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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-31
SWINGING FESTIVAL.
Wonderful Dexterity and Strength o
Brahmin Swingers.

Siam Is q Buddhist country, but
Buddhism is only a reformed form OF
RTahminism. and there are still left
as court astrologers and preserve many
of the old ceremonies to the best o
their ability; and one OF these Is tn,
swinging festival" First of all. tive
| "auspicious days" are selected, ant
then his majesty the King is approach
| ed to elect a representative This h,
does in the person of some high official
and on the appointed days the 'mock
king is conveyed in great state and
pomp to the big swing which is such a
conspicuous object in the old WALLED
city of Bangkok.
Opposite this swing, which is high.
ly ornate structure of teak and cop
per. over as feet in height. a pavilion Is
erected. and here no mock king
after dismounting from his state pal
anquin, takes his throne--or, rather
perch. For not being a real sovereign
he has TO st on n white painted stile-
like arrangement, with his left foot
crossed over his right knee And IL
while the swinging is in progress. he
should let his right foot touch the
lower cross-bar, he has to pay a con-
siderable sum of money to the swing
crs. In former years. should he touch
the lower bar. the attendant priests
were allowed to strip him to "the al.
together and drive him from his tenn
porary throne while his attendant
guards were allowed to run riot and
plumber all the shops in the vicinity
Nowadays however, this license is no.
allowed. The mock king." or three
days king" as he is known to the
common folk, having been duly induct
ed to his throne by the attendant.
Brahmin priests. the swinging com
mences. From the lower cross-bar OF
the swing a plank. aboat 8 feet long,
is attached by stout ropes so that II.
hangs about ~ feet from the ground.
Some yards away. and in front of the
swing. a bag of money is attached To a
tall bamboo. All being I'm readiness,
four or five Brahmins. with tall conical
hats bearing little metal snakes in
front. mount to the plank and urge
IL by every means possible towards
the bamboo, when the man at the end
strives to seize the bag of money with
his teeth.
There are usually ta.ee lots of these
swingers, and they display wonderful
dexterity and strength in what is really
O difficult and dangerous operation. The
first lot get about s.. the second 49,
and the third $3.50; but II is the honor
which Is really coveted. The swinging
over. the Brahmin priests sprinkle wa
ter oyer all the people they can reach.
which is considered as comforting a
blessing. and the procession then forms
and returns 10 n big temple near the
royal palace, where II dsbands. The
ceremony always takes place on two
days-once In the morning and once
in the evening--and on the second oc-
caslon the procession invariably re-
verses its route.-wi'de World Maya
zine.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-31
. Writers Association Feb. 10.
PAGE SEVEN

ing Writers Association, Feb. 10.
If Manager Clarke. of the Pittsburg
Pirates doesn't land a promising first
bascman before the season opens, he
will be forced to place Wagner, Miller
or one Of the other regulars on the
bag
All the American Association clubs
have picked o' their spring training
camps. The Minneapolis Champions
will hold forth at Hickman, Tenn:
Toledo, at Lexington, KY; Milwaukee
IT Cairo, H.; st. Paul at Excelsior
Springs, Mo; Columbus at Magnetic
Springs o.; and indianapolis, Louis
dition on their home grounds.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-31
JUNIOR HOCKEY GAMES.
Some Good Contests Are Scheduled
For Tomorrow Evening.


Some good hockey games will be
played tomorrow evening at the Pail
estra, Iaurum, and the Glaciadom,
Mohawk, when the several teams atiil-
lated with the Copper Country Junior
hockey league will meet.
At the Palestra the following games
will be- played: -Wanderers VS.. Mo-
hawk; Crescents VS.. First Streets: and
Red Jackets VS.. Lake Linden. At the
Glaciadom the Newtown and Mohawk
teams viii play and this game prom
ises to be hotly contested.
The Crescents have a perfect per-
centage, having won all five games
participated i'm. In the First Streets
the top notchers will have to go some
tomorrow evening to win. The Frs
street team has been practicing stead
ily, and is ready to play fast hockey.
Red Jacket and Lake Linden also
should put up a good game. while the
Wanderers and the Monarchs, the lat
ter Mohawk team. will give the
hockey fans good run for their
money
Newtown, one Of the tailenders of
the league, will meet the Mohawk team
at the Glaciadom. There is hardly
any doubt OF the result of this game,
as the Mohawk team is going strong,
but Manager Sewing Of the New
towns states his team is being
strengthened up for this particular
game and promises to make II most
interesting one.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-31
RUDE DREW ONLY 81
DAILY FROM BROWNS

