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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-03-17

kutter, SchemaDsky. Schultz Stefanow-
I wse5P Snd y sss %ssTte Wen
Nays-None. f.
BY Aid. Heating:
Resolved. That the Department of
Public Works be and In hereby au1
init to Simon J. Murphy Co. TO exca-
.vate for areaways under sidewalk
TO within ~. Of curb line on north
side Of ConTress street, between
construct three covered areas IN alley
at east side OF building Mt above iooa-
tion, provided the plaps arc approved
by the Department OF BUILDINGS;
performed under the supervision OF
the Department OF Public Works. and
In accordance with plans submitted
to ana approved by said department:
public strocts shan be considered
waived by this permission, which 10
granted expressly on the condition
that said covered areas and all OBJ
shsli be removed az any time when
so directed by the Common Council:
Previdsd' tina, said permit issued
e srsnted with the distinct under
standing that In the event OF the
Charter being amendcd In such man
ner as Will provide for the leyying OF
upon. for the Occupancy oe OF pabiio
| property. that the grantee win pay
said fee. provided for In said not. and
that said grantee does hereby bind
himself thereunto and accept said
psrmai' on the conditions hereby I'm
Adopted as follower
Ysss--Ald, Allan. Barnett, Bieii, Bur
,S. cr1ps s,vs,s , PIlSsma ., sIs
Hipdfs. jsf.i, Heating, Kscher, Il.
Rasis,' ssks%ss.,.s s' Schulz. I'LL si.tsSa~ now
shi TbpmpsaR,. Vernon, wsrtsii Wen
fnys--None,
| BY Aid, Heatina1
] Resolved, That the Department Of
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-03-17
r. KENNEDY.
Carrefnrv

Secretary
Accepted and referred to commit.
on Charter and city Legislation.
Arizona republican., 1915-12-19

ates to make it possible only for the large banks of great power to under take the important work of financing American commerce in foreign fields. The law works in sole favor of the great banks. There are many banks in the United States of less than major size, yet abUndantIy strong. These should be permitted under proper safeguards to act jointly in such matters There could hardly be a single step which at this time would be more helpful in establishing our commerce abroad on firm basis
 The opening of the Panama canal and the agitation for am inland waterway along the Atlantic coast as well as the increased volume of domestic commerce, the secretary points out, make it important that statistics on internal commerce he prepared by the government.
 Tt is a surprising thing that we should require by law careful knoWI- edge concerning our export trade ard allow our domestic commerce to go on without any definite knowledge concerning it. Congress will be asked for an appropriation sufficient to permit the beginning of an effort -c throw light upon a subject of such vast importance. but of which we know so little"
 The secretary paid high tribute tg the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce and to it's commercial at taches abroad in securing contra cts totaIinc millions of dollars for Am erican business houses. At present he says there are no commercial at taches in Central America, India, the Near East South Africa or Canada. The placing of ten additional com mercial attaches in those regions was recommended.
 "It is not too much to say that the work of this service has been at tl.e very center of a growing movement toward the creation of an American dye stuffs industry" the report says "In this connection signs are not lacking that the growth of our ma tive industry is hardly welcome to those who have heretofore had sub stantial monopoly in supplying our markets from abroad
 In conclusion the secretary said it was intolerable that the United States should longer depend upon any
Arizona republican., 1915-12-19

drinking before he was l5 wears oi
 age His attack on his mother was
 only one of many, but tlat or,
 reached the Hnitr explained his fa ther. All the same. we believe ther-
 Is hope for such a boy if he can let
 the stuff alone hereafter. he has hao his lesson and We wish him luck at pulling himself together. But what ot the man who made money out of it. The Southwest boule.ara booze deal
 CT barber shop and poolroom fronD has been closed up. lie was the little man. What about the silk halted distiuer of the stuff young Groom~ drank the distIIer who still live and TrosEcrs somewhere in Louis vile. or Baltimore or Pecrao Ac. cording to Michael O'Heln. he is "the criminal i'm this case When shall we ua civilized enough to act according
 ly2
Arizona republican., 1915-12-19

refused to file a charge against Ben jamin Grooms. who shot his son. Charles Grooms, at their home. 2g35 FairmoInt avenue. because the son. intoVicatcd and abusive, cursed his mother
 Even 1T you had struck vital spot" O'Hern said, there would ~tU have been justification The criminal in this case is not you. nor vet you. son. He is the man who gave your son the WniSEy'
 Young Cirooms formed the habit of
Arizona republican., 1915-12-19
LAST RESORT

\ Scotch minister in need of funds thus conveyed his intentions to bis congregation
 ~NeoL friends. the kirk is urgently in need of siller, and as We have failed to get money honestly We will have to see what nazaar can do for us."- Vit-T.ft-
Arizona republican., 1915-12-19
THE MAN BEHIND
tCo.lier's NeckIy.)

