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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-20
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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-20
What is a coppcrh.sd?

There Is n snake of that name. The
term was also applied 10 II person WIN.
Whlle belonging or residing in the
northern states. WAS yet an open sym.
pathizer with secession.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-20

is there tree known az the COW
tree2
Yes. 1t is found in the mountains of
South and Central America. Natives
drink freely of the milk.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-20

IVES Grover Cleveland the twenty
fourth president CT the United States
Some people maintain that because
Mr.. tIoyc'nud's terms were not cohSer-
utirc he should be considered as the
twenty .Scccud and twpnty-fourth pres
idcntS Counting Mr. cleveland "n''
makes MIR Wilson the twcnty-scycnih
preSidcu Of the uitcd States Count
Ing him twice makes MIR Wilson the
twenty eighth president
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-20
Have You
Something to Sell
to the Public?

z II so, do you tell the public
about 4?
q II you DO, how DO you
do Il?
4 And what sort Of reputs
ton is back Of the merehan.
disc you arc Offering?
The answers to these quos
tons may spell success or
failure to many a merchant.
q From an intimate assoeil-
ton with a wide circle c.
concerns, merchandising "a
the nseessaries OF life, NC
venture to say;
The quickest and sursst
way TO reach the public IS
through the columns OF d..
pe1dsble daily newspaper lioo
TIE NEWS-one that has
high standing IN the cor.
munlty It serves. and has the
confidence OF It's readers.
The most dependable ar.
tcIes sold today are those 10
which the manufacturers IS
not afraid to attach his labe
that IS TO say, his reputa.
tion.
Retail merchants arc now
Iolrirg hands with the manu-.
tacturer. and the public Is
thus doubly euars nteed
against infer,orjty.
q The eombnstreu Of man
ufaeturer and retailer plus
GOOD, clean newspaper adver.
t's'ns means success to them
both with the maximum of
satisfaction to the purchaser"
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-20

What states produce asbestos?
Georgia, Idaho, Vermont and Wyom-
ing.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-20

Who're was Woodrow Wilson born1
~ the Manse, $tauutou, Va. aa Doc.
2S. lSJO
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-20

Where did the term dark horse"
originate?
Probably from the practice of certain
Jockeys who by painting famous horse
were enabled to bring him into thc
race under another name. bet LARGO
sums OF money and win the race.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-20

MIR aud Mrs Jacob Luepp, OF 81.
Louis have lived - years of their 30
married wears In one house.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-20

Whom was Iceland discovered?
BY Norwegian chiefs about S6l.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-20
Where did the "ourfew bell" orioi.

II IS commonly believed to nave hpcn
introduced IN England by William the
Conpucror. who or,iaiucd. under SO
we're penalties, that when the hell RAM
all lights and fires should he cxtin-
guishcd
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-20

Who is the author Of Limitation ~
Jesus Christi"
The author Is unknown. II has been
attributed Ia an AbIot Gerseu lwl"ss
existence Is doubtful. To jean t'"rsen,
the celebrated chancellor of Paris. ana
To Thomas kcmplS
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-20

VINO wss the first secretary Of the
department OF agriculture?
Norman j. ColmIn WAS appointed
secretary on creation uf the hureaU ~
a department In 1850 10y President
Cleveland
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-20

When was the sucx canal con-
ssrueted?
II was begun In 1889 and finished ~
1869.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-20

When did Panama declare its indie
ponderee?
Nov. 4, 1903.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-20

What year was the San Francisco
earthquake?
April Is and ~. 1905.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-20

is Woodrow Wilson the first teaoh.,
to be elected PRESIDENT
No. Garfield, Arthur and Cleveland
whose terms We're in succession. had
all been teachers.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-20
How did Joan Of Arc die7

She was burned rs witch mt Rouen
May 80. 1871.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-20

What is Traian's column7
r. u CONSISTS ri u statue and pedest1
erected in ~ 10y the Roman senate
and people to commemorate Trajan'
Victories
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-20

When did Wocdrov Wilson become
Gtss ohed - Wesleyan university and "a
what capacity?
lie WIS elected to 'hg ,Iutr of ds.
tory ana political economy ia lNNN
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-08
William Wallace Screws

