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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-02-10
No.orou. 4.I chip" suee... and Captain H Owner

q Captain u. ~. omitus 10 OW"oS
like sheep In the day when the devi
ship always carried . fun Load. as'
still intact
In their gloom squat wax figures
of the notorious felons they once
housed.
The cabin aft holds records OF the
convict transports career-facts 30
horrible that they can Scarcely %
credited now.
more than anything else" says
Capt. d. H. Smith. owner, and former
ly Of the British navy. "the Success
II q floating parable OF the crimes OF
man against man. and eloquent TO
Duke to former penal Systems
III It be possible that the spirits OF
troubled lives return to the scsnes
OF their bitterness and sufferings. then
this old hell ship II indeed haunted
The Success. as an exhibition ship.
has already been visited BY nearly
Is 100000 people. estimates Capt.
Smith. including the kaiser and the
King OF England.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-02-10

Particular care should be takeI
with young girls who show any ten
dency to nervousness TO zee 20 Il tina
not too much concession - made 4
their likes and dislikes.
Nothing can be more harmful y
them than the qualification OF caprice
Especially when Q child shows
tendency to be nauseated BY csrtaii
smells and tastes and to complain d
noises or of sensitiveness to brigh
light. the family physician should b
consulted and, provided no actual dii
ease Of the sense organs or brain 1
responsible. the process Of "harde3
ing should at once be begun.
Neglected, Il Is surprising TO wh4
vagaries such Representatives, mai
lead.
It takes very little time to satisd|
the healthy demands Of your body ami
keep your health-much less than =
'hopelessly lost when you are sick en-
unable to work
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-02-10

At one OF the New England uni
versitiss there was . rather conceited
Undergraduate who wss silly enough
on one occasion to attempt to char .
member OF the faculty who. In the
youths opinion. evinced too marked
. devotion 10 the words Of Herbert
Spencer.
do you know, SIR" the youth said
to his preceptor. II hold rather .
contempt for Spencerf"
II greatly fear, young man." was
the response. that your contsmpt
has not been bred BY familiarity. -
IAppincott's.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-02-10
u sHen On"

yrisnd- noticed Cutts. the
ln1lpr, eoing mp TO your studio every
Az for . week. u hs sitting Tor
Artistss he's laying for me-
New YORK Sum.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-02-10

aside, and hs sees the essentials OF
Life % they were and are and ever
more win b. Though his book u IN
prose, yet u he . poet. George d.
Doran. publisher. New York: SLsb.
Al Mr.. Pethick-LAvrsncs stated.
'This u . fOundling var-sach nation
- anxious TO leave II On the others
doorstep. Here = the AustriarH
gary side written by Ernest Ludwig.
the Hungarian consul In Cleveland.
Ohio. This book = said to contain
entirely new fscts. onicial and
,authsntic;~ also that - II Austria's
ambition to uphold III principles Of
international law. and Of human.
Christian civilisatton.r
Mr.. Ludwig feels that the United
States has made up its mind on the
war and nothing can shake Il Maya
zine articles giving the German and
Austrian side have been given NO pub
LEGATION, but returned with thanks.
This fact induced M. Ludwig to write
this book. We are taken back again
to the Eervian ultimstum In Ill IL
intricacies; It II thrsshsd out fully
and the fact that Il requires 20 much
explanation has tendency to
strengthen us In our original point
Of view. We are given the attitude OF
5ervia and Russia from the Austrian
stand and we can only conclude from
the authors own statements that the
murder Of the archduke only precipi-
tated what was bound to occur from
the encroachments Of the Slav ON Aus
TRAN territory. The German part
played In the conflict r pure loyalty
toward Austria. A short exposition
Of militarism throughout Europe. e.
pecialfy In Russia, u Illuminating TO
the American mind. sAustrfa-Hun-
gary and the War;" By Ernest Lud-
wig. J. g. ogilvis Pub. Co. New
York.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-02-10
WAYNE PARTY SQUABBLE MAY MEAN
GRAND RAPIDS THURSDAY

