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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-12-16
SELLING ARTICLES i
LOST IN TRANSIT
DEAD LETTER OFFICE OFFERS
ASSORTMENT OF S.566 PEG.
ES AT AUCTION.

Washington. ID. G.. Dec. l6,--Thc
annue sale OF articles which were
sent through the mail but could no,
be delivered because neither the add
dress vi the sender nor that of the
addressee could bo asCertained. begun
here today at q. -. Sloan a. Co.'S
auStiOn rooms under the auspices OF
the / sad Letter office There were
in all S,j66 articles. divided into lots,
foI the sake OF saving time at the
auction. The list Of the articles which
was issued a few days ago. gives the
contents OF every lot and jud2inS from
the queer combinations of many of the
made by a humorist in the depart
mcnt. The list includes every mag
Unable kind OF articles hooks, neck
ties. sofa cushions millinery, gloves,
hundreds OF pieces of cheap lewelry
and number OF rings, bracelets
brooches. etc. OF considerable value.
Among the articles is even u fine Iii.
amond weighing 3 and 3-ri carats.
which will DC auctioned separately
The attendance at tho opening sale
was ,tree and the bidding spirited.
II is expected that tn" sale will con Q
suiuc several days.
Due To Carelessness.
Every one of the articles listed at
this auction reached the Dead Letter
Office through the carelcssness of the
sender In most cases the articles
had tccn carclossly packed and, dur
ING the Christmas crush Of last Year,
had worried through the wrapping OF
fallen out of crushed boxes so that u
| was impossible to determine by whom
They had been sent and t. whom they
were addressed.
In view Of the fact that the new
parcels pos, law will become effective
Oh January /. 1913, Postmaster Gen
eral Hitchcock has ISSUED a warning
| to all persons who wish 10 send ar
| ticles OF value through the parcels
post. The wrapping should be done
securely and carefully and every pack
age must bear the required postagi Ia
| the new parcels post STAMPS which
| will be tor sale at all post Offices 10y
January !. No package will be for-
warded in the mail under the new
law unless the parcel is aCcumpanicd
by the return card Of the sender The
! weight limit under the new law vii
be eleven pounds against the former
limit Of four pounds for fourth class
matter
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tween Austria and Servia. Norakovitoh
The former Servian premier who is a
delegate To the conference, IL quoted
as saying that IL is hardly possible
70 bridge these differences. Austriu,
backed up bV Germany AMI Italy,
woald prevent Servia from keeping an
outlet On the Adriatic shore. Hut the
Serbs already have possession "f such
a port in Durazzo. which lies little
south OF Scutari the former Turkish
base in Albania; and the Serbs are re-
ported to be for,,Nine this new pos
session. Iust as il their intention was
70 hold II against all corners.
Moreover Austria has also reached
the point where she must give serious
attention to the restlSssness .. the po-
teEtially dangerous Slay element with
in her borders il SeIvIa should win
Oh this Adriatic question, this Slav
discomfort would be considerably
heightened and might result in civil
suite which Would disrupt the com
birdtlon between Germany and Aus
tr.a now Ia power in Vienna On the
other hand, If Selvia should DE driven
10 hight for her rights Russia might
rally behind her with view 10 stop
Austria from in -roasing her tootlold
in the Balkan peninsula
Tn. Macedonia problem, which vas
largely a moral one, has given way ~
the Serviau problem, which is much
larger and much more polligerent.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-12-16
BRAZILIAN SUGAR CROP.

The city of Pernambuco Is in the
center OF the principal sugar produc-
ing and manufacturing section Of Bra
iii AMI in consequence is the CHER
market for its reception ana eXporta-
ton.
The amount Ut sugar delivered in
Pernambuco during the season OF 1911
was e,1i2,077 bags, an increase over
1910 of 1883 bags OF this amount.
1896 bags Of unrefined sugar, hav-
ing a value of $1,016,943 American
money, were sent to the United States,
the greater part of the remaining
omount being shipped to Rio de Jan
Giro and other southern Brazilian cit
les.
No prices of sugar are quoted at
present. and little business is being
transacted More activity in this line
will begin to take place when the sea =
sons crop arrives. which will be dur
ing the latter part Of September. Fol-
Loving are the last market quotations
Der pound IN this city: Fine grained
white crystal. 81 cents; white crystal,
1.s6 cents: yellow crystal. Ga TO 6.S
cents: Mascavinho. l3 to AZ cents;
Somenos, 3.Ji to 3.'S cents: Mascavo,
3.5i to :.13 cents.--Dlily Consular and
Trade Reports.
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ROYALTY AND CHRISTMAS.
The Emperor and Empress Of Germany
aestoW Rare Gifts.

