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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-12-14
Notice Of
Dividend

CALUMET AND ARIZONA MINING
COMPANY
has declared a dividend OF One Dollar
$500 a share, payable December 18Th
90, 20 stockholders Of record at the
close Of the Books Of the corporation
December list, 1911.
Transfer Books close at the close OF
business December list, 1911, and re-
open at the opening Of business De-
een,ber nth, 1911.
GORDON r. CAMPBELL,
Secretary.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-12-14
CLASSIFIED ADS
nELP WANTeo-SEMALE.

Embellishments at Calumet
Hotel, Mattresses and chahpeI
maids.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1911-11-22

and Tacoma. on the, west.
It. was finished only a short
time ago. Its .partiof the great
St. Paul system, which has its
home, office in Milwaukee. And
thereby. hangs a tale, Of LaFoll-
cite, and. LEssaEolletteiism-a tale
which shows: how. IaFollette
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1911-11-22
By Herbert Quick.

The biggest piece of railway
construction in the United States
for decades is the Chicago, Mil
waukee & Puget Sound railway
extending. from the-tWin cities of
Minneapolis and ST. Paul on the
east to. the twin cities OF Seattle
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-02-10
TURNING CATTLE TO GRASS
Some Dry Feeding Should Continue
for Few Weeks to Prevent Loss
in Flesh and Milk.

1t should be kept in mind, now that
grazing time is about upon us, that
the first grass to come is not nutri-
tious to any great extent, and that it
cannot be relied on to keep live stock
in good condition. Some dry feeding
should continue for some weeks while
parts of days the animals may run
on pasture. But if the early grass is
wholly relied on either for COWS or
other live stock they are certain to
lose In flesh and milk. Nutritious
grass is nearly balanced food when
it hardens to nutrition, but not so till
that takes place This fact has been
tested by practice many years, and
yet there are some who are so pleased
when grass first comes that they seem
to forget it, till they see that animals
on such pastures are failing in flesh
and milk, and so these things need
to be referred to every year as a re-
hinder For a few weeks after pas
ture comes keep up the dry feeding,
and then pastures will be good and
nutritious.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-02-10

such as to permit good light in the
stall. it should be built of such ma
terial and in such way as will leave
only minimum space on which dust
can collect Solid wooden stall par
titions are very Objectionable be-
cause they obstruct light and collect
a large amount of dust. There are
many different kinds of stanchions
and various other ways of tying COWS
now in use. Many of these are com
paratively free from objections. The
new builder, however, should carefully
investigate some of the best types of
swinging stanchions now on the mar
ket. These are being installed with
much satisfaction in many of the
most modern barns In behalf of the
swinging stanchiOns it can be said that
they give the COW considerable free
dom, and yet are sufficiently rigid so
that practically all the manure is
dropped into the gutter, thus keep
ing the COWS clean and reducing
the labor of barn cleaning to the min
imum.
Dealers in manufactured stalls and
stanchions report that, judging from
the vast number of inquiries regard
ing them, there has been a great
awakening among dairymen all over
the country These inquiries relate
to the best swing stanchion stall,
and which is better, a stall or
stanchion.
Before purchasing any of the pat
ented animal fasteners on the mar
ket, the farmer should consider the
sanitary and humanitarian principles
involved in the construction of these
ties. Study them for principle, not
alone for economy. Of course, econ
omy should be considered, but it
should not be placed above the con-
sideration of the welfare of the COW;
she should always receive due consid
GRAFTON and in turn she will reward
her owner.
A high priced patented stall is not
a necessity, and if the farmer will
carefully study the principles involved
in the construction of stalls, he may
make a stall at home that is the equal
Of many of the patented stalls, and in
many ways more satisfactory. Some
Of our most prominent dairymen are
using stalls which were made from
instructions in stall construction sent
out by various state experiment sta
lions, in preference to many Of the
patented stalls.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-02-10

