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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-06
THE HOUSE DOCTOR.
~ Or. FRANK CRANE
Copyright. 1915. by Frank Crane.)

About this time, said the doctor,
people are looking out for new house
or new fiat.
They ought to bear in mind that the
house they live in, as well as the food
they eat. has something to do with their
health.
You wouldn't thing of wearing old
clothes, not knowing who had worn
them before; why do you 60 into any
old house with no knowledge of its pre-
vious occupants?
Find out, then, il there has been any
contagious disease in il. especially tuber-
culosis, scarlet fever, or typhoid. Germs
can linger long time on walls and in
cracks of the floor.
See that all the wall paper has been
taken from the walls. Don't allow new
paper to be pasted over old.
The kitchen ought to be thoroughly
disinfected and repainted.
II there is a cellar it ought to be dry
and clean. No moisture or mould or any
decaying substance should be there. The
cellar should be kept as clean as the par
lor.
Inspect the plumbing. Use, the pep
permint test" Make sure there Is no
leakage.
The sink and the toilets should flush
well.
II you are in the country where there,
is no sewerage system, satisfy yourself
that the cesspool is right and tight and
that there can be no possible seepage in
to the well. Have your well water ex-
amined; take no chances here Of impur-
ity.
Have the chimneys cleaned and see
that all fiues work properly.
The main points you should bear In
mind, after cleanliness, are sunshine and
fresh air.
Avoid dwellings where there are
dark rooms Give preference always TO
those that have plenty Of sunshine.
Do not select your home in low-lyinG,
damp situation. Choose one preferably
upon hill or slope, where the rains
drain freely away and the soil around
your place dries quickly.
Stagnant pools mean mosquitoes 40
well as other dangers.
Trees are beautiful and pleasant, but
they should not be so thick about your
house that they keep off the sun and OBJ
struct the breeze.
In fine, if you want your family to be
healthy, be on your guard against germs
and germ-breeding conditions, against
dirt, darkness and decay.
Take with you into your new abode
the three ife-preservers, carbolic acid,
soap, and paint. and don't forget the cor
ners and crevices; and see that the three
other lfe-preservers are there before
YOU. sunshine, air, and dryness.
Say, Doc, said one of the company, you
ought to specialize as house doctor.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-06
Demon Intelligence Of Crow

How close a crow Is TO the inteili-
gence OF such en- animal as the dog
has been attested on numerous oc-
casions. once knew 3 pet crow
many years ago. for example. which
belonged TO a small boy on farm.
The boys grandfather lived a few
hundred yards away and every
morning OF the year the crow few
first to the grandfather's house
waking that old gentleman mp with
almost clockwork regularity Che sell
dom varied more than 10 minutes,
though the sun, supposedly his
timepiece. varied whole hours. and
then be returned and reused his
own family. The rousing process
was simple. He perched on a bed
room windowsill and caved. Sleep
thereafter became impossible. II
you are fond of sleeping late In the
morning, by the way. do not Try TO
keep a pet crow, or you may be-
come as profane 40 he. II was this
same crow which. greatly TO our
delight and the teachers wrath, fol-
lowed his little master 70 school
one morning. pounced upon the
schoolhouse key when the teacher
dropped Il, apdnying TO . low
branch over her head sat there for
nearly half an hour. replying sar-
20 her threats. He used
to come to meet his master almost
every day when school was out,
again telling the time by some in
stinct as mysterious 40 q dogs. and
either riding home on his masters
shoulder or else flying along ahead,
lighting on the fence posts. II was
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-06
sY HERBERT QUICK.

