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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-10-25

Following spirited campaign a gem
RAJ election viii be held In Newfound-
land on Thursday. The rival parties
are headed by the present premier, Sir
Edward Morris. aud the eX-Premier,
Sir Robert Bond
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-10-25

The National Con, entiun of Metho-
DIST Men, which is to begin is sessions
I'm indianapolis Tuesday. win be the
FIRST great gathering of it's kind in
Mcthodism. Thrce thUugaud lady aud
clerical delegates frum every section Of
the country will meet To DISCUSS the
united missionary work Of the Metho-
dist Episcopal church.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-10-25

poring 1912 the city Of st. John
'uopted the commission form of gov
trhinent with the initiative. rcfcrcn-
dun and recall
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-10-25
NEWS FORECAST OF
THE COMING WEEK

Washington, II. c., oct 25.-Fron
Philadelphia, where he Is to attend the
Congress Hall dedication today, Presi-
dent Wilson, unless lac changes his
plans because Of the Mexican situa-
ton. will proceed direct 10 Mobile,
Ala, where he. will arrive Monday
morning. The president will spend the
day in Mobile, delivering an address on
rural credits before the Southern Com
mercial Coneress, and leave that even
ing for Washington, arriving Wednes-
DAY.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-10-25
MANY USES FOR
BIRCH RECORDED
Thousands Of Cords Used Annu.
ally for Shoe Pegs Alone

From furnishing material Tor Il ca
noe m which To hunt whales som,
hundred odd years ago to supplying
New England actorIcs OF today viii
ll,OQO cords =, wood annually 10.
shoe pegs ana shanRs. according 1,
the department Of agriculture, on,
part oc the service the birch tree has
rendered and Is rendering the people
of America.
Sir Alexander Mackenzie, the de-
parimcut tells ms in bulletin just IT,
suco IN the uses OF birch hunted
whales IN q birch bark canoe The
animals were found at the mouth of
the MuCkan2i, river He failed to
strbg the Tame and concluded that
il was probably for the best Will
the canoes are frail, it is pointed out
that the bark OF which they are made
resists decay longer than any other
part OF the Tree.
II would be difficult, the department
goes ON 10 say, TO estimate the value
Of TN, service of the birch bark "a
noe I'm the discovery. exploration. de-
yelopmcnt and settlement of the
northern part OF this continent. From
the Arctic circle to the Great Lakes.
and southwark. FOL century and n
nolf. that light. but exceedingly strong
and serl lceabc vessel threaded the
lakes aud rivers. bearing trade and
CARRYING civilization where no other
boat could 80 The French explorers
and misesiouarire made Journeys OF
hundreds of miles in these canoes.
often carrying cargocs which would
seem beyond the capacity of such fraiI
Vessels.
The Ranae OF Uses.
Tn, rang" of uees to which bircl
wood is put Is snrprisingly large. Ac-
cordmr o. the department. the arti-
cles INTO which il goes range fTom
church. pcws to kitchen tablos and
from organ uipoy ia nou,tcI posts u,
may have our first slccp In birch
crib and our last i'm a birch coffin TIN,
syoo!s on which we yet oar cotton ana
silk thread are birch suooIs. ami lb,
lasts on which our shoes are ma,I, arr.
likely 40 be birch lasts The largest
Of thc spools hold l..OJo Yards. the
smallest % wards Tn, woods heaut,-.
strength. ana rightly make il prom
inent a. 81 material for musical instrn-
meuts. ana thr same Qualities brine
{, tat, .....i... =. 4,
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-10-25


ordinary heboat time of tempest Those
n tembled anguish
below and the
crushed like cgse by the tremendous foundered heeSs send
Then when the
10
Why fetoat burning
Noturno
Il
Notuno herself abandoned the flames mid
Seldom chief
ant purser q
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-10-25

a notable conference of the premicrs
Of tho Canadian provinces, similar to
the conference held two years ago, has
been called to assemble In Ottawa
Monday. the conference viii again
take NJ the matter Of the Objection OF
the Maritime Provinces TO having thei"
representation in the Dominion parlia-
meut cut down. other subjects to re-
ccive attention VIII be the adjustment
Ut provincial subsidies ana reforms in
the judicaturg act calculated 70 pro
duCC uniformity
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-10-25

