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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-10
Two Great Poets who Were Blind.

In the roll of the great poets of the past
two, who bold the very highest places,
were for an important period of their
lives unpossessed of the power of vision
Homer and Milton. Happily these renown-
ed followers of the muses. made good use
of their eyes in youth; otherwise 1t is
scarcely possible that they could have left
to us the finished pictures of natural
scenery and other visible objects of crea-
ton which are to be found among their
compositions Homer had reached man
hood and had written considerable por-
ton of the "Iliad" before he was attacked
by that disease of the eyes which robbed
them of their wonted powers. But the
whole of the Odyssey" was composed after
the occurrence of this great mishap.
Milton is stated by most biographers to
have permanently lost his sight in 1854
after progressive and warning decay OF
several years duration. Paradise Lost
was not published till 1867, and 1t was
composed when the poet was perfectly
blind New York Ledger.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-10
Leech and Du N7aurier.

Well, recovered from long and dis
tressing ailment Of my sight which had
been pronounced inourable and came to
England, where / was introduced to
Charles Kean, with whom l quickly be-
came intimate, and it was he who present.
ed me to Leech one night at one OF Mr..
Arthur Lewis smoking concerts, In the
winter of 1860. / remember feeling some
what nervous lest he should take me for a
foreigner on account of my name, and
rather unnecessarily went out OF my way
to assure him that Twas rather more Eng
lish than John Bull himself 1t didn't
matter in the least. / have no doubt no
saw through 1t all; he was kindness and
courtesy itself, and / experienced to the
full that emotion SO delightful to young
hero worshiper in meeting face to face
worldwide celebrity whom he has long
worshiped at distance. In the words OF
Lord Tennyson:
was rapt
Nv all the sweet and sudden passion OF youth
Toward greatness in its elder.
George Du Maurier In Harper's Maya
1ina
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-10
The Feminine Collar Button.

If the downfall of the new woman ever
comes to pass-admitting, for the sake of
argument, that she has ever had anything
like an ascendency-and If the story of
that downfall is ever written, it must be
entitled "All on Account of a Collar But
ton" To such cause undoubtedly will the
downfall be due, and to no other. Your
strong minded woman can stand contempt
and contumely; she cheerfully puts up
with the inconvenience and ugliness OF
dress reform, and she apparently wouldn't
mind being stoned or gridironed or other
wise martyriZed, but when 1t comes to the
sly, insistent and persistent attacks OF the
collar button she finds herself vulnerable;
"no stronger, indeed" as one Sandow
minded sister put 1t, THAN mere man. !"
Nobody can accuse the collar button OF
Partially. Unlike the ballot, 1t knows no
sex distinctions. 1t evidently believes that
both men and women have equal rights
where 1t Is concerned. You may have
swathed your neck in crumpled velvet and
tucked satin all your days, but no sooner
do you take unto yourself the linen collar
habit than you also take unto yourself all
that it entails. 1t isn't just the daily half
hour wrestle in the course of adjustment;
1t Is the adorable sensation-always &C.
curing at the most critical and undesira-
BILE of moments-of your collar suddenly
breaking loose from its moorings, while
the button slides down your back in eager
haste to join the four or five already there.
1t is disheartening, too, to reflect that there
is no likelihood of our ever solving the
problem. Just look at all the time, energy
and eloquence that men have lavished
upon it; enough, if expended upon, we'll
some other things, to have brought the
millennium several million years nearer.
Why should women have hopes of getting
the better of the collar button, unless, OF
course they are as much the superior OF
men as they say they areS-New YORK
SIM
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-10
Crow Tactics Under Commander Silverspot

Silverspot has hammered away at drill,
teaching them all the signals and words of
command in use, and now 1t is pleasure
to see them in the early morning.
Company r. the old chieftain would
cry in crow, and Company would an
swer with great clamor.
"Flyi' And himself leading them they
would all fly straight forward.
Mount And straight upward they
turned in moment.
"Bunchp' And they all massed into q
dense black flock.
"Scatterl' And they spread out like
leaves before the wind.
Form Incl" And they strung out into
the long line of ordinary flight.
"Descendp' And they all dropped nearly
to the ground
"Foragep' And they alighted and scat
tered about to feed, while two of the per-
manent sentries mounted duty-one or a
tree to the right, the other on mound to
the far left A minute or two later Sill
verspot would cry out "A man with a
gunl" The sentries repeated the cry and
the company few at once in open order as
quickly as possible toward the trees. Once
behind these, they formed line again In
safety and returned to the home pines. =
"Silverspot, the Story Of Crow" by
Ernest Seton Thompson, In Scribner's.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-10
A Thoughtful Hen.

