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The Calumet news., 1912-08-22
SHAMPOO FOR THE JOURNEY
Simple Preparation That Is Little
Trouble to Carry and VIII
Prove Great Comfort.

Every woman has known the misery
of needing a shampoo after a journey
and not being able TO have IL at once
because OF a lack of facilities. The
hot and cold water may be handy, but
not the shampoo medium. So prepare
this before you leave homo and carry
It along in a tightly-stoppered bottle
a three-ounce vial would do. Boil cas-
tile soap shaved to a powder-about
two heaping tablespoonfuls-in a lit
tie water, putting in about two salt
spoonfuls of washing soda. When get
ting ready to wash the hair massage
wee bit of cold cream into the scalp.
then slightly wet the hair and work
In the soap jelly or liquid-into the
scalp of course. Rinse as usual, try.
ing to keep the successive waters at
an even temperature. IL is the sudden
change from hot To cold water which
makes the hair harsh as II is so often
found to be after the most careful
shampoo. The reason given by the
beauty people for boiling the soap
used In shampoOs is that this prepa-
ration makes 1t still more bland; II
the hard cake is rubbed directly upon
the hair IT is bound to be harsh and
less bright than II the head is wash
ed by a regularly-prepared soap as
directed.
The Calumet news., 1912-08-22
RATE REGULATION
HAS FORCED PROSPERITY
ONTO THE RAILROADS

A very interesting article in the Sep
temher American Magazine shows hon
railroad rate regulation has forced
prosperity onto the railroads. Follow
ing is an extract:
One simple fact. When we started
To regulate them. the railroads wer,
paying dividends on $3.50 of every
hundred dollars of stock uutstandinc.
And on 50 much of the stock as drew
! dividends. lthe average rate was i've
I and three eighths per cent. At he
last report they We're paving dividends
on SCI out OF every hundred dollars
outstanding. and the average rate on
that was "a per cent. 1ii
Another simple fact In ail their
years Of hapnx iudapendence down to
1899. all the railroads in the United
states had accppulated a surplus of
SlS4 100000. ~ the next ten years.
when regulaH@ was doing its worst.
they hey in inereat their sean'y bodeas to
with regulation. disastrous rate
wars ceased. From the primitive scale
of four Or-nve cents per ton mile, there
Lad been n rapid descent during the
middle of the century. Thirty years
ago IL vas a marvel that the rate was
approaching a cent ton. That was "a
bogey score. something like ten sec
onds 1t. or mile in two inmates. All
three marks were passed about the
a ti1nn ha ,,li h.
mill line in 1899. Ten years later 1t
had slipped down and down to the
subzero Of .72e. wenty five per cent
helOW the theoretical line OF possible
profit fixed by earlier statisticians!
That was in the splendid days of
unrestricted railroad management. the
glorious days Of chivalry when any
gentleman had a right 10 stick aif-
other gentleman under the ffth rib
without offending the rulos of the game
Those were the days when every
freight solicitor was PLAYING Kilkenny
With every other. Happy, happy days!
When regulation set In the decline
was stayed. The average rate crept
up Ia rs per ton mile i'm the next
ten years. IL advanced because pub
hlishcd rates were maintained, because
commodities were shifted to higher
classihcations because in the natural
course of development the profitable
short haul hllcd in the earnings in
larger degree. because with the pro-
gress of industry the proportion of
manufactured prcduCts rose In COM
parson with raw mHterial; and IN
some cases because of a positive lifi
In rates But the tendency has been
and still is To advance. II may not
look like very great gain. from
low point of 1922 TO ia I'm ten years
hut II bulks quite sum i'm units
that are measured To the ifth decimal
place on one hand and Ia the thou
sand millions on the other"
The Calumet news., 1912-08-22
New Candle Shadea-

Because they can be lined with as.
Destos, which protects them from liz.
niting with the flame of a candle or a
lamp. exceedingly pretty little shades
OF cardboard are being extensively
used. These shades are hand painted
In colors in stained glass effects. ae
wei as In a host OF floral and con.
yentional patterns. or the four sides
are divided into panels and decorated
with card suits. The cardboard
shades which come already decorated
are even more attractive than are the
homemade varieties, because they
show landscape and characteristic
scenes In Japanese hand painting.
Next In favor TO these asbestos lined
shades are the ones OF copper or Da.
mascus brass. pierced In wicker.
The Calumet news., 1912-08-22
INVESTMENT sMINpLEs.

