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The Detroit times., 1910-08-03
SOME THINGS
TO BE PURGED

There are three articles In the Au-
gust Worlds Work which, taken eth
or collectively or separately, give a
somewhat severe shock to the cham
pfon of our national government as a
model. In THE Crime Of the Pork
Barrel" Mr. Hubert Bruce Fuller
shows the method by which millions
OF dollars are appropriated for river
Improvement, uselessly. In favor OF
congressional districts. "A Congress
mans Letters by member OF the
house OF representatives, who has seen
more than ten years service, tells OF
the countless demands made upon a
congressman by his constituents.
These demands for special favors
range from s10.O00,000 appropria-
tons to cases Of petty larceny. In
Schedule THE Cotton Tariff" Mr..
Samuel M. Evans shows by detailed
illustration just how tariffs have long
been made for the particular benefit
of private industries. The illustration
given Is that OF the way in which Mr..
Jas r. MacColl and Mr.. Henry +. Lip
Pitt, two Rhode Island manufacturers,
succeeded, with the help OF Senator
Aldrich, in raising the schedule In the
new tarifr law on cotton cloth. In some
cases several hundred per cent over
the old rate.
The Detroit times., 1910-08-03

The Boston "News Bureau q imam
cial newspaper, published a state
ment to the effect that Western ana
Southwestern bankers have agreed
to lend no money to borrowers who
intelAd to use IL To buy motor:cars. In
one Kansas City bank are ffty-two
real estate mortgages, the money LOT
which went for automobiles. ran.
sas City resents this statement, anu
the Kansas City Star has searched
in vain for the bank with the fifty-two
mc rtgages. On the other hand, news
paper accounts show that in several
Southwestern states the local bankers
have publicly deplored some such con-
dition. The Oklahoma State Bankers
association passed this resolution:
Resolved, That the banking fra
ternitv of Oklahoma should use their
power and influence TO curtail the
tendency of the people OF the state
toward extravaganza and speculation
In real estete and the prevalent habit
OF w.thdr awning the funds they sadly
need as capital In their business Tor
Investment in motor-cars and gaso-
line
In answer 10 queries sent cut by a
st. Joseph. Missouri, baker, four
hundred and twenty-seycG banks In
his neighborhood reported that total
of fifteen million dollars had been
spent for motor-cars. and only seven
teen banks could report that no money
In their territory had gone for this
purpose. A municipal bond buyer last
month refused to bid on a bond issue
The Detroit times., 1910-08-03
MOTHERS VISIT.

An old-fashioned woman from the
country recently packed some fried
chicken, bread and doughnuts in a
market basket and went TO see her
daughter who lives in big city. She
was scandalized when the family stay
ed up till IL o'clock and decided that
she wouldn't tell Pa about 1t when
she wrote home next day. He might
think we have fallen into evil ways"
she said TO herself as she was going
off TO sleep. She awoke at her usual
time, 4 O'Clock, and the house seemed
strangely quiet. Town folks do get
lazy she thought, land they probably
don't get up till g." She dressed and
went downstairs and watched the
clock until 8. Not a sound; then she
waited till 8, and at z, between hun.
ger and alarm, she was almost crazed
They've been murdered in their
beds!'' she yelled at s O'Clock from the
front steps, and soon the house was
filed with people rushing in to see
what had happened The family were
surprised and indignant when police
market gardeners, newsboys, etc.
rushed into their bedrooms and woke
them up. and this explains why the
old-fashicned woman came home that
day. Il never expected" she sobbed
to Pa. that any girl would talk at her
Ma as Jane talked to me-
The Detroit times., 1910-08-03
MOTORS AND MONEY

offered by a town In Oklahoma, be-
cause he said he believed that the
town showed Ii was In a precarlous
financial condition by having too many
motor-cars In proportion to the popu-
lation. What value to assign to such
bits OF news II is not easy TO say.
Certainly, il they indicate that an UNI
discriminating reaction against the
use Of motor-cars has begun, there Is
some cause for regret. There's good
many people ride in automobiles,
whose financial resources ought TO
counsel them to remain content with
bicycles. And 1t Is pretty clear that
man who buys a motor purely as
matter of pleasure, ought TO have the
cash in hand first--to buy on credit
can be justified only where the ma
chine Is to be an aid to business. On
the other hand, ii Is doubtful II any
class of men has better Justification
for buying automobiles than the farm
er who has the money. And II is
equally doubtful IL any other part or
the country has had more real service
and pleasure from cars than the
Southwest. They have been OF ines
Unable value in shortening the dis
tances between farm and farm, and
given the opportunity for social life
to families that used to live In COM
parative isolation. They have enabled
city people to live in country homes
even where no railways were near.
These services are not slight nor do
they exhaust the list.-Colliers.
The Detroit times., 1910-08-03

