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The Detroit times., 1910-08-18

There's always danger OF being TOO
critical in the use of English. The
extreme purist is as irrational as the
doctor who, in his fear OF germs,
wants to pasteurize the COW and Doll
the baby. There are purists, for In
stance. who tell us that we must not
say None OF them were.' but rather
None of them was" making none
singular, because it's a contraction
of mo one" But good writer's have
written .nana-Were. for some hun:
dreds of years; so make II plural II
Won want TO. They warn us, too
against "onto." But somehow we seem
TO need the word. Upon doesn't
quite convey the idea OF motion
jump "onto the purists," II you ike
And IL you choose to say anybody
else,s" instead of "anybody's else,
that's nobody's business but your own
Nobody elses" may be illogical, bu,
language is shaped by custom, not
reason. Here are some friendly warn
.ings. however, about a few express
sions that are more questionable:
REAL Critical people become
real tired" of hearing the word used
The Detroit times., 1910-08-18
Our Judges Are Wiser Now

mitted In evidence. but the defense
wanted 1t barred out. Finally the
Judge said reluctantly:
Hand the pesky thing up here
and I'll decide on it.
$50 the letter was handed up to the
Judge. and he put on his spectaclei
and looked at 1t sideways and cross
wise, and a loud laugh went up from
the spectators.
"What are they laughin at"
asked the man next to me.
why, at the jedge's blum, o
course was the reply. The old foo
can't read readfn.writin', let alone
writin'-writin'. New York Tribune
The Detroit times., 1910-08-18
THEY HAD TO LET GO.

There is a strange misapprehen-
sion OF facts on somebody's part In
much of the news that Is COMING
from Beverly.
Mr.. Taft, we are informed, Is 20
change the secondary leadership of
his party in the interest Of progress,
reform and victory. Speaker Can
non Is to be retired. Senators Aid
rich and Hale are to resign. Secre-
tary Ballinger is to resign. II is
limited that until these work and
wonders shall have been performed
there will be no fellowship with In
fallibility at Oyster Bay.
Speaker Cannon's retirement has
been decreed already by a power
greater than that OF presidents
Western primaries and conven-
tions have made sure OF that
Even If there should be Republican
majority in the next house, which Is
practically beyond the range OF pos
sibilities, Mr.. Cannon could not be
] elected speaker. Senators Aldricf
I and Hale announced their purpose &c
seek the repose OF private life sew
eral months ago. So far as Mr. Bal
linger is concerned. II was stated In
these columns early in the summer
that his resignation would follow the
formulation of the whitewashing re-
port Of the committee that has been
investigating him.
What is TO be will be, and 1t Is
hardly worth while to attribute to In
dividuals events which were deter.
mined without their help. Neither
Mr.. Taft nor the general overseer OF
Sycamore Hill can claim credit fol-
movements predicted not upon their
will but resulting logically and inev
itably from time and circumstances
They we're the last TO let go.-New
| York World.
The Detroit times., 1910-08-18
English Horribly Misspoke"

thus as an adverb. Real" Is AWAY
an adjective. as in real WEAKNESS, I
real hunger" real value" Other
wise the advert form should be used
as really tired" really hungry
really valuable"
HADN'T OUGHT-Of course yo,
hadn't ought to" use such bax
barous colloquialism. Or rather. yo,
ought not to" use It, or 20,
Shouldn't" use 1t. There's no ex
cuse for hadn't ought"
AIN'T-"Aint II a shame That W.
are forbidden to use so convenient
word? But It's ungrammatical ant
vulgar. We really ought to be al
lowed to say Amt IT. instead of tn,
clumsy Am l not?" Even that use
however, is under the ban. You'd bet
ter avoid the word altogether, II 20,
have any sense of shame.
DON'T-A perfectly good" word
But be careful in using 1t. Don't" Il
contraction OF "do not" So IN,
don't and she don't" Is wrong
although II don't" and they don't
are correct Say The doesn't" or .'sh,
doesn't"
The Detroit times., 1910-08-18

The late President William p.
Blake, whose encouraging mineral
ogical reports induced the United
States to buy Alaska, believed firmly
In his country's future.
Professor Blake. in Fourth OF July
address that Tucson still remembers,
pointed out the forward strides that
Arizona had made.
Think of the ignorance and Hit
eracy of the past, all vanished now"
he said. "Once. while out on min
eralogical trip. wandered into a
courthouse in an Arizona village.
The case afoot concerned letter.
The prosecution wanted this letter ad-
The Detroit times., 1910-08-18
OH, YOU LAWYERS!

