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The Detroit times., 1915-07-05

When a man In the east or south
or the middle west lays down a gold
coin. be il a fye-dollar piece, an
eagle or a double eagle. in paymen.
OF a purchase. he L. looked upon
with interest and curiosity and
sometimes with suspicion. The
feeling in the older.peopled sections
Of the country is that II a man car
ries gold money around in his peck
cts he Is either counterfeiter or
western millionaire. In the far
west--,hat is. up and down the Pa
cifc slope and In the states that lie
under the eastern shadow OF the 81
ezra Nevada mountains-the reverse
OF this situation may be said TO be
generally true. though the situation
is changing. When a man pays for
q purchase in the shops with a piece
of paper money the inference 10 that
he may be a counterfeiter or tour.
ist from the east. Within the last
10 or Is years the people of the
sgest have become somewhat more
acquainted with paper currency, and
many OF them have recovered from
their doubts about the stun.
Students of such matters as the
circulating medium OF exchange be-
lieve that geld coinage will disap-
pear from circulation In the west as
II has In the east. With a stable ma
t.onal currency on gold basis and
with every body absolutely certain
as TO the soundness and solvency OF
the government. a preference for
paper money sets in and drives the
gold coin or the basic money out
of circulation. Gold coins are cas-
lily lost. as they wear the lining OF
pockets. and IN spite OF the alloy
in them for hardening purpose
they are too soft to stand much
wear without loss OF weight. and
through the west there Ii develop
ing a disposition among the banks
to accept gold coins--badly worn
gold coins--only at their weight or
bullion value, while no bank hest
,ates to accept a gold certificate. a
silver bank note or the new federal
reserve currency at its face value.
no matter how badly worn and
frazzled II is. just so that the note
il there and II can be recognized.
Already the news has come from
California that the gold dollar Is not
only disappearing. but has nearly
disappeared II Is said that 1t held
Its own against the national bank
note and other forms Of paper cur.
rency for 50 years. but that the fed
erai reserve currency is putting IT
out of the running because the fed
eral reserve bank accepts worn gold
only at It's weight so much light
The Detroit times., 1915-07-05
A Poem a Day.
rnE my me- nONu

THE DAY - DONE.
The day In done. and the darkness
Fails from The winss OF pight
From an eagle In his flight.
see the lights OF the village
CLEAN through the rain and the
And feeling OF sadness comes DER
me.
That my soul can not resjst
A fselinE of sadness and longing.
That Ia not akin TO pain.
And resembles sorrow only
AS the mist resembles the rain.
Come. read to me some poem.
Some simple and heartfelt lay,
That shel soothe this restless feel
And Ganish the thoughts OF day.
Not from the grand old masters.
Not from the bard~ sublime,
Whose distant footsteps echo
Through the corridors OF time.
For, like strains " martial music.
Their mighty thoughts suggest
Lifes endless toll and cndeavor,
And tonight long Tor rest.
Read from some humber poet.
Whose songs gushed from his heart.
As showers from the clouds OF sum-
mer.
OR tears from the eyelidS start.
Who through long days 90 labor,
And nights devoid OF ease.
still heard in hts soul the music
of wonderful melodies.
such sCpgS haze power to quiet
The restless ulse 90 care,
And come like the benedictIon
That follows after prayer.
Then read from the treasured vol
uTue
The poem 81 thy choice.
And lend to the rhyme of the poc<
The beauty OF thy voice
And the night shall be allied vsith
music.
And the cares that infest the day
Shall fold their tents like the Arabs.
And az silently steal away
Henry W. Longfellow.
The Detroit times., 1915-07-05

Some Russian soldiers have de-
clared they saw the figure Of Skobe-
lefF on his white horse, leading
their forces, a. OF old. into battle.
To those vino know the profound i'm
preston that wonderful man made
on the SlavonIc mind there is no
improbability In snch a suggestion.
Drawn 80 largely from a primitive
pessantry. the vast host marshaled
by the car must contain multitudes
whose chndIike imaginations are
quite capable OF conjuring UP their
legendary hero In visible form once
more, wariing on defeat and point
ing 10 victory. Even with the less
simple there may well be a longing
10 have 30 famous fighter NJ their
head in that great struggle he pre-
dictcd would happen. and In which
he would 20 dearly have loved TO
play his part
II was while the RussoTurkish
war OF 1877 was raging. the London
Globe" explains. that from the
midst Of ofYicial Incompetence and
corrupt favoritism skobeleh emers.
ed as the magician TO whose wand
victory was ever obedient. Entirely
by his own merits, without the ad-
vantage OF iIIustrious birth and
against the opposition of preju.
diced court. he had won his gener-
ais epauicts before he was ~. After
the fall Of Pievna his rapid passage
OF the Balkans In midwinter brought
The Detroit times., 1915-07-05
Downing the Dandelion.

