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The Calumet news., 1912-06-14
RAPID GROWTH OF BOMBAY
Country Was Sold to East India
Company by Charles ~. for Annual
Payment Of Ten Pounds.

London.-Bombay was a gift horse,
which Englishmen at first looked very
dlscontentedly in the mouth. Mr.
Kipllng pictures her now as queen
fronting thy (Englands) richest sea
with richer hands," and George Stew
ems called her "a beautiful queen in
silver armor and a girdle of gold"
But for some considerable time the
general view was that of Pepys when
he did inform myself well in things
relating to the East Indies" Septem-
Der s, 1868. He was impressed by
"the nconsiderableness of the place
of Bombaim II being, IL
we had it, but poor place. and not
really so as was described to our
king in the draft of It, but poor lit
tie island" His decided view was
that "the king and lord chancellor
and other learned men about the
king had been grossly deceived in
the matter. w
Bombay was one of the earliest
Portuguese settlements In India. The
British, recognizing it's strategic inn
portance, attempted to seize the place
in 1926 They failed, but Bombay be-
came British in 1861 as part OF the
| dowry of Catherine OF Braganza on
her marriage to Charles II. In 1868
Charles cdded It to the East India
Company in consideration of an an
nual payment of G10. The real foun-
dations of the city's. prosperity we're
laid by Gerald Angler. governor OF
Surat while bombay was still regard
ed as a portion of that province,
He drained and fortified the town,
and so reorganized the whole OF its
life and trade that within eight years
the population rose from 10000 70
60,000 The East India Company
made Bombay an independent settle
ment and the center of administrative
power in 1855.
The Calumet news., 1912-06-14
KANSAS METHOD OF DUNMING

A young merchant in Smith Center,
Kan. has found a way to make slow
paying customers dig UP. For long
time he sent out monthly duns urging
prompt settlement, but little ii any at
tention was paid to them. Getting im-
patient he sent an enlarged bill to an
old lady who had been owing hxm
three or four months and the effect
was almost magical She came In
snorting mad the next day with the
bill in her hand and the way she went
after the young man for trying to
swindIe her brought the bushes to
his cheeks He finally made her be-
lieye the error was unintenNonal, and
she settled on the spot for what she
owed. Since then the young man
sends out bills of about twice their
proper size to slow creditors and he
says IL brings them in every time and
Invariably mad all over at his at
tempt to cheat them. He says you
can even make a deadbeat wrathful
by dunning him for larger amount
than he owes.
The Calumet news., 1912-06-14
REPUBLIC FOR MEN
Monks Live Study and Pray In
Mount AthoS.
Country Formed in Ninth Century and
II is Said that Foot of Woman Has
y Not Touched Soil In Hundreds
of Years.

Mount Athos, Greece.-Fhere Is
womanless republic on a peninsula
south of Macedonia, in Greece, where
10000 men live, studying and praying
constantly, and where policemen
guard the course to keep out women
pilgrims and other persons who would
make undesirable guests Professor
Casper Rene Gregory student of BIB
lical manuscript. who located in Kan
sas City recently at the Fine Arts In
stitute, told of this unique of all coun-
tries.
"The place is Mount Athos, classic
peninsula OF Akte, the easternmost Of
three little peninsulas below Mace
donia." Professor Gregory explained.
'It is called Mount of the Twenty
Monasteries, and was used in ancient
times as a signaling station to Asia
Minor. II is u real republic. There
are 10000 monks there, who govern
themselves without interference from
Turkey or any other country. There
are however, no government buildings,
no president or other ofliceholders.
"The only police force is composed
of men who patrol the coast to keep
out women and men who have no per-
nit to enter this most exclusive of
countries. Only those who have let
ter of permission from the Greek pat
riarch in Constantlnople are allowed
to enter the holy place. The holder
of the letter must present 1t In
Karges. the village capital of the pen
| insula"
Some reports have it. - Professor
Gregory said, that this republic was
formed in the ninth century It is
said that the foot OF woman has not
touched the soil of the place for cen
turtles. All the monks represent the
Greek Catholic church. They work
the soil some, but live chiefly upor
contributions from pilgrims. Proba
bly, the greatest collection of Biblica
manuscripts is in the monasteries o
this republic.
''It is the most interesting place II
the world for the student of the Ri
The Calumet news., 1912-06-14
HAVE A LOVE TUTOR in INDIA
Indian Declares That Women as Well
as the Men Do the Pro-
posing.