VA man named Smith won case id
the lower courts. the higher courtd
and the supreme court. Smith was
thus finally awarded, after seven years
of litigation. 100000.
When Smith heard the glad news
ne sped TO his lawyer.
''Hurrah." ne said. Gimme my|
$500, O0O'
yes, 100000 was the award" said
the lawyer. and at the same time he|
hahded Smith a dollar bill.
"But-what's this for?" gasped|
Smith.
That's all that's left. Mr.. Smith, 4
explained the lawyer. after the de-
duction Of my fee. the cost OF the
various appeals and other expenses,
which will be duly rendered you In an
itemfzed account"
Poor Smith studied the bill in his
hand
Say, what's the matter with this ?"
he demanded. "Is IL bad ?"-Minneap-
oils Journal.
The Detroit times., 1910-08-18
THE ONLY DRY PLACE.

A story Is told concerning two
travellers in America who found them
selves In a Prohibition state. and
were discussing the question OF how
to abstain from alcoholic liquor. when
a pleasant-icoking policeman appeared
and wished them good morning"
Il say, JIM" said one OF the travel
ers, lets ask the officer"
Follow me-" said the constable
and he conducted them In and out and
round about until they stood in front
OF the cathedral. The travellers looked
at each other in establishment.
Surely, my good man." said the
first, ''vou do not mean TO tell us that
we can obtain what we want In q
church,"
You see the church. do your" said
the policeman, solemnly.
Yes" assented the two.
"Well that's the only place In this
state where you can't get it."-Tit
Bits
The Detroit times., 1910-08-18

The government will within the
next month break up some OF the
religious rites of the Yuma Indians
which are regarded as detrimental TO
the civilization of the red men.
One OF the particularly weird rites
TO which the government strongly oo-
iects Is that observed at midnight
after the death of a member OF the
tribe. This rite Is considered most
essential by The Indians, and 1t Is be
ljeved that 1t will be abolished only
The Detroit times., 1910-08-18
Yuma Religious Rites

after a struggle. 1t consists of the
burning of the deceased's hut, his
BARN and all personal property. The
belief OF the tribe is that the proper
ty so destroyed by fire again taxes
shape in the happy hunting grounds
to be enjoyed there by the departed
while he awaits the coming OF loved
ones. The indians believe also thai
such fire insures the speedy progress
OF deceased's attainment OF peace Oh
soul.-National Monthly.
The Detroit times., 1910-08-18

"When I look through tn vacation
folders ! honestly believe every black
bass that ever wuz caught has been
photographed"
After experimenting to make coins
lighter. the French government has
discarded aluminium as too light for
trade purposes.
Ii has been estimated that during
the lifetime of man, eighty-four
years, the blood travels 100000
miles through his veins.
"Your grandfather used to be my
grandfather's hired man."
Yes, and your grandfather died
owing him a years wages. Come
again"
Russia ranks third among Euro
PAN nations in the number OF cotton
sprhdles. More than 100000 are
now being operated.
Care to our coffin adds nail no
doubt.
And every grin, so merry, draws one
out.
DIR. Wolcot.
The heaviest hammer in the world
is at the Tern Works, Italy. IL
weighs so tons.
A man must be a pretty good fell
The Detroit times., 1910-08-18
ONE VIEW.

ONE VIEW.
Sandy beach and breakers,
Dashing foam and spray;
Salty air so bracing,
Bathing every day:
Appetite that's awful,
Pleasures within reach;
Graciousl it's delightful
Camping on the beach.
Pretty sights to charm you,
Lolling on the sand:
Dancing I'm the evening,
Music by the band;
Every youth a lover,
Every girl n peach
Gracious! but It's pleasant
Camping on the beach.
The Detroit times., 1910-08-18
MOST ANYTHING

low when even his relatives speak
we'll Of him.
One half the world Is quite salts
fed that the other half doesn't know
how 1t lives.
Australia supports 1900 dentists.
PA. what is tact?"
Tact, my son, is the ability to lie
without getting caught at It."
The cultivated hyacinth is native
of Persia and Asia Minor.
The Detroit times., 1910-08-18
AERoPLANE POULTRY.

when order poultry from you
again" said the man who quarrels
with his grocer. 81 don't want you
to send me any of those aeroplane
chickens"
What kind do you mean?"
THE sort that are all winV and
machinery and no meat."-Washing'
ton Star.
The Detroit times., 1910-08-18
Camping on The Beach
ANOTHER VIEW.
Nos Angeles ExpressD

