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never went close enough to investi-
gate.
Christmas day they made him put
on the smoking Jacket. Life was not
the same after that. They told him he
mustn't smoke that vulgar, shocking
old pipe while wearing the lovely
| jacket. Everybody thought he was
cured of the deadly corncob He quit
smoking the pipe, and instead brought
| home bale of cigars.
He made handsome figure, wear
| ing the braided smoking jacket, and
putting a cigar with gilt band around
it. We left him, smoking happily by
| the stove. In one hour we returned.
| Uncle Peters was still consuming
cigars On the floor lay the family
| cat. 1t did not raise it's head at our
| footsteps 1t would never look up
again The picture frames on the
walls had turned green.
Uncle Peters denied that his Flor de
Mule Ear segars had killed the cat.
He insisted she had rolled over after
taking one squint at the smoking
| jacket.
Useful gifts often have way of
making themselves useful when you
| least expect it. For instance, we
| buried the cat in Uncle Peters smok.
ing jacket!
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SAVING AND SWIMMING

Saving is like swimming; once you
get the hang" Of it it's easy, and
you never forget how.
If you ever learn to swim it will
be the result of two things: conf
dence and practice. No man can
swim until he has confidence that
the water will support him. This is
absolutely essential. Until he gets
this confidence he will be a rope
hanger" and never know the real
exhiIaration of bathing. He must
then make certain motions with
hands and feet, or lie perfectly still
and he will float for an indefinite
time. Getting confidence and leara-
ing the stroke, he will learn to
swim as a child learns to walk, little
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around the corner.
Look before you lear" is useful
thing to remember.
Useful presents should be accepted
in the spirit in which they are given.
Keep the Christmas spirit green.
When you get useful present, do not
take it back and exchange it for some
thing you can use.
Keep it; hang on to it. Do not give
it away to the poor, for they have
troubles enough of their own.
One of the most useful useful gifts
for some peoples a smoking
jacket. Once we gave our old Uncle
Peters one of those costly nicotine
REFERS. 1t had blue satin cuffs and a
braided collar. The coat was held to-
gether not by buttons but by gold
braid knots. The garment made hit
with Uncle Peters, but not the knots.
For years his smoking Jacket had
been a flannel undershirt, gracefully
decorated with suspenders. Every eve
ming he sat by the stove, smoking a
pipe which would have suffocated a
steamship stoker. He never told US
what he burned in the pipe, and we
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Recommended For Group
By Order of the Council

w. G. Allen, Bosely, Mo-, says: l
have raised a family of four children
and used Foley's Honey and Tai
with all of them. / find it the best
cough and Group medicine l ever
used. l used it for eight or ten
years and can recommend if for
Group" Same satisfactory results
for coughs and colds.-Speidel &
Speidel
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THE HOLIDAYS

Thanksgiving has passed and the
Christmas holidays are upon us.
Christmas is still a merry Christ
mas" for us, although the men in
the trenches in fighting Europe will
be able to look backward to many
another Christmas which was mer-
rier for them, and, We may hope,
look forward to other merry Christ
masses to come. There is just one
thing that will go to make our own
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Timely Hint on Over-Eatinu

Big dinners cause disturbed diges-
tons. The stomach and bowels
should not be clogged with undi-
gested poisonous waste matter. Fo-
ley Cathartic Tablets relieve distress
after eating, stop belching, Danish
bloating and gas on stomach, regu-
late the bowels, sweeten the stom-
ach and tone up the liver.-Speidel
& Speidel
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OUR JlTNEY oFFER-This and 81

OUR JITNEY oFFER-This and SC
DON'T MISS THIS. Cut out this
Slip enclose with five cents to Foley
& Co., Chicago, H., writing your
name and address clearly You will
receive in return a trial package
containing Foley's Honey and Tar
Compound, for coughs, colds and
Group, Foley Kidney Pills and Foley
Cathartic Tablets.-Speidel & Spei-
del.
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Notice to Property Owners