The people of Alabama will be
startled and grieved this morning
when they read of the sudden death
of Maj William Wallace Screws,
editor of the Montgomery Advertiser
Although in his seventy-fifth year,
Major Screws was apparently in good
health and his friends and associates
had cherished the hope that he would
continue in active service years to
come.
Born in Alabama, Major Screws
loved his state and ever since the war
his influence had been felt and his
journalistic achievements recognized.
He had been admitted to the bar in
1859 and was succeeding in his prac-
tice when Alabama seeded. He had
been opposed to the war, but when
it came he was among the first to
enlist in the Confederate army, and
he served with valor throughout the
four years. In 1865 he became per-
manently connected with the Adver-
tiser. He was ever a trenchant
writer and what gave him especial
distinction was his high purpose, his
prophetic vision and his moral cour-
age. He did splendid work for the
state during the troublous period of
reconstruction and in many political
battles since he had sounded clarion
notes and with characteristic vigor
had espoused issues he believed to be
right, although often realizing full
we'll that the stand he took was any
thing but popular.
As the nestor of the Alabama press
Major Screws was not only held
in cordial esteem, but he was
school of journalism-the school
adorned by brilliant and potential men
north and south-but his heart was
ever young, his style was ever fresh
and he kept well abreast of modern
thought and progress. Such men as
Major Screws can i'll be spared, and
no Albanian who has passed away in
these recent years has been more
widely lamented than will be this
brave, true-hearted, noble gentleman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-08

Tor many years they have been mulct-
ing the people in manner that would
have made Rube Burroughs ashamed
of himself. The interstate commerce
commission has acted, and the reduced
rates will go into effect October Is,
unless the courts intervene.
Express rates have long been a
source of constant complaint. The
shipper has contended that they were
unreasonably high, and this conten-
tion has been borne out to large ex-
tent by the big dividends that have
been earned by the companies. The
interstate commerce commission has
conducted a thorough investigation,
and the result is the sweeping order
just issued.
The plea of the companies that their
revenues have been adversely affected
by the Inauguration of the parcel post
is given little heed. Up to the present,
the mails have been carrying no pack
ages weighing in excess of II pounds,
and this class of business is only a
very small per cent of that. done by
the express companies.
1t has been the rule of the interstate
commerce commission never to move
precipitately. A transportation ques-
ton is considered from every angle
before an order for its settlement is
issued. The commission, moreover,
has the benefit of talent expert in the
law and the complicated business of
railroading. 1t has been uniformly
successful in maintaining its prosition
when attacked in the courts. 1t is not
probable that this time it leaped be-
fore it looked.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-08
TELEPHONE
BELL (private exchange connecting all
departments), No. 4DOO.
The tongues o. the common mouth.
--COriolanus.
Monthly Police Report

The monthly report of George H
Bodeker, chief of police of Birming-
ham, published in yesterdays Age
Herald, was of more than ordinary in.
terest. It was encouraging, too, for il
spite of homicides and other crimes
committed within the borders of the
municipality there was a marked i'm
provement in certain directions.
At one time the policy of the police
department was not to make arrests
for drunkenness unless the men who
had imbibed too freely were disor-
derly. But in the recent months every
man who has been seen in an intoxi-
Gated condition on the streets has been
arrested. The number of arrests made
in July was considerably less than the
number in June. Another noteworthy
fact is that of the arrests for drunk
enness last month about 80 per cent
were convicted, showing that those
who fail to restrain themselves in the
matter of liquor drinking are punished
according to law.
Another interesting and significant
item in Chief Bodeker's report is that
which relates to carrying concealed
weapons. Most of the bloodshed in and
around Birmingham is the result of
pistol "toting." 1t used to be that all
homicides were charged up to liquor
but in the majority of the recent kill
ings liquor had no part in the trage-
dies. If the law against concealed
deadly weapons was strictly en-
forced in Jefferson county there would
certainly be fewer cases of man
slaughter. The police department
made AZ arrests in July on the charge
of carrying concealed weapons and of
the az arrested 35 were convicted.
Let this good work of apprehending
and Furnishing those who carry con-
cealed weapons go on. Chief Bodeker
says he intends to make an especial eff
fort to break up the pistol carrying
habit in Birmingham. 1t is hoped the
sheriff's office will be likewise active.
If the authorities will make extraordi-
nary exertion "gunmen" will be "few
and far between
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-08
Peace in the Balkans

