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The Detroit times., 1915-07-01

Little book, little book. when that
awful presence came near and grip
ped me with It's destroying hand !
became only the animal that 10 all
in humanity that nature recognizes.
I could not reason. could only
feel. There was no use OF mind. only
the instinct to free myself from
physical pain at any cost. and yet I
know this minute that the torture Of
travail is not too great q price to
pay for motherhood. II IL only when
your aching arms hold empty air"
that you remember your darkest
hour. Oh. my baby. my baby. why
am I. who waited for you % and
who could bear you in honor and
bring you up in comfort and love, to
be denied you, while some poor girl
signs and means when she hears the
first cry Of flesh of her flesh and
blood of her blood and knows It
means nothing to her but disgrace.
and grief to the babe who is al
ready making protest at being
brought into world Of unhappi-
ness.
"Why don't It cry? Why don't
II cry?" asked Aunt Mary in that
moment Of blessed surcease from
agony when knew my child was
born.
could only hear the. low voices
of nurses and doctor but could not
distinguish what they said. Il was
too weak to turn my head to see
what they were doing.) Aunt Mary
clasped my hands and bent over
me. had a feeling that she was
trying to shield me from something
"Is anything the matter with my
baby? Why don't 1t cry?"
"They are working with 1t. Mar
gle"
working with it-why.. what IL
the matter with it-why should they
work with It.? Why don't they
bring 1t to me 50 that l can see
it?7 1 tried weakly to get out Of
bed to 60 to 1t. but could moi
move.
flush. dear, think they will
bring you your son in few min
utes."
ooh. Aunt Mary, is 1t a boy ?
Tears of Joy coursed down my
cheeks.
Eyes. DEAR" she said slowly.
"Have they taken him out of the
room? i don+, hear them talking
any more: and has batcxisd ?,,n
sAnnt Mary--,Aunk, SMary--dOn'l
keep me in snspenses Is anything
the NATTER" ~.-rs
Tears drom Aunt Mary's eye
dropped on my face. ~ -. '"'t
There IL something the matter
What is 1t, tell me what It is. Oh
Aunt Mary, never thought 20,
would be cruel to me-"
Hush, dear. don't mean to b.
cruel, but the nurses and doctor
arc still working over your baby
Margie-dont, don't" she said al
The Detroit times., 1915-07-01
EVELYN IS
HANDED A
SUBPOENA
Starts for New York
to Testify in Thaw
Case
MAY PUT SLAYER'S
MOTHER ON STAND
State Hopes Through
Her to Prove Mental
Weakness

NEW YORK. July 1.--Evelyr
Nesbit Thaw mas been served with a
subpoena At Malone, N. Y. to ap'
pear In her husbands. sanity trial
here. and will start for New York
Immediately. according to Deputy
Attorney General Cook. who receiv-
ed . brief dispatch from his agents
at Malone just after court opened
this morning. Cook said he expect.
Cd her to be in court today. blu,
said he did not know what day she
would be put on the stand.
DR.. Charles X. Mills, a Philadel
phia alienist. and the last of Thaw's
Witnesses, took the stand when
court opened. Deputy Attorney.
General Becker began q vigorous
cross-examination on his direct ties.
tmony.
What attorneys took to be a'ref.
erence to Evelyn's young son, Rus.
sell was made when Becker asked
Dr.. Mile whether the offspring Of q
person suffering from hereditary
insanity would not be mentally
defective. DR.. Mills replied that II
would. Evelyn has always con.
tended Thaw h the fsther Of her
son.
The stats would not divulge to.
day who it, Arst witness would be,
but Il was reported Cook plans to
put the prisoners mother. Mrs. Cop.
ley Thaw. on the stand at the out.
Get. Cook hopes 70 prove by her
that the slayer Of White II affected
BY hereditary insanity.
Thaw's attorneys let Il be known
that after Dr.. Mills completed his
testimony today, the statement OF
former District Attorney William
jerome, Thaw's nemesis. !" IN which
he said Thaw WAS sane. would be
read.
The Detroit times., 1915-07-01

De vogt. The ceremony was per-
formed by the Rev. James T. Black.
pastor OF tho church. Miss Phyllis
0ooschenhofer and maid OF honor.
and Misses Ards De vogt and
Galley Gibbs. were bridemaids.
Leo Bradford was best man. The
guests were seated by lawrence
Whitaker. Emmett KulL william
frost and Carl Roster. Following
the church ceremony. . reception
was held In the Mendelssohn club
and dancing followed.
The Detroit times., 1915-07-01
SITS DOWN. III
TAKE REST; DIES

