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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-01
OPPOSED TO CHANGING TIME.
Weather Observer Cowdrick Writes
Business Mems Assn.

A letter has been addressed to the
Portage Lake Business Mems associa-
ton by Weather Observer CowdriclS,
in charge of the station of the weather
bureau at Houghton, relative to the
change of time from Central to East
ern Standard, as proposed by the De-
troit Board of Commerce. The letter
from the Detroit board advocating the
change and giving reasons, as recently
published i'm The News, and the COM
ments of Mr.. Cowdrick will both be
presented to the association at the
regular meeting to be held on We'd
hts ~ evening, March. s.
Mr. Cowdrick points out that the
copper country is closer to the west
ern than the eastern edge of the Cen
trail time, and that the clocks of Han
cock and Houghton are only a few
minutes behind the sun during the
summer season, and that to put back
the clocks permanently one hour to
conform with eastern standard time
would not work any benefit but would
create confusion.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-01
PEOPLE WE KNOW
They Are Calumet People and What
They Say is of Local Interest.

When an incident like the following
occurs right here at home, 1t is bound
to carry weight with our readers. SO
many strange occurrences go the
rounds of the press: are published as
facts, people become skeptical. on
one subject skepticism is rapidly dis
appearing. This Is due to the actual
experience of our citizens, and their
public utterances regarding them.
The doubter must doubt no more in
the face of such evidenc as this. The
public statement of a reputable citi-
zen living right at home, one whom
you can see every day, leaves no
ground for the skeptic to stand on.
p. ]. Donahue. contractor, Scott st,
Calumet. Mich, says: II used Doan
Kidney Pills for troubles caused by
disordered kidneys and | found this
remedy very effective. 1t brought re-
lief from backache and restored my
kidneys to their proper working order.
] have had no recurrence of kidney
complaint
For sale by all dealers. Price 90
cents. Foster Milburn CO., Bulfaio,
New York. sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-and
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-01
THE GOLD WAS THERE.
But Mark Twain Missed II b. Just
One Pail Of Water.

With Steve Gillis, printer OF whom
he was fond. Mark Twain went up
into Calaveras county 10 a cabin on
Jackass hill, where Steye's brother
Jim. lovable, picturesque character
0he Truthful James" Of Bret Harte).
owned mining claims. Mark decided
10 spend his vacation I'm pocket min
ing and soon added that science to his
store of knowledge. IL was halcyOn.
happy three months that he fingered
there. One day with Jim ellis he
was following the specks of gold that
led to pocket somewhere up the hill
when n chill, dreary rain set In. Jim
was washing and Clemens was carry
ing water The "color" became better
and better as they assembled, and Gil
lis, possessed with the mining passion,
would have gone on regardless Of the
rain. Clemens. however, protested and
declared that each pail of water was
his last. Finally he said in his DELHI
crate, drawing fashion:
"Jim. won't carry any more water.
This work is too disagreeable. Let's
go TO the house and wait till 1t clears
up"
ellis had just taken out pan of
earth.
Bring one more pail, Sam" he plead
ed.
II won't do It, Jim! Not q drop!
Not If / knew there was a million
dollars I'm that pan!"
They left the pan standing there and
went over to Angels camp. which was
nearer than their own cabin. The
rain kept on, and they sat around the
grocery and barroom smoking and tell
ing stories to pass the time.
Meanwhile the rain had washed
away the top Of the pan Of earth left
standing on the slope Of Jackass hill
and exposed n handful Of nuggets
pure gold. Two strangers had come
along and, observing 1t, had sat down
to wait until the thirty day claim
notice posted by Jim ellis should ex
pire. They did not mind the rain-not
with that gold in sight-and the min
ute the thirty days were up they fol
| lowed the lead few pans farther and
took out $4,000 in all. 1t was n good
pocket. Mark Twain missed 1t by one
pail Of water.-Chicng 20 Post.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-01
Hancock Department

minutes 4S seconds; Fourth, William
SaarL AZ minutes, As seconds; Fifth,
Robert Pelto, AS minutes. 40 seconds.
The .womens two mile race was won
by Mrs Kate Kinnunen in is minutes,
20 seconds; second, Mrs. Kate Maxi, is
minutes, 30 seconds; third. Mrs. Walter
Hiltunen, 10 minutes. 25 seconds
John Raution won the boys race of
TWO miles in 10 minutes, 40 seconds;
Adolph Tyvonen came second in 16
minutes 10 seconds. and Gus Saaren-
paa third In l6 minutes, IL seconds.
The races were run under the auspices
OF the Boston Athletic club of which
the president is Thomas PAUL; vice
president John Tollari; secretary
James Hamilton and treasurer, Joseph
PAUL. President Thomas PAUL was
referee of the races, and Richard
Whinnen time keeper.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-01
pisereditina an AstroIoaer.

