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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-10-25
THIS is MY GATH BIRTHDAY"

Annie Besant, the world leader OF
the Theosophists. was born in London.
October %. 1S47, Of Irish parents in
humble circumstances. Her maiden
name was Wood and her grandfather
enjoyed the distinction Of having paid
the debts Of the Duke Of Kent. father
OF the late Queen Victoria. Lord
Hathaway, lord chancellor Of England.
was her cousin. In 1880 she matricula-
ted In the University Of London and
several years later she was elected a
member Of the London school board.
About the same time she came into
prominence as a writer for several OF
the leading English reviews. Some
twenty-five years ago she embraced
Theosophy. after having been active
and prominent In secularism and So
cialism. Five years ago Mrs. Besant
was chosen president Of the Interna-
tonal Theosophical Society I'm success
sion to Col. Henry Steel Olcott.
Since then she has spent much Of her
time at Adyar, India, where the head =
quarters Of the Theosphists are locat-
ed.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-10-25

none of the other bad habits of the
white man. He is childless, the last
of his line, but he expects to live for
many years more-to be hale and
hearty long after he has passed the
century mark.
Sitting Elk moves tall and stately
among his kinsmen, and puffs his pipe
with complacency unruffled by
thoughts of any immediate journey to
the happy hunting grounds.
Bright of eye, keen of mind. the old
warrior dons paint and feathers for his
appearance with the younger members
of his tribe in the headlong dashes
across the amphitheater at the stock
yards and rides with an abandon which
defies the spectators to single him
from the reckless redskins who have
but one-fourth of his years to their
credit.-Denver Post.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-10-25
Mrs. T. P. 0'Connor Points Out
The Shortcomings of Man In
Address at Louisville
Convention
Use THREADBARE ARGUMENTS
Wife of Noted Irish Leader Admon-
ishes Women to Stand Together
Until Great Fight for Suf-
frase is Won.

Louisville, KY, oct. 25-Man and his
political ways were weighed and found
wanting last evening by Mrs. T. p.
O'Connor, wife of the Irish leader,
who addressed the National Woman
Suffrage Convention on the text, Let
Our Watchword be Unity" Mrs.
O'Connor replied to what she termed
the "old threadbare arguments
against woman suffrage, outlined what
she declared Were typical abuses of
mems powers. and urged her sisters.
to stand shoulder to shoulder and
march forward together"
If the majority of men could be
convinced that it would be to their
personal advantage and to the advan-
tage of the State to accede the vote
to women our fight would be at an
end" she declared. when you ask
them why we don't vote they advance
old threadbare arguments, the first be-
ing that all women would vote accord
ing to the politics of their husbands.
If this be true, shouldn't a man want
two votes instead of one? Another ar
gument is that if women had votes men
would no longer pick up their handker-
chiefs. | have lived in England twen-
ty-six years, and during that time |
heve always picked up my own hand
kerchief and not had the advantage of
vote either.
Men Use Selfish Arguments.
"A man left alone in Baltimore this
summer with a negro cook called her
into the dining-room and said, Con-
found You Maria, / want my meals
cooked better hereafter or out the door
you go; | don't propose to pay you
$50 a month to send i'm everything /
eat burned TO a crisp Look a here
retorted Maria, don't you talk that
way to me, you just member who !
is; ! don't like your tone of voice. and
| amt no trash for you to boiler at:
you mustn't take me for yo' wife,
and finally the great and over
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-10-25
ON THE DEFENSIVE.

"A distinguished novelist recently
found himself travelling in a train with
two laxative women. Having recog-
nized him from his published portraits.
they opened fire upon him i'm regard to
MS novels, praising them in manner
winch was uncomfortable to the sensi-
tive author.
Presently the train entered a tunnel.
ana In the darkness the novelist raised
the back of his hand TO his lips and
Kissed 1t soundly. When light returned
he found the two women regarding one
another i'm lev silence
Addressing them with great sauvity.
He said; "Ah. ladies' the one regret
OF my life will be that | shall never
know which one OF you il was that
kissed me!"-Ideas.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-10-25
THE OLDEST INDIAN.

