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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-12-09

When the nation faced ongag I'm
to evry awarts
And regiments marched
I'VE are coming Father Abraham fifty
The wahp Maine Of Spain
Clutched tight the
the
We coming, Father William,
Poor Mexico lies bleeding 9 in
we sava
10
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With dollar natl
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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-12-09

the money the fellow WILL and there isn't bit of doubt of
ability convince his mother that he just couldn't make it.
She'll write back and she hard getting to the
and that abe wouldn't think asking for three whole
your that other will inclosing the pair mens
abe has knitted
suggestion the getting the
mothers this Christmas he
lacks good
Let him write her simply that will impossible for him
Shell find a him.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-12-09

Autograph hunting sometimes
proves a profitable pursuit A French.
man OF the last century, Ludovie
Picard. made a steady income out OF
1t for some years. HIS most success.
full coup was accomplished with let.
ter In which he posed as lone of the
unappreciated who is meditating sui.
eide and seeks for counsel and aid
In this hour Of sore distress" This
effusion drew number OF celebrities,
including Beranger and Heine. La.
cordaire sent ten closely written
pages. which were promptly convert.
ed into cash. Dickens also fell a
victim. and took the trouble to an.
swer in French. Eventually Picard
was shown up in the press by Jules
Sandeau. and had to seek another oc.
cupation.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-12-09

Under new British eyesight test
rules, licenses to pilot mail steamers
on the Atlantic are granted only 70
men who can distinguish white. red
and green lights the size Of pinhead
twelve feet away.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-12-09
TRY AND SPEND CHRISTMAS
WITH THE OLD FOLKS AT HOME

Had you thought spending Christmas with the old ok'
TRY
There's many and many who will say to this
N "Oh IL only could"
he Times hopes every by the good Lord
- arsd her to him. win be with his mother Christmas day
Wouldnt that make lot Of happy mothers this year,
We all the that she may live miles
We all about that tedious out to the small town where only
~ occomlnodation stops
Il You thought pretty well of that town however
that drive Of four 1--WE miles from the
And may getting there and another day
%i6Hng lack
nAts THREE WHOLE YOUR valuable time given for
9ne days uat
wss sorry you you spare three days
ut ycu you give three days. in view
~ given DAYS OF HER LIFE to Yous
psat Jon think you OUGHT give her these three days
~ and arrange It.
1LEAGE!
We know MI shout the present you every year
hut LET Us TELL YOU SOMETHING:
perhaps up your mind what will send her THIS
hnse you nothing good for her. but
you send viii not be what he wanted that tor which
1ke HI heped most
mn v and ten you that was course she'll that only
~ Thing Christmas this year is YOU.
~ ds ahs know with You Of in big city whether your
Enn6b heayy enoushf
that running around these cold days
Ij1G1p Ut altogsther Light
w abe but that doing things ought not
at you doing things ought to do in taking
3N = ysuneks
- to know al about il.
S* ~ WANTS know al about You.
night id and abe gets there sheu have
= 1nuy Christmas indeed
NH bng pictures when you baby and she'll
12on ~ bright things you said when you young
k WHIT " want 70 il you keep sway3
}g y y0u decide to Co. let ak favor Of you
S$ Dout Decide upon making it . surprise
her that you coming You probably owe!
IN lst1u; anyway
win begin the moment she gets word her boy to
~ Aer
6u speed that day the end Of the
ay because viii bring her the day that will
bude have dinner the kind Of "sufhn you
Mnberes liked them and the kind puddin and all
your ready plenty comforters
sh ~ ~
- work her finger nails of for between and Christ
way mothers have Of making themselves very happy.
RI hm know not later than today that You coming
~ asssssEy for you and sorry for her
0ne business course and realize that YOU get
Whv Adolf Acted So Reserve
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-12-09

Which suggests automatically that
you also do your Christmas shopping
early.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-12-09

Furthermore, there Is the cold stor-
age egg. also. that Is not to be opened
till Christmas.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-12-09

II the court, please, we would like
to suggest that when a prospective
Gilman juror declares he has an opin-
ion, he may mean OF the case and
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-12-09
From Another Point of Vie,O

