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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-12-29
THE WEATHER

Detroit and vicfnftyt Tuesday night.
cloudy with snowg Wednesday. partly
cloudy with snow hurrfesi colder with
cold wsvet fresh winds. shifting TO
north west Hnles.
Lower Michigsni snow on Tuesday
night followed ny cIearfngt wednes-
day, much colder with cold wavet fresh
shifting winds, becoming northwest.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-12-29

Only six answers were received to
advertisements for trained nurses for
the poor commission at a salary of
$1,000 year. Four OF the applicants
claim residence In Canada and the
other two have not lived IN the city
a year. The commission viii Rad
vertise.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-12-29
Germans Deny Paris Reports
and Austria and Russia Give
Each Other Lie
MUD BRINGS CLOSE
RANGE FIGHTS TO END
Artillery Cannot Be Moved In
Belgium and France Be-
cause of Weather
BY ED. L. KEEN.

(StdH Correspondent United Press.)
LONDON, Dec, 29.--While the
French and British troops In the
northwest Of France and southern Bel
gtum are checked today by frightful
weather conditions, important happen
ings are taking place In Alsace. The
French columns under Gen. Pau are
pressing forward an advices from
Paris indicate that they are on the
verge of a substantial triumph
Meanwhile there Is. q growing be-
lief that the British fleet Is again
about to make an attempt against
Cuxhaven, this time In force.
The successful raid on Cuxhaven,
II Is asserted In naval circles, shows
conclusively that the Zeppelins are
impotent They have been considered
a far greater menace than the mines,
but now that fear has been removed.
While the admiralty continues sphynx-
like, great activity Is reported from
those commanding the direct route
to Heligoland.
In the operations from Lombardt-
zyde II is reported the allies were
compelled to advance along roads and
through country where the mud ana
water was more than knee-deep. Ar
tillery cannot be moved at present,
and until another freeze sets In hight
ing must be of the long-range va
riety.
PETROGRAD, Dec. 29.--Complete
failure has marked the efforts OF the
Germans to check the Russian al
vance at half a dozen points on the
long battle line, according TO the gen.
eral stan reports. The combined Ger
man-Austrian offensive has been turn
ed into a stubborn defense with the
Russians pressing wedges into the
dual line. The positive declaration
was again made today that not only
was Warsaw no longer menaced, but
that the Austrian-German right wing
was In grave danger OF being envel'
oped and crushed as the result OF a
Ranking attack delivered by the army
which has been operating against
Cracow.
The Austrians tried fianking
movement along the Biala river. north
OF Tarnow, In conjunction with q Ger
man force operating well TO the
northward. The movement was re-
ported by Russian airmen and con.
Armed by the appearance of Gen.
Boehm- Erinolli's troops on the rail-
road line near Lisko A Russian army
OF 100 900 men was Immediately rush
ed south and attacked the Austrians,
driving wedge between the two
main Austrian armies.
The official reports agree that while
the chief German positions are still
strongly held, there has been q dis
tinct checking OF their initiative, and
indications are reported at number
OF points that point TO general with
drawal to the reserve trenches here
tofore constructed well in the rear.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-12-29

Property owners who waited until the
last days 60 pay state and county
Treasurer Edward r Stein. Monday.
100000. This u is .sld, Il the isfs
county treasurer IN = sipRfs dsy.
Clerks made out a total ~ b,s17 re-
ceipts during the day. ~
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-12-29

How can they DO 70 for atty ce.tss
That's what they all say when they
have tried our nocnasy fanchy-A~tsi
fsrfs olds-Adv.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-12-29
RUSSIA AND AUS
THE WEATHER.

TUESDAY NIGHT. CLoIrDy WITH
SNuMl WEDNESDAY Partly
eooDf WITH sNowI COLDER.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-12-29

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Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-11-04
Get In On This.

