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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-23
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"PooR OLD DAD"
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STANDARDIZATION Kansas, OF course
has come forward with the offer Of
800 for the best poem singing the vir-
tues of poor old dad.
His theory is that the poets have
been so gosd 10 mother that they have
overlooked altogether the deserts OF
father; and he wishes to stimulate
poetic consideration of the troubles OF
poor old dad.
There is no harm II in. If he really
wishes to loose the floodgates of a tor
rent of poesy about father. Perhaps
father hasn't been getting quite his
share OF thought. Perhaps it would
be as well to gice wider recognition
to his merits; TO his patience, his long
suffering, his generosity. his painful
toll to meet the months bill and 20
buy clothing for the family. Certainly
If poets wish to write about father,
and If eccentric individuals from Kan
sas wish to offer rewards for such
poetry, there is no law against it.
But we question whether father
VIII welcome any such movement with
unmlxed, delight. Father never has
asked for a place i'm poetry. He is
not whining for sympathy and very
likely he would be irritated rather
than pleased by having a flood of tears
precipitated on his bald head. 1t new
er has occurred to father that he is n
hero. All he does is to go out in the
world every morning, leg it to the Of
flee, toll eight or ten hours every day,
earn his pay twice over and humbly
carry the envelope home Saturday
night. That is commonplace enough.
Poets will turn up their noses at such
drab dizziness. If they write poetry, il
probably will be facetlous. Unques-
tionably it will be very bad anyway
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and father would prefer that IL be fun
ny rather than sobby. Father looks
for no sobs of sympathy. He can take
a joke with the best OF them-and the
worst; but II anybody starts toward
him with a poem of sympathy, palpi-
tating with sobs and slushy with tears,
he will feel like taking an AK and us
ing ii.
Father is good old soul. but you
never heard him complain about being
crowded into the background. He Is
quite willing 10 let mother and the
oldest girls seek the spotlight and he
is content To buy the gladstone raiment
that spotlights make necessary while
he remains comfortably I'm the dusky
wings. arrayed I'm disreputable but
comfortable old slippers, a worn and
tattered house coat and vile-smell-
ing but free-drawing and sweet old
pipe. He isn't the showpiece OF the
family and mighty glad he is out of IT,.
II he can make his children and the
mother of his children happy and keep
them well clad; II he can keep three
daily square meals on the table and
plenty of coal in the bin; If he can
cock his feet uD above the level OF his
shoulders every evening and part OF
Sunday; If he can DO his duty as n
citizen, as a business man or work.
man, and as n husband and father, and
sleep late Sunday morning; II he can
do these things year i'm and year out,
little better every year, he will give
up gladly all claim TO celebration in
bad verses. He is a hero, bless him;
he faces the world alone and unafraid,
his courage kept to the sticking point
each day by the remembrance Of those
depending upon him; he has his great
| problems to meet, and he meets them
| with courage and simple manliness:
he is a hero, 1t is true. but it is a Sc
| cret, mind you, and he wishes 1t kept
a secret.-Duluth Herald.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-23

~ intent on happy surprises. manv
niser busy on gifts with love woven !,
WIN every stitch. Many hearts and
especially those OF the children are
niled with glad anticipations Of plea-
sures to come.
are you coming TO this glad
christmas time In true Chris,mas
spirit that OF love and good win IA
alF Are you generously forgetting fri
wal onenses and filling your heart
WIN genuine good will? Are you being
re'onciled to those with whom Won
nave had differences? Many disagree
hehts are for trivial causes that really
matter little IL one loves truly ana
uhseiishly. Life is too short IN
waste In harping on small grievances.
me oftener you think them over or
recount them to others. the greater
'ney seem. till you imagine yourself a
very ill-used person. Just remember
that part OF the fault is likely 70 he
your own and put the remembrance
or II all behind you. BE ready with
nearly hand-shake and sincere
Christmas greeting.
When one is dead his faults are for
gotten or passed by in silence and his
good qualities only spoken of. This
Is proper respect to the departed
But to the dead, it cannot matter
respect for the dead works for good
IN living souls. How much better n
49, then' If you pay the same respect
TO the living, while they can still be
made the happier for II.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-23
THIS DATE IN HISToRYy