According to the latest adNices from
Europe the marriage Of Miss Nancy
Loishman, daughter of the former
American ambassador 10 Berlin, to the
Duke of Croy is TO be performed Tues
day In the cathedral IN Geneva, swift
zcrland. The engagement Of Miss
Leishman and the Duke of Croy has
attracted much attention because OF
the "dynastic" objections Of the Dukes
German relatives. It has been said
that the members of the Dukes family
may contest the validity Of his mar
rage to an American girl, who can
never, in Germany, at any rate, legal
ly call herself Duchess Of Croy or en-
JOY any rights at German Court.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-26
Moving Day Almost Here

April / will see a great many people
moving this year. said one of the vic
tins yesterday. zone OF the signs of
Birmingham's growth to me is the diff
fioulty of renting a suitable residence. /
know of my own personal knowledge
literally scores of new houses which have
been built in the residence sections dur
ing the past few months and yet they all
seem to be occupied or to have some
one ready to go into them as soon as
they are completed.
I'm looking for a new residence this
year / have been struck with the diff
Guilty in getting the same advantages for
the same rent that could be secured a
year ago. Most of the vacant houses
are simply impossible They are old and
ill kept and undesirable in every way.
And as a matter of fact that is about
the only kind of place at moderate
rental that is. vacant.
II was more fortunate than others be-
cause l had six weeks notice that the
place / had been renting had been sold
and that | would have to vacate it. Even
at that it was a task to find a place-a
task which [ am glad | do not have to
perform every year."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-26

didate will be installed to appointment
for life. There is no desire to frighten
off any applicant whether he be in
or out of a fourth class office.
eIf," says the New York Tribune,
"the Postmaster General and the
civil service commission can devise a
fair nom partisan method of testing
the abilities of fourth class postmas-
ters covered in to the civil service,
and then fill the places of any incom-
petents found with candidates from
competitive lists, no friend of the
merit system need object" The Trib-
une certainly speaks for the republi-
cans, and what it proposes is exactly
what the President and the Postmas-
ter General will attempt to do. The
places are to be filled by qualified
men, by merit, and not by a sweep
ing partisan order issued at the elev-
enth hour. The Burleson plan, If 1t be
free from all suspicion of partisanship,
will commend itself to all fair minded
mon
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-26

south and believe also In the north.
Occasionally some large employer wousd
object to any young man on his pay roll
Joining the militia. but the majority OF
business men encouraged the volunteers.
The citizen soldiers were often called
upon to do strenuous military duty.
"The National Guard in Alabama has
done a great deal of military duty and
has prevented, I believe, no end of blood
shed. If the National Guard dwindles
Gown to practically nothing the state Will
have to maintain regular army to be
used to prevent lynchings and to check
riots. In Virginia before the war bat
talon of state regulars was maintained
to be ready in case the slaves organized
and revolted. Today If we were to give
up the National Guard Alabama would
probably employ about 2000 state regulars
and the maintenance of such a military
establishment would probably cost $780,
600, even If the men enlisted for few
years for the small pay that Uncle Sam
allows. Tn state troops the esprit de
corps is the thing and what a young man
gets in the way of discipline and charac-
ter building should count for great
deal"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-26
Fertilizers From Stag

A bulletin from the United States
bureau of soils in Washington calls
attention to the Stag piles that rapidly
accumulate at all blast furnaces. This
bulletin says the basic Stag in the Bir-
minghaml district is full of phosphate
compounds and of potash, all avail
able for fertilizer purposes.
The bulletin goes on to show that
the steel companies could turn their
Stag into dollars by manufacturing
fertilizers. They have in their Stag
phosphoric acid, ammonia and potash,
and German process known as the
Scheiber patent enables them to ex-
tract these elements from the Stag
at low cost.
1t will be strange indeed if some in
dividual company does not send for the
bulletin of the soils bureau and study
it ''from kiver to kiver." There may
be big money in the Stag piles that
now disfigure every locality in which
iron and steel are made.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-26

