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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-03-21
SELDEN FALVEY HAS A KICK.
Sunny Faced Lame Lad Believes An
other Boy Uses His Name.

Almost everyone in Houghton knows
Seden F'alvey. Maybe they don't
know that to be his name but he is
the sunny faced little fellow who sits
i'm a wheeled chair on Selden street
the last three days of every week and
takes in the nickels for copies of the
Saturday Evening Post and most ev-
eryone has grown TO like him because,
though afflicted with trouble from
which he will probably be Obliged to
remain i'm an invalid chair the rest Of
his life, he Is ever ready with a smile
and a hearty greeting for his customs
ers and others.
Selden reports that II has recently
come to his notice that another boy Is
taking money for subscriptions to the
paper. for which Selden has the local
agency. and is pocketing the money
the subscriber getting no paper and
Selden getting blamed for the loss UNI
I'll the subscriber finds out the reason.
This is a mean trick and one way to
stop II is to refuse to patronlze any
save the little lad in the wheeled chair
when wanting the Post
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-03-21
ONTONAGON POLITICS.
Few Candidates Are Making Prepare
tions for Spring Election.

The Ontonagon Herald says: II. A.
Savage of this village announces that
he will be a candidate at the coming
township election for the office of SUI
pervisor. Mr. Savage has filled the
office during the past year To the entire
satisfaction of all and we can think of
no better man for the office than he
and we are sure that if reelected 10
the office he will give it the same
careful attention that he has during
the past year.
Henry Amos of Greenland announces
that he will be a candidate for the Of
flee of supervisor OF Greenland and
asks for the support of all voters Of
the township.
Alex Turner of Bruces Crossing
makes announcement that he is a cam
didate for the office of supervisor OF
Haight township. Mr. Turner decided
to enter the race only after much per-
suasion by representative citizens of
his township, who recognize in him a
man thoroughly competent of acting in
the capacity sought for and a man
that would give general satisfaction.
II. s. Shankey of Bergland announces
himself as a candidate for the office of
treasurer of his township Most every
voter In Matchwood township is well
acquainted with Mr.. Shankley and IL
looks as though he would receive a
very good percentage Of the votes for
the office.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-03-21
ST. IGNATlUs' MISSION.
Rev. Fr. johnson Conducts Last Ses-
sion of Two Weeks Meetings.

oiOH " U wv NNccNS WiCCtH'9os
Last evening at ST. Ignatius' Loyola
church in Houghton Rev Father john
son. who with Rev. Father O'Malley
has been conducting a series OF revival
meetings for this parish during the
two weeks just past, officiated at the
last of these services, preaching n
most forceful sermon to the large au-
dience composed entirely OF men, for
all the meetings of the mission this
week were for the men. Last week
was the women's mission and the
meetings during both weeks were ex-
ceptionally Wen attended.
At the mass yesterday morning there
was the impressive ceremony of the
blessing and distribution of the palms.
1t being Palm sunday and the begin
ming Of Holy week. The high mass
was celebrated by Rev. Father OMal-
ley. who preached strong revival
sermon and he was assisted at the
mass by the pastor Father Rezek. The
Jesuit missionaries are well satisfied
with the manner I'M which their meet
ings i'm this parish have been attended.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-03-21

Washington, d. c., March I:-Ths
fight for woman's rights is surely
bearing fruit. A few women have been
honored by being elected to the state
legislature where equal suffrage pre-
walls and IL is even proposed to send
one to the United States senate.
The colleges and Universities are
turning out women proficient i'm law,
VINO are taking their places I'm all
forms OF legal practice, but 1t Is left
TOT three year-old lassie to have the
honor OF being the first to sit on the
United states supreme court bench.
Little Miss Wells OF Boston grand.
daughter OF Justice Brewer. Is the one
VINO was thus honorcd. II occurred
rev days ago when she and her moth
err were visiting the supreme court.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-03-21
SUICIDE AT oNToNAGoN.

John Lamont of Ontone gon, aged 80
years, committed suicide Saturday
morning. His body was found hanging
from n rafter in barn at the rear Of
the Lake Superior House shortly af-
ter 1900. owing to his old age and
irirmities, Mr.. Lamont had become
a nervous wreck and 1t is believed he
took his life while in fit of despond-
encN.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-03-21
KELLY THROWS NELSON.
Hurontown Wrestler Proves Himself
"Chip OFF the Old Block"

Young Father" Kelly of Hurontown
justified the application of that title
to himself and proved himself to be
"a chip off the old block" Saturday
night when he defeated ole Nelson of
Calumet at Cornish style wrestling.
He won the match. which was for n
side bet of $50. in straight falls, two
out of three.
Years ago Father" Kelly, the young
victor's father used to throw pretty
nearly all the good Cornish wrestlers
in the copper country of his weight
and when his son sought like honors,
his friends Immediately called him
Young Father" Kelly and he upheld
the glory of the family name in his
bout of Saturday night.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-03-21
Busy Isthmian Railway.

