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Combination Against Treaty.

at is a we'll known fact" said the
premier, that an organization has been
created in Montreal and Toronto to fight
this agreement. / do not underestimate
the Importance of such a movement or
the men at the head of it. Yet do not
think there is cause for alarm in the
agreement. 1t is a wonder to me that
there should be any objection at, all. for
we have now achieved relations with our
neighbors which all parties in Canada
have been seeking for the last forty
years.
"What is the cause of the change of at
ttude on the other side of this house?
The only reason given is that Canada to-
day is prosperous as she never was be-
fore. We are told by our opponents to
fold our arms and let we'll enough alone.
rs this Canada or is it China? The
Chinese have left well enough alone for
1900 years. Are we to adopt this Chinese
have to go on, whether the opposition will
follow or not. We will drag them on,
even against their will. Our policy is
advance
agreement will destroy our natural re-
sources. Why did our fathers come and
take this land from the Indians? They
came to use the natural resources. The
Indians were men after the hearts of
those who raise this objection. They
were great preservers Of natural re-
sources. They never cultivated the soil.
nor used the forests or the power of the
streams. We have appointed conserva-
ton commission to show us how to use
our resources SO they will be useful now
and still be preserved for our children. It
is said these resources will be taken by
the Americans. They will take them only
il they pay for them. and will take them
whether this agreement goes into force
or not. But I hope they will be made
use of in a more prudent manner than at
pra
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-08
Seumas MacManus to Marry.

NEW YORK, March S.-Seumas Mac
Manus. the writer Of Irish stories. will be
married to Miss Catalina Paez, writer of
childrens books, In this city tomorrow.
The bride-to-be is a South American. a
granddaughter Of Gen. Jose Paez, first
President of Venezuela.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-08
Nation, Not Separation.

IF you have founded a nation upon
separation from Britain he said, IRE
member that we Canadians have set our
hearts upon building nation without
separation, and in this task we are far
advanced. The blood which flows in our
veins is as good as yours. and if you are
a proud people. though we have not your
numbers. we are as proud as you, ana
rather than part with our national ex-
istence we would part with our lives
The prime minister's speech was heard
by crowded galleries. Lady Grey, wife
of the Governor General of Canada. oc-
cupied chair on the floor of the house.
Describing his ideal Of the relation
Canada, Sir Wilfrid said:
nobler than that of a united continent
world by its novelty and grandeur-a
spectacle of two peoples living side by
side. separated only by an invisible line.
with not a gun frowning across it,, not
a fortress on either side. with an arma-
ment one against the other. but living in
harmony, in mutual confidence and with
no other rivalry than a generous emula-
ton in commerce and the arts of peace.
ITO the Canadian people / would say
that if it is possible for to obtain
such relations between these two young
and growing nations Canada will have
rendered to old England. the mother of
nations-nay. to the whole British empire
"a service unequaled in it's present effect
and still more in its far-reaching conse-
ouenceS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-08
To Restore Old Tavern.

The members of Janet Montgomery
Chapter, Daughters of the American Rev
olution, of this county, have started a
movement to raise funds to purchase
Hungerford Tavern, Rockville's oldest
building, and historically It's most inter-
esting. 1t is understood to be the pur-
pose of the chapter to restore the build
ing and use 1t as the permanent head
quarters Of the d. A. r. in this county.
The plan is to ask a large number of the
citizens of the county to contribute small
amounts, and it is believed in that way
the necessary funds will be raised with
out difficulty
Hungerford Tavern is owned by Miss
Lucy Russell of Washington, great-great-
great-granddaughter OF the man who
built II. June IL. 1174, one of the first
resolutions against Great Britain was
county and the first meeting of the first
board of county commissioners were held
there.
The lawn tennis enthusiasts of Mont
gomery county are getting ready for a
busy season. Within the near future a
league, the membership of which will
consist Of teams representing Rockville,
Kensington, Sandy Springs. Gaithersburg.
Washington Grove and Boyds. will be
organized. and the schedule will include
five games in each town. A big tourna-
ment to be played at Rockville will fol-
low. William H. Talbot of Rockville.
who was at the head OF the tennis league
last year, will again be in charge.
Simon Smith, young coiored resident
license for his dog, as required by a
Rockville ordinance. He was arrested
by Boiliff Aaron Hewitt and taken before
Justice Reading in the police court. He
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-08

pleaded guilty and paid a fine and costs
amounting to $o.25. The license is 81 q
year
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-08
w. B. Moses & Sons
The MOSeS=Made Mattress