snake Tall strong, 1.-THE and smiling, Abe toned
as farm laborer, mule driver. sheep FEEDER
deer killer, woodcutter, and, lastly, as boatmah
the waters of the Wabash and the Mississippi
Another English writer in describing the pres
ident is still more realistic than his countryman
when he says:
ITO say that he Is ugly is nothing; to add that
his figure is grotesque is to convey no adequate
impression. Fancy a many six feet high, ana
then out of proportion; with long bony arms and
legs, which somehow seem to be always IN the
way with great rugged furrowed hands, which
grasp you like q wise when shaking yours; with
long shaggy neck and chest too narrow for
the great arms at its side.
Add to this figure head cocoanut shaped
and somewhat too small for such a stature, COW
cred with rough, uncombed and uncombabe hair,
that stands out in every direction at once a face
furrowed, wrinkled and indented, though tt
had been SCARED by vitriol; high, narrow fore
head; and sunk deep beneath bushy eyebrows two
bright, dreamy eyes that seem to gaze through
you without looking at you; few irregular
blotches of black bristly hair in the place where
beard and whiskers ought to grow; a close set,
thin Tipped, stern mouth with two rows of large
white teeth, and and which have
been taken by mistake from a head twice the
size.
"Clothe this figure, then, in long, tight, badly
fitting suit of black creased, soiled and puckered
up at every salient point Of the figure (and
cry point of this figure is salient), put on large
hltting boots. gloves too long for the long, bony
fingers, and fluffy hat, covered to the top with
dusty, puffy Grape; and then add to this air
of strength physical as well moral, and
strange look of dignity coupled with all this gro
tesqueness, and you will have the impression left
upon me by Abraham Lincoln"
Ward Lamon, who knew him Intimately goes
into details He says: Mr.. Lincoln was
about six feet four inches high, the length of his
legs being out Of all proportion to that of his
body. When he sat down in chair he seemed
no taller than an average man, measuring from
the chair to the crown Of his head; but his knees
high in front, and marble placed on the
cap of one would roll down a steep descent to
the hip. He weighed about $50 pounds but he
was thin through the breast, narrow across the
shoulders, and had the general appearance Of
consumptive subject. Standing up, he stopped
slightly forward sitting down, he usually crossed
his long legs threw them the arms of the
chair the most convenient mode of disposing
of them. His head long and tall from the
base Of the brain and the eyebrow" his fore
head big and narrow, but inclining backward
it rose.
The diameter of his head from to was
61a inches and from front to back eight inches.
His were large, standing out almost at right
angles from his head his cheek bones high and
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-02-10
HINTS WORTH REMEMBERING
Housekeeper Both Time
and Trouble.

To polish aluminium, make mixture
Of borax, ammonia and water. Apply
with soft cloth.
Tiny ends of candles should be
kept to add to the starch on wash
days. They will add to the gloss.
When next making rice pudding.
flavor with lemon and cinnamon. 1t
will be found exceedingly tasty.
To mend torn umbrella, stick
black court plaster inside the tear.
This will show less than a darn and
will last for some time.
To remove grease from carpets,
make paste of fuller's earth and am
monia. Spread over the marks and
leave till dry. Then sweep in the
ordinary way.
Always shrink a new braid before
sewing to a skirt, otherwise the bot
tom of the skirt will become puckerad
the first time of wearing in show
er of rain.
III making salads do not chop your
meats and celery in chopping bowl.
Cut into the desired size pieces
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-02-10

