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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-02-24
Birds as Consumers Of Food.

1t may not be thought that of ali
animals birds are among the largest
enters This means. of course. in pro.
portion TO their weight. Some birds
are known to consume two and one.
half times their weight of food In
twenty-four hours. The heron. which
mas light weight of four pounds In
spite of its size. Is striking example.
one was lately caught which had just
swallowed two trout of one and half
ana two pounds. Wild pigeons are
among the foremost eaters. and they
make most copiouS repast when.
ever an abundance Of food Is found
Ihus u single pigeon picked up 1000
grains Of wheat ia one day.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-02-24
Equality.

Come, give me your hand, sir my friend
ana my brother.
lf honest why, sure. that's enough
one hand, II It's true. Is as good as an,
other,
No matter how brawny or rour'
Though it toll for living at he, ..es or
bitches
or make for It's owner a name
Or fold in its grasp all the dainties OF
riches,
II honest, love 1t the same
Not less in the sight Of his Heavenly
Maker
Is he who must toll for his bread:
Not more In the sight Of the mute under
taker
Is majesty shrouded ard dead
Let none Of us jeoringly scott at his neigh
Dor
or mock at his lowly birth
We are all of us GODS. Let us earnestly
labor
To better this suffering earth
Matthias Barr
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-02-24
SETTING FENCEPOSTS.
Sounder and Larger Ends Should 30
Placed In the Ground.

Placed In the Ground.
1t Is Il very common belief among
farmers that post will hast longer If
set in the ground the reverse of the
way it grew in the trce-ln other words
with the butt end mp. says Scientific
American. Accordingly one sees many
posts, especially end and gate posts
with the small end down. The sup
position is that sap i'm tree is always
ascending. or at least that It is easier
for the sap TO go up than down. Con
sequently. it IL argued. turning post
upside down tends to prevent the rise
OF water. helps to keep the wood dry
and therefore renders ii less liable to
decay. AS n matter of fact. sap or
water can flow in either direction with
equal facility. and the popular notion
to the contrary is Incorrect
Careful experiments on the relative
durability Of post timbers have been
made by the Ohio agricultural expert.
ment station. ana the above question
was considered. One fence i'm partlcu.
lar contained 1876 black locust posts.
of which eighty-siX were set with the
top end up. thirty-nine with the top
end down and thirty-one did not show
In what position they were set. At the
end OF twenty years thirty posts. or 10
per cent were decayed. OF this num-
Der fifteen were top up. thirteen top
down and four undetermined. In 9th
er words. one-third of those set top
down rotted off as compared with only
little over one-siXth of those set top
up. From this and numerous other
observations the conclusion was reach
ed that there Is no difference which
end is put In the ground except that
the sounder or larger end should have
the preference"
The decay OF post is mostly at the
ground line. since il is there that the
conditions us to air and moisture are
most favorable to the development of
rot causing fungi. other things being
equal. the larger the post the longer
II Will last lnvcrting post often
means putting the small end In the
ground. and where this is done the time
required To rot IL off is less than where
the big end Is down If both ends are
equally sound the larger should go IN
tue ground. If one end is defective
lt Should be up. since the conditions
above ground are many times more IA
vorable to durability than just ut or
below the ground line.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-02-24
Effects of Time.

Mr. Evans entered n New York res
tanraDt and saw u friend seated ut one
of the tables.
Hello. Lowell" he said. "how are
yOu?'
"Oh, pretty we'll" replied Lowell.
What are You doing now inquired
Evans
We'll, when | came in here" said
Lowell. about two hours ago was
not In business. but We changed since
then I'm n waiter now" Pulitzer's
Magazine.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-02-24

It is the belief of Chairman Taylor
OF the congressional investigating
committee that the strike" inquiry
will last but a short time longer. as
he has been informed that the counsel
for the mining companies have their
case well prepared and are in position
to expedite matters considerably 1t is
inferred from this that merely the side
OF the operators I'm the local situation
is to be considered and that there is 10
be no Investigation of the Western
Federation of Miners. The people Of
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-02-24
Told Her About II.