An effort bring compromise in the Republican light IN
wayne the regency appears to have failed
was reported Monday peace possible the basis
nafN split Of the allotted number delegates Leland and
d. Guy L Nsfer
Nothing came from this proposal which from Leland hide
senay Later understand from the Ksfsr side
rgrsths elements in the party could not have
ratusd up differences preventing spectacle for the whole
sats been compelled 70 look upon locally
We feel that primaries would prove Mr. Leland The
overwhelming chos q party result would carry personal
xu1scton Whatsoever on d.. Nefr.
n Isnd deserving Of denomination and recollection for having
sa the sate ven a university rsg favorable vots Of the
1RH would simply swsndonA'
hdss probably would hav bean opposition NJ Lsand
~ lie nattsr bean put up to : vote in primaries
one Republican facc jealous another Republican faction,
ea,os to make machinery the had 70 have
ezdidats good judgment brought out Dr. Ksf
Ana the canuses dsgra always with
my Dsuav buns again al Of his gay voting hb
S early and oa during the day Of oourss for their dear alma
naAa.
Instead taking convention, there houd By
N compromise that both Mr. LELAND and Dr. Nefr
4 have s full complete prestige advantage excellent
ads 4 homs and oapass once rather than subject both
psdbs elimination oonpros step By the stats convention
u no change taxa place situation and the factions p
0s ra deanscll win b the candidate to suf the
- hsaanss dsnisd win the impression Outside
Wsyns county whore known that he personally
ssd petty and disgusting squabSe with oos like the rsg
y saks.
suah impression would do great injustice to Mr. Leland
n fainen Dr might demonstrates that he Il above the
vo ambitious ssfeekss dragged hs good BY
ng = before suggested thus ignng genuine
htns THE UNIVERSITY MICHIGAN, which would give him the
~ y himsk nsxt time
NJ Isand has shown BY eliminating entirely from
~ or calling upon the convention to rnonnate Junu Bea
1ow member Of the board for the good Of the pniversi
HE fes Of his gracious suggestion In favor Of Mr. Beal the capable
resident msnber Of the q Of regency conceded BY
Mr. Leland b engage IN the grade
S political activity that has made Detroit infamous the Of III
gesa dHsms u whatever party attachment
when eonvmHons have to oomproms warning dslsgaiona
ocnetimes dangerous |
dangerous possibility looms up in tho present instance in Of
elimination II the Of Mr. Leland and Dr. Ksm
unbeatable very undesirable candidates seeking the regency
"A Animation d the Wayne candidates might the
ontse o q these who would prove the most undesirable
= an
little and reelection part oil
Wayne prevent The possibility Of calamity Grand Rapdl
tumsnew.
M A Evidence
ln0or. eofng your
~ for week u he sitting Cor oraciechckenpox.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-02-10

process Of hardening" and b taught
10 bear with equanimity the pain and
discomfort to which everyone sooner
or later cannot help but be exposed.
What I have said about clothing,
cold baths, walking In all weather
and at al temperatures. play and az
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-02-10

The ladies were discussing . we'd
ding which took place IN thsdr church
the previous day.
-And do you know continued the
irst best-informed lady Of the party.
s1ust a. Frank and the widow start
Cd up the aisle TO the altar every
light In the church went out?"
This startling BIT Of fnfofmefion
was greeted by number Of "OnsI
"what did the couple do thsar
finally inquired one.
Kept on going. The widow knsw
her way
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-02-10
Evidence.

Elsie-what IL the matter with
your little sistsr7
Oracle Chickenpox. I believe.
Elsie--What makes you think thati
0raoie-Cos ! found two feathers
IN her bed this morning.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-02-10

Q b ould include
measures which In
crease the resist
ance Of the child
against pain and
discomforts Of va
rious sorts.
Every child.
therefore. should
undor1o n Gradual
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-02-10
MENTAL HYGIENE

In addition to the hardening Of the
,ody, the education Of the child
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-02-10

(This II the fourth of q series Of ar
ticles on mental hygiene prepared by
the national committee for mental by
gisns. New York;
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-02-10

Tramp-Yss'm. wunst had . good
Job managin' hand laundry, Dut IL
failed ON me-"
Lady-Poor man. How did It hap
pened to failf
Tramp-shs left an went home TO
her folks.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-02-10