The dandeliop has some uses, pub
lie opinion TO the contrary notwlth.
standing. its tender leaves often
adorn the table as edible greens: its
tap root. running down to the center
of the earth at times, sometimes
serves as a substitute for chicory.
which In itself IL a substitute for
coffee, and under the name OF tarax.
acum the active principle OF the
plant appears In the pharmacopia as
a cholagogue. But nobody ever
heard OF the dandelion being listed
among the. ornamental lowering
shrubs or plants designed for lawn
decoration.
The persistence OF the yellow pests
In eQuaied In nature by only one
thing. the English sparrow. which IL
even more useless. The fecundity
of the Nebraska soil makes the tas't
of Graduating the dandelIon one OF
stupendous proportions. The eternal
application of all known remedies by
everybody In the only available solu-
ton. The problem r. complicated
by the careless man. who 10 willing
TO let his lawn go 70 waste. and who
allows the weed to bloom and ripeD
and scatter Its seed over his neigh
boris plot, thereby multiplying all the
effort the careful man has put forth.
Omaha Bee.
The Detroit times., 1915-07-05
War Munition Shipments

High importance is being at
tached. not only in military but also
financial circles. 10 the time when
export OF war munitions against
the orders placed In this country by
the Allies since the year began
tsome estimates run 20 $500 ,000.-
000J reaches its full volume. The
outward manifests now being ON
cially published at the New York
custom house refer for the most
part 10 shipments made month
ago, owing to the regular practice
OF delaying publication. They show
increasing references to cartridge.
rife and ammunition shipments.
On the Lusi;anIa. which left New
York as long as eight weeks ago.
we're 5.47I cases OF cartridges, val
ued at a little over 100000: on the
Orduna. which cleared May IL. we're
military goods worth $4,000. The
Rochambeau. which sailed May ~,
carried $4,000 worth OF cartridges
and projcctlIes alone. But these
we're comparatively trifing ship
ments. IL Is only within week
that what ia believed to be the first
full shipload OF ammunition left
Nes York for Europe. II was on
thc steamer Den OF Airlie. bound
for Liverpool. Projectiles, tanks
and cases of cannon ammunition.
cordite. cartridges. gun mountings,
trrret material. aeroplanes. and
ave-inch gun composed that single
vessels cargo.
II is still maintained, however.
among people actively engaged In
handling the war contracts, that IL
will be August or September before
The Detroit times., 1915-07-05
Ghost Leads Soldiers

about the surrender of Turkeys last
army In the field. and this was
speedily followed by the capture Of
Adrianople. He was already at the
gates OF Constantinople when Lord
Beaconsfeld interviewed TO present
its occupation, and In tho Berlin
treaty that ensued Skobelen ever
professed to see the seeds OF the
harvest we are gathring today.
As a soldier he created among his
men an enthusiasm for his leader
ship comparable only to that won
by Napoleon himself. A strict dis
ciplinarian, visiting any breach Of
commands with merciless severity.
he was the friend and companion OF
every rank. a comrade who shared
their privations. fed from their
camp pots and merilly chaffed one
and all.
He did not know the sensation Of
fear. and faced the utmost dangers
with cool contempt Yet always he
tore a charmed life. Horses were
killed beneath him. his stan fell shot
at his side. his sword was broken in
his hand. but no missile ever found
In him is billet. The story grew
in the army that he could not be
wounded. and some we're found to
declare they were hit by bullets that
could only have passed through him
first. II was facts and fables like
these. losing nothing In the telling.
that made Rim the darling OF the
Russian people.--Chicago Post.
The Detroit times., 1915-07-05
RIGHT NAME OF BIRDS

