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THE KIND.

"Only brave men 60 to charity
fairs"
"Why brave ones?"
Because they are the only people
who will take chances"
The Arvada enterprise., 1913-07-24
PROOF POSITIVE.

"Thc prisoner is accused Of utter
ing forged notes"
"Tho charge refutcs itself This
prisoner cant utter anything. Hes
dumb"
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INSECT DAMAGES AN ORCHARD
Upon Raspberry Canes-Also
Works on Grape Vines.

The damage do>e by this insect is
most severe upon raspberry canes, but
1t also works on the grape vines. 1t
Injuries the cane by cutting Sits in
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-01
Daddy 'sBedtine
The Leaf
.OtOTV- Who Wouldn't
Give Up.

ACK and climbed They tired and happy
drive with grandpa way out to
ordered enough those lovely
q apples to last till winter ..--.
And the trees such
color Evelyn
daddy putting their travelling clothes They
and that
to and hutter on by themselves
He had huered and danced on his
all -" " -''
red
hS companions asked hi
lis good enough o me, he replied
can't travel If not dressed
'nont replied groueby This
gnou -
the old mother had the
which the
would They could feel the little
ends their
picked them
oilr ana through the air
feel lonely All
scarlet eafel
sending their join the
your the mother maple
. hin
pretended neb
He
leaf hved and Eale All winter ayed
little after
oy before the and did
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-01
En8land'S New Poet Laureate

DR.. Robert Bridges, who WAS recent
~ chosen poet laureate Of England
In succession 60 the late Alfred Aus
tin, has just entered his SEVENTEEN
year. The venerable bard and for
mer physician was born OH oct. %,
1874. At oxford he was distinguished
for scholarship as well as foe his
prowess As a cri,ketcr ana uarsmuu.
After leaving college lie spent several
Years in travelling over Europe and
Aria. Upon return 10 London he de.
cided upon u medical career anG
studied the healing art at St Bar
tholomew's in London. lie continued
to practice his profession until 1SS2,
when he retired TO his country estate
and devoted himself to literature.
Lacking the popularity of Kiplmg
or a William Watson DIR. BRIDGES Is
yet q great poet, although his works
appeal more to an intellectual aiistoc-
racy than TO the passes lie has
many devoted admirers OH this side Of
the Atlantic, but 20 the great majority
he was practically unknown until his
choice as hurcate. His verse il
scholarly. thoug6tful, and nearly per
rect IN technique, but sadly iacinG
in good red gore" II wins the ad-
niration Of the cultured, as finished
example Of the art of poetry, but IL
doesn't get over" to the masses. Ills
works contains no trumpet notes, no
clarion call, ana carry no message 10
his age. style he has. but no emo
tional force, no power to eXalt, TO in.
terpret the modern spirit. lie has
been called "Englard's one classical
poet and the description is doubt
less accurate. ... ..
Morally the new laureate is a Puri-
tan OF Puritans. Ills asceticism goes
TO the extreme of prudery lie has re.
bukod Shakespeare for the frankness
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ny PLAYMATES.

