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The Detroit times., 1911-01-30

cast were Harry Hills. Frank DeMont.
John Keit and Ida Emmerson.
During the olio Lew Palmer appear
ed I'm clever juggling stunt; Tom
barrett and May Belle presented their
familiar travesty only Volunteer ,.
Charles Robinson worked on some OF
his funny saylngF; liza Immersion and
Harry Fills made hii with their mix
tire OF comedy and songs, and John
Keit and FIrnk DeNo,-t gave some
clever acrOb1tic work.
The closing Hkit was eLti,led Cohen
in Chinatown" written b. Robinson, I'm
which the author takes the part OF a
Hebrew.
The Detroit times., 1911-01-30
AVENUE.

That irrepressible burlesque come
dian. Pat White, with his Gayety Girls,
Is the welcome attraction In the Ave-
nue. theater this week Mr.. White.
who has been amusing burlesque pa
irons these many years. does not seem
to grow stale with age. He was CIV
en- a warm welcome in the Woodward
ave. playhouse. Sunday.
The Gayety girls have an excellent
entertainment The performance
opens with a burlesque called. Casey
IL Society" The skit gives White am
pie opportunity for the display or his
The Detroit times., 1911-01-30
EAST SIDE-CITY.
BEAUBIEN STREET.


Roll No 26l4. Lot Sub. OF O. l..
III, l.. Beaubien farm. ON the west
side OF Beaubien street, between Me-
chanic street and Gratiot avenue.
BRUSH STREET.
lot rs. except w. 20 II. OF $. #
Houghton's section OF the Brush farm.
on the east side OF Brush street, be-
tween Beacon street and Madison ave-
nue..
CAMERON AVENUE.
Roll No. 2s16 Lot 121-Wagner and
Brandcnburg's sub. OF the r.. 10 acres
OF the w. 35 acres OF 4 sec q; 10000
acre tract. On the east side of Cam
eron avenue. between Rosedale court
and Woodland avenue.
Lot 12l--Wagner and Brandenburg' 9
sub. OF the =. IS acres aSo res OF the ,o w go 80
the east side OF Cameron avenue, be-
tween Woodland avenue and CITY
Limits north.
CHASE STREET.
Roll No. 2617. Lot i4-Plat OF 20 lots
in sec AZ, GGoin farm. On the south
side OF Chase street. between Russell
and Riopolle streets.
FAIRvIEw AVENUE.
Roll No. 261s Lots 80. lO6. Ito, III
s ssS Crosse Pointe. on the west side
OF Fairview avenue, between kerchevai
and Mack avenues
Roll No. 2s19. Lots 4. 5. 4. :, >, ~
Of Of p anG Of c. SSt. Grosse Pointe. on
the west side OF Fairview avenue. be-
tween Kercheval and Mack avenues.
FRANKLIN STREET.
Roll No 262O. r % n. of w. 212 r.
of n 1924 ft.--McDougall farm, u. G. =
q and asa, between Franklin and Wood
bridge streets. On the north SIDE OF
FRANKLIN street. between McDougall
and Joseph /Campau avenues.
GOODWIN AVENUE.
Roll No. 2621. Lots 6S, 81 and S.
Mott and Morse's sub. Of lots %, 20. 81
and ~. Y sec. 3S. 10000 acre tract On
the west side Of Goodwin avenue. be-
The Detroit times., 1911-01-30
Are You Well informed?

Who was Gessler?
What did Judith do to Holofernss,
What Is Czech?
Give another name for aqua FORTS.
Is there any distinction between
and germs. bacilli and bac-
terra?
The Detroit times., 1911-01-30

The British army has at last an Off
Ter who can hold his own with the
tIrdmen cf the French and German
armies and All Britain is happy again
Over In Europe they believe that much
n the success IN future warfare will
Gepend upon the army afr corps, and
bow that Capt Fulton has shown his
nifty 20 ny II r. expected that Great
Itain viii encourage aerial attempts
l. >he part Of her soldiers.
The Detroit times., 1911-01-30
In Adams Co., Ohio.

What's tn excitement down to tn
livery stable, Sets?"
They're buyin' votes. Amos"
Who's buyin' of 'em?"
Jed Fridemush."
by gum, reckon I'd better hurry
down there"
But ] thought Ben Bearsgrease al.
lus gets your vote, Amos"
Nope, Seth. He allus gifts II after
I've sold IL TO tn other feller.'
The Detroit times., 1911-01-30
ONE DOOR FROM
WOODWARD
SIDEWALK ASSESSMENT NOTICE.
OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF
ASSESSORS.
Detroit. january %. 1911.

