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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-01
How Sand Hills Grow.

A sand hill is not made" so much as
nlonted. Wherever patch of "marrum
grass" takes root, there the sand blown
from the great bank gathers round it.
As the sand spreads, the grass grows
through it, until the hard dry blades
form the nucleus of thousands OF tons OF
.shills." Near Holkham bay there lay
not 40 years ago wet "lake" inside
the high sand. There the eunners
nsod to hide for curlew, digging holes
and filling them with "marrum grass
IN make them dry and comfortable.
This grass took root. the sand gathered cred
ronnd. and where the "lake" lay IS now
a tumultuous mass Of rounded hiilocks'
rising 30 feet above high water level
built by the "marrum grass" from the
surplus driftings of the mighty sand
London Spectator.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-01
Distributing the Mail.

Any one who has known what it Is To
wait day after day i'm some out of the
world nook for letters which were all
the time safely reposing in some neg
lected corner of a sleepy postoffice can
appreciate the story that is told of Lord
Wolseley by Mr.. Nourse, who was with
her majesty's forces through the Sudan
campaign.
AT Kcrti, Nourse went into the post.
Office to look for some letters. The post
master was native and not much used
to handwriting. He made a superficial
examination of a big pile of letters and
papers and said there was nothing for
the applicant. Nourse asked to see the
pile OF letters, and while he was look
ing them over man with nothing to
designate his rank came into the office.
He took in the situation at glance
Lets clear this thing out, +" he said
They jumped on the counter and pro-
ceeded to clear it out" by first bun
ding out the postmaster. Then they be-
gan a careful examination of the post.
office and found it congestcd with mail
Sor the army. They searched every nook
and Granny, throwing the letters for
each regiment into different pile and
heaping up all tho newspapers in the
center Of the room Then they went
through each pile and separated it into
companies. Before night every letter
was in camp and distributed, and the
next day the papers were out
Nourse did not know tho name Of his
companion in the benevolent deed and
when be asked the answer was. "They
call me Charlie. %
Some time after NoprSe found il
necessary to see the commandment. and,
sitting near tho tent to which hr mad
been directed. he saw his coup, 4, II
the postofiice.
"Hello, Charliei' hc SAID IL
looking for the cowmandant VIE"
shall find him?"
WELL" said Charlie, You won
have to look far I'm the commandant
Come inside and have a bit To cat an'
drink ="
twas Lord Wolselcy. Youth Com
panion.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-01
A RoyaI Rider.

Queen Henriette of Belgium, by birth
an Austrian archduchess, continues, IN
spite of her snow white hair and rank
as grandmother, to occupy her tune
with circus riding. A year ago she gave
in the riding school of the royal palace
at Brussels semipublic performance,
in which she and her daughter Clemen-
tine put their horses through all kinds
of fancy PAGES and trick riding with the
skill of professionals. They leaped their
horses through burning hoops and over
flaming hedges, and her majesty jump
ed q pet horse over a dinner table Gov
cred with flowers and lighted Candida
bra. Then she drove team OF 2O-in-
hand herself, mounted on her favorite
mare.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-01
HE CRACKS A WHIP.
But He Is Phenomenal Artist In the Use
of the Lash.

