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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-02-06
Faithful to His Friend.

Toole and Irving we're friends
from the days when they were both
struggling beginners. On one &C.
casion Irving was to be presented to
Queen Victoria and was delighted
at the honor. An oficious court
functionary took it upon himself to
tell the player mot to mention this
matter outside" lest other actors,
such as Mr.. Toole, might think that
they should be presented too. "Let
me tell you. sir" said Irving, chat
Mr.. Toole is not only a ~deservedly
renowned comedian; he is also a
truly Christian gentleman. Toole
often saved me from adversely, per-
haps starvation, when / was I'M
known. If John L. Toole is not
worthy to be presented to her most
gracious majesty neither is Henry
Irving. I wish you good day, sir!"
London Standard.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-02-06
THE SCARED WRIST.
oussr Dream Story Connected With
the 5sresford Family.


For three generations the Beres-
ford family has handed down as
substantially true a remarkable
dream story which is connected with
a small pocketbook and a piece of
black ribbon in possession of a mem
Der Of the family. So well known
and SO we'll authenticated was the
story that a member of the Beres-
ford family printed for private cir
culation a short account of the facts,
of which, without impugning the
sincerity of his relatives, he endeav-
ored to give q simple explanation.
The narrative is a love story as
well az a dream story. The heroine
of it is Nicola Hamilton, the young
wife of Sir Tristram Beresford.
This yo..ng lady appeared at the
breakfast table one morning very
agitated and pale and with her left
wrist bound with a piece of black
ribbon. She replied to her hus-
bands inquiries by entreating him
to ask her no questions. She then
said that her brother, Lord Tyrone,
of whom she had been very fond,
had died on the preceding Thurs
day, which subsequently proved to
be the case.
1t seems that in the night Lady
Beresford had dreamed that her
brother sat by her bedside (although
she declared that he had indeed sat
there and, after telling her whom
her child should marry and that her
husband would die before her, warn
ed her with the utmost vehemence
against marrying the second time.
"If you do remarry," her dream
visitor had said, "you will suffer
from your husbands i'll treatment
until your death at forty-seven. Re-
sist every temptation to a second
marriage" Requiring some proof
of her brothers reality, he had, at
her request, touched her wrist with
his hand, whereupon the sinews had
shrunk and the nerves withered.
She showed her wrist, bound with
black ribbon, but declared that it
had been forbidden her to uncover it.
When Sir Tristram died Lady
Beresford, in spite of all remon-
Strances, Immediately sought abso-
lutte solitude and retirement. But,
life without friends proving unbear-
able, she consented to exchange WIS.,
its with a single family of the neigh
borhood. In this family was a son
whom, after a time, she strove in
vain to regard with Indifference.
Her love grew and overpowered her.
When the young man declared his
passion she consented to a private
union. All turned out as the dream
had foretold. In a year or so her
husbands conduct was so bad that
she had to separate from him. At
forty-seven she died. After her
death her wrist was examined and
found to be as she described it.
The most remarkable of the facts
connected with this strange story
the Scared wrists explained by
the writer of the pamphlet referred
to above as follows: He considers
that Lady Beresford, who knew that
her brother, Lord Tyrone, was i'll,
dreamed that he was dead and in
consequence became so violently ex-
cited as to iniure her wrist. In the
morning she bound it up so tightly
that in course Of time the sinews
shrank and withered.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-02-06
The Best Of the carIyIes.

GA Book of Scotch Humor" illus
trates anew of a native of AMMAN
dale the saying that a prophet is
not without honor save in his own
country. 81 ken them a." said the
rustic, speaking of the Carlyles.
Jocks a doctor ABBOTT London.
Tam's a harem searem kind o. chiel
an wreats book an that. But ia
mie-yon's his farm you see owre
yonder-Jamie's the M o. that
family, an Pm prood to say ] ken
him. Jamie Carlyle, sir, feeds the
best swine TINT come into Dumfries
market"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-02-06
JUICE OF THE CACTUS.
And . Deadly Battle Between . Toad
and a Tarantuia.

