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The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-07-08
ODD BITS OF NEWS

Fremont owhie Lester autonong Sunday bug
to the
ammunition for the German has averaged II working
26 days. This considered here worlds
the time were $3.50, about Is cents an hour
Evansville 1nd-1 never use love powders win Them Mon ara ~
Polly so seventy years old who is seek
husband Harrison strodes 80 YEARS. old Ms
band.
patient suffering the haucina
ton that the wireless drawing electricity
and ppg his strength He wants form union abolish
nuncation throughout the world
Bassett bachelor of New York. can recently re-
post from Seattle Wash He saws he is tho
mother Of the child
low the baby.
Q %
son. 10 DID, describes
the Central Christian months
and $40 in seven months according Mrs Anderson
York. NJ WHEN Mrs. Lena Reaven went to buy some things from
Marine Castragivani peadl the
italian picked stick cracking
sanbry pa-Mr John Carr has applied
husband squeezed her so hard that
Dansvie NJ Dick aner pair of twin
white length and
sA inches circumference
Barrow EngTh 600 hands employed
employed Immediately.
Long petred kneeon of mammoth estimated by
scientists be $500
Is inches in
Petrograd Russian
ment farm regiment
ing was chsened the Greek the village
of the
Thibedaux of
still living is
from a
the
/ .
in
. threat.
Des Mones IaHeen
school and University
be at Iowa. more ten
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-07-08

Clean, soft cotton rags wanted at the
Optimist Office.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-16
Clean, Fearless,
Forceful. Independent

Hats OF to James Schermerhorn.
the veteran and irrepressible editor
OF the Detroit Times. In the face OF
what appeared to be lnsurmountable
dificulties. against unfair and I'M
scrupulous and even cut-throat com
petition. Mr.. Schermerhorn has
pushed the Times to the front--a
success In every respect. The Times
IA clean. fearless. forceful and indie
pendent.
Somebody once asked the great
painter. West. what he mixed In his
paints to produce such marvellous
pictures. lie replied Brains"
So when somebody asks Schermer.
horn what he mixes with his print.
ers' ink TO get such wonderful re-
suits, he might answer Brains"
The Times has recently moved
into q new and handsome home. and
has installed the biggest newspaper
press In the middle west This ma
chine was built by the Duplex Print.
ing Co. OF Battle Creek.
More success for the Detroit
Times.-From r. y. Dingiey's Pro
gressive Herald. Kalamazoo.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-16
Let the People
Rule-and Write
~ a Days Labor Were the Standard
o. a.. rzsso. a srn rs-..k

N q Days. Labor Were the standard
To he Editor Of TIE Times:
Your editorial OF April IL entitled
An age OF miracles may see new
standards OF values" so harmoniEes
with some OF my vagrant thoughts
that | yield TO the temptation OF
putting them crndely on paper. For
long ! have had In mind that the
government could establish a stand.
ard OF q days labor as measure Of
values. Suppose the United States
would pay It's common" laborers
with certiicate--'This certifies
that John Jones has done one days
xeEk fer the seTe#asaeHt.-aHd sup
pose such certificates were accepted
as payment for taxes. postage and
all government imports. would Il
not 90 q long way 10 solving our
financial difficulties. What n ferce
light II would throw upon the pro-
tensions of some OF our big people.
Here's a lawyer saying. Il Will han
die your case provided you pay me
certificates covering 500 days la
bor." or see the board OF aldermen
asking for certificates covering 10
days labor for two hours work
Would they get Il,
Seriously. however such a stand
ard might possibly be developed.
and each man could decide for him.
self how much more valuable his
own services and abilities are than
those OF a common" laborer.
There might be some difficulties
in this plan. In connection with for
eign trade-and then again there
might not--but just think of our
poor kids at school learning zone
American days labor equals two
and four.nfths German days labor.
two and three-qnarters French
days labor. two Snglish days labor
and Ave and one-sixth Chinese days
labor" Wow
CHARLES STAFF
Royal Oak. Mich. April Is. 1915,
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-16
ROYALTY IN CLUBLAND