But He Is Phenomenal Artist In the Use
of the Lash.
A decided sensation has been created
in Vienna by Il man who probably stands
alone in the world i'll his particular line
of performance. This gentleman S name
is Piskslug, and he is an Austro-Hun-
garian by birth. He is an expert, or,
rather, phenomenal artist, in the use
of the whip.
The first thing he does is to take
long dashed, stout handled whip in each
hand, and, with orchestral accompani-
ment, proceed to crack or snap them at
a terrific rate The sound made by his
whips in this manner is graduated from
a noise like rifle report to the soft click
of billiard ball. 1t makes curious sort
of music and serves to show how he
can regulate the force of each stroke.
More interest, however, is evinced
when he seizes a vicious looking whip
with an abnormally long lash. 1t is pro-
vided with very heavy handle OF medl-
um length. This is his favorite toy, and
what he can do with it is really won
derful. He first gives an idea of what
fearful force there lies in whip lash in
the hands of an expert.
A large frame, over which is stretched
calf or sheep skin, is brought ON the
stage. This is marked with dots of red
paint. The man with the whip steps up,
and, swinging the lash round his head,
lets fly at the calfskin. With every blow
he actually pulls piece right out from
the leather, leaving clean cut hole.
These pieces are distributed among
the audience to show that there is NJ
trickery about the performance. Aftel
this he takes frame with three shelves
On these there are dozen or more o
medium sized apples lying very close to
gether and provided with large numbers
Any one in the audience may designate
which apple he wishes struck, and tn
unerring lash snatches it out like flash
A still more difficult feat is the snap
ping of coins from narrow necke'
bottle. A piece of silver about the siz
of half crown is put over the cork Q
the bottle, which stands on the edge @
a table. The whip artist, without az
pearing to take any sort of aim, send
the long lash whizzing through the al
, and picks off the coin without jarrln
the bottle, much less breaking it.-Vl
emma Letter.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-01
Urban Development In the South.

The rural south, especially in the old
er portions, is, economically speaking,
far from progressive, and what was once
the single occupation OF the southern
gentleman is now the last that he would
voluntarily assume. In the rich valley
and ON the grazing lands of southwest
Virginia, in parts of Georgia and III the
blue grass region of Tennessee farming
pays fairly, owing to the greater thrift
of the inhabitants and to the fertility OF
the soil, but, on the whole, the progress
of the new south, like that of the rest OF
the country, certainly has not taken this
direction. 1t is through its urban de-
velopment only that the section has
Justly earned its sobriquet.
New cities like Roanoke, Va, have
sprung up on ground that 20 years ago
was parceled into farms. Antebellum
villages have become large cities, as III
the case of Atlanta and Chattanooga.
Old towns like Nashville and Richmond
have taken "a fresh lease of life and be-
come rich and progressive. A new rail-
road has made the fortune of this place,
a new textile or other industry has
caused the growth of that. And all this
progress has been due to the abolition o.
slavery and to the destruction OF prop
erty caused by the civil war; The south
erner of the last 80 years has simpl.
had to work in order to live, and, lik
the rest of the world he has preferret
the town to the country w p Tren
| i'm Atlantic
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-01
CONSUM PTlON.
The Couuitions Which Invite a Foothoid
of This Dread Disease.

The germs of this disease cannot OBJ
tain foothold until the resistive pow
ers of the tissues have been reduced.
There must be not only the seed, but the
soil. This impaired power of resistance
may be the result of heredity, and this
influence in the causation OF disease Is
seldom shown to better advantage than
in the history of consumption. There
have been instances in which a single
case introduced into a long and sound
ancestry has vitiated the stock forever.
How unfortunate that such matters
are so little considered in marrying and
giving in marriage! 1t is not that the
disease is inherited, but the vulnerable
tissues, the feeble resistive powers, rem
der the offspring an easy prey TO the
ubiquitous bacillus. This weakness often
shows itself by tendency to become i'll
from slight causes, sickliness not by
any means to be COMPOUNDED with merely
a lack of robustness or strength. One
organ or part of the body, frequently
| the mucous membrane, is usually more
prone to become affected, and the begin
ming of the disease can often be traced
to an attack of some slight ailment.
Not only the children of consumptive
parents may show these characteristics
but also those of parents generally en-.
| feebled, or whose ages are widely sepa'
rated, or who are closely related by blood,
or of a mother who has previously borne
number in quick succession. Ever
when heredity is sound the same condl
ton is sometimes induced by coddling
by improper feeding, by attacks OF acute
disease or by want and distress. Ii
growing children bad carriage OF bod.
may act injuriously by contracting ant
reforming the chest. The stopped posi-
ton which boys sometimes assume Il
bicycle riding should be discouraged TO
this reason. William l.. Russell, nj
D., in Popular Science Monthly.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-01
BEND Low AND HARk.

