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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-03-03

We have received copy of the
Seventh Annual Report of the
South Dakota State Horticulture
al society from the secretary
N. E. Hansen. The book is a
splendid thing for anyone at all
interested in fruit growing IN
South Dakota, as the experience
and reports from practical fruit
growers and farmers who are
endeavoring to make successful
the growing of fruit in South
Dakota is an invaluable aid tooth
ers who are working in the SAME
direction.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-03-03
A GOOD PROVIDER.

Clement J. Driscoll, New York's STIR
ding commissioner OF weights and
measures, advocates the sale of bread
by weight, and discussing a bakers
objection to this idea, he said with =
smile:
I'm Europe the government regulates
the weight of bread, and in some cases
even the price This baker. pretending
that 1t is better for the people not to
have such regulations, reminds me WV
Idly of the poor %provider.
"A washerwoman-so the provider
story goes-got married and n OF
her clients said to her a month or so
after the ceremony:
"'Do you get on we'll with your huS-
band, Mary
"'Oh, yes, ma'am,' was tho reply.
lis he a good provider?
"Indeed he IL a good provider,
ma'am. He got me four new places to
wash last week.'"-New York Tribune.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-03-03

you say you would 60 through hro
and water for me?"
Yes, darling"
Would you turn from all your peo-
pie for my sake?"
Yes, sweetheart, If you demanded 1t,
l would deny them all for you"
Would you renounce all your friends
II l wished it,"
My love. l would turn my back on
each and all of them for you"
Would you give up smoking for
me?"
"Willingly-gladly, dearest"
Would you let me have three cum
ming doggies, with real lace handker-
CHIEFS in their ute little pockets, to
act as my bridesmaids?'
NO. By heaven, | may be crazy.
but there Is a limit to my madness"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-03-03
SCHOOL REPORTS.
Roll Of Honor PnPils-Neither Tardy
Nor Absent.

NVl AUSCuts
The following pupils were neither
absent nor tardy from school in the
districts named and during the month
stated:
Lura, district No. l, for month end
ing Feb. II: Elma Grigg, Viola
Glandel, Roy Glandel, Barney Burg
lund, Ray Burglund.
Ellie Oldfeld, teacher.
Troy. district No. 4, for month end
ing Feb. II: Earl Miller, Willie Hau.
gen, Ethel Misiner.
Minnie Anderson, teacher.
Alban. district No. 4. for month
ending Feb. 10: Mary Hacke, Min
ME Kittenbeil, Alfred kittenbeil,
Walter WOitte. Robert Woitte.
Mary Hurley, teacher.
Mazeppa, district No. 5, for month
ending Feb. 10: Hattie Wartenbee.
Ernest W~artenbee. Herbert Warten-
bee, Lilah Purintun, Nellie Haning,
Leslie Haning.
Margaret Allison, teacher.
Alban, district No. /, for month
ending Feb. 10: Alfred Brandt, Hill
ma Guinther, Fred Rudolph, Otto
Frinaldt, Emma Rudolph, Burt Gum.
ther, Ernest Frinaldt. Ella Rudolph,
Frank Brandt, Johnnie Hammond.
Mary +. Carroll, teacher.
Madison, district No. 6. for month
ending Feb. 10: Fritiof Anderson.
Elmer Will, teacher.
Marvin. district No. ?, for month
ending Feb. Il: Walter Anderson,
Teddie Williams, Jesse Dobson, Lola
Baker, Martin Anderson. Cliff Loom
is, Eliza Haug. ElnOra Anderson, Lee
LOOMS, Emily Baker, David Ander.
son.
MAJ Sullivan, teacher.
Pennington, district No. 2, for
month ending Feb. II: Claire Over
ton, Arlie Price, George Price, Stella
Price, Vernon Price.
Lois K. Banfll, teacher.
Mazeppa, district No. 4, for month
Guiding Feb. II: Adolph AdOlphsen,
August Ad%Olphsen, Lille Adolphsen.
Mathilda AdOlphsen, Otto Adolphsen,
Ella David. Hertha David, Otto
David. Ernest Heuer, Frederick,
Heuer, Matilda Heuer, Otto Heuer.
Etnel heatley, teacn =.
LaBolt, district No. l, Georgia, for
month ending Feb. II: Fred Schmidt,
Elna Englund.
Aldena Carlson, teacher.
Vernon, district No. l, for month
ending Feb. Ii: John Earl, George
Stevens. Otto johnson, Panl Johnson
Henry Jurgens. Lois Waiting, Edith
Shook, Lizzie Jurgens, Nadene
Twaites, Mason whiting.
Nellie Earl, teacher.
Aiban, district No. 3, for month
ending Feb. 10: George German,
Louis German, Raymond LoescnAe,
Eugene German.
Those receiving certificates of
award: George German, Louis Ger
main, Raymond LoeschKe.
ketta E. Yonker, teacher.
Troy, district No. 2, for month end.
ing Feb. 3: David Lundburg, Helmer
Lundburg, Julia Lundburg, Willie
Lundburg.
Mable Gadbois, teacher.
Stockholm, district No. l, for
month ending Feb. 10: Arthur Carl
son.
Margaret Purcell, teacher,
Adams, district No. l, for month
ending Feb. 3: Lawrence Dauman,
Dauman, Josephine Lehse.
John Lehse, Bessie Lehse.
Alta V~olkenant, teacher.
Pennington. district No. 3, for
month ending Feb. 3: E!va Fransen.
Kena Jones, teacher.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-03-03
confucius a Real Sport.

