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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-04-21
TICKET MAN HAS
IMPORTANT JOB
PASSING OUT TICKETS IN Elk.
CHANGE FOR MONEY is
ONLY SMALL PART OF
T DUTIES.

Some people are of the opinion thai
passing out pieces of pasteboard in ex-
change for coin of the realm is about
all there is for a ticket agent to do
said a well known railroad man to-
day, but such is far from the truth
The distribution of tickets to passen-
gers is not the simple matter it appears
on the surface. Ticket agents must
have a thorough geographical knowl-
edge and a full understanding of con-
nections to different points. often a
ticket is sold crossing fifteen or TWEEN
ty roads. The difficulties increase
when IL is made out in another Ian
guage. A traveller of Mexico into this
country recently had several of the
coupons on his yard long ticket print
ed in Spanish. on at least one of the
Canadian railroads, tickets are issued
printed in both French and English.
Ticket agents receive their tickets
from the central offices of their own
particular road. Each of these offices
handles a very large number of ticket
forms. Every one of these may be ar
ranged for a number of different
points. These railroad tickets are as
carefully accounted for as though they
were money. When an agent orders a
certain number they are sent to him
IN carefully sealed packages handled
by the express companies under the
same valuation as money. The agent
Is charged with their value and note
OF them Is sent to the railroad audi
tor The stubs from the tickets sold
are turned into the general office, as
are also the tickets after the conduct
ors have collected them. All are care
FULLY audited and outstanding tickets
are credited.
Reason for Time Limit.
1t retards the settling of accounts to
nave the tickets uncollected after a
certain time. This is the reason for
the time limit which appears upon
most tickets. The central offices of
large railroad companies keep thous-
ahds of ticket forms on file, arranged
after an elaborate card index system.
from these forms it is possible for an
aseht TO make up a through ticket
across the continent, giving almost
any desired route. A few hours time
VIII enable the ticket agent in any i'm
portant city to sell through transpor-
"uon to any place i'm the world de-
SIRED Tor there is always cooperation
between the railroads and steamship
Companies.
>. me printing of railroad tickets is in
.'Seli an important industry. To pre-
vent counterfeits requires almost as
"'"'n care as is taken by the United
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-04-21
MUCH TROUT FRY ORDERED
By THE H0-0N-KEE CLUB

The Ho- On-Kee Rod and Gun clut
of Laurium has made application tC
the state fish hatchery at the 500 fol
a consignment of 10000 brook trout
try. The hatchery is receiving appli-
cations for fry from many other u
=. clubs, and ii is expected that when
enough acquisitions have been placed
to fill the fish car Fontinalis, that it
will be sent out.
1t is the intention of the Ho- on Kee
to stock the Gratiot. Montreal. Trav-
erse and Betsy rivers with fry, as well
as the Buffalo, Dover and Black creeks.
Last year members of the club re-
ceived a consignment of 5000 black
bass from the 500 hatchery, and
placed the fish in Mosquito. Lac la
Belle and Gratiot lakes.
on May the club will meet for the
purpose of deciding where the annual
outing will be spent this year. The
club has usually enjoyed week each
year fishing on Huron River, making
the trip by tug from Portage Lake.
This year, however, the majority of
the members are in favor of going in
to Keweenaw county. and it is prob
able Gratiot Lake will be the objective
point.
The club goes for a week at least.
1t is expected that about twenty MEM
bers will avail themselves of the OPP
to make the trip this year.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-04-21
Lauriium Department

States treasury in printing paper mon
ey. There are a large number of spe-
cial printing machines adapted exclu-
sively to railroad ticket printing.
careful record is kept of every ticket
printed and all imperfect tickets and
proofs are destroyed. Mileage books
are printed in one long strip because
they must be numbered consecutively.
A particular style of press has been
invented for this work. After the long
sheet of paper is printed and perforat-
ed ii is cut and bound into the book
form so popular with the travelling
public.
Art Of Ticket Selling.
"Ticket selling requires much care
and every effort is taken to facilitate
accuracy and speed. The ticket office
located in the Palace Hotel, San
Francisco. is said to be the most per-
feet i'm the world. The ticket sales
rooms are on the main floor, but an
sent by pneumatic tube to the base
ment below where expert ticket agents
quickly make up the desired routes
Straight local tickets are sold directly
from the case. Making up a ticket
covering a number of roads is a COM
plicated task. Generally separate
coupon is attached for each road
crossed. as an accurate record must be
kept of every mile OF the route i'm or
der that the accounts Of the respec-
tive companies can be kept.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-04-21

In the matter of having one house
of Congress opposed to him politically
President Taft is confronted by the
same situation which faced Grant.
Hayes, Arthur Cleveland, BENJAMIN
Harrison and then Cleveland again
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-04-21

Though James A. O'Gorman, the
new United States senator from New
York. has been a member of Tam
many Hall ever since he reached the
voting age, it is said his afiliation
with that organization has never af-
fected the independence OF mis- Toliti-
cal attitude.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-04-21
BASEBALL
YESTERDAYS GAMES.
National League.