177S-Brtish force arrived off tho
Island of Tybee to begin their at
tack on Savannah.
Decentralization, in the citv OF
Annapolis, resigned his commission in
the army.
1SSS-Execution of rebels in Mon
treal.
1S6O-Louisiana adopted an ordin-
ance of secession.
1S71-Edward Blake formed a Liber-
al ministry in Canada.
1S72-The Hon. Amos de Comos be-
came premier of British Columbia.
1S74-King Kalakaua of Hawaii ar
rived in New York.
1SS9-Henry w. Grady, one Of the
South's most famous orators, died in
Atlanta. Born in Athens, Ca, May
"a, 1850.
lS9l-Ffght at Retenal Springs,
Texas, between United States troops
and Mexican revolutionists.
19O2-Dr. Frederick Temple, Arch
bishop of Canterbury, died. Born
Nov. 30, 1921.
19OS-William l. Buchanan sent to
venezuela as American commissioner
to investigate conditions.
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instincts which enable him to draw
fairly good map of a coast line with
which he is thoroughly familiar, but
he cannot tell you how far IL is from
one point 10 another. on very many
occasions ] noted this popularity when
travelling with them. often when they
told me IA place we were bound for was
very close at hand, il developed that
we were far from il. This is some-
thing they are never sure OF and can
not indicate.
The Eskimos have a white man
"stung TO death" from every point OF
view. They not only can go 10 sleep
promptly. but sleep soundly and well
as they travel when circumstances
permit. They get sustenance. too. by
eating hard-frozen walrus and seal
meat or blubber. This / could never
do, for II is so strong in flavor chat IL
Invariably nauseated me. though did
succeed very well with raw hare or
deer's meat when had Hilary
Whitney, in January outing.
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pital at Ironwood. after an illness ex-
tending over many weeks. The i'm
mediate cause OF death is given as
bronchial pneumonia, though the pa
tient suffered from complication of
ailments. Miss Murphy was a teacher
at the Central school at Ironwood and
was taken i'll with typhoid fever early
IN November. She was taken to the
hospital and everything possible was
done I'm an effort to save her life. This
was her first season of teaching IN
ironwood and practically her hrst ex-
perience In being away from home
Miss Murphy was 23 years of age, and
her home was at Aurora. Ill. Her
mother. Mrs. G. ii. Murphy, was with
her for FIVE weeks, previous to her
death.
Gasoline Exploded
with his head, arms and body swath-
cd In bandages, unable to see or TO move
ms fingers, Napoleon La Comb q
barber is confined TO his home at
stephenson with prospects of being
unable to resume his work for several
weeks He was endeavoring to light
gasoline lamp when the gasoline
container exploded and set fire to his
clothes. Dashlng out of his barber
SHOP LaComb threw himself in tho
snow and struck his face on some
cobblestone breaking one of his teeth
several attempts were made before
the burning clothes were extinguished
LaComb was a pitiful sight. He was
burned wherever the fiery fluid had
hit him. The hair on the back of hi,
neck fell out and it is still question
now long ii will take before his in
juries are healed and he being abb,
to work. Although a brisk wind was
blowing at the time, volunteer fire.
men succeeded i'm combining the dam
age to the two rooms in the barber
shop.
Destitute, Seeks Husband
Pursuing fugitive, husband, as she
says. Mrs. Eta Garfield of Munisinr
spent ninety nine cents Of her last re-
naming dollar to buy railroad ticket
nom Flint to this city. and now she is
here' being cared for at police head
quarters, half sick. respondent and
desperate, as Is indicated by her dec
laration: 81 haven't friend in the
world. If don't find my husband very
soon | must end my life" says a Lam
sing dispatch. She evidently has been
comely woman, but her sorrows
rave sadly marred her looks just now.
She says she is thirty four years old.
and her husband is thirty. "He was
barber in Munising." she says. "He
left Munising April "a. His mother
has told me that he is with another
woman and she gave the name of the
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-23

woman. l have searched for him i'm
Detroit. Flint and several other cities
without getting any trace, and am
worn out. / have four brothers In
Michigan, | believe. l have not heard
from them in years. one is George
Deacon. He lived i'm Port Huron elev-
en- years ago. Another. Frank was a
bartender in Detroit four years ago;
VIII was I'm Durand, employed as n
machinist, three years ago, and Bruce
was a machinist In Saginaw five years
ago. My father and stepmother lived
in Crosse Isle" She says she did not
seek her father while she was In De-
troit, as she knew she would not DC
welcome"
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-23

