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The Calumet news., 1914-09-18
BtockIneaeI.

Sapleigh-The barber wanted to slnge
my hair. but said no. Smart-Your
caution was commendable. He might
have started a wood fre.-Boston
Transcript
The Calumet news., 1914-09-18

Our God, who is over u.s." says
Emperor William 10 his troops. God
OF our fatherland," said Car Nicholas
recently. God Of all the French"
said President Poincaire. God of our
race" was Emperor Franz Joseph's
expression. This nationalizing of the
Supreme Being, who is the God Of all
nations. great and small, at war and
in peace, is one Of the distressing
traits Of European statecraft.
The Calumet news., 1914-09-18

n anyone believes England was un-
prepared for the war let him read Sam
Rlythe's war letter IN the Saturday
Evening Post. It isr'r like Great Brit
ain to be caught mapping.
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The best way for Congress to make
the war revenue bill acceptable to the
people would be 20 cut out the enact
irg clause and economize by refrain
irg from eXtravagant and needless
appropriations.
The Calumet news., 1914-09-18

Mrs. Ella Flagg Young. superinten-
dent OF the public schools Of Chicago
does not approve of the plan of using
the current war news for the purpose
Of melting pupils TO take greater in
terest in the subject of geography.
Considering the composite character
Of the population of Chicago Mrs.
Young shows excellent judgment.
The Calumet news., 1914-09-18
Gave IL In Full.

An old Scottish minister took it into
his head TO marry his housekeeper.
His precentor being iii on the day
when the banns were to be proclaimed.
The Calumet news., 1914-09-18

SERAJEVO-The capital of Bosnia,
Austria Hungary, where the assassin
alton that precipitated the present war
took place. 1t is situated on small
tributary of the Bosnia, forty-seven
miles from the Servian frontier and
forty-two miles from Montenegro's
border. Its population in 1910 was
51,9l9, chiefly Serbo- Croatians, with
small colonies of gypsies and Jews.
The city, frequently called ''The Da-
mascus of the North" spreads over a
narrow valley closed on the east by
a semi-circle of hills. Though still
half oriental it was largely rebuilt af
ter 1873 in western fashion. The cas-
tie and barracks, occupied by an Aus
trian garrison, stand on cliff over
looking the city. The sale of embroid-
cries, rugs, embossed firearms, gold
and silver filagree- work and other ma
tive wares, and the manufacture of
pottery, beer. silk and tobacco COM
prise the industries. The neighbor-
hood is rich in prehistoric remains.
During the wars between Turkey and
Austria its ownership was frequently
contested 1t was burned in 1850, 1914,
1886. 1857 and 1889. In 1873 it was seiz-
ed by the Austrians.
The Calumet news., 1914-09-18
In the Sideshow.

Visltor-These dwarfs of yours are
pretty big! Snowman - Pardon me.
sir; these are giant dwarfs.-Meggen-
dorfer Blatter.
The Calumet news., 1914-09-18
. The -
Scrap Book
One Favor He Craved.

Augustus Thomas i'm his recollectlons
of Frederic Remington relates the fol
lowing: zone Sunday morning in those
The Calumet news., 1914-09-18

the Great In 174l. II was recovered by
the Austrians in 1867. but was regain
ed by Frederick In the same year. and
has since belonged To Prussia, al
though the French held it for few
days in 1907 and again in 1913.
The Calumet news., 1914-09-18

More people are leaving Argentina
than are entering the country. Depres-
sion.
The Calumet news., 1914-09-18

yellow watermelons from Franc,
have been introduced in California.
The Calumet news., 1914-09-18

Hatred Is like fire. II makes even
light rubbish deadly.-George Eliot.
The Calumet news., 1914-09-18

SEMLlN-A Hungarian town, on
the right bank of the Danube, on a
tongue of land between that river and
grade and about six miles from the
Servian frontier. Its population is
about 1900. Much Of the town is
modern, but its suburb Franzenthal
consists partly of mud huts thatched
with reeds. 1t is the principal customs
between Austria Hungary and the
Balkan States. 1t has few factories,
but its transit trade in grain. fruit,
livestock and timber is far more inn
portant
The Calumet news., 1914-09-18

Norwegians are taking to the use of
linoleum as floor covering.
The Calumet news., 1914-09-18