In the German royal household each
member has his or Her bwn' Individual
Christmas tree. The gift of the emf
press TO her imperial spouse is usually
some souvenir from n famous battle
Throughout the year she has her agents
securing the earth for rare trophies
and spares no expense in procuring the
one that strikes her fancy This *
placed ut the foot of the cmpcrors
tree. In this way and by other means
lie has gathered n fine museum Of war
relics. One Christmas the present he
received was n pistol used 10y General
Jackson M the battle of New Orleans.
The empress also makes presents ~
INDECENT clergymcn. The package ~
each OF these consists of an outfit ~
clothing. n Christmas card and cake
baked 10y her own hands. The kaiscr's
gift TO his wife is usually fine iewel
or some article made by his own hands.
In England the celebration W Christ.
mas lapsed after the time Of Crom-
well and the Puritans who regarded IT.
As too much of a pagan festival Iis
revival came about through the writ.
ipgs OF Charles Dickens and the royal
observance Of the day by the prure con
sort and Queen Victoria. After Prince
Albcrt's death the queen modified her
observance OF the day for few years
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The Open Sesame.

jerome = McWadc has recently
been mating = scientific study OF
salesmanslIip,
The one important point about
salcsmaBship," he said at d sales
mems banquet is to win with your
first sentence, the liking and esteem
and admiration Uf the buyer. Isn't
that SOP"
Hear, hear che statesmen assent
cd, tapping the table with their
knives.
And there is one magic sentence
MIR. McWadc continued. which will
win from every buyer this liking and
esteem and admiration and will open
up a splendid opportunity for larg,
sales.
THE sentence must be spoken in d
tone of sincere and fcrvent admoni-
ton. II is this:
-" You work too hard"
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:. 1. 1. !. 1. 1. !. !. !. I. r + i; I. J. = :.
:: WHEN THE HEART !
:: GOES SHOPPING !.
!, :s.*:..: !. +. 1. !, :. !. = + !: :

When the heart goes Christmas shop
ping.
II is then that regret
That I'm not as rio has Crccsus.
And it's then | start to fret
Ana 10 envy men Of money
All the things that they can do
To make glad the lives of others
As the Christmas gifts | view.
When the heart goes Christmas
shopping,
Then IL is | really care
That ! always must remember
That I'm not millionaire.
Then It Is / envy others
Who have greater wealth than |
As I gaze upon the play things
That can't afford to buy.
When the heart goes Christmas
shopping.
Then l wish that IL could be
That the wealth vi Rockefeller
Would be set aside for me
30 tNat i COulu urdW upon IL
Just 10 purchase all the toys
That Ia long to give at Christmas
To the little girls and boys.
When the heart goes Christina
shopping
With the brakes VI reason set
With Necessity bcSrudging
Fen the little things | get
With grim duty ever warning
Me TO have a little care
Whispering always when I'm tempt
cd
THAT is more than YOU ran spare.
Then IT is / long for money
Then it is ! stand and sigh
AS gaze upon the splendors
That the heart of me would buy.
Then, and only then, ] envy
Every man of millions, who
When The heart goes Christmas
shopping,
Can do what il longs to do.
Edgar Guest in Detroit Free Press
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-12-16
CHRISTMAS EVE
IN POVERTY ROW

'-WAS the night before Christmas.
aud all through the street
Swept the cold wiutry blast and
the fast falling sleet.
No voice of kind greeting the grim
silence broke
From rooftop and chimney there issued
no smoke.
No window Was red with the hre's warm
glare:
No odor of garlauds was borne on the air !;
No shop where the splendor and blaze Of
the light
shone out on the gloom of that chill win
ter's night
There was darkness above, there was
darkness below
on. the night before Christmas In Poverty
row.
For warmth. light and comfort. alas, there
was not
In the shelterless homes of that desolate
spot.
Where the storm and the wind might en-
ter aud roar
Through broken down window or half
fallen door
No children who lived in that poor,
wretched place
Could you End with bright aud sun
shiny face
No stockings were hung there; no glad
ness or mirth
Could be found on the eve OF the good
Saviour's birth.
No carols were sung IN that region OF woe
On the night before Christmas in Poverty
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-12-16

