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The Calumet news., 1912-02-12
SPECIAL SESSION CALLED.

Governor Osborn this morning called
a special session of the legislature to
convene on Feb. 20.
Demands for this session have come
from all parts Of the state. especially
from the Roosevelt Republicans who
felt they could not hope to fight on
equal terms with the Taft leaders in
the conventions.
A presidential primary law is the
only hope of the Roosevelt Republicans
who are confident Michigan will de
clare itself for the nomination of the
former president If the voters are
given the privilege Of stating their
preference.
1t is right and proper that the peo-
pie should be allowed to say whom this
state shall support for the presidential
nominations. II places the power with
the majority, where it belongs, rather
han in the hands Of a few leaders
who may or may not express the true
sentiment Of the electors. The gov
ernor recognizes this right, and II the
legislature fails to enact a presidential
primary law TO enable the voters to ex-
press their choice the Legislature will
nave the people TO answer TO. So far
3 the governor is concerned he has
one his duty.
The Taft Martindale forces will be-
sate the governor for calling the spe-
al session and declare II TO be an un-
ecessary expense. They did not want
he session called because they feared
ne result OF a presidential primary.
They will not now be 50 confident OF
sending a Taft delegation TO the Chi
ago convention. and it is to be ex-
Dected they will line up against the
passage Of a preferential primary law.
50 far as the expense Of the session is
concerned IL viii amount 10 little
more than one cent per capita, and we
do not believe the people Of Michigan
Will begrudge that expenditure. Their
interests alone have been considered.
and IL IS just anothr step toward a
closer relationship between govern
ment and the common folks.
The Calumet news., 1912-02-12
ANNEXATION BENEFITS.

That both Porto Rico and the Unit
I'd States have benefited by the lat
ter's acquisition Of the island is shown
by report FOR 1911 Issued by the Bu-
reau of Statistics Trade between Por-
~ Rico and continental United States
10 the calendar year just ended
amounted 10 sevcnty-two million dol
lara, or eighteen times as much as in
1921. the year preceding the annexation
of that island by the United States.
The precise figures OF the trade with
Porto Rico in 1911 are: Merchandise
GENT 10 Porto Rico. s3G.79S.64s: recelv-
cd from Porto Rico, s35.i46.1ss; to-
tai OF S72,239,s32. In 1891 the last year
In which Porto Rico was foreign terri
tory, the figures were: exports thereto
s2,O23.751; imports therefrom, s1.s4s,-
.251; a total OF sS,9s7.OO2. Thus ship
ments Of merchandise to the island
gained In the period from 1897 TO 1911
$3f,76s.ss5, or about 1920 per cent,
while receipts OF merchandise there
The Calumet news., 1912-02-12
TERSE SAYINGS OF
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

promise made must be kept.
II Is not best to swap horses when
crossing a stream.
Have faith i'm the patriotic impulses
of the plain people.
You cannot overturn a pyramid, but
You can undermine IL.
No men living are more worthy to
be trusted than those who toll up from
poverty.
A mans character is like a tree: his
reputation like its shadow; the shadow
is what we think OF when the tree is
the real thing.
Let reverence for the laws be
breathed by every American mother to
the lisping babe that prattles on her
lap.
Towering genius disdams beaten
path. iaf
Only those who gain success can be
dictators .1
If all that has been said by orators
and poets in praise of women were ap-
piled to the women of America, it
would not do them Justice
Nothing valuable can be lost by TAX
ing time.
The Calumet news., 1912-02-12
TIMELY SUGGESTIONS.

At the recent meeting OF the Stat
Supervisors association at IAnsing
Deputy state Land Commissioner Glel
Munshaw read several appeals from
concerns and individuals for inexpen
sive Michigan state lands. each de.
string from 1000 TO s.ocO acres lie de-
tolared that many such letters are re-
ceived each day from unscrupulous
land dealers who desire to pay 81 an
acre for large tracts which they will
afterwards foist on the unwary for SIC
or $l5 an acre He suggested that the
state should sell directly to homeseek-
ers, and sell on the contract plan
whenever that is necessary.
It is suggestion which should be
adopted. The state lands would be set
lied upon much more rapidly were this
plan carried out. The danger Of over
charging for lands also is 10 be avoid
ed in the upper peninsula now that the
L. p. Development Bureau is attract
ing the attention OF homeseekers. A
timely warning was sounded at the re-
cent boosters meeting at Marquette
when Rev. Fr. Jodocy. of St. Johns
church Of that city. declared the bu-
reau must take It part OF its bust
ness 10 see that private land owners of
the upper peninsula sell their lands on
fair and reasonable terms II the ex-
pected development Is to materialize.
Not that prices have been raised or
that there is any present intention TO
raise them. but that such possibih-
~ must be avoided il the idle tillable
acreage is to be taken up and culti-
waited.
The real purpose of the bureau is
not TO enrich the land owners. but TO
people our fertile districts with farm
ers that this northern country may be-
come in reality garden spot" 1t is
an object which should appeal strong
ly to all interested in reducing the cost
Of living.
The Calumet news., 1912-02-12

