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The Detroit times., 1908-03-25
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BELDING CHURCH

BELDING. Mich. March 25.--Oii
saturated rags stuffed into holes bored
into the side OF the Latter Day Saints
church In this city, and lighted, near
ly caused the destruction OF the build
ing Sunday morning.
Frank Klock and his wife were
awakened by the glare OF the blaze
and saw man standing near the
church with a horse. and buggy. He
drove away. but when the flames died
down. returned and apparently threw
oil on. the side OF the church, as the
flames shot up the side. He then
climbed into his buggy and disappear.
ed from sight. The blazing oil failed
10 ses the wood on fire.
The Detroit times., 1908-03-25
HEMANS DEPLORES THE
WASTE OF MONEY

KALAMAZOO, Mich, March 25.--
The first annual banquet OF the Jack
son club here, last night, was great
success. more than 500 attending
Politicians of the Democratic faith
were there from all over the state.
DR.. Paul +. Butler was elected pres
ident for the next year to succeed
John A. Ross, the first president and
organizer of the club. Lawton t. He
mans. of Mason. was the first speak
er introduced by POSTMASTER A. NJ
Stearns. -
Hemans discussed existing political
conditions and presented facts and
figures in support of the contention
that extravaganza is rampant.
The Detroit times., 1908-03-25
9TH NAMES FORDNEY
AND E. o. DEWEY

SAGINAW. Mich, March 25.-The
eighth district convention yesterday
reelected as delegates to the Chicago
convention. Rep. FordDey and Post
master K. o. Dewey. of Owosso. with
william Bronson. OF Clinton and Alex.
ander Houston, of Trscola, alternates
Two important omissions from the
old program were conspicuous. the alb
sence of any reference to Cannon or
other presidential candidates and q
failure to reindorse Frank w. Gil
christ. or Aipena, for delegate-at-large
Otherwise ~ was a Fordney conven
ton from start to finish, everything
going OF as the Atwood Baird Savage
crowd had preordained.
The Detroit times., 1908-03-25
FRANCIS B. LOOMS
LANDS A GOOD JOB

WASHINGTON, March 25.--Assist-
ant Secretary OF State Francis b.
Loomis, who has been out OF the pub
lie eye since his controversy with
Herbert w. Bowen. minister 10 Ven
ezuela, will be appointed commission
er-general for the United States TO the
Toxic exposition OF 1912, at $4,000 a
year.
In the Bowen-Loomis controversy
the latter was upheld by President
Roosevelt.
The Detroit times., 1908-03-25
KILLS HERSELF At
i RECEPTION
GIRL LEAVES COMPANY SHE HAD
SUNG BEFORE AND sWAL
Lows POISON.

HARTFORD, Conn. March 25.--
After playing the piano, singing AMI
otherwise entertaining her host and
other guests. Miss Mildred G. Fryer,
the 16-year-old daughter OF Mrs. A. G.
Fryer. OF Killimantic, abruptly lefs
the library. Going up TO her room,
she drank phial VI carbolic acid.
from which she died ln great agony.
Miss Fryer had been the guest OF Her
bert s. King of No. 22s Sisson-ave..
secretary and treasurer of the j. =.
Burr Publishing Co, anG lieutenant OF
co. *, of tte First regiment Her
friends say they know OF no reason
for the young womans act
The Detroit times., 1908-03-25
Around the State
in a Hurry

Alpena--Fire broke out In the Bald
win school The children marched
out in order, avoiding a panic. The
school will be closed day or two for
repairs.
Nj. clemens--John G. Cady. after
an illness of five days, died Tuesday
OF pneumonia. Mr.. Cady was born
In the old tavern that stood on the
site where the Sherman house now
stands. In Mt. Clemens. ~ years ago.
He was a devoted member OF the Nj.
e. church of this city for nearly 20
years. and sung In the choir OF the
'cburch SIS years.
GRAND RAPlDS-1be March term
OF the United States circuit court and
district courts for me western dis
tricts OF Michigan opened yesterday.
Philip y. Wachtel. o. Petoskey, was
chosen as foreman OF the grand jury.
Jsekson--Clyde Turner and w. SUIT
ton. convjcts. missed from the chair
shop st the prison. were found hidden
beneath freight in a car OF chairs In
the prison Tarf9 They we're taken
back 10 their cells, where they will be
made TO dc the usual penance.
is-no- diaefaes--as long a.
your credit IA good
The Detroit times., 1908-03-25
DEMANDS EMPLOYERS
LIABILITY BILL

