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TbeCopperCoiitryEveiWeis rrBLIHCO BT 3Trcl Maolcoxizle, Editor aud Proprietor. W"0Qlee1ntheNsw Mock, north end of fifth itnxt, K?d Jacket. Michigan. TKU31M OK M'llCUHTION. BY MAIL OR CASHIER. One yeanlna lvsniW - j tlx months J" Per month u v-tisr at thk iotT orricr. at caixmet, MICIUQAN As SECOND-CLASS MATTKR. C3 Conmunii-atlons aud letters of business rosnected with tbt paper should bo addressed .o TLo Copper Country Evening News, faluniet. .Mirhltfau. Leland, Towle & Co., ISankerM and Etrokpra. Members of the "Hsston snl Bev York Eiclanies. Copper Stocks a Specialty. VV. F. Fitzgerald. Si i)iurrts Ht. tloaton. Mining Property For Sale. All the property, real and personal, of the lac La Belle Mining Company, Mltuated In Keweenaw t o. -Mich, Embracing .1,6.15 acres on the mineral range, 8 TflH acres in fee l.'.M acres surface only mak lag 20,75rt acres pout h of mineral runge with the hardwood still Ptandins, together with seven miles of railnmd to stamp mill at Lac la Belle; with outlet thence to Luke Superior, Plant at the mine and Lake all in good order and ready for operation. Enquire for further partic ulars from W. It. VIVIAN. Sunt. l)elawaro Mine P. O. Keweenaw Co. Mich. Copper - Stocks A Specialty. T. BRIGHAM BISHOP, 7 WATER STREET. BOSTON - - !LAJ3S. My facilities for tralin in the copperstocks ere of the very beet, O, uick service. Prompt returns. Your trade solicited. Orders re ceived for ten-share lots and upward for cash or on margin of 12 or mom per share. Ideal In all stocks listed on the Boston and New Yorii exchanges. Write for book: llow to Spicclatk COll'Elt STOCKS. Branch Offlcs- K LDEN BLK, hton. Mich. MINING. Mi k. IbxroN Ma?s. August 'i, M..i.'i Arnold .. Atlantic Boston V Mmi'ana II Jtte & Uiin n Jalumet and llec!a CentenniH C'rv;)er I' i lis I'rfc.'.ik-:in K aararpe t!i Ml 4KI i:. 1" 2" non?rr Osceola iiulncy Suir.cy n-ript ld;l)on:iniwn.... , Tamcrak T&naick Junior. Tectnuoh WclTerint reced 'Jolc IK r.i 1H Our KiiKion letter. Boston, Ma., Auut 'J. 1807. The month of July passed into history ah a period of bullish enthusiasm in the stock market. The record of price shows a substantial net gain throughout the entire lint and. at the clone of the month, prices were higher, on the average, than at any time since early in the autumn of is!) 3, nearly two years ago, while aver aging full twenty points higher than a year ago thin month, or at the culmina tion of th.i ttrran panic. The rally, ho far, ban been carried on witn but little re action and the olderinhabitants of State street are begiuning to wonder il it is not about time for a Blight set-back; a pause n which to consider if present or pros oective conditions warrant the present level of high priceH. Th advance has not been con lined to the gilt edge invest uent securities which pay remunerative and regular dividends; the nonditi lend paving bbaren have participated in the advance, and for no especial reason, ex cept in sympathy with the balance of the lint. Hock Inland, a 2 percent stock, sell :cg oyer 80, Northwestern, a 4 p-r cent stock, Klliug a 1 17, and New Kngland Ttlephone, a 0 per cent stock, Helling at 2o, are on eagerly bought an Atchin hod'b 4 per cent first mortgage bonds Helling at 85, as Quincy miuing, an H dividend stork, Felling at 114, and as Montana, a (12 dividend stock, Helling at l.'H. That is, rhares which pay one half as much on the investment are sell in; at about the came prices as stocks wnich pay twice as much, and with no better prospects ahead than hate the shares which pay double and sell at the name price. It would not require a very brilliant intellect to see that some shares are s lling altogether too high, but, in the present temppr of the stock market operators and the speculative public, it ould be cosily to back up financially .wch an opinion, as prices may, and doubtless will, be carried up still higher, TcgardWs of merit. In other vord, everybody feels bullish, is anxious to buy something, nnd the stocks with possibili ties offer greater attractions than those atocks which have demonstrated their worth. So much for the stock market. Now, la looking over the ltuatiou, we find that the new tariff law U passed; a tariff law which was scheduled to spread prosper ity broadcast over the land t Iter its final formalities had been completed In con giess, Since it has been paused, several large New Kugland manufacturing con cerns have passed their semi-annual divi dends and many New England mills and f actories have been closed down on ac couut of dull business. It is not thein teution to blame the new tariff law for the du I busies and the consequent clos ing down of so matiy mills and the phss ing of dividend, but it is cl ed pimply to show the folly of tbt argument, advanced in some quarters, that. business men wete waiting only for the hkhhuv of the new tanfl ill bfcre eiiibarkiug on new lines of trade or tlmt the delay in the passage of the new tar.fi bill dtl ijedjthe promi.