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The Detroit times., 1910-12-21

| Christmas. In the town OF Some
hero Germany. there is tralnlhs
| school where one of the speclal llie'
~ obstruction is that OF deslgnine
tovs Men travel all over the Worlc
IN search of new ideas and new thlnSs
| with which TO entertain and amust
the children OF the world Margare'
| StaiH who has been called the
"Oueen OF Toyland' because oil mel
splendid work in the producuoh VI
life.like toys, employed two or hei
nenhews TO travel in all chimes
throughout the year in search OF ne"
ideas for the making OF attractive
toys.
The father of the popular-priced
tov is Fernand Martin, OF Paris. Dur
ING his active years as designer
of TOYS he made about 1870 models,
one of the chief characteristics OF
bts work. like that of Fraulein Stein
is the Ufe-like appearance and &C
tIon of the playthings he designs.
one OF these is a tippler. who begins
~ reel as soon as he lifts his glass
| m his Inns. Another is a tin porter
with his favorite broom VINO holus
out his hand for the customary Up
the minute he begins TO ~ield ms
| brush.
/ While the majority of toys are De
signed on purpose, some OF the most
remarkable successes have been
brought out largely rs matter OF ac'
cjdent. A notable illustration OF THIS
was the Teddy Bear Toy bears had
been on the market for years pre-
coding the Roosevelt bear hunt III
| Mississippi but none OF them pos
sessed that peculiarly funny expires
sion which later served TO make TIC
Teddy Bear a hit When the story OF
Roosevelt's refusal TO shoot hal
tered bear was published Clifford X
| BarryInan. now cartoonist OF the
| Washington Star. drew the picture
OF the little bear that has become
| familiar 10 the entire world. Berry
man thought little about his picture
| but the morning after ii appeared he
| received a letter from former Sena
! tor William +. Chandler who said II
was the funniest cartoon he had ever
seen.
President Roosevelt was pleased
with his little team-mate and con
fessen that his whole family had
ioked him considerably about il. The
next Christmas Mr. Bergman made
special calendar for Mr.. Roosevelt.
with a Teddy Bear in a typical at
titude before each month. This so
pleased the President that he in
vited Mr., Bergman to a private in
tervicw. In that interview he con
fessed that his wife had taken the
calendar from him, saying that she
was not willing to take the chance
OF having some political friend OF
! his appropriate" IT, This interview
| resulted in the Teddy Bear becoming
! the badge of the Roosevelt admins
| tration.
II was about this time that the
German toy-makers' scouts for new
| ideas came along. and saw in tho
| Teddy Bear rare chance for the
making OF popular toy. Without
let or license from Mr. Bergman
they carried his creation back 20
Germany and soon had all shapes
and sizes OF Teddy Bears on tho
market That year happened TO be
very depressips- one to the German
toy-makers. and the immediate rage
OF the toy acted as a life-sayUr TO-
their business
The Detroit times., 1910-12-21
ADVERTISING TALKS

CONTINUED from ra.e one)
The Detroit times., 1910-12-21

900. 900, and thai
the total weight
OF the cargo OF
toys he brings
with him will ap-
,proXimate a hun
dred I b GU 5 a II d
tons. to say moth
ing OF the mil
lions of pounds OF
candy and nuts
he also brings
with him. Thou
sands of people
work all the year
getting ready for
the night before
The Detroit times., 1910-12-21
saved From Fire BY Doc.

4 fTERRE HAUTE, Ind. Dec 21.-zAThe
BARKING OF dog probably saved tho
M OF Mrs. Ralph r. White. wife Of
- sporting editor OF the Terre Hautc
flhnne. when fire DESTROYED the
I'D home in the night White had
70 10 the office and Mrs. White was
The Detroit times., 1910-12-21

A few days ago in this column NC
called attention to the signs OF
promise of a better and satisfactory
relation between the boss and the
hired man, or between capital and
labor, in the disposition OF the
National Manufacturers association
to meet tie issue of employers liza
bility fairly.
There has just come to our notes
The Detroit times., 1910-12-21

sleeping when she was aroused by the
dogs barking TO find her room filled
with smoke and flames bursting from
the roof. The fire started in the fur
mace hue
The Detroit times., 1910-12-21
This Detroit Firm Is
Assured Of a Happy and
Prosperous New Year
!. Makes Christmas Bonus To En-
Y ployes Who Have Been In Its
n Service For Year-6oth
~ Employer and Employe
Benefited.