We sell Extra Thick, $4,000, 60=pound, French
Edge Mattress, equal to that advertised in &1L IN
the magazines at $3.50, for P>O"0O
We Sell am Art Twill Tick Mattress,
equal to that advertised in the magazines &1O IN
at $l6.5O, for. p>O'~0
THE MOSES-MADE felt made built in layers
and invite the inspection of the Public
Mattress Factory while these mattresses are being constructed
side by sde you will find the Magazine adver
tsed mattresses and the MOSES-MADE MATTRESS.
Without experience your part you will be able decide
which mattress offers the value.
every and every condition of exchange
money back if the MOSESMADE MATTRESS does give
satisfaction. The may be returned the end of
thirty and the purchase price will be returned
all the iency and comfort that expected
We rebuild mattresses and box springs and
H1airpicking machine wastes 8O6 less than devices
formerly used
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-11-17
HAIR HEALTH
Take Advantage of This Generous Of

Take Advantage Of This Generous Of
fer.
Your money back upon request at
our store IL Rexall "9S" Hair Tonic
doesn't do as we claim. That's our
guarantee. You obligate yourself 70
nothing whatever. Could you ask or
could we give you stronger proof OF
our confidence i'm the hair restoring
qualities of this preparation?
We could not afford to so strongly
endorse Rexall "93' Hair Tonic and
continue to sell 1t as we do. If II did
not do all we claim IL will. Should
our enthusiasm have carried us away,
and Rexan "9S" Hair Tonic not give
entire satisfaction TO the users. they
would lose faith i'm us and our state
ments, and in consequence our bust
ness prestige would suffer.
We assure you that II your hair is
beginning to unnaturally fall out or
IL you have any scalp trouble, Rexall
"9S" Hair Tonic will promptly eradi-
cate dandruff, stimulate. hair growth,
and prevent premature badness, or
the above guarantee becomes opera
tive. Two sizes. soc and 800. Sold
only at our store-The Rexall Store
yastblnder & Read. ......
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-11-17
MANY DERfLICTS
At WASHINGTON
olp-TIME LOBBYISTS AND POLL
1IclANs EWING FROM HAND
TO MOUTH IN CHEAP
QUARTERS.

washington, Nov, 17.-Most OF the
tourists who visit Washington during
tho congressional season think they
have seen all of the capital when they
hive inspected the White House, the
Monument the capitol, and the other
r,blic places of interest. AS matter
If fact. those who see washington
Tins see it's least interesting side. They
do not 60 into the cheap lodging
houses They never hear the pathetic
stories of that endless army of seekers
who since the capital was first es-
tablshed here, have been pouring IN
70 washington year after year IN quest
of nolitical favors, jobs, special priVl-
lepcs of some sort or another, or Ia
voritism at the hands of the claims
committee of congress.
washington, beneath the surface mas
over been n city of mystery, populatet
largely by persons whose means o.
sunport are not obtrusively visible. NO
a fov NJ the men of this stamp are
CONSERVATIVES in a small way oil
some special interests, looking ai'e'
legislation. attending to department
work facilitating the granting OF con
tracts. Few of them are what mgh
he called lobbyists, for the day OF IN.
lobbyist in Washington has passed
Some Of the derelicts one meets nov
are relics of a past decade when iop
living was at it's height; but al o
the great figures of this characte
have passed.
Col. {. w. Ayres.
Perhaps the prince of lobbyists !
the old DAYS was Colonel e. w. Ayre'
who during the war, had held a re
spopgible position under the Conted
crate government. In tho late seven
tes he turned a trick which won MI
fame and fortune. An important ue
cision was to be handed down py III
supreme court in one of the uhlo
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-11-17
Appendix a Waste Basket.