The Encyclopedia Britannica, vol
ume vi, page 261. says regarding the
great sage of China: "They have told
US how he never shot at a bird perch
ing nor ished with q net, the crea-
lures not having in such a case q fair
chance for their lives"
For such . sentiment Confucius and
Ixaak Walton should walk down fu-
ture ages arm In arm together.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-03-03
Idle Curiosity.

Idle Curiosity.
There Is a man at one OF the local
hotels from Oshkosh"
Lets 60 down and take Q look at
HIM"
What fOr?"
II merely want to see II he looks
anything like his prototype In musical
comedy"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-03-03
To 40 with EN-.

Have you got all the nuts and
cakes and candles for Willie's birth
day."
II think So"
Then let's go home"
There is something else I ought to
get him that l would like to ask your
advice about?"
"Well?"
(Which do you think he would IKE
best. castoria or castor oil
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-03-03
INDICATED.

indicated.
Barnum's intimate friends were
Gliding him for having incautiously
given utterance to the opinion that
the people like to be h~umbugged.
"~Shucks!" he exclaimed. 1T won't
make any difference in the success OF
my show"
It didn't.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-03-03
Stung.

Il guess she is sorry that she sued
him for breach Of promise"
Why did she ose?"
mo, not yet, but when she testified
that he always kissed her goodnight
he explained that it was because she
reminded him SO forcibly of his
mother"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-03-03
Costly knowledue,

Yesterday my husband threw into
the furnace a fine new p~ocketbook
he'd had only a week"
What did he do hat for?"
He had just learned that there
were more than a billion microbes On
an old two-dollar bill be had been
carrying in It,"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-03-03
Helped Some.

Helped some
Yes. I remember her perfectly. Tho
year | left here she married the homo
hest man in the county
That's so. so she did. He Is not near
SO homely now, however
Made him %patronize a beauty doc
tor, did she?"
mo, but he got kicked in h face BY
a mule shortly after they were mar
ried
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-03-03
VERY IN PURE.

The Advertising Manager suppose
you want this "ad." to 60 In e Ia
pure reading matter?
The Advertiser-No; put 1t next TO
sOhe scandal or divorce story.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-03-03
Very STRANGE,

I've observed n strange thing"
says the Philosopher of Folly. land
that is that the coming man is always
one who kas got there
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-03-03

Don't Advertise in Uruguay.
Hardly a single American advertise
ment can be found In all the newspa-
pers, journals and other advertising
mediums in Uruguay.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-03-03
Her Only Fault.

Her virtues made a lengthy list
I speak Of Mrs. Tuggle-
But somehow she could not resist
A wild desire to smuggle.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-03-03
Considerably Cramped.

Considerably Cramped.
Goodness me-! Look at those peo-
pie coming out OF a door backward"
"Where?"
Across the hall"
"Oh, that's Biffkins and his wife
going to the theater. Their fat isn't
large enough to turn around in"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-03-03
Reason For II.

Reason For II.
Il like wide-awake men In the Of
fee and Jaggsby seems so stupid
"Oh, Jaggsby is the most wide
awake man | know
Il never thought he was enter
prising."
He isn't. That Is not what makes
him wide awake. He's got insomnia"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-03-03
A Sad Case,

do you remember Rigglesf"
Yes"
"He was quite a popular boy at
school, .
$50 he was" +
I'm darned if I yer thought he'd
grow up to be a vegetarian"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-03-03
RuIino 9asaion.

