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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-18

ceiving Of others by an untruth that
such conduct IS handed down TO pos
terity by curious custom. They heap
up a pile OF the branches Of trees in
memory of the man who has uttered a
great lie 50 that the future genera
tons may know Of his wickedness and
take warning from IT,
The persons deceived START the "tu-
gong bula"-the liars mound-by
heaping up a large number n branches
in some conspicuous spo, by the side az
the path from one village TO anothcr
Ever passerby contributes TO h. and
at the same time curses the man N
memory of whom IL is.
The Dyaks consider the addini. TO
any "tugong bula" they may pass a Sc
cred duty the omission Of which val
meet with supernatural punishment
Chicago News.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-18
PLAYS AND PLAYERS.

May Irwin has bought a play called
Her Waterloo"
Florence Rockwell will be seen in a
revival of "A Fool Of Fortune"
The Nest Egg" is to be used by the
Belasco company in Los Angeles.
Harry Marlborough has taken the
place of Charles Bigelow in The Kiss
Waltz"
Charles Hawtrey has revived "a
Messenger from Mars" in London with
great success.
Fred De Gress,cr and Harry %. Smith
have written new musical comedy for
Sam Bernard.
Taylor Granville Is the author and
producer of 1.-THE Hold Up a success
full vaudeville skit.
FRITZ Scheff is rehearsing for an
early production of die Fledermaus,"
which she viii gall The Bat"
A play Of Randolph Besier. founded
on H. G. Wells novel, "Kipps," is
scheduled for production in London
this season.
Rosaline Coghlan, daughter of Rose
Coghlan, is to appear in The Obsti-
nate Miss Granger" a playlet by Edger
Allen Wolfr.
Benjamin Chaplin. who made himself
famous by appearing in a play on
Abraham Lincoln. is now lecturing on
Lincoln in the western States.
Mabel Talaferro is to return To the
stage under the management of Klaw
4 Erlanger i'm new comedy which
bears the title THE Penny Philan-
thropist."
A new play entitled "The Singed
Woman" by a Belgian playwright, NJ.
Kistemaeker. has scored hit I'm Paris.
The theme of the play is hypnotic fas-
cination.
Paul Dickey wrote "Fhe Come Back"
and he is said to have based it upon
personal experiences of hazing when he
was a freshman in the University of
Michigan.
Wilton Lackaye's stock company in
New York will shortly produce a play
called THE Right to Happiness" AIDE
laide Kelm has been specially engaged
fo~ the leading part
Among the players with Nora Bayes
and Jack Norworth in "A Musical
Surprise Party" are Rita Walker, Cyril
Chadwick, David Stemper. Albert An
ierson and Hubert Carlton.
1t is reported that Oscar Hammer
stein has accepted for production an
opera by the Duke of Argyll, whose
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-18
PORTAGE LAKE HOCKEY TEAM
WILL PLAY IN DETROIT
ACCEPTS INVITATION TO MEET
DETROIT TEAM FEB. 7-s.
ST. Paul Aggregation viii Visit the
Metropolis Feb. ard 2.

The Houghton portage Lake, hoe
key team will play the Detroit seven
at the Arena the evenings OF Feb. z
and 8. says the Detroit Times. Man
ager Brown completed arrangements.
Tuesday, with the copper country
team 10 take the southern trip, play
ing here on the dates mentioned and
al Cleveland on the 9th and 10th.
Houghton Is one of the fastest or
CARNATIONS In the upper peninsula
where the boys learned the game from
the worlds champions and their OPP
ponents when professional hockey was
the craze.
Practically as sure as the Hough-
ton dates are two with ST. Paul for
Feb. ! and g. The st. Paul team ex-
poets to play Cleveland. Jan. 80 and
81. All that is needed to cinch the
games Is an acceptance of the dates by
the st. Paul management, as other ar
engagements are satisfactory
The game which the Detroit seven
had scheduled for next Saturday night
with the Argonauts at Toronto has
been cancelled. the Argos being un-
able 10 get their rink that evening.
Manager Brown VIII try to arrange
q game here.
on Monday night the first game OF
the newly formed hockey league Is
scheduled between the Y. NJ. {. A. and
a team yet TO be chosen. The ''Y"
bunch has to be picked from 20 play
ers VINO are trying out for the team
under the coaching of Hobbs of the
D. A. c.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-18

wife Is the Princess Louise. daughter OF
Queen Victoria and aunt OF KIM
George.
Charles FrOham will have new
comedies next season by Alfred Sutro.
Sir Arthur Pinero. w. Somerset Maug-
ham. Augustus Thomas and Hubert
Henry Davies. The natural bent of
nearly all these men Is TO comedy
Maude Adams viii play nothing but
"Chantecler" this seasoi. which viii
run until the middle OF July. After
her engagement In San Francisco she
will appear Ga the cities Of the north
west, ending her tour In Spokane. Her
next New York engagement viii be n
November OF this year.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-18
WILL MAKE RINK.

