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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-04-08
FolslesvaF GREAT MEN.
Napoleon's Fondness For White Trousers.
A Famous Jurist's Weakness.

Napoleon's Fondness For White Trousers.
A Famous Jurist's Weakness.
The weakness of great man Is often
that feature which contains the most In
terest for the student of human nature 1t
may be Of interest to know that Napoleon
set aside $4,000 a year for dress. Unfor-
tunately he had weakness for white
breeches, and often while wholly absorbed
In state affairs he would spill ink or coffee
on those delicate trousers, which he would
hasten to change upon discovering the
spots. This circumstance cost the blame
less but timid Comte de Remusat his place
as master of the robes. The emperor
spoiled his clothes so frequently that the
imperial tailor was Constantly receiving
fresh orders, and 81 200 became INSULT
cient to meet the bills The master of
robes was foolishly afraid to mention the
subject to Napoleon and continued to give
unsatisfactory replies to the insistent tai
lor, who became pressing in his demands.
At length, becoming exasperated, the tai
Tor took the bold step of complaining to
Napoleon, who learned with astonishment
and anger that he owed his tailor SO, 900.
He paid the bill and at the same time dis
missed the frightened Comte de Remusat.
"Ihope," said the emperor, smiling and
frowning at the Same time at his newly
appointed master of robes, "that you will
not expose me to the disgrace of being
dunDed for the breeches am wearing"
The famous judge, Lord Kenyon, had
weakness for indiscriminately passing the
sentence of death upon the victims of law
brought before him. This peculiar weak
ness took it's form In terrorizing the de-
PENDANTS and afterward invariably modify
ing the decree. He passed the terrible SEN
tence of death upon young woman who
had been found guilty of theft, but init
mated that he meant to recommend her to
mercy. The young woman only heard the
formula of the sentence and tainted. Lord
Kenyon, evidently much agitated, called
out: 81 don't mean to bang you'll Will no
one tell her that don't mean to hang
herp''
The number of celebrated men who
stand conspicuous in human foibles and
weaknesses Is large, and often it Is among
the great minds that selfshness, vanity
and unreasonableness are found to hold
the most unchecked sway.-Detroit Free
Press.
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The Badge Of Difference.

Perhaps he used it from choice. 1t may
have been the rule of the company that he
should use 1t. However that may be,
could not do otherwise, says John s. Dur
ham In The Atlantic, than remark the fact
that the porter deferentially held out a sill
yer tray to receive the chair checks from
passengers. 1t was the incest act of dis
elimination / had ever observed In the
workday world. i was on a train between
New York and Boston. The porter was
only an agent in a business transaction of
q corporation, but the agent at the station
who had thrown out the check with bust
nesslike dizziness and the conductor who
had briskly exchanged that check for an
other were also only agents in the trans
action. In their daily intercourse with the
public they must make friends, and, with
the faithful performance of their duties.
they very properly look forward to ad-
vancement in their chosen career.
The silver salver, however, marks the
porter. 1t is the badge of all his tribe. He
may be an educated man, as ambitious and
as intelligent as the baggage agent or as
the conductor, but he must keep his place,
and that place is at the bottom, and his
color fixes it. He is an American citizen,
and theoretically he enjoys inalienable
rights, among which are liberty and the
pursuit of happiness, but in his case liberty
and the pursuit of happiness have their
limits fixed rigidly by sentiment-the
sentiment of organized labor in the United
States The tray Is the badge Of Difference.
He philosophically keeps himself in his
place and makes the best of it.
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The Artist and His Work.

The life of painter, above all of a
portrait painter, is one long succession
of such problems, varying with the ma
ture Of the subject in kind and degree
of difficulty IL follows naturally that
bis processes must vary, too, requiring
a longer or shorter time in the working
out, for which no infallible rule will
serve him. In mechanical labor the rate
of the machines pulse may be gagged
with certainty, the moment of compile
tion accurately fixed beforehand. But it
is not SO in art. There all depends upon
conditions that seem to be hourly
changing. The mood Of the artist, his
distrust Of the scheme attempted or his
entire confidence in it, the state of his
nerves, of his general health, nay, even
the state of the weather, all affect his
work. One day it advances we'll, but on
the next self criticism steps in to i'm
pede him, and he gains nothing. The
scoffing Philistine ascribes these halts
and retrogressions to the weakness of
the artistic temperament. Yet they are
due to the work rather than to the
workman to the fact that he follows
an art and not trade. No artist can be
entirely exempt from this oppressive in
fluence, which arises afresh at each new
effort with as many heads as Hydra.
There are those, indeed, who estimate
the value of their product by the depth
and number of the despairs it has en-
gendered. II. r. Sullivan in Scribner's
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ssbootin9 the Moon.