A certain king, says tale from the
Persian, asked an astrologer, "How
many years of life remain to meY' The
wise man replied, "Ten." The king
became very respondent and betook
himself, as one stricken with sick
ness, to his bed. His vizier, who pos
sessed great wisdom, sent for the seer
and in the kings presence asked him.
"How many years have you to live"
He replied, Twenty" The vizier or
dered that he should that very hour be
executed in the kings presence. The
king was satisfied and commended the
sagacity of his minister and no longer
attached any Importance to the astrol-
oger's saying.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-01
MIGHTY ARCTURuS.
n This Star Were Our Sun II Would
Instantly Consume the Earth.

The parallax Of star Is Its angular
displacement as seen from two OPP
posite points on the earths orbit. The
base line employed in this gigantic spe-
cies of surveying is 1S6,0O0,OO0 miles
I'm length, but the calculation is re-
duced to the semidiameter of the orbit.
The results are at the same time amaz-
ing and instructive.
Let US take the famous star Arc
turus, often called the "star of Job"
because In the Old Testament the.
Almighty is represented as saying to
the unfortunate patriarch. who main
tains certain dignity in spite of his
helplessness and his sufferings, "Canst
thou call forth Arcturus and his sons ?"
Many conflicting measures of the
parallax of Arcturus have been made,
but the latest made at Yale seem more
probably correct than their predeces-
sors. They fix the parallax at 0.066
seconds. G., sixty-six one-thousandth
of second OF are. From this 1t is
easy to calculate the distance of the
star. 1t comes out ut nearly 100000
OO0,OOO,O0O miles two hundred and
ninety trillion miles,. This is more
than 100000 times the distance Of
the earth from the sun.
Having this distance, we can calcu-
late the actual amount of light shed by
Arcturus, or, in other words, its ac-
tual brightness as compared with that
of our sun, on the supposition that
both were at the same distance from
us. We thus find that Arcturus ex-
ceeds the sun as light giver about
$500 times! 1t is a sun $500 times
brighter than ours.
Put the earth as near to Arcturus
as it is to the sun and all life would
disappear from its surface as If swept
off by a blast of inconceiyable heat.
| The summer temperature would rise
to tens of thousands of degrees. The
oceans would boil away. Vegetation
would be burned up in n twinkling.
The eyes of living beings would char
in their sockets. The plains and
mountains would burst into flame.
| Minerals would run i'm molten streams.
| There would be no comfort for a liv-
ing world nearer TO Arcturus than
about 4.O00OOO,OOO miles. II he has
planets he must keep them at re-
spectful distance. And yet nearly
100000, 000. 100000 miles from him we
can look into his blazing eye and see
only a bright star.
Still, DR.. Alfred Russell Wallace
|
tiny attendant of tiny sun. is the
only seat of intelligent life-outside of
the misty mldregion of disembodied
spirits-that the universe contains,
and DR.. Wallace is learned man. But
his learning is not that which astron'
omy offers.-Garrett p. Serviss in New
York American.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-01
Poisinq on Nothing.

Away up in the air. far beyond the
mountain tops, the great cordors will
hang poised as motionless as If perch
ed on solid rock. True. their wings
are outstretched, but even through
glasses not the slightest motion is per-
ceptible They remain in this position
for many minutes, sometimes for an
hour, making careful scrutiny of ev-
erything below them in their search
for prey. Then. with slight fitting
of the wings, they flap slowly away,
or having found what they were seek
ing. dart like bullet toward 1t. The
eagle, hawk and other species have
this same faculty Of poising apparent
~ on nothing.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-01
HANCOCK BRIEFS
:. ...s..s1~s.~*@%s~ : I. :

