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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-04-19

Extensive Gathering Of Alumnae
>chool and a Programme OF Urea,
interest-BiShop Robert STRANGE -
Wilmington. and Miss Emit, " #
Yea, Of Cincinnati. 10 Make ,J.
dresses.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-04-19
rs to Curtailsnent.

hane. J.. w. MCLAUGHLIN, ". n.
Watkins. z +. Ray.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-07-28
A GOVERNMENT THAT
SQUANDERS MILLIONS

In spite OF Mark Twain's calcula-
ton that, if 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 rail This is one of the several
handicaps which rivers naturally suf-
fer in competition with railroad trans
portation. and is one OF the reasons
why II is foolish and wasteful TO
spend the very vast sum on river i'm
preEements- that-nnr- government
expended in the past. and is still do
ing In the present. A section OF the
Red river forms one glazing example
OF this sort of legislative folly. In
1908. s7S,203 was expended for main
tenance and Improvement. The traf-
fc here was so slight that the i'm
provement cost the government 1888
per ton, Thet extent OF the practice
OF throwing away wantonly many mil
lions on river and harbor appropria-
lions in order to keep the 'pork-bar-
rell'' full is appalling. A good idea
Of the extent of this crime" and its
modus operandl may be had from an
article on the subject by Mr.. Hubert
Bruce Fuller in the August World S
Work.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-07-28

Marjorie Benson had always hated
study" says Clara Cochrane Cody "a
Woman's Home Companion for Al
gust. ITO swim. ride. row. to play
Golf or tennis, to manage a pair Oh
horses. had been her greatest pleas
ure. Indulgent parents and a gooa
deal OF money had made this posi-
bic TO the age OF %.
Two years ago she found herseh
alone in the world, with small, IN
sufficient income Necessity Is often
the mother of courage as well as OIL
invention and this quick-witted girl
realized that her athletic accomplish
ments might be turned TO profitable
account In a summer resort.
she remembered a summer place
where she had once spent three
months and where she knew every
road for miles about, as we'll 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
was prepared TO give lessons In swim.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-07-28

"All of us have known the mingled
pain and pleasure reused by witness
ing amateur theatricals,' says waiter
Prichard Eaton in the Woman's Home
COMPANION for August. Many OF us
have known the joys OF infiicting this
pain and pleasure, disguised In wigs
and rouge and festive clothes. But.
common as is the impulse toward
amateur dramatic entertainments,
even in 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 un.
deretood In q 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.door theatrical entertainments
outdoor acting calls for less subtlety
and technical skill than indoor, and
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-07-28
Anl !; ;lRL||1.s z II 90

ants didn't get enough to eat and
crawled up my trousers leg, and first
thing / 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
yertebra. She asked me IL I'd had
anything to eat.
told her I'd had a notion to eat,
but II wasn't very filling. said the
ants would have had that, too, IL
I'd left IT in the basket with the
sandwiches and the pickles.
She said she'd had the same thing
happen TO her and that some Of Lus
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. II 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-
et A tree toad Is a toad that makes
q noise like a tree--I mean, you can't
! distinguish II from trees bark.
didn't throw that toad away,
however. | carried him for a week,
feeding him ants that went back homo
with me, trying to contain myself.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-07-28
Md MERTON ON BASEBALL
XIV MIR. CASEY YIELDS THE WILLOW
The Third Reader Boy" Explains the Sport
BY FRED scHAEFER.

aspect is amused. as one who knows
his worth. Our deliverer removes 10
us his laurelwreathed chapeau-'us
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 throats his bosom
be begrimes; then simultaneously with
the fondling OF the sphere. Casey at
the bowler casts a haunting kind OF
sneer.
The craven athlete in the box then
hurried the BAH with spite bat CASEY
master of himself, gave 1t regard but
slight. 1T lacked fraction" Casey
quoth, "of being the sort favor"
THAT was strike!" the umpire cried,
IN tones OF acid flavor.
DispIeased, the faithful from their
seats In angry waves uncoiled and
Numbered their dull anger like an
ocean when tits rolled. Effect the
umpires quick demise." a hundred
ruffians Kissed; but Casey gently sig
nails them: For mercy's sake. de-
sist"
Exalted generosity In Casey's con-
duct showed--he begged the console;
then nodded, and the foe another slant
unwrapped--but Casey still ignored II
quite ''St-t-trike Tuh!" the umpire
snapped.
"Chicanery." the mob protests.
'Chicaneryi" it 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
Ger the fence.
In Casey we discover now a savage
kind OF mood-his bludgeon taps the
platter with vigor somewhat rude.
The pellets poised an instant. IL
makes streak OF smoke-the at
mosphere Is riven by the vim OF
Casey's stroke!
All, somewhere Is a spot in which
Flyn, fruit OF citrus trees; exc
warm solar beams abound; and some
where instruments OF brass exude
their pleasing sound; and gladstone
paeans lift: but Mudville is depressed
because prodigious Casey-whiffed.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-07-28
Outdoor Performances