Il is curious to remark how differently
men of different races comport themselves
in the presence of Identical emergencies.
When an Irishman, for example, finds
that he cannot pay his rent, he insists on
remaining in his homestead all the same,
and when an organized effort is made to
turn him out he climbs up on to the roof
of his domicile and throws hives OF bees
at the invaders. When an Englishman
finds himself In similar predicament, he
breaks the law by stealth-that Is to say,
he moves his furniture secretly, by mid
night, to another lodging and leaves no
address behind him. And, as all the world
knows, shooting the moon" Is the tech
nioal term for this nefarious performance.
II one were asked by stranger how the
poor live in outcast London, one would
have to answer that 1t Is largely by Shoot
ing the moon" that a great many OF them
are enabled to exc out precarious subsist-
epce. London Graphic
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The Great Canals Of the World.

The Suez canal is about 100 miles in
length and cost 81 900, 900 per mile for its
construction. The Corinth canal is miles
in length and cost completed, with it's ap-
proaches, 81 900, 900 per mile. The pro-
posed Nicaragua canal will cost per mile,
with its terminals and approaches, certain
ly not less and probably more than the
sum named. The canals of Suez and
Corinth are real maritime canals, built
without locks upon the sea level. The one,
that of Corinth, Is situated In the temper
ate zone, where the rainfall is 81 or 40
inches per annum. The other, that OF
Suez, is located in region without rain.
Neither of these Is threatened In its course
by streams liable to sudden and perilous
floods, SO common in the tropical region Of
Central America These two great works
afford no real parallel to the Nicaragua
project. either as to cost or feasibility. Tho
one work parallel to this undertaking Is
very near. very like 1t, both in place and
circumstances; 1t Is that Of the Panama
canal across the isthmus of Darien. Hon.
David Turpie In Harper's Magazine.
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VALUE OF HER THUMB.
Inex Carusi. the Harpist, Claims 1t Is
Worth $4,000.

1nex Carusi, the Harpist, Claims 1t Ia
Worth $4,000.
Inez Carusi, one of the greatest OF
harpists. has lost the use Of her thumb,
bnd has valued it at $50, 600 in the suit
she has brought against the Metropoli-
BAN Railway company of New York. A
street car gave jerk while she was
Standing ON the rear platform and she
was pitched out on the track In front OF
car coming in the opposite direction.
Her head was cut open in several places,
her jaw was broken, front teeth broken
|hnd there were many injuries to her
body.
Most serious was the injury to her
|thumb, which will prevent her from
over again playing harp. The right
thumb was broken in two places. The
Tip of the thumb was pierced; the hand
was pierced between the forefinger and
second finger, and her wrist was injured
badly. Now all her power is gone.
For such small thing as thumb
woman has lost her profession. That is
why $40, 900 is asked of the Metropoli.
Ftan Railroad company. -Chicago Times
Herald
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Some q tho Curious Csss... That Ce,,
mont I yisitor ~ n--...

