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come loose and the shoe otherwise
gives unsatisfactory service.
FIBRE COUNTERS-The so-called
horn-fibre counter is made of leather
scrap and other waste material re-
duced 10 a pulp and nodded into
shape. II absorbs moisture easily and
cannot take the place of solid leather
for making substantial and durable
counters, BY substituting horn-fi
for leather the manufacturer can save
. cents to 10 cents per pair on the
counters alone.
STRAWBOARD -- This material
contains no leather whatever II is the
cheapest kind Of brown pasteboard
made into thick sheets and il used by
certain manufacturers in heels, count
ers and innersoles. 1t is possible to
use this material in shoe and so
finish the shoe on the outside that il
will sell for $500 or more, but a shoe
So constructed will not give as good
service as an all-leather shoe sold at
80 cents TO 20 cents a pair less.
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NAVY TO BURN 24,ooo,o0o
GALLONS OF CRUDE OIL ON
eATTLESHiPS THIS YEAR.

Washington, Jan. THE navy will
burn 100000 to 24,0OO.O00 gallons OF
crude petroleum this year and so rap
idly is the consumption increasing by
the addition of new oil burning battle
ships that Paymaster General Cowie
has informed the House committee on
naval affairs that next year probably
20,000,0c0 gallons would be required.
without sacrificing other features,
gun protection or cruising radius oil 9.
burning battleships could be given o
speed about two knots greater than n
coal burning vessel. which probably
would be a decisive factor In battle.
According to Admiral Cowie, how.
ever. a ship can steam three and one
half times as far on coal as she can on
fuel oil at an equal expense. The price
Of fuel oil in the navy has increased
60 per cent within one year,
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all increases of salary Originally II
was not an abuse. for II began long
before the DAYS OF railroads and when
members salaries were small.
Twenty cents mile each way To
and from Washington was not so
much out Of the way when members
travelled ON horseback or by stage
coach or private conveyance and had
TO pay tavern bills. But since the era
OF railroads the allowance Is many
times the actual cost of travel To
private citizens who are subpoenaed
from any part of the United States,
as witnesses in the federal courts, b
cents mileage each way 10 cents
for the round trip, is allowed. This
is fairly liberal and Congress evident
~ thinks it is enough for private cit
i2ens, but it allows its own members
20 cents a mile each way. The abuse
is strongly entrenched with Congress
itself holding the key to the situation.
Mir. cox may make a hole in il. Here 5
power to his battering ram.
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Hedgehoes as Housecleaners.

Maine woodsmen. when In camp dur
ing the winter. entertain many strange
lguests-bluejays. chickadees, wood
mice and hedsehogs among them, SAYS
writer In the New York Sun. One
woodsman. 1t appears. on leaving camp
on a Saturday afternoon used to neg
lect, purposely. to close the door Of his
shack In order that the hedgehogs
might enter and clean his door. Inas.
much as the principal constituents of
Tie camp menu are pork and beans.
bacon and other dishes rich In fat. con.
siderable grease Is spilled upon the
moor In the course of n week. and n
hedgehog will risk his neck M any
Time for bit of fat. Just as soon.
therefore. as this particular camp was
deserted by its occupants. the spiny
gluttons would hasten I'm and begin 70
plane of the surface or the door with
their chisel shaped teeth. eating away
all the wood that held trace of
grease. On his return TO camp the
owner could sweep up and enjoy the
comforts OF n clean house for another
week The only serious objection 10
this method or housecleaning lay In the
fact that 1t was necessary to lay new
camp floor rather frequently.
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womAN's SUFFRAGE AGAIN.

II is practically certain now that the
! voman's suffrage issue will be re-sub-
mitted to the voters of Michigan al
the April election. The Michigan
Equal Suffrage association has decid-
go upon this course. II will be neces-
sary to secure permission of the legis-
lature but there is no doubt this will
be- given as the Republican majority
is pledged to vote for submission.
The sunragists believe IL is better
10 bring on the second vote as soon as
possible that the moral effect OF the
recent surprisingly big vote for the
amendment may influence the voters
They intend 10 strike while the iron
is hot. Just the same, they will have
to conduct a vigorous campo ign, for
defeat in the spring, so soon afte.'
the first failure would defer ultimate
victory many years.
In view Of the fact there is some
suspicion as TO whether the issue was
honestly defeated at the November
election a re-submission OF the ques
ton will be welcomed by that part Of
the public which will not be satisfied
until it knows finally that the amend
ment has been adopted or rejected by
a decisive and fair vote.
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Frederick and Joseph N.

