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The Detroit times., 1913-07-25

score on che river banks One farmer
builds few water pens merely by
sticking a bamboo fence in the water.
and here he gets his living. merely
feeding them twice a day and bag
Cling about once a month with the
travelling dealer as to the price.
The birds are fed chiefly on rice.
and they reach size that makes the
Chinese duck probably the largest in
the world, II not the most tender.
n curious story is told by the Chi
nese as 10 the reason they hold the
duck sacred among birds. on the
sixtleth day after the death OF a
wealthy individual number OF plates
or Incense and customary offerings
are made, and on the table they place
wash-bowl half full OF water.
On the water they put half OF the
shell OF a ducks egg, which is LEFT 70
float on the surface A likeness OF a
duck, made OF bamboo splits covered
with paper. and painted, is brought
forward A paper image made In imi.
tation OF the human figure is placed
on the duck, and the bird is caused 10
stand in the water in the wash.basin.
The paper image. OF course. imper.
sonates the deceased individual. The
eggshell denotes a boat provided for
his use. The duck signifies the means
by which he gets over TO the Other
side
The Detroit times., 1913-07-25
No Fear Of Duck Famine--John
Chinaman' Raising Them for Us

BY EDWIN J. DlNGLE.
Edwin J. OinoIe 10 correspondent Of
The Times in China. II was he WHIT
gave our readers first photographs
OF the great battles which started
the revolution In China nearly two
years ago. DinoIe has sent US sew.
eraI interesting stories from the
great new republic Of the east. The
following 10 one OF them.-Editor)
HANKOW China. July 24.-During
the last couple OF years there has
sprung into prominence a most i'm
portant export from China in the
shape OF pigs and poultry.
A week or two ago there sailed
down the might Yang-toe-kiang a sew
en-thousaud.ton slip laden with moth
ing but poultry and eggs taken from
the poultry farms of Hupeh and
Human
Eggs leave the country by the bill
lion. In the Yangtse valley the price
OF fowls and ducks has risen 80 per
cent during the last couple OF years
on this account.
The ChinamaD is proverbially "A de-
yourer OF ducks. You can see them
in any Chinese street, roasted brown
and appetiZing-long rows OF perhaps
a hundred roasted ducks on the cas-.
ual street stall
You can go now through Hupeh or
Human and find duck farms by the
The Detroit times., 1913-07-25

HOLDS ONE JOB
FOR SO YEARS
Ysidaro Arnaiz, Aged SO. Works
For X. II Hoe X Co.. in
New York City
REMEMBERS WHEN MILK
COST 4 CENTS PER ct ART
WOrkmeu Better OF In the Old
Days, Opinion of Aged
Mechanic

NEW YORK. July 94.--Ysidoro Ar
naiz. nearing his eiehV-third year
has lust celebrated the beginning Oh
his seventeen year OF continuous ser
vice with Il VI Hoe a co" manu'aC-
tnrers OF printing presses III Grahu
81.
Every morning for the past sixty
nine wears when the whistle blew AT
naiz has been on hand ready TOR
work He used 10 live under the shad'
ow OF the factory, but now resides
AZ No 2O1 Diyision-ave.. Brooklyn In
the liz room. where spare sections
of machinery are stored. YOU may see
him at work. His fingers. while less
nimble than OF yore. are none the
less efficient because OF long iamlllal'
ity with the tools
On cold, rainy blustery July day
| in lS44, thirteeu-year.old Cuban LAD
! landed at Castle Garden. He landed
on the Sd and the 18th found him one
OF the hundred-odd employees OF the
then small concern, which now EN-
ploys nearly 5000
/ MY father In Havana sent me 10
I oil Mr. Hoe as an apprentice That
meant m those days. that Mr.. Hoe
/ fed. clothed and housed me, but paid
me nothing outside living expenses
and doctors bills while | was learn
ing theb usiness. | stuck 10 my job
( learning the machinist trade, and
have never ceased 10 learn things
about machinery. so rapid has been
the growth due TO invention Machin
cry is like life: you're always learn
ing something new about It.
In those DAYS the printing press
was a simple affair. with a great deal
Of wood in It's construction Compare
this little hand rotary affair with the
monster double octuple web perfecting
press. with two pairs OF color cylin-
| ders such as The World has Into lis
composition enter about $4,000 separ
ate pieces.
Nowadays machinery makes ma
chinery. In those DAYS We did il all
( by hand and tools. And ! must say
that man was better mechanic
/ then. He was never out of Job He
was an all around man instead OF
( knowing only one little piece of ma.
! chine construction. ! think there was
, far fiercer competition In those DAYS
! that gave the workman greater scope
! FOR steady and continual employment
Also dollar went much further then
! A man then used 10 start at 81 a day:
| now he gets 50, but YOU have nothing
I 10 show for it, Just previous to the
war YOU could rent in Hoboken halt
house of six rooms for s. that now
rents at $50 Then s. a day were top
wages, but you lived well Milk was
I only four cents quart. best butter
IA cents for pound Clothing was
cheaper. and you got real wool in
the goods, and they wore longer.
During his long life here two events
have impressed themselves most deep
ly In his memory One was the in
vention OF the sewing machine I'm
1876; the other was the blizzard OF
1888. when for three days he was
unable 20 get TO his work
Mr. Arnaiz neither drinks, smokes
nor chews
The Detroit times., 1913-07-25