There is a legal aspect to crime and a human aspect. In the recent action of Michael O'IIern. warrant dcuJty in the office of the Kansas city prosecuting attorney. legal and Human aspects seem for once to co incidc. Here is the story as the Kansas City Star recently told it:
 Michael ". O'Hern, warrant deputy in the prosecuting attorneys office,
Arizona republican., 1915-12-19

Jimmie What's the matter with Nou2 Got n crouch2
 Chimmie-Yeh. I dunno what to do Christmas Eve. IT I plug do hole in
Arizona republican., 1915-12-19
HIS DILEMMA

one foreign source for necessities il the dycstuffs industry.
Arizona republican., 1915-12-19

Hire little salesman at The Re publican office A want Ad will see more customers than won can
Arizona republican., 1915-12-19

de winder wid me sock l won't have nothing 10 hang up for santa Claus to
 put things into. and if I don't plug 1t I'll freeze before he comes From Life.
Arizona republican., 1915-12-19
A Little Sermon on the Selection of Gifts

1IFTS are made to commemorate G happy events and occasions.
 A gift is a symbol of Love, Hap E&zg piness, Friendship, Respect and Goodwill-all of which are qualities of mind or thought These qualities en- dure forever if nurtured, cherished and guarded.
 In making a gift one should endeavor to give, as a symbol or embodiment of the thoughts entertained, some article that endures- something that may be kept and cherished as a mementO of happy occasion or event.
 JeWelry, Diamonds, Watches and kind red articles are the most adaptable for gift giving, as each article is a happy combination of all that is essential. Articles of this kind are at once beau tiful, useful and of value, They are ar ticles many would not buy for them selves, but have desire to possess. They combine the conception of the trained artist and the skill of the maker.
 If undecided on the gift question, visit this store and look over our display of goods. It costs you nothing and there will be no obligation Perhaps by dO- ing so, you will get an inspiration as to just what is the right thing to do.
Arizona republican., 1915-12-19
we leave it to you

tending to all parts of this state convince that SERVICE HIGH GRADE WORK are appreciated. They convince la we have SUCCEEDED in ambition to do the best.
Arizona republican., 1915-12-19

Velvet ud-turncd colIars-non friction press work shirts. Hand work on silks and v,ooons ability to wash well anything washable.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-10-15
Age Of Oysters.

Az the result of examinations Of the
surface lamellae of the shells of ovei
six hundred oysters of known age, and
of various ages from eighteen months
to six years, made by Miss A. L. Mas
sy, and noted in the Scientific Investi
cations" under the section on fisher
les, the following conditions prevailed
as to the relation between age and the
number Of surface lamellae, or growth
rings. Miss Massey states that an oys
ter Of eighteen months or two sum
mers appears to possess at least tive
rings, but may have as many as FIVE;
one of three summers has at least
two rings, but may have six. 4 four
year-old oyster may have only three
rings, or may possess seven or eight
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-10-15
TERM OF MUCH SIGNIFICANCE
Phrase "South Of Panama" Means
Much More Than Merely . Geo
graphical Location.

South Of Panama" is a phrase
which has a mighty significance. II
means not merely geographical loca
ton. 1t signifies vast virgin areas OF
lowland and upland contrasted with
fallow valleys and lofty plateaus pop
ulated and cultivated through centu.
r.es.
1t means barren and burned noun.
tains and dreary deserts mingled with
forested and watered slopes, grassy
uanos and pampas and Towering sa
Yannas.
Il means the mixing of almost for.
Kotten aboriginal races and surviving
Indian types with the intellectual and
refined descendants of early Spaniards
and Portuguese and the later sprin
king of adventuresome Germans,
Italians, English and Americans.
1t means an ancient civilization, fas.
cinating Incan ruins, old-fashioned
Moorish and Spanish architecture il
the sleeping cities and towns with
strange peoples and conditions bark
ing back to far centuries, hard by a
new civilization, modern skyscrapers
aud boulevards in growing commercial
entrepots and ambitious capitals with
progressive peoples and conditions
which rival the best that the old East
aud the new West of North America
can show.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-10-15
Nature Fake.