Mrs. Elmer Nutting of Cambridse
Mass is said TO have the largest coll
lection of post cards In the world. IL
numbers more than 10000 specimens
Tie United States navy presented
Airs. Nutting with set Of souvenir
postcards collected when the fleet
made its cruise around the world. Mrs
Nutting has herself been around the
world more than once and many oil
her cards show the spot she has visit-
Cd. Her friends remember her birth
day by sending postcards. ON one oc'
casion twenty-five different nationals
ties were represented, most Of thu
cards being written in the language
OF the sender. These cards are Keep
I'm eighty albums and a number y
postcard boxes.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-12-16
THE DANCER TO PEACE

Dr. u vas sir Edward Grey who nrst
proposed the Balkan peace conference
which O., due 10 open IN London to-
day. anu IL the conference really suc-
,ccds H. adjusting differences. ther
viii the British foreign secretary be "
lruc tor the next Nobel peace prize.
but, az a matter OF fact, neither h,
nor any other prominent diploma'
concerned with the conference is Op.
timistic regarding the outcome. chief.
y ON account of the differences be-
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-12-16
MICHIGAN BLUE SKY" GILL.

a blue sky" bill will be introduced
IT, the coming session Of the lcgisla-
turc by Rep \. Ward Copley OF De-
troit
The blue sky" bill has nothing to
20 with airships, nor with smoke pre-
,ention, nor with regulation OF the
weather, nor the building OF sky-scrap-
crs, nor with "bluebirds for happi-
ness" 1t Is intended Tor the gray
skies u winter IS wen as Tor the clear
skies OF summer \ blue sky bill is
one which attempts TO prevent the
gubie from being swindled by traudu-
lent stock companies. II puts check
on the sale OF stock OF corporations
whose assets are as intangible az the
clear heavens Of summer-in other
words. companies which have nothing
Tut blue sky to sell. but which repre-
sent that they are about TO earn enor-
nous wealth for their stockholders.
Rep. Copley will model his bill after
the law passed by the Kansas legis-
lature vi 1911. Kansas is the only
state which has provided protection
.or its people from unscrupulous pro-
motors and gct-rich- quick stock swim
dlcrs, whose only object is to get hard
cash in exchange Tor bcautifully-cn-
grlvcd stock certificates OF no value
except as works Of art
The Kansas law provides
The true financial condition OF the
partnership or corporation whose
stock is TO be sold within the state
must Oc registered with the state
tanking commissioner. such state
ment must be rendered every six
months-at the close Of business.
June 80 ana Dec. 81, and at any other
time that the commissioner shall sec
iit 10 demand IT,
Every company must send in a
statement Of the plan on which it
proposes TO transact business. The
atatcment Of financial condition must
oc itcmized IN amount OF property
and amount OF liabilities.
The banking commissioner must in.
"estigate the company II the bust
ress Is fair and promises d fair re-
turn on the securities offered tor sale,
the commission must issue state
ment permitting the company 10 do
business in the state. This statement
the law provides. in no wise recon-
mcnds tbs companY's securities to In
yestors
Agents " company, appointed 10
yell stock. must register with the
odnking commissioner.
lr the commissioner does not be-
ucve that the company IL fair In lis
illtUllOn~s OI tIlHhS fiidl iN1 dSSt'S II '
not sufficient, he can refuse 1t per-
nit to sell stock in Kansas.
Any person who sells stock with'
out the authority Of the bank com
missioner, j. liable to fne Of $40!
to $4,000, or Imprisonment tor ~
d4ys. or both,
Il am trying ~ find out whether tht
Kansas law prevents a sale OF small
amount VI stock By one stakeholder tt
another" gays Mr.. Copley Il don
want law which will prevent Il
transaction OF that nature. The OBJ
iect of the bill Is to stop the swindlinf
Of the people Of Michigan by compan'
les organized to defraud them"
Mrs. Elmer Nuttlng of Cambridse
No.. g.;d b. bayo tho largest col.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-12-16
Miracles of Piety.

The suicide of General Nogi and bis
wife on the death of the Japanese
emperor and the suicide Of u Russian
admiral ON the wounding of the czare-
vich IN the royal yacht, led an ori"n-
taiist to say:
'"rresc suicides are the direct re-
suit VI the oriental worship of e,sae
gerated tilial piety-piety to the par
ents and thence piety to the emperor
or common parent of all.
Japan has "a multitude Of stories
illustrative of hlial piety. and these
stories, ai least i'm their effect have
spread to Eussia. a thoroughly oricn
talized countr..
One story is winter one. II *
tolls = lad whose mother desired fish
In q cold snap. The lad repaired to
the river. stripped, lay OH the Ice till
the warmth of his body melted "A hole
in IL, ana then, catching two fish
through the hole. set them before his
mother, nicely fried.
ANOTHER story is about RoboishL
Robaishi was seventy. ana his parents
were nearly ninety. RobaiShl couldn't
bear 20 think that his parents wer
griGving because they were 20 sid be-
cause they must soon die. and there.
fore he dressed himself in u great Iona;
dress Of white baby clothes with cop
ami bib, and SPRAYED on the floor,
and played with "a rattle, and cried.
Robaishi's pious purpose was 10 de.
lude his parents into the belief that
really. they were still quite young. IN O.
asmuch az they had in him an infant
child"
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-12-16