In
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-12-09

We feel free TO state at this time
that we have as good a summer gar
den as there Is In the city.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-12-09

Cincinnati has water famine. But
we have IN mind famine which Gin
cinnati would consider much more SER
ious.
Papers cay q man who once signed
4 check for SO, o0o. 900 10 now broke.
A check that size would break the
EL0IsE's ROMANCE.
In . little country village
Lived the charming Eloisel
Then there came . circus fellow
who Derfprmed On the trapese.
Detroit Times.
She was In q box. and Ne was
Doing stunts to cause q stir
When the rope broke, and that's how the
Trapese guy fell IN With her. -.
Incidentally, the manner In which
the case OF that bandit does not re-
spond to gas reminds US Of our water
heater.
We see that John A. Carr, who ap.
piled for divorce In Detroit's court
Of domestic relations, was yesterday
derailed.
Maybe the fellow who saId. "My
kingdom for . horse" wac shakIng
dice for . turkey.
.
Someone wants to know II man
can marry on SIS a week. Hardly.
II would be difficult to find q woman
who would be satisfied to accept that
amount as alimony.
Which suggests automatically that
you also do your Christmas shopping
early.
Furthermore, there Is the cold stor-
age egg. also. that Is not to be opened
till Christmas.
II the court, please, we would like
to suggest that when prospective
Gilman Juror declares he has an opin-
ion, he may mean OF the case ana
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-12-09

Why not compromise and make the
distance between houses no more than
"a necessary to reach over and get
the cup Of borrowed lard.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-12-09

The custom of early marriages Is
In favor In Australia.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-12-09

mot necessarily as to the guilt or inno-
cence OF the accused
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-12-09

Someone wants to know II man
can marry on SIS a week. Hardly.
II would be difficult to find q woman
who would be satisfied to accept that
amount as alimony.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-30

could never travel all the long miles
between the point where 1t is set
free and the place from which 1t
came. So the best carrier pigeon is
part biset-or home loving--and part
''voyageur," Belgium type that
roams the air and never gets lost
1t is larger than the kind of pigeons
we have in America, with a longer,
thinner body, head, neck and beak..
When a carrier Is about three or
four months old 1t is placed in a
basket, taken a mile or so from home
and set free. 1t roams about in the
air, and it must feel very helpless and
lonely. But finally it seems to know
just where its home is and flies off
toward it. A few days later 1t Is
taken in the same direction, but twice
as far, and so on, increasing the dis
tance each time until it can come
back from a distance of 100 miles
without getting lost.
Not only does the carrier fly in an
almost straight line but 1t also goes
very rapidly. When a bird is five
months old it can make $50 miles in
ten hours. At the age of five years it
easily covers 600 or 700 miles without
getting tired. Once a pigeon flew rs
miles an hour. Think of that! The
fastest express train only goes a mile
a minute-or go miles an hour and
the little pigeon is about 500 feet up
in the air with nothing to guide It,
But it never hesitates because of its
God-given sense of direction.
In America one often reads of a
carrier pigeon having been shot by
mistake Such accidents are not
allowed in France. Over there a car
rier is looked upon as almost sacred.
To avoid the risk of shooting 1t. gun
ners are forbidden by law to shoot at
any pigeon flying alone. The ordi-
nary wild sort generally fly together.
French children love to raise car
riers. and happy Is the youngster
whose father pays $3.50 for one for
him. When grown and able to enter
pigeon races carrier is worth about
$3.50. When anyone wants to raise
carrier pigeons in France he must get
permission from the city hall or coun-
ty court house, SO she officers VIII
know where any are in case they are
needed. And If a carrier pigeon Is
tired out from travelling and flies
down to a doorstep to rest?, What
then?
In America the person who found
him could keep him as long as he
wished before letting him go. But In
France the finder must let the mayor
of his town know about the bird as
soon as it Is found. And anybody
who catches or kills, or even tries to
catch or kill, such a pigeon Is sent to
prison or made to pay a lot of money
In these days when even little boys
understand wireless apparatus and
rig up stations" on their house-tops,
the carrier pigeon is not 80 valuable
a messenger as when the only way
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-30
APRIL FOOLS DAY LEGENDS
THAT ARE CENTURIES OLD