During Frederick the Greats visit tC
Joseph II. OF Austria at Neustadt he
came into personal touch with some
OF those Austrian generals to whom
he had only spoken hitherto through
the roar OF cannon" When Loudon
entered to take his place at the table
Frederick called out to him: Come and
sit near me, NJ. Loudon. ] much prefer
you by my side to facing you" Fred
erick had several busts of the emperor
at Sans Souci. and when he looked al
them he would remark. THAT is a
young man on whom | must keep an
eye" The Austrian sovereign was am.
bilious, and Frederick distrusted him
He put it this way: The Emperor 10
seph has head He Is capable OF
much. 1t is u pity he always takes the
second step. before he has made the
first. "A Mystic on the Prussian
Throne"
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Spelling Reform Needed.

An old gentleman from the east was
visiting his daughter In San lose. Cal.
or course he pronounced the name &C.
cording to the spelling until they i'm.
pressed ii upon him that In Spanish J
has the sound OF II.
BY and by he started to see son In
Watsonville. This town is on a branch
line u mile or so from the junction at
Pajaro, and ms the electric cars from
Pajaro to jacksonville passed directly
by the sons house. the old gentleman's
railway ticket was for Pajaro. He
looked at II In puzzled way. then
threw 1t down IN great disgust, ex.
claiming:
well. sir! They can tell me that
Jose spells 'Hozay,' but they needn't
tell me that 'P-a.j.a-ro spells Watson.
viller'-Exchange.
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a NASTY CRAFT

That is what Congressman Cox OF
Indiana calls the mileage abuse. which
he proposes TO attack. This graft 81
old and very dear TO the congressional
heart and Mr.. Cox has tackled a mans
job. AT the beginning Of the govern
ment members received So a day dur
ing the session; in 1916 this was rails
ed to $500 per annum: in 1918 II
was made IS a day during the ses-
sion; in 1856 IL was increased to $4,000
per annum; In 1866 TO $4,000 per an
mum, and now it is $1,000 per annum.
The 2O-cent mileage graft has survived
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The Value OF College Equipment

Garner or as daughter and society girl
better fitted for what Is before heI
than the girl who has not been To col
lege believe that the all-around de-
Velopmont that college gives "A girl
makes her better poised. more capa'
Bile woman. | know that college grad
yates are most conscientious and most
capable wives and mothers. and | am
convinced that tho college woman feels
more keenly her responsibilities to
home and community than most wo-
men who have not had the advantage
of college training.
IT is not primarily our aim. ! admit,
To teach manners. We do teach man
nors; we do teach poise; we do
teach self-reliance and consideration
and breadth OF view
MANY "A girl who has come Ia us
has lived a narrow sort OF life in which
she has known only one kind Of peo-
pie; naturally she is preiudiced The
college life teaches her very quickly
To get over that prejudice. She is
thrown in with all sorts of girls. She
sees the good in them; she becomes
interested in them. And it seems 10
me that the very greatest good in So
cial intercourse is just that power o:
seeing the best of other people. The
actual details Of manners change
from time to time and in different
places: but poise, interest, tolerance
and understandings, an unaffected
knowledge of how TO meet all kinds Of
people-those things don't change; and
these are the things that college life
teaches"
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The Land Of PuzzeldOIn
Mo-. 1aa1.-hidden Authors and Poets.

