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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-09-21
SEWER REGULATION.
City Engineer Mason loks For Inn
provement.

provement.
City Engineer Mason of Hancock is
an optimist. He ventures the belief
that next year the city sewerage sys-
tenn will be improved and better sani-
tary conditions established. Mr.. Mas
on believes the state sanitary board
will soon control the sewerage systems
of every city in this state, and will
wage war on unsanitary conditions.
The distribution OF sewer outlets into
the lake will be so regulated that the
city water supply will not be exposed
To dangers which now exist at certain
seasons of the year.
Hancock a Law VioIator.
There are few people in the city who
are aware that for the past few years
Hancock has been violating the laws.
This is true, however. and is due to
the fact that plats Of the grades of
every street i'm Hancock have not been
prepared and kept on file.
The law requires that grades of ev-
cry sidewalk in any city be prepared
by the city engineer and placed on
file. When any citizen desires to build
a sidewalk all that is necessary for him
to do is to visit the city hall and as
certain the grade of his street and
build his walk so that 1t will cores
pond.
Several grade maps have now been
prepared and are on file and as soon
as possible Mr.. Mason can find the
time he will map other streets as re-
qured.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-09-21
CHURCH ATTENDANCE
IN GREAT BRITAIN
INCREASED BY WAR.

:. Manchester, Sept. 21.-Great- :
:. Iy increased attendance at .
:. church services is one Of the L.
:. marked effects Of the war which !
:. has been noted by Manchester :
:. clergymen, one Of whom dis
:. cussing this subject in a Man. :
= chester paper says: at is sur :
:. prisins to see as large an at {:
:. tendance at a week night serv- /.
:. ice as at a Sunday service. 1t :
:. is the instinct of those left at {.
:. home to find fellowship at such :
= times. But the outstanding fac :.
:. tor is that the war is bringing :.
:. US as a nation into the presence :
:. of the realities of life and {!
:. death" :
:. 4
. :. :. :. :. :. :. :. :. .. - :. =. :. :. :. :
Medford, n. j., entertained i'm Oh,
Home Week several thousands O
former residents.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-09-21
Weather Forecast.
CTill : p. IN. Tues

(Till Z u. IN. Tuesday,
Copper Country: Tonight probably
showers. Tuesday showers. Cooler.
Weather Conditions.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-09-21

Lakes. Moderately high pressure over
lies the Appalachian Mountains and
fair weather is general in the East.
showers have occurred at many points
in the northern Plains States and
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-09-21

A self-propelling barge reached st.
Louis % days out from New orleans.
She is headed for st. Paul.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-09-21
ADVERTISE

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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-12-12
"The Ideal Catalogue"

A librarians idea of the most useful
form of catalogue for library is given
as follows:
The ideal catalogue for public II
brary Ia one published with one line
entries. each being about twice as long
as the average newspaper column IL
wide This catalogue is published In
the fo,m of a newspaper. on cheap
paper. cheaply printed. It is sold by
the library at about two cents q
copy. The copies sold are soon worn
out or thrown away and do not come
back in after years to vex the librar.
ian. The library keeps the whole
thing in type. takes out some titles ev-
cry month. adds new ones, and prints
a new edition. This catalogue con.
tains author entries only. II a man
wishes to know anything about the
books in the public library that this
catalogue does not tell he goes to the
library and finds out by asking; il he
wishes information concerning books
on certain subject he goes to a bibli-
ography of that subject; If he wishes
to know certain specific things about
certain books he asks to see the books
themselves"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-12-12
Old Sayings About the Weather.

II it thunders on Sunday, the death
of a great man will follow; on, Mon.
day, the death of woman is portend.
ed; on Tuesday in early summer, an
abundance of grain; on Wednesday,
warfare is threatened; on Thursday,
an abundance of both sheep and OF
corn; on Friday, man of note will
be murdered. and on Saturday, there
will be pestilence or some other
great disaster.
Truly. thunder Is an ill-omened visi.
tor at the best!
If the full moon should rise red. ex.
pect wind.
The sharper the blast. the sooner
It's past.
A light. yellow sky at sunset fore
tells windstorm.
Three foggy mornings in succession
mean rain.
A sky full of stars predicts rain.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-12-12

We can fit you out in most of the substantals and
the entrees that make up the good cheer of the
holiday season.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-12-12
Relieving Monotony on Train.

