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Arizona republican., 1911-02-08

who is dead" The epigram was pub
lished. flew over the country, and has
become a familiar quotation. But the
sequel is less well known. The corre-
spondent who asked the question tele-
graphed as soon as he received the
answer. why don't you die and be
come a statesman" Mr.. Reed handed
me the telegram, and said: Here is my
answer: No. Fame is the last infirmi
ty of noble mind"
I'm 1884 | recall coming across him
one day i'm State street. just after the
nomination of Mr.. Blaine. TIE break
in the republican party had begun, and
/ asked Mr. Reed what he thought of
the outlook Well" he. said. lit is a
great comfort to think that the wicked
politicians were not allowed to pick the
candidate. and that the nomination was
made by the people. The politicians
would have been guided only by base
desire to win"
| believe the house i'm which he was
born still stands. At all events. II was
i'm existence not long ago. and, while he
was speaker some one sent him photo
graph OF it. His secretary and success
scr i'm congress. Mr.. Allen. brought it to
him and said: That's a pretty good
house to have been born in"
Mr. Reed looked at il and said: Yes.
Amos: but. you see. | was not born in
all that house." pointing to an addition
made since his time.
Even then" said Mr. Allen, lit is a
pretty good house to have been born
in
Yes" said Mr., Reed. but still was
not born i'm more than two or three
rooms of it,
Arizona republican., 1911-02-08
TERMS

Goods will be sold
for CASH ONLY,
and please do not
ask us to lay goods
aside or make eX-
changes.
Arizona republican., 1911-02-08

Umbrellas
We have about four dozen, they are the
celebrated Hull, detachable handles, both I'll
gents and lOdies' sizes, with gold filled and
sterling handles, for quick selling we say
HALF PRICE, for instance:
SZOUU Tor Observation-Disclosures. 9IU w
S 6.25 for 3 Is
THINK OF 1T
Arizona republican., 1911-02-08

Tall Vase, the handsomest thing ever
in the house, was 500, now 80. $50 90
10-inch Chop Plate, was $3.50, now. So. 40
10-inch Salad Bowl, was $40, now. Sc 65
Large Water Pitcher, was $40, now. $3.50
Chocolate set, pot, cream and sugar,
six cups and saucers, was $500,
now .S22 90
You should come early and see how cheap
we have marked everything.
Arizona republican., 1911-02-08

Howard, Hamilton and few
watches can only be sold at certain !
same here as New York or San Fran
If interested ask the Watch man.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-18

NEW INVENTIONS

\ portable electric lamp useful to
miners or other persons who have to
work in the dark has been patented
by New York man. 1t is designed
TO be adjusted to the hat in twink
ling, and can be just as easily re-
moved. The lamp is set inside a CO.
meal reflector, which projects its rays
forward with great brilliance. 1t has a
curved flexible spring. by means Of
which it can quickly be fastened to
the front Of the hat and the wires run
gown the back of the person using it
and connect with a little storage bat
terry that is carried on the belt The
current can be switched off at the
pleasure of the user. This light not
only provides splendid illumination.
but in the case Of miners there is no
danger of explosions by their coming
into contact with fire damp or other
.combustible gases, as happens where
they use an unprotected flame.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-18
THE TANNING OF
RED BUTTE WESTERN
BY
FRANCIS LYNDE
Copyright, 1910, by Charles Serb
ner's Sons.
Continued from Page 2.

IT heard uptown that Bart has post
ed his defi-Mr Lldgerwood shoots him
on sight or he shoots Mr. Lidgerwood
on sight. You can figure that out. can't
your
mot knowing Mr.. Lidgerwood much
better than you do, John. I'm not sure
that ! can"
"Well. it's easy. Bart II walk up TO
the boss In broad daylight. drop him
and then I'LL him full Of lead after he's
down. I've seen him-saw him do II
to Bixby, Mr.. Brewster's foreman ut
the Copperette."
Say the rest of it," commanded Nc
Closkey.
1--WE been thinking. While I'm lay
ing round with nothing much TO do !
believe I'll keep tab on Bart for a lit
tie spell l don't love him much, no
how"
McCloskey's face contortion was in
tended to figure as dcrisive smile.
"pshaw, John" he commented, he'd
skin you alive. Why, even Jack Hep
burn is afraid of hint"
"Jack is? How do you know thatY"
McCloskey shrugged again,
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-18
False Bottom for Ranne