tell the senate committee what part
he has taken in helping TO mutilate
deamen's bills during the last eigh-
teen years.
The increased price Of coal and the
threat of still further increasing
prices as cold weather comes, was the
subject of a special conference which
Mayor Fitzgerald OF Boston, had this
week with President Wilson. hitz'
gerald favors resolution which Will
be introduced In the house In a few
days by Representative William +.
Murray (DemD of Massachusetts,
looking TO the national ownership and
operation OF coal nmines in the
! United States as means OF relief
! from extortionate prices This is
directly In line with the PoindeXter
bill which would empower the federal
government 10 open up and work coal
mines in Alaska.
The Detroit times., 1913-07-25

Gibson GARDNER be Americans IN
Bulgaria who are inconyenienced by
the war. The United States is not
asking Great Britain what she Is go
Ing to do about Bulgaria and the
United States will entertain no diplo-
matte inquiries or suggestions from
Great Britain, Germany. France or
.o(her nations whose bankers may
have loaned money TO Huerta or any
other Mexican adventurer or whose
sfiuzens may have property which Is
stuA1r thro this civil turmoil
Mexico is working out her own saliva
lkiOn and eventually she will probably
,work ont a constitutional government
And the guarantees OF individual liber-
Az. President Wilson hopes so. He
III not, In the meantime, giving diplo-
I1natic recognition 10 dictators whose
biice is founded on assassination.
itr.
4 One of the most illuminated utter
,ances that has ever issued from the
department OF the Interior is con.
'tained in recent statement by Mr.
Secretary Franklin X. Lane. in re-
gard to Indians who are the wards OF
the United States. He ventures TO
assert that there are many Indians
Indians in name only--who are en-
tirely competent TO be treated as citi
sens OF the American Republic and
that a wise policy OF our government
Mould speedily emancipate these citi
tkkhs from the tutelage and guardian
Ek3p OF red-tape government bureau
IyBenator Charles f. Townsend. o
Michigan, has written letter OF pro
lit, Directing 10 the statement tina
~ ever was a dinner-guest at tn,
residence of James A. Emery, gen
erAl counsel for the National Associa
ti0n Of Manufacturers. The allusior
~ Senator Townsend's dining a
Unery's residence was based on let
~ written by Representative Georg,
NJ. Fairchild, of New York. who
WASTED OF meeting Townsend. Lodge
IBID Root at Emery's residence.
ylfor eighteen years the seamen
tough their organization, hae,
ktght legislation at the hands, o.
kxkgress repeating the ANTICIPATED
TVS under which they are held IN
Involuntary servitude. For eighteen
yVurs congress has neglected thei
aoteal Now II may be too late. Dis
eonraged by their failure the seamer
Are rapidly leaving the seament
uotDn and Joining the l. w. w.
kkgS strong membership In the latte
Imitation has been formed amonj
Atlantic. coast seamen. and the OF
he
1T and is already threatening
pral strike These facts have beef
before President Wilson by Ar
K Feruseth, legislative represen
II OF the seamens union. with
h8lY5Io66Af .thaf TIE president an,
y the Democratic party come TO the re
The Detroit times., 1913-07-25
TozvnSend Denies Being
Dinner Guest Of ". 4. VI.