"All new arrivals are washed.s -
planned guard TO some visitorB w
were looking over . model pr1son.
And II they make 1 f,lssf~ askq5
one Of the visitors.
They are then troned"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-02-10

Buffalo IL rigidly ENFORCING dance
hall regulations. This Is . step In
the right direction.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-02-10

We Take Great Pleasure In In
Producing Next, Mr.. n. p. Hlx-
con, Who Will Render "Ths Pic
ture OF Ny Daddy When Boy"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-02-10

The difference between Andrew
Carnegie and John d. Rockefeller
seems to be that Carnegie car sep.
arate himself from dollar without
taking IN anesthetio.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-25
A Just Bill

Much criticism has been passed on the legislature for what it did and what it did not. It will very probably be demonstrated in the future that many of it's enacted measures were not conceived in wisdom. It is cer- tain that it spent too much time in discussing immaterial if not hurtful subjects. But in giving the devil his due," one should not overlook the fact that the prohibition majority, after legislating the liquor dealers out of business, refrained from adding insult to injury. AS a matter of fact, that majority endeavored to play fair.
 The news columns of yesterday con- tained an item to the effect that Gov ernor Henderson has signed bill which will guarantee to dealers in whisky in Alabama refund of one half the sum of money paid into treas uries of cities, counties and state for the privilege of engaging in their business. On the face of things, one would instinctively declare that the majority deserved no credit for having done that which was simply fair and right and just. But another viewpoint is suggested when it is remembered that the majority was driven by a lobby which in it's pursuit of demon rum" displayed inclination to stop "short of nothing"
 So when July 1 rolls around and the doors of the saloons are closed auto matically, as a sort of balm to their injured feelings, the dealers will be entitled to recover half the sum they paid in January for the privilege of selling liquor. In view of the fact that the cities of the state and the state itself are "short" of ready cash, the dealers may have to wait long for pay ment. But it is reasonably certain that in the end they will get their money, and they will have the ram- pant prohibition majority to thank for | its consideration.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-25

Sometime this year it is expected that the last spike will be driven in the rail- way, 2eOo miles long. stretching from the Cape of Good Hope to Lake Tan ganyika, in the heart of Africa. This is the longest link in the Cape-to-Cairo railway. which was the dream of Cecil Rhodes, the empire builder, who devoted the last years of his life to this great un- dertakng. Laughed at in the beginning. Rhodes persevered, and today this project Is nearly completed. Of about 5000 miles
 required to connect Cairo with Cape Town
 about 4O00 miles of railway will have been built when the work now in progress is finished. Of the remaining three links five
 are navigable waterways on which lake and river steamers can be used The other two links will require the construction of only 40 miles of railway The comple. l tion of these lines will be a matter of only year or two, while it is expected that an all-rail route between Cape Town and Cairo will eventually be completed
 The Cape-to-Cairo railway is one of the
 most remarkable engineering feats ever attempted. If Germany is victorious ir the present war it will be one of 'the | Kaisers richest prizes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-25
Pitying the Lover

Everybody loves lover," accord ing to the old proverb. In south Ala bama, according to news story which has just come to light, everybody not 'only loves a lover, but many-and especially certain deputy-pities him as well.
 On the night before Christmas, a Sunday school class of one of the churches of small town in Barbour county, presented the wife of a min ister with a chafing dish. In that community was young swain full of ardent desire not to pen whimsical ballad to the eyebrow of his mistress, but to present her with worthy re- membrance of the blessed season. So in the stilly hours of the night, he slipped into the residence of the min- ister and made off with the chafing dish. On Christmas morn, the girl received the dish as present. And the girl, incidentally, was the daugh- ter of the sheriff.
 By some mischance, recently the story came to light, and produced, o1 course, the "usual" shock. But every. body pitied the lover, and when under the stern threat of deputy, he agreed to 20 to the girl, make clean breast of his crime, recover the chafing dist
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-25
FIeecing the Credulous