Here is an invention which will APP
peal to housewives from two import
ant standpoints, viz, economy of coal
and reduced temperature for summer
cooking. The woman who thought out
this idea could not see why she should
load her kitchen range up with coal
every time she wished to prepare a
meal, and then have half of the coal
left to burp out as waste and heat the
house TO an uncomfortable degree.
Since, however the live Goals must be
kept In proximity to the griddles, a
thin fire in the deep frebox would not
accomplish the purpose Therefore she
developed false bottom i'm the firebox.
This device is placed inside the empty
lirebox, having four side frames which
rest on the regular CRATE. and the aux
Hilary CRATE is suspended several inches
below the under side of the stove top.
AS the bottom is perforated, sufi-
cient draft is provided, and also ease
of access to the fire with the poker for
raking out the dead ashes from the
bottom While the fire is necessarily
thin and light, it provides plenty of
heat for cooking a meal, and soon
burns itself out after accomplishing its
purpose. OF course, the device is not
confined to coal for fuel but will OPP
crate equally as well with wood, char
coal or coke.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-18
This DATE IN HISTORY"

162S-Kirke defeated Roquemont IL
the Gulf of st. Lawrence.
16S3-Combined armies under John
Sobieski defeated the Turks under tn,
walls of Vienna.
1710-John Cruger, one of the early
mayors of New York city and first
president Of the New York Chamber ol
Commerce, born in New York. Died
Dec. %. 1892.
1S40-The BRITANNIA" the first OF
the large Cunard liners, reached Bos-
ton in II days and hours from Liver
pool.
1S53-The Atlantic and St Lawrence
Railroad. from Portland to Montreal
opened to traffic.
1S63-Confederate victory at Fort
Wagner
1S64-President Lincoln called fol
100000 more volunteers.
1S95-Henry Irving, the famous ac-
tor knighted by Queen Victoria.
1910-Strilke of the conductors and
trainmen on the Grand Trunk Rail-
way.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-18

France, who was welded recently to
Princess Clementine of Belgium,
youngest daughter of the late King
Leopold. was born July Is, 1862. He Is
the son of Prince Napoleon and the
Princess Clotilde. on the death of the
Prince Imperial who fell while fight
inf with the British forces in the Zulu
war i'm 1879. when the father of Prince
Victor Napoleon held the position OF
the head of the House of Bonaparte,
several of the lmperialist leaders put
forward the young Prince Victor as
his fathers rival. But this move was
not encouraged by the son, though the
latter. IL is understood, was nominated
i'm the Prince Imperiars will as his sue
cessor. When the expulsion bill of
1856 became law. the Prince and his
father were eXiled from France. For a
of years Prince Victor was an
officer in the Russian army. Eventually
he will be very rich man. for. besides
his share in the fortune of his mother
who died a few weeks ago, the ex-Em-
press Eugene has made him the resid-
uary legatee. of s1O.0OO,e0O.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-18
ItIs OMAN oF sTRAM. -

The Chicago Record Herald says
much in little when it characterizes
IA Follettes diatribe against Presi-
den: Taft as the senseless beIaboring
Of straw man Of the senator's own
construction. Save IN the senator's
own delirious imagination there is no
such Taft
Mr. La Follette's wild verbal car
toon Of an migrate. a hypocrite. a tool
Of The trusts, a betrayer Of the people
and 50 forth was as grotesquely and
slanderously unlike its supposed origi-
nal as the vile Hearst caricatures were
unlike the late President Mckinley.
declares the Milwaukee Sentinel
We all know what the foul calumnles
belchcd out by the gutter press against
Mckinley led to at Buffalo. The fact
that they could have such a result for
as pure and widely beloved man
ought to be a sufficient lesson in the
terrible risks Of that mode Of poliu-
cal attack
But 1t really seems probable that
Mr.. la Follcttc's apparent obsession
Of jealous hate innamed by chagrln at
his own present awkward predicament
makes lin believe all he says about
TAFT.
Tafts reciprocity measure Is the i'm
mediate cause OF Mr. La FolIette's
ludicrously sudden tumble from his ia
riff reform pedestal and the country
wide jeers thereover. No wonder he
hates TAFT to the point Of hallucina-
ton about his character. and with a
hatred proportional to his own love of
himself.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-18