DO the people Of the United, state,
realize that investments in swindlina
stocks cost them the enormous amount
OF three hundred million dollars q
year. II is fact 1t is also a fact
that under the administration OF fges-
ident Taft the Postoihce Department.
with the cooperation Of the Attorney
GENERALS department of the federal
government has been extraordinarily
active in running down swindling CON
Germs which make use of the mails to
procure victims. and that this vigil
lance on the part Of the government
has saved millions Of dollars 10 the in
vesting public.
II il not 10 be supposed that the cut
ting OF of fake Investment awindle.s
from the use Of the mails viii put an
end TO the plucking Of confdine people
who have money 10 invest and are not
shrevd enough to keep it out OF tae
hands Of rssC ais who would rob them.
But what the government has done
VIII save thousands from being rob
bed necause in the past a great deal
OF this illegitimate business las beer
carried on through the mails.
The Calumet news., 1912-08-22

are greatly pleased and benefited b,
these prosecutions without being al
all aware of their own pleasurabls
emotions!
For If the Taft administration is
conferring such "benetts" On them by
enforcing the antitrust law. why IS
Il that Perkins. Munsey. Mccormick,
etc, are not supporting Taft instead OF
Roosevelt. and not pouring their mon
ey into the Taft instead of the Roose-
welt campaign Golfers?
The colonel will be telling the pub
lie next what tremendous blow he
dealt the Harvester trust by getting
that dissolution suit discontinued
though II may be little awkward for
his argument that he did so at the
instance OF the ubiquitous Mr.. Per-
Nins and because OF letter from his
commissioner OF corporations stating
that IL would be unwise 10 go on with
the prosecutions and thus ALLEVIATE the
favor of the great Morgan interests.
Seriously, Mr. Roosevelts pose of
hutagonism 10 the trusts is humbug
oH the lace OF it. In 1904, when he was
absolute boss OF his own campaign
and was inviting Mr., Hartman To
Washington for that famous confer
ence, ne and his aids had the biggest
campaign fund ON record-not penny
less than 100000
Where did he get it.? Not in drib-
lets from the common people" GER
Iainly. Many thousand dollars
Of it came from Standard oil. as the
country now knows; and there was
another fat check from a gentleman in
high finance, who, as the insurance in
yestisation showed, subsequently go'
ais rebate from insurance company
.unds an dat the cost of the policy
lolders.
After listening 10 the claims of vari-
1us candidates, one is led to believe
hat the presidential electors intend L.
'ote early and often.
The Calumet news., 1912-08-22
RAILWAYS IN ALASKA
Report on Available Routes and Es
Inmates Of Cost


! The full Industrial deVelopmcnt oI
inland Alaska is possible only by con.
struggling railways that viii furnish
transportation To open ports on the
Pacific. Though Alaskans have long
heen clamoring for adequate tcanspor-
tation facilities. the general public out
side of the Territory has only recent
| iy begun To understand that The open
ing Of the minero! wealth and aiahlo
lands of this great empire is a matter
0t national Importance.
Many plans have been proposed Cor
building railways i'm Alaska either by
public or by private enterprise. and
various measures are now before Con-
gress dealing with this subject
In view OF this situation a report
just issued bv the United States Geo
logical Survey entitled Railway routes
IN Alaska," Dv Alfred n. Brooks
fiulletin 520-A,) is of much interest.
This report briefly summarizes all the
data bearing on the Fairbanks, on tho
TanaHa with one of several possible
coastal terminals on the Pacific sea-
board The distance To tideNatcr by
the several routes varies from $40 to
over 500 miles Experienced engineers
have estimated the average cost per
mile Of constructing this line at S40.
600.
ANY one of the several proposed rail
ways described in this report wouid
render accessible the groat ~aso,,-cce G.
of what has been termed central Alas
la, quadrangular area of about 200.
goo square niles extending from the
Pacific seaboard To the Arctic Circle
Central Alaska has produced from it's
rlaceTs gold to the valre OF S75 900 QUO
It's output in 1911 being over $4,000. 200
II includes also several aurifernus
lode districts aud two important cop
per belts. one of these copper bells
has been rendered accessible by a
railway some 200 miles long extending
inland from CordoVa. Central Alaska
also Includes the high- grade Goals of
the Rering liver and Matanuska fit Ids,
rs we'll as very extensive deposits of
Ignite coal. In addition TO it's MIN
eral wealth which will Justify railways,
central Alaska contains much valuable
agricultural and grazing land.
This publication not only summarizes
data on topography and mineral re-
sources but also touches on climate
conditions. distribution of population.
and arabic lands, etc Ii is Illustrated
by new map showing the distribution
cf mineral resources in Alaska. 4 lust
Of Government publications relating to
railway routes in Alaska is append
ed
The same bulletin (t25-A) contains a
summary statement of the mining it,
dustry of Alaska in 1911. together with
statistics of production.
A copy of the report may be oh
tanned free on application 60 the M
rector of the Geological Survev, Wash
ington, ID. G.
The Calumet news., 1912-08-22
PoLITlcs AND BUSINESS