-ed return of prosperity. Thepoorcondition of business has nothing to do with the passage of the tariff bill, nor will the new tarittha eauythiugto do with thei. cieaeed volume of busiuei-s when tr.nle bgiuh to improve. When a merchant c mulains that buiueis isdull, he forgets that every yearthereare more merchants iu business, that the aggregate amouat of bucireos is greater, and that each new competitor reduces tbe volume of sales of each of the persons already in business; he forgets, also, that prices are regulated by the law of supply aud demand and that, if prices are declioing. the supply is increasing faster than the demand That's what's the matter with business; not the tariff. Hut business ought to be better by and by; the crop situation is favorable, which means more money for the producers, which money will be spent at home for manufactured good, beside making additional traffic for the rail roads bringing the grain to the sea b.ardand carrying other merchandise westward. The copper market continues firm, but practically uncharged as to price. It is a comparatively dull season now in tho copper trade. Large consumers buy their stocks cf copper in the spring and fall and are not ia the market for sup plies now. There is enough band to mouth trade, howevsr, to keep prices up to recent maximum figures and, while there may be sales if a few odd lots at slight concessions from current quota tions, the mining companies are not prosing the metal of sale nor accepting bids for large quantities below the mar ket. The mining companies feel confi dent of their position and are content to fill orders already in hand, and wait for the manufacturers to take the initiative in negotiating for further supplies during the fall aud winter months. The exports ofth luttal'baye not been quite as teivy recently as m June, but still are of fair volume and show no appreciable f fil ling off. While no agreement exists bf- J tween the mining companies, thedifferent managements appear to be utiauimou in their opiuiwu; regarding the condition of the market and mere is an absence of that sharp competition for business which chaructenzt's a declining market. A feature, of the week iu the local stock market was the advance in Calumet and HtcU to !100 per shire, the higlvst price in its history. Untie & Uoston stock has been conspicuous for strength, as has Ios;on .V .Montana, although the 1 itter ha been strong on iuvestmtnt orders as compared with speculative buy ing of the former. All iu all, it has been a pretty quiet week m the copper shares, a general midsummer dulluesn, generally, pervading speculative cirJes. Evkuett. HIS FIRST POEM. Longfellow's Composition on tbe Fate of Mr. Finney's Toruip. When our great poet Longfellow was 9 years old his master wanted him to write a composition. Littlo Henry, like all chil dren, shrank from the- undertaking. Ilia muster &iid: "You can write words, can you notf" "Yes," was the reply. "Then you can put words together?" "Yes, sir." "Then," suld the master, "you may take your elate and go out behind the school bouse nnd thero you can find something to writo about, and then you can tell what It is, what il is for, and what Is to bo done with It, and that will bo a composition." Henry took bis elate and went out. He went l)chind Mr. Finney's barn, which chanced to bo nearby, and, seeing a fine turnip growing up, bo thought ho knew what that was, what It was for and what would be done with it. A half hour had been allotted to Henry for his first undertaking In writing com positions. In a half hour bo carried in his work all cccomplishcd, and tho mnstcr is said to liavo been afTccted almost to tears when bo saw what littlo llonry had done in that short tiino. MIL FINNEY'S TURNIP. Mr. rinney had a turnip, And it grew, and it grew, And it grew behind tho barn, And the turnip did no harm. And It grew, nnd it grew Till it could grow no taller. Then Mr. Finney took it up And put it in the cellar. There it lay, there it lay Till it began to rot, When his daughter buslo washed it, And tihe put it in the pot. Then she tailed it and boiled it Ad long a fehe wa able. Then his duughter Lizzio took