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SEVERAL recent or
prospective events
are combining to di
rect especial atten
tion just now to our
great unsalted seas
and to the remark
able commerce of
this thousand-mile
inland waterway.
Foremost, perhaps,
su, among these stimu-
Ibbmwbmh^M l aD ts of popular Inter
est are the prepara
tions being made to honor Commo
i dore Perry, the hero of that most sig
* nlficant historical event,—the Battle
of Lake Erie. It was Perry, more
than any other one man, who has giv
en the Great Lakes a place in the his
torical annals of the republic fully
In keeping with the prestige these In
land seas enjoy In the commercial
chronicle of the nation.
The one hundredth anniversary of
Perry's victory Is approaching and
preparations are under way for the
erection of a magnificent Perry me
morial, overlooking Put-in-Bay, where
Perry’s ships were harbored before
and after the victory over the British
on Lake Erie. The memorial which
Will take the form of a towering shaft
and a museum building will stand on
the small Isthmus connecting the two
Metlons of one of the principal isl
ands at Put-in-Bay. This chosen site
1b of additional interest from the fact
that it was here, after the naval vic
tory, that American troops under Gen
eral William Henry Harrison were or
ganized an j drnle^ preparatory to the
battle or the Thames and the capture
Oi Detroit. Furthermore the memorial
will be unique in that the towering
abaft will be made to serve as a light
house of the first order. The Museum
of Historic Relics will be a hall of fine
proportions, with upward of 5,000
square feet of floor space and finally
/ there will be a memorial for the
/ American and British officers and
sailors buried on the island.
Another current topic that has fo
cused popular attention upon the
great waterway on our northern bor
der is the Improvements designed to
Increase the capacity of the locks at
Sault Ste. Marie. The government ship canal In
St. Mary’s river at the Sault or the "Soo ” as It
Is popularly termed, is to the Great Lakes what
the Panama canal will be to oceanic traffic, and
the Sault canal already enjoys the distinction of
passing more tonnage during the eight months
season of navigation than the famous Suez canal
does during the full twelve months. What rec
ords this link between Lake Huron and Lake Su
perior will boast with the current expansion of
facilities It Is difficult to forecast.
And, finally, much comment has been precipi
tated by the rumors In the newspapers that the
recent activity of the United States government
against certain trusts and particularly the steel
trust served to nip In the bud a very ambitious
plan for amalgamating under one ownership prac
tically all of the great modern freight-carrying
vessels on the Great Lakes. Even gs it is the
cargo carriers of the inland seas are owned or
controlled by a relatively small group of interests
compared to the diverse interests that have a
hand in our oceanic commerce. But perhaps that
Is due to the circumstance that the cdlhmerce of
the Great Lakes is so largely restricted to such
commodities as Iron ore, coal, grain and lumber
and the men who make use of the raw material
produced in the lake district find it profitable to
own ships to an extent not paralleled in any other
field of water-borne commerce.
The commercial interest of the Great Lakes
have for years enjoyed one point of superiority
over all the other burden-bearers on the globe.
Freight is carried more cheaply on the Great
Lakes than anywhere else in the world. It is on
ly fair to explain at the outset, however, that this
is due not solely to the monster ships employed,—
the largest ever floated on fresh water, —and to
the economical manner in which these craft are
operated. A secondary factor of great importance
is found in the marvelous dock machinery and
equipment which has been perfected in the lake
region for mechanically loading and unloading
cargo,—transferring the coal or ore from railroad
Making a Home of Your Abode
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Order Is All Right, of Course, but
Other Things Should Have
First Consideration.
Are you a good homekeeper as well
as a good housekeeper? If you think
more of keeping your house in apple
pie order than of allowing the mem
bers of your family to enjoy real home
comfort you are not.
Your family can secure a house
keeper at any time for a stipulated
sum, but the woman capable of creat
'■^lng a “homey” atmosphere is prioi
|^®k-ss
■p Order is an excelle-t thing and no
Bhousehold should be without it, but
the woman who makes a fetish of It
drives happiness and comfort, from
the earth.
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cars to the hold of a ship or vice versa. To such
lengths has this been carried that In the case of
some commodities the transfer of cargo is wholly
automatic and it is claimed that the iron ore is
not touched by human hands from the time It Is
mined in Wisconsin or Minnesota until it is fed to
the blast furnaces at Pittsburg or South Chicago,
or Gary, Ind., or some other center of the steel
manufacturing industry.
The ships of the Great Lakes, alike to their
counterparts on salt water, have been gradually
growing in size as years have gone by. However
the depth of certain channels connecting the lakes
and other considerations will preclude the possi
bility of the lengthening process going on indefi
nitely as it appears likely to do In the case of
ocean-going craft. The 1,000-foot steamer which
is already "in sight” in the evolution of trans-At
lantic navigation will probably never have a par
allel on fresh water and, indeed, it is more than
likely that present-day lake cargo ships come
pretty near representing maximum, although
there is no doubt that our Great Lake passenger
ships will go on increasing in size and luxury as
more and more people come to realize that a trip
“up the lakes” or “down the lakes” has a variety
and fascination not equalled by a voyage across
the Atlantic.
