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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-09-07
LIVES IN A TREE TOP
Mans Health Restored After Being
Aloft Three Years in Camp


Camp Aloft is the name of a tree
top home i'm Champaign county. Ohio.
for which ID. ID. Stenberger has lived
for three years. When he took thus
literally to the woods he was sup
posed To be i'm the last stages on con-
sumption. Physicians gave him six
months to live. He weighed only 100
pounds, and when he crawled out to
Colorado, the doctors there sent him
home so that he wouldn't die on their
hands and swell their death rate. SO
Mr. Steinberger-who had been an
artist before he became a consump-
tive-got back to Ohio and took his
own case i'm hand He picked out n
likely white oak tree and established
his residence i'm its upper branches,
20 feet from the ground.
There. through summer and winter,
he has slept on bed of boughs. done
much of his own work. received his
friends ana breathed the pure air,
which has brought back complete
health.
There are two means of ascent to
the top of the tree. by one a spur
ladder runs up n neighboring tree,
from which horizontal bridge car
ries one across to the house tree on
which the ascent is completed by
a scaling ladder. This. however is
too hazardous for many of Steinber-
gers guests. He therefore, contrived
a "cliff dweller's swing" by which
visitors can be hoisted aloft by ropes
and pulley.
THE door to Camp Aloft is open
ed with a rifle shot" Mr.. Steinberger
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-09-07

Jones is the only girl may or in any
city so far as known.
She was elected chief executive Of
the Lincoln Fairgrounds. and wasn't
chosen just because sine is a girl
either. She can play ball. and throw
and catch just as well as any of the
boys, and she was chosen in prefer
ence to a number OF boys who We're
receptive candidates.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-09-07

Washington, d. c., Sept. MAJ.
Carson, chief of the bureau OF manu-
features, has won the title Of Uncle
Sans international salesman through
his efficient work in assisting the
American manufacturers to sell their
products I'm foreign lands. IL is inc
duty of this bureau to gather ana
furnish information of interest TO
the business men Of America, ana IN
carrying out the work nearly lO'oOo
letters were written last year by its
staff, supplying the business houses
with facts as to opportunities ohereu
in foreign countries for the sale OF
American products. As result OF
this work many contracts were award
ed to American manufacturers winch
would otherwise have. gone to other
countries, u
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-09-07
Fine Mendinn

For darning rent in fine white
goods l use one strand of fine spool
cotton, No. So untwisting the, thread.
This makes n more invisible darn than
does the firfst twisted thread, If
carefully done il can not be SEEN
From Woman's Home Companion for
September.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-09-07
Much Needed.

Briggs--"T see now they have n COM
pany to operate a line of flying ma
chimes across the English channel"
Griggs-"That's good idea. Let's
hope that some day we viii have
line across Broadway. Town and
Country.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-09-07

Cleveland, Sept. Mayor Matte
Jones is receiving the congratula-
lions of her friends on her successful
administration of civic affairs at City
of Boys and Girls. With the able
of strong police force or
der has been carefully preserved at
Lincoln play grounds. Mayor Matte
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-09-07

everything baby imported American
% misses chidrens sweaters nanneees undermusins
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-09-07

-. The Really Trulys of Heaven go.
Eight-year-old William and his I'm
Gle Will are great chums. and the lat
ter takes delight in the quaint say
ings of his namesakc.
1t rained on the day that William
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-09-07
The Next Best Thlnn.

The Loafcr-"Alas! my ship doesn't
come in" The Real Man-'Then get
a move on and help some other fellow
unload his."-Boston Evening Tran
script
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-09-07
An Ioe.chest suaaestion

To prevent dish from slipping
when placed on the ice put a rubber
ring (such as comes on all ordinary
fruit jars) underneath it.-F'rom Wo-
mans Home Companion for Septem-
Der.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-09-07

says in Wide World magazine. land
as no one but myself knows where to
put the bullet that liberates the ropes
| am assured of quiet when | wish to
sleep or work undisturbed.
Il firmly believe In the treetop cure
for consumption" he continued, "Any
afflicted person can try ii at small
cost ] erected this platform with my
own hands and there is no roof over
Camp Aloft. except i'm stormy weather
when a canopy is drawn overhead.
Il gained so pounds the first few
months and after three years of tree
top life | tip the scales at over 200.
That is pretty good for a man given
up for death, don't you Think"
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-09-07
JOSEPH MORFAU Talks
DETROIT GIRL FOR BRIDE