many plays impossible to amateurs on
stage are well adapted to amateurs
in a grove. The open-air play L.
cheap, novel and can be made very
beautiful and potent. II represents
almost lost art, which amateurs can
restore to the world.
when we consider out-of-door per-
formances. we're In almost virgin ter
iitory, and territory inevitably almost
exclusively reserved for the amateur.
1t is his field TO work and make bear
a beautiful harvest The open-air
stage is the simplest, in some ways
the most effective, In the world; out
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 q little outdoor play, varying
the usual mopotony of strawberries
and bad music. And almost any lawn,
under the kindly cover OF night, can
become a Forest Of Arden"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-07-28
Oh, Resourceful Police!
Oh, Intallible Judged

sidered his family an encumbrance.
Briere stontly maintained his inno-
cence, and declared that two tramps
entered the house during his absence
and killed the children. lie 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: kill him. Kill him."
A pathetic incident OF the trial &C.
Cured when Briere's surviving daugh-
ter, who, the police declared, only es-
capped the 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. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-07-28

1--WE will never bring disgrace to
this our city by any act or dishonesty
or cowardice, nor ever desert our suf-
fering comrades in the ranks; we VIII
avbt for the ideals and sacred things
of the city, both alone ana Win
many; we will revere and OBEY the
city's laws, and do our best 10 lncite
a like respect and reverence In those
above us who are prone TO annui anu
set them at naught; we VIII strive
INCREASINGLY to quicken the pupiics
sense OF civic duty; that thus, In all
these ways, we will transmit this city
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-07-28
A Twenty-Century- Old Example

not only not less, but greater, bet.
ter. and more beautiful than II was
transmitted TO US"
This is the oath which the young
men OF Athens took upon assuming
the duties Of citizenship. AS the edi-
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. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-07-28

TOURS, France, July 2S.--A rag
picker named Joseph, today confessed
to the assassination on April 81, 1901.
of five children OF farmer named
Briere in the vicinity of Charities. The
father or the children was found gull
ty of the murders and sentenced to
life Imprisonment He died In prison.
The trial of Briere attracted the at
tention OF the whole OF France. Four
of his daughters, aged respectively IA,
IL. 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 a
theory advanced by the police 10 pro-
vide a motive, Briere, who owned a
small farm near Cerancez, wished to
marry woman OF considerable
wealth. Circumstantial evidence led
10 the CONVICTION that The farmer CON.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-07-28

Flynn, a fruit OF citrus trees exc is
sues from Jas. Blake. who is Stilton
cheese. But, bark, a 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 a jubilation being
raised oy full 5000 threats, recoilins
from the lofty hills and surging like
a billow-since now prodigious Casey
stirs TO WELD his trusty willow.
Composure marks the noble mien OF
Casey striding forth, and Casey
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-07-28
From Another Point of View

We presume a
strikers
However real to Mr.
cannons Repub
One
, aeroplaning sensation
ION Star for will be the Marion Star
boards
win doctor
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-07-28

The prospect did not scintillate for
Mudville heroes nine-the final inning
found them meath lead of two SUI
pine. And then when persisted Con
ney, and Barrows breathed his las.'
a pang resembling mal-de-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 Case, proficient WItH-tne
stick. perchance would whack the
giobule in the crucial moments nick
But ere comes Casey. must come
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-07-28
An Enterprising Athletic Girl

ming. riding, golf, tennis. rowing and
the management OF canoe.
Very soon, Miss Benson had more
customers than she could attend to-.
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. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-07-28
HE EXPLAINS.

"wiI you love me alwsys2" muir
INJURED the girl.
certainly, If you wish It," RESPOND.
ed the Young man. But I'll only be
down here two weeks. "-Louisville
Courier-Journal
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-07-28
AN APPEAL.

Say, Or. Cook. IL you will bring your
north pole here,
And set II somewhere in 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. j. HAMPTON.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-07-28
STILL LIFE.