The stage drivers in Yellowstone
park are bothered considerably 10y the
foolish questions asked by their pas
sengerS and often resort To satiricaI an
swerS. once II lady tourist who seem
ed deeply interested IN the hot springs,
inquired:
Driver, do these springs freeze over
I'm winter"
"Oh. yes, yes. A lady was skating
here last winter ana broke through and
got her foot scalded - Everybody's.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-02-24
National Flowers.

Teacher-Now. children. can you tell
me what are the national flowers of
England: Class Roses Teacber-Aui
frahceE Class-I.iies. Teachcr-And
Spain; (Silence for Il minute then
small voice M back Of the schoolroom,
'-l'ulrushes. mann. life
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-02-24
ALWAYS Countino,

Your husband says that when he Is
angry he always counts ten before he
speaks" said one woman
Yes. answered the other. ~ wish
he'd stop IT, Since he got dyspePsil
home seems nothing hut n class In
arithmetic"
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-02-24

With The change of administration
and the demand boy some good Demo-
Graf for his job Frank j. Naglc. plate
printer in the government office. lost
his job. Then his wife died. without
his job he had mo- income to- provide
for the two children and they were
taken to the orphan asylum. 4 year
later "a neighbor found Maggie sunday
night sitting at his table with places
spread for the wife and two children.
lie WAS taken To the government hos
pital for the insane Tor observation.
This is typical of that greatest Of all
tragedies so frequent especially i'm the
nations capital where there are 10000
government employees, many Of them
Liable TO become victims Of political
chan9e-thc tragedy Of the middle
aged man who loses his job.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-02-24

Orators preparing speeches on the
Panama canal should avoid the state
ment that the waters Of the Atlantic
and Pacific now mingle." For a dist
ance Of thirty-twu miles the canal IS
So feet above the level of both oceans.
ana it is very seldom that water flows
up hill
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-02-24

Lord TIRE, former Solicitor General
or Scotland, 81 years old today.
G. Arthur Pearson, noted English
newspaper ana magazine publisher, As
years old today.
Rear Admiral Joseph H. craig. L. &.
y. retired, 50 years old today.
John Henry C'Honus'D Wagner.
shortstop of the Pittsburgh National
league baseball team, 40 years old to-
day.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-02-24
His Bluff Called.

My dear. you grow prettier every
day"
Ana shabbior. John Compliments
nre aIi very well. hut I'd like ~ see n
little ready cash occasionally"
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-02-24

Labor Is the instituted means for the
methodical development of MI our
powers under The direction ana control
VI the will.--J. q. Holland.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-02-24

the copper country would like to see
the federation investigated because It
is the cause of all the trouble that has
been visited on this district during the
past last seven months. hut there APP
pears to be little hope of such an in
quiry.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-02-24
Maternal SoIieitude

rs she good to the children?"
very. She lets them do everything
their father doesn't want them TO do !"
detroit Free Press.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-02-24
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N"''h taxes precedence. asked
one 'i the allorn'}s.
Neither" replied Rerser. we viii
hsht it YOU try TO take either one of.
them away from us
Now let US leave Berger and his
flags Tor moment and took at human
nature. No man can serve two mas
tors were told nineteen hundred years
ago. No man can be a loyal subject
oil wv" N'nsS, nor a loyal citizen Of TWO
republics nor faithful agent for two
competing firms nor am honest lawyer
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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-02-24

Inc greatest man Is he who choose,
win The most invincibe resolution
Seneca.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-02-24

Castillo puzzles Bryan Nothing
else ever has puzzled him for more
than FIVE minutes-not even the mon -
tary problem.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-02-24

great day for Chicago sunrags old when
the polls
wiped of joy from their cheeks
f. H. OF
The wedding
polling place suspended to congratulate the
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-02-24
BIRTHDAYS OF NOTED PERSONS.