Many OF our birds are often called even In
books. by names which misleading Tho
average young bird student really knows more
about birds than the folks who gave some VI
our birds their Names While these birds were
as yet without English names those first suS.
eested by Tom, Dick and Harry would naturally
stick" especially II the names were reminders
OF the birds the early settlers had known
across the sea But the "misfitting' names
are by no means oil due to this cause. as we
shall see.
meadow lark" IL an example OF one kind
of misnaming The real American representa-
lives of the European larks are our horned
iarks These are much smaller. more quiet
and less snowy birds than the big starlines
hence they failed to attract attention. But
these starlings of the open meadows, with their
habit of singing on the wing. sometimes as they
circied TO alisht. suggested to the people. how
ever remotely, their beloved larks; % they
were called meadow larks.
Robin" AZ applied to our ruddy-breasted
thrush. 10 another example. but q less serious
one Even TO this day one occasionally hears
our bird called "redbrcast," as was done by the
early colonists on account of the rudy color.
ing which II had In common with the English
warbler, which they had known % well a.
"robin.red- breast"-St Nicholas.
The Detroit times., 1915-07-05
Fumigating Fallacies.

FumIgating Is another pompous
old practice that Is suddenly finding
itself on the scrapheap. For many
year II has been decreed that
when children have recovered from
their cases Of diphtheria or meas
les or scarlet fever the board Of
health man must come and plug up
all the cracks Of the doors and win
6ows. and then kin of any remain
ing germs in the house by burning
horrible chemicals. like medicine
man exercising the devils.
Slowly the doctors have come 10
doubt the value Of fumigation. They
do not yet agree that II IL entirely
useless, but they have little faith In
IL for most diseases. The surgeon
who kills the germs on his operat-
ing instruments by steaming them
for half an hour under high pressure
at temperature much above the
boiling point OF water ia not inclined
TO believe that all the germs In a
room will choke TO death on bad
fumes. Furthermore. the doctors
are discovering more and more
about the manner In which infec-
tions diseases are spread; and this
added knowledge In most cases does
not warrant the belief that the
germs hang round in the air Of a
house after all the cases have fully
recovered The questions now are
a. to whether there is need for any
.Gisinfecting measures after most
diseases. or whether more effective
measures than the old fumigating
operation should be taken. Tn
doubtediy there is sound reason for
undertaking more vigorous disinfec-
ton. Paint. new wall paper. fire.
air. soap and boiling water are best
able to take the enthusiasm out of
am lurking germs.
For some months now the New
York board OF health has been doing
no fumigating except after cases OF
smallpox. and for n longer period
has been doing no fumigating In
Brooklyn. The figures by boroughs
on the number OF infectious disease
cases are not yet sufficiently com
plete 10 justify a claim OF full proof
for the new theories: but. on the
whole. they seem TO bear out very
well the idea that fumigation d:i
not amount 10 great deal. Appar-
emily there have been no more cases
OF measles. for instance. since fumi.
cation was abandoned than there
would have been II fumigation had
continued. as indicated by the mum.
Der OF cases In the corresponding
months OF previous ycars.-Satur.
day Evening Post.
The Detroit times., 1915-07-05
Gold Coins Disappearing

gold coin Is in circulation on the
Pacific coast that people have be-
gun to complain OF il and to reject
pieces that have become too smooth
and light II has been charged that
for a good many years some OF the
Pacific coast banks have made IL a
practice to keep full-weight gold and
where practicable 10 pay ont light
weight gold or worn coins. Wash
ington Star.
The Detroit times., 1915-07-05
I Two Crimes, that of the
Lever Punished, Was Worse

. ftt
III Becker is sent to prison for life,
kfeh would seem to be just punish
|nt Tor her crime and safeguard for
j public.
Arthur b. Eaton is sentenced to from
3 - fifteen years imprisonment with
eummendation Of ten years. for the
t unnatural and cowardly crime a
f e0uh c0mmit--the slow but appar-
calculated death of his own daugh-
I'm one conceive of anything more
W b1poded and inhuman than the bru-
stxo9tment given this child by her
Ia fa4herf
= ~ determined and never failing pun
t for nothing; the starving pro-
~ Iack Of sympathy and love !;
% xGpKivation Of al innocent joy and
IlI 1900; the refusal Of all aid from
tte and the final frantic effort to
W ~ from the hospital!
" ~ two crimes, Arthur Eaton's
"a ~ mare horrible than was Mrs.
~ Nhen she slew her benefactress
NO. shgnk Of coal
w M Eaton, woman. the natu-
ll ~ " the little girl, could have
- 49, - &hs~ ~rfs,l crime
The Detroit times., 1915-07-05
lAl PAoE

they are pretty in their way, but it is the
prettiness of dressed up child. dancing
On the stage.
We want to take il away; carry II
safely in our arms and set it down in
sweet smelling meadow where little lambs
and calves are frisking about in their new
found JOY of living.
The Detroit times., 1915-07-05
- Iorists' Windows Are
tty, But They Don't Please