"A moving picture man was out
here trying to take some pictures OF
life on the farm. But he left kinder
discouraged"
Pictures, not SUGGEST"
Not entirely. He couldn't ketch the
hired man in motion. "-Louisville
Courier-J Journal.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-07-28
Wanted His Gate Money.

An aeronaut, leaning over the edge
OF the car rs his balloon was slowly
passing over a football game. overbal.
anced himself, and fell plump among
the players. When he recovered cor
sciousness he found several OF the club
officials bending over him anxiously.
.'Ah," said the treasurer, in a tone
OF relief. "I1l trouble you for your half
dollar now, old fellowi"-San Francis
co Argonaut
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-07-28
IT FLIES AWAY.

"Why do they call a theatrical
hacker an angel? He hasn't got
wings"
"No, but his money has."-Balti-
more American.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-07-28
FUTILE.

ely with me-" pleaded the youth
whats the use?" answered the girl
Dads biplane would catch that old
machine OF yours before we had got q
thousand feet high. philadelphia
Ledger.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-07-28

Attended a basket picnic last week
A basket picnic is picnic in a
basket.
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
unch. BY that time ] had a notion
TO eat, but after looking at the ants
| had to contain myself. Some OF the
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-07-28
UNCLE JOE AND STATESMEN

College professors make poor con-
gressmen, Speaker Cannon says. Any.
one who does his own thinking makes
a poor congressman, according to the
Cannon viewpoint.--Kansas City Star,
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-07-28
AT LAST A RELIEF.

Red-Faced Man Tin theater): Lemme out, please
Austere Party: 1t will discommode me very much.
Red-Faced Man: But want to stay out.
Austere Party Gratefully: All, that IL different
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-07-28
A PEssIMIsTIc NOTE.

First Fly areco
On ,hs
huftcr
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-07-28
3 nayor's Radicals
ID TurB Ont Aug. IS
lnd Show Their Number
onbmlssler Of Municipal Owner
nhlp n thu PaopIs II a Victory
FOR The Times, With Mr..
ersitmsyer's Help.


Fer The Times With Mr.. mole hill appear q mountain.
sreNneyers Help. They have al
ready and waving it frsntcaly.
pan full of flaws a FOurteenhave car
81 any shutdown and
VIC yerua
Some able judges county building decided however
dat the city hall in no danger falling down the
people themselves in favor Of it.
We hear plan provides which is
tn.
further these commissioners not directed in
manner BY their election, which is not true
believe that there danger Of these commissioners
gaining impression they sell and
X peanuts city hall steps -
We they would naturally
upon proceed the lines of the plan
providing election and street railway for operation by
tks people
No time is provided purchase hear again. but
are willing viii inside of IA
ana avoraby plan that respect
obstacle in the OF telling the D. u L.
q ret Of the earth in August 18th the is
adopted.
Hent. cries the franchise crowd suppose refuses to
ssnr
Which proposition is ridiculous
There are courts still in existence
q the which leaves the right to condemn.
worry refusal on the part of the D. o. B. to SELL
streets mistaken and we do the riding on
factory bargain
Despite any attempts boosters make beg the
ue they are not going to fool majority Detroit whom
We believe ownership and control Of transportation
facilities
The question is altogether too simple
II t involved in the least being simply matter Of cheaper ride
and q
they neither the o. Rs shout
e nor its newspaper organs going pull the wool the Of
the voters
The question which the called decide
nutshen, is this:
Do you favor railway lines the hands
Il private corporation to be favor the
shp by people be operated for SERVICES
There are hangers enough to insure wise verdict
whm the jury in
There are enough riding the threecent alone to de-
eide this question the right side
aeht that has waged Times for ii about to
in victory though denying have had the assistance
q good fighters.
We are not unmindfu either that has been given by
our present mayor and the D. U. r. itself
opposition of the has been mighty factor converting
the people Of Detroit
In fact the mayor within IA converting himself
That he is exactly many years behind the times however
rong to come homo deal Of force when the returns
from this special election placed in his hands
The Times content with having city has
It least given people opportunity to their sentiments
But we couldn't fully realize without the opposition
of the mayor.
The radicals as the mayor Them
he win just how many Of them Detroit contains
Remember August Is, radicals
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-07-28

more schools and fewer Dread.
noughts" Is a pretty good motto, by
the way Herald.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-07-28
The New york Way.

