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The Detroit times., 1915-07-29
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But not every thorn has It's rose.
The mother tongue is very apt to
run to baby talk.
Every man considers honesty the
best policy for others.
II 1t wasn't for our enemies life
would be awfully monotonous.
When looking for a sound invest
ment why not buy photograph?
And many a mans generosity de-
ponds upon the publicity he can get
cut OF II.
There Is nothing so sad as the
stunts Of a fat woman who tries to
act httenish.
The financial frenzy OF many a
man Is due TO the fact that his bet
ter half needs the money.
Men think they are smarter than
women because their clothes don't
button up the back.
Being newspaper hero may be
glorious and all that. but IL doesn't
provide a man with three square
meals q day.
When a married woman advises a
girl to remain single her advice falls
on deaf ears. A girl wants TO dis
cover the reason for herself.
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The War An Eye-Opener.

The war has been an eye-opener to
the average American in one way at
least
With all of our greed, graft and ex-
plotation it is impossible for the or
binary American mind to conceive Of the
depths of dishonesty villainy and gen.
eral undetermined cunning which is ap-
piled in the diplomatic system of Euro
pean countries.
We stand appalled, at the depths to
which they stoop to bring about desired
ends.
The spy system which has been sus-
tanned so many years with such marvel
lous efficiency has permeated every
country and even young girls have been
employed as bait to lead on the unsus-
pecting.
The United States has been subjected
to a deliberate plan of honeycombing
with papers purpOrting to be edited by
loyal Americans. by posters, circulars
which do not stop at villifying our
country and our government in man.
ner which no one but a slow-to-anger
American people would tolerate.
That we do tolerate them and pass
them over shows our superiority and
poise.
That this country is now being in
spected by a spy system which is so
thorough as to give complete informa-
ton as to our strategical points, our
army, navy and the minor affairs of the
private citizen, there can be little doubt.
A network of Vaccination which will
hold together with amazing cunning is
worked out by able statesmen
and carried through without hitch.
Yet with all this foresight and pre-
science, no one reckoned with Belgium,
and no one knew that Italy would secede,
as it were, and join the allies.
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in the granite quarries at Assuan.
Interesting in this relation are the
musical stones of the Orinoco. These
are granite cliffs. situated at the
confluence Of the Orfnoco with the
Rio Meta. which occasionally emit
at sunrise sounds resembling the
tones of an organ. Humboldt ex-
planned them as a result OF the diff
ference OF temperature between the
cool morning air and the air con-
tanned In the numerous very deep
and narrow assures Of the rock,
which still retained much OF the
heat absorbed from the suns rays
during the preceding day. He stat
ed that he often found the surface
OF the rock. at night, 20 degrees
warmer than the air outside. and he
conjectured that these organ tones.
which are heard when the ear Is
placed on the rock, were caused by
the outrush Of warm air through the
narrow assures which are partially
obstructed by elastic laminae OF
mica.
French explorers in Egypt. on the
other hand. attribute the sounds
which they heard not to air currents.
but to sudden displacements occur
ring within the stone. Jollois and
Devilliers assume that the superficial
layer, heated quickly by the sun s
rays. separates from the deeper and
colder layers. Roziere speaks Of the
formations and extension OF cracks
between harder and softer minerals.
Cordier assumes separation Of quartz
and other crystals from the sur.
rounding magma, and finds an an
alogy In the sound emitted by ice
exposed to sudden changes In tenn
perature. Herschel compares the
phenomena to the cracking OF an
iron CRATE when heated.
All Of these conceptions and an
alogies. It has been pointed out. are
Legitimate. but Il IL very doubtful
whether they are adequate. for the
question In not only with sounds that
are heard only when the ear Ia laid
on the rock. In Karnak and Philae
the sounds have attracted the atten-
ton Of persons who were not listen.
ing for them. Cordier admits that
many little cracks would be required
TO produce the sound. To others II
appears more likely that . fragment
OF stone becomes detached and falls
on a projection below. This supposi-
tion accounts for the ringing quality
Of the sound. Possibly. however. q
similar sound might be produced by
an internal misunderstanding ton
Star.
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Stones That Speak and Sing