4
s'sne q shs Curious Cestons That Gen.
fsent Walton 70 Havana.
Ben Stern, New York theatrical nan,
tells some amusing incidents connected
with a visit he made to Havana.
Talk ssout yellow fever" said Mr..
Stern, 'yuE have " In. Cuba. 1t is full OF
IL. You have to be very careful how YOU
i've what you drink, and then you are
fortenate 70 escape Ia. the hotels-.such
as they are you find marble noorA In
your room Jon win ind little rus near
your bed, and you are auppossd to stand on
this rug while dressing. vi
You are warned to keep OF the marble
IN your bare feet. You may catch yellow
fever. Carpets you have not They hold
the germs Ninety per cent of the houseo
arc but a single story high. The streets
are Just wide enough to allow two small
vehicles to pass, and the sidewalks are
about two feet In width.
But what impressed me Is the system of
taxes-bribe taking and tipping. II you
register at hotel, you place a stamp op-
posite your name II you use sheet
OF paper, you stamp 1t, and II you 90
into public park somebody will ask you
Tor 10 cents before you sit down. Then
the stamps are only kept In limited guam
titles. asked hotel clerk why they did
not keep better supply. He declared 1T
was because the next Spanish steamer ar
irving might bring new design, and the
old ones wonld have to be destroyed at the
cost OF the holder of them. So you see
SPANS way Of doing business with her
Cuban subjects. They hate their mother
country mean the native Cubans. OF
course, the Spaniards, strictly speaking,
are more loyal. Unfurl an American flag
In Cuba, and the people fairly go wild over
the stars and stripes. Unfurl the emblem
of Spain, and there Is not much enthusi-
asm
The rules Of the theater are queer: You
pay SO much to get in and then pay for
your seat afterward. No difference If you
had $50 box seat, you would have to pay
an admission fee. The system is full of
bother to the patrons of the places Of
amusement. There are, believe, about 80
newspapers printed In Cuba, but only
about five attract much attention. All are
printed in Spanish. About the only Amer
leans you see are in one hotel, and when
you leave there you are among the Cubans
entirely The system of collecting duties
Is very lax-full of temptations for brib-
cry, which, am told, is one of the worst
evils of the island. The Spanish govern
ment has everything of an official character
under its control, which makes Spain
hated all the more. There is really but
one city wherein theatrical attractions pay
that is Havana. 1t takes as long to get
400 miles into the interior of the island
sometimes as it does to 60 from here to
Cuba. 1t Is great country In its way"
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
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A.1sxsays whis,nazsA Writes IN ThS
Csntsry Of 1.-THE steerage Of To-Day. 2
bis artiole being zi)lustysted by Andre
Cas}aigne. Mr.. WKitmarsh draws thib
pictArs d one Of bis oonpaniohs in tho
voyage hat he made:
Kneeiing in an upper bunk near m6,
. middle aged Irishman was hanging \
pot containing q shamrock plant. ed
tered into conversation with him and
learned that be was going to join his
son In California. to whom be was TAX
ing the shamrock rs present.
II hope 1t will live," be said, look
ing wistfully at the pot as IL swudk
from the beam. "Twas the wan thing
the bhoy wanted. Lave iv'ryt'ing,'
says he in his letther, AN come over. /
hsve enough for the both Of us now.
says he, AN can make you comfortable
for the rest av your days But says
be. fetch me livin root av shamrock
il you cam"
All Sunday we were in smooth water,
running under the lee of the Irish coast.
The day being fine and warm, the steer
age swarmed on deck in full force.
Men, women and children all crowded
about the afterhatoh, some playing
cards, some dancing and some already
making love, but for the most part they
lay about the deck, sleeping and basking
in the sun. In the afternoon my friend
the Irishman appeared with his sham
rock. He wanted to give it a "taste"
of fresh air, he said. At sight of it many
of the Irish girls shed tears; then, seat
ing themselves about the old man, they
sang plaintive Irish melodies until the
sun went down. The sad faces of the
homesick girls and the old father sitting
among them, holding in his lap the pre-.
cious little bit Of green, presented q
sight not easily to be forgotten.
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Kent silent seven Years.

Seven years ago William Rodgers, q
convict serving q 80 years sentence in
|the penitentiary at San Quentin, CAL,
was told by Lieutenant Mclean OF the
force Of guards to stop talking and at
tend to his work. The prisoner replied.
''I'll not talk any more" He kept his
word until the other day. when he was
Uniformed that Mclean had left the
prison. Then Rodgers broke his silence
|of seven years by remarking that his
vow was of. He now oonverses freely
with his fellow convicts. st. Louis
Post Dispatch.
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The public will please take notice that
l am now prepared to do all kinds Of
shoe making and repairing. Shoes made
to order, fine At guaranteed from 81 to
Sc pair; mining boots for 1915. Min
ing rubber boots FOR $1.25; half soles on
every day shoes or boots for 40 and 30
cents; ladies' shoes soled for 80 and 40
cents. All new work and also repair
work made to look neat and durable to
wear. shop 427 Fifth street, Red Jacket,
opposite Wennberg's feed and livery
stable. CHARLES KEMPPAINEN,
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am holding her wool In an attitude quaint.
Feeling jus1- lAke . wooden armed stained
window saint; M
She Ia sitting At ease N Negligent pose,
Al charming and fresh the dew On roess
She thanks me for helping her out Of Her tangls
Andrcails me $50 MIDI "aff
When say don't mind.
Why. TO please her. vow would slave at .
mangle.
Young Cupid. no doubt. in mischievous vein.
IL wenvfnfsa snare from that innocent skein.
For who could be blind to those dimples divine,
Those eyes that 20 roguishly glance up at minss
am longing with loverlike kisses to smother
That sweet little face.
But know it's case
OF dirt at one end and fool at the otheri
Golden Penny.
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MAR MESSENGER PIGEONS.
Plans Made to Establish q Service From
Key West to the Ships.