The association Of British royalty with club
land has not always been entirely happy. When
George Nv was Prince OF Wales be anx.
tous TO become a member OF Brooke's partly IN
order 70 have opportunities OF meeting Charles
Fox. He was the only member elected up to
that time without balloc. and was received
with reclamation on his first appearance but
his chief reason for joining was that he might
be able 10 carry on vendetta against Pitt, a
member OF Whites. When Whites gave a ball
the prince commanded his friends not 10 go 70
It and sent his own ticket and that OF the Duke
OF York TO be sold at public library. The
Duke Of Yorks association with Brooke's nearly
cost him his life, for In the course Of drunken
frolic he went TO the club and found IL shut
for the night; whereupon he and his companion
forced their way in and smashed everything in
sight till waiter. believing them 20 be house
breakers came down with blunderbuss and
was about to fire when the duke was recognized.
King Edwards difference with Whites com
mittee the subject Of smoking will be re-
called York Sun.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-16
Early London Perils

We hear much today OF the dan.
gers OF the London streets, but we
are spared some Of the perils Of an
earlier age The recently published
calendar OF coroners rolls for the
city tells how the many swine wan.
dering about the streets were once
London's greatest nuisances. In
1922 an inquest was held on a child
Who was attacked in her cradle by
a pig which had wandered In through
the open door OF her parents shop.
And a little earlier letters patent
were issued to an infant who lost an
ear from the same cause. The let
tors certified the cause of the acct.
tvnt-f--t-ist-r-vn-tTr-unciefftr
should say that the ear had been cut
OF in the piIIory by a knife Of the
aw,-London Chronicle.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-16
A Poem q Day.
COWS BACK. DEAR DAYS.

tOME bAths DEAh bAhs.
Come back. dear days. from out OF
the pasti
I sec your gentie ghosts arise.
You look az me with mournful eyes
And then the night grows virgin and
You have gone back to Paradise
Why aid you meet away. dear days
You were 80 welcome when YOU
came,
The morning skies were all sname;
The birds sang mathis In your
All else or life you put to shsms.
pid l not honor you Alright
l. who but lived TO see you shine.
Who felt your. very pain divine
Thanked God and warmed me In your
or aSafrsd your tears as they were
winef
what wooed you 60 those stranger
What love more fond. what dreams
more fair,
what music whispered In the air-
What soft delight of smiles and
Enchanted you from other whsrsf
You left us pledges when you went;
The years since then are bleak and
No bursting buds the Jupss unfold.
While YOU were here my all spent.
Louise Chandler Mouiton.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-16

present unabridged. stretches from
the nrst year to the -afth. when the
school medical inspection begins
As suggested remedy Or. For
syth describes plan adopted In
the city OF Westminster. Eng. In
January. 1912, a medical inspection
center was opened for children OF
school age In the north half of the
city. Here staif OF health visitors
Is maintained. 10 get into touch at
once with every family where o
child 4. newly.born. Through this
stan every child in the district Is
kept under medical supervision
from the time OF its birth until the
end OF its nth year. the purpose be
ing TO hand the child over sound
and healthy to the school author
tiles.
or 374 children examined durine
the first year Of the center. l3l
we're under one year OF age, II un'
der two years. So. 80 and 80 under
three, four and 1--WE years. respec.
lively. The medical record cards
showed rapid rise in the tide OF
disease with each year OF life. II
was found that while most children
in the FIRST period are healthy. only
a small minority come through 70
the NTH year without at least one
physical defect OF some kind
Large numbers OF children" says
DR.. Forsyth, healthy In all respects
at birth. become within Ave years
the physically defective entrants
whom the education authority il re
quired. AT no small cost. TO restore
so far "a possible, to their original
state OF health.
"Yet most OF these cases are pre-,
yentable. OF. II taken In time. can
be remedied more speedily, and
therefore more cheaply. than IL left
until school age. by which time not
few viii have received permanent
physical or mental.
THE problem OF the defective
child largely resolves itself into the
problem OF the under-school age
child. and seems hardly likely to be
solved by anything short OF gen
eral plan insuring TO all children
regular medical supervision from
birth TO school age"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-16
THE WILEY SUBMARINE