Ditl)Ut On . beam that was being
used rs rAise q house At No. 100
vaIr{low.ave., Michael Krats. VIZ
owen " years old. was found dead
By 1aoHts Cayanaush. No. SS3
CYaaSi =. and Anthony Barron.
no. iS7l Lycasts-sts, wednesday
mornlns. Heart dfsease, 'supsrinr
dues1 by the heat, n 10 supposed,
caused his demise. The man had
BEEN WORKING and Was on bic way
Cor ~ whea. hs ct down On the
beam. He livsd with biz son, Mich
eel xroSs Jr.. 81 No. go oylvsstes>
q ccrUSsr Rothichsr win hold 10
The Detroit times., 1915-07-01
Household Helps.
Efficiency In the Home.
BY MARY LEE.

Efficiency In the Home.
"A very good friend of mine came
in TO see me today" said Mrs. Hap.
py Homemaker. land she was in a
,ane state ef rage over q. verbal duel
she had with her latest domestic
helper.
This woman Is one Of the most
'eflicient. -honsekeepers I know. and
ordinarily has good luck in getting
and keeping her girls. But matri.
mony will invade the best regulated
families. and changes must be made.
"A new maid came. and after two
weeks residence announced that
she was leaving. At hrst she would
not tell her reasons, but upon being
pressed said that she could not work
In a place where the lady came and
looked in her ice box every day, and
then that she was so ashamed OF
her garbage can't was the empti-
est on the street.
MY friend attempted to explain
her system OF household manage
ment. which included constant care
and no waste. but the girl was firm
In her conviction that no real Amer
lean lady ever bothered herself with
these sordid details OF housekeep-
ing. and she preferred q home with
the genuine article.
1.-THE idea OF America, in the Eu-
ropean peasant mind. is OF Q coun-
try literally flowing with milk and
honey, whose prodigal people never
count the cost, and care not for
waste.
THE girls who 90 back on vaca.
tons. after an American residence
of few years in the homes Of some
of our careless women, look with
scorn on the thrift and vigilance
which even the women Of wealth
exercise in running their homes In
the old countries.
They don't do that way In Am.
erica. You are never asked what
you did with this or that In Amer.
lea. The ladies' don't care how
much you throw away In America
"And the old girl coming back. or
the new one coming over. IL bitter.
ly disappointed II by chance she
fipds herself in q home whose mis-
tress regards home-making and
keeping a. real business. and tries
to perform her duties carefully and
skilfully.
1T 10 curious and somewhat dis
couraging the reception our efforts
toward ehiciency receive; and I am
afraid II will take years Of patient
endeavor before the reputation of
the American housewife 10 estab-
lished on that basis.
The. American man 10 noted the
world over for his business en-
cheney and 10 lauded and honored
for IT,. -
But II the woman In the home
plans her meals with regard to food
values. she il thought 'fussy.'
''If she aims to use the by-pro-
ducts Of her plant. and 30 reduce
expenses. she Ii thought 'stingy.'
'If she exercises constant and
watchful care. she II called hard to
work for
What are we going to do?
Keep right on. We would-be
home efiiciency promoters might
adopt a. the device upon our nag an
empty garbase-psil.
The Detroit times., 1915-07-01

The annual field day and family
picnic Of Detroit council. knights
Of Columbus, will BE- held wednes
day, July Z. at Tashmoo park. III,
committee In charge Of the general
entertainment for the day includes
John p. Scallen. Charles Mccker
william Nesbitt. Charles L. Bruce
Fred Dsvine. Howard +. :ieetinr
Bert =. Henderson. Frank Possel
ius. Edward Diedrich. John Drury
Stephen Corbett. Thomasa Dohaney
F. Donaghue. Walter Bernardo and
Clarence A. Look.
Bethany Presoyterian church was
filled with guests Tuesday evening,
for the marriage OF Miss Dorothy
Helen Gibbs, daughter Of Mr.. and
Mr.. James H. Gibbs. 10 Leo Henry
The Detroit times., 1915-07-01

THE DREAM of Greater Rumania" just now being in
! dulged in by the aggressive politicians Of that Balkan
kingdom is imposing very difficult problem upon the allies
the price into the Rumana demands
large Bukowna and Transyvania and suggests that
Bessaraba would make very desirable Rumanan province
The Detroit times., 1915-07-01

