appear in red coat mare
in cassock fashion. st Louis hepuo'
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-23
A Very Honest View.

The young man whose salary wasn't
long enough by several lengths to reach
to all the points he wanted it to had
been harassed that morning by numer-
Gus persons with bills and bills and bills.
About noon, at which time he had lost
count of them, his landladys husband
appeared with another for the past
months provender.
whats this?" he asked, displaying
considerable annoyance.
"Your board bill for the month. "
"well, I'll not pay it, he exclaimed,
throwing it ON his desk. DO all You
people think have no use for money ex-
cept to pay bills with?" and he invited
the caller to get out Free
Press.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-23
william Morris.

William Morris, the English poet, re-
joices in the possession of prodigious
memory. Given fair start ON any SEN
tence i'm Dickens works, he will COM
pletc that sentence with very little de-
Walton from textural accuracy. Were
every copy of "Pickwick Papers" de-
stroyed today William Morris could
write the book almost word for word as
it now stands.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-23
THE CHINESE BUY OUR "sANe."
The Herb Dug by Amelie CHAMBERS
Tanis Goes to Them.

Tanis Goes to Them.
"There is quite trade in ginseng,
said tie broker. 1--WE export it to China,
for the people Of that country have
profound faith in its efficacy. 1t seems
to be cureall with them. 1t is an old
woman's remedy here-no one considers
it as Of any value, but the Chinese think
differently That which comes from
Manchuria is esteemed better than
ours; but, then, they take all we send
gladly enough. No European nation
sends any.
"The crop begins to arrive in June
and keeps on coming till frost destroys
the tops. We use the roots, and be-
lieve they say the more forked they are
the better. The last crop consisted of
about quarter of million of pounds.
"Yes, it is growing scarce, for in the
search the sang diggers' are exterminat-
ing it. Since have been in the business
say, in 90 years-the price has risen
from so cents per pound to 81. The plant
grows in moist woods-in leaf mold-ln
every state east of the Rocky mountains.
You have read good deal about the
sang diggers' of the North Carolina
mountains, but there are people just
like them at work within a hundred
miles Of the city-men, women and
children, who find their work material
ly helps in getting a living
"a man up in Onondaga county, IL
this state, has begun cultivating it, but
at present he is giving his attention
more to producing seed and urging 9th
ers to cultivate it than producing thu
roots for market. He is an enthusiast OF
the subject. New York Press.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-23
words In Use.

An expert in philology has computed
that. with 1000 words, an orol an,,y
man can say everything that is really really,
Essential and of these he commonly uses
onIv 400 or 500, reserving the remain.
der for extraordinary occasions, wnen
some idea out Of his usual hhe u
;,,o occnrs TO him.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-23
He Was Foxy.

Tough Customer much are your
neckties?
Clerk-A quarter, 90 cents. 70 and a
dollar.
Tough Customer-See here, young
Teller, the sign outside says that this is
a one price store. Now, don't you think
you can bunko mel G'day-see?-Rox-
bury Gazette.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-23
Depth.

Professor, said the ambitious stu
dent. "I am determined to gain recog-
uition from the world as deep thinker
Could YOU give me any advice ON how
"None." replied the old gentleman
Geographically, "unless you write IN q
spbcellar. "--Washington star.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-23
Woolens.

Never put away for the summer q
wooden garment of any kind that Is
spotted with grease or soiled with mud.
Grease is astonishingly attractive to
moths, and all the unbrushed clothes
"aqe" rapidly. Ammonia for all black
goods, and delicate mixture OF ether.
ammonia and CASTLE soap for coloYed
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-23

"You say her marriage was fsilure?"
"Well, / don't know what else to call
IL Not half the people who were invited
came. "--Detroit Tribune.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-23
tn. smaller the Costlier'

Mrs. Hayson-what is the price u
that bonnet over there!
'I The Milliner-Just sls; 20 vor
Mrs. Hayson-What VIII ~ ~ 30 .,a side?
emit that ugly piece of ribbon on , %,,; S
o' TIE Miiliner--Only sso'-cn'c"so
Record.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-23

Paganini looked like acaricature OF a
man, so thin was he, with every feature
exaggerated.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-23

The Connecticut river took Its name
from AN Indian word, Quonaugticot'
meaning "river Of trees
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-23

Greenland was so called because in
summer its hills were covered with a
beautiful green moss.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-23

Haydn had q long nose, an almost in
variable popularity Of genius.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-23

italy was 30 called from the name Of
rtalus. an early king who governed most
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-23

vsembles poetry. In each are
81 s'es which no methods teach,
~ masters hand alone can
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Bismuth was first separated = .hs
t,neuished a. q metal BY Asl'0O1s' W.