Street Commissioner Hosking ex-
poets To start this week on the laying
out and clearing off of the site Of the
proposed skating rink on the lake He
not think II advisable to place teams
ON the ice. The street commissioners
has about finished clearing off the snow
in the business section of Quincy
street and is now directing attention
10 Front and Reservation streets.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-18
OFFICERS ELECTED.

The Finnish Sick Benefit society Of
Hancock has elected officers for 1912
as follows: President. Charles Lem
berg; vice president. Isaac F'raki: sec
rotary. f. Karppinen; treasurer John
kangas; recording secretary. Peter
Juntunen; physician, DIR. A. IL. Ander-
son; auditors. William Johnson. c. f.
Asriala and +. Nordstrom.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-18

self to cultivate embarrassing sym
pathies, he is apt to be marked as a
dangerous and uncomfortable subor-
dinate, for whom there will presently
yawn some obscure and distant hole
In a South American legation. The
great ambassadors lived in the days
when no telegraph had yet been in
vented to make bureaucracy omni-
present, asserts the London Athen-
aeum. II wants only some further
perfection of the long-distance tele-
phone to abolish the diplomatist alto
gether.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-18
TORCH LAKE HREVITiEs.
Observation-Disclosures

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Votilna of Tam
arack City are the parents of a SON
The Lake Linden Junior basket ball
team has ordered new uniforms, which
are expected by the middle of next
week
The funeral of the late Mrs. Joseph
Greene of Dollar Bay was held this
morning with services in charge Of FIR
Millar at the st. Joseph's church and
interment at Houghton.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-18
EPWoRTH LEAGUE.

The Epworth League of the M. T.
church has elected officers for the en-
suing year as follows: President, Ed
win Harry; first vice president Miss
Wells; second vice president, Lydia
salo: third vice president, Mary Tam
blyn; fourth vice president, Addle
Sobey; secretary, Milton Congdon:
treasurer. Lillian Tamblyn; pianist,
Hazel Congdon.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-18
Hancock Department

ephone were unavailing. The council
this afternoon will probably take cog
nizance of the vacancy existing In the
position OF health officer as result OF
the departure Of DIR. Arminen for Du-
luth.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-18
COUNCIL MEETING ADJoURNs.
No Quorum and Session Will Take
Place This Afternoon

The regular meeting of the council
which should have taken place last
evening was adjourned until o'clock
this afternoon owing to the lack of a
council putting in an appearance. The
others were out Of town. attending
banquets or otherwise detained and ef-
forts of the mayor to get them by tel.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-18
ReeEkAHs TO ENTERTAIN.
Big Social Session is Planned for To
morrow Evening.

morrow Evening.
The members of Ivy Rebekah lodge
Will entertain the members of Holly
and Lily Rebekah lodges of Hancock
and Houghton respectively at an mi
tiatory and social session tomorrow
evening Luncheon will be served ana
It Is hoped TO make the gathering a
very pleasant one.
The visiting lodges have engaged a
special street car to convey them TO
Lake Linden and will arrive here about
$ o'clock. the initiation being deferred
until after their arrival. This is the
first time the members of Ivy lodge
VIII have the pleasure of entertaining
Lily lodge members as the lodge was
but recently organized.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-18

Inspector. that woman ! said was
always listening on my party line must
have ,uit."
What makes you think so?'
''Why. my wife has been listening
for three weeks and hasn't caught her
yet."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-18
HERE AND THERE.

business men have been surprised
to learn that the United States treas
ury department only introduced dou-
ble-entry bookkeeping In the conduct
Of its affairs within the past four
years.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-18

"Popl" Yves. my SON." What is a
popular uprising?" "why, a popular
uprising, my boy. is when every man
In street car gets up and offers his
seat when one lone woman enters the
car."--Yonkers Statesman.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-18

George Carroll Curtis. who has sail
&c for 5000 miles along the Atlantic
coast alone in a yawl. making geologi-
cal observations, says that he Travelled
without a companion so as TO suffer no
disturbance in his work. one would
hardly think of taking out yachting
party in a yawl, and no doubt the lone
and patient observer in yawl can do
more for science than a millionaire on
a steam yacht.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-18
TORCH
FIREMEN WIN TWO GAMES.
Defeat Engineers in Bowling Match On
kettenbeiI Alleys.

