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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-10
Two Critics of Whitman.

Eminent critics often arrive mt directly
opposite results, says John Burroughs in
The Atlantic. Two such judges and lovers
of poetry as Emerson and Lowell for in
stance, held directly opposite views about
Whitman. A little search would no doubt
reveal the grounds Of this difference. Whit
man arproximnted to the Emersonian
type more than to the Lowelliun-the type
of the skali the prophet Lowell was n
professional critic and schCi..-Lc was of
the order Of the true men CT l. ttCrs--whilc
Emerson suggests tho sacc- Yates of u ma
ton. Lowell sense Of literature as u
craft, as the work of scholars. his aca-
demc ride and csT rit, were offended hy
Whitman's rude, oren air spirit and his
scorn of the stock Poetic.
Shall we prefer octry in its shirt sleeves
to poetry in dress suiiy All the collegian
In him revoltcd Lowell Would read Whit
man through Chauccr, shakespeare, Dante
and Harvard college, and would find that
he did not square with any Of the poets, or
with taste founded upon them. Emerson
would read Whitman with much more in
dividual eyes, through his appreciation of
the great mystics, prophets and sccrs and
his enormous appetite for the audacious,
the independent, the heroic in life and
character.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-10
He Went to Church.

Mrs. Beasely will never again ask her
brother to go to church with her. This
brother is a bachelor who lives at hotel,
and he does not get to church more than
once or twice in a lifetime
Two weeks ago, however, his sister in
weighed him to her home on the south side
and then induced him to go to church in
the evening. He consented with show of
willingness, but as "a matter of fact Ne had
intended to go to "a theater down town. He
went into the church with Mr. and Mrs.
Beasely, and they took him to their pew,
which was well up toward the front. There
was an opening anthem and some prayer,
and then the soloist stood up in the choir
loft. She is "a soprano who has been told
that she fought to go into opera" Mrs.
Beasely's brother is fond of music, and the
church soprano entranced him. He had
not expected to hear such voice in a
church. His recollection of church music
was that it consisted principally of congre-
gational singing in very ragged time.
He leaned back and listened to the
young soprano, and was so interested and
delighted that he forgot where he was. He
certainly must have forgotten, for when
she got through singing he began to APP
Enthusiastically began to clap his hands
through force Of habit.
His sister caught him by the arms to re-
strain him, and he saw surprised faces
glaring at him from the front. Then he
realized in flash what a horrible "break"
he had made. He curled down into the
seat and did not look up again during the
services.-Chicago Tribune
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-10
Workmen as Contractors.

A system of public work that has much
to commend it is that of cooperative
contract" in vogue in New Zealand IN
der that system a public work is divided
into small sections by the engineer in
charge, and an estimate Is made Of its cost
Each section is then let out to group of
workmen, who do the work under fore
man of their own choosing, but who re-
ceives no more than his fellows. They OBJ
tain the full profit which would otherwise
go to professional contractors, and they
share the payment equally.
Each worker is interested in seeing that
his companions do their full amount Of
work. and the sooner the job Is performed
the greater the return for days work. If
any tools are needed which the men do not
own, the government supplies them at a
moderate rental The adoption of this
system should provide method whereby
direct employment by the government
would be consistent with full return for
the money expended, giving to the COM
munity an advantage In the economical
execution of public enterprises equal to
that enjoyed by private employers.
view of Reviews.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-10
CHILD AND MOTHER.
Oh, mother, my love, if you'n give me your
haul

oh, mother, my love, If you'll give me your
hand
And go whore / ask you to wander,
will lead you away TO IA beautiful land,
The dIeamland that's whiting out yonder.
Wen walk in the sweet posy garden out there,
Where moonlight and starlight are streaming,
And the flowers an The birds are filling the air
With the fragrance and music of dreaming.
There I'll DC no little, tired out boy TO undress,
No questions of cares to pcrplex yo1.
There ii be no little bruises or bumps to caress,
Nor patching of stockings 10 vex you.
For I'll rock you away on the silver dew stream
And sing you asleep when you're weary,
And no one shall know Of our beautiful dream
But you and your own little dearie.
And when / am tired I'll nestle my head
In the bosom that soothed me so often,
And the wide awake stars shall sing in my
stead
A song which my dreaming shall soften.
So, mother, my love, let me take your dear
hand
And away through the starlight Wen wan
der,
Away through the mist TO the beautiful land,
The dreaInland that's waiting out yonder.
Eugene Field.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-10
THE FIRST BALLOON.
How the Wonderful Airship Came to BE
Invented.