Detroit. january rs, ISll.
To All Whom IL May Concern:
Take notice that sidewalk assess
ment rolls Nos. 2614 TO 2643. both In
elusive, for defraying the cost, and
expense OF constructing cement side
walks as hereinafter described have
been prepared, and are now open for
inspection. revision or correction In this
office. and will be presented TO the
Common Council at n session thereof.
to he held on Tuesday the 18th day OF
February, 1911. at Z p. m. city time
for confirmation.
The lot or lots described In each roll
have been assessed for the cost and
expense of constructing the walk In
front OF or adjoining the parcels named
in such roll
The Detroit times., 1911-01-30
LAFAYETTE

Gov. Osborn ought To take satisfac-
ton out OF the play, I'm Death Val
lev" offered In the Lafayette this
week. for three Danites are over
whelmed In the final victory OF the
virtuous I'm the last act. These par
ticular Danites bore the names or
BILL Amos and Ezra, names which
do not appear among the opponents
OF the governor In the senate. They
are members or band sworn TO wipe
out the foes of the Mormons In Utah,
and they are urged on by Noah Clay
pool, Mormon elder. and IKE, MS
cadaverous son, and aided by Pete's
half-breed Indian. To this aggregation
Is opposed Jim" Barton, owner or
2 gold mine I'm California, to which
he Is going In company with Dan
Hamilton, a miner, and the latter's
wife and daughters and some attaches
including a Negro and Irish comedy
team and a full-blooded Sioux Indian.
The scenes OF the play are In Western
Utah and Death Valley. California, In
1880. and are narrowing In the ex-
IRENE.
The elder Claypool has promised
Bess Hamilton, the elder Of the two
girls. to his hopeful son as prize
for the routing out of the Gentiles.
In the first act there is battle In
which the mother OF the girls Is cap
tured. In the second act. she Is res
cued but "Jim," the hero, Is apparent
ly killed, and the two girls are TAX
en- into captivity. Bess Is dragged
away by the cadaverous Ike and
Flossie, the younger, is just about TO
be thrown from a 1,000-foot precipice
when she Is rescued by the Sioux.
who climbs the face Of the cliff and
grabs her Claypool il shot, and the
curtain goes down with revolver
battle between "Jim's" brother and
Mrs. Hamilton one one side and some
unseen Danites on the other. II was
necessary, Sunday, to raise the cur
tain several time and continue this
fusilade to satisfy the yells Of the
gallery, which subsidized only when the
ammunition was exhausted.
The third and fourth acts are In
Death Valley, the horrors OF which
are dramatically pictured. The scenes
include battle between Jim" Bar
ton and live rattlesnake, which is
cleverly staged. The scenery Is all
well-arranged, considering the limita-
lions of a stage. and the various
scenes give thrills and creeps enough
10 last till the. next production. This
will be "Bunco In Arizona" the story
Of O street waif.
The Detroit times., 1911-01-30

the country. Next Sunday evening.
MIR. Newman will close his series OF
i've trayelogues with a trip 10 India.
The Detroit times., 1911-01-30
GAYETY.

Charles Robinson. whose antics On
the burlesque stage have delighted
thousands Of Detroiters for several
years, assisted by several men and
women whose faces are also familiar
to hurlesque devotees, entertained a
crowded house In the Gayety theater
Sunday afternoon. "Robinson's Cru
soc Girls have been regular visitors
TO Detroit. and with each visit they
seem to grow better. The chorus is
sprightly. stunningly gowred and full
III pep" every minute.
The company appeared In two bur.
lesaues. which we're divided by an olio
Of unusual merit. The first part, en-
titled, Lost Million Dollars" gave
Robinson every opportunity to shine
as a comedian, and he lost no bets
when it came to making laughs.
Prominent in both sketches were
Tom Barrett and May Belle, who have
been well-kncwn I'm burlesque circles
for several years. They have lost none
of their popularity, and were greeted
warmly. Others prominent In the
The Detroit times., 1911-01-30
FRANKLIN STREET.