Charles +, Miller, president of Held
clberg University at THIN. Ohio. was
born on farm near Massillon, Ohio.
February ~, 1867. He graduated from
Heidelberg University i'm 1856 and la
."r studied theology at the Union Theo-
logical Seminary and the University #
Chicago. In 1880 he was ordained 20
the ministry of the Reformed Church
of the United States. During the next
decade ne occupied pulpits in various
places in Ohio and for Il time was edi-
tor Of the Christian World. In 1900 he
was called To the chair of practical
theology in the Heidelberg Theological
Seminary and since 1902 he has been
president of Hcidclburg University. Or.
Miller is well known in the Reformed
church as "a writer as well as a clergy
man and educator.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-02-24

Professor William ~. Tart wants to
know why women should vote. He ~
almost as enthusiastic on the suffrage
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-01-17
ELIMINATE RULE
Of REASON" FROM
SHERMAN ACT
Presidents Plan lnaugurated
In the House
TO RESTRAIN M0N0P0LleS
An Attempt to Strengthen Law
Where Weakened by Supreme
Court Decision
% RESTRAIN MONOPoLleS

Washington, Jan. l6.-Nepresenta-
tive Stanley of Kentucky after a
conference with President Wilson,
introduced late today an amend
ment to the Sherman law which
would make Illegal the monopoliza-
ton or restraint OF trade in any
degree" 1t is designed to elimi-
nate the rule of reason" laid down
By the Supreme court in the Stand
ard Oil case.
The amendment also would invest
the Circuit court Of the United
States with jurisdiction TO restrain
and p event violations OF the act
irrespective Of the attorney general.
1t was drawn to meet the wish Of
the president expressed in his last
message to Congress to reduce the
debatable area surrounding the Sher
man act Representative Stanley
discussed The measure with the pres
ident today and previously had cor
responded with him at length on the
subject
The Kentucky congressman, who
was chairman of the special commit.
tee which investigated the United
States corporation, does not offer
the measure as an administration
amendment, but believes il will be
OF service to the committee of Con.
gress which will draft the antitrust
Legislation afte- the presidents
special trust message is delivered
next week.
The Stanley bill would amend the
second and fourth sections Of the
Sherman law. In section two. Into
which tho Supreme court Injected
the rule OF reason, the words lin
an degree" arc inserted.
Discussing that portion of Chief
Justice Whites decision which re-
lates to unreas enable restraint Of
trade. Representative Stanley said
tonight that he had always regarded
it rs unnecessary to The decision
and, he-efore net the law
Many, however believe" he con
tinued, that the effect Of this decis
ion is to render Illegal only such
combinations in restraint of trade
as unreasonable. The insertion of
words in any degree with the 9th
er provisions VIII save the law as
amended from any such Interpreted.
ion and will render all restraints OF
trade Illegal"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-01-17
SUBMARINE AND CREW LOST
Li.tle Hope That Men on the AZ arc
Still Alive

Plymouth Eng, Jan. 1.-TWO Of,
licers and nine men, comprising the
crew CT the British submarine boat
AZ, were trapped last night in their
craft beneath the waters Of White
sand bay, about five miles southwest
of Plymouth. Whether the men are
dead or alive, has not been estab-
lished, but navy officials expressed
the opinion last night that all had
perlshed
The AT in company with the AS
and 40 made plunge about noon
yesterday while engaged in maneuv-
crs. Her sister ships came to the
surface at the end OF the maneuy-
ers, but nothing has been seen Of
the Al since she opened her valves
and diyed. At first it was believed
by the men on ihe other submarines
that the AZ was merely overstaying
her allotted time beneath the water.
but when the officers realized that
tho boat was In distress they sent
ont signals for aid.
Rescue boats We're Immediately
rushed TO the neighborhood where
the AZ went down. They threw ont
Srapping irons and dragged the bay
al afternoon aud until darkness set
IN. Their efforts werc iruitless,
however. for never once WAS there
a tug at chain to Indicate that the
iron sides Ct the plunger had been
struck.
The ~ was in charge of Lieut..
Gilber NJ. Wellman. who had as an
aid another officer \ number OF
the seaman aboa d were making
their first trip in submarine.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-01-17
COUNTY COURT AoJoURNs
Judge Slack Will Return in Febru.
AIRY to Hear Chancery Cases