"Rube Waddell, probably the great
est southpaw pitcher In the history
OF the game. has never been a high
priced ball player" says Owner
Hedges of the St Louis Browns. y
guess I paid him the highest saiar,
ne ever earned in baseball. We paid
him $1,000 tho last year he was with
the Browns. Rubo drew 81 per day
ans, the club board paid his board bill
and other expenses. At the close OF
the 1909 campaign he had $500 still
coming. lie lived on that money until
the st. Louis club sold him to the
Minneapolis cub.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-31
NEW WORKERS ARE
FOND OF BOXING.

. New York, Jan. S1.-During
: the five months that the boxing
; game has been legalized in New
: York state fight fans have paid
: exactly $355,40S.7O TO see boxing
; bouts. and of this sum $i7.7T0
: has been paid over TO the state
; for the licenses necessary un-
; der the Frawley law. Some p
: 600 boxers have benefited in
sums ranging from 81 to $12.-
"a. There are ffty-three reg
) ularly licensed clubs i'm the
; state, OF which thirty -four are
: in the Greater New York ter
ritory.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-31
SPORTING DEPARTMENT.
COBB CLAIMS VEAN
GREGG is A WONDER

: Il consider Vean Gregg the
: best of the present day south
= paw pitchers" says Ty cobb.
! Everyone viii admit Tyrus
: knows pitchers. seeing that
: twice i'm two years he won the
: title of champion batter of the
: big rings.
: Dilating, the Georgia Peach"
= says: "AIarquard showed great
= form last season, but did not
: make as good a record as Gregg.
: although with a champion team.
: Gregg pitched for Cleveland.
: which escaped the second divi-
: sion by a few inches.
). "Marquard and Rucker are the
:. star left handlers Of the Nation
: al, and Gregg and Plank led I'm
: the American league, Gregg al
: lowed less hits per inning than
: any of the other three. Mar
: guard won more games than
). Gregg, but his record was built
:. around team playing consis-
: tently good ball. Cleveland
:. was noted for erratic play
:. ing"
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-31
HATCHERY STOCKING UP.
500 Plant Getting Embryo Fish Fol
u. p. Waters.

With the holiday period we'll pass
cd, Houghton county disciples of Isaac
Walton are beginning TO look forward
with expectancy to the opening of the
trout fishing season. Efforts viii be
made to secure a large consignment
of trout fry this spring from the 500
hatchery TO be planted in the lakes
and streams OF the county. Advices
from the 500 are that there will be
plenty of fry for all. 100000 of the
embryo fish having already been re-
ceived there. The fry will be careful
~ handled until planting time and
then turned loose TO its own resources,
eventually to grace the hook of some
sportsman. An additional shipment OF
100000 eggs will be received within
q few days.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-31
TO TAKE UP CODE AGAIN.
Conference Colleges Still Have Chance
To Revise IL.

Chicago, H.. Jan. 3l.-That the
new conference eligibility code recon-
mended by the big eight" faculty
representatives at Saturday. meeting
sill have TO pass through the fire OF
rlticlsm and reconsideration was in
Heated by Yesterdays returns from
he conference camps. IL is likely that
he whole body of suggestions will
come up again for a final vote, since a
,ehearing will be necessary If a single
protest is received within sixty days.
Ii was the general view of the con-
erence leaders that the Recommended
tons would not find unanimous accept
held out on the rules permitting coll
legians to compete on semi-pro and
town teams in summer and on the
proposal to reinstate athletes ineligi-
Die under the present amateur laws.
Whether the code will win I'm the end
Is up TO the various boards.
Whether the University of Chicago
will be willing to give the new code a
trial Is one of the big eight" mys-
terjes.
The compromise on the summer
baseball question, whereby an athlete
may play On town. or scni-profes-
'slonal teams durins vacation p cr led
he takes no money for IL, was reached
by the faculty representatives.
Other important action was the
whitewashing of all players against
whom charges have been made and
voting power To the faculties TO REIN
state athletes who have lost their
eligibility through minor infractlons of
the conference rules before entering
college
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-31
A NEW HEALTH RESORT.
Why st. Joachimstsl May Yet outrivsl
Carlsbad.