The word balloon means ga large ball. T"
To Montgolfler of Annonay, France, the
invention of the balloon is credited. 1t is
said that he was led to turn his attention
to balloon making from the following in
cident:
A French laundress, wishing to dry
petticoat quickly, placed it on a basket
work frame over a stove. To prevent the
heat from escaping by the opening at the
top of the petticoat she drew the belt strings
closely together and tied them. Gradually
the garment dried and became lighter, and
as the stove continued to give out heat and
rarely the air concentrated under the bas-
ket work frame, the petticoat began to
move, and finally rose in the air.
This so astonished the laundress that
she ran to her neighbors and asked them
to come and witness the strange sight.
MOntgolfler was among those that came in.
The petticoat suspended in midair sug-
gested greater things to him, and he re-
turned home with something to think
about.
He ut once began studying works on
different kinds of atmosphere, and the in
vention of the balloon was the result.
The flrst public ascent by the Mont
golfer balloon was made June 8, 1888. 1t
was spherical bag, consisting of pieces
of linen buttoned together, suspended from
cross poles. A fire was kindled under it,
and the flames were fed with bundles of
chopped straw. The loose bag filed out,
assumed a graceful form, and in short
time was completely distended. At Civ
en- signal the stays were slipped and the
balloon instantly assembled. It's velocity
accelerated until it reached some height,
then became uniform and carried it to an
elevation of more than mile. For ten
minutes it remained suspended, then fell
gently in vineyard nearly two miles dis
tant from the place of its ascension.
The first Adventures to make an ascent
in balloon were NJ. Platre de Rozier
and the Marquis L'Arlandes. In the bas-
ket of balloon they, on Nov. 81, 1888,
rose to height of about 3, 900 feet Phil
adelphia Times.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-10
The NEWS ~ rales.

larS' Henry Sauer Of Quasqueton. Ia,
committed suicide by taking strychnine.
woman now residing in North Wal
pole, W., was employed in a rag room
at Bellows Falls One day she found a
sum OF money stitched into the lining
OF an old coat. She quit work at once
and no one has ever been able TO aseer-
tain the amount Of her find, but she has
erected neat and comfortable house.
ana is prosperous and contented
Since the beginning of the year 15O.-
100000 pounds Of wool have been bought
in Boston. In the same period last wear
the amount purchased was $1,000 coo
pounds.
Albert Wilson was accidentally killed
at Plainfeld, Livingston county. Mich,
by his stepson.
Already grasshoppegs are Matching in
such numbers in the region of Oaksdale.
Wash, that the inhabitants are alarmed
over the threatened injury TO crops.
In Jewell county. Kan, a Judge. be-
fore whom a father had brought his IS
year-old daughter on a charge of ingar-
ity. found that the fathers real object
in the proceeding was TO prevent her
from marrying the young man of her
choice He called the lover. who was
among the spectators and Informed the
marriage ceremony forthwith
story comes from a Maine town that
a church, in recently settling with its
pastor who had been called TO another
field of labor, charged against him a
present made him last Christmas and
bought by money portion of which
was subscribed by members of other So
cieties
Wesley Donahue aged IS years. fell
fourteen feet from ladder i'm Louis
eille. When picked up IL was found
he had suffered no serious injuries but
that his hair had turned perfectly gray.
In small town i'm South Dakota the
three saloons are owned controlled and
personally managed by the mayer, mar
shall ard clerk respectively.
Two boys at one Of the leading acad-
emies in central Massachusetts, have
been expelled fer raising money to pay a
pitcher for the school ball nine.
German paper records the arrest Of
a tramp who carried in his pocket a
memorandum book containing ffty-sev-
en- samples of four-leaved clever
The Papyrus club of Boston has given
$1,000 to the Boston public library to be
expended fer the purchase of books to
serve as a memorial collection to the
late John Boyle O'Reilly.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-10
OPIUM SMOKING.
The Paraphernalia Necessary to Enjoy the
Noxious Drug.

