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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-15

Daudet had lurking kindness for
sinners. He pitied them, for he could
not see how in the long run they could
succeed in anything. But the self right
cons were more Offensive to him.
think he was right in saying that men
and women who pass for having never
sinned are unpleasant companions, and,
from the day of judgment standard,
perhaps the worst sinners OF ALL The
sensibility shown in Jack" and other
works did not extend to animals Dau-
Diet, though cigalier, was deaf to the
chirp of grasshopper and cricket. Birds
have no place in his rural sketches. he
could not understand the touching
beauty of the "last friend" at the poor
mans funeral. Animals were simply
brutes to Daudet. At best they were
warnings to human beings not to live
merely to eat, sleep and leave posterity
behind them. They sometimes were
vices incarnate. Such were the fox, the
serpent, the scorpion. What selfish,
heartless thing the ant wasl 1t had
head il you will, but 1t was the sort Of
head that organizes labor in sooty FAC
tory towns. The dog was the beastlies'
beast of any. Daudet fed from every
drawing room where he saw a lapdog'
Paris Letter in London Truth.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-15
The Laurium Fair.

Our twelfth annual sale will be in great
bargains-455 pieces Of mems fieeced-
lined underwear worth $1.25 each, at
this sale only 3S CENTS $50 pairs OF mems
kid gloves worsh $1.50 per pair at this
sale only As 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, 1. Feinberg & Co.. pro-
prietors.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-15
EARLY ARITHMETICS.
Struggles Of the Pilgrim Children Will
One of the "Rs."

Struggles Of the Pilgrim Children With
One of the "R's."
Next to penmanship the colonial
school and schoolmaster took firm stand
on "ciphering." 1.-THE Bible and fig
gers is what want my boys to know, !"
said the old farmer. l have examined
with care Wingate's Arithmetic which
was used for over century in the Wins
low family in Massachusetts. The first
edition was printed in 1920. 1t is GER
tainly bewildering to a modern reader.
"Pythagoras-Hi Table" is, of course,
our multiplication table. Then comes
"The Rule of Three" "The Double
Golden Rule, ," 1.-THE Rule of Fellow
ship, " 1.-THE Rule of False" ETC., end
ing with "a collection of pleasant and
polite questions to exercise all the parts
of vulgar arithmetick.
Wingate's Arithmetic and Holders
Arithmetic were succeeded ~ Pike g
Arithmetic. This had 1858 rules to
be committed to memory, and not an
explanation was given Of one OF them.
It is the most barren schoolbook l
have ever read These printed arith-
metics were not in common use. Near
ly all teachers had. manuscript "sum
books, J." from which the scholars copied
page after page of "sums, too often
without any explanation of the process,
though there were also many and long
rules, which helped the penmanship il
they did not the mathematics. -Chau-
tauQuan.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-15
Queer Definitions.

Here are some curious extracts from ex-
animation papers quoted by the Chicago
Record: 1.-THE government Of England Is
king and queen. Queen Isabella Is the
present ruler. England is owned by the
Dominion of Canada, India and part OF
Australia. Also, Russia has a good
government; is owned by SPAIN" The
following were handed In ms definitions OF
words: "Austere-the hind part of a
boat" "Tory--an abandoned soldier. F"
"Tory--a flsherman's boat" Serene
deadlike." "Canteen-a cone shaped
bottle to carry water across the desert. I"
One day n class was asked to exIslali. the
meaning of "B. c." and "a. D." 1t was
q sticker for awhile, but one lad finally
figured It out. His little hand shot up,
and he arose with decision written on bis
earnest face as he said: "B. G. means be-
bore Christ and A. ID. after he died."
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-15
BoWLINEs OUT OF DATE.
An Old skipper on Some OF the Mistakes
Made by the Landlubbers.

