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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-22
Circus Rider Killed

NEW YORK, April 22.-otto
Kline. trick rider, fell In the sight
Of hundreds of persons as he leaped
from one side of the saddle to the
other on his horse at Wednesdays
performance of Barnum & Bailey's
circus In Madison-sq. garden. lie
was picked up with fractured
skull and hurried to a hospital
where he died. Kline was rs years
old and came from Naperville. III.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-22
Birmingham Man WEEDS

MARLETTE. Mich. April a.
Miss Lenora Abby, Of Marlette. and
Harry A. Lowe. business man OF
Birmingham. Mich, were married
here Wednesday. They will reside
In Birmingham.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-22

Copyright. 1915. by Serial Publication
Corporation.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-22

SYNOPSIS.
June. the bride OF Ned Warner. i'm
pulsively leaves her husband on their
honeymoon because she begins 10
realize that she must be entirely do
pehdent on him for money She de-
sirss to be independent.
Juno 10 pursued by Gilbert Blye. q
wealthy married man. She escapes
rom hts olutches with difficulty.
Ned searches disuactediy for June,
and. learning OF Biye's designs. vows
vengeance on him. Af.er many ad-
ventures Juno Ia rescued from river
pirdtcs by Durham. an artist. She
driven by Mrs Durham and In KID
naped by blye aud Cunningham
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-22
Monroe RaaIdent plsa

MONROE. Mich. April 22.-Mrs.
Mary stabel. aged So years. OF this
city. died wednesday. A daughter.
Mrs. John Mayer survives.
The broad ax., 1915-07-24
Watch Your pishoIoth,

Improperly cared for. what a happy
hunting ground for germs and mi
crobes the dishcloth may be. exclaims
Eva ]. de Marsh In Farm and Home,
Just put one In pan with a lot OF
dirty, greasy dishes, rinse It In luke
warm water or not at al. hang It In
q warm, dark, shut In corner and
leave It overnight You VIII know II
Is therel Drink some milk, eat some
butter, pudding or Jelly that has stood
where II absorbed all the dishcloth had
to give, and II you suffer no III effects
you are germ proof.
The materials of your cloth may be
anything. so long as it is absolutely
clean and free from dyestuffs. Let
your dishes be scraped clean before
they go into the pan, use your cloth
to wash them only and always rinse
IT well when you are through. If you
can, frequently hang 1t in the sun,
wash and boil often, and never leave
a cloth 50 It win remain wet a long
time and get sour.
How's your dish rag?
The broad ax., 1915-07-24
ThaNtra All Good.

Burne-Jones, the famous artist made
many sketches for the children OF his
friend, ]. Comyns Carr. He once laugh
ingly proposed to instruct the eldest
boy In the principles Of anatomy, and
there and then made for him two beau
ttful drawings representing the anat-
omy OF the good man and the good
woman, In both OF which the heart,
magnihcently large, winged and back
ed by spreading flames, Is the central
detail.
BY special request he made another
drawing. illustrating the anatomy of
the bad man. On being met with the
reproach that the third drawing show
ed nothing OF the details OF internal
structure he replied:
There are none. The bad man is
quite hollow"
On being challenged to illustrate the
anatomy OF the bad woman he grave
ly replied:
my dear boy. she doesn't exist"
The broad ax., 1915-07-24
1.I..,EEn..


Zhs Southwestern continuation q
Arizona Of the great mining region Of
Mexico. celebrated for centuries fOr II
fabusously rich ores Of silver and other
metals, u the oldest mining district IN
thu United States. The district has
an area Of LOO square miles, situat-
cd on the border OF Mexico IN the mid
die of that portion Of Arizona known
as the Gadsden Purchase. Authentic
records show that silver mining was
carried on here by the Papago Indians
before the Spanish conquest Of Mexico
In the sixteenth century. Later the
lodes were worked from time to time
and their ores smelted under the direc-
ton Of the Jesuit fathers and the Span
ish government, and remnants Of their
old mine workings, 70 which the charm
OF romance clings, point the way to
possible wealth not yet exhausted
From 1853, the date OF the Gadsden
Purchase, to the present time mining
has been carried on by Americans
not, however, without Interruptions.
especially during the earlier part Of
this period, In which raids by the
bloodthirsty Apaches or Mexican out
laws figured ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The broad ax., 1915-07-24
The Man-of-war Bird.