Charles Lewis left yesterday for a
three days business trip to Green Bay
The Mitchell and Houghton bowling
teams will bowl match this evening
on the Dee alleys.
Ben Gettleman, manager of the Han
cock Savoy theater. has gone ia
Milwaukee for a brief business visit
The recital to be given by Surbeck's
music pupils will take place at the Hi
bernian hall on Thursday evening
March 9.
Mr.. and Mrs. Delore Il. Menard of
LAnse are the guests of their daugh-
ter, Mrs. w. w. Kimmell in the Lar
sen flats.
A son was born recently to Mr.. and
Mrs. A. Uren of Summit street, and
daughter to Mr.. and Mrs. John Blau
of Third street.
C. j. Ryan OF Duluth arrived yes
terday from Duluth and will be con-
nected with the local branch of the
National Cash Register compeny.
Today being Ash Wednesday. and
the first day of the Lenten season, the
occasion was observed with services
in the st. Patrick's and ST. Joseph:
churches.
The Hancock high school Eclectic
club will give its first program for the
present season at the assembly hall
beginning at eight o'clock. The meet
ing will be open to the public.
Gauthier Brothers have been given q
contract for remodeling and enlarg.
ing the house of Mrs. Camille Beau.
champ on Railroad avenue, which
when finished will contain ten rooms.
A young son of Caspar Frimodit
accidentally shot himself through the
foot yesterday with a 22 calibre bullet
The injury was not serious and the boy
walked to the office of Dr. w. fl. Mat
Ghetto in the Kauth block, to have thu
wound dressed.
The Women's Home Missionary So
ciety of the Congregational church
meets this Afternoon at the home OF
Mrs. James Fisher, Sr., Porto Rice
and Cuba" will be the subject of dis
cussion. led by Mrs. Montgomery
Rev. Horace Aldrich of Crystal Falls
arrived here yesterday and preached
last evening at the Pewabic church
having come here to assist in the re-
vivals now being held. Mr.. Aldricl
will preach every evening this weel
and on Sunday night.
A poor draught in the furnace Of thu
Cooper building on Quincy street
caused lot of smoke which resulted
in a fire alarm being turned in at
o'clock last evening from box II nea
the Scott Hotel. The department
turned out to find their services wer'
not required.
Yesterday was the last day for pay
ment of water rates for the previous
quarter, and delinquents now run ;
chance of having their supply of wa
ter shut off unless the settle up a
once. There are comparatively fev
who are behind as most of the wa
ter consumers find II advantageous L
avail themselves of the discount al
lowed for payment before the TWEEN
tieth of the month.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-01
Unavoidable Delay.

A woman went before the magis-
trate and modestly inquired:
"Your honor, can / have warrant
for the arrest of my husband? He
boxed my ears yesterday"
Certainly, ma'am," replied the
Judge. 81 will make out a warrant on
the ground OF assault and personal in
juries."
"Can ! fetch the warrant in about a
month";"
'In month? why won't you take
It at onceT'
"Please, your honor, when my hus-
band slapped my face / took my roll
ing pin and hit him on the head so
that he had TO be removed to the hos
pital. The doctors say, however, that
he will be on his legs again in a
month"
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-01
INSURANCE MAPS.
Handy Guides For Underwriters In
Fixing Premium Rates.

Fixing Premium HateS.
Many persons must have noticed
when making application for fire In
surance that it is the practice Of the
underwater to examine certain maps
before he will fix the rate of premium
or accept a risk on the property Of
fered. His photographic surveys mark
ed off in diagrams Of red and yellow
and other colors are always in evil
dence. sometimes bound securely In
dozens OF large volumes, on other oc-
casions laid conveniently in piles Of
loose sheets for handy reference.
Few persons realize, however, that
these maps contain all the information
which the underwater desires to know
about the building he Is asked TO in
sure and that in most instances more
matters are explained TO him by a
single glance than the applicant could
make even though he be the owner Of
the property.
As n matter of fact the details set
forth are most explicit. The map
maker has managed by colors, charac-
tiers and signs TO give full description
of the construction. equipment and oc-
cupation of Che building, everything
which over fifty years of this sort OF
surveying has proved to be of any pos
sible interest to the insurance man. 1t
is so complete, for instance, that an
agent In New York city can readily
form a good idea of the character of a
risk situated in some town in Missouri
or California. or, vice versa, agents In
towns in these western states can like
wise tell the character Of risk In
New York city.-Cassier's Magazine.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-01
LARSON FOR ALDERMAN.