Bend low and bark with me, my dear.
How the winds sghl
A voice Is ON them that fear
1t brings tho bygone days so near.
Like souls cry.
Those whom we bury out OF sight.
How still they liel
Beyond the reaches OF the light,
Outside the realm of day and night
Do they not diei
Snail we unbar the long closed door,
You, dear, or ]?
Could love be what IL was before
III ". should call them back once more
Ley reply?
T8 .sley lifo's largess claim againf
They draw too nighY
o winds, be still You shall not pain
My heart with that long hushed refrain
As you sweep by.
The dead have had their shining day
Why should they try
To listen TO the words we say,
To breathe their blight upon our Mayf
Act the winds sigh.
Louise Chandler Moulton.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-01
The South Carolinian.

The South Carolinian has always ar
ropated to himself the name Carolinian,
and he has never been on very familiar
terms with his northern neighbor. His
feeling for his southern neighbor, the
Georgian, is also one of mere tolerance,
for the latter has long been called the
southern Yankee and fairly deserves the
appellation. He has much OF the
shrewdness and push that mark the
typical "down easter" and he has q
considerable share of that worthy's
moral earnestness. In addition he has
good deal of the Virginian's geniality
and love of comfort, of the North Caro-
linian's unpretending democracy and OF
the South Carolinian's tendency to ex-
hibitions of fiery temper
But over and above everything else he
has an honest and hearty and not un.
founded pride i'm Georgia, and sort OF
Masonic affiliation with every person,
animal, institution, custom-in short,
tbinp-that can be called Georgian. He
NAV not always stand for culture. but
he does always stand for patriotism,
state and national. He loves success,
strength, straightforwardness and the
solid virtues generally-neither is he
averse to the snowy ones-but above all
he loves virtue i'm action. Though pos
sessed of strong. clear intellect, he is
more particularly man of five senses
of which he makes as good use as be
can. He may not always taste the
sweetness or see the light of the highest
civilization, but he has good healthy
appetite for life. w. 2. Trent in At
| lantic.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-01
Please Take Notice.

We are pleased to tell you that we
make everything pertaining to the shoe
makers trade as cheap az ever from the
best quality of leather. Mems boots or
shoes soled for As and so cents, ladies'
shoes soled for 80 and 40 cents. We
have a nice assorted stock OF fall and
winter snoes, ana our own maze shoe
packs, which we will dispose u, ct very
low figures. Good work guaranteed.
OKER 4 KEMPPAINEN.
Fifth street, Red Jacket, next to Jacob
Gartner's store.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-01
CHARITY FAIRS.
An Argument to Show Why They should
BE Suppressed.

Be Suppressed.
Charity has been defined as this state
of things: That so soon as A Is in trou-
BILE B begins to consider what @ ought
to do for him All charitable fairs, for
instance, are based on this principle.
You go ami buy something which you
probably do not want in order that the
profit made on it may go to some good
cause. In case you had really wanted
what you bought you would have per-
haps bought it somewhere else, and the
regular trade thus suffers from the loss
of your custom In case of very large
fairs, like the sanitary fairs" in war
time, the ordinary local trade unques-
tionably suffers, perhaps for a whole
year, and the community is thus impov-
erished to a degree in one way so that
it may be helped in other ways
For great national object this can
easily be endured, although, to be sure,
we never have known just what the
regular dealers thought about It, But
when we consider that the same thing
is done to some extent in behalf Of every
local or sectarian enterprise, 1T is evil
dent that the principle OF the affair Is
not quite satisfactory.
Suppose, for instance, that we were
all to agree for single year to have all
our shoes and hats made by amateurs
"for sweet charity's sake" and to have
single church or hospital take the
value of them all. Then sweet charity
would make an apparent gain no doubt,
but all the ordinary hatmakers and shoe
makers would starve. Or, if they did
not starve, they would be supported by
their kindred, who perhaps are not far
above the starvation point themselves,
or they would be supported by sweet
charity, and the last condition Of things
would be worse than the first 1t is not
really the fact that the evils Of society
can be greatly helped by dressing NJ
young girls prettily and having then
take money and give rather inaccurate
change at a bazaar table. One day, per
haps, when the laws Of trade are bettel
understood, we shall look at CHART,
fairs as we already look at lotteries
which were once regarded as one OF tn
highest forms of sweet charity, bu
,, which are now prohibited by law
Harper's Bazaar
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-01
THE LONGFELLOW STATUE.
A Fitting Memorial of the Poet at Port
land, His Birthplace.

