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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-10

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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-10

SODA FoUNTAils. s,li,Nro ana pool
tables, rev and second-h:.nd Geo
Marsh Co, . Farmer-st q tsrms
TYPEwRtTERS. All new $50. rebuilt
GA SIS up. Rent 81 mo. up.
~ Agents Corona. weighs 8
lhs open sat eve. till 8,
- Detroit Type. Co, 100
Jeff mr.. Wood. Main 400.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-10
wANTED-,rO DUY

CASH! CAsHi-we buy old false
teeth, old gold watches. diamonds.
EiSsssyy' R:ssSSlns z Co. :! w sSsS:s.Ss:
ave. fourth floor.
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LING's LATEST LIST

Easy terms OF rental or sale.
II Is better to purchase some vf the
high grade used pianos from our
stock than to select from our new
cheap pianos. Most of those listed
and those which we do not list be:
cause they are makes epectalised
by our friends In the plano bust
ness. have been received In ex-
change on player pianos or other
pianos and are as good as new.
Milton. like new ..............Ns.
% Milton. very fine ............. SS9
Pease. very old. but good tone !S
Crown. same as new. $50
Favorite. oak case ............ ye
Haines. nearly new LIP
Schiller Bac Imam, like new. lny
Schiller Bac Imam, fine tome. ITO
Boardmsn 4 Gray. largest and
Boardman n Gray. ............ Ivy
Boardnan a. Gray. .......... isv
Lester, hne tone. ............ 10y
Kurz. new. very poor. ...... i!o
Weller, fine case. poor 49,. Icy
Marshall. good tone and action: isa
Earhart, walnut case, exceiient
tone ..'s.''.'
Stone, walnut case. !l9
Ropeit. very good .............. 40
Many other uprights and players
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-10
STORE FIXTURES
SODA FOUNTAINS

Detroies best store for show cases.
shelving. counters. wall cases. back
bars, etc.
A. manufacturers we are In a posi-
ton to sell any article at low
price. Sec us.
DETROIT STORE FIXTURE CO.,
337-3il Gratiot Phone Main t0a2
for salesman.
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WINDOW CLEANING.
EXPERT WINDOW
CLEANING co.

GENERAL JANITOR WORK,
Office. II John R.-st. Room 49,
Floors and windows properly cleaned
and work absolutely guaranteed.
Our patrons include General Motors
Co., Packard Motor Co., Michigan
Drug CO., Detroit Times. Odds Motor
Works, Burnham- Stoepel q Co., Y.
3. Radiator Corp, Northern Motor
CO.. VIM. r. Bonbright q Co. Hay
den, stone q Co. Trussed concrets
building and many others Phone
Cherry 718 for trial.
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M0rtuary

Try Bsmb Floral Service"
Flowers for Everybody"
The l.. Bemb Floral Company.
Albert Pochelon,
Main 1000. 1853 Bates-st.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-10-15

Americas most ancient brass band
has celebrated another birthday, "Gi-
rard' writes in the Philadelphia Led
ger. The Repasz Of Williamsport Is
eighty-four years old and stands first
among the antediluvian music makers
of our country.
1t Is an odd fact that this premier
brass band had only n brass instru'
ment In 1t at the start. That was a
French horn, blown by c. Lawrence,
who was a soldier of Napoleon.
The Repasz played in a whig ma
tional convention that nominated Hen
ry Clay for president. 1t furnished
music for marching armies in the six
ties and it blared out THE Star-Span'
gled Banner" at Appomattox, while not
far away another band in gray poured
forth the strains Of the Bonnie Blue
Flag" and Dixie"
When the next Republican national
convention gathers in Philadelphia ]
trust that the historic Repasz band
will be here to help keep things lively
1t is a real honor to the state of Penn
syIvania.
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Sunday and Holiday Spring.

Is 1t not Izaak Walton who tells OF
q river in Palestine that flowed
on Sunday? A strictly veracious
story to match this is told in a recent
number of the Proceedings OF the
Connecticut Society of Civil Engi-
neers by Mr.. Robert E. Horton. 1t
appears that in the red sandstone OF
the Passaic valley there Is a spring,
located in a picnic ground, which for
merly flowed perpetually. Its habits
have changed, and it O flows only
on Sundays and holidays. The mys-
terry Is easily explained: A number OF
artesian wells were bored into the
sandstone in the vicinity Of the spring
to supply water to adjacent silk dye
ing establishments. Except on Sun
days and holidays, when the pumps
are not running, the artesian slope is
drawn below the level Of the spring
outlet and the spring leases to flow
Scientific American.
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Goldfish Market Swamped.