I do not pine for human gore,
yet boldly | assert I'd like to
slap the brainless yap who calls
a girl a skirt. Peoria Journal.
l pine not to bring others woe
Il trust I'm not so mean; but [
would like swat the bo who calls
a girl queen. "-Houston Post.
I pine to see no injured 81, k
clutch at himself and wall; but
I'd like to boot the crude galoot
who calls a girl a ''frail. New
York Evening Sun.
l am not prone to violence, but
l should like to maui and kick
and muss the inane cuss who
calls girl some doll. Judge.
I do not wish to seem g crank,
but always get a pain, and want
to club the awful dub who calls
a girl a Jane. -LaFollette's
Weekly.
I do not care to kill the guy
nor wish to hear him screech,
but I could poke the senseless
bloke who calls a girl peach. "
Marquette wis Epitome.
am indeed a man of peace, |
look on blood and sicken; but |
could calmly yank the fleece from
the fresh who calls a girl a
''chicken.' Our contribution.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-11-04
THE BEST PROOF.
Given by a Potosi Citizen.

Doan's Kidney Pills were used
they brought relief.
The story was told by a Potosi
resident
Time has strengthened the ev-
dence.
Has proven the results lasting.
The testimony is home tes-
timony.
The proof convincing.
It can be investigated by Poto-
ST residents.
W. B. Compton, Main ST., Po-
tosi, says; Il had pains in the
small of my back. I knew that
my kidneys needed toning up
and when friend told me to
take Doan's Kidney Pills, | got
a box at the City Drug Store. It
didn't take them long to rid me
of the trouble. The statement I
gave recommending Doan's Kid
ney Pills some years ago hold
good, as the cure has been per-
manent."
Price SOC, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr.. Compton had. Foster Milburn Co.,
Props, Buffalo, n. Y.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-11-04
ORDER GOES TO LEFT HAND
icaIly by tho Brain to That
Organ.

J. G. tells the New York Mail some
interesting things about the psychoi
ogy of writing with the right hand, In
the case of left-handed person. J. G.
is left-handed, but was taught to write
with the right hand. In college he
learned that the left lobe Of the brain
controls the operations of the right
hand, and vice persa. He also encoun.
tered a professor who told him that in
the case OF left-handed person
writing with the right hand there
would be a crossing of the brain i'm
pulse from one side of the body to the
other-a shifting of the nerve base, as
it were-accompanied by a certain
waste of energy caused by this cross
ing of the wires.
The mental order to write Is first
sent automatically by the brain to the
left hand, and must be transferred by
q rudimentarily conscious process to
the right hand, in order to accomplish
the act of writing. Under this theory
tempt to write with the right hand
but should simplify and economize his
mental processes by writing with the
left.
J. G. has always experienced q Ger.
tain sense of vexation or obstruction
in writing with the right hand. But he
now began to write with the type
writer, and experienced at once a
sense Of liberation. The process, with
the left hand now doing at least hall
the writing, became easier. more flu
ent, more responsive as between hand
and brain.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-11-04
The Noon Hour.

Some good fairy gave the noon
hour its own particular charm
It is balm and a benediction,
but like fishing its pleasures are
boyhood's birthright. We older
folks are too busy to appreciate
them as we should.
Imagine that you are a boy
again. Can't you see the long
rows of corn that you hoed, feel
the bllsters on your hands and
the ache in your back? Remem-
ber how the sun used to get
stuck in the sky about II O'Clock
maybe dropping back little
but never seeming to move for
ward?
You thought of the good din
ner that mother was getting
ready, the bit of rest under that
big tree by the gate-if you did
not have to turn the grindstone
Or run over to a neighbours on
some errand or other. You won.
dered why the world wasn't so
ordered that corn would grow
without hoeing. Why couldn't
a fellow go fishing six or seven
days a week? If only the Fourth
and Christmas and school picnics
would come oftener.
Then suddenly the old horn
blew. Sweeter music never
tripped from a linnets throat.
By contrast harps and violins
would'have sounded like squeak
ing gate. What different world
it was between II o'clock and /!
What an appetite you had and
how good the simplest food tast-
ed! And the few minutes rest
was like rain to dropping corn.
The simple things of life are
best. We enjoy elegance but
what would it amount to alone?
In the last analys S there is more
real pleasure in the few minutes
talk across the fence or at the
store with a friend, the fireside
gathering, the smile On a baby's
eeace, the tenderness in mothers
voice, the peace of the hour at
noon-in all of the blessed little
things that wealth cannot give
nor poverty take away.-Journal
of Agriculture.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-11-04
Johnnie Wise Says

Some men seem to put it
across by blowing the personal
pronoun through their own horn.
The defeated candidate woke
up this morning wishing he
hadn't been such adummed idjit.
A dollar saved is spent as cas-
ily as dollar earned.
When the frost is on the pun
kin and the fodder in the shock
it's time to get your benny out Of
hook.
When the women get the bal
let will they face the powder
as readily as a they powder the
face.
You may tickle girl by call
ing her duck and chicken, but
she won't stand having her
feathers ruff1ed.
It's a whole lot easier to tell a
fellow he ought to get something
to do than help him find q job.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-11-04
Iananeee Iheater.