London. n.-Shridhar w. Ketkar, who
is advertised as a cultured East India
gentleman. is now lecturing in Eng
land on "The Art of Making Love in
Ancient India" that is, prior to the
year 700 A. ID. He is attracting the
attention of elderly ladies' with mar
riageable daughters, especially girls
who are becoming somewhat passe,
and may next be heard of in this
country, leap year giving to his in
formation and instruction an innpor-
tance that would otherwise be lacking.
zone Is most struck" says this
guileless Indian, "by the fact that the
love affairs of the people OF this ear
lier India, l speak only OF the upper
classes. were guided and influenced by
the professors Of love. These were
generally elderly men (why not wom'
en?) well experienced in the ways OF
the world, who were paid well for
their advice. They taught men how to
pay their addresses elegantly and how
to make a good impression upon a
woman's mind. As women proposed
as well as men. the professors devised
ingenious means so that the girls oi
the men, who proposed. would, If re
fused, still save their dignity The pro
fessors instructed the young women IN
the art of love making. More Otter
than not the woman took the initia
tive and let the man know that she
loved him"
He thought the present system tC
be faulty; that while girls are taught
all the arts of love by their mammd'
and aunties. the boys get no advice
from their fathers. and, growing uT
ignorant and inexperienced, become
victims to be stolen by the more ez
perienced and intelligent women.
The Calumet news., 1912-06-14
TURNS LIFE UPSIDE DOWN

Vienna can boast of curious &c
centric, who turns life upside down, a
rich young Pole, who lives i'm sump-
tuousgstyle, but always summons his
servants by bugle call. His favorite
pastlme is driving an omnibus, attired
like an ordinary busman, and though
he is said to spend fortune each
year in clothes, he wears no garment
until it has been worn by his valet.
He has astonished the guests at a
ball by appearing in costume of pure
white, save for the shirt and tie,
which were black To complete his
oddities, when dining, which he in
variably does alone at table dhote,
he reverses the usual order, beginning
his meal with the sweets and ending
with the soup.
The Calumet news., 1912-06-14
1ecALUMET MICHIGAN FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE a. 1912
QUAINT HOUSES IN BERNIE
Swiss Town Famous for It's Old Bear
Pits-5ruin Kept to Enter
tain Guests.

Berne, Switzerland.-Swit is
the land where the bookkeeping art
has been cultivated assidiously. Ev-
erywhere one finds such houses as the
Palace hotel and the Grand at st. Nor
itz, the Seller hotels at Zermatt; the
Eden, Money, Brener and Suisse at
Montreux; the Victoria, at Beaten
berg; the Beau Rivage and Hotel de
la Paix at Geneva; the Cecil, the Mira
beau and the Savoy at Lausanne; the
Jungfraublick at Interlaken; the Cat
tan at Engelberg; the Hof Ragaz at
Ragaz and the Bernerhof at Herne.
Berne, by the way, is the most Swiss
OF all Swiss towns and one that has
preserved its picturesquesnes more
than most OF the rapidly modernized
cities of Europe The old part is full
Of quaint old houses, forming arcades
called "lauben." At regular intervals
there are beautiful fountains with
statues. some serious, some humorous.
But the most comical corner of the
town is the famous bear pit This is
probably the Oldest bear pit In the
The Calumet news., 1912-06-14
TEXAS SALT LAKE MYSTERY

Fy some peculiar chemical process
that is not understood by scientists
who have investigated the subject, ma
ture is able to convert flood water
into salt deposits upon gigantic
scale In the bed OF Shafter lake. a
body OF water more than 1000 acres
in extent adjoining the little town or
Shafter Lake, Texas. This lake Is one
OF the wonders Of the southwest. II is
far removed from railroad transpor-
tation and is within 90 miles OF the
New Mexico line. For more than
quarter of a century and as far back
as there is any historical record the
Indians and white people of the terri
tory within 500 miles of what is now
called Shafter lake have obtained their
salt supply from this storehouse OF
nature. Wagon trains still make their
long journeys to and from the lake,
carrying the crystal salt to ranches,
mining camps and towns.
II is shown by repeated tests that
there is no alkali In the soil of the
scope OF territory that uses the lake
as it's. natural drainage basin. and
thiG fact is borne out by the purity
OF the food water. But within few
hours after the water enters the lake
IL becomes SO impregnated with salt
that white crust forms upon the
surface. resembling snow. In the
shallow places the pure water is
quickly replaced with solid mass OF
salt This manufacturing process
goes on constantly, but Is specially
rapid during the hot months of sum
mer, due doubtless to the effects OF
evaporation
The basin which forms the bed OF
this remarkable salt lake has the
appearance of being the crater OF an
extinct volcano. IL is situated 100
feet below the surface of the sur
rounding country. The lake has no
outlet, but the food water that enters
it is never sufficient 20 cause an over
flow.
Enormous quantities of salt are TAX
en- from the lake each year. but the
unused available supply is practically
unlimited. No sooner is the salt re-
! moved from a spot than II is replaced
by smother thick layer In few hours
The method that is used 70 extract
the salt from the bed Of the lake is
primitive 1t consists of boxes to
which are attached wire ropes that
are operated by horses and pulleys
upon the shore Men with shovels fll
these boxes with the salt and the
loads are hauled ashore and dumped
in piles to await transportation 70 the
different markets. Each box has a ca
paclty of about 500 pounds. In this
way II is not unusual for one man to
get out from one TO three tons OF
salt daily. The depth of the salt bed
' ranges from six inches to six feet
The Calumet news., 1912-06-14
Eskimo Village, One Of Bishop ROwe's
Stopping Places.


