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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-19

preme contempt and pity announces the
fact that if it isn't a first, second, OF
third "feiertage," or holiday, why,
then it must be birthday, or hrst'
second. or third ''feiertage, Here
again the stock of small coin comes INTO
play. For, after you have sent the wash
woman's children their supply OF Easter
eggs. then Frau II. reminds you that
the porter's children should have them
share and that It is the thing on the
aforesaid "feiertage" and birthdays 10
give the servant mark. And the chill
dren of the family throw out all Sorts
of hints as to how the former boarder'
Miss Brown, had given them beautl =
full hare last Easter, chockful OF choc-
olate eggs. The birthday party here Is
not a thing of the past nor is 1T gwen
only for the children. Young ana DID,
rich and POOR have birthday parties
with birthday cakes, candles and how-
ers in very sweet, old fashioned SORT Oh
way. Yes, the Germans are sentimental
if YOU like, but it is very beautiful foi
ali that. and the laugh is hearty ana
the tears are real Their poetry Is all
woven in with the practical every day
life like the meat markets which can be
seen in every street, where long strings
IF sausages are intermingled WITH
blooming hyacinths and lilies OF th'
valley. Berlin Cor. Rochester fost
Express.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-19
Exhausted Soil, So Called.

1t is common way Of speaking Of
the soils OF abandoned farms, and Of
others that yield only Improbable crops,
that they are worn out, exhausted and
almost valueless for the purposes of cul-
tivation. This condition of barrenness
is more apparent than real and has been
produced by treatment as superficial
as the view of those so ready to condemn
the soil. In the early days of mining in
California the impatient gold seekers,
with rude apparatus and primitive
methods, collected such quantities of
the precious metal as came easily to
hand and forsook their claims, leaving
behind in the earth far more gold than
they carried away. In after years others
more skillful have gathered abundant
wealth from those forsaken fields. Some
thing of the same nature will yet be ac-
complished upon thousands of acres of
New England soil now lightly valued
An acre Of soil, going down foot
deep, contains approximately 2, 700 tons
in its 10000 or more cubic feet, or
about l24 pounds to the cubic foot.
| Chemical analysis demonstrates that
this quantity ct surface earth, in an or
binary average soil, contains about
4, 900 pounds Of phosphoric acid, 5000
pounds of potash and 10000 pounds of
nitrogen. These ingredients, if pur.
chased at usual market prices, might
cost cents pound for the potash, {
cents for the phosphoric acid, Is cents
for the nitrogen. AT these rates, the
aggregate value of these three substances
in thin surface acre, only "a single foot
in depth, would be 80, 600. AS the gold
held in quartz was beyond the reach OF
the unskilled miner, the fabulous wealth
of the soil is largely unavailable to the
unskilled farmer. But the treasure is
there to be secured by the farmer Of
the future The sum of $3.50, 900 would
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-19
Thrifty France.

"In France. A" said Max Schottek, wbSS
represents u great American dry goods y
firm in Paris, nearly every man saver
something. 1t doesn't matter how Small
his income may be, he manages TO puSS
nv a portion Of his earnings. In th1s re-
spect the thrift Of the people stands ous
in marked contrast to the prcdlgal ways
Of the citizens of the United States
Here it seems essential to spend a Dig
sum of money to get much pleasure; irs
fact. the amount Of pleasure seems
measured by the money expended Bus
I think il undoubtedly true that tne
French people get more enjoyment QUIZ
of life than the Americans
81 see much to admire in this natico
its wonderful progress, its inventTSS
genius, its unrivaled resources. TeerS''
is nothing in Europe like your luxurious
railways or your fine hotels. But wKti1
all that / had rather live in Franco
Our nation has a bad name, find, III
this country, but the reputation lsn-As
deserved. There is as much real reiiglaE'
and pure home life in France asssxIssE
| in any land We go to churcha early
Sunday morning and i'll the afternocc
TO the picture galleries or for jaunt lfrSE
the woods. / think you would be betssx
off over here if you enjoyed Suun&iE
more after the liberal fashion thas prs
walls across the ocean. - Wasillngsar
I POST
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A BRIT0N'S LUGGAGE.
ATTEMPTS OF AMERICAN IMITAToRs
TO INTRODUCE 1T HERE.