from increased s3s.5O2.ss5, of 1925 per
cent.
The trade with Porto Rico since its
annsxation has grown more rapidly
than with any other commercial com
munity of Importance. and now ex-
ceeds the value of our trade with
Spain, or China, or India: Is nearly
equal to that with Argentina, and is
more than that with all British Ocea-
MIA including Australia or with the en-
tire continent of Africa. During the
period since 1897 in which shipments
from the United States to Porto Rico
increased 1920 per cent exports to Can
ada, with which our trade has grown
unusually rapidly in recent years, in
creased 800 per cent, those to Cuba $40
per cent, TO Argentina 745 per cent,
China 100 per cent. Japan 175 per cent,
Germany III per cent and to the Unit
ed Kingdom IL per cent.
Manufactures and foodstuffs from by
far the largest part OF the domestic
merchandise shipped to Porto Rico
from the United States. The principai
articles entering continental United
States from Porto Rico are sugar, ci-
gars and cigarettes tobacco. and fruits
and nuts. OF the total merchandise en-
tering Porto Rico in 1911, SO per cent
was from the United States, as against
II per cent in 1897, the year preceding
annexation, and of the shipments from
the island in 1911, SO per cent were 10
the United States, compared with Is
per cent in 1897.
The Calumet news., 1912-02-12

Unless the present rate Of divorce
Is stopped says Prof. Peabody. OF
Harvard, "more families viii in few
years be broken up by divorce than
by DEATH The break up Of the fam
ily. he points out, is seen everywhere,
and the conference and permanence Of
family life are seriously threatened.
Certainly divorce is increasing.
According TO the figures OF the census
bureau the divorce rate per 100000
in 1900 was 73. In 1880 it was 80. no
other country displays such large
percentage.
The Calumet news., 1912-02-12
BOOSTING FOR TAFT.

If there is one thing the Democrats
desire more than anything else just
now st is % see President Taft nomi-
mated. In fact. the game now being
played by the Democratic hosts and
newspapers IL to boost SIR TAFT Tor al
they are worth 4 good example Of
this is shown In the editorial page Of
last weeks Grand Rapids Chronicle.
edited and published by W y. wes-
ton. one Of the best known Demo
crats in tho state. A. the top n the
editorial column appears this.
The only Democrat paper in .
county Of 100000 population"
The first editorial is q quotation
from the New York World. % which.
by his silence at least. Nr. Weston
gives assent. tending to show the rap
IDLY growing sentiment and strength
of tho president He is likenod 20
Lincoln. but developed a surprising
strength and closes with the state
mont. Taft. like Lincoln. may be much
stronger than he seems"
Next comes an editorial headed,
"The Roosevelt Tide Receding." Then
comes what Is intended to be the proof
OF that statement and closing with the
statement: Certain IL is that Taft
stock among Republicans has advanc-
cd during the past two or three weeks.
while tho Roosevelt tide has become
less tempestuous."
II Is to smile. TO observe Mr.. wes-
The Calumet news., 1912-02-12

the spirit of mortal be proudg"
The sympathetic observer who
found there 80 splendid significance,
guessed the secret that lay within With
almost clairvoyant insight.
That is the opening line OF the poem
which was Linooln's favorite. II was
written by young Scotchman. who
died at the age of S5-thc age fatal
to Burns, Byron. Motherwcll ana 9TH
er gifted poets
To those who appreciate merltorious
verse, the same pleasure can bc en-
joyed here. In tho reading OF the poem
in its completeness. as was vouchsaf-
ed Lincoln on that night of rare peace
and talk of beauty amid the tumult OF
war and stress of his peoples peril,
This is the poem in full:
Mortality.
o. why should the spirit of mortal be
proud?
Life a swift-neeting meteor, fast
flying cloud,
A fash of the lightning, a break of the
wave.
lie passeth from life to his rest in the
grave
The leaves of the oak and the willow
shall fade,
BE scattered around, and together be
laid;
As the young and the old, the low
and the high,
Shall crunblc to dust and together
shall lie.
The infant mother attended and
loved.
The mother that infants affection who
proved.
The father that mother and infant
who blest,--
Each, all are away to that dwelling of
rest.
The maiden whose brow on whose
cheek. in whose eye.
Shone beauty and pleasure, her tri-
umphs are by
And alike from the minds of the liv-
ing erased.
Are the memories of mortals who /
loved her and praised.
rhe head of the king. that the sceptre
hath borne,
rhe brow of the priest, that the mitre
hath worn
The eve of the sage, and the heart of
the brave
Are hidden and lost i'm the depth of
the grave.
rho peasant, whose lot was to SOW
and to reap,
rhe herdsman, who climbed with his
goats up the steep
rhe besgar who wandered in search
Of his bread,
Have faded away like the grass that
we tread.
So the multitude goes, like the flower
or weed.
That withers away to let others sue
ceed;
So the multitude comes, even those we
behold, 7
TO repeat every tale that has often
been told.
For we are the same our fathers have |
been;
We see the same sights that our faith
ers have seen,
The Calumet news., 1912-02-12

