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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-07-31
DARWIN NEVER SAID 1T.

1T is popularity supposed, even to-
day, that, according TO Darwin, man
is a descendant of the monkeys"
writes W. p. Pycraft, curator of the
British museum, in the Illustrated
London News. But let those who feel
hurt at the idea console themselves
with the fact that he said nothing of
the kind. What he did say was that
man and the apes were descendants
of common stock, which is a very
different thing.
Huxley, years ago, endeavored to
set this misconception right in his de-
lightful Mans Place i'm Nature:' vet
so deeply rooted was the original idea
that he failed to reassure the nonsci-
entific readers OF his time. His son
relates how his father, near the end
of his life, saw Carlyle walking SLOWLY
and alone down the opposite side of
the street and, touched by his solitary
appearance crossed over and spoke to
him. The old man looked at him and
merely remarking, You're Huxley,
aren't you, the man that says, we are
all descended from monkeys?" went on
his way, giving Huxley no chance of
explaining matters or of protesting
AGAINST the imaginary sin of his old
friend being thrust upon his shoulders
y more careful, less prejudiced, per-
sual OF what Huxley said would have
set the old mans mind at rest and
spared him this unmannerly response
to kindly greeting.
Huxley was the first, i'm that won
dertul book, to marshal the facts of
mans descent i'm detail. He pointed
out the striking resemblances between
man and the higher apes, and especi-
ally the chimpanzee and the gorilla. |
And the mass of facts which has ac-
since he wrote has con-
'rmed that comparison in every de-
ALL"
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-07-31
General Political Notes.

North Dakota will vote on the wo-
| man suffrage question this fall.
Republicans of Delaware will nomi-
nate at primaries on September II.
The field Of candidates for the Dem
ocratic senatorial nomination in Illinois
has been narrowed to four.
Candidates for governor and other
state officers will be nominated by all
parties i'm Massachusetts on Septem-
Der %.
Mrs. James J. Brown, of Denver, is
being urged by the women of Colorado.
To accept "a nomination for United
States senator.
Former Congressman Samuel w.
Mccall is expected to be the choice of
the Republicans of Massachusetts for
governor this year.
Col Theodore Roosevelt will speak
at scranton on Labor Day i'm the in
tercsts of the Progressive campaign in
Pennsylvania.
Emanuel l.. Philip, of Milwaukee,
has been agreed upon by the "conser-
vative' Republicans OF Wisconsin as
their candidate for governor
Democrats and Progressives of Utah
have Endorsed James II. Moyle. a lead
err of the Mormon church. as the fusion
candidate for United States senator.
j. Sloat Fassett, formerly a repre-
sentative i'm Congress, is a candidate
for the Republican nomination for
Congress in the Thirty-seventh New
York district.
William j. Harris, director general
Of the Census Bureau of the United
States, has withdrawn from the race
for the Democratic nomination for gov
ernor Of Georgia.
The number of candidates for the
Republican nomination for United |
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-07-31
Political GOSSIP

The candidacy of Editor Pat
OBrien, of Iron River, for representa-
tive in the legislature from the dis
trict comprising Iron, Keweenaw, on
tohagon and Baraga counties, is an
nounced as follows:
II The interests of Iron county being
| paramount to any other county in this
legislative district both sides of the
county have united in an effort -
send an Iron county man to the house
of representatives in the next legisla
ture. The matter has been under dis
cussion for several weeks but definite
plans were held in abeyanve until a
suitable candidate could be found. Var
ious men were talked of but Z. OBrien,
editor and publisher of the Iron River
Stambaugh Reporter, was finally unit
ed upon 10 make the race for the Re-
publican nomination Aug. 20.
Mr.. O'Brien was selected because Of
his wide acquaintance throughout the
Upper Peninsula and his long resi-
dence in Iron county. 1t was also
pointed out that Mr.. O'Brien has new
er been aligned with any corterie of
politicians or factions, is conservative
ON all current questions and enjoys
the confidence of both mine operators
and employees. He has always been a
staunch Republican and fought for
needed reforms from within the party
rather than from the outside.
In all probability the most vital leg
islation concerning the welfare of the
Upper Peninsula will be the proposed
tonnage tax bill. The passage of this
bill is backed by members Of
the state grange in the lower peninsu-
Ia. Such drastic legislation would re-
suit in one Of two things, either the
closing down of many mines or the
cutting OF the price of labor. Neither
of the alternatives is desirable to any
business interest or the working pco-
pie Of this section of the state.
Mr.. O'Brien is well acquainted with
all the features Of the proposed tom
mage tax bill and has fought it per-
sonally and through the columns of his
paper since it was proposed. For this
reason, If for none other, his support |
ers believe he should be sent To the |
legislature to protect the chief and al |
important industry of this section Of /
the district-mining.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-07-31
AN UNJUST SYSTEM.

