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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-04-26
MILITARY WIVES.

Women Who Are Watching Army Orders
With Unusual Interest.
The "war scare, " which arouses so
little actual apprehension in many ci-
william homes, is felt to be very ma
terial reality among the ladies that
form so important part Of garrisons
in times of peace. At least one army
wife from Fcrt Warren has already pre-
pared haven of safety to seek when
women to leave the post and repair to
more secure retirement, and every one of
them has considered the subject of a
sudden overturning of household ar
rangements and made up her mind how
she will move at moments notice.
70 the ladies of the nation generally
war means possibility of personal dan
line and staff" there is an absolute GER
tainty that husbands, brothers, fathers
Or lovers must take the chances of fac
ing the enemy's shot and she'll.
One lady at Fort Warren said to re
porter: "Of course, know my husband
would be sure to 60 if we had war,
but l shall not cry until there is some
thing to cry about If an army woman
did that, there would be too many op-
portunities to weep" If it is hard for
civilian women to realize the frame of
mind of their military cousins, let them
fancy their own sensations if from
morning to night each day for the last
three weeks they had been able at any
time to look from their windows and
SEQ the men working steadily away at
the guns whose long black muzzles
stared ominously off to sea, and to know
that their husbands would be the men
to stand by those engines of war to di-
rect their tre.-Boston Journal.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-04-26
KIND NURSE REWARDED.
Invalid Leaves An Estate to . Woman Who
Cared For Him.

Invalid Leaves An Estate to . Woman Who
Cared For Him.
The faithful services of Paducah
(Ky.) lady to an invalid young man are
to be rewarded in a most material way.
Information has reached the city in the
form of letter to Hon. r. w. Bagby,
the attorney, stating that Len Il. Fax
ON, Jr., whose remains were brought
here and inferred several days ago from
Albuquerque, N. M. where he died of
consumption, had left his entire estate
to Mrs. M. A. Rhea.
Mr.. Faxon during his illness was
cared for by Mrs. Rbea. So attentive
and watchful was she that he called her
mother, and their friendship never
waned even after he was ON the verge
of death. He went to New Mexico,
where he died. In addition to his estate
he left Mrs. Rhea 81, 500 insurance in
railroad fraternity. His estate is
worth $40, The deceased owned
four blocks of ground in the lower part
Of Paducah and other property there and
elsewhere. = Cincinnati Commercial
Tribune.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-04-26
DRAINING CANADIAN LAND.
Seven Thousand Acres of the Tantarmar
Marsh Now Being Reclaimed.

Seven Thousand Acres of the Tantarmar
Marsh Now Being Reclaimed.
An interesting scheme which is now
being carried out is the retaining of
1000 acres Of the Tantarmar marsh.
The land now lies under water near the
boundary between Nova Scotia and
New Brunswick, and it is the intention
to expend 800. 900 on it. There is an
immense stretch of bog and swamp land
ON the isthmus connecting the two prov
inoes which has hitherto been of no use
to anybody, and the idea occurred to q
number of capitalists to put the land to
some account. It was found that it
would be necessary to dig q canal six
miles long up the valley of the Missa-
quas river, with several lateral canals.
A company was formed, and already
two miles of the canal have been COM
pleted.
This is being done to drain the fresh
water off and let the salt water reach
the land, as all the valuable marshes Of
the bay Of Fundy are made up of tidal
deposits from the sea. Ultimately it is
expected the value Of the reclaimed land
will reach as high as 5000 an acre.
Large portions of the great Tantarmar
marsh have been cropped for more than
100 years without being fertilized,
which gives an idea Of the richness of
the land. The canal will be Is feet deep
and 36 feet wide at the lower end, with
q grade of two feet to the mile.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-04-26

