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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-06-28

NEW YORK COTTON.

Cotton prices. furnished by Hayden
Stone a Co. June q. Opening;
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-06-28

The marriage CT Miss Edna Ma ,
Uiarmid. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Alexander A. MoDiarmid. 10 RaIrn
Wright Day. Of Oklahoma City. Will
be celebrated Thursday. June 80. III
the home Of the brides parents, No.
393 Lincoln-ave.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-06-28

Kennedy tent. No. 904. l.. o. 7. NJ,
gave a musical and dramatic enter
tainment in Diamond temple Saturday
evening. the program numbers being
contributed by tire faculty and pupils
of the Leib School OF Music and Flo
cutioI
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HYMN WAS NOT A HOODOO
Didn't Seem Particularly Appropriate,
But Later Events Justified
Its Use.

The story of the minister who held
a religious meeting in a penitentiary
and aroused the ire Of the inmates
by announcing as a hymn that one
beginning The dying thief rejoiced
to see" is equaled by the tale of a
local preacher whose church got in
debt not long ago. A congregational
meeting was held for the purpose of
extricating it, and the chairman of
the board of deacons, or whatever the
financial body was, got up and stated
the situation, and ended by calling
for a special collection to make up
the deficit.
Il suggest that we sing a hymn"
one of the members of the church
suggested.
This idea was carried out and the
number of the song was announced.
A smile overspread many faces, how
ever, when they reached the line:
When w asunder part it gives us
inward pain"
Nevertheless, the "sundering" pro.
cess was most successful. and wasn't
particularly painful, either.-Louis-
Vile Courier-Journal.
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Henry Gays Sword.

The diplomatic sword worn by
Henry Clay at the signing of the
treaty of Client was presented to Miss
Anna Gratz Clay, the commoner's
great-granddaughter, of this city.
The sword was presented by Henry
Clay TO Gen. Bodley. a famous general
In the wal of 1912, who had always
been his friend. and he in turn willed
1t to his son, Charles Bodley, and thus
1t came into the possession of Mr..
Charles Bodley's daughter, Mrs. Flor
ence Davenport of st. Paul. Mimi.
Mrs. Davenport came to Lexington
for a visit to her uncle, Col. William
Pickett. She brought the sword with
her, intending to present 1t to the
Kentucky Historical society. After
meeting Miss Clay and finding that
she vas Henry Clay's great-grand-
daughter and also a descendant of the
Gratz family. who had always been
great friends of the Bodleys, Mrs. Dav-
export preferred to present the sword
to her. knowing how great a value she
would place on such a gift. The
sword is a graceful short sword, the
kind worn on all diplomatic occasions.
Lexington Correspondence Louis
Vile Courier-Journal.
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Mrs. William n. Taft.

by the White House and the exclusive
leaders OF those cities, a person recog-
nized by the assembly will be eligible
to all the honors and c~ourtesies, no
matter what city he visits, provided
there is a member of the assembly at
such place.
Rank, birth and wealth will be but
relative qualifications for membership.
Rank will be more valuable than birth,
according to the promoters of the
movement. They include birth as a
categorical qualification in wealth to
Justify their coming under these head.
lngs.
Wealth alone will not be considered.
That money, nevertheless, is not an
unnecessary item, is made plain by the
drain OF expenses that membership in
this set will demand.
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WAR ON THE 400"
Mrs Taft Leader in Movement for
a 1000"
Death Of Mrs. Astor Gives Opening for
Enlarging the Smart Set-Rank
viii Be a Valuable
Asset.

Observation-Disclosures the name OF
the Assembly Set" the smart set Of
New York, Philadelphia and Washing
ton will be fused into a body not to ex-
coed a thousand families. In this pro-
cess there will be eliminated the now
historic -Four Hundred"
Mrs. William II. Taft Is behind this
movement, which had its inception
shortly after the death of Mrs. Aston a
year ago, and which is looked upon
favorably by the New Workers in view
of the way that divorce and other
causes have played havoc with the ORR
ginal membership.
There is absolutely no intention to
ignore other cities except geographi-
cally. IN the opinion of those behind
the moy ement, every social leader of
the country maintains a residence in
either Philadelphia. Washington or
New York, and this will be sufficient
qualification for membership.
Membership under the new order of
things will not be limited to a person.,
so far as numerical strength goes, but
to one family. An attempt will be made
whereby an outsider can be made ELI
gible through marriage to one OF the
members, provided the union is of such
character az to make this advisable.
There are as many men interested
In this movement as there are women
men who are renowned throughout
the country for what they do in poll
tics ana other fields-and this prom
ises. according to the sponsors of the
movement, a total elimination of the
snobbish rich.
The first cause that brought about
the consideration of this step Is the
hesitation of a New Yorker, Tor in
stance, to receive a member Of Wash
ingtol's or Boston's or C%incinatti's
smart SET as freely as he would one of
the Four Hundred.
According to the articles of the new
set, which will be informally ratified
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GRO BE ~CoNTINUED.)
His First Taste of Mustard.