NOxiOus Drug.
The method of smoking opium is not
known TO the average citizen, and when he
detects IA peculiar smell about Chinese
laundries he does not suspect that il comes
from the opium pipe smoked probably in
the next room. There are plenty of people
who think that the long stemmed pipes
smoked by the laundrymen in front of
their shops are filed with opium, and that
it is the sum and substance of the process.
They know nothing of lamps, yen hoks,
and like paraphernalia necessary to enjoy
the noXious drug. The small pipes smoked
by the Cinnamon contain Chinese tobacco,
stronger than the American product but
substantially the same.
The "layout" for the smoking of opium
consists first Of II large stem, made of
bamboo. This stem is between y and 3
inches in circumference Almost midway
of the stem sets a large clay bowl with only
a small hole, such as would be made by
large darning needle, upon the top. Then
there is a small lamp, which burns peanut
or olive oil; then the yen hok, about the
shape of darning needle, to cook the
opium with, and other like instruments
for cleaning the pipe, and last the opium
itself in small jar or tot.
All Unese drIlclcS may De lOunu on sale
in at least one Chinese store in this city.
They are received from a large importing
house in Philadelphia, which supplies the
whole south with these articles.
The opium looks very much like the
crude licorice which Is used for sweetening
chewing tobacco 1t comes to the mer-
chants in large cans, weighing from one to
ten pounds, and I'm the different qualities
costs from so to $50 "a pound. 1t is re-
tailed over the counters out of q shaving
mug, covered with paper, to keep 1t clean,
and ladled out with miniature butter
paddle. When Chinaman desires to pur-
chase opium, he brings in a TOT and desig
mates in weight or money the amount he
desires. The merchant then carefully
weighs the tot in pair Of scales made
from small bamboo rod, balanced by a
string tied in the middle. The tot Is held
upon small piece of copper, tied upon one
end. The exact weight of this is ascertained
by moving small copper weight along the
beam. Then it is placed SO much farther
down, according to marks cut upon the
bamboo, and the opium Is gathered up in
q lump upon the paddle and skillfully
dropped into the tot. 1t is balanced to the
fraction of grain, and an expert in this
line of business can judge almost exactly
the weight desired each time. Washington
Post
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-10
IS FORGED
....,o.vs of Hoffman Trying to
F"''' Convict Figel.
.,.opy WADE BY EXPERT AMEs.

.nrnrltlc. Between " sample mp, ,, Of the
@I sreeper's writing and the Disputed
boO"' - western Attorney Who
Ss nurrant l. Innocent and That
~ Can save Him-conde"ned Negro
,,0ehed in Maryland
Francisco, June 1O.-The attor-
%" Hoffman, Rothschild q Co.,
' ssert that Isaac Hoffman was
W. - have engaged, among other
pD'u ,s tbe noted judge Of handwrit-
|ep" noriel r. Ames, and he has given
|DS atom oplnlon that the signature OF
w. hoffman on a receipt for $500.
sah s an important document in the
" was forged. The receipt, other
ho signature, was written by the
/ l,psenar. Theodore A. Figel. as he
OND ,f has admitted. Expert Ames
l's lrorted that he found slmilarities
the character of this sample
,T,oers writing and the disputed sig
|ssmre attached TO It, Attorney Ach
|,,nreysed the opinion 10 Cnlel VI
Y lees that Flgel should be arrested
a. alleged embezzlement.
The chief Thought Differently.
rhe chief did not think he would be
Losgeed in proceeding TO that extremity
T. NE facts presented to him. When
n, Rotbschid. the New York member
T. tbe firm. arrives i'm this city this
~ Aeh says that he will advise him
!. have Figel arrested. A test was
L. at the store of Hoffman, Roth
[esnd G. Co.. i'm an endeavor to show
[h.t Eyord Thomas statement about
Essrrg a shot was not credible. Sew
ri shots were fired, but were not
Eard by persons stationed where
|bomas SAYS he stood. In order to
Lei the point made by Ach that there
: no blood on the grip of the pistol
Eih which Hoffman was killed, Chief
hes after a close examination, has
several small stains upon
NM guard of the trigger, which, he says,
hay have been caused by blood.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-10
THE MARKETS.
Chicago Grain and Produce.