Carlsbad.
The old town of st. Joaohimstal. at
an elevation OF over 1000 feet i'm the
ore mountains. about twenty miles
north OF Carlsbad. was once famous
| for its silver mines AS early as the
year 1545 tho national government
came into possession of the mines and
proceeded with the mintage OF the
original silver dollar, the so-called
| "JOachimstaler." Long after the sill
yer and copper mining activities OF
St Joachimstal had come to an end.
other ores, such as bismuth. nickel.
and more particularly uranium (pitch
blende) were mined there The latter
was used for coloring glass and porce-
lain. which are extensively manufac-
tured in the vicinity OF the old town.
However, il is only since the discov-
cry OF radium that the St Joachim
| stall uranium deposits have become ia
nous. They are richer in this most
precious element than any similar de-
post in the world. To produce IL
grams of radium, valued at Sl20.C
! 1000 kilos (5S tOns) OF pitch blende
residue, out of which the uranium has
been extracted, must be worked on for
an entire year.
The chief use of radium is for medic
inal purposes. and recognizing this.
the Austrian government several years
ago installed a provisional bathhouse
near the mines. IL was then demon
strated that the results OF the radmm
treatment were most satisfactory I'm
cases OF govt. rheumatism OF the joint,
neuralgia and similar diseases. Under
the direction Of the Austrian ministry
of D. e., works, the building of mod
e. are house" Oath establishment
4. 81. be gun az the mines i'm the summe,.
Of 1910. and this structure was formal
~ opened on October 22. 1911. i'm the
presence of high officials. equipped
with the latest and most practical de-
vices for the application of radium
therapeutics.
Although certain solutions of salts
OF radium are injected under the skin
of patients. the principal method OF
application OF the radium treatment is
by the use of "emanations'' from the
element The "eadioactivity,' both Of
water and of air. Is utilized in these
cures. The new bath establishment
has numerous bathrooms where warm
ed radioactive water from the uran-
ium mines is available in tubs, the
exact degree of radioactivity necessary
for every case being carefully regulat-
ed Besides the emanation from the
water through the skin. provision has
been made for drinking the radioactive
water, as well as inhalng radioactive
waters. The medical director of the
bathhouse has invented flask by
means OF which the st. Joachimstal
waters can be shipped with a mini
mum loss of their radioactivitN
Inasmuch az the building Of the
large modern cure establishment AT
st. Joachimstal is expected to make
this old town n cure resort" of the
first order. the next step will probably
be the building of up-to-date hotels
in the village. Eminent authorities
agree that the radioactivity of the ST.
waters is far greater than
that OF any other mineral spring, so
II is not improbable that st. Joachim
stall may become notable addition
to the already long list OF celebrated
spas.-Vice Consul II. G.
Bossell.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-31

The recent discovery Of some glass
mirrors dating from the second or
third century IN a cemetery in Austria
has upset the theory that the ancients
had to depend upon polished metal to
sec themselves
one Of the newest vacuum cleaners
for use in houses where electric power
Is not available has bellows which
straps upon a persons back and is OPP
Grated by a handle at one side TO pro-
vide the suction.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-31
INTERESTING SKI RACES.
Fine Contests Scheduled for lauriun
Drivina Park Next Sunday.

on Sunday afternoon some very In
terestng ski races will be witnessed
at the Laurium Drying park. Manag-
er Koski states that he has received
numerous entries for the boys, girls
and mems races. as well as race In
which the participants will be pro-
PEELED by horses,
The track at the park Is to be placed
in first-class condition for the events
Ia be conducted.
There will be one-half to one mile
boys races. girls races over similar
distances. and races for adults from
three 20 five miles. The horse and ski
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-31
LAURlUM BREvlTiEs

MT. and Mrs Paul Schneider OF
Painesdale are visiting with Laurium
friends.
Mrs. Jane Matthews of Boundary
street has undergone successful op-
Grafton at the Calumet Public hospi-
tai.
The funeral Of the late August Tor
mula will take place Friday afternoon
with services at the Wolverine Fin
nish church and interment in Lake
View.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-31