WASHINGTON, March z5.-JUhu
Sharp Williams. the house minority
leader. served hotice on the Republi-
cans OF that body that unless he was
Immediately assured an employers liza
bility bill--a bill for the publicity OF
campaign contributions, bill putting
wood pulp on the free list and an anti
Injunction bill would be reported for
passage in the near future. he, with
the assistance OF his loyal followers,
would institute determined filibuster.
The Detroit times., 1908-03-25

May be only tired liver starved liver II would be stupid
well thing beat starved man because he Jagged
in his work So treating the tagging torpid liver it great
mistake lash with drastic drugs torpid liver but
indication nourished enfeebed body whose
with the stomach and allied
and them working order and quickly
liver will become Dr. Peces Golden Medical Discovery
made marvellous of "ver complaint" torpid liver
by wonderful the digestion nutrition
the normal activity of the stomach the econs
the blood making glands cleans the of poisonous
dafact; oof,aro
The Detroit times., 1908-03-25
HISTORIC DRURY LANE
THEATER BURNS DOWN

LONDON. March 25.--HIstoric
Drur7 Lane theater has been destroy
ed by fire.
"A score of engines were, powerless
to save the theater, and they cen
tered their efforts on protecting the
neighboring property. The theater
stood In the center OF the poor dis
trict. in which there are number OF
.tenements.
The house closed at the end OF
February, but was billed to reopen
on Aprp rs. With THE Sins OF So
ciety."
Dr1ry Lane theater was frst op-
ened IN 1868. burned in 1872, and re-
opened In 1874 with an address By
Dryden, who extniied its advantages
in location. The burning OF the third
theater on the site took place Feb. "a.
1909 Ii was ip the famous Drurx
Lane rhat tfarrfcK. Kean, the Kembies
and Mrs. Siddons used 70 act
The Detroit times., 1908-03-25

The park committee OF the council
has made lot OF cuts OF from 10 TO
&c per cent In the maintenance items
or the park department. Salary in
creases asked for Secretary M. p.
Hurlbut and Bookkeeper Rich were
turned down. None OF the Items has
been cut out entirely as yet. although
the repair funds for the boulevard and
the maintenance OF Belle Isle are cut
down to about what they were the
last year.
The Detroit times., 1908-03-25
TO REHEARSE FOR THE
CRITICS AS IN EUROPE

NEW YORK, March 25.--Announce-
ment is made by the Shuberts. theatri-
cal producing managers, that in future
the system OF giving special dress re-
hearsals for the dramatic critics prior
10 the initial performance of new pro.
auctions. which has been in vogue for
some time in London and Paris and
other dramatic centers, will be adopt
60 In launching productions under that
management I'm New York.
The Detroit times., 1908-03-25
MEM coMPANIEs INCORPORATED

LANSING, Mich. March 25.--Ar.
ticles OF incorporation were filed with
the secretary of state by the follow
ing corporations: Jay Smith & Son
Saginaw. 10000; Eaton Rapids Foun
dry Co, Eaton Rapids. $4,000. In
creases OF capital stock; Kirsch Man
ufacturing Co. Three Rivers, $4,000
10 $4,000; Cartier Wagner Co.. Lin
tied, Luddington. $4,000 to $4,000;
Superior Cigar Manufacturing Co, De
troit, $4,000 to $4,000.
The Detroit times., 1908-03-25
BUG SPELLB|NOS
A BRYAN CROWD
DELEGATES, CENTRALIZED BY
ORATOR, LEARN HE'S AN ES-
CAPPED LuNATIc.