News that Servia, Montenegro, Rou-
mania, Greece and Bulgaria have
found terms upon which it is possible
to agree for permanent peace is in
deed welcome to the world. History
does not record more wanton war
than that which has been waging in
the Balkan peninsula. 1t has been dis
graceful to Christianity and civiliza-
tion alike.
Gar Ferdinand's dream of near
eastern Prussia is dissipated. His
brave soldiers won renow and terri
tory by their warfare against the
Turks, only to have both thrown away
by the greedy ambition of their ruler.
Bulgaria bore the brunt of the con-
flict with the Moslem. The ability of
its generals and the courage of its
soldiers drew the plaudits of the
world. Three months ago Ferdinand
was looked upon as John Sobieskie;
today he is regarded as humiliated
Attila.
Bulgaria's metamorphosis from
lion to hog was as sudden as it was
unexpected. Servia, Greece and Mon
tenegro assisted valiantly in whipping
the Turk, and then discovered that
Bulgaria proposed to profit at their
expense. This selfishness was not to
be borne, and Ferdinand found himself
confronted by those who had been his
allies.
The struggle was brief and bloody
Out generated and out-fought, the
Bulgarian army committed a series of
excesses that staggered humanity.
Sofia at first denied the stories of
massacres on the part of the Bulga-
rian troops, but now the correctness
of these accounts has been established.
The world is sick of Ferdinand. 1t is
convinced that he is not of the stature
Of true patriots.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-08
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
The Bnslness outlook

The business outlook has improved
very much within the past two or three
weeks, said e. F. Donnelly of New
York. General trade was quite large in
the early part of the year and it has
been normal in most sections up to this
time. but in financial circles tight money
has been the cry.
The money market is much easier now,
the stock market is advancing and there
is general loosening up all along the
line. The ending of the Balkan war, the
policy of the administration at Washing
ton against invading Mexico and the bum
per crops have been among the causes
eoncurring TO make business conditions
more active. There seems to be>no doubt
whatever about business prosperity. The
last part of the year will be exceptionally
prosperous"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-08
Birmlngham Man Honored

M. f. Linnehan. who is in Boston at
tending the annual convention of the
Knights of Columbus, sent a night letter.
gram to his partner, Arnold Masberg,
who is also a member of the order OF
Knights of Columbus. saving that the
gathering was one of the largest ever
held in this country
Boston is evidently surprising itself in
hospitality" said Mr.. Masberg last night.
THE lettergram l received this morning
from Mr. Linnehan conveyed the infor-
man of the committee to escort Cardinal
Gibbons, who appeared before the knights
and delivered an eloquent address. Mr..
Linnehan is state deputy Of the Knights
of Columbus in Alabama
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-08
Hot but Healthy summer

This unusual summer, with its pro-
longed heated spells and very dry, has
done one thing; it has made for
tical hygiene
You have not seen near SO many
mosquitoes as usual during our aver
age summer and the dry weather. and
the very heavy rainfall--when 1t did
come-is in a measure responsible.
Also the housefly has not been so plen-
tiful or so pestiferously present every
where. OF course. where there have
been filthy and favorable conditions,
the flies have abounded. The dry
weather has dried up the moisture in
places favorable to both pests-mos-
quitoes and flies.
1.-The hard, gully washing deluges have
swept. with torrential force, the sur
face, sewers and bitches, cleansing the
face OF the earth with a good wash
ing.
THE summer has been comparatively
free from humidity, moisture that
coupled with high temperatures, causes
great distress to many and heat pros
tratlons to yet others. A dry atmos-
or beast at SO, with great humidity
I'VE are indeed fortunate. We have
had but comparatively little sickness
and no epidemics; and will go into the
fall in fine condition to enjoy the pros
perity of good crops throughout the
land"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-08
Fusion i'm New York