As q method of relieving the mo-
notony of q long journey the obser-
walton Of the distance post has val
ne. Calculated in this way. the high
est speed I have achieved in this
country has been one mile in 46 sec
onds, or at the rate of 78 miles per
hour, on the Midland railway COM
pany's system between Chesterfield
and Stockport most exciting run on
q down-grade five miles length of
track. The train swung frigatfully,
but we survived. The next highest
speed has been observed on the Lon
don and Northwestern railway COM
pany's system between Penrith and
Carlisle; another down-grade run.
when a speed OF 10 miles per hour can
often be observed. Speeds Of be-
tween GO and 20 miles an hour are.
however, quite commonly attained by
many of the main line express trains
in this country, and the amateur OBJ
server need not trouble to record any
runs in which the quarter-mile takes
over Is seconds to complete.-London
Mail.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-12-12
The Physicians Life.

The study of medicine 10 an en-
trancing subject; its practice requires
an array of virtues whose mere con
temptation staggers the mind. One
must meet violence with gentleness,
ingratitude with equanimity, insult
with fortitude. SANDER with silence.
The physicians life Is daily exempli'
fication of the Golden Rule. The very
sensitiveness that inspires sympathy
with pain and misery Is a weapon In
the hands of ignorance and malice
wherewith they deal dreadful wounds
wounds which must be endured silent
ly. Resentment can have no place in
the physicians mind. Equanimity
must be maintained in the face of mis-
apprehension and abuse.-From Re
creations of Physician" by A. Stuart
NJ. Chisholm. NJ. D.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-12-12
PUBLIC LED BY CONVENTION
Fact Explains Why Reality In Any
Form Of Art Comes 40 Some
thing Of = Shock.

We are all such creatures of conven-
ton that the first impression made by
reality in any form Of art is sometimes
distinct shock and we close the win
dows of our intelligence and draw the
blinds, that the fresh air and the new
light may not enter 1t. Just as NO
form of art is SO strange as life, so
1t may be the strangeness Of reality
in books. in pictures. and in music that
makes our attitude one Of resistance
rather than of welcome.
Virgin snow often looks blue. but 1t
took courage to paint 1t blue. because
people Judge not by eyesight, but by
convention, and snow conventionally is
assuredly white. In reading books Of
fiction we have become so accustomed
to conventions that we hardly notice
how often they contradict reality. In
many novels have read have been
introduced to respectable women with
scarlet lips, whereas in life | never
saw q really good woman with
such labial curiosities. Conversations
are conventionally unnatural. A triv-
ial illustration will suffice. Someone
In q group makes q proposition.
Agreed" cried they ALL Did you
ever hear anyone say "Agreedy-
From Essay on Books" by William
Lyon Phelps.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-12-12
The Presidents Message.

President Wilson read his mes
sage to Congress which assem-
bled last Monday. Every avail
able seat and space on the floor
OF the House was occupied, as
Mr.. Wilson appeared in person
before a joint session of both
houses of Congress, while the
galleries were packed with visi-
tors.
We give a synopsis of the
Presidents message, as follows:
The session upon which you
are now entering will be the
closing session of the Sixty-third
Congress, a Congress. l venture
to say. which will long be remem-
bered for the great body of
thoughtful and constructive work
which it has done, in loyal re-
spouse to the thought and needs
Of the country. | should like in
this address to review the nota-
Bile record and try to make ade-
Quate assessment Of it; but no
doubt we stand too near the
work that has been done and are
ourselves too much part of il
to play the part of historians to-
ward it.
Markets of Central and South
America can be turned to the
United States and what interests
us now is our duty and oppor-
tunity.
I'VE have grossly erred in the
way in which we have stuntec
and hindered the development
of our merchant marine. The
time and circumstances are ex
traordinary and so must our eff
forts be also.
Safeguard the resources Of
the national domain and encour
aye the use of the nayigabl'
waters outside that domain TO-
the generation of power.
"A larger measure of self-gov
eminent to the people Of TIT
Philippines. The passage OF Thu
bill will nobly crown the recort
of these two years OF memorable
labor. ~ .
open the gates of trade t
the United States by passage o
the shipping bill pending in boil
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-12-12
Look Ahead.