The New YORK Way.
I'm at loss where to take my
country cousin tonight"
Hes strict. 7 s'pose?"
"very. And | don't know whether
he'd prefer preaching In a theater or
vaudeville In q church. Washing
Herald.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-07-28
Thursday. July %,
1910
OBSERVATIONS

fashioned
realizing
- the wearer O
udcous
TINES In something Of
= neT JOS ma object
speechmakng through Kansas
boots OF right wrong"
the comfortable
finding
him him
oldfashoned
the unable with
thought. whom the times had slipped
Tobacco chewing used be stylish Cannon still chews Wearing
MY right
wrong by party used be the slogans OF our leading
He realize
OF them fashion he wants chew and
pathetic
presents he tries take part In the affairs OF this living day. and
fashions realty
everybody thought that ito the victor belongs the spos
will when VIII
be spols?
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-07-28
AFFEcTfoNATE STRATEGY.

How aid girl make him stop smokIngf"
he
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-07-28
JUST A LITTLE MOTHER.

She's just little mother in a cabin
far away:
Since ] kissed her in the cleaning tits
forever and day.
In my dreams | hear her calling,
calling Ger the weary sea,
Come we back to Ballyshannon.
Katy, dear, come back 10 me-"
She's standing In the doorway. filling
up the little space.
With the kerchief DER her bosom and
the frills around her face;
She II smiling as Our Lady smiles
above the Holy Child
And my heart runs forth to meet
her Ger the waste of waters
Wild.
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
us in a blanket soft and gray.
DO you know our BalIyshannon In
the red-rose dawn OF day?
Then you've seen the little mother,
fust herself so small and old.
With a look I'm sure would warm you
were you shivering with the
oh. so mirthful and so patient, she,
whose work Is never done.
ON, so 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 / send her.
Yet / carnot longer bide,
I must seek my little mother. l must
nestle at her side.
She's lust a little mother In a cabin
far away.
Since I kissed her In the cleaning Ills
forever and a day.
In my dreams she's calling. calling!
Mother. darling. yes. I'll come.
I'll go back to Ballyshannon. to my
mother and my home"
Margaret r. Sangster In the Wo-
mans Home Companio for August.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 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 find them attempt
ing to befuddle the voters by making
a mole hill appear mountain.
They have. the red shirt out al
ready and are waving it frantically.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-07-28

made Long Island
In double by this mystic sstrnu
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-07-28
GETTING
NEXT
TO NATURE.


the fu
harvesting the
hrsro he
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-07-28

Electrical farmiE
success in Europe. tt
cate that an increase
obtained In the slz Q
so to so per cent in s
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-08-25
.E]!GHT KILLED IN WRECK
MANY OF THE DEAD WERE BURN.
ED SO BADLY THAT iDENTIFI.
CATION is IMPOSSIBLE.

DuRAND, Mich, Aug. 25.-Eight
Killed. three probably fatally and five
seriously injured and three missing
from train for Montreal. The rear
Pullman wah cut and nearly half the
debris burned. Many of the dead were
burned SO Identification was impossi,
BILE.
The crash occurred at eleven O'Clock
last night. A Durand battle crew
wrcckcrs took wrecked trains to
Flint. The wrecked engine remained
on the rails.
DIR. Malley, of Chicago, the only
doctor passenger, had women tear
sheets and blankets and organized the
men into a rescue party. lie himself
attending the injured. S. B. Blake, OF
Chicago, on the wrecked train, had a
premonition of the wreck, and was
relating 1t to passenger when 1t oc.
CURED. Blake was thrown out of the
seat but was not hurt. Going out, he
found tho fireman fearfully scalded
and carried him to a car.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-08-25
LIT TILE GIRL
DIES Of BURNS
BRIGHT LITTLE CHILD sUccUMBs
TO INJURIES RECEIVED
FROM BONFIRE.

After several days Of intense suffer
Ing. little Germania Wautelet, the six
year old daughter Of Vital Wautelet
of 702 Sixth street, Fourth ward
passed away this morning at three
O'Clock at Cook Hospital. On Tues
day OF this week while playing near
bonfire at her home, her clothing
caught fire and before the flames
could be extinguished. she was fatally
burned. She was taken to Cook Hos.
pital where she was tenderly cared for
till the end came.
Germania was an unusually bright
little girl, and while but six years OF
age would have entered the second
grade Of the public schools this fall
She spoke her mother tongue. French,
fuently and the English language
well. Her parents are heart broken
over the distressing affair.
The remains were prepared for
burial by Undertaken Williamson and
this morning were taken to the home
of her parents. On account Of the
the absence from home OF Father
Boutlou, no time has been set for the
services though they will be held at
the Catholic church and interment
will be made in the Holy Cross CEN.
etery.