IL is said the Western hague viii
play fewer games next season than in
|i9if. Denver's big lead and l6S-
game schedule caused frost 10 gather
on the fans shoes last year.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-31
Laurium Department

race Is scheduled to go two miles, and
this latter event promises To be one OF
the features of the meet
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-31

Most politicians expect plums and
get lemons.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-12-13
TRIAL OF HOPPER FEEDING
Test at West Virginia Station Shows
Egg Production at Lower Cost
Than Other System

In bulletin 100 of the West Virginia
station report is given of trial of
the hopper-feeding system for poul-
try, which was installed in order to
save labor In years test, with five
pens OF white Leghorns, the cost of
food varied from IS cents to $104 per
fowl per year, and averaged 80 cents
per fowl for the 100 fowls in the ex-
pertinent.
The egg production varied from
81.4 eggs per hen, when fed principally
upon corn, to 24.7 in the pen which
received whole grain once per day,
scattered in litter, and dry mash and
beef scrap without limit in hopper.
The food cost Of the eggs during year
varied from 8.5 cents to 11.9 cents per
dozen Two pens, hopper fed, pro-
duced eggs having lower food cost
than the pen which received moist
ened mash, and in this test there was
apparently no benefit from the extra
labor involved in moistening the mash
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-12-13
TROUBLE IN DINING ROOM
Little Mixup Between Ladies Accepted
PhiiosophicaIIy by the TorpidviIle
Landlord.

AT one time yesterday 1t looked
like we was going to have a little
trouble here in the dining room. but it
didn't come to nothin' much" related
the landlord of the Torpidville tavern.
Maxine and Sylphie, the young lad
les that are waitin' table, got to SQUAD
bin about pint of etiquette, or the
merits of their respective fellers, or
something hathaway, as ladies is
everlastinly doin', and Sylphie. reck-
on 1t was, told Maxine, or mebby Max
Inc told Sylphie-anyhow, one told the
other that she wasn't no better than
she ort to he. And Maxine, or
Sylphie, whichever it was. got sorter
fussy about it and answered that she
was too. and she didn't care who knew
1t! And then they kind O. tied in on
each other and went round and round
as 1t were. and it took 'em quite
While after 1t was over to wash the
ketchup and broken glass out of their
Golfers, as they call their hair. But
that's al 1t amounted to, and there's
no use in firm EN-, for ladies will be
ladies and there amt no help for it."
Kansas City Sun.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-12-13
Rash ON FACE FOR 2 YEARS

Sioux Falls, S. D.-"My trouble Of
skin disease started merely as a rash
On my face and neck, but it grew and
kept getting worse until large scabs
would form, tester and break. This
was just on the one side Of my face,
but 1t soon scattered to the other
side I suffered a great deal, especial
ly at night, on account of its itching
and burning. I would scratch it and
of course that irritated it very much.
This rash was on my face for about
two years, sometimes breaking out
lots worse and forming larger sores.
It kept me from sleeping day or night
for couple of months. My face look
ed disgraceful and / was almost
ashamed to be seen by my friends.
ga friend asked me to try Cuticura
Soap and Cuticura Ointment. 1 would
battle my face with hot water and a
lot of Cuticura Soap, then l would put
On the Cuticura Ointment. In less
than two days time, the soreness and
inflammation had almost entirely dis
appeared, and in four weeks time you
could not see any Of the rash. Now
my face is without a spot of any kind.
1 also use them for my scalp and hair
They cured me completely" (Signed)
Miss Pansy Hutchins, Feb 6, 1912.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book Address
postcard "Cuticura. Dept. L. Boston"
Adv
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-12-13
TO BE CONTINUED.
German Cures,

In Germany one finds all kinds of
cures. Every enterprising town has
one. Often the cure house is the fin
est public building in the city. A Ger
man talks of going to his cure as an
American Of going to his vacation.
There are milk cures and mud cures,
wind cures and water cures, mountain
cures and surf cures; but my choice
is the forest cure.
Not only does 1t best please my
personal taste but l notice that it gets
the most serious cases-those where
radical and heroic cures are needed.
First of all there are the tuberculosis
patients strewn about on their cots
under the pungent shades Of the Black
Forest as about DR.. Trudeau's camp in
the Adirondacks.
Then there are the devotees OF IN
digestion and the nervous wrecks, bill
ious, alcoholic and society wrecks,
drug fiends, bridge iends and every
body; that is everybody who can
spend the time and money to come
hither for the forest cure. Naturally
in Germany, as in America, folks who
have to work and support families
cannot afford to be cured. They can't
even afford the disease in the first
place.-Woman's Home Companion.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-12-13
SYNOPSIS.