ANOTHER VIEW.
Dinl0y little quarters,
Sleeping on the floor;
'Skeeters on the rampage,
Hunting round for gore;
Flies a'crawling DER you,
Till you want TO screech;
Gracious! amt II awful,
Camping at the beach?
Arms and nose a-peeling,
Neck and legs all tanned;
Babies cross, and fretful,
Grub all full OF sand;
Fleas by tens of millions,
Chewing like a leech;
Gee. but amt IL frightful,
Camping on the beach3
The Detroit times., 1910-08-18

Although no tobacco is grown In
Spain. Seville Is becoming manufac
turing center for this product, and
5,6O0,000 pounds of the raw product
were imported from the United States
Cuba and the Philippines last year.
The Detroit times., 1910-08-18
TWO MINUTE VAUDEVILLE
az FRED scHAEFER.

wife L
IAAP
OF skim milk and
Yep. next?
Well. weca s
freezer freezes
THEW ha he
THIJp why we 1t downs get
The Detroit times., 1910-08-18
An Offset.

The Iceman has the kind of heart
That never melts;
That's why he brings us ice that does
Nothing else.
The Detroit times., 1910-08-18
Last Hope For Party
Soidarity Gone; What
I Win be the Outcome?
Rsoulsrs Are Making Their Last
stand In New York Before the
Die BattIe--Ths Plot Of
1903 Thicksns.

EsI 1908 Thieksns Of primaries before the
a wYorkle legislature and when that
sansann caring Roosevelt stood
that issue STEP
Roosevelt handed his
second rebuff.
Now comes the New York turning
Roosevelt temporary chairman
vice-President Sherman will in that capacity.
To grasp significance only recall that
sunny jim the Joseph presidency
without the sign hitch convention in
which Roosevelt supposed to be dominant
impression the country got because the nominated
for president by the choice of Roosevelt and
nounced months before the gathering in Chicago.
BUT the others the Regulars
leadership Republican party been of Taft AS THEIR
KIND of Republican nominated in that
convention.
They picked out his highest trump
and they playing against him in the last deal
Republican convention Chicago in control of men who were
IN conspiracy to sDETRACK FOREVER the
Republican party concerned
entering into big political plot
We still maintain
and accepting the burden the policies
But when the time they could
appeal with success Repubcam which subsequent
events have proved them to have done
Tafts OF TINS point
In them opinion could be accomplished
BY working by antagoning them
Undoubtedly Taft believed this
He made % believe it.
solidarity him. and Taft thought he could sa.
the rest Of the party with the kind of talk
We know it to be talked party solidarity
on the porch Beverly Roosevelt his return this country for
the breach between has been wider since.
His subsequent from the porch that Ach Cannon
and Banger must CO. FOR solidarity
but Cannon and Banger the sentiments
Tafts early speeches.
Having made with them they him. in effect
man in il or have no Timothy Woodruff hastens
Beverly to tell Taft New York state delegation
Speaker with declaration that he going to die
his he meant that Theodore Roosevelt would
have to fight to put and his place the party
And temporary chairman the Repub
an convention chip Cannon has
his shoulder Roosevelt to knock off,
II the desperate Regulars making New York
With sight this fall they determined hold what ground
thew can for the in 1912 when ranks will be broken
to mix it.
They will keep Roosevelt off the ticket without doubt
because they federal holders and the johods with which
4 to IT.
But with the last rebuff, what will Roosevelt dot
He cannot be kept Of public life
~. ruhlc woud refuse 10 permit him
Can Roosevelt closely allied to the demands and
80 fitted for these demands be suppressed by the
peoples enemess
That the issue that has been York.
big question to be answered
And the may dissatisfied the two big
\. parties in a third and
That $ political history
III From Another Point of View
The Detroit times., 1910-08-18

Inspired by 90 In the Shade.
How I wish that I were Hindoo,
And lived In house of bamboo!
I'd sell all my buds
And wallow in suds,
And for clothes I'd just make my skin
do
The Detroit times., 1910-08-18
Something to Show

Kilby-I made enough money In
stocks last week to buy a touring car.
Dane-You didn't do 1t, did you?
Kilby (gloomily) but / wish |
had now.--Boston Transcript
The Detroit times., 1910-08-18
Explained.