Ruling Passion.
Motoring DoctOr-Well, Mr.. Ntbbs,
what are the symptoms?
Mr.. Nibbs-Lassftude. doctOr-A
sense Of fullness and a general disin-
clination to do anything.
Motoring Doctor-Oh, you have been
exceeding the speed limit.-M. A. P.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-03-03

Ella-There is an Arabian saying
that words are women; deeds are
men"
Stella-Then my motto IL mot
words, but deeds"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-03-03

IL LANDS.
Notice is hereby given that on March 9Th,
1911, all OF the unleaeed common school and en-.
dOwment lande in Grant county. will be onered
for lease at public auction between the hours OF
10 O'Clock .. m. and 5o'clock p: m. At the frons
door Of the court houee in said county.
Dated at Pierre, January .3rd, 1911.
r. +. BRINkER.
Commissioner of School and Public Lands.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-03-03

SENATOR LORIMER of Illinois
has been awarded his seat in the
senate. He represents the state
of Illinois, and Judging from re-
cent tidings from that state, it's a
question if he is any better or
any worse than his constituency.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-03-03

A Worm Turns.
II love to meet a vicious dog,
And smash his ugly head;
I've learned just how to do II now!'
The letter carrier said.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-07-06
SEEING A PURPLE cow.
Perfectly Natural Under Certain Con.
ditions. Says an Artist,

PERFECTLY Natural Under Certain Con.
ditions. Says an Artist.
II. Anthony Dyer, painter of water
colors, was explaining the matter to
some possible buyers of his wares.
Suppose while you are in the cortl-
try in summer" said he, you chance
upon a Holstein cow grazing on hill
side. Holsteins, Of course you know,
are black and white. The pasture is
green. OF at one side is a gray un-
painted barn. Do you stagger with
surprise when you notice that that COW
is purple? Not bit Of it. If it were
not purple you might reasonably con-
suit an oculist. That would be a sign
that your eyes needed attention.
but you may never have tried to
figure out why the COW is purple. Here
is the answer: The complementary
color Of the green pasture Is red. The
sight Of green always suggests red, al
though we don't realize it. Flooding
the scene is the yellow sunshine. The
yellow, the red and the green combine
to tint the grazing neutral colored
COW purple, and purple it undeniably
is, as you must admit when next you
encounter one under such circum-
stances. Nevermore, therefore. may
you sing with Gelett Burgess:
never saw purple COW.
I never hope to see one.
New York Press.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-07-06
GRAND CANYON,
An Ideal Place In Which to Realize the
lnsignificance of Man.

An Ideal Place In Which to Realize the
lnsignificance of Man.
There is one place in this country
where man can step back not by
hundreds but by thousands Of years,
back to the time when the continent
was in the making This place is the
Grand Canyon of Arizona. There the
visitor sees panorama in a million
colors as the mists gather about the
rugged peaks and the sunlight glistens
on the metallic deposits Of the cliffs
A whole chaotic world discloses itself.
Rock forms of uncanny beauty stand
out on those unrivaled cliffs, and far
down runs the river channel.
Stand on some ledge and realize the
1nslgnlfcance Of man when compared
with the handicraft Of nature, watch
party Of travellers threading their
way down some winding trail that
clings to the great wall and see them
grow smaller and smaller until they
become mere specks in the great rift,
then some idea is gained of this Won
derful place. Yet the canyon is so
symmetrical and so unlike anything
else that it is with difficulty that one
can acquire any notion Of its immen-
sity. Niagara poured in would hardly
have the dignity of mountain stream.
New York Sun.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-07-06
NODDED HIS DEATH TOLL.
Legend Of "the Poor Sinners Bell"
That Was Cast In BresIau.


That Was Cast In BresIau.
The poor sinners bell is a bell In
the city Of Breslau, in the province Of
Slles1a, Prussia. and hangs In the
tower Of one Of the city churches. It
was cast July II. 1886. according to
historic records. It Is said that a
great bell founder Of the place had
undertaken to make the finest church
bell be had ever made.
When the metal was melted the
founder withdrew for few moments,
leaving boy to watch the furnace
and enjoining him not to NEEDLE with
the catch that held the molten metal.
but the boy disobeyed the caution. and
when he saw the metal flowing into
the mold he called the founder.
The latter rushed in and. seeing, as
he thought, his work Of weeks undone
and his masterpiece ruined, struck the
boy a blow that caused his immediate
death. When the metal cooled and
the mold was opened the bell was
found to be not only perfect, but of
marvellous sweetness of tone.
The founder gave himself up to the
authorities. was tried and condemned
to death. On the day of his execution
the bell was rung to call people to at
tend church and offer a prayer for the
unhappy mans soul. and from that it
obtained the name Of 1.-THE poor sim
ner'S bell"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-07-06
Humors of "Hamlet.n