BAVAY-A town of northern
France, lea miles south of east of
Nalenciennes. two-thirds of the way
to Maubeuge. with about 5000 inhabi-
tants. Under the Romans. who called
1t Bagacum, it nourished, but it was
destroyed during the invasions of the
barbarians and never recovered its
prosperity. 1t was pillaged, burned
several times, and laid waste IN the
15th-17th centuries. 1t stood at the
intersection of eight Roman roads,
seven of which still remain.
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BUKOVINA-A small Austrian
province in the extreme eastern part
OF Austria Hungary lying next to that
part OF Russia which was formerly
owned by Turkey. Its area is 4,035
square miles and it's population in
1910 was S00,099. Its industries are
brewing. distilling and milling, Its
agricultural products, wheat maize.
rye, oats, barley, potatoes, flax and
hemp. The official language is Ger
man. The province belonged original
ly to that part OF Turkey which is now
in the possession OF Russia. II was
occupied by the Russians in 1863 ana
by the Austrians in 1774. In 1777
Turkey ceded the province to Austria.
1t was Incorporated with Galicia in
1886, but was separated from it in
1S49.
The Calumet news., 1914-09-18

BRESLAU-The capital of Prussian
Silesia, on the oder, $50 miles from
its mouth and 202 miles from Berlin on
the railway to Vienna. The city is
fifty miles from Russian Poland. It's
population in 1910 was 511,S91. Bres-
lau is exceedingly rich in fine monu-
ments and handsome fountains. The
industries comprise machinery and
tools. railway and tramway carriages,
furniture, gold and silver work. car
pets, furs, paper, musical instruments,
glass and china. Coal, sugar, cereals.
spirits, petroleum and timber are trad
ed in extensively. Breslau is the
headquarters of the Sixth German Ar
my Corps and contains large garri-
son OF trops in peace times. The city
came into the possession of Frederick
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1914-11-27
Mice Ate Peace Sermon.

In an address before the Mems club
OF the Tabernacle Christian church,
according to a Columbus (fnd) dis
patch, Rev. Alexander Sharp OF the
Presbyterian church there, who has
just returned from a two months va
cation abroad, told his audience that
the last sermon he delivered to his
congregation before he left was an
earnest plea for universal plea,
Before departing he placed the ser.
mon in his desk; on his return he
opened his desk, intending to reread
the sermon, but he found that mice
had eaten his universal peace effort.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1914-11-27
Actlvltles OF Women-

Philadelphia has FIVE women factory
inspectors.
Women farm laborers in England
number nearly one hundred thousand.
over fire thousand women are en-.
gagged In industry in Italy.
over six thousand ONE In New
York are employed as tailoresses.
Canada has an active rife associa.
ton composed OF women
There are over three million widows
in the United States and there is no
estimate as to how many there will
be in Europe after the war. but II
will probably be twice as many as we
have.
In Java. when a man marries. he
goes TO his wifc's house, where the
women sit in council upon all mat.
ters OF Importance and dictate the az.
fairs OF the home.
Widows OF soldiers killed In the
service OF the British army will re.
ceiye a pension OF from five TO ten
shillings a week, depending upon the
rank Of her husband.
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She knows the value OF the Red
Cross nursing. She instructs the chill.
dren In It's mysteries quite as soon an
they are able 10 comprehend. m one
gets a hurt finger. one Of her sisters
Is expected TO give FIRST aid. n II
Is done quickly and with dispatch a
shining penny Is her reward. The
children are taught TO watch for tears
and rips In daddy's clothes. ana when
the rents are sklllfully mended this
calls for more shining pennies and
Iulaome praise from mamma. The
child who discovers a break In the
tablecloth or carpet and whose def
fingers make II as good as new re-.
oeiyes 30 much praise as we'll as her
penny that her mother hints they
must look out lest she add mischief
to labor by finding holes that shouldn't
be there.
The sweeping. busting, breadmaklng
aud bed.make-ups come In for their
share of reward. Little by little the
girls have acquired the rudiments OF
knowledge Of housekeeping.
The careful mother does not think
this is all she needs to do. On some
particular occasion she surprises the
children with a typewriter. II had
been long used. but Il almost seemed
to be giving II away for that 81 which
wac the price she paid for II. What
fun for the little girls. In a fort.
night they had mastered It's lntrica-
cies; we're sending letters to every
little friend they ever heard OF. An
old plano, purchased at auction, &C.
complishes like results. A mother may
accomplish the rearing OF them, send
ing them to the public schools, by the
greatest OF economy. BY the time
they are about eighteen there's moth.
Ing a smart little family Of girls can't
turn their hands to. They have de.
ceived daddy completely. Boys would
have been married and gone The
girls are his stanch little band Of sup.
porters. It's due to the good iudg.
ment OF the mother that the family
Is a credit TO her. These are the
girls who make sensible marriages.
Had they been boys. the mother
couldn't have guided them as well,
perhaps. There's more heart and
promise with one little girl in the
home than Of a bakers dozen OF lads.
What n man dlslikes another man
would go wild yer. There you are!
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DOCTOR KNEW
Had Tried II Himself.

