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The Calumet news., 1912-08-12

ners as society is by lack of manners.
II IS an entirely different class OF peo-
pie who are robbed of society, of asso
citation.
on any holiday. a Sunday, or a half
Saturday, or the occasional days whi"h
law and custom voids of labor. you
may sec in any corner of large city
and oven along the country highways
single individuals or twcs and tht,cs.
who have nowhere 20 go FOR pleasure =
which is in truth much more seri-
Gus estate than having nov here to go
To lqy the head. These persons Wdndo.
about restlcssly. or with as much un-
rest as a Subnormal vitality gives them.
They have no place IL 90, and they
do not &c; they have no enc with
whom to associate. and they do not as
s0ciate And those seen on the hish
WAYS are the smaller proportion of the
unassoCated. For hall bedrooms an1
public Libraries ana waiting rooms,
conceal a vast number more.
Thee IS a pathos about this folk a.
there would be about the inhabitaEt.
Of another planet who haphazarded
among MS. For the truth is. howcvsE
much we may declare that We indi
vldually do not long for companions
ship. that we are somevh hat boreG
with the evidence of much populaton
about us. we are all of us, a gregarous
fdhS and if we did not have our few
with whom we have developed q satis-
fying companicnsbip, we also should
appear such derelicts as these, the So
cialIy 1nattached
The pathos of these is so evident, SO
compelling. that effort is beins made
to bring them together. in companion
ship. Club If Nobodies has been
formed in London. undor the patronage
of some unknown person who furnishes
the han and invites the unattached |
At It's first open meeting 300 or 4O6
such desolate persons We're assembled |
10 what extent the loneliness was
overcome is not reported Bus if only |
two persons found each ether thCr,
who might have gone on without meet
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up TO- DATE.

There's an old story about an Irish
man who was painting fence. ana
who worked fast SO that he might get
the job finished before the paint gave
out our grandmothers laughed at that
Joke before our grandfathers bought
rhzors
The new version came i'm yesterday:
The setting is up to date, but the old
point still sticks out. our correspond
ent says:
IL have a touring car and l have a
chauffeur. The latter is "A bright ltal-
ian boy and an invaluable servant
The other night. ten miles from home,
but inside the city limits. | observed
that he was putting On a burst Of
speed.
"'Slow down bit. Giuseppe !
warned him; wen be arrested if we
keep on at this speed
"'Scusa me, mister boss he an
swered: were ten miles from home
an, only got gas enough for tree mila
Eef we no hurry we never max eet' "
Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Calumet news., 1912-08-12
WORKERS LIFE
WORTH S2,75O
Employees Liability Act in Effect
on September |

Secretary r. l.. DRAKE of The state
industria; accident commission states
that the commission Is r;tmd'y corr
pletins preliminary plans for begin
ming ITS work the FIRST of september,
when the compensation act goes into
effect. Blank forms are being prepared
and a digest of the law Is hemg print
cd for the benefit Of employers and
employees.
Secretary Drake states that much
interest is being shown by large firms
in the new system of providing COM
pensation for Industrial accident, and
many firms have signifie0 their inten
ton of coming i'm under the system.
Assuming that a Michigan Workman
or workwoman receives an average
wage of SIS. the atate put this value
on various parts of their anatomy Tor
the purpose Of carrying out the new
4 fompeugatiOn loW
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NO REWARD OFFERED.
Promise Of Government Premium for
TIN Mine Denied by u. S.