Harry, aged three. seeing the mus
tard pot IN the table for the first
time, leased for some of the unknown
contents. His uncle, who was cary.
ing, to keep him quiet placed a liberal
helping On his plate. The little fel.
low took 1t all into his mouth at once.
In the endeavor to swallow 1t and not
cry out, he stood on the rung of his
chair with the tears rolling down his
cheeks. His sister. a year older.
asked: How did you like it, Harry"
He replied: We'll, 1t made my nose
nervous. THE Delineator.
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Why does Great Britain buy its
oatmeal of US?

Certainly it seems like carrying
Goals to Newcastle to speak of export
ing oatmeal to Scotland and yet, every
year the Quaker Oats Company sends
hundreds of thousands of cases of
Quaker Oats to Great Britain and
Europe.
The reason is simple; while the
English and Scotch have for centuries
eaten oatmeal in quantities and with a
regularity that has made them the
most rugged physically, and active
mentally of all people, the American
has been eating oatmeal and trying all
the time to improve the methods Of
manufacture so hat he might get that
desirable foreign trade.
How well he has succeeded would
be seen at a glance at the export re-
ports Of Quaker Oats. This brand Is
recognized as without a rival in clean
Illness and delicious flavor. 81
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7 spring evening, waiting to be ad-

spring evening, waiting to be adj
mitted.
was shown into the south drawing
room to wait for Barbara; | have been
shown into the south drawing room
to wait for her a hundred times, and
| had always before found it a pleas
ant, inviting place; but | got no fur
Their than the threshold this evening:
the change in 1t was amazing. The
p~rodigality of light struck me first,
and then its gala-air; 1t was as II 1t,
too, were receiving congratulations in
its best clothes along with its mis-.
tress. There we're flowers every
where. | am fond Of all flowers but
those taken by another man to the
girl | love. Ankony's flowers oyerran
on the three-cornered piano that had
belonged to Barbara's mother, on the
quaint cabinet with ormolu mounts
and parquetry paneling that had been
her eat-grandmother's on her grand
mothers mahogany table, and on man
telS anu Shelves dDU CdSeS.
Their fragrance met me at the
threshold and stopped me there as If
it had been funeral fragrance. With a
shiver | crossed quickly TO the library.
There was no light there but a dim
freight. The library, evidently, was
not receiving congratulations, and
entered with a sigh Of thankfulness
for something unchanged, when, mock
cry of mockeries, just as | was throw
ing myself down to wait for Barbara
| discovered a great bowl of Soliel
dor roses glowing in the middle of
the table. The Forlorn Hope had of.
fered its tribute of American Beau.
ties and Jacqueminots and Marechal
Neils to Barbara, but it had always
been my privilege to take her the
splendid Soliel dor. | stood for a
minute looking at these upon the
table, then | picked up the big crystal
bowl and carried it across to the
drawing room, whore / set it down
not too gently.
Presently | heard Barbara's step In
the hall. 1t sounded a little languid,
| thought.
81 am here" l laid, from the Ii,
brary.
What are you doing there in the
dark"
II like the dark and the library"
How capricious you are! never
knew you to wait here before"
| made no reply, but | stirred the
fire in the hope that she would not
ring for lights.
II am tired" she said, as she sank
into a chair | drew for her.
PLEASANTLY" | inquired with SYM
pathy.
mo, downrightly. People have been
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-01-27
Childish Inference.

Little Julia was taking her after
noon walk with her mother. Her at
tention was attracted for the first time
to a large church edifce on one of the
street orners.
ooh, mother!" she exclaimed.
whose nice big house is that?"
whose nice big house is that?"
THAT, Julia, is Gods house." ex,
planned the mother.
Some time later it happened thai
the child vas again taken by the
church, this time on Sunday evening
when services were in progress. Julia.
noticing the brilliantly lighted win,
dows, drew her own conclusions.
ooh, look, mother" she called out,
God must be having a party"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-01-27
The RuIinu Passion.

An old Irish woman, in describing a
gone but not forgotten" said: Mike
was the foine nan entoirely and he'd
be living now, if it wasn't for the
drink. He. had asdog and sure that
haste would bring him home from the
saloon whin he was so blind wild
liquor he couldn't see a shtep before
him. And whin he died-'tis the truth
I'm shpaking-his ghost walked at
night, both back and foorth, betune
the saloon and his house-and bedad
twas SO drunk his dog knew him.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-01-27
INSOMNIA
Leads to Madness, If not Remedied in
Time.