The question whether politics is m-
fsvoraby affecting business in lhis
Presidential year has been asked al
intervals since last spring before the
national conventions. Sometimes tne
answer has been a confident negative.
A dispatch from New York an
nounces the Issuance of the following
statement by the Republican national
committee.
Manufacturers Of Great Britain and
Of the United states, a. safeguard
Of the inevitable hard times colnci-
dent with a Democratic administration
at Washington have turned TO Lloyds
OF London for insurance against loss
IN the event Of Woodrow Wilson's elec-
tion.
Already the London concern
through its New York agent has issued
policies of this nature 10 manufactur-
go '''t' ''Hliil W anu UEulth nom
the other side show that directors Of
large industries In the mother coun-
ny have sought similar protection
The prospect Of Republican success
never has caused men to u-y prem
-ums TO insurance companies for re.
eompense in ease Of possible disaster.
When the Republican party. after lis
last exile came back into power
through the election Of 1896 the inau-
suration Of President Mckinney was
hcr"ided by the opening Of factories
that had been closed ard the employ.
nent "f labor that had been iole.
business men have not yet forgotten
what happened under the plight Of
Democratic tariff tinkering. They sim
regard the Republican party as "the
advance agent Of prosperity"
The Calumet news., 1912-08-22
new YORK LEADS IN AUTOS
MICHIGAN IS IN TENTH PLACE

While the growth of the automobile
in America is universally recorded a.
one Of the most remarkable featur, :
OF the worlds commercial progI ess
few persons nave any definite idea o.
the exact figures which represent thi..
industry.
An estimate based ON the most CON
servative and accurate figures obtaiH-
able indicate that there are at pres
ent Ia use Ia the United States $50.
OOO automobiles During the las; six
months there have been registered in
all the states 3l,574 commercial saso.
line vehicles and 30 600 electric Ne
hicles. at total registration fec 1f
.S476e.S73.
Among the states, New York still
retains the lead ia the number of reg
istrations. with total To date of y.
4C7, a gain ot SASS cars since the FIRST
nf the year. California is the next i'm
line, showing the tremendous increase
OF ls,50l between January and NuN
this year and total Of 1908.
New JERSEY, by reason of her reci-
procity bill dropped this year from
third 10 seventh place with a total To
July OF $4,000. an increase from the
year cf 10000 Pennsylvania
moved 20 the fourth place with reg
lstration Of 81 257. an increase Of 1855
Illinois took nth place. succeeding
massachusetts which cropped Ia
eighth. The total registration in Iii
nois To july ! was 47l04. a gain of
g, GOO during the year Indiana sue
ceeded To sixth place with 46,S26,
gain of 10000
New Jersey took seventh place wi,a
a total TO july / of 42.632, whicn IN
comparison with her figures OF last
year Us, ,266), shows that 5.62S cars
belonging TO resld, nts were net
registered this year in New Jersey.
Massachusetts occupies the eighth |
place with a regis tration of 42 900 a !
gain of 3.093 compared with last year |
iowa retains ninth place with regis /
The Calumet news., 1912-08-22
HIS QUAINT DEFENSE

Col Roosevelt has taken new line
OF defense against The thickeninR as.
saults from all sides against his trust
connections.
In reply TO Attorney General Wick.
ersham's statement that more trust
prosecutions had been won under the
Tart than under the Roosevelt admin
istration Ga very mild way of putting
iD, the colonel retorts that these suits
against the trusts are welcomed BY
them and adds:
II Mr. Wickersham will conduct to a
similar conclusion few more suits
Of the same kind he will confer bene-
fits upon the trusts such as an Of them
put together can mot confer upon
themselves.
An; so II appears that the trusts
The Calumet news., 1912-08-22
New Color Schemes.

