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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-15


again, with an expression of disappoint-
ment, as if his time had not yet come,
which indeed it hadn't. Thereafter she
held herself gathered close, with every
muscle strained, ready to spring and
flee. She didn't have long to wait.
The man looked toward her with THAT
terrible, unseeing glare His fists clinch-
ed. The handkerchief clinched i'll one
of them jerked in short, sharp oscllla-
tons His eyes began to bulge out. His
face became purple. Beneath his curl
ing lips could be seen his teeth, bare TO
the gums. He leaned forward toward
the horror struck woman, his face pro-
truding almost into hers. His sharp,
hot breath was on her cheek, and just
as his arms went up to clutch she mace
one bound from her seat that took her
half way down the car
Two more leaps landed her on the
platform. Thence, with mad yell, she
launched herself forth, despite the re-
straining grasp Of the armedconductor,
and was fortunately caught by police
man. who escorted her to the sidewalk,
where she wopt. From Lehind she heard
a mad, gasring roar of baflied rage, bat
the maniac did not follow.
He didn't want to. He sank back III
his seat again and wiped his fearful
ewes. Then he took out newspaper ana
began to read. 1t had been hard strug-
gle. but it had ended in victory He had
cot that sneeze out.-New York Sun.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-15

their bioath.rg that peters asthma
is well known disease. Compositors
get cracks and assures in the lips and
small tumoTs in their mouths from the
habit Of putting type in the mouth, and
consumption attacks them frequently
because of the stepping posture and the
confined, sedentary life. Politicians are
greatest sufferers of all, the constant
dram drinking giving them indigestion,
jaundice and nervous diseases, killing
them at an earlier age than members OF
any other profession. Sailors, very sim
gularly, suffer greatly from consump-
ton, owing to the cold and damp and
the bad air Of the forecastle. Statesmen
and saleswomen in shops do lot Of
standing, which gives them varicose
veins and pains in the feet Cloth scour-
ers, who inhale benzine and turpentine,
suffer from headache. lassitude and
nervousness. Shoemakers get their chest
pressed in by the last, lose their appetite
and strength and have headaches Stone
cutters eyes are often injured by the
flying stone.
Tea tasters, although they only take
the tea into the mouth and do not swal-
low it, become so nervous that they can
follow their employment for only pc
Rod of eight to ten years. The sedentary
life of lawyers, artists, students and
literary men gives rise to govt, which
is said to kill more wise men than fools;
dyspepsia, which made Carlyle's life
such torture, and apoplexy, which
carries off hosts Of great men.-Pall
Mall Gazatta
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-15
DISEASES OF TRADES.
RESULTS or CONTINUED oCcUPA-
TON or MEN WHO WORK.

IL Appears That Each Kind of Employ
merit Has Its Peculiar Aiiment-Both
Physical and Mental Workers Fall I'm
der the Rule Politicians Die Early.
1t is well known that there are
number of dangerous trades which give
rise to serious diseases; but, as a matter
of fact, almost every occupation has
some ailment peculiar to itself. A doc
tor can always tell if his patient is a
baker, for instance, by the state Of his
teeth. The flour dust collects ON the
teeth, becomes acid and gives rise to q
special kind of decay. Bakers, owing to
their irregular life, sleeping in the day
and working at night, and because of the
hot air and dist, are great victims to
consumption. Blacksmiths, strong as
they are, very often suffer from paraly-
sis of the whole right side from the con-
tinuous shock of hammering, and their
eyes become weak from the glare OF the
fire. Athletes, strange to say, do not, as a
rule, enjoy long life. Professional boxers,
wrestlers, gymnasts, cyclists, are short
lived and suffer from enlargement OF
the heart and diseases of the lungs.
Boilermakers get deaf from the contin-
ual loud noise. Brewers and brewers
drivers drink beer in such large quaint
ties that they ruin their livers and gen.
orally die young. Bricklayers and plas.
terers are very healthy, and they are
said to resemble asses in never dying.
Butchers are very strong and healthy,
but they suffer in health through eating
little pieces of raw meat Cabmen are
noted for "nipping," and they endure
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-15
How Ue,,v Green squared IT.