Wedding bells will soon be ringing FOR
Miss Mary Belle Shedd of Lowell, Mass
who will thus take the first step in an
effort to win a legacy of SO, 100000. Under
the terms Of the strangest will ever filed
in a New Engla[ court Miss Shedd will
lose s3,Oo0,OOO unless he marries and
bears children. As soon as this became
known the young woman was deluged
with marriage proposals. but the daugh-
ter of the late wealthy. perfume manu-
facturer made her choice some time ago.
Freeman b. Shedd died in Florida leav-
ing $3,OOo,OoO, widow and daughter. 1t
was understood the daughter would in
herit her fathers property, but the VIII
was found to provide as stated. By it's
terms Mrs. Shedd and her daughter are
provided for in life. They will have the
income of the money, but cannot obtain
the principal unless Mary Belle Shedd
weds In case she leaves no children at
the time of her death the money will
be diveded among the Berry school of
Rome, Ga; the Northfield seminary, the
city of Lowell and the Lowell General
hospital. Miss Shedd rs also sole execu-
trix OF this strange will which takes the
disposition of her fathers immense estate
out of her hands unless she becames a
mother.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-26
sound. Like Miniature Battle

zone of the most interesting sights on
display in Birmingham at the present
time,' said o. l.. Carl, secretary of the
Birmingham Gun club, last night, lis
the handicap tournament now underway
at the fair grounds.
From the time of starting to the time
of conclusion, late in the afternoon, the
guns are booming continuously, and one
hearing from afar, might with excusable
mistake, reach the conclusion that a lit
tie battle is raging in the heart of the
Birmingham district.
Present at the shoot are the leading
professionals of the United States, men
who are raid handsome salaries by arms
companies to shoot their powder and
their shells at different tournaments. 1t
is reasonable to suppose that to the
man who is fond of the gun and fond OF
shooting, the life oc the professional ia
one of the most delightful.
1T would require an expert accountant
to figure up the number of shots that
will have heen fired by Wednesday even.
ing, or to reckon the cost. 1t is safe to
presume however, tnat the cost of tht
powder to be burned would be sufficient
ly large to pay off mortgages on severa
little homes around the suburbs of Bir.
mingham."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-26
IN HOTEL LOBIES
nn.,,... and the Tariff

Il hear golden opinions expressed
about President Wilson, even among re-
publlcans,n said L. T. sayre of Cleve-
land, o.
Il voted the democratic ticket but
many of my republican and bull moose
friends are speaking highly OF the new
Republicans in the
east felt that Mr. Wilson was too un-
tried in statesmanship and too mueh
out of touch with the commercial world
to make a satisfactory record In the
executive office but everybody now
sees that he is one of the most busi-
ness like Presidents we have ever had
and his moral character is certainly
Iof the highest quality.
II feel confident that Mr.. Underwood
will handle the tariff most acceptably.
A few interestes may not approve OF
certain revisions but the great Ameri-
can public will be benefited and great
lily pleased. There Is assuredly nothing
in sight indicating anything that would
seriously disturb business conditions
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-26

From the Strand.
Discussing the books on his library
shelves, Conan Doyle picks out GER
tain of them each one of which, bought
in student days when he was not af-
fluent, it had cost him a lunch to buy,
and he selects Macaulay's Essays as
the one that had given him most
pleasure and most profit" Next to this
among books that have Influenced his
life, he puts the work of Poe, "the
worlds supreme short-story writer
"the inventor of the detective story
He was fascinated too, by Marriott $
Memoirs" and later has found hints
in him and them toward the character
and dashing, daredevil exploits of his
own Brigader Gerard. He has fine
enthusiasm for the GLORIOUS brother
hood of Scotts novels" and delights
alike in the Border Ballads" and Mac
aulay's Lays" because of their swing
and dash, their strength and simplicity
their love of all that is manly and no.
BILE and martial These and good story
are the qualities that appeal to him.
Especially in a work of fiction. He will
Inever write a problem novel. If he
lis reused to denounce some injustice,
to attempt the righting of some wrong
he takes the most direct and down
right way of doing it, attacks it in the
straightest possible fashion, and will
not wait to build fictions about it and
undermine it With a tale.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-26
public Business Given Precedence