War in past ages has been time
for drinking and assafling. Vic
tors drank to celebrate. the van
pushed TO drown their sorrows, and
the idle 10 pass away the time
In the Russian army during the
Japanese war, champagne and
women for the officers were a part
Of the game OF war. II became a ma
tional scandal; and the revulsion
against that dissipation must have
had something to do with the pro-
hfbition ukase which has redeemed
Russia's drunken people this year.
France has banished abstnthe
since the war began, and we learn
now that In Japan there Il q move
ment against the sake drunkenness
which corresponds 10 the vodka evil
in Russia. The sake breweries have
met with a loss OF 80 per cent In
their sales.
Rumors come from Germany and
Austria that those nations are care
fully considering the effects OF drink
on the national fber.
England. the most conservative
nation involved. and not the least
drunken. now falls in with an inter
view with Lloyd George on the ne
cessity OF curblnl the saloon
Engineers. he says. must win this
war. and for one reason or another
the workshops have not been as
efficient as they should be. In some
OF the armament fa-' ories. the men
have refused 10 work the full week
on account Of It's interfering with the
traditional weekly spree OF the Brit.
ish workingman-
The British workingman Il not 70
blame. He has from time immemo-
rial been taught the innocence and
even the necessity OF alcohol-by his
teachers, his masters, his preachers.
England and Germany are very
much on par In this.
Somewhere in Germany there u
kept a huge tankard which II takes
wonderful beer-drinker TO empty.
When Bismarck was student. this
vessel was handed TO him-brim-
ming. He drained II at draught,
and handing II back. said. like Oliver
Twist, More" Thus was the basis
laid OF the iron chanceIlors popular
ity'
when the great English Baptist
preacher. Charles spurgeon. was in
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-06
Pointed Paragraphs
Real art Is to make Il pay.

Real art is TO make II pay.
Excessive liabilities make mar
Rage O failure.
The Injuries are the things one
can dispense with.
True blue Is o term that isn't APP
piicable 70 good milk.
A trial OF adversely often makes a
change OF venue desirable.
Many a bright woman takes dane
Ing lessons after she recahes 40.
Yet a man hardly ever strikes a
happy vein IN the vicinity OF his
funny bone.
A village editor tells us that hard
cider Is the spirit OF the country
press.
Good digestion Il needed when a
fellow has to eat his own words
After q man has been married q
year or two he looks as neglected as
an old grave.
II q mule and a horse are hitched
TO the same wagon the mule looks as
meek as any maj ried man.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-06
FATE OF THE BRAGGARTs

II doesn't do 10 be forever boasting OF what
you are, what you possess or what you do. II
you really superior. the world will find ~
out. The people who know you win recognize
IL. you have great wealth. beautiful things
or even personal beauty. how much OF Il IL to
be credited 10 YOURSELF IL you have achieved
Il with honor, honor will certainly be given you
All men are liable TO failure at some time.
to make mistakes, TO err In judgment One
who Is ever boastng brings ridicule rather than
sympathy when his mistakes occur. Then he
II likely 20 hear. "Oh. yes. and he thought him.
self so much smarter than the rest OF US"
He who boasts over much-and any Boosting
is too much--is watched all the more closely
lie has set himself on a pedestal and cannot
escape notice. II excellence does not speak for
itself Boosting about II will do more harm
than good. Do not indulge II. Only foolish.
unconsidered people will admire you any more
for n. The truth In that one who IL given 20
Boosting seldom gets things right Those who
know him know that he exaggerates and is not
90 be relied on. "All Of my goods are OF silver
and gold. even my copper kettle" says the
boaster. wherein he deceives himself more than
anyone else,-Milwaukee Journal
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-06
Greatest Temperance Movement
Growing Out of This Awful War"

this country. he shocked many
church people by whom he was en-
tertained. and others who heard OF
his habits. by his insistence on beer
as a part OF his menu He believed
In beer. and he thought he had to
have IL. II was British institution.
That there was anything unchristian
about IL Mr.. Sturgeon could not con-
ceive. He rose from his knees when
family prayer was over. and called
for his pot of beer-and was cross
II II was not forthcoming
The greatest temperance move
ment In the worlds history is grow
ing out OF the demand for efficiency
caused by this awful war. The time
when the general served out rum
and gunpowder~ 10 make his men
fght Is past--forever past.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-06
Blockade Runners

English blockade runners during
our Civil war made use OF fast small
steamers which had a good chance
OF eluding the federal patrols. and
IL the threatened submarine block.
ade should become formidable no
doubt England would be glad Of
steamers OF the same type. Big,
slow freighters are economical, but
not at all the thing for times OF
danger because OF their bIgness as
well as their lack OF speed-the bas-
ket 10 not only unwieldy but carries
too many eggs. II is as easy for a
submarine patrol to sink a leviathan
as fishing smack, and the loss is
MANIFOLD greater when a large
steamer is destroyed. The most OBJ
vIous way TO meet such an emer.
gency Is to scatter franc as widely
az possible. and to endeavor to give
warning to vessels approaching the
coast. Merchantmen have not been
allowed to use wireless for fear OF
disturbing naval communications.
but under present conditions the
value OF getting into touch with the
coast or with patrol ships II obvious.
and II one port IL specially infested
the ships destination might be
changed. And no doubt owners win
be glad OF all the small fast ships
they can get.-springneld Republi-
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-06
A Poem a Day.
HANDY NAN