Last evenings bowling match on the
kettenbeil alleys between the Lake
Linden Firemen and Engineers result
ed I'm victory for the nremen, who
took the first two games by the fol-
lowing scores:
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-18

Speaking of Misnomers the San
Francisco Argonaut gives the follow
ing: Practically all the wooden clocks
called Dutch are made in the village
of Freyburg Gin the Black Forest. This
misnomer is due To simple mispronun-
Citations - "Deutsch' meaning. OF
course, German. Nothing is more nat
ural than to assume that india inl,
comes from India, but 1t does not. and
never d!d. any more than india rub
Der. linda ink is a Chinese product
and India rubber comes from South
America, Camels hair brushes are
not made from the hair OF camels, but
from the hair of the tails of Russian
and Siberian squirrels. Camels hair
is. however. employed in the manufac-
ture of certain fabrics to be made into
shawls. etc, and is sometimes mixed
with silk.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-18
THE LIARS MOUND.

Dyaks. natives of Borneo. are ex-
tremely truthful SO disgraceful, in
deed, do the Dyaks consider the de-
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-18

A wood substitute made OF dried
grass Is being experimental with
abroad for match making.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-18

Diplomacy is not a career which en-
sonality. The diplomatist Is necessar-
lily the tool of other men. Wandering
from capital to capital. he is the
mouthpiece of successive ministers. to
whose divergent policies he must adapt
himself with the good grace that leads
to swift promotion. If he develops de-
cided views of his own. or allows him
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-18

An unObtrusive campaign TO instruct
the outside world i'm the proper pro-
nunciation of the name "Terre Haute"
has been started by officials of the
Commercial club of that city. TERRA
Hote." with the accent on the first syl-
liable and making the second word
rhyme with coat" is given as the Of
fetal way To tongue the name-nOt
Terra Ho," nor Terry Naughty" nor
any of the intermediate mispronuncia-
tons. At a meeting of the railroad
committee of the Illinois house last
winter at Springfield. nine statesmen
gave nine different recommendations OF
'Terre Haute." They called II "Terry
Ho." Terry Hout.'' Terry Hut" and
Terry Hoty." the climax coming when
a member from Chicago burlesqued
them all by referring to Tiara IRA
Hoot."
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-18

The officers of the French steamship
Niagara declare that the wireless tele-
graph operator of the ship is able. by
wireless, to hear rain falling upon the
sea at a great distance. The sound is
ike the patter of rain on a zinc-cov-
cred deck. and its increasing or de-
creasing Intensity tells whether the
squat is approaching or receding. The
following explanation is given by f.
Courville. second officer of the ship;
THE night being clear and dry. we
have an isolated cumulo- nimbus cloud
loaded with electricity. positive for ex-
ample. and the sea underneath is
charged with negative electricity. At
certain instant. when the distance
between the raindrop and the sea is
small enough a minute spark origin
ates, giving a very small Hertian wave.
Il; is the superposition of these numer-
Gus rudimentary fluctuations that
gives tho pattering effect in the wire
less receiver"
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-10-12


activity, said; by asseeiating with
young people. keeping alive to the
trend of the times, and not worrying,
There. is nothing. ages one so much
as worry. Some men take their
troubles to bed and their rest is dis
turbed. ea When / retire, ] forget all
worries fand vexations, and as a re-
suit I sfeep soundly and get up re-
freshed and strong. / go with young
people because they are full of life
and vivacity, which are contagious.
Of course I take care of my health
and get regular. rest, and don't feel
age creeping on. / simply won't let
myself get old, for as soon as a man
allows himself to think he is getting
along in years he is lost. Therefore,
stick to the young folk, for they
are indeed the fountain Of youth :
Even during that period between
seasons, when an actor is supposed
to be resting Mr.. Lewis is on the
go. Last summer, after closing with
THE Goose Girl, !" he took what he
called a vacation, spending his time
between Rhode Island, Boston, the
Catskills# and a short tour Of Nova
Scotia and New Brunswick, getting
back to New York in time to Jump
into rehearsals for the coming sea
son.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-10-12