"Jasper," financial writer for Les lies Weekly, says, Human creduiity passes all limitations" To illustrate, he tells the story of man in Chicago who was on his way to deposit Sl4o Tn a savings bank when he met two plausible strangers. These men told him they had magic handkerchief which would double his money If he would fold his bank bills within It. While the victim stood watching the handkerchief to see his money grow the two swindlers disappeared with his savings, leaving in the handker- chief nothing but waste paper. This trick is almost as incredible as the old story of the confidence man who sold the Flatiron building to visitor from the country, but the mere fact that the postoffice department esti- mates that $150,0o0,000 year IS taken from gullible people by dealers in worthless securities shows how easy it is to fool some of the people all the time.
 Although Wall street is generally considered bad place for an unsus- pecting lamb to be at large Tn a stock cannot be sold there until it is prop erly listed and has been shown to be legitimate. It is at least safer to buy securities from representative bank CTS and brokers than from an unac' credited stranger whose chief asset is apt to be smooth tongue. Of course there are worthless stocks sold in Val street, but the listed securities have merit, as a rule, and the existence oi Wall street depends on it's legitimacy although playing the game" there is quite contrary to the golden rule.
 The wide circulation of newspapers III LfllS COuutly, Iilc oplcaN oi eiis telephone and the telegraph and tht broader distribution of magazines ant other informative literature ha' brought the average citizen suffi ciently abreast of the times to mak' him wary of swindling schemes, al though the desire to get something for nothing often proves the undoint of persons who ought to know better Among our foreign population, par ticularly among people who have no yet learned to speak the English Ian guage and have not familiarized them selves with the country, swindlers ar reaping rich harvest by all kinds o schemes, some of them absurdly i'm probable.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-25
WHERE FAT MEANS BEAUTY


 In writing of the curious customs of the natives of southern Nigeria. Mrs. Amaury Talbot iA Harper's Magazine for March, tells how the young women are fattened in their preparation for mar riage.
 "The first great evenr Of the life or an Ibibiot girl is her entrance into the fatting house.
 This so-called fatting house is a room set apart in the parents home TOT the seclusion of daughters while tEe latter are underging the process or 1at- tening up, which among the west coast tribes is thought necessary for their well being. During this time the girls are not allowed to go outside the compound walls save on very rare occasions. Theoreti- cally they are not supposed to pass the threshold of the fatting room. They do no work and are fed up and pampered in every way.
 "Refore going into seclusion for the first time, young girls are led down to the edge of the pool or stream from which the village drinking water is crawn. A sacrifice is offered, and the following prayer recited over each: "sBehold, here comes your child, who is about to enter the fatting house. Pro- | feet her, that no evil thing may have power to harm her while she dwells therein
 we chanced to be at Adult Nsitt about
 the time when the daughters of the prin- cipal inhabitants were ready to leave the fatting house after this first pc riod of seclusion. One of the chiefs stated that they were not due to emerge till
 q few days later, but did so in honor oi our presence. Some half dozen girl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-25
ROOSEVELT AND HOBsON--l9I6 From the Wa shtnQ Qton Star

There is nothing new in the state- viving bull moosers and the prohibition
 ists are seeking union for effect next
 year. Something of the kind was sug- gested when Mir. Roosevelt opened a little filtration with the enemies of the liquor traffic after last falls elections,
 and MT. Bryan, observing the signals. set up for a rival of the ex President. Old politicians thought they saw then MT. Roosevelt's latest bent, and the un- easiness of MT. Bryan as he calculated what the effect might be on MT. Will sons fortunes.
 Bull moosery in its original form ia dead. The great majority of the men who followed MT Roosevelt out of the republican party in 1912 on his protest against the renomination of MT. Taft, and on his demand for social justice, D have returned to that organization, and will support it's national ticket next year Those remaining out are too few to &C., complish anything alone, and hence are supposed to be casting about for allies As they have nothing in common with the democrats, their hope lies in the al. | rection of the prohibitionists, with whose general policy they are in accord. 1 Growing out of the situation is the | suggestion of the ticket of Roosevelt and Hobson for next year, on 8 platform calling for prohibition votes for women and an adequate national defense. Both 1 men are enthusiastic advocates of two of those propositions and while MT Roosevelt has not yet gone the full 1 Hobson length as to prohibition, he is SC | anxious to run for President again he
 might accept the Hobsonian programme | as to that.
 1 Tn combination of this kind MT
 Roosevelt would be expected to influenc. 1 sentiment east and west and MT. Hobsor l in the south. But although both mer are admired on personal grounds, botl might fail in such an endeavor. Ther, l are prohibitionists among the republi cans, but not of disposition to pu | that principle above everything else while the prohibitionists of the soutl | have never shown disposition to op pose the democratic party in a nationa campaign.
 No southern man has filled out a tern | as vice president since the day of Johl c. Breckinridge. Blair In 1868 and Browi
 in 1872, both Mississippians, ran, but wer'
 | defeated, as was Davis of West Vir
 ginia, who ran in 1904 With MT. Hob
 son on the ticket and prohibition, thu
 principal appeal, the campaign woult
 be the strangest the stronghold of tn
 later day democracy had even known.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-25
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Can Administer opinte. Personally