The freighters of the Great Lakes are without
a counterpart on the other waters of the globe
and they are a source of continual wonderment
to foreigners traveling in this country,—and, In
dede, to most of our own citizens who reside in
sections of the country away from the inland
seas. The most common type of lake carrier, —
the approved pattern for the ore and coal trade
which Is the mainstay of lake commerce, —Is a
Jong vessel with rounded ends. No deck is laid
on the main-deck beams in the cargo-holds and
the bridge, mast and deck-houses are bunched at
the extreme forward end of the vessel whereas
the engines and propelling machinery are at the
extreme opposite end, leaving practically the en
tire length of the hold free for Argo storage.
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Ever witness the sigh of relief with
which a hen-pecked family sees the
wife and mother take a vacation?
They’re fond of her, of course, but
there Isn’t any doubt about a certain
sense of freedom and relief which her
absence affords. When John puts her
on the train he doesn’t return home to
mourn' and pine for her return; in
stead, he takes an almost fiendish de
light in smoking in every room in the
house without the fear of being or
dered to the porch or the room allot
ted him for the purpose. Tommy ex
ultantly punches her ornamental pil
lows to a comfortable angle for his
head. Nellie Isn’t obliged to endure
the mortification of Informing her new
beau that mother Insists upon the
young men going home et an unrea-
sonable hour. Even the younger
children break loose and have a candy
. pull In the immaculate kitchen, while
1 everyone delights In moving the
s stately row of porch chairs to a look
? of disorderly comfort. In fact, they
t all unconsciously do their best to cre
i ate the longed-for “homey” atmos
r phere, with a secret dread thaU the
r wife and mother will return all too
> soon.
Do not make the mistake of sacrific
ing the happiness and comfort of your
> family to your insane worship of or
- der. The members of your family do
■ not appreciate it. They’d a great deal
■ rather you were a little careless and
■ less exacting. Besides, you would
i then have time to get better acquaint
s ed with them and their individual in
' terests, and to keep in touch with cur
> rent events Instead vs being a back
• number.—Exchange.
Tbls odd arrangement conduces to
, the carrying of the greatest possible
amount of freight and, more impor
tant yet, It renders possible the em
ployment of the marvelously economi
? cal loading and unloading machinery,—
“car dumpers” which dump coal into
the hold at the rate of a car a minute
and “automatic unloaders" which low
er “clam shell" grab buckets Into a
hold, scoop up ten tons of Iron ore at
a bite, lift It aloft, carry it to the
dock and deposit it either on stock
piles or in waiting railroad cars. To
facilitate the operation of these gi
gantic inanimate dock laborers it is
|| necessary of course to have numerous
| openings In the deck of the ship. As
I a-matter of fact the latest approved
pattern of lake freighter presents a
long Une of hatches® set as close to
each other as possible, and each hatch
extending almost the full width of
the ship. This renders it easy for the
“ mechanical unloaders to reach, with
their steel fingers, to every nook and
corner of the cargo space and all that
v.x. iL . imlzxo/Urtor
Is necessary to complete the job of unloading, aft
er the automatic unloaders have concluded oper
ations is to turn loose a small squad of men with
shovels who will clean up the scant amount of
ore or coal missed by the automatics.
Ice limits the season of navigation on the lakes
to eight or nine months and this makes lively
work necessary when there is much freight to be
moved back and forth between Buffalo and Chi
cago or Duluth, or between intermediate ports.
In an average season an average cargo steamer
will make at least twenty round trips on the ma
rine highway that encompasses nearly one-third
of all the fresh water on the globe. The season’s
journeyings of the ordinary freighter would in
the aggregate more than equal a voyage around
the world. The lake ships are Intensely modern
in every respect. They are constructed entirely
of steel; lighted by electricity; steered and heated
by steam; and have almost all the “fixings” to be
found on any of the oceanic cargo ships In any
quarter of the globe. The first lake cargo car
riers had a capacity of only a few hundred tons,
but so rapid was the development of this class
of shipping that within a score and a half of
years the pioneers of lake navigation who had
continued in service were rubbing their eyes to
realize the magnitude of vessels around six hun
dred feet In length and with a carrying capacity
of nine thousand to ten thousand tons. And, most
surprising of all to many people, is the circum
stance that these ships when fully loaded do not
in most instances draw more than eighteen to
twenty feet of water.
WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN.
"Where,” asked the female suffrage orator,
“would man be today were it not for woman?’
She paused a moment and looked round the
hall.
“I repeat,” she said, “where would man be today
If not for woman?”
“He’d be in the Garden of Eden eating straw
berries,” answered a voice from the gallery.-
“Comparisons Are Odious."
When little Amy was three years old
she was taken to visit her maternal
grandmother. During her stay the en
tire household made much of her, and
on her departure she was hugged and
kissed and wept over by each member
of the affectionate family in turn. The
scene made a deep impression on her
young mind.