The doctor who has tried Postum
knows that II Is an easy, certain, and
pleasant way out of the coffee habit
and all Of the ais following and he
prescribes It for his patients as did a
physician OF Prospertown, n. j.
One Of his patients says:
During the summer Just past / sui.
fered terribly with a heavy feeling at
the pit OF my stomach and dizzy feel.
ings in my head and then a blindness
would come over my eyes so / would
have TO sit down. | would get so merry.
Gus could hardly control my feelings.
Finally ] spoke to Il family physi-
clan about II and he asked II | drank
much coffee and mother told him that
did. He told me to Immediately stop
drinking coffee and drink Postum in
It's place, as he and his family had
used Postum and found Il a powerful
rebuilder and delicious food-drink.
Il hesitated for a time, disliking the
idea OF having to give up my coffee, but
finally ] got a package and found II to
be all the doctor said.
since drinking Postum In place OF
coffee my dizziness, blindness and
nervousness are all gone, my bowels
are regular and / am well and strong.
That is a short statement OF what
Postum has done for me-"
Name given by Postum Co, Battle
Creek, Mich. Read The Road to Well.
yille," In pkgs,
Postum comes In two forms:
Regular Postum 80 mRst be well
boiled. 15c and 25c packages.
Instant Postum-is a soluble pow.
dar A teaspoonful dissolves quickly
In a cup OF hot water and, with cream
and sugar, makes a delicious bever
age Instantly. soc and 60c tins.
The cost per cup OF both kinds ID
about the same.
There's a Reason" for Postum.
sold by Grocsrs,
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1914-11-27
BIG SPENDERS ARE SCARCE
New York Hotel Man Says Patrons Of
the Present Day Are Much
More Economical.

Hotels and restaurants are expect.
ing something more than usual from
society this winter" said one hotel.
man, who n as we'll up on the restau.
rant situation as anybody in New
York. 1T is believed that fashionable
people will do little entertaining i'm
their homes, II will be cheaper and
easier to invite their friends to a
restaurant, where they may have dane.
ing after the dinner.
"As a matter OF fact, the day OF the
lavish spender Is gone, so far as New
York Is concerned. We shall never
see again the era that ended nine or
ten years ago. Those were the days
when men from Chicago or Pittsburgh
Wed with each other In the extraya-
gance Of their entertainments. II was
nothing for a dinner 10 cost s25 a
oover Now a days. the average is
about $3.50.
THE change In spending habits has
forced the hotels TO employ cost ae.
countants. The manager OF every
modern house Is now able to know,
when a mutton chop IL placed on the
table, just how muah OF each item of
the hotels expenses that chop has 70
carry"
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ARE WOMEN oEcEIVERs7