INTERESTING FACTS CON-
CERNING THE ESKIMO.
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In all my experience 1 had never
encountered rougher more difficult
country in which to hunt than this In
Ellesmere Land. Ordinarily, I should
have believed these mountain sides,
walls of smooth rock sheathed with a
crust of hard ice and snow, quite UNI
scalable. In places they were almost
perpendicular. Rarely did they offer a
crevice to serve as foot or hand hold
and jutting points and firm-set bowl
ders were too widely scattered to be
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-23
TIE
Exceptional
Equipment

of the California Fig Syrup Co. and the
scientific attachments of its chemists have
rendered possible the production OF Syrup
of Figs and Elixir of SIENNA, in all OF Its
excellence, by obtaining the pure medic
inal principles of plants known to act most
bcncfcially and combining them most
skillfully, in the right proportions WIN
its wholesome and refreshing Syrup oil
California Figs.
As there is only one genuine Syrup OIL
Figs and Elixir of screa and as the gen.
uinc is manufactured by an ongina'
method known to the California Fig syrup
Co. only, il is always necessary to buy inc
genuine to get its beneficial effects
A knowledge Of the above facts enao'e'
one to decline limitations or TO return them
II, upon viewing the package, the full name
Of the California Fig Syrup Co. IS not found
printed on the from: thereof
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-23

Mr.. Osborn is completely indepen-
pendent and neutral of any and every
congressional candidate in the upper
peninsula (Twelfth) district, and al
will be convinced of this in time be-
cause IL is n fact. Mr.. Osborn Is a
candidate for the governorship, wants
the votes OF the friends of all the
congressional candidates, present OF
prospective, and will not mix in the
campaign of any Of them.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-23
DELAY is DANGEROUS.

Don't wait another hour after you
read this statement until you investi-
gate We are Offering you a chance
to save 500 to $3.50 and you can't
afford to miss il. This is positively
the Greatest money saving opportunity
ever offered in the piano trade.
CABLE CO. CAN DO THIS.
No firm but one like ours could af-
ford to do this. Even we can't well
afford it. but we would lose anyway
by carrying twice too large a stock so
we prefer TO sacrifice this way and
keep our stock down 10 normal size.
at that we always carry the largest
new stock of pianos in the county,.
MANUFACTURERS PRICES.
We made these pianos and it is the
manufacturers price that we are now
quoting to you and if you are a wise,
close buyer you will surely see us at
once. Remember IL will be your fault
If you don't own good piano by
Christmas, at a small cost
TERMS ARE EASY.
Come IN ana let us show you now
easy it is to own a piano. Under our
special easy term contract there is alb
solutely no reason now why anyone
should be without piano.
A HAPPY CHRISTMAS.
VIII be n certainty for your family IL
you will let us help you. Nothing Is
quite so fine present as a Gable pi-
ano and this is your one last chance
to buy one at a saving Of 500 to $50.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-23

Not much credence was given the
report that Editor Andrews of Men
ominee was a candidate for congress-
hence his formal denial of the rumor
did not occasion surprise. Roger NJ
is too busy getting out those publi-
cations of his and looking after the
mineral statistics job to get into the
political game for himself.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-23
UPPER PENINSULA
Husband Brings Suit