falling Of the sand between the bowl
ders 10 at least a contributory cause
Of the sound and 1t may account for
the whole phenomenon. even IL the
grains of sand are solid According
to Schubert, the Bedouins believe
that the sounds come from the bells
of a ruined Christian monastery,
Sounds Of very different character
and origin are emitted by certain
rocky cliffs In the Hartz mountains
and In the Pyrenees. Two precipi-
tous cliffs in the Hartz, near
Schierke. are called 1.-The Snorers."
from the peculiar sounds which the
southwest wind draws from them.
The faces OF these cliffs are marked
by deep gullies. which roughly re-
semble organ pipes open In front,
and occasionally the front is practi-
cally closed by stratum OF air
held motionless between the clin
and the trees which Craze II, while
the wind blows freely through the
gullies. or organ pipes, behind. Sim
liar phenomena, due probably to a
similar cause. are observed on
Mount Maladetta. In the Pyrennes.
where at sunrise certain cliffs emit
plaintive sounds, which resemble
those OF a harp and are known 10
cally az "the mathis OF the damned"
Singing stones Of . third category
are found in various parts OF the
world. Fraas. journeying from the
Red sea to the Nile. saw a round.
thin fragment one inch in diameter
resembling a shell. split of. with a
peculiar sound. from a flint which
lay baking in the hot sun at his feet.
Broken fiints are common in the
desert. Many persons have heard
the noise caused by similar frac-
lures of hard rocks and have seen
the fragments roll down mountain
slopes. Benin has told OF the basalt
columns OF the Bamangwnto hills. In
South Africa. In the evening. after
q hot day, It was not unusual to hear
the basalt crack and fall with a pc
culiar ringing sound. from which the
natives inferred that the rock must
contain iron. Here one undoubtedly
finds the most frequent causes OF
the singing OF stones and the expla-
nation OF many Of the observed
cases. The phenomena are most
conspicuous In hard rocks. which
ring under the hammer and espe-
ciaIly the basalt and granite. They
have been observed most frequently
In Egypt. There have been heard
emanating from the huge granite
blocks Of the great temple Of
Karnak ringing. crsnking sounds
and similar sounds have been
beard in the temple at Philae and
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From Another Point of Vie,D
~ c. 7. Q.

The rank and file Of Pollies will be
panied to learn, no doubt, that down in
Nashville, Tenn, they have started new
cracker factory.
That street car sign advertising the
M. M. and announcing $4,000 stake
must have reference to something on the
order of the modern porterhouse.
Says CAD: You'll have to blame the
weather for this one, overheard on
Hamilton car:
First thing you know, fall will be
here and we won't have had any summer
at ALL"
mo we won't Of had, will we? Amt
it atrocious."
"Atrocious" would seem to be the pre-
eminently fitting word.
F. N. S. slips into the Odd Name con-
test with this pair from the city direc-
tory: E. A. and F. R. Moeller, dentists.
incidentally, John M. Crook is police
man in Highland Park.
And, nearer home, there Is q teacher
of vocal music by the name of Elvin
Singer.
Premier Asquith says the war is a
matter Of endurance. If that is the case,
Premier we are ready to quit.
Memory, according to q scientist, is
stronger in summer than in winter Yet
at the first snow fall IL In hard for n man
to forget those summer wages.
II would be just like a coroner's jury
IL the one in Chicago pfU0ins the East.
land tragedy blamed the O'Leary COW.
The Detroit times., 1915-07-29

ARABIAN NIGHTS.

ARABIAN NIGHTS.
When the breeze OF Joyful dawn
blew free
The tide OF time how'd back with me.
The forward flowing tide OF time,
And many q sheeny summer morn.
Adown the Ttgris l was borne,
By Bagdads shrines OF fretted gold.
True Mussulman was I and sworn.
or good Haroun Alraschid.
The low and bioomed foliage. drove
The FRAGRANT. giisteninE dseps. ana
The citTon shadow. In tn. blue:
BY garden porches on the brim.
The costly doors hung open wide.
Cold slittering thro' iamplight dim.
And broider'd sofas on each side.
Iun sooth IL was . goodly time,
For II was In the golden prime
OF good Haroun AIraschid
A motion from the river won
Ridged the smooth level. bearing on
Nv shaliop thro' the star-strewn
Until another night In night
I enter'd. from the clearer light.
Embower'd vaults OF pIllar'd palm,
Imprisoning sweets. which. as they
Hsavsnward. were stayd beneath the
dome
OF hollow boughs--a goodly time.
For II WAS in the golden prime
or good Haroun Alraschtd.
still onward: and the clear canal
10 rounded TO as clear lake.
From the green rivage many fall
OF diamond rillets musical.
Thro' little crystal arches low
b. yen fntr trxfa
now
Fallen silver Ginning, seemed TO
shake
The sparkling hints beneath the
PROV.
A Goodly place. a goodly time.
For II was In the golden prime
or good Haroun Alraschid.
--Tennyson.
The Detroit times., 1915-07-29
Using Up a
Yard of Ticket
COUPON 3