To a foreigner. stage management
in Japan would appear somewhat &C.
centric When an actor is killed dur
ing the play a man in black rushes on
the stage and holds a large clock be-
fore the supposed corpse, who soon
rises and runs off the stage.
The scenes are never shifted, but
the whole stage revolves on wheels,
while between the acts the children
among the audience rush behind the
curtain and play until the drum beats
for another act. The performance be-
gins at 10 a. m, and the audience pro-
vision themselves for "a hours, curling
time.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-11-04
Postal Savings Growing.

The war In Europe is proving
a big big boon to postal savings
in this country. From the very
day hostilities opened across the
seas postal savings receipts
began to increase by leaps and
bounds and Withdrawals fell off,
a result quite contrary to the
predictions of many we'll inform
ed persons who, in their imagin-
alton, saw lines of feverish de-
positors at postoffice pay Win
doWs anxious to again return
their savings to the boot leg and
body-belt repositories whence
they came before intrusted to
Uncle Sam. But the forecasters
failed to reckon on the absolute
confidence of the American citi-
zen, regardless of the flag which
first met his eyes, in the ability
and purpose of the Government
to carry out it's obligations, not
only among the nations of the
earth, but with the humblest citi-
zen of our land.
Two important results have
followed; thousands. of people,
largely of foreign birth, accus-
toned to send their savings
abroad, are now patrons Of our
stal-savings system; and enor-
nous sums of actual cash have
been released for commercial
uses among our own people at a
time when the need for every
availa bic dollar is pressing.
The growth of postal savings
in the United States has been
steady and healthy and the sys-
tenn has filled an important gap
between tin-c can depository and
the factory paymaster. On July
1, when affairs were running
smoothly here and abroad and
the transmission of money across
the Atlantic was safe and eXpe-
ditious, there was approximately
S43, 900. 900 of postal savings
standing to the credit of 3eS,0oO
depositors. Since then over $40,
100000 Of deposits have been ad-
ded and the mum Der Of deposit
ors has increased enormously.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-11-04
Use Cotton.

The Missouri Pacific Iron
Mountain Railway Company has
issued the following circular to
ts agents:
Referring to Circular Letter
$500, urging you to lend all pos
sible aid to the matter of agitat-
ing the sale of cotton piece goods
in order to create a market for
the 1914 cotton crop.
"The Business Mems League
of St. Louis, an organization of
similar character in other locali-
ties, are urging the use of cot
ton bagging, cotton bags and
cotton twine in lieu of jute and
other similar materials amongst
the merchants and manufacture
ers, the object being TO substi-
tute cotton goods as much as
possible.
In addition to urging the sale
of cotton piece goods through
the merchants and local columns
of your territory, believe it will
be best both in soliciting and
likewise through the columns of
the local papers, to urge manu-
facturers and other users of jute
bagging and twine as we'll as
shippers of grain, feed, ETC., to
substitute cotton bagging, bags
and twine in their stead and pre-.
vail upon the merchants when
placing their orders for goods
which are ordinarily shipped in
jute bags or bagging to make
their orders specify when pack
ed in cotton bags or bagging."
"It is estimated that the sub
stitution of cotton bags, baggine
and twine for the jute product
will alone create a demand fol
of 3, 10000 bales of cot
ton annually. or in other words
substantially 20 per cent of the
cotton crop.
when the advantages obtain
ed by the substitution of cottor
for jute. etc, are pointed out tt
the varying interests in youl
territory I am sure there will be
no difficulty whatever in convert
ing a great many of them to tn
use of the cotton product.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-11-04
SHOW NO FEELING OF ENVY
UnseIfIsh Attitude Of the Poor To~aro
Pleasures They Can't Par
ticipate In.