lief of a situation which is now des-
perate.
!. II is to be hoped that the lobby
committee will include in its inyesti-
cations the lobby maintained in
Washington by the ship-owners OF the
United States and foreign countries
(their interests are practically identi-
cali for the prevention of any legisla-
ton not desired by ship-owning in
terests. Edwin II. Duff is one OF the
men permanently on the ground and
il would be interesting 10 hear him
The Detroit times., 1913-07-25
KIN Wrong SLAYER"

NEWARK. y J., July William
Rutler. OF Kenyl. WAS shot and killed
late Yesterday ar Dover by police Of
ticers who mistook him for William
Corduan. husband of the woman who
was murdered Tuesday night at her
home in Newark
The Detroit times., 1913-07-25

NEW YORK. July 25,-When the
Metropolitan opera house opens It's
season, next fall, it's ballet. for the
frst time in history. will consist al
most entirely OF American girls.
SO says Nine. Malvina Cayalazzi'
director OF the Metropolitan ballet
school She Is quite proud OF this
fact. in spite of the fact that she,
Nine. Cavallazzi, is obviously not
American.
II was at the graduating exercises
of the ballet school. in the opera
house. Nine. Cavallazzis pupils had
shown most conclusively that they
could dance. and dance wonderfully,
whatever might be their nationalities.
The Detroit times., 1913-07-25
Detroit Woman coneeals Gems.

PHILADELPHIA. Pa, July 20
Through sale OF Struggled goods
advertised yesterday IL was revealed
that in May, 1912. Mrs. Thomas EN-
met Dwyer now of Detroit. attempt
ed TO smuggle into this country from
Italy. a valuable pearl necklace which
was confiscated by the government,
Notwithstanding that Mrs Dryer
made every effort 90 obtain IT,
The Detroit times., 1913-07-25
Hurricanes Sweep Italy.

Mi AN, Italy. July 25.-The entire
Italian lake district was devastated
yesterday by terrific hurricanes. The
damage caused was very serious. The
effect OF the storms is felt throughout
Italy where the temperature has fal-
len considerably
The Detroit times., 1913-07-25

They were marvels OF sylphlike
grace and sinuousness, every one OF
them. from Eva Swain, 10, who is TO
be premiere danseuse assolua 10 the
ballet next season, down 10 Ruth
weinsteln. 10. who take IL frdm
everybody present. is going 10 be a
sort OF combination Of Genee Paw
Iowa and Sarah Bernhardt, when she
grows up.
The American girl makes fine
dancer because she is intelligent,
said Nine. Cavallazzi. When |
teach dancing II is 10 the mind, not
TO the legs that ! give my attention
II the mind is quick 10 catch sug-
gestion. the feet will follow fast
enough
The Detroit times., 1913-07-25

II men can have their drinks at
will" she continued II do not see
thai they have any right 10 deprive
women of the same privilege. espeei-
ally when the women have no say
in the question.
The Detroit times., 1913-07-25

The greatest drawback TO the
American girls success As dancer
is her lack OF perseverance. The mo-
ment she has learned 20 dance a IT.
tie. she begins 10 look about Tor an
engagement. Twenty-four OF my girls
are now running their chances of ar
tistic success 10 make a little money.
They have deserted the school 10
take positions on the stage.
"A girl is not badly off In the bal
let here al the opera house. The first
year she gets SIS a week, the second
SIS. and the third 500 week. and
her instruction costs her nothing. To
become finished dancer girl
should stay in the school for four
years, at least"
The Detroit times., 1913-07-25

policy III TtSdIu "
Mexico. He sees
no more reason
why the United
States should guar
antee property or
tranquility in Chi
huahua than why
Great Brit a ! n
should guarantee
the same things in
Bulgaria. No doubt
Englishmen have
dollars invested In
Bulgaria and 1t Is
possible that there
are travelling Brit
ish citizens whose
D e a c eful living
con d It'll on s are
menaced by the
turmoil in that
part OF the world
There may even
The Detroit times., 1913-07-25
GETS 7,lO9 WORDS Z.
ON BACK OF POSTAL
Albanian Youth, Living in Bos-
ton, "A Wizard at Fine
Writing

BOSTON. July 25.-Joseph s. A,
Bertasso. Albanian, athlete and small
letter champion" maintais he Ia the
finest writer In the world" and from
the records available IL appears that
! is claim Ia well founded.
Bertasos lays claim to the unusual
art OF engrossing legibly, on the back
OF an ordinary postal card, more than
one quarter of the words 10 be found
i'm the most modern unabridged die
tionaries and that, by so doing, he
hats more than doubled the record OF
any other fine" or small writer in
the world.
Bertasso's record is 7,l09 words,
written with an ordinary pen, on the
back of an ordinary postal card. in
seven hours and IL minutes.
The Detroit times., 1913-07-25

