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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-26
NEW TANNING PROCESS.
Electricity Employed to Shorten Period
OF Producing Leather.

y new electric tanning process. il
vented by the Swedish scientist Dr. 4.
Groth aud applied ON Il practical scale
in I'M English works. is attracting
much attention, aud ii H. stated thar
one Of the prominent electric firms
Is soon Ia take II M for commercial
use. says The Scientific American.
with this method the hides are put in
special watts along with metal conduc-
tors, 50 rs To carry out m clcctrolyiic
action, aud this will tan the hides in
much less time than usual Cor i'm
stance, six weeks rs COMPARED with
several months LeHther of better uIlal.
ity is produced in this way. aud The
method gives 4 perfect aud solid tam.
ming
The details of the method are not ms
yet made public Various electrical de-
vices IN the shape of regulators aud in.
dicatolS. also safety apparatus for
over current, make the process almost
IN automatic one. aud in the present
trial plant NJ kidderninSter two Der.
sons are all that are needed 10 take care
of the whole. Should anything 20
wrong in one of the watts electric he'll
or lamp signals give warming ut once.
The plant keeps running day and night.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-26
Fences.

The time once was when no home
was complete without ts surrounding
fence, or possibly hedge. The fence
idea is an inheritance from the an
cient days when each mans house was
his fort and his fence was likely to be
n three-foot stone wall, 20 feet high.
Times changed, and the battlement
ed walls were no longer needed. grad.
ually giving way to more decorative
and less expensive barriers. They
were just as necessary as during the
feudal times. however because with
peace came increasing crops and in.
creasng cattle 10 modest them The
cattle ran NJ will and were just as
fond of trespassing in vegetable lot
as they now are.
For this reason every home was
fenced in. and the custom still pre-
walls universally in England and somc
parts of the continent. Il Is hardly
respectable not to be fenced in there.
This custom came to America. with
the first settlers. the Virginia colon
lists using white picket fences largely,
and the Huritans developing that most
charming OF all fences, the New Eng
land stone wall.
Westward they moved taking their
fences with them Stone walls changed
TO rails and pickets to uponded stumps,
until the timberless, stoncless plains
were reached. Here fences were
ideal cattle country and increasing
numbers forbade their roaming at will.
II naturally was an American who in.
vented the barbcd wire and woven
fencing, and today there are more
miles of fence in America than in all
the rest of the world combined
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-26
Dissbused His Mind,

~ y London theatcr the other night,
when we'll known actress was weep
lug bitterly nn the stage, ~ sensitive
countryman burst into tears and wcpt
audibly.
What are vou making that row
forf' asked ucighhor
I'm thinking q that poor creatures
distress" was the reply
What? Don't YOU know shes paid
f20 Il week tn do that =
"Eh; Twenty pounds week Do
you mean 10 say her crying's not
real:"
"Of course not
Then all I've got 10 say Is she's n
deccitful husSy" And up he got aud
went ont Twenty hounds week,
he was mutterin. rs he moved into the
street. "and TO k,ck np all that row
too "--Loudon Globe
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-26
NE COST OE WAR.

II am no Other WAY. war sooner OF
later must end bc,;uusc The ever grow
iug hwucn Of it's cost viii presently
ic,omr too great for the world to
bear
Already it is So heavy that millions
or Hur-ted people the world over
sroan under it. And i, gets heavier
,,cry cay The mere cost of pre-
iarcdncss," without reckoning at all
Che cost OF actual warfare in blood
and tears and gold, is a staggering
item
In thc pamphlet series Of the World
Peace Foundation is "a table contain
ing the ,otu military charge tor one
year. tie latest for which statistics
are available, in each Of tho principal
civilized countries OF he world. Great
Britain and tho continent contribute
,1GS2.g7Looo to the total. The United
states contributes S2S5,oN6,ooo. only
three nations exceed this nsurc-Gcr-
many with SSIS,ii6.oOo. Great Britain
with SaiLSso.ooO and Russia with
s.lg77oooo The grand total is more
cham two billions aud a quartcr-s2.-
sea $4,000
Estimating at tvo Thousand dollars
TIE annual producing capacity Of the
average adult worker. this wrctchcd
husiucss ahsorbs the total wealth pro.
docrd 10y LIar.GGG of the worlds best
workers
other millions Of men in their years
OF greatest productive capacity are
taken ont of productive industries and
thoir s,rougth and Intelligence dcvot-
od to ,dloucss in uniform.
VIVA; for To what end?
The most plausible excuse for it, Is
that the best assurance of peace is an
ample armament
Set il lis as true Of the uatious as
B.. t# of many individuals that the
po .s,ssion of firearms is 10 constant
tsmptat on to use lhcm Mud it is no
more civilized for nations 10 90 armed
Zoo the teeth than it would be- for doc
tors ana lawyers aud grocers and
butchers TO 80 about with a six
shootor in each hip pocket and
bowie knife ina each boot-and it Is no
greater assurance OF peace.
Peace would be surcr il this item of
armament did not cost the world
dollar except for international polio
ing
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-26
Yard
The
BY Prof. John Willard BoIlC


