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The Detroit times., 1910-07-28
A GOVERNMENT THAT
SQUANDERS MILLIONS

In spite OF Mark Twain's calcula-
ton that, il the Mississippi river con-
tinues at the present rate to shorten
its course by cutting of corners. in
due course OF time New Orleans and
ST. Louis will be within speaking dis
lance OF each other. the distance from
one city TO the other is still nearly
twice as great by the river course as
by Fail-This -is-ene of the several
handicaps which rivers naturally suf-
fer I'm competition with railroad trans
portation, and is one OF the reasons
why il is foolish and wasteful 10
spend the very vast SUM on river i'm.
provements that our government has
expended In the past, and Is still do
ing in the present. A section or the
Red river forms one glaring example
OF this sort OF legislative folly. In
1908. $7S,203 was expended for main
tenance aud Improvement. The traf
fc here was so slight that the i'm
.provement cost tho government 1888
per ton, The extent OF the practice
of throwing away wantonly many MIL
lions on river and harbor appropria-
tions In order to keep the 'pork-bar-
rell" full is appalling. A good idea
of the extent OF this crime" and its
modus operandi may be had from an
article on the subject by Mr. Hubert
Bruce Fuller in the August Worlds
Work.
The Detroit times., 1910-07-28
NED MERTON ON BASEBALL
XIV. MIR. CASEY YIELDS THE WILLOW.
The Third Reader Boy Explains the Sport.
BY FRED scHAEFER.

his worth. Our deliverer removes TO
us his laurel-wreathed chapeau-|tis
Casey yields the willow now, as all
the world must know.
Ten thousand optics fix him as with
glebe he pantomimes: mid cheers
from half 10000 threats his bosom
be begrimes: then simultaneously with
the fondling OF the sphere. Casey at
the bowler casts a haunting kind of
sheer.
The craven athlete in the box then
hurled the ball with spite, but Casey,
master OF himself, gave it regard but
slight. 1T lacked a fraction" Casey
quoth. "of being the sort | favor"
THAT was a strike," the umpire cried,
In tones of acid flavor.
Displeased. the faithful from their
seats I'm angry waves uncoiled and
Numbered their dull anger like an
ocean when tbs rolled. Effect the
umpire's quick demise!" a hundred
ruffians missed; hut Casey gently sig
nails them: For mercys sake, de-
sist."
Exalted generosity In Casey's con-
duct showed-he begged the coll
course to forgive the heinous episode;
then nodded, and the foe another slant
unwrapped--but Casey still ignored IL
quite. "St-t-trike Tuh." the umpire
snapped
"Chicanery." the mob protests.
"Chicanery.' 1t raves. But Casey's
naughty glance the situation saves
his hazel eye and laughing lip con-
geal with purpose tense, forecasting
that the next ball tossed he'll buffet
DER the fence
In Casey we discover now savage
kind OF mood-his bludgeon taps the
platter with vigor somewhat rude.
The pellets poised an instant. IL
makes a streak OF smoke-the al
mosphere Is riyen by the vim or
Casey's stroke!
All. somewhere IL a spot in which
FLYNN. a fruit OF citrus trees; exc
VAIN solar beams abound: and some
where instruments of brass exude
their pleasing sound: and gladsome
paeans lift; but Midwife Is depressed
because prodigious Casey--whired.
The Detroit times., 1910-07-28
AnC "a z II ,.!|,,!:;

ants didn't get enough to eat and
crawled up my trousers leg, and first
thing l knew they contained some Of
myself. too.
There was pretty young lady there
in low neck pink dress trimmed
with moles down about the sixth
vertebra. She asked me IL Id had
anything to eat
/ told her I'd had notion to eat,
but 1t wasn't very filing. said the
ants would have had that, too, IL
I'd left II in the basket with the
sandwiches and the pickles.
She said she'd had the same thibg
happen to her and that some Of ,ns
ants got into her hair
looked for them. but her hair was
red, too, and | couldn't tell the ants
from her hair.
She said, Il don't expect you to tell
ants from my hair-I expect you TO
tell ants from their hair
After she went | examined several
ants, but they were bald.
Nothing else happened, except that
somebody put tree toad in my pock-
ct. A tree toad Is a toad that makes
a noise like tree--I mean, you can's
distinguish IL from trees bark.
| didn't throw that toad away,
however. carried him for a week.
feeding him ants that went back home
with me, trying to contain myself.
The Detroit times., 1910-07-28
JUST A LITTLE MOTHER.