A big thrush Of Goldfish along the
northern and eastern coasts during
the latter part Of June caused a salt
famine in the Ancient Colony. The
salt used by the Newfoundland fisher
folk for curing their catch is obtained
from Trapani in Sicily and Cadiz IN
Spain. Practically all the salt in the
island has been absorbed, and 1t Is
claimed that about $4,000 tons more
could be advantageously used II 1t
were available. At least this guam
tity, and probably more, has been
ordered, and should arrive during the
next month, but much of 1t will come
to hand too late to be of any real serv-
ice. This shortage of salt is likely to
affect the banking feet also. which
has had exceptional good fortune In
its earlier voyages this year. The
average price of cod paid last year
and the year before, both in New
foundland and Nova Scotia, was about
$3.50 per quintal, but with foreign
markets as they are at present it is
hoped that at least another twenty
five cents per quintal may be OBJ
tanned. The fact that fish OF late are
so plentiful is inducing industry, and
also stimulating smaller operators to
prosecute the shore fishery more ex'
tensively.
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bed, and a roll like that shown In
Fig. Z is not difficult to construct. Get
two barrel hoops for the ends, and
three wooden strips one-halt inch
thick and one and one-half inches
wide with which to connect them Gig,
1O). The length of the strips should
equal the width Of the bed the roll
Is made for.
The diameter of the hoops must be
made II inches from outside to out
side. Remove the hoop fastenings,
turn in the ends until the right diane
ter is obtained, and renal Figs. 3
and 81. Connect the hoops with the
strips. spacing these equidistantly
around the inside.
Two-thirds Of the framework must
be covered with cardboard, the other
third is left open. Cardboard boxes
may be used for covering material
Bend this around the framework, be
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Hollands Water Trenches.

The war department of the Neither
lands has developed a new sort OF
trench for use in the low and marshy
parts of the country where, In case
of invasion, the chief battles might
be expected. Fighting along the
User has taught the strength OF a
water defense above all others. For
this purpose, as is we'll known, the
so-called ~"waterline" has been brought
into readiness. But a great deal OF
fighting might take place upon the
endless tracts of meadows which lie
all around the capital Of the kingdom.
The trenches which will here be con-
structed will be arranged in such a
way that at a moments notice they
can be turned into flooded bitches.
In the warfare in France and Rus
STA a conquered trench means an add
ed strength for the enemies, who i'm
mediately turn the trench into a for
tress Of their own, The Dutch trenches,
when it is necessary to abandon them,
will almost automatically become a
deep flooded ditch, which will be no
use to anyone and will merely form
another obstacle on the way forward.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-10-15
JAPS KNOW NO PROFANITY
Their Language Contains No Swear
words Unfortunately So Com
mon in the West.

The Jap is always polite, but once in
a while he slips from grace-and when
he does he is up against it, for there
are no s~wearwords in the Japanese
language, says a writer in Leslies
Weekly. When a Japanese meets you
he bows three times and takes on his
hat, but does not shake hands. When
he greets you his first concern is
about your ancestors and next about
your stomach. It would be almost an
open insult for one Japanese to meet
another without asking him how his
stomach Jared. On the third bow he
asks: This morning. how is it with
your honorable inside?" AS you come
up on your third bow you answer to
the effect that the place mentioned Is
doing as we'll as could be expected
and in turn ask him what news ne
has from the front. Then he lifts his
hat again and says: Your delightful
head this morning, hope it have no
connection" When you tell him that
you are pleased to report that 1t feels
well this morning he asks about a
few generations of honorable ances-
tors and then you are free to take up
the weather.
Even though they are deliberately
polite, once in a while one Japanese
will get mad at another. Their anger
kindles slowly at first, finally tanning
to a blaze that knows no staying. But
even though there il a torrent OF emo
ton seething in his soul there are nc
words to give it vent; it keeps surging
harder and harder until it throws
aside all restraint and gives up all
idea of decency by putting into one
phrase all his bitterness and swapping
squarely into the other mans aston
ished face the worst thing that can be
said in the whole language: You
stomach is not on straight This is
the final insult; nothing more a be
added-he has cast the glove. There
is nothing left for him to do but &c
give his enemy a cutting look, turn OF
his heel and h~aughtily clap-clap away
on his wooden shoes.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-10-15
Copyright, by A. Nicely Hall.)
FOR A GIRLS ROOM.