"Are you with us. John?" he asked
cautiously.
IL amt with Bart Rufford and the
tin horns," said Judson negatively.
"Then I'll tell you fairy tale" said
the trainmaster lowering his voice. II
gave you notice that Mr.. Lidgerwood
would do something different. He did
II, bright and early this morning; went
to Jake Schleisinger and swore out n
warrant for Rufford's arrest on a
charge of assault with intent to kill"
Sure" said Judson. That's what
any man would do In a civilized coun-
try. amt itT'
ayes. but not here. John-not In the
red colored desert, with Bart Rufford's
name In the body Of the warrant"
81 don't know why not" insisted the
engineer stubbornly. But go on with
the story. 1t amt any fairy tale so
far"
"When he'd got the warrant, Schleis-
niger protesting all the while that
Bart d kill him for issuing IT, Mr.
Lidgerwood took 1t to Hepburn and
told him to serve it. Jack backed
down so fast that lie fell over his feet:
said to ask him anything else under
heaven and he'd do it-anythlng but
that"
"Huhw said Judson. IF I'd took an
oath to serve warrants I'd serve 'em
If 1t did make me sick at my stomach"
Then he got up and shufiied away to
the window again, and when next he
spoke his voice was the voice of
broken man.
81 lied To you u minute ago, Mac. /
did want my job back. I came over
here hopin that you and Mr. Lidger-
wood might be SEEM things little
different by this time. I've quit the
whisky. With my record | couldn't
get an engine anywhere else in the
United States. Can't you see what
I'm up against?"
The trainmaster nodded. He was
human.
"Well. it's Maggie and the babies
now" .Judson went on. "They don't
starve. Mac. not while I'm on top OF
earth. Don't you reckon you could
make some sort of n play for me with
the boss. Jim? He's got bowels"
mo, John. One or two things I've
learned about Mr.. Lidgerwood-he does
not often hit when he's mad, and he
doesn't take back anything he says In
cold blood I'm afraid you've cooked
your last goose"
Let me go in and see him. He amt
half as hard hearted as you are, jim"
The tralnmaster shook his hend.
"No; 1t won't do any good. heard
him tell Hallock not to let anybody
In on him this morning."
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-18
you AND YOUR BOY.

Whom is your boy going to for adj
vice2
Tough Johnny Jones at the end Of
the street,
Rough Billy Green or untaugh Jimm,
Price?
Who is now guiding his innocent
feet?
Who takes him walking and swim
ming today
You or the stranger just over the
way?
Whom is your boy leaning on for a
friend,
Whom does he tell all his wee trou-
bles to?
Say now. with whom does your lit
tie one spend
Most Of his time with a stranger "a
you?
Whose hand is leading him where
he should go?
Answer now Busy Man, tell if you
know.
Who is the pal that he opens his
heart to.
You or some stranger you never
have seen?
Whom does your boy all his secrets
impart to?
Maybe to some one whose mind
is unclcan
If 1t isn't to you that he comes. he's
in danger
What do you know OF the worth of the
stranger?
oh, be a boy with the boy that is
yours
Play with him. stay with him,
show him the way,
Walk with him, talk with him. take
him out doors.
BE his best friend as you ought TO
today.
Take him downtown so the youngstcr
may see
The right sort Of man that you want
him TO be.
Don't be too busy to hear what he's
telling,
Don't send him off when ne comes
10 your knee:
This sort Of father disaster Is SPELL
ing
He's hungry for you, and his pal you
should be.
Spend all the time that you can with
the lad.
He'll be good boy II you1l be good
dad.
Edgar Guest in Detroit Free Press.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-18
Fans as Fly Screens

An enterprising business man in
Mobile, Ala, has installed a ceiling fan
over the entrance TO his store to pre-
vent flies from coming in. He has
found that this form of fly screen is
effective, ana does away with the
bother of having a screen door for his
patrons to open and slam shut. Here
.tofore fl'es would enter when the door
was opened, and would collect in the
display windows, making it necessary
To clean the windows and the display
objects frequently. Now he has no
such trouble. Other business men are
adopting this simple expedent.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-18
A Boat in a Suitcase.