suaded the people that he of them the
moment he made his appearance the plat
form-his LONELINESS and his intimate and apt
OF the simple speech they could understand
There are anecdotes which intended to show
that in a community of persons not noted
for manly beauty he considered pre-eminently
the reverse. Yet, although this was the subject
Of jests at his expense thought any the
less of him for it. This homeliness-call it ug-
Illness II you will--of his face, the awkwardness
Of his form, and the unganness of his gestures
and attitudes seemed to the people to go natu-
rally with his goodness Of heart and the simple
fly Of his nature
In their eyes when advocating the cause Of the
oppressed and when opposing the forces which
would destroy the nation he became to many pos
itively handsome. AS years afterward one old
man who knowed" him said:
Lots of 'em will tell you he was homely.
Seems to me that's about all some folks around
here has to tell about Abraham Lincoln. Yes,
knowed him. they say He the homelest
man in Sangamon county. Well now don't you
make no mistake. The folks that don't tell you
nuthin' but that never knowed Mr. Lincoln. Meb-
be they'd seen him, but they never knowed him.
He want homely. There's no denyn' he was
long and lean, and he didn't always stand straight.
and he wasn't pertikeler about his clothes, but
that night up to Bloomington in ten minutes after
he struck the platform tell you he the
handsomest man l ever see"
The month after his first election the publica-
tion Once Week in London printed the follow
ing personal sketch of Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln is gaunt giant than
six feet high strong and long limbed Hewaks slow,
and, like many thoughtful men Wordsworth and
Napoleon for example), keeps his head inclined
forward and downward. His hair is wiry black,
his eyes dark gray, his smile Is frank, sim
cere and winning. Like most American gentle
men, he is loose and careless in dress, turns down
his Tapping white collars, and habtually
what consider evening dress. His head Is
massive his brow full and wide, his nose large
and feshy, his mouth coarse and full; his eyes
are sunken, his bronzed face is thin and drawn
down into strong corded lines, that disclose the
machinery that moves the broad jaw. This great
leader of the Republican party-this abotionist
this terror Of the Democrats-this honest old
lawyer with face halfRoman halfIndian,
wasted by climate, SCARED by lifes struggle,
was born in 1909 in Kentucky. His grandfather,
who from Virginia, was killed by the Indi-
ans. His father died young, leaving widow and
several children. They removed to Indiana, Abe
being at the time only six years old. Poor and
struggling, his mother could only afford him some
eight months rough schooling; and in the clear
ings of that new and unsettled country the
healthy STRIPPING went to work to hew hickory
and gum trees to grapple with demonstrating
bears, and to look out for the too frequent rattle
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-02-10

main He was plain, homely, sad, Weary-loohlhs
man. to whom ones heart warmed lnVoluntarhy'
hecauaa he seemed at once miserable and kind.
Ismes p FRY who became intimately acquaint-
ed with Lincoln early in the latters political ca
reer saws: Lincoln was tall and thln; MS long
bones were united by large joints and he mad long
neck and an angular face and head. Many ike
nesses represent his face we'll enough, but none
that T have ever seen do justice to the AWKWARD
ness and ungainliness Of his figure. His feet,
hanging loosely to his ankles, were prominent
objects but his hands were more conspicuous even
than his feet-due perhaps to the fact that cere-
mony at times compelled him to clothe them In
white kid gloves, which always fitted loosely.
Both in the height of conversation and in the depth
of reflection his hand now and then ran over or
supported his head giving his hair habltually dis
ordered aspect.
His expression in repose was sad and dull but
his everrecurring humor at short intervals, flashed
forth with the brilliancy of an electric hight.
observed but two we'll defined expressions In his
countenance that of pure, thoughtful, hon
est man. absorbed by sense of duty and respon-
sbility the other that of humorist so full of fun
that he could not keep it all in. His power Of
ANALYSIS was wonderful. He strengthened every
case he stated and no anecdote or joke ever lost
force or effect from his telling.
Apropos of his large feet there is an anecdote
told of Lincoln when he was in the legislature:
He had walked his hundred miles to Vandalia, in
1896 as he had in 1884, and when the session
closed he walked home again. A gentleman or
Menard county remembers meeting him and a de-
tachment of the "long nine" on their way home.
They were all mounted except Lincoln, who had
thus far kept up with them on foot II he had any
money he was boarding it for more important pur-
noses than that of saving leg WEAKNESS and
leather The weather raw and L1ncolns
clothing was of the warmest.
Complaining of being cold to one Of his COM
Danons this irreverent member of the long nine"
told his failure president that it was no wonder
that he was cold-'there much of him on
the ground" None of the party appreciated this
homely Joke at the expense Of his feet (they were
doubtless able to bear it, more thoroughly than
Lincoln did. We imagine the cross fires of wit
and hu1nor by which the way enlivened during
this cold and tedious journey.
The scene certainly rude one and seems
more like a dream than reality, when we re-
member that it occurred not many years ago, in
a state which contains hardly less than three
millions of people and 1900 miles OF railway.
Cassius M. Clay in describing address which
he delivered at Springfield in 1886 says: Lincoln
and Browning lay upon the ground whiting sticks
and heard me throughout with marked attention.
Hurrying to appointments, | saw hlm then
no more. l never shall forget his long, ungainly
person and plain but then sad and thoughtful
features"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-02-10
Had an Eye to the Future.