One Of New York's biggest scienti
fic surgical choppers has often found
toothbrush bristles in patients ap
pendix. Two hours after midnight
yesterday he operated on man al
most at the point of death. taking out
the appendix, which was as big as a
deerfoot sausage. In II was pin all
crusted over. For some people the
appendix seems to be waste basket
paint
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-11-17
j. s. SHOES ALL
OVER THE WORLD
Continued from Page one.


England. Canada, Germany and
France.
All these and many other interesting
facts about the expectation of boots
and shoes and numerous other aru-
cles of American manufacture are to
be found in that interesting volume Of
the Bureau of Statistics, Department
of Commerce and Labor, entitled
Commerce and Navigation of the
United States" which may be had on
application to that bureau. 1t SHOWS
boots and shoes exported from the
United States to no less than So coun-
tries and colonies Of the world ana
that the value OF boots and shoes eN-
ported, which had never reached as
much as a million dollars per anum
prior 10 1896, now exceeds IL million
dollars per annum and will In the cur
rent year amount to about 10 million
dollars i'm value, including those sen'
TO the non contiguous territory OF the
United states: and If to this we adj
the value of India rubber boots anc
shoes exported, we should have a to-
tai of about $17.OOO.OOO for boots ant
shoes of all kinds passing out of con
tinental United States in the yea
which ends with next month.
United Kingdom Chief Rival.
The United Kingdom is the chic
rival OF the United States I'm supply
ing boots and shoes to the world lie
exports of boots and shoes are still
greater both in total number of pairs
and total value than those OF TN
United states, but the growth in he
| case is far less rapid than that OF I'M
country. The number of pairs export
cd from the United States I'm 1888 wa
oG5.196. and in 1910, 7,s1O,9OS; the mum
her of pairs exported from the Unit
cd Kingdom i'm 1895 was S,O95,44O; an
in 1910, 1S,O39,656; the percentage
cain in the case of the United King
dom being CT per cent and in the cas-
: of the United States. nearly lo P'
cont The value of leather boots an
shoes exported from the United state
r however. is more nearly identical VIII
2 that of like exports from the Unite
Kingdom having been i'm calendar ye'
1910 $18.21G,237. against $14,744'96s II
the United Kingdom, the aVerat
I price per pair of those exported iro
!. the United States having been $l'o
J.. against $1.13 for those exported iro
$ the United Kingdom.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-11-17

After one century and nearly two
score years of another this nation still
has no national holiday" writes James
Lane Allen in the Munsey for Novem-
her 1T may surprise one-half the ma
ton TO encounter such a statement
but the statement is true. The nation
has never instituted an American hol-
iday. There is no federal statute TO
authorize and embody on in the re-
publics laws. Congress may sit on
every day Of the year; the govern
ment has never legislated itself out
of the right 10 do business for the
space Of any twenty-four hours.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-11-17

Uhlan's feat In trotting a mile in
2;02% over a half-mile track is in some
respects the most wonderful perform
ance that has ever characterized the
American trotting turf. one quarter
of this great pile was trotted i'm thir-
ty seconds by the son Of Binden two
others in thirty-one seconds each, and
the final one i'm thirty and three
fourths seconds. Possibly some other
trotter viii appear that will be able &c
lower tn half-mile track record set
by Uhlan. but it viii not be soon.-The
Western HOrseman.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-11-17

Mrs. Edward II. Hartman during the
iast year Las been in control % ncr
late nusDGid's business. She has man
aged a street railway ana lighting
plant, a hotel. a gold mine. an IRON
mine, a dairy farm, a bank, a road
building company, a blast furnace and
several other enterprises scattered
throughout the country. All of these
enterprises are said TO have lourished
just as they did under the manage
ment of Mr. Hartman.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-11-17
IroubIe wien Ladles Watcher.