The wind comes whispering to me o
the country green and cool
OF rcd wing blackbirds chattering be
side a reedy pool;
1t brings mo soothing rancies of tn,
homestead on the hill,
And / hear the thrush's evening sont
and the robins morning thrill.
So l fall to thinking tenderly of thos,
I used 10 know
Where the sassafras and anakeroo
and checkerberries grow.
What has become Of Ezra March, whC
lived On Bakers Hill?
And what's become of Noble Pratt
whose father kept the mill?
And what's become of Lizzie Crum an,
Anastasia Smell
And Of RoXie Root, who tended schoo
iu Boston for q spell?
They are the boys and they are the
girls who shared my youthful
play
They do not answer to my call. Ny
pla} matea-whcrc are they?
What nae becon, VI Levi ANA his lit
lie brother brother Joe
Who lived next door to where We
lived some forty years ago?
I'd like 10 see the Newton boys and
Quincy Adams Brown,
And Hcpsy Hall and Ella Cowles, who
Spelled the whole school down.
md Oracle Smith, the cutler boys
Leander Snow aud all,
Who / am sure would answer could
they only hear my cali
I'd like to see Bill Warner and the
conkey boys again.
And talk about the times we used to
wish that We were men!
And one-I shall not name here
could ] see her gentle face
And hear her girlish treble ia this
distant, lonely place
The lowers aud hopes Of springtime.--
they perished long ago,
And the garden where they blossomed
is white with winter snow.
- cottage meath the naples. have you
seen those girls aud boys
That but u little while ago made, OH!
such pleasant noise?
. trees, and hills, and brooks and
lanes, and meadows, do YOU know
Where shall find my little friends OF
forty years ago?
You see I'm old and weary, and I've
Travelled long and far:
I am looking for my playmates--i
wonder where they are?
Eugene Field.
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OF his language, and condemned Heats
tor his treatment Of the fair sex. The
passionate appeal Of Swinburnc il ab
torrent to the cold and pure intellect
.ci the poet laureate
Dr. Bridges has never had any taste
for publicity or notoricty. lie lives
quietly at Bears hill near oxford
and depends Tor his social life upon q
small band Of oxford professors. Since
his elevation 10 the position once held
by rcunyson he has been even more
determined in his attitude OF aloof-
ness 10 In. world, aud has refused
most Of the invitations showcred upon
him by curious hostesses.
Even the titles of the laurcate'g
poems are marked by an old fashion
od gravity and stateliness. such as
"ElcgS On a Lady. Whom Grief FOR
the Death Of Her Bethothed Killed"
The following stanza is taken from
this work:
let the priests 80 before, array'd in
white.
Aud let the dark s,olcd MINISTRIES fol-
low slow,
Next they that bear her, honour'd on
this night.
Each singing soft and low.
Aud each ON high a torch upstay n.
into her lover lead her forth with
lisht,
Win music, and with singing, and
with praying.
IL has been said that Or. Bridges
iiF.s ~ another age. He fully realizes
his own alootuess from his age, and
81 his works has written:
low with fancy 50 uniGnd to nirth,
y sense 80 hard, "a. style So worn
and bare,
Look ye FOR AMY welcome anywhere
From any shelf or heart-home ON
Che CaIth?
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SUFFRAGE INlrALX

The effect of Italys new law grant
ing more extended suffrage viii be
watched with interest. for Il will en-
franchise a number OF men who have
been considered unfit for the hallo,
in the past Heretofore the right to
vote IN Italy has been based largely
On literacy, and the total vote at the
last election was slightly over 1900, O0o
Under the new law all males over 80
wears Of age can vote, and all males
over y who can read or write or have
served in the army. This means that
over 100000 will be entitled to vote
at the next election.
What the result will D, 1t is i'm
possible 10 predict with accuracy. The
number Of voters has been more than
doubled and nearly tripled by adding
the lNterate The increase in the vote
viii Doe heaviest in the most ignorant
provinces. I'm one province alone the
increase VIII be nearly seven times,
and some uncertainty rs felt over the
Tect Il cnfranchisng SO many ignor.
ant voters IN italy the voters can
make and unmaE- ministers and die
tate political policies
one result mat is anticipated IS
marked increase in the relative
strength Of She Socialists and the pre-
dIcu0u is made that Italy may become
The first European nation 10 have g
majority Of Socialists in parliament
,an;r.HiuE that cody.
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SECONDHAND SMELL.

Am old darky went into store down
in Georgia and asked:
Say, boss, YOU sot any gunpov dab
heah?'
Yes. We nave gaupowder."
"Lemme see some Of that theah gum
powdah"
The dealer showed him some.
Pour littlc of that powdah in my
hand
The old darky took the powder near
the light, ran his forefnger around
ana around it. looked at il critically,
and then smeled it two or three times.
And You say this heah is powdah?"
Yes" answered the dealer sharply,
that is powder. What is the matter
with it,"
Dunno, boss the darl1y shook his
head doubtfully-"but hit smells to
me like it's done been shot Off bcfoah!"
New Orleans States.
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WINTER RESORT.