The frigate pelican, or man-of-war
bird, is usually met with by travellers
In the tropics. Although when stripped
Of fits feathers it is hardly larger than
q pigeon, yet no man can touch at the
same time the tips Of its extended
wings. The long wing bones are ex-
ceedingly light, and the whole appa-
ratus Of air cells is extremely deveL
oped, 30 that its real weight Is very
trt1ing. It flies at a great height above
the water and from that elevation
pounees down on fish, especially pre-
ferring the poor. prosecuted flying fish
for its prey. According TO some au-
thors, the name Of man-of-war bird
was given to It because its appearance
was said TO foretell the coming Of a
ship, probably because the frigate peli-
can and real frigates are equally adj
verse TO storms, and both Ike to come
into harbor II the weather threatens
The broad ax., 1915-07-24
Beauty of Victoria EaIls.

The Victoria falls, the native name
for which is MOsi-oa-Tounya, or the
Thunder Sounding Smoke, have right,
ly been called the most beautiful gem
In the whole Of the earth's scenery.
No pen picture or photograph can give
the faintest idea OF the marvlous gran
deur and beauty Of the scene. The ma
jesty and mystery OF the gigantic
gorges, the foaming torrents, the won
derful atmospheric effects-an come
upon one with a force and power as
though nothing had ever before been
read or heard in connection with them.
The falls by moonlight are a truly fas-
cinating spectacle. The roaring clouds
Of spray. the somber rain forest. the
stream Of the Zambed shimmering far
above the trembling earth, the lunar
rainbow. combine TO make an tnimita-
BILE picture
The broad ax., 1915-07-24
How to Sharpen Your Knife.

In the WOman's Home Companion
a contributor gives boys the following
advice as 10 how TO keep their knives
shaTpened:
Few boys who undertake to sharp
en- a knife have any great difficulty in
getting u sufficiently keen edge. 1t Is
In keeping this edge that the trouble
arises. This is due TO holding the
knife blade too hat when sharpening.
by holding the knife blade very fat
a sharp edge can be readily produced.
but Is so very thin that it is easily
broken and the blade Is marred by
jagged hicks.
The men who are employed In fac
tories to sharpen the best grade Of
knives hold the blade at an angle of
about IS degrees and really sharpen
only the cutting edge itself. This
method leaves the blade behind the
immediate point OF contact sufficiently
thick and strong to stand any ordinary
usage"
The broad ax., 1915-07-24
The jap. Work Al ii. IL


Literally the Japanese wor rm =,
nme. It Is not at all uncon, - as
ma japanese men and women .. 70
N their shops at 2. 3 and 4 49, =. SOsk
me morning. They must 49, CS1 s. u
this or starve. They live dIrno t NE
tne rear OF their places OF bTs,s.m
1neir entire household equInmsn tuiess'
prises a few mats, a few cusbIoD. eO On
q little tableware. They 20 a. .s and
joo-Whether it consists Of r.s IeE
clogs or inlaid cuff buttons ana Ht
and work and work until tbev -, "Ork
haustsd Then they sleep a it'll e. eA,
go back to work. II does nor 49,. anu
japanese ten minutes to eat b,s n0.I .
OF nee and fish. He has his festI- 80
OF course. and a good MANY ~ .soI
but he works the rest OF the TIM eu,
In many households it must no = a anu
cial and personal festival conDoa Spe,
with some individual or famiIr ~. s'su
to lure him from his occupaticD eOUs'
needs the mOney.-Samuel @ PHI
In Saturday Evening Post '"e
The broad ax., 1915-07-24
Our FIrut silk Eaetar..

