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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-11
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1 Riley contributed 10 The old indian
apolis journal under The pen name al
BENJAMIN r. Johnson. of Boone.
This collection includes The old
Swimmin Hole" ana others, which are
regarded as perhaps his best The
prose sketch referred To is called "A
caller from Boone" ana Il tells of
Riey's first meeting with his lmagina-
tive character-Benjamm +. Johnson.
an old Rcone county, Indiana, farmer.
MIR Riley once wrote some lines in
boob of children's pictures Riley
has way of expressing himself so as
10 be understood by the children. one
of these bits follows:
70 quote the suns appreciation Of
Riley
Eut who would say that Riley grows
old as Years pass by" lie is more ma
ture, ol course. but tucked away i'm his
breast is the heart of boy. He has
today the same happy. wholesome
sympathetic nature that he had when
as lad he frolicked about the old
swmmin hole near Greenfield Ind.
his birthplace.
Beginning his career as a country
hoy who saw and understood the beau
ties of the homely things. who knew
The simple philosophy of yet sim
pleI life, who gave his fancy form i'm
words whose melody, SO fun and APP
pealing, came straight from the heart
and found its way into the hearts of
all, submitting his verse in his re-
firing way under plain homespun pen
names in order not to attract the at
trnlIon OF the public To HIMSELF awak-
ing a; last to tud himself the poet
laureate Il nation--that has been
lhe experience Of James Whitcomb
Riley.
lie knew the human heart lie
knew us underlying love for simple,
homely things. tie knew the tender
ness of sympathy and the power of
lie put himself as
YOU and r. with the world Just we,
IS and COMPANY and took all into
his confidence.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-11
CARE OF GROWING PLANTS
IN THE WINTER SEASON.

The trouble Of taking care Of winter
plants is Insignificant, compared with
The inspiration and joy--to the woman
who loves out Of doors-in having
green, growing things around her dur
ing the housed-in months. some plants
require constant care and watching
others flourish almost by themselves.
one of the easiest indoor plants In
rear is Wandering jew and the clear,
almost translucent green of the leaves
is particularly refreshing. WANDERING
Jew is a sturdy grower hut il requires
plenty of light. Ii does best In sunny
north window Ii will take root in a
north window. II viii take root in "A
bowl OF water and shower gracefully
over the edge of wall bracket over
a desk; but planted in earth and kept
very wei Wandering jew will grow
richly and mNuriantly indeed
Ferns planted in low receptacles are
graceful and pleasing on dinner table
or writing desk, and one famous writer
cannot work without this bit of grow
ing green under her eyes all the time.
such ferns usually droop and die about
six weeks after they come from the
florists not for lack of water, bu be-
cause the water is applied in the wrong
way.
Ferns should never be- watered from
tn" top. Their nature is 10 absorb
moisture from below. They grow, out
Of doors. in damp places, usually near
running water. Every other day the
receptacle containing the ferns should
be lifted from the jardiniere or basket
in which il stands and placed i'm a
basin or bathtuh i'm which the water
comes up just high enough To cover
the soil in the fern dish. Let the
plant stand thus, with it's roots In wa
ter, for 10 minutes, and then place ne
dish back in the jardniere once a
week sprinkle the tops Of the ferns.
\ very attractive indoor plant may
be obtained AT no expense by planting
q grape fruit seed in moist earth The
little Tree with glossy green leaves will
grow sturdily and rapidly after it once
gets good start. one of these grape
fruit trees, seen i'm a New York home
the other day, was two feet high
and made a most effective decoration
for hall table
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-11
FOUR SHARE THE GLORY.

bue credit SSH. NOT Dee Withheld from
Colonel Ioe,uaIs m myrhins relatins
~ ihe Fanau. achievement At the
same lime ther- s.l0 aIwavs be reeos-
ru9u % The lur 'uat distinguished
'uir four" vlI s.ar" 10 The glory; th"
group consists of army officers who
started ruo work and Gayc boon seven
wears .a assoria5gu with it., comments
rae Buue Post. All are Of tho eugi-
uceriua corps
These men r.sHuuly share .n the
aaagrs colonel Gorgas is mentioned
a- Goo. rau who made the canal pos.
,.5I, Everywhere the testimony OF
engineers was that human beings
could NOT endure the climate or resist
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-11
THE RILEY POEMS -:-
~ .