In midsummer the writer wit
messed a combat in the Texas Pan
handle district between a horned
toad and a large ~tarantula. The
toad made rapid drives at the taran-
tula, Gripping it by the loss of one
leg. Soon the tarantula fastened
itself by its mouth to an eyelid of
the toad and heroically endeavored
to do as much harm as possible. AS
soon as the toad was free Of it's foe
it ran to a nearby cactus, cut
through the thin greenish skin,
sucked vigorously at the scant juice
and then rubbed the wounded eye
lid against the damp fiber of the
cactus.
Now was the battle renewed. Part
Of another leg was lost by the taran-
tula, and again was an eyelid Of
the toad attacked. Again was the
cactus sought, and the same ac-
tions resulted as when the first eye
lid was wounded. The toad was
readily re~juvenated by the cactus
fluid and soon returned to give
battle. Fierce was the struggle
once more. In the meantime the
writer kicked the small cactus be-
yond reach Of the toad.
Again was the toad bitten by the
huge spider, and again it sought
the place where the cactus stood.
disappointment was evidenced by
the wounded creature in not find
ing the plant as before. The toad
sat seemingly meditating for sew
eral seconds, then hurried hither
and tbither in search of the plant
to no avail. The battle was again
taken up, though it was apparent
that tile toad was in distress and
laboring under a handicap Of some
painful sort. Soon it began CULVER
ing. 1t painted and feverishly play
ed for time,
Presently the tarantula fastened
itself to an eyelid of the plucky
cembatant and actually spit poison
into its eyes and flesh. When SEEM
ingly satisfied, the tarantula releas-
ed its hold, eyed its victim for a
second, then hobbled away; while
the toad sank closer and closer to
earth in the throes Of death and
swelled as if full Of virulent poison.
1t finally gave up the ghost after
such a battle royal, more defeated
by man than by IA enemy of the
plains.
The cactus plant has afforded
man a strong heart tonic for many
years, and from the use this little
horned warrior Of the plains made
of the cactus fluid as an antidote
for tarsntula poison man may yet
find in this prickIy, apparent NUS
ance of the semiarid regions of the
great southwest an antidote for
many poisons hitherto considered
almost universally fatal, for where
natures creatures go and partake
by instinct and grow we'll and hale
man, the rcasoner, may learn vast
secrets for the healing of humanity.
d. S. Lands in st. Louis Re-
puhlic
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-02-06

Hollow Horn Bear. a South Dako.
ia Indian. whose likeness appears on
the FIVE dollar treasury certificates
has written to the inaugural com,
mittee asking that he be allowed &c
visit Washington during Inaugural,
ton and be allowed to see President
Wilson in order that he might pre-
sent Wilson with a great peace pipe.
Hollow Horn Bear declares If he
could present the pipe to Wilson il
would be the greatest honor the In
dian could offer to the great white
father. Aberdeen American.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-02-06
House for rent. inquire Of A. B
G3
Club Entertainment

Members of the Commercial Club
will enjoy a pool tournament at their
Friday and Saturday nights
of this week, to be followed on Satur
day night with a club lunch. The
committee on enter tainment urges
all members TO be present.
Committee.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-02-06
The White Sister, Viola Allen

The White Sister. Viola Allen
most successful play which comes t,
the Miller theatre for one nigh.
only, Feb. IL, is conceded to be thu
only play that ever handled the deli
cate question of religion withou
giving more or less offense TO tn.
church. 1t is pronounced 9 plal
that every Catholic and protestan
could see and be benitited. |
shows the beauty Of the church anC
at the same time there is wovel
throughout one Of the most power
full love stories that has ever beer
presented in play form.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-02-06
Notice

In u new telephone directories
just issued two mistakes occur Mair
sc. T. p. Sutphen should be store in,
stead of residence, and Main so. DR..
w. II. Lane should be Office instead
of residence.
Dakota Central Telephone Co.
r. N. Hunt, Mgr
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-02-06
Doubtful Consolation,

Mary" complained the husband,
"wby do YOU suppose it is that peo-
pie all say ! have such a large
head?"
81 don't know, I'm sire, john"
said his wife c~onsolingly, sbut new
er mind; there's nothing in IT,
Exchange.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-02-06

Wanted steam pillow or tractor to
plow and SOW TO wheat 160 a near
washington. 100 a to break and SOW
to fax near Washington. Address
j. T. Leahy. Wayne. Neb. 9H
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-02-06
To Outside Subscribers