Ohio was the first state In the Union
10 engage In the manufacture Of silk,
according 10 Dr.. William Q. Mills Of
Ohio State university.
The first silk factory was erected
at Point Pleasant In Is41 by John W.
GIN and Thomas White" said DR..
Mills. these men planted twenty
i've acres In mulberry trees and began
the raising Of silkworms the following
year. Dress silks, ribbons, silk velyets
and figured silks were manufactured.
The buckeye burr in light bun was the
inst pattern woven A vast pattern
from this piece was presented TO Hen
~ Clay, who also wore a suit Of broad
cloth made In SteubenYflle factory.
Since 1877 not a yard Of cloth Of any
kind has been made In SteubenviIle.
although at one time there were twelve
wooden, cotton and silk mills located
there Baltimore American.
The broad ax., 1915-07-24
rha. dead Mans Chest

The rendering Of the first line Of
Stevenson's immortal song as Fifteen
men on q dead mans chest" spells the
significance OF the phrase, writes a
correspondent License is permitted
10 poets. but no fifteen men could ever
Glnd room on the chest Of any man.
dead or alive. unless they were Lnli-
putians on the top Of a CULVER. The
actual phrase Is the Dead Mans
Chest" which Is the name OF one of
the Virgin islands. lying to the east Of
Porto Rico. II Is said that when Co
lumbus discovered the group he named
them after St Ursula and some Of her
mythical virgins. but the English buc-
cancers rechristened them in homelier
terms. such as "Dutchman's Cap"
Broken Jerusalem" Rum island
and THE Dead Mans Chest" Kings
ley refers to the matter In the first vol
ume Of AT Last" and Stevenson &C
knowledced. In his account OF Treas
ure Island" that he had lifted the
phrase from the older nOvelist's pages.
Manchester Guardian
The broad ax., 1915-07-24

The true philosopher makes q con-
siderable to do over his love Of and his
search for knowledge. But II be Is q
truly wise philosopher and II he values
his reputation he win stop safely short
Of ever acquiring exact information.
Exact information Is fatal 20 the philo-
sophical temperament A philosopher
Is a man who can make solemn and
profound remarks about any matter
whatsoever without knowing anything
about It AS soon as he learns some
thing about a matter he is to that ex-
tent excluded from philosophtzing
about 1t. He Is no longer q pure phil
osopher; he is now part scientist. This
explains why there are so few promi-
nent and prosperous philosophers these
days. With the vast development Of
our means Of communication, the null
tiplication OF books and newspapers
and the obtrusiveness Of reformers, II
Is almost impossible to get through the
world without picking up a great deal
Of correct information. and conse-
quently II Is wen nigh impossible to be
a philosopher.-Life.
The broad ax., 1915-07-24
Creek Names Of Iowa.

That Iowa Is a farming state Is re
hected In the names Of many OF the
streams that flow through II First
there is Farm creek, 50 that Farmers
creek is not out OF place; then there Is
q Chicken creek, a Duck creek, a
Goose creek, a number Of Turkey
creeks, as well as Pigeon creek. There
are Fox, Hawk and Rat creeks to de
YOUR the domestic animals, and some
Crow creeks, while there is also a Ely
creek and Mosquito creek Water
creeks are present, likewise a Hog run
and a Mud creek, so that Bacon creek
Is not strange. 1t Is fitting that with a
Bee creek and a Bee branch there
should also be a Honey creek There
are a couple Of Cherry creeks, a Crab
apple creek and plenty OF Plum creeks,
and for the wild animals we have
Bear, Beaver, Buck, Crane, Deer, Doe.
Elk. Otter. Panther, RaccOOn, Skunk
and Wolf creeks. With a Keg creek
there Is a Whisky creek and Whisky
run Finally there is a Purgatory
creek.-ArgOnaut
The broad ax., 1915-07-24