She's just a little mother in n cabin
far away.
Since / kissed her In the cleaning it's
forever and day.
In my dreams 1 hear her calling
calling o'cr the weary sea.
Come We back to Ballyshannon
Katy, dear. come back TO me-"
She's standing in the doorway. filling
up the little space
With the kerchief Ger her bosom and
the frilis around her face;
She Is smiling as Our Lady smiles
above the Holy Child.
And my heart runs forth 20 meet
her Ger the waste or waters
Do you know our Ballyshannon, where
the very winds are sweet
with the sadness OF the sea-foam and
the tang OF smoldering peat?
Do you know our mists that fold
MS in. blanket soft and gray,
Do you know our Ballyshannon in
the red-rose dawn Of day?
Then you've seen the little mother.
just herself 80 small and old.
With "a look I'm sure would warm you
Were you shivering with the
Oh, so Inirthful and so patient. she
whose work is never done
Oh, 80 ready with her laughter, at
the rise and set OF sun.
In the great house where I'm serving
folk are ever kind to me.
But they do not guess my yearning
for the cabin over sea
Wage | earn and wage I send her
Yet ] cannot longer bide.
1 must seek my little mother / must
nestle a her side
she's Just a little mother In a cabin
far away
Since kissed her in the gloamIng It's
forever and day
IN my dreams she's calling callInRI
Mother. darling. yes. RI come
I'll go back 10 Ballvshannon, TO nv
mother and my home"
Margaret -. Sangster In the Wo-
mans Home Companion for August
The Detroit times., 1910-07-28
Oh Resourceful Police!
Oh Intallible Judged

sidered his family an encumbrance.
Briere stoutly maintained his inno-
cence, and declared that two tramps
entered the house during his absence
and killed the children. He added that
he returned while the murderers were
robbing the place, and that they at
tackled him and left him for dead. Dur
ing the trial the Judge got down from
the bench and gave loud expression
TO his opinion of the guilt OF the pris-
oner. while the spectators yelled with
fury: xiii him. Kill HIM"
A pathetic incident OF the trial oc-
Cured when Briere's surviving daugh-
ter. who, the police declared, only es-
capped tine fate of the other children
by not responding to Briere's invita-
ton to go to see him, went on the
witness stand. sobbingly protested
that her father was innocent and beg
ged the court to restore him to her.
The Detroit times., 1910-07-28
Outdoor Performances

"All OF us have known the mingled
main and pleasure reused by witness
ing amateur theatricals,' says waiter
Prichard Eaton in the Woman's Home
Comnanion for August. Many OF us
have known the joys OF infiicting this
main and pleasure, disguised In wigs
and rouge and festive clothes. But.
common as is the impulse toward
amateur dramatic entertainments,
even I'm our colleges such entertain
ments are only beginning to be used
educatIonally; and the real scope and
field of amateur effort on the stage
Is only beginning TO be generally UNI
derstnod In word, amateurs should
act In plays which have a definite his
torIc or artistic value, but which can
not be seen ON the professional stage;
and they should. still further. develop
the professionally untitled field OF out
of-daor theatrical entertainments
Outdoor acting calls for less subtlety
and technical skill than indoor, and
The Detroit times., 1910-07-28