A year ago called on Hetty Green
to ask about the benefactions Of the
richest woman in the world. do you
give to organized charities?" l ques-
toned.
"No, young man," the sharp old
woman replied. II give to private char
tiles only. Some day, when 1 am rich
enough, i shall square it all with the
Lord by building church up country
where was born" This church is now
SO nearly accomplished that no doubt
the Lord acknowledges the "squareness"
of the accounting. Kansas City Star.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-15
IN A LONDON THEATER.
A First Night as Seen by the Artist G. ID.
Gibson.


A London audience is brilliant. Ev-
cry one is in evening dress, and the au-
dience is often more entertaining than
the play. This is especially true on
first night. At such times the pit is
watched most anxiously by the manage
ment, as the success of the piece gener-
ally depends OH it's verdict. 1t has Of
ten occurred to me, when l have seen
people on a stormy night forming line
ON the pavement outside the pit en-
trance, taking it all seriously enough to
stand there for hours before the doors
were opened, that by letting them in.
side, the management might improve
their spirits and they in their turn
might be more gentle.
And it has also occurred to me when
/ have seen "a stout man standing in the
aisle fumbling for sixpence or shill-
ing in pockets that probably only con-
tain bank note and goldpiece that
the management might further improve
the spirits of its audience by doing
away with women ushers, and by sell
ing the programme at the same time
it sells the seat, for it is hardly fair
to the first act of play to make 1T over
come the fretfulness caused by annoying
attendants before it can hope to amuse.
But the second act is sure to have fair
start, and if the play is good from there
on it will have no reason to complain
of the audience. &C. ID. Gibson i'll Scrib-
ner's.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-15
ODD CHARACTERS.
Some of the People Who Seek Fame
Through Uncommon Channels.

Through Uncommon Channels
81 think if all the craDks in this coun-
try were corralled, remarked the clerk
in the treasury department, "and put
under shed somewhere il would re-
quire one bigger than all the buildings
at the Worlds fair. :"
Would there really he anybody to do
the corralling?" inquired a pessimistio
old party, who thinks there is none good
no, not one.
GAS / was saying" continued the
treasury clerk, sit would take the big
gest shed on earth, and still there Is q
new kind. This time il is man or wo-
man who has been sending in 10 cents
at a time as contribution to the con-
science fund, with name signed in
full, and there is no such name on the
treasury books and never has been.
suppose it is merely some crank who
thinks he or she will get that name in
the papers and have that much fame out
of it"
THAT'S silly enough" Clipped in a
postoffice inspector, but heard of the
oldest chap on my last trip down south.
You may not know, or, if you do, don't
pay much attention to the fact, that
there is fine of $40 for sending written
matter through the mails under any
rate except 2 cents an ounce. Very like
ly you have sent enough stuff written
on papers, books and so on to bankrupt
you if you had the fines to pay, but I'm
Gle Sam is easy, and don't know of a
case where anybody ever had to pay the
fine. In this instance man came into
a certain office down south and gave the
postmaster $500, being the amount or
fines he owed the government for viola
ton of postage laws as far as he could
recall them. He was q young man, and
| he stated that he had violated the law
while in love with girl to whom he
| sent papers and books occasionally, and,
| though he wrote to her every day, he
| couldn't let the others go without writ
| ing something ON them. The postmaster
didn't know how to act in the premises.
and Just what he would have done final
ly nobody knows, but the next day the
young mans father came to the post
master and told him that his son had
been Tilted by his sweetheart, and 1t had
crazed him. This was an explanation
which satisfied the official, and the mon
ey was returned.
"Ughi' grunted the pessimistic old
party, in no wise affected by the pathos
of the little story. "Only crazy person
or an idiot would ever think of settling
square with Uncle Sam for little bum
ko game like that. "-Washington Star.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-15
THE MANIAC IN The CAR.
A Drama With a Satisfactory Fading For
All Vat the Nervous Women.