Promise OF Government Premium for
TIN Mine Denied by U. S.
The United States uses between 40
Iand 90 per cent Of the world's produe
tion of tin hut mines only a small
quantity In 1911, according 10 the
United States Geological Survey. the
OUTPUT of tin ore. in this country was
equivalent To 60 tons of metallic tin,
valued at S5i.013. The secondary tin
ecovered in 1911 was little more than
q per cent Of the tin imported into
the United States during the year The
amount recovered from babbitt metal.
bronze solder, from scruff and Dresses
that are formed in making Tin ana
terne plate, and from the tin content
cf products made by several plants
rom tin scrap was 1906 short tons
valued at $12,35S.O4O.
In both quantity ana value the inn
ports of tin in 1911 excee led previo
imports. According To figures collect
ed by the Bureau of Statistics the
United states in 1871 imported for
consumption 53.527 short tons of tin.
valued at S43.S46.2s4, agains: 52,i2S
short tons, valued at $33s913.9S5 in
1910. The worlds supply of tin. as
shown by shipments for 1911. was l22,-
,52 short tons To the worlds supply
should be added the quantity of sec-
ondary tin recovered during the year
approximately O,nO0 short tons-mak-
ing the total supply for 1911, aonut
$4,000 short tons.
For some unknown reason there is ii
widely prevalent idea that the United
States offers a reward for the discov
cry of n tin mine that can bc worked
at profit. Many letters are received
by the Geological Survey each year.
asking about this supposed rcwafd
Where the rumcr started is unknown,
but IT seems To be fostered by unscrup-
ulous or ignorant persons vino have
mining stock to sell. The surveys OH.
Gals state that the United States does
not offer and so far as known To them
never has offered a reward for me dis
covery of tin mine or any other mine
So many letters ara received by the |
Geological Survey asking whore tin |
deposits can be found I'm the United |
states that brief outline of the oc-
of the metal have been pub
lished In a report on the production
Of tin in 1911 by Frank l.. Hess. a |
copy Of which may be obtained tree |
ON application To the Director of the |
Geological Survey At Washington, ~.
[,
The Calumet news., 1912-08-12
ENGLISH ROYAL DRINKS.
Queen Alexandra introduces New
Danish Concoction.

OaniSn Concoction.
Queen alexandra has presented tG SC.
ciety a most 'dele,ta5le beverage, i'm
ported from her native lanG. Denmark,
and entirely rev To England.
one who sips this drink lauds il, not
because IL is in a sense the gift of roy %
atty. but for it's own attractions and
merits For it is like frigid honey on
the lips. stimulating in the slightest de
gree yet thirst satisfying.
Az the garden parties given by The
Queen mother during the season her
quests drank the mysterious liquid,
placed before them in tall cut glass de-
canters, and called her blessed. ncr
maiestys intimates begged her for the
recipe, and she never refuses them II
favor.
The result is that the drink is now
being enjoyed at all the smart country
houses, where it is in particular request
AT tennis parties.
King Edward, who had pretty taste
in wines, invented cup" compound
ed of German wines. of which he WAS
very fond, liquors and certain other
ingredients. But he kept secret the
composition of the cup" possibly be-
cause he desired to be resent When
his friends drank ii, and to wal, n
and enjoy THEW joy.
one of the very few persons who
knows how t. brew this royal cup is
the manager OF the hotel at Biarritz
where King Edward passed several
successive seasons.
King Alfonso of Spata that gay
young monarch. has invented IA drink
which he cass "Nonparell" Those who
have enjoyed it declare 4 is Wcll
aud vow. admiringly. there is
nothing like it. Light Spanish wines
and liquors IN which float delicate
fruits compose 1t.
King George. like his father, is fiona
# German wines, but despite all the
oh stories he is extremely temperate.
rhe King and Queen. like many Lon
don clubmen. have always iced bar
icy water near at hand; it is their last
drink before retiring at night
The Calumet news., 1912-08-12
NO MONEY, NO MARRIAGE.