The New York sun recently had
fun page article on the biograpmca
edition Of James Whitcomb Riley's
work ana of The country wide search
that was necessary 10 gather together
the stray leaves of the HOLSTERS com
positions This edition of Mr.. Rileys
literary work-ihe first profcssedly
complete in detail and SCOPES - he
| issued shortly, and that it is - be
50 issued is due, not Ia the desires al
the poet, but To the Increasing demand
expressed throughout the Unite q
States, Mr.. Riley has not been a man
carefully Ia preserve what he has pro-
duced
Many Of his best verses have been
thought out. written and mailed, per
haps printed, perhaps lost But as
for making copies Mr. Riley had no
wish He wrote when the spirit moved
him. He wrote in letters, on the ~
leaves OF hooks, and on the cards
which friends wished To preserve. In
the course Of years these verses scat
tered 10 many states. and when the
editors Of the biographical edition UNI
dertook To find them the search was
extended east and west. north and
south.
During the editorship of the late
Charles A. Dana, the New YORK sun
published a number of Riley poems.
Most II these We're issued i'm the early
SOS. Miss Lavinia Covert, of the New
York public library, undertook 10
search for these poems. ana she found
them. Aside from being published in
The sun none Of these had ever been
in shape for hook publication. one Of
these, Alas, She Refused Him." is
To be- printed in the biographical edi-
ton under the title OF Prom Below"
This was one of the poets earliest
serious efforts. Another poem, which
appeared in the sun of Aug. %, 1850,
reflects the great love of the poet for
plain and homely things II is "Somep'u
COmmOnlke."
Mr. Rileys inspiration is To he found
in his love and appreciation Of the
vast commonplace. one Of his famous
verses runs:
What We want, as | sense it. in the
line
O. poetry is somepIn yours and
mine
Somepln' with live stock in II and
outdoors
And old crick bottoms, snags ana
scyamOres;
Put weeks in pi2en vines ana un-
derbrush
As well as Johnny ump-ups all SO
fresh
And sassyl!ke--and groun squir'lis,
YES, and we
AS sayin, is. we, Us and Company.
Sometimes Mr.. Riley began a poem,
and then put the uncompleted work
away. Among the papers which he
had left lying about his room and
which his sister, Mrs. Henry E,itel. OF
indianapolis, had collected and saved,
were a number of excellent manu-
scripts. one of these was incomplete.
II was given back 10 Mr. Riley, and
IN" theme impressed him 50 that he
completed it ana, under the title Of
My Conscience" il was printed for
the first time i'm the Century maya
zine for July
In the search for editorial material
many prose compositions were
brought To- light on the benjamin f.
johnson" poems those verses which
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-11
HOW GOLD PENS ARE MADE.

Metallic iridium, used So extensively
tor the points of gold pens, is made
from The powder obtained In the wet
way from plantinum ore by heating
10 a high heat in a sand cruciblc and
then adding stick phosphorus. The IL
.dium, which cannot be melted alone
is thus fused in the form Of an rid
ium phosphine TO remove the phos-
phorus the phosphine is heated with
lime and the iridium ,8 left IN the form
OF hard, white mass. 1t is now SO hard
that ii cannot be filed or cut, and is
broken up into small pieces for sol
dering To the points of gold pens
These small pieces are ground To the
right 1--WE on a copper disc wheel with
emery or carbroundrum.
1t is said that an ounce or iridium
will make from 5000 10 10000 pen
points. It has also been found that The
iridium thus prepared is practically as
hare as the ruby. No steel tools can
make any impression upon it. Al one
time much less expensive than plat
mum, iridium now is worth more on
account Of the demand for hard .plat-
mum in which the iridium is the hard
rning agents.. Louis Post Dispatch
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-11
Is there any heavenly body large,