that the who owns the whistle and the empoy
responds getting Ogehertha the great barrier that mas long
stood between two is fast coming down
Here is the evidence:
CHRISTMAS NOTICE EMPLOYEES.
company substantial way its appreciation
especially those who have been " us e0
a long time -.
To such employees continuous
for full year. over previous December M
amounting to per cent 0' all e
their continuous employment VII" @
To such hourly employees continuously since
N duly Isl a I will be paid
month land give" vacation
periods pay continuous employ since 'uy
lat 1910 cash bonus of cent of the salaries p'' ~ ~
of their continuous employment will be PAID .o, law,
ons the employees continuous e"p
bot employ for other cause s'n
will considered as new hand and the bonus VIII " ~
this liberal p0"
4 IN future years it is hoped fna' '0"0'" may p" "
Il /. hoped that this policy
will induce employees to hesitate before eas 10
the bonus received some OF our ae en-
pIoyes substantial sums which viii Indicate "
~ y ''''''' DETROIT INSULATED COMPANY
- (ssned) F. F. KELLER
N n...~...
The striking feature by the company is its
admission in the closing paragraph that motive not altogether ph
anthropc.
empoy leaves establishment its organization becomes
and its producing lessened to that
extent
watch runs on though may hand but
mot rendering its
piece machinery entirely disabled through the loss OF
cog strength essened the extent OF ONE
oe and there the further damage machine
lacked by of the missing part
working organization nothing less THAN machine
which no operator NEEDLES with when working satisfactorily and
delivering results
The empoye factory lire becomes valuable the
longer good working condition Just the same as the
smoothly rough edges off its parts
Wire finds the machine running to
smooth through the continuous connection OF
its parts and IT INTENDS PARTS REPRESENTED BY
THE INDIVIDUALS PRODUCE FOR THE COMPANY, IN GOOD
WORKING ORDER
whose interest Tor con
tented Detroit side of the kind of oil the has
decided %
1t certainly will not clog the machine
While company I'VE this bonus that
ourselves against less in the
organization producing power and thereby admits that the
without the bcnht return Ism
that that OF the employer who holds back
the for the first week two weeks the hope OF gaming the same
ends9
benefit the is not the employe bene
especially the rolling stone tendencies the profits from whose
labor and energy expended between rows with oemen
branches and to all stations the COM
pany factory the remembrance OF these employees should
understanding all around and cooperation that
uroye helpful TO both the recipient and the giver.
commentator for the Der Insulated Wire
many which itself the shock
institution NAV receve-the loss of its employees interest
And congratulations to the employees their
with whose of justice and fairness and whose
humanity they havef found to be unnsulated
L
The Detroit times., 1910-12-21

A freshly cut potato makes good
polarity indicator. or two current
carrying wires inserted into ii the
positive wire viii cause a green stain.
while II stains surround each wire e
shows that the currep' % sllaxnaIi ug.
The Detroit times., 1910-12-21
Nay We Add a Mite
10 Mr.. Carnegie's
Ten Millions !?
Put Us Down For $1,000 In the
Form OF a llquoriess News
paper In 1911.


which the tariff steel has piled up for him.
To this The Times chips contribution
dvidua industrial domestic (what WHY happiness
tranquility by foregoing revenue from
beer advertisements
A other forms liquor advertising having dropped
Times within the past year,
This then Christmas offering homes families
have treated The Times welcome guest years.
We that a surprise exactly
recipients have limiting abiding they
Beats all how good people
stand for better things And there's evodng logic
They make think of the imposed upon
condition his all
give the poor"
Having how good newspaper from all other
forms of offensive advertising would happy until the al
cOhoic tabooed.
So the friends AND SUPPORTERS what
they and the credit for getting
This victory for enlightened public touching the
srOnby of Appoprans share of the credit for
inspiring this sentiment propose responsive
eble demand
might be heroic about thsand delight the
POhOnst ndb declaring that with the brew
because beerdnkng unmitsted iniqut device of the
devil and all that.
really many people using this brown
beverage way realizing sociably
and reeshment
many young especially beginning of evil
happiness
Morally indurialy economically the against the ntemper
of which rdinkng is the first stage
Many which this alike the chronicle of the
the protested of helpfuness believe strongly
that beer inmica to the best interests OF tie family
Danish the sale from their communities
The Times believes has moral right antagonSe the
and communities through what
prints its advertising columns
We be talking beer day people who do not
do their children be invited to
their paper; those who ought drink
who make legitimate and sensible Of the
beverage The Times either
alton quenn that thirst with the amber
realize good form to tell what Christmas present cost
put price $5oOo) for the benefit of those amab
this under policy of progressive dncy
Objectionable advertisements have
gone wnkng owshy and chortng geeuy
Good reason-The Times can't get EN- see.
dor>~~rtd% &or'a~1f-&'~"~
PUBLISHER
The Detroit times., 1910-12-21