Philadelphia New York game post
pOned: rain.
Brooklyn Boston game postponed;
rain
r. IT. =.
st. Louis &C.. .02OO3OOOO-5 10 G
Chicago &C.. ...41Oe112OO-9 . /
Eatteries-Golden, Steele. Louder
milk and Bresnahah; Phester, Weaver
and Archer.
r Fl T..
Pittsburg =. .O126OOO0X--9 II :
Cincinnati .. ..OOOOOOO1O-1 s g
Ratteries-Camnitz and Gibson; Me-
CULLEN, Keefe and L. Clarke, Mclean.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-04-21
American LEAGUE.

Philadelphia Boston game poStpon-
ed; rain.
New York Washington game post
poned; wet grounds.
x. II. r.
Chicago -. ...O3OOOOOOO- 4
Detroit &C.. 30 0o21IO1--G IS .
Batteries - Walsh and Sullivan,
Payne; LATTE and Stanage.
Il. H. T.
Cleveland -. % o2O00OO-3 9 o
St Louis &c. .OO0OOOO31@ 1
Batteries-Krapp, West and Smith;
Powell and Clarke.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-12-21
HIS LOVE NOTES FOR HIS
! CHILDREN,S EYES ALONE
Letters From Two Wives Disposed Il
In VIII Of W. C. Robinson.

Washington, December 20.-Lovc
letters passed between William G.
( RobinsoR; lawyer, author, educator
and clergyman, and his two wives
never, will be. read, except bl his
children, if the latter comply with
the terms of his will filed here to-
day. More than half century old
are the missives from his first wife
and he characterizes them as sac
red, while the letters from his sec
ond wife, who was Ultima Marie
Smith, of New York City, are none
the less cherished as private pos
sessions"
Both wives are dead. The will pro-
vides that the body of the testator be
inclosed in lead and placed on the
shelf in the tomb between the cas-
kets of my two beloved wives at
Norwich, Conn, where DR.. Robinson
was born in 1884.
Dr. Robinson was dean of the law
school of the Catholic University Of
America, and in his will he issues
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-12-21
DIET AND HEALTH
..v. HINTS 81. saa
~ N. r. J. ALLEN
Feed Specialist
Says MILK IN HOT
WEATHER.

Or. p. II. Allen says In AN
malls Of PedIatry," However lr-
rational 40 an Infants food, but
termllk may seem to be theoret-
leaIly, In practice II produces
good results, especially In cases
Of Intestinal Indigestion Of the
non.lnfectious type, and in that,
too. huttsrmllk seems to be In
dlcated, although II ought to be
sIven early to reap the bene-
fits" Cows milk Is not a per-
feet food for Infants; the COM
position differs and the curds
are much more difficult to d.
uest, often causing serious d.
aestive arrangement; and the
Immediate conversion of sweet
to sour milk by the agency OF
a germ prevents the develop
ment Of other germs that are
Injurious. A little milk sugar
may be added. The buttermllk
Is made from the whole milk,
as fresh as possible, being much
superior to the buttermilk made
from leftover sweet milk from
which fat is taken. This milk
Is especially beneficial during
extreme hot weather when in
fants suffer most from contain
mated milk and when the dlges-
tive system is weakened by tho
extreme heat.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-12-21
THE SOUTH THE COUNTRY IF
THE FUTURE.

Speaker Champ Clark predicts that
the stream of immigration southwark,
which has been rapidly increasing in
the last decade, will become as great
as that which has poured into the
West during the last half century. He
gives good reasons for the faith that
is in him: That there is more room
for growth" that the section has al
most inexhaustible resources, as yet
scarcely touched.
The South, the Baltimore Sun adds,
with it's mild and equable climate, its
enormous expanse of arablt lands, is
capable of supporting in comfort ten
times it's present population. The re-
marks of Mr.. Clark are timely COM
! ing upon the heels of the Baltimore
conference of Governors and railroad
presidents. They have taken steps 20
pave the way for the cooperation Of
the various states in securing immi-
grafton for the entire South. Only
desirable immigrants are wanted, and
cooperation will aid in selection as
well as in securing large numbers.
The West is rapidly filling up. Men
are seeking new fields. Now is the
time to turn the tide of immigration
southwark. Once the wave starts, ev-
cry state will share in it's benefits and
development will quickly follow in
crease in population
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-12-21

stringent instructions, to prospective
guardians that his children must tie
trained in the Catholic church. DR..
Robinson was ordained to the Epis-
copal ministry in New York City in
1857.
The estate of DR.. Robinson will ap-
proximate 100000 He says: Il be-
lieve property of all kinds and abil-
ity to acquire it are gifts of God
and therefore directs that his six
children contribute to Catholic chart
table institutions any money in eX-
cess of necessary amounts to sup
port my children and their children
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-12-21