An Old Skipper on Some OF the Mistakes
Made by the Landlubbers.
"when a man was drunk" said the old
skipper, sailors said, In the times when
there were sailors, that he was three
sheets in the wind, which MEANS Dautic-
ally, that the old hooker has charge Of her
self. i have heard the poetical lubbers,
who, with the help of dictionaries, pretend
to be regular foremost hands, say OF a man
who couldn't navigate that he was sail
ing along a bowline.' Bowlines are out of
date aboard ship and have been for many
years. Centuries ago the sails OF ship
hoisted much and spread little. like cof-
fee bag. Then ships carrying square sails
could not go to windward. About the
time Of Sir Walter Raleigh, or little be-
fore, merchant vessels began to use the
bowline, and by its use the big square rig
gers, when on a wind, were able to wallow
along In good weather about four knots
an hour and lay within seven or eight
points Of the wind. Smaller vessels, with
their lateen sails, such as Columbus sailed
in, could make better weather, as the yard
of the lateen sail keeps the weather leech
taut There were no jibs In those days.
The foremost was stepped In the eyes OF
the ship.
"The bowline proper Is attached to the
weather edge of the sail by bride, leads
forward and Is used to keep the sail steady
when the ship Is close hauled. You will
find that definition in the dictionaries.
Notwithstanding that, 1t is correct. The
change In the shape of square sails used
aboard ships nowadays has made the bow
line superhuous. On the old fashioned
square rugged vessel the sails would drop,
or hoist, as much as they would spread
that is, they were cut as long as they were
wide. Such a shape would keep full only
when sailing directly before the wind.
The square sails of modern ship are from
three to four times as wide as they are
deep, and when they are extended between
the yards, and the yards are braoed up,
the canvas stands as stiff as board. The
fore edge needs no bowline to keep IL
straight or steady. 1t makes me weep
when hear lubbers talk about the bow
line. / am almost as much affected as
am when read description Of race be-
tween fore and aft craft with 'starboard
tacks aboard. +" And the old skipper, with
a backhanded movement, eminently nau
tical, wiped away what might have been 9
| tear.-New York Sun.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-15
How 20 wheed,e n Librarian.

Inote that an Oxford scholar of my
acquaintance, if he wished valuable
book to be taken from the Bodleian
library into the Radcliffe reading room
that he might continue reading it after
the library was closed, used to begin by
asking leave for some unique manu-
script, and when that was refused a
book somewhat less valuable, coming
gradually down a scale and being re-
fused with less emphasis, until he
reached the book which alone he want.
ed, when he would say, lat least you
can have no objection to my taking
this. "-Cornhill Magazine.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-15
THE TROUBLESOME DUST.
why the Scientist Appreciates IL More
Than the Housewife.

why the Scientist Appreciates IL More
Than the Housewife.
The bane Of the ideal housekeeper's
life is dust, and yet this seemingly in
significant, exasperating dust has been
study of scientists for century.
"When q beam of sunlight enters q
darkened room, it can be seen along its
whole course" says One writer. 1.-The
light il effected to every side and made
to reach the eye by the dust i'll the air
Of the rom. We do not see the sun
beam. bat the dust which is illumined
by it. As unimportant as this curious
stuff seems. it plays a conspicuous part
in nature. 1t is what makes the sky ap-
pear blue, and when we look at the sky
we see the dust illuminated by the sun.
Light goes through all the gases-the
dust catches it, reflects it in every di-
rect;on, and so causes the whole atmos-
phere to appear clear, in the same way
that it makes the sunbeam visible in
the dark room.
without this strange, wonderful
dust there would be no blue sky. 1t
would be as dark or darker than on moon
less nights The glowing disk of the sun
would stand Immediately against the
black background, thus producing blind
ing light where the suns rays fall and
deep black shadows where they do not.
1t is to dust that we owe the moderately
tempered daylight adapted to our eyes,
and it is dust that contributes to the
beauty of the scenery. The finest dust
gives the blue tone to the sky, while the
coarser kind produces an almost black
appearance.
1.-The clouds consist of dust and va
por. If there be only little dust, all
the vapor is precipitated upon it, and
so loads the clouds with water that they
sink in heavy drops to the ground.
Without dust the vapor would penetrate
houses, making everything mold with
damp. We should feel upon going out
that our clothes were becoming saturat.
ed and umbrellas would be a useless
protection. 1t is hard. indeed, to con-
ceive how different everything would
be if there were no dust. This trivial
common stuff has its considerable part
in the processes of nature, and there IL
much of the wonderful and mysterious
concealed in its filmy particles. DE
troit Free Press.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-15
"OLD COMPARlSON."
An Eccentric westerner Who Has Gained
the SobriQuet.