A pencil mark across this paragraph is
notice that your subscription has expired.
We would be pleased TO continue the paper
TO YOUR address upon receipt Of 81. n not
promptly received we infer that you DO not
want the paper any longer. and It is stopped.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-12-04
The Strategy of Woman.

lncensed at the eXhoribant price
charged for fresh or supposedly fresh
eggs, the good housewives of Flatbush.
Il residential section of Brooklyn, met
ana decided to boycott the dealers SO
far as the purchasing of eggs is con-
ccrncd. The CdiCt went forth To stop
the use of eggs in their homes and for
- while nothing that looked like a hen
fruit could have been found i'm any
i'latbush home. But the women had
not taken into consideration the uh .
stinaCy oc their husbands Nearly All
he married men insisted upon having
cggs for breakfast as usual and the
arguments Of their wives were ans
Wercd with the brutal statement that,
rs the men furnished the money FOR
maintaining the establishment, they
we're CutltlCd to have what they want
ed. The buvCutt threatened To lac 4
failure ana the women, all members of
the flathush branch of the WOmen's
Municipal league. held another meet
ing What the trend of their dellbcra-
tons was has not been divulgcd, but
i is strange fact that ever since
that meeting there has been an UMPIRE
cedented demand for eggs of guaran-
ICED antiquity. 1t is whispered that
many men who have been in the habit
Of eating eggs for breakfast all their
lives have recently sworn off and have
declared that even to hear lhe word
egg" has become dispensing to them.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-12-04
Houghton Department


hoped 10 gst greater efficiency.
Immediately as soon as the call IL
registered at central" the operate.
will respond The number asked fcg
will be repeated. slowly and distinctly
and the last digit OF series will he
accented. IN explaining the innova-
tion. Miss Schrandt says
a rev method OF repeating num-
hers has been started on the Hcughton
exchange This will improve service
rs 1t viii 40 away with ringing incor-
rect numbers This 'stilc-suip' repe-
tition at numbers as it IS called. re-
quircs "a separate and distinct Uronun-
citation of each DIGIT Of stile-strip
hundreds, followed bv a slight pause
and q separate and distinct pronuucia-
tion ot each digit of jack number. a
rising injection being applied To the
enumeration of the last digit of the
number. The stile strip is a narrow
strip of wood dividing switch ocar1
panels The stile strip hundreds num-
Der is number located on the stile
strip at the left of the multiple panel
Tho multiple panel is where the oper-
ator rings tho numbcr called. Another
Improvement is "a rising infection USED
ON an phrases"
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-12-04
new YORK CITY NEWS
OF GENERAL INTEREST
BUSINESS DISTRICT BEING RAP.
IDLY EXTENDED TO UPPER
MANHATTAN.

New York, Dee. i.--The business
district of New York city is undergo
ing constant changes owing TO the fact
that its limits are rapidly beng eX.
tended toward the upper part OF Man
haitian island. There was a time when
business houses engaged i'm the same
line of business We're grouped within
certain comparatively small districts.
There was paper district, a furniture
district, a hardware district drug
district a silk district, etc, but time
has worked many changes i'm this sys-
TEN. Many of the houses outgrew
their quarters and as they could no,
lind larger quarters i'm their respective
districts they moved to some other
part of the business district, farther
away from the lower end of Manhat-
tan. Broome street, for instance,
which five years ago might have been
described as the busiest and most
iiourishing thoroughfares i'm the dry
goods district is now deserted to a
great extent All the large and some
Of the smaller concerns have moved
away and the rest will probably fol-
low. The buildings vacated by them
are being occupied by manufacturing
concerns of different kinds and the
change is constantly going ON.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-12-04
WAS FORMER PRESIDENT.
late John NJ. Drake Held Highest OF.
fee OF His Class at NJ. c. M.

John NJ Drake, who recently died in
liewatin, Mimi. and whose body was
brought here for interment i'm the
Lakeside cemetery. was one of the
most popular students at'the College
of Mines. This fact is shown 10y the
members Of the class OF 1897 choosing
him a. president Tor that year. Mr.
Drake was also member of the Tau
Beta al fraternity a tribute to his eX-
cclIent scholarship.
Since his graduation the late Mr..
Drake was engaged i'm mining work i'm
various portions Of the Lake Superior
district and in Mexico. At the time of
his death he was superintendent of the
Bennett mine at Kewatin. He was in
tcrested in the designing and con-
structing of the plant and also in the
opening Of the mine
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-12-04
OPINION ON THE WEATHER.
Observer Cowdrick Believes Mud Tenn
perature May Continue.