| 1t is gratifying To learn that con-
J gress is planning to change the
"plucking board" system which re-
suited recently in the compulsory re-
tirement of fifteen naval officers, most
of them in the prime of life and good
for years of efficient service.
The storm of criticism aroused has
been conceSned chiefly with Capt.
Gibbons, commander of the battleship
Utah just returned from Vera Cruz
and Tampico. This officer is ifty-one
years old. has served for forty years,
has ably filled the difficult though I'M
ornamental position of superintendent
of the naval academy at Annapolis.
has been i'm nearly all the fights
cruises, invasions and pacifications
that have occurred during his time.
and has seen as much sea service as
his superiors permitted, though not
as much as he wanted. In nearly ev-
cry instance he has showed marked
efficiency. The closing act of his ca
reer was 10 bring the Utah up the At
lantic coast in a pea soup" fog, with
the compass out of order, remaining
on the bridge for twenty-four hours
in succession, and then taking his ship
up the bay and docking her at the
Brooklyn navy yard without pilot.
Capt. Gibbons case is merely the
most conspicuous. Among the fifteen
officers just forced into retirement
there are several examples of loss to
the nation and also of apparent per-
sonal injustice that are almost as la
mentable.
1t is charged that the board has
been actuated in some cases by per-
sonal prejudice. At any rate, if such
MEN as Capt. Gibbons are dead
wood" the survivors must be world
bcaters Of efficiency.
The practice of retiring fixed |
number of men every year worked well |
for a while, but the time has come for |
"A change, We want no Doctor Osler"
automatic regulations in the navy |
When officers are "plucked" we want |
tho weeding-out process to be con-
Quoted with precision and justice COM
with the Importance and |
honor OF our sea forces.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-07-31
Calumet, Mich, July 81, 1914.

Calumet, Mich, July 81, 1914.
Editor of the News:--l this much
discussed question has not already
tried your patience beyond endurance.
permit me to call attention to another
phase of the Sunday amusement prob
lem, which l believe has not yet been
illuminated
In last nights News ] noticed the
announcement that the Sunday school
OF the Norwegian Lutheran church of
Calumet is to enjoy an outing Sunday
at Traverse Bay. Was not the pastor
Of this church one of those well mean
inS divines who directed such vigor-
Gus attack on the Sunday automobile
races at the Laurium driving park?
How can he reconcile his attitude on
the Sunday amusement question so
publicly expressed two weeks ago with
the attitude which last nights an
nouncement, if correct. infers?
Would it be more harmful for adults
who have reached the age of discretion
q believe those would have constituted
the vast majority of the spectators at
the auto races), after attending public
worship in the morning to witness the
automobile races i'm the afternoon, than
for immature children to spend from
a. IN. to I y. m. on the Sabbath day,
in such pleasurablc outing as is pro-
posed for the Sunday school above re-
ferred to? Perhaps there will be de-
votional services in connection with
this outing, but who can conceive of
their taking up more than two hours
of the day? What is to be done with
the other nine hours?" VIII someone
please explain how we are to dstin-
guish between this type of desecration
of the Sabbath day, evidently a good
type for 1t has the churchs endorse
ment, and the type proposed for The
Laurium park, which brought forth
such a vigorous denunciation?
Is not each mans own conscience
the best guide for Sabbath observ-
ance? 1t would be queer world with
out difference of opinion. our consti-
tuition guarantees us personal liberty
in religion and i'm other things. Is II
right to deny Mr.. Race Goer the pleas
ure Of witnessing a good clean amuse-
ment, in an isolated park, where his
enjoyment of that pleasure in no way
transgresses ON the rights of Mr.. Nom
Race Goer to crafty the mere within
of the latter? What can the Protestant
church hope to gain by arousing an
antagonistic feeling among those who |
do not share its pur'itanical ideas? |
What technicality separates the church |
conducted Sunday school excursion on
the sabbath from such vicious Sunday |
amusements as baseball and auto rae
ng?-lnquirer.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-07-31
CORES REAL SENTIMENTS?