Property owners are hereby mott
fled to remove all snow and ice
from the sidewalks as soon as pos
sible after every storm; otherwise
the work will be done by the city
and charged up to. the abutting prop
erty.
ct By Order of the Council
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way OF celebrating CHRIST
mas. Often he celebrates it in bed,
with a water bag on his chest and the
grip of an anxious physician around
his wrist. His eyes are closed and
his poor, warped brain is worn in a
sling.
On the floor beside his bed, torn to
shreds and bitten in numerous places,
lies his Christmas list. The day be-
fore Christmas he sailed forth with
this list in his hand and look of
desperate determination on his fea-
lures.
The Late Shopper is cheerful Civ
er, withal He loves giving for it's
own sake, but he loves it better for
the sake of putting it Off Decidedly
he is no believer in the "Do-it-now'
movement. Nor is he selfish. 1t is
Just habit. 1t is to be feared that
il he were dying of thirst he would
put off giving himself a drink
Philanthropists should find rest san
itariums for Late Christmas Shoppers
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cuous storage and use Of gasoline in
yalidates the insurance policy on
your home and household goods.
NJ j. CLEARY,
ms. Com and ex officio State
Fire Marshal.
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A GREAT DAY.

This is Christmas day, the an
niversary of the worlds great
est event. To one day all the
early world looked forward; to
the same day the later world
looks back. That day holds time
together.-Alexander Smith.
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EOPLE who decide to give
only useful Christmas gifts
often have a bunch of sur
prises waiting for them
The Detroit times., 1915-12-06
G.. BARRETT MAY
PLAY NEXT YEAR
WITH NAVY TEAM

WASHINGTON, ID. c. Dec. g.
Charlie Barrett. Cornell's brilliant
quarterback and captain. may enter
the United States Naval academy
next season and find himself eligi
BILE for four more years OF football
"a A member Of the Navy eleven
According TO dispatches Barrett can
have the appointment II he wishes
and ne has asked for time to pom
der on the offer.
Entering the Naval academy
Barrett will be following the ex'
ample OF Charles d. DAILY. this year
Army coach, who entered West
Point after finishing his career at
Harvard. DAILY played two years
for the Army and then. while stu
A cadet, coached the soldiers to two
victories over the Navy.
The Navy obtains another star
athlete In William Butler. captain
OF the Philadelphia Central high
school team. Butler has played
football, basketball and rowcd on
his school crew. AZ a member oil
the track team he holds several In
terschoiastic marks In weight
events.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-06
WILL ASK YOST
TO SETTLE GRID
CHAMPIONSHIP

TERRE HAUrE. Ind, Dec. g.
Coach Yost, OF Michigan, Is to be
asked to decide the dispute over the
Wabash Valley high school football
championship. Garfield and Wiley.
Terre Baute prep. schools. and
Robinson and Georgetown OF Illinois
are the four whose respective
claims are 10 be submitted.
Garfield won from Wiley on
Thanksgiving. in the last game Of
the title series. 10 9. Wiley had
won from Robinson. II TO IS, ana
Robinson defeated Garfield, q to O..
Georgetown entered a claim when
then three named wers trying to
award the trophy. with claim Of
a clean slate OF victories. although
none OF the three dissenting teams
were met. Robinson officials say
they can prove that Georgetown re-
fused to play Robinson.
Garfield IL inclined TO enter a
waiver In favor Of Robinson.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-06
McGTLL WANTS
TO BUY BROWNS

NEW YORK, Doc. 6.--James Nc
Gil. owner OF the Denver club OF
the Western league and the Indian
apolis club OF the American asso
citation. is now negotiating for the
purchase % the 81 Louis Browns.
McGnl some tine ago offered 10 buy
the Iiighlanders. Mr.. McGill never
got any further than his Offer, for
the club was sold 10 Col. Ripper,
and Capt. Huston n Neon Is IN.
able 10 buy the Browns he win
make a bid for the St. Louis Card.
inals.
Roth of the 81. Louis clubs are
on the market, as well as one or two
other clubs In The. two big Leagues
McGlll will he here 10 attend the
National leagie meeting az the Wal
dorf on Dec. IL.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-06
GridirOn's Victims Are
Bad Third in Number
This Year
Huntins-59 killed.
Footbaii-t6 killed
5asebsll-5e killed.