land, His Birthplace.
One of the best instances OF what the
statue of any great man should De-at
any rate, in the respect OF its situation,
its perspective with regard to other me-
MORALS and the local estimation III
which it is held-is the statue OF Long
fellow at Portland, by Mr.. Franklin
Simmons. 1t is dignified seated figure
of the poet in bronze, occupying a con-
spicuous site in the best part OF the
town, in the middle of square which
is now known as Longfellow square.
The statue was raised few years ago
by fund solicited through wide field,
but chiefly obtained, l believe, in Port
land. The sculptor was chosen through
that curious local spirit which has at
fected unfavorably many OF our archl-
tectural and other monuments. he was
avowedly selected because he was a
"Maine man." though he had never
seen the poet. However, the result In
this case seems to have been happy. The
statue has much beauty, and the like
ness is said to be excellent
This statue stands in the poets native
town, as is entirely proper. 1t may ap-
peal every day to the eyes of thousands
of young people, born very much as nc
was born, who should see in it the sug
gestion of possibility for them. Poetic
ally it makes the stranger fancy the
genius or spirit of the man still linger
ing among the scenes of his youth, ant
it symbolizes the satisfaction which ev
ery man feels to have his name remem
bered in his native town.. E. Cham
berlin in Atlantic.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-01

Stage leaves Pearce's livery stable
Lake Linden, every day at 8 a. m, 10 a.
m, 1 and p. m. Stageleaves McClure's
livery stable, Red Jacket, at 8 a. m, 10
a. m, and l and 4. p. m.
THOMAS PEARCE,
JAMES MCCLURE,
Proprietors.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-01

Our greet clearing sale for the next
thirty days, for cash only, to be sold at
so per cent on each dollar, consisting OF
dry goods, clothing, boots and shoes,
ladies' and gents furnishing goods. Call
early as it will be to your interest. The
Laurium Fair, next to the post office.
j. FEINBERG & Co, Props.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-01
The BrinIanders'

Mutual Fire insurance company Of
Houghton and Keweenaw counties, or
ranixed in 1890 according to the laws OF
the State OF Michigan, will insure proper
tv OF it's members. Have paid fire losses
over $1,000 and dividends over &c, 900
during the last seyea years to members
Of five years standing. On the first day
of this year the company had 4S2 MEM
bsrs. $421 .4S0 worth OF property in
sured and $10,66S.54 in treasury. For
further particulars apply to the under
signed. JOHN BLoMQvBr, President.
ALEX LEmoNEN, Secretary.
Once, 44s Pine street. upstairs Red
Jacket
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-01
Alta Bookstore.

Customer-But this book bears daee
rr;or ~ the invention of printing.
Dealer in Rare Volumes-So mucn
the more valuable, sir-so much the
more valuable. 1t is PROOF OF l's an
tiouity. It was only after the Invention
Of printing, you know, that the counter
fe;tine of old volumes was possible
Boston Transcript.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-01
sc. George,. Hal 20 Reut.

The st. Georges Hall is to rent on very
moderate terms on the following even
ings. Every Wednesday, every alternate
Thursday and three FRIDAYS in each
month. For further particulars apply to
John Jenkin, William Maynard. r. B.
Rule, trustees
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-01

was s s story is told Of Byles after he
was .aised to the bench. The Judge
wban o"o uay trying man for stealing,
who a.. medical witness was called,
ono, , ,u that in his opinion the pris-
"Ana was suffering from kleptomania.
wha, Az 81, your lordship of course knows
dissa. ~, :. said Byles quietly. cit is a
-Tsu Su winch / am sent here to cure. T"
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-01
Made Them Cry.