Is there any heavenly body larger
than the sun?
Sirius, the dog star" has a diameter
about twenty times that OF our sun.
and its volume is about 1000 tines
greater. 1t is itself sun. but so dis
Iant from the earth that il takes near
~ nine years for It's ligh, 10 reach us
moving ut the rate of ll,179. 500 miles
per minute. Of the sun, says high
authority. We're at the same distance
from the earth Sirius would outshine
Ii thirty times"
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-11

Of mental disturbance short Of pro
nouuced insanity BY common usage
insanity means IA degree of mental
unsOundness which brings II person
within the jurisdiction of the law, but
experts recognize various degrees OF
brain disorder short of complete in
sanity. or what might he called legal
insanity. aud these are embraced In
pSVchOSiS
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-11
WAIT

Posterity will know what effect the
presen; flood Of sex enlightenment
will have on romantic marriage, al
ways assuming, of course, that pos
tcrty will arrive in due time.--Chi-
cago News.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-11

How many vice presidents have sue
eeeded to the presidency through the
death of the PRESIDENT
Five vice presidents have succeeded
To the presidency through the death of
the president in oiiice--viZ. John Tyler.
Willard Fillmore. Andrew Johnson,
Chester A. Arthur aud Theodore Roose-
welt. OF these only Roosevelt was
continued In Office through an election.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-11
MEAT THE BUTCHER EATS.

| Probably more attention would have
been paid TO the criticism that one
reason FOR the high cost Of living is
that the average family has unneces-
sariy expensive tastes in meat II il
hadn't been that IL came originally
from the meat packers themselves.
who everybody knows can have fat.
thick steaks three times a day il they
want them. SAYS the Duluth Herald
Nevertheless, there is fact here
worth considering. The cheaper cuts
OF meat are more nutritious than. and
lf properly cooked fully as appetizine
1~ the dearer cuts
The Woman's Home companion has
@ piece ia the November number writ
Ten by retail butcher, in which ne
shows huw The people who buy the
bish price cuts don't get the best meat
Taking an itemized meat bin Of $4GS.
he shows how II could bee reduced To-
E8.2l by using cheaper cuts which he
says are better cuts. After dealing
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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-11
MUCH

We would rather hear a man with
an impeachment in his speech talk than
one with an impeachment In his
thoughts. New orleans Picayune.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-11
QUERIES AND REPLIES.
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Kindly give the seating capacity Of
the principe theaters Of London.
Convent Garden thratrr, 1852. Drury
Lame thcater. 2.5lG; Gaiety, l2Gl: Car
rick, l.210; Globe. 1000; Ills Maicsty's
theater l,I20; Haymarhct. LOGO: Ly.
reum theatcr 5000; the Lyric, POO;
New Princes, 2ouO; 81. james. LOS;
Adelphi. l,2T11.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-11

Poor Woodrow is getting more Than
he bargaH,d tor ON top OF currrncg
reform aua Mexico comes This we'd
ding
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-11

GORGE FRED WILLIAMS
n
lawyer prominence lie OF his
gessive Democrats his who supported President Wilson
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-11

JGhuny Hand, noted Chicago mu.
stefan, has celebrated his seth birth.
daV
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-11

What are the eolors OF tho flag Of the
Chinese republie2
One of the first acts of the prOvi-
slonal republican government was To
abolish the ancient flag of China. the
yellow dragon. and adopt II new flag
composed of live stripes. crimson. yell
low, white. blue and black. symbol
izing the five races OF the republic
viz. Mong0ls, Chinese, Manchus, Mo-
hammedans and Tibetans.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-11

Please give an untechnical definition
Of psyehosis.
IL Is term used by medical experts
or alieplsts to designate condition
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-11

President Wilson should let William
Randolph Hearst intervene ia Mexico.
That 900, easiest solution ia sight
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-11

