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The Calumet news., 1912-06-14

The Western Morning News" COM
ments as follows:
"The Dolcoath Mine Ambulance re-
suits Indicate the great progress in
this work which has been made at the
premier Cornish mine during the past
four or five years. The results them
selves testify To the interest taken in
first aid work, both by the employees
and officials, and other mines i'm Corn
wall may well follow the example of
Dolcoath. At earn Brea and South
crofty Mines considerable attention is
being paid to this work at present
(thanks TO the managers, Messrs E
s. King and j. PaulD, but these three
represent but small proportion OF
the mines at work i'm West Cornwall.
one hears little of mine ambulance
work IN the st. Agnes and ST. Just
districts. whilst several mines I'm the
Redruth and Camborne area have yet
to make the initial start. With the
improved outlook in mining, which
means a large employment of labor.
and the inevitable dangers attached to
the calling OF a miner, 1t should be
made compulsory to provide proper
ambulance material, and to employ
both underground and at surface a
certain percentage of men qualified TO
render .arst aid. The financial part
of the scheme is by no means seri-
Gus one. and the men will readily take
al tba ,vorlr nroVidpd thpV are given
the slightest encouragement on the
part OF the officials. Apart from the
cost, the work is humane. and should
be put on a sound footing in every
place where men are employed in
numbers. The factories and foundries
In the mining district are well equip
ped, and there is no reason why min
ers should not be looked after in the
best way possible when they are un-
The Calumet news., 1912-06-14
cHELsEA'S MYSTERY HOUSE


One of the most eccentric charac,
ters in London has just died in the
person of DIR. John Samuel Phene. In
his ninetieth year. He was reputed
to be very wealthy and the proprietor
of what has been known as the "Mys-
terry House" in Chelsea. big square
building, with a front decorated in bi-
zarre fashion. From sidewalk level to
sloping roof II is tumble OF twisting
columns and quaint. symbolic figures.
There are cuddling cupids, ancient
goddesses, mermaids. imps and all the
rest. The story goes that DR.. Phene
was reconstructing the house for his
wife. but when she died he gave up
the task. II is nearly thirty years
now since the house was occupied
and twelve years since 1t was ar
ranged In its present style. The In.
terror is as curious as Its exterior.
Many of the roms are pillared and the
ceilings gilded, frescoed and painted
I'm gorgeous style. but all are in state
of dilapidation.
The Calumet news., 1912-06-14

'rhe young grand duchess. Marie dc
LuXembourg who will succeed her
father. the late duke. will take possess
sion of the throne On June "a, when
she viii enter her legal majority. IL
is probable that on the same date her
marriage with Prince Frederic Of ko-
henzollern- -Siginaringen. near rola-
tive of the Emperor OF Germany will
be announced. His alliance. dictated
by political policy. has as its prin2ipal
object the purpose OF reacting against
the present influence of Holland which
prepoIderatos in the grand ducnS OF
Luxembourg, and which Prussia IS
actively combating. The German Em-
peror. a great matchmaker. wishes 10
assure this desirable crown TO a menu
Der OF his family He had at first
THOUGHT Of one OF his sons. bun the
combination would raise the opposition
of the Lux ambourgers. The neir who
may como Of the projected union win
be Hohcnzonern, and the mclitated
annexation by William II. viii be de-
ferred only for goneration.-Le cH
de Paris.
The Calumet news., 1912-06-14
SHOT STARTS sNowsLIDE

Caught in snowslide that was
precipitated by the concussion follow.
Ing the discharge of his rifle. David
Davis. thirty-two years old. formerly
Denver man, was carried 300 feet 10
his death down mountain side near
the quarries OF the Colorado Yule
Marble company, at Marble, Colo.
Davis. who was employed as time
keeper by the marble company, was
out shooting. AS he was returning to
camp soon before dusk, following
trail at the base of one OF the Elk
mountain peaks, he caught sight OF
game and took shot. The concus-
sion started the slide. Davis was In
the immediate path of the avalanche
OF snow and rock. Realizing his pre-.
dicament. he ran to get beyond the
danger zone. His effort was futile.
The slide was upon him in less than a
minute after It started. HE was en-.
tombed by the swirling mass and car.
ried down the rocky mountainside to
his death.
The Calumet news., 1912-06-14