Furniture Dealer-This extension
table carries its own leaves.
Buyer-Ah, | sea table OF con-
tents, as IL were.
The Detroit times., 1910-08-18

wealth
Al last earthly paradisei II
She has for Therefore
destitute for she would
establish old with the four millions
high schools the
OF the is need for taxes
public roads; until provided with
she is in sore need
she need and lots OF them
Of
greater than their builders
Of
the railways
built wherever needed OF
Begum Belgium
Of taxes long needed
Happy How did she get all these things
ndigenand nobody found 1t out? Really
Minnesota
perfect from the need
The Detroit times., 1910-08-18

They are making political history
down in New York state.
They have been making it ever
since the return of Theodore Roose-
Welt to this country from his hunting
trip.
The attitude assumed by Timothy
Woods organization when the matter
of direct primaries was up before the
New York legislature, and when that
The Detroit times., 1910-08-18
OBSERVATIONS

Minn-Look who's by
It's that in all probability
be
surplus without precedent Moreover
- NOUS % the selem Of
The Detroit times., 1910-08-18
MINNESOTA,
PERFECT
STATE.


made for The
with the surplus riches
The Detroit times., 1910-08-18

HiOuS buTpfuS - BTu
big lumber cases. In
ton IN favor Of the
for the doubling of
II Is understood thai
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-02
Newspaper Accounts of the Sullivan
Ryan Prize Fight Caused the
Preacher to Be Late for En-
gagement at Divinity School.

The well nigh universal interest
that was being taken in certain event
scheduled TO take place in San Fran
cisco on July 4 has served to remind
me of the lecture that great and pow
erful preacher. Henry Ward Beecher,
forgot all about. My authority for the
anecdote, which reveals one side OF
the abundant human nature which
was SO characteristic of Mr.. Beecher,
is the late Prof. Johnson T. Platt OF
the Yale Law school.
Mr.. Beecher was always a favorite
lecturer at Yale. before the divinity
school," said Professor Plat. You
may recall that he delivered several
series of lectures on the Lyman
Beecher foundation. named after his
father, and at other times he also lee
tured before the school
well, on the afternoon of the par
ticular Beecher lecture l have in mind
the hall was packed to the doors with
students and others eager to hear
him. The hour set for the beginning
of the lecture was three O'Clock, but
when it arrived there appeared no
Henry Ward Beecher. TO the mild
surprise of the professors in charge.
for hitherto Mr.. Beecher had never
been tardy in appearing in the hall.
But when il got TO be nearly half after
three and still no Beecher. the sur
prise and CONSERVATION were great,
and. after hasty consultation. pro
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-02

every clear night, and every morning
before ten O'Clock the mean solar clock
is checked from ii. The latter is
housed below the timeball on the
tower which dominates the hill and is
in magnetic connection with the clock
in the boundary wall, which has fur
nished the correct time 10 countless
visitors 10 the hill since it was placed
there in 1852.
To this electromagnetic clock in
the wall comes every Monday a wom-
an who makes s.. 500 year out of the
queerest occupation in England. She
sells the time to London watchmakers.
Her name is Miss BeIleville Of
Maidenhead- Eighty years ago the
then astronomer royal suggested to
her father that IL he took the correct
ed time on a certified chronometer
every week he could no doubt find nu.
merous clients. So he bought IA
nous watch made for the duke of Es-
sex. one of the sons of George Ill.
and soon worked up a business with
IL. When he died his widow sold the
time till she reached the age OF
eighty-one, and then she handed the
business over to her daughter.
When Miss BelIeville visits Green
witch OF the beginning of every week
her chronometer is corrected and she
Is given an official certificate. Prom
that her so customers correct their
watches and clocks.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-02
WOMAN SELLS time
Strange and Profitable 0ccupa-
ton of an English Girl.
Gets 81, 500 q Year From Clients Who
Regulate Their Clocks by Time
She Obtains at Earth's lati-
tudinaI Center.

London-When Halley's comet set
all Europe gazing skyward. no society
beauty was more eagerly eourted by
enterprising photographers than was
the comet by the patient astronomers
of Greenwich. whose Photographic tele-
scopes were kept searching the
heavens. to note the arrival of the
periodic visitor on the sensitive plate
of the camera Nor was the vigilance
unrewarded. More than one distinct
impression of the brilliant object is
now on view at the Royal observatory.
Greenwich.
This success has revived interest in
this historic institrtion by the Thames.
but few outside scientific circles
know much of the history and details
of the almost conventional group of
buildings on
That fair hill where hoary sages
boast
To name the stars and count the
heavenly host
Yet probably no hill I'm the world
has had so strangely varied history.
or played so important a part in the
affairs of men. The granite line across
the footpath on its summit is the meri-
dian from which the longitude on
every British map and chart is calcu-
lated. All England sets its time by
the mean-solar clock: and in addition
to the daily and nightly observations
of the heavens, elaborate records are
kept of diurnal changes in the TEN
Derature and humidity the directier
and force of the wind, the amount OF
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-02
Lecture Beecher Forgot About