Ak and Evelyn getting ready bed They had soft white
To- II
place o o go
I'm uftu N,uh spc,i ham
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-04-02
WHOLESALE ABUSE
OF PASSES BY
COLORADO
ROADS
Shippers and Carriers Alike
Indicted for Acceptance and
Issuance of Free Transpor-
tation.
SENSATIONAL REPORT OF
COMMISSIONER HARLAN

lBy Leased Wire 20 Evening Herald.
Washington, April 1.-THE investi-
cation by Commissioner Harlan cf the
Interstate commerce commission into
the practice Of Colorado railroads Of
giving free transportation has brought
sensational results. Criminal lndlct-
ments of hrge ahippcra and the Of
Tending carriers have been returned.
Commissioners Harlan personally
conducted an Investigation. and Ia his
own Characterization OF the situation
he developed violations Of the law
on an extraordinary scale"
Mr.. Harlan Says IN preliminary
report handed down today tina, "ia
one month over single railroad
seven thousand trims We're made on
passes. Not ONLY shippers who con
trolled routing Of traffic in any ap~
preciable quantity we're favored at
all times, but eVcn public officials,
careless alike Of uutN, morals aud
danger, accepted, even demanded,
these favors OF the carriers"
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-04-02
FIVE THOUSAND BARRELS
OF WHISKY IN OHIO

Louisville. April "A large ware
house of the Rugby Distillery com
pany In the western end OF the city
weakened bN flood waters. COLLAPSED
late last night. releasing To the river
sl,out tive thousand barrels OF whis-
key valued az a quarter OF milton
dollars.
The threatened collapse OF WenS.
ened buildings was the only source ~
anxiety today as the crest of the flood
passed Louisville with q stage of
slightly more than 90 feet
Lower river points continued 20
experience rising water. Paducan,
with water standing more than Two
feet dacp In the lower sectiona ~ TIE
city. faced the menace OF useless
lighting plant Henderson ana
Owensboro. safe from flood dainase
themselves. were taxed with the c,tie
of hourly increasing refugees.
At Wicknffc, whore are gathered
more than three thousand refugees
from Hickman. cairo aud Coiuthbus,
the shelter situation was becoming
acute.
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-04-02
PLAN
COMPREHENSIVE
PROGRAM IN
CONGRESS
Proposed Legislation to In.
clude Almost Everything
Recommended in ROOsevelt's
Chicago Platform.
P0INDEXTER AND VIC
MURDOCH THE FATHERS

lBy Leased Wire 60 Evening Herald.
Washington. April Progressive
party measures 90 carry out the thirty
two pledges IN the national platform
are TO be introduced In both houses
IN the sixty third congress probably
hy Representative Murdoch 0f KAN
sas and senator Poiude1tor OF WASH
ington.
The formidable program of progress
sivc legislation includes bills Tot the
creation Of "a non partisan scientific
tarin commission, the Initiative, ref
erendum and recall. "a national inheri-
tnnCe and income tax, Improvement of
the Mississippi river. merit system for
postmasters marshals and Internal
revenue collectors. presidential pre-
ference primaries: registration Of all
lobbyists. an Industrial commission 20
supervise interstate corporations. sg-
rtcuitural credits and agricultural coli
legc extensions. some easier methods
Of changing the constitution and nu-
merous other reforms, including pro-
hibitinn of child labor and "a definite
minimum wage FOR women.
Besides these the house Progress
sives say they viii seek legislation
on currency. conservation Of natural
resources good roads. exclusive home
stead disposition ~ Alaskan lands,
free use OF the Panama canal by
coastWise tra;ilc. repeal of the Can
adlan reciprocity act aud reform Of
appropriation methods
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-04-02

Several Candidates Entered
for Trip Across Atlantic for
$4,000 Prize Offered by
English Paper.
rny Len.ed wlrc to E,cniug HcraId. !