Nj Burbank gathered a bouquet OF
vioicts one brilliant morning IN De.
eember in Santa Rosa, and remarked:
Why DO 50 many or our misguided
people SILVER aud cough on the RIVER,
IN the winter. when they might basi,
here In white linen under the palms ?
The Rivera reminds me of the man
VINO opened u boarding house ut Sara
nae Lake aud advertised II az a winter
resort. guest went w there and
after brief soJourn packed ny, paid
his bill, and said: How can YOU have
the nerve To- advertise this place as
A winter resort. when the thermometer
for the last week has registered eight
below"
THE landlord looked aggrieved.
Well, that's winter. amt itY he ex-
planned. If eight below amt winter,
I'd like TO know what is!'"-Jos An
geles Times
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CHINA RECEIVERS FROM WAR.
Despite Internal strife, Prosperity Was
Rule LAST Year,

'hN'N '3-N ' Ueff
In spite Of the political uncertainty.
intense strife and financial stringency
~ 1912 i'm Central China. United States
Consul General Roger s. Greene writes
from Haukov that the actual value Of
tile trade Of THAT city in 1912 showed q
eratiWius Increase not only over 1871
hut over an previous years Of which
there are records.
Moreover Mr. Greene nnds that the
Uutad States while not obtaining all
tle HanNow trade possible under the
circumstance iu fact did share gen
erouslw Iu II -turns the year brought
There was Ju extraordinary in
crease in The business done in the i'm
. poraG.u o. ewing and knitting ma
chimes u 1912. 51Si machines being
imported against 153 in lgllr writes
AIR. Greene Most Of these were sew.
ing machines imported by an American
company from the United States and
Great Britain About one half OF the
machines are said 90 b. from the com
Iary.s American factories The man
ner 900 which the use OF sewing ma
chimes has spread in China shows the
tremendous market for any article
49, .''' 81. 49, ~ y M az -c'ual
-i'.. - pio' io'o the man
'i'1 NoN'i pus"
q Very efficient selling organization Ia g
been aut ~ during the past year IN
tho Provinces of Hupeh, Human,
'. ...,.. 81 ''..' i'o'i''.
. .+-.- .'7' ~ ,.'' u.''''''d l0l LOT
.-i 1.s'..iAs OF an HinGs rs remark
~. ~. J'l, .'i.'o' '''I'o''s ol LOT,
.-,,'... - o'l' loi''sn anu
l 'a'usu '' o','s co.
~. '''s went up ~ s'''-o-.
VIM '''oSe -
o' an mus caps
INN ''''a' TIA ,''' u'sileIS'
'''' '''' si'o0a' INC
,' 7''0 gu increase from
o.. 800 10 i,,'''s nan
.'' ILL., ,ios' "' inc
...,'.' soeN.'' ana clothing came
pan '. ~" also d 'd' pro-
'.' .. l''' ''''s' s"oss' e'c. N con
"'+ .''' 7'''- ~ iore'sh SOCKS
nus op " i'' 80 uei'llnu LOT
'...'- ''''iii "p Soile oI O"eSe
.'''''' 's'' ''o'I' me = hi'su states
i' "- ''o'llils "i'lch are |
i' ''' Fu'H'''Ies are ustu
'i' connection win lneir
......... 80 - p'' -, o'8'iS tHe
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-01
U. s. TRADERS IN
new TERRITORY
Explorer Says U. S. Dollar Pre-
ceeded Expedition to Siberia