The railway across the isthmus OF
Tehuantepec is 100 miles long. II
was constructed chiefly with British
capital and is controlled In part at
least by the Mexican government. 1t
was built especially for the purpose OF
handling freight between the Atlantic
and Pacific. and, although opened at
the beginning of 1907, has already car
ried about S10OOO0.OOC worth of mer-
chandise passing chiefly between the
Atlantic and Pacific ports OF the
United States.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-03-21
LAST BASKETBALL GAMES.
Hancock High Wins From Houshton-
Girls Also Played.


Saturday saw the wind-up of the
basketball season for Houghton and
Hancock high school teams and the
Hancock aggregation celebrated the
finish by giving the local boys beat
ing TO the tune OF 40 TO IL at the Ann
phidrome hall The game was an ex-
hibition affair and the Hancock boys
had the best of IL all the way through,
the score at the end of the first ses-
sion being 10 To 10 i'm their favor.
Campbell. although the smallest man
on the floor, was easily the star of the
game, making % of his teams points.
Between the halves of this game the
girls OF the Houghton high school and
the alumni, calling themselves the La
dies Auxiliary, played a well contested
game in which the final score was 16
to Q, I'm favor of the high school girls.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-03-21
Twelfth Century Pottery.

At the museum at Innsbruck, in Aus
tria, there has been for a number Of
years piece of pottery in the form
of basin. which experts were unable
to locate as to age. II has now been
determined that it was made in the
twelfth century, and the great bowl
is remarkable more for the design
which it bears on the inner side than
for its age. 1t shows Alexander the
Great riding in an airship, which is
propelled by grifins. Alexander
stands holding with n great rod food
over the heads of the griflins.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-03-21
puIIed or at calumet. March gs.

pulled off at Calumet, March 26.
THoton. nvnadpdBh Fog (m..
Judge Little of Hurontown had two
cases of DRINKS before him this morn
ing and each paid a small fine and
costs. one OF the men when taken into
custody by the officers was found %
have nearly 5000 i'm his possession.
A woman patient was removed 10
the insane asylum at Newberry this
morning. She was accompanied on the
journey to Deputy oscar Ongie and
her mother.
Deputy Sheriff Gosgrove came into
Houghton from Chassel early Sunday
morning having i'm custody two plain
DRINKS which he had garnered I'm the
numbering village. The paid fines
when arraigned i'm local justice shops
this morning.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-03-21
Take a little Dispepsin now and your
Stomach will feel fine five minutes
Iater.-Dont keep on suffering with
a certain cure so handy.

II your meals don't NJ comfortably
or YOU feel bloated after eating and
YOU believe It is the food which mis-
YOU: II what little you eat lies Ike a
lump Of lead on your stomach; If there
is difficulty In breathing after eating
eructations OF sour, undigested food and
acid heartburn brash or a belching OF
gas, you can make up your nliho ."a'
YOU need something TO stop ioou Ter
mentation and cure Indigestion.
To make every bite OF food you eat
aid in the nourishment and strength
of your body. you must rid your st'n-
ach of poisons, excessive acid ana
stomach gas which sours your entire
meai-interferes with digestion ana
causes so many sufferers of Dyspepsia
Sick Headache, Biliousness, constipa-
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-03-21
OBJECT TO PAYING TAXES.
Car Leaning Companies Enjoin State
From Collecting $4,000.

Lansing. Mich, March 21.-Suit has
been started here on behalf Of 25 car
loanlng companies to secure an injunc
ton to restrain Auditor General Full
er from collecting the tax assessed
against these companies by the state
tax commission. 1t is alleged that the
assessment of their cars is in violation
Of the federal charter and an .interfer-
ence with interstate commerce.
A test case will Be made by the Ger
mania Refining company. and Inde-
pendent Refining oil company of OIL
city. Pa. and the Paragon Refining
company OF Toledo. o. The entire tax
assessed against car loaning compan-
les amounts TO about $4,000
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-03-21

copper investments. AS a result the
paper was getting some pretty choice
inside Information and there is no tell
ing how long | would have kept it up
had | not in a burst Of confidence one
day told Mr.. Brewer that | was act
ing as correspondent. When he got
still retained my job and the matter
sent out after that was very different
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-03-21

AS soon as Justice Brewer ga" nv"
he left his place on the bench io' -.
seats reserved for the families oil ''i''a
bers. when ne started To return
the bench the child innocently follower
him and when the associate justice
saw her he took her on his Knee o."
for the first time i'm the 100 years ~
tory of the court girl sat on the "a. -.
tied states supreme court among w
dignified justices. ,,.,o
Henrietta is a bright, friendly ~
creature. with smile for every
who comes her way Despite her
der years she has quite an eNte's''
vocabulary. as BELTS young miss
BOSTON. she is very pretty with ARG
blue eyes and fair hair
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-03-21
Plant Treee.