by her own efforts to save the young
King. Then. while later. people re-
membered how the young Prince had
been kept in hiding until he became
of age and recalled how vainly the
Infamous Enohanter had searched
for him; so, when anyone was bent on
useless and hopeless errand, they
said he was hunting 1scamma" And
eventually. II became the custom on
the day that corresponds to our April
First to send credulous people to this
pool to find the body of Iscamma.
Back In the days of King John of
England-and this tale Is believed to
nave some historical backing = the
people who lived in a little town
named Gotham heard that the King
was coming their way to engage In a
hunt. They had also been told that
once he rode over their land 1t would
nenceforth be considered highway
and no longer their own property. So
naturally they planned and planned
how to Keep him from doing it. And
eventually they solved the problem.
Bright and early on the morning of
mis- expected arrival they went to a
point several miles outside their vii
lage and proceeded to act as strangely
and as queerly as they could. Some
OF them pulled carts up to the tops of
the hills, and, when the King inquired
as to why they did 1t, they explained
that they hoped in that way to shade
the trees from the suns rays.
Others of them took great round
cheeses and rolled them down-hill in
order, as they said, "that cheeses
might find their own way to mar
ket." The King watched them a while
in amazement and presently decided
that such a collection of idiots did
not deserve the honor of a visit from
his Royal Self, SO went around by an
other way.
The villagers were simply delighted
at the success Of their ruse and. as
the day was the First of April. they
laughed and laughed at the splendid
April Fools joke they had played
upon their monarch. Indeed, out of
this incident is said to have sprung
the saying, "The wis, fools Nof
Gotham"
Coming down the centuries a little
nearer our own time, but still way,
way back in the long-gone years. we
find an April Fool hoax that, perhaps.
was worked on a larger scale than any
other ever heard of. Toward the end
of March. many people living in Lon
don received Invitations, on fine pa
per and bearing an imposing crest,
requesting them to attend the an
nual washing OF the white lions at the
Tower Of London, on Sunday, April
1st"
They were also requested not to give
any tips to the keepers of the animals,
and to enter the Tower only by the
White Gate. On the appointed day,
hundreds Of people were pushing and
struggling about the Tower seeking
in vain for an entrance to the place.
OF course. there was no white Gate"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-30

April FOOLS Day, and these peas must
have been grown only in that province
A certain body of frairs lived there
and were very fond of this vegetab BILE
which they raised in great quantities.
Now, on that day people who were
credulous were told to go to the abbey
and ask for a dish of peas.
Plates in hand, they would knock
on the little gate and ask for a help
ing of the edible. But, alas, the har-
assed monks reached out with long
stick and beat them over the head in
stead of giving them the expected
dish. And this was supposed to be a
very funny April Fools joke.
In the reign of King Louis XIII,
SO the story runs, a Duke of Lorraine
was imprisoned in the Chateau of
Nanci for some political offense. De-
spite the fact that he was closely
watched by sentinels posted all about
the castle, he managed to make his
escape one April Fools night by swim
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-30

that Is strange indeed. Now, remem-
ber. 1t is only legend, and to appre-
ciate 1t fully, you must close your eyes
tightly and drift Off into the Land of
Make B elieve.'
Once upon time in China-'on the
seventh of the moon of Niada," ac-
cording to the Celestial record of the
time of the occurrence-there lived a
certain Infamous Enchanter who was
very wicked and very jealous of the
good king then reigning. Now, you
know. an Infamous Enchanter is just
the same az Bad Fairy or an Evil
Spirit. so be prepared to read that
this Enchanter worked many wicked
things.
There was also a Good Fairy,
beautiful. dancing, laughing kind
hearted creature who tried her best
to undo everything bad that the In
famous Enchanter did. Now the lat
ter, in his hatred of the King, de-
creed that never should a son be born
to him; but the Good Fairy used all
her arts and presently the Good King
and the Queen were overjoyed to find
that they had as handsome, bouncing
a baby Prince as ever lived.
And straightway the Wicked En-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-30

