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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-02

In the borough of Popular, London
the experiment is being made of
sprinkling the floors of schoolrooms
with an electrolytic disinfecting fluid
before they arc swept at night. Saw
duct impregnated with the fluid. is
distributed over the floor, and more
of the fluid, as required, may be
sprinkled on the sawdust with ordn-
airy water pots. After the sweeping
the floors are carefully dried. Excel
lent results for the health of the pu-
pills and teachers are anticipated.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-02
Stray Bits Of News From
Little Old New York

The millionaire fire company" of
Hackensack, a volunteer organization
of New York businessmen who reside
there, is to be disbanded by the fire
board for disregard of regulations. 1t
is charged that the company has re-
peatedly failed to answer alarms.
The millionaire volunteers recently
asked the city to supply them with "a
modern auto fire engine and modern
fire house.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-02

rated in 1S49 with Washington Irving.
Fftz-Greene Halleck and other notable
literary men among it's trustees. The
original gift for it's establishment was
largely increased thirty years later by
William b. Astor.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-02
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Complaints OF irregularity In de-
livery will receive prompt and thor
ough investigation.
Old subscribers wishing TO change
their addresses must furnish old as
well as new addresses in each instance
New subscriptions may be ordered
by telephone. mail or carrier, or in
person at the company's office.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-02
A SMILE OR TWO
PERHAPS A LAUGH

An easterner returning from the
west tells of a horse dealer out there
by the name OF Jenkins. lie was sit
ting behind the air tight stove in the
kitchen when his wife hurried in To tell
him that Hank Frantom was i'm the
front room and wanted TO see him.
"Whatn thundrerd We let him in
for?" he snapped. not rising from his
chair
well, he wants TO buy hawss.
that's why" was the testy reply of the
wife. You'd a made great how
de-do if l hadn't"
mo, l wouldn't" said the grouchy
Jenkins. as he reluctantly left his
chair. Il known Frantom's size. /
can't do business with his class. He
wants a cheap hawss: that's what he
wants. And l amt got anything /
can sell for less than leven dollars in
cash money. "-Brooklyn Life.
The typical "hayseed" was in town
the other day. gazing at sign board
in front of one of the numerous mo-
ton picture shows lie looked long
and earnestly. In fact, nc remained
there gazing iutently for some min
utos at The board with it's gayly dec
Grated literature, which depicted the
struggles of a hero with the villain !
To win the love OF fair one" At
last the Countryman mutercd disgust |
edly TO himself and started away. As !
be passed crowd near the entrance /
of the show they heard him growl
THAT there sign says Movin' pie
lures l watched it FOR fifteen min /
utes and the blamed thing never did /
move. "-Louisville Times.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-02

The idea that tobacco has only been
known i'm Europe since the discovery
of America is incorrect. In fact, the
Modes and Persians, a long time be-
fore our era, smoked marghiles, as an
cient sculptors prove. A philologisf has
suggested that the Greeks and Ro-
mans smoked tobacco at least in their
colonies. In the Malay archipelago the
use of cigars and cigarettes is said TO
date much further back than the dis
covery of America. The word cigar
seems TO show that mans solace and
comforter did not originate i'm the West
sahara" an arab word, meaning
smoke.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-02

The chief meatexporting countries
are Australia, New Zealand, Argentina,
Canada and the United States. and
the chief meat importing countries
the United Kingdom. Germany and, In
less degree, the other European
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-02

Accident statistics OF American
workmen have been compiled by Gill
bert Lewis Campbell. The United
States coal mines cause the death of
about 10000 men every ten years The
product of coal in this country Is one
third greater than that in Great Brit
ain, yet the death of mine workers is
three times as great. In the United
Kingdom railway accidents kill one
employe in 1.f27 annually In the Unit
ed States accidents kill one out of
every Ala employees.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-02