Oldest of all Indians i'm the United
States, Sitting Elk, former chief of the
ogallalla Sioux, is visiting In Denver,
guest of the white men against whom
he always refused to make war.
For almost a century he has been a
leader among his people, but. wiser
than other chiefs, he early realized
that the red man was doomed and at
every opportunity he counselled peace
with the palefaces.
He could well afford to do so. for his
people knew he was no coward.
L have never killed white man."
he proudly boasts, but / have fought
many battles, and have done many
brave deeds in my long life of 96 years
was but II when | waylaid and killed
my first enemy. That was very brave
deed. Since then have killed many.
many enemies"
Sitting Elk is total abstainer He
smokes cigarettes, but insists he has
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-10-25
This DATE IN HISTORY"

1415-Henry " OF England, with
about 5000 men, defeated about so
goo French in the battle Of Agincourt
1555-Charles " resigned the sover
eighty OF the Low Countries.
1779-The British evacuated Rhode
Island.
1S11-George w. Natsell, who organ J.
lied the first municipal police force in
New York city, born in New York
Died there July 25. 1877.
1s12-The ship United States" COM
manded by Commodore Decatur, cap
tured the British frigate Macedonian"
off the Canary Islands.
1S19-First general assembly OF Ala
bama met.
l83S-George Bizet, whose opera OF
Carmen" marked an epoch in the his
tory Of music, born in Paris. Died
there June 5. 1875.
1S54-The famous charge OF the
Light Brigade at Balaclava.
18s2-Electricity first used in the
lighting Of trains in England.
l89S-Pierre Puvis de Chavannes,
celebrated rural painter, died in Paris.
Born in Lyons Dec. IA, 1924.
1899-Grant Allen novelist. died in
London. Born in Kingston, Ont, Feb.
4. 1S4S.
19OO-Great Britain formally annex
ed the Transvaal.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-10-25
THE TWO FRAUDS.

In the Metropolitan theater the
house physician has seat given him
for each performance, says the Cleve-
land Plain Dealer He is supposed to
be there every evening Naturally there
comes a time when the play begins to
pail on him. One evening not long
ago the stage manager of local play
house rushed down the aisle to the
doctors seat and whispered:
Come back at once-the leading la
dy has had an attack"
In the ladys dressing room all was
confusion.
"What'n we do, Doc?" cried the stage
manager. q.
Have you poured water on her
head?" -,,i..s
Yes, whole bucket. out of the one
that says. Not to be used except I'm
case of fire"
Then don't pour any more-I fear
you have made fatal mistake. Run
out to the drug store and get this fill
ed"
When they had run out the lady
opened her eyes. Doc" she WHISPERED
you're good fellow. amt you? I
know you know there's nothing the
matter with me e. want a day off
and | don't want to go on in this act.
Can you fix it?"
i sure can" he answered. wrincine
her hand sympathetically. II amt a
DOCTOR came in on his ticket. Wen
fix it."
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-10-25

Every Republican congressman in
Michigan is watching with the great
est Of interest for any indication that
there will be special session Of the
legislature. II the congressman are in
vited to express their opinion as to
the wisdom Of taking up reapportion-
ment the coming winter their
answer will be negative, loud long and
emphatic. Michigan's ten Republican
congressman are exceedingly uneasy at
present. They see symptoms Of trouble
ahead and are naturally opposed to
shift in the makeup Of their districts.
sure TO heighten their troubles. any
one Of the congressman can point out
numerous reasons why there should not
be a special session OF the legislature
this winter, not because they dislike
and are opposed to special sessions as
a rule, but because they fear the re-
apportionment will be taken up in case
the state lawmakers convene.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-10-25
FEARED HIS LAWYER.