Klplins's poem In which he said:
"DswArs my country when she
Grows polite" 10 being quoted By
soldiers returning from the front.
They say there y great signincancc
IN tie fact that b the trenches men
sss speaking quietly now and ~
fsssing - the osrnans only IN
tsrnG q rlold Dssps1ety.
The Detroit times., 1915-07-01

"Ohicer. I understand this Is q
very bad neighborhood. Do you
think there h any danger OF me be-
Ing held up BY thugs?"
mot II they zee you FIRST"
The Detroit times., 1915-07-01

He-Your extravaganza 10 appal.
ling. Nothing apparently IL good
enough for you. W.
she-Yes, made that very appar
ent when I married you.
Middletown transcript., 1915-03-06
FRUIT LAXATIVE
FOR SICK CHILD
~CalitOrnia Syrup Of Figs" can't
harm tender stomach,
liver and bowels.

Every mother realizes, after giving
her children California Syrup Of
Figs" that this is their ideal laxative,
because they love its pleasant taste
and 1t thoroughly cleanses the tender
little stomach. liver and. bowels with
out gripping.
When cross, irritable. feverish, or
breath is bad. stomach sour, look at
the tongue. mother! If coated, give
teaspoonful of this harmless fruit
laxative" and in few hours all the
foul, constipated waste. sour bile and
undigested food passes out of the bow
els, and you have a well, playful child
again. When its little system is full
OF cold, throat sore, has stomach-ache,
diarrhoea, Indigestion, colic-remem-
ber. a good inside cleaning" should
always be the first treatment given.
Millions of mothers keep California
Syrup of Figs" handy; they know a
teaspoonful today saves a sick child
tomorrow. Ask at the store for a So
cent bottle of California Syrup of
Figs" which has directions for babies
children of all ages and grown-ups
printed on the bottle. Adv.
Middletown transcript., 1915-03-06
VARIETY FOR WINTER EGGS
Best Results Secured From Laying
Fowls by Using Ground Food,
Meat and Green Stuff.

Variety of feed is what makes the
winter eggs. Corn three times a day
as a rule builds up fatty tissue, makes
hens lazy and reduces profit.
Animal food, ground food and a
generous supply of green stun pro-
duce the best results for laying fowls, 3"
says ]. G. Halpin, head of the poultry
department of the University Of Wis
consin.
The exercise so needful for poultry
can be provided in winter by working
the grain ration well into the litter OF
fresh straw that should be provided as
a carpet on the feeding floors. A good
variety of grain should be provided;
some corn, wheat, oats and barley
mixed together, or fed alternately,
makes a satisfactory ration.
A grain ration for winter use that
has given good results at the expert.
ment station farm consists of two
parts corn. two parts wheat, one part
oats and one part harley.
1t is recommended that the ground
feed be placed in a small mash box
or trough where the hen can have
ready access to it. The following mix
ture of ground feeds is considered to
be quite satisfactory: One hundred
pounds bran, 100 pounds middlings
/ 100 pounds ground corn, so pounds
malt sprouts, so pounds meat scraps
and sufficient salt.
Middletown transcript., 1915-03-06

was not in tine body, but in the mind.
Few of us realize the almost super
human power of the imagination in its
effect upon the body Nothing is bet
ter known than that many people
every year die with imaginary hydro
phobia. 1t is : very common thing to
regard dog as mad which simply has
a fit, or is so frightened at being pur-
sued by those who are afraid of it,
and who project their state of mind
to its brain that it appears to be
mad.
Physicians tell us that susceptibility
to contagious diseases depends very
largely upon the mental condition,
that 1t is possible for person during
great excitement to work with per
feet immunity among patients suffer
ing from the most malignant diseases.
have seen a vigorous, athletic
man so completely paralyzed by the
shock from an accident that he could
scarcely lift pound weight. He was
as weak and nerveless as a child. No
material substance had touched him
or opposed him-just a terrifying
thought, which came like lightning,
did the work. made a pygmy Of
giant in an instant.
Well-authenticated cases have been
recorded by physicians where pa
tients. who had a mortal fear Of
chloroform, went into a syncope be-
fore a Whit of cholorofrm had been
given. They became perfectly uncon-
scious through the suggestion of their
own minds
| ! know of physician who, while
away from home on fishing trip, was
summoned to attend a patient who
was suffering indescribable agony.
He had no medicine case, no drugs
with him; but the tactful physician,
knowing the power of suggestion,
made small powders out of ordinary
flour and gave instructions with the
greatest care as to the exact time and
manner Of taking. They we're to be
given every few minutes.
The patient was told that he was be-
ing treated by noted physician, and
his great faith in the physician and
the remedy In short time wrought a
marvellous change in his condition. He
said that he felt the effects of the
medicine throughout his entire being.
Flour and faith did the work.
The sick thought must go before the
sick condition will depart. When the
diseased thought goes, the body at
once rebounds and becomes normal
Not long ago heard Of young
lady who, while at the theater with
her flance, complained suddenly of
feeling faint. Her fiance, young doc
tor, took something out of his pocket
and, giving 1t to her, whispered,
Keep this tabloid in your mouth, but
don't swallow it." The young woman
did as directed, and Immediately felt
better. Curious to know what the
tabloid" was, which, although 1t had
not dissolved, had given her such re-
lief, she examined it on her return
home, and found-a small button!
Middletown transcript., 1915-03-06
MoLDY FEED BAD FOR HENS
Cause Of Many Deaths Among Poultry
Particularly Among Young Chicks,
Can Be Prevented.