The action of the Senate committee
on Privileges and Elections, approving
the report of it's subcommittee exon
Grating Senator Isaac Stephenson. was
Inevitable from the first as everybody
knew who was familiar with the evil
dence The long and expensive inves-
tigation was set on foot by political
malice-and the people will be called
upon 20 foot the bills.
The Calumet news., 1912-02-12
WRITING TO ORDER.

Eugene Walter. the wclI-known play :
wright. said at a dinner party at the
Ansonia, in New York:
1T is bad art TO write play
around an actor. Write the best play
you can. regardless OF this actor and
that. The other method suggests Gim-
lets.
"Gimlets-a great sore-was a play
wright He said to a friend one day,
The Calumet news., 1912-02-12
SaIves Can't Cure Eczema

disease germs and destroys them. then
soothes and heals tile skin as nothing
else has over done.
A 20 cent trial bottle Will start the
cure and give YOU instant relief.
We have made fast friends OF more
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The Calumet news., 1912-02-12

In regard To skin diseases. medical
authorities are now agreed ON this:
Don't imprison the disease germs In
your skin by the use of greasy salyes
and thus encourage them To multiply.
A true cure Of all eczematouS diseases
can be brought about only by using the
healing agentsi In the form of a liquid.
WASH THE GERMS OUT.
simple wash: A compound of oil
Of Wintorereeih Thymol. and other in
gredlcnts as combined in the II. ID. ID.
Prescription. This penctrates to the
The Calumet news., 1912-02-12

We drink the same stream, we see
the same sun,
And run the same course our fathers
have rum
The thoughts we are thinking our
fathers did think,
From the death we are shrinking our
fathers did shrink:
To the life we arc clinging our faith
ers did cling,
But it speeds from us all like the
bird on the wing.
They loved--but the story we cannot
unfold
They scorned. but the heart of the
naughty is cold:
They grieved, but no wall from their
slumbers viii como;
They joyed but the tongue of their
gladness is dumb.
that are now,
They died,-ah!they died; I'VE things
The Calumet news., 1912-02-12

ton boosting the TAFT stock 50 hard.
but let nobody believe for a moment
he has any idea OF jumping into the
Republican ranks. He Is merely doing
his best to boost Democratic stock By
watering that of the Republicans
The Calumet news., 1912-02-12

excitedly:
Congratulate me. I've got an
order for another melodrama from
Snowman
Ibid Snowman supply the plot?'
the friend asked.
'Well-er-." said Gimlets, he
showed me all the scenery he had"
The Calumet news., 1912-02-12
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION;
Rv Mail or Carrier.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1912.

If they find Dorothy Arnold they
might go on and find Charley Ross or
even our old friend, Doc Cook.
The Calumet news., 1912-02-12
THIS is MY ssRD slR1 HoAY.y

Calbraith Rodgers. the noted long
distance aviator was born i'm New
York City. February IL, 1879. and was
educated in the public schools, CO.
lumbia University and the University
of virginia. He became pupil In
the Wright School OF Aviation at Day
ton. D., last July and made his quali-
Tying flights for a license the next
month. His first exhibitions of conse-
iuence were made during the interna :
tional meet in Chicago last Septem-
Der when he captured prize of S.
600 and another of $4,000. lie started on
his famous transcontdnental trip on
September IL, from Sheepshead Bay
and landed at Pasadena, Cal, on No
vember 5. having covered 4.231 miles.
Mr.. Rodgers IL a son of Captain Rod
gers, U. $. NJ, and a grandson OF Com
modore Perry.
The Calumet news., 1912-02-12
FAvORlTE POEM OF OUR
IMMORTAL PRESIDENT.