Peter Larson, a well known Hancock
resident, yesterday announced his
candidacy for the Republican alder
manic nomination i'm the second ward
A. j. Kinville of the fourth ward has
made formal announcement that he
will seek the nomination on the Citi-
zens ticket for the office of alderman
to succeed j. f.. Scallon on the city
council. The Republican candidate for
the office has not yet been forthcoming
but it is understood that one will be
nominated at the caucus the latter
part of the month. The first ward
is still lacking a Republican aldermanic
candidate.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-01
FORBES GREAT FEAT.
His Newspaper Story of the Last Days
of the Commune.

One morning after the siege of Paris,
when the city was believed In London
to be still in the hands of the COM
mune, Sir John Robinson. manager Of
the Daily News of London, reached his
office to find the late Archibald Forbes
lying on the floor asleep, his head on a
postofiice directory. while the printers
were hard at work on his manuscript
the story of 'Paris In Flames" most
vivid description of the last days OF the
commune.
FORBES had telegraphed from Dover
announcing his coming" said Sir John
Robinson. "the printers had been wait
ing and thus the country heard Of
those terrible days for the first time.
London was ablaze with excitement.
Bouverie street was impossible through
the newsboys shrieking for copies, and
in parliament Mr.. Gladstone was ques-
toned that afternoon and could only
say he hoped the story was exagger-
ated.
when Forbes Weakened from his
slumber amid all this turmoil what n
spectacle he wasl His face was black
with powder. his eyes red and in
famed. his clothes matted with clay
and dust. He was dreadful picture.
He had been compelled to assist the
communists in defending triangular
space upon which three detachments of
the Versailles troops were firing and
had actually taught the citizens how to
build barricade."
BY aid of dummy dispatches address
ed to Lord Granville apd the queen
Forbes escaped from this threatening
triangle and wrote all the way to Eng
land, being the solitary passenger on
the mail boat.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-01
JAMES BILL is IN.
Corrupt Practice Act Introduced in
Senate by Hancock Scion.

In the State Senate yesterday after
noon Senator James introduced bill
revolutionizing the present system of
conducting political campaigns. The
hill makes il unlawful for a candidate
10 give away drinks, cigars or other
gifts. IL forbids promises of appoint
ments for support and compels can
didate to file an affidavit containing an
itemized account Of his expenses
within fifteen days after his nomina-
ton. Expenses of a campaign are
limited to 10 per cent of one years
salary providing it is not less than
500. Ministers. priests or any officer
of a church privately soliciting votes
are made guilty of corrupt practice
The bill prohibits betting on election
results or publication by newspapers
of advertisements unless it is stated
that they are paid for. Political com
mittees are compelled to report to the
secretary of state all moneys paid or
contributions received. A fine of not
more than $4,000 or imprisonment fol
one year are prov ided for violation.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-01
A DRAMA OF GREAT MERIT.

All expectations of a high class dra-
matte production in the presentation
of MADAM ~ were realized by the
large and discriminating audience
which packed the Kerredge theater
last evening. The play was without
question the most elaborate, the most
complete and the most finished per-
Torrance given at the Kerredge the
alter this season, and the warmth OF
welcome accorded 1t should result in
this section being favored with more
of the excellent companies bearing
the Henry w. Savage managerial
brand
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-01
FEB. VITAL STATISTICS.
Nineteen Deaths Reported For Month
and Twenty-Five Births.

Certificates of vital statistics filed to
date with City Clerk Macdonald show
a total of nineteen deaths and twen-
ty-five births for the month of Februa-
ry. There have been forty-four births
reported since January 1, with a prob
ability of more certificates to be fled
as the time limit for making returns
has not expired. Twenty deaths
have been reported since the first of
the year, compared with twenty five
for the first two months of 1910, the
number for February 1910 having been
fourteen. five less than for the same
month this year.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-01
THE SPARROW MORTALITY.

The open season for killing SPAR
rows for the bounty of two cents a
head provided by state law expired
yesterday, and the total number of
birds presented to City Clerk Mac
Donald for bounty payments totalled
5O4. The season began on December
and continued to February 2S, and
the slaughter of the sparrows in Han
cock during that period has been
larger than at any previous time since
the bounty was established
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-01
Must Have Been a Storm Scene.