Ponderous British Hat Boxes. Portman-
teaus and Hold Ais The Baggage ON a
Steamship Wharf Is study-The Trav-
eier and His Bathtub.
As the travelling Briton is known in
this country by his luggage, so the
American woman was once hated in
Europe because of her saratoga trunk.
The world has escaped the general
adoption Of the saratoga trunk, but a
worse thing seems possible, as British
luggage threatens to become interua-
tionaL Even now you may buy in this
town all the impedimenta with which
the travelling Briton cumbers himself
and bedevils the rest of mankind. a
Broadway trunkmaker has for some
years past undertaken TO fix the thral-
dom of these things upon his fellow
country men and women, and many
travelling Americans, especially the
wealthy and fashionable, are to be rec
ognized by the multiplicity of British
impedimenta that they carry to and fro
in their frequent journeyings between
the old world and the new. More curl
Gus still, those clever and initiative Jap
anese have begun TO produce British
luggage identical with the original il
the minutest details, even down to hand
sewed straps on leather trunks, port
manteaus and the like; but, drolly
enough, the whole outfit is merely a pa
per counterfeit of the real thing.
American imitators of things British
lacking the fine humor CT the japanese
have made no substitution Of light ma
terial for heavy, but have taken on tn
full burden Of ponderous British hat
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-19

ooxes portmanteaus, rugs, bags, hold
alls and even bathtubs. 1t was travel
ing American who gave to the world an
account of refreshing scene ON board
q Mediterranean steamer bound to Tan
oier or some such Muhammedan port OF
north Africa. A British passenger with
his bathtub had nearly pestered the lie
ont of a meek, coffee colored Moham-
medan, who accepted the Briton curses
without sign of reproach, bat when
in the course of getting the luggage
ashore the precious bathtub fell over
hoard and sank like lead, the harmless
follower of the prophet was seen 10
nause in his work and dance gleefuIly
mon the deck, exclaiming i'll triumph,
"Oh. MIR. Goddam, Mr.. Goddam = IL
is since that incident that traveieo
Americans in their aping of British
WAYS have accepted even the burden Oh
the bathtub.
study of baggage at a steamship
wharf or even at large railway station
l., New York IS an instructive lesson as
to the cosmopolitan character OF the
citv. There is one article OF BRUSH
lnooaoe that seldom survives more than
one tourney within the limits OF the
United States and sometimes gets no
farther inland than the New York hotei
at which the traveller makes his mrs.
ston This article is the little trunk or
how of iapanned tin much used by traV-
olers in Great Britain. The fiimsy trlfie
hardly survives the first encounter WIN
the American baggage handler, ana
after the first journey of 600 miles III
this country is battered out OF all re-
semblance to its original rectillnear sen
II is an article of luggage not suitable
IN the exieencies Of American travel
A pathetic feature of the baggage al
the railway stations that are doorways
90 tbe west is the immigrants luggage
Sometimes il is mattress from th'
steeraoe wrapped about the few belong
mos of the new made American. Agar
a. t. tbe corded box of the Irish, Engllsi
or Scotch immigrant. 1t Will be recaiie'
how important a preliminary to Char
lotte Bronte's journeyings out into TN
great world from her Yorkshire hom'
was the cording of her box. The corde'
box is as rare among the luggage OF al
American traveller as the old hair trunk
though both are occasionally seen. In
seaman's locker rectilinear for stabi
stowage and strong against accidents
figures in the luggage at steamsnl
wbaryes. One knows instinctively IL
contents of old clothes, photographs
! curios. tobacco and long treasured ie'
|, ters from home and the array OF PIT
, tures from the illustrated papers paste
. ON the inside Of the lid. 49,
The elaborate dressing cases mi
some Americans and oil well ."
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-19
THE POTENT PEANUT.
ONE WOULD HARDLY THINK THE
HUMBLE eooBER so IMPORTANT.