Single handed, William Earl Dodge
Stokes, Jr., captured = British army
near the city OF Hamilton, Bermuda,
several days ago. New Workers back
from bermuda tell how. The two regi-
ments of infantry and ore Of artillery
that constitute the Hamilton garrison
were ordered by the British war office
to conduct Their annual war game.
When - hcspitable officers took N
the field they could give no more
dances. That greatly disappointed
young Stokes and the dozen of Amer
lean girls and boys who, under proper
chaperonage, make up his party
Stokes, who has dabbled in wireless
telegraphy and photography, bided his
time and sent fake order to one OF
the armies engaged i'm the maneuvers
which resulted in its complete and
speedy capture.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-02

Speaker Cwarming to his subject)-
What we want is men with convic-
tions, and where shall we find them?
Voice-In jail, guv-nor!-Penny IL
Illustrated Paper.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-02

The For Sale" of real estate agen-
cy hanging from the front of the AS
tor library on Lafayette street, New
YORK city, marks the passing of an
other New York landmark. The build
Ing opened fifty-seven years ago as
a 100000 gift from John Jacob As
tor VIII be closed about May 1, when
It's books and manuscript treasures
VIII be. moved to the new $4,000. 900
publ Puilding on Fifth ave-
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-02

one of the women who accepted the
escort of coachman 90 dinner. and
the other was my sister. Victoria. We
had found q table IN the restaurant
and were preparing 10 order dinner
when we were informed that women
were not permitted to dine there
after 6 o'clock in the evening without
"A male companion. I'm my Indignation
| made my coachman come to the
table with us. No further objection
was made TO our presence"
The letters and diaries Of Moses
Colt Tyler, the author of the Literary
History OF the American Revolution"
have been drawn upon for the volume
Of his Life and Letters which will
soon be published by DovblcGay. Page
e Co. The book, u is un'c~-.~od. is
full Of personal recollections and an
ocdotes of the famous men whom he
knew.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-02
Can You DENY

that there's a lot of difference be-
tween the when well executed?
that the more pork goes up. the
less likely it is TO go down?
that many gilt-edged securities
confine their gilt to the edges?
that present-day aeronauts are
the only high fliers ever to have made
money at it?
that there's n lot of difference he
tween the high cost of living and the
cost Of high living?
that the passive passenger in a
crowded car who (seemingly) pays for
the right 10 stand up is not standing
up for his rights?-Lippincott
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-02

The rolling tire gathers the mos
purctures.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-02

What was it that caused the prod
gal son TO go back home?" inquired
the boy who was studying his lesson.
Il dunno, exactly" replied Farmer
Corntossel; but have my suspicious
that he went up against a political
landslide somewhere" - Washington
Star.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-02

Approximately 3,74S miles of new
railway lines were laid down i'm the
United States in the year 1909, as COM
pared with S214 miles i'm 1908. The
1908 record was the smallest since
1897, when 2,l09 miles were built The
net Increase during the year is about
1919 per cent. ana 2S per cent less
mileage was built i'm 1907.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-02

An Episcopal missionary in Wyom-
ing visited one OF the outlying districts
in his territory for the purpose of
conducting prayer in the homo of a
large family not conspicuous FOR its
| piety. He made known his intentions
To the woman OF the house. and she
murmured vaguely that "she'd go out
and See" She was long in returning,
and after a tiresome wait the mission
airy went To the door and called with
some impatience:
Aren't YOU coming in9 Don't YOU
care anything about your souls?"
Souls" yelled the head of the fam
ily from the orchard. I'VE haven't
got time TO fool with our souls when
the bees are armin.'-Lippincott'
Jones is so dreadfully prlmitive!"
Whats his latest?"
why we were at the opera house
the other night and a stage hand re-
moved table ana Jones yelled 'Supe'
supe" We were dreadfully mortified"
Il was at a dinner the other night
and Jones sat next To me. When he
saw tho row OF spoons and forks and
knives beside his place nc hcckoned !
to the waiter. Say, boy nc hoarsely
muttercd I guess you spilled the
spoon holder?'"
Wei. it's lucky he's rich"
Amt it?"-Cleveland Plain Dealer
The father of a Germantown lad had |
given him 1O-cent piece and quar-
ter OF dollar. telling him that he
might put one or the other on the |
church's contribution plate.
At dinner the father asked the boy |
which sold he had given.
well, father" exclaimed the young
ster. 'at first II seemed to me that !
ought to put the quarter on the plate:
but just i'm ime I remembered the say
ing, The Lord loveth cheerful giver.'
and l knew l could give the Decent
piece great deal more cheerfully.
SO put that in."-Lippincott's.
You see thin mountains'" ex-
claimed the jaunting car driver. The
N'Ni 80 ''biilAANu iildl ne ulN see them.
Trims the highest mountains in Dir
land"
You don't say So" said the tourist.
"Oi do. sir indade' An you see
thin mountains" went on the driver.
Ticking the whip TO another range.
Trims the highest in the wurruld!"
The tourist expressed his incredul-
ty
"Suroly not!" he protested.
'Shure, it's true" retorted the drlv-
err bridling, "eXceptn', av coorsc, for
thin in furrin parts."-Answers.
First Antediuvian lin Methuselahs
the discussion about
over there.
Second Ditto-Same old topic:
whether a man aged 800 ought to mar
~ girl of 140.-Puck
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-02
HERE AND THERE.