The majority of Japanese education
lists hold very strongly that The chief
object Of fepalc education is prcpara-
tion Tor the duties OF married life rnth-
cr than general mental DEVELOPMENT
and culture To educate women To- ne
independent and self supporting Is not
an ideal that most Of the teachers IN
girls schools ever set before them.
The mines Of the teachers arc per-
meated with traditional notions re-
specting the sphere that woman is de-
signed to hll in the family Hence
it is TO be feared that the day is still
far distant when the Japanese woman
viii be thoroughly emancpated and
have accorded TO her rights and Drivi-
lcges which are enjoyed by the weaker
sex in the most advanced western
country Japanese Mail
The Calumet news., 1912-06-14


Godfrey Alfred sutton. Tehidy-
read. Camborne. a young mining stu
dent, was charged with being drunk
In Trelowarren street, Camborne, on
2srd May and pleaded guilty. Further
charged with having on the same day
at the police station. Camborne, as
saulted p. c. Davey he again pleaded
guilty.
+. {. Davey said, accompanied by =
C. Rogers, he found defendant lying
across the tramline in Trelowarren
street, helpless and apparently asleep
at O'clock in the morning. They
reused him and took him In the direc-
tion Of his lodgings. He would not
tell him where he lived, and they took
him back 10 the police station. De-
fendant there struck witness i'm the
mouth, causing his lips to swell and
bleed.
Supt. Smalc observed that the only
redeeming feature was that defendant
was under tho Influence OF drink when
he struck the constable: he did not
think he would nave struck him 9TH
erwise He was before the last court
for disorderly conduct He was not
very Old but he was afraid he was
being led away He did not think he
was more than 10. His father, cler-
gyman, had come down from London
i'm connection with the matter.
The bench fined defepdant SIS and
costs in the first case, and los and
costs IN the second Gel 6s. i'm alD or
IA days. The chairman observed that
he hoped it would be warning to
him. It was very sad To see young
man like him getting into such trou-
ble
The Calumet news., 1912-06-14

Here is photograph OF a celebrated
Chinese priest, resident OF Shanghai,
showing the length to which the ma
tives of this country will go in or
der to gain notoriety and draw in the
money. In the case of this individual.
his holiness and Good Joss" are ap-
parently gagged by the length of his
finger-nails. the longest OF which is
22M inches in length, being, as far as
can be learned. a record for that coun-
try of long nails. When not on show
he is so mindful OF his treasures that
he wears them in guards made of hol.
low bamboo. and great precautions are
taken that they do not get broken.
The Calumet news., 1912-06-14
WATCH KEPT TIME 100 YEARS

After ticking for upwards OF cen.
tury. during which period 1t has &C.
curateiy kept the time for succeeding
generations in one family. watch
belonging TO Kentucky man has just
been repaired in Whitesburg. KY, for
the first time In Its existence and
started on another century.
The Calumet news., 1912-06-14

Dried eggs in various forms have E
considerable sale I'm Germany, beinf
shipped into the country from German
China. Eggs arrive at the Chinese
factory packed in old Kerosene oil box
es and are carefully examined 10y cleo
trio light. Those that stand the tes'
and are pronounced fresh are passet
on TO Chinese boys, who separate the
yolks from the whites. BY means OF
suction pump the fyolk passes
through large pipe into vacuum
where il is dried in fifteen seconds
IL is then passed on to a receptacl,
whore il falls i'm the form OF flakes.
These again are passed through a ma
| chine and come out in the form OF
powder ready for shipment This can
be kept indefinitely i'm dry. cool
place. The whites of the eggs are put
in small glass bottomed trays and
placed on shelves in a room at "A tenn
perature of 40 TO so degrees centigrade
The dried sheets are broken into small
pieces, crystalized or powdered for ex-
port. The eggshells are also exported
for poultry food
The Calumet news., 1912-06-14
EveryCity Should Have Ample
Facilities For Uplifting
Juvenile Delinquents
BY DR.. A. S. oRNE. sociolosi.t and Humanitarian

"vERY CITY SHOULD HAVE FACILITIES
4-zv HUNDREDS
HAVE BEEN DECLARED DELNoueNTs FOR THE CON-
MISSION OF MlsDEEDs, WHICH ARE OFTEN DUE TO THE
NEGLIGENCE PARENTS THEIR ENVIRONMENT.
We need houses of detenon public buildings where the moral
of these poor mfortunaes be properly adj
ninistered unto.
At in large cities have accommodations for these
nfortunates and forced place girls who guilty of nothing
serious than truancv in the institution with the gand
often the womanho has faer entirely from This great
injustice and should efforts that this
wrong righed. :.
The Calumet news., 1912-06-14
The following news items are from
Cornish exchanges:


Matthew Lanning. aged II, Of st
Day, was killed at South Crofty mine
on Friday morning about ten O'clock
He was working I'm a stope in the lS0
fathom level i'm Palmer's section, with
his partner. Ralph Woolcock also OF
st. Day. and was engaged in break
ing rocks which were too large for
sending to surface. While drilling
these lie put one foot on the ground
and the other on the end of plank
which bridged the stull through which
the ore was sent. BY some means he
slipped. and fell through the shute to
the baCx of the 205 fathom level, a dis
tance, of 25 fathom.
Woolcock and another miner went
To his assistance and found that he
was unconscious. Lanning was sent
to the surface, and attended by DR.. b.
j. Mayne, but he passed away within
q quarter of an hour without regain
ing consciousness, death being due to
a fractured skull.
The Calumet news., 1912-06-14

Foremost among the countries con
stantly engaged i'm railroad improve
ment which has high speed for its OBJ
;ect is Germany. Connecting Iosscu
with Marionlleld is a military railroad
fourteen and one-half miles in length
and as straight as a rule. and ON this
line the worlds highest speed records
have been made. The cars are about
seventy-two feet long and weigh nine
'ty tons each. Each car is fitted with
four electric motors, two al each end
developing 1000 horsepower in al. Day
by day the speed was increased. until
the velocity OF 100 miles per hour was
reached. 1t was the opinion Of conser-
vative engineers that $50 miles pei
hour could be had. Less conservatiyc
engineers placed the limit az 200 miles
per hour
The Calumet news., 1912-06-14

as best man. subsequently q recep-
ton was held at the brides home, and
among the many guests was Mrs. j.
Pryor, Balmoral House Redruth. La
ter In the day Mr.. and Mrs. SAWYER
left for Newquay. The carriages were
supplied by Mr.. II. j. Williams, Tabb's
Hotel Stables.
The Calumet news., 1912-06-14
MATCHES MADE OF GRASS

With the growing scarcity Of wood.
match manufacturers are looking for
substitute. A stem made of dried
grass is being experimental with In
Europe.
The Calumet news., 1912-06-14

The body of Mrs. William Carbine,
of Nanjivey, St Ives, one of the IL
tanic victims was brought to st. Ives
from Southampton on Monday By the
1914 a. m. train. IT was expected
that the remains would have been
landed at Plymouth on Saturday from
the Oceanic, on which the deceased's
brothers, Robert and James, sailed
with the body from New York, but
II was inconvenient to- do this, and
the corpse was taken to Southamp-
ton. The sad home coming was wit
messed by a large concourse of peo-
pie. who lined the terrace overlooking
the railway station.
II is rumored that dissatisfaction
among a section of Liberals with the
present state OF affairs in the Mining
Division is shortly to find expression
The Calumet news., 1912-06-14

An Argentina peculiarly. noticeable
also in Chile. is that many OF the cit-
zens begrudged our monopoly of the
title of Americans" They catalogue
MS az all possible times under North
Amerl, ans, or as "Yankis." and call
our minister the North American
minister quite ignoring Mexico and
Canada. Certain Americans DESTROYS
OF securing an increase OF our trade
with South America. and Of placating
i'm every possible manner the South
Americans, overlooking the practical
The Calumet news., 1912-06-14

side OF the question. have acquiesced
in the local prejudice and speak Of
themselves rs North Americans even
though they DO rot address their letters
10 the United States of North Ameri-
ca"
The Calumet news., 1912-06-14
SOME FACTS OF
GENERAL INTEREST

The wedding invitation means mucl
in Barcelona. Spain. For then every
one who receives one must go and
give a coin to the bride. This is foi
dowry. The father is usually unable
to furnish one. He has to buy house
for her and At 1t up, and that is usual
ly expensive
The Calumet news., 1912-06-14
The Bravest Men Are
Those Who Are
Best Educated
By Rev WALTER T. SUMNER Social Worker

By Rev WALTER I. SUMNER, Worker
dgzEu eRAVEsT THOSE THE BEST EDU-
GATED CULTURE eEeETs RESTRAINT AND THOSE WHO
THE WORLD FOR ACTS OF HERoisM
ARE WORKS or
OUR NOTABLE AUTHORS.
This apty by the Titanic disaster Those who
gave up their lives the willingly those who stood back that the
helpless take their places eboats and safety the
men of the world everybody through their
great enterprises which MADE POSSIBLE ONLY By ED
UCATION.
They studied and learned When they put to the test
they found wanting If educate the they VII
LEARN TO CARE FOR OTHERS AS WELL AS FOR THEM
SELVES
The Calumet news., 1912-06-14
NEWS FROM CORNWALL


in a meeting at Camborne and that
efforts will be made to run an opposi-
tion Liberal candidate for the consti-
tuency 1t is also stated that well
known gentleman has been approach
ed with this object in view.
The Calumet news., 1912-06-14
Waste Of Time.