Still declining to make a SPECIFIC
reply to Senator Bristow's charges,
Senator AIdrich complained TO a COR
respondent Of the New York Ameri-
can that the accusation, which ne
characterized as "a pack OF les" had
not been made in the senate.
No doubt Mr.. Bristow will accom-
modate the gentleman from Rhode lsl-
and In this respect In due course.
Meantime. following troublesome IN
surgent habit, he may appear In Prov
idence or Newport and tell Mr.. AID
rich's neighbors all about It, Yea
terday at Paola. Kan, he repeated the
charges and challenged Mr.. Aldrich
to make specific denial OF any OF
them.
When the tariff bill passed the
house the duty on manufactured ruD-
Der was fixed at 80 per cent. The
senate committee on finance, OF which
Mr.. Aldrich Is chairman, increased
the rate to 35 per cent, and such is
now the law. Is that lie?
Soon after the tariff went into af-
feet a rubber trust was formed with a
capital of $40,000,000. of which Sen
ator Aldrich's son is general manager
and In which both father and son are
large stockholders. Is that lie?
The dividends declared by the trust
during the first eight months that the
tariff was In force amounted TO 1872
per cent on its preferred stock OF $10,-
0Oc. 900. Is that lie?
Mr.. Bristow also accuses Senator
Aldrich OF increasing the duties on
The Detroit times., 1910-08-03

he sanuwcn
dumped into the police because he has beaten
his wife his mother 10 q man.
great artist who just painted portrait OF
4 the beautiful lady is a man p.
captain OF industry who ~massed something
i a billion dollars by robbng and running other
T oS NJ bs ysry bottom the ship who seems
to ordinary mortas almost unbearable isP man
paror who talks In hshptchd voice VINO ties to
carries his front hind legs
oo rsd and well pompous
and thnchesed tall and short thick and
thin baaded red yellow white pink and black
Thew would be rich:
They love women: hey arew woman haters
careless houghtess that thay
Thew think and talk they
handsome and ugly ~
and
They are naturally they Inherently crooked
They loyable owl hateful and hating.
Yet they belong family they brothers And such
we must accept them 10, as much right 70 clutter the way AZ he
ss ::sS:. 's:s s:;:
The start may have rather
In
why
We will never have the parcel post namely
The United States Express
American Express
rxppr.s
This said with extreme cleverns put h IKE many
"a not necessarily
shall never parcel post
described hell OF
And why
would the COMPANIES
powerful presented by companies hay
employ and declaring Deer
calculated 70 foster popular sentiment IN FAVOR OF
may not be long before
why shall not
have parcel post,b but why we parcel
The Detroit times., 1910-08-03
Questions For Mr.. Aldrich

cotton and woollen goods for stock.
iobbing purposes. no action of the
kind as TO cotton having been asked
for even by the manufacturers. Mr..
Taft has denounced these exactions as
unnecessary and unwarranted. The
newspapers yesterday described tho
organization of new cotton trust at
Albany with a capital of 100000
Is that lie?
IL man like Senator Bristow tells.
the truth about man like Senator
Aldrich Is does not matter much where
he does 1t. Mr.. Aldrich has a reputa-
ton at home as we'll as I'm the senate
chamber. and he will have To look aft
er 1t presently.-New York World.
The Detroit times., 1910-08-03
EDITORIALS BY THE PEOPLE,
Ghosts and Mills Philosophy.


To the Editor OF The Times Was
II because of the coincidence between
the articles Ghosts" and Mills Phil
osophy." in observations" In your
issue OF July 80, that they we're placed
together? AS you deplore continual
ton OF the ghost" superstition, which
is OF God, II the bible be true. and
think Mr.. Mills hypothetical creator
and a future life. inimicable to the
poor mans happiness and unworthy
OF belief, presume their juxtapositiop
is accidental. One thing is certain,
as the years pass. more and more OF
the enlightened people OF the earth
are seeing the truths. in the philoso-
ply OF that great man Mills. The
churches are honey-combed with It,
Our seats of learning. our universities
and colleges are teaching in meas
ure these same ideas Whereas the
"ghost" superstition never killed
many people, and the God and future
life superstition has covered this
beautiful earth with blood ankle deep,
and the groans and shrieks OF the in
nocent victims OF this absurd super
stition have echoed around the world.
II prefer the ghost" superstition as
the less of two evils. Every man
must help himself. The innumerable
gods of the earth never helped any
man, woman or child and never can.
The weak. In natures memorable laws.
must 60 to the wall. The tigers tooth
and claw Is everywhere apparent. ON
niscient. omnipresent and full OF love.
Justice and mercy. The weak nations.
the weak of the lower orders, have all
died as heroes, since this world began
and no gods ever shed tear. for those
unmerciful, memorable laws they had
created. F. B. HALL.
Augusta. Mich. Aug. l, 1910.
The Detroit times., 1910-08-03
From Another Point of View