Charles Olson, proprietor of the
Garfield hotel and saloon at Escanaba,
has been arrested by Under Sheriff I.
j. Curran on capias sworn to by Otto
Chrlstianson who charges Olson with
having aienated his wife's affections
and with criminal conversation. The
plaintiff claims damages of $4,000. Ii
promises to be a sensational case.
Pastor Reconsiders Resignation
At an adjourned congregational
church of Ironwood, the Rev. George
NJ. Tourtellot announced that he had
reconsidered a decision to accept the
pastorate of the church at Manitowoc,
Wis. and that he would continue in
charge of the Gogebic county church.
The sentiment of the congregation, ex-
pressed at several of its meetings, was
unanimous in favor of his retention
and the announcement that he has de-
cided to remain has greatly pleased
Ironwood people.
Woodsman Killed by Train
Robert Jackson, woodsman, was
struck by a 500 line train near Enga-
dine, Mackinac county Saturday morn
inc and instantly killed. According to
reports received, Jackson was walking
on the track and made no effort to es-
cane from being hit The body was
thrown for a considerable distance by
the locomotive, death coming instantly,
Little Is known of Jackson, other than
he had been employed in the vicinity
of Engadine for some time as a woods
man and was about sixty-four years
of age.
Beech Trees in Ontonagon-
II has been stated that there are no.
beech trees in Ontonagon county ana
anyone IS defied to find one, says the
ontonagon Herald. We have been IN
formed from very authentic authority
that there are beech trees In the couh-
q, and that they are growing and that
the land Is very well adapted TO their
Growth. George LaFond, who lives
near the Firestcel river. has severai
s,nau beech trees on his place and he
saws that they are strong ana harus
and that they are going to be large
trees some day. when asked how ne
accounted for the trees being on ms
sa,,,, no said that he brought the sced
here and planted 1t and the growth
has been good.
e.nooI Teachers Sad Death
Miss Genevieve Murphy passed
.rav last week at the Twin City hos
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-23

Three near-royal suitors are striving
for the hand of Marjorie Gould. She
has her wealth to blame for this.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-23

Two French literary fellers" met to
have duel and wound up by kissing
each other. The French duel is rap
idly becoming inhuman warfare.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-23
SELECTION STILL GOOD.

BY careful selling we have Kept our
stock in such condition that we still
have a nice assortment. You can find
anything you want from good de-
pendable plano at s167 Irregular price
s25O) to a fine art lnner-Player at
$3.50 Irregular price s1,O0O.00).
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-23

At the prevailing prices, eggs should
be set only in Tiffany settings for
shirt studs and solitaire rings.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-23

The early shopper now is the ono
who reaches the stores before 8
o'clock in the morning.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-23

Even the weather man is brimful o.
the holiday spirit.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-23
REASON FOR THIS SALE.

Nov 1st of this year we were in
formed from headquarters that one Of
our U. p. Branch Stores had been
closed and all its stock shipped to us
TO be disposed of at a forced sale. AS
this stock was the same as ours 1t
simply meant putting all our pianos
with those received from the other
store and selling the whole combined,
gigantic display of instruments at a
tremendous cut. This was done and
the result has been the greatest sale
of pianos ever held In the Upper PEN
insula.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-23

Being a physician perhaps Dr.
shortcomings.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-23

Some will swear off Jan. / and some
will swear off and on the rest of the
year.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-23

or course DIR. Cooks goose is cook
ed.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-23

DIR. Cooks and Mr.. Zelaya's Christ
mas promises to be rather an UNI
happy event.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-23

And Mr.. Charles l.. Warmer gets
four years i'm the pen as his Christ
mas present.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-23

Again the courts have decided tina
Thaw must remain crazy.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-23

Let Santa Claus do 1t.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-23

THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS.
That Christmas is near brings glad
ness to old and young. Many a mind
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-23
Buy Now and Save
$500 to $3.50

Friday, Dec. oath will be the last
day of our great stock reducing sale.
All parties wishing to take advantage
of this great, never before equalled
offer, must do so by that date.
REGULAR PRICES AFTER THE
PATH.
Beginning Monday, Dec. 27 our reg
ular prices go into effect and no one
can buy a piano from us at the prices
we are quoting now. This is your
last chance, take il.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-23
:, T..,h.r,s Sad Death

Miss Genevleve Murphy passed
away last week at the Twin City hos
The Somerset reporter., 1909-01-28
The Bank Could Stand 1t.

A western lawyer tells of n remark
able instance of the convincing power
of feminine logic rs evidenced by an
occurrence which he once witnessed
while standing on the edge of n crowd
that was besieging the doors of a bank
supposed to be on the point of sus-
pending payment.
A conversation between a rosy cheek
ed Irishwoman and her husband, who
were near the lawyer. at once attract
ed his attention.
MARY" said the man, I'VE must
push up. so ye can dhraw your money
at onctr
But | don't want TO draw 1t out,
Roger" replied Mary placidly.
Don't ye know, Mary" persisted the
husband, that they'll lose your mon
ey fer ye If ye don't hurry t dhraw 1t
out"
An shuro, Roger" retorted Mary,
"aint they better able to lose 1t than
we are?"
Roger was stunned by this unan-
swerable logic. md after a few more
words the two withdrew. Fortunate
ly the bank survived Its difficulties,
and no depositor lost cent.-Harper's.
The Somerset reporter., 1909-01-28
81 25 ..,, Worth n.,..'.: Of tn: E0r 81
For Two Days
Only p!
FRIDAY and SATURDAY
January 29th and Both
January 29th and Both