81. Petersburg, Nov. THE ubi-
quitous American trader appears Il
have discovered part, az least, OF
northern Siberia ana to have made il
his own. So strong hold in fact has
he secured upon the natives of that
little known part Of the world that
while the American silver dollar Is
taken with ayidity In trade, the Rus
sian trader who offers two Russian
roublcs for the same amount of goods
is looked upon with suspicion.
Lieutenant Arbeniev. OF the Russian
navy. Who was a member of the Rus
sian expedition which upon ITS arrival
at st. Michael. Alaska, a few weeks
ago. reported having found a large
body Of land forming the counterpart
If Nova Zemlya, and enclosing the
Kara sea, in book on the work of the
expedition IN 1912, just published
wakes humorous about the American
traders met with during the voyage.
U. S. Influence Aids Natives,
Wherever natives congre gated, he
says there stood the tell-tale log cabin,
whence silver dollars. American rifles
and canned goods were doled out in
return for the precious furs IN which
The land abounds The otter Of two
roubles instead Of one silver dollar
was IN many cases treated with sus-
picion
Lieutenant ArJeniev argues that II
is about time the Russians took more
interest in their own lands and people
lie records a visit paid to the Taimyr
and Naigatch, the two steamers of
the expedition, when of Tcheliuskin
at the end Of August, 1912, by Tungez.
chieftain STYLED Bobrovslty. whicA
means beaver. who proudly displayed "a
medal conferred upon him by the.
president OF the Usited States for sue.
corinc the survivors Of the jeanette
Arctic expedition.
The influence Of the alien traders,
says the lieutenant, does not seem t.
have been physically harmful TO the
natives, but quite the contrary SO far
a. the appvarance Of tue Younger gen
Grafton is concerned, They have,
however, been unable to alter the in
describably filthy habits OF the Siberian
redskins.
New Route TO Ear East.
he discovery of the new land by
Captain Wilkit1ky. the commander of
the expedition which arrived at ST
Michaels, is the result Of the endeavors
of the Russian government 10 render
commercially practicable the northern
sea route TO the far east The captain
Is a. son of General Wilkitzky, who
died IN February last, end who as
chief Of the Russian photographic ser
vice, signed the Instructions for the
survey of the northern Siberian coast
for which the present expedition wa q
organized.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-01
NEWS FORECAST Of
the COMING WEEK

Washington, Nov. LIN the Tues.
day elections Massachusetts and New
Jersey will choose governors and other
states officers. Maryland will express
it's choice for a United States senator
while New York and several other
states will vote for minor officials and
members Of the legislature.
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GOLD MINE or
INFORMATION
y. S. Publications Are Suitable for
Teaching Material

That there is a gold mine Of informa
ton in government publications suit
able for teaching material IN educa
tional institution Of all kinds has been
made evident In study conducted for
! the United States bureau Of education
10y Frederick X Noyes \ bulletin con-
tanning the information complied 10y
AIR Noyes will soon DC issued and the
thousands of teachers Of the country
will md between the covers OF sin
Gle compact booklet a compilation of
all of the best documents issued from
Uncle Sans big printery. which carry
teaching material ana have special
interest FOR educators,
The government documents ylassi-
fed 10y the author as teaching material
include publications suitable for text
use. publications containing pictures
or facts serviceable in illustrating or
experimenting texts already in use.
ana publications which are suitable for
q school library. The material has
been carefully selected. and publica.
tons which have only local interest,
which are out of date, OF which con-
tain only few pages Of available mat
ter and many pages Of matter which is
useless as teaching material have been
omitted from the new photography. All
Il the material which has a live inter
est 70 educators is retained, and care
fully arranged under subjects and
author indexes.
Vast Sums Spent or Bulletins,
Vast sums II money are spent by
the government each year for print
ms bulletin and circulars on a thou.
sand and one subjects. Printing a bull
letin, however, is only a small part Of
the work Of disseminating information,
and ii the documents do not reach the
hands Of the people who will need
them, it is easily seen that a large part
Of the printing appropriation is wasted
To help teachers and school admins
traitors 10 find out quickly what infor.
nation the government has gathered
TO interest them is the purpose of the
r.H bulletin, and officials of the bureau
"a education expect TO see II go "a Tong
way I'm preventing many useful publi-
atoms piliug up IN the office Of the
superintendent Of the government
Office 10 rot and gather dust
only because people do not know that
they are available.
All publications in the office Of the
superintendent Of documents are sold
Il cost, money order or cash payment
IN advance Many rare books are in
,ludcd in the accumulation in the gov
srnments great store, but according to
aw all must he sold at cost, regard
ess Of age or scarcity. The new bull
etin gives the prices of all the publica
ions, and the author has also added
lear instructions on how to order from
he lists which he has compiled. "a
oon as The booklet on teaching ma.
erial in government publications
ONES from the press it will DO sent /
rec 10 all teachers, school librarians |
nd others who will write a post card |
equest to DR. Z. 4. ClaXton, commits
Toner United States bureau of educa-
ion. Washington, ID. &.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-01