it, And fclio put it on the table. Mr. Finney and his wife Doth eat dow n to sup, And they ate, and they ato Till they ato tho turnip up. New York Tribune. First Lady There goes young Mrs. Pedigree. I 6urposo she bores people to death telling tho bright things her lit tle boy says. Second Lady Oh, no. Fortunately be Bays such dreadful things they can't re peat them. Pearson's Weekly. TOURISTS WERE SAD. PAYING DUTYON IMPORTED CLOTHES WORTH MORE THAN $100. Cufctoius Officers Met the Msjrstle sud Collvrtfri Duties I'mler the New Law, Hereafter the Loral Tailors Will I Store limlii Willi Travelers to Kurope. The Ftcm jship Alujestio of the White Star line got into the port of New York the other morning, and her passengers were tho first arriving on any large steamship to be subjected to tho clause rf tho new Dinghy law placing a duty upon p rponal apparel and t fleets pur chased on tho other side iu use a year or Jess nnd exceeding $100 in value. b'nrvcyor McGuire, bis deputy, Mr. Dowling, and 12 statT olliccrs went down tho bay to meet the vessel. On tho j it r rf the steamship com pany were T,o other custom bouso in ppectors, and in addition to the regular group of men from the appraiser's oflice 12 extra men to help out. As Frcii us tho men reached the Ma jestic they got to woik, and they hud their hands lull. They took their places as usual at the head cf the long tables in the dining saloons and the work of declaration was begun. As each passenger came forward to declare his baggage tho man into whoso hands ho fell explained to him that the new Dinghy tariff law was in effect and that if ho had over $100 worth of personal baggage purchased on the other side within a year he would have toay eo and pay duty on the "over and above," as the custom house men called it Most of the passengers came right out with their declarations and paid their duties without a grumble. Thero were many humorous aud laughable scenes and tits of conversations, however, among tho passengers and the officers, but nobody was caught trying to smug gle in anything. Morri9 K. Jesup, tho banker, said that ho had I ecu away only six weeks and had hardly been outside of Loudon, yet he had bought a lot of things and when he got to the pier ho paid down $170 for extra baggage without a mur mur. Many of tho passengers paid out larger sums than that, and it was said at tbe pier that the receipts for tho day from the Ma jest io alone would amount to a neat little figure. Commodore Elbridge T. Gerry was on board. Ho had a lot of baggago and kept himself and tho custom houso in spectors assigned to look after his bag gage busy for quito nwhilo on the pier. Tho printed blanks to bo used in the declaration of personal baggago were not ready when the Majestic arrived, and so thero was a little confusion in taking tho declarations. There was net much, however, and Deputy Surveyor Dowling expressed himself as quito well phased with tho day's work. After the passengers had declared their lupgago tby jot a stub, as usual, from the declination papers. Arrived at tho pier they bad to present theso stubs at tho desk at tho street end to get an inspector to examine their luggage. It was this that took up Fomuch timo and caused all tho delay and confusion that ensued. A great mli for tho desk occurred as I soon as all tho kissing had been linishcd, j and a long lino stretched all tho way across the pier fen an hour after tho steamship had reached her dock. Ah a general thing thero is only one inspector en hand for every ten pass.en- pers, but that morning thero was a man for every six or seven. ! The appraisers wero not kept very busy, for most of the passengers told the truth about their baggago and did not ntt nipt to undervalue it. It was only when tho inspectors suspected that pas sengers were putting a falso valuo upon their property that they called upon tho appraisers to help them out. Tho customs house officers had some interesting experiences with somo of tho passengers who were inclined to ob- ject to tho new law. Among the first erf these on board to come forward cn tho way up tho bay was a stout man with an atmosphere of iinportanco surrounding him. "Tho Dingley law has gone into ef fect," said the inspector. "Ah," said the passenger, "1 am ' glad to hear that I I am a Republican, and I believe in protection, but I do not come under tho new law, for I put all my money into clothing for myself aud my wife. 1 had $ 1,000 with me, and I got enough clothes to last a year or so. Ha, ha!" "But the new law does affect you." "How?" The inspector explained. "But I am a