A good many sailors have been first
lords, including Keppel, Spencer. St
Vincent and Barham, but these ap-
pointments were all made long ago.
and some OF the first lords, though not
always the worst. have been strfkingly
unsailorlike in their appearance and
ways. Among these was Lord Gosch-
en- he used To tell a story OF how,
when he was appointed, there was a
popular song which bound the singer
to strange happenings should he prove
unfaithfuI. and a verse which had an
immense success ran:
II ever cease TO love
May Mr.. Goschen have q notion
OF the motion OF the ocean.
II ever ! cease 70 love.
III. W. n. Smith Is supposed to have
inspired part, at least Of "Pinafore-"
London Standard
The broad ax., 1915-07-24
'oe5a ooJoS


Do not dodge Whatever TIE ain
eufties to be met, they are not made
easier by trying to dodge them In
trying to dodge q missile from one d.
rection you may come In line with one
from q different direction When We
dodge trouble we are more than likely
to get into other trouble no less easy
to endure. Look with courage on
what must be met. Faced with eour-
age difficulties are half conquered.
Better meet and conquer difficulties
than to dodge them Do not dodge
duties that devolve on you Duties
performed add strength and dignity
to character. Il matters little what
these duties are; though they be Of
the simplest and humblest, well and
truly done, they acquire dignity. Stand
up bravely and squarely to meet the
difficulties OF life. With courage you
win conquer. You win come through
life with fewer scars than by trying to
dodge duty or difficulty. Trying to
evade begets In a man a cringing spir-
II. He gets a habit Of trucking, and
upright, self respecting manhood is
gone. Don't dodge II you would hold
yourself above meanness.-Mnwaukee
Journal
The broad ax., 1915-07-24

"What the dickens do they mean by
artistic temperament asked young
ArbuthnOt OF his talented pa
why" explained pa. IF you go TO a
tailor and ask him to make you a suit
the tailor Is satisfied to 80 ahead and
make you any kind OF suit yOu want
any way you want II made II you 90
to an architect he's tickled To build you
any kind Of house you want any way
you want II built. But n you 20 to a
man and ask him to write you a GER
tain kind Of book or poem in any par
tcular way. or II you want him to
paint you a picture or sculp you a
statue Of any particular kind the man
with the artistic temperament. instead
Of being tickled to get the Job. viii
say:
-'Now just look what this durn fool
wants nowr Judge.
The broad ax., 1915-07-24

The heart Of every hailstone Il a tiny
speck Of dust Such a speck, with a
little moisture condensed about II, Is
the germ from which may be formed
q hailstone capable Of telling a man or
smashing a window. But first It must
be caught up by a current Of air and
carried to the level OF the lofty cirrus
clouds Eve or six or even ten miles
high Then. continually growing by
fresh aecessions Of moisture, It begins
its long plunge to the earth, spinning
through the cloud and flashing In the
sun Ike a diamond bolt shot from a
rainbow.
The broad ax., 1915-07-24
Thu Difference

Herman Frasch, chief chemist Of the
Standard on company, who died
worth $5,oOoOOO. made many millions
for his employers by his utilization of
waste.
In an interview In New YORK, dis
enssing the discovery that turned coal
tar from a waste 10 a highly valuable
byproduct. Mr. Frasch once said TO a
reporter:
THAT one little change, that little
chemical change, did it all There is
never more than a tiny difference, you
know, between a waste and byprod-
uct, between wealth and poverty. be
tween success and failure.
''Look, for example, into some great
business Office. Here is a haggard
man in his shirt sleeves on a high stool
working for dear Ife-he checks the
cash. Then. in a little glass office all
by himself. look at that other frock
coated man leaning back In a tufted
green leather armchair, smoking a Ct
gar and reading the paper-he cashes
the checks. Boston Record
The broad ax., 1915-07-24