Talker-When l lectured' tnere w"'
not a dry eye in the audience
Walker-Indeed, and what was yonr
subject? ,,.o,s;r, n
Talker-I had been addressing
school of cookery and giving practicai
illustration of how to peel an onion '-'
London Tit-Bits.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-01

The southern entrance Of the Red sea
Is commanded by the fortress Of Alden
and the fort on the little island OF
Perrin, In the strait of Babel Mandeb,
the guns Of the latter completely cover
Ing the narrow channel and the fortress
dominating the entrance to the sea-
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-01
TO secret Societies aud Others WISH
ing TO Rent n Lodge Room.

The Temple OF Honor lodge room is
vacant on Wednesday and FRIDAY even
ings OF each week. Parties desiring to
rent the same may apply by letter to the
Union Temple OF Honor and Temperance,
No. AZ, Calumet, Mich. Secretary's ad-
dress. 2O29 Calumet street.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-01

The bread and cake OF the Superio.
Bakery can be had at che following agen.
ciee: James Lisa's. Mrs. Hoskin's, Red
Jacket: Martin Kuhn's. j. &. Leans
Peter Olcem's. Calumet Village, and
Weisenauer's, Guilbaul's, Lake Linden. A
fresh supply is left at these agencies every
dav, and the prices are sslow as thelowest
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-01

"when Mrs. Rawton lived IN raw raw.
nav. she wouldn't wear gown unie''
Il was made in Chicago: l.. ch,-
eyes, and now that she lives IN O aa.
o.oo che won't wear any gown mace
oufside Of Paris. Chicago Record
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-01
CiearIng sale

OF $40. 900 worth OF clothing, dry goods,
shoes, mackintoshes. ladies' capes, wrap
pers, etc. Goods will be sold at your
own price. No monev refused and no
charge for examining the goods. Come
and avail yourself OF this grand oppor-
tunity. SAM MAwRENCE,
Next to Carlton hardware store.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-01
To Mine Owners and Timber Con
tractors.

For sale. in Keweenaw county, about
$50 acres of land, the standing timber
being cedar, hemlock and Norway.
Part of this land is on the shores OF Lake
Superior and about four miles from Boil
mann's lumber railroad. For particu-
lars apply at the News Office.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-01

Miss M. p Mcleod, who is a trained
nurse, Is now ready for engagements and
can be found at the residence OF Rev. Mr..
Green. at 500 Kearsarge street. Laurium.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-01

"Herel What does this meanr" shout
ed Whooply as he found his youngest
riding a broomstick over the top OF the
plano.
"This is all right Mamma said II "a
stsy In I could play ON the piano. De-
Sroik Free Press.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-01

Madame Smith, the clairvoyant, is still
in the city and can be consulted at her
residence on Sixth street, over Sotlich's
building.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-01

The juggle Of sophistry consists for
tho most part in using a word III one
sense in the premises and III another
ssrsa in the conclusion. -Coleridge.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-01

turitv ' =; largest leaves that come to ma
Unitsai - 9. 'ne botanical gardens of the
Repis , S,a'es are those Of the Victoria
diamets~r "'cn are frequently 2 feet in
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-01

Cincinnati makes every year over
ALSO. 600, 900 worth Of goods.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-01

10 to the City Bakervfor your line pas
tries. Angel food. fruit cake always on
hand. Cream puiis Fridays and Satur-
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-01

Our lodge room can ne rented Tor
meetings on Saturday evenings.
SWEET OLSON.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-01

Three steady boarders wanted. Apply
to Mrs. Richard, 81 Mine street, Calumet.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-01

Smokers, II You nave failed TO find .
cigar to suit You. try "Heimlch's
Grown" the best In the market.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-01
NJ rAIlsNoT FATAL

!, s. HERE IS a LONG LONG. RECORD
Thai ~ :, Isl eUca CASES.