I'VE always have a vast deal more
trouble with women than with men
about the watches they carry" said
jeweler. mo matter how expensive a
lady's watch or how correctly made II
seems TO need regulation and repair
about twice as often as a mans watch
or course most women forget to wind
their watches. but aside from that they
wear them so irregularly that the
watch has the same environment about
three days In seven"
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-11-17

There is no need for clocks on the
Aegean sea any day when the sun is
shining. There nature has arranged
her only timepiece, one that does not
vary though the centuries pass. This
natural time maker is the largest sun
dial in the world Projecting INTO the
blue waters Of the sea is a large pro-
monOtory which lifts it's head 5000
feet above the waves. AS the sun
swings round, the pointed shadow OF
the mountain just touches, ore after
the other, a number of small islands
which are at exact distances apart ANA
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-11-17

on official business" The next MORN
was taken to Fort Lyssogork, and at
o'clock thc assassin walked TO the gal
lows between soldiers, who carried
drawn sabcr". He asked the physician
how to hold his head, and remarked
that he had fever. With perfect COM
posure he began to give a message for
his parents but the thought of them
seemed to unnerve him and he could
not finish.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-11-17

Queen Elizabeth OF Belgium is TAX
ing steps to revive the making Of
Brussels lace by the girls and women
of her country. She is having lace
making taught in the industrial schools
and has formed a company with cap
ital of $4,000 for the purpose of get
ting the lace to higher priced markets,
particularly in the larger American
cities.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-11-17

teenth lunation is added to the
year, as result of which the year
can be as short as 354 days or as long
as 3S4 days. The months are more
regular than our own, alternating be-
tween twenty and thirty days.
The Chinese year completely fails TO
keep the seasons within bounds.
-Westm mister Gazette.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-11-17

In it's account OF the execution of
Bogror. the assassin of Stolypin, the
Berlinger Tageblatt says that the last
scene in the tragedy brought happiness
To one man. He was the convict who
volunteered to act as executioner. The
assassin was 20 have been hanged on
Sunday but the hangman was away
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-11-17
HERE AND THERE


Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait, who is
making a trip around the world, has
stopped i'm South Africa for the pur
pose of being present at the first suf-
frage convention ever held in that
country.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-11-17

From Pellin it. is announced that
drop the troublesome moon from its
calendar and follow the practice of
western nations in using only the sun.
The present Chinese year began on
Jan 80 and is the year forty eight Of
the seventy sixth cycle, a cycle con-
sisting of sixty years and the first
year Of the first cycle occurring b. c.
263L But owing to the use Of the
moon and the number of days i'm tho
years varies considerably. ordinarily
there are twelve lunations Of months,
but once in thirty lunations a thir-
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-11-17

James Francis Dwyer, the Austral-
ian author Of adventure stories laid III
the South Seas, has with his wife little
daughter and half carload of house
hold goods, emigrated to America. Mr..
Dwyer has lived on nearly every cor
ner of the globe, having for many
years served as antipodean correspon-
dent for an Australian magazine. He
is now New York flat dweler but
refuses to say for how long. a few
days ago he delivered to Doubleday
Page & Co, the manuscript of a novel
THE White Waterfall" which Will be
published i'm 1912.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-11-17
s4,ooo,ooo FOR HIGHWAYS.

washington. Nov. 1.-THE southern
states the present year have spent
nearly $44,OOO,O00 on highways.
The expenditures by states Is as tol-
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-11-17

The wreck record of the Baltic is
greater than that Of any other body
of water. IT is about one each day
of the year.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-11-17

Juvenile smoking has greatly in
creased lately, and its effect will be
most noticeable on the next generation.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-11-17
Some of the Others.