Taly
The meoncolic days have come
In words. the peach crop isn't one
-. pa''nse se0's 'e'9' " ~ - W mo 'o'
rorher freight the Grand Trunk off,
This snguihed
plot discovered this
ohn 81 bath tub therefore whisby just
Alnx sour
& ~ ~ireess report
$500 and re Tigers particular
~ bons he day gathered
@{ycr for another
Iinichins
o>rsnt ~ know where he can get job
~ y 10 shape o. course. the racing
The Detroit times., 1910-08-03
THE EDITOR APOLOGIES

The Journal erred last week in stat
ing that Mrs. Lille Slack played MAR
cissus" for the rose drill at the eighth
grade school commencement. Miss
Marjorie Bright should have received
that credit The playing was fully
worthy the fine musical talent Of Mrs.
Slack, anyway, and the Journal man
is practically blind after o'clock In
the afternoon.-La Harpe (Kas) Jour-
nal
The Detroit times., 1910-08-03
WHAT WOULD PAUL SAY
IF HE WERE ALIVE

Romance and antiquity have again
been knocked sky-high by the installa-
ton OF an electric light plant in the
ancient city of Tarsus. In Asia Minor.
where the Apostle Paul became fol-
lower OF Jesus.
In report TO Washington Consul
Nathan Of Mersine says that Tarsus
how has $50 electric street lights, and
some $50 incandescent lights for fam
lily use. The power is taken from the,
Sihun river.
The Detroit times., 1910-08-03
IMPORTANT
FIGURES LACKING

1t is estimated from the present
outlook that the apple crop of the
country this year will bring the pro-
ducers about $4,000, 900, but there is
no use figuring how much the con-
sumner il likely to have TO pay for 1t.
st. Louis Post Dispatch.
The Detroit times., 1910-08-03

Felix Featherwate loved Agnes de-
votedly, madly. There was only one
obstacle. her brutal father. The father
of Agnes dealt in hides and sole
leather often did Felix shudder at
the thought that his future fatherin-
law would come 10 visit them smell
ing of hides.
But this is not why he hesitated
asking him for her hand. He hcsitat-
ed because the old man wore No.
10 collar and No. II boots. Felix him
self wore No. IL shirt and NO. "a
shoes.
But one day while under the In
fiuence OF q pineapple sundae he mus
tered up courage and approached the
papa of Agnes on the subject.
Once a year Agnes visits the grave
of Felix.
THE End
The Detroit times., 1910-08-03
TODAY IN HISTORY.

Aug 3, 1892.
Christopher Co
lumbus sai lie d
from Palos. Spain.
with a little feet
OF three vessels,
the Pinta, the Nj
ma and the Santa
Maria, no one OF
which was big
enough TO strike
terror into the
soul of a modern
navigator unless
The Detroit times., 1910-08-03
EXPLANATIONS THAT DON'T.
ny PAUL WEST.


Let me rise to explain"
Mr.. Wickersha.n says.
You're mistaken, tbs plain,
In score or more ways,
In this friar-lands case,
For. you see, twas like this:
In the very flrst place.
The whole question you miss.
AS Ill prove In a trice
III you'll listen to me.
For you know my advics
Quite ex parte must be.
Though--ahem.- lit may seem
That the coat doesn't mt.
You can see tbs dream,
Which OF course you'll admit.
wherefore things being SO,
repeat once again,
Let the whole matter co.
BUT. THAT DOESN'T EXPLAIN!
Let me rise TO explain"
Aldrich cries with frown.
You're n liar again,
repeat TO the town.
You're a liar, i say,
And haste to repeat
You're a liar today
And YOU cannot be beat.
And the men YOU indict.
Are all honest and square,
And the tariffs all right
And the Rubber Trusts fair.
SO you lie. as you see
IL ~ perfectly plain;
Therefore, let the thing be-
BUT THAT DOESN'T EXPLAIN!
The Detroit times., 1910-08-03

he was asked TO go-to sea in IL. Co
lumbus sailed with these boats TO see
what was to be found in the great
west afterwards doomed by Horace
Greeley Although rough Weather and
incomplete maps made Chris trip
something less than enjoyable, II was
successful In way, for he found the
West Indies, which were the. openers
in the ultimate discovery OF America.
Il don't like the way Mr.. Jones
kisses you.'
Don't find fault, papa; remember
he's just beginning"
The Detroit times., 1910-08-03
An OF Season.