All land owners should plant some
kind of trees. There is always some
waste land about the tarm-some
hillside or swamp that is not cult
waited, which, if planted 20 some kind
of timber, would soon return a profit
and would also improve the looks Oh
the farm, as nothing adds more to its
beauty than a well-kept grove or
woods pasture.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-03-21
TO GIVE PLAY SOON.

The L'Anse high school students
will give their annual play about the
goth OF April. The play is a bright
rollicking description of life in college
and is entitled THE Freshman" Elev-
en- characters are represented. The
students are planning on playing at
Baraga and Pequaming. as well as
LAnse.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-03-21
eARAeA OSBORN CLUB.

The officers elected for the recently
organized Baraga Osborn club are as
follows:
President ]. /. LaBrecque.
Secretary, w. G.. Blrk.
Executive Committee. c. o. Holmes
j. f.. st. German, Joseph Getzen, Ed
ward Hodge and A. Il. Funkey.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-03-21
Good Word for the Departed.

It is said by the author of a recent
volume Of biography, that his verdict
on the great of his chosen period is
much that of the New Hampshire par
son at the highly approved funeral of
parishioner: Brethren, we must
agree that our deceased friend was
mean in some things.-bDt let us in
Christian charity allow that he was
meaner in others"
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-03-21
His PIeduc.

A man is just one of the pledges
God makes to the world. and it de
ponds on the man to say whether the
pledge is to be kept.-W. r. Leighton.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-03-21
BARAGA TAX COLLECTIONS.

The various township treasurers in
Baraga county have made their delin-
quent tax returns to the county treas
urer for the year 1909. The summary
is as follows:
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-03-21
The New Enaland Spirit.

One thing we New Englanders like
about us is our all-around superiority
10 the people OF the rest of this great
and glorious ountry.-Springlelu
Union.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-03-21
Misused Gall.

"The gall a man has" saws the
Philosopher of Folly, only embitters
other peoples lives"
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-03-21

Allan r. Rees has returned from n
trip through the south. having been
absent three weeks.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1910-01-05
SOME SECRETS OF TEA.
\ ItS> Marvellous Varieties and Properties
A1-Unknown to Most Housekeepers.

y Its> Marvellous Varieties and Properties
A1'Unknown to Most Housekeepers.
The average housekeeper approaches
her grocer generally with the request
for one pound of black tea. knowing
little more than this about the article
being purchased and leaving the rest
with the grocer. 1t Is often not sus-
pected by either dealer or consumer
that there are as wide differences in
black tea alone us there are between
tea and other beverages. There are,
however, of kinds and grades of black
tea alone about 500 and of green 200.
of Ceylon and India over 500 and ia
pan 100. Now. as all these specimens
are blended together it follows that 1t
is possible to obtain about 1000 tlavors
Of tea. 1t is remarkable phenome-
non. therefore. that after hundreds Of
years the average consumer does not
know how TO find favorite specimen
of this most important beverage nor
how to prepare 1t after it has been
found
Important as it is to know that we
have the choice and that there is one
that will give supreme satisfaction If
we take the trouble to find it, yet this
fact sinks into iusignihcance compared
with the Importance of preparing prop
eNy the favorite when found, for If
not correctly drawn the choicest on
earth, which may have cost several
dollars a pound. Will sink to the value
of repulsive weed.
There are four exact rules. accord
ing to the authority of the president
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1910-01-05
DIRT ROAD PROBLEM
Good Results Can be Obtained
Through Drainage System.
STAGNANT WATER AN ENEMY.

II Is One of the Chief Evils of High
ways of Earth-Good Road Work of
an Illinois Institution-Bad Drainage
Expensive.
In the movement for good roads to
have practical results it is well to rec
Ognize the fact that over large sections
of the country rock or gravel roads
are. for local and economic reasons
unattainable and even unnecessary.
Dirt roads will prevail in the more
strictly rural districts for many years
to come. possibly until aeroplanes and
dirigible balloons take the place of
the good old farm wagon
Therefore it will be well to look
around and try To learn from the ex-
perience of Others how such roads
have been made in other countries suf-
ficient for all tle needs of rural life.
what has hrpn fuuEd to he th" chief
enemy To OvrrcuuP Hnd how the con
quest has been effected
The one great enemy Ut dirt roads
is stagnant water. which. after heavy
rains. and rsprr mllY ~ cay soils. is
unable to get away Realizing The sol
vent properties of water. it is easy to
understand how destructive its con-
tinued presence IS 10 The SoliGity Of a
dirt road and therefore how necessary
is its removal.
1t is not only the surface water OF
heavy rains or melting snow that has
to be got rid Of The action of what
science knows as "capillarity." the
constant rising of water from great
depths toward the surface, has also to
be contended with. That this natural
process is always going on is well un-
derstood, though its causes and meth
DDS of action still form matter for de-
bate. To catch and control this water
coming thus and to establish what is
known as water plane some three or
four feet below the surface of the
ground. where it can do the most
good to vegetation, and. as a sort of
side issue, the least harm to the roads.
has been sought for and found in the
modern scientific system of land drain
age.
Some time ago the use of brush filled
drains was very effective in section
of Illinois where the soil is much Of
the nature of the Kansas gumbo. An
institution which owned farm of 400
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1910-01-05
a Camille Rebuke.