ed to completion without any avoid
able delay.
''B, a. Webb, e1vll engineer, who
is. now Mr.. Brady's right-hand man
in his tie business, will lay out the
route and give the lines for the grad
Ing and other work. Mr. Webb is
an experienced railroad construction
man, and everyone feels satisfied
the completed line will be a fine ~
ample of railroad engineering The
route will be laid out with an eye to
the convenience of not only st. Ell,
mos inhabitants, but also the NUM-
bers of people living along the line
ct the railroad.
"On another page we print a map
showing the exact route OF the rail-
road, from the station at St.Elmo to
the terminus at New River. Alto
3gether, the line will be some twelve
miles long, and when it is put into
operation will be- q big benefit to
the section it traVerses.
aJust as soon as the track is laid
the company will install motor cars
and operate a service from ST. Elmo
to the New River terminus, making
several round trips each day ana
meeting all trains on the Yazee and
Mississipni Valley Railroad. A ferry
service to DonaldsonVille IS also con-
tenplated, and this latter will allow
5DonaldsonviIle to share in the busi-
ness that st. Elmo's railroad will de-
yeInp in Ascension parish.
c51,a
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-10-12
Rah! For the American Hen.

The following Is taken from the
current issue of Farm and Fireside:
"Chanticleer may well crew with
gusto for Biddy these days, in view
of her industrial performance Ten
years ago our annual home-produced
egg allowance per. capita was 207,
which had market value of s1.86, or
9 cents each. The last census re-
port gives the annual per capita egg
allowance a decade later as 200, but
the value of each egg had advanced
TO IL cents, or our egg-supply for
the year cost each of us $40. Col
1ectfvely, our American hens filled a
sizable egg. basket containing eighteen
billion eggs. These eggs would re-
quire $500 full-capacity freight-cars
to transport them to market. =
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-10-12
Lunches for School Children.

Nutritious, appetizing food Is q
prime necessity
Each child should have his or her
own lunch,
If a basket or box is used it
SHOULD be scrupu1ously clean.
AS q rule bought lunches are not
hea1thful.
A lunch should consist OF real food.
Five essentials substantial, a
side-dish, a relish, a sweet and some
fr,1it-make up a hygienic lunch,
Sandwiches, salads, olives, pickles,
etc. sweet chocolate, homemade
candy, raisins, nut meats are the
kinds Of foods that the lunch should
consist of, with fruit additional.
Parafin paper for wrapping the
several portions and a white paper
napkin add to the daintiness Of the
lunch.
A child who has a cold lunch at
noon should have hot dish at night
for supper.
A dainty to give away adds to
the pleasure of the child. Board 4ot
Health Bulletin.
~ boon nosfed read The Chief,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-10-12
WHO BUYS ELECTRICITY?
Spread Of the Use Of This Invisible
Agent One of the Marvels Of
Modern Times Some Of the
Things 1t Does.