"A fortune teller told me that sou
are going to marry me- said the
Young man with the prominent socks.
Did she also tell YOU that you are
soing TO inherit a very large fortune?'
inquired the girl with the matinee
hair.
"She didn't say anything about a
fortune"
"Then she is not much of fortune
teller and you had better not place
any reliance in anything she says
Washington Herald.
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employer the liability claim will con
sthute a hrst lien.
Four Methods OF Paying.
When an employer nles his election
60 become subject 10 the provisions Of
the act, he specihes one OF four meth
DDS of paving. Paying directly frcni
his own treasury. ihsurng against
such liability in an employers liability
company; or an insurance association:
letting the commissioner of insurance
assume the administration of the dis
bur, sment. Insurance and liability
companies must fix their policies 10
agree with the new act.
Liability for compensation will not
bo reduced or affected by any Insur-
ance contribution or other benefit due
To or received by the person entitled
10 such compensation. and the person
so entitled viii, irrespective Of any in
suraLco or other contract have the
right To receive the same directly from
the employer. and in addition the right
10 enforce in his own name IN The
manner provided in this act the liabil-
iay Of any Insurance company or Of
any employe ers association organized
under the laws of Michigan. or tie
commissioner Of insurance. who may
In whole or in part, have insured the
liability for such compensation: Pro-
vided however mat payment in whole
or in part of such compensation by
either the employer. or the insurance
company carrying such risk, or the
commissioner of insurance, as the case
may be, shall, 10 the extent thereof be
bar to recovery against the labor, Of
the amount So paid.
Provisions Of Law.
Where injury results i'm partial in e.
capacitation. the injured employe re
ceives hall his average weekly wage
for no longer than 800 weeks. provid-
ing. as mall cases, that the minimum
be- 50 a week and the maximum $40.
In case of loss of q member the term
of disability is deemed to continue for
a specified period. This period in rhe |
case of loss of a thumb is so weeks; |
first finger, 30 weeks second finger, |
30 week.. fourth finger, Is weeks; frs,
phalange finger IS weeks; first pha-
iange Of thumb, finger or toe. equal |
to loss Of half the member: loss OF |
more than one phalanse is considered |
equal To the loss of entire member. |
great toe, 30 weeks; other toes, 10 |
weeks. hand $50 weeks; ann. 200 |
weeks. foot l25 weeks; leg, 175 weeks
eye 100 weeks.
Average weekly wage is defined as
une fifty second of the average annual
earnings of the Fmploye. Where the
victim has not worked for the com
pany a year the yearly salary Is com
nuted at 200 times the average daily
wage
IN employe who attempts 10 circum-
vent the provisions of the act forfei's
lis right TO benefit by Il.
Appeal from the findings of the in
lustrial board may be to the supreme
curt.
An injured employe is required to
make claim for compensation within
hree months of the Injury Provision
$ made against protest aghlnst- Such
efaifn qsas- s-the teehhitaf Sc sln;i-. of
wrong information giving ius the 0re-
,ort
The state will SHE for the money
when an injured person is unable 10
eeover.
The Calumet news., 1912-08-12

ing' The affair would seem rewarded
In I. P's Weekly You will iind re-
ports of similar advertisements of iso-
lated people who would meet persons
with like tastes. A few years ago a
similar kind of philantrophy was in
augurnted here. but was heard of only
for meeting or two. II is me most
difhcult thing TO bring together those
who do not naturally make for each
other. But II only small per cent
are\ rescued from loneliness, this pc.
culiar and forced kind of society would
seem justified. indianapolis News.
The Calumet news., 1912-08-12
New Law in Effect Sept.