County court adjourned today. Ar.
rangements were made whereby
Judge Slack would return some time
in February to hear one or two chan
Gerry cases, the date to be fixed to
suit the convenience of the parties
and the witnesses.
The Judgment in the case of Cor
po-ation Attorney Charles A. Maur-
CT vs. the village of Bennington
amounting in all to $745.34 has been
entered on the docket of the court.
The plaintiff has 60 days from the
date of adjourning court in which to
appeal. Exceptions We're noted by
his counsel during the progress of
the trial but no notice Of appeal has
as yet been fled
There was hearing this morning
in the chancery case of Franklin $.
Jones vs.. Minnie Y. Davis, Helen V.
Davis aud the Union Mutual Fire
Insurance company
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-01-17
WIRELESS WAVES.
Puzziins Problems With Which Scien-
lists Have to Contend.

What wo don't know about wireless
tcIegraphy Is still by far the larger
part of that science. Practical efforts
to use this means OF communication
are constantly hampercd by difficulties
that cannot he overcome or only par
tially overcome by clumsy msSesh,its
because they are not understood.
For example. the characterization Of
the waves used in wireless telegraphy
as artificial is justified because the
ether Is in state of constant pulsa-
ton with waves OF enormous length
about whose origin we know nothing
or next TO nothing Some of them are
due undoubtedly TO lightning, but they
are continuously rolling in on antennae
properly tuned when there Is no thun-
derstorm within thousands of miles.
1t has been suggested that they are OF
extra terrestrial origin. perhaps the
result OF electrical disturbances In the
sun Some ingenious spectators have
even attributed them to the Martians
or some other Of our planetary neigh
bors.
But the fact is that we don't know
where they come from or how they are
generated They manifest themselves
in the shape of troublesome noises in
the telephone receivers at wireless tel.
egraph stations Another pu2zling
question. perhaps of more practical
Importance TO the wireless worker, is
the action of the weather on his trains
OF waves. When these signals have
long distances TO travel the weather
often plays havoc with them in ways
as yet not well understood. The DIFF
fercnt carrying capacity OF the ether
in the daytime and at night is another
practical problem still awaiting def
mite solution.-New York Post.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-01-17
WILLIAM HUBBARD
Of MEnO0NFOUND
DEAD IN ROAD
indications Of a Struggle Point
to Foul Play
WOUNDS ON HEAD AND FACE
investigation Has Not Yet Revealed
How Man Came to His
Death

Rutland. Jan. 1.-THE finding of
William Hubbard, 60 years old, dead
in the center of the highway on
Woodstock avenue at point about
mile from the business section Of
the city shortly after 10 O'Clock last
night, with his scalp badly torn and
his face disfigured points to the pos
sibility of foul play.
States Attorney B. l.. Stafford,
who was notified of the finding of
the body about II o'clock last even
ing. Immediately started an investi-
cation, but at late hour had beer
unable to obtain a clew as to the
mans Whereabouts yesterday ex-
cept that he came into the city in
the morning expecting TO return to
the home OF his sister, Mrs. w. A.
Sparks, who lives about half mile
beyond the city pool farm.
The states attorney and Health
officer Gebha ,dt went to Mendon
10 learn what they could concerning
the identity of the man. They found
that Hubbard was employed as q
molder by the Howe Scale company
and that he had not been at work
for two days. 1t was learned that
he lived with his sister, Mrs. Sparks
and that he came to the city in the
morning with the understanding
that be would return home last even
ing with the Sparks famil.
An examination Of the spot where
Hubbard was found shows number
of tracks indicating that possibly
there had been scuffie. About six
feet from the spot where the body
was found is a spot in the snow
which was evidently made by the
body Of q man.
Hubbard was well-known in labor
circles in this city, being member
of the local molders' union. He.
leaves four sons and one daughter.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-01-17
Goa, M. rhinn,