where are the hideous sea-serpents?
And the silyer.scaled mermaids?
And the dazzling meteors?
And the elegant college young men
who wait on table7
And the beautiful heiresses who
must be married within six weeks or
lose their fabulous fortunes?
In short, where are the publicity
men OF the seaside notwithstanding
Plain Dealer
The Detroit times., 1910-08-03

l06x~s -
49, Nebody Knows HIs fact scoring another triumph for
'nss'en--WHEREf telegraphy and closing the
s-. second chapter the story of one
1~sc Aendish crimes history of Scotland Yard.
came opening Blue Ribbon meeting the big harness
- ~ year fair city, and the breaking of record
the eastern end Of the American league
&1th Boston drubbing of said Detrois.
lno IAiadelphia day
rnt what Of all thisg
WHIT moment to these for the most
~ es importance only beside single happening in New York
nh happening boarding automobile in front The
BY with his destination UNANNoUNcED
this wise dispatches eclipse and verhadOw all these
f ZINES Of early
YORK AUG eoc editor cane can s, town u he s
notice had been
su.onoo. for short trip
Sss. why e W.. s s ssss
Ihe guest for the mysterious Kelly may be abandoned
1hs rresent
WHO cares who hit Billy Patterson and they have
ia Charlie Ross9
what matters it whether Jeares was drugged yelows
consequence whether Cook Peay found the pos
Nor particular WHAT has become Of the mayors Com
MITE Of Fifty.
For the responsible for the
living bother with such small matters
1 what is a Democrat ~who Republican
subjects altogether commonplace; too tival too in
ma You please great and aenveopng problem that
eGSnes 10 rs from The Outlook office.
Never before were n this state of doubt
in the Jungle knew at each rising where
would held that day. and whether to be for the
rno with photos of the mornings start in the noon
1Gitions
WI knew ample going Kartum and from
b boat to Naples WAS NOT call the Pope
attempt conceal the fact that he look
Sphinx the Sphinx concerned it had just
~ the talking the average interviewer
Va Every step Of way we permitted to follow
eO why secrecy this mystery into which have
kem plungedf
r to figure it way deserted the dark without
c about thousand and courses Tor that auto to
'<rk1 suggest themselves
Which odds all the against and leaves
<<nSnoe il . thousand and one to hit it right
such is plight but think Of the gentle kindly down at
&oysfly and HIS state Of mind
rine him returning from the links happy for
nature wild and the carolng BIRDS to find
he other whizzng somewhere and like not
H. Beverly.
Imagine agony and the Of ter Of the soil
in harvesting may suddenly recall letter written
Outlook taking exception something forth by the Associate
Imagine the speech before the Ohio
generally looked having been seasoned in The Outlook
Imagine FEARS of this onnaw in view of what Henry Waiter
delivery speech sounded like 1.-THE reading of the
8sIoxt Of ways and means committee"
Of compared to the members of
IN BAD club Out club and the "Ananas club Dr.
Editor Pulitzer and Others addition to those
in position to the real import OF what
"a when colonel reported for the first time incog
the exact state Of mind OF those most
y concerned what it live
town on day report that the lions
That is something like it; only in this case it's worse
From Another Point of View
The Detroit times., 1910-08-03
Wednesday. August 8.
1910


a buy sandwich when
knowt that it's a 3 q fH
he has beaten
his ife ven mother q
The Detroit times., 1910-08-03

This indeed started out an event
full week.
Locally there was the Grand
Trunk strike (continued), to engage
our attention.
DR.. Crippen, formerly Of. Detroit,
was arrested at Father Point, the
fact scoring another triumph for
wireless telegraphy and closing the
second chapter in the story of one
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-07-07
ECZEMA GERM DISEASE CAN NOW
BE CURED

The Medical profession is all agreed
hat ECZEMA is a germ disease, but the
hing that has bafiled them is to fine
ONE remedy that will get to the germs
nd destroy them,
Zemo, the clean, external treatment
has solved this difficulty by drawing the
germs TO the surface of the skin and de-
stroying the germ life that causes the di.
sease. The whole method of treatment
and cure by ZEMO is explained in an
interesting book on the subject issued by
the makers of SEMO. 1t tells how to
cure yourself Mt home of Eczema, Black
heads, Pimples, Daudrutf, and all disease
Of the skin and scalp Call at Grover
Bros. Drug Store for Booklet auG learn
more about tins clean simple remedy
that is not recognized the standard
treatment for all diseases of the skin and
scalp,
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-07-07
A GOOD MOVE