OF Abraham Lincoln il was once
said that the prevailing sentiment of
his powerful, yet sad. countenance was
expressed in the line. "Oh. why should
The Calumet news., 1912-02-12

Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Longworth,
daughter OF ex-President Roosevelt. rs
years old today.
Judson G. Clements. member OF the
Interstate Commerce Commission. ss
years old today.
Prof. William Morris Davis. geologlst
of Harvard University, So years old TO i.
day.
The Calumet news., 1912-02-12

That walk on the turf that lies over
their brow.
And make in their dwellings, a tran
sient abode
Meet the things that they met on their
pilgrimage road.
Yes. hope and dospondency pleasure
and pain, ~ A.
Are mingled together i'm sunshine ana
rain;
And the smile and the tear anu the
song and the dirge.
stu follow each other like surge upon
surge.
Tis the wink Of an eye, tbs the
draught of a breath,
From the blossom of health TO the
paleness of death. -
From the gilded saloon to the bier and
the shroud;
o, why should the spirit OF mortal be
proud?
William Knox
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-11-13

Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett, and
all who have read THE Shuttle
Little Lord Fauntleroy" will lake
keen interest in this new information
al story whose hero begins as a Kew
York newsboy and becomes an Eng
lish peer.
Robert Kitchens, the novelist, and
Jules Guerin, the illustrator, will
contribute new travel series on the
now embattled region From the
Adriatic to the Bosphorus. - James
Davenport Whelpley will continue
his century TRADE of the World
Papers" Pierre Lott of the French
Academy tells what he thinks Of
America and the Americans. Several
sparkling articles on 1.-The Unmarried
Woman will be among the Century
features of interes| to women, and
there will also be articles on woman s
progress generally as we'll as a fIrth-
er discussion IF THE Fraternity ISoa
among College Women" which be-
gan in the November number just is
sued.
Joseph Pennel, whose Autographs
of the Panama Canal were a Century
feature several months ago, will con-
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-11-13
The New Year of the Century
- MAGAZINE

The Century Magazine, whose new
year began with the November num-
Der, now on sale, promises a large
number of attractive features for
1913. Foremost among the features
of general interest will be the after
the War" series, made up of articles
on various points of American pro-
gress during the last SO years and
written by famous American ediFcrs,
including Col Henry Watterson of
the Louisville Courier-JournaI
(whose first article appears in the
November number), Gen. Harrison
Grey Otis of the Los Angeles Times,
Melville e. Stone of the Associated
Press. Charles r. Miller, Charles A.
Conant, Arthur Holman, William
Jennings Bryan and others who have
been participants in stirring tents
of national interest. This series is in
many particulars secret history of
a half century of American life.
The century's new serial will be by
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-11-13

Mrs. John Gardyne OF Rock Island
P. O., has been visiting at the Rev,
James Hutchinson's.
Mrs. Robert Monroe is visiting al
Charles Monroe's at Beebe Plain.
Mrs. Clara Bean will not 80 back
to the Mary Fletcher hospital. AT
resent she is stopping Win hel
sister, Mrs. Fred Folsom.
Blanche Conner visited her sister,
Mrs. Olin Abbott, at Barton last
week.
Carl Barney is attending the AL
bany Business college, Albany, N. Y.
Mrs. T.. ]. Gates of Newport was
in town last week.
Mrs. Myles Gilman of st. Johns
bury is staying with her sister, Miss
Annie Houghton, during the illness
and death of their father and mother
which occurred within the past two
weeks.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-11-13
A Gift wan . Thonght In u

That's one very simple way out Of
the Christmas shopping problem:
don't shop, but sit quietly at home
and subscribe for The Youths Com
panion. The chances are, too, that no
present you could buy for the young
friend or the family you delight tc
honor could confer so much pleas
ure as this gift of The Youths Com
panion for a whole round years.
weeks issues, and the Sind as keenly
anticipated and enjoyed as the very
first.
There will be stories for readers of
every age; sound advice as to ath-
letics; suggestions for the girl at
college or making her own way in
the world; good things for every
member of the family-all for $500
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The one to whom you give the sub
scription will receive free all the re-
naming issues of 1912, as well as
The Companion Window Transparent
cy and Calendar for 1913, in rich,
translucent colors. 1t is to be hung
in the window or, over the lamp
shade. You, too, as giver of the pres
ent will receive a copy of it. Adv.
THE YOUTHS COMPANION
IA Berkeley ST., Boston, Mass.
New Subscriptions Received at this
Office.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-11-13
RYEGATE