These figures. compiled On the
most recent seasons in the three
branches of outdoor sport, show
hunting the most dangerous pas
time.
There were as many deaths in
baseball as In hunting. but the base
ball season covers nine months OF
the year, while hunting lasts only
a few months. and there are many,
many more persons engaged in
baseball than in hunting.
The football season lasts about as
long az the hunting season. but the
death toll Ia much smaller.
Besides the 80 persons killed In
hunting. Sc were badly injured. The
figures are gathered from Is states.
Last year the dead numbered III,
the injured l62.
The decrease probably IL due to
the fact that fewer persons hunted
this year. wisconsin. for instance,
passed a law prohibiting the shoot
ing OF does and limiting each hunter
70 one buck. Many old-time hunters
stayed at home.
Michigan. "a has been the case
for several years, led In deaths
with -.
Among the deaths IN Michigan
was that OF Jacob Benson OF Cal
umet. He was 20 and had hunted
for years. He went out this season
for his last hunt. He was found
dead from heart failure, his body
lying across his las. BIZ III game.
Two women were killed. Mrs j.
r Ford. ~ Danville. III. was acct
dentally shot by her husband while
on a duck hunt in Colorado. Mrs.
Reuben Bartlett. OF Blanchard, Me,
was shot by 4 hunter who thought
he was shooting az a deer.
Accidental discharge of guns was
responsible for most deaths and In.
Iuries. In many other cases hunt
ers shot az what they believed 20 he
game, and found they had killed
fellow hunters.
The death toll: Michigan Is. IT.
l,nois -. Wisconsin .. Iowa. New
Jersey and New York each: Col
orado. Indiana and Maine each;
Connecticut. Minnesota, Mon ana,
Ohio. South Dakota and Virginia,
one each.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-06
Hunting Ties Baseball as
Fatal Sport death Roll SO
DRINKS MOLASSES TO
SETTLE GRID BET

CHICAGO. Dee. 6.-Elmer
Erickson, quarterback OF the
Lane Tech football team, must
gulp down a half-gallon of mo-
iasses today Erickson waGeFed
last week that neither Pond nor
Grundman, OF the DE Paul acad-
envy team, would score touch.
downs Saturday on Beverly high
in the intersectional game at
Boston. He promised 70 quar-
the New Orleans staple II he
lost. Grundman scored one
touchdown and Pond crossed the
Beverly goal twice.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-06
REINSTATE YALE
ATHLETES, BELIEF

NEW HAVEN Conn, Dec. s.-The
reinstatement a. amateurs OF Harry
Legore and tho four othef Yale ath-
letic stars who were disqualified for
playing summer baseball, seemed
likely today following the informal
conferences OF the athletic commit
tees OF Yale. Harvard and Princeton.
Prof. Robert y Corwin, chairman OF
the Yale athletic committee. said the
cases he'd been considered only In
formally. but a ruling was expected
soon,
Arthur Milburn, Harry Rhett, vii
liam Easton and Spencer Pumpelly
were disqualified with Jegore.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-06
Tigers Will Break New
Baseball Trail in 1916
STUDENTS OBJECT
TO CONFERENCE
BAN ON BASEBALL

CHICAGO, Dec. Coach Stage
expressed himself In favor of the
adjustment OF baseball a. . major
college sport. 1T takes away the
men who periure themselves to re-
tain their amateur standing" he
said. "As only q comparatively
small number OF baseball men com
pete In other sports. 1t will not
cripple the other sports"
EVANSTON, Ill. Dec s.--The sboi.
ishing OF baseball az a college sport
among big nine colleges by the con
cause OF unfavorable comment here
today. The dropping OF baseball
does not eliminate the trouble with
professionalism" said Coach Fred
Murphy, of Northwestern university.
MADISON. Wis. Dec. THE stu
dent body here was frank In showing
their .displeasurc. today at the deci-
ball in big nine colleges. They de-
mand that the ruling OF the confer
ence board be reconsidered.
URBANA. III. Dec. s.--The sever
ance OF Illinois university from the
big nine conference was threatened
today as a result OF The conferences
a college sport at their meeting in
Chicago. Saturday. Student ieaders
denounced their action and prepared
10 go 20 the mat 10 retain the sport
They hold that universities as indi-
viduals only may abolish baseball
NEW YORK. Dec. 6.--Seventeen
teams. the entire field in the annual
ak day bike race at Madison Square
garden. had broken the track record
for eight hours when. 8 n. m. to
day they were punched at 100
miles, two laps. with Reggie Nc.
SaHsfs, the Australian, slightly IN
The lead. The former record. lss
miles and nine laps. was made In
1914 by lawson and Drobach.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-06
BALL PLAYER
NOW ENGLISH
ARMY OFFICER

TORONTO. Ont, Dec. 6.-w. A.
(BilD O'Hara, formerly n member
~ the New York and st. Louis
National league baseball teams and
latterly OF the Toronto information
MS. has been granted commission
in the British royal naval air ser.
vice. He will leave shortly for Eng
land to complete 4 course In avia
ton.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-06
HOCKEY TEAM
AT PITTSBURGH