A Partisan inventor has gone the
limit in deyislng craft for getting
over the water, which is still so light
and compact that it can be folded up
and packed into box no bigger than
an ordinary suitcase. The case part
unfolds ana joins together to form the
main framework or hull Of the boat,
which is Of the catamaran order. The
two cigar shape floats are made OF
waterproof canvas. when packed up
they occupy little space, and when in
use they are blown up with bicycle
pump. The framework is fastened
between them by means of ribs and
straps, and when you have fixed a
three iointed double bladed paddle to-
gcthcr and put a folding seat in place
you are all ready to set out on your
marine travels.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-18
Metal ShinuIe.

"A metal shingle so designed that one
locks into another by means of series
OF ribs and channels has been patent
ed by South Carolina man. The
single is made about the same size
and shape as the wooden article of
the same name, but as will readily be
understood, Is not only far more dura-
bic as to the material used. but re-
quires practically mo- repairs IL prop
.erly put on. as a roof OF this ma
terial VIII last almost, IL not quite, as
long as the walls Of the building Fur
thermore, with one shingle locking into
another. there is little danger of any
dropping out OF place. Probably the
chief merit Of the metallic shingle
however. is the fact that IL is fire.
proof and is especially adapted for use
on garages or other buildings where
the risk of fire is great and where non
combustible material is essential.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-18
A Toad and Its Eocs.

The advent of the 'so-call6d midwife
toad at the Geological gardens calls
attention to the curious breeding hab-
its OF this species, Says the London
Globe. The midwife toad is common
in Spain, France and the south of Ger
many. The eggs, as in other species,
are fortified after being laid. They
are then twined by the male in strings
around his hind limbs. Thus laden he
retires to his burrow for two or three
weeks. He then takes them to pool
where they are Matched and become
tadpoles in the usual way.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-18
industrial Use Of Volcanic Ash.

For some time past a company i'm
Japan has been engaged in exploiting
the use of volcanic ash i'm combina-
ton with Portland cement mortar.
This combination is said To be partic-
ularly valuable in the construction of
works submerged in salt water. 1t is
claimed that the cement thus formed
possesses greater tensile strength, and
is denscr than ordinary Portland &C.
ment. 1t is also more resistant to
the percolation of water II is thought
that should this industry prosper, it
might well be extended 20 the Philip
pines, where a great deal of volcanic
ash is available.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-18
EXPRESS COMPANY PROBE

Since the express companies doing
an interstate business we're brought
by amendment Of the interstate com
merce act into the category Of COM
mon carriers add withip the jurisdic-
ton OF the interstate commerce com
mission practically nothing has been
done to subject them to the rcgula-
tioa provided fJr IN the law. SAYS the
New YORK Journal Of Commerce. They
have soGe on in their own way pretty
much as before. They have filed with
the commission, as required by the
law, their schedules OF rates. classic =
cations and regulations. and com
plants have been filed that these and
the practices Of the companies In the
conduct OF their business are unjust.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-18


"Hsllock be -! Say, Mac, wha,
makes him keep that Judson broke
off abruptly, pulled his hat over his
eyes and said. Reckon it's worth
while TO shove me over to the other
side. Jim McCloskey?"
what other side?" demanded Nc
Closkey.
Judson scoffed openly. "You amt
making out like you don't know, are
you? Who was behind that break Of
Ruffords last night?"
There didn't need TO be anybody be-
hind 1t. Bart thinks he has kick COM
Ing because his brother was dscharg-
ed"
but there was somebody behind It,
Tell me, Mac. did you ever see me too
drunk to read my orders and take my
signals?"
No; don't know that / have"
well, / never was. And don't Of
ten get too drunk to hear straight
either even If do look and act like
the biggest fool God ever let live.
was In Cat Biggs' day before yester-
day noon when ] ought to have been
down here taking 2O2 east. There
were two men in the back room put
ting their heads together / don't
know whether they knew / was on the
other side of the partition or not. If
they did they probably didn't pay any
attention to driveling idiot that
couldn't wrap his tongue around an or
der for more whisky"
go on" snapped McCloskey almost
viciously.
They were talking about fixing the
boss. One OF 'em was for the slow
ana safe way-small bets and n good
many OF 'em. The other was for pull
ing straight flush on Mr.. Lidgerwood
right now. No. l said no; that things
were moving along all right and It
wasn't worth while TO rush. Then
something was said about a woman.
1 didn't catch her name or Just what
the hurry man said about her. only It
was something about Mr.. Lidgerwood
being In shape TO mix up In II. At that
NO Hoped over. Pull It of when
ever you likep says he, savagc-like."
McCioskey sprang from his chair and
lowered over the smaller man.
One OF those men was Bart Ruff
rord. Who was the other one, Jud.
sonT
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-18