About Four Million Bushels Raised In
This Country Every Yesr-The Most Ma
trItious and by Far the Cheapest al
Substitute For Olive OIL.
But little is known Of the peanut cut
side of localities in which it is grown,
and even where it is most largely grown
its possibilities are for the most part not
at all realized, and 1t is not by any
means made to yield the highest results
it is capable of. Taking into account All
its sources of value, the peanut ought 20
be one Of the most profitable of the gen
eral farm crops in the south. The fol.
lowing facts about it are in the main
condensed from bulletin Of the United
States department. of agriculture pre-
pared by r. B. Handy of the Office q
experiment stations.
The yearly production Of peanuts ~
this country is about 1000, 600 bushel
Of 22 pounds, the bulk of the crop being
produced in Virginia, Georgia, Tennes
see and North Carolina. These 1000
600 bushels, while fully supplying the
present demand of the United States
constitute but small part Of the pea
nut crop of the world, as the expoTta
ton from Africa and India in 1885,
amounted to nearly 400, 600, 600 pounds
of which $4,000, 600 pounds went Il
Marseilles for conversion into oil.
The largest part of the American crol
is sold by street vendors, but small
amounts are used by confectioners, choc
olate manufacturers and for the manu-
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-19
Irish Hcmor.

"You should get your ears Topped
Brian" said smart" tourist to an
Irish peasant whom he was quizzing'
"They're too large for man. = An
bedad," replied the Hibernian, Il was
inst thinkin yours would want to DC
made larger! Sure they're too small ior
an ASST
Rarnev was q noted car driver at q
we'll known Irish watering place. he
hold that the "salt wather" was vastly
improved by mixture with drop OF
tbe craythur, but would not commit
himself to the opinion that the iatter
element gained anything by the com. .
bipation. He sometimes drank more OF
il "neat" than was wise or well for ,he
father of his weak family. one no,
dav. after long drive and liperai
fare, Barney turned into the best bar IA
town and asked for sprinkle, just &c
icon down the dust. The proprietor
Tho would rather have other customers
than poor Barney, came in as the latter
was raising the glass. Barney, nc
sold "rd rather you wouldn't be drink
inc. nv boy. You know you were sorry
for il before, and ] suppose you IL Ok
sorry for this too. - "Begorra, might,
ranlied Barney, "but, sure. It's salel
70 be sorry for talSin it than for not TAX
in Westminster Gazette.
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facture or oil. Peanut oil is used Tor
lubricating and soapmaking and is
good substitute for olive oil for salads
and other culinary purposes and as
substitute for lard and cottolene and
butter in cooking. The residue from oil
making, known as peanut cake, Is
highly valued cattle food in the coun-
tries of Europe and is also ground into
fine flcur and used as human food. lt
makes good soup, griddle cakes, muf'
fins, etc. aud is one Of the most nutrl-
tive of foods. The vines, when dried,
become IA very nutritive hay, readily
eaten by stock, though requiring care Ill
the feeding lest it produce collie.
The present uses of the peanut ana its
nroducts are likely to be greatly extend
ed and new channels of utility found
for il. as has been the case with cotton
seed. With better methods of tillage and
a larger Weld per acre the cost of pro-
duction could be greatly lessened. Ac-
cording to the eleventh census, the aver.
age yield of peanuts in the united
| States in 1889 was l7.6 bushels per
ocre. the average in Virginia being
about 90 and in Tennessee 32 bushels
per acre. This appears to be very low
average, especially as official and semi
official figures give 80 or 60 bushels rs
an average crop, and 100 bushels are not
an uncommon yield.
While the peanut has been cultivated
in the United States to limited extent
for a number Of years, il is only since
1866 that the crop has become OF PM
mary importance in the eastern section
of this country, which seems peculiarly
adapted to its production. Between 1863
and 1870 the rapid spread OF the culture
of peanuts was phenomenal. Each year
doubled and at times increased three
fold its crop over that of the preceding
wear. so that this country, from being
large importer of west African nuts
was soon able to supply the domestic
demand with the home raised article.
Virginia, North Carolina and Tennes
see produce large part Of the peanu
crop of the United States. Within tn
last few years this crop has ceased to b
as profitable as heretofore. The metho'
of culture--the annual planting of nut
ON the same land, the lack of proper re
tation of crops, the complete removal
!, all vegetation from the land and the fail
} ure to replenish the soil by means
! fertilizers-has been a great factor
reducing the profits of the crop by re
ducing the ability of the land to pre-
duce such crops as were previously 81
cured in that section, 80 that now II
stead of an average Of 30 bushels pt
, acre, with frequent yields OF over 10
bushels, the average in the peanut sex
tions is not over 30 bushels. while II
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-19
Goa, of a Good skeleton.