Navy blue and violet are dominating
colors In millinery. and are mixed
very artistically with light threads OF
cerise, orange, green and gray straw.
Even the new flowers show the infiu-
ence of these contrasting mixtures,
and often some novelties In their ar
rangements
Poppies Of shot taffetas succeed the
white poppies of velvet Each petal
rests on another large petal of green
crepe de chine, forming border all
round, while the heart or center OF the
flower Is in ostrich feathers, either
black or yellow. This is an amusing
novelty for the spring millinery. J
The Calumet news., 1912-08-22
Eavored 4 ac.c

Sales of Cluny bands continue large
says the Dry Goods Economist. New
Barmen Clunys in linen varieties are
In excellent request for use on waists
dresses and muslin underwear. The
recent demand centres on to S.incb
widths. Real Cluny continues in fair
position, the 2-inch widths being es.
peeially favored for waist trimmings.
The extremely wide widths have fall
en- of slightly. Shadow laces contin.
ue to exhibit quite q bit OF selling
strength, particularly allovers ana
wide bands, and the outlook for their
good summer distribution remains IA,
vorable. The demi-founcings are
making headway in high-clsss lines.
The Calumet news., 1912-08-22

This Is new and very effective de-
sign for linen, easement cloth or any
washing material.
The skirt has deep killing at foot
headed by a two-inch wide band
stitched at each edge.
The blouse-bodice is made with a
short basque; II is arranged in small
pox-pleats; the sailor collar and deep
Guns are of spotted material.
Hat OF hay.colored straw. trimmed
with bows of spotted ribbon.
Materials required for the dress: 8
yards "A inches wide. * yard %
inches wide for collar and cuffs.
The Calumet news., 1912-08-22
WHERE HAVE 1nsY GOMEZ

We confess that We read with feel
mss Of regret the news that the Pop
Mist party has gene the way of al
new parties" orsanized during the
past 20 or 50 wears, comments the
Saginaw Courier Herald That oniy
eight delegates could he mastered u
attend its recent national convention
at 81. Louis is convincing evidence tnat
ii is dead enough for burial; perhaps
the convention was I'm the nature Of
obsequies and in that regard the eight
delegates performed useful fGac-
tion. Upon reflection our regret over
us demise seems 20 be based upon me
passing from view of about as pictur-
osque a band of wild-eyed and Wild
haired reformels as ever came down
the political pike. While they were
\ In the height OF theiT glory they added
80 mach To the hilarity of the nation
or that part of It which still retain
"a some grip on common sense-t hat
as mere spectacle OF how over-e9r
nest men and women can go entirely
wrong on the simplest economic quec-
tions they were worth keeping at q.
They seem 10 have faded away without
any Of US realizing that they nave
long passed on the stage until these
eight anachrcnisms. meek and whls-
kerless. get a few lines in the nights
dispatches.
But where have they disappeared
Where is Pener. whose whiskers ANA
speeches once enlivened dull days In
The nited States senate or foutcd the
rushing winds of his native Kansas
prairies2 And Mary Ellen Lease. one
of the very earliest OF or suffra gettes,
with nerve that abashed even that
.of the redouhtable Carrie Nation, also
"a production Of sunflower reform? Al
so Jerry Simpson who got into con-
Rress and put his feet Up on his desk
un the very day 10 show the effete and
deoadent east that he scorned to wear
socks? And f.eedy, once Populist gov
ernoi Il Kansas. who conceived the
United States subtreasury scheme for
potatoes, rutaDagas and corn: And
Bloody Rridles' Waite, who was go
ing 70 start revolution all his own?
And so on ana 50 on where nave they
all gone. these Don Quixo.es and San
cho Panzas who fought the political
windmills tor were themselves the pol
itical windmills. of half a generation
ago?
Vanished, alasi and once more alas
for good measure. Are they in the
ranks of that melancholy procession
~ has beens who can never come
tack?' Unsparing death has claimed
some OF them. no doubt and the 9th
ers have perhaps drifted into the linn
bo OF the forgotten, where only the
reminiscent glories of a forensic past
Keep up their interest In life But if
we could only have them back now.
Why these street corner political med
iCine fakirs that agitate the atmos
phere. and get all the best positions on
The front page now. would sound likc
soft summer zephrs beside those cy-
clonic giants OF vocal disturbance, bred
and trained to battle with the sim
breezes OF Kansas.
The Calumet news., 1912-08-22

A mob in Georgia felt that it simply
must nave a hand in il, so il took the
Negro prisoner from the sherir just as
the official was about 10 hans him and
hanged him on a tree outside the jail
yard This is fine sample of mob
reasoning.
The Calumet news., 1912-08-22
THURSDAY, AUGUST %, 1912.