 'I notice the assertion has been made, T said a well-known physician, that when the new federal anti-narcotic law goes into effect March a physician must even keep a record of all cocaine and morphine which he administers personally to his pa tients.
 q have read the law carefully, and while 1t is the most drastic statute we have ever had on the subject do not un- derstand it that way. The act provides for record of all sales and distribution but uses the following language under the head of Exemptions in-section 2:
 Provided that such physician, dent ist or veterinary surgeon shall keep a record of such drugs dispensed or distrib- uted, the date and the name and address Of the patient to whom such drugs are dispensed or distributed, except such as may be dispensed or distributed to a pa tient upon whom such physician dentist or veterinary surgeon shall personally at- tend.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-25
From the Tuscaloosa News.

From the Tuscaloosa News.
 1UST before beginning to serve his sentence of 10 years in the state pen- 0 itentiary, Theo Lacy has come for
 ward with another cryptic statement re- garding the disappearance of some $90,OoO of the funHs of the state convict depart
 ment several years ago.
 The statement is a remarkable one in many respects. Lacy assumes the atti- tuda of injured Innocence. He denies em- phatically any criminal intentions in his connections with the disappearance of cusable indiscretions. He also alludes to the fact that his family is paying the pen alty inflicted upon him by the courts. He declares further that he is not now and never has been in a position to make res titution to the state of the money that disappeared. Then he explains that one of the reasons why he never took the stand at his trial is that he would have been compelled to subject to disagreeable pub licity and perhaps to prosecution of friends who never intended to violate the law and extended him Friendly hands in time of doubt and uncertainty He concludes by saying: Those who have betrayed solemn and binding agreements and who
 profit by this action on my part may rec
 ! oncile their immunity with their con science, If such be possible
 Thus speaks Eaoy. but the people of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-25

and restore it to it's rightful owner, rybody-including the deputy, probably-pitied him the more. The young rascal carried out his part of the contract, and when the wife of the minister was again in possession of her Christmas. remembrance, she harbored no i'll will towards the fellow who stopped to conquer and was con- quered. And to conclude the story, the lover was permitted to leave town, and it is said that in his escape" he was ably assisted by number of other local lovers who despite their adherence of crime, were so filled with the soft passion that the chivalry of their natures vigorously asserted itself.
 In this day of materialism, the world is to be congratulated that there still exists in isolated spots a rever- ence for the maiden passion for a maid" Nevertheless, one shudders to think of what might have been the fate of the Alabama rascal had he lived Tn that horrid age when Jean Val Jean was sentenced to penal servi- tude because he stole loaf of bread Tn order that his loved ones need not starve. Had he stolen a chafing dish for his sweetheart, perhaps he might have been permitted to escape.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-25

decade manufacturers who require rags as raw material have been dependent largely upon Spain, France and Germany. Austria and Italy. Suddenly this supply has become exhausted. and the price or rags has gone up 100 per cent.
 Our company has upward of <4Ooo em-
 ployes, and recently we sent out cir cular requesting that the member or each employees family save the rags. The
 reason is we cannot obtain rags at any
 price, Economy appears to have departed
 from the American household. in Europe IL
 is still the custom to save all the odds
 and ends particularly rags, and millions
 of pounds are imported from Europe to this country and used as the basis not
 only for roofing material but as the com
 ponent part of carpets and fine papers