William Davidge related in his
"Footlight Flashes that during his
strolling days in England, when COM
panies were small, he had on the same
evening done duty for Polon1us, the
ghost; Ostric and the first gravedigger,
and Edwin Booth remembered Thomas
Ward dying In sight Of the audience
as the player king and being drag
ged from the mimic stage by the heels
to enter Immediately at another wing
as Polonius, crying Lights, lights.
Hghts!" Hamlet in a one night town,
swearing he loved Ophelia better than
forty thousand brothers, has watch
ed her through an open grave packing
her trunk in the place beneath, while
the ghost, her husband. waited to strap
It up. There are more things in Ham
let's existence behind the scenes than
are dreamed Of in the philosophy of
all his commentators and all his crit.
ics.-From the Green Book.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-07-06
The BuQ Bible.

The bug Bible was printed in 1919
by the authority Of Edward VI. and
its curiosity lies in the rendering of
the fifth verse OF the Ninety-frst
Psalm, which, as we know. runs,
''Thou shalt not be afraid for the ter
ror by night nor for the arrow which
fieth by day." but in the above YER
sion it ran. $50 thou shalt not nede to
be afraid Of any bugges by night"
Ludicrous as this sounds. it is not
etymologically without justification.
bug" is derived from the Welsh word
''bwg," which meant a hobgoblin or
terrifying specter. Specification trace
able In the word commonly in use to-
day-"bugbear''-and Shakespeare once
or twice uses the word in this primary
sense, notably when he makes Hamlet
say, "such bugs and COLLINS in my
life"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-07-06
Daffodil Superstitions.

Daffodils are not only poisonous and
nbelous, but most unlucky flowers, es-
pecially when single specimens are
encountered. Herrick. who must Of
ten have gone through the experience
without much harm happening. de-
clares that
When a daffodil see
Hanging down her head to me.
Guess may what must be.
First, shall decline my head;
Secondly, shall be dead:
Lastly. safely buried.
In Herrick's own Devon to this day If
you place a single daffodil on the ia
BILE Of farmhouse the farmer will
jump up and exclaim, Nov we shall
have no young ducks this year." The
evil spell can be broken by increasing
the single flower to a bunch.-St
James Gazette.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-07-06
A CURIOUS DREAM.
Warning That Came to Granddauah-
ter of Sir Walter Scott,

Warning That Came to Granddauah.
ter Of Sir Walter Scott.
An instance in which dream was
useful in preventing an impending ca
tastrophe is recorded Of daughter of
Mrs. Rutherford at Ederton, the grand
daughter Of Sir Walter Scott. This
lady dreamed more than once that her
mother had been murdered by black
servant. She was so much upset by
this that she returned home, and, to
her great establishment and not a lit
tie to her dismay, she met on entering
the house the very black servant she
had met in her dream. He had been
engaged in her absence. She prevail.
ed upon a gentleman to watch in an
adjoining room during the following
night.
About 8 o'clock in the morning the
gentleman heard footsteps on the
stairs, came out and met the servant
carrying some Goals. Being question
ed as to where he was going, he
answered confusedly that he was 20
ing to mend the mistress fire, which
at o'clock in the morning in the mid
die of summer was evidently impossi-
BILE. On further investigation a strong
knife was found hidden in the Goals.
The lady escaped, but the man was
subsequently hanged for murder, and
before his execution he confessed that
he intended to assassinate Mrs. Ruth
erford.-London Standard.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-07-06
Corn and Wa+er

TO those engaged in the handling of
grain the natural shrinkage Of shelled
corn while in storage and in transit is
a matter Of prime Importance and
often source of dispute because of
shortage reported at time of receipt
at warehouse and a further loss at
date of final sale. In order to deter
mine the amount of shrinkage or loss
of weight occurring in corn the de-
partment Of agriculture has conducted
an experiment with 500 bushels Of
shelled corn. At the time of storage
the moisture content was 1873 per
cent and at close of the test 14.7 per
cent, or a loss Of Al per cent. The
weight per bushel had decreased from
54.7 pounds to so pounds, and the to-
tai loss Of weight was 1910 pounds. or
slightly more than Z per cent.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-07-06
GOLF IN THE SOUTH.
Tho Gane Was Played In Charleston
az Early a. 1888.