The chief engineer of the Panama
Canal company when TN, work was in
Freuch hands, Philippe Bunsu- Varilla,
u dispatch from Colon. suites that
Doe completion of the lock canal VIII
mark The BEGINNING Of 10. Iransforma-
ton into q free strait 90 sea level.
Narilla has always favored the con
aructiou Of 2 sea-lovel canal by the
HNdraulic method. Hc. proposed COM
m,ucius at a summit level ted with
water from the Chagres. aud using n.y.
araulic dredgcs, successive longer
reaches enclosed 10y end dykes being
1llod with water as the depth Of the
cut increased. The scheme was not
considered to be- practicable by the
tsthm,an Canal Commission.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-01

No man can face the world with ..
sood heart unless it is backed up by
a. good liver.
Ihe world Is fun of dead ones, bue
none are so defunct as those who are
killed by kindness.
when 1t comes to all argument a
man generally gives in, but a woman
seldom gives out.
Many man puts his best fool for
ward 50 far that his other foot never
catches UP with IL.
No matter how fast a young man is
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-01

What causes = white frost3 Why ia
! there no frost or = cloudy or windy
night, even though IL is cold enoushf
Why does fros. hit low ground and not
> high ground?
= white frost is frozen dew or vapcr
During the day the surface Of the
earth and vegetation are warmed 10y
the sun. and when the sun sets they
begin 70 cool nff. apd the moisture in
the atmosphere is condensed and de
posted on the cool surfaces. In warm
weather the deposit is dew. but In
cold weather it IS frozen and becomes
frost, 4 frost can only occur when
the surface tempeIa ture falls below
81 degrees, the freezing point az wa
ter, If the temperature be between 81
aud - degrees IL IS Il light frost: II be
low 2S II Is heavy or killing frost
Clouds impede the radiation Of heat
from the earth. thereby preventing
IL from cooling to the frost point.
and an envelUping fog or smoke may
10 the same thing. Frost may occur
III the open country when town. pro
tected 10y a smoke cloud. Is free from
IL. and in a valley frost sometimes
occurs ut tie bottom because tue layer
of air cooled by contact with the cold
surface of the higher ground Is heavier
AMI settles down Wind viii prevent
frost by keeping the air In motion and
thus preventing the deposit of mois.
tuTe
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Queries and Replies =

What IS the origin OF tho word era
vat? Does il mean the same as neck.
tie2
The words are not exactly Synuuv-
nous. Necktle applies to almost ANY
Old thing" used TO wear around tue
ucck and tie IN front. while cravat has
> distinctive meaning and origin. Il
was formerly written crabst.to dosig
nate a fashion introduced by tue Croa-
tiau soldiers, who were called era
bat.. and they ware Il neckcloth wbic,i
WAS picknampd craliat and then era
vat Formerly the cruvat was passed
around the neck two or three tilues
and tied in front in such Il way ~ TO
prop up the chin. \ biocrapher of
Dickens, speaking Of him IN early life.
says. He Wore one OF the large crs-
watts, which had not then gone out of
fashion The Canada goose, which
has a white mark around It's throat. IL
sometimes called the crayat goose
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-01

Congressman viii be elected to iii
vacancies In the Third district Of
Massachusetts, Third district of Mary
land and the Thirteenth and Twentieth
districts OF New York.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-01

Leading social purity workers Of the
world will assemble In Minneapolis
Friday TO attend the seventh interna-
tional congress of the Worlds Purity
Federation. The congress will continue
it's sessions for five days.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-01

What IS meant by plan, br.sdire7
What is a hybrid2
Plant breeding means Improvement
ia the quality of plants or the develop
ment of new varieties by culture graft.
ing or crossing. \ hybrid Is the result
Of cross pollinatiou of different plants
or flowers
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-01
Who was Robinson crusoe 2

Who was Robinson Crusoe?
He is the hero Of Defoe's immortal
story of that name. who. being shin.
wrecked on an island in the tropics.
leads solitary life Tor many years and
relieves his monotouy 10y an mex
haustible fertility OF resources.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-01
What is the Aimanaoh de ootha 2

It is a publication containing genoa.
logical and diplomatic statistics which
Germany, since 1865. It is published
in German aud FRENCH
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-01

Dustin Farnum will play the leading
role IN the photo drama version of
Soldiers Of Fortune
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-01

These congressional elections. to
Gether with the state election in Mas
saehusetts and New Jersey, are focus
Ing national attention TO remark
able degree for an off year.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-01

OF course We should all love our
neiohbors, hut enc trouble is our wives
are apt 70 object.