IN WinlIcws Of the florists these days
4 ktie funny and : little pathetic.
M ~ trying to bring the country
'buI and box It up behind plate glass.
nv have discarded all the dollhouse
iotieS and returned to the simple
~ Or THE FIELD.
~ ~ black-eyed susans and the
and yellow kind which tell so
y whether "she loves you or loves
~" when you pull off the petals.
|hese are not arranged with loops of
"a o. bows Of tulle, but are accom-
~ W littk china birds in ponds in
|kns, md rustic baskets.
o window Is q grotto, covered with
- with real birds lin cages) in it.
m ~, We are not fooled at all
lcok With somewhat jaded eyes at
6ais Of the hedgerows.
~ Iet every birding fly and
~ return where the breezes
~ through its. long, slender
1 ~ DIV Of night battle its
~ - With freshness.
e W kaxs no one touch it but a
~ at pattered over the
D G1Itk y the road.
y havs ~ birds languishing in
Nm God has given unto
~ the aky and all that is
P ON.
& 1hings In the shape OF
- pan ponds- only
~ ms1xtsn want these
u ~ ~ out n ths green
Ipir ~ n RI ponds,
The Detroit times., 1915-07-05
WASTE IN BREADMAKrNG

Enough nutritive value is lost In the bread
VI 100000 people in Great Britain by raising
II with yeast tn feed an amy Of 100000 ut
the same rate Of daily consumption. That In
the statement OF DR.. r. w. Tunniciiffe. In the
by aeration Instead OF by the fermentation pro.
cess, which produces alcohol at a great rate
Aerated bread may be less appetizing, DR. Tun.
niclffe admits. but the price OF wheat In Liver.
pool warrants consideration Of q process that
saves -four and produces bread quite a. digesti.
BILE and nutritious - the yeastraised bread.
The Detroit times., 1915-07-05
A NEW FOURTH OF JULY

About q hundred years ago the people
Of this country prepared Declaration
Of independence.
The document has had a mighty In
fiuence upon the world.
Like all other epochal acts, however,
although It served its time, it becomes
obsolete with the rise Of new issues
A new occasion is upon US. more ire
mendous, more crucial, than that OF
1776.
The world has changed, 1t is no
longer composed of isolated groups. 1t
has consolidated. Steam and electricity
have unified it. Orient and Occident are
neighbors. The undivided fabric of COM
merce stretches over all lands and seas.
The world is one.
II is time, therefore, for new state
ment of human rights. This time it
should be A DECLARATION OF IN
TERDEPENDENCE.
Independence has worn out. National
ism has collapsed. 1t has gone down
the red NAV of militarism.
For ages the nations have studiously
developed the sentiment of patriotism,
in song and story, in school and church.
in literature and In custom.
Under its influence the nations have
all armed. each for defense. Each is its
own arbiter. Each makes it's own law.
Each decides its own case in disputes.
The result is world anarchy; no CEN
trail law, no coherent justice; the world
the prey of the strongest armament.
We must get together or we shall all
perish in the clash Of contending nation
al egotisms.
Nationalism has imposed intolerable
taxes upon the workers to support its
armies.
II slaughters millions in its utterly
absurd method of adjusting interna-
tional relations
1t magnifes the theoretic rights of
nations, and by them tramples down the
rights of the people.
Nationalism belongs to past age.
This is the age of the people.
It is time to rescue the people of Ger
many from the government OF Germany,
to rescue Russians, Frenchmen, Italians,
and English from their destructive ma
tional systems.
The people want law, not war. They
want commerce, travel, prosperity, Eber-
ty-not provincialism, race-pride ar
conflict.
The time is ripe for new unit OF gov
ernment-the world and not the nation.
The time is come for new communal
emotion-humanity and not patriotism.
Patriotism was good when it stood
over against lawlessness, sectionalism,
and oppression: il is bad when 1t stands
over against humanity.
Let congress, therefore, take the for
ward step.
Let il invite all nations who will, to
enter with us into the new way; into
world federation; into the interdepend-
ence of nations.
It is not too ideal. not too Utopian.
We are Americans. We deal in the fu-
ture. The old world will follow US.
| Forward march!
There is no question before the city,
the state. the nation, and the world so
important as the prevention OF war.
War is the most irrational stupid,
horrible, wicked and loathsome thing the
mind of man can imagine. All other
problems, diseases, sins, and evils pale
! into insignifcance before 1t.
There is only one way to do away with
war. II is to cease world anarchy, 10
begin world government.
Let us now make our Declaration OF
Interdependence!
| Let us create ANEW Fourth Of July!
/ -
The Detroit times., 1915-07-05