Tho Ganne Was Played In Charleston
AZ Early AZ 1888.
Golf was played in Charleston as
far back as 17S8 In the City Gazette
or Daily Advertiser OF Sept. q, 1901.
appears the following notice: :.~.-
Anniversary Of the South Carolina
Golf club will be held at Williams
coffee house on Thursday, Goth inst,
when members are requested to at
tend at 2 o'clock precisely, that the
business of the club may be transact
ed before dinner"
For several years following may be
found calls for the anniversary meet
ngs to be held at 1.-THE clubhouse on
Harleston's green,'' a tract Of land
south of Boundary (now Calhoun)
street, between the present Coming
and Rutledge streets.
The fact that it was the anniversary
meeting in 1871 would show that the
club had been organized before that
date. but unfortunately the file of
newspapers in the Charleston library
is not complete for some years Just
prior, and one finds no earlier notices
Of meetings or mention of the club.
But in the same journal of Sept. IS,
1888, there is an advertisement Of an
auction sale Of farm on Charleston
Neck. between three and four miles
from the city, adjoining Cochran's
shtpyard, bounding in part on Ship
yard creek, which, after describing the
different items of property included in
the sale, states that there is lately
erected that pleasing and genteel
amusement, the golf baan." This GER
tainly indicates that golf was one of
the local amusements Of that day.
The word "baan" English-Dutch
dictionary means path, walk. way,
etc.. and golf, according to the Ency.
clopaedia Britannica, is derived from
the Dutch ''kolf," club, and the
game is doubtless Of Dutch origin and
introduced into Scotland about 1867
Charleston News and Courier.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-07-06
RIGHT ON THE JOB.
He Didn't Believe In Letting tho Place
Seek tho Man.

He Didn't Believe In Letting tho Place
Seek tho Man.
A little story Of success starting with
the use Of want ads. is contained in
Business and the Bookkeeper. A Min
neapOlis manufacturer explains his uk.
ing for men who. even if they lack GER
tain important qualities. have 'tinitia.
tive and originality"
The manufacturer, who at the time of
which he spoke was just out of college,
in Chicago and out Of work. answered
an advertisement offering a position.
addressing, as instructed, 'T24" He
inclosed his reply in large red en-
Velope that could be seen and recog.
nized at distance. He was in the
newspaper Office early the following
morning. In one Of the boxes in which
replies to advertisements were kept be
saw his red envelope. he waited three
hours until the letter in that box was
given to man calling for them. He
followed the man to a west side fac
tory. As the messenger laid the bunch
Of letters on the managers desk the
job hunter was standing by it.
Pm ready to go to work." be said
The managers reply was not ''elegant,"
but in addition to being explanatory
it was interrogatory. How did he
manage to present himself on the
scene? The young man in need Of the
Job pointed to his red envelope. The
manager looked at it and looked at
him. Then he turned to the messen-
ger. Find out who this young fellow
is and put him to work." he said.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-07-06
Discretion tho Better Part.

Mr.. Callahan had received a long
tongue flashing from Mr.. Hennessey,
and his friends were urging on him
the wisdom Of vindicating his honor
with his fists.
''But he's more than me equal" said
Mr.. Callahan obviously, land look at
tn size Of M
"Sure an you don't want folks to
be sayn'. Terry Callahan is a cow
ard?'" demanded reproachful friend.
"Wel. l dunno" and Mr.. Callahan
gazed mournfuly about him. I'D
rather that to ave 'em say1n' day
after Tomorrow, How natural Terry
looks! "-Metropolitan Magazine.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-07-06
Servants In China.

In China you can have a dozen serv-
ants for total of less than 500 a
month. And they won't steal any
thing. they will do their work well,
and they will stay after they have
learned In the Celestial empire there
IS no servant problem to vex the
housewives soul, but there are enough
other problems to make up for it.
Good water is one; sanitary arrange.
ments are about forty-one.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-07-06
How a Hindu Uses Clocks

The Hindu places a clock in his
shoWrooms not because he ever desires
to know what the hour is, but because
a clock is foreign curiosity. Instead.
therefore. Of contenttng himself with
one good clock he will perhaps have a
dozen IN one room They are signs OF
his wealth, but they do not add to his
comfort, for he is so Indifferent to time
that he measures it by the number OF
bamboo lengths the sun has Travelled
above the horizon.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-07-06
Sir Roger de CoverIev.

Sir Roger de Coverley was the name
OF a member Of the imaginary club
of twelve under whose direction Addi-
sons Spectator was professedly pub
Gshed He was an old school. bluff,
good hearted English gentleman. The
dance named after him is an English
dance corresponding somewhat to the
Virginia reel.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-07-06
Her One Idea,

His wife is woman Of one idea"
'"That SOP?
Eyes; whenever he starts to do any.
thing she has the idea that he's done
it wrong."-Detroit Free Press.