One of the best concerts presented to a
Portage Lake audience for long time
will be the one TO be given by the Han
cock Choral society tomorrow Wednes-
day evening at the Y. M. c. A. Hall.
One-balf dozen choruses including one
patriotic one will be rendered by about
forty well-trained singers. The society
will be assisted by Miss Daley Danielson
and Mics Alice Nelson, OF Calumet; Mrs.
W. A. Courtney and Miss Helen North,
OF Hancock; Mr.. Charles B. Gale, OF Calu-
met, and J. c. Weissmiller's quintette OF
strInged instruments. Don't mi 8 it for
IL will be good.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-04-26

sven and the train pulled out amid
cheers and the waving OF hats, etc.
ine delegation from Hancock then
iorme d into line again and marched
pack to Hancock where ranks were
oroken. All who participated feeling
they, had participated In the biggest
demonstration ever held in the copper
country.
All tne DOS had floral tributes ore
'en'eu them' as several ladies OF the cop.
per country we're at the train with boxes
OF flowers, and the boys should certainly
'eel hattered at the attention thew were
given by the ladies.
Inc militia will 60 to Island Lake. the
state camping ground, where they will
20 into cam, for the present, until orders
are received to proceed to the front.
from here they went to Menomines,
where they took the boat for Frankfort
and from there they 90 to the enu OF
their destination by rail, The Hough.
tons took full company, with the ex.
ceptlon OF three or four members, who
are detained here either by illness or by
inability to leave their business at 80
snort a notice. They are expected to
follow on in the course OF three DAYS
Ihe war heat is on at Portage Lake and
IL would take little Effort on the part OF
the proper persons TO organize several
companies here. Mr.. A. j. Scott has an
enlistment roll at his drug store, which
is open Tor all to sign, and already sey.
eral have done so.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-04-26
How Gold Was Found on the Kiondike.


1.-THE River Trip to the Klondike" is
described in The Century by John Sid
ney Webb The author says:
The famous Bonanza creek and the
more famous Ell Dorado creek are very
like ordinary, everyday creeks in ap-
pearance-a little less civilized perhaps
than creeks to be met with in the east.
There are men living in Alaska today
who have hunted moose over these
creeks dozens of times; but, as the old
miners say, there were no surface indi-
cations TO lead any one to suppose that
gold might be found in them, so hun
dreds of miners passed by in their boats,
going to Forty Mile and Circle City.
The finding of such gold is always an
accident, and the old hands are usually
the last to realize the truth. "Stick
George" Cormack and his squaw rela.
tives camped on the creek for dinner
one day and somehow got to digging
and washed out some gold. He went to
Forty Mile and made claim for discov-
cry, and soon the news spread like wild
fire.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-04-26
Ready, IL Neededi

acooys ~ Neeueut
Up on the coasts and hills Of Maine.
where the spruce gum is a source of gain.
where the ice crops in the rivers grow
And the pine forests splendors hide in snow,
Every man Is ready
Down In the solemn everglades,
In the orange orchards pleasant shades,
BY the rivers, still and dark and deep.
Where the lazy alligators sleep,
Every man is ready
on in the Texas cotton fields,
Where the earth her snowy fiber yields,
where the plains stretch out and far away
From the dawn to the going down of day.
Every man Is ready
There in the big strong Keystone State
whose muscle and Drawn have made her great,
where the sturdy miner and mill hand give
TO labor the heart that makes II live,
Every man is ready
Out in the blizzardous, cold northwest.
Where the zero weather will stand the test,
Where the tops Of the mountains scrape the
skies
And the wheatfelds yield their golden prize,
Every man is ready
Out ON the California strand,
Where the sun shines soft ON promised land.
Where the roses bloom and the hilsides laugh
With the fruit whose blood the gods may uuaff
Every man is ready
Still ON TO the Puget country, where
The mountains loom through the misty air,
Where the great primeval forests stand
As the sentinels who guard the land,
Every man is ready
Up in the fields where the daisies bloom,
Down in the city s dingiest room.
Out on the plains in the hills
Deep in the mines or in tho mills,
From everywhere they re rising, then,
Ten thousand regiments of men,
And every man is readyl
w. j. l.. in New York Sun
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-04-26
Young and Verdant.