unreasonable unjustly discriminatory
unduly preferential and prejudcial
and otherwise in violation Of the pro
visions Of the act 20 regulate oom.
merce." etc. Accordingly the commits
sion has now given notice that il IN
stitutes an inquiry on its own motion
into their rates. classifiCatiOns, regu
lations and practices" and makes IN,
companies party thereto by name, 20
gether with natural persons" who ar
engaged in the express business undo
those names. The date fol beginning
hearings does not appear TO have beer
fixed.
There is little doubt about the nee,
Of this Investigation. If the expires.
companies are really to be brought in.
20 subsection to the law. There is IA,
business that has been made NOR,
nearly monopolistic in its character. :,
far as its interstate aspect is COZ.
cerned. There is more or less compe
titon in local express service. thougi
there has been a tendency in late year
for the large companies to acquire con
troll over those which are limited {,
local fields in collecting and deliver
ing baggage and packages FOR trans
portation over their lines. by con
tracts with railroads which do no Ions
distance hauling for them the express
companies have divided the field Of
interstate service among themselves IN
a way to prevent competition, and
where the articles carried have Of ne
ccssity TO be transferred from one 10
another to reach their destination. they
have go, made joint through rates
but the initial carrier has charged the
combined rates and accounted to the
others for the share belonging to their
lines.
There being practically no competi-
ton. each company could make its
charges and rates about what it
Pleased and the patrons have had 10
make the best Of it. Arrangements be-
tween tie express companies and rail
road companies have been subject 10
no control, and they have been made
in a way to be as profitable to both as
they chose to make them. Under such
a system abuses and exactlons were
inevitable and complaints have GER
-a.riy toen common and usually un-
'vtiling. Redress for any wrong re-
sul'ing In pecuniary loss has seemed
10 be unattainable without r7ore trou-
Die. annoyance and sacrifice OF time
AID expense than il was worth if final !
) obtained. There is scarcely a doubt |
hat there is need Of reform in the
.ervice Of express companies and a |
'retty thorough investigation is nee
.ssary 10 determine what is to be done
% eject IL. # is quite time tins SER
ice Was brought under enective reg
ilation and supervision.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-18

There is a story often told in India
of Shajee, "a Hindoo prince, who on a
certain occasion showed himself al
most as clever as Archimedes.
a high official had made vow that
he would distribute to the poor the
weight of his own elephant i'm silver
money. But the great difficulty that
at first presented itself was the mode
OF ascertaining what this weight really
was. All the learned and clever men
OF the court seem TO have endeavored
In vain to construct machine of sufH-
cient power to weigh the elephant.
At length Shajee came forward and
suggested plan which was simple and
yet ingenious I'm the highest degree. He
caused the unwieldly animal To be con
Quoted along a stage specially made
Tor the purpose by the watorside into
a flatbottomed boat. Then, having
marked on the boat the height To
which the water reached after the ele-
phant had weighed II down, the later
was taken out and stones substituted
In sufficient quantity to hold the boat
to the same line. The stones were
then taken to the scales and thus to
the amazement Of the court, was ascer
tanned the true weight of the elephant
New York Press.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-18

electricity may be desirable, because
Switzerland has to import all the coal
she uses.
From twenty-one waterfalls, some Of
which are already partially utilized for
Industrial purposes, $4,000 horsepower
could be developed but only 10000
horsepower would be required to re-
place the steam power now used on
the railroads.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-18
Aims Could Bun Railways.

Engineers in Zurich report. after
careful examination. that sufficient
electric power could be developed
from the waterfalls of the Alps to
run all the railways OF Switzerland.
There would be little or no reduction
of cost. IL r. said, but the time may
come when the change from steam to
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-18

Ii is cheering to know that one in
strumcnt at least can be counted on
to bring health and longevity to those
who practice ii. This is the flute.
Doctors recommend it for helping con-
sumptives-as the operation of play
ing the instrument involves the precise
the consumptive; that is, full inspira-
ton, not too full or strained; followed
by slow and gentle delivery of the
breath.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-18

Governor Osborn has appointed some
Democrats u Office. why not? Those
selected are capable and win make
creditable records. The governor be-
lieves in picking out the best avail
able men 20 assist MIN In looking after
the business 81 the state.