On henisat bsfoue christmas In Poverty
row? -ltt
All. 81. Nick. there's spirt-the spirit on
sleep
That comes to the chnd wio but Nskens
TO weep ~
when in dreams isnmholds great ,raa
all bedight.
And from It's ar boughs seems to come 4,
great light,
Then the voice of the Master is heard to
decree.
"'rhou shalt suffer the children 10 COMA
unto me"
All, II We but follow lis precept. ween
We would all be 81. Kicks ana ,send vet
laden teams
with presents and gifts that would Danish
all woe ssFn
And make happy the Christmas In Pow
erty row.
John HeVat
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f<

\ dispatch says that the lowest sum
IN ycars--s55.OOO-had just been re-
,eived Tor seat in the New YorK
stock exchange. Yet even al that
eric, furniture comes high,
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-12-16

\ Cincinnati physician has invented
: machine that will 10 oHe's breathing
automatically Now will become a
reality the man Who is too lazy 10
breathe
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-12-16

\ Boston Judge rules that everybody
is a bit crazy. Bless YOU. this is the
christmas time Let the people enjoy
themselves,
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-12-16
MONDAY, DECEMBER IS. 1912.

What have we done 10 merit this ?
IN English newspaper suggests that
,onstantinuple be handed over 10 the
United states 10 administer
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-12-16

Get definite ideas OF what YOU want
tu give Tor Christmas by reading tI..
advertisements in The News. 1t will
save YOU much time work and worry;
also it will make life more pleasant
FOR th, saleSpeople. The News ads
form 70 gift catalogue.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-12-16
SOME GOOD STORIES
Ham and Eggs.
Calhoun Clay says:

Calhoun Clay says:
Oar am non brcakablc relation
ship betwiXt de cullud race an tur.
kcs. the season bein' dat the cullud
turkey comes FROM eggs"
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-12-16

mo STOCk lNGS WE'RE HUNG THEkE'-
In the fancy OF childhood what image so
bright
As fur trimmed st. Nick, the good genius
OF night,
with his broad. rudy face and kind. low
ing eye,
As bright as tho sunshine of midsummer
sky;
With HIS jolly red cap and the hig laden
pack.
Which he merrily bears on MS broad.
sturdy back,
Can II be that st. Nick has forgotten the
poor
Or the homes that are barren and drcar
as the moor
Has he gifts for young Croosus and none
for poor Joe
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Admirable system,

There's no denying that 1t is mans
inalienable right to strike while tho
temper's hot so perhaps it'll he about
as much as we can expect IT, when
the millennium rolls around. the ice
men have learned TO strike only in
winter and the coal men in summer.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-12-16

Latest statistics show about j.j2
reports OF lightning stroke in thi
country per year.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-12-16

Philadelphia catholic Total Abstin-
encc society has i7a branches and H.
0i5 members
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-12-16

Dayton, Ohio. has a gambling
ecandaI Burns Is investigating
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-12-16

Bohn Pearl Button works, New
York, is in receivers hands. LA
bnitics, $4,000; assets, 100000.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-12-16

New York has 80 hotels. able t
accommodate $4,000 persons.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-12-16
Santa's Gifts.

The news that SAINT,
had left two Gift,
Inspired his brosde.t
srins.
But his grinnins
stopped
And he nearly DROP.
ped
When he learned the
two were twins!
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-12-16

Buffalo has a survivor Of the war
with Mexico in Joseph u. White
hale at 81.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-12-16

Her, is conversation we happened
90 hear.
Do my Christmas buying today
Nope was only shopping.
That's what makes the Wort. VI the
r,oyle Jehind the counters 50 hard at
this time OF the year.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-12-16

The Louisville Couricr-Journal csti-
mates that the joke concerning Ken
uckv's adherence oil water has been
printed g.3tJ,6SU times during the
,,ar. and each was liOe!ous,
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-12-16