There are some people who ride all
through the journey of life WITH their
backs to the horses heads. They are
always looking into the past. They
are forever talking ABOUT the good
old times. and how different things
were when they we're young. There is
no romance In the world now, and no
heroism. The very winters and sum-
mers are nothing to what they used to
be; in fact, life il altogether on a
small. commonplace scale. Now. that
$ a miserable sort Of thing. 1t brings
a kind of paralyzing chill over life.
and petrifies the natural spring of joy
that should be forever Ieaping up to
meet the fresh new mercies that the
day keeps bringing.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-12-12
And For Three Summers Mr.. Win.
cent Was Unable to Attend to
Any Of Her Homework.

Pleasant Hill, N. CD suffered for
three summers" writes Mrs. Walter
Vincent. Of this town. f'and the third and
last time. was my worst.
had dreadful nervous headaches and
prostration, and was scarcely able to
walk about. Could not do any Of my
housework.
! also had dreadful! pains In my back
and sides and when one Of those weak.
sinking spells would come on me,
would have to give up and lie down,
until il wore of.
/ was certainly In Z dreadful state o
health, when | finally decided to try
Carda. the woman's tonic. and firmly
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-12-12
HAT AND THE HABlTATIoN
Architect Shows How the One Has
Always Borne Strong Relation
to the Other.

A wellknown architect has pointed
out that the form of the hat bears a
certain relation to buildings Of prim-
tive nature-huts. He has invited at
tention to the curious resemblance
that has existed. and that is still to be
found in many countries between
headgear and habitations or other
buildings. 1t may be that the same
taste. or the lack of 1t. has given rise
to the similarity Of style. or in the be-
ginning the designer Of the hat may
have taken the hut as q model
In the Hawaiian islands, long before
the Inhabitants took the trouble to
clothe themselves. they built grass
houses. and at the present time the
characteristic Hawaiian hat IL remark
ably like the hut
The turbans Of the dignitaries Of tho
Eastern church are still Of the shape
Of those worn by the high priests
among the Jews of olden times. and
they are extraordinarily like the char
acteristic domes that surmount
mosques. Again. it is pointed out. the
high-pointed spires Of Gothic churches
were contemporaneous with the high
horn-like headdress known as the hem
min.
1t is believed. too, that like results
may be found after comparison Of
other styles Of architecture with the
headgear Of the period wherein they
flourished.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-12-12
The Church Against the Saloon.

The one hundred and twenty
sixth Presbyterian General As
sembly urges its members to re-
sign from social clubs that sell
liquor and to rent no buildings
for saloon purposes. It also in
iorses nation wide prohibition.
some newspapers prophesy ruin,
desperation. anger. hypocrisy,
tyranny, and civil war as a few
f the probable results if the
1ooze is wiped out. 1t does not
eem to occur to them that we
must and will have a strongly
constructive policy regarding
liquor. Why don't the brewers
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-12-12
COULD SCARCELY
WALK ABOUT

believe ! would have died q I hadnJ
taken Il.
After l began taking CarduI, was
greatly helped. and ~ three bottles re-
lieved me entirely.
| iattened up, and grew - msseh
stronger In three months, ielt like m
other person altogether"
Cardm b purely vegetable and geals-
acting. Its ingredients have 4 mid. tonic
effect, on the womanIy constitution.
Cardm makes for increased strsnglh,
improves the appetite, tones up ne GER
vous system, and helps to make pais.
salIow cheeks, fresh and rosy.
Cardui has helped more than miInos
weak women, during the pest 80 ysars.
II win surely do for you. what 4 has
done for them. Try cardsd today.
Write to: Chsssanooss Msdscins Co, La6lss' A.
visory Dept. Chsttsnooga. Tsns.. for Special IN
sfrsscfs0ns on your case and 64-paSe hook. ''Hom9
Treatment tor Women. sent 10 riain wrapper. ~
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-12-12