skeletons? They are prepared ior
tho ,,se of physicians and medical stu
s ard the best come from Paris
and cost from $50 to $50. Inc me ';sa,,
profession prefers them TO the American n
make. which can be had for 50 or Wv
for the Frenchman has mastered the so, 30.
cret of treating the bones so thai ,ney
oro sborn of all offensive odors Inc
American has not yet discovered the
secret and the demand for his productt
Is devoted solely to the poorer CLASSES CLASSES. ~
students and doctors, secret organ ,n
s;ons and artists. kansas City Worid.
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cost Of cultivation has been but slightly
reduced.
Asregards food value, peanut kernels
with an average of 20 per cent OF pro
tein, 40 per cent Of fat and 4 per esKis
Of carbohydrates in the dry material
take a high rank and should be Chased
with such concentrated foods as soJna
beans. cotton seed, etc. The Vines Erxa
shown by analysis 10 be hyperion tcn
timothy hay as feeding SGT and bus
slightly inferior to clover hay.
The ground bulls are used 20 a con-
siderable extent as coarse FODDER H.
European countries. Peanut meal, thfa
ground residue from oil extraction, is "a
valuable feeding stuff highly appreciat-
ed and extensively used in foreign conn-
tries. 1t contains, as the averages of
over 1000 analyses show, about so per
cent of protein, per cent OF fat and "a
per cent of carbohydrates and Is one OF
the most concentrated feeding stuffs
with which we are familiar, ranking
with cottonseed meal, linseed meal, etc.
| and in some cases ahead of them.
In describing the uses of peanuts 1t ls
scarcely necessary to more than refer to-
| the use TO which fully three fourths OF
| the American raised crop is devoted.
The nut is sorted in the factory into
| four grades, the first, second and third
being sold to vendors of the roasted pea
nut either directly or through jobberss~
while the fourth is sold to confectioners<
to be used in the making of 'burns-
almonds, peanut candy and the cheap
er grades of chocolates. The extent OF
the use of the peanut by the American
people will be more fully appreciates
when it is remembered that they use
1000, 900 bushels of nuts yearly, at a.
cost to the consumers of $40, 600 ,oOo>-
which do not form part of the regular
articles of food, but are eaten at odd
times. Boston Herald.
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Englishmen used to travel with arc 90
ing out Of fashion. 1t is almost a Deccs-
sity that the traveller with this pretty
piece of luggage take along n valet, fer
the thing weighs like so much lead and
rs too precious 90 DO trusted 10 the ten
der mercies Of the baggage department.
The travelling desk also has nearly dis
appeared, though some ingenious trunk
makers now produce trunks that open
so as to form desks. The luncheon
hamper that used to accompany every
traveller across this continent in the
days before dining cars came into use
has almost entirely disappeared. The
California millionaires of early trans
continental travel carried enormous and
richly laden hampers and dispensed Of
ten princely hospitality to their fellow
travellers. The dinner hour ON board q
transcontinental train was picturesque
incident of travel in those days. The
travelling Briton in Europe still some
times carries his luncheon hamper, and
it is often one Of the nuisances of Euro
pean travel.
Some Of the English theatrical COM
panies have become so used to travelling
in America that they have adopted our
methods with baggage. They accept
with grace the great American trunk,
dispense with the hatbox, the bathtub,
the rugs, shawl straps and the rest and
calmly see their belongings carted of
by stranger, who leaves behind as evil
dence only bit of brass bearing a few
letters and numbers. New York Sun.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-19
Atm French wedding.

A wedding feast is an important cere.
mony in France among all classes OF
society. Even among the very poorest
of the Parisians wedding banquet If
the occasion for a reckless expenditure
of money in the purchase OF wine and
viands. In Brittany wedding is even q
more gorgeous affair than in Paris al
a recent wedding ceremony in Brittany
the guests numbered 1900, and three
bullocks were slaughtered to provide
them with meat Wine was consumed
in large quantities, and i'll addition 81
barrels of cider was consumed.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-19
Nervous Shock.