A young lawyer had been appointed
by the court to defend man charged
with larceny In his argument to the
jury he pleaded for the acquittal of
his client. He told of his innocent boy
hood days. of the good character of
his father. mother and brothers. In
short, he launched forth into family
history.
The prisoner, an old darby, had lis
tened with growing uneasiness to his
counsers plea, and as the attorney
went on without hint of stopping, the
negro was driven to desperation. Jump
ing to his feet, he yelled to the court:
Us guilty, Yo' Honoah, is guilty!
De jury can't do no noah dan send me
to Jail TO six months. but If dat fool
lawyer doan stop, dey'll hang me, To-
suah!"-Judge.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-10-25

The census returns show that during
the FIVE years from 1904 to 1909 the
number Of wage earners in the Unit
ed States increased 1,146,663, a gain OF
p per cent, and that the average wage
of the individual wage Garner increas-
ed from $3.50 to s5I6. Really there
is reason for labor to be very slow in
accepting the theories Of those politi-
clans who represent nothing but oppo-
sition TO the existing order-whose OBJ
ject is to foster the spirit OF unrest.
and who have nothing to offer in place
of what they would tear down but
fiimsy impracticable schemes that
have failed whenever they have been
tried in the past
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-10-25
rHE REVOLUTION IN CHINA.

There is nothing quite SO Indicative
OF a great change in the thought OF
China as the statement Of the revolu-
tionists that in their proposed repub-
lie women shall vote on an equality
with men. In the China OF many CEN
turtles past. women has held a rather
peculiar position in mans regard
First in his esteem has come his son,
second his song bird. and third-possi-
bly-woman. Even yet there are some
relies of the old days when-une might
.see-as over a pool at Ningpo, for in
stance-notices posted that Baby
girls may not be drowned here" Wo-
man has had no standing. She was
barred from the learning that for GEN.
turtles was the foundation OF all society
and government in China. II was the
irony OF fate that this nation should
finally fall under the complete domin-
alton Of woman whose master hand
held il through the reign of three
Emperors. 1t was she who laid the
foundation on which the revolution
lists now would build. for she mapped
out a program of education through
which China was TO pass from abso-
lutism to a limited constitutional gov
eminent She must have impressed
even the Chinese with the ability Of
al least some women, and this came
just at a time when they began TO
study the outside world and to find
therein the rowing recognition Of wo-
man. II is not at all impossible that
the victory for suffrage in California,
or more the campaign for it, has had
its effect on the men who drafted the
general plan for the proposed republic.
And then the shrewd Chinese may be
making this play for moral support"
Of women Of the Christian world. They
probably, however. have failed to con-
slider the doubts as to their ability to
establish a practical government which
this proposal will create in other quar-
tiers. But at least it shows that China
is changing and possibly-taken in
connection with the dispatches toying
OF a wonan's suffrage movement in
Persia-may indicate the spread of
equal suffrage movement We are glad
TO see, however, that the proposal is
modified by the sensible principle that
all suffrage shall be on educational
qualification.
The danger that this declaration
points out is that the powers behind
the movement may be moving much
faster than the Chinese as whole,
and that this may be typical of
from which the older
Young China will revolt.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-10-25
CURIOUS SHOPS OF JAPAN.
How Articles Are Sold in the Mika-
dos Land.

dos Land.
The shops and booths of Japan are
of unfailng interest Here the green
grocer and fruitseller has arranged his
wares till it seems as though one
looked upon a(great bouquet. There
the flower shops blazes in brilliance
and the lantern maker squats at his
multi-colored task At the next en-
trance we perhaps see a man severing
chicken meat from the bone. and he
performs the operation as skillfully
as the surgeon with his dissecting
knife.
Two or three PAGES farther on one
is confronted with a typical Japanese
shoe store. The newcomer is at once
startled at the immense quantity of
this simple footwear and the many
places where it is Sold but he soon
finds a solution to his query when he
hears that a Japanese man annually
makes away with from eight to ten
pairs. ~rls
But curious things are not found in
the shops alone. The green vegetable
peddler carries loads heavy enough
Tor horse, but still has enough en-
ergy to call his wares as he goes. one
marvels at those wonderful, big snow
white radshes he sells; green onions.
carrots, fruits and even lotus roots
dug from the muddy bottoms of ponds
Fancy yourself eating long burdock
roots which grow in any country back
yard! The japanese consider these a
toothsome article.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-10-25
FUR HAT PINS.