houses. 1t is not a question of
t he government monopolizing
the field, but providing means of
gaining trade.
Show good faith in adopting
the rural credits bill, already rati-
fed by Great Britain and Ger
many.
Provide means for charting
and surveying the coasts of the
United States and Alaska, there
by conserving lives and shipping.
Provide for economy in public
expenditures. The duty is mani
fest and imperative.
las to national defense, the
policy of the United Statesis set
tied against large standing ar
my. A nation of peace has no
need to be alarmed by sensation
alists. We shall not turn Ameri-
ca into military camp. Con-
gress should encourage military
training in schools. The nation
al guard should be developed and
strengthened. The country has
been misinformed as to the mat
ter of the nations defenses. The
United States has not been neg
ligent.
A powerful navy we have al
ways regarded as our proper and
natural means of defense; and ii
has always been of defense that
we have thought, never of ag-
gressiveness or of conquest. But
who shall tell us now what sort
of navy to build? We shall take
leave to be strong upon the seas,
| in the future as in the past; ano
there will be no thought of of.
Tense or provocation in that. Oul
ships are our natural bulwarks.
| When will the experts tell us just
! what kind we shall construct
and when will they be right fol-
ten years together, if the rela
tive efficiency of craft of differ
ent kinds and uses continues tt
change as we have seen it change
Under our very eyes in these las
| few months?
Great tasks of and duties o.
,eace challenge our best powers
and invite us to build what will
last with all the finest gifts o.
constructive wisdom we pos
lsess.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-12-12
Hunting eehoe. with an Arc LIsh

Hunting Echoes With an Arc Light.
Locating echoes by light beams,
with subsequent correction OF bad
acoustics. has been developed into an
exact science by experimenters in the
University of Illinois. Beams from an
arc light are directed from the stage
to all paris OF an auditorium and the
DETECTION OF light from wallis and pill
lars is noted. Results are checked uI
by observing fhe sound OF the kissing
travelling in the same course as the
light.
Experience has shown inst vhai
conditions produce the most trouble
some echoes and with the informs; ton
given by the light beams the cond'
tons are readily improved by nans
.ns curtains at troublesome Joints =
saturday Evening Posi-
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-12-12


help in this? Why don't they
prohibit vile drugs and poisonous
stimulants in the saloons they
control? Why is the whole liquor
business SO hostile to regulation
and so mad to extend its sales at
any cost to the community? The
anti-saloon movement is not q
fad. We are tired of paying the
social bills for those booze VEN
ders; we want better conditions
in this country. and we are going
to carry the thing through. = Col
lier's. Nov. 3d.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-27
AMBASSADoRIAL PRIVILEGES

IT is probable that % most ~ u- ... ..rws
L Ambassador and "Miu-..- mean
pretty much the same thing There Is.
however, a great difference between the
functions Of an Ambassador and O. Minister
since the former possesses many privileges
abroad that do not at all pertain a. mere
Minister.
A curious ambassadorial priWleg. is that
when dismissed from an audience with die
sovereign 20 which he Is accredited. ..e AM
bassador NAV turn his back 20 '-e court
I'm this relation it should be added That '-e
Ambassador is the Representative ~ lbs
ruler: while the Minister IS the representa-
tive Of his country.
When the audience is concluded ''c
Ambassador abroad waits 90 be- dismissed
bv the sovereign. When dismissed ,.a Am.
bassador bows, retires three PAGES, bow
again, rctireS three PAGES, bows % thur.
time. turns on his heels, and walks 90 OH.
folding doors. But when the rc,gnmg
crcign is a woman a more polite method
employed. Not 20 turn his back UutI.
be to resign a privilege. The AmUa DR.
therefore rctircS sidewise ckccr- .r. aa
on the sovereign, and with the other manages
20 find the door. BY this unique means ..
contrives 20 show all politcncss 20 a s.F-
ereign and at the same time 20 retain BIS
ambassadorial privilege in retiring.
Another privilege Of an Amba Ior
abroad is that Of being ushered into .1r
roval presence through folding doors, ...h
Of which must be flung wide for him ~
envoy save an Ambassador can claim '1>
privilege, the greatest favor in this r.pec,
that can be shown any nonambas- .ora.
representative consisting in the opening .o
him Of one door only.
There is one privilege Of the Ambas-ai"r,
a privilege that sometimes occasions great
inconvenience TO the ruler, which consists
Of his right TO demand admission 90 .1e
sovereign by day or by night.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-27
HUMOR OF THE SCHOOLROOM
BY FREDERICK HALL

count Of his success in teaching his dog,
aYou see YOU have 10 know moren the dog,
or YOU can't learn him nothin'.'
There was a sting in the doubtless. sin,
cere amazcmcnt Of the small Medford lad
in finding that teachers were paid when, as
he pointed out, "we children do all the
work.
An English humorist tells Of a fat boy
whose teacher gave him an unwisc opening
by saying, "You seem 10 be better ied than
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-27