Stopping Places.
lege. TO an Indian reservation at Gar
den River, on the northern shore OF
Lake Huron. Extracts from his diary
give some notion of the kinds OF diff
culties he meets with in his travels.
Telling of a trip from Tanana, start
ing with one companion and five-dog
team to go to Valdez, he says:
"Our sled was loaded with robes,
tent, stove, axes, clothing and food for
l6 days foe dogs and selves. :.
Wind blew the snow like shot in
our faces. l kept ahead OF the dogs,
leading them, finding the way. We
had to cross the wide river; the great
hummocRs made this an ordeal; had
to use the ak and break a way for
dogs and sled. In the midst of it all
the dogs would stop; they could not
see; their eyes were closed with the
frost; my own were. The time came
when the dogs would-could-no long
er face the storm. ! was forced to
make q camp. 1t was not spot l
would choose for the purpose. The
bank of the river was precipiious,
high, rocky, yet there was wood. l
climbed 100 feet and picked out a
spot and made a campfire. Then re-
turned to- the sled, embarrassed dogs,
got a life line went up and tied it to
tree near the fire. BY means Of this
we got up our robes and food sufii-
cient. Here, after something to eat, we
made our bed on the snow.
1t was a night of 'shivers.' Froze our
faces"
Here is another night picture further
on in the journey:
"All night the walves bowling near
by, and we had to keep our dogs near
the fire to prevent their being killed.
Bitter iron cold shackled the north
land BY night the fire roared def.
ance to a frost which it could not sub
due, while dog and man crouched
near it for protection from its awful
power. When outside the fires light
the heavens were ablaze with NOV.
! ing lights-the aurora borealis of the
arctic shone with wonderful bril-
| lance"
The Calumet news., 1912-06-14
nLIf.n "a naxs After Death.

Some years ago DR.. Alexis Carrel.
an English scientist, showed that the
various organs and tissues taken from
a living organism can be maintained
in live state for more or less pro-
longed time by placing them in suit
able medium at the right temperature
and that such tissues may even grow
for several days. His results have
been contradicted by other authors.
but more recently DR.. Carrel has
achieved even more striking results.
BY taking the preparations out of their
nutritive medium at the right time and
transferring thine to another medium
consisting Of three parts of the nor
NAL plasma OF the animal in question
and two parts of water, and repeating
the operation at proper intervals up to
as many as nine times. he finds that
the connective tissue shows great ac-
tivity, even as long as thirty-four days
after fts removal from the body.
The Calumet news., 1912-06-14
WIGS FROM SPUN GLASS.

One OF those mysteries of life which
for ages man has, at certain periods.
devoted his highest power OF thought.
concerns the inexplicable loss of that
adornment, which. In his youth, ma
ture provided for his head. Innumer-
able have been the means devised for
warding off the inevitable.
Entirely original is the solution late
ly devised by a Viennese scientist.
An almost invisible hook of golden
wire, to which is fastened a living
hair, is inserted in the bald pate of
him who would regain his youthful
charm. The hooks are sterilized and
the operation is almost painless1
About 300 hairs can be inserted in an
hour by a skilled operator. Each
hair. It is estimated, will remain i'm
perfect state for five years. Thus
may one endowed with sufficient pa
tience and cash regain that OF which
nature has deprived him.
So great has become the demand
for hair wigs, braids. puffs and the
like. that wig makers are at loss
where to get material for the manu-
facture OF their product. In parts OF
France wigs have been made from
fbers of plants. and from horse hair
split and frightened. but the result
has not been satisfactory. Spun glass
, is now heralded as the perfect sub
stitute. Any degree OF color or fine-
ness can be obtained. The weight is
very small. the luster like that OF
real hair. and the wigs so made are
thoroughly hygienic.
The Calumet news., 1912-06-14
"CLIMBS, DOWN SKYSCRAPER