No. t931.-tiidden Authors and Poets.
In each of the following sentences Is
hidden the name OF an author or poet.
Find them in you can.
l. His cottage is situated on the hill.
2. Was John Brown la good com
pany?
3. Did the angry child slam both
doors
4. How hard your heart is" cried
the actor.
g. The man in the scOw perseyered
until he reached the shore.
q. The river is too low, Ella, for nav
igation
Z. Wilbur, Nettie, John and Alice
came TO see me.
3. The candy will burn speedily II
you do not remove II from the fire.
.. Jessica, | never did the work you
asked me 10 do.
10. | just owe 30 cents.
IL. "He who will not work, eats
none" waS the jamestown motto.
II. Trivia grows very rapidly" said
his mOthe:
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In a terse article in the New Yorl
Times Miss Virginia Crocheron Gid.
ersleeve Pm. D.. dean of Barnard col,
lege. sums up the attitude Of the
friends of the woman's college. Dean
'Gildersleeve does not speak for Bar
nard alone. but of the woman's colleges
in general.
THE point Of 1t all u.s. she said
that college education for women is
just as natural a thing as il is for
men in these modern days IL is just
as inevitable. And its object is not 20
teach manners or To fiji a girl simply
TO win her degree, or TO prepare her
for any one phase Of living or means
OF livelihood, but 10 turn out we'll
rounded human beings. who are bet
ter trained for the business Of modern
life because they have had four years
in womans college. The course does
that.
III is true that the college girl Of
today is more informal, less precise,
than the ideal young lady of half a
century ago; certainly the young
woman in society has changed
n great deal whether or not
she may be a college girl-from the
girl of the mid -nineteenth century
That is not the influence Of the modern
college; that is the influence
Of modern life.
Il believe from my own years of en-
Derience with college women. that the
College graduate enters upon her
career in womanhood. whether it is
. nnro.r %. u-if.. u m r.,nthD.. o.. ~ -.
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No. 1e33.-Conce aled Birds and Their
Food.

No. 1e33.-Conce aled Birds and Their
Food.
following the name OF each bird IL
Its natural foOd)
l hope we escaped being the victim
Of lies. II | may borrow Lucy's film
certainly will return it soon. The
man who laid fathers wall owes me
the same amount am owing Nathan.
If you wish TO secure that felspar row
quickly, for fear all approaching rain.
l can sean a rye field afar, or else
Eds glass Is imperfect. Injured hero.
bind raw or moist pork upon your
wound. II you wish To look fanatic.
Rowena, at the masquerade wear a
Celtic or Neapolitan costume. Bob
DIN knows whether celebrated July
Fourth or not. | fancy the grand mo-
gul lives in Il house whose roof is heav-
lily moss grown.
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Steel Globes In Space

If two solid balls OF tempered steel
each the size of the earth and hard as
the harveyized face OF arnor plate,
were taken In two Jovian hands. plac.
ed gently together In space aud re.
leased what would happenl They
would behave exactly as II they were
liquid; they would coalesce like two
great drops OF water. and the highest
prominence or mountain on the new
globe could not have height of tifty
miles, because anything so high us that
would hatten out under its own weight
Hudson Maxim In Youths Compan
lon.
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WHY NOT PURE SHOES?


Kansas has a blue sky" law to pre-.
( vent people from buying bogus stocks
and bonds, and Michigan is to have
one. Five bills Of this kind have been
introduced in the legislature and
from these one good law is to be
| evolved. 1t will be a good thing.
Michigan people, especially upper pen.
insula residents. have lost thousands
Of dollars through purchasing worth
less stocks. But why not go a step
further and save the people some more
money:
Why not pass a pure shoe law? II
would help reduce the cost OF living
More people buy shoes than buy
stocks ana bonds, In a pair Of shoes
enough leather substitutes can be
used by an INSCRIPTIONS manufacture.
to save him from ten 70 forty cents,
and this same pair Of shoes is sold to
the dealer as all leather It's getting
money under false pretenses. 1t isn't
fair to honest manufacturers dealers
and the public.
Louisiana has a pure shoe law. II
requires that part leather shoes be
branded as such. The law ought 10
be copied by Michigan We have gone
10 Kansas for a blue sky" law; now
let's go TO Louisiana for pure shoe
law. Leaky pasteboard soles where
there should be leather are RESPONSE
BILE for not a few ills Of mankind. So
let US have shoes labelled so we will
know just what We are buying. There
is great deal Of difference in shoes
which sell for the same price Probably
there Is no article Of human wear in
which the purchaser has more difficult
IS in getting value received. Few peo-
pie are experts in leather and some OF
the limitations are 50 sklfuny con.
ccaIcd as to almost battle the expert.
Naturally the average shopper is an
easy mark.
The best substitutes for leather used
IN shoes cost only one-fourth rs much
as the poorest grades Of genuine
leather. There are four or five of these
substitutes commonly used. They may
be described under their trade names
as follows:
LEATHERBOARD-This material is
made Of leather scraps reduced TO a
pulp, then mixed with glue IN the form
Of q thick paste. after which IL is roll
cd into sheets and dried. This ma
lerial is very hard. but it disintegrateq
like blotting paper upon becoming wet.
The shoe adulterators use il In the
heels of their shoes. Only the two
bottom pieces Of the heel are leather.
the rest of the heel is Of leatherboard.
This material Is so skilfuly covered
with polish that neither the merchant
nor the wearer can detect It until after
the shoe is worn.
PATE-This material is made Of
thin shavings Of genuine leather glued
together. II looks and feels like solid
leather. but 1t disintegrates quickly
upon becoming wet. Shoe adulteratorg
use II for innersoles and sometimes
in heels, but IL the shoe Is worn in
the mud and slush the oversole will
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Key to Puzzledop.