A man married recently young wife
who takes everything quite literally.
He came home and said he would take
her to the theater, and presently he
found her stuffing all sorts of eatables
into q couple of black bags. "What are
you doing?' he asked, and she replied
meekly, packing provisions. because I
have just read in the paper that six
weeks will elapse between the first and
second acts. Rival
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-04-26

The undersigned has 1000 samples oil
wall paper, ranging in price from l cent
to 81. so per roll, and will be pleased to
show the same to anyone dropping him
a postal card. This is the finest display
OF wall paper ever shown in the copper
country. Paper.hanging, ornamental
and house painting neatly and promptly
executed. Isolicit share OF the public
patronage,
JAMES p. MCGRATH. Hancock.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-04-26

As per the request OF the Hibernian
Rifles OF Hancock, the following message
was sent to Governor PiDgree:
HANCOCK, Mich. April 25, 1898.
Hon. Hazen S. Pingree, Governor, Ian
sing, Michigan
At meeting OF the Hibernian Rifles.
Company A OF Hancock, held yesterday
afternoon, they authorized me to tender
to you the services of the company,
sixty five strong, to go to Cuba or else
where. in defence OF the stars and stripes
to be mustered into the service OF the
state or the United States, as now Off
cered and organized. They have been
organized FIVE years and are splendidly
drilled, disciplined and organized.
T. B. DUNsTAN, Lieut. Governor.
At the time the message reached Lam
sing, Mr.. Pingree was at Detroit, 30 it
was accordingly forwarded to him there,
and last evening the following message
was received in reply:
DETROIT. Mich, April %, 1898.
Lieutenant-GOVernUr 4. Il. Dunstan,
Hancock, Michigan
Your telegram Offering Hbernian Rifles
is received. thank you for the interest
you have taken in this matter. 1t is APP
preciated. No orders have been received
from Washington. Michigan quota has
not yet been assigned. At this stage it
Is impossible to answer more definitely.
HAzEN S. PNGREE. Governor.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-04-26

Considerable favorable comment was
heard on the street last evening on the
address made by Mr.. Robert Fl. Shields
at Houghton IN the afternoon.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-04-26

Cashier Martin EfinRer OF the State
Savings bank OF Laurium. transacted
business here yesterday and incidentally
took In the demonstration,
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-04-26

Miss Bertha Nichols, OF the Quincy To-
cation, was aereeably surprised last Sat
urdav evening by a number Of her young
friends calling upon her and an evening
Of social enjoyment followed. Those
present before leaving gave . vote OF
thanks to Mr.. and Mrs. Nichols for the
manner in which they had been enter.
tanned. .s- - ia
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-04-26

Mr.. PHI. Paine OF Lake Linden. was
husiness visitor to Portage Lake yester.
day afternoon. Mr.. Paine is an old vet
eran and was on hand with flowers Tor
the departing soldier boys.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-04-26

For RENT-An excellent stand on Tez'
cuco street, Hancock. Suitable for store
or saloon, with living rooms up stairs.
Possession can be had May 1. Apply to
Mrs. Grace Hosking. West Hancock.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-04-26

The circuit court was adjourned yes
terdsy afternoon In order to allow the
Jurors and Others an opportunity to par
ticipate in the demonstrations.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-04-26

Company A. Hiberniaa r fiss are re-
ouested TO meet at st. Pafrick's ball to-
morrow Wednesday evening for special
drill A full attendance Of the members
Il earnestly requested.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-04-26

The funeral Of Katherine Simmer was
held Yesterday morningirom st. Joseph's
church with interment in the Hancock
cemetery. At the time OF her death Mrs,
Simmer was 81 years Of age. She was
the mother Of Mrs. Peter Schumacher. oil
the hallway between Hancock and Calu-
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-04-26

Mr.. Horwitz, the Calumet tailor. will
be at Drittler Bros every Wednesday
with a fine line OF suiting and any person
in need OF a fine suit should call on him.
Orders taken for dyeirg and cleaning
clothes
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-04-26

To RENT-The Olivier & Jacques cor
ner building, now occupied as saloon
by Angelo Moosbrugger. Apply to
Charles o. OLIVIER. Hancock.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-04-26

Captain William E. Daniel, OF the Calu.
met and Hecla company, transacted bus
mess on Portage Lake esterday morn
inp
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-04-26

Mr.. A. j. Scott did not GO to Chicago
yesterday as was expected az he was
too buoy with the demonstrations at
Houghton.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-04-26

Messrs. John r. O'Neil and Robert Mel
son were among the Calumet people TO
transact business at the county seat yes
terday.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-04-26

Mr.. Joseph Decker, OF Calumet, visited
Portage Lake friends Sunday and yester-
day. the guest OF Mr.. and Mrs. n A.
Metz
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-04-26