What girl would not like to own
the set OF shelvec shown in Fig. l. to
hang upon the wall in her room? The
shelf boards should be about three
fourths inch thick and ten inches
wide, by whatever length you wish
to have them. Buy eight halfinch
screw-eyes and screw one into each
corner of each shelf: and get some
heavy wrapping-twine on which to
string the corne spools.
The illustrations show how the
spools are strung, with a spool below
the screw-eyes of the bottom shelf.
and another above those OF the top
shelf. with a knot tied upon the lower
end of the cords, and a loop upon the
upper end, to hold the spools togeth-
er. The cords must be pulled tight.
and the loops tied close to the top
spools, to make the corner stiff.
Every girl needs a work box like
that shown in Fig. 8. The only car
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-10-15

piece by piece, until the scales tip. The subreasury here credits the M
porter only with the whole coins and the chips ar turned over to the assay
office, which mets them up into bricks. These chips amount to several thou
sand dollars in the recent three big shipments.
AS to the soveregns the assay office found Itself with 2bb0OOW OF 1t
hands. The importers werea anxious to get the benefit of the amount. A lay
has been passed allowing them to be credited with the soveregns as bullion
without melting them up. but there has been a dispute over the deductions
to be made for wear o IN the coins, dirt and other considerations which could
not be settled, and this has made the law a dead letter. Uncle Sam
charges 81 a thousand ounces for melting the gold. This does not cover the
cost by a lot.
1t takes ones breath away at first to look around the furnace ROOF o
the assayo office. for gold is lying about in a apparently most careless way.
The sovereigns are heaped into wooden troughs. The furnace men wear
heavy wooden shirts and asbestos gloves to protect their bodies from the
intense heat. The gold is melted in rough, three gallon crucibles which rest
upon a crate on which Jets spray crude oil A fierce flame beats around
the crucbles
A workmen seizes a few pounds Of gold coins, protects his face with
ne hand and throws them into the retort. In n few minutes the mass is a
golden liquid. Another workman ladies' the precious metal into what look
like extra large muffin tins. These molds are creased as a cook would DO,
too, and the lard flames up as the hot gold strikes.
The 100000 sovereigns are now nothing more than a stack of dirty.
charcoal smudged bricks each worth about $1,000. They are smaller than
q building brick. but weigh between twenty-five and thirty pounds apiece.
They are not rs careless as they look at the assay office, however. The
gold given to each furnace man is weighed before being given to him and
the bricks he produces must contain just that much metal, with q slight al
lowance for the disappearance of part of the alloy.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-10-15
II Civilians Learn to Shoot.

Civilian rifle clubs are lately re-
ceiving much attention. They havo
developed a number Of men who are
excellent shots with 22-cali5er rifles,
indoors, at a distance Of SO to 70
feet.
Comparatively few, however, are
able to handle the modern high-pow-
cred 30-caliber United States maya
zine rife and hit a target 1000 yards
away. Moreover, even were all our
men good shots, it must be remem-
bered that shooting Is merely n OF
the important parts OF a soldiers
training, and that it is a very small
part.
The soldier who a do nothing but
shoot has about the same relative
value as a polo player who a sit
on a fence and WELD a mallet skill
fully, but who can't ride a horse
Capt. Ricnard Stockton, Jr., in Col
liers Weekly.
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ANCIENT CHURCH BELL
ONE IN PHILADELPHIA OLDER
THAN FAMOUS LIBERTY"
Goes Back to the Times When I'll"
Early Swedes Settled on the Banks
Of the Delaware-Still in
Good Condition,