II has been estimated that the cost
of the 1910 expedition of Santa Claus
into the homes of the children OF the
limited States Will cost al least S4u,.
The Detroit times., 1910-12-21

There are two forms of public
benfaotion.
One is to give of your superabun-
dance for the common good.
Another is to forego the accumu-
lation of superabundance by exer-
cising little more care and con-
sistency'in the way you get it.
Mr.. Carnegie has just handed over
ten millions for international peace,
from the embarrassment of riches
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-05-05
DARING FEATs OF SWIMMERS
Two Remarkable Aquatic Perform
ances That Have Aroused the
Worlds Admiration.

The aquatic feat performed by Jules
Gautier recently is one of the most
remarkable on record. With hands
and feet manacled and his move
ments hampered by rope attached
round his waist to waterman's
skiff. he swan over the varsity boat
race course from Putney to Mortlake,
London, England, a distance of four
and quarter miles. in an hour and
half. He finished quite fresh and
clambered into a boat without assist.
ance at the end of the swim.
1t Is not the first time, however
that Gautier has swum long distance
with hands and feet tied. Five years
ago he swan from Putney Pier to
Tower Bridge, a distance of nine
miles. in just over two hours, with
wrists and hands manacled together
and has dived from London bridge
at high water similarly handicapped
Particularly daring, however, was
the feat Of certain music hall artist
who in October last, jumped from
Westminster bridge into the river
while manacled with an iron band
round his neck. linked with an iron
chain to leg-irons, and five handouts
stretched across his arms. He could
not swim stroke, but was quickly
hauled into boat waiting for him
after he had struck the water
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-05-05
GLAD OF HIS ASSISTANCE
But the Missionary's Object Lesson
Evidently Had Little Real Effect
on Lazy Indians.

Indians and work are terms that are
not associated together. The ideas
are not even neighborly. Neverthe.
less, one can get a large amount Of
work done by an Indian if the task
assigned to him takes the form of car
rying canoe over portage, or of
setting traps for beaver, or of follow
ing moose through trackless forest,
with snow two feet deep and no snow
shoes. This is what white man
would call work, but it is the Indians
recreation. What the savage is at
farming is told in the pages Of j: w.
Sanborn's book on the Seneca Indi-
ans
One day in May, making calls upon
the Indians, observed three young
men of about Is years blowing. To be
more exact, the Indians lay in the
shade of an apple-tree, the plow slept
in the furrow, and the horses stood
nodding. Returning an hour later,
there was no change of base.
The thought occurred to me, "Here
is chance to give those lazy fellows
a lesson they will not forget" So
hitching my horse, I jumped the rail
fence, took the reins, started the team,
and finished blowing the piece.
Then, turning to the aggravatingly
Indifferent three, as they "reclined
beneath the branches of a widespread
tree" volunteered the following ad-
vice:
Boys, If you want to get on in the
world you must not spend much time
in the shade"
The Indians, delighted to know that
the job was finished, cried out to ask
"if the missionary would not be kind
enough to unhitch the teap?"
I did unhitch my own horse, and
drove off at high rate Of speed. re-
flecting deeply on the doctrine of total
deprayity.-Youth's COMPANION
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-05-05
The Unheroic Ace.

Somebody asked Frank keenan, at a
woman's club at which he spoke the
other day if he thought there were
any embryo Keans or Booths waiting
to burst forth from obscurity. There
may be-" he said, "but there's NO
chance for them now. The conditions
of the stage to-day don't call for act.
ing or encourage it. But believe that
when the time and the opportunity
come the man appears. During the
Spanish-American war l was standing
with Wall street man on a corner
in the lawer part of the city while an
outward bound regiment went march.
ing by. l CHANGED to glance at my
companion as the soldiers passed,
flags flying and music playing, and
there he was with his face drawn up,
numbering like schoolboy with emo.
ton. And in business he was one of
the toughest propositions in Wall
street. If somebody had come along
that minute, though, he could have re-
cruited him without the least trouble.
I tell you, the feeling is always there,
deep down, and they appear-gen-
erals, actors, what not-when the con.
ditions call them out"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-05-05
The Nations skuII.Maklna.