Mr.. and Mrs. S. F. Nelson visited
their son, James, who is attending
the Agricultural school at Randolph.
They went to Brattleboro on their
return trip to visit their two nieces,
and families, Mrs. Wilbur RenfreW
and Mrs. James Gibson.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. H. Symes attend
ed the funeral of their sister-in-law
Mrs. David Brock at Wells River on
Saturday at two O'Clock.
Mr.. and Mrs Fred H. White ex-
pect to leave for a six months stay
in California on Thursday.
Mrs. J. A. Nolan went to st
Johnsbury one day last week.
The Ladies Missionary society will
meet at the parsonage on Thursday
The topic for the November meetine
will be used Important factors in
Missions" Leader, Mrs. J. c. Tay-
lor.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. H. White went to
Bradford on Saturday to visit their
cousin, Miss Lydia White.
The Unity class held a business
meeting with Miss Orpha Nolan on
Wednesday evening.
Word has been received of the
marriage of Raleigh Nelson, son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. J. H.~Nelson, OF Rye
gate, to Miss Margaret Lovetta Leary
of Pittsfield, Mass.
Mr.. Chapman, manager of the
Jersey Hill creamery has moved his
family into the house recently bought
by Chauncey Murray.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Brooks will
move into the M. H. Gibson house
vacated by Mr.. Chapman.
]. L. McKirahan visited the Wells
River school on Friday of last week.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-11-13

tribute four new groups Of pictures.
Timothy Cole, foremost OF wood en-
gravers, will continue his reproduc-
tons of old masters. The inustra-
tors whose work viii be found in
The Century for the new year include
almost all Of those best known, In
Guiding Castaigne, Rackham, Bran
gwyn, Birch, de Monvel. Du Mond,
Keller and Berger. AS usual The Cen
fury will contain many stories by
well known writer's OF short fiction,
among them owen Johnson, Eden
Phillpotts, Ruth McEnery Stuart,
Lucy Furman, and Ellis Parker nut
Ter. ADV.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-11-13

Newburyport, Mass, Mrs. Chas.
Jackman, states:-'' I greatly feared
1 was going to have tuberculosis so
got FoIey's Honey and Tar Com.
pound and took it. The hemorrhages
stopped and today I am well
strong woman with no sign of tu-
berculosis trouble. I always keep
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound
in the house as it keeps the whole
family free from colds" c. C. Bing-
ham. yes Adv.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-11-13

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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-11-13

Ford from East St. Johnsbury and
Mr. and Mrs. Lyle SpauIulns IrOm
St. Johnsbury.
Miss Verna Wilkie has finished
work for Mrs. r.. j. Bennett and is
spending the week with Mrs. H. r..
Richards.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-11-13

Perfect
electrically Welded
Fence

It's time to repair old and erect
new fence. Do it right. Use the
welded fence that has no clamps to
rust and no slack wires to slip and
get out of place, spelling the eff
fciencY as we'll as the appearance
of the fence. Use a fence with
stay wires as large as line wires.
In buying Pittsburgh, your money
buys heavier wires than are used
in other makes. This means long
er life and better satisfaction. Con-
slider this fact: From 6ao to 2396
and more of the weight per rod of
any wrapped or clamped fence is
in the zOrabS or clamps, which add
nOthing>to strength but detract from
appearance, effectiveness and dura-
bility Why pay for uaSke zOiYe
which adds nothing but dead zOeight
and cost? A fence is like chain,
no stronger than its weakest link.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-11-13
MONROE

Earnest T. Howett of Monroe, and
Mary Ida Philips of Southbridge
were united in marriage at the Meth
odist parsonage by Rev. D. E. Burns
Friday, Nov. 8.
Mr.. and Mrs Harry Lang spent
Sunday at the parsonage.
Mrs. Freeman Johnson, who has
been visiting her mother in White
field returned home Saturday
Herman Douglas is working in
William Hunts store.
Charlie Woodland and Harlie
Woodward have gone to Haverhill
N. H, deer hunting.
Miss Virginia Hastings who has
been keeping house for Mrs. Johnson
the past two weeks, has returned
home.
There was a large atten lance at
the last grange meeting at which fh~
DEPUTY was present.
A large crowd was present at the
dramatic play at Barnet Tuesday.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-11-13
WEST WATERFORD

E. c.. Chandler is setting IN a mil
ling machine at his large farm.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson B1odeett Wis
tied last Friday at Mr.. and Mrs.
Carl BIodgett's. Thew are going this
week TO Lyndon to visit his brother.
Flovd and from there to visit her
mother in Canada.