BY another year the enthusiastic anti
monopolists Of Dawson probably will
be whooping it up for municipal owner
ship OF dogs. -Milwaukee Sentinel.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-04-26

Mr.. George Fax was down from Cau-
met yesterday afternoon. He came this
far with the departing militia.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-04-26

Up ON the coasts and hills Of Maine,
Where the spruce gum is a source of gain,
Where the ice crops in the rivers grow
And The pine forests splendors hide In snow,
Every man il readyi
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-17

visions of the preceding section, and of the delivery thereof, which books shall at all times show the amount of said material and supplies on hand and in store. and when. to whom, and for wtat purpose each article was deliver ed. He shall be responsible for all ma terial and supplies in said Yard, and shall not deliver any article except upon the written order or requisition of the President and Secretary or the Board of Public Works, and he shall take the written receipt, indorsed upon said order, of each person to whom any delivery is made, specifying the date of such delivery and the amount and kind of material and supplies de- livered. For any deficiency in his ac- counts or for the delivery Of any ar ticle without such order or requlsltion and receipt. he shall be liable, upon ms official bond All cobblestones, or stone blocks or other material with Wnlcn any street or portion of street may have been paved or planked shall, 1T at any time removed from sa1d street be taken to said Yard, and there Kept' accounted for and disposed or by the Storekeeper in the same manner as nj bar SuDDlipS
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-03-31
He Saw Himself.

"You must excuse me, gentlemen, for I
can not drink anything" said man who
was known to the entire town as a dru nix
ard.
"This is the first time you ever refused
drink, )" said an acquaintance. "The other
day you were hustling around after Il cock
tail, and, in fact, you even asked me to ser
'em up
That's very true, but I'm very differ
eDt man now"
mo, sir, no one has said word to me-"
"Well, then, what has caused the
changer
"I'l tell you; after leaving you the other
day kept on hustling after a cocktail, rs
you call it, until / met party CT friends.
When left them l was about half drunk.
To man of my temperament half drunk
is a miserable condition, for the desire for
more is so strong that he forgets his self
respect in his effort to get more drink. /
remembered that there was half q pint
Of whiskey at home which had been pur-
chased for medical purposes. Just before
reaching the gate l heard a voice in the
garden, and, looking over the fence, / saw
my little son and daughter playing. Now
you be ma, said the boy, and I'll be pa.
Now you sit here and I'll come in drunk.
Wait now, till fill my bottle
HE took n bottle, ran away and filled
1t with water. Pretty soon he returned.
and, entering the play house, nodded
idiotically at the girl and sat down without
saying anything. The girl looked up from
her work and said: "a
flames, why do you do this way?'
"'Wizzer way?' he replied.
s'Gettin' drunk
"'Who's drunkY
You are, an you promised me when
the baby died that you wouldn't drink any
more. The children are almost ragged and
we haven't anything to eat hardly, but you
throw
know you are breaking my heart
II hurried away. The action was too
lifelike. could think of nothing during
the day but those little children playing in
the garden. You must excuse me, gentle
men. l can not drink again"
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-03-31
A TEMPERANCE COLUMN.
THE DRINK EVIL MADE MANIFEST
IN MANY WAYS.

Our Heroes-The Pernfcious and Distinc-
lively American Habit of Treating"
is the Cause of Much Human Suffer-
ing-The Man Who Saw Himself.
Here's hand to tho boy who has courage
To do what he knows to be right;
When he falls in the way OF temptation,
He has hard battle to fight.
Who strives against self and his comrades
Will find a most powerful foe;
All honor to him If he conquers!
cheer for the boy who says "No!"
There's many battle fought daily
The world knows nothing about.
There's many brave little soldier
Whose strength puts legion to rout.
And he who fights sin single-handed
Is more of a hero, say,
Than he who leads soldiers to battle
And conquers by arms in the fray.
Be steadfast, my boy, when you'r tempted,
And do what you know to be right.
Stand firm by the colors of manhood,
And you will o'ercome in the fight.
''The right" be your battle-cry ever
In waging the warfare Of life;
And God, who knows who are the heroes,
Will give you the strength for the strife.
Phoebe Cary.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-03-31
ought Never to he Condoned.