There is a mount In the hand, =,
persons who are said to be imnros.o =,
more In music by marches OF warIr.-
character than anything else. Ttta
soft cushiOn-like mount within tba
center Of the hand proper. but ia Don
orally developed toward the outer eJa,
Of the palm.
These persons are said to he rndo,
the influence Of Mars and TO have -
herited warlike tendencies. but II Nor.
than usually shows an ordinary amoun,
Of courage that is possessed by nost
persons. These are the ones wbo
would be thrilled by the "Marsai
laise," the Russian national HYMN -,
Watch on the Rhine or the ~St,r
Spangled Banner" Subjects Of Mar.
seldom become proficient musicians q,
successful singers unless the other IN.
dicatiOns in their hands show other
musical fancies.-Buffalo News.
The broad ax., 1915-07-24
.p,s., siriss.S;;;.;p go

7 - -
sbfanee had numerous national nasS
before e ADOPTED ne tricoior. AlthOugh
its present banner Il not particularly
artistic, its predecessors ranked among
the most beautiful nags IN the world
The first French dag was extremely
quaint It consisted Of q blue hood
hung on a cross bar and represented
the cloak Of St Martin, saint great
y reVerenced BY the French, and years
ago his helmet was carried In their
wars to inspire the soldiers The sec
ond French dag was beautiful banner
OF red, with its loose end cut into three
tongues resembling flames, between
each OF which was a green tassel
Some picturesque banners were at one
time carried by the French warriors
before the tricolor waved over the
French battlehelds. There was the sky
blue cavalry standard with the golden
sun Of Louis XIV, the white and gold
banner OF Joan Of Arc, magnincently
embroidered with the Madonna, angels
and lilies, and the famous old banner
Of tie city Of Paris, with its white
ship on a blood red field
The broad ax., 1915-07-24
EATING Asparaous.

Mr.. G. K Chesterton does not like
the modern way Of eating asparagus
Excluding cannibalism." he writes
''and the habit of eating sand about
which l can offer no opinionD, there
is really nothing one can eat which is
less fit TO be eaten with the fingers
than asparagus. 1t is long; 1t Is greasy;
it Is loose and liable to every sort OF
soft yet sudden catastrophe; 1t is al
ways eaten with some sort OF oily
sauce, and its nice conduct would In
volve the powers OF professional Jug
gler. combined with some practice In
climbing the greasy pole. Most things
could easily be eaten with ones fingers.
Only this one tiresome, topping Fege-
table eat between my finger and
thumb. l should be better on as q
giraffe eating the top Of a palm tree
It doesn't want any holding up."-LOD-
don Chronicle.
The broad ax., 1915-07-24
Poor KNIGHTS Of the Cara.

The splendOr that surrounds the On.
der Of the Garter makes it almost i'm.
possible to believe there ever have been
poor knights Of the order or that
these still exist today. Such. however
is the case. These now number eigb.
teen in all. and their official title is The
Military Knights OF Windsor. They
are divided into two foundations"
twelve being in the upper founda.
ton" and the remainder in the low.
er" When Edward III. founded the
premier order of chivalry of the world
he appointed one poor gentleman to
act as a sort Of attendant or squire to
each knight, and twenty-six was the
original number. These were known
as the ''alms" OF poor" knights Of the
garter until the title was changed to
the present one by William IV.-LOn-
don Standard.
The broad ax., 1915-07-24
Portugal

Five hundred years ago, the span Of
q few generations, Portugal was the
greatest maritime power, preceding
Great Britain In that eminence. The
Portuguese first explored the two
coasts OF Africa The Cape Of Good
Hope was doubled by Bartholomew
Diaz In 1886 Vasco da Cana reached
India, via Cape Of Good Hope, eleven
years later. In 1900 King Emanuel
assembled the throne Of Portugal and
assumed the title Of ford OF the con-
quest, navigation and commerce OF In
dia, Ethiopia, Arabia and Persia" In
that year the Portuguese made settle
ments In Brazil. History Is a cata-
logue Of dreams. The dream Of en-
pire Is nearly the oldest one. It's star
Is very tickle.
The broad ax., 1915-07-24
Lota YsmaIa