There is something strangely pa
thetic in the unselfishness with which
the poor regard tho pleasures OF the
rich. Consider the university boat
race. One might expect the over
worked clerk and the Qnderpatd IL
borer to resent the time and money
spent upon training few expensive
and Improbable athletes. What We
find is a spontaneous national enthu'
siasm, q concentration upon results
which cannot practically affect In any
way the concentrating enthusiase
People care about the boat race b.
cause 1t is a sport, q game. because
its issue is uncertain-not because
they bet on 1t, although they do. 80
even with the Derby, where the bet
ting is a much larger factor. But
how much more really sporting II all
these selfless souls who cheer ana
gamble could be riding and racing on
their own arcount! Our own
betting laws are Objectionable IN
30 far as they discriminate unfair
ly between the methods Of tho rich
and those of the poor, but in princt
pie the restriction of gambling oppor
tunities seems a good thing to many
who are not extravagantly puritanical
Only it remains true that the proper
cure for such social evils - betting
is not prohibition but diversion New
Statesman.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-11-04
Who Does Your Thinking.

What is it that sets a man
above the rest of the animal king
dom? Is it the power to think:
All through the history of the
World there has been a few great
thinkers, and there has been a
great many who let some one else
do their thinking for them.
Which kind are you? Do you
think for youaself? People who
think for themselves are human
beings living on a high plain:
those who let others think for
them are living in a rut where
prejudice, fogyism, superstition,
fanaticism and ignorance prevail.
The world is full Of people who
travel in rut and seem to like
it, although it is close scrouging.
The habit of thinking is not
easy to acquire. It means that
you must reason and use the
faculties of your mind. 1t means
cultivating an open mind. 1t
means self control: that you re-
fuse to accept the ready made
thoughts of others until you have
analyZed them. Are you letting
some one else do your thinking
for you? The next time you find
yourself saying think so and so,
ask yourself the question, Was
that my thought or not?' We
see all the time men who think,
controlling those who do not
| in business, in religion, in poll
tics, in war. In everything the
the thoughtful man rules, some
times seltishly. Very often he
uses the power he has to enrich
himslf at the expense of those
who do not use their reason. A
hired agitator in the pay of fan
atics or extremists-whose mar
row minds object to this or that
or other thing-plays upon the
feelings of his hearers. The un-
thinking after listening to his
TRADE exclaim, He's right, l
think there ought to be a law
against it," Do you think, Or
are you only rejecting the sug-
gestions of a clever talker?-Ex,
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-11-04
READ THE JOURNAL, $1.00.
DESTROYING Cherished Illusions.

Scientific experts are never SO COM
pletely happy as when they are de-
stroying Illusions which we have cher.
ished from our childhood.
A sunburned skin, which We are
all so anxious to bring back to town
at the end of August, is the latest
thing to be condemned as unhealthy.
Apparently "a nice healthy tan mere
ly means that its proud wearer has
been exposing himself too rashly to
the influence of the ultraviolet rays
which is condemned as by no mems a
healthy process.
Another illusion shattered by the
same expert is that the pallor of the
man who is something in the city
is always due to overwork or to the
struggle to keep out Of the bank
rUptcy court He is only pale because
the cloud of SCOT which hangs over
the city keeps out the ultraviolet
rays, which would otherwise alter his
interesting appearance.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-11-04
Republicans Win In County.

In the county the indicated
Republican majority is in the
neighborhood of 275, a gain of
nearly 100 over four years ago.
The Democratic vote has
slumped accordingly. All of the
Republican candidates were elec-
ted, except D. o. Jarvis for Cir
cult Clerk, Joseph Cresswell,
Democrat, has apparently been
reelected to this office by a
small majority. The Democrats
have also elected their candidate
for Probate Judge, who had no
opponent. The following will be
the official roster for the next
two years.
Representative-W.H FL. Evens,
Rep.
Presiding Judge of the County
Court-George w. Seabourne,
Rep.
County Judge-first district
W. B. Compton, Rep.
County Judge, second district
$. V. Eye, Rep.
Probate Judge-F. P. Blount,
Dem.
Circuit Clerk-Joseph Cress.
we'll, Dem.
County Clerk-George Noonan
Rep.
Prosecuting Attorney-W. A
Cooper, Rep.
Collector-George Carr, Rep
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-11-04