A fight for it's life is nothing new to
Tammany. The tiger seems to flourish
and fatten on such exercise. The
fusionists have put out strong NUM-
cipal ticket in New York, but it is not
at all certain that it will receive the
united support of those who are
against the rule of Boss Murphy.
Mitchell, for mayor; Whitman, for dis
trict attorney; McAneny, for presi-
dent of the board of aldermen, and
Prendergast, for comptroller, COM
prise quartet that for cleanness and
ability probably could not be exceed
ed in all Gotham.
Three of the four were aspirants
for the fusion nomination for mayor,
and many believe that the strongest
of the trio was not chosen to head the
ticket. There is no fear of the whole
hearted support of the followers of
McAneny and Predergrast for the en-
tire slate, but Mr.. Whitman has been
giving ear to the siren call of re-
publican nomination for mayor.
Should the opposition to Tammany
divide, there is no doubt of the result.
At latest accounts, Mr.. Whitman had
about determined to swallow his dis
appointment and contest for re-elec-
ton to his present office. He has
made splendid record as district at
torney, and if he again fills that posi-
ton the grafters and the gunner"
will continue to find it Improbable
to ply their trades.
1t seems the politics of the situa-
tion is for Murphy to give another
nomination to Gaynor. He has made
the best mayor New York has had in
many years. He is honest, able and
energetic. He would get large per
cntage of the respectable" vote, and
of course the Tammany organization
would be behind him .solidly. Should
the republicans put a ticket in the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-08

field, however, Mr. Murphy might de-
eide to nominate some man who would
prove more pliable than Judge Gay
nor.
Should the fusion ticket hold to-
gether, it will be most formidable.
John Purroy Mitchell is collector of the
port of New York, named by President
Wilson, and it is believed that he
would have the moral support of the
national administration Whitman is
republican who has the esteem and
respect of all who have regard for
strict enforcement of the law. Nc
.Aneny and Prendergrast are demo-
Gratis of the Independent type who
have proven faithful and honest of
ficials. The whole country will watch
the contest with interest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-08
The Budget Plan

1
Oscar W. Underwood, leader of the
House majority, is taking the initia-
tive in movement to hold another
caucus of the democrats to consider
the budget plan of apportioning ex-
penditures. The proposition was con-
sidered at previous caucus, but was
defeated. 1t will be brought up again.
however, and Mr.. Underwood is con-
fident that the scheme will be adopted.
The fact that the governments rev.
enues for July showed a falling off of
$10,00O,000 under the receipts for July
of last year has come as a warning to
the democrats. Those who have the
welfare Of the party really at heart
know that rigid economy must be
practiced. Conservatism in the ex-
penditure of funds of the treasury is
cardinal tenet of the party, but the
habit of attempting to get all the
pork" possible is too strong for the
average member to resist.
1t is not anticipated that the
finances of the nation will be embar-
rassed by the passage of the pending,
tariff bill. Careful estimates have been
made of the expected receipts under
the Underwood Simmons measure as a
law. The income tax feature will
bring large amount into the Golfers
of the nation. But the democrats are
pledged to the people to care in the
expenditures. The degree of faith with
which this promise is carried out will
show the capacity of the democrats to
govern.
Under the budget plan, it is pro-
posed to create a committee which will
determine at the outset of each ses-
sion just how much money shall be al
lowed the various departments of the
government, and apportionments will
be made upon the basis of revenues.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-08
A Human Catapult,s Abrllty

81 was talking with splendid speci-
men of manly development and he told
me he weighed 257 pounds, every part
of him hard and sound" said a stu
dent of human nature. HE said he
didn't need anything but his elephant
foot'-his fist-and his brawny arms
to adjust personal differences.
"He told me that he left the farm
his way up in rolling mill and was
for five years a puddler; that he spent
10 years in the mill and came out
weighing 100 pounds and physically
perfect in health. About four years ago
he went into blind tiger and pur-
chased a half pint of whisky. A 'snitch
followed him and, overtaking him, held
him up and ran his hands around him
to feel his pockets. Well, the other fell
low tipped the beam at ITO pounds and
one right-hander straight out from the
puddler' sent him spinning around and
then down in heap. At the police
court the party cf the second part
presented such an unusual case OF
'swellhead' that Judge Feagin inquired
to know if the fellow had met freight
train in the dark or had courted IA
miliarity with a hornets nest-then SIC
fine for the puddler which was cheer
fully paid by his friends"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-08
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