Talting effect Sept. l. 1912, the en-
ployers' liability act provides compen-
sation for the accidental injury 40 on
death of employees of Michigan corpUr
ations, the amount being on slidinS
scale proportionate To the wages of
that employe. Employers have the
right To elect whether they will become
subject to the provisions of the act.
For instance. for tn less of a thumb
20 per cent Of the average weekly wage
during 60 weeks is paid, giving the
amount $3.50 il the victim is paid SIS Il
week. II is provided, however, in all
cases that half the average wage mu5r
not be less thnn 81 or more than SO.
The loss of two hands. both lcgs.
both eyes or both arms is placed on
a par with tota! disability of any kind
and IL valued more highly Than death
The weekly compensatith of ,bhlf tho
average wage in caseAof total disnibil-
ity is paid for not more than SDasweelSs,
with total Limit Of $4,000 70 x
In case of death, ,tttosr-lei.eade,.,.son,
the victim receivesshe fsgdIat weekly
amount for not nlqie than 3OexReehs.
In case there istoSbne depepHcht on
The victim, ,funerals expenses Adpato zoe
are paid. kth stfH#
No compensation Is paid unless The
injury ineapacitates IAN empi5ss FOR
1T least two weokseiAIe Ieaieat. zSs'yicts
aud medicine are furniahe0fDlitbc first
three weeks. Arrangemeht ss made Tor
substituting a lump sum foF tise week
IS compensation, based on tfst. wesklsll
rate. A pHEia ~
Board to Supervise Operation.
Employers are allowed 10 PAY move
than the amount fixed IN the schedule
with the bill but may not pay less
An industrial accident board, con-
sisting of three members. to be APP.
pointed by the governor for two Years.
each at Il salary of $4,000 year. Is
provided 10 supervise the working OF
the law. 1t will hear al disputes
arising from the working of the law
and If necessary to arbitratc differ
rnces, one member will act as chair
man of board If arbtrators with =
member selected by each of the other
parties. These other members will re
'eive $5 day \ secretary for the
commission at $4,000 is provided and
Extra clerical help may be employed.
Household servants and farm LAHORE
ars are excluded from the benefits of
he law. Persons employed by the state
,r any branch of the government Of
he division of the states and of pub
ic service corporations are included
In ease of accident negligence is not |
considered. a defense for the employer |
mless the negligence was willful. Neg
igenee of a fellow cmploye and the ar
yument that the employe had assumed |
III risks, waving his rights to COM
,ensation under the act also ar"
'arre1 as dcfenses.
No payment under the act is assign
Il or subject To attachment or gar-
,ishmont. In case of insolvency of
The Calumet news., 1912-08-12
HAD A GOOD REASON.

An old darky with an old gray mule
hitched TO ramshackle wagon stood
on the incline of capitol hill, in Wash
ington. during one of the worst sleet
storms in January.
The cid man huddled i'm his rabbit
skin cap shivering the mule was trem-
bling with the cold. Two congress.
men, waiting for a belated car. we're
attracted by the strange outfit and
The Calumet news., 1912-08-12
70 MAKE NoaopIEs sooIAeLg.
Phsnthropic Effort in Behalf of Lone
some City Dwellers.

There are thousands of people IN the
world TO whom the word Society" is
meaningless, not the society which is
spelled with a. capital IS, TO which
these people do not icsire admittancc,
in the presonce of which they would
be as bored as society itse!f rs anus
ed if they knew how to practice this
nsocia virtue, as Disguised ty man-
The Calumet news., 1912-08-12

wondered as time went on. and the
darky made no effort to depart, what
allied the old Fellow.
one of The congressmen walkec
over and said "Why don't You move
on, uncle?"
The old darky pointed trembling
finger at his team" and replied:
Cause dis yerc mule won't go les
whistle at him, and it's so cold /
cyarn't whisltl'-FNerybody's Maga-
zine
The Calumet news., 1912-08-12

In the past four yeaIs the south
ernt Pacific railway has carried 15,.-
100000 passengers a total of 6,5940O0,
Zoe miles without a single accidental
death.
Missouri is to improve 100000 mhes
of highways in the next few years
at cost OF 81 .O00, ,000. 600.
The Calumet news., 1912-08-12

Beginning August Il, residents of
New Tim, Mimi. will hold exercises
for week in commemoration Of the
massacre by Indians i'm 1862.
The Calumet news., 1912-08-12