The Sunday sermonizer of the Bal
ilnore Sun says that when a man
boasts that he is successful because
he is rich, or because he holds high
office, ask him what his success is do
ing for his soul. Rest assured that if
his so-cailed success permits the tenn
poralities Of life to submerge his soul
he is but dismal failure. The mater
ialities of life ought in their way to
minister TO the soul and to furnish an
avenue by means of which the soul
shall climb above the temporal and
Henoerge into the light of the eternal.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-12-21
Il lks
GOOD SUGGESTIONS
FOR THE MERCHANT
Neat Employees.

People like to see employees with
clean collars and like to see goods
handled by clean hands Have plenty
of soap and water always at hand so
that your employees can have facili-
ties for keeping clean.
The Best Advertising.
The best advertising in the world
is mouth TO mouth" advertising
Treat your customers so we'll that
they will tell their friends about you
and your business and advise them to
deal with you. This is the cheapest
and best advertising in the world.
You have often heard it said, "A
satisfied customer is the best adver-
tisement." This is absolutely true
You know that satisfied customers
talk favorably about your business
and dissatisfied customers either do
not talk at all or talk unfavorably.
Suggestions.
II your business is so situated or
so large that you should do news
paper, billboard, street car or window
advertising, you will find that neat,
clean looking printed matter is the
best investment Remember that your
competitor can buy the same space in
the same newspaper that you can
Whether your advertisement will be
more attractive and bring you more
business than his, depends entirely
on what you say in the space you
buy and how you say it.
Important.
Simplicity is the most important
thing to emphasize in giving instruc-
tions to a printer or newspaper as to
how your advertisement should ap-
pear.
Don't crowd your advertisement
Don't think that because you are pay
ing for space you have to fill it all
up What you want is to get your
advertisement read-oftentimes the
more white space and the more sim.
plicity, the quicker people will notice
and read it
a Stick to Your Subject.
II you are advertising bargains
price is the thing to emphasize. If
you are advertising regular goods at
regular prices, the thing to talk is
quality.
I Anfways emphasize service. mention.
ing careful attention customers get
from your employees, prompt delivery
of goods purchased. freedom from
mistakes. etc.
Be specific. Tell why your goods
are good goods. Don't make claims
that are not true.
Straightforwardness and simplicity
will attract people quicker than so
called originality. Some advertise
ments are failures because they are
too original.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-12-21

when i see murderesses lifted to
stardom behind the footlights to as
sail our sense of decency, the mob
spirit rampant and the muckraker
tearing down our belief in business
institutions, | pray for a return to the
old pilgrim philosophy and their in
tegrity of character as the only con-
seryator of American liberties" says
Senator McCumber, of North Dakota.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-12-21

A Tampa woman, according to the
Tribune, told her husband that her
greatest enjoyment at Christmas is in
giving pleasure to others; so he has
Countermanded an order for a dia-
mond ring for her Christmas present
and will give her a meerschaum pipe,
which he can enjoy himself.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-12-21

The woman who is clever with her
needle will find the accompanying de-
sign correct in every detail for boys
overcoat made in single breasted
style. with the usual small collar and
notched revers. The sleeves are set
in without fullness at the shoulder
Melton, kersey, tweed, cravenetted fab
RIGS, etc. are used for these over
coats.
The pattern (5572) is cut in sizes 6
to IL years, Medium size requires IA
yards of "a inch material and a yard
of 20 inch velvet, cut bias, for collar
To procure this pattern send 10 cents
to Pattern Department" of this paper
Write name and address plainly, and be
sure to give size and number of pattern.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-12-21

All Subscriptions Payable In Adj
vance.
Advertising Rates promptly furnish
ed upon application.
Ali advertising copy requiring two
columns of space or less should be In
the business Office not later than noon
of day prior to date Of issue in order
to insure it's prompt insertion. All
copy for space Of more than two col
umRs should be submitted not later
chan O'Clock =. the day, two days
prior to date Ct issue.
Memorial Resolutions, Reso 'utions
of Respect, Obituary Notices, etc.
other than those which the paper may
dev m proper to publish as news mat
ter, will be charged for at the rate OF
3 cents per line
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-12-21
JACK RABBITS WITH ANTLERS
KILLED IN TEXAS COUNTIES

Cuero, Texas, Dec. 20.-Several
specimens of jack rabbits that have
evidently been crossed with white
tail deer have been killed in this
section. These rabbits have we'll
formed antlers several inches long.
Many such jack rabbits have also been
killed in adjoining counties recently
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-12-21