one of the amusing features Of the
senatorial campaign in oklahoma is
the digging up and reprinting of poll
teal addresses made by Senator Gore
in 1894 and 1896 when he was a resi-
dent of Texas and Republican
Among other things that the now
Democratic senator said was this:
The trouble with the Democrat
ic party is it is a party of states
men without craftsmanship, Of
patriots without patriotism. Of
heroes without heroism, and that
party's policy, when entrusted with
power always begets farmers
without farms, laborcrs without
labor and free men without free
dom. Whoever heard OF demo-
cratic platform ever lasting over
two years? The Republicans stand
for principles, though those prin-
ciples may he wrong, and they will
always fight YOU in the open, but
the Democratic party is Judaslike,
ii will kiss and betray"
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-07-31
WILL KEEP OUT oF IT.

President Wilson will not NEEDLE In
European politics while European pol
itics is sizzling hot, and he should not
NEEDLE in European politics at any
time. 1t is all very well for the pro-
fessional friends and enemies OF Eng
land to shake the lions paw and twist
the lions tail i'm times of peace, but
just now the United States first duty
is 10 keep out of the muddle and see
that her representatives abroad keep
out of il.
The latter may be a difficult task.
The selection of American ambassa-
doris and ministers is Not always ju-
diciously made, and it is conceivable
that a man of the George Fred Will
Jams type might seize the present oc-
casion to deliver proclamation TO the
world concerning the merits Of the
squabble and thus compel the govern
ment 10 do a lot of hurried explaining
at home and abroad.
Privately and personally the people
Of the United States may have strong
views upon the issue that would form
the preteXt for war. should a general
war follow Austria's determination to
chastise Servia, but as a government
this country has no concern in the
matter. We have no entangling alli-
ance in Europe and the administra-
tons famous policy of watchful wait
ing should be put into effect with alb
solute Notwithstanding that
has not characterized it i'm our dealings
with Mexico.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-07-31
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PROVES HIS TALE BY
SHOWING HEAD OF FISH.


Fish stories are the easiest things to
concoct, but the hardest to force on
the credulity of the average person,
but u fisherman in Philadelphia hit
upon a new scheme the other day to
substantiate his yarn with apparent
success. Joseph Stegar came home
one night from Angelsea telling a
thrilling tale of a battle with man
eating sharks. The first place he I'M
loaded this yarn was in a pool room
few doors from his place of BUSH
ness. 1t appeared from the tale that
he was in "A boat several miles from
shore when the shark was discovered
following the craft 1t was decided
that an effort be made to catch this
shark, which was about five feet long
and weighed probably 400 pounds. A
huge fishhook, attached to a heavy
rope was baited with "a porgy and
this thrown overheard. The shark
bit. Then followed struggle. one
man nearly lost his balance and
narrowly missed drowning. And thus
the tale went on embellished with
features which would have put the
best fisherman to shame. or course
the story was greeted with jeers and
Steger was forced to continue under
"A handicap. A couple of days later,
however, the doubters were invited to
his store and shown the head of
large shark which had just arrived in
a barrel.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-07-31
THIS DATE IN HISTORY

l'h-Lafayette was made a major
general in the American army
lSl3-A British force captured Platts-
burgh, n. Y, the headquarters
of the northern army OF the
United States.
lS53-Conference of European Powers
at Vienna to settle differences
between Turkey and Russia.
lS64-tederals, under Gen. Grant, made
desperate assault on Peters,
burg, Va, but were repulsed
with heavy loss.
1S71-Phoebe Cary, noted author. died
at Newport, X. I. Born near
Cincinnati, Sept. T. 1924.
of the 4O0th anniver-
sary Of the foundation of Munich
University.
1S'5-Andrew Johnson. seventeenth
president of the U. S., died at
his home I'm Tennessee. Born In
North Carolina, Dec. 20. 1908.
1S92-Tercentenary of the foundation
of Trinity College, Dublin.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-07-31
DEMOCRATIC coNeREssMEN.