The story Of the tomato plant graft
ed on to an eggplant and producing
splendid fruit, with a purple skin,
deep red meat, few seeds and wonder
ful flavor. survives and goes the
Tonnts
This particular nature fake persists
because Of the lack Of horticultural or
botanical knowledge. Even Burbank
himself could not produce a new fruit
by grating. Such fruits can only be
produced by pollenizing. Every school
boy who has studied botany or a
primer on farming, which always con-
tains instructions on grating, knows
that the scion or bud, grated on to the
root or stock, governs the kind of fruit
to be produced. Otherwise, every
graft might produce hybrid or freak.
One may graft half a dozen kinds Of
orange scions on one sour stock, and
each scion will invariably produce it's
own kind of orange, and not cross
between the sour orange and that Of
the tree from which the scion was cut.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-10-15
Food hv PROXY

Most of US know some particular
food or drink, the desire for which is
stimulated in US by reading about it
But the writing must be skillful, or il
not skillful, artlessly good. The crudel
method Of the stage produces the same
effect; all smokers have experienced
the almost overwhelming desire to
suloke which comes upon them when
someone lights cigarette on the
stage; these strange and rapid restau.
rant meals of the fashionable theater,
when party sits down at a table and
is whirled through six courses in
about five minutes. surrounded by
champagne bottles In ice buckets and
trays Of liquors, have an absurdly ex.
citing effect.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-10-15
SURELY HAS EARNED REST
French Soldier. Crippled and War.
scarfed u to Become a Citizen
Of the United States.

Through the influence OF the French
consul wounded French soldier,
Leon GraNx Of SAT East Fifty-seventh
street. released from Ellis island
and re1fQfed to his wife, who had re-
ceised news six weeks ago that he
had been killed in battle.
After the French liner Rocham.
beau arrived from Bordeaux at her
PIER foot Of West Fifteenth street,
Mrs. Granx received word from her
brother Pierre that he believed Leon
was on the ship She hurried to the
pier and WIS informed that her hus.
] band ha,s gone to Ellis island with the
steEsssF pasrenees She sought the
French consul, who obtained permits.
sion from the immigration commits
sioner Tor Graux to land In New York.
Leon Graux was a crippled and war
SCARED veteran when he walked
ashore from the Ellis island ferryboat,
leaning on his wife's arm. He had
five bullet wounds in his arms, legs
and body. His company of $50 was
reduced to "a, he said, after the battle
Of scissors, in which both his hands
were severely torn by shells. In fol-
lowing engagements Graux had a bull.
let in his right shoulder, his left leg,
and finally had his right thumb shot
away. After each engagement he was
patched up and sent to the front
again and was decorated by the
French government for bravery on the
battlefield.
Graux gave up his job as hair.
dresser in this city shortly after the
war started and went home to fight.
Now he is going to become citizen
Of the United States and live here
with his wife and two children, eight
and fourteen years old.-New York
Times.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-10-15
WORDS CHANGE IN MEANING
Sometimes Through tho Centuries
They Became Contradictory
Two Great Examples.

1t IL curious habit that history re-
veals, that of stripping word Of It's
original meaning and clothing it with
q meaning radically different. We
were told in our high school days that
Slav meant originally, master" and
that when the Slavs were captured in
great numbers by the more civilized
nations of Europe and impressed
into Involuntary servitude, they gave
their once proud name to be used for
ever to designate the condition Of
slavery. Modern etymologists are in.
clfned to scout the idea that the word
Slav came from the old Bulgarian
slava." which signified .slofy bdt
IN the case OF another perverted word
there is no dispute. That word is
"Mameluke."
In Turkey q mameluke was q slave
boy, usually a Circassian, who did
mental work in the household of the
master. About the year 1900 a great
body OF these slaves were sold by
Genghis Khan to the ruler Of Egypt.
In 80 years they had seized the gov.
eminent, assassinated the monarch
and elected one Of their number to
the throne. Their government lasted
until 1917, when they were overthrow
by Sel1m l, sultan of Turkey, but they
continued to be power in the army
until the beginning Of the nineteenth
century, when Mehmet Ali had them
massacred. because no ruler could
ever feel secure on his throne as lone
as the cavalry wing of his army was
composed Of mamelukes. Their very
name had come to signify the master
ful qualities that belong not to the
slave, but to the conqueror.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-10-15
GIRLS AND BOYS MENTALITY
Female Begins Early to Develop It.
Scientists Say, But She Stops
Before the Boy.