friend of Mr. Dingley and am a friend of McKiuleyl" expos tulated tho man. "That makes no difference," explain ed the inspector. "You said $1,000. That makes" "Hold on. You made a mistake. Lot mo see. I said only $100." A compromise was finally effected. Tho women who had gone abroad to get their winter clothes in Paris and London were much aggrieved. "Why, I have spent $200 for travel ing iu vain," said one. "Might as well have staid at home,' said another. "Yes, tho things come to about the same now," remarke'd a third. Ko the chances are that hereafter the local tailors will get tho custom of many cf this sort of European travelers. Most of the passengers were prepared for tho new law. They felt sure that it would soon go into effect when they went, but they were rather disappointed that they had not reached home in time to escape with their goods from its ef fects. New York Son. Delia Rocca Is Here. Best 5-Cent Cigar On Earth. H. ALKX Ml Kit ; (lit DON JIKTIC sil'X . We have all kinds of brushes, varnishes, oils, colors in oil, etc. S. Olson. Good wood long and shortfor sale at Quello's meat market. Do not miH our special couch sale. S. Olson. Fresh Strawberries and green stuffs re ceived daily at the California fruit store. Special cloHng-out saleon White Moun tain and Arctic ice cream freezers at Carl ton Hardware Co's. Foil Sale A desirable house and lot in block 21, Pewabic street, Laurium. Terms, etc., call on J. It. Murphy. No Flies in the house after jou have our screen on the doors and windows. Sivert Olsox, Portage Lake and Lake Superior Ice company headquarters at Slattery & Ryan's. Telephone connections. James Allen, manager. Wanted-A good girl to look after office and do light housework for a family of three. Apply at the Singer sewing machine company, 3.r0 Fifth street. William Scott, of Hancock, will furnish Portage Kntrv sandstone for cemetery lots and do all woik in setting them at reasonable prices. Apply at the Han cock stone sawmill. 1'oorT Well, Xo! Is what they say of the ice cream at the Laurium drugstore. It is the best in the copper country. We sell and de liver in quantities, or as vou like it. Owing to over production by manu facturers tinware and graniteware were never so cheap as at present. Compare quality of our goods and note prices. Caklton Hardware Co. As we have received some additional machinery we are now able to do all kinds of fancy dry and steam cleaning and dyeing all collars of ladies' garments, gloves, etc., on nhort notice. Michigan Dye Works. Tee Hi Filled und i:xtra ted Without TaIm. The latest and best Cataphorcsi outfit is now in successful operation at l)r. Whisler's dental office. With this outfit the most sensitive teeth are excavated and filled without any pain whatever or injury to the tooth. Teeth extracted without nam or danger. llo! For Clt 1 ournament. Persons intending to attend the tour nament at Ironwood can leave hereon Monday by the noon train, coiner bv wot of Saxon or on Tuesday by way of Besse mer, when they will have to leave on tho early morning train. For fare and par ticulars see display add on page four. Haefelen'a Arnlea Naive. The best salve In the world for . cuts. bruises, sores, ulcere, halt rheum, fever sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns, and all skin eruptions, and posi tively cures piles, or no pay required. It ia guaranteed to give pertect satisfaction. or money refunded. Price, 25 cents per box. For sale by D. T. MocdQnald. Muring ChlckeiiM and lurks. The Palace meat mrket has received a consignment of live spring chickens and ducks and offers them for sale at a mod erate price. They may be had alive or dressed, as the purchaser desires. A call Is solicited. Telephone orders promptly attended to. Joseph Assemv. Proprietor. AKJIHT UltKIV. I pholsterer and IHatrens Maker. All kinds of upholstery work done on short notice in a first-class manner, and cheaper than the cheapest. Carpets cleaned, window draperies made, designed and hung, awnings replaced, etc. With ten years of experience, I solicit your pat ronage. All work guaranteed. Office and shop rear of the Opera House Red Jacket, Mich. Ild Von Uver Try Electric Bitters as a remedy for your troubles? If not, get a bottle now nnd get relief. This medicine has been found to be peculiarly adapteel to the relief and cure of all female complaints, exerting a wonderful direct influence In giving strength and tone to the organs. If you have loss of appetite, constipation, head ache, fainting spells, or are nervous sleepless, excitable, melancholy, or trou bled with dizzy