without cost, and in order that you
can be convinced # their remarkable
virtues, We will give free Of charge
10 every one who buys a dollar
bottle Of SagWa, regular size 25c
package Of each Of the following
remedies:
klckapoO Oil 25c
kickapoo Pills 25c
Klckapoo Healing Salye 25c
kickapoo Cough Cure 25c
Kickapoo Worm Killer, the best
Chidren's Medicine 25c
In accepting this special offer which
is given for Il very limited time only,
you do not pay one cent for al five
of these standard household highest
quality medicines. You pay only the
regular price, sl00, TOR a large size
bottle of Kickapoo Sagwa, the finest
medicine for stomach and liver
troubles and for Rheumatism N and
other diseases of the kidneys.
Cut this advertisement out and
bring it with you to our representa-
tive at &. K. Fogg's Drug Store, and
upon the purchase OF one dollar
bottle of Sagwa, you will be presented
with the regular 25c package of the
above five remedies. Do not wait
or you may be too late. The Kicka-
poo Indian Medicine Company, Clint
unville, Conn.
The Somerset reporter., 1909-01-28

Some brides may be inclined to re-
gret that the old marriage custom of
the dow purse has fallen into disuse.
1t was the custom of the bridegroom
to fill a purse with goodly sum of
money and present it to the bride on
the wedding day as the price of the
purchas of her person. 1t sounds like
slavery. like the buying of goods and
chattels, yet the bride had a nice lit
tie sum of money for her own use.
Some of the oldest inhabitants of
Cumberland may remember similar
custom In that county. The bride
groom provided himself with a num-
ber of gold and silver pieces, and at
the words with all my worldly goods
| thee endow' he handed the clergy
man his fee and poured the other
coins into n handkerchief held out for
that purpose by the bride. In other
places, again, the bride had the right
to ask her husband for gift Of money
or property on the day after the wed
ding and he was bound In honor to
grant the request.-London Answers.
The Somerset reporter., 1909-01-28
Cured Sweeney
and Removed a SPAWN

DR.. Sloan's Linime mt and Veterinary
Remedies are we'll known all over thu
country. They have saved the lives
of many valuable horses and are a
permanent institution III thousands Of
stable 3.
Mr.. G. T. Roberts of Resaca, Ga
r. f. d. No. ], Box 43, writes: ~
have used your Liniment on bofs
for sweeney and effected a thorough
cure. | also removed a SPAWN on !
mule. This SPAWN was as large as a
guinea egg. l regard sloan's Lin
ment as the most penetrating and ef
fective Liniment l have ever known
Mr.. II. NJ. Gibbs, Of Lawrence
Kans., K. +. d. No 3, writes:-"You
Liniment is the best that have ever
used. | had mare with an absces
on her neck and one soc. bottle o.
Sloan's Liniment entirely cured her
| keep it around all the time for galt
and small swellings ana for every
thing about the stock.o
DR.. Sloan will send his Treatise OF
the Horse free to any horseman. Ad-
dress DR.. Earl S. Sloan, Boston, Mass
Station A.
The Somerset reporter., 1909-01-28
Sixty Kinds of Bananas.

To most persons in the temperate
zones a banana Is n banana. But the
truth is that there are over sixty
known varieties of the fruit. with as
great or greater variation in character
as In the different kinds of apples.
Hawaii is said to have something over
forty distinct varieties of the fruit,
most of which have been introduced
by the whites. Some Of these are OF
extremely delicate aud delicious flavor.
while other kinds are used. If at all,
only when cooked In various ways.
There is scarcely a city house lot or
country "kuleana" or homestead which
does not have clump or two of ba-
nanas, which grow with practically no
care, new plants or suckers shooting
up to replace the ones which have
fruited and been removed.-Los An
geles Times.