to send word from an ocean ship was
by what used to be called "feathered
courier" Several years ago a French
steamship company, located at Hayre,
used the carriers on it's steamers be-
tween that city and New York.
At the French cities of Cherbourg,
Rennes and Havre cotes of carrier
pigeons were kept in readiness for the
sailing of vessels. At each stop a few
birds were taken aboard and set free
to return when the ship had left land
far behind. Besides carrying official
messages for the company, passengers
could send back a last word of love
or business at the price Of 90 cents a
message and 10 cents word.
The pigeons would be fed. tied with
a packet containing the letter then
liberated. Straight up in the air it
would dart, hesitate a second, describe
three circles in the air to get its bear
ings and then, fly off true as an arrow
for Havre. Way out there at sea,
maybe in fog and cold and 500 miles
from land, 1t never felt afraid. And
no matter how hungry it became the
pigeon would never stop on another
ship but just keep directly on toward
France.
Any American boy who wants to
train carrier can do so by following
the plan outlined here for teaching
them to fly homeward. If it Is the
plan to train 1t to race then 1t should
be raised on wheat, but as contest
approaches they are to be fed on small
dried beans and maize and given wa
ter containing iron-this last is the
same as giving person strengthen
ing tonic. Just before race some
amateurs give their pigeons beech
nuts and buckwheat,, which are be-
lisved to impart special endurance
for the flight
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-30

Rx'VERY boy at sometime in his
- life, likes to own carrier
hW pigeon and every girl would
- think 1t fine to have such bird
Eby which to send messages to her
Eschool friends. But such pigeons are
Eexp and not TO be raised by chill
kdren of the city. Still. it is interesting
fto read about these little feathered
tpostmen which travel SO many hun
Edred miles through the air, without
kany means of knowing where they
tare except their wonderful sense of
idirection. Even an aviator, with a
Emap to guide him on a trip, is never
las certain of his location as the most
inexperienced carrier"
Nobody is positive when pigeons
First began carrying messages al
Though, of course, every child remem-
kbers the dove that, released from the
Bark, in the Bible, flew through the
lair and brought back a message of
Tan olive branch. This showed 1t had
Mound land where trees were above
fthe water and Noah, following the
Iway it had gone, saved himself and
hhis family and the animals on board
When the French were at war
with Germany and all around ParlS
lthere was such a great number or the
Ienemy that nothing afoot could hope
ITO get out, the little carrier pigeons
fproved Of the greatest help. Bal
looms were sent up from the city, con-
tanning 363 carrier pigeons. When
.they had risen above and passed be-
yond the city to where other sections
of the French army were stationed
lnearly all OF the pigeons were lib
terated.
Then the pigeons We're used by the
officers out there to get messages of
the war to dear ones back into Paris.
But, so dreadful was the firing and
the air so thick with smoke and shot
that even the carriers were bewildered
and killed. Out of the whole num-
ber only rs returned safely. They
had, however. brought with them mes
sages that told the French generals
Just what they needed to know: and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-30

81 has been said that the final saving
of the city was mostly due to the
bravery and instinct of these carriers.
Around the upper part of the tail
feathers silk thread was tightly
fastened. This held a goose quill
which was hollow and contained a
tiny photograph of a message done
bn pellicles of collodion. And each
pigeon that brought back such a mes
sage was given a life pension of all
the grain IT wanted to eat and home.
Tor It had helped to- save Paris as
well as any soldier who fought for. it,
So wonderful did the French think
this feat OF the carrier pigeons that
soon after peace had been declared a
military pigeon system was establish
ed. The Ministry of War has control
over all the carrier pigeons in the
country, and even little girl or boy
who raises one must give it up to
war duty If the need arises for its
services--just as a parent must give
up his son when wanted TO fight for,
his nation.
Belgium raises the best carriers
The four varieties still found wild
there are the biset. the wood pigeon,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-30