Now, we often hear Of obscure nerv--
Gus arrangements with no clear eauen
following railway accidents, and or
strange nervous symptoms complicatlng-
such Obvious physical injuries as may
occur. and many questions are apt tobse
raised as to the possibility OF such phe-
nomena being due to any known degree
Of conclusion or injury of the nervous
centers, and not infrequently much doubt
is thrown ON the bona fides Of piaintafKE
in such cases. While, however, qHzirse
admitting the frequency with whIch
fraud is at the bottom of claims ngzzMk
railway companies, it does not do crs
forget that something else besides mere
physical injury may result from rail-
way accident. If terror, a sudden xndA
intense horror, or, as some would say
n "mere nervous shock, without aET
physical injury at all, will prodnce
| long lasting changes in the mental anc
nervous mechanism, it would be strings
| indeed if such changes were not to0n0
| in patients who, whatever the natura o
| extent of their other injuries. have grH4
through the terrible shock OF serloufS
railway accident. From the momens or
the first dancing ON the rails, thrsHgh'
the terrible time when passengers anc
portmanteaus are being tossed helplessiy
about, up to the moment when, w''h
final crunch all becomes still, may nos
be long time; butt short as 1t Is, NJ II
a spell of the intensest agony and terruk
which can be conceived, and 1t wdu1n
indeed be passing strange if it did NOS
write deeply on many nervous systerna
its note of horror. London Hospital
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-19
Michigan A. o. U. w. Omcers.

Detroit, Feb. 19.-The Michigan grand
lodge of the A. o. ". w. has elected the
following officers: Grand master work.
man, Charles Golling of Alpena; grand
foreman, Frank A. wentworth of Mar
quette; grand overseer. William Coch-
ran of st. Johns; grand recorder. George
Latcham of Detroit; grand receiver,
John c. Ellsworth of Fowlerville; grand
guide Frank S. Harrington of Detroit;
grand Waterman, Il. w. Hewitt of Ma
pie Rapids
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be thought pretty liberal valuation OF
an ordinary 100 acre farm. There are
many such farms in Connecticut cheaply
valued by owners who little appreciate
the wonderful capabilities of the soil
tbev call exhausted. Hartford Times.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-19
Ambitious.

"our new cook has gone already
"What was the natter
"When she found we had gas s'oVe .
she went She had burned a ton OF coa .s =
wset in each of her former places, ana
shs said abe had to be where she couiu
i've mn to her record "-Phiiadelpn''
Record
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-19
The Fete Loving Germans.

Then the birthdaysl Every one has a
birthday here. Perhaps they do at
home, too, but it is not so generally
known "What shall we do tomorrow"
asks one of the children. And If you
carelessly, innocently inquire, "Why,
what's up tomorrow" smile of su-
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-19

Mother-Now, Willie, you've oeen
eating sweets till you've made yourseir
i'll. / shall have to send for the doctor.
Willie-I say, if you are sending Tor
the doctor, may have another swect'
II won't make any difference 70"
tnow "-Pearson Weekly.
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WILL BLOW UP WINDOWS.
Channel To BE Made for the Ann Arbor
Ferries.

Ferries.
Menominee, Mich, Feb. 19.-Ben
Smith, an expert in the use of high ex-
plosives, will go to the big ice windows
off Sherwood point. He will start with
300 pounds of giant powder and 100 feet
of fuse, as well as a number of assist
ants for the purpose of blowing the
windows up so that the Ann Arbor car
ferries can come through. A successful
experiment was made few days ago,
when windrows near the shore nearly
as deep as those which impeded the
progress of the car ferry about two
weeks ago were virtually wiped out
Mr.. Smith Is quite sanguine of success
with the six-foot ice barricade, and IL
So one of the boats will be sent out to
make the trip.
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England Wrong, America Righs-

"What is the proper spellingS asxsE
n correspondent. should it be 'slEssi-
or 'tyre?' / answer with feas arEz
trembling, for l know by experiernr@
what heated passions are sometimes.
aroused by questions of this gravity. ~
find. however, that DIR. Johnson IS sr1
the side Of "tire, 4" though he notices tffe
smelling tyre" while Webster gAyea'
''tire" and ignores tyre" altogether
The interchange Of 81" and ~ nF'
words of this shape seems To be purviz
a matter Of convention or caprice, ann
one can only be guided by the ruling ga
the recognized authorities Webster ARC
johnson are good enough for me. AUG n
| would suggest 70 the various pneuttArhf'
"tyre" companies now advertlsaz's'
themselves that they should reEno1oEs
their spelling. Some time back 1 has .
passage at arms with gentleman crrr
the same question in the spelling OK sfs<
word s'tiro," and the question wss On.
cided, to my mind, by the authority =,
Professor Skeat, who pronounces sSrD
"gross misspelling." So far - g
see, very much the same might DC -
of tyre "--London Truth.