Ford jokes and all other crops
look a month behind In Nebraska.
A thousand or more horses are
mobilizing on the hills just east OF
Grand Island for service IL the Rus
sian army. II the Mujiks can't learn
from these Nebraska remornts what
they are fighting about they will
have to relapse into dense ignorance
again.
Just west Of Grand Island the first
beet sugar factory of Nebraska ap-
pears to be doing very well despite
the sugar.of.lead the Democrats are
charged with sprinkling on the in
dustry.
Beet sugar crops are also defying
tariff revision downward to do its
worst.
Watson's ranch. near North Platte,
Is another Utopia that met Human
Nature In a head-on collision and
left the communal track.
Next you pass Buffalo Bits ranch
where Mr.. and Mrs. b. b. are no
longer at home to each other. A
Wild West Show hold-up has no fury
like Z woman scorned.
The red, white and blue stripes on
the telegraph poles are not tonsorial
insignia. but every sign means
next" to the Lincoln highwaymen.
There In q time to SOW and three
or four times to reap alfalfa per an
mum.
Little 30 Peep should 60 find his
sheep or other critters to eat the
surplus OF fodder that Is stacked up
way across Nebraska.
The Pacific expositions have tolled
the knell of the tourist business for
Denver. Her Saturday night is as
idle ~ . painted town on q painted
dropcurtain.
The population Is slumping so
rapidly that the union station is be-
Ing enlarged for outgoing trafic.
The beautiful illuminated archway
just outside the station has "wel-
come" on one side and "Mizpah" on
the other. Money could be saved by
OF the Welcome" lights.
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One of the most remarkable OF
singing stones 10 to be found on the
southwest coast Of the island Of Ha-
wall. In the group Of islands bearing
that name. This In q sand bank. It ap-
pears that q tone like that OF . me-
lodeon Is produced by moving ones
hand in q circle through the loose
sand II the observer kneel. with
both hands In the sand. and slide
down the bank. the sound becomes
louder and louder until !. resembles
distant thunder. The greatest sound
Is produced from this sand bank
when one lies prone an 1t and an
other person drags him by the heels
down the bank. carrying q large
quantity OF sand down with him.
Blake discovered, by microscopic
examination. thin sections Of the
grain, which are Of volcanic origin.
and that each grain was perforated
by q narrow canal which. 40 a rule.
was closed At one end. These pecu-
liarly formed grains Of sand seemed
to act as resonators, the air inclos-
ed In them being brought into vibra-
ton by the mutual friction OF the
grains. When the sand In damp the
sound IL not produced. because the
friction is diminished and many OF
the tubular cavities are filled with
water.
The singing sands Of Mount Sanai
probably admit Of a similar explana-
ton. wellsted has described the
sand as yielding beneath the feet Of
a Bedouin climbing down the slope.
not flowing down In q continuous
stream. but breaking away In large
masses. At first the sound resem-
bles the faint tones Of an aeolian
harp stirred by q gentle breeze. but
as the motion. becomes more rapid
the sound II like that produced by a
wet finger rubbed on the rim of a
wine glass, and when the sand ar
nves at the foot Of the mountain II
makes a noise like thunder, which
shakes the rock on which the trav-
eler sits.
This description 10 so similar to
that Of the singing sands OF Hawaii
that the presence OF hollow grains
Of sand would account for the phe-
nomenon Of Sanai A. we'll as for the
other On the other hand. Schubert
has said that the Diebel Kanus. or
Bell mountain. 400 feet high. In CON-
posed OF sandstone powders loosely
thrown together and covered with
loose sand. When disturbed by the
foot this sand falls into the inter
stices between the rocks. producing
q sound that resembles a distant
chime OF bells and terminates In a
roar. From this It appears that the
The Detroit times., 1915-07-29