OF late years we have begun 10
awaken TO the fact that there are ad.
vantages in not fencing I'm private
yards that are free from Objectionable
neighbors. We do not need fences to
protect our front lawns from cattle
in our cities and suburbs. and their
only value is n sentimental one by
removing the front yard fences from a
block of suburban residences. VIC So.
cure the effect Of a street twice ~
wide and much more spacious grounds
about each house.
If a front fence Is desired. lot II be
in keeping with the character Of tho
house and grounds. While tall. or.
namental iron fence Is the idea type
for formal city mansion. II ig decid-
eddy out of place in a suburban set
ting. Nothing is pretticr than a white
picket fence for a colonial dwelling,
and a cut stone wall is very attract.
i've for large estates.
Fences for the city and country
yards are still very popular and
HibI'llN ~ II II III inc iRNh sf'H
that the garden grows, the children
play and the clothes hang out TO dry.
Here is the waste paper barrel the
garbage can, the ash pile and the
chicken yard. Let us have a little
privacy. place where we do not have
to he presentable. Let us put high
board fence or a hedge or some other
screen around the back yard, and do
just as We please out there.
We can plant vines and fruit trees
against the fence and hide It, beside
making II bear tribute. A siy.foot
board fence will serve the purpose, or
"a lower one with clump Of high
shrubs before IT, Cement walls may
he made as thin as three inches and
as high as eight feet, If more per
maneut fence Is desired
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-26
Daddy 'sBedtine
@, Boy Antony
OCOIV- Plays a Joke
On His Faith,
kerohisis There.

ACK borrowed andkerctefs II with
i the letters of dad ma worked the
don't daddy said when md
a. hadu tmisc o he careful
thns Boy Antony and his hand
kerchie daddy
"Anton was called in M
Ihosewe Grandpa Antony anl Daddy Antony.
SMALL haldkcclcs
Antony did envy splendid big hankies which he
daddysT Boy
handkcrchefs,
kCtlt
had bad cold father
told he might
that
looking andker would he
Boy
borrowed
few :o
ton
fun Antony
of hanlkecS
the with the border
his pocket
day Antony
wnSa big OF
themu p so lisa could
handkerchief tie
cried haudLrchcfSF Boy laughed
father
hardtt daddy caught him
oh hook the other the drawer
hlndk and then nnsh~
tpkc il o agreed
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-26
Diseases They Have In Scotland.

Has Scotland still its own word for
measles Dean Ramsay relates that
in lII5 Mrs Betty Mnirhcnd. who kept
0 boarding school for young ladies in
the Trongate of Glasgow. asked new
pupil whether she had had smallpox.
Yes mem. replied the girl I've had
the sma 'pox, the nirls. the blabS. the
scay. the kinkhoSt and the fever. the
branks and the worm "Sma 'poy"
and even the vague fever might not
worry IN English reader. bnt it needs
a glossary TO interpret the others in
order rs measles. nettlerash, itch,
whoopng cough. humps aud tooth
ache --I. ondOD Taller
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-26
Turks Picnic at Home.

simple life" picnckiug in the house
is thoroughly understood 10y the Turk.
The real old fashioned Turk indeed, as
Sir Charles Eliot shows. reveals his in
heritcd nonadic instincts by treating a
house merely aS place 10 camp in.
Rooms are not assigned To special pur'
poses You sit I'm - room aud write
on your hand When yon are hungry
you call 4 little table is brought in,
and YOU eat When You want To 90 to
bed pile Of rugs is laid in corner.
and YOU 20 to- sleep on H." Then a
scene At Yildiz-S secretaries working III
= red plush room furnished in Euro.
peau style Some were sitting curlcd
up in arluchu'rS. with their inkpots
poised pcrilouSly on the arms. the idea
Of having writing table never hav-
Ing come into their heads. Suue were
SQUattiug on The honr. eating with their
fingers of broad dishes placed on low
table One was taking u SicSta in the
corner "--St. James Gazette
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-26
Popular Mechanics
SHARPENING CLIPPERS.
Simple and inexpensive Way OF Keep
ing Blades In Condition.