Elsewhere i'll this issue our readers
will see that Miller Bros, the grocers
will commencing Monday, August LIST, to
close their store at $3.50 p. III. every day
in the week except Saturdays, This is
certainly n step i'll the right direction as
1t gives employer and employees a
chance for n breathing spell during the
evening and the opportunity for good
nights rest, whereby the day following
they will be enabled TO give their custo-
mers better service. Twelve hours a
day continuous work is enouge for man
and Miller Bros. and their clerks will
be better OF by the change while the
public should not be inconvienced in
the least by the new rule
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-07-07
BITTEN BY SNAKE

Last SATURDAY. afternoon six year old
Wayne Vearian, while playing in the
hay field where his father was moving
was bitten by snake. His creams at
tracted the attention of his father who
killed the reptile which proved to be q
small RATHER not over 10 or IL inches
long. The child's arm commenced to
swell and upon being taken to the house
DR.. MoClinton was called and although
he reached the injured child in less than
half al hour afterwards the arm had
swollen to nearly double its normal
size and was turning black. The boy
had been given whiskey before the Dr's
arrival, fact which the doctor thinks
had much to~do with saving the life of
the child. Upon the physicians arrival
were given and the child re-
ceived the best attention and the arm
will probably be saved. The reptile
which was of the Messenger variety was
brought TO the city oy Chester Walker
and seen by many of our citizens.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-07-07
N EXPERTS OPINION OF SKIN
DISEASE

a prominent, national expert on skin
diseases whose name YOU are familiar
with says that i'll all his SEMITIC expert.
ence he has never found SO hard di-
sease to conquer as Eczema. Yet he
does not hesitate TO recommend XEMO
as most successful remedy for the treat
ment of Eczema, itching skin diseases,
dandrun, pimples, blackheadS and all
other diseases of the skin and scalp.
He says that not only do its curative
qualities make it popular but also the
fact that it is a clean, liquid remedy for
external use. A great improvement
over the old style greasy salves and To-
tons which are not only unpleasant TO
Use but do not destroy the germ life that
,auses the disease. ZEMO draws the
germs to the surface and destroys them,
eaving the skin clear and healthy. Can
10 used freely on infants. Grover qros.
will gladly supply those who call with
free sample bottle of ZEMO and book
let which exp!anes III simple language all
about skin diseases and how 10 cure
at home with ZEMO.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-07-07
The DOCTORS QUESTION
Much SIcknass Due to Bowel Disorders

A doctors first question when con.
suited by patient is, ARE your bowels
regular" He knows that ninety-eight
per cent of illness is attended with in
active bowels and torpid liver. and that
this condition must be removed gently
and thoroughly before health can be
restored.
Rexall Orderlies are positive, pleas
ant and safe remedy for constipation
and bowel disorders in general We
are so certain Of their great curative
value that we promise to return the
purchasers money in every case when
they fail to produce satisfaction.
Rexall Orderlies are eaten like candy,
they act quietly, and have a soothing,
strengthening, healing influence on the
entire intestinal tract. They do not
purge. grippe. cause nausea, flatulence,
excessive looseness. diarrhoea or other
annoying effect. They are especially
good for children, weak persons or old
folks. Two sizes, 25c and l0c. Sold
only at our store-The Rexall Store.
Central Drug Store. Grover Bros, Prop,
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-07-07
CHANGE Of VAUDEVILLE

Commencing Monday, July II, Chas
Fishbeck of the Alma vaudette will
associate his theatre with the Chicago
Managers Vaudeville association who
furnish nothing but the highest grade
OF entertainments Mr.. Fishbeck $
vaudette will receive the same attractions
that play lansing Owosso, and Mt.
Pleasant. A complete change of pro-
gram every Thursday and Monday after
July | with the best vaudeville obtain
able will tend TO increase the crowds at
this already popular theatre.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-07-07
CURIOS MONDAY

Among the many attractions last
Monday none proved more unique in
point of get up than the automobile of
Henry Fuller of Arcadia township. The
machine was constructed by the use of
the running gear of al old mower to
which frame and gasoline engine
had been attached. The speedmeter
showed the machine making speed of
two or more miles an hour while the
thousands who lined the streets admired
the nerve of the chauffeur. Mr.. Fuller
drew prize from the committee.