Scientists, like poets, can be dithy-
rambic and rhapsodical, and lead gov
ernments into publishing works Of
fiction in the guise of reports of in
vestigations. So while admitting to
the full all that the American envir.
onment does in affecting and modify.
ing the inner being, mental outlook
and social customs of the many races
which come from abroad 1t will be
with considerable skepticism that
ethnologists read the latest report Of
the immigration bureau on quickly a.
tanned physical notifications, noted
in immigrants to this country, or at
least that portion of the report which
seems to show that structural changes
follow mere living in this conntry. ow-
ing to better nutrition, ETC. Of course
where there are intermarriages and a
blending of types in parents it is to
be expected, and is visible to the most
careless observer. But, after ALL what
we are more concerned with is the
Americanizing of the contents of the
skull. American hatters and milliners
can be depended on to produce hats
to fit any shape of head.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-05-05
CITY A vERITABLE BEEHIVE
According to This, little Old New
York" Must Be About Crowded
to the Limit.

We are told that If the inmates of
all the Office buildings in the most
over-built section Of lower New York
were to leave their skyscrapers at
the same time six strata of sidewalks
would be required to give this mass
footway.
1t is asserted that the population
of New York is growing at the rate of
10000 persons a year, which means
that in the next half century the city
will contain double the number of In
habitants that it does to-day.
Even granting that this rate of in
crease is somewhat exaggerated. the
necessity Of arranging for tremendous
expansion is obvious to all. The
problems of transit up and down town
and from one quarter of the city to
the other, the means of ingress and
egress, cry aloud for immediate con.
sideration.
am reminded of the story Of the
elderly spinster who was witness in
court and when asked her age hest
tated long time. After much delay
and several repetitions of the question
the Judge raped on the desk impa-
tiently and said: Hurry up, madam;
every minute makes it worse" This
is our present ondition.-Harper &
Weekly.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-05-05
THE APPETITE OF BoYHooD
Concerning the Good Old Food and
the Good Old Days Down on
the Farm.

The "old New Yorker" pushed the
change toward the waiter and dipped
his finger tips in the bowl, and said
to his friend opposite: 1--WE eat too
much nowadays. | see signs of 1t
everywhere. Just look over the men
you meet in the cars mornings; every
man Jack of 'em looks stuffed for the
grill"
WELL" replied the other, whose
appearance answered the description
given by the previous speaker, 'I was
raised on farm We got up little
after daylight each morning and moth
er had heaping plate of sausage and
a griddle going that baked seven buck
wheat cakes at time. always had
three or four big sausages-not the
kind you see served nowadays, but
larger. None of us boys thought Of
leaving mothers table with less than
20 cakes in our interior, and we
washed 'em down with two big cups
of coffee. Along about half past nine,
after the sheep had done his work on
the treadmill that turned the churn,
large bowls of bread and buttermilk.
We put molasses in the fresh butter
milk until 1t looked like the coffee
they serve with the milk in the cheap
places nowadays. Dear me. how
good bread and buttermilk used to
taste! At ~ o'clock we had roast
and two vegetables, and never ate
less than four slices of bread cut from
loaves that would shatter the heart
of baker Of to-day. Grandfather al.
ways took nap after that meal, but
the rest Of us resumed our work, and
were ready to eat again after the
nights chores were DONE"
The first speaker had listened with
growing enthusiasm as the other told
of those earlier days of good, honest
labor in Gods pure air, and when he
finished, said: Il used to live on a
farm as a boy, too-and wasn't that
buttermilk and molasses good?"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-05-05

Geo. Aagaard and Miss Mary Nor
Jensen in the presence of their many
friends and relatives. After the u.s.
ual congratulations the guests par
took of a sumptuous repast enjoyed
by all. The Journal force extend
congratulations to the happy couple.
A charivari party of several Of our
young men went out west of town
Friday evening to serenade Mr.. and
Mrs. Geo. Aagaard. Some of the
boys partook of the good things and
went away happy and with the smile
that won't fade away.
Vic Nelson received noisy sere-
made Monday morning on his arrival
at his Office, the serenaders having
received a grapevine communication
that Vic had become Benedict but
he AYERS that he is not and don't
know when he will be and thinks
the boys should set up the smokes to
him good and plenty.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-05-05
Points Regarding The Census