In the last elections the Democrats
elected twenty Of the twenty con-
gressmcn in Illinois, all of the thr-
teen in Indiana and thirty-one Of the
torty-thrco in New York. These re-
suits we're obtained largely through
the manipulation Of the machine" by
the so-calicd bosses, Sullivan in Him
OILS, Taggart in Indiana and Murphy in
New York, and they are the men whom
the so-called rcformcrs in the Demo-
cratic party are trying 10 dethrone.
Suppose they do il? There will be no
Democratic majority in the next Con-
grcss.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-07-31
eACk WITH HE G. o. p.

Reports from Missouri Indicate tina
the Progressives are largely back in
the Republican ranks. out of the III
counties in the state in only sixteen
have the Progressives nominated tick
cts, and of some of these sixteen only
half tickets have been put in the field,
as not enough men could be found
within that party to fill out all the
places.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-07-31
SERBS AND sERvlANs.

a clear distinction must be kept
| between Servians, or subjects Of the
Kingdom Of Servia, and Serbs, or peo-
| pie o: the Serb race wherever found,
says the Springfield Republican. Con-
| fusion at this point has led TO some
| misunderstanding Of the events con-
nected with the assassination of the
Austrian heir; Servia's responsibility
Of course does not extend beyond her
frontiers. If all the Serbs were united
I'm one HingdOm, as is the dream of q
pan-Servian enthusiasts, they would
make very considerable nation.
In Scrvia before the war there were
not quite 100000, and while the war
extended the boundaries of the king
dom, the added population is not
wholly Serb. No revised statistics are
available, but it is likely that the Ser
vians Of Serb race are now about A.
100000. 70 these may be added 2S0. 900
Montcnegrins, Serb by race and un-
compromised allies. The rest Of the
Serbs, more than half, are in Aus
tria- Hungary, and are thus distrbut-
Dalmatia, $4,000; lstria. $4,000; Gro
atia-Siavonia, 2,334,OOO; Banat and
Batchka, $4,000. The total is about
100000, but while the ties between
them might suffice to hold them to-
gcthcr IL they We're once brought I'M
der one flag, there are fierce disputes,
which make cooperation difficult ana
would weaken such a movement for
Independence as the revolutionaries
dream Of
II all Austria's Slavic subjects, out
numbering the dominant Germans and
Magyars, should rise at once. the en-
pire would probably go 20 smash. but
the incapacity OF the Slavs for staunch
cooperation has kept that race at the
mercy Of the governing races. TO the
Slavs as an element Of unrest must be
added the large Rumanian population
which would like TO be annexed To
Rumania, and If the trouble I'm the
near east should spread, the attitude
Of Rumania would be OF extreme i'm
pOrtance. ------...'-
A clash between Germany and
France would mark the first great aer-
ial war In history. II would be, in a
measure. also, a contest between war
and aerOplane France has
the greatest feet or aeroplanes in the
world. Rapid preparation has been
made on both sides for such a conflict. |
At the first signal Of war the swift
armored aeroplanes of France, loaded !
with bombs, would dart across the
German border by the hundreds.
-
Now Is the time TO brush up on Eur
,paau ecpwrapby apd history
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-07-31
TREATIES.

A treaty is form of disagreement
between two countries reduced to lang
uage which enables each of Thorn TO
crawl out of 1t. 1t belongs in the same
family as the insurance policy. except
that no one can understand an insur-
ance policy whereas a treaty reads as
though 1t were perfectly plain, until
something happens that makes one of
the parties to it wish to get out Of il.
Treaties are used for various pur
poses; to promote typewriting agen-
cies. lawyers, diplomats and 10 fur
nish material for editorial writer's to
convey the impression that they know
something OF what they are writing
ABOUT. Ihe proincipal use of treaties.
however Is to bring on wars.-Life.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-07-31
The GRADUATE.

Has your boy landed Job yet?''
Not yet. But he seems to be get
ting gumption."
How SOP"
He has quit carrying his diploma
around with him to show to prospec-
tive employers" City. Journal.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-07-31
WHAT OTHER
PEOPLE THINK

Subscribers Are Invited to Con-
tribute to this Column. A
communication should be
signed by tho writer's own
name, not necessarily for pub
LEGATION, but as evidence of
good faith.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-07-31

Now Is the time TO brush up on Eur
opcan geography and history.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-07-31

tuesday next will he primary day
In Kansas and Missouri.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-05-22
MAINTENANCE OF DIRT ROAD
Great Care Should. Be Taken 20 Work
Out an Efficient System Of Drain
age for Highways.