The meteorological records show
that the number of foggy days i'm Lon
don has been reduced. since 1884, by
more than half, and the principal
cause assigned Is the reduction of
smoke by the action of municipal au-
thorities and by the adoption of i'm
proved methods of lighting and heat
ing. II has been a good Investment,
for regular "browner" costs tre-
mendously in time that has a high
market value. Traffic is not stalled i'm
London for nothing-even brief
blockade costs a pretty penny.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-02

MANY changes have taken place in
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-02

While the native Chinese is being
gradually driven from the use of
opium, he is being educated in the
consumption of cigarettes, the imports
of which amounted to $3.466,10O in
1909, an increase of 14.75 per cent over
1908. In addition to the number of
cigarettes imported, millions are made
each year in the empire
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-02

First Antediluvian Gin Methuselah'
time)-Whats the discussion abou
over there.
Second Ditto-Same old topic
whether a man aged 800 ought TO mar
~ a girl Of 140.-Puck.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-03-25
BE KIND TO YOUR MOTHER.

Frederick, King of Prussia, one day
rang his bell, and, no one answering.
he opened the door and found his page
fast asleep. He advanced towards him,
and was about to waken him when he
perceived a letter hanging out Of his
pocket Curiosity prompted him to
know what it contained; SO he took 1t
out and read it. It was letter from
the young mans mother, in which she
thanked him for having sent her part
of his money to relieve her misery, and
telling him that God would reward him
for his f11ial affection. The king, after
reading it, went softly to his room,
took out purse full of money and
slipped it, along with the letter, into
the pages pocket. Returning to his
room he rang the bell so loudly that 1t
awoke the page, who instantly made
his appearance. "You have had a
sound Sleep" said the king. The page
was at loss how to excuse himself,
and putting his hand into his pocket
by chance, to his utter establishment
found there a purse. He took 1t out,
and turned pale when he saw what it
was. What is that?" said the king;
What is the matter?" "Ah, SIRE" said
the young man throwing himself on his
knees, "some one is trying to ruin me.
I know nothing of this money that
have just found in my pocket, nor do
| know how it has been put there. y
"My young friend" said Frederick,
God often does great things for us
even in our sleep. Send that to your
good mother, salute her on my part
and assure her that I will take care OF
both her and you"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-03-25
W CHRIST SHOULD ENTER ONE
OF THEM.

The basis of the Catholic position
regarding secular schools is thus
tersely stated by a correspondent OF
the New York Times" either the
schools admits, in it's teaching, that
God exists, or that He does not exist,
or that it does not know whether He
exists or not If it admits that He
exists, then it is theistic; if it suppose
that He does not exist, then 1t Is athe-
istic; if it proposes not to know
whether He exists or not, then 1t is
agnostic. In every one of these cases
the school is still sectarian. Now, are
our public schools influenced by the
principles of any sect? Most GER
tainly they are. They are influenced
by the principles of the sect which
wishes to have schools with No reli-
gious instructions" Still more en-
phatie are the words of Protestant
clergyman of New York: IF, today,
he says, Christ were on earth and
should enter almost any public school
house in the country, the teacher, act
ing under instruction, would show Him
the door. If, on the other hand, He
were to enter any of the parochial
schools, He would be worshipped by
teacher and scholars on Bonded knee
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-03-25
THE CHILDREN'S HOUR.
WHERE MOTHER IS, Is BEST"