HANDY NAN
always feel foreboding grim
When father starts TO mend
Some broken thing that bothers him
! know how IL viii end.
lie dons coat the worse for wear
And gloves that once were white.
And overalls. and then and there
lie 10 a perfect sight.
He shouts TO me TO bring the anvil.
The hammer and some nails.
Then goes downstairs 1 walt his
CALI
To call he never fails.
There 10 q crash--a cry OF pain
Come quiekl I've hurt my handw
Yes, all my counsel was In vain.
run at his command.
In pain he bowls and holds his wrist.
The basement floors a mess
OF tools and hitter. I insist
That he so up and dress
I send him off 20 DR. Blair.
Aud then telephone
For two strong men who can repair
what father did alone!
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-06

the same crow. too recall who got
into the house, upset bottle OF ink.
the contents with his
feet. and then walked on the bed
spread II was a seven-day wonder
in the neighborhood that. because
OF his masters pleadings. his life
was spared. We youngsters looked
with kind OF awe upon a boy who
could put up such a case TO his just
Iy irate parents. Demosthenes
seemed. By comparison. rather sec
ond rate.-Harper's Magazine.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-06
THE TAUBE.
~ CAD.

~ CAD.
From out the blue il steals, a purring thing
An instrument of death in Hades wrought;
More fleet than trailing sea gull on the wing
II circles down, with dfrest danger fraught.
Defenseless homes, where trusting children play
And prayerful mothers night-long vigils keep
Such are the favorite marks the certain prey
OF this dread raideS of the trackless Deep
A flashl A roari A roof is torn in twain.
cry of desolation rends the night.
Upon the hearthstone is a crimson stain
AS from the ruined pile soul takes flight
And thus the Taube plies its fiendish task,
Regardless of its victims or their fate.
IL this be war then war Is but mask
That i'll conceals the ugly brow of Hate.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-06


Now that you see the political con-
spirators in the act of making grab at
the state funds by their efforts to dis
place an official who has practiced econ
omy;
Now that you see the food prisoners in
an attempt TO displace an official who re
fused to let them go on poisoning. don't
YOU think it is your duty to WRITE TO
YOUR REPRESENTATIVE AND YOUR
SENATOR IN LANSING AT ONCE
AND TELL THEM THAT YOU ARE
OPPOSED TO INTERFERENCE WITH
MR.. HELME AND HIS DEPARTMENT
IN ANY FORM WHATSOEVER?
Get postal card off to Lansing today
and let your representatives know in un-
mistakable terms that you want Commits
sioner Helme's department let alone and
that you want Helme to continue in the
grand service he is performing for the
people of Michigan in protecting their
pocketbooks and what is more important,
their HEALTH.
II is important that you write at once,
DO 1T TODAY.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-06
From Another
Point of VielU

The throwing from the ring OF the Of
fetal announcer appears to have been one
of the features that was unannounced.
Just another case of the pitcher hav-
ing gone once too often to the corner.
The heavyweight pugilist first gets
belt that designates he is the champion.
And then somebody comes along and
gives him one in the jaw that designates
he isn't champion.
We note that the title has passed from
the big Smoke" to the Havana rapper."
Apparently the devil lost no time In
getting back on the job" reports CAD.
"A north end theater announced as Its
Easter Monday attraction Elinor Gyms
Three Weeks"
Thirteen of sixteen rounds here In
Michigan appear to have gone against
John Barleycorn.
= That is to say, dry county champions
Jared better.
Sympathy to Jack Johnson has no
doubt been forwarded ere this by Messrs.
Thomas Burns and James Jeffries.
One Mr.. Johnson, we understand, has
been sighted on his way home minus the
usual supply of bacon.
In New York an errand boy has been
left $1,000 by scrubwoman for whom
he did favor. Bread cast upon the
water returns, it might be said, with
great deal more regularity than errand
boys do.
George w. Oyster, Washington bust
ness man, has retired at 88. Business
responsibility for Geroge w. no longer has
an In 1t.
No reflection Is meant, possibly, in the
announcement in the business notes that
the principal industry in certain south
ern training camp town Is cement re-
fining.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-06
La,Ui,,'" Your NeighbOr
BY Webster.

a neghbor peck OF land
naturally plunged
a
naturally again he
at IL
friendship
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-06
Would You Call the Police
Or Help the Safecrackers!