MOUNT PLEASANT Ia. March IS.
For thirty minutes the Henry coun-
ty Democratic convention sat enthrall-
ca by the oratory OF a stranger.
Thinking him delegate, no effort
was made to interrupt him. while he
eulogized William j. Bryan as the lib
orator OF the common people and a
twentieth century Messiah.
Finally he ended and, amid storm
Of cheers, left the convention.
An hour later IT was found that the
eloquent visitor was A. p. McQuirk.
formerly brilliant attorney of Daven-
pert, who escaped from the Mount
Pleasant Insane asylum.
The Detroit times., 1908-03-25

preparing for new
church edfice on the site Of
the old Zimmerman homestead, in
Mount Auburn, where the duchess
Of Manchester spent her oirlhood,
dug up the canine, graveyard and
brought to light Baskets Of various
shapes and sizes, several OF them
bearing silver municipalities to indi-
cate the identity of the dogs within.
The caskets were lined with silks
and sstins, and about the necks of
the skeletons, all that remained Of
the animals, were ribbons and col
lars, some Of them valuable. Trink-
cts Of various sorts were also found
in the caskets. As Helen thinner
man, the duchess was very fond of
dogs, and her father, Eugene Zim-
norman. permitted her to keep a
large number. He also allowed her
to Get aside corner Of the grounds
about the mansion for burial plot.
The Detroit times., 1908-03-25
Another Mystery.

us this canned chicken or lobster?"
queried the suspicious man. cycling the
dish set before him.
II don't know. dear" answered his
wife. The label was torn OF the can.
when / opened it,
The Detroit times., 1908-03-25

It's easier for q woman to hold q
strong man than her own tongue.
The Detroit times., 1908-03-25

l. no disgfaee-as long a.
youI credit is good.
The Winslow mail., 1908-02-01
Good to Look At.

girl with magnificent red-brown
hair looked delightful in rough, dark
serge with a copper colored suede cap
perched on her beautiful hair and two
copper buckles at her waist and cop
per colored kid shoes and stockings.
These shoes, it may be remarked, are
made in the most practical shades and
kids, and can be cleaned with prepa-
rations specially made for them, and
the colored stockings are everywhere
to be had of suitable warmth.
The Winslow mail., 1908-02-01
Telegraph Line Through Desert.

For the projected telegraph line
from Algeria to the Niger river the
telegraph posts in the Sahara will be
metallic and placed at distances of
60 yards, the wires being high enough
to allow the passage of man on cam
elback. At intervals along the 600
miles of the Algerian section six small
garrisOned stations will be established.
At a central redoubt, surrounded by
outer fences, provisions will be stored
for three months round a cistern.
The Winslow mail., 1908-02-01
Art Treasures in South America.

Many pictures by Velasquez may
still be resting unrecognized in South
America, according to an art critic
The rough ne~ple, says he, who fur
nished +Le silver ingots, would yearn
fUr presentments of the old country
life and so early essays at its por-
trayal by Velasquez may still be slum-
bering in remote haciendas under the
shadow of the Andes.
The Winslow mail., 1908-02-01
A Red Hot Destinf.

A very small girl had great deal
of trouble making her dolly sit
straight. Dolly would slide over side
ways and tumble down so often that
the little mother was out of patience
with her china daughters disobedi-
ence. At last she said: "Oh, dolly!
You are just as wicked as you can be
You'll have to go to the bad place,
and you won't burn dead; you'll live
always, an just sizzle an sizzle"
The Winslow mail., 1908-02-01
Unproqressive Men Of VS..

The war office has long been I"er-
bal for its Encouragement of inven-
tors in general, but they seem % re-
serve a special brand of III tree ''" It
for an inventor who is unlucky
enough to wear soldiers coat Gen.
Shrapnell, the inventor Of the fOru.d-
able projectile which bea s cis .1ne
to this day, died a poor ian after
spending thousands of pounds c- his
nyention.-LOndon Regiment.
The Winslow mail., 1908-02-01
Japan's Iron Coinage.