The idea that modern wars
must necessarily be short be-
cause of the great havoc among
the contending forces and the
great drain upon their resources
is being dispelled by the conflict
which is now engaging nearly all
the nations of Europe. The en-
trance of Turkey in the war adds
so much fuel to the conflict, for
the Turk is an ever ready scrap
per, with a particular grudge
against Russia. Therefore his
activity on the side of Germany
and Austria, directed principally
against the forces of the Gar,
will interest the allies enough to
give them much concern. And
there can be no arrangement of
Germans by the allies on the
ground that they have enlisted
the Mohammedan against the
Christian, for England and
France had already the Moham-
medans of Africa and India, as
we'll as the Japanese enlisted on
their side. Italy will also prob
ably soon be drawn into the con-
f1ict, on the side of the allies. AL
this portends prolongation of
the strife, for it tends to balance
the general strength of the con-
tending forces, and causes new
interests that will have to be con-
sidered in the final settlement.
Therefore, peace most probably
will not hover again over Europe
for years.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-11-04
Why Women Dress Better.

The growing interest In dress is
very plainly evident all over England
today. Wherever you go you cannot
help noticing how Indefinitely better
women Of all classes are turned OUT
than they were even = few years ago.
The change Is principally due to
the fact that the more advanced Of
the dress writer's have broken away
from the dry-as-dust uninteresting
dress jargon Of Victorian times.
They talk now-as Lady Betty and
Camilla" talk In their weeks dress
double number Of Home Chat-about
things ordinary people want to know
In language that ordinary people can
Observation-Disclosures Daily Mirror.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-11-04

The recent decision of the Mis-
souri, Supreme Court placing all
social clubs where liquor is
dispensed to members andguests
on the same basis with the ordi-
nary saloon, and bringing them
under saloon regulations, rings
clear and resonant with good
law and Justice. 1t sweeps away
in its application the old injustice
of a law for the rich and law for
the poor. The wealthy social
club of the big cities will no
doubt regard the decision as an
abuse ofits rights and privileges,
but If law remains law and JUS
tice holds an even balance for oil
the people, the rights and privi-
leges of one class of people
should be no greater than that
of another. If the poor man 5
drinking resort requires the re-
straint of law, the rich mans
drinking resort must also be
brought under the restraint of
the law. AS is well known to
our readers, the Journal is
against all liquor traffic, but as
long as the traffic remains, nc
interest should be permitted
greater latitude under the laws
that regulate it than another
interest.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-11-04
Did the Work.

A scarecrow of the ordinary
type placed in MIR. Howard Will
sons cornfields at Marmctt,
Wis, having failed to frjghten
the birds, was replaced by a
feminine figure with a low-neck.
ed blouse, slit skirt and plumed
hat. Crows have now ceased to
haunt the locality.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-11-04
Curing a Aeartache.

A young girl not far from mere
had a heart that aked; her honey
boy had taken his affections else
where, and her father shut him
self up with her to reason with
her. THAT honey boy averaged
spending fifty cents a week with
you," he said. Here is a dollar
a week to take it's place. Every
time he called he cleaned out the
refrigerator; your mother will
see that your brother does this
in the future. He kept you up
late at night; your baby sister is
cross, and hereafter we will let
baby do this for you. He took
possession of the most comfort
able rocker on the north porch.
When you look at that rocker in
the future it will not be empty,
bringing pang to your heart
that your silly novei tells about.
1t will be occupied by the old
man who paid for it; that's me.
Your mother and I stayed by
you through cole and teething
and we are going to get you
through this if we have to take
turns spanking you" And the
girl chirked up.
The Sterculias is a genus largely
represented in Queensland. ard wide
" distributed. To it belongs the bot
tie tree of the west of Queensland
| Blacks eat the seeds of one Of the
species of the coast, and in the Phil
ippines those of apparently closely
| allied species are considered whole
some when roasted or boiled, though
| eaten in large quantities. The tree
! belongs to a good family, being re
| lated to the Theobroma food of the
| gods), which supplies the world with
cocoa and chocolate When the fruit
splits open it is a brilliant scarlet
| with an orange-tinted interior;
| along the parted edges are the seeds
oval and black. covered with rich
| purple bloom. The fruit. being
| tough and leathery, remains on the
tree long time. forming a most eft
| fective display in the gloom of the
| iunp1e-T Pa Weekly.