Roll No 1921. Lots 6S, 81 and S.
Mott and Morse's sub. Of lots rs, 26. 81
and a. "A sec. IS, 10000 acre tract. On
the west side of Goodwin avenue. be-
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-05-18
PIG ENJOYS ITS RIDE

charge proceeded to the Hudson Tun-
mel station. While waiting for a tun-
mel train an elderly man suggested to
Mrs. Watson that she had better stand
well back from the edge of the plat
form
You know these drafts are very
bad for babies" said the elderly gen.
tleman. Mrs Watson smiled and
thanked the solicitous old man. Never
once during the trip to Manhattan did
the pig betray himself
At Thirty-thlrd street Mrs. Watson
hailed a taXicab and in this the last
lap Of the journey was made. At the
theater Mrs Watson alighted and
paid her fare. The movement Of get
ting into her purse must have dis
turbed the pig, for there was a sudden
squeal and a very vigorous wriggle
The baby cap slipped back, displaying
a very piglike face 1t was then that
the chauffeur began rubbing his eyes
and plnching himself.
In few days the little pig will
take the place of the elderly porker in
the barnyard scene He is now un-
dertahing the necessary preliminary
training.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-05-18
Doctor siegert Hopes to Prove That
king solomon's Mines" Are Not
Entirely Legendary.

Berlin.-Doctor Siegert is actively
engaged in preliminary preparations
to cross the great desert of Sahara in
a dirigible balloon. Prominent geog
raphers and meteorologists are help
ing him in his scientific calculations
and his choice of an airship. Count
de la Vaulx, the famous French
aeronaut, had the same purpose a
few years ago but gave 1t up because
airships had not sufficient protection
against the suns rays. Doctor Slegert
confidently expects to make the trip
he has laid out-about $50 miles-in
"a hours His aerial vessels engines
will give the craft a speed Of 1Sh
miles an hour besides, Doctor
Siegert is counting on 10 miles an
hour more by the wind
To the unimaginative the Sahara is
only an ilimitable, and waste, but
from 1t have come legends of buried
cities of incalculable antiquity and
tales of immense, hidden hordes.
Doctor Siegert wishes to clear up the
mystery surrounding the expedition of
Browne, the English explorer of a
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-05-18
TWINI<LING STAR MEANS LIFE

planets originally were small bodies
forming at a great distance from the
sun, and that their masses have been
increased by gathering up all manner
of lesser bodies from meteortes to
satellites.
Professor See outlined the process
by which the planets had been built
up out of matter once circulating in
our nebula asscomets, and said the de
struction of the comets was still caus-
ing showers Of cosmical dust toNtall
upon the planets, as witnessed in the
celebrated star showers of 1899. 1888
and 1866
"Our system was once literally filled
with comets, and Kepler was right"
he said, when he declared there was
as many comets in the heavens as
there was fish In the sea And just
as the planets nave been captured and
added to our sun from without, so also
the satellites have been captured and
added on TO their several planets.
Even our neon Is a planet which
came to us from the heavenly space.
and VAS never thrown out Of lie Pa
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-05-18
REALLY COULDN'T STAND IT
Wages were Satisfactory and Work
Easy, But the English Was
'Orribe.

Col. Goethals, chief engineer OF the
Panama canal, is naturally a person.
age of some little consequence on the
isthmus, and must maintain a digni.
fed establishment. Not long ago. ac-
cording to story told by a visitor at
Panama, the colonel had a paragon
Of a butler-a negro from the island
of Jamaica, with the very best Eng.
lish training, air. and accent.
One day this paragon appeared be-
fore Col. Goethals and In his best pro
feEsional manner informed him that he
found It necessary to leave. He took
the step with deep regret, he said, but
he must go
Whats the trouble?" asked the
colonel Don't pay you enough?"
My salary, sir, is entirely satisfac.
tory
rs your work too hard?"
The work, sir, is quite easy"
Then what in blazes Tor words to
that effecD are you quitting for?"
snapped the colonel.
IF you insist, sir" the paragon re.
piled, 81 will tell you. But fear. sir,
It will offend you"
Let's hear 1t, anyway" said the
engineer
We'll, sir. since you will have II, sir,
1t is the 'orrible language you speak.
cannot bear to hear the English
tongue mangled and butchered as
am forced to do in this house. de-
sire, sir, to seek service with some
English family"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-05-18
SEE SAHARA IN DIRIGIBLE,

hundred years ago and to investigate
the romantic story Of Rholfs, who
found traces of great road running
out in the desert until the sand OBJ.
liberated them What lies beyond
that lost track? Whittier did that
great highway lead, and of what char
acter were the people who construct.
ed It?
These questions, which have been
put so often. are supposed to have in
spired the plot of Rider Haggard's
romance, King Solomon's Mines" at
any rate they appear to Doctor
Siegert TO be well worth answering.
The headquarters of this expedition
will be in the Nile valley. From it the
airship will sail about $40 miles to
the oasis district in the desert. In
an oasis a depot will have been pre-
pared with cylinders of gas, spare
screws and other fittings--everythi
needed to repair any damage that
may have been or may be done to the
craft. From the depot the dirigible
Will start on her real flight of more
than GOO miles over the undiscovered
country Having traversed it, Doctor
Siegert will attempt either to reach
the coast or to return to the Lyblan
oasis The expeditions cost Is esti-
mated at S25O,00O.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-05-18
Prof. See Of Naval Observatory at
Mare Island Talks to American
Philosophical Society.