1t was late in the year for straw
berries, but Mrs. Beacon was deter
mined to have some for Sunday din
ner. Over the telephone came the
news that they were very fine.
ma'am; very fine indeed" Being.
however. cautious housekeeper. she
decided to look over the fruit herself
as the grocer was not always to be
trusted.
"They don't appear very good" she
said some time later. examining care
fully basketful. They look"-here
she extracted one and tasted it-"they
look little green. don't know. Just
let me try one she took another
81 guess III take one box, please. You
don't put very many In box, do youY
she inquired.
There was" said the grocer respect
fully, but there's been so many ladies
looking EN- over that there ain't'-
You may give me two boxes" said
Mrs. Beacon.-Youth's Companion.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1910-01-05

twenty years. II had been the custom
to administer doses of gravel and of
refuse from a coal mine every now
and then. but the road incontinently
swallowed them up and asked for
more. Old country experience suggest
ed drains. aud as no pipe or tile was TO
be obtained the old hedges were cut
down TO height of three feet, and
bitches eighteen inches wide and from
three to four feet deep were dug on
each SIZE the road and filled with the
brush. we'll stamped in and topped up
with a good depth of soil. The road
bed was nicely rounded up. and in a
very short time the ancient morass
gained the reputation of being one of
the best bits Of roads in the neighbour
hood.
The tiles and pipes used for this
drainage work are made of a porous
clay. ungazed. the water entering them
not alone and only. but percolating
through their whole length. This can
be easily proved 10y sealing up both
ends of one of them and burying it
three or four feet in any damp place.
In week or two when dug up it will
be found full Of water. OF course
when proper and fairly even fall
about two inches to a hundred feetD
is given to n drain made of these pipes
ii will carry the water TO any distance
desired. The bottom of drain must
be kept level and the pipes laid so
carefully together that no earth can
get in between any two of them.
Since the general desire seems to be
for good roads without prejudice as to
what means or materials are used to
produce them it would be well for
some of our farmer readers to try the
effect of few of these drainpipes
where they can he produced. brush
where no pipes are to be had, on their
own private roads where water IS too
abundant.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1910-01-05


PEMBROKE COLLEGE, ENGLAND.
of the National Tea Association of
America. to be followed in preparing
tea, and nearly every housewife neg
lects at least one of them. In the
first place. the favor Of tea never ap-
pears unless the wafer is freshly
drawn from the faucet and is boiling
furiously when poured on the leaves.
Nine cooks out of ten never empty the
kettle of water which boiled for break
fast when preparing the tea for supper,
and If they avoid this fatality they
seldom in their haste wait for the wa
ter to boil thoroughly before pouring
it on the tea 1t is sufficient for them
if the slightest curl of steam emanates
when the water is used. with the re-
suit that the choicest tea in the world
tastes like catnp. If both these pit
falls are avoided then the tea is per-
mitted TO draw hardly two minutes
when the maid, with a mad rush,
pours it into the teapot. and again the
superb aroma of the rose is invisible.
and wild, weedy solution offends the
palate. If. again. this mistake is es-
capped, then the herb is allowed to
soak fifteer to thirty minutes. and
when served the bouquet has come
and gone and nothing but bitter tan
min has developed, which. when taken
into the human economy. plays upon
the nerves so assiduously as to ill the
divorce court with wild and untamable
cases.
To have tea in perfection, says the
same tea authority. 1t is only neces-
sary to follow these four rules:
Let the water be fresh from the
faucet.
Let the water boil furiously five min
utes before using
Let the water remain on the leaves
not less than seven or over ten min
utes and then be poured off into an
other vessel.
Use one full teaspoonful of tea for
every cup of water. and if too strong
reduce the quantity.
Tea is fast becoming i'm this country
as popular a drink as it has always
been in England. and the Englishman
is as fond of this beverage as his WON
ankind The great DR.. Johnson once
described himself as "a hardened and
shameless tea drinker who has for
Twenty years diluted his meals with
Only the infusion of this fascinating