fessor was sent to the hotel where
Mr.. Beecher usually stopped, to get
trace OF the missing lecturer, II pos
sible.
Yes, Mr.. Beecher was stopping at
the hotel. the clerk informed the pro-
fessor, who thereupon fastened TO
Mr.. Beecher's room, knocked upon the
door and was told TO come in. which
he did at once. But before he could
frame even a how do you do" Mr.
Beecher, spying him. let out an
astonished L declared followed 1T up
by hastily pulling out his watch and
looking at 1t. and exclaiming in dis
may, Why, it's going to four, and you
have been waiting for me all this time
at the divinity school,
He grabbed for his hat. Then, as
he was reaching for his overcoat, he
turned on the professor with a quaint
smile.
oh, WELL he said. I might as
well make a full confession. When /
left my home in Brooklyn this morn
ing l bought copies of two or three
morning newspapers. There was
something in them that interested me
greatly, and | intended to read all
about it on my way to this city. But
after | got seated in the train a friend
came along. / shared my seat with
him. and he talked to me all the way
here, so that I did not have an op-
portunity to read my papers. But as
soon as l got to the hotel l saw that
would have an hour of leisure before
the lecture began. so / slipped up here
and began reading-and. do you know,
found the reports of the event so
graphic that l actually forgot all about
the lecture. It's in the Anglo-Saxon
blood to be interested In such an
event, doctor was reading about
the Sullivan-Ryan fight which took
place yesterday down in Mississippi
For moment or two Mr. Beecher
looked the professor of divinity
squarely in the eye. Then he reached
over and dug that gentleman in the
ribs And now that / have made my
confession he said, laughing, I'm GO
ing TO say something to you. / would
be willing TO wager that you Yourself
read the report of that battle with
bare knuckles this morning before
you went to the divinity school,
Well, Mr.. Beecher,' replied the
professor. I might as well confess,
too, | did get up little earlier than
usual this morning and go to the front
door for the morning paper. 1t hadn't
come, so actually waited at the door
until the boy brought it Then I sat
down and read the report of the fight
before breakfast
''Mr. Beecher beamed on his com
panion in wickedness. Come he
said. and linked arms with the other.
And that shameless professor after
wards told me that the lecture which
Mr.. Beecher delivered a little later
was the best he ever heard that gift
ed orator make on any platform"
Copyright, 1910. by E J. Edwards)
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-02
Tueed's Methods in Business

to put a price upon his twenty acres.
Tweed, in fact, was insistent that Mr..
Mead should do so. but the merchant
as steadily insisted that his place was
not for sale.
But you will sell if you can get
your price, won't you?" Tweed finally
asked You will certainly sell the
property for Tweed price,"
What do you mean by Tweed
price," asked Mr.. Mead.
Why" was the reply. "a price that
Tweed will be willing to pay"
Mr. Mead laughed. We'll, l would
sell that twenty-acre lot for $50, 000."
he said, still laughing. That is s2.750
an acre You would not be willing to
pay that for it?''
Instantly lived turned to the sta
ton agent Look here" he said, lend
me pen and ink, will your" At the
same time he pulled out a check book,
opened it. seized the proffered ink and
pen, wrote out a check for $4,000 on
the little shelf before the ticket agents
window and handed it to the aston
ished and nonplussed Mr.. Mead. Now
that | have paid you. Mr.. Mead" he
said, you can send me the warranty
deed at your convenience
A high value upon the property at
that time would have been $500 an
acre. Today a high value upon it
would probably be a thousand dollars
an ac->. almost two-thirds less an acre
than Tweed paid in the heyday of his
notoriety.
Copyright. 1870 by E ]. Edwards)
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-02
HoU Lincoln Was Reelected

siderably more than double that sum
would be required TO re-eIect their can
didates. To whom should be allotted
the herculean task of obtaining : is
immense sum?
1t was at this trying moment that
the name of Harry Vanderbilt was
suggested as that of a man who knew
many prominent men in the money
centers. Who put forward his name
Mr.. Vanderbilt never learned. but i'm
mediately thereafter he was asked TO
undertake the raising of the campaign
fund. and. with characteristic mod
esty. he replied that he would do his
best to get together the badly needed
funds.
Quietly, and with his mission
known 20 only a few, Mr. Vanderbilt
began the task of trying to raise at
least two hundred thousand dollars.
and as much as three hundred thou
sand dollars if possible. The first city
that he visited. as I now remember il,
was Boston There he made personal
appeals TO men of wealth who were
of the Republican party. and at last
secured from them, either in actual