A lady who lived for some time when
sho was first married on Mississippi COT
ton plantation says that among their
poultry was a hon who developed fond
ness for a moro civilized way OF living
She preferred the house to the henyard
and never lost an opportunity OF mounting
the stops and entering. She was always
"shooed" out, but this did not cause her
ardor to decrease. Finally she conceived
the idea of making an offering to the In
mates of the house In return for accommo-
dations, SO nearly every day she would en-
ter and lay an egg in the sheet trunk,
which stood open ut that time OF day In
the hall. The family were so amused at
this performance that they allowed her TO
90 i'm and out without molestation.-Ex-
change
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-10
MoIiere and the ASS.

Lions, bears and elephants have done
we'll on the stage; lizards and serpents
wide Nine. Sarah Bernhardt) have also
been covered with stage glory, and mice
have come to the fore with great credit to
themselves and their trainer.
But while so many dumb things"
have been excellent actors one OF their
number at least has been immortalized
through failure. Moliere himself was the
actor who brought about the unrehearsed
scene between himself and his ass The
play was don Quixote," and Moliere
played Sancho. Some minutes before he
had to appear on the stage he was waiting
in the wings, mounted on his ass. But
the latter suddenly forgot his part and in
sisted upon appearing on the scene with
out delay Nor was 1t of any avail that
half dozen assistants hung around his
head and chung desperately to his tail.
The ass with Moliere on his back, dashed
wildly among the actors on the scene, and
the flasco would have been complete had
not Moliere saved the situation by shout
ing to the audience, while jogging along,
Pardon, gentlemen Pardon, ladies'!
This COMPOUNDED beast has come on against
my wshesl" The public responded at once
with roars of laughter and applause, but
Moliere never again mounted an ass
Westminster Gazette.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-10
AUDIENCE OF ONE.
A Rainy Sunday at Church Which the Pas
tor Will Long Remember.

DIR. Payson, the famous and beloved
preacher of Portland, Me-, used to tell the
following pointed story:
One very stormy Sunday he went to
church, more from habit than because he
expected to find anybody there. just after
he had stepped inside the door an old ne
gro came in, and asked If Dr. Payson was
to preach there that day, explaining that
he was stranger in town, and had been
advised to go to his church
Upon that, said Dr. Payson, ~ made
up my mind to preach my sermon, If no.
body else came"
Noobdy else did come, so the doctor
preached to the choir and the old negro.
Some months afterward he happened to
meet the negro, and, stopping him, asked
how he enjoyed the sermon that stormy
Sunday.
Enjoy dat sermonp" replied the old
man. ~ 'clar, DOCTOR nebber heerd a
better one. You see l had a seat pretty
well up front. an whenebber you'd say
somethin's pretty hardlike gin de sins oh
men I'd jess look all roun ter see who
you's o. hittin, an wouldn't see nobody
on'y jess me. An l says to m self, He
must mean you, Pomp you's sech dret
full sinner. Well, doctor, dat are sermon
set me a-thinkin what big sinner l war,
an went an jined the church down home.
I'ze a deacon now. "--Christan Endeavor
World
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-10
His Case Continued.

They tell the following in connection
with John Allison, the well known Muh-
ienberg lawyer: John Is very much of a
wag, and on one occasion, even when
death was staring him in the face, he could
not repress his disposition to be funny
He became Ill at his home in Greenville
with what was supposed to be heart dis
ease, and physician was hastily sum
moned. When he arrived, John was gasp
ing for breath, and his friends expected
him to die at any minute. When the doc.
tor asked him what was the matter, he
coolly replied. doc. have an intimaton
that my case is about to be called, and, IL
possible. want TO get a continuance. =
The doctor went to work with him, and.
contrary to everybodys expectation, did
get John a continuance, and he Is still
alive and practicing law In Greenyille.
jacksonville (Ky.) Hustler
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-10
A TOOTH OF GOLD.
The Truthful Narration of Dentist Who
Knew His Business.