The upsetting of precedents goes on
apace in Washington, and public ap-
nroyal follows each new departure OF
the new administration.
correspondent enumerates l8 pre-
cedents that have been smashed IN
about as many days, and the most
promising one of the number is the
one in which the President declares ne
will make no speeches during the
present calendar year.
This simply means that instead OF
spending his time in writing speeches
he will devote all of it to public busl-
ness-to the determination of ques-
tions of public policy to the tariff
and the currency and the thousand and
one Important problems that come
before the chief executive of a big
republic.
If the President adheres to this de-
termination, he will be a President
who will surely win the support OF IN
telligent people. The country has not
had such a President since the days OF
Abraham Lincoln, who had task on
his hands so great and so absorbing
that he simply had no time to travel
100000 miles in making at every stop
speeches Of short preparation and
small value. Lincoln staid in Wash
ington, and the country will be glad
to hear that it again has President
who will do likewise.
Steadily and surely one can hear or
read statements that go to show that
the Wilson administration is gaining
popular strength daily. The belief
grows that it is to be an administra-
ton that will attend to business, let
ting all incidents take care of them
selves as best they may. There Will
be no hoboing, no posing anywhere,
and very little if any golfing. The
tariff now has the floor, and the Pres
ident has begun long wrestle with 1T
hoping to be able in cooperation with
Mr.. Underwood to render it better and
freer of private graft.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-26
BATHE WITHOUT cEAsING

DR.. Woods Hutchinson in the American
Magazine.
sour human skin is the most beauti-
full self-eleaning fabric in the world.
1.-THE masterpiece of natures process
of elf-cleaning is delicate oily sub
stance which bubbles up with the per-
spiration and is deposited in a thin
layer over the surface of the skin.
This serves to keep the skin supple
and protect 1t from cracking or dry
ing. Unfortunately it serves to some
degree as a sort of fly paper to catch
dirt and dust and in order to get rid
of the dirt. we rob the skin of its
natural protective cream, far superior
to any variety of artificial massage
cream or skin food ever invented no
matter how artistically advertised. The
same denuding effects may be produced
by the use of too hot water, too Wig
orous scrubbing with mits. brushes or
other skin torturers, or by bathing In
hard or muddy water.
The daily bath should be taken cool
enough to avoid dissolving too much OF
this natural skin cream as well as to
give a pleasant brace and sense OF ex-
hilaration. Soap should be used SPAR
incly upon the general surface OF the
body for the same reason. Indeed Its
application should be largely limited
to the hands, face, feet armpits, etc.
If the water is very hard, the addition
to the bath OF a wineglassful of com
mon vinegar will greatly relieve its
Irritating effect upon the skin, and for
those of sensitive skins without mucn
fat layer under them in cold, raw,
windy weather and particularly In the
first snap of severe weather in winter.
II is well to omit the morning bath on
a1te,.nate days until the skin has ad-
justed itself to the new weather sur
roundings."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-26
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THE "WATER JAG.

From the New Orleans Times-Democrat-
If you are looking for a strictly new
sensation go on a water jag. This you
still may do with legal impunity In
America, but in Germany. where this
form of tipple was invented. stringent
laws were passed and the vice has been
summarily stamped out.
Strange to say-and it may shock the
white ribboner who does not read far
enough-the aqua intoxicating is more
violent and serious in its effects than
indulgence in opalescent absinthe, fiery
schnapps. head-swelling mescal or just
plain "red eye," and the craze makes
one a nervous wreck, it Is assured, In a
few weeks time. Furthermore, the in
toxicating fluid is just plain water;
of no particular chemical constitution
and not to be sought in any particular
spring or stream-it is just water.
We'll, what's the joke?" we can hear
some one asking. There Is no joke at
all; it is strictly true, the only pecu-
liarity being that, instead of being i'm
bibed by the throat, as in the case with
ordinary 1ntoXIcantS, or Dy supcutdhe-
Gus injections. as in the case of the
more subtle narcotics, the water is i'm
bibed through the ear.
The operation is simple enough. Cold
water is allowed drop, to drop slowly
and steadily into the ear. AT first the
effect is somewhat painful and has a
boiling sensation, but gradually this
gives way-it is said-to a delicious
feeling of drowsiness and well-being,
ending in oblivion and deep sleep.
When aroused the victim remains for a
long time dull and stupid, like a heavy
drinker of alcohol.
A craving for this form of intoxica-
ton is said to be established easily
and yet, is persisted in, the habit quick
ly ruins the nervous system and may
easily harm the brain itself. as the un-
natural chilling of the brain tissue can
not but be injurious,N
If this new vice should spread one
might have to revise the quotation rel
ative to putting something into ones
mouth to steal away his brain and for
mouth substitute ear.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-26
Great Musical Artists