CBy JOSEPH EyDE PRATT. North Car
olina State Geologist)
The dirt road is more susceptible to
damage by water than. of course, any
of the specially surfaced roads; there
fore, great care should be taken TO
work out an efficient system of drain
age for the road. Water must be kept
away from the road, and the ain
which falls on the road must be per
mitted to run of as rapidly as pos
sible, and by very easy grade. IL
must not only be taken off the surface
of the road az rapidly as post BILE, but
also out OF the side bitches. Care
should be taken that these side bitches
are not too steep, and that every OPP
portunity is seized for turning the
water out OF the bitches into the ad-
joining fields.
Many of our country roads are bad
because in their construction no ar
rangement was made for taking care
Of the water, and thus they are very
muddy and filled with ruts and holes.
Instead of the middle of the road be-
ing higher than the edges, so that the
water can readily run off on each side,
many of them are fiat, or even con-
cave, with the center of the road the
lowest point. II the road has been
constructed so that 1t is well crowned,
with the slope about one in twenty
from the center of the road to the side
bitches, and these bitches have been
graded so as to readily take care of
the water, and yet not steep enough
to cause them to cut deep gullies on
the side of the road. and If the water
is taken from these bitches at every
available point so as to prevent seep-
age of water under the surface of the
road, there should be little difficulty
in keeping the road in good condition
Very often 1t is necessary to carry the
T, water from one side of the road to the
other; and when this is necessary, II
should be done by means of either
| concrete, metal or terra Gotta culverts
or pipes which will carry the water
under the surface of the road. After
the system of drainage has been. In
stalled. provision should be made to
hNCp - uPs d. shat thO Vi aiho anu ehS
culverts will not bee ome stopped up.
The surface of dirt road should be
kept Ct dirt, and whenever any holes
or ruts have developed in the road
they should not be filled up with stone
or brush, but with dirt, and with dirt
as nearly as possible OF the same char.
acter as the dirt composing the sur
face OF the balance of the road. II. on
the other hand, holes or ruts are filled
with rock, gravel or brush, the wear
ing effect will be uneven, and the
wheels will begin to scoop out holes
just beyond or on the opposite side OF
the road from the hole filled up. II
there are stumps or rocks in the road
they should all be removed so that the
dirt surface can be smoothed over and
brought 20 an even slope from the cen
ter to the bitches. After the road has
been we'll constructed and the right
slope and surface obtained. 1t can be
kept in this condition very readily by
judicious application of the split-log OF
| King drag.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-05-22
NOT A SOOTHING APOLOGY
sobby's Well.Meant Effort Probably
Made Indignant Private Soldier
Madden Than Ever.

Colonel Blank had a little boy FIVE
years old and little Bobby had often
heard the men in his fathers regi.
ment spoken OF as Colonel Blanks
men" SO he said to one Of them:
MY father owns you"
The soldier was very angry you
little imp" he exclaimed What
are you talking about? Nobody owns
me"
Bobby's mother heard about 1t, and
was much distressed Calling the lit.
tie boy . her, she said.
Bobby, YOU were wrong when you
said your father owns his men, and
] want you to tell the soldier that you
are sorry for what you said"
Running to overtake the private
the little boy exclaimed breathlessly
I'm sorry my father owns you!"
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-05-22

Stella MAYHEM is fat--just plain
fat This is the term she herself ap-
plies to her avoirdupois. without try
ing to disguise II as plump" or
stout" And she doesn't mind jokins
with herself about 1t.
On a certain occasion she was let.
ting her audience into few of her
secrets.
Il have tried everything recon.
mended to reduce" she admitted, "but
] keep on getting fatter. Why, there
isn't thing read about. guaranteed
TO take off flesh, that don't try"
At this pause a woman seated in
the second row, who had made herself
conspicuous by several remarks dur.
ing Miss Mayhew's talk, inquired.
Did you ever try poison st
Louis PostDispatch.