a usefui idea for furnishing winter
'a's Is To make fur hat pins. A TT
tie turry knot looks sweet. and a scrap
ol odd FUR, taken from some that is
uone lor'' can often be found This
ls cut In circle and gathered around.
being drawn up over the head Of an or
uinary hat pin. A little cockadc of
.u''s might he added, but when this is
zone they must he sewn on in such
position that they stand up at the
SIDE OF the hat and do not stick ont
IN unsainly fashion when the pin is
thrust through the crown. For feather
mus the same notion can be carried
OUT, covering the pin with a scrap of
feather trimming or marabou.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-10-25

ter, are wondering whether these is
sues are going TO confront them and
whether the governor will see To IT that
a campaign is made for legislature
pledged to these changes. They recall
the days when Pingree shouted: Put
tn cusses on record" And remember
the success he had in stirring up the
people. That is what worries them.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-10-25
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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-10-25
BRASS BANDS.

London Times: The first brass
bands In this country were establish
cd by some Of the large employers of
labor in Lancashire who provided in
struments and tuition. The innova-
ton proved popular in the extreme. and
In few years almost every indus
triai center In the Middle North pos
sessed one or more of these fraterni-
ties of musical factory workers. Pub.
lie contests became common as the
result OF local rivalries, and in 1860
Enderby Jackson Of Hull organized the
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-10-25
By WILLIAM c. BROWN,
Railroad President

" uRoPE EcLlPsEs AMERICA
T. IN THE MATTER OF PRO-
DUcTloN PER ACRE IN
THE AGRICULTURAL FIELDS,
BUT THE FOREIGN RAILROADS
ARE NOT BY ANY MEANS UP
TO THE STANDARD OF THOSE OF
THE UNITED STATES.
1t seemed to me that the pri-
vately owned railroads were OPP
Grated and kept in better condition
than those owned by the govern
ment.
Farmers abroad raise TWICE
AS MUCH as the American
farmer. In England double the
amount of produce is raised on
acres that have been titled a thou
sand years as compared with
American acres that have been cul-
tivated only few years.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-10-25

other canvas substituted I'm it's place.
no one paid any attention to the out
cry. Now ii is beginning to be "A mat
ter Of doubt, whether either the paint
ing alleged to have then been stolen
or the one more recently missing was
really a genuine production from the
brush of Leonardo da Vinci. IL is now
said that all earlier references TO the
Mona Lisa" or as the French prefer
to call il, La Joconde," say that il
was not painted upon canvas. but upon
wood, and that no fewer than ten
paintings in the Louvre supposed to
be on wood have been found to be on
canvas.
one masterpiece. "The Torn Glove"
which is in the Salon Care, and vet
faces the place that La Joconde" oc-
cupied, was painted by Titan on wood.
but is now on canvas, and there is alb
solute ignorance as to when this singu-
lar transformation took place. The
inventory Of Colbert de Villacerf. Sep
TENDER II, 1853, which appears in the
Mazarin collection. says:
NO l279-A painting by Titan on
wood, representing a man dressed in
black, half length figure. with black
hat, without collar holding in his left
hand a pair of gloves three feet high,
width two feet"
In seven official inventories, from
1853 to 1886, the same painting con-
tinues to figure as painted on wood.
Today is it not only on canvas. but
even its dimensions have changed. The
signature also has changed. Titan
signed his work, Titianus. This bears
the word Ticianus, the change being
from to in the second syllable of
the name.-Indianapolis News.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-10-25
By THOMAS A. EDISON,
Famous Inventor
r AM PERFECTLY SATISFIED
WITH WHAT WE DO AT
- HOME. IT'S MUCH BETTER
THAN WHAT THEY CAN DO IN
EUROPE.