If you were walking along the street
in Lansing, in your states capitol, and
you saw number Of masked men carry
ing safe-cracking tools, crawling through
a window into the state treasury depart
ment, what would you do?
Would you consider the situation one
that put upon you an obligation as a citi-
zen, and notify the police, or would you
turn around and walk away rather than
INTERRUPT THE SAFECRACKERS
IN THEIR DESIGN?
II you saw man putting poison into
food intended for another man, or for his
horse or cow, would you tell somebody
about it or would you keep the fact to
yourself and become party to the
poisoning?
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-06

The United States OF America is by far the
greatest steel producing country on earth. Ger.
many comes next with Great Britain third The
figures for 1910 (the>iatest At hand for the mo-
menD show this country 10 be equal In steel
products TO both Germany and the United
Kingdom.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-06

They are trying out in Lansing to take
State Dairy and Food Commissioner
James w. HeIme's job away from him.
This is a blow aimed at the state
treasury because Mr. Helme has saved
the taxpayers of Michigan thousands of
dollars in the administrator of the du-
ties of this important department, con-
Quoted by him like it was never cnoduct-
ed before
The masked men climbing through the
treasury window in this case are political
conspirators who aim to punish an Of
fetal for too vigorous enforcement of the
laws he obligated himself to enforce.
The prisoners in this case are food
adulterators whom Helme's department
has shown up and put out of business.
THEY WANT TO RESUME THEIR
POISONING AND THEY KNOW THEY
CAN'T DO IT If HELME REMAINS
ON THE JOB.
The short weight retailers, the ire
sponsible meat and milk dealers and all
the other business crooks have joined
with the politicians and the prisoners to
GET Helme.
ARE YOU GOING TO STAND IDLY
BY AND SEE THIS CROWD GET
AWAY WITH IT?
The way the conspirators propose TO
get rid of Mr.. Helme is to transfer the
department to the state agricultural col
Iege.
They know it would be impossible for
them to get Gov. Ferris to name anybody
else in Helme's place.
And here are two of many reasons
why they dare not make the fight against
Helme, directly:
At THE END OF THE LAST FISCAL
YEAR, JULY 1, 1914, MR.. HELME
TURNED BACK INTO THE STATE
TREASURY OVER TEN THOUSAND
DOLLARS, UNUSED APPRoPRIA-
TIONS. about twenty-five per cent of his
total appropriation.
He might have played politics himself
and appointed six hungry Democrats to
positions as inspectors and used this s1O,-
600 all up in the interest of the party
That would have pleased the vote-swap-
ping Democrats in the present conspiracy,
but he preferred TO conduct the office IN
THE INTERESTS OF THE PUBLIC.
Mr.. Helme has done about five times
the amount of work in the department,
both educational and police, than his
predecessor.
Records show that for the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1911, which was the only
full year his predecessor held the office,
there were thirty-nine prosecutions COM
menced during the year. which resulted
In thirty-three convictions.
For the fiscal year ending June 80,
1914. there were commenced two hundred
and seventy-two prosecutions under Mr..
Helme. resulting In two hundred and
twenty-two convictions. In educational
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-06

work, the department under Mr.. Helme
makes an equally fine showing.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-06


disrupted
lawn
I { o n satisfaction.
neighbors
yersto =
yourself right
LAWN remuneratve pastime-for
everybody else Is delightful grabbing
Of a redhot poker
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-06

George w. Oyster, Washington bust
ness man, has retired at SO. Business
responsibility for Geroge w. no longer has
an In 1t.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-06

No reflection is meant, possibly, in the
announcement in the business notes that
the principal industry in certain south
ern training camp town is cement re-
fining.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-06

One Mr.. Johnson, we understand, has
been sighted on his way home minus the
usual supply of bacon.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-06

Thirteen Of sixteen rounds here In
Michigan appear to have gone against
John Barleycorn.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-06

Sympathy to Jack Johnson has no
doubt been forwarded ere this by Messrs.
Thomas Burns and James Jeffries.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-12
Here Is Good News
For Stomach Victims