~ Drain@ with satisfactory Ending For
All V"t the Nervous Wonign.
ltwas perfectly CLyious that The man
III the corncrwas crazy. AT least it was
perfectly obvious 10 the nervous locking
woman who sat just opposite hiln in
the cable car. 1t Vas not so muCh The
mystical series CT wigWag signals Which
he was making with lis handkerchief
as the amazing cCrtCrt.ons of Lis face.
In the intervals Of these ccntcrtiuns be
stared intently in the erection Ct his
nervous vis-a-yis, but at nothing in tie
world, so vague was his look. 1hCn lie
would tap the bridge of his nose with
his finger, grimGcc and screw Up lis
features into hCIille ,xpress.CI Ct
malignant madlCss
The poor woman didn't know what
to do. Her alG.,n was Sc apparent that
all the others in tic car noticed it, even
the man himself in che of his lucid in.
tervals, and thereafter his performances
became more violent than ever. Every
physician knows that maniacs delight
in playing upon the terrors of those who
exhibit fear of them. Perhaps the WON
an herself knew it, At any rate her
feelings finally reached an intensity
such that when the man half rose from
his seat she shrank into her corner with
a stified squeak, which brought from
him glance of triumph, or perhaps il
was surprise. But he only sank bach
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-15
MARCH HAS ITS VIOlETS.
And There Is Bright and Cheerful Side
to Everything. faf

TO ESerythihS'
Edward w. Box, under the title OF
"The Odor Of Spring Violets," writes
most foroibly in The Ladies' Home
Journal on the theme that there is
bright side to everything-even to
March, the most disagreeable month OF
the year, for it has its spring violets.
at is true" he writes, THAT it is diff
cult sometimes to see the bright side Of
sorrow, sickness and death. And yet
there is distinctly bright side. No sor-'
row comes TO us without reason. We
never know our friends until sorrow or
illness comes to us. We never know,
what loving kindness and thoughtful
ness mean until we stand in need or
them, and our hearts seem to beat
against the walls Of a cold, merciless
world. We learn something from every
grief and from each pain which comes
to us. We learn to distinguish between
friends, and what wore priceless posses
sion is there in The whole range or
knowledge than this? What develops us
more than trouble? Virtues Of heart,
which we never dreamed of as existing
within u.s. reveal themselves when we
are sorely tried. That is why sorrow
and trials are given us-not to give
pain, but to develop us, to better equip
us for something unknown which lies in
the future, and which we could not
meet or understand unless we had first
gone through certain experiences,
1--WE are far too apt to regard actual
blessings as calamities, to look upon
the dark side of things. Some sorrow
comes to us, and we rebel. 1t never &C.
ours to us that perhaps we need the ex-
perience which sorrow alone can give.
Illness comes, and we fret. But we cam
not always be well. Ailments are very
often given to us to make our apprecia-
ton of good health the keener. God has
an aim, direct purpose, in everything
he does. His blessings come in different
forms. Nor are these forms always such
as we would choose. Lessons can be
more effectively taught in innumerable
cases through sorrow than through pleas
ure We should never know what
pure, beautiful color white is if we did
not have black to bring out the contrast.
We want only pleasure in our lives.
When sorrow comes, we rebel and re-
fuse to recognize it for what it so often
is-a blessing in disguise. We cannot
always have it June. There must be
March. Yet March has its spring vio-
LET'S -
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suFFERlNes AT THE FROM.
Terrible S>sncs That Followed the ra,tis
of Cold Harbor

OF Cold Harbor.
General Horace Porter. in COW
paigning With Grant, P" in The Century
telling OF the tie Lattle of Cold Iigr.
Dor, says:
The general in chief realized that he
was in swmTy and sickly rcrticp of
the country. The malaria was bicbl,
productive of disease, ard tbe Chicl,o
homlny fever was drCGGcd by all the
troops who had "a recollection Of It's
ravages when they campaiVncd in that
section Of the country two years cfcre
The operations had been SO active that
precautions against sickness had necrs.
sariiy been much neglected, and TIC
general was anxious, while giving Il g
men some rest, 10 improve the sanitary
conditions by Giht Of extraordinary
exertions the camps were well noliced
and large quantities Of fresh vegetables
were brought forward and distributed
Cattle were received in much better
condition than these which had made
long marches ard had furnished lett
which was far from being wholesome
Greater attention was demanded in the
cooking Of the food ard the procuring
of better water. Dead animals and of.al
were buried, and more stringent SAM.
tary regulations were enforced through
out the entire command.
What was most distressing at this
time was the condition of affairs at the
extreme front. No one who did not wit
ness the sights ON those portions of the
line where the opposing troops were in
exceptionally close contact can form an
idea OF the sufferings experienced. Staff
officers used to work their way on foot
daily to the advanced points, so as to
be able TO report with accuracy these
narrowing scenes. Some of the sights
were not unlike these of the "bloody
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-15
A QUORUM OF CONGRESS-.
nfuch Business Transacted without o"''
privileges of Representatives