Mrs Keziah Coffin. supposed widow, is
arranging TO move from Trumet to Bos-
ton, following the death Of her brother
for whom she had kept house. Ryan
Pepper, WidoWer, offers marriage and Is
Indignantly refused. Capt. Elkanah Dan
iels, leader of the Regular church offers
Keziah a place as housekeeper for the
new minister, and she decides to remain
In Trumet Keziah takes charge of Rev.
him advice as to his conduct toward
members Of the parish. Ellery causes q
sensation by attending "Come-outer'
meeting. Ellerys presence is bitterly re-
scented by Eben Hammond, leader of the
meeting Grace apologies for her
guardian and Ellery escorts her home In
the rain. Capt. Nat Hammond, Eben s
son, becomes a hero by bringing the
packet into port safely through fog and
storm. Ellery finds Keziah writing a let
ter 10 some one, inclosing money In re-
startled when informed Of the arrival of
Nat. Nat calls on Keziah. and it devel-
ops that they have been lovers since
youth. Daniels demonstrates with Ellery
for attending "COme-OUter" meeting. Ell
iery is caught by the tide and Is rescued
by Nat. They become friends. Ellery
meets Grace while walking in the fields,
and learns that she walks there every
Sunday The clergyman takes dinner
Sundays with the Daniels Annabel, the
captains daughter. eXerts herself to
tees with Vexation his desire to get away
every Sunday at a certain time. She
watches him through a spy glass. Nat
again importunes KeZiah to marry him.
He says he has had a quarrel with his
father who wants him to marry Grace.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-12-13
| I|||I|III: ! Ill., NM
Exterior View.

feet high in front and at the back
A good, tight floor is laid, and the
walls inside are covered with rubber
old roofing, the same as is used on
the roof. Walls thus covered are draft
and mite proof, as well as warm and
neat looking.
Dropping boards are built 21a feet
above the floor, along the back wall
the roosts being placed foot above
suspended from the ceiling by wires
In front of roosts is canvas curtain
reaching from the ceiling to within a
foot of the floor. The door and win
dows are fitted with screens and also
canvas curtains, which are for use at
night and for stormy days. A house
arranged in this way insures the
chickens against drafts and at the
same provides plenty of fresh, pure
air
The floor space, being clear, is used
as a scratching pen, for hens, to do
we'll in winter, must be kept busy.
Nest baxes are placed at each end of
the building or along the front be.
meath the windows.
In summer the houses are moved
frequently to fresh ground, as when
chickens run continuously over the
same lot the ground becomes foul and
unhealthy. When winter comes the
houses are moved and arranged in a
row along the middle of a large yard,
which has previously been sown to
wheat and furnishes the flock with
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-12-13

But Ezekiel Bassett was leading, for
Captain Eben Hammond had not made
his appearance. Neither had Grace
Van Horne, for that matter, but Cap
tain Eben's absence was the most as
tonishing.
In the Regular parsonage KeZiab
sat alone by the sitting-room table
Prayer meeting and supper she had
forgotten entirely. The minister had
not come home for his evening meal,
and food was furthest from the house
keepers thoughts. What should she
do? What ought she to do? How
could she avert the disaster so certain
to overwhelm those two young people
the moment their secret became
known?
She rose and again donned her bon
net and shawl. She was about to
blow out the lamp when she heard
rapid footsteps, the sound of some
one running along the sidewalk
in front Of the house. AS she listened,
the footsteps sounded on the path.
Whoever the runner was he was COM
ing to the parsonage. She stepped
to the door and opened 1t.
The runner was boy, Maria Hig-
gins boy Isaac, whose widowed moth
er lived down by the Shore He did
the chores at the Hammond tavern.
His freckled face was dripping with
Precipitation and he pulled and blew
like q stranded whale
Have ye-have ye." painted IKE.