Ith FN'N~tHA hitt' W. haNfhANA tN'fNsAfi
London. April -Seyoral aNihiora
already have announced their inten-
tion oi competing for the Daily MailH
100000 prize for transatlantic
light. Gordon England BRUSH
airman. aud Herr Rumpler Ger
man inventor, have declared mat they
will enter the contest ANA iho bltr-
lots and Captain +. $. Cody say thHt
theN viii bc competitors Ia both the
Atlantic night ana that around Brit
ain
The Mai says the best experts be-
Heve that the Atlantic prize VIII De
won hefor, the end of i9it
Horace short, the builder Of the
navy water planes, considers hlgnt
from Americn 10 Great Britain, win
the help of the wind, almost feasible.
and says that night In the reverse
direction may be accomplished Withln
eighteen months
The only skeptics. adds the Mall
are the builders Of German uirships,
who know nothing about water
planes. Major Won Parscval considers
AN Atlantic tight FAR beyond the
realms of present possibilities.
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-04-02
BELATED RECOGNITION
FOR CHINESE REPUBLIC
( 49, Leased Wire to Evening Herald. /

10y ANh~fu WIZ Nb NshfHihH iffthius
Washington, April . The United
States government has decided 60
recognize the Chinese republic. Sec
rctary Bryan conferred with Presl-
dent Wilson for nearly an hour today
ai the White House completing the
details
a note a. being prepared at the
state department 90 bc addressed TO
China through the Chinese minister
here.
Whether it viii be- presented hes
fore the meeting of the constituent
assembly next Tuesday cor ~ intended
to reach the Chinese government an
that date has not been dis, tossed but
the mere presentation of the note to
the Chinese minister and resumption
ut formal International relations ,vi' n
the Chlurse minister. are regaturi as
tantamuuut 90 recognition. The
United States government ig nuNioIs
tu show It's tricndliuess toward China
and although there have becs cImors
that other nations might recognize
China before thr United states does,
Il was believed in official circles here
that the United States would be found
first 10 show faith I'm tho new rec
public
No formal announcement lF expect
ed from the administration here until
the Chinese government is lea receipt
OF the American governments note
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-04-02
TURNER
SUBPOENAED IN
FROST CASE
Letter From Canadian Lawyer
Suggesting Hiding Out Of
Witness Read in Land
Fraud Hearing.
In, Leased wlre 20 Evening Herald. !


Chicago, April 2.--FedcTai Judge
lands, hearing the case OF Albert q.
Frost and four others, chargcd with
Alaskan land frauds. today ordered
subpoenas issued for George Turner,
formerly United states senator from
Washington, and Patrick NJ. Mullcn.
The latter has testified already but
Turner is wanted az a witness be-
cause of Frost having testified 20
being guided " some extent hy the
advice of Turner as Co tho method OF
acquiring Alaska coal lands.
Judge Landis' action followed the
reading today OF letter hy the gov
ernment IA which It appeared MIR.
Turner had been Instrumental in pre-
venting certain evidence from coming
before the federal court In Seattle
which In 1911 was investigating the
alleged land frauds
The letter. which was written 10
MIR. Frost hy H. :. Osler. member OF
the Arm OF Mccarthy Oslef, HOskin
and Harcourt, attorneys In Toronto,
WIS dated January =, 1911. and read
Dear Frost. have Just had "a con-
versRtiSh with Osborne, who has seen
Roland, and AK the natter h one va
which letter ought not be- pro-
duccd, he suggests that "a il better
that ! should write you, 80 the letter
might be- privileged.
"Boland is informed from Turner's
office by cipher telegram today that
the charges against yourself. watson
and Luber"e are likely t0 be brought
before the grand Jury az Semitic AZ an
early date. The banks are very much
worked up over this ar nshi OF this
kind might block their plans. Turn
cr suggested that the evidence nf r.
", stewart VIII be- necessary in ordei
that "a bin may bee Ilcd by grand
jury and that he had better Keep hin
| on this side of the line II possible.
"B0land suggested that if vou
know STEWARDS address you should
probably send him such "a communi
cation as YOU think wise under th,
| circumstances
We suppose here that having rr
gard to Turner's former negotiation.
with you upon this subject on hehal
of I,ahcree. be- had probably com
| municaied with you direct aud II
case he has not done so there mhl
be- some foundation for the report
According 10 tho government Mni
| len, while employed hy the govern
mcnt 90 protect its interests. Wal
actually intcrcstlng himself in behal
of Frost and Conconiing certsin fact
from the governments Mullen denie,
THIS charge when be WAS on the wlt
ness stand here.