ing Blades In Condition
Sharpening clipper blades is, IN the
opinion of many users. II task when
demands the services of an expert ano
the facilities of factory. says Iolu
lar Mechanics II Is true that no niue
skill is necessary, but with slilPe
tools aud little practice ANY person
Of intelligence can do Il satisfaction!
job which is OF no little value when
the users of clippers are far out N
the country.
The two essential things are sup
ply Of emery. about No. 600 or even
finer, and n tapping board The lai'e.
is u piece uf east iron which sho'"
Ice NJ least six Inches square, pll'''
perfectly Hat on one surface. Nol'u
has II series of small grooves cut W u"
the grooves being little more than deep
scratches The surface is "Clargeo
Ivy sprinkling very light coat OF en-.
cry over H. Take out the clipper hlhu'H
and lay them. one at II lihe' INV
down. ou the emery surface "t 'n'
metal aud grasp one firmly win Tue
fingers OF both hands Rub tlleh' n"rN
aud forth ou the emery surface allll'
ing fairly heavy pressure u1canN NV
Great care must be exercised hoi '"
tip the blades when pushing tu'"'
Keep them perfectly Hat ~ all ii'''S
when on the emery surface.
After the board is once used u VIZ
not need To- he 80 heavily charged WIN
emery. as the Hat part of tue w.
iron retains minute particles ana 1--WE
grooves greater quantity
Such an outfit can be procured w,
less than 81. and once made mp VIZ
last for long time. With tins ou'"'
M hand there Is no need Of rnhh'u"
dull clippers. ms the blades eau
taken out quickly and sharpened J"
few minutes
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-26
ME AN MA.

TberTe been times we'd disagree
Somethu awful Ma and me-.
Times when would bunp the door
Ncycr TO Come back uc more
An 20 stompin down the street
~n>in' things won't repeat
Nuuin' th1t the only course
For us tvo was divorce.
Then when it come time for tea
We'd make ~, would Ma and me
We've had many spat
Arsuiu DER this and that
Thcr'vc been times when Ma got mao
Said enough &C. no she'd had.
Tired 81 Iistoru to mo Jaw.
'i"ckoncj bat she'd 60 t. T. law.
Fell the Judge her tale o woe,
an my own way could go.
Fbun TIA, children we would see
I'm we'd laugh would Ma and me,
la an me amt angels quite.
Neither OF ms does things right
Shes got reason Ter complaint,
she amt married 20 "A saint,
Guess l.c tried her patience more
Than the children round the door
IN at times, 10y all that's fine,
Ma has certainly tried mine.
But together still are we
Pals an lovers-Ma an me
We've just plodded ON the way
Hand IN hand from day to- day
Wortin for the greatest good
Dom Just the best we could.
Gcttin mad. as people will
But remainin' faithful still.
I'm we've took back all we said,
Kissed. an vowed we'd always be
Pals an weethearts-Ma an me-
Edgar Guest in Detroit Free Press
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-26
To Prevent Torch liahts Smokino.

IN The shop or factory oil torches
are sometimes used. and much trouble
Is experienced 10y the excessive smok.
lug or the flame. This occurs because
100 much carbon remains unburned
ana can be remedied by first soaking
The wick In weak solution Of acetic
acid. per cont solution can he
purchased for few cents Mt any drug
store and will soak n great number Of
wicks. The acid is not poisonous un.
less taken internally.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-26
Counterthrust.

"A very good retort"' said n senator
IN an argument "A very good rctOrt
indeed, II reminds me 81 Weeks
Weeks and his wife were quarrel.
ing.
1.-The night Won proposed, said Mrs,
Weeks. With n hard. scorufuI laugh.
You acted like fish ont ~ water.
Weeks sighed
But very cleverly landed ish. he
said. in musng voice. Washington
Star.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-26
The Csplanation.