Sure as the winged arrow shoots,
Straight as the crow flies west,
Unerring as the eagle sweeps
The heavens to his nest
My heart sends all it's wishings home
Where mother is, is best"
When Fortune smiles in this fair land
And all the world is dressed
In sunny garb, and all the skies
Smile at my souls glad zest,
Oh, then would I go singing home
where mother is, is best"
And when the gloom and shadows
come,
And, faltering in the test,
I fail, and fain would lean upon
Some heart for strength and rest,
All, then my heart turns YEARLY
where mother is, is best"
Where mother is, there Heaven is,
There all the charms possessed
Of peace and JOY and dear content
Await at loves behest-
Where mother is my heart would
stay
Where mother is, is best"
Yes, / would bring my burdens home
| And lay my head at rest
| In her dear lap; or singing bring
The fairest fortunes guessed
In our long dreams, to make her glad
Where mother is, is best"
God keep her safe among thos.
scenes
OF home so dear, so blest!
o, long as love and mem'ry live,
And long as Faiths confessed,
My heart will cry to all the world,
Where mother is, is best"
| Charles j. Phillips.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-03-25
THE STORY IN A WORD.

Sincere" means without wax. In
Rome's palmy days many people lived
in fine marble palaces. Sometimes a
dishonest workman, when there was q
piece Clipped off stone, would fill
in the chink with a kind of cement
called wax, an imitation of marble.
For time the deception would not be
discovered, but after while the wax
would become discolored, and thus the
fraud, the untruth, would be exposed.
It became necessary, therefore, to put
in contracts with builders clause,
providing that the work should be sine
cera-wfthout wax. This is the story
of our word sincere. It means that the
life described is true through and
through without deception, without
sham. It's professions are real. It
makes no pretensions, but is simply
itself.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-03-25
THE CATHOLIC BULLETIN, MARCH Is, 1911

If he does any standing still it's not
In our day.
Now, my dear, am ashamed to
have you talk about me as you do.
Depend on It, just as sure as my
pendulum goes from east to west, just
so sure I am that If you really used
the time you have you would not only
have plenty, but have time to give
away.
"Give away, you say? Yes, give
away. You said the other day when
your mother asked you to do some
thing for your old Aunt Susan, that
you hadn't time; you we're run to
death; you had not time to give old
Aunt Susan, and you we're really i'll
tempered about it heard you. And
yet you got to school twenty minutes
before the hour, and your old aunt
lived only one block out of the way!'
Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding"-the
old clock struck five! And I've been
asleep here for an hour, and just must
write that composition before bed
time.
And the old clock winked it's moon
eye, and said: 81 wonder how long
she'll remember that lecturer"
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thought It out. The question had just
got to me when I heard the big boy
who stood next whispering apparently
to himself: "Twenty-nine, twenty
nine, twenty-nine."
We'll, Willie, said the teacher, lei
us see If you know. Come now; be
prompt
81 cooked my head on one side and
said triumphantly: Twenty-Five
Next! How many are thirteen
and nine and eight?'
Thirty said the big boy below.
THAT was just what had figured
it to be myself, and made UP my
mind then and there to depend on my
own judgment for the future. Ever
since when have had anything to dc
and have figured out what / thought
to be the best way of doing it, have
gone ahead, remembering, when PEG.
pie criticised or tried to throw me OF
the track, how that big boy made a
fool of me in the mental arithmetic
class"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-03-25
A TALK BY THE OLD CLOCK.