Chicago, June 9.
Following were the quotation on the
Board of Trade: Wheat-June, opened
and closed nominal; July, opened 69Rc,
closed $3.50: September, opened 65c,
closed 633sc; December, opened 611ac,
closed 66hc. Corn-June, opened and
closed nominal; July, opened 241ac, closed
24ssc: September, opened 25%c. closed
253sc Oats-June, opened and closed
nominal; July, opened 1SAc, closed 1Shc;
September, opened 1S1sc, closed lSc. Pork
July, opened $765, closed $7.45; Sep
TENDER, opened $7.67h. closed $7.55 Lard
July, opened $3.521s, closed S.47k: Sep
TENDER, opened S3.62R, closed sS.oi1a.
Produce: Butter - Extra creamery,
14hc per 10; extra dairy, 12c; fresh
packing stock. 6 a &c. Eggs = Fresh
stock, &c per dozen. Live Poultry
Turkeys 7MSc per 10; chickens. 7@7Rc:
ducks. 7@Sc. Potatoes-Burbanks. 500
32c per bu. Honey-White clover. 11@
121kc per 10: imperfect. 7@9c. Apples
Chicago Live stock.
Chicago, June 9.
Hogs-Estimated receipts for the day,
IS, 600: sales ranged at $215@3.5O pigs,
s3.4O@3.55 for light. $32O@3.30 for rough
packing, $3.37h@352h for mixed, and
S3.S5d3.50 for heavy packing and ship
ping lots Cattle-Estimated receipts Tor
the day, $4,000; quotations ranged at
S5O5M5.4O for choice to extra shipping
steers. $455@5.00 good to choice do, A.25
64.SO fair to good, $3.S5M4.3O common to
medium do. $3.7O@4.20 butchers steers,
s36OM400 stockers, A.1O@46O feeders.
$2.OO@415 cows. $2.60@4.20 heifers. $26O
0425 bulls. oxen and stays, $3.20@45O
Texas steers, and s3.50@6.25 veal calves.
Sheep and Lambs-Estimated receipts
for the day. q, 900; quotations ranged at
AZ 6OG4.75 westerns, $3.00@4.20 Texans.
az. 100000 natives and $3.25@5.SO lambs.
East Buffalo Live stock.
East Buffalo, June 8.
Dunning & Stevens. Live Stock COM
mission Merchants. East Bunalo, N. T.,
quote as follows: Cattle-Light supply;
feeling steady to firm for good dry Ied
stock: yeals firm, S5.25@5.75. Hogs-Re-
CENTS. 20 cars: marketed opened active
and stronger; Workers, s3.70@3.75; light,
s3.75@3.77h; mixed packers, $3.61ls@
3.7O: mediums and heavy, $3.50: pigs,
81. S0@3s5; roughs s3.10@3.30. closing so
lOc lower. with several loads unsold.
Sheep and Lambs-Offerings IL loads,
market shade stronger for lambs;
handy ton. 81. 2504. 80; culls to good. $3.50
G3.6O: export lambs, $4.90@5.OO; mixed
sheep, good, S4.00@4.20; wethers. A.25W
ABS: culls to fair sheep, $2.25q3.I5; ex-
port and wethers. $4.25@4.40.
Milwaukee Grain.
Milwaukee, June 9.
Wheat-Stronger; No. 2 spring. 70lsc;
No 1 northern. 75c; July, 6Shc. Corn
Firm and scarce No. 3, 24c. Oats-Firm
and active; No. white, 22@22lac. Bar
ley-Steady; No. 2, SIC; samples on
track, 2sQ32c. Rye-Firm; No. !, S5c.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-10
Affairs i'm a bad Tangle.

Minneapolis, June 1O--A. F. Kelley,
the head of the failed firm of mortgage
brokers. A. f. & l.. F.. Kelley. was ar
raigned Wednesday under an Indictment
charging him with embezzlement as
agent Of funds entrusted to him by
Lydia NJ. Blood. He pleaded not guilty
and was released under $4,000 bonds.
The affairs Of the firm. which did a
very large business with eastern capital.
are in badly tangled condition, and
long litigation will follow.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-10
Were Ripe for Lynching.

Batavia, O., June 10.-The quiet little
Aage Of Williamsburg was thrown into
Fsate of excitement Wednesday by an
Rttempt made by a tramp to assault
Mrs Emma Curds, a highly respected
|ady Mrs. Curds is in a very critical
condition. A posse was Immediately or
kanlzed and started in pursuit of the
gilain He was captured at Budds
friCkyard and Constable Bucker had
Y he could do to prevent the frenzied
30 from lynching the perpetrator. The
Fellow had to be removed secretly to
Batavia to save his life.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-10
Revolution.

81 tell you," said the man who is al
ways excited, "the world Is on the verge
of another revolution.
"That's true" replied his friend who
keeps cool.
"And there's no telling when it will
end"
"Oh, yes there Is. 1t will end in "a
hours and start right over again the same
as usual Washington Star.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-10
OutcOme of a Family Eend.

Yaiy KY. June 10.-A double trag-
\ was The outcome of "a family feud
goo saay night. Henry Foster and John
po,s,' who had long been at outs.
"A. Foster stabbed Shootman
sue several times with a dirk.
e,a" tam fedell went to Shootman's as
psS 's and shot Foster through the
edsn Both men were fatally wounded.
NJ" mas not yet been arrested
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-10
KINKS HE CAN SAVE DURRANT.
s. Austin Believes That the Condemned
Murderer Is Innocent.