RoubaiX, France, is starving be-
cause hobble skirts do not consume
enough dress goods to keep its wooden
mills running. And yet it is not
claimed anywhere that the high cost
of living has been perceptably dimin-
ished because a woman only needs
four yards of goods for a skirt in
stead of eight.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-12-21

This shameless way in which the
government is gouged for pensions is
recognized by plenty of Republicans,
as well as by plenty of Democrats,
but whenever these preposterous
bills come up at election seasons I'm
Gle Sans veins are quietly open I'd
and his blood is let for the benefit,
chiefly of the politicians.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-12-21

Prosperity scarcely ever improves
character unless it is gained at the
price of much endeavor.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-12-21

The women we admire always hap
pens to be those whomc others like
wise think a lot of.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-12-21

Table Linens fit to drape the Xmas
table of kings and at sale price. War
lick Bros. Co., Lamar st.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-22
PRISONERS. TO PEN
st'crfn Foster Of Pen,bina Cor,ntx
Lands Drayton Men Behind the
Bars.

Sheriff Foster Of Pembina county
was here last night having in charge
Two prisoners. Peter Kline and Raw
Fuel. who were found guilty Of
breaking into and robbing q store
at Drayton. n. D.. and stealing f1fteen
watches and other v%aluahles.
N!ine got II year and the other
eighteen months in the Bismarck pen-
itentiary an dthcy were on their way
we have no Jail in u city," said
me sherif but we keep our prison
ers IN the Grafton Jail and we lave
zone now, but expect to have a pris-
b bneh tomorrow who stole s~eventy-flve
expect to begin the work IF
building a new court house and iail
cary next snring and have It ON.
pleted by the coming fall. 1t will
toSe @ $4,000. Everything up
shape" '"i sood
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-22
Little Oaths of Great Men
SOME CUSS WORDS THAT SLIPPED OFT UNDER GREAT STRESS
HAVE BECOME HISTORICAL.

Almighty aid to qucnch their paltry
bag of tricks.
So far as England and America are
concerned. the International cuSs woro
ls the Old~-fashioned. unparliamcntary
DAM Next in popularity. perhaps.
comes that expressive term by which
Sherman described war.
However,. the world over. men have
been inclined TO the use Of the word
that implies not only condemnation.
but. by implication. consignment to
the neither regions. Recently an en-
terprising Englishman. who writes UNI
der the name of "Scrutator." which in
itself sounds like 4 suppressed cuss
word. reviewed the methods by which
statesmen were in the habit of reliev-
ing their feelings. and he was forced
To the conclusion hat his very same
damn" was the Abou ben .Adhem that
led all the other oaths in British par
liamentary circles.
Hardly Il great Britislier of the las,
century. from Melbourne to Asuulth.
but let the wicked little word out of
his system occasionally. Almost i:
shock it is to learn that even the piuus
Gladstone. whose name is ii synonym
for that rarity, reverend statesman
ship. once referred to Disraeli as IL
damned rascal" No doubt the facile-
minded Disraeli VAS Il real thorn in
the side of his opponents: but eve
then one canno help thinking that
the great victorian premier for once
exposed that rare touch Of human ma
ture that makes the world kin.
The Duke of Cambridge. however.
Went Gladstone a great deal better.
to rebuke Lord Mark Kerr for swear
ing in her hearing. The rcbukc came
during il review of troops. thuswisc:
Look here, Mark. Her Majesty
heard YOU swear, and she said she was
damned If she would stand it,"
Even that was hardly as witty us
the renark Of George Wyndham In re-
ply to the governments threat to fire
a lot of new peers into the lords
shoot and he DAMNED
Eut n high church dignitary. when
Melbourne Was Prime Minister. en-
riched the literature of wit and pro-
sydney Smith he was. and in 1871 is
dated the memorable occasion. Can
OH Smith had called III Melbourne 10
advocate as extension of the powers
of the charity commission. and the
premier had punctliated his remarks
literally with explosive explosives.
The canon stood it as long as he
u Wise. auu tnen. SplHlnS Il Ia
vorahle interval. remarked:
Now. my lord. let us consider the
whole question damned and proceed to
discuss it,"
Melbourne must have felt ;s if his
thunder had been stolen. because.
while he had gained an everlasting
fame as IL "cusscr." he did ii all
through II word. His vocabulary Of
eNpletives consisted Of only II sound
evcr-popular "damn."
Gladstonc's fall from grace. via the
same word. is related by Sir John
Lewis in the Life and Let
tcrs OF Sir james Graham" The
former wrote to Sir James us follows:
81 have been old in strict confidence
that When the budget arrived Glad
p%atirncr was ST. far exhausted
he was overheard to- say in an
audible voice that Disracli was q
rascal. This is III no account
he mentioned until after tomorrow,