Points Regarding The Census
The census begins April Is and
must be completed in thirty days.
The enumerators will wear
badge inscribed UNITED States Cen
sus, 1910"
The law requires every adult per-
con to furnish the prescribed infor-
nation, but also provides that it
shall be treated confdentially so
that no injury can come to any per-
son from answering the questions.
The Census Bureau, prior to April
Is, will distribute to every farm ow-
ner and tenant in this state a blank
or schedule containing the Census
questions relative to farm operation
and equipment. This should be fill
ed up, if possible, not later than
the morning of April Is, butit any
one has been unable to fill it up by
that time, he should do it as soon
afterwards as he can.
People who do not speak En- lish
or who do not understand the sche-
dule completely should get help
from others, if possible, in filling it
up.
The President has Issued pro-
clamation, calling on all citizens to
cooperate with the Census and as
curing them that it has nothing to
do with taxation, army or jury ser
vice, compulsory school attendance
regulation of immigration, or en-
forcement of any law, and that no
one can be injured by answered the
inquiries.
1t is of the utmost importance
that the farm census of this state
be complete and correct.
Therefore every farm owner and
tenant should promptly, fully and
accurately fill up the advance
Farm Schedule" and carefully pre-
serve it for the enumerator when
he calls. m12
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-05-05
Cut OF Canadian lmportations.

Canadian barley were annually ex
ported to the United States until $780,
but the Mckinley tariff, by increasing
the duty from 10 cents to 80 cents a
bushel, cut off this trade Immediately
In 1908 the United States bought only
100000 bushels of barley in the Do
minion. Similarly, Canada sent from
IA to Is million dozen of eggs annu-
ally to the republic, but the imposi-
ton of duty of 5 cents dozen de-
stroyed the United States market for
the Canadian egg dealer. In 1889 the
export of Canadian eggs to the United
States totaled 14,011,O17 dozens; in
1908 only 1905 dozens were sent
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-05-05
siunalina Military Balloons.

A device for signaling to military
balloons at night has been fixed on
the tower of the railway station at
Spandau. Itsconsists of large hori-
zontal wooden ring provided with 38
electric incandescent lamps. Such
lighthouses with intermittent lights
for aerial navigation are also to be
erected at Nauen and Potsdam. Ex-
periments have recently been made
with the intermittent lights on the
tower at Spandau.-Berlin Lokal.
Anzeiger.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-05-05
The Wind.

At banquet in San Francisco,
aapropos of the blizzard that gripped
the east last month. DR.. Horace E.
Thompson, the statistical writer. said
with smile:
But the blizzard had it's humorous
side. My Cousins wife in Brooklyn
awoke her husband when the storm
was at it's height.
"'Jim.' she said, Jim! Listen!'
Listen to what?' Jim growled.
1.-The wind said his wife. Don't
you hear how it's moaning and groan.
ing?'
lis it?' said Jim. Well. put out a
peppermint lozenge, then. It's the
best thing in the world for the wind. -
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-05-05

MAY shower" season is a fine
time to plant, sap is most active,
roots form quicker, trees take hold
grow best when every vital growing
force is active in May better than in
April. Plenty of time to plant and
grow trees, write for them to w Nj
Bomberger, Harlan.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-05-05

Silver Spruces, Silver Firs, Doug
las Spruces all lean in fancy lawn
planting. Such are easy to grow as
1 cell at from IS c, ST to ST SO, each
in to 10 years often valued at $25
each. Send today to w M Bonn ber-
ger, Harlan Iowa.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-05-05

Being nice long spring for work
mix come real serviceable improve
ment planting, clean out tree agent
trash and brush, plant your place
better and you can't miss it by
phoning or writing to w NJ Bonn
berger for evergreens.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-05-05
Scotland Buys American Granite

Scotland Buys American Granite.
American granite is being shipped
to Europe. Not long ago 800 tons of
blue granite from South Carolina were
sent to Aberdeen, Scotland 1t re-
quired II cars to transport the stone
to Charleston. 8. c., from the quarries.
1t will be manufactured into monu.
ments.