The Democrats are very confident
OF winning the presidential election
But this is nothing new. They alway ;
are i'm August.
The Calumet news., 1912-08-22

A German government commission
has been sent 10 Belgium To investi-
gate the methods used 20 prevent fire
damp explosions i'm coal mines In that
country.
Mrs Eliza May Webb. Deavef. has
just celebrated her one hundredth
birthday.
The Calumet news., 1912-08-22

The surveyor OF customs at New
Orleans says thar he has been tied
for supporting Roosevelt and other
federal employees make the same com
plant. What did they expect
raise" in salary
The Calumet news., 1912-08-22

Dr. Castor Odln of Paris claims
Minneapolis and ST. Paul report
epidemic Of canine rabies.
lac has found and Isolated the microbc
Of cancer
The Calumet news., 1912-08-22


While not perfumes exactly. toilet
waters are always scented. and their
use is very beneficial to the skin. usr.
lcularly in the summer. when il needs
all the refreshment II can get. Tba
scented waters are diluted with plsin
water for use, for some OF the vim.
egars are SO strongly perfumed as 10
seem disagreeable when used full
| strength.
From 20 drops to teaspoonful OF
the toilet water is put In a basin bath
the water so treated being intended
Tor the rinsing after cleaning
sponge or tub bath The LIQUID is left
10 dry on the skin, as one of the chief
purposes of the toilet water Is its tom.
ic effect. After weary day, a rub.
down with good toilet water, proDer.
ly diluted, makes one feel like a new
being, and while 1t is very convenient
to get the vinegars ready made they
can be turned out at home very easily
and sometimes much more cheaply
or all the fragrant toilet waters
none is so much used as rose water.
and when this Is pure it possesses the
greatest cosmetic virtues. One for.
mula for this delicious toilet water
calls for four pounds of rose petals
and ten quarts of water. The water
Is first distilled and then poured cold
upon the petals, which are shaken
around in the liquid. Then the vessel
is loosely covered and put in a cool
dark place for several weeks, until
the liquid becomes odorous. Then II
is again distilled. and the drippings
are gathered in small bottles and
closely corked.
Another formula calls for putting
the rose petals In an earthern lar
and covering them with a weak brine
or common salt. The roses may be
gathered every day, and the petals
added as they come handy.
An improved still can be made by
fastening an india rubber tube to the
spout OF a tea kettle and passing il
through cold water to condense the
steam The distilate,. or drippings
should be received in a glass or earth
.en receptacle; for II toilet waters
come in contact with copper, zinc or
lead, they will exidize the metals.
Stills for home use. however. can be
bought very cheaply in the shops
from dollar and half up.
Many other garden blooms with
pungent odors. or even family delicate
ones, can be used for exquisite and
helpful toilet waters-mignonette ILL.
les of the valley, clove-pinks, valer-
ian, heliotrope. honeysuckle, vlolets.
jasmine, etc. In New Or
leans and Charleston Creole ladies
often drop the more richly scented
blooms into pure alcohol allowing
them to digest or soak in the spirits,
when the odor thoroughly permeates
the alcohol.
toilet liquid much used by the
ladies' OF the olden times, and often
called to this day ''angel water" is
much esteemed for it's beauty value.
II can be made at home in the follow.
Ing manner:
The Calumet news., 1912-08-22
AN oRANoe oPTIMIsT.

j. Willis Westlakc. the noted Florida
pomolosist said in a recent a.ldres,
at Lake Helen:
The orange grower must be an op-
ilmist TO succeed lie can't expect
10000 oranges from every tree at the
start lie should show the spirit Of
John Blanc.
Blanc's first orange crop. when he
settled In Florida. wasn't much "a
boast OF. The man. however. kept NJ
heart
How did your oranges do?' n fricnG
asked him at the seasons end.
Oh we had few he replied
Good ones@
'fine! said Blanc. My wife uscl
Them In place of lemons. Il makes
quite a saving
The Calumet news., 1912-08-22

As "A matter of fact. the Wisconsin
fegistrations~. now number 23,l5t
Within week more than a thousand
tags have been issued.
The Calumet news., 1912-08-22

Dr. Paul Hullhorst 1las begun agi,a
ton in Chicago against building fence,
around public schools.
The best recorded speed for a
running horse is SO feet a second.
The Calumet news., 1912-08-22

time-piece with many women who like
to carry watches.
Not only is this contrivance in Jew
elry being worn by women, but the
men of France and even in New York
City have adopted 1t because OF its
practicability and convenience. Sew
eral designs are being shown by fash
ionable jewellers this season. The
ladies' styles are made in gold, silver
and oxidized silver; the mems I'm
leather bracelets and gold or silver
watches.