In Japan an iron coinage begun
about 1886 has existed up to the pres
ent day A curious coin made of
mixture of silver and copper was long
In use in Japan. 1t varied in size from
small pea to large bean. Lead
coins were also used there for five
centuries. Glass was employed as
substance for coin for many centuries
in Egypt, while wooden money is men
toned in many of the Buddhistic
writings.
The Winslow mail., 1908-02-01
You Can Now See Plants Grow.

plants grow. In the apparatus of two
Germans the growing plant is con-
nected with a disk having in it's cen
ter an indicator which moves visibly
and regularly, and this movement,
magnified so times over a scale, shows
the progress in growth
The Winslow mail., 1908-02-01
Zanzibar as a Storehouse.

The island of Zanzibar has been
under British protection since Novem-
Der 4, 1890. 1t is the great storehouse
and distributing center for trade of
the whole east African coast although
with the development of the resources
of the mainland and increased ship
ping facilities of the several main
land ports it's relative commercial i'm
portance is not so great as in former
years.
The Winslow mail., 1908-02-01
No Unoccupied Land.

Certain people always talk as if
there was a vast amount of unoccu-
pied land ready to be turned into
wheat fields. AS matter of fact,
nothing of the sort is the case. The
land Of the country is, roughly speak
ing, fully occupied, and if the farmer
is to produce more wheat he must
produce less of something else.-Lon-
don Baker and Confectioner
The Winslow mail., 1908-02-01
ChiIdren's Head COVERINGS.

In the orient the children, who are
permitted to grow up nearly nude,
have their heads swathed in bandages
which serve as a protection from the
ardent sun. On the same principle in
some hot countries babies caps are
heavily embroidered, or trimmed with
fur, or, as in Japan, incrusted with
flowers, leaves and tinsel.
The Winslow mail., 1908-02-01
Letting Him Down Gently.

Swear off lynn" said the oldest
inhabitant. He hugged the red-hot
stove in the general store more close
ly. You boys swear off lyin fer a
moo year resolution. I'm 80, am.
an | don't rec'lect ever hevin' told a
lie That's all right" said the bar
Der gently. I'VE wouldn't expect no
body's memory, grandpa, to be very
ac'rate at So"
The Winslow mail., 1908-02-01

y .. =.
A Snort ,.,--. i.ol ,4s CoIr'
i,e.ls mines, $3.50 5, .ialy dlhap2y
events have recently occurred, there
where there has never been strike,
and where employers and employees
are on the most friendly terms Moth
ing ever happens to the employers
happy or unhappy-but the workmen
share in it, and vice versa. This most
happy union of good employers and
good workmen ought to be known.-Le
Figaro.
The Winslow mail., 1908-02-01
Here Is a Great Truth.

London's lord mayor gave the mem
bers of the Savage club, at their an
nual dinner not long ago, a sentence
which, he informed them, he proposes
to inscribe in letters of gold over the
entrance to the Guildhall and in the
Egyptian hall of the Mansion House.
1t ran: Nobody likes long speeches
except those who make them"
The Winslow mail., 1908-02-01
Wasted Fine Library.

Lord Crawford of England, presi
dent of the Royal Astronomical soci
ETY., has fine general library, which
would have been much larger and
grander but for the fact that one of
his ancestors-the premier earl of
Scotland-disposed of thousands of
valuable volumes to cheesemen, who
used their leaves as wrapping paper
The Winslow mail., 1908-02-01
Rats onawed Through Beer Pipe

Finding it impossible to draw beer
from barrel barman in a Birming-
ham, England, restaurant went into
the cellar and discovered that a hole
had been eaten in the pipe by rodents
The floor was covered with beer in
which 20 rats were either lying In
sensible OF crawling clumsily about.
The Winslow mail., 1908-02-01
rial Maria Ges.

Taking wife for term is not
a wholly novel idea. 1t was mooted in
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu's day,
and that lively lady's comment was,
Yes; but if man takes a woman
on lease it ought to be a repairing
lease" The jest touched the weak
spot in all these suggestions for a
temporary union-that they mean un-
fairness to the woman.
The Winslow mail., 1908-02-01
Best Love Charms.

others, the lcadstone. If a woman
SUSPECTS that her husband is in love
with another woman or that he is will
ing to desert her, let her carry a small
!oadstone sewn to her corset; the
husband will become more loving than
aver.-Exchange
The Winslow mail., 1908-02-01
N.-t- - - 100.