No. 193l.-llidden Authors and
Poets !. Scott: =, Browning: 3. Lamb:
4, Hardy: D. Cowper; q. Lowell:7. Bur
nett \, Burns: .. Caine: TO- stowe; H..
Keats; IL. Irving
No. 1892. old Fashioned Bouduet.
Pennyroyal, thrift. elder. barberry.
cowsllp, evergreen. tiger lily.
No. 1888. Concealed Birds and Their
Food: Pewee. flies: owl. mice: swal.
low, gnRt; sparrow, grain. canary.
seeds: robin, worm: crow. corn: bobo.
link. rice; gull. fish
No. l934.-iiebus Puzzle: The proof
OF the pudding Is in the eating"
No 1888 Hidden Proverbs: I. Fair
words butter no parsnlps:" .. Two
wrongs will not make right
No. l936.-Charade: Glad. |. ate. her
Gladiator.
No. l031-Anagrams |. Anatomy,
Catholic. astronomy rats. 2. Skeleton.
shadow. tournament. metropolis. re-
gattas
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Broke the Spell.

Judge e. Rock wood Hoar. remark.
Ing on President LIncolD's dry humor.
said that on one occasion delegation
Of negroes had waited on Mr.. Lincoln
and were evidently ut loss to know
Just what TO say. The president wait.
ed awhile aud then remarked:
well. all who are here seem to be
present"
This self evident proposition broke
the Ice and removed the spell from the
African Jaw.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-01-07

The ma jority of the steamers al
Viadivostok are compelled to take their
fresh water supplies from the railway
waterworks, but as during the winter
ply owing to the freezing OF the pipes
vessels are obliged to go to Japan to
obtain water. In order to secure suf-
hcient and steady supply of water for
ships use IL has been decided to bore
an artesian well in the port, the same
to have "A capacity of not less than
200 tons per day. The cost Is esti-
mated at sls,025, and $7,725 has been
appropriated for preliminary work dur
ing l9l3.-Consular Reports.
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Between the people who don't re
member and those who don't forget a
| poor mortal has hard time.
Ii isn't nice To be suspicious. bnt
how about the persons who excite the
| suspicion?
Ii may not be hard to he wrong, but
II certainly is wrong to he hard.
The man who has bee in his bon.
net would better get beehive and
wear more comfortable head gear.
It is better to he sure than sorry, but
pretty bad to be both
There is trouble In store for the man
who let's his wife know he has the
price OF that love OF hat IN the show
window downtown
There Is no copyright 90 being a
fool. but some persons act as IL they
held one.
1t is easier to drive man 10 drink
than 1t Is to drive him away from IL.
Marriage is "A compromise in which
one person does all the compromising.
A woman wants her husband to be
10 ~.
write large checks.
A man expects girl to change her
name when she marries. and the Girl
expects the man To change his nature.
Ais fair in love, even If the girl Is a
brunette.
There Is this in favor OF the phono.
graph-the daughter Of the house can't
practice upon it seven hours day.
some persons can offer an apology in
manner that makes you want to
punch them.
Nothing Is too mean to believe of the
fellow you don't like.
some people are SO generous that
they will even always let Won have
their way.
IL Is funny thing that giving a man
square deal often rounds things off
smoothly.
a bookworm never changes into
butterfly Of fashion.
\ man is always sure that this sen.
sons fashions are uglier than last.
when the girl crochets instead of
making fudge tue young man might as
well stop calling
Haste makes waste, but hustle makes
money.
rev men ever succeed I'm living
down their nicknames.
Poverty as "A blessing belongs I'm ths
appreciated and neglected class.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-01-07