He had just reached the philo-
sophical stage. when he slipped into
q restaurant between bars for a bit
TO eat. He ordered. Then he sat
staring ahead, quietly thoughtful In
and waited. and waited.
At last II came. A the waitress
put the order before him he started
from his deep study. az II he had
forgotten he had an order coming.
Then. looking MP Mt the fair trans
porter Of edibles, he said:
You don't look q day older!"
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kept clean and sanitary. and ice
which has been cut from reasonably
pure deep ponds. lakes or streams
after natural freezing and stored
under sanitary conditions, are about
equally safe.
Ice made from polluted water. In
dirty insanitary factories and Ice
that Is cut from shallow polluted
ponds or from grossly polluted riv-
ers will contain intestinal organ
isms and are not safe.
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American citizens is all that is necessary
to regain the esteem of thoughtful citi-
zens of this country?
1t seems scarcely worth while.
The danger lies in the fact that war
gives little time for cool consideration,
and in the German mind the issue can
with difficulty be separated from that
other vexed and unfortunate question,
the selling of munitions to the allies by
American citizens.
The Detroit times., 1915-07-29
THE KEEP WELL COLUMN

Any dirty, cloudy fee may be In
fected a. we'll as polluted and should
not be used in contact with food
or water.
The greatest danger connected
with Ice Is the improper handling OF
this article OF food. II ice In
dragged across dirty streets and
sidewalks, and distributed by hands
which are not clean and often con-
tain typhoid and other disease
germs. there IL danger from II.
One would not knowingly drink
water into which some person had
dipped dirty hands and just so
should a person avoid using Ice
which has been handled by dirty
hands. washed In impure water. or
Ice which In not clear.
Vegetables and green's OF all sorts
are excellent food to eat this time
of the year.
The Detroit times., 1915-07-29
The Humanities Versus
the Ideals.

The humanities are the ordinary uni
versal feelings, such as family affection,
aversion to cruelty, love Of justice and
of liberty.
The ideals are the so-called big enthu-
siasms, as religion, patriotism, reform.
and the like.
The humanities are sometimes called
the red passions; the ideals the white
passions.
The great institutions of the race have
been formed and kept alive by the white
passions. These include churches, politi-
cal parties. nations, and various societies
and associations, secret and public.
The progress of mankind has been
made through institutions, embodying
ideals, which we may call the centrifugal
force. The humanities have always
pulled against this, and may be termed
the centripetal force.
Thus, although great ideals present
themselves to men as beneficial, yet in
the carrying out of them men often be-
come cruel, unjust and tyrannical. So
ted under the influence of movements de-
signed to do the greatest good.
Under the church we have seen per-
feeling, families torn asunder, opinion CO
creed, bodies tortured.
The humanities in time destroyed the
baleful power of the religious ideal, its
dreams of dominance and its inhuman
battered down the monstrous structure
medieval inquisition and the dark intol-
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humanities.
Most of the great tragedies have been
the crushing out of human and natural
feeling by some ideal which. once helpful,
has become monstrous. Such were the
tins of the gods. Such were the odious
crimes of the wealthy and powerful Nor
mon church.
War is the colossal force of an ideal,
patriotism, where the check of the hui
manities has been entirely cut off.
1t is supposed to ennoble men and
states. 1t has always been the preferred
occupation of the noble class, kings and
courtiers; because the contempt of per-
sonal feelings and the merciless sacrifice
of the humanities has seemed grand and
royal.
DuL Dy anu ny WAL IIIuSI ylciu w ZIG
eternal humanities. Sheer human SYM
pathies will abolish 1t.
The humanities are peculiarly of the
common people. Therefore they find ex-
preston and come into political effect
quickly in democracies. In the United
States, for instance, the rule of reli-
gious party or the program of patriotic
militarism is impossible. We have too
much red passion TO permit the ascend
ency of white passions.
"Uncle Toms Cabin" book of red
passion, sympathy for the Negro, over
threw the white" ideals of the slave
oligarchy,
The cry of starving mother, the pro-
test of wronged workmen, can defeat the
apparently resistless power of massed
capital.
One drop of blood outweighs the most
splendid scheme of the theorist.
The history of the world is the unceas-
ing struggle of the humanities against
great ideals which, crystallized into insti-
buttons, have become inhuman.
The Detroit times., 1915-07-29
An "Angel,v Four Pennyweiehts

An angel" was ancient gold coin weighing
four pennyweights and valued at shillngs s
pence Ia the reign OF Henry vi and at 10 shiIl
ings In the reign Of Elizabeth in 1852. II took
It's name from the effigy OF an angel embossed
on one aide
The Detroit times., 1915-07-29

cause OF its i'm
portance In the
hot season the
factors of safety
must be locked
into.
Ice made from
pure water In fac
tories which are
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&c z