A neophyte in the electrical busi-
ness recently asked the question:
Who buys electrical machinery" 2"
The answer has been accumuIating
ever since. He found out that the
new Chinese republic lis printing It's
new money, one side in Chinese and
the other in English, with electric
motors. He discovered that $12,3I7.-
s06 was spent with one electrical com
lpany alone BY eorsef ma an1Ifae aeturers.
| in a period of six 1npnIhs He start
ed through the alphabet and found
arsenals, asphalt machinery, and auto
mobiles on the list of users of cleo
al uoIlgoIJrssBIo o!lgme4sis v Gl!oIIl
vealed the fact that over two hundred
Industries of widely diverse character
all use electrical machinery.
The spread Of the use of this in
visible agent is one of the marvels
OF modern times. It is the uniVer-
sal servant. 1t is used in textile
mills, and thus serves to clothe man
1t is used in printing offices, and
thus serves to educate him. 1t isl
used for lighting, and thus enables
him to read his books. It is used for
transportation, and even if man.
prefers to walk, it again volunteers
its assistance, since it is used in the !
manufacture of boots and shoes 1t
cooks for him and offers him addi-
tional dainties, since it drives the
machinery in candy factories and ba-
keries. It cleans his house by help
ing in the manufacture of brooms.
It assuages his thirst by its activi-
ties in bottling works and breWeries.
It enables him to smoke, since it
is used in the manufacture Of brier
pipes, tobacco and cigarettes. 1t en-
ables him to fight by the making of
cartridges and gunpoWder. 1t heats
him in winter by its activities in
coal mines. It cools him in sum
mer by manufacturing ice. 1t en-
ables hin, to trade, since it is used
in coming as well as for the printing
of paper money 1t fills his teeth in
dental parlors. It helps him CORE
spond, since typeWriters and enVel- 7
opes are manufactured by electric
driven machinery. 1t bedecks him
with gems, since jewelers. use it. It I
washes his clothes, as every up-to-
udCe lduIuly uOW EuSCos seitGtIIC 04isC
for its machines. It makes music |
for him, and seWs for him, and pro-
vides for his cleanliness by the man
ufacture of soap. 1t furnishes his
home by supplying power for the
making Of furniture and wall paper.
It binds his books, washes his dish
es, sorts his seeds, makes his match
es, manufactures his eyeglasses,
fixes his paint, and does such nHuls
titude of other things that 1t would
require many columns to merely
them all,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-10-12
A YOUNG OLD MAN.
Daddy Lewis, with "The Goose
Girl" Although 76 Years of Age,
is as NimbIe Of Foot and vigor-
GUS as a Man of 35.

James H. Lewis, "Y oung Im,' as
some call him, is seyenty-six years
OF age, but to see him play the part
OF Grumbach in @The Goose Girl,
which will be the attraction at the
Gondran Theatre on Thursday, Oct.
Il, one would think he had made
time stand still, for his spright1y ac-
tons are those of man Of thirty
five.
His nimbleness of foot. easy car
riage and springy step indicate buoy
ant youth. Were it not for his
white hair he would be taken for one
in the vigor of young manhood.
Mr.LeWis is undoubtedly the young
est old AAssan on the stage, and, when
questionaaa as to how he retained his
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-10-12
DoNALDsoNyILLE LA. SATURDAY. OCTOBER H. 1912 !
St. ELMO RAILROAD.
Final Arrangements FOR Construction
Of New Line Completed Route
to be Surveyed and Grading
Started Without Delay.

- (
The following article is quoted
from the current issue of the st.
Elmo Bi-Week1y Bulletin:
s After a world OF correspondence
and comforting, we are at last able
to announce definite1y that the con-
5struction of the railroad into st. Ell
mo is now only a matter of sixty or
ninety days and is an absolute GER
tainty. The negotiations between
the Belle Helene Planting Company
and our company have come to a
conclusion that is satisfactory to
both sides, and all that remains now
is to survey the route grade the
roadbed and lay the rails. This work
will be done as rapidly as conditions
win allow, and the work will be push
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-10-12
TO Keep Grapes Until Christmas.

In the idea department" Of the
Woman's Home Companion appears
the following:
ANY OF the fall grapes may be
kept fresh till hoIiday-time by dip
ping the ends of the stems in paraf.
fin wax and then wrapping each
bunch in tissue paper, twisting it
firmly to keep out the air, and pack
ing the grapes In layers ii basket
with. sheet Wadding in between each
layer. Only perfect grapes should
be used.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-10-12
HAVE YOU EVER TAKEN eALOMEL
Next Time Don't Do IL. It's Danger
ous--rry Dodson's Liver-Tone In
stead; It's Safe.

You ought TO know what a danger
GUS and uncertain drug the chemical
calomel, Is. Perhaps you know sew
era1 people who have been salivated
by what they thought was very
light dose OF calomel.
& Next time you have an attack of
biliousness, or when your liver has
gotten sluggish, come to the X-Ray
Pharmacy and ask for a bottle Of
Dodson's Liver-Tone You will find
1T pleasant-tasting liquid and d per-
feet substitute for caloneI In every
respect, without the dangerous after
effects of calomel.
Dodsou's Liver-Tone gives the 1fv-
er just the amount of gentle stimu-
latlon it needs to induce II to do
its work properly and thoroughly.
The X-Ray Pharmacy will give you
your money back any time Dodson's
Liver-Tone fails to prove itself
perfect substitute for calome1.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-10-12
aMother Goose"

II should like to see nice fat
goose said a customer entering q
poultry shop.
sYes. sIr,'' replied the boy in at
tendance, Mother will be down in
a minute