Miss Madeleine Edesse Lewis,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. p. Cyprien
Lewis of 327 Hendrie avenue, Detroit
anG Joseph Harold Moreau. proprie-
tor of the Hotel Scott of this city, were
welded this morning. The ceremony
was performed at o'clock at the Holy
Rosary church in Detroit. Miss Lew
Is wore graceful gown of white satin
the bodice richly trimmed with pointe
ace. Her veil was Iastened with
orange blossoms and she carried n
white prayer book and rosary. The
brides attendants were Miss Charlotte
Men Of Chatham, ont, and Miss Paul -
Inc Rocks. They wore white and car
ried shower bouquets of white asters.
The groom was supported by Harry
Courtaine and Harold Baugh Lewis a
brother of the bride.
Following the ceremony a wedding
breakfast was served the guests at
the home of the brides parents. The
home was also prettily decorated.
Mr.. and Mrs. Moreau will return this
week or next to Hancock and viii be
Eat home" at the Scott hotel after
November Is. Mr.. Moreau is one Of
Hancock's leading young businessmen.
Pearce- Blodgett.
Miss Lois Blodgett, daughter Of Mr
and Mrs. George Il. Blodgett of 900
Fifth street was married last evening
to Jay Pearce, the popular representa-
tive i'm Hancock Of Stone Ordean-
Wells company. The ceremony was
performed at o'clock by Rev. w. T..
Marvin. pastor of the Hancock M Il.
church i'm the presence of several
friends Mr.. and Mrs. Pearce will
spend their honeymoon on the otter
river and will be at home with the
brides parents after October 1.
Mccarthy Sullivan.
Miss Mamie Mccarthy of Franklin
and jeremiah Sullivan of Hancock
were married yesterday morning in
the chapel of immaculate Conception
at st. Joseph's hospital. Miss Mar
garet Sullivan, sister of the groom, at
tended the bride and the best man
was Michael Mccarthy the brides
brother. The ceremony was performed
by Rev. p. A. Sullivan of st. Paul, a
brother of the groom. They will make
their home here on their return from
their honeymoon which will be spent
on the Pacific coast.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-27

interstate commerce is based upon the principle
Of freedom of trade between the States from arti'
fetal restraint, what can be said of the purpose
which, by technical construction of law, seeks
to declare who shall trade, and why Whatever
the tine-spun reasoning of such a course may be-
the end sought is no less than monstrous. and no
less than politically monopolistic.
We are apt to forget III the hue and cry about
corporations, that corporations are no more and
no less than legal people Under the Constitu-
tlon-~in its old spirit, at any rate-the mdlvl-
dual has the right while owing allegiance to one
State, to trade at will and within the fair spirit
of the laws in any other State. He derives his
rights as a citizen, under which he holds his rights
a trader from his own Commonwealth What
would be said of law which, disregardlng his
rights as a State citizen, should hamper his
travel and prohibit his business i'll other States
unless he first submitted the question of his
character and the details of his business to q
Federal judgei Would this be legislation in
favor of Interstate commerce in restraint OF
it% Would it be legislation in abrogation or en-
forcement of the constitutional provision looking
10 the safeguarding of the rights of tradet
Interstate agencies properly owe one duty to
the people and Government, and only one that
Is to do nothing which, by combination one with
the other or by other illegal means, shall tend to
restrict trade or destroy competition. They are
citizens, as men, subject to dual obligation to
State and Government. They derive their ex-
istonce from the State, and not from the Govern
.ment When they forced to look to the Gov
ernment for existence, they are owned by the
Government, and the dual power, well as the
dual obligation. goes out the window.
he gist of this entire propaganda is not the
suppression of stock watering so much as it Is a
reaching out for power, and, as incident to
power, for the means of political self-succession.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-27
THE LINE OF 'EROES".