Iai, H. ant 3,eI for its un-
-al.,sly cl@D ION, ana yet we find
me .n.altIle mortality sc per cent.
ess than in Our own country, and
there. too, tuberculosis is seldom
found. Italy is decidedly a goat coun.
try, and there the feeding bottle is
scarcely heard of. 1t is not an un.
common sight there to see an infant
or small child drawing it's dinner
straight from the little goat which has
been brought on to the steps or into
the house for the purpose.
The Winslow mail., 1908-02-01
WeII-KnoWn Saving Traced.

Everybody says Christmas comes
but once year." but who knows the
name of the author? The line was
written $50 years ago by an English
poet named Thomas Tusser. and pub
Hshed by him in 1867 in a volume
CALLED "A Hundred Good Points of
Good Husbandry"
The Winslow mail., 1908-02-01
Best Infants Food.

Hoffman says: Goats milk more
1early resembles mothers milk than
COWS when it comes to infant feed
ing." He also states that in Germany
many children take the milk direct
rom the udder, ''as the kid does. and
:hus escape any chance of milk in
lection"
The Winslow mail., 1908-02-01
Woman Authority on History.

The late Mary Bateson, cfG Cam.
bridge, England, has been described
as in the @sent rank of English his.
orical students. She had devoted
herself mainly to research in connec-
ton with early English borough law
and custom and her writings on these
subjects are of great value
The Winslow mail., 1908-02-01
Worlds Wine Production.

The Feuille Vinicole of France esti-
mates the worlds wine production in
1905 at 5,O60,O0O gallons Europe
furnished more than 95 per cent of
the total, and North and South Amer
lea about per cent France holds
first place among the wine producing
nations; the United States ranks
twelfth.
The Winslow mail., 1908-02-01
Mounted House on Wheels.

Gypsy Smith has written his auto
biography. Among the stories told
is one of his father, who married
woman not a gypsy, and feeling COM
PEELED to provide a house for her in
stead of tent, had it mounted upon
wheels, so that the family could still
move about
The Winslow mail., 1908-02-01
The Beniqhted Heathen.

William Jennings Bryan, in an ad-
dress at Lincoln, said: "Then we
came to Madagascar. The Madagas-
car dealers who give short weight or
sell impure articles go to prison for a
year. But in more enlightened coun-
tries they would go to Palm beach or
to Ormond."
The Winslow mail., 1908-02-01
To Make Your Own LinoIeum.

Tack lightly to your kitchen floor an
old carpet. Rag carpet is the best
Spread thickly over this a thick paste
of flour and water. When dry, add
another thick layer. Then paint it
some dark color. This can be scrub
bed and will wear a lifetime.
The Winslow mail., 1908-02-01
Alcohol From Grapes.

The little grapes grown in Greece
which are sold under the trade
name of Zante "currants" in this
dom where they are produced to
make alcohol for cooking and heat
ing houses.
The Winslow mail., 1908-02-01
Fantastic SnoWfIakes.

Snowfakes, when viewed under
microscope, are found to form regu-
lar figures, the most common shape
being star of six arms or points. In
some cases the design, though per-
fectly regular, is extremely fantastic
and beautiful
The Winslow mail., 1908-02-01
Society and the "RIack Arts" "

1t is not too much to say that more
than half society is more or less de-
voted to necromancers, soothsayers
and fortune tellers and that never was
there a time when the charm was
more ultivated.-London Lady's Pic
torial.
The Winslow mail., 1908-02-01
German Land Mellow.

1T is to be remembered" writes
Consul Harris, from Mannheim,
that German lands, having been
worked for centuries and made as
mellow as gardens, are generally
plowed shallow, and do not require
so perfect a plow.''
The Winslow mail., 1908-02-01
Scenery and the Play.