Plans Made to Establish q Service From
Key West to the Ships.
An unmistakable sign of the thor
bughness of the preparations for war
nth Spain, tits claimed by naval off,
Sers, is the placing by Secretary of the
Navy Long Of a large order for quilts
br the Key West naval station. The
Iuills were designed by Professor
Marion of the United States Naval
academy and are for use in connection
With messenger pigeon service to be
Established at Key West. The quilts
IRE attached to the birds and are to con-
ain messages.
The pigeons are to be put on the ships
Il Admiral Sicard' IS squadron and estab-
ished in cot at the naval station. so
hat they can be used to carry messages
back and forth TO the ships when they
IRE at sea off the coast of Cuba. These
birds, as has already been established
by experiments, can carry messages
aster than the speediest dispatch vessel.
Dine carried message recently from the
battleship Texas to a shore station, q
Instance of more than 400 miles.
The ships on duty in the gulf OF
Mexico and the Caribbean sea will by
this means be brought into telegraphic
Communication with Washington
Through the naval station at Key West.
The carrier pigeons would enable ships
pm blockade and scouting duty to keep
their stations, report movements Of the
Enemy and follow him up. Without
5uch messengers ships might be COM
PEELED to leave their stations and run
Tor port in order to communicate i'm
portant news.-New York Journal.
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An English paper says that Bishop
Ellicott of Gloucester enjoys the privi-
lege Of being allowed to travel on any
railway in England free of charge. This
unusual favor was conferred upon him
by the various officials in recognition
of his heroic exertions =. administering
spiritual consolation to the dying VIC
Tins in a railway accident near Totem
ham, Notwithstanding his own very
serious injuries. This was while the
bishop was still young man.
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Mutual Fire insurance company Of
Houghton and Keweenaw counties, or
ganised In 1890 according to the laws o
the State Of Michigan, viii insure propes.
ty tits members. Have paid IRE loses
over "a, 900 and dividends nearly %, 900
during the last seyen years to members
Of Ave years standing. On the first day
OF this year the company had 617 Nom
bers, $685. 25 worth Of property In.
sured and s15,s10.s5 In treasury. For
further particulars apply to the under
dgned. yoHN BLoNovIsr, Prssideut.
ALEX LEuoNsN, Secretary.
Once, l48 Pine strsss. upstairs Red
JaokeN
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An American author who has made
England his home for some time past told
me that he was bound to confess that he
did so because his social position was SO
much better there than in America.
Here" he said, ~ am sought for for my
own sake, for what l have accomplished as
writer and not for what have earned.
At home my publisher held better social
position than /, not because he was any
more desirable personally, but because he
was man of wealth and could entertain
more lavishly than could. Not that there
Is any objection to publishers, but like a
country where there is no objection to
authors. "--Critic.-
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WEALTH or KLoNpIKE.