But we don't know what good
roads are. We are a RAW
COUNTRY on the road business.
FRANCE has the BEST road
engineers in the world.
Things are fairly prosperous in
Europe, especially in GER
MANY. But they've got nothing
in the way of electrical contriv
ances that can EQUAL ours
They are using all American ma
chinery at present, but they're
pushing ahead, with Germany in
the lead. They have got the ideas
better now and are beginning to
make up to date stuff.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-10-25

Michigan Is anxiously awaiting that
La Toilette conhagration which the
senator's managers say will burn up
the state. The Taft fire fighters have
their apparatus in good condition and
there's plenty Of water.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-10-25

Lieutenant Governor John @. Ross.
the Great Humidiher" of Muskegon.
has not been induced to leave his coign
OF vantage as an easy winner of the
denomination for his present position
for the speculative chance at the Re
publican nomination for governor. He
says he will run again for lieutenant
governor.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-10-25

Legislators, who have been In Ian
sing recently. and who acted in opposi-
tion TO the legislation proposed by
Governor Osborn last winter, are more
or less uneasy as to what move the
executive will make In the twelve
months Intervening before the next
election, the Lansing Journal says.
Some of them are distinctly nervous.
Each and everyone of them il making
a personal effort 10 ascertain how
strong Is sentiment in the state and
in his particular district relative to
the initiative. referendum and recall.
Several senator's who would like to
come back another term, but who were
I'm their attitudes last win
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-10-25

Henry NJ. whitney, one of the most
influential Democrats in the state of
Massachusetts-the nominee Of that
party for governor a few years ago.
has announced his determination to
stand with the Republicans in the
coming presidential campaign.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-10-25

A Harvard professor says % Rag
time music that "syncopation in har-
monization has no immoral cannota-
ton" HOoray for George Cohani
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-10-25

Let us take heart, though fortune hout
NOur honest hopes OF bliss.
Next year the pennant will no doubt
Seem twice as fine as this.
-WashinRton Star
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-10-25
LOUVRE MYSTERIES.

In 1910 when lie Cri de Paris an
bounced that the Mona Lisa" had
been stolen from the Louvre and an
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-10-25

Just why does a hunter bag a
deer?
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-10-25

harpers Bazaar: Mrs. Knicker-Does
your husband rage when he gets the
bills?
MRS Bocker-Yes. though I always
place them face down just as the wait.
ers do
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-10-25

Looks as If the Athletics will get
both the money and the gonfalon.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-10-25

What's in a name? Ask a Giants
fan.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-10-25
SLUGGISH BOWELS CAUSE HEADACHE,
DIZZINESS AND SICK, SOUR STOMACH

howba
and constipation ndges
the desired
miserable
the
land
a all the world
A a
and distress If will take Cas-
c nndihn Dnnu fnrnnit Tho hIaron
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TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION;
BY Mail or Carrier.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER IS, 1911.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1911-10-27
Geyser Being Restored.

Washington, Oct. 20.-Referring
day to recent publications rel
i've to the restoration of the large
untain or geyser which for many
ears played at Round Knob, N. c.,
| sight of passing trains on the
outhern Railway, President Finley
hid:
There seems to be some misap-
rehension as to the restoration OF
lis geySer. or a trip which he
iade through Western N. C. several
lonths ago, Mr.. George F. Baker, OF
lew York, noted that the geyse
yas no longer flowing Inquiries
aving satisfied him that it woulo
,e practicable to restore it, he ar
anged to have the work done en-
irely at his expense as a testimon-
al of his high appreciation of the
great service rendered by his friend
Colonel Alexander B. Andrews, OF
Raleigh, N. c., First Vice-President
of the Southern Railway Company
in the development of Western
North Carolina.
The work of restoration is now
under way and the new geyser vii
soon be in operation, throwing a
column of water $50 feet in tn,
air"
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1911-10-27
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