You just thought it said, zone, two,
three, four: and you said: -Four
o'clock already! I haven't done just
anything, and don't have time to do
anything. I hate that old clock for
telling me the time I've good mind
to stop it."
But the old clock in the corner had
only said, "Tick, tick, tick" until strik-
ing time came, and then it promptly
added another hour to four-fve!
Then it began to talk. 1t was a
queer old clock, with dial sort Of
face, and with the corner of the moon
coming up slowly in sight and wink
ing one eye at the girl who complain
ed of it.
"You said something about the time,
my dear-about not having time for
things. I think I so understand you.
How can you arrange to get any more?
You really have all the time there is.
If / were to tell you an untrllth or
go wrong, or strike the wrong hour,
l don't see how that would help mat
ters-do you? Now I stand here in
this corner, and tick and strike day
and night, and all I ask is for some
one to wind me up once a week, and
once year or so little cleaning.
I couldn't get any more time to save
myself, and you know that if were
to make mistake, you'd be the first
to complain and grumble. Now dear,
I want to ask you a few questions.
Did you hear your mother call you
this morning? Yes, you say? And
didn't you say the night before, old
clock, I am going to Jump right out
of bed in the morning as soon as I
hear YOU strike? Yes Well, struc'
as loud as I could-you don't deny it
Il did my part. What did you do?
I thought you we're to be at the piano
practice at half-past! You had VIII sle
lot of time-what did you do with it?
Wasted it, you say. 1t was cold,
and you were sleepy. But, my dear
child, I don't know how to give you
any longer days than twenty-four
hours each-unless you go to the
planet Jupiter, or some such place, and
fear it would be so cold there that
even I, willing as I am to work, could
not do it.
Nov, dear, I tell you again, you
have all the time there is. You must
simply make what time there is on
hand answer. I get around to the
hours pretty regularly, and cannot
do this il / stop, or drawdle, or even
run slow.
"Now, dear, what did you do after
you came from school yesterday? BY
my face and hands it was a quarter
past three; and you told your mother
when you left home in the morning
that you were going to sit down, as
soon as you got home, and write that
| composition, which must be ready by
tomorrow.
eyes, you say? Well. you need not
answer. had my eye on you, and
you and Mary Smith sat on the steps
and looked at the pictures in the mag
azine until your mother came in.
well, that is a part Of one day,
and every day you simply fool away
your time, and then you say you hate
me. All try to do is to keep up
with the sun, and ] can't lose any
time about it, for he's very punctual
old fellow, and waits for no one; and
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-03-25
PEANUTS.

Boys and girls are fond of peanuts
and some of the fathers and mothers
do not refuse them when they are
passed.
The children of some countries dc
not know how the peanuts grow. One
boy said he wished he could climb
up peanut tree, sit on a big branch
and eat his fill.
The seed put in the ground is the
meat or kernel, and care is taken not
to break the skins. The plant grows
like a vine and the nuts hang on II
like pea pods. A single vine in good
condition will, it is estimated, produce
about one hundred nuts. That is the
yield per acre is forty bushels.
The peanut grows in many parts OF
Africa and is the chief food of many
regions of that continent 1t is found
in South America and in some parts Of
Europe.
In the United States it is cultivated
in Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee
and in some of the prairie states
where the climate is warm. Three va
rieties of these nuts are grown in the
United States-the white, the red and
the Spanish.
The next time you eat peanut with
two kernels very white, with pini
skins, you will know it is of the white
variety, which is the most valuable
The she'll of the red nut sometimes
holds three or four dark kernels, ani
it's skin is dark red. The Spanish
nut is smaller and it's skin is light !
than either of the others.
Several million bushels of peanut:
are used each year in the United
States alone.
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YOUNG SKATERS LESSON.

The Cleveland Leader gives the re.
cipe by which General Shafter learned
self-reliance. The story is told in the
officers own words:
"Once, when was boy at school,
our teacher called up the class In men
tai arithmetic and began putting Ques-
tons, beginning with the pupil at the
head. stood somewhere near the
middle, and next below me was boy
who was three years older and con
siderably ahead of me in our various
studies.
How many are thirteen and nine
and eight?" asked the teacher.
Zone after another the boys and
girls guessed and failed. Meantime ]
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look on them and shake their heads
with doubt? It belongs to Christian
men, first, to prove that man may be q
Christian, and yet do business; and. In
the second place, to show how man,
as he becomes greater Christian,
shall purify and lift the business which
he does, and make it the worthy occu-
patton of a son Of God.