Don't give poultry moldy feed. 1t
causes aspergillosis and chickens af-
flicted with this are "lungersS
"Moldy feed and moldy litter in
poultry houses are the cause Of many
deaths among poultry, and particularly
among your chicks" says ]. B. Hayes
OF the poultry department Of the Uni
versity of Wisconsin. These molds
taken into the body Of the fowl cause
a disease known as aspergillosis which
is as fatal as the name sounds. Among
poultry men, the chicks affected with
this trouble are commonly spoken OF
as "lungers."
The chick stands around in drowsy
manner and shows little desire to
eat. The wings hang down, the breath
is rapid, and white diarrhea is pres
ent. Indeed. the disease is many
times mistaken for white diarrhea.
Older birds, when attacked, are mac
tive and sleepy If forced to run, they
will fall from exhaustion. The breath
ing is rapid, the appetite is diminished
and more or less catarrh is present.
An affected chick will be found to
have soft yellow growths from the size
Of a pinhead to that of pea, mainly
In the lungs but sometimes in the in
testines and mesentery. These growths
clog the air passages of the lungs and
so cause the death OF the birds. In
mature fowls there are two forms OF
the disease The membranes lining
the air sacs and tubes may be covered
with a membranous formation which
is soft and yellowish and has an Of
fensive odor. Or there may be white
or yellowish nodules imbedded in the
tissues of the lungs. In either case
the disease is incurable.
But since 1t is caused by moldy feed
or moldy litter it can be entirely pre-
vented by cleaning up the poultry
house once in a while and keeping
moldy feed and litter away from the
flock. This is only one of the many
poultry troubles that can be avoided
by clean feed and clean pens and
yards.
Middletown transcript., 1915-03-06
EFFECT OF THE IMAGINATION
ON HEALTH.

A medical journal reports the case
OF a clergyman who was sent to a hos
pital suffering terribly. He said he
had swallowed several false teeth and
the plate. and that he felt the horrible
grinding and cutting of these in his
stomach.
The physician in attendance tried
to talk him out of ehis idea, but to no
purpose A little while later a tele-
gram from his wife informed him that
the teeth had been found under the
bed. Mortified and chagrined at hav-
ing made such a fool of himself, the
clergyman, free from his imaginary
suffering, Immediately got up, dressed
himself, paid his bill and went home
without assistance,
AS long as the man was convinced
that the false teeth were in his stom-
ach, all the talking in the world could
not have made him believe that his
suffering was a delusion. This con-
viction had to be changed first
Medical history shows that thou
sands of people have died the victims
of their imagination. They were con-
vinced they had diseases which in
reality they never had. The trouble
Middletown transcript., 1915-03-06

ing good health now and owe It all Ia
your remedies. take pleasure in tell
ing my friends and neighbors about
them. Mrs. MATTE HALEY, 601 Col
quhone Street, Danville, Va.
No woman suffering from any form
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This famous remedy, the medicinal
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Middletown transcript., 1915-03-06

this way the bird cannot flap its wings
and break them, and you cause it no
discomfort. Practice up on some Of
your common stock before you tackle
your show birds. When you have
learned how to do 1t you can handle
them all you wish.
Do not overfeed your birds before
shipping. If you are going to ship to
a show where the birds are weighed
in, see to It that they arrive at the
show rooms with good appetites. The
show management will see to 1t that
they are properly fed before being
weighed. Feed just what they will
clean up and remove the rest. II
doesn't pay to cram before shipping.
When they arrive, they have no appe'
tites, and are weighed in to poor ad'
vantage.
The male birds should be kept sepa-
rate. Otherwise the two best ones
are almost sure to get to fighting just
before the show, and will thus be out
Of condition. If you must keep them
together, be sure that your show bird
Is master of the coop. Otherwise he
becomes cowed and will not show to
good advantage.
If in doubt in regard to any points
about your birds, consult some local
authority who can tell you just which
is the best bird.
Middletown transcript., 1915-03-06
Use Of the Antennae.