Visitor (from abroad.)--T under
rtand you have q new baby In your
home. Aimee: how about IT.
Little Aimee--Oh. ne Isn't 80 new.
He's Q last years model.
The Detroit times., 1915-07-05
THE SILVER LINING

He was a Scot. With the usual thrifty char.
acteristics OF his race Wishing 10 know his
fate. he telegrsphed a proposal OF marriage ~
the lady Of his choice. After waiting all day
AT the telegraph office he received an afflrma.
tive answer late at night.
well. IN were you" said the operator who
delivered the message. I'D think twice before
I'd marry girl who kept me waiting 80 long
for an answer"
Ma, ma" replied the Scot The lass for
me r. the lass who waits for the night rates.
Ladies' Home Journal
The Detroit times., 1915-07-05
From Another Point of VielU
~ c. r. s.

c. r 81 am young lady somewhat mystified
by the conduct Of my gentleman friend. Mr.
has twice disappointed me by failing 10 keep
his engagements. What should do.
CLARIBEL W.
Dearest Claribel-We are panied to
learn of your heart trouble over your
Mr.. Mars. but we cannot help you. If
there was any one thing in school in
which we were deficient il was astron-
omy. And furthermore, at the present
writing, we are not publishing an al
manac.
"Dr. Frank Crane was right" scribbes
CAD. THE seasons are changing That
was fine summer we had last April
p S.-By the way. we were in earnest
about that Fourth of July coasting party.
Billy" Sunday got $25.332.69 for
seven weeks Of work in Paterson, y. J.
1t might be remarked that BILLY" is
making good.
He bought some rockets,
And other bunk
And he bought some punk
And lit the junk
Then he bought some cloth
And crutch and cane
And vowed next" Fourth
He'd keep il sane.
As for ourselves, we are given the
privilege Of asserting our Independence
by getting down to work at a. m, as
usual.
What is the idea Of the pin wheel?
1t signifies that this country, also, had
had but one revolution.
Blue wells, fashion note says, pre-
serve the complexion. But. Phyllis, who
ever heard of woman with a good COM
plexion wearing veil?
The Detroit times., 1915-07-05

More than half the worlds population lives
In tropics of the old world.
The Detroit times., 1915-07-05

caruso Ia receiving $780, 600 year in royalties
on new records he has made.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-01
AIsasE:zss, agIaa.ls lI.ZIs g.o1l1oAsrs

The weather Bureaus started in the slast of April to issue weekly fore lcasts for especial benedt Of farmers and dez1ars In perishab1e goods
 WeaxheH condffions are very deli cabaly baIanced- They arc exceed snsgIys sensitive to changes in conflict ing forces, by which they are easily
 aodiaed So the best made predic- aons are frequentIy entirely upset Farmers and others therefore, can not depend on these predictions too liter ally
 But t must he exceedingly benef1- cia1 to the farmerBf to know in a gem eraI way that storms and cold and Warna wapes ara ol1served coming to- ward 9hbml- The farmer needs to learn to combInee the government pre- dicf7on with cIose personal obseEva- fion of his own Signs of a storm are a good deal more p1mnoaas if they are reinforced lbys the gOvernnent bull 1etfn that serious disturbances are re- ported on the way. Probably the time will come when most farmers
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-01
NCm1snuadI

zSissv.,. seAy NCon1amued.E |7zszvz1s77- In fact, Mrs. Titus was pa1pably per plexed, and there were times when l caught her eying me with distinct dis approval, as if she were seeking in me the cause of her daughters weakness es, as much as to say, What other nonsense have you been putting into the poor child's head, you wretch ?''
 went up to have a parting romI with Rosemary on the last night o1 her stay with me. The countess paid but little attention to us. She sat over in the window and stared out into the dusky shadows of the falling night My heart was sore. was miserable. The last romp!
 Blake finally snatched Rosemary of to bed. It was then that the countess aroused herself and came over to me with. sad little smile on her lips.
 tfGood night,H she said rather wist fully, holding out her hand to me
 I deliberately glanced at my watch esIt's only ten minutes past s. said responsibility.
 .I know" she said quietly .'Goot night