FOR sALE-7 room house No. 1863
Hecla st. Hecla. Enquire on prem
/ FOR SALE y-room house. summer
kitchen. coal shed, barn room for 3
horses, etc. Apply 1905 Hecla ST.. Hec-
la.
FOR SALhs-6-room cottage, at .
bargain, z614 Liberty street. Raym.
baultown.
FOR SALE--4-roonl house. No. 4yy.,
behind Calumet dam. inquire within.
FOR sALE-S-room house. 4Os2 E.ln
st
FOR sALE-11-room house. Apply ESQ
Rockland st.
FOR SALE-House 1549 Hecla 81
Hecla. Rock foundation. K
FOR SALE-1s-room house, 1902 Laur-
ium st.
FOR sALE-9-room house $50 Water
works st.
FOR SALE room house, $3.50 Ridge
st.
FOR SALE-Nine room house with
bath room, stone foundation, steam
heat electric light and hardwood aoorA
downstairs, large attic also front and
back stairs. Terms reasonable. Apply
1903 School st.
FOR sALE-5-room mouse, $40 Gale
donia 81. Apply on premises
FOR SALEe-1O Room House. Apply
1929 Acorn st. x
FOR SALT room house. 1882 os-
ceola Road, Newtown.
FOR SALE room house. sOiO Cslu-
met avenue. In good condition and
cheap. K
FOR sALE-House No. 2l33 Tunnel
ST., Swedetown.
FOR SALE-House, No. 4Oss fGlm St,
Yellow Jacket.
FOR RENT--6 room house No.
Franklin ST, Florida. <
WANTED-Boarders. 1857 Wedge 81.
Calumet Z
FOR RENT furnished rooms Mod
ern conventences. 1919 Scott st.
FOR sALE-Lot 3, block wolverine
St, Florida. Apply at Mrs. Chap
mans boarding house, 122 Kearsargs
st.. south.
'oR SALE-6-room house. No. sO44
swedetown road. Apply on premises
FOR SALG-S-room house 1918 south
Sixth ST. Newtown. on G. & H.
property K
FOR SALt-ilonse. 1916 Hecla St.
FOR SALE-Seven-r room house. sss
Caledonia St. calumet. Mich.
'OR sALE-House No. 457. Caledonia
st, Albion.
'oR sALE--House, No. 4OSs OAK 81.
Yellow Jacket.
OR RENT-one furnishs1 room,
4S25 Acorn st.
OR SALE-5-room house, cheap, s4s
Caledonia st.
'oR SALE-Six- room house. 1874
1aurium st.
'oR sALE-7>room house and hara.
2507 ID ST.
OR SALE-S-room house, No. s7s. on
Caledonia ST. Particulars az wick
from q Co.'s store, Pine ST.
OR SAlE-s-room house. modern
conven'ences. steam heat. good foun-
atioh and plumbing. Apply $50 Cam
The Calumet news., 1912-08-12
EN- PLOyES OF THE
Calumet& HecIa Mn'a Co

Who wish 20 sell their houses or buy
houses on Co. Land; who have rooms
to rent or who wish 10 rent rooms, are
invited to advertise in this column
without any expense.
FOR SALE . room heuse 2OIG Cam-
met ave. y
FOR SALE--House, 9 rooms, BATH
1895 Elm St, yellow Jacket. *
FOR SALE-Eight room house 39ls
Ridge st. X
FOR SALlI-House at very reasonable
figure with good cellar. $50 Attn Ct.
Blue Jacket Apply on premises or c
e III. office.
FOR RENT-Rooms. Apply 1891 Tenn
pie ST.
FOR SALE-.Five-r room house No. 24O3
II street Apply Jas. Barnette. Z
FOR SALli-S129 Tunnel ST.
FOR SALE-l525 Hecia ST.
FOR SALE-E1ve-roo house. S52 Al
bion.
FOR SALE-7-room house. 4OS7 Cone
s.
The Calumet news., 1912-08-12

FOR SALhS-6-room cottage, AT q
bargain, z614 Liberty street. Raym.
baultown.
The Calumet news., 1912-08-12

FOR SALE--7 room house No. 1853
Hecla ST. Hecla. Enquire on prem
The Calumet news., 1912-08-12

FOk SALE-4-room house No. 4sys.
behind Calumet dam, inquire within.
The Calumet news., 1912-08-12

FOR sALE-S-room house. 4OS2 Eln
st
The Calumet news., 1912-08-12

FOR SALE-9-room house. summer
kitchen, coal shed. barn room for
horses, etc. Apply 1905 Hecla ST.. Hec-
la.
The Calumet news., 1912-08-12

FOR sALE-11-room house. Apply $50
Rockand st.
Evening journal., 1912-12-06
BEAT WIFE WITH
CHAIR, BUT MAN
DIDN'T REMEMBER