Never ask man for favor after
you have laughed at him for making
q fool OF himself.
The Calumet news., 1912-06-14

Very few people realize Just what a
horsepower as expressed i'm engineering
terms. really means. When IL is stated
that the worlds largest Curtis steam
turbine which drives an electric gem
orator in the Waterside station New
York. develops 10000 horsepower. the
meaning is vague and incomprehensive.
Imagine this term reduced to man pow
or and almost everyone, can grasp it's
fun meaning. Ii il takes twelve men
to equal one horsepower. thcn this
mammonth turbine engine develops
twelve times 10000 or the WORKING,
energy of 100000 men. If these mcn
worked in eight stifts each day,
it would require the services Of L.
0S00O0 men every twenty-fOur hours
to produce the working energy of this
sirgle turbine unit.-Electric News.
The Calumet news., 1912-06-14

tuency. Ii is also stated that a well
known gentleman has been approach
ed with this object in view.
II is cfilcially announced that Arch
deacon Burrows, vicar of ST Angus
tines Edgbaston. Birmingham. since
1908. has accepted the Bishopric Of
Truro.
The Rev. w. O.. Burrows, a London-
CT by birth, was educated at Eton and
OXFORD. and was ordained priest in
1883. For ten years he was Principal
of the Leeds Clergy School, and for
three subsequent years vicar of Holy
Trinity, Leeds. In 1908 he removed
to Birmingham and on the creation OF
the Birmingham diocese was appoint
ed Archdeacon.
The funeral of Mr.. James Town
send of Higher Bellevue, Redruth,
formerly of Plymouth, took place at
the cemetery ON Thursday. The
mourneS were Mr.. II. Townsend
(daughters), Mr. Il. Norman (son-in-
law), Masters Stanley Randall and
Thomas Norman (grancsons). The
coffin was OF elm. and the breastplate
bore the inscriptions: James Town
send, died May 2Oth. 1911, aged 75."
The hearse and carriage was provided
by DR.. w. Trethowan Redruth. Mr..
T. Trethowan was the undertaken.
The marriage took place on Satur-
day of Miss T.. X. Cowling OF Manor
terrace. Redruth and Mr.. G. Sawyer
of Birmingham. The bride, who was
attended by her sister Miss II. Cowl-
ing) was prettily attired in blue
costume with hat TO match, and given
away by her brother Mr.. II. Cowling
of st. Agnes. Mr. A. w. j. Oke acted
The Calumet news., 1912-06-14

fortunate enough TO meet with acci-
dents.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1912-12-06
THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

Plans are being made for the Flori
da State Poultry show, which is to be
one of the largest in the Southeast
and at which many prizes will be of
fered to exhibitors. The poultry show
will be held at Jacksonville January
Is to IS, 1913, AMI poultrymen all over
the state are getting their poultry in
shape and ready for exhibition,
A new soap factor for making
high class toilet soap has been
launched in Jacksonville.
Plenty of sugar cane is being raised
in Jackson county and the work OF
gathering the crop has begun. Syrup
making has also started. The cane
crop in that section of Florida is by
no means a neglected one and sue
cess is met wherever it is planted
There is still plenty of room for more
cane growers and syrup makers, ac
coring to the demand that exists fol
the native made products.
We learn that parties are arranging
to put in a rice cleaner at Chipley the
coming season. And as rice grow al
we'll there asanywhere in the country
good acreage will probably be planted
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1912-12-06
The Old.Fashioned Fire.

Could anything be more refreshing
than the smell of an old-fashioned
wood fire in late spring or early au.
tumn? There is something grimy in
the reek of coal, and the odor of gas
is nauseating. Modern inventions may
have brought their "conveniences,"
but staid old senator, who lately
passed beyond, insisted that when he
wanted a real night of comfort, after
the family had all gone south for the
winter, he would HE himself home,
build an old-fashioned wood fire in the
cookstove and sit around as in his old
boyhood days on the farm. What
memories it recalls" he would say,
ito hear the crackle of the wood and
sniff the smoke that seems to be puri.
flying rather than oppressive!"--Jo0
Chapple's News Letter.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1912-12-06
His Good Name.