Marjorie Benson had always mated
study" says Clara Cochrane Cody IN
yvoman's Home Companion for Au-
v,,st ITO swim. ride, row. to pay
GOLF or tennis, to manage a pair OF
Sorses. had been her greatest pleas
ure. Indulgent parents and a goou
dea, OF money had made this posi-
hie IN the age OF %.
..Two years ago she found herseh
alone in the world. with small, IN
suficient income Necessity Is often
the mother OF courage as well "a OF
Invention and this quick-witted girl
realized that her athletic accomplish
ments might be turned to profitable
account in a summer resort.
"she remembered q summer place
where she had once speut three
months and where she knew every
road for miles about. as well as every
charming spot on the serpentine river
and along the beautiful bathing-beach.
Before the season opened she settled
herself In one of the best and pleas
ATTEST hotels on the beach. The pro
prietor allowed her TO post up In the
ONCE card stating that Miss Benson
| vas prepared TO give lessons I'm swim
The Detroit times., 1910-07-28

many plays impossible to amateurs on
a stage are well adapted to amateurs
In grove. The open-air play II
cheap, novel and can be made very
beautiful and potent. 1t represents
almost lost art, which amateurs can.
restore to the world.
When we consider out-of-door per-
formances. we're I'm almost virgin ter
ritory, and territory inevitably almost
exclusively reserved for the amateur.
IL is his field to work and make bear
a beautiful harvest. The open-air
stage Ia the simplest, In some ways,
the most effective, in the world; outs,
door acting is, IL rightly understood,
the least technically involved, the
most naive and simple. Almost any
lawn-party can be made more attrac-
tive by little outdoor play, varying
the usual monotony of Strawberries
and bad music. And almost any lawn,
under the kindly cover Of night can
become Forest of Arden"
The Detroit times., 1910-07-28
From Another Point of View

among events we might also mention canning
We uresunne
the strikers
the June husband What
Washwomen
weve no real insurgen
Cannons
~ pryan isn't to be evidently thing like being
rned dow party
added
perfenced aeropIaning sensation
Among the newspapers support Harding of the Mar
~ star, Will be the Marion Star
in has
apparently having for his hands to do
when detective boards the Dr. Cppen
OF plota bum steer for the
approval
~ journal
n
~ spend hb spare uns rhy'pins brooss and room
&sl4p00oo c1e W1@1 = oonss
The Detroit times., 1910-07-28
GETTING
NEXT
TO NATURE.

TOURS, France. July ga rag
picker named Joseph, today confessed
10 the assassination on April 81, 1901,
of ffve children eff farmer named
Briere in the vicinity of Charities. The
father of the children was found gull
~ of the murders and sentenced to
life Imprisonment. He died in prison.
The trial of Briere attrscted the at
tention OF the whole OF France. Four
of his daughters, aged respectively IA.
II. five and four and his son. seven,
were found in bed one morning, stab
bed and beaten TO death. The farmer
was arrested and charged by the po-
lice with the crime. According to
theory advanced by the police to pro.
vide motive, Briere, who owned a
small farm near Cerancez. wished to
marry woman of considerable
wealth -Circumstantial- evidence led
TO the conviction that the farmer con-
The Detroit times., 1910-07-28

1--WE will never bring disgrace TO
this our city by any act OF dishonesty
or cowardice, nor ever desert our suf-
fering comrades in the ranks; we viii
eoht for the ideals and sacred things
80 the city. both alone and with
,n,nv. we will revere and obey the
citv's laws. and do our best TO incite
a like respect and reverence In those
above lis who are prone TO annui ana
set them at naught; we VIII strive
INCREASINGLY TO quicken the puDiic q
sense OF civic duty; that thus. IN ali
these ways, we Will transmit this city
The Detroit times., 1910-07-28
A Twenty-Century- Old Example

not only not less, but greater, bet
ter. and more beautiful than 1t was
transmitted to us
This is the oath which the young
men of Athens took upon assuming
the duties of citizenship. As the edl-
tor of The Worlds Work says In the
August number; Certainly IL Is as
pertinent on the lips OF a young
American today as on those OF
young man In the city by the Aero
polls twenty centuries ago. Only IL
must be remembered that TO the
ancient Greek the city meant also
the nation"
The Detroit times., 1910-07-28