81 would probably take many gener-
atoms of adversely to train Americans
into the farseeing thriftiness of my
people," once observed an American
of Scotch birth. 81 remember a case
of a Scotch woman who had been
promised a new bonnet by lady. Be-
fore she undertook the purchase the
lady called and asked the good wo-
man:
"'Would you rather have a felt or
straw bonnet, Mrs. Carmichael?'
"'Weel,' responded Mrs. Carmichael
thoughtfully, I think I'll TAX strae
ane. It'll maybe a mouthfu' to the COO
when I'm done wi it, "-Lippincott's
Magazine.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-02-10
Side View of Good Sanitary Stall.

Note the Slope Toward the Gutter.
milking time so long as she gave
plenty of milk. A great many of the
old dairy barns are built so that it
is impossible to keep COWS clean in
them.
Many systems have been tried for
fastening COWS to secure sanitary
milk. Ties, rigid and swinging stanch-
ions, stalls, and the open shed system
have been resorted to and are still
being used. The method of fastenr
ing dairy cows which best meets the
demands of the dairy and pure food
laws is the stall. But this must be
sanitary to be success.
There are many and varied styles
of stalls, several of which are good.
1t is best to select such a stall as will
give comfort to both the cow and
mixer. The construction should be
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-02-10
WARM WATER FOR DAIRY cow
Experiments at Missouri Station Show
Liquid Is Needed in Proportion
to Milk Yield.

(By II. e. M'NATT, Dairy Department,
University Of Missouri)
It is very important that the water
drunk by the COWS giving three or
more gallons of milk daily be warmed
to about so degrees Fahrenheit. 9th
erwise the COWS will not drink as
much as they need to keep up a good
milk flow. 1t does not take much ice
water to chill a thin-feshed dairy
cow through and through on a cold
winter day, especially when she Is
compelled to walk some distance
through the snow or a cutting wind
to get to the tank Or pond.
Experiments made at the Missouri
station show that drinking water is
needed in proportion to the milk yield.
That is, a COW giving six gallons of
milk a day, needs about twice as
Ions day If the water is too cold
to be comfortable if drunk in large
quantities, the cow will not drink
enough, and as result will drop con
siderably in her milk yield
When Missouri Chief Josephine was
giving about 100 pounds of milk each
day last winter she drunk daily about
81 gallons of water. Imagine how
she would have suffered if that had
been ice water. 1t was warmed, how
ever, and Josephine did not chill after
drinking.
A good tank heater or some other
device should be used this winter to
warm the water for the cows. 1t
will pay.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-02-10

Tickle the cows palate and increase
production.
Study the whole problem from a
business standpoint.
Brains in the milk pail insures quail
ity, quantity and cleanliness.
Test, weigh, weed out. The margin
of profit allows no guess work.
More sunshine for the big produc-
ers, more fresh air for the whole herd.
Never mix any fresh cream with
the ripened cream just before churn-
ing.
No man can succeed by being sim
ply machine capable of performing
so much labor
The COWS should be we'll bedded
with straw or shelter substance that
they may keep themselves quite
clean
BY having a first-class article and
delivering it regularly, there will be
no difficulty in getting creamery pric-
es if demanded.
Insanitary stables, separators in
barns and dark barns are only few
of the evils that the dairy expert has
to fight.
A low testing buttermilk is usually
obtained by churning the cream at
such a temperature that it does not
rise much above so degrees F. when
the butter breaks.
Through the organization of COW
testing associations many valuable re.
cords have been brought to light OF
Individual COWS and also of herds thai
produce milk in quantities far above
the average
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-02-10
rs X5VUJ CIV E0UND