pointing, and what do you think we
saw? A large pocketbook. lying right
there on the pavement.
"I do believe it's a pocketbookl'
cried Uncle Will in an excited tone.
why don't you go and see?'
IT was just turning to fly down and
capture 1T when Brother John called
out:
'Humphl Why don't you go your
self. Uncle Will? You can't fool me-
It's April FOOLS Dayl And somebody
put 1t there to fool us!'
"'What?' exclaimed Uncle Will
April Fools Day? Why, bless my
heart, so it Is! Well. well!N But, look
here, Johnny, how do you know that's
an April Fool pocketbook? 1t may
not be, you knowl'
".Hal Hal Hal Hat laughed John
in SO rude and cocksure a manner
that i felt truly ashamed Of him.
'Uh-uh You can't fool me--Tm no
April FOOL II somebody else wants
to bite let them go ahead, but not
mel
Well, WELL said Uncle Will slowly,
sitting down on the step again. May
be you're right, Johnny, maybe you're
right. Perhaps it is only an April
Fool one. And maybe it's got string
tied to 1t so that when you reach down
to pick 1t up the boy at the other
end gives a yank to the cord and
there you are picking up nothing but
air. Well, WE'LL Do you boys play
those tricks now, Johnny? We used
to when ! was your age and
Sure interrupted John--and you
can see from that what a fresh little
boy ne was-'you bet! Why. Uncle
VIII, that's an old one on April Fools
Dayl No indeedy. you don't fool me
that way
don't know, Johnny said Uncle
Will very slowly and with queer lit
tie smile on his face, maybe that
pocketbook has something inside Of 1t
worth having. If you saw q baseball
bat lying there, John. would you refuse
to pick it up just because it Is April
Fools Day? No. I don't think you
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-30

chanter, so angry that, really, he must
almost have been afraid of himself.
put on the form of a very black cloud
and frightened the Queen to death.
Then the Good Fairy snatchsd up the
young Prince and bore him on with
her. to carefully nurse and rear him
until he became a man. Indeed, she
hid him 80 carefully that not even the
Infamous Enchanter, with all his pow
er, knew where he was, search though
he did for him all over the world.
just about the time the Prince be-
came young man. his father, the
Good King, died and the Good Fairy
had to reveal the hiding place of the
Prince in order that he might ascend
the throne. This time the rage of the
Infamous Enchanter was simply ter
rible. He summoned all his evil
powers to his aid and rushed into bat
tie with the young Prince. now king
of the land. Naturally, the poor boy
his name was Iscamma, by the way
had no chance against the Enchan-
ter. for he possessed no supernatural
power.
But the Good Fairy flew to his res
cue and quickly changed the Infamous
One into a huge. black rock; and
then, second or two later, hoping
to render him entirely helpless,
changed him again into a stream OF
water, with the idea that he would run
off down hill and eventually be abb
sorbed by the earth.
But, alas, she reckoned without due
regard for the magic of the Evil One;
for, in the form of the stream of wa
ter, he rushed down hill, a raging
torrent, lifted up the peor young King
bodily and carried him of into deep
valley where he or, rather, the stream,
subsided in the form of deep, deep
pool. OF course the poor King was
drowned, and not all the wonderful
power of the Good Fairy could bring
him back to life-or even so much as
recover his body.
Gradually, as time went on, the peo-
pie of the land called this lake the
"pool of Iscamma" and declared that
the Good Fairy had been April Fooled
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-30
Old French April Fools

MO other nation in Europe. per-
IN haps, has been as fond of OBJ
serving April Fools Day as has
France. In the years gone by.
on that day the French King and
Queen came down from their thrones
and stood before the Court Jester
or. rather. the Court Fool, you re-
member-and knelt before him, just
as people usually made obeisance to
them.
The Court Fool was arrayed in all
the glory of his motley colors and
proudly held his FOOLS bauble as
though 1t were sceptre. More than
that. his every command was obeyed
without question and his power was
supreme, except that he could not
command that anyone be put to death.
In Provence, France. 1t was the cua-
tom to always eat dish Of peas on