1T may be taken as an accepted
fact" writes German scientist, that
the average age Of speech-develop
ment is several months earlier in the
girl than in the boy. While it Is not
very rare to find year-and-a-half-old
boy still unable to talk, the develop
ment of speech has made considerable
progress in girls of this age, and in
certain later periods of life her further
advancement is even more obvious.
"At fifteen the male Is generally
only big boy, while the girl is often
quite finished young girl. But her
mental development not only begins
earlier, but stops earlier. 1t is prob
ably not to be doubted that in the
young woman Of twenty-five all the
powers of the intellect which are capa.
BILE of developing are at least indi.
Gated and formed and generally al
ready quite well established. The
twenty-fve-year-old youth, on the 9th.
er hand, is still full of unguessed pos
sibilities for the future. The excep
lions that occur do not vitiate the av'
erage law that the comparative cycle
of development is relatively smaller in
the girl. In women the conservative
tendencies natural to their sex are
most marked; in men, the progressive
tendencies"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-10-15
ny SUIT OF CONFEDERATE
GRAY

(Publlshed by the request OF g
Daughter of the Confederacy)
[ never was one of the careful kind
For saving and boarding away,
II it we're not so, I'd never have been
AS poor as am today.
I had none of the care of the thrifty
and keen
When the wages of toll 1 could
claim,
| But ever to me the best of it all
! Was the pleasure of spending the
same.
But there's just one thing would like
to keep
AS carefully boarded away
AS the gold of the miser, and that one
thing
Is my suit OF Confederate gray.
1t was made In Southern loom OF
wool
From sheep that were Southern
bred;
1t was fashioned and sewed by the
dearest hands
That ever used needles and thread.
1t was handsome and bright when I
put in on
And proud as a prince was
Of my wife, my suit and the cause in
which
Twas pledged to conquer or die.
l dremed not of failure, thought not
aof de eat.
rs l turLeu 10 the conflict away:
Away from wife, mother and children
and home
In my suit of Confederate gray.
I marched and paraded, I rested and
drilled.
I ate and 1 slept, night and day:
| skirmished and fought, advanced
and fell
In my suit of Confederate gray.
1t was slashed and riddled by sabre
and ball;
1t was soiled by the dust of the road;
1t was notified all over with CHASTITY
stains
Of my own and another's blood.
But it is fairer than silk and satin to
me;
It is dearer than gold this day:
The treasure and pride of my heart
and my life
Is my suit of Confederate gray.
For after one battle came Gen. Lee,
s. And refined in his steed where lay,
In a pool of blood, between com
rades slain,
In my suit of Confederate gray.
II am sorry, my friend would God
| had been
In your stead on this terrible day !.
Where his words, and tear from his
eyes fell down
On my suit of Confederate gray.
The fields Of our battles are covered
with grain;
Where we fought is now smiling
and gay
But nothing can brighten or freshen
again
My suit of Confederate gray.
II can never more be as l saw it once,
From the hand of its fashioner fair:
Like the Southern hearts, the rents
and the scars,
And the gashes a nd stains are still
there.
Oh, carry me back! I'm a soldier
Light-hearted and daring and gay
I'm a Southern rebel whenever l look
AT my suit of Confederate gray.
Put it on when my form all breathless
and cold
In the dust of the grave We shall lay,
For | want to rest till the Great
Captain calls
In my suit of Confederate gray.
F. n. Mari. Warrenton, Va.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-10-15
RECORDS NEW AUTO JOKE
Joe Mitchell chapple Tells Of One
Which Is Ascrlbed to Uncle
Joe Cannon.