William Dean Howells enjoys the
public confidence in an unusual de
gree. 1t was doubtless on this account
that a New York promoter recently
offered Mr. Howells the presidency of
a new mining company at a salary of
$4,000 year. But, sir" Mr.. How
ellis protested 81 know nothing about
mining or finance" "Oh, that makes
no difference" the promoter replied.
I'VE won't expect you to do any work.
We only want to use your name, you
know" But Mr.. Howells shook his
head No" he said, no, must de-
cline. If my name is so well worth
using. 1t must be equally well worth
protecting"
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1912-12-06
PARCELS POST LAW TO CAUSE
MANY RADICAL CHANGES
Packages Sent to Postoffice Will Be
Examined-Not Sent if Require
ments Are Not Met With.

Jacksonville The new parcels
post law, which goes into effect on
January l next, is one of the most i'm,
portant business formations this coun.
Try VIII ever experience, and the PEG.
pie cannot learn too much about the
working thereof Some radical
changes lnthe original plan have lust
peen made, and Postmaster Gerow
was notified of these changes. A new
ruling by the postoffice department
stresses three important rules to he
exercised in using the parcels post:
important among which is the re.
qulrement of special parcels post
stamps, which will be used as soon
as the venture is inaugurated. In 9th
err words, the ordinary stamps now
used in sending all manner of mail
matter will not be accepted on pack.
ages to be sent by the post route-on.
ly the special stamp will not be rec.
ognized.
The new ruling also requires a re,
turn card on all packages. Unless
the senders name and address ap.
pears ON the package, the pOstoffice
at which the package is presented for
delivery will refuse it.
Only fourth class matter can be
sent by the parcels post. This in.
cludes all kinds of merchandise. The
parcels post cannot be given to a car.
Tier or put in box. but must either
be carried to the city postoffice or
postoffice sub-station.
The United States has been divided
into nine zones. Maps showing the
zones will be issued in short time |
by the postoffice department. The
cost of sending the packages will be
by zone. The zones in which Jack |
sonville is situated will be the local
zone for this district and distances
viii be recognized from it.
When package is put in the post
office it will be examined and if il
does not meet the requirements it will
not be sent, That is, it must bear the
return address, must carry parcels
post stamps, and not the regular
stamps; must not weigh over eleven
pounds, and it must not be over sew.
inches in breadth and length
Rural mail carriers are the only
carriers that will handle the pack.
ages. The packages can also be mail.
ed at the rural boxes hut all tbo ro
luirements must be met, or the rural
carrier will not accept the package.
Within the local zone-that is, with.
n fifty miles it is ) cents for the
irst pound and cent for each addi,
.ional pound.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1912-12-06
RA|LWVY MERGER
DECLARED ILLEGAL
SUPREME COURT SKATERS THE
UNloN-soUTHERN PACIFIC
MERGER.
1T Restraints COMPETITION
Immediate Dissolution Ordered Even
If 1t Should Involve Receiver.
ship for Properties.

Washington.-E H. Harri
mans great railroad combination, eff,
tected after his titanic struggle with
James j. Hill, by which he acquired
control of the Southern Pacific rail.
road, was declared illegal by the Su.
| preme court
In a notable decision the court held
that the browning event of Mr.. Har.
riman's life was an act which the
| Sherman antitrust law declares an II.
legal restraint of trade.
The great Hartman merger was
created when the Union Pacific Rail.
road company bought 46 per ccnt. Ct
the stock of the Southern Pacific rail.
way system, and this was split asun.
der by the Supreme court of the Unit
ed States as violation of the SheP
man antitrust law. Then with the
end of the merger before it, the court
sent forth its portentous declaration
that while the law may not be able
to enforce competition, it can reach
combinations which render competi.
ton unprecedented
Justice Day announced that unani
nous opinion of the court jude
Vandeventer took no part in the cen
slderation of the case, but his per.
sonal finding when he was a Judge
of the Utah circuit court, to the effect
that the two roads were not cOmpeti.
tors and therefore no violation of the
law had resulted from the purchase
was reversed and annulled Instead
of following the reasoning of Justice
Nandeyenter and Judges Sanborn and
Adams, the court, in substance, ap.
proved the minority holding of Judge
Hook that it was just as much viola.
ton of the law for one road to buy
the controlling stock of competitor
as it was for holding company, as in
the Northern Securities case, to buy
the controlling stock of two compel.
ing companies.
The circuit court for the district OF
Utah was directed to supervise the
separation of the two roads
The Union Pacific, if the circuit
court sees proper may retain control
of the old Central Pacific line from
Ogden to San Francisco. The decision
of the lower court in the attempt to
acquire the Northern Pacific stock and
the stock of the Athchison, Topeka
and Santa Fe railway company, after.
wards abandoned in the San Pedro,
Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad
was allowed to stand.