Ice can and often does convey In
fectious diseases. Therefore be-
The Detroit times., 1915-07-29
Germany Could Easily Meet
Demands of the United States

s4nd the reported indignation of the Ger
mans at it's tone.
We do understand Germany's position,
4 M TO prove it, let US state it:
Germany is fighting. as she believes,
~ her very existence, with courage,
Stamina and resourcefulness which is the
admiration Of the world.
81 She Is fighting against overwhelming
sodds.
The allies are trying. quite Ineffective
y n, 70 starve her into surrender.
sI a fight against such odds and such
1ooties justifies unusual courses. such as
&hcoe adopted by the German submarines
I 1Ntxiking without warning ships which
1 ~ And cruising in prescribed waters.
Il Il not Cermany's wish to subject
I &1txal vessels to danger, nor to imperil
NJ HIVES Of citizens of neutral countries;
\ Tut under the circumstances, they enter
~ war zone at their own risk.
Plsase keep out.
~
2 This position is based on two assump-
he first ID that nation in the posi-
q ~ 81 which Germany finds herself is
lllUd Ii kicking md biting instead Of
ling By the Marquis Of Queensbury
~ man fighting for his life is not
~ take into consideration the feel
~ the by-stander, and II the by
n61r gets IN the way, he ought not to
Tin II he is rumpled in the scrim-
M Mt Germany forgets that the inno-
k hystanders sympathy for a gallant
4 Int y soon ahenated il the fighter
c1D and mauls him, however inadver-
tay.
|S1 He fighter who abides by the rules is
\ cns who gets the applause of the
Nd.
- this case, the rules are the estab-
zlnhed rules Of international law, which
III ~ insisting that Germany ought to
"a second assumption is that subma-
H. warfare against English commerce
~ Srsat asset in this war.
# tadstics, admittedly English, but ap-
1 xntly reliable, nevertheless, tend to
Z l(0w that It IL not.
mum the time the submarine program
- announced until July 1, about TO-
mo vessels had entered and left the port
kof Liverpool.
81 Of these. 20 had been torpedoed and
! n1Gk. s G
S.% That Is, the German submarines have
- affective against. less. than two
yt6nths Of one per cent Of the commerce
~ that port.
I What sort Of effective warfare is this,
lhat Germany should run the risk of
t}Deuxzing the enmity of the United
Statn for its perpetuation?
&: sIt q the annoyance of a mesquite
RSing the hand of six-foot man.
" K4otnst such attacks. Great Britain
\ II hold out forever without percept-
~ dlminuti0n In her commerce.
1s1many's irritation at the American
o y natural, but it does not reflect
= ersdit on her reasoning power.
ID shS run the risk Of American
(v for the sake Of gad-fly war
" ar from accomplishing its pur-
~ : pledss that care will be
n peotscting the rights of
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& B6smany,s irritation at the American
t = natural, but it does not reflect
- sredit On her reasoning power.
~ he run the risk Of American
Nv for the sake Of gad-fly war
~ far from accomplishing its pur-
~ : p,sdss that care will be
l 4 pectsctins the rights Of
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-02
ST. ANTHONY TOURING BEGINS.
Delta Pat Golfers Play in Annual
Gathering at Lakewood.

LAKEWOOD. y. J.. May Forty men,
bers of the 1T. Anthony Club OF New
York gathered here to-day for their an
nual golf tournament at the Lakewoo God
Country Club. +. +, HaiGht was tho
star performer OF this mornings play In
the handicap qualifying round He
made the round in Sis. I2 and won
the prize for low net score. This after
noon four Fights played the first match
round. The semi-tiuals and finals will
Be played tomorrow. Tho score;
First Eight, First Round-A. r. shiiand
defeated i. II Packard, 1 up; J.. Kimball
defeated u. smith. . and !. q. Bsttevon
defeated =. +. Hsight, and = ". Pell
defeated v, e. Thorne. 2 and O.
second Eight. First Round-D A. Lor-
ing j.. defeated r. Hurry, up: G. Coll
gste defeated II II Bacon, and / :. G.
Clark defeated r. Smith. I and .; j. Rice
defeated ID. 7. johnson. : and Z
Third Eight. First Round-T l.. New
bod defeated e. u. Lovy. : and ! II. +
BENJAMIN defeated ;. Morris. and I: +.
4 Potts defeated J. Pell, and /; W.
Poi's cd r. II. ~. Hosdley, and 9
Fourth Eight, First Round-H. X.
ioetchins defeated q. Minnegerode. 4 and
J q. Il. Hedges won from y. ]. Bogue by
default. +. j. Kingsbury defeated L. f.
steward, and q q. J. Noyes defeated
n. l., Morris, ! up.