Flynn, A fruit or citrus trees exc is
sues from Jas. Blake, who IS u Stilton
cheese. But, mark. smite the for
mer gains, and then the latter smites
and Blake arrives at second
pouch. while Flynn on third alights.
A calculation calmly made at just
this juncture notes jubilation being
raised oy full 5000 threats, recoiling
from the lofty hills and surging like
q billow--since now prodigious Casey
stirs to WELD his trusty willow.
Composure marks the noble mien OF
Casey striding forth, and Casey's
aspect is amused. as one who knows
The Detroit times., 1910-07-28

The prospect did not scintillate Tor
Mudville heroes nine-the final inning
found them meath lead of two SUI
pine. And then when persisted Con-
ney. and Barrows breathed his last,
a pang resembling malde-mer through
all beholders passed.
Though some with shudders left the
scene, distressed by carnage dire, the
rest remained behind to see the last
armed foe expire-remained with
trust that Casey, proficient with the
stick, perchance would whack the
globule in the crucial moments nick.
But ere comes Casey, must come
The Detroit times., 1910-07-28
An Enterprising Athletic Girl

ming, riding. golf. tennis, rowing and
the management OF a canoe.
Very soon, Miss Benson had more
customers than she could attend 10.
Her intimate acquaintance of country
and river here was soon discovered,
and she was in demand TO serve as
picnic guide and as 'coachman' for
driving parties
The Detroit times., 1910-07-28

An aeronaut. leaning over the edge
OF the car as his balloon was slowly
passing over football game, overbal-
anced himself. and fell plump among
the players. When he recovered con-
seriousness he found several OF the club
officials bending over him anxiously.
"Ah," said the treasurer. I'm a tone
of relief. I'll trouble You for your half
dollar now, old fellow."-San Francis
co Argonaut.
The Detroit times., 1910-07-28

"A moving picture man was cur
here trying to take some pictures OF
life on the farm. But he left 6ndex-
Pictures, not a success?"
Not entirely. He couldn't kstch ne,
hired man in motion-"-LouisSdll6l
Courier-Journal.
The Detroit times., 1910-07-28
AN APPEAL.

Say, Dr. Cook. IL YOU will bring your
north pole here,
And set it somewhere i'm this town.
So that its influence, cold and drear.
May bring our lofty mercury down.
We promise that you shall be shriven
And all your sins shall be forgiven.
w. ]. HAMPTON.
The Detroit times., 1910-07-28
HE EXPLAINS.

win you love me always" muir
INJURED the girl.
certainly, II you wish II" respond
oh the Young man. But I'll only be
down here two weeks. Louisville
Courier-Jo urnal.
The Detroit times., 1910-07-28
FUTILE.

Fly with me-" pleaded the youth.
whats the use7" answered the girl,
Dads biplane would catch that old
machine OF yours before we had got a
thousand feet high.r-Philadelphia
Ledger.
The Detroit times., 1910-07-28

RIooloD ~ Municipal Owner
= ths peopls 10 = Victory
~ The Times. With Mr..
eeeltmsyes's Help.