Reluctance of business men to permit Their en-
ployeS 10 leave the city wall result IN he Rich
mond Light Infantry Blues remaining at home,
when they should be participating in the encamp-
inent at Gettysburg.
This course is worse than shortsighted. 1t is
no less than unpatriotic. In the long run IFS
tendency will be to impair the usefulness Of the
militia and thus to increase the danger of riot.
IT simply weakcns the safeguards of the com
munitv Enthusiastically the very business
men and corporations who put this stumbling
block in the way of performance Of military duty,
are the very interests which the military, in time
of need, Is first called on 10 protect. They are
the very interests that are the first to cry for the
protection which they are now unwisc enough to
make inefficient at the cost of a comparatively
trivial sacrifice.
The glory of Germany is It's military reserve
It's soldier ciizenry. trained in war, Injured to
arms. Of late years under more benefieient
system. the reorganization of the National Guard
has looked to this same end. But what Germany
compels, the youth Of America give freely and
gladly. To deny them the right to make this
high gift to the nation is simply nexcusabe folly.
We all recall the bitter satire of Kipling's lines
on Tommy Atkins, ''chuck i'm out the brute
and how, when the drums begin to roll, the de-
spised Tommy becomes the thin red line of
'eroes" to the very people ordinarily lost TO
appreciation of him as a human being
g With the material for grand, unselfsh earn
est National Guard, effective without holding the
faint of militarism in It's organization, it is dis
heartening that in the case Of our own infinitely
superior soldiery there should be this spirit of {
selfish commercialism ready to save the dollar
to-day at the risk Of its life tomorrow
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-27
APPLIED SOCIALISM.

In his recently expressed dread of an approach
ing era of socialism, Mr. Taft must have been
unconsciousy searching his own breast
Everything about the present administration
has tended to show a concert between the
President and his Cabinet that can mean only
that what is said by the family Is said BY the
head of it.
President Taft and his Cabinet draw the bills
Wickersham drafts them in the hope of hurdling
constitutional barriers. 1t is policy of priz-
ing apart the wires of the barbed fence of the
fundamental law. to let tho Government into
new pastures of power
When Wickcrsham, addressing the Bar As
ISOLATION of Illinois. out Bryaned Bryan in
recommending a species OF railroad regulation
which can, If ever adopted, only result in Gov
eminent ownership of railroads, he undoubtedly
voiced the central desire Of the administration,
which is nothing more nor less than desire 10
include within its grasp every attribute of power
worth the scizing.
And in this connection it must be remembered
that socialism is largely matter of Il name.
The socialist is invariably tho "other fellow" 1t
means, if il means anything, the rape of private
initiative TO the public use. 1t means the end OF
competition the smothering Of private enterprise.
the death kucll Of individual hope.
The very governments that, for the prcserva-
ton Of close corporation Of autocracy, dcciaini
with most vehemencc against socialistic tendell-
cies in themselves really the most sqcalstic.
Anything, therefore, which would tend to put
the vast railroad corporations at the mercy OF
the Government which would make their entire
policy, their very life and organization, depend
ent not only upon the Government but rae whim
OF the Government as expressed by it's executive
officials, could have only the one effect Of mere-
ing the Government with the railroads
The ramifcations Of this result arc Of such
magnitude that the administration in control at
the beginning Of such system would have a
clutch Of power which could only he loosened by
the revolution which the very tightncss of the
clutch would make inevitable.
Wickershan, in proposing that it is necessary
for the Government to take control of the issue Of
stocks and bonds by railroads, disguises pur-
pose very foreign to that Of the correction Of
stock-watering abuses. In itself, such law
would mean everything essential to government
ownership. And the attempt to foist such prin-
ciple upon the commerce clause merely indi-
Gates the ability with which this attempted kid
mapping of power is conceived and the stealth
with which 1t Is 10 be attempted 10 carry it ont.
III, as Is the case az shown by numerous de-
eisions, the power Of the Government to regulate
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-27
The Talk Down Home"
williams on the South.