Inc IrutnIui Narration Oh Dentist VINO
Knew His Business.
The man in the chair of torture was re-
monstrating with the doctor of dental sur
gerry.
That's all right" said the dentist,
"but you are foolish not to let me build
that tooth up with gold for you"
What's the use9 1t will cost me $40,
you say, and | cannot afford to eat my IS
week board with $40 tooth, 1t is too
much dead capital"
SIS it?' smiled the dentist "ListeD to
a story. About ten years ago was trying
TO make living in the west in partner
ship with fellow who wasn't any luckier
than / was We worked around to the
north. where the winters are as bad as
they are in the Klondike. and our funds
kept getting lower and lower until starva-
ton sat down to table with US The
weather was getting colder, too, and the
last wagon train out was booked for the
following Sunday then two days away. 1t
was our last chance, for to remain there
for the four months till the trail was open
| meant death. sure. The price to go with
the train was SEQ each. Just what $25
amounts to you will never know until you
need 1t as badly as we did
1--WE hadn t cent on earth, and nothing
| TO put up to get one with 1t was indeed
cold day for both of us. BY Saturday
noon we had given up all hope of getting
out and had retired to our shaDty. AS we
sat gazing in stupid despair at each other
my partner Rrinned CHASTITY grin and the
CLEAN of the gold In his filled teeth caught
my eye. concealed my feelings and quiet
! ly asked him how many teeth he had filled
He told me there were six, and one OF
them was nearly solid gold tooth and
| had cost him $50 In a minute l had com
municated my idea to him, and in another
minute l had my tools, for / had been
studying dentistry then, at work in his
mouth, digging away like a miner 1t was
a rich field and in half an hour l had out
every bit of gold in those teeth of his and
had beaten it up into wad that we took
to the owner of a saloon who knew what
raw gold was worth. He looked 1t over
and offered $50 for the wad.
my partner kept his mouth shut and
so did /, and when the train moved out
with its wagons next day we had our place
In the front row and s. apiece spending
money. Six months later we struck luck
and filed my partners teeth and never
charged him u cent"
$50 on with mine, said the man in the
chair, land charge me the same. Wash
ington Star.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-10
Und.rrround Flow Of Rivers.

F. r.. Spearman writes of "Queer Amer
lean Rivers" In st. Nicholas. Speaking OF
the rivers of the western plains Mr.. Spear
man says: The irrigation engineers have
lately discovered something wonderful
about even these despised rivers During
the very driest seasons, when the stream Is
apparently quite dry. there is still great
body of water running in the sand Like
a vast sponge the sand holds the water,
vet IL flows continually, just as II 1t were
in plain sight, but more slowly, OF course.
The volume may be estimated by the depth
and breadth of the sand One pint of II
will hold three-quarters of pint of water.
This is called the underground flow, and
is peculiar to this class of rivers. by
means of bitches this water may be brought
10 the surface for irrigation.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-10
HAD A GOOD BREAKFAST.
The Old Soldier Told the AHable Strange
How He Obtained 1t.

How He Obtained 1t.
One day late in the eighteenth century
the great Emperor Joseph of Austria was
out driving, when a heavy shower came
up; as the first big drops fell an old soldier
of the invalides came hobbling to the door
of the carriage and asked to be taken in,
because, he said his uniform was new,
and he did not want to get 1t wet. The
emperor, who was taking the air as pri-
vate gentleman with no marks of his rank
about him, told the old man to get in, and
at once fell to talking with him very af-
fably Soon the soldier mentioned that he
had had capital breakfast that morning.
"What was it9" asked the emperor.
"Guess
The emperor ran over all the dishes he
could think of that were best liked among
the common soldiers, but to everything he
mentioned the invalid answered, chuc
king Better than that" At last, the
emperor giving up the puzzle, he slapped
his knee and declared he had taken 9
| pheasant out of the imperial preserves
The emperor laughed alphabetically anc
| the subject was changed. When they hao
driven some time, the poor poacher, aftel
reoounting some of his experiences in bat
| tie, remarked
"You look like military man, yourself
are you in the armyP'
The emperor said he was and was ther
asked what position he held
"Guess," said the emperor
The soldier guessed and guessed again
| he finally guessed everything from ser
| geant up to marshal, and to every guess h'
| got the answer, Better than that. ="
Naturally, after awhile the truth begar
| to dawn on him, and the poor man wa
| frightened nearly out of his wits, but TIT
| emperor only laughed told him to learr
| discretion i'm making condolences to stran
gers asked him where he wanted to go
set him down at the right door and never
| took any further notice of his loss of ,
| pheasant than to make it a favorite stor!
| at court Exchange
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-10