ing Ia
1~ The Times. With Mr. mole hill appear a mountain.
.Fs"msysss Hs'P They have the red shirt out al
ready waving 1t franicaliy
~ Moore PLAN hear Fourteenthave car
hangers the day from sunrise to shutdown and
vun
8 TIE city hall immediate danger Of falling down the
ne vos themselves in favor Of it.
We provides commissioners which is
1ut not directed in any
inner BY their election, i
We believe there danger these commissioners
ns impression that they been chosen sell popcorn and
Qnnns city hall steps
We believe they would naturally presume
called proceed along the lines Of the plan
g election acquire street railway for operation BY
- people
No time provided purchase the lines we hear again. pu
willing the time will within IA years
avorably eenh Bmeyer that respect
Of telling the
August 18th the plan
|11epted
Nsx" franchise suppose the refuses to
Nv
which proposition s ridiculous
There are courts still the
|p tho law which leaves the right to condemn
worry any of the D. u r. to sell
We the Streets mistaken and we do the riding
n satisfactory bargain
Despite any attempts may make beog the
they going majority of citizens of Detroit whom
believe ownership and control Of transportation
Msilties
The question 8 altogether simple
II isn't involved least being merely Of cheaper ride
LA seat for . fare.
That il THE try they may neither o. R. shout
nor m newspaper organs going pull
ne voters
The question which the voter Of Detroit upon decide
xhhhel. il this:
DO You the railway lines in the hands
private corporation PROFIT favor the
hp Of the lines by the people operated sERvCEi
There are straphangers enough venture
when the jury in.
enough citizens riding the threecent cars alone de-
dde this question the right side
Ssh that has been waged by Times for 10 about to
IN victory though denying that have had the assistance
<ef some good fighters
We are not unmindu either help that has been given
an present mayor and the d u r. itself
The oppoion mayor mighty factor converting
NE people Of Detroit
- fact the mayor has come within years converting
That he is exactly many years behind the times however
r to him with great deal OF force when the returns
$3.50 tbis special election are placed in his hands
The Times with having done the city such service has
least given people opportunity their sentiments
INT we coudn fully realize without the opposition
u the mayor.
The radicals calls them about turn out when
viii know Just how Of them Detroit contains
- Hrodic
The Detroit times., 1910-07-28

"Why do they call a theatrical
hacker an angel? He hasn't got
wings"
mo. but his money has "--Balti-
more American.
The Detroit times., 1910-07-28
UNCLE JOE AND STATESMEN

College professors make poor ccn<
Speaker Cannon says. Anyyi
one who does his own thinking makes
a poor congressman, according to tho
Cannon viewpoint. ---Kansas City otak,
The Detroit times., 1910-07-28

The basket is supposed to contain
the lunch. When | took II there. II
did contain the lunch. An hour after
ward Il contained seven million red
ants, and the ants contained the
lunch. BY that time had a notion
to eat, but after looking at the ants
I had to contain myself. Some OF the
The Detroit times., 1910-07-28
The New york Way.

I'm at loss where to take my
country cousin tonight
He's strict, | s'pese?"
VERY. And ! don't know whether
he'd prefer preaching In a theater OF
vaudeville In church. Washington
Herald.
The Detroit times., 1910-07-28

more schools and fewer Dread
noughts" is pretty good motto, by
the way.--Rochester Herald.
The Detroit times., 1910-07-28

The tactics Of the franchise crowd
following the action Of the common
council putting the question of NUM-
cipal ownership Of the street railway
lines up to the voters. are precisely
those which we anticipated.
First thing, we And them attempt.
ing to befuddle the voters by making
a mole hill appear a mountain.
They have the red shirt out al
ready and are waving it frantically.
The Detroit times., 1910-07-28
Thursday. July %,
1910


old fashioned
But what realizing
loudly
the o His
BEHIND him ludcrou but
u TINES something the that
i Jos Cannon made himself an object pity during his
oldfashioned right
Twenty they the mode IL Government
him
Republican odfashioned disclosed
the fact that simply old unable keep with
Tobacco Wearing
boots be the sn MY
they m realize
the affairs of this living
everybody thought belongs the spois"
be spoils2
thorough electrical farming made Long Island
vegetables Will
increased. II not doubled. by this smulant.
The to nd
TO NATURE
o
notably
aoes has
he to
first before he got through planting the last
The Detroit times., 1910-07-28


vegetables will
increased
The Detroit times., 1910-07-28

old fashioned
n
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-03-07
BATTLER IS FAR
FROM A"DEAD one"