Philadelphia-That planetary sys-
TENS similar to our own revolve about
all the fixed stars and that these plan
cts are habitable and inhabited like
our own planet. which revolves about
the sun, was the declaration of Prof,
T. j, j. See, government astronomer in
charge of the naval observatory at
Mare Island, Cal, made the other day
before the American Philosophical So
ciety at its annual meeting, He said
life was a perfectly general phenom-
enon In the universe and that living
beings exist wherever a star twinkled
In the depths of space.
His discoveries in cosmical evolu-
tion lead 20 the development of an en-.
tirely new science. the science of cos
mogony, Professor See asserted
Among the results announced was
link in tine chain of reasoning estab-
fishing the laws Of the evolution of
the solar system, showing that the
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-05-18
UNcoNVENTioNALITIES.

as that q new hat. Mr.. SlowgoI
Please put 1t on and let me see how
q rear view OF It looks"
"Of course, I'll review your new
book II you wish. Mr.. Borus. but can
tell you without reading it that it's
rotten"
"Mr. Means, you know perfectly we'll
that | am marrying yor because you
are rich and in feeble health.
This little delay In cashing your
counter check. sir, is to give the pay
ing teller time to ascertain your bank
balance and to find out whether or not
the signature is genuine"
You oughtnt TO talk so much,
Blobbs; your voice is disagreeable and
your conversation bores me"
"Yes. sir, | remember your face quite
well; was in hopes never would see
II again"
You don't look a bit like your
younger sister. Miss Tiggle she's
handsome"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-05-18
Dressed as Baby Is Taken From
Newark to New York.
Owner Carries Little Porker in Her
Arms and Successfully Deceives
Conductors-stifled Squeal
5etrays Secret.

New York.-lf II hadn't been for a
stifed squeal and a very piglike wrig.
gle the taxicab driver would never
have known that one of his fares
wasn't human. In fact, the chauffeur
rubbed his eyes Several times before
1t finally dawned on him that Mrs.
Marie Watson's travelling companion
was pig instead of a baby.
The chauffeur wasn't to blame for
being deceived, for several conductors
had made the same mistake. They
don't know even now that the bundle
Mrs. Watson carried so tenderly in
her arms was not baby at all. in
spite of its baby cap and fluffy little
coat and the milk bottle which Mrs.
Watson produced every now and then
on her ride from Newark.
Mrs. Watson. as almost every vaude-
vile performer knows, is the wife OF
Sam Watson, who has a barnyard cir
Gus One Of the star performers was
wee pig, but II got so fat that Mrs.
Watson decided that another pig
would have to join the show, one that
she could hold in her arms without
straining her muscles.
After some correspondence she
found what she wanted in the pig line
on a farm just outside of Newark.
The pigs owner agreed to sell free
on board at Newark, but not Manhat-
tan.
Mrs Watson and her husband went
Into conference to decide how to get
the pig here.
Leave it to me-" said Mrs. Watson.
"lll just bring the pig over on the
train"
Her husband suggested that pigs
we're not allowed on passenger trains
But Mrs. Watson knew what she was
talking about.
Leave It to me-" she repeated and
Mr.. Watson did SO
Mrs. Watson made the trip to New.
ark the other day and met the farm
er and his pig. Mrs Watson whis-
pered a few words of pig language in
the little fellows ear and proceeded
to dress him up in baby attire. The
cap was cute affair of muslin and
baby chiffon, with a near.blue ribbon
at the tip. The baby coat was also
blue, as was blanket which Mrs.
Watson had provided. When the
dressing was finished the farmer de.
parted chuckling over the transforma-
ton
With the pig in her arms Mrs.
Watson proceeded to the Newark sta.
ton of the Pennsylvania railroad and
boarded train for Jersey City. The
pig wasn't making a sound Perhaps
II was because of those few whispered
words of pig language of which Mrs
Watson says she has a smattering
Perhaps 1t was bottle of milk which
the pig tippled now and then. Anyhow
no one on the train imagined that 1t
was anything else than very quiet
and well-behaved baby that Mrs. Wat
son was carrying in her arms,
At Jersey City Mrs. Watson and her !
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-05-18
JACK OF
ALL TRADES
BY BELLE MANIA TES
Copyright, 1911, by Associated Literar!
Press.)