60 the development of this idea has
been an important factor in driving
the old time lobbyist out of business
Those now remaining are on the re-
tired list. Few have commissions
these days and that element OF the
capaitars population which May De
classified under the head of "myster-
tons" has resolved down to the pa
tbetic group of derelicts who llnger
on wear after year, in the nope Oh
getting through congress at last
claim hopelessly pigeonholed In some
capitol dust bin. OF such as THESE
was poor old Billy McGarrihan' as
genial and lovable an Irishman as
ever waged a hopeless warfare agains'
circumlocution. He was TOT many
wears as familiar sight in Washlhs
TON as the monument itself. His clam
was 70 certain enormously rich quick
silver lands in California, held by ID
| q Mills, and for years he urged the
massage of a bill to permit him to
bring suit aginst the United states u
establish his patents. One session MS
hill would be passed by the senate aho
the next by the house. Finally potr
houses passed 1t, but it was vetoed pS
President Harrison and McGarrihai
died with his dream still a dream. An
co Il has been for most of them to the
end Of the chapter.
Won. see them in Washington's odd
ont of -the-way places, old men, WIZ
shunling feet. scrubby, uncombe'
boards. gllttering feverish eyes mn
Hing at what cheese and crackers they
can find on the lunch counters in par
rooms where they have not yet wori
out their welcome.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-11-17

ings Il is for their legal advice only
and not for their personal influence
Then. too, persons, or corporations or
societies. whatever their objects ana
motives. have discovered that the
greatest and most effective lobby ever
organized is the lobby of publicity;
SO tinAuence is now bought, to bear up
on statesmen i'm Washington not
through paid lobbyists, but through
implicitly agents: and these have their
beadouarters not i'm Washington, but
elsewhere.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1911-02-23

N~.,.'..'.' %. -'. '''' "s
c"''''aNe o' way 4' ''""9LiP a
ceN'"d
joan .oE IoaAe1 >@I','- o'' q.
10" iis'dp luiius Nos b, = ana ..
" l. UuhhS $ h'aa as collector o'
revenue approved.
j. VI ZiinIneFmmS annual report
as highway engineer approved.
) \ Taylor allowed go salary a.
county Judge
John owens allowed 800 sa!aFE ~
county Judge
John VI Stlzes allowed >5' salary
as county lHdGe
Cling kcaarls loaned >oo oht oi
schoo! township 8 and @t>2 oul oI
county public school fund
Order approve tax return OF me
Advance Telephone company
Order approve tax return OF the
Patton Telephone company
Order approve tax return OF 81 l.
& l. NJ railroad company
Order approve tax return OF Frisco
railroad for year OF 1911.
r A. Wigs allowed SZo0 for
printing teachers program.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1911-02-23
Southeast News.

Sam Wallace 4, } ksol lD.t his
dwelling @ousc an all IS IA h ID
goods by fire February Il He had
@''''+ . ' ui|-N . , VI 81 J <
" ''..' cay covered hai ms loss
aa'm-i Ftn4t"ator
Iu..s, Brown Of ..taWeSt OF this
cry q Euoc re- Nv tl.t .a-
ro"cu .as' Friday bringing a liter
OF II piGs LMS IS her fourth i,..r.
The hrs, one bt,u- > and The second
an. tA.rd loea,h This saoo1, ,ac
h.. 80 lar as r' are informed, IN
ur aay'ot .aca ju,yrS Ut pigs
Pan !. sra tr. IL
jo.:. R.glGi. d..e. r.t 3a e.ys.
..g .r.a.fed , ss ,la-a sl,ss
'a.. NlIn" 10. Na..r -a"..n' y
company t ST.. 1900 pennies
tha, were .ouudulH .or a guess
ing contest conducted by the cen
ne'o lhls vas tAe fourth time in
about two mon,e lna. window
sma ainG burglars have entered
do"atOHu stores Sol hahus sore
was robbed three times.
4 a,,l.r Rrr srac;,l p, m, {,
Ionic P.,.5r:n 3.,ejrH 9r ..,,.
lan, r.,. IN ..or. h. ,.,. .'
.h-,. .h-,..,,,'t.rh.'.I....t.t...,,..h,l h,l
h.. .4.,, ...,..,.l,3 l..,,, ,,.,..,,l ,,,.;,.,
h. .t.r,, ,ho ,,s, .,r};' ..-,.,..,rr r.. II
IN yrars o,3 when ii ray,j,gr the
Older vonfh was av,rrinIYa evoInda,
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1911-02-23
When Some Women Vote

Does your wife want to 90 to the
polls and vote?"
No, sir" replied Mr., Meekton
If Henrietta casts a vote it'll be
important enough to have the polls
brought around to the house when
she sends for EN-" Washington
Star.