The Very Comfortable Fireside Found In
the Cabin of n Shin.

The Very Comfortable Preside Found In
the Cabin OF a Ship.
Hanging In his room In the cabin of an
American bark loading for South Africa,
at South street wharf, was picture of
the captains home ashore In Long Is
land town, not far from the city. But
easy of access as this home Is, the captain
spends very little time in 1t, for his wife
sails with him, and, even In this port, they
live mostly aboard the ship. AT sea and
In foreign ports, when they speak OF home.
they mean. of course their home OH Long
Island, but practically they make their
home in the cabin of the bark, and a com
Portable home too.
Upon the walls of the main room of this
cabin, which Is room of spacious di.
mansions, there are two pictures of the
bark itself These are distinctly nautical,
but, aside from them, the furnishing OF
the room Is such as might be seen In any
room devoted to like purposes ashore. In
an alcove on one side is piano: upon the
other side is sofa In the center Of the
room is table, upon which there are
books and sewing and, here In port, where
the ship stands on an even keel, a vase Of
flowers The room Is GIFTED at night by
lamp like a piano lamp, with broad,
| spreading shade, but which, instead of be-
| ing upheld by standard with feet resting
on the floor, is here suspended from the
| deck beams running across under the sky
| light overhead. There are here deep up
holstered armchairs and other easy chairs,
and there are rugs on the floor. 1t Is a
| homelike and attractive room.
| Forward of this room Is the forward
cabin, which is also the ships dining
room. The mizzenmast comes down
through the after part of this room, going
down also through that end of the fixed
table, giving to this cabin a decidedly
marine touch Opening off the main cabin
| there are a number of rooms including
the captains room, which is of ample size.
There Is here also room for the captain &
daughter, who sometimes sails with him
AS is customary on American deep water
ships, there are two or three staterooms fol
passengers, who are carried when they
offer. On her last voyage to Africa this
| vessel carried three passengers.
The captain has sailed for many years
ne is acquainted in ports all around the
world, and wherever he goes there Is nc
lack of social life for himself and his wife
They have more invitations ashore thar
they can accept, and they entertain guest!
aboard the ship, which is indeed their float
ing home, but that they do not forge
their home ashore may easily be imagined
from the fact that the ships name is made
up in part of the name of tho captain
home town.-New York Sun.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-10
INFECTION BY THIRD PERSONS.
little Danger and Unnecessary Fuss Made
by Health Oficers.

by Health Onicers.
Il all this fuss about infection by third
persons necessarily The teaching of ex-
perience almost uniformly says 1t Is not.
Or course every one admits that infection
can he carried by means of fomites and
that II doctor sits upon patients bed
and rubs his head against him In listening
to his lungs or gets his hands soiled with
Infectious materM while inspecting his
throat and then straightway goes and
rubs himself against another patient he
may carry the disease. But suppose no
does not do these things, and that he prop
erly washes his hands-tbat Is, the parts
that have actually touched the patient. All
experience goes to show that this infection
by third persons Is mere bugbear.
1T Is perfectly well known that in gen.
eral hospitals which receive infectious dis
eases, and In which, even II these are
placed In separate wards the doctors and
the students pass direct from one ward to
another, any diffusion of the disease
throughout the house Is of the rarest pos
sible occurrence, while, we would ask,
how often Is 1t not the case that medical
men take their own children with them on
their rounds without any harm resultingp
One of the most eminent of the ply sicians
practicing In London used to take his chill
dren with him in his carriage when he
visited the fever hospital and either leave
them at the door or let them play in the
garden till he came out, when-soaked
with Injection, as some people would say
he would get into the carriage and drive
away with them. Did they catch scarlet
feverP Not at all
Let US put to one side all this dread and
fear Of infection by third persons. Such a
thing may happen now and then, but 1t is
| not thus that infection Is ordinarily spread,
unless perhaps we make an exception In
favor Of varicella and Of smallpox In un.
vaccinated communities.
| We speak thus plainly because medical
men, and especially medical officers OF
health, have shown themselves all toe
ready to encourage what we believe to be
totally unnecessary restrictions of the or
binary work of daily life But II such q
mode Of spread Is only of occasional occur
renee do not let us pass silly laws. VIZ
may perhaps best judge Of the manner In
which laws to regulate the movements Of
casual visitors" to cases of scarlet fever
would operate by recalling the very patent
fact that the medical man is exactly such
casual visitor. Already people are to b'
found who are quite ready to attribut,
their illness to infection carried by thu
doctor, and we may imagine the endless
actions at law which would be hurled a
his devoted head If such prejudices wer'
crystallized into form by legislative enact
ments.-London Hospital.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-10