Despite the vote OF the women
Phoenix, Ariz., will continue 10 be
wet"
The Detroit times., 1913-07-25

a~s By.GILSON GARDNER.
s'-wASHIvGT0N.-- July 25.--Non-in-
reference is President Wilson
: ]. !.
The Detroit times., 1913-07-25

A new English life buoy carries
two incandescent lamps on each side
supplied with current by storage
battery. which is switched on auto
matically as the buoy is lifted from a
rack
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-11-22
DEXTER.

Funeral services for the late Mrs.
Mary r. Bracket were held from her
home on Prospect street, at 10 o'clock
Friday afternoon, Rev. r. L. Olds of
the First Baptist church officiating.
Mrs. Bracket died, Wednesday morn
ing, at the age of SO years and 10
months. She has been in failing
health for some months and her
death has been expected, hourly for
several days.
Mrs. Bracket was born, Jan. 4. 1924,
in Wcldhoro, n. II. At the age of
Il she married the late Nathan CT.
Bracket, who lived, until 1905. Mrs.
Bracket was woman of sterling
character. good neighbor, refined
and intellectual. Many friends of her
later years mourn her loss. though
most of her life long friends have
passed away before her. She has
reen confined. to a wheelchair for
seven years and has been affectionate-
~ and faithfully cared for by her
daughter, Mrs l.. r. Damon, With
whom she lived.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-11-22

pound and it made me strong well wo-
man. / am very thankful that | foi-
lowed my friends advice and | shall
recommend it as long as / live. Before
I took the Compound was always
siekly and now have not had medicine
from doctor for years. You may pub
lish nv letter. Mrs. EDWARD B. HILL
BERT, Fleetwood, Pa.
Such warning symptoms as sense OF
suffocation, hot flashes, headaches, back
aches, dread of impending evil, timidity,
sounds in the ears, palpitation of the
heart, sparks before the eyes, irregu-
larities, constipation, variable appetite,
weakness and inquietude, and dizziness,
are promptly needed by intelligent wo-
men who are approaching the period IN
life when woman's great change may
be expected.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound invigorates and strengthens the
female organism and builds up the weak
ened nervous system. 1t has carried
many women safely through this crisis
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-11-22

yields of corn in the State. and re-
markahle yield for so unfavorable a
year, and Misses .Bureigh and st.
james have demonstrated that they
are good farmers. Their acre Will
probably not win the first prize, for "A
Hancock county competitor has re-
ported a yield of few bushels larger,
but it viii probably have second place.
The COED work that these two young
wemen are doing on one OF the old
farms in Nassalhoro has attracted a
good deal Of attention, especially in the
line of breeding fine poultry, but their
corn growing work puts them in the
very front rank.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-11-22
Plans and Prospects for Annual
Meeting OF Seed Imp. Assn.

AS an indication of what may be ex-
pected for an exhibit of farm products,
Mr.. Leland said that the exhibits made
by only five or six farmers and seed
growers who have already made their
entries will require 100 feet of table
space.
Among the larger exhibitors will be
Frank Lowell of Farmingdale. the man
who perfected and put on the market
the Lowell strain of Green Mountain
seed potatoes. Mir LoWells potato
growing is not confined to- Green Noun
itains and he will have several varieties
to exJihit. as he did last year, in conn
petition for the prize for best display
OF thy or more varieties.
L, 4, Rogers Of Brunswick, the well
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-11-22
Remarkable Feat by Two Misses
On Acre of VasSalbOrO Farm.

Vassalboro, Me, Nov. 21- (SpeciaD
The Misses Burleigh and St. James
of Vassalboro. who are competitors for
the Dinsmore- Kendall corn growing
prize have grown and harvested the
remarkable yield of 100 bushels of
corn on "a carefully measured acre. Be
ing very particular to have the amount
OF yield to the acre accurately deter
mined they had the plot surveyed by Il
practical civil engineer. The picking,
husking and testing was Of course in
spected by committee of disinterested
men.
This is certainly one Of the best
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-11-22