An Eccentric westerner Who Has Gained
the sobriquet.
The people around the little mountain
town, says the Yakima Wash. Herald,
called him "Old Comparison, and /
knew in general way why the sobriquet
had been given him, but did not. during
my months stay, have an opportunity
to test it, though l had speaking ac-
quaintance with him. One day l was
passing his house and he was sitting on
the steps of the little vine clad porch
in front.
"Good morning." said. cts a
lovely day."
"Finer'n silk" he responded.
"How are you this morning?"
"Friskier'n colt"
Flows your wife?"
'Pearter'n pullet.
"The weather is very hot and dry for
this season, don't you Think"
"Hotter'n a run horse and drier'n a
clean shirt"
81 suppose you went to the wedding
last night in the meeting house? A
pretty bride, ! thought. P"
"Purtier'n speckled dog"
"The young man is,very rich, l hear. "
"Richer'n fertilizer foot thick.
"By the way, are you willing to sell
me those saw logs Brown couldn't take
off your hands?"
"Williner n girl to get spliced.
"When can / see them?'
"Quicker'n a lamb can shake his
tail"
And the old man grabbed his hat and
stick and led the way to the river, offer,
ing no remark. but answering all cues,
tions as usual.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-15
SOMETHING JUST AS GOOD.
How Bilious Man Gave Up His Two Cups
of breakfast Coffee.

NV nihous MAN gave Up HIS Two Cupa
Of breakfast Coffee.
"A east end man was advised some
time ago not to drink coffee. His doctor
told him 1t helped to make his liver tor
pid and his liver was doing its best to
render life miserable for himself and all
the rest of the family.
But, no. he couldn't give up his two
cups at breakfast time. He couldn't
make the sacrifice. Norhing could take
the place Of the delicious Java and
Mocha mixed that he had learned to
love.
One day his wife suggested in a mild
way that he might be just as well sat
listed with one of the brands of imita-
ton coffee. He almost frothed at the
mouth.
THAT Internal stuff he cried.
"Not much. The very first gulp would
settle me. I'd like to see anybody try to
fool me with counterfeit of that sort {"
He didn't notice that his wife quietly
smiled. But, strange to say, from that
time on he grew better. His bilious
tendency was greatly lessened. He felt
like new man.
One day he met the doctor.
Hello, doc" he cried. "I'm getting
better in spite Of you"
"Given up coffee, have your" queried
the smiling doctor.
"Given up coffee? Not much. Coffee's
all right"
A few weeks later he met the man
from whom he orders his groceries.
"HelloP' quoth the grocer. "How
well you are looking"
YES" said the convalescent, Elm
feeling great deal better"
By the way" said the grocer, "you
seem to like that substitute I've been
sending you"
"What substituted"
"Why, that substitute for coffee. -
And he named one of the numerous i'm
itatiols Of the fragrant berry.
"Never had cup of it in the house,
said the bilious man emphatically.
"That's funny" said the grocer. 81
haven't sold your folks pound Of gen
uine coffee in the last three months. I"
The bilious man didn't say anything
further, but his thoughts were busy,
The next morning he looked at his cuI
little suspioiously, but he drank il
without tremor. Perhaps he fancied
he detected the difference; perhaps not
Anyway, his wife still fondly imaginel
he doesn't know Of the deception. =
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-15

Frank Sherwood was down town to-
day, the first time since he had his tussle
with cholera morbus. He says he drove
thirty miles after he was taken, and
never came so near dying in his life. After
this when he goes out in the country he
will take bottle of Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with him.
Missouri Valley Qowa) Times. For
sale by Sodergren & Sodergren, Drug
pists
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-15

To color wooden goods black, use an
ounce Of extract Of loRwood and half an
ounce of blue vitriol for each pound Of
cloth. Put the vitriol In water enough to
poyer the cloth, and when they are thor
ouRhly mixed put In the cloth and let II
scald 30 minutes Then take the cloth out
and throw It into clear water. Put the
logwood into vessel with sufficient water
for the goods, press the water from the
cloth and put IL into the lockwood water
and sosld IL 30 minutes. Then take out
the cloth ana air we'll Meanwhile put the
vitriol vNtsr into the vessel with the log.
wood and again put In the cloth and scald
10 10 minutes longer. This viii prevents
the goods when pressed from rubbing on.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-15
An Arbitrary Fee.