In the Hawaiian language every
word ends In a vowel A Hawaiian
finds it almost impossible to pronounce
two consonants together, and In Eng
hsh he has the greatest difhcuky In
pronOuncing any word ending with q
eonsonant Mr.. hale in his Polynesian
grammar says: "In all the Polynesian
dialects every syllable must terminate
IN vowel and two consonants are
never heard without a vowel between
them It Is chiefly to this popularity
that the softness Of these languages is
20 be attributed The longest syIIables
have only three letters, and many syI-
tables consist Of a single vowelr
Again. no syllable. as a general rule,
IN the Bantu family OF African speech
can end IN a consonant. but only in
YoWels.
The broad ax., 1915-07-24
The Muahroom.

It Is commonly believed that the
mushroom literally grows In a night,
90 that II has come to be emblematic
q sudden development, but the truth
n quite otherwise. II Is very likely to
require several weeks for its forma-
don, and up to the time Of It's appear
ance In the light Of day It remains be-
meath the surface, very much compress
cd and held In small compass Then
comes a moist night, and the cells Of
which the fungus IL composed are
greatly expanded, 30 that it thEusts It
self out above ground But Il Il no
heavier, though % much bigger. than
days before perhaps, when IL lay hid
den "a small compass under the top
layer Of soil. a perfect mushroom
Exchange.
The broad ax., 1915-07-24
Positive and Comparative.

In the lobby Of a Cincinnati hotel
during an educational convention. one
school man approached another and.
by way Of introducing himself, said:
I'm Beck
That's good replied the man adj
dressed, taking the profiered hand I'm
more So"
You're whatT asked the first
speaker
Il say I'm more So" repeated the
second
what do you mean by that|
"Why. you say you are Beck"
yes, am. My name is Beck
well. my name is Becker."-Youths
Companion.
The broad ax., 1915-07-24
Thu PostSa Peae6ok.

Dante Gabriel Rossetd had an IRE
sistible tendency to purchase rare and
beautiful birds and beasts that appeal
ed to his poetic or artistic fancy. FL
len Terry tells In The Story OF My
Life" Of his once buying an exquisite
white peacock. which very soon after
it's arrival at his home disappeared IN
der the sofa In vain did Rossett
-shoo" It out It refused to bulge
This went ON for days
The lovely creature won't respond
to me-" said ROssetti to a friend.
The friend dragged ont the bird.
NO wonder" said he; 'eit's deadF"
The broad ax., 1915-07-24
Death 70 the Mnsnuito.

The Panama canal was built BY par
Atm! The fearful mosquito plague,
which once made life for the workers
unbearable, and which was one Of the
factors which made the French relin-
quish their attempts to build the canal,
was ended by the simple expedient Of
covering all stagnant water with film
OF paraffn- Midges lay their eggs In
stagnant waters. but the larvae which
develop have to come to the surface
frequently to get fresh air. The paraf-
I'm entirely cuts OF the supply Of air,
the larvae are suffOcated, ard conse-
quently there are 10 midges. Other
parts Of the world, formerly regarded
as the graves Of white men, have now
become mosquito free by the same
means.-PearsOn's Weekly.
The broad ax., 1915-07-24
Parsnirinn sohnnl.

seymour Hicks Is an English actor
who has never visited America" said
a Chicago manager. ''Hicks is a COM
edian OF the violent school. He's all
over the stage at once. In his efforts
to please be perspires In a way that Is
painful to witness.
AT a dinner l once gave Arthur
Pinero made fun Of Hicks for his
strenuous methods. his lack Of repose.
Hicks. my boy Pinero said. I see
you've got upon your bills Doors open
at {" Why don't you change IT.
Hicks. to Pores open at sY"'"-De-
troit Free Press