A visit to her father’s home follow
ed. At the conclusion of it her pa
ternal grandmother and her Aunt Ma
bel stood smilingly waving their adieus
to the little one until the carriage was
out of sight.
Amy’s mother was beginning to won
der what made her so unusually quiet,
when a solemn little voice rang out
from her corner of the carriage:
"Not a tear shed!” —Youth's Com
panion.
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HER MONEY BOUGHT IT.
Hixon—To what does Landlt owe his
seat in the senate?
Dixon —To his wlf®, I dare say. She
had the money, you know.
“WHY SHOULD I USE
CUTICURA SOAP?”
"There is nothing the matter ylth
my skin, and I thought Cuticura Soap
was only for skin troubles." True, it
is for skin troubles, but its great mis
sion is to prevent skin troubles. For
more than a generation its delicate
emollient and prophylactic properties
have rendered it the standard for this ;
purpose, while its extreme purity and j
refreshing fragrance give to it all the
advantages of the best of toilet soaps.
It is also invaluable in keeping the
hands soft and white, the hair live
and glossy, and the scalp free from
dandruff and Irritation.'
While Its first cost is a few cents
more than that of ordinary toilet
soaps, it is prepared with such care
and of such materials, that it wears
to a wafer, often outlasting several
cakes of other soap, and making its
use, in practice, most economical.
Cuticura Soap is sold by druggists and
dealers everywhere, but the truth of
these claims may be demonstrated
without cost by sending to "Cuticura,”
Dept. L, Boston, for a liberal sam
ple cake, together with a thirty-two
page book on the skin and hair.
Indications.
"Don’t tell me that girl Is used to
the best society.”
“What makes you think she isn’t?”
“Why, if you notice, she is polite
to everybody she meets.”
Os Course.
“What would you do if you had a
million dollars?"
"Nothing."
For COLDS and GRIP
Hicks’ Capudimb is the best remedy—re
lieves the aching and feverishness—cures the
Cold and restores normal conditions. It’s
liquid—effects immediately. 10c.. 25c., and 50c.
At drug stores.
A Dead One.
Hewitt —You should say nothing but
good of the dead.
Jewett —But I hate to praise you to
your face.
Constipation causes and aggravates many
serious diseases. It is thoroughly cured by
Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets. The favor
ite family laxative.
Lapland is a great country for email
children.
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MBNT fans to curs any case of Itching, Blind,
Bleeding or Protruding Piles in sto 14 days. Ka
Offering to bet that you are right is
a poor kind of argument
To Dyspeptics: Others have found a
steady course of Garfield Tea a pleasant
means at regaining health. Why not you?
A man never forgives his enemies
until he wishes them prosperity.
ITCH, ITCH relieved in » minutes by
Woolford’s Banitarr Lotion. At Druggists.
A married woman’s description of
an Ideal man seldom fits her husband.
: Lazy Liver :
Do not allow a lazy liver to retard your healthful '
* progress through life. Your liver is about the most
2 important organ of your body, and unless kept in good
2 condition, you cannot expect to feel well. In fact, so J
2 important is the work of your liver, that upon it de- g
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other organs of your body. g
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happy, healthy and well.
When it’s clogged up, you feel tired, worn-out,
W! sick, weak and miserable. For more than 70 years
BLack-DraugHT
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■- heart trouble. 1 tried various medicines in vain, but f
2 Thedford’s Black-Draught has restored me to almost (
perfect health. It has become a household treasure.
2 i consider it more than worth its weight in gold.”
t Black-Draught is sold by your dealer. Be sure
2 to get the genuine—“Thedford’s.” Price 25 cents.
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MOTHER OF
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Tells How She Keeps Het
Health—Happiness For
Those Who Take
Her Advice.
Scottville, Mich. —“ I want to tell yo«
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farm andhave worked
very hard. I am
forty-five years old,
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of thirteen children.
i Many people think
j it strange that I am
. not broken down
' with hard work and
the care of my fam-
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Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com
pound, and that there will be no back
ache and bearing down pains for them if
they will take it as I have. lam scarcely
ever without it in the house.
“I will say also that I think there is
no better medicine to be found for young
girls. My eldest daughter has taken
j Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com
■ pound for painful periods and irregular
ity, and it has helped her.
“I tun always ready and willing tn
speak a good word for Lydia E. Pink
ham’s Vegetable Compound. I tell every
one I meet that I owe my health anC
happiness to your wonderful medicine.'*
—Mrs. J.G. Johnson, Scottville, Midi.,
R.F.D. 3.
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com
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and today holds the record of being the
most successful remedy for woman’s ilia
known.
Make the Liver
Do its Duty
Nine times in ten when the liver is
right the stomach and bowels are right.
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gently butfirmly 2^.
Cures Con-AMKF W [Si
stipation, BiykK
digestion, g PIIJLS.
Sick MMBM
Headache,
and Distress After Eating.
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roup. It is one of the greatest remedies ■
for tramble-foot I ever tried. Am now ■
using it for abcess on a hen’s head.’’ ■
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