John Hassler, a steeplejack OF Philac
delphia, recently astonished the citi-
zens of that town by ascending on
the face of an 1S-story building, with
out mechanical assistance of any sort,
using only the grip that he obtained
by hanging to the interstices OF the
stonework with the tips of his fingers
and digging the tips OF his toes into
the spaces as he felt his way TO the
ground.
Tho building was the Morris build
ing, new structure at the corner OF
Broad and Chestnut street, Philadel-
phia's busiest center. The steeplejack,
whose sole object In attempting the
daring feat was to show that IL could
be done. swung himself from the roof
by rope, and, dangling at a giddy
height from the sidewalk. felt for a
safe spot on the sheer face OF the
building from which 70 commence his
descent When he had secured a good
hold with the tips of his fingers. he
kicked the rope out of the way and
began his finger and toe descent.
The Calumet news., 1912-06-14
DEFIED TIE GODDESS PE-LE
Hawsiians Feared such an Act Would
Bring Destruction to Their
Island.

Less than hundred years ago, be-
fore the United States acquired the
Hawaiian islands, the natives used to
worship a mysterious goddess Pe-le,
who was supposed to dwell m the
crater of Mount Kilauea. Supersti.
tion had it that If a woman would
climb this mountain, pick berries from
the bushes and fling them into the
crater Pe-le would destroy the island
Then, after missionaries went TO
Hawaii, the natives began to worship
the Christian God, but they could not
shake off this superstition until a
brave Hawaiian woman climbed the
mountain and defled Pe-le. Kapiolani
in 1925. the wife of one of the native
orators, told some of her friends what
she was going to do. They begged
and pleaded for her not to do It. fear
ing that the island would be destroy.
ed But This woman could not be
stayed. She climbed the mountain,
picked some of the berries that grew
on the side and flung them into the
lake Of fire, saying:
IF perish by the anger of Pe-le,
then dread is her power: but. behold
defy her wrath I have broken her
orders: live and am safe. for Je-
hovah. the Almighty, is my God. His
was the breath that kindled. these
flames; his is the hand which re-
strains their fury. Oh, ye people, be-
hold how vain are the gods of Hawaii,
and serve the Lord"
The cause Of faith and freedom was
won from this time on.
The Calumet news., 1912-06-14
BIRDS AND GRASSHOPPERS

A strong protest is being made in
South Australia against the continual
slaughter of such birds as the ibis,
the egret, cranes and spooabills to
supply the demands of milliners. The
slaughter is Objectionable not only as
destroying some OF the most beautiful
and interesting creatures OF nature,
but. according TO the Journal OF Agri-
culture, also as rendering South Aus
tralia ever more prone TO plaques of
grasshoppers, and is prime cause OF
the decline OF its fish resources. AS
the wading birds disappear the crus-
taceans that destroy fish spawn in
crease in multitude.
The Calumet news., 1912-06-14

Oftentimes The towels become gray
and dingy looking. Treat them ~
this manner and they Will become
white again:
Place them in kettle and cove,
with cold water. Add shavings OF
pure white soap and the juice Oh
lemon.
place on the back of. the stove ana
allow the water to gradually come 10
boil.
If very much soiled, the process may
hsve TO be repeated.
Rinse in tepid water, then IN siisuV
ly blue water and hang IN 'ns
air 10 dry.
The Calumet news., 1912-06-14
BISHOP IN THE FAR NORTH
Clergyman Covers About $4,000
. Miles Year in Arctic Region
Visiting Missions.

Nome, Alaska.-Steamboat, canoe,
reindeer, dogs and snowshoes are used
by Bishop Rowe of Alaska, in cover
Ing a bishopric of 100000 square
miles, over which every year is Wis
iting his missions he travels dis
tance equal to the circumference Of
the globe. In cheerful performance
Of his hardy duties ne proves himself
one Of history's long line of adventur-
Gus frontier chmchmen-perhaps the
last, Darlington Weems says. in tell
ing of the bishop in Worlds Work. for
the frontier will soon be a memory,
and Alaska is the end. Peter Trim
Bile Rove was born in Toronto in
1859, and was tried and tested for
his arduous lifes work by moving,
after his graduation from Trinity col
The Calumet news., 1912-06-14
Auto-Irrloation.