The submarine inventor. Simon Lake. says In
the March number OF the Century Magazine that
this formidable weapon OF naval warfare can
by means OF charts work Its way on the bottom
through the cables OF mines or under nets or
booms until IL reaches the vicinity OF the enc
mys anchorage. Moreover: IF the enemy has
its torpedo nets out, the submarine can creep
up near the vessel send a diver out. and at.
tach bottom mine under her. 10 be electric,
ally exploded after the submarine has moved q
safe distance away. If desired, a mine can
be attached to the bottom OF the surface vessel
and exploded hours later By clockwork mechan
ism In this manner mines can be placed un-
der several ships and all can be blown up -
ites~s.sly-at-a-eixan-ho hour Xhen the sub
marine may be miles away"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-16
Pointed Paragraphs

Why shorten our days by lengthen.
ing our nights.
II you want 10 know anything
about club life. hit the policeman.
The lantern-jawed man isn't neces-
sariiy brilliant conversationalist.
Fat men are good natured because
good natured men are unusually fat
A good many spirit manifesto.
tons come after visits to the bar.
Talk less and think more. This
is easy advice 10 give. but uneasy to
take
A full dress suit enables a $500
clerk to pass himself OF for a $1,000
waiter.
A contented. willing laborer Is
worth so per cent more than a dis
satisfied compulsory worker
After IL became apparent that
clothing was the proper thing. IL
was Eve who said: Il told you So
Sometimes the humor of a man is
sc dry that he has to buy the drinks
in order to get other men to listen
TO IL.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-16
Edmund C. Shields, Patriot,
Or q Great Sacrifice for Party!

Does the political game pay?
For an answer one might well say
Look at Edmund c. Shields. He's the
answer"
George Fitch says that there has al
ways been question among GRAMMAR,
ans as to whether politics SIS or ARE. "
He says, however, that there should be
no doubt of it, because politics is singular
extremely so.
One of the most singular things about
the game is that the men who get the
honor so-called-seldom, If ever, make
the money out Of it
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-16


was stirred up We we're 50 tired at nighttime that glad to 90 TO
get up early and IFS the cool bright early morning that VIM vgor
vitality fellow.
We heard robins and marbles
balng a
bully!
they're vhckng iddies
Joys Of q
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-16
From, Another
Point of VieW

Voice this a. m. in street car: These
investigations are just like everything
else they come and 60"
We note the officials of both the rail-
road and the trolley line have sprung to
the responsibility derailers.
Our Tigers got to Clevelands pitcher
in the sixth, 1t appears. for a total Of
about Steen bases.
This will serve as notice upon the
coroner's jury that we, the public. already
know that 10 are dead.
An Ell Paso man has been fined 500
for whipping his wife And it may be
that all she asked was the price of
seat in movie.
With ego we've no patience,
But we are with the guy,
Who when it's up to him to hit,
Can find his batting I.
Cad" wanted to write few verses
on the wreck, but yielded when il was
suggested to him that il might be making
a horrible thing worse.
We have looked the matter up for You.
Phyllis. and we have had to conclude that
reference to "a dogs age" may mean
sausage.
Russia wants American farm and gar
den seeds. And while we are on the sub
ject, Mr.. Doremus, so do we.
Ex-President Huerta explains that he
has boon absent so many haff dayg from
Mexico principally because Of grieyous
error in Washington in making out his
standing in department.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-16
Evolution of Consciousness.
~ Or. FRANK CRANE
Copyright. 1915. by Frank crane.)