Victor Smith tells this story in the
New York Press: my father was an
old time lawyer. He tried little case
for his bootmaker and entered on the
books a charge of $40, the price of new
pair of boots. When the latter was de-
livered, the accompanying bill was $50:
A man Of any other profession would
have taken offense at the apparent EFFORT
to "do" him, but the lawyer smilingly
raised his fee to $40. and Mr. Smart
Aleck Bootmaker had to pay. That was
an arbitrary fee Doctors sometimes en-
10Y the privileges Of It,"
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-15
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Al
ways Proves EHectual.

There are no better medicines on the
market than Cbamberlain's. We have
used the Cough Remedy when all others
failed, and in every instance 1t proved ef-
fectual. Almost daily we hear the vir-
tues OF Chamberlain's remedies extolled
by those who have used then, This is
not an empty puff. paid for at so much
a line, but is voluntarily given 10 good
faith, in the hope that suffering human.
ity may try these remedies and, like the
writer; be benefited. the Glen
Vile (W. va.) Pathfinder. For sale by
Sodergren 4 Sodergren, Druggists,
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-15
The Wandering jew.

There are various versions of the story
OF the Wandering Jew, the legends OF
whom have formed the foundations Of
numerous romances, poems and tragedies.
One version is that this person was a serv-
ant in the house of PLATE. and gave the
Master blow as he was dragged out of
the palace to go to his death. A popular
tradition makes the wanderer a member
of the tribe of Naphtali, who, some seven
or eight years previous to the birth of the
Christ child, left his father to go with the
wise men of the east whom the star led to
the lowly cot in Bethlehem. 1t runs also
that the cause of the killing of the chill
dren can be traced to the stories this per-
son related when he returned to Jerusa-
lem of the visit of the wise men and the
presentation of the gifts they brought to
the Divine infant when he was acknowl-
edged by them to be the King of the Jews.
He was lost sight of for a time, when he
appeared as a carpenter who was employed
in making the cross on which the Saviour
was to be lifted up before the eyes Of all
men. AS Christ walked up the way to
Calvary he had to pass the workshop Of
this man. and when he reached its doors
the soldiers, touched by the sufferings of
the Man of Sorrows besought the carpen-
ter to allow him to rest there for little.
But he refused adding insult to want of
charity Then it is said that Christ pro-
nounced his doom, which was to wander
over the earth until the second coming.
Since that sentence was uttered he has
wandered, counting death, but finding IL
not, and his punishment becoming more
unbearable as the generations come and
GO. He is said to have appeared in the
sixteenth, seventeenth and even as recent
| ly as the eighteenth century under the
names Of Cartaphilus and Ahasuerus, by
| which the Wandering jew has been
| known.-St. Louis Republic.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-15
rhe nrinlanasrs'

Mutual Fire Insurance company OF
Houghton and Keweenaw counties, or
ganised In 1890 according to the laws
the State Of Michigan, viii insure proper.
ty OF its members. Have paid IRE loses
over "a, 900 and dividends nearly t6, 600
during the last seyen years to members
Of ave years' standing. On the nrst day
Of July the company had 541 mem
bsrs, o406.04S worth Of property IN
sured and e11.121.18 IN treasury. For
further particulass apply TO the under.
siensd. Joun BLoaGovwr, PrssaduA
AIM fnmoNuN, Sssrstarv.
O@es, l48 Pine strsst, upstsiss dDs
Jaskst.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-15

What pleasure IL there in life with q
headache, constipation and biliousness
Thousands experience them who could
become perfectly healthy by using De-
Wits Little Early Risers. the famous
little pills. SoDERGREN h SoDERGREN.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-15

l have moved my merchant tailoring
shop to No. III Osceola street, Laurium.
where l will be glad to meet my old
friends as well as new ones. Suits made
to order from best woolens at very mod.
crate prices. STEVE Predecessor.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-15