Jim Chalmers was tinkering with
his car while his chauffeur stood
alphabetically looking on.
"There!" said Chalmers, with a last
triumphant turn of the wrench. She's
as trim as a trigger now, and you car
Just run me down to the Stone build.
ing. Langley bet that | couldn't do
this Job of repairing myself"
As he walked through the lobby OF
the building to the elevator he looked
ruefully down at his clothes. His
trousers lacked creases A soft dark
flannel shirt, and old cap and work
ing gloves were not the makeup that
might be expected for one in his posi-
tion, but 1t was his favorite working
regalla.
The elevator was down, the door
open but no operator was to be seen
Chalmers stepped within. A few mo.
ments later a young woman, tall and
with imperious bearing, entered
THE tenth floor she said, in a
musical voice.
Chalmers accepted the situation,
slid the door shut, and in an instant
the car shot up with such speed that
the successive numbers of the floors
looked like a sum I'm addition. The
passenger looked little startled. but
did not lose outward composure. AS
the elevator stopped at the tenth floor
with a jolt she turned to him
Would you mind waiting for me Z
! will be gone only moment, and
am in great haste"
Certainly" was the courteous re-
ply.
Chalmers watched her meditating.
ly as she walked down the corridor
with easy grace. At the door of
studio of music she knocked and then
opened the door One minute-two-
three-four. Meantime the elevator
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-05-18

he elevator boy was nuL at his
post and | stepped into await his
coming A young lady entered and
asked me to take her to the tenth
moor or course ! did So Then she
asked me to wait there moment
Her moment proved to be the pro.
verbal woman's moment. But she
graciously and generously bestowed
upon me fee which | shall always
Keep. 1t is the first money | ever
earned by manual labor"
He looked coolly and directly at
MISS Randall. Her face was flushed,
but In the dark eyes that met his
there was a look of such panied con
triton that Chalmers felt ashamed OF
his palpable hit.
i don't see how any one could mis-
take you for an elevator operator"
said Mrs. Wilmerth, Indignantly.
IF you had seen him at that time,
Mrs. Wilmerth," laughed Langley,
you would have wondered still more
never saw such disreputable look.
ing object"
Well, ] never supposed that dress
made the man entirely Chalmers re-
marked
He was the first man to enter the
drawing room after dinner. His ho-'-
ess at once joined him.
Jim Miss Randall says you are
mistakeu-that you have never been
presented to her"
They went up to Miss Randall who
stood apart from the others After
the introduction the hostess left
them.
why did you say you had met me,
Mr. Chalmers?" she asked.
Because" he said slowly and
meaningly, from something had
heard thought you would be pleased
to avoid an introduction"
81 think, Mr. Chalmers" she said
frankly. that you were maligned to
me. beg your pardon for a foolish
remark"
"Oh," he laughed
Bentley came up 10 them, and
Chalmers had no further opportunity
to speak to he- during the evening
until she was leaving He asked to
see her to her car They found her
chauffeur standing beside the car
His face was white ard drawn.
81 have wrenched my arm" he ex
planned. 81 fear. it's broken"
Chalmers quickly called to his
man.
Here. Lane, take this man In my
car to the doctors and see that he's
fixed up all right and then take him
home May drive you homer" he
asked Miss Randall
you certainly are a Jack of all
trades" she said as they drove home
from the doctors office where she
had insisted on going do / dare
offer you another fee?"
Not now" he said slowly. Some
day when | have earned the right
am going to ask for more than a
fee"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-05-18
Union With Christ.

In the Epistle 20 the Ephesians Paul
rses four figures 70 explain the union
between Christ and his church. The
frst is the temple and its foundation,
suggesting structural union; the sec.
oud is the head and the body sug
costing vital union; the third is the
husband and the wife, plcturing affec-
tional union; and the fourth is the
soldier armor suggesting a union for
service Each presents a beautiful and
helpful phase Of the Christian life. In
these four figures we have a full and
perfect idea of how Christ and the
Christian are one. Beware lest this
union be obscured or impaired -Ex-
change.