WHY is 1t that some young men yet
on so much faster IN the world than
others? II must he pure luck"
NO I rather think II is because
while some are always ready tn accept
positions. others 20 out and look up
."-ExChauge.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-26

Henry w. Beecher, of Seattle, VIII
take part in the celebration Of the
one hundredth anniversary of the
birth Of his father. Henry Ward
Beecher June IL.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-26

There are $685. women teachers
ana professors in the United States.
Of the 220. go2 Germans who emf.
grated In 1881, 2o6lSe. or 30 per cent
Went 70 the United states Through
cut the succeeding three decades the
proportion ranged around 90 per cent.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-26
Hemer lndeed.

"you talk a. " your friend was .
greater poet than Homer"
Homer. Well. say. II Percy had
tackled that Homer stuff he'd have
made II rime"- Plain Dealer.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-26

Vice President Marsha'l's boyhood
ambition was ~ be q shoemaker.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-26

Things don't turn up 10 this world
until somebody turns them up.-Jamcs
A. Garfield
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-26

Asphalt paving in Edinburgh Scot
hand costs S3.i0 per square yard.
The asphalt is largely of Sicilian or
igin.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-26

Twenty-Five million tons of ship.
ping rounds Cape Cod annually.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-26
The News
Habit


A man OF Our acquaintance,
who might not be suspeetod
OF knowing much about his
wlfe's hats and gowns. has
lately acquired the habit OF
studying the advertising
PAGES CT THE NEWS. The
result IS that he has enjoyed
no little amount OF profitable
diversion N helping his wife
make her Spring selections o.
hats and shoes and other ap.
parel.
q By friendly cooperation
and discussion OF the manv
attractive offerings. nc proved
himself great assistance 20
his wife and TUNED many
weeks OF irritating shoppiry
experiences INTO a pleasant
pastlme,
q He has demonstrated to MS
own satisfaction that, by
systematic study OF the al
Vert,s,ns columns OF TIE
NEWS one may save tins.
money and patience in spring
shopping. Also. that Il is
very good habit &c take TNS
NEWS home each day or TO
have Il delivered regularly,
where IL may be read thor
ouehly IN the quiet of ths
home circle,
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-26

an eye. on Marquette today
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-26

ACI borrowed daddy handkerchiefs II nice
the eters of dadly's worked in the corner
s sure you don't lose it, daddy said when he loaned IT
had promised To he very careful
The Adair County news., 1913-07-09
No hDeadhead" Trio.

One Of the most famous Of American
shipping lines in the palIny days Of our
marine was the Cope line. which ran
between Philadelphia and liverpool,
says the author of Memoirs Of Charles
Fl. Cramp." Is tnIs line John Ran
dolph Of Roanoke determined 70 90 &c
Russia when he had been appointed
minister TO that country by President
Jackson. Entering the Office OF the
company In Philadelphia. he said to g
clerk In his usual grandil"quent man
uer:
"Sir. wish to see ThOm,,s T. Cope"
He was shown to Mr.. COpe's office.
II am John Randolph of Roanoke"
be said. az wish to take passage to
Liverpool in one of your ships"
If he expected to be rendered pass
he was grievously disappointed.
II am Thomas Cope" replied the
head Of the line. IF thee goes aboard
the ship and selects thy statero0m and
VIII pay $50 thee may go"
The Adair County news., 1913-07-09
EYES OF NEEDLES.
Why They Never Rust Nor Cut the
Very Finest, Softest Thread.

M:Gions of needles are sold daily. It
was not so long ago when the thread
In the needle was cut by the sharp
edges left in the eye after manufac-
ture The smaller the needle the sharp
er the edge and the greater the annoy
ance to users. Then. again. the eye
would rust, for woman will dampen
the end of the. thread on her tongue
In order to make Il point so that the
needle may be threaded more easily.
Complaint was loud and long, and or
ders were passed down the line to pro-
duce an eye in the smallest needle that
could not cut the finest and softest
thread in the world
This was done by inventing a new
machine i'll the shape of die cutters for
the making of the eyes. The points on
these minute augers are so small that
they cannot be seen with the naked
eye or detected by the most delicate
sense of touch microscope is nee
essary. SO it was essential to invent
new machines to manufacture the dies
and to sharpen the tiny drills.
POlishers and burniShers had to be
made that would finish off every rough
edge in an instant almost because nee
dies sell dozen or so for a few cents
When this was done the needles were
placed in rack. through which the
eyes projected and held so tightly that
when immersed in water only the eyes
were covered. In this way the heads
OF the needles became the negative
pole of powerful battery. and in
few moments the eyes of several mil
lion needles were gold plated and
hence rendered rust proof.-Harper's.
The Adair County news., 1913-07-09
YELLED LADIES.
Three Men Who Won Literary laurels
Under Feminine Names.