prominent; his eyebrows heavy ana
iutting forward over small, sunken
blue eyes: his nose long, large and
blunt, the tip of it rather ruddy ana
slightly awry towards the right hand
side: his chin, projecting far and
sharp, curved upward to meet a
thick, material lower lip, which
hung downward; his cheeks were
flabby, and the loose skin fell In
wrinkles or folds; there was a large
mole on his right cheek and an I'M
commonly prominent Adams apple
on his throat; his hair was dark
brown in color, stiff, unkempt and
as yet showing little or no sign OF
advancing age or trouble; his COM
plexion was very dark, his skin yell
low. shriveled and "leathery. In
short, to use the language OF Mr.
Herndon, "he was thin, tall, why,
grisly, -boned man." looking
woe-struck." His countenance was
haggard and careworn, exhibiting all
the marks of deep and protracted
suffering.
Every feature of the mantle
hollow eyes, with the dark rings be-
meath: the long, sallow, cadaverous
face. intersected by those peculiar
deep lines; his whole air, his walk,
his long, silent reveries, broken at
long intervals by sudden and start
ling ordinations, as il to confound
an observer who might suspect the
nature of his thought-showed he
was a man Of sorrows-not sorrows
of today or yesterday, but long treas
ured and deep-bearing with him
q continual sense of WEAKNESS and
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-02-10
A Hint.

Teacher have been trying for
some time to get the room so quiet
that we could hear a pin drop. have
dropped the pin several times but
you have been making so much noise
that it has been impossible to hear it.
What do you think we had better do,
children?"
Reddy Backrow-Tie a dumb-bell to
it next time teacher.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-02-10
SiIaue Alone Incomplete.

Silage alone is not a complete feed
but it is identical with the green corn
stalk and during the season of dry
feed supplies the COW with that sue
culence which nearly all other ra-
lions, excepting ration involving
alfalfa hay do not have.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-02-10
Time for Bedding.

Bedding the COWS ought to be done
a considerable time before the milk
ing period, or else be left until after
the milking, as shaking the bedding
material causes disturbance of dust
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-02-10

Wifey-I smell something like leath-
er burning! Is it that cigar?
Hubby-No; but I wouldn't wonder
il It's the crust of that pie you just
put into the oven.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-02-10
MeDAIRY
FOR COMFORT OF THE cows
rect Effects Of Good or Bad Treat
n1ent Seen Quicker
RN L II IT'D NnE

(By J. II. FRANDESON)
Only few years ago the average
dairyman gave the sanitary stall little
consideration and used any method of
housing his COWS which best suited
his individual ideas. He troubled
little about the condition of the COW at
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-02-10
STRAW OVERCOATs FOR cows
Dairy Animals During Excessive
ly Cold Weather.

In excessively cold weather, a
blanket thrown over a cow while |
standing in it's pen does not always
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-02-10
On the Stage.

We've got to get somebody to play
this light part"
"Why not the electrician ?"-Balti-
more American.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-02-10

suffice, says the Popular Mechanics.
scarce, one blanket may be made to
do by stuffing straw up under it in
the manner shown by the illustration.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-02-10

He came OF a lanEy race, gaunt.
powerful people, and capable OF
great endurance Their hard lives
were not conducive to grace of fig
ure or motion and their faces were
often scanned and strongly marked.
Climate, toll and improper or insult
ficient food had much to do with
giving to the western and southern
pioneers the peculiarities of form
and action and the facial markings
which identified them geographically
as easily as did their speech.
Lincoln never was ashamed OF
these things-at least he never
changed bis habits when he came
into national prominence, but his
continuance of them did not arise
raj to him and he was not willing to
have one set of manners for Wash
ington and another for the people
back in illinois,
That he was careless of his ap-
pearance there was no doubt. When
he sat for photographer he never
Strengthened his tie or smoothed his
unkempt hair, but, like Cromwell,
told the picture man to take him
as he was. He knew that a portrait
Of "slicked up" Lincoln, as he
would have said, would not have
been recognized in Springfield, and
he didn't want them to think he was
putting on airs because they had
elected him to the presidency.
1t was his LONELINESS which per-
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-02-10

r. LINCOLN'S per-
S on al appearance
has been the sub
ject of innumerable
an e C d o t e S an d
Jokes. He was not
unaware of the Cd
dity of his figure
and the character
istics of his face.