Summertime brings with 1t a glow
of peculiar types of humor. There is
always someone who is ready to tell
you the latest story about the Ford
automobile. These stories are pro-
duced about as rapidly as the Ford
automobiles, which recently reached
the astonishing record of one machine
every FIVE seconds. There is danger
in telling the latest Ford story for fear
of that wearied expression on the face
Of the reader or hearer which signals,
Il have heard IT," 1t is said that
about a thousand new Ford stories
are received by the advertising de-
paTtnent at Detroit every week. One
was soberly related by Uncle Joe
Cannon on his return to Washington
that will apply to any automobile or
a Ford.
"The man" said Uncle joe "ap-
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-10-15
How to Tell Trains Speed.

Count the clicks Of the wheels on
one rail because joints alternately
for 20 seconds, and the result will be
the miles per hour the train is run.
ming. There are 176 ~30-foot rails in
$3.50 feet. The train, say, is travelling
at As miles per hour. 1t covers 1855
rails in one minute, or 2.25 rails in one
second, which, multiplied by 20, equals
As rails in 20 seconds, or As miles per
hour. II 32-foot rails are used the re.
suits would be 40 rails in 20 seconds
at As miles per hour, but it is fairly
accurate and can be done easily with q
little practice.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-10-15
Reading Ones Own Books.

Cultivated men and women have al
ways counted good books among theiI
most valued possessions, and one can,
not believe that this taste can be sac
rificed without definite loss to our
civilization. The spoken word can
never supplant the written word; and
in fact, the present tendency is all to
ward substituting print for speech
Nor can reading In public places take
the place of reading ones own books
in the quiet Of ones home. Books
that are owned wait patiently on the
readers leisure; and to have just the
book one wants, when one wants 1t, IL
and must remain one of the supreme
Injuries of cultivated life.
Books, too, when personally owned
gather around themselves q wealth o.
personal associations. The very bind
ing, paper ard title-page recall thu
conditions under which the book camt
into our possession. As we open 1T
pages we remember the last time VI
read it, the place and circumstances
and the people with whom We dis
cussed 1t. Books have personality
and they must always remain thu
warm friends Of their possessors.-
A...-.-- 1870
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-10-15
international Relations.

That one state or one culture must
be predominant in the world, we shall
refuse to believe. Above all we shall
cease to think of the world as col
lection Of strange inhuman individual
beings called states. whose inevitable
and nightmarish rivalries make his
tory. We shall remember that in all
international relations men are deal
ing with men.-A. D. Lindsay In the
Atlantic Monthly.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-10-15
Says Women Help Bring War.

Women's love of the martial music
and trappings Of war was given some
blame for the European war by Mrs.
Phillip Snowden. wife Of a member OF
the British parliament, in an address
on woman and the War" before the
National Educational ASSOCIATION.
1T is possibly our own fault-this
war;" she asserted. I'VE must admit
that. We love the uniform. We WON
en- affect military styles in clothing and
we even allow our children to dress in
a military way. We must have less
admiration for the uniform and more
hate for war"
Education" she said, "is the rem
edy for war and for all social, indus
trial and political conditions which
make for war"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-10-15

peare0 HI the uuol Ia 4 psY1KrnR mo
histrionic attitude and gravely an
nounced:
My lord, the motor waits with
out The weary owner replied Ian
guidly, Without what?' The reply
came quick and decisive: Without
gasoline The weary owner delved
deep in his pocket and once more
paid the toll of mileage rate far be-
yond the Jurisdiction of the interstate
commerce commission, while without
waited the motor."-"Affairs at Wash
ington." by Joe Mitchell Chapple, in
National Magazine.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-10-15
For Sale or Rent
Greatly Reduced Excursion Fares
to Niagara Falls and Return

Southern Railway will have on
sa at Principal points in Virginia
special round trip excursion fare
tickets to Niagara Falls, July %, 20,
August 5, II, 10, 26, Sept. End, 8, is,
g, 80, Oct. and IA, bearing final re-
turn limit Of 16 days. For detailed
Information as to fares, schedules
etc.. consult Agents or writes c. w.
Westbury, Gen ACT. Washington.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-10-15
Cheerful Man Wins.

In recent contest Of woman's opin
ions this type brought first money. He
is described as follows:
vote for cheerful grin. and for
the man who always has it ready at
the right time. He can be depended
upon as a Judge OF human nature, a
humorist, an optimist, tactician, an
altruist and friend. II he's a doc
tor, l want him when I'm sick. If
he's preacher, I'll 60 to his church,
regardless of denomination. II he's
In business, I'd like to work for him.
II he wants me to, I'll marry him.