was the best time to take a BATH replied,
ain the spring.
Further physiological observations are,
4The Cause Of narrow chests is most female
persons tie in their waists and "Dclicut
people should not eat hot or warm bread:
II IS apt 10 give you pastry OF the stomach
THE teacher herself is often the victim Of
this juvenile humor There was 1000
for reflection in the small boys naive ac-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-27

taught. 7-@Ycs, Sir, the boy agreed. ajut
you see ! feeds myself
DR.. Wines founder Of the National Prison
Association, is said 20 have once thre.hed
a boy. who took his revenge by chalkng an
addition 10 the doctors doorplatc. ~ hat
it read, WINES AND OTHER LICK.
ERS.7
Far more unkind, even If unconaeisS'v
so, was the small boy who was asked 10 cor.
rect the sentence, "Our teacher arm In
sight, and who insisted that it should b.
sour teacher am a sight
Sometimes the harassed instructor mus.
endure even the "smart Alcck- two a
humor. a boy defended himself for r.s
having lifted his hat by saying thar he lad
not had it on. "Don't tell me that rer'oI
the teacher severely. Il saw 1u.--4I
know you seen me; but yOu.. .Hrf sae
me hat. Dat was me bruddor
Another pupil insisted upon spelling
needle n-c-i-d-l-e. "Thcrn Is uo .r needle
exclaimed the teacher "Thcn IF .r't.q "a
needle" rctorted the incorrig,l.e pupil.
A knock from a pupil . r.. ~. .larse
always disheartcning. j. d.r.rI ar .he
circumstances. For instance. Cardinal
Farley Of New York tell o. visiting -,,.r.
intcndcnt Of a parOchial school H... - W.
der 10 make q test Of attention. a...f fora
series Of numbers. One pupil s 80. he
set down 96 on the blackJoar Another
gave Il, and be had just SCI. down u wien
a dirty-faccd urchin on The from. . agl.
wise 10 the situation. "Thcr.r.-,h...rt
he ripped out "Changc '.a D.. ..r can.
you smart Aleckl'
The nervous strain upon teacher. ...
we're. and doubtless II u'.r.. -.... .r
the disposition, tending .u make one ra--
tiOus and sometimes cxaD.uE ls- H. .I
sympathy for the fIanCt Of "a school Teacher
who sadly confessed their broken age-
mcnt. "Thc other evening, when called
fifteen minutes late, he czplainc. she
told me that ] must bring am exc. DO
writing, signed by my mother.
Undue severity doubtlos, bot what
autocrat does not sometimes cy.ce. ,he
speed limit And consider the teacher
what power is hcrsl As Mr. Crnia' gs.
She is moulding the nation today.
This little school ma'am IN -he .
She well deserves the title given - by
William J. Hampton, Of Uncle SAM Ba,
Girl The North is hers and So. mad. i,.
she has the West "cinchcd'; and. H her
last task, she has set forth % "ur.'. .te
East, for:
The school marin follows the o.. ..
Is the emblem Of star-spaug.ed -.-a..
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-27
CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE
ADVENTURES IN NEWS GETTING

ADVENTURES IN NEWS GETTING
First Of thrcepart describing special writer's remarkable e%
perenccs. Illustrated by {. d. Williams
THE ApFS IN THE WOOD .... BY H. b. Marriott Watson
Another episode in the life Gaopng Dick Ryder the tobyman
Illustrated by Joseph Clement CH
THE MASTER ...............B By william brown Meioney
story Of the sea- telling how o. Ben saved poad OF gold
and Marian Craig.
Illustrated by w. Pryor
Further a with the and the Sherfs Daughter for the
subjects. Illustrated
THE WAY OF THESE WOMEN By T. Phillips Oppenheim
Lucille exacts an impossible price for saving Syb Jen
pays it. illustrated by RANK oHdP
HMORs OF THE ROAD ....... By John Kendrick Bangs
Another "leaf' from this lecturers notebook.
Illustrated by John r. NeW
EVENING ... .......... By J. L. Scott Williams
painting
THE WORLDLINESS OF MURILLA By Elizabeth Munger
4 romance based on a heart-rending misunderstanding
Illustrated BYE. p. Hill
HUMOR OF THE SCHOOLROOM. ......... By Frederick Hall