Experiments satisfied me, some s
years ago." writes a Topeka woman.
that coffee was the direct cause OF the
Insomnia from which / suffered ter
ribly, as well as the extreme
ness and acute dyspepsia which made
life a most painful thing for me.
Il had been a coffee drinker since
childhood, and did not like to think
that the beverage was doing me all this
harm. But 1t was, and the time came
when I had to face the fact, and pro-
tect myself. l therefore gave up coffee
abruptly and absolutely, and adopted
Postum as my hot drink at meals.
Il began to note improvement in my
condition very soon after l took on
Postum. The change proceeded grad
ually, but surely, and 1t was a matter of
only a few weeks before l found my.
self entirely relieved-the nervousness
passed away. my digestive apparatus
was restored to normal efficiency, and
l began to sleep. restfully and peace
fully.
These happy conditions have con.
tirued during all of the 5 years, and !
am safe In saying that | owe them en-,
tirely TO Postum. for when l began to
drtnk * I ceased 10 suse medtctue y
Read the little book, THE Road to
MellgiNemin p3gs. Theresa re sscG..'
Ever read the above letter. A new
one appears from time TO time. They
are genuine true, and full Of human
interest.
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"a Hate Myself When Think
OF What You Must Think of Me-"
She Flashed.

coming for days TO say nice things to
ne. | suppose | ought to be glad"
"Oh, l don't know. Nice things can
become awfully tiresome."
She nodded YEARLY.
Il promise in the beginning to say
nothing nice whatever" l FASTENED to
assure her,
She smiled a little.
"You rarely do" she observed; but
| think | shall rather like it tonight.
Eve about exhausted all my replies.
You've no idea how quickly you run
out of replies to the sort of amiable
p~latitudes that have been showered
on me lately"
Il dare say. You know I've never
experienced anything like it. People
make phrases, and you make phrases
back at them. Is that it? But you
wouldn't make them for me. | am
sure"
mo, | think | shouldn't consider it
worth while
1T wouldn't be good for you IL |
caught you at it."
That's the real c~leyerness,' she
mused, ito make a catchword sound
pristine in its freshness. A lot of
women | know can do it. never
could. It's art, Or
DO you remember the story of the
fairy godmother VINO put pearls in
stead the words in the mouth oil one
of her godchildren?' | asked. If
these we're still the blessed days of
fairies, ] know a lot OF good folks
who would ask for catchwords. don't
you?"
She laughed softly.
Instead Of brains" she said. They
would be so much easier managed"
Exactly"
We laughed again. For a momen |
think we forgot. We were so &C.
customed to being gay.
You are very amiable tonight" she
remarked after a moment Its &C
nice to find you that way. Yop are
not always Sc. you know. For in
stance"
You mistake" l Interrupted: I'm
uot amiadle az az tonight. ( AN ea.
ceedingly ont of sorts. ] have lost
Ssu9ssd3aGg sal..@q {. ~. xI...aas't 9~sssussSss
things; It makes me crpse."
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-01-27

The story opens with n scene at a box
party. Miss Henrietta Winstanley, sis
ter Of Bishop Winstanley overheard
Banker Ankony propose 10 Barbara Hem
ingray, whose brother Dan was in his
employ. Dan was one of the towns pop
ular young men. He showed some ncrv-
BUSINESS when Attorney Tom Twining told
him Barbara refused Ankony. Ankony
the following day, summOning Twtn'ng,
accused Dan OF looting the bank. Twin
ing refused to prosecute. Barbara per-
shaded Ankony to postpone starting
prosecution.
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CHAPTER ~.

went to see Barbara a few days
later.
II is queer how a changed Amos
pierre seems to affect the material as
weli es gsie immaieriai-even the Hem
rugcS doorseefas. aflsss1sS gaSSSsS
- I stood On item m the dusk Of the
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-01-27
No Violence Necessary,

II submitted some humorous
sketches here the other day." said
Jokeley. They haven't appeared yet
Did you kill them?"
u passed upon them." replied the
editor, but !. didn't kiD them.
moi"
.No--T1ey ssse--Sted naturatiy o,
o6' ge..cathoIic Standard and
Times.
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Do Well the Thing at Hand.

Don't waste life in doubts and
fears; spend yourself on the work be-
fore you. well assured that the right
performance of the hours duties will
be the best preparation for the hours
OF ages that Acknowledgement.
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the floor without
my heart futtering
and | could not even
receive q letter.
Every month / had
such a bearing down
as if the
lower parts would
fall out. Lydia Z.
.Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound has
done my nerves a
great deal of good
and has also relieved
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-01-27
Gods Plans for Mankind.

We were planned on lines of nobili-
ty; We were intended to he something
grand; not mean and stingy, but large
and generous; We We're made to Gods
image that we might be Godlike.-Ex.
change.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-01-27
The Difference.