PITTSBURGH. Dec. s.-The De-
troit hockey club. with FIRE in ~
collective eye. arrived In Pittsburgh
today for two games with the Smoky
CITY puck chasers. The Detrolters
are sore over the two defeats at
Cleveland. While the Forest City
outnt Is one OF the best that
ever represented Cleveland, De
troit feels that n was entitled
10 better showing, and 10
determined to grab both games from
Pittsburgh in order TO get an even
break on the opening road trip. The
.lsitors- will leave for Detroit late
Tuesday night. and on Thursday will
open IN the home town with sarnfa,
Ont. suppiyius the foemen.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-06
AMATEURS MUST
SHOW MORE CLASS

Detroit's amateur boxing talent did
not make much OF an impression
Saturday at The u. A. G. tourney.
which was to decide the city cham
pionships. A dozen bouts we're
carded, end few OF them were inter
es.ing enough to make II worth 10
declare a winner The game Will
not be abandoned, however and the
amateurs will be given other chances
10 develop such skill as NAV entitIe
Detroit TO some consideration in the
national amateur Journeys.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-06
ALEXANDER
IS LEADER
Grover Allows But 1.22
Earned Runs Per
Game

NEW YORK. Dec. G.-So matter
what the Boston Red Sox think OF
his ability. Grover Cleveland Alex
ander. OF the Phillies. was the best
pitcher In the National league In
1915. according TO the Official pitch
ing averages announced today. Alex
ander allowed his National league
opponents only 1.22 earned runs per
game. Fred Tonev, OF Cincinanti.
was second. with I.57 earned runs
average. ard AL. Mamaux, Fred
Clarke's boy wonder. vas third with
203.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-06
SHEETS LEADS
ALBION CHAMPS

ALBION. Mich. Dec. 6.-Don
Sheets. Of Ea.on Rapids. he has
elected captain Of the Albion college
football team, which won the NJ. l..
Il. A. championship this year. Next
year Albion will play five NJ. I. A. A.
teams and will start the season
with Kazoo Normal. Oct. IA Is at
present an open date on the sched-
Iile
The Detroit times., 1915-12-06
Team to Come North
From Texas by West
ern Route

The Tigers will start south next
spring one week later than usual,
and will remain at training camp
week longer. according TO an an
nounccment this morning by r. J.
Navin. president OF the Detroit base
ball club. Mr.. Navin had Just re-
turned from New York, where he
conferred with Manager Jennings
and had selected Waxahachie. Tex,
as the training camp site for 1916.
Last spring the team went south
the last week in February. reach
ing Gulfport about March 1. and
spent a little more than two weeks
on the road. As has been custom
airy the return route included
Memphis, louisville and Cincinnati.
and such minor places as happened
10 strike the mysterious fancy OF
Jennings. Next spring, the Tigers
Will abandon the old route. and will
work north west OF the Mississippi
river, taking in q nmber OF cities
that have never seen the Detroit
club IN action.
The territory west OF the Missis
sippi that lies between Waxahachie
and Detroit could be stretched &c
include Kansas and Oklahoma. as
well as Arkansas and Missouri. This
territory IL rich In hamlets tha'
neither Jennings nor his campfol
lowers have heard OF. and the ram
bic northward Is certain TO make
some baseball history.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-06

1HD Tigers 1916 in batting and
numb base hits scored grand larceny the paths In
twobag blows The individual
= Detroit excep for home runs and bases balls Cobb led in
and Witt third veach Crawford eighth
Cobb Crawford
Cobb
xA GgAth and ninth The
Gdvtth the the trailing
cut o. the nee transportation lead by Eddie Collins
shis credit and Witt
agrs smons the home run leaders Such clean
vogo the Red Sox. in any
Xmg&yDouA Yet Boston
pitching the Tiger Ia a juo But Il
Sne wonderful record
they
voold nave won the a of the
Boston oy single
y M city ould have pennant. $50 $500
The Detroit times., 1915-12-06
SHERIDAN
IS next
Mickey to Mingle With
Franklin At Windsor
This Week