Comparatively few persons among
the 1900 or 1000 who attended the
funeral of Rev. Snyder r. Shines at
Gloria Del loud SwedesO church
knew that the bell which tolled with
measured strokes as the body Of the
beloved minister was carried to its
last resting place in the Churchyard
is the oldest church bell in Philadel-
phia, says the Public Ledger. This
bell antedates the appearance OF
William Penn upon Pennsylvania
soil. 1t has its origin in the days Of
the early Swedes who settled on the
banks of the Delaware. In fact, the
Gloria Del bell is so old that II makes
the famous Liberty Bell appear like
a youngster in swaddling clothes.
Moreover, this Gloria Del bell is
ssiu in good condition, sounG and
s%erviceable.
Cast for the Swedish church in
| Philad'a, stiled Gloria Dei-G, He'd
derby Fecit-lS06-partly from the old
bell dated l643," is the inscription on
the bell. Thomas Bleyeler, one of the
vestrymen of Gloria Del church has
In his possession interesting data
bearing upon the history of this ia
nous church bell. As indicated in
the inscription, the bell was recast
and enlarged in 1906. But it is sub.
stantially the same bell which called
the Swedes to prayer back in the
earlier years. Israel Acrelius, provost
Of the Swedish churches in America
and rector Of Old Swedes' church in
Wilmington, Del, in one of his his
torical studies of the early Swedes re.
lates an anecdote Of this Gloria Del
bell and one of Governor Printz's
daughters. 1t appears that after her
fathers death the Swedes on the
Delaware offended this good woman,
whereupon, writes Acrelius, "out of
contempt for the Swedes she sold
with her farm the church tat TIM
cum which was built upon it, as also
q bell to q Hollander.'
We learn from the same historian
that the congregation had to buy
their bell back again by two days
reaping in harvest time after Nine
Armegot had gone away. 1t Is
gratifying to know that even in those
early times Philadelphia had at leas'
one working church" They were
not the pew warmers. Mr.. Bleyler''
documents inform us that the "olt
bell, dated 1913, came from Tinicun
(now called Essington), on the ives
IEt;s lof the Delaware river, north o
-Afby creek, which was the principa
settlement Of the third Swedish gov
ernor, John Printz, who arrived Feb
ruary Is, 1643.
THE bell is supposed to have BEEF
first used by the Tinicum church II
1916. unless an earlier church was II
existence at that place, and cor
tinued to be in use at that churcI
until 100, when, 1t is said, the Swed
ish congregation left Tinicum an
united with Gloria Del church. A
that date, it is supposed, the bell wa
removed from Tinicum 20 Philade'
phia,
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about one-half inch, and sewing with a
double row of stitching. Then turn
the sack inside out, stuff with excel
sior moistened to make it pack solidly.
Get a strap long enough to buckle
around the sack, and fasten this to
the sack with strapseof canvas sewed
across it Gig g.. Prepare a stake
with a staple in Its top Zig. y. and
drive one OF these into the ground In
the proper place for each base.
Usually almost anything at all serves
the purpose of home plate, in prairie
ball games, but If you want n OF
regulation form, make it as shown in
Fig 10. Taking a square piece Of plank
Zig. III. cut of corners A. and notch
corners B; then cut a tapered stake
n fit each notch, and nail in place as
thown in Fig. 10.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-10-15
Quick Decline.

II can remember when the Gadsbys
we're glad enough to have pork chops
tor dinner"
That must have beer about five
years ago"
Yes. And now Miss Gadsby has an
attack Of acute Indigestion when she
dimes without champagne
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-10-15

year, the computation being based on only nine hours a day n actual
check by Investigators for Mr.. Galigan showed 1854 vehicles passing
through this block in nine hours.
The second busiest block is o. Michigan avenue between South water
and River streets An investigator checked traffic here for eight hours M
counted 1884 vehicles. Next in density Of traffic is the block In State street
between Madison and Monroe streets. Investigators working nine hours
checked 1904 vehicles in the same period of time.
without question these are the busiest traffic blocks In the world,
said Mr.. Ganigan, who Is an expert o n traffic matters. 1T exceeds anything
New York has, and neither London, Paris nor Berlin has q business block
showing the same amount Of density"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-10-15

pieces B. Eight feet square is a good
size for this frame, but make it wider
II YOU can. Cut a notch In each end
Of uprights A, also n in the center
Of the length, Of the right width and
depth for the horizontal members B
to fit In. Then place the uprights A
upon the ground, and spike pieces B
in their notches. Before raising the
frame, buy wire netting and staples.
and cover it.
Have several boys raise and support
the framework on the spot 1t is to oc-
cupy, then quickly drive stakes c into
the ground. and connect them and up
rights A with ~diagonals d. and the
ends of D and A with pieces E.
Base sacks almost as good as the
best to be bought, a be made OF
eight or ten ounce cotton duck, stuffed
with excelsior Gig. g.. Fig. 5 shows
a diagram for cutting the cloth. Use
a doubled coarse linen thread. Sew
up all but one end, tapping the edges
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-10-15