The families of drunkards can never
condone drunkenness nor get used to it;
and it is from their standpoint that Chris
tians must view the vice. The palliation of
this crime Is too common; we are sick of
hearing these drunkards spoken of as hav
ing weakness" for drink--''it is the poor
fellows only fault ''he is just little too
cenvivial." The dire reality is that the
vice of drunkenness, gross sin as it is
ones family, aud the palmer the words
used to characterize it the better. 1t al
ways hangs like a lowering cloud over the
wretch's home, and his family cannot rid
themselves of the misery that it always
brings, nor OF the dread OF the terrible ca
lamities which are too often its further re-
suits.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-03-31
1.-THE BARE ARM OF GOD"
Rev. DR.. Talmsge Tells What 1t VIII Ac.
complish.

ev. DR.. Talmage Tells What 1t VIII Ac-
complish.
It: "The Lord hath made bare His
rm."-Isaiah ill.,, 10.
lmost takes our breath nway to read
Bible imagery. There is such bold
OF metaphor in my text that one must
yhis courage to preach from 1t. Isaiah.
,evangelistic prophet, is sounding the
hiate OF our planet redeemed, and cries
L Inc Lord hath made bare His holy
m. what overwhelming suggcstiveness
that mgure OF speech, the bare arm OF
II me people of Palestine to this day
II much hindering apparel. and when
want to run special race. or lift q
al burden. or fight special battle.
put off the outside apparel. as in our
when a man proposes a special exer-
he puts off his coat and rolls mn his
yes. Walk through our foundries onr
ne shops. our mines, our factories.
~ will find that most OF the toilers
their coats off and their sleaves
-.
saw that there must be n tr.m.,-
cunt OF work done besore this
'omes what 1t ought to be and ha
it all accomplished. ana acoar,o - =
the Almighty; not ms wa ordi- :
OF Him, but by the Aimirhtv
veof His robe rolled back 70
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-03-31
Treating.

One habit that with profit to himself can
be left off by the resolute young man, says
the Catholic Universe, is the pernicious and
distinctively American custom OF treat
ing" which prevails among all classes in
this country. This habit has nothing. what
ever to recommend 1t. Sometimes it is
foolishly regarded by those addicted to 1t
as manifestation Of generosity and good
fellowship. 1t is invariably the offspring
Of shallow and thoughtless egotism. 1t is
a source of great deal OF dissoluteness
that exists in all grades Of society, and its
consequences is the awful train of misery
and sorrow that follows in the train Of in
temperance
Many, if not all, hopeless human wrecks
from excessive use Of intoXlcants can trace
their destruction to this vicious custom of
treating at the bar. 1t is especially dan
gerous to young men who lack the requisite
firmness of will to resist it's fatal influence.
1t is not only an expensive habit, but silly
besides. Think for n moment. A young
man is induced to join one or two, or n half
dozen others in a "soclal glass" of liquor,
for which, perhaps he has really an abhor-
renee. But he accepts, and the effect OF
custom is that he takes not only one drink
of spirits which he does not relish. but two,
or a half dozen, as the case may be. He
puts this fiery fluid into his stomach. not
because he needs or Graves 1t, but simply in
obedience to a senseless tradition of per-
N6TtSu pOllLeueSS. LUIS vi Siul-
tony, if we may call it sueh is infinitely
worse than other kinds, because there is no
plausible excuse for 1t, or mitigation OF its
downright badness. What would be thought
of an individual, who, having accepted "a
friends invitation to dine, should insist,
after par. lking of the meal of his host, on
impe lately duplicating the performance
in Difference to a distorted custom of socia-
bility? Yet there is Just as much reason
why person should gorge himself with
two or three consecutive dinners. rs for his
indulgence in successive libations, that
instead of benefting him In any way, in
jure MIN both physically and morally. The
treating habit is a curse to American man
ners, and an OF slandish notion of socia-
sober-minded We az man in possession Of
his mental fac Iies should assiduously
avoid. Make up our mind now. before the
evil habit has grown upon you, that in youl
case, ut least, the custom will become moro
honored in the breach than the observance
Even if you do not intend to practice tota
abstinence from spirituous liquors, turr
your face resolutely away from this fruit
full agency of Generalization.