with them they bring long lost scenes Of
the past
Back 10 our view;
Pictures OF friendships not destined to
last.
Loves that grew weak meath adversities'
blast.
Painted anew
When a poor man finds that in
gathering a family about his knee they
all turn out to be girls there is not
one father In a hundred who does not
indulge In the despairing wish that
at least half Of them might have
been boys.
He has always heard that girls are
expensive TO raise; that more can be
spent upon a girls useless folderol In
dress In a year than would be re-
CURED to rig out "a boy neat as a pin
for Ave times that long.
He doesn't say anything to his wife
about his disappointment. He absolves
the good wife from all blame. Poor
soul. how could she help II that they
had turned out the wrong way, shatter-
ing n air castle after another Quite
as soon as the girls are old enough to
understand mother takes them into her
confidence, and theneeforth they be-
gin 10 plot and plan how they can
retrieve themselves in fathers est.
nation.
The mother determines that daddy
shall be proud OF them. They shall
not grow up membranes 10 him,
but aidS, She knows the girls may
have TO earn their own living later
and paves the way for II from the
lime they W knee high 10 a grass.
Upper.
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WIG lobh n hpeClhl
pride in preparing the dinner with her
wi hands. The young cousin leaves
all to the maids Judgment. Cook can.
not be blamed too severely for serv.
ing dishes needing the least cooking
and not the most appetizing The man
comes home to find dinner has Just
been started or has been ready an
hour or two before and Is cold. dried
out. not edible. He is told cousin
went to a card club early in the after.
noon. He finds the window Of his
room open wide, papers blown about
In all directions. Household tabby.
never allowed upstairs, was doing
on his pillow in which long rents
had been clawed. The room was strewn
with drifts OF feathers
Men may suit themselves to their
surroundings. lie who has had a
happy home and finds II topsy.turvy
under a new regime Is apt to grow
respondent. II he breaches the sub
Iect to his cousin. like as not she
flares up and retorts angrily she is
Ah'A' w ACCOMMODATE ulAus
Nine men would break up the home
and go to boarding. The tenth solves
the matter, concluding it's best-the
only way out Of ito marry. It's
not easy TO find a wife Just suited
10 hts needs. Two years that dragged
heavily by brought him indigestion,
sleepless nights, dread OF the morrow.
conviction there's no place worse than
home for "A lone man. Women. God
bless thelh. were apt to read discour-
agement In his face. He asked per.
mission to call on them. they put
forth home cheer to make him forget
his dreary life. Usually it's the plain.
est home-like who strikes a
chord in his heart. She has so much
sympathy in her nature.
Cousin is having the time Of her
life. Her father. in his home. seldom
gave her "A dollar. In the widower's
home casL for the weeks expenses
is laid at her plate. Besides. there's
a tidy sum for herself. She has her
bank account, use OF horses and car.
riage. She knows her cousin goes out
Of the house evenings. She not
troubling herself to make 1t pleasant
that he may stay al home.
Unexpectedly he brings home a
bride. Her value ends as a wife steps
I'm. Once again home is as II was In
the other days. His interest Is studied
and his comfort cared for, aud there's
no friction. A man is often driven
into matrimony. His friends and rela.
tives see after awhile that he took
a wise course for happiness. A man
has TO live his life out, file yearns
for serenity, peace and comfort. He
who has been once welded realizes
the blessings OF a wife's companion.
ship to make his life complete.
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but Macedonia alone would have
been sufficient TO feed ita canI,aI
That Is why II Is said that Macedonia
could not exist without salonlk and
vice versa. Today. however. Mace.
donia Is divided between Greece
Seryia and Bulgaria, Greece having
the smallest part OF Il. Henca sa.
loniki has no border land OF ans &C.
count.
That being the case. not only has
the commerce in and about Salonlki
been hampered. but the adjoining
states. Servia and Austria in partIcu.
lar, have found II necessary to de
mand a free outlet at that mort.
Meeting ate. meeting has been held
ana urgent requests have been made
by the citizens OF saloniki 10 ,be
Athenlan government TO 1ud some
way Of preventing the commercial
death OF the city, but thus far in vain.
The sugar and flour industry. the
shoe factories and nearly the entire
manufacturing system have been al.
most destroyed. Business transac.
lions are tardy and Insecure and the
exports and imports for the year will
not amount 20 %one.fourth the average
OF former years.
Two weeks ago another mass meet
Ing took place in the city which was
attended by leading Greek merchants
as well as others. II vas urged in q
resolution that the city be made a
free commercial town.
Hard Problem for Greece.
Under these circumstances one can
understand why Greece granted
Servia a free zone in that port. Az
soon, however, as the news OF that
concession VAS made public Austria
demanded the same right. But should
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1914-11-27
PERIL IN cLANpEsTiNE MEET
lNGS.