AS perhaps there may be some one
who has not heard the story of the
Dutch painter ! tell it," says Elihu
Vedder In the atlantic.
"a person calling on this painter
heard most internal uproar in his
studio. Things seemed to be falling
and brass plates flying about, and there
were loud shouts.
1.-THE servant came TO the door In a
state of great anxiety and told the WIS.,
itor at once that the master could not
be disturbed.
"T should think he couldn't be much
more than he is said the visitor. But
what under the sun is the matterT
"'He is painting a sky"
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-01
Getting Into German.

In the use of legal terms the Ger
man lawyers gain In saving OF
number of words over our equivalent
expressions seems to be lost in multi
pllcation of syllables In the words used
by him. For example, he says "Zu-
ruckbehaltungsrecht' for right Of
lien" and "gesammtgutsverbindlich-
keiten" for liabilities of common prop
erty." What an awful word he must
have as an equivalent for our 'impre-
bility."-Docket.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-01
MAsoNs ENTERTAINED.

The members of the Hancock chap
ter of Order of the Eastern Star last
evening entertained the Gate of Tenn
pie chapter, Royal Arch Masons, at the
Masonic hall on Hancock street. A
special meeting of the Eastern star
Will be held on Tuesday evening,
March 6, for the purpose of comforting
degree work on several candidates.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-01
BANKED Rails.

In rounding a curve the tendency
Of the weight Of a train is invariably
to shift to the outside wheels. To
counterfeit this tendency the outer rail
OF a curve is raised on n higher level
than the inside, the elevation being
in an exact proportion to the sharp
ness of the curve as determined by the
principles of engineering. II both
rails of curved track were of exactly
the same elevation n train would not
dare round 1t at high speed.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-01
A Student Of the Drama

II was at performance Of MAC
BETH" and the three weird sisters had
Just made their first appearance and
chanted their uncanny incantatlons
when q handsomely dressed, intelli-
gent looking woman in the third row
turned to her escort and inquired.
whats the idea In having those
witchesT-New York Press.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-01
FREE BOOK ON PILES.
Tells How to Cure Them With In
terna Medicine.

DO you know the cause of piles?
Is IL internal or external?
Will salves. suppositories or cut
ting remove the cause?
How can one be cured permanently!
DO you know how Dr. ]. s. Leon
hardt found the cause and cure7
All these questions answered fully
in a booklet mailed free by Dr. Leon
hardt Co.. Station Il. Buffalo, N. Y.
or at Eagle Pharmacy. Calumet Mich.
and Laurium Pharmacy, Laurium
Mich. and druggists everywhere who
sell the successful remedy, Hem Roid
under guarantee, at 81 per large bottle
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-01

A Kankas editor says he thinks this
Is the best story he has seen In print
for several years: A young clergy
man was complaining to friend that
his congregation was made up OF tignt-
wads. They are so stingy," he saiu,
that when ask them to sing 'oiu
Hundred they sing The Ninety ana
Nine,'"
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-01
Runa In an Actor.

'How did you enjoy the vaudeville
performance"
ut was good. They had performing
cats, baseball player, n champion pu-
gilist, trained cockatoo, and, l give
you my word, they even had an actor
doing tun."-Louisville Courier
Journal.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-01
r.nd.r Hearted Youths.

Sympathetic Old Lady-You're kind
hearted boys to help that poor fellow
up. Here's n quarter for some candy.
Enthusiastic Small Boy (helping
fat man worse for liquor)-Thanks,
missus, but Jest hang around minute
and watch tn fun when he falls ag'in.
New York Times.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-01
Deserved TO Get II.

ct want to ask you for bit OF ad'
vice." said the inslnuating man.
"what is it?"
81 want you to put yourself in my
place and me in yours and tell me
how you would go about II IL You
wanted to borrow $40 from MEEK
change
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-01
SKI RACES AT BOSTON.
Charles SavikiIja Winner Of Eight
Mile Marathon Sunday.

The eight mile marathon ski race at
Boston last Sunday had fifteen entries,
and was won by the following: First,
Charles Savililja, 45 minutes, IL sec
onds; Second. Emil Pelto, as minutes,
IS seconds: Third Henry Makkila, AZ
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-01
Comic Opera MiIkmaids,

81 thought would introduce a real
COW into my comic opera"
"How did It work."
"Didn't work at all. The milk
maids frightened the cow."-washing-
ton Herald.