George vashington's surveying done
100 years ago with the comparatively
simple instruments OF the day has
been checked up by government sur
vcyors of today and found perfect.
Experts in other lines might check up
other works and qualities OF his-his
patriotism. bis common sense. his fore
sight. his pcFsistence-and 1ud pretty
nearly che same degree Of excellence.
Washington was oniy nineteen years
old when he ran his lines through the
forests aud over the hills OF Lord Fair
fax's estate in Virginia. But the youth
was father 70 the man.-Baltimors
Sun
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-01-17
The Gaelic Tongue.

The Gaelic language was once spo-
ken by considerable number of the
human race in the British isles, the
Isle OF Man. northern France and
Spain. There is evidence that the Gae-
lie branch of the Celtic breed was
widespread For instance. il is main
tanned by some excellent authorities
that the Cimbri. who threatened at one
time to overwhelm Rome and who
were stopped by Narius. were OF Gae-
lie speech The ancient language is
found today ia the Isle of Man. Wales.
the highlands Of Scotland. western Ire
land aud in brittany. northern France.
New York American.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-01-17
BEARDSLEY STILL
IN BARRICbDED
FARMHOUSE
Has Stood Off Sheriff and Dep
ties Since Tuesday
MAKES OFFER TO SURRENDER
viii Give Himself up If Brother Is
Summoned to Care for starv-
ing Children

Mayville, N. Y, Jan. l6-Edward
Beardsley sent out word from his
ba rricaded farmhouse at Summer
dale this afternoon that he was
ready to talk surrender with the
sheriff. provided his brother, James
Eeardsley. was brought here from.
Titusvillo to look after the children.
Sheriff Anderson believed that
Beardsleys offe' was the first sin
cere one he had made since he bar
ricaded the farmhouse after the
shooting of Poormaster Putnam on
Tuesday afternoon and he at once
sent a deputy TO Titusville to ask
the brother to come here. ln he
the meantime. he Instructed me
deputies on gunrd not TO fire a shot
unless Beardsley made an attempt to
get away
The suiferings Of the nine hungry
and frost bitten children in the
house. the sheriff believes, drove
Beardsley to consider a peaceful
surrender. Deputies Van Ctce and
Walker. who talked with Beardley
through broken window This after
neon under cover Of the farmers
life. said the crying of the children
was pitiable
1t was through the deputies that
Beardsley sent the terms OF surren.
der to the sheriff
IN surrender if you fellows al.
low my brother James TO come here
and take possession OF the children,
he saii. IF you don't therell be
mcre trouble have plenty OF ann
munition.
While awaiting the arrival of the
brother from Titusville. Sheriff An
derson took extraordinary precan-
items to prevent Beardsley's escape
All roads in ule vicinity of the farm
house were patrole1 by deputies on
foot and in- slegns and every We
hicle was halted aud examined be-
fore 1t was allowed TO proceed.
Ethel Austin. The woman who es
capped from the Rcardsley house in
Tuesday afternoon after the shoot
ing, says that -four OF the children
there are hers and Eve belong 10
her sistc~' VINO also has been known
as Mrs. Bcardsley. All are under
seven years old She has been re-
manded to the county Jail a. tho re-
quest OF the district attorney
Joe Finn. a negro. who was with
the Austin woman when she vas
taken into custody. IS also being
held as material witness.