Mickey Sheridan is putting the
finishing touches today on his train
ing activities fer the bout with Ben
ME Franklin at Windsor. Wednesday
night. Franklin has become quite
cocky Of late, and has promised his
followers all sorts OF triumph over
tho Chicago Irishman. Franklin, too,
takes himself very seriously, and
has done a lot Of conditioning. II he
really has the class. he will be In
shape to exhibit It TO advantage this
week.
In Detroit there is some curiosity
concerning Sheridan at present.
There Is no more popular boxer from
afar than Mickey, so far as Detroit
10 concerned. except possibly PIN
Bloom, and In past winters. the Irish
man has never failed to give the
boye royal battle. Last spring.
however. he was seriously injured
In an auto accident. and nobody
knows just how completely he has
recovered. To show that he was
himself again, Mickey took on Young
O'Neil at Dayton, o.. in October. and
made . good bout of IL. II he mops
up the ring with Franklin. he will
have given ample evidence that he
Is the Sheridan of old. So his heart 10
Id this Tight and there Is no reason
why his hundreds OF friends in Do
;roit should not cross the river We'd
nesday and give him q hearty vel
como.
Franklin II unknown here He II
big. strong boy, who has been In
volved in large number Of bouts
with stars. and In many OF them he
made a splendid showing. He Is pos
tive that Sheridan will be- easy
Ticking for him. and protests that
the tougher thu milling the better
he likes IL. II he IL the fighter he
says he is. he will have ample op-
portunity to Prove it Wednesday
night.
Meanwhile Johnny Prendergast 10
insisting that attention be called TO
his bout with Knockout Ginley at
Windsor next week. Johnny has
heen training for Giniey for the past
three weeks. making his headquar-
ters at the Park A. A. gym. Ginley
Is one fighter who never fails 10
show Up In the pink OF condition,
but he will have nothing on Prender.
CAST In this respect when the pair
clash at Windsor & week from
Wednesday. Paul Mathea. who will
/ tackle Jimmy Downs on the same
card, is also getting in shape at the
Park A. A. His trainers report that
Mathea is developing 40 rapidly that
his friends won't recognize aim when
he steps into the ring rext week.
Two weeks ago he gave Downs a
nice fight at Toledo. losing the de-
cision by only shade.
Benny Troubles. of Chicago, 10
still insisting that he be matched
with either Taylor or Droulliard. Al
| fred Blauspahn. his manager. In at
| tempting TO secure the date for him.
and is willing 10 make that 5000
forfeit he has teen offering to post .
side bet that Troubles gets the news
paper decision over both Droulliard
and TAYLOR. Troubles has met Char
ley White, Joe yelling and Frankie
Russell. and given q good account OF
himself.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-06
Cobb's All Time Chance

COBB should
greatest from standpoint For a
the greatest player OF his time ana ne
slowing predicted that ne
fretfu athlete he improving the years
49, ~. Each he Is in better physical condition
eQualed his OF
consecutive and actual
the
Lajoies SOC
been tied for T started his 800 1906 although he
Is within
tor which the Gem Georgia Together with Lao
Dun and Jesse Durket have been tied 800 1916 will pull
Ed Delehanty
Vhon 80 eight long But
OF splendid baseball
the eleventh he enough lead fielding
his
o believe that will 800 comeback
And ~ st the 1916 before that thrtieth
I1 30 away from him.
q like Cobbs Casting aside his base
period of have been equaled
ability surpassed anything the
another who has Detroit uniform
fed for Is of
$50 hits batting OF $50 Dur
baseball averaged So
OF $3.50 Old Nap joie 20
Of
% years5 OF them consecu
batting $751; with rs
1905 when Tyrus hit for
played but II Cobbs record for his II years In the
ST. His hitting III
49,
Brnuthers due earlier failures play
49, he should
The Detroit times., 1915-12-06
BANTAM CHAMP
DEFENDS CROWN

NEW ORLEANS. Dec. : -Frankie
Burns OF New Jersey. and XII VII
Hams. OF Baltimore. bartams, will 20
20 rounds here tonight. Fight fans
think so well % Burns chances they
have made him a 5 70 favorite.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-06

Central hiEh o. Everett high q
Saginaw Eastern :. Bay City Vest
ern o.
Hamilton Institute ~. East Aurora
bepau Academy 80. Beverly high :.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-06
Young Mr.. Maisel

MESS there u dusky gentleman hidden
young MI Mas whom the Tigers
S y amazing clemens OF success Maisei
eiSS Of the New York state league outneder He
In league OF Fl and 10
rWIce what the best Of his
suoh ana MS baerunnng
ueione record the him Mass
~ ms garden OF which
an inheder during
- statistics reveal explanation These 20
win b held by '.eorn TOT this year,
The Detroit times., 1915-12-06
Hoppe 10 Coming.

Willie Hoppe and Yamada VIII
play q series ~ three-cushion match
es at the Sweency-liuston billiard
parlors next month. STARTING Jan. 10.