From the Chicago News.
Loull never have good neighbors un-
less you are one.
One good rundown may eliminate
the necessity for another
When a girl is hard to please she is
seldom worth the trouble.
man is all right in his way as long
as he keeps out of your way.
Second thoughts\ are sometimes best
in a case of love at first sight.
A girls troubles soon cease to worry
her after she tells them to her mother
If mans heart is in his work he
does good job. Some men need a
change of heart.
What has become of the old fashioned
woman who used to do up her hair with
a doorfinob twist?
Many man doesn't realize how small
the world is until he begins trying to
dodge his creditors.
1t is much safer for a man to rock
his own baby than it is for him to stone
his neighbor's chickens.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-08
SOME TURKISH ANECDOTES

after the man and said, please tell me
when l shall die" The man replied, 'Do
l know" Nasr Eddin said But you
prophesied that | would fail; now prophe-
sy when 1 shall die"
OF these anecdotes of the STUPID hodia
the following has a delicious Irish flavor:
One night Nasr Eddin Hodja thought
he saw a burglar in his room and shot at
him. In the morning he found that he had
sent an arrow through his own shirs,
which hung in the window. Failing on
his knees, he prayed fervently. II thank
thee, Altar. that | was not in that shirt"
Now let us look at the clever and crafty
hodja. Once he borrowed kettle of a
neighbor, and. when he returned it, lit
tie kettle dropped from inside the larger
one. 'See, he said, the mother kettle
has brought forth baby kettle" The
neighbor seemed much pleased and kept
the two. Later Nasr Eddin borrowed a
large kettle again, and did not return it
at all. When the neighbor angrily de-
manded it, he replied. solemnly, ut is
dead" How" cried the neighbor .'who
49, hNe'io VA a hStllt . oyii6 W ny
not2' said the hodja "if it can have a
little kettle. why can't it die?e
Another time he stole donkey from a
neighbor. When the owner came to de-
mand it, he denied having it. Just at that
moment the donkey brayed. "rhere," said
the owner, trlumphantly, Il hear It,"
"What!' said Nasr Eddin, would you
take the word of donkey against that
of an honest man like me?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-08
THE WORST oE Ir

From the New York Tribune.
Judge Gary. apropos of the never
ending trust investigation, said the
other day in New York
NO big, successful business can feel
safe. The heads of every such business
are on pins and needle all the time
They are like the old shellback.
An old shellback sat on a wind
swept ocean pier carving toy ships
with jacknife. and about the edge OF
the pier played half a dozen urchins.
The water was deep and turbulent. but
the urchins took all sorts of risks and
finally the old shellback, dropping his
work, grabbed up a couple of them
and spanked them soundly
What did you do that for?' a by
stander asked the old shellback.
Wall. cap'n,' he replied, 1T ant
that | care tinker's durn whether
they. fall in or whether they don't What
cant stand is the gosh-hanged un-
certainty ~
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-08
Upward Iron Market

C. E. Buck of Chattanooga, formerly
of Birmingham. is registered at the Hill
man. He is actively engaged in indus
trial pursuits and continues to hold inn
portant interests in the Birmingham dis
trict Mr.. Buck is president of the Chat
tanooga Iron and Coal corporation. He
sold a large tonnage of iron some time
ago at high price and then "blew out
his furnace for refining.
81 will have the Chattanooga furnace
soon ready to light up again. said Mr.
Buck. 'It is being refined and when il
is blown in it will be in prime condi-
ton. 1 am shipping iron now that was
sold some time ago at SIS on a No.
foundry basis. When the bottom dropped
out of the market I was ready to stop
the furnace. The market Is now upward
The demand for pig iron is very brisk and
l expect to see high prices again.