Jennie Grapevine. Of No. 2lO Tat
nall street. presented pitiable ap-
pearance in City Court today when
she appeared as a witness against
her husband, Rudolph whom she
charged with wife beating The woman
her face SCARED from blows she said
her husband had inflicted with a
chair, her hair matted face and hands
soiled with dirt and scantily clothed,
told of how she had been assaulted
In his own behalf the husband said
he came home yesterday from work
and found his wife intoxicated. He
said he did not remember hitting her
officer John Fox who arrested the
pair said that he had received numer-
Gus complaints from the people OF tn'
vicinity about the Grapevine home
and acting on the reports he arrested
them Grapevine was held under
$500 bail for court.
The woman will he sent 10 The
county house.
Evening journal., 1912-12-06
BRANDYWINE GRANGE WORK.

Only routine business was trans
acted at the meeting of West Bran
DIVINE Grange at Talleyville last
evening
On next Thursday night the first
and second degrees will be conferred
upon a class of candidates. Next
Thursday night will also be Maya
zine Evening"
A number of the members expect
to attend the sessions of the State
Grange which will be held at New
ark. next week, several expecting to
take the sixth degree on Wednesday
night
Evening journal., 1912-12-06

at any time to have receive her as
his wife-even after she had entered
the suit against Mrs Underwood.
TO Mr. Hastings in cross-examina-
ton Lupton said he had no interest in
the case. MT Hasting asked Mr.. Ball
for the letters written to Lupton be-
fore their marriage TO show the inter-
est Of the witness When he handed
these letters to counsel for the de-
PENDANT. Mr.. Ball objected to Lupton
testifying regarding the letters.
Mr.. Hastings argued that Lupton
went voluntarily to the counsel for
the defendant who is sued for alienat-
ing his affections. After the question
was admitted Lupton said he had gone
10 Mr. Balls Office and talked over case
He believed Mr.. Ward had been a
previous counsel and had been twice
at Mr.. Wards Office He said he had
/ seen a typewriter copy Of the letters
! introduced by the plaintiff. The only
interest he has In the case, he said
Is a natural one, he objects to his
wife bringing the suit
Would Take Wife Back.
Before you wrote that letter on Au'
gust Z did you not consult two mem
bers of the bar and they told you e
write your wife that you had a home
waiting for her so your wife could
not sue you for non-support, asked
Mr.. Hastings
81 did not Lupton replied.
Did YOU not consult Judge Marve
and Hugh NJ Morris about that let
ter" asked Mr. Hastings.
Il positively did not answered
Lupton.
Have you since August made an!
effort to get your wife back"
II would"
Would you still receive her nov
II she went back in the right spirit.
81 would"
What do you mean by the RICH
spirit-drop this suit
No. doing what she agreed TO d
before and after her marriage"
Evening journal., 1912-12-06

The question Of taking the letters
was again taken up, and Lupton said
they spent many happy days previous
to July %, and after a trolley ride that
day he asked her again about the let
ters He only wanted her to tell the
truth, he said. Lupton said she would
not do Il and then he thought he would
try other means He packed his suit
case whereupon his wife told him how
she got the letters and then they made
up once more Lupton said he was
promised the return Of the letters and
that they would be destroyed.
objected to Gift Pin.
LuptOn continued that on July 20
his wife came to his Office and took
him to task for wearing the pin given
him by Mrs. Underwood He said he
had unconsciously worn the pin that
day. At the time Lupton said his
wife remarked that "she would sue
that old thing, kill her and throw
vitrOl In her face" l.upton said he
told her to go ahead as he was sick
and tired OF the unpleasantness.
Get IL out Of your system he said
ne told her LuptOn said he never
ordered her away but found that she
had gone away. lie had not lost MS
affections for his wife at that time
He saw his wife the next Sunday
evening. and after they had taken q
walk they returned to their home but
he did not stay over night Luptor
said be went to the house the next
day but his wife was not there. Later
she talked over the telephone Will
him but refused TO tell him what
was the trouble and told him not tC
call and she was afraid she was new
er going back.
Then he wrote her the letter which
was read to the jury yesterday.
Lupton said he kept the apart
ments open until October % an,
would have been ready and willing