The Calumet high school will have
over 1000 students in February, the
largest number ever enrolled. This is
convincing evidence Of a growing ap-
probation Of its splendid educational
opportunities. There are few high
schools in Michigan that are It's equal.
It's progress is a source Of much pride
10 Calumet people.
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Viscount Gladstone, first Governor
General Of the Union OF South Africa
80 years old today. 4.
DR.. Melancthon w. STRIKER. presi-
dent Of Hamilton College. G. years old
today.
DR. James b. AngeA, president EN-.
eritus Of the University Of Michigan
and former United States minister to
China, 81 years old today.
DR.. Charles a. Richmond, president
OF Union College, Schenectady, ~. Y.
80 years old today.
Richard Cation Woodville the cele-
brated English painter of battle pic
lures, 81 years old today.
Walter +. Clark, governor OF the
Territory Of Alaska, "A years old to-
day.
Charles Klein, author of The Music
Master" The Third Degree" and
other successful plays, 46 years old to-
day.
Sir Sanford Fleming. builder OF the
lntercolonial railway and father of the
Pacific cable. sc years old today.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-01-07

How many people would guess that
the Atlantic end of the Panama canal
is on the west coast Of Panama and
that the Pacific end is on the east
coast? Look at the map and see how
the east coast Of the isthmus becomes
the west coast
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Would Be a lake

when ! de-" remarked Cholly, ~
think I'll leave my brain to some
prominent surgeon"
Don't do It." advised Algy. ~These
practical jokes are bnd form-vcry
bad form. old ."-LoulsvilIe Con.
rier-Journal
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No. 1936.-Charade.

Oh. that hen of nay neighbor,
Whose meddlesome labor
Has kept my poor garden unkempt!
I'm glad my second sought her
And first that | caught her
At my third or my fourth bold attempt.
And I'm so glad ] ate her.
My whole might have later.
And she was Of flavor undTeRmt,
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What old saying?
No. 1e35.-tiidden Proverbs.

An old woman went TO the fair to
sell her dairy produce, and with her
persuasive words she soon induced peo-
pie to buy. She got good prices for her
butter, cream and eggs and had no less
success with her vegetables, among
artichokes and spinach. She returned
home quite satisfied with her days
work
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A New York chorus girl. married to
the son Of a millionaire, refuses 10
divulge his identity. Not running any
chances Of letting father interfere
Immediately, at least.
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The healing Of broken bones in four
DAYS and wounds in one day is pre-
Gicted by Dr. Carrel. Good news for
football players and hunters.
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When the officers declared that
william Rockefeller was at sea, il is
more than likely that they were there
themselves
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| |

Two men met IN the street and con
yersed on the wrongs of Ireland. III
will not be long before we get jus
tee" said one. They had better make
haste about it," said the other, land
Lacquer I'VE have right on our side
and the sooner they see il the better"
Youths Companion.
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SOOTHING,

she- whit was It the choir iust
sansf HEBRON the appearance of
the congregation ! think II must have
been some kind Of lullaby.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-01-07

Mr. Morgan admits that he cannot
control money. The stun does seem
tc slip from the best Of us.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-01-07

The French state railway is rapidly
being electrified. orders for 100 cleo
trio locomotives have been placed.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-01-07

The telephone has invaded Jerusa :
lem, "A system having been installed
that connects official points. business
houses and some residences.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-01-07

Although mountains 10000 feet high
intervene, Peru and Brazil, heretofore
isolated from each other, have been
linked by wireless telegraphy.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-01-07
None but tho Expert.

"Sayw
"Well:"
do You think fellow could borrow
ten spot from Rlchey"
Wen the man who can ought To
oe ao'e to get hundred thousand our
OF Rockefeller"
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SOME FACTS OF
GENERAL INTEREST

The Vermont senate has passed a
bill. granting To women taxpayers who
the right to vote in municipal affairs
on all matters relating to taxation and
the raising and appropriation Of mon
ey.
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Flrst NUMBERING o, uous..

London began to number it's houses
IN l7e4. about the time 1t removed the
mouse signs that made ancient London
an open air picture gallery.
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TUESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1913.

Castro is hunting a country in which
10 live What is the matter with Mex
!cO9