One Of the most famous cases of a
man writer winning fame under wo-
mans name was that of the late Will
liam Sharp, who kept his identity with
"Fiona Macleod" close secret during
his life, and it was only after his
death that the public was made
aware that her remarkable novels
were the work of the we'll known critic
and essayist. Their style seemed so
Enthusiastically feminine that even
the most astute critics believed that
they were written by a woman's hand.
Another famous writer, Laurence
HOusman. known already as poet
and artist, made third and most sue
cessful appearance before the public as
a ''veiled lady" A remarkable book
appeared entitled AN Englishwoman's
Love Letters which all the critics
praised and all the clubs and literary
circles talked about Who was this
woman who had laid her heart bare?
The critics agreed that, whoever she
was. she understood her sex to perfec-
ton The secret was kept very close
for Il time. and then, to everybOdy's
immense amaZement, the real author
was revealed as a man after all.
Very few people probably will recall
the undoubted fact that one of the
greatest of Victorian poets. Algernon
Charles Swinburne, hid his identity &C.
casionally under the very matter of
fact feminine nom de plume of Mrs.
Horace Manners" while another and
much beloved singer on the other side
of the Atlantic. the charming Quaker
poet. John Greenleaf Whittier. used
frequently as a pen name the unro-
mantle one of Margaret Smith,
London Answers.
The Adair County news., 1913-07-09
SteriIized Soil For Flowers.

1t is not generally known that the
soil used by florists for filling window
boxes and tlOwerpots is often steri-
iized. This sterilization is not intend
ed primarily for the destruction of
germs. but for the destruction of ali
animal and vegetable life in the SOIL
so that weeds will not be springing up
along with the flowers and worms up
roofing the earth. The steriliZing de
vice consists of Il large bin with steam
pipes running through it about four
Feet apart. Along these pipes there
are placed holes at intervals of a few
inches. The soil-which is sod pillow
ed up and left to decay for Il year-is
dumped in. Then the steam is turned
on for half an hour. At the end of
that time the process is completed
Harpers.
The Adair County news., 1913-07-09
FROZEN WITH HEAT.
A Remarkable Process Known as the
Caioric Paradox.

A Remarkable Process Known as the
Caioric Paradox.
Freezing is usually associated with
cold. but water can be frozen on a red
hot plate. This pretty experiment has
rightly 6een called the calnri" paradox
II drop of water is placed on red
not or white hot metal plate it does
not suddenly fash into steam under
the influence of the great heat. IL does
not even boil 1t simply evaporateS
quietly and slowly as 1t rolls about the
plate. Now. suppose that the drop OF
the plate is a volatile liquid Ike sui
phurous acid 1t will evaporate, and
this evaporation will produce cold. Lee
a drop of water fall in the sulphurouS
acid drop and it will be frozen in spits
nf the heat.
~ BOutigny thus froze water on a
white hot platinum capsule Faraday
carried this remarkable experiment
even further. Pouring some ether and
solidi1ed carbOnic acid gas on a red
hot platinum capsule, he formed
spherOidal mass which evaporated very
slowly He then brought some mer-
curry into contact with it. and this was
instantly frozen. Now. mercury re-
quires a temperature Of 40 degrees be
low zero to soIdify it. and here it was,
frozen on redhOt platinum
The Adair County news., 1913-07-09
Proverb Against Proverh.

A wealthy lawyer and a downtrod-
den litigant were conversing together.
The lawyer had not always been
wealthy; the client had not always
been dOwntrodden. In the elevators of
life they had passed each other. one
going down, the other going up, says
the Cleveland Plain Dealer And now
they were quoting proverbs at each
other.
"a fool and his money are soon part
ed?' sneered the attorney.
Lawyers houses are built with
fools money! came back the client.
Which showed the man who heard
this bit Of repartee the truth of the
statement that those who live in glass
houses shouldn't throw stones. \ few
more might be added but this will do
for the present.