Privileges OF kepreseh'N'
Tn "This Country Of Ours, III Inc
Century, ex-President Harrison gives
,his interesting view of the workings OF
congress: "A majority Of each house.
nnder the constitution, constitutes d
ouorpm for the transaction OF business.
II a quorum is not present and that lac'
is disclosed by yea and nay vote pusl-
ness must stop until quorum Is seoul
cd But the members present are empow-
oroa bv the constitution to adjourn from
Adv TODAY and to compel the attend
ance of absent members, in such manner
ond under such penalties as each MOUSE
NAV provide. A great deal OF business 70
dono IN both the senate and the house
when a quorum is not present. she az
sence of a quorum not being officlaiiy
disclosed by a roll call. The sergean'.a :.
arms Is not an infrequent ATTENDANT a.
social receptions and dinners, put az y.
s.'s an nnwelcome one when he comes
to demand the attendance of truant sem sen.
otors or members upon their respective
honses One-fifth of the members pres,
amt NAV demand vote by yeas ano
nays and the vote must be recordea :ra -,
tbe journal which each house Is is s-,,.,
80 heep Of It's proceedings. This ,ouina'
Soes not include the debates, when al nro,
however, published IN iuii unity
Congressional Record.
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A Wrong supposItIon.

1.-THE people moved out of that house
this morning, and that is the landlord
Just going in"
"He appears to have great many
prospective tenants.
Prospective tenants. indeedi They
are only neighbors going to see in Whist
condition the people left the house. ~
London Fun.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-15
The Kings Joke.

King of the Fijis-Say, Arabella, I've
discovered "a fine new dish for our bill
of fare.
Arabella-How do you make it?
King of the Fijis-We put Chicago
man and Boston man in the pot to-
gether.
Arabella-What do you call that?
King of the Fijis-Why, pork and
beans of course. New York Journal.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-15

1--WE heard some of the strangest,
most outlandish things last night. " be-
gan the woman who gossips.
YES" replied the woman who
doesn't, $50 friend who attended your
musicale was telling me. Exchange
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-15

., lhe senators ard members are pliv-
lleSed irom arrest, except for treason.
felony or breach Of the peace, while in
attehdancelupon their respective houses
ana while going to and returning to the
meetings Of congress. A memLcr may
pe punished by the house to which lie
belongs for disordorly Lchavicr, and by
tWo-thirds vote Ct the house may be
expelled. "
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-15
Food and Drink Consumed In Lifetime

The average man takes 81 pounds Of
food and drink each day, amounting to
ton of solid and liquid nourishment
annually. In 20 years he eats and drinks
1000 times his own weight.
Home Journal.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-15

4 ,n. S new Yorker of the present day
IN u. to smile when he reads that
q .o, s Fourth of July. 1895. the parade
S.r V'u ne In that city numbered 300
m M D. Ineir route was from the Battery
Sm,ah 'away to the new Presbyterian
S.ns. ALL where the Declaration of indie
.ton I'nce was read BY Edward Living.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-15

A horse is more liable to scare with
than without binders. He is seldom
afraid of what he can fairly see. !
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-15

Bread which is to be kept long should
be kneaded longer than that which =
meant only for tomorrow's usa
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..rhinps are looking up.