Lewiston, Me-, Nov. 2f-(SpeciaD.-
The annual meeting and exhibition of
the Maine Seed Improvement Associa-
ton which is to be held in Lewiston
City hall in connection with the meet
ing Of the Maine Dairymen's Associa-
ton, during the first week in Decem-
Der will be the largest and most sue
cessful of its kind ever held in the
State.
Assistant State Dairy Instructor
Clarence r. Leland who is secretary
of this association, is certain that the
exhibit of farm products will be larger
and better than t1e es.h'hit at the p1s
Cord. and T'ruia saSsw III portland, two
years ago.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-11-22

known potato expert, will be another
large exhibitor. Mr.. Rogers grows a
few standard varieties for commercial
seed and also a large number of Varl-
cites m small plots for experimental
He will undoubtedly be able
to make a fine display. The entries are
now beginning to come in to the secre-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-11-22

al all. i always iieDea
q headache and /
was so dizzy and ner,
vous that | had no
rest at night. The
flashes of heat were
SO bad sometimes
that | did not know
what to do.
Zone day a friend
advised me to TAX Z
Lydia E. Pinkham s
We e table Com
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-11-22
AILING women
OF MIDDLE ACE
Mrs. Hilbert Tells of Her Dis.
tressing Symptoms During
Change OF Life and How
She Found Relief.

Fleetwood. Pa" During the Change
of Life l was hardly able to be around
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-11-22
MAYFLoWER SOCIETY.
from Page One.)
Hon. Charles L. Andrews.

ernor. Charles Loring Andrews of Au-
gusta.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-11-22
New England Building.

opiled by the f. w. Dodge Company
tracts awarded to
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1913-10-29
IN MUSIC DEPARTMENT
New Instructors in Piano at the Uni
yersity VIII Arrive Soon.

Miss Georgia Lucas has been ap-
pointed instructor in piano playing al
the university to assist Miss Fay Hos
letter who has been conducting all OF
the work in this department since the
resignation of Professor Mcguire last
spring. -sss n,5fB
Miss Lucas is at present in the east
where she has been teaching for sew
eral years in large music conserv-
atory and it not known just when she
will arrive in Moscow to take charge of
the work, thought it is expected that
she will be here within a short time.
She comes very highly recommended
by many of the best known musicians
in the east, under many of whom she
has studied in former years.
At the age of II years Miss Lucas
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1913-10-29
CROWD CHOLERA SERUM PLANT
Increased Operating Force and Add
New Equipment Ship Serum to,
Boise.


The hog cholera plant at the uni
versity is being crowded to its utmost
capacity in an effort to meet as near
ly as possible the demand for the pre-
ventative serum. Large quantities OF
the manufactured product are being
shipped to the state veterinarian al
Boise for distribution among the hog
raisers in all sections of the state.
The operating force at the plant has
been increased to five men and a num-
Der of new hog houses have been con-
structed to accommodate the large
number of hogs that are being added to
the herd, which now numbers SO head.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1913-10-29

masters have been appointed as fol-
lows: Culdesac, Nez Perez county, L.
A. Miller, vice B. B. Caldwell, resign
ed; Forney, Lemhi county, L. A. Mer-
rift, vice NJ. B. Merritt, removed; Naf
Cassia county, E. B. Rulison, vice J. B.
Brown, resigned; Upton, Cassia coun-
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1913-10-29

mot sold in stores.) My personal
services are free. An appointment,
arranged to suit your convenience,
places you under no obligation. A
telephone call will bring me to your
home. Mrs. r. A. Fogle Phone 108-R.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1913-10-29

first commenced teaching and at that
age she became a member of the India
ma State Music Teachers association,
being at that time the youngest mem
Der of that organization.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1913-10-29

Chiropractic adjustments secure re-
suits because they remove the cause
of disease. DR.. Marie A. Gorham,
Chiropractor, ITO Browne Block. 27tf
Arthur Winkley of Spokane is in the
city visiting at the home of his uncle
and aunt, Mr.. and MRS. c. d. Bell and
looking after the Hazelwood interest
Mrs. w. Waters of Nezperce who has
been in the city for the past few days
visiting her son, Wilfred, a student at
the university, returned home this af-
ternoon.
To corset you correctly is my pro-
fession. Your comfort and health are
promoted by wearing Spirella Corsets.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1913-10-29

To warn, to comfort and command,
A perfect woman, nobly planned.
-WilliamWordswor
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1913-10-29

ty,. S. E. McGlothlin, vice w. Upton,
resigned; Woodrow, Fremont county,
C. e. Bramwell, new office.