John SHELTON William. making address at the
University OF South Carolina short time left
beaten track of the commencement but he saia
some good things nevertheless He urged the youns
men to Gtay in the South and said, giving his
for such advice:
Il know and speak with knowledge because / have
tried / OF family of six brothers.
OF whom is north of the Mason and Dixon line OF
vest OF the Mississippi We have found In the
demand for all reward for all efforts
increase and growth smiling in abundant return for
the labor of our hands and thought"
Further along and citing the resources of the
South. Mr.. Williams said:
I'VE have no barren lands needing such enormous
expenditure to make them fruitful, nothing more
formidable than stretches OF swamps, ali
capable of being converted moderate
outlay Within ten years thousands of OF our
lands regarded as waste have been recovered. Heao
end hand. education and thought. applied them
made them prove themselves to be good and demon
strate for what they good i have knowledge
OF actual instances OF lands which have been
be ught at SO acre sold after development
at 1000 Within 100 miles of my own
home know of lands bought at rs cents less
than fifteen years ago sold by the fortunate pur-
chaser recently at $3.50 an acre. Doubtless young
educated Southern have passed these 50-cent
.5-cent lands many times dreaming and signing for
tire to be found far off. dreaming vaguely
the gold mines OF the west and far north, and the
sudden auence Of great storkes In great cities while
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-27

oe'ter tnan the mines. richer than the possibilities
specuation the fortune lay idle unobseryed at
@ IeeI the Iuinment OF the golden dream was be-
a a oleT eyes ready to their / saw a few
eass ago the actual result of intelligent labor on ls
s,Iis small farm yielded more than $4,000, or S3O0
81 1.it, what Is done, can be done waht one man
SfN 40, so can another. The success achieved IN
r spIiua ana virginia can also be realized South
oGI olihc fortunes from farms not guess work
nor tho result OF haphazard methods They are not
uepenoent on climate They have been made are
ceiDs MADE, are yet to be made, Florida. where
mere 10 no winter; In the States where
mere IS hardiy summer. refer agriculture .s-
peeaiiy because 1t Is the obvious most general
os generally available of the opportunities II fur
'hss II the south the occupation more than half
y. a!I our preadwlnners 1t is especially important
anu promising now that not only is the land crying
~ "oIt people, but the more yield the land
4aS cNeo opportunities for success In other linas
aha ms ADDRESS altogether worth while and In
eiuetails Mr' Williams, who is great railroad man
sets a new precedent for commencement oratnrs
Raleigh Evening Times 1890
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-27


politics. No other man would have fathered the
thought, and no other have suggested it. The
Colonel's naiUete. hosayer, is equal to that or
any other task. We do not know what President
Taft, who has high regard for the judiciary,
thinks of the proposal that Governor Hughes re-
sign the place he has accepted but never filled
We do not know what Governor Hughes may
think of it. But we feel sure that the Colonel
may be depended upon to work the rabbits foot
on the situation, if anybody can do
1t is, however, asking considerable sacrifice
Of Hughes. Hughes is pretty much of fish,
cold-eyed, bloodless, mentally heartless. His
honestly is Of the stripe that becomes an obses-
sion. As Roosevelt implies that in an indecent
world he is the Decent Man, SO Hughes in
sphere of sin runs up the lighting rod Of his
integrity. 1t remains to be seen how this ster
ing quality will be affected by the proposition
that he refrain from taking the one position in
which honesty has the best chance to flourish,
in order to save to the dishonesty of New York
politics the appearance of virtue On the Su-
preme Court bench, there is open to Governor
Hughes life time of congenial labor performed
with high honor. In New York politics there is
the certainty of long fight in the mud and dust
of politics, the hope of political victory, and
the certainty that the glory will not be his, but
another's. What will this purist in politics do
about it
We rather think that if, as President Taft
thinks, Governor Hughes would adorn the SUI
preme Court bench his duty lies clearly in that
direction. Certainly, if of us all he is the one
honest man, the country is entitled to the exer-
else of his virtue in the common good. No less
certainly is it true that as Governor of New York,
the brand of politics thereabouts rampant does
not indicate that his reelection would produce a
tidal wave of moral reform. At that New York
is about honest as otherwise and unless we mis-
take the sentiment of its people, there is growing
WEAKNESS at the constant exploitation of a trait
somewhat over emphasized If Colonel Roosevelt
must save the State why should he not do ii
himself. Is not patriotism locked in that breast
subject to popular draft Or does he propose to
keep it locked there, in the meanwhile keeping
off the bench Judge he could not control and
naming a Judge whose opinions in accordance
with My Policies" have already been discounted
In the meanwhile, also, does he think to put back
on even keel of politics man whose ambition
he has before thwarted, himself ready to claim
the glory should the plain prove successful and &c
avoid the blame should it miscarryl And what
will Hughes think of this and what will he do /
AT any rate, notwithstanding his silence, the
! Colonel is back in politics up to the arnpits
Congress having ad journed, we viii not therefore
, stagnate politically. We conceive this to be bu
, the first splash of many similar high dives.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-27
THE PRODUCT AND THE PRICE.