TN, supreme bench would be bet
tor place for President Tart when he
1mzuaJ his present engagement than
d protessorship IN Yale; but either
would bc d,sniucd as well AS useful
and ru superior TO retirement on a
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-12-16

DR.. Isaac SharplesS. president OF
lIaverford College. "a years old today.
William IT, Kendall. eminent English
actor and manager % years old to-
day.
Rev. james NJ. Buckley, for more
than so years the editor OF the New
York Christian Advocate. - years old
today.
Earl Of Craven, whose marriage to
Miss Cornelia Martin was a notable
event in New York society about 20
years ago. - years old today.
Rufus Hardy. representative IN
Congress of the Sixth district Of Tex
as. 81 years old today.
Arsene y. Pujo. representative in
Congress OF the Seventh Louisiana
district and chairman Of the House
committee that is conducting the mon
ey trust investigation. II years old to-
dYN
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-12-16

ADVERTISE IN THE NEWS.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-12-16
THIS is MY 5STH BIRTHDAY"

Rear Admiral Austin NJ. knight, who
is IN command of the United States
cruisers Tennessee and Montana,
which have been sent to Constantine
pie to protect American citizens. whose
lives may be imperillcd by the war
fare in that vicinity. was born in
Ware. Mass. Dec. 16, 1871. lie grad
uatcd from the Annapolis academy at
the age of nineteen and rode through
the successive grades in the naval
service until lie attained his present
rank OF rear admiral III January OF
last year. In his many years Of ac-
tive service Admiral Knight has visit
cd nearly all parts of the world. Dur
ing the war with Spain he was en-
gagged in blockade duty OH the coast
OF Cuba. Later he served on various
important naval boards. He is re-
garded as one OF the best authorities
in the navy on the subject Of explo-
sivCs.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1912-07-19
H. H. Jacobs Modern Pump.
ing Plant.

II. II. Jacobs. u prominent Iowa
farmer who has recently become
one of the Invest farmers in the
Mimbres Valley, has just installed
a model pumping plant on his fine
farm in the Plainview district. His
equipment consists of u Is h, p.
Wagner motor. installed by the
Deming Ice n Electric Go. and an
American Well Works pump in
stalled by Ely 4 Dymond, the whole
equipment covered with the neat
est pagoda yet erected in the val
ley.
The well has about fifty feet of
water bearing strata with only six
feet of pipe perforation and 80 feet
lltt, yet is easily delivering TOO gal
Ions per minute. Watch Jacobs
smoke.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1912-07-19
Deming Leads Ten Cities.

II is 50 natural for Deming to
lead in everything that it has be-
come a fixed habit. We expect
everybody to ask us how to do
things and to he generous enough to
show them.
During the month of June the
III Paso Herald offered a cash prize
10 the newsdealers of outside cities
whose sales of Week End" Hcralds
headed the list.
Cities like Big Springs. Pecos,
colorado, .Sanderson. Cananea, Mar
ia, Midland and Marathon, Texas.
and Roswell, N. M, got into the
game, but LETTER 4 Field of this
CITY. put one over on them all and
got the coin.
Just shows the spirit Of Deming,
You know.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1912-07-19
Better Advantage for Money
Here.

In speaking of the sale of the big
Jacobs farm in Iowa. the E,mmcts-
burg Democrat says:
Nv. II. Coonan and Peter DAILY
have bought the II. II, Jacobs half
section farm in Ellington township.
1t is finely improved. They paid
something like $75 an acre for it.
In taking it at this price, they Ger.
tainly made a good deal. Mr.. ia
cobs has been at Deming. New
Mexico. for some time, and doubt
less thinks he can use his money to
better advantage in that locality
than he can in this county"
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1912-07-19
Lordsburg 3, Deming 2,

That tells the story of the battle
of the gladiators.
Morris Nordhaus went into the
box in his old time form and pitch
ed n great game and the score OF z
to 3 in favor of the visitors, gives
pretty plain evidence that catcher
Carter and the bunch gave him
exceedingly good support. Pierce
Hughes covered second, Rodolf
first and Walter Clark third. Char
lie Hughes looked after the inheld
and Watkins, Pat Carter and BiXler
covered the outfield.
The score by innings:
Lordsburg- loOozo o
n.m;ro- OOO0l0 OO-2
Umpire, Frank Nordhaus.
Deming scored one home run by
Nordhaus and Lordsburg one home
run by Nash.
Deming will meet the gallant SOL
diers of Fort Bayard Sunday after
noon mt 800 p. m. on the nome
grounds. The soldiers will come
down the night before and get a
yood nights rest. preparatory to
the big battle.