Observer Cowdrick of the Uoughton
wcatbe~ bureau ventures the assertion
Chat hc would not %, astouished IL
permanently milo weather would be
The rule FOR the coppe- country here
after,
He bascs his suggestion ON the fact
that 90 is now generally conceded the
Japan current which for ages has Civ
ca Alaska and the Canadian north
west very temperate climate, has
been diverted 10y volcanic disturbances
iu the ocean bed off the A,eutian ISL
audS, Alaska. He says that about this
season uf the year the high barometer
area go which can be traced weather
conditions In this latitude. has been
found p AlaskJ Bu. laterly it has
been found n the latitude of Puget
Sound and this would indicate warmer
weather in this latitude IL the condi-
tion continues.
For tEe immediate future. Mr.. Cow
drIeN believes that tho present snow
Joss season viii continue for some
days lie hopes this year To heat IN"
existing record FOR IN. late date for
permanent snow. December e. The in
dicat.pns YESTERDAY were for no snow
for 20 week and mo- low temperatures.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-12-04
DEATH OF N. q. PATCH.
superintendent Of Buffalo Smelter OF
c. & II. Passes Away.

y +. Rees OF Houghton and j. Il.
Cooper OF Hubbell have been advised
of the death in Buffalo, y. Y, Of
Maurice Il. Patch, superintendent of
the Buffalo smelter OF the Calumet n
HecIa Mining company. The death OF
Mr.. Patch who was well advanced ~
years. was the result OF paralysis.
Maurice b Patch is well remembered
10y older residents of the copper coun-
try. He came To this district as
chemist of the Lake Superior smelter
at Hancock in 1874 under the late
james r. Cooper. He remained in
that position till 1856 when he was
sent to Hubben as superintendent of
the Calumet X HeCla smelter. which
position he retained till 1891 when he
was transferred to the superintendent
,y OF the company's smolter at Buff
falo. retaining the office till his death
Mr. Patch is survived by his wife
TWO daughters and three sons.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-12-04
OPERATE NEW CAMP.

The INN of Toupin ana Co,tin, has
opened a camp northeast of Lake Lin .
den ana operations on eighty acres a.
woodland have already leen begun. \
force of twenty men is engaged in tn"
work ana several thousand cords of
wood will be marketed in Lake Linden.
Operators i'm the south end of the
county have been IN Torch Lake towns
for tho past week i'm AN effort tn OBJ
tain horses from farmers. y shipment
nr seven teams was consigned To Ston-
ington this morning for the firm Of
Messner and Thibodcau.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-12-04