Fittings are looking up
"How soa' .s
"Some fellow has invented q cash
...;.ter for married mems trousers
roctets Chicago Record.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-02-04

"A freight train on the G. and w
y. y; Hallway jumped the bridge on South
Iygor on tho 18th inst. and demoIishi
ed ono span. 1t is suppose d that a aide
rail- OF ono of the cars was detached
ana Sided of on tho bridge. Tho en-.
g,he, tender and crew were not hurt.
Iho conductor and nlgman w~re in
tho cab which went down about 80
'cet, whirling over and striking the
ground suddenly. They crawled out
at tho top and were not hurt. No ono
can tell how they escaped. One amp
riding on tho trucks or in an empty
BOX was killed. 1t is thought thnt
Snero was another tramp on board, but
be has not been seen.
49,, why 40 they say as smart as -
steel trap ?" asked the talkutiv.
ooardor. never could see anythir.
particularly intellectual about a s,ee
craP.n '" a stec! trap is called smn"t,, =
explained Mr.. Asbury Pepper, in his
sweetest voice, "becauso it knows OK.
actly the right time to shut up."
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-02-04
station, bound for tho bliss Of tho honey

| ',''A'' poulu IOr tho Dl1SS OI tno uOucy
moon.
But what mado that wedding day SO
remarkable was that it seemed to lead
70 so many more. There camo a letter
1foh Martin to Jack OrmSby only the
olhcr Gay. The latter, being New
YORK Suardsman, was sweltcring in his
| tent ut Pcokskill, whilo Mrs. jack con-
solcd herself by brief visit to tho
Lcalcs ut West Point. The former. be-
ing West Pointer, fell back naturally
INTO the vcrnacular of his cadet days,
ana TINS was somewhat as he wrote a.:
Your blessed hrothcr-in-law continues
to bo the JOY of tho Twelfth, and tho
dovccot is every whit us hoSpitablc as
Amory'S. But Of course Will and Mrs
Will haven't OutlivCd their salad days,
and their tiils and make ups are too
funny for anything. Will is Just as true
soldier as ever, but VIC always know
WhCN tho winds in the east at the
cot by his becoming even moro aggrcs-
slvc!y, auStUrcly, self drnyingly mill
tary. just now all is bliss, for dear
Lady Fnrru, Queen Mothcr,' as we
learned to call her from your sweet
w)tc--my SalutatiOmS TO her ludyship--
Is, rs you know, in the third week Of
her first visit to the children, and this,
Jack, old hoy, brings me to II prcdic-
ton. Iii our cadet days we used to say
extras breed extras, and I'm thinking
what that wedding day Of Wills is re-
sponsiblc for. First there's you and
Miss El!is-God bless en-! There's
Lcalc and Mrs. Roylc Iarrar--God re-
ward EN-! There's Old Man Heap
Mashcd-in- the Moon and Miss Lucrctia
-God help 'cm! Bat, do You know, we
believe our bully old colonel has the
promise now of being mace ut last just
tho happiest man III Old Fort F,rayne"
THE END.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-02-04
for JOyG or money. ~

| for Iovo or money"
| "But, Jack, don't you know? I'm
suro you told mo u lady was in the case.
You told me her namo, antl.-indccd,
you dld-that E1fie and you were to be
ticd''-
You transccndental idiotl told you
and l--Company Il and Company l.,
were tied for place and neither dared
lOso u point.'
And then, instead Of smashing
Wayne, as w"s his first thought, Jack
fled down stairs in search of Ellis and
found her and told her Waync's story
and then his own, brcathlcSsly, eagerly.
llnploringiy, and there were bushes and
tears and soft laughter and soft, happy
murmurs, ;nd---and how horribly those
big cpaulcts get in the way and service
medals and soutachc braid scratch 1T
such timosl And at l"et dih ro,'- .-.''"'
his voice again to say, "Ellis, I'm in
hcavcn,' and then did she uplft Il
blushing, tear stained, kiss rumplcd face
to archly inquire, "a Seventh heaven,
Jack:' and then did old Fcnton come
clustering in to take Veterans share
III the engagement. 1t was known all
over the house before the wedding party
started.
Then Camo the next Sccnc in Mad
Anth"ny's play. Amory and tho cIap-
lan declare to this day that when the
party WAS duly marShalcd at the altar
tn" maior clicked his heels together and
raised his hand in salute and began,
"Sir, the parade is when Ormsby
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-02-04

IA trQcha is q narrow path cross.
ing the main highway Us,d rs q
war term it signiIios line of fence
stretching across certain PORTIONS of
me country, crossing ali tiahwavs, and
OF conrs", cutting OF sll t.avol.
The historian puts = cood Goo,
NOR" weight on the opinions al 81 mnr,a
ncip hbor thaH nc does on the iettarin', im .
on the tom bstonc. ~