StrsAp,s Alrssdy x.eestsd Are Said 70 Cs.-
tain Oh, OO0. 600.
Messrs. Rudolph Newman and James
u. Wilson Of the Alaska Commercial
kompany are now in Canada to purchase
foods for the posts Of the company.
Upon being asked for an estimate OF the
londike country and its richness Mr..
Wilson replied:
"From the Klondike the aggregate
mount of gold that will be brought
but IL Is estimated, Is $40, 600, 00O-
hat is, from the streams already locat.
"a. However. people who have not been
here do not seem to understand that all
bis ground Is already taken up and
wned by the miners there or who have
BEEN there. Consequently great many
y the newcomers will be disappointed.
Dou btless other fields will be discoy-
Sred, but that is question for prospect
hrs to decide. It must be remembered
hat the country has been more or less
respected for ten years past, and it
vas only last year that gold was discov-
! red in sensational quantities.
1.-The conditions of the trail this
5pring will be very much congested
With the numbers rushing into the
bountry, which are variously estimated
y from $50, 900 to 300, 600 people. We
consider this a moderate estimate. The
present discoveries will not justify such
In thrush, because we do not believe
Shere will be work for the numbers.
There is plenty Of territory to prospect,
but it cannot well be done successfully
hntil the low water in the autumn,
which generally takes place about Au-
gust, so that there must be many disap-
pointed ones.
"The Hunker, Dominion and Sulphur
ereeks as we'll as the Bear and numerous
minor creeks are proving valuable far
beyond expectations, especially the for
kner three, and consider that the Klon-
bike boom is only in its infancy as yet. Z"
ESt. Louis Globe Democrat.
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Il is hard for the younger people to be-.
lieye that SO good fish as the halibut was
considered unfit for eating not very many
years ago, yet many old fishermen yet live
who remember when 1t was first offered In
the market, selling then at or cents
pound. 1t was many years since that that
the swordnsh first found its way to the
frying pan and the table, and Rockland
fisherman recalls the time when haddock
were about as highly esteemed as sculpins
ara uow.-Lewiston Journal.
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spain Wants War

But Laurium Fair prices will have war
first, we have verv fine line OF spring
stock consisting OF clothing, ladies' and
gents furnishings; also a fine line Of
ladies' and gents shoes and rubbers. We
are very high up on the hill, but Laur-
ium Fair prices are very low. Call and
be convinced. l. Feinberg & Co., by the
poetofiice.
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Tho poubtful aeorgia Farmer.

Dunno whether ter plant a crap
Or jest set by till fall,
Fer Of they come with sword an drum
Won't tho sojers git 1t ALI
Dunno whether ter till my lands
Or Jest set by an fold my hands.
The cavalrymen III reap my oats
When their HOSES jump the fence,
The privates'll pen my fattenin shotes
An breakfast at my expense
Ef work from spring till the frosts o faii'
The sojers may come an gobble all.
But somehow I'm tempted to 60 ahead
Fer wars In q state o. doubt,
An Of had only a crust o. bread
God knows would share IL out
Let 'em come erlong with their pattis
noisei
vhsr'I be oats fer the bosses an bread Ter
the boysl
-. l. stanton in Atlanta Constitution.
100 $3.50 fnp~ -
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1t is great leap from the old fashioned
doses OF blue-mass and nauseous physics
to the pleasant little pills known as De-
Wits Little Early Risers. They cure
constipation, sick headache and bilious
ness. SoDERGEN Il SoDERGREN.
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Meaning of the Precious stones.

The meanings attached to the different
precious stones are as follows: The garnet
Is constancy; the amethyst, sincerity; the
bloodstone, courage; the sapphire, inno-
cence; the emerald, success; the agate,
long life; the carnelian, contents the
pearl, tears; the diamond. purityi the
opal. sorrow; the turquoise, happiness;
The malaohite, prosperity. -Ladies Home
Journal
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M. l.. Yocum, Cameron, Pa, says 81
was sufferer for ten years, trying most
all kinds Of pile remedies. but without
success, DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve was
recommended to me. used one box, 1t
has effected permanent cure" As a
permanent cure for piles DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salye has no equal.
SoDERGREN & SoDERGREN.
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+ Salesman You were the lady, be-
lieve, who purchased the cookbook.
Will you take his card, pleaseY
q Lady--"Dr. Pilton." Why do you
give me his card?
Salesman-We always give one Of his
cards to purchaser Of "Ovener's Cook
book. I" He is very successful in indiges-
tion. Boston Journal.
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Lake Linden stage.

Stage leaves Pearce's livery stabl.
Lake Linden, every day at 8 q. m. 10 q.
m, and p. m. Stageleaves Mcclure {
livery stable, Red Jacket, at 8 q. m, IL
q. m, and and 4. p. m.
THOMAS PEARCE,
JAMES McCLCRE,
Proprietors.