TT is greatly regretted that Birming-
ham Is to have no music festival or
symphony concerts this spring but, all
lin all, the musical season here has not
been devoid of interest" said an old
music lover. IN fact, We have had
more virtuoso performance 1 believe
than in any previous season. We have
Indeed had much fine music.
'In addition to several entertain
|ments by local talent we have had the
Pasmore trio, Zimhalist, the Flonzaleys,
Scharwenka, Tina Lerner and God
|owsky, and we are to have the great
lest of all violin virtuosos on April =
Ysaye. 1t is worthy of note, too. that
high class music has been well pat
lronized this season.
1T is hoped that those active in pro-
noting musical enterprises will find
some way to bring one or more SYM
Iphony orchestras here during the COM
ling winter or next spring. We will
probably have a splendid auditorium
III months hence and If it turns out to
be so we should try to have grand
lopera festival"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-26
Along the TallapoOsa

Representative Fuquay of Alexan-
der City presented last week very
pretty picture of navigable Talla-
poosa. He wants five dams instead of
one because he wants the federal gov
ernment to improve the river until
it is navigable to Sturdivant, point
far up the river.
To induce the federal government
to do this Mr.. Fuquay would have to
spend the remainder of his days at
Washington, for the government is
not ready to open the Coosa to naviga-
tion except indirectly through i'm
provement companies-and the Talla-
poosa empties into the much longer
and larger Coosa. The truth is, the
federal government seems to be will
ing to open only one long river in the
state, the 'Bigbee and the Warrior,
and possibly the Tennessee.
AlleF dll IL 10 d uidItSl VI Pi iope'ciS
tonnage. The coal, coke, iron and
steel of this district will no doubt be
barged to tidewater on an improved
Warrior and 'Bigbee. There are no
such heavy products on or near the
Tallapoosa.
If Mr.. Fuquay will study the ton
mage of the Alabama river, he will be
able to form an opinion as to the
probable tonnage that an improved
Tallapoosa would develop. 1t is true
the Alabama encounters obstacles at
Mobile and from the railroads, but so
would the Tallapoosa.
The country is full of rivers and the
general governments first inquiry
when an Improvement is suggested
relates to tonnage. This is a problem
that will arise on the Tallapoosa as
well as on the Connecticut, the Ohio,
the Coosa or any other river in this
country of innumerable rivers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-26
JOYOUS MINsTRELs.

Full merrily the poet crew
Indite their songs to skies of blue,
And birds that trill sweet vernal lays,
And violets blooming lby the ways.
About this time o. year, methinks.
The bards appear brimful of drinks.
Their souls with SO great ecstasy
Are filled, springs harbingers to see.
The streams make music in their
hearts,
Those city-pent to rural parts
Would bend their steps, where meadows
green
And many a fair bucolic scene
Allures the eye. Thrice happy bards,
No more grim winters frown retards
The easy flow of dulcet song,
But golden fancies swiftly throng
And some there are no doubt. youn
meet
Who'd almost rather sing than eat!
HIS MENTAL STATE
: BLUE is a fashionable color this
year"
.Then Moppit is right in style"
.Hows that?"
He's blue nearly all the time"
APATHETIC.
..Don't YOU think this audience cold ?"
Every. The comedian has said
Damn three times and nobody has
laughed yet"
FAR AHEAD.
"Plimson Is living ahead of his in
come"
You are right. If Plimson were to
stand still for five years I don't be-
lieve his income would overtake him."
CONSUMED.
A man great wisdom may acquire
And be supremely wise,
But all burns up in the glowing fire
That's fed by a woman's eyes.
NO NEW CLOTHES FOR HIM.
The man who dimes
In a ten-cent "beanry,'
But seldom shines
In Easter scenery"
MORE IMMINENT PERIL.
"Who is that fellow talking so loud
ly in favor of disarmament? Doesn't