At the beginning men had only the
consciousness of self. Their sole recog-
nized duty was to defend self, as is in
dicated in the saying, elf-defense is
tho first law of nature
Then the man E.arried and begot a
family. He thus became conscious Of
larger unit. group, consisting of himself
his wife. and his offspring.
AS these children married and had
children, the group enlarged. and his con-
seriousness enlarged with ii. He now
fought for and cared for not only his
family but his tribe. He was a cham
pion not only Of his own rights but Of
the rights of all the Smiths.
In course of time his people became
part of duchy, county, or other geo.
graphical division.
After a while this territory became
absorbed in nation, the people of which
spoke the same language, came from a
common stock, and were governed by one
ruling dynasty. Then he became con-
scious of himself as a German, an Ital-
ian, a Frenchman, an Englishman, and
so on.
Each larger consciousness swallowed UP
the preceding. At first his own life was
the main thing, but afterward he stood
ready to sacrifice his life for his family,
tribe, or nation.
AS a member of nation he came in
to the emotion called patriotism. The
larger the group the more intense and
ideal and noble" was his passion. To
be an Englishman, for instance. was felt
IN h., IL k<sn
shirenan or Highlander.
But the patriotism Is not the end
Elihu Burrit said: above all nations is
by the way in human progress.
The imperfection Of nationalism and
its attendant enthusiasm, patriotism, is
shown by the present war. To continue
the worlds business under the govern
ment OF Independent nations is to invite
periodical disaster.
The next step is to be the conscious
ness OF the world. This is the necessary
and final step in the development Of man.
Jesus never mentioned patriotism, be-
cause. being clear visioned. he saw that IL
was not final. His ideal was a world
wide citizenship, society In which all
kindred, tribes. and tongues should CO.
opcidbc. heHCt the attempt 10 naIneSS
Christianity to patriotism has always
been difficult. Christianity is hardly
workable except in world-citizenship.
| The greatest conflicts are not between
good and evil; they are between the good
and the better.
The only possible hope for a perma-
nent settlement of the European war is
to adopt some plan of international fed
GRAFTON wherein the enthusiasm for HUI
MAINLY shall submerge the passion of
PATRIOTISM.
Darwin p. Kingsley. of the New York
Life Insurance Company. has issued a
cogent pamphlet calling attention to
world-citizenship-as the only hope for the
cure of militarism, in which he uses the
words:
This European horror can be ended,
and so ended that il will never be re-
peated, only by definite declaration of
world-citizenship. This must be done, or
this existing horror will spread AND
WE SHALL BE IT'S NEXT VICTIMS.
Nothing is more certain than that"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-16

four or ave years
before school be
gins. is the belief
Of DR.. David For
syth. an English
physician. whose
views are pub
lished In q bulle
tin recently Is
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-16
A Sure Remedy.

Doctor-You must go away for a
long rest
Overworker merchsnt-But. doc
TOT. I'm too busy 10 go away.
Doctor--weil, then, you must stop
advertising.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-16
UP-TO-DATE.

In children
public schools school district
40 where such transportation Of pupils author
zed-Washngton Dispatch
Yes that's the Just the children are able
because they think they have right TO automobiles and other
them to
We and ancestors walked to school some OF US miles as
bodies and In
schooIfeuows and there
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-16

Regarding over-eating. Dr. S.
Weir Mitchell. noted Philadelphia
physician. once said Ninety per
cent of all my patients are suffering
from mal-nutrition. They eat about
one-third more than they really
need, and. as consequence. are
sick fully onethird OF the time"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-16

A street railway motorman learned a
few days after he had been discharged
fef-s iRfsastioa Of the rules that he
had fallen heir to $4,000. He probably
would Ike to 10 back now and say to
~ man who fired him. some things he
1cUGht e best to leave unsaid.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-16

DR.. Forsyth declares that medical
inspection OF elementary school
children points to a widespread
physical deterioration during the
first four or FIVE years OF life. which
leaves the majority Of children With
serious but preventable defects
Little or nothing has been done
as yet by way OF solution" says DR.
Forsyth Preventive measures
limited TO the first years are unlike
ly to have much influence in ward
ing on later troubles. A gap, at
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-16