Some very remarkable results are
being obsained by treating stomach.
liver and intestinal troubles with pure
vegetable oils, which exert cleansing.
soothing and purifying action upon.the
lower bowels. removing the obstruc-
tions of poisonous fecal matter and
gases and preventing their absorption
oy the blood. This done. the food Is
allowed free passage from the stomach,
fermentation ceases and stomach trou-
bles quickly disappear.
George HI. Mayr. for twenty years a
leading Chicago druggist, cured him
self and many of his friends of stomach
liver and intestinal troubles Of years
standing by this treatment, and so sue
cessful was the remedy he devised that
it has since been placed in the hands OF
druggists all over the country, who
have sold thousands Of bottles.
Though absolutely harmless, the ef-
feet Of the medicine Is sufficient to
convince any one Of its remarkable
effectiveness, and within "a hours the
sufferer feels like new person. Mayr's
Wonderful Remedy is sold by leading
druggists everywhere with the positive
understanding that your money will be
refunded without question or bubble II
ONE bottle fails to give you absolute
satisfaction. For sale by A. T. Elder,
Marsha1ltOwn.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-12
COULDN'T FOOL HOPPER.
Actor Discovers That French Officer 10
BUYING Same Horse Many Times.

Actor Discovers That French Onicer 10
Buying Same Horse Many Times.
De Wolf Hopper, n comic opera sing
r, as you may remember, poor judge
Il horses. is responsible for this:
He met an agreeable captain of
rench cavalry here to buy remounts
or his army The captain and Hopper
nd some Americans sat in big Mis-
ri barn. where the horses were led
in.
A big outstanding bay appeared and
was. led around.
The French captain blew whistle;
the horse was accepted; price, so many
thousand francs.
A big outstanding bay appeared
The French captain blew his whistle.
A big outstanding bay was led in.
1T seems to me l have seen that
horse" said Hopper
The entirely innocent horse dealers
were leading the same horse around
and around just like the chorus in
comic opera, and the Frenchman was
paying so many francs for horses he
never saw.-New York World.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-12
An IRREGULAR prinksr.

Show me an antisufragist. and III
show you woman Of the Mrs. Mall
lory type" said Mrs. o. II. p. Belmont
at a luncheon in New York. n
"a suffragist slumworker visited,
Mrs. Mallory in her wretched east-end
home. While Mrs Mallory bent over
her washtubs--she was a washwomanl
by trade--and while three small Mall
iorys sprawled at her feet she talked
with contempt Of the English militants.
W hat woman wanted to vote for. Mrs.)
Mallory couldn't see. TT unsexes 'em.1
she said.
THE talk turned then to Mrs. Mails !
lory's home troubles. and the visitor!
asked e
Does your husband drink regu.
larly?"
"Nom," the anti meekly replied. MY
wages amt steady. washington. STAR.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-12

callous, purposeful fashion vermin
only are exterminated. We count for
nothing more than vermin in this war.
And dazed and sick. we gaze at the
machines, and the steel and iron lit
tering the ground blink up at us full
Of guile.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-12

- MINNEAPOLIS 8 81. LOUIS.
NORTH BOUND. Leave
swin cities Mail daily 81. ISIS .. n
Mason City Mail lex. SUM. $3.50 p. n.
Twin City Limited daily. 2:10 Q. n.
Local Freight lex Sunl -. $40 Q q.
SOUTH BOUND.
q Louis ana Kansas City
NAH (daiis9 ............. s:ss ,. n
Peoria Express (ex. SUM-. e:oS q. N
~ Louis ana Peoria Linn.
ie6d (daily) ...5..5. i. ..... q :el Am
Local Freight Tex Sun:) x. Z: 20. . u
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IaayA Arrive
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-12
RAILROAD TINE TABLE
I CHICAGO GREAT WESTERN.
"corn Belt Routs"

GOING SOUTH
No. 1-St. Joe and K. G.
limited .................. STA q a.
No. SIX. G. Mall 4 Express s:1S p. m
No. S-Kansas City and St
Joseph .................. S:SS Q. n.
No. S3-Way Freight ......10:3S Q. N.
No. 66-Des Moines Mall 80 S:a7 p. n.
GOING NORTH.
No. 3-Twin Cities Limited 1880 ,. n.
No. 4-Chicago aad St Paul
1sNo, So-way Freight ..... 7:As .. n,
No. e-Chicaso Filler ......1o: IS q y.
Except Sunday.