Stubbornness is fighting to have In a
certain way what you want. Strength
OF purpose is getting In the most con.
venient way that presents-Asels- what
you desire.
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WHERE IT WORKED.

while we were on our honeymoon,
I always spoke French to my husband,
so that no one should understand US"
$50 you went to France, did your"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-01-27
Staging a Trial.

Now, your conduct during the trial
may have considerable effect on the
jury.
"Ah, quite So" responded the ultra
swell defendant. And should | ap-
pear interested, or just mildly bored?"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-01-27
Deadly Sleeping Sickness.

Two-thirds of the native population
OF Uganda has been wiped out by the
sleeping sickness ia seven years.
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A Change at Least.

A change of tenors had been made
in the church choir. Eight-year-old
Jessie, returning from the morning
service, was anxious to tell the news.
"Oh, mother" she exclaimed, I'VE have
a new terror in the choir."-Wom-
ans Home Companion.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-01-27

the bearing down. l recommended it
to some friends and two of them have
been greatly benefited by it."-Mrs.
MAE MCKNIGHT, OronOgo, Mo.
Another Grateful Woman.
st. Louis, Mo. was bothered
terribly with a female weakness and
had backache, bearing down pains and
pains in lower parts. i began taking
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound regularly and used the Sanative
Wash and now I have no more troubles
that way."-Mrs. AL. HERzoG, 5722
Prescott Ave, ST.. Louis, Nc.
Because your case is a difficult one,
doctors having done you no good,
do not continue to suffer without
giving Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound a trial. 1t surely has cured
many cases of female ills, such as in
tlammation, liberation, displacements,
fibroid tumors, irregularities, periodic
pains, backache, that bearing-down
feeling, indigestion, dizziness, and ner-
vous prostration. 1t costs but a trifle
to try it, and the result is worth mil
lions to many suffering women.
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Trscktess ygo..ey a Success.

A trackless trolley IN tho xiree,s Of
.S.Sa sssS,sAAsSs'sxs1s,saY long
operates with success.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-01-27

One fisherman ought to believe th4
stories of another, but he seldom does.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-01-27
MORE
P[NKHAM
CURES
Added to the Long List due
to This Famous Remedy.

Oronogo, MOI was simply a ner-
Yous wreck. l could not walk across
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Whes
Golit
Duru
Barlt
Flax
Corn
Oats
BUTT
Eggs
Creai
Hogs
CATH
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-03-30
SEEDS FROM WILLIAM ALDEN
Postmaster Warren Gets EN-, Just
Like Other Voters.

Postmaster Homer Warren felt just
like plain. everyday citizen, Tues
day morning, when his official mall
was dumped on his desk to be opened.
Right on top Of the heap lay bulky
envelope with the frank OF Senator
William Alden Smith in the corner,
and the inscription showed that the
contents were sample seeds from the
department of agriculture.
BE it known that the free seed dis
tribution is The bulwark OF national
politics. II is the resource Of the Of
fice-holder in Washington who wants
his constituents to know that he has
not forgotten them. Otherwise IL
would have been abolished long ago.
BY sending the postmaster packet
OF flower seeds. Senator Smith recog-
nized Homer Warren as one OF the
plain voters and amenable TO the
delicate compliment of floral recognl-
ton. Also. II inferred a taste for the
beautiful on the part OF the postmas-
ter.
II am going 10 take these right
home and give them to Mrs. Warren
TO plant" said Homer, and he smiled
with a cheerful grin as If he believed
the eloquent senator had really sat
down and written that address with
his own beautifully manicured hands
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-03-30
.sW{ARS BUCKLEY
ASKED $4,000 BR|BE
President Kingsley Says Lobbyist
Promised To Prevent Bill Being
Made Party Measure

NEW YORK, March 29.--Darwin p
Kingsley, who succeeded the late John
A. Mccall, as president OF the New
York Like Insurance Co, on the witsnes
stand today at the fire insurance IN
quiry by State superintendent Hotch
kiss swore positively that William II
Buckley solicited bribe OF $4,000 fol
six senators whereby he promised 10
prevent the Armstrong bill being made
a Republican party measure, This bill
later passed compelled the insurance
companies to make public their lists
OF policyholders.
Kingsley was called TO the stand al
the opening OF the inquiry while Buck
ley sat facing him. Kingsley said rs
was vice president of the company III
1906 and went to Albany 10 urge the
passage OF an amendment to the pro
posed Armstrong law which wouid
prohibit the policyholders list being
made public. He succeeded in GETTING
the senate 10 amend the bill so the lisI
could be kept secret.
President Kingsley said Buckley
later accosted him and said the Repub
leans would hold caucus, reconsider
action on the amendment and pass the
Armstrong bill in its original form
Witness testified that Buckley said ne
could secure" six senators for $1,000
and protect Kingsley's interests
Kingsley said he refused to pay the
amount and the change was made
thereby forcing the insurance com
pany 10 exhibit It's list of policy hold
ers 10 the world, causing heavy loss