President Brown, Of the New York Central
has followed the lead of James j. Hill and is
predicting the end of the export business Of this
country, so far agricultural products are CON
cerned. As he sees it, consumption is more than
keeping pace with production; the production of
gold Is cheapenlng the purchasing power Of
money, and the entire trend of higher prices and
increased cost of living is natural instead of
artificial development. The farms must be de-
veloped, he thinks, if the nation is to be saved
from within the next decade becoming an i'm
porting, instead of an exporting nation.
Predictions of this character are never SO log
zeal but that they are vitiated by the experience
of the result. So long as there are left lands of
natural fertility, the top of which may be cult
waited cheaply and careessly at good profit,
there will be no general development of the farm.
ust now, the great grain fields OF the West are
being emptied in favor of the grain fields of
Canada. New territories are opening up. and
more wheat is being raised So soon as the peo-
pie want wheat however, it will he raised every
where. / his country can easily double and even
treble its wheat production 1t can do the same
thing with corn, with cotton. with beef and pork.
SO soon as the crisis occurs which puts high
price on food products, the production may be
depended upon to keep pace with the demand.
The trouble is that these facts do not alter the
pressing question of the high cost What in
centive has farmer to make his land produce,
except that he can sell his products at a fair
price And how do even the most bountiful crops
produced i'll response to high prices help the in
dividual who must pay the prices which induce
them! The "high cost of living" is not solvable
on dearth of supply. 1t goes deeper than that.
r. is based rather on the increase of wants on
the emphasis on luxury, on the multiplicity of
personal demands. Into this enters the middle
expense of transportation, of selling methods, of
waste. Into it enters the tariff, which fixes an
artificial price, and which denies the fair measure
of competition. 1t will be solved indeed, only
when the average man pay the attention to
the details Of his daily living that he pays to the
details of economy in his business.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-27
Let the Virginian Follow You.

If you intend leaving Richmond for a vacation
have The vrpinian sent daily to your cottage
or hotel You may then enjoy the mountain
or seashore air and at the same time keep IN
close touch with all that is happening In the
city and State. and county political social,
business and sporting circles.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-27
90 Slow Making New Courts.

1t would have been very pleasant to Judge Ed
mund Waddill, OF Richmond. appointed to the
Federal judgeship for Virginia and adjoining Southern
States II congress had seen proper to create the cir
cult. but there doubt of the pressing
OF another Judge The fact seems TO be that business
before the present Federal is decreasing and
they do not to be oVerworked. We
posed general principles the creation of Offices
When own constitutional convention assembled
there a great scheme. worked out carefully by
number of the leading lawyers of the State who
primarily politicians. by which 1t predicted
and expected that considerable economy in the
ter of judicial would be introduced The
whole judicial system overhaued and the num-
Der of Judges greatly reduced The convention. how
ever necessarily perhaps left the Legislature free
create more circuits If 1t deemed It wise The legis
lature has deemed 1t wise all right enough and has
been engaged ever since In suodividing circuits ana
: making judges that approac ching
former state. 1T is very apparent that in
there has been reasonable ground whatever
making judges The thing done 10 make
more Jobs. and suspect congress often does the
same thing. In this case congress failed to act
stanton paily Leader.