Luther Burbank, the plant wizard.
dismissed with Jest, at spring
luncheon in Los Angeles. a somewhat
overwhelming compliment.
Really" he said. Il hardly deserve
such a compliment as that. Even IL
could do what the comic actor pro-
posed. I'D hardly deserve such COM
pliment as that!
"A comic actor. you know, was tallel
ing about the spring planting that wac
under way in his suburban home.
at propose he said. to plant on
IONS with my potatoes. the idea being
that the onions tear-compelling pow
ers will work on the potatoes eyes.
and thus cause the plants to irrigate
themselves"
The Calumet news., 1912-06-14

Five cups of dark brown sugar DIS
solved in a cup and half OF water,
one cup of lard and one-half cup OF
butter melted together, two eggs beat
en- light, one-half cup of aniseed. one
teaspoonful of soda, one tablespoon
f,ll of melted chocolate. enough bolt
ed rye -four to make a dough as for
cookies. Roll into the form Oh
a snake, cut and bake.
The Calumet news., 1912-06-14
PREPARING THE STEAK
SOME TiME-HoNoRED WAYS OF
COOKING AND SERVING.
"Blanketed" is One of the Best That
Has Been Devised-Delicious in =
the Form Of Pie--For Those
Fond of Hamburg.

Blanketed Steak-Wipe a sirloin
steak, cut one and one-half inches
thick, and broil five minutes. Remove
to platter, spread with butter, and
sprinkle with salt and pepper. Clean
one quart OF CLAIMS and discard tough
muscles. Cover steak with soft por-
tions, sprinkle with salt and pepper,
and dot over with one and one-half
tablespoonfuls of butter Place on
CRATE in hot oven, and bake until
CLAIMS are done Garnish at ends with
sprigs of parsley.
Beefsteak Pie.--Wipe one and one
half pounds Of round steak with a
piece of cheesecloth wrung out of cold
water, and cut beefsteak in ono inch
cubes. Put in a stewpan, add half an
onion, peeled and thinly sliced and
pour over four cupfuls Of cold water.
Cover, and bring quickly to the boiling
point. and then let simmer until meat
is tender, the time required being
about two hours. Add one teaspoonful
of salt after the first hour of the cook
ing. Melt four tablespoonfuls OF but
ter; add four tablepoonfuls Of flour,
and stir until we'll blended; then add
gradually TO hot stock Wash and
pare potatoes, and cut in onefourth
inch slicess there should be one and
one.half cupfuls. Parboil in boiling
salted water eight minutes drain, add
to meat, and cook three minutes. Turn
into a buttered baking dish, cover wuh
pie paste or baking powder biscuit
mixture. and bake in hot oven. II
covered with pie paste, make several
incisions in crust, TO admit Of the es
cape of gases. This is a good way
to cook tough steak.
Hamburg steaks should be chopped
TO order, the meat coming from the
round. Season one po d of Hamburg
steak with salt and pc DER and rev
drops of onion juice, and form into si'
cakes. handling as little as possible
If cakes are pressed too compact!
they will be solid. Put in slighti!
creased hot iron frying pan, scar OF
one side. turn, scar on other slde' an'
cook six minutes If liked rare; eigh
minutes If liked well done. Let stan'
around edge of frying pan to proWi
edges. Remove to hot platter pu
around mound of julienne potatoes ah'
spread with maitre-d'hotel butter
Pour buttered caulihower in four col
ners of platter and garnish with sprig
of parsley.
Planked sirloin steak is prepared OF
one of the up-to-date planks that II
into a nickel frame with nickel AM
ebony handles. Remove flank en-
from q sirloin steak. Wipe STEAK an
broil or pan-broil until nearly done
Pipe border of highly seasone
mashed potatoes around edgeof sligh
ly buttered plank and make nests :
mashed potatoes. Place steak on pian
and put in hot oven TO brown pol'
toes and finish cooking steak. III
mashed potato nests with canned pea
reheated and arrange around, al equ'
distances, piles of buttered earr'
cuges and stuffed tomatoes.-Womah
Home Companion.
The Calumet news., 1912-06-14
Chair of Copyright.

Berlin.-The worlds first professor
ship OF copyright Is about to be estab-
lished at the University OF Leipsic.
where the center of the German pub
fishing trade is situated. The chair
will deal not only with literary and ar
tistic copyright. but also with every
thing connected with Industrial patent
rights.
The first occupant will be Professor
Planitz of Leipsio. who is we'll
known specialist on the subject.
The Calumet news., 1912-06-14

ble," the doctor said. 81 have been
there three times already and l will
never tire of going. There are in the
monasteries thousands of Greek manu-
scripts. and hundreds of them are con-
Rected with the New Testament. Hun
dreds of students have studied many
of these manuscripts very carefully,
but there are other manuscripts that
have not yet been read carefully. 1t
may be that great discoveries valu-
able to the bible scientists will ema-
nate vet from this great storehouse of
manuscripts."