mis- Wife, three daughters and son.
rhe deceased was a native of Ripley
but he located in Detroit twunty- seven
years ago. Mr.. Thomas and John
Menrman OF Ripley, also a brother in
law OF the deceased lett yesterday To
attend the funeral. which is TO take
place in Detroit tomorrow.
Mrs. J. y Waddell returned to her
home in New York yesterday after
noon.
Adolto Fasana applied for naturaliz-
alton papers at County Clerk Kaiser's
office yesterday. Fasana is a miner at
the Franklin. He came 10 the United
states on the ~ OF October. 1907. land
ing at New York.
The regular monthly meeting of the
lIoughton village council will Lee held
this afternoon ut the village hall. Aside
from the reports of the condition of
the village by Village Clerk Penberthy
there is no business of Importance
scheduled for consideration.
\ party OF fifteen Houghton Masons,
comprising the twenty first degree
team of Francis NJ. Moore consistory
of Marquette, went TO the latter city
Yesterday afternoon to participate in
the eonsistory doings today and for
the remainder of the week.
\. X. Cox arrived i'm Houghton yes
terday from Minneapolis TO make final
preparations for the production of
The Messiah" at tho <err.dpa theo -
ter tomorrow night.
Harry Flora, professional of the
Portage Lake Golf club returned yes
tcrday from Chicago. where he pur-
chased a complete indoor golf equip
ment for the club. The indoor game
will he played this winter in the Ma
sonic temple basement.
Capt. and Mrs. Samuel Brady of
Rockland spent yesterday i'm town.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-12-04
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BRAZIL is GIANT OF SOUTH.
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It is To he noted that Brazil lately
gave a Filipino artist honorable men
ton at its international art cXDosi-
ton and that IL was at the request
of the emperor of Brazil, good many
years agfo, that Wagner began to
work out his great opera-some people
think it his greatest Tristan and
isolde" To be sure. Wagner never sent
the opera To the royal patron who had
asked for IT, but IL is exceedingly to
the point that this early bent of the
PraZilians toward what was great in
music should be set beside their pat
ronage of art today.
Brazil. next To the United States, IL
the largest of American republics, aud
it's area is 100000 square miles great
or than that of the United States. cX-
elusive of Alaska and the islands The
Atlantic coast line is 1900 miles long.
twice the distance from Portland. Me.
To Key West. Fla. The population is
not quite one fourth as large as that
OF the United States.
The principal industry of Brazil is
agriculture, though the mines are of
great value. Bclcm is the first port
touched from the north. and il H. of
special interest TO tourists for it's
situation on the Para river, the south
crn mouth of the Amazon. Here is "A
river 3,400 miles long, draining an
area two thirds the size of the United
States. This is the region where Won
humboldt prophcsied would one day
center the civilization of the globe
The Amazon is a mile and a half
wide at Tabatinga. the last Brazilian
port To- the west and IL gradually
broadcns until IL attains breadth Of
30 miles at TN" northern mouth alone
where it discharges volume of water
four times the size If the Mississippi
This river is already being navigated
hN ocean liners for 1000 miles.
Though the stream was discovered
by Europeans I'm the sixteenth century
and amazing tales of IT were told. It
was not until 1867 that it was opened
To free navigation. II was probably the
work W an American William Lewis
Harndon, and of Louis Agassz. then a
Harvard professor. that attention was
reused Ia bring this about. Dom Pedro.
the emperor, offered Prof Agassiz all
the aid no could. and 1t was ne who
dorrced that the river should bc open
to International tradc.-Christian
Science Monitor.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-12-04

the turkeys purCh ased for the occas-
ion had died under the axe many years
ago and had been resurrected from
their icy sepuchres by some commits
sion house To he placed on the market
before they crumbled to pieces from
decay. The result was that eighty-two
persons. who had partaken of the am
tique fowl became i'll from ptomainc
poisoning and the combined medical
force of Scotch Plains and several
ncighhoring villages had To work over
time To save the lives of the poisoned
fcaStCrs
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-12-04
HAIR COMING OUT? IF DRY. THIN
FADED, BRING BACK ITS
COLOR AND LUSTRE.

within ten minutes after an appi-
cation of Daudcrinc you cannot find u
single trace of dandrum or falling hair
and your scalp will not itch, but what
viii please YOU most will bc after a
few weeks use, when YOU see now hair,
fine and downy at first ycs-but real
lY new hair growing all over the
scalp.
n little Dandernc Immediately dou-
blcs the beauty of your hair. No differ
ence how dun. faded. brittle and
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-12-04
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HoUGHToN BREVlTlES.
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:. Is. Baker manager of the Michi-
gan Telephone company ut Marquette
and +. J. Larson. also an official of the
telephone company. are in Houghton
visiting the local telephone office. Mr.
Stanndrd, manager of the Ortonagon
branch of the compan;, is also I'm town
for a few days.
Miss Myrtle Schandt, telephone OPP
orator inspector for the Michigan Tele-
phone company, is here examining tho
local service.
The Battle of Cameron Dam" Il
three-reelcd moving picture, will lie
shown at the star theGter this evening.
James Y. Thomas yesterday re-
ceived advices from Detroit of the
death OF Thomas Mathews, his broth
cr-in-law, in that city. Mr.. Mathews
was Is years Of age. He is survived 10y
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-12-04
Is Good to hoboes.

The Brotherhood Welfare associa :
Ton which is composed of hohocs has
accepted the offer of Bishop Greer to
use the basement of All Saints church
as place of shelter and meeting.
When the offer was originally made
the hobo members were decidedly OPP
posed To accepting it, because they
feared prosecuting and an attempt
to interfere with their religious con-
viction5 and their inherent right Ia
keep away from all work if it could
he done 1t took considerable pcrsua-
sion on the part of the bishop To over
come their scrupleS