1t seems to us that managers, audi
ences and critics attach rather too
much Importance to the matter of
mounting We never knew a really
poor piece to be saved by the scenery.
Stage.
The Winslow mail., 1908-02-01
Editor in Difficulties.

With our foreman at home shot
three times, a printer in the Blount-
vile Jail half-shot, another in the office
not worth shooting, the Comet is is
Eued under great difficulties this week
Johnson City (Tenn.) Comet
The Winslow mail., 1908-02-01
Trace Fishes, Wanderinqs.

The wanderings of various types of
food fishes in the North sea are traced
by means of marked fish. About so
per cent are recovered by trawlers
and brought to the laboratory, where
their record is kept.
The Winslow mail., 1908-02-01
Observed BY Uncle David.

Sim Jenkin's Oldest girl has been
n New York for nearly six weeks,
;tudyin' to go on the stage, and the
only time she remembers that there's
IN in the alphabet is when she gets
excited and doesn't happen to think
about it.
The Winslow mail., 1908-02-01
Qualities That Win Success.

Nothing will give permanent sue
cess in an enterprise of life, except
native capacity cultivated by honest
and persevering effort. Genius is
often but the capacity for receiving
and improving by discipline.-G
Eliot
The Winslow mail., 1908-02-01
Volume of Immiuration.

If the immigrants landing in New
York city during the last year had
required a feet of 1,121 vessels, each
Dne carrying 1000 passengers.
The Winslow mail., 1908-02-01
Beard Must Be a Nuisance.

A Tunbridge Wells (England) man
hamed Latter claims to have the long
est beard in Europe. 1t is 16 feet
long, and is wound round his body
like thick rope. He is II years old.
The Winslow mail., 1908-02-01
Appendicitis an Ancient III.

Examinations of ancient mummies
reveals the fact that people in the
EARLIEST times suffered from appendi.
eitis.
The Winslow mail., 1908-02-01
A Give Away.

I'm her application for divorce
Pittsburg woman made use of $4,000
words" Very suggestive that of what
was the family trouble.
The Winslow mail., 1908-02-01
Ready for Aeroplanes.

"Aeroplanes built to order" reads
| sign outside a London motor fac
ory.
The Winslow mail., 1908-02-01
Weiuht of Elephant.

A full-grown elephant weighs on an
.verage 5000 pounds, or as much as
iX horses.
The Winslow mail., 1908-02-01

New York Medical Societies.
There are SO medical societies in
New York city.
The Winslow mail., 1908-02-01
Peaked Colorado.

Colorado holds the record among the
states of having 407 mountain peaks
exceeding 10000 feet; 33 of these are
$4,000 feet and over.
The Winslow mail., 1908-02-01
Not Asking Much.

London bachelors expect their
women friends to entertain them, they
accept their hospitality, but they rare
ly offer anything in return. Even a
cup of tea and tsroll in the park, or
70. a picture gallery, is all that is re-
luired.-Queen.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-06-17
GEN. CLAYTON, COURIER,
PAYS PRETTY COMPLIMENT

From the lips of Cen Powell CLAYTON.
national committeeman from Arkansas.
there Yell today the prettiest c0mpII-
ment that has been paid q woman since
the politicians began 10 assemble here.
The lady who received the praise was
Mrs. Slater. wife OF Arthur Slater.
who held one of the proxies I'm the
meetings OF the committee. and who
formerly held a high position in the
Treasury Department.
General Clayton Is strictly OF the old
school He spent hts youth in the DAYS
when young men did nothing but sit
around and think how perfect all wom-
On were. and now difficult &c was to
convey TO them by word of mouth the
proper expression of their sublime beau
~ and charm Even now he gets into
his cuuTtly bow more grace than could
ever be mastered by the pupils Of the
modern dancing school and fencing
teachers.
The general and A. NJ Stevenson. Of
Colorado, were introduced TO Mrs. Stat
ter. and Stevenson. who is also old and
c0uruy, made the remark. with great
Difference
God might have made a prettier
woman than you, Mrs. Slater. but he
didn't"
This was where the general made
good for keeps
II don't agree with YOU. steve" he
said quickly. Even God couldn't have
done that