A tutor was once employed to teach
the son of king. The young prince was
sometimes disobedient. But In the esteem
Of the tutor 1t was not quite proper to
whip the son of king with common
sw itch. So to the lapel OF the boys coat
the teacher pinned piece Of purple ribbon.
When the young prince manifested dis
position to defy authority, the instructor
pointed with the end Of the rod to the
purple ribbon on his COAT This was an
appeal TO his royel blood.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-15

$50 Jones was not reelected"
"No. he was fired out. "
81 wonder IL he still believes office is
. public trust. "
II doubt it. He regards IL more in
the light Of . public thrust. New
York World.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-15
We are anxious to do a little good

We are anxious to do little good
this world and can think OF no pleasanter
or better way to do it than by recon-
mending One Minute Cough Cure as q
preventive OF pneumonia, consumption
and other serious lung troubles that fol-
low neglected colds,
SODERGREN & SoDERGREN.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-15
Calumet Carriage works.

Manufacturer and dealer OF carriages,
wagons, cutters and sleighs. Repainting
and repairing OF all kinds on short no
tice. First-class work guaranteed and
prices reasonable. Give me call.
JOSEPH HEBERT,
Corner Hecla and Lake Linden Avenue,
Lanrium.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-15

There are three little things which do
more work than any other three little
things created-they are the ant, the bee
and DeWitt's Little Early Risers, the
last being the famous little pills for
stomach and liver troubles.
SODERGREN & SopERaREN
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-15

Children and adults tortured by burns,
scalds, injuries, eczema or skin diseases
may secure instant relief by using De-
Wits Witch Hazel Salve. 1t is the
great pile remedy.
SODERGREN 4 SoDERGREN.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-15

Stage leaves Pearce's livery stable
Lake Linden, every day at 8 q. m. 10 q.
m, and p. m. Stageleaves McClure's
livery stable, Red Jacket, at q. M, 10
q. m, and 1 and 4. p. m.
THOMAS PEARCE,
JAMES MCCLURE,
Proprietors.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-15
Spring and summer styles.

Having received fine stock of cloths,
suitable for spring and summer suitings.
and overcoats / invite an inspection.
Suite made to order, fit guaranteed and
the prices very low. Give me call.
M. JOHNSON,
Over Sauer's Sample Room.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-15

Don't annov others by your coughing.
and risk your life by neglecting a cold.
One Minute Couth Cure cures coughs,
colds, Group, grippe and all throat and
lung troubles.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-15

Clothes cleaning, dyeing. repairing.
altering and pressing promptly and
neatly done. All work guaranteed to
prove satisfactory,
MICHIGAN Dye Works.
Over 312 Fifth street.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-15

Mistress Of the Houss-My good man.
did you ever take baths
Tfamp-No, mum, ! never TOOK any
thing biggsrn silver teapot. -London
Th-B Bits.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-15

WANTED = Two gentlemen roomers.
Apply at this Office.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-15

g rhe English parliament has met on
sunday IL times. the first In the reign
VI Edward III, the last ct the death OF
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-15

In Mexico City "frst class American
butter. made By an expert t" 10 advertised
1t 80 and 80 cents q pound ~ wholUals
end retail rsepsotively.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-15

SoDERGREN 4 SoDERGREN.
The Florence daily tribune., 1898-06-22
Electric Trolley. For Freight.

The transportation of merchandise is
"a feature of the long distance trolley
lines to which little attention has yet
been paid, but which has great possibil-
tiles, These lines offer remarkable op-
portunities for the development of con-
venient express and parcels delivery
service between cities and their suburbs
and even far out into the country
Freight could also be oheaply carried in
this way from town to town, and n
large business might be built up in the
transportation of market produce and of
milk from the country into the city
Platform cars might be Arranged so that
heavily loaded wagons could bo taken
bodily for long distances at material
saving in time and expense. The relief
of the highways from heavy traffic
might thus be very great 1t would al
30 save the community large expenses
for repairs and renewal of roads, for
there would be a corresponding reduc-
tion in the wear and tear of the way
from heavy teaming and the destructive
chopping action Of steel horseshoes. -
"The Trolley IN Rural Parts. " by Syl-
vcster Baxter, in Harper's Magazine.