have been afflicted with rheumatism
for fourteen years and nothing seemed to
give any relief. was able to be around
all the time. but constantly suffering. |
had tried everything could hear OF and
at last was told to try Chamberlain's
Pain Balm, which did, and was immed-
lately relieved and in short time cured.
am happy to say that it has not since
returned.-JosH EDSAR, Germantown,
Cal, For sale by Sodergren & Sodergren,
DrupQists
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-10
COCKADES.
The Three Kinds That Are Worn In Eng
Ian1 and What They Mean.

lana and What They Mean.
There is no subject under the sun con-
corning which so many mistakes are made.
According TO an ancient joke, one lady
asked another, "Why is your father using
@ cockadeY" "Oh, oa's just Joined the
army and navy stores" And many peo-
pie seem to think that cockade means
nothing at all beyond the fact OF certain
amount of social eminence. There In no
real law upon the matter, which Is simply
governed by long established custom and
usage
According thereto, there are three kinds
Of English cockades In use at the moment
the royal. the military and the naval.
There is no such thing as 'civil service
cockade. The royal cockade can be easily
recognized 1t Is quite circular. 1t is In
shape much like double dahlia, and 10
worn so that half of IL Is seen above the
top of the hat. 1t is also larger than other
cockades and projects outward very much
more. The military cockade Is the one
most usually seen, 1t consists OF small
circular projection, from the top of which
issues fan shaped ornament. 1t Is worn
30 that the fan shaped ornament projects
above the top of the hat. tt ird shape
the naval cockade-has no tan, and is
| oNdi III endpc. ~ 10 "oih nv thO oitcf ~
that no part of 1t projects above the top of
the hat The military cockade is worn by
the servants of those holding military com
missions-viz. officers in the army, mill
tia and volunteers and by lord lieuten'
ants, commissioners of lieutenancy, deputy
lieutenants and high sheriffs. The naval
cockade is worn by the servants Of naval
officers.
Civilians and ladies have no right at all
to any cockade unless coming within the
above descriptions. The black cockade of
Hanover came into use In this country
with the Hanoverians, though In the days
when hats were worn that required fasten-
| ing up at the side, the cockade was worn
| by the officers themselves. The Jacobites,
| In their intense objection to everything
| Hanoverian, started the white cockade,
which was worn by the officers who took
| part in the Jacobite risings, but the white
| cockade' never had an analogous usage tc
| the black cockade of Hanover. 1t is posi-
BILE It may In the future, for we hear OF
one gentleman belonging to the Order OF
| the White Rose who Is industriously saw
| ing up to start an equipage In order that
| In literal truth he may mount the white
cockade. Chronological Magazine.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-10
The Laurfum Fair.

Our twelfth annual sale will be in great
bar9ains-455 pieces of mems fieeced-
lined underwear worth $1.25 each, at
this sale only 80 cents; $50 pairs OF mems
kid gloves worsh $3.50 per pair at this
sale only 4S cents; 600 par OF children's
rubbers. from No. 6 to II and from II
to No. 2, worth 80 cents per pair, at this
sale 10 cents. Call at once as it is to
your interest. The Laurium Fair, next
to the postoffice, l. Feinberg & Co.. pro-
prietors.