San Luis Obispo. Cal, June 10.-A. s.
Austin, formerly a prominent attorney
hi this city, writes to County Clerk
|Whicher, from Newport, Ore, that he
has in San Francisco the night Blanche
lamont is supposed TO have been muir
Ared. and says in his letter:
4 think know point that will save
burant although If was to speak out
bnd say so people would say l was
krazy the same as others who have
advanced theories. l am morally GER
lain of Durrant's innocence and, math-
tmatically as to who is guilty from
What saw the night of the murder.
zen was in San Francisco. / think
Fzat I should quietly tell my story to
burrants attorney" Austin was a man
b strong intellect when here and is
known to have been in San Francisco
n the time of the murder.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-10
Jury Tamperer Sentenced.

Omaha, Neb., June 10.-Josiah S.
Wright, who was arrested for under
taking to tamper with the jury in the
BARLEY case, pleaded guilty Wednesday.
Judge Baker sentenced him to two years
in Jail. The jury in the case has been
completed, and the opening statements
were made Wednesday.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-10
Both Will Have to Hang.

Jefferson City, Mo-, June 10.-Division
No. 2 Of the supreme court has affirmed
ne sentence of the st. Louis circuit
|xrt in the cases of George Thompson
,.Sred and Andrew Warrior, and sem
fnced them to hang on July s. Thomp-
|cn killed Thomas Cunningham. sexton
/ a colored church in st. Louis. in an
|tempt to poison the organist. War
En is a gypsy who killed his wife in a
|atboat on the Mississippi river at ST..
LnuiS
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-10
Jealousy Causes a Suicide.

|Vncago, June 10.-Jealousy is thought
nave caused Charles e. Shaw to be-
Fme ured of life and at 1925 o'clock
euhesday morning he shot and killed
ksseif at his home. 2314 Cottage Grove
cue. Shaw was 20 years old and
ra'rled Shaw, it is said became jeal-
ps Of his wife
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-10
PETERS Daughter Married.

Topeka Kan, June 10.-James S.
McIlhenny, superintendent of the Wash
ington Gas company Of Washington, ID.
c., and Miss Nellie PETER daughter of
ex-United States Senator PETER, were
married here Wednesday at the home of
the brides parents.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-10
Lynched a Condemned Man.

Princess Anne, Nd, June 10..-Wililam
|ndrews, colored, alias Cuba" was ta-
zen from the officer at the door of the
Purt house Wednesday and killed by a
Eoo' Andrews had been tried, con-
|eted and sentenced to death for felon-
pussy assaulting Mrs. Benjamin T. Kel-
Ey' near Marion, on May 5. Judge
eEe' who passed sentence upon An
Jews, endeavored to reason with the
Reted crowd, but in vain.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-10

A German doctor, who has been collect
ing information about the habits of long
lived persons. finds that the majority of
those who attained old age INDUCED in late
hours Eight out of ten persons over so
never went to bed till we'll into the small
hours, and did not get up again till late In
the day.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-10
Death of Professor Alvin G. Clark.

Cambridge, Mass, June 10.-Professor
Alvin G. Clark. the famous telescope
lens manufacturer. died at his home
here Wednesday as the result of a stroke
of apoplexy. His latest finished work,
the mammoth lens for the Yerkes teles-
cope, was shipped to Chicago a short
tipoa auo
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-10
Elected by 81 Majority.

bm ,n ms June Incomplete returns
Ata ,en'y-three counties and an esti-
no.' white county indicates the
ri r =, Judge G. c. Boggs, Democrat.
rst majority over Judge Baker in the
me preme court district. Later re-
"S may change the res,,It
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-10
view York Piasterer. Nav str,Le.

plas,osk, June 1o.-A general strike
dersd ers, II is announced, will be
Nh " ~ ~ ,he board of walking dele
n, al shops where the employers
In. Tba allow the union to elect a fore
the o,. are about $4,000 plasterers
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-10

The oleander has deadly poison in its
leaves and flowers, and should not be
where young children are. 1t Is too dan
gerous, beautiful though IL Is.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-10
keenlY Realized.

How time flies as one gets olderr'
Eyes; when was n clerk on salary the
time did not pass half so rapidly as it does
now that am In business with notes to
meet. "-lndianapolis journal.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-10
victim of Unreauited Love,

Hall'ic City, n. j., June 10.-Miss En-
T. T.. y Lloyd, one of the bellies Of this re-
~ commltted suicide by turning on
= sas IN her room, Unrequited af-
n is believed to have prompted the
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-10
Nautical.

Lessee-That sailors chorus was awful
What was the matter2
Stage Manageable tars couldn't get
the right pitch.-Pick Me Up.