1t is certain that spiders can smell.
yet they have no antennae. nor any
organs that may be compared to the
antennal organs of insects. This is
another argument against the anten-
nae being organs of smell. All insects
either have antennal organs like those
OF the bees, or notifications of them.
yet no two authors who have studied
them have agreed concerning their
function. Such chaos can be replaced
by facts, only when the behavior of
the insects investigated is thoroughly
studied and when experiments are per-
formed in ways other than on the an
tennae alone. Then it will be realized
that the antennae can no longer be re-
garded as a possible seat of the sense
Of smell in insects.
Middletown transcript., 1915-03-06

First, know what sort of bird Is a
prize winner. To do this study the
pictures of winning birds that are
shown in the farm papers and poultry
journals. Compare the best of your
flock with these. When you go among
the flock to pick your birds, look for
those that have grown rapidly, and are
well feathered.
Don't take those that have dull, life
less feathers.
Don't take any that are out of pro-
portion, or that show any sort of a
malformatiOn, as crooked back or
breastbone.
Don't take birds which are sup
posed to have clean legs and feet and
which have feathers there instead. 1t
doesn't pay to show fowls which will
be disqualified.
There are minor faults, however.
which may be overlooked. For it
doesn't matter greatly whether a cock
erel has one too many points on his
comb. Too much stress should not be
laid on faults which do not really dis
qualify.
After the birds are selected, they
should be tanned. Tame birds act bet
ter in the show room. Take them up
and handle them. Practice putting
them into show coops. handling them
carefully so as not to frighten them.
Never take bird up by its feet. Put
It into the coop head first and take it
out by grasping it by the thighs, over
the wing and under the breast. In
Middletown transcript., 1915-03-06
MAY BE COFFEE
That Causes all the Trouble

When the house is afire, it's about
the same as when disease begins TO
show, it's no time to talk but time to
act-delay is angerous-remove the
cause OF the trouble at once.
For a number of years" wrote
Kansas lady, Il felt sure that coffee
was hurting me, and yet / was 80
fond of it, could not give 1t up. At
hast / got so bad that l made up my
mind / must either quit the use OF
coffee or die.
Everything ate distressed me, and
! suffered severely most of the time
with palpitation of the heart. fire.
quently woke up in the night with lhe
feeling that l was almost gone-my
heart seemed so smothered and weak
In its action. My breath grew short
and the least exertion set me painting
/ slept but little and suffered from
rheumatism.
Two years ago l stopped using the
coffee and began to use Postum and
from the very first began to improve.
1t worked a miracle! Now | can eat
anything and digest it without trouble.
l sleep like a baby, and my heart beats
strong and regularly. My breathing
has become steady and normal, and
my rheumatism has left me-
81 feel like another person, and ii
Is all due to quitting coffee and using
Postum, for / haven't used any medi
cine and none would have done any
good as long as 1 kept drugging with
coffee" Name given by Postum Co.
Battle Greek, Mich. Read THE Roat
TO Wellville," in pkgs.
Postum comes in two forms:
Regular Postum-must be wei
2 boiled. 15c and 25 packages.
Instant Postum-is a soluble pow
der. A teaspoonful dissolves quickl
in cup of hot water and, with cream
and sugar, makes a delicious beverag
instantly. zoe and SOC tins.
Both kinds are equally delicious
and cost per cup about the same.
There's a Reason" for Postum.
sold by Grocer
Middletown transcript., 1915-03-06
Why Onion curss Cold

To eat raw onion is an old rem
edy for curing cold, and many have
found that 1t works well in practice
But why the onion should possess this
curative property few have taken the
time to ascertain; in fact, not one in
a hundred can give the exact reason
or reasons. Some may say that the
smell drives the cold away. but that
is frivolous.
There is an oil found in the onion.
chives. radish and horseradish that
plays an important part in curing the
cold. This oil and the sulphur which
is also contained in these plants have
deadly effect upon the harmful
germs that flourish in various parts
Of the body and are the chief cause OF
the common cold.