spells, Electric Bitters is the medicine you neenl. Health and strength are guaranteed by Its use. Firty cents nnd $1 nt I). T. Macdonald's drug store. S. Cannon, Agent. We have removed our office and work shop to the uostairs portion of the same building we haye been occuppying. MidiieiAX Dvk Works. For Satj A number of pieces of res dent property in the village of Hancock Apply to. John Eiickson, office In Scott's block. MaoDonald & Jacka, Proprietors of LIYERY, FEED AND SALE STABLES. Headquarters for Keweenaw Stage Line KiKsanaprloei tosuuaii. un telephone ez change. Portland and Fifth Nta lted Jacket, The Late Linden Bicycle f oris. For prompt and first-class work, write or telephone orders. Delivered and called for free. SPECIALWHEELS Made to Order. Brunch office. 323 N. Fifttustreet, Hod Jacket. Thomas Shea, JLlvery, Feed nnd Hale NlaMes. The best horses and rips in the county at very reHsonaum rates. Open. Day and Niglit Stables on Oak street, adjoining tho lted Jacket depot. Don't buy a piano until you examine them. Also the .Henning Piano. At Fichtel's Drug Store. Leave orders at Flchtel's for tuning. J. G. BATES. THE ..RED . JACKET.. BICYCLE WORKS Xo. Iltt Ne ven th Htreet. Over lemar oitt' lllae kMiulth Hliop. Mr. A. L. Brown tins the only original and iesponniblH repair shop in lied Jacket, the HKI) JACKKT BICVCLK WORKS. Don't make a mistake. Call ami see us. We do onto others as we wteh to bo cone by. Telephono orders to McClure a Livery. Bee Hive Shoe Store LEADEItS IS Up-To-Date Footwear. Ladles and Gentlemen's PATENT LEATHER SHOES In Black and Tan, in the latest style toes. Our stock Is complete in tho following lines of COLORED -:- GOODS Green, Purple, Ox Blood, Chocolate and Light Tan. Sixty dlirerent styles of Oxfords to select from: AA to EE in all sizes, Evan Thomas. I'res rvlnjc Frulm. is the occupation that the ood house keeper is now absorbed in. The fruits won't wait; you must preserve them while they are fresh nicKed. Don't: trv to "make any old thincr do' In th nn. eration,hen we sell you grnnite kettles, dippers, measures, weighing scales and a "plendid assortment of glass jars and Jelly tumblers at suchjreasonable prices. Owen Sheridan's lted Jaeket . Meneral Hardware i Merchants' &MiiJ Bank, CALUHKT. . . MUfe CAPITAL . . Surplus and undivided profits, sq'qJ 00' 1 VAltt ON IN I HKI HT OEf - -Mr orriciRSi CT1 AUI.Wfi nwiniia i. n " PRUSm.. If IT nennuu n. 8. COLTON. '..".'.'. VlC, p'SiW CA"B:J- i: First National Bank Capital, Hurplus, Three Ier Cent Per Auuuni Pal naxutsurpuillS, deposits nnd Upward KeeeUstf Of II j omoias: EDWARD KYAN 9wmS JOHN B. DYMOOK VicirW WIT TT1U D 1 7TAT7 Tin ".... "OUIC n.uu.am u. AmvH,aOMil p.. -I First National BanW UtNiinrn .. .... ....... ... nie a. "f I'QMTGI . . UUUUU1 .... in. Snrnlnc qui, TiriHTridPi. nrnfita fW uuiyiua uuu uitiuiiuiu yi UILLO DflJ, Three Fr Cent ler Annan Alio" ornciBi: WILLIAM HAHIiY.. ttuwnJ PETER RUPPB Vid.pBMW WILLIAM CONDON Ca&2 atsif; ID. 3D. S., W -v UENTAL UFFICE Over Star Clothing Store. L OFFICE HOOK5-8 to II a. ts.i 1 to 1 1 and 7 to erode n Insurance. F. A. Dousrlassf to Agency Fire, Marine Accident, Plate Class, Stoah, Boilor Security, 25LeadingCompani English and American $100,000,000 OF CAP1M W. H. Faucett Local KeprcscntatiTf Room 2 Boreo Block THIM 8 PACK IN HEtlBHVEI) KYT viumei aim now Mining Company ITS nJIFLOYKXl Who wish ftn sail thai knnui. or bnT 10- tin Blah Mn ami. a mnA fthniS WhO rooms to rent are Invited to sdvsrtiw without an? expttue 11 Dpt'j rooms In 4'HH northwoat corner Tenth tw i reets. Knqulre of Henry Krljisiioiiu.-i n riheust corntr of Tenth and Oak atreeu For MaleFor ISM cash, six-room M No. Z'M E street. KaTiulmultown. tow at the house or of the company. I Frank Vnnaann. of HeclS. II of purchasing a six or seven room houw. I For Male Eleven-room house. p Calumet avenue. Apply on the premw W7 kl-f .1. .nnniul hnlllie. Aft on the premises, No. 714 east Tine street! Wanted To HenC-Pour or nvs Apply at the News office. I o Rent-Wanted to rent by employee, a bouse of four or live r . Yellow or Blue Jacket. Leave ptrtleui tbe News office. inwn rnnrt Vn OtUH HwnlptOWn. J rur nmr An piKUfc-nmiu . i. John B. w'ertln or at the companr'" offlWj For Male-House of seven roomi I a the west side of Ilecla street, a Joe Sot llch's store, Plxth street. I For Male-nouse No. 8141 1 rtiffl , situated In Swedetown. Apply v" and lleela mining oompany. I For Male-IIouse No. 1415 B itreet, baultown. Apply on the premuMO'"' For Mala-Hnuse No. Iia Tunn- , Bwedetown. Apply on the prcmues. Tunnel street, Bwedetown.DoApP'J w Seppala. Hank,