Not that I scared 30 far above
Myself as this great hope 20 dare:
And yet I half foresaw that love
Might hope where reason would despair.
All the world loves a lover. one OF
the kind that steps boldly forward and
seeks an introduction, calls upon her
and wins her In the regulation fash
ion and aboveboard. But all the
world detests a cur who marks out
n pretty. innocent young girl with a
sinister intention OF making love to
her by stealth. then leaving her to
awake from a broken love-dream as
best she IAN.
Nine times out OF ten he manages
TO pick up acquaintance with a girl
In a way which does not arouse her
suspicion, contriving to meet her ac-
cidentally. as she supposes. He puts
a thought in her innocent mind that
their meeting has been a romance
so sweet that no one else must share
their secret. He asks the girl TO meet
him at a certain place. II she an
swers that she is not certain as TO
whether she can come, she will have
10 ask mother, he begins serious ar.
gument against her course. which
fairly bewilders her. He assures her
that mother would forbid their friend.
ship and that would break his heart.
The little demure maid takes the
first wrong step when she consents to
make her way out OF her home "a
meet him without any one knowing II.
Girls should know that an honorable
man would not ask them TO keep my.
thing. no matter what Il was, from
their mother or close friends, who
are for their interests first, last and
at all times.
The mat who coaXes a girl TO meet
him cl%andestinely is her enemy, with
usually a dark past. which he could
successfully hide from an inexperi-
enced girl, but not from those more
w~orldly-wise than she.
She who consents to meet a man
clandestinely In n park or M some
street corner, restaurant. or dance
hall not only brings suspicion upon
herself, but keeps respectable men
from her side. She Is apt 10 be taken
for the kind OF girl that she Is not.
The reputation would cling 20 her for
years. long after the faithless lover
who had brought all this disgrace
upon her ceased to care for her, The
man who insists upon meeting a girl
clandestinely thinks very little OF her
II she consents to go, He Is very apt
to boast Of his conquest over the heart
Of a silly girl In saloons, among com
rades whom a girl would be terrified
to see, let alone TO be brought In con
tact with. II all this does not make
a girl pause who has such a lover. |
don't know what will, One can do no
more than war; people OF their dan
ger.
Nice, pretty, attractive, modest
girls can have no fear OF going
through life loverless by discouraging
the worthless sutton. All IN good
time the right kind OF a man will
meet her. be charmed with her, and
with the pleased approval OF her rela-
tives lead her TO the altar, TO be happy
ever after. as the story book says.
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n ORD Disraeli put II Justly when
he said that war does not solve
but complexities. writes a CORE.
spondent OF the Chicago News
from Bulgaria. This truth
vas very clearly demonstrated in the
Balkans in the last two bloody years.
The Christian states were against the
Turk in order to solve by force Of
arms the long mooted eastern uues
ton. The result OF the struggle In
this peninsula is well known TO The
world The Macedonian question.
which was the real eastern question,
vas not solved. but out Of II a
IN addition to II, an Aegean question,
an Epirus question, a Thracian ques.
ton. a Dobroudian question, and last.
but not least, the question OF Saionikl.
need not touch upon the subject
Of the desolatlon and depopulation OF
the affected districts. which today
have the appearance Of a veritable
wilderness. The recent Balkan wars
cost the Balkan states 81. 900. OOO. 900
In money and a million lives. count.
Ing the thousands OF victims of racial
persecution that died and are dying
from exposure and famine. In Bul.
garia more than $4,000 refugees
sought shelter from Macedonia,
Thrace and Dobroudja.
Flight OF Moslema
Then followed the flight OF the
Turkish population from Macedonia
and Novi-Pajaar district. In one
week some 10000 Moslems passed
through Sofia station on their way
to Asia. All were natives OF Novi-
Pajaar The Turkish government re-
taliated and during the last several
months the Christians have been
forced TO flee from Thrace and Asia
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prnnnrlnn for the Future.

An American visitor In Montreal re-
Gently saw a squad Of boys whose ages
ranged from six to nine being drilled
by two little girls OF corresponding
age. Upon inquiry one OF the drill
serseants explained that her father
said the war might last 20 years, and
then these boys might night for the
union Jack while their fathers came
home to rest--Philadelphia Ledger.
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Whv They SettIe.

Wiie-Who a doubt the power OF
woman's love- Think OF the thou.
sands OF wild youths who have set
tied down into staid and respectable
citizens as soon as they married?
Husband-They couldn't afford 70
be anything else after they got mar.
RED"
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his relatives and
friends begin to
worry about him.
II he has a sister,
aunt or distant
cousin, 8 h Q is
quickly sent for.
@ household
reins, suddenly
dropped. are
placed in @ r
hands. A young
woman who has
little or no exper-
fence finds the
care Of a home
thrust upon her,
a trying ordeal
No two keep
house alike. The
Wtfn tOOk "a anarGal