New York, March 7.--what will Bat
Ting Nelson do now? Will he try to
come back? Will he give up fighting
entirely and devote himself to business
and training his younger brother into
a fighter?
The straight tip from me Is that the
Battler is far from being a dead one,
says Jeff Thompson. We will hear from
him again. The Battler is wealthy and
he is in fine fettle physically and he
has his whole life before him, for he
is only 20 years Of age.
Take 1t from me the Battler will be
back again, and / wouldn't be sur
prised to see him some day again the
lightweight champion of the world.
There is no flaws to be picked with
the way Adolph Wolgast won the title.
Nelson admits he won It fairly. But
Wolgast is not Bat Nelson.
Nelson is peculiar man. Although
under 80, he has been fighting for
ten years and has taken part in more
than a hundred fights, beating his way
up the pugilistic ladder rung by rung,
putting away Terry McGovern, Young
Corbett, Joe Cans and all the other
stars-stars that outshone Wolgast.
Champion Wolgast is a German pro-
duct of Milwaukee. He primes him
serf for big fight with apple jack. He
lis scientific fighter and he has youth
and all that goes with 1t, but he isn't
Bat Nelson.
The Dane has the vitality of two
men. With a long rest In the open,
proper care and attention, we shall see
what happens to him. Before that
fight with Wolgast he tried to get into
condition in six weeks after Ions
theatrical tour and a series of boxing
matches that had Slapped his rugged
ness. But the Battler is rich and he
may elect to retire.
/ think not.
Joe Cans OF Baltimore, the Old Mas
ter, who lost the title OF lightweight
champion of the world to Battling Mel
son, in speaking about Nelson's chances
of getting back at Wolgast before the
end of the year, said:
Nelson is a phenomenal fighter. lie
is a man of surprising vitality. ] have
heard IL said that he is not human
I'll say right here that believe under
proper conditions the Dane might &c
into the ring and again pick up the
title of lightweight champion. 1,don't
know whether he wants to do IL or not
Nelson don't have TO light any more
But he Is not so old. and look for him
back in the ring before twelve months
have rolled around"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-03-07
Doaden.

Dogden, N. D., March 2-To The
Forum: Our schools are closed this
week on account of a case Of scarlet
fever among the pupils.
One Of j. Covlin's children is seri-
ously iii with pneumonia.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. r. Brown have re-
turned from a three months visit at
their old home in Lansing, Mich.
r. Kterner, V. s.. arrived from
Chatfeld, Mimi, last week with a
carload of horses which he intends to
offer for sale.
The 10-year- old daughter OF J. A.
Ross, Evelyn Ross. is recovering from
a severe attack of scarlet fever. DIR.
Fisher Of Bismarck was up last week
In consultation with DR.. Coffin over
the case.
p. A. Pendroy was arrested Friday
on the charge Of running a drug store
without a pharmacist He made no
effort to get bail His hearing comes
off today at Wsshburn.
The Yeomen lodge initiated four
new members last evening. They were
Misses Ruth White and Julia Porath,
A. X. Vinge and Walter Joreenson
After lodge delicious lunch was
served and everyone enjoyed a good
social time. Cor. ID.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-03-07
-. ADDITIONAL SPORT

frothy. Even though the weather il
balmy In the extreme. Manager Mack
took no chances and allowed his men
to take none.
go easy" was the order and bout
all that was permitted waT for the
men to loosen UP muscles bound T., by
a winters work, in the case of some,
and softened by a win.er Of loafing
in the case of others "a vast majority,
by the way, of all ball players have
no love of workinC).
In addition to Connie Mack himself,
there have been four additions to the
team since 1t arrived. They are
Friene, from San jose, where he
played college ball; Joe Jackson. of
South Atlantic fame; Butcher. an
outfielder, who was with Punch
Knoll's team up IN Evansville, and
Madigan, another outfielder from the
Chicago City league, who was recon-
.mended TO Mack by Pop" Arson.