penter work necessary is the fasten'
ing together of the cover boards with
a couple Of strips nailed across them
as shown in Fig. s.
The box must be covered to con-
ceal the roughness Of the boards. A
pretty figured c~retonne looks we'll for
the outside, and a plain colored lining
is best for the inside.
Fig. 4 shows how a cloth pocket
and elastic tapes should be tackled
to the inside of the cover; also Low
to make a spool rack by driving nails
into the cover and slipping rubber
bands over the nail heads Gig. 6, to
keep the spools from dropping off.
A bolster roll to encase the pillow
is quite the proper thing for a girls
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-10-15

2, using Ike inch Turing strips" lap
ping the ends, and reinforcing the
connections with strips of tin Gigs. 2
and 9. Then buy enough chicken
wire netting at the hardware store to
cover the frame.
For hanging the screens in place,
purchase a pair of hooks and a pair
of screw-eyes, Tor each, and screw the
eyes into the top esge of the frame.
and the hooks into the top of the win.
dow frame.
A wire covered backstop will not on
ly ave you boys lots of chasing after
passed balls" and FOULS" but also
give protection to adjoining property.
Fig. 4 shows the completed frame
work. The first portion to build is the
front frame, which consists Of the two
2x4 uprights A, and three horizontal
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-10-15

furnished rooms of the mansion, Ticking specks of dust here and there from
furniture, now stroll easily and confidently from room to room, watching
their reflections in imported mirrors.
Kitchen maids, whose duty 1t was to keep snverware polished untl 1t
shone with the brightness of the sun, now, during leisure moments recline
in wicker chairs o N the porch. where Mrs. Van Bell formerly entertained
guests Of social standing.
The entire estate has been transformed into a servants paradise. 10
some of the servants 1t all SEEM like a dream. There isn't a servant living
probably who has not "daydreamed' about escaping from the drudgery OF
servantdom and becoming the master or mistress OF a grand house, but not
one, evn In his or her most imaginative moments, eve believed that any
such thing eve happened outside one of Grimms fairy tales.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-10-15

trict of Chicago, according to a stats
tical compilation of traffic figures COM
pleted by w. j. Galligan, assistant
superintendent of streets. The statis-
tics indicate that 56,301 900 vehicles
pass through the loop in a year.
With the Rush street bridge
ranked az the busiest span in the
world, the busiest merchandising block
In the world Is State street between
Madison and Washington streets,
where 3,150,000 vehicles Of all kinds
and descriptions pass up and down in q
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-10-15
FOR CITY LOT BASEBALL.

There would be less objection to va
cant lot ball games if adjoining prop
erty could be relieved of their
fear of broken windows. Show an
owner this article. and call his atten-
ton to Fig. l, that he may e exactly
what you propose to do, and it is not
likely that you will have difficulty with
him.
Make each frame to fit the window
opening. in the manner shown In Fig,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-10-15

benefciaries of the will OF Mrs, Mary
Van Bell, who died recently. Before
her death Mrs. Van Bell expressed
the desire that her servants occupy
her beautiful residence until they
found homes elsewhere.
Although dazed at first by the
generous requests made by Mrs. Van
Bell, the servants soon became accus-
toned to the wealthy feeling"
Those who only a few years ago
crent humblY through the elegantly
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ing careful to curve each piece the
same, and tack to each strip. Also
cover the barrel hoop ends with card.
board Zig. ~. Then reinforce the
cardboard with paper pasted length.
wise, both inside and out. to conceal
the Joints between the pieces Of card.
board; also tack padding over the
edges OF the barrel-hoops. Then cover
the entire roll with cambria lining.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-10-15

In Berks county. Jimmie Is a real
sparrow. This little bird flew into the
cell in the Berks county jail, where
Strazzeri was kept a prisoner for six
months after his arrest for the killing.
He came and went for several days,
and then took up his permanent resi-
dence there. When Strazzeri was
transferred to the ~penitentiary here,
he brought Jimmie along, hoping
against hope that the warden would
let him keep the bird. Kind-hearted
Warden McKenty said: "Of course,
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Creatinq Doubt.

II the Psychologists don't stop dig.
ging around in the ruins in Asia we
shall soon be as uncertain about what
really happened sixtor seven thousand
years ago as we are about the situa.
ton on the fighting line In france.