But to return to Shields.
As state head of a losing political
party, Shields braved some of the Bit
terest fights in party history.
wHYf
Even at that time he reaped won
drous harvest Of advertising of state
wide character advertising which no
amount of money could buy.
THEN:
The scene changed and Shields was
IN position to reap still more direct adj
vsntages from his political affiliations.
A small-town lawyer. he moved to the
state capital and proceeded to cash in on
his political advertising.
First he was named on the commission
on compilation Of the laws. For that he
received $1,000.
Next he became attorney for the Pere
Marquette.
Shields swore on the witness stand in
the recent @slush fund" probe conducted
by the legislature that his position car
RED with it no obligation to use his po-
litical influence. 1t sounded very nice.
OF COURSE HIS POLITICAL IN
FLUENCE WOULD HAVE NO Eff
Feet UPON THE RAILROAD COM
MISSION SHOULD HE APPEAR Be
FORE IT, INASMUCH AS ONE OF the
three members Of that body received his
appointment from Shields.
Shields also told the probers that he
had received no retainer from the Pere
Marquette except transportation for him
self and his partners.
On closer examination, however, he ad-
mitted that he EXPECTED to be paid.
To which one of the probers replied NAT
urally."
Next, he was appointed attorney for
the Grand Trunk
The idea Is the same in both cases.
He represents a number of insurance
companies as corporation attorney for
the state of Michigan.
OF COURSE, HIS POLITICAL IN
F'LUENCE WOULD NOT HAVE ANY
EFFECT ON THE SECURITIES CON-
MISSION OR THE INSURANCE COM
MISSIONER.
OF course not.
In addition, If bill now pending goes
through, Shields win receive added bust
ness inasmuch as the law will require
every insurance company in Michigan to
have q personal representative in Lansing
upon whom proof Of service can be made.
Does politics pay?
Wen give you Michigan Democratic
answer:
ASK Ed"
BY the way, we heard Ed. say once
that he belonged to that class of Demo-
Gratis that did all the work during
those many lean Republican years-for
nothing.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-16
marine mhy be mlIes aWay.

Albuquerque II 70 be connected with lie Grand
onivera ruins BY . modern highway 60 miles
long In time tor the tourist season Of 1915.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-16
Between Baby Days and School Days
ChiLdrenS Health Needs Watching

That special medical attention
should be given to children In the
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-16

"Six Of Elm Corners young
people have engagement cards
out announcin' tn weddin's In
June. Matrimony Ii what might
be called tn original June bug"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-16

sued by the United States bureau
Of education
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-16

Russia wants American farm and gar.
den seeds. And while we are on the sub.
ject, Mr.. Doremus, so do we.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-16

Cad" wanted to write few verses
on the wreck, but yielded when it was
suggested to him that it might be making
horrible thing worse.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-16

We have looked the matter up for Won
Phyllis. and we have had to conclude tina
reference to "a dogs age" may meal
sausage.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-05-01
FACTS ABOUT THE WHALE
Are Put on Record, but u 10 Not Con,
puIsory That One Must Be-
IIevc Them.

The whale, like the orator, makes
the most noise when nearest the sur
face Of things. When he goes deep
you never hear him. Whales spend
their time in ocean travel and TAX
ing the air. There was once whale
named George Washington. His ia
Their had caught a favorite human
being and had put him in the refrig-
orator to keep, when George hap
pened along and swallowed him.
Georges father, missing Jonah,
which was the name of the dainty,
suspected George, and took him out
into back ocean current. George
thereupon began to weep salt tears,
but, with prodigious courage, for a
whale, said:
Father, l cannot tell you a tale.
/ swallowed Jonah with my little
swallower."
Whales are used to Intricate sew
ing machines, to decorate museums
of unnatural history and to reduce
to a pulp a woman's waist line.-
Life.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-05-01
First LIfeboat Station.

One hundred and Twenty-Five years
ago the Massachusetts, Humane So
ciety built its first hut ON Lowell's
island, near Boston, to succor the
stranded mariners along the danger
Gus and desolate Cape Cod coast
From that little dark red hut, the first
house Of mercy of the sea to be
erected, arose score of like huts
along the coast that had been bleached
with the bones of sailors for two CEN
turtles. In 1907 the first lifeboat sta
tion was organized at Cohasset and
out OF that sprung the most efficient
life-saving service of all the seven
seas.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-05-01
AIIlaators, Eaas Edible.

Alligators' eggs are eaten in the
West India islands and on the west
coast of Africa They resemble in
shape hens egg, and have much the
same taste. but are larger. More
than hundred eggs have been found
in one alligator.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-05-01
Sack Your Hams.

New supply of sacks just received
at this office.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-05-01
HIS BEST FRIEND.

Bix-Whom do you consider your
best friend, the one who would do
the most for you?
Dix-My wife's husband.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-05-01
CLEVER YOUTH.

Teacher-Remember, Johnny, that
a stratum is a layer of anything.
Now can you name a stratum?
Johnny-Yes, ma'am. An old hen
is a stratum, cause she's layer of
eggs.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-05-01
AN EASY MARK.

Corpulent Individual But you
can't give me any reason why 1
should not enlist.
Spouse-Well, / should miss you,
dear, but the Germans couldn't
London Mail.