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The Detroit times., 1915-10-07
Men Shirk Work.
Pastor Asserts
.Ist May 10 IL i. accordins

LIST Mary 70 Y" ID. according to
the New. Gsorgs G. Groves, formerly
rscser Of Triaity church. NOT only
ne sfssspsassd sxyrsssioa. but the
osasfai attituds or most men with
rsfsrsncs - church work. Any.
body q N familiar with the sub
1eet reallsss ths point and pitht
nooo @ III Gaeusetioa- There ID
10 doubt about u, and he truth u
much uore epparsn4 than the rsa,
- ~ e. q intojths churches of
any 1eqemlnatlon at meeting time
saA eeent ~ woFshipsrs. Ths
wouGn aSo a1w1ys n the majority.
anA . ~ najoeity. 10. Apparent
n thoy - three nftAs u the wor.
shiDang m Suur0fths Of the work.
Thbe them out q ths chufohss end
snoiv woGa1 - prse1ous httis len
sBoGot ~ Desasess ~ ~ build.
~, IN hos1 wosk u snlee money
e1Ou6h ~ ~ ~ ss8ten. TAs fhci
= noeoeootoo ~ lBUquensly com.
1eqto1 ~ ~ e = net rscaljsd
thst ~ 90 has pgt lt aay more
1uIJgosoe1se15 G. 5nstenc1lxAlx Than
ri. 0Eoves - M ta1k bssess the
1f1up e3ut uf Holy esvse eAueeh.
~ - tho fact, theso = - room
fer aeUume1G The wumen far out.
nuDbw the' men n alJ rsliGious GO.
tivities. 1herO n just enough oi
nascujlnlty n church wosk - give
e : Gevos. end really e = rsmash'
at1s that tho mln1stevs ars all men.
slheush soase irssvsrent may ~
mas1k that otAsgw1se thsee would not
~ - many w0men 1ntsrsstsd. but
that q hesIAs the question --Utica
IN. III Pres.
The Detroit times., 1915-10-07

Truth asl tsssbls piay no favor
fteU, ~ - 4 - 4 ritt- = s.
The Detroit times., 1915-10-07

frns above lsttsr i a sssurstsiy -. 1rs
lsy's. but . suB1sstsd ~ ens ~ vsoes ~
The Detroit times., 1915-10-07

|eyi1adsred car or 90 out to the ssf-ssrvs
~ lunch."
The street is just now predicting that
|tks sslf-serve is in sight for clerks and
|cther persons who are unable to with
Eatand losses"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-02-17

Miss Linda Rhodes left for Mil
waukee, Wednesday.
Mrs. Dustin Pierce went to Liv-
ingston, Tuesday, to visit relatives.
Mrs. j. A. Gault and Mrs. L.
H. Stevens went to Chicago, Sun
day.
Mrs. Leo Pasolt of Fennimore is
visiting at the 7. A Thompson home
for a few days.
Ed Kemper left for Davenport,
Ia, Monday after visit with friends
and relatives in this city.
Mrs. E. Bolzell returned to her
home at Montfort, Monday, after
visit with her daughter, Mrs. E. J
Morse.
Mrs. r. Meyer, Jr., and daugh-
ter, Miss Martha, went to Madison,
Tuesday, to spend the day with Miss
Katherine, who is attending the
University.
Again Lancaster has had its
regular assortment of weather. The
latter part of last week was rainy
and sloppy to the very limit. On
Saturday night there was change for
the colder and better, and Sunday
night was about as wild as we get in
this section, snow and a gale of
wind. But on Monday the heavens
cleared and the sun shones out as
genial and bright as in June.
Last Saturday afternoon the
children of the Sunday school of the
Episcopal church, to the number of
40, enjoyed winter picnic in the
large sample rooms at the Wright
house. The youngsters played games,
heard stories, and at the right
time refreshments were served. This
rather unusual entertainment was
accounted a unusual success.
congregational Ladies' Aid will
serve their annual New England
dinner at the church, next Tuesday
evening, beginning at 5 O'Clock, and
continuing until all are served.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-02-17

David Schreiner went to Oshkosh,
Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Pierce went
to Milwaukee, Tuesday.
Next lecture course number will
be the WEIGH Christensen company,
Wednesday, Feb. "a
Mrs. Lewis BETTER, of Bloom
ington, passed through here, Monday,
enroute to Fennimore.
Mrs. C. Staley, of Fennimore
was here, Monday between trains, to
visit Mrs. c. } Croker.
Thomas McMahon left for his
home at Mitchell, S. D., Monday,
after a visit with relatives here.
If that wolf that was killed out
near Pine Knob school house a few
days ago had face as fierce as his
scalp looked to be, then he was a
hard locking fellow. His scalp was
circulating in the court house one day
last week, when the question of
bounty came up, and he had large
ears. He must have been big wolf.
The killing of that old rascal brought
a bounty of $40.
The Benson signal., 1915-10-16
HAD REAL IDEA OF ECONOMY
Jap Explains How Family Was En-
abled to Use One Fan Two or
Three Generations.

Among the Japanese economy is
held TO be high virtue. Two old mi
sers of Tokyo were one day discussing
ways and means Of saving.
Il manage to make fan last about
twenty years." said one, "and this is
my system: l don't wastefully open
the whole fan and wave it carelessly
l open only one section at time.
That is good for about a year. Then
l open the next, and SO on until the
fan is eventually used up"
Twenty years for a good FAM" ex-
claimed the other What sinful ex-
travagance! In my family we use a
fan for two or three generations, and
this is how we do it: We open the
whole fan, but we don't wear it out
by waving it. Oh, no! We hold it,
still, like this, under our nose, and
wave our face!'-Everybody's.
The Benson signal., 1915-10-16
WESTERN.

For the first time since 1871 Chi
cago saloons closed Saturday night to
remain closed throughout Sunday.
Steps were taken at Clifton, Ariz.,
to gather representatives from the
unions of miners and smelter men to
make up committee to go to Ell Paso
to confer with the mine managers.
One hundred and six dogs, includ
ing seven from the Allan-Darling
worlds champion racing team, ar
rived at Seattle from Nome on the
steamship Senator, on the way to-
France for alpine service in the war.
Two hundred men, their clothes,s
faces and hair powdered with ore dust
to a uniform terra Gotta hue, gathered
around the bath house of the Colorado
Fuel and Iron Company iron mine at
Sunrise, Wyo., and listened to a
speech by John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
The Benson signal., 1915-10-16
SPORT.

Mary Putney won the Kentucky
futurity. The stake was $4,000.
The attendance at the first game at
Philadelphia Friday was 19,343; gross
receipts, $4,000.
The Chicago Americans shut out
the local Nationals, to 0, at Chicago,
and made the series stand to l in
their favor.
George Foster, the smallest pitcher
in baseball, won single-handed the
second game of the world series from
Philadelphia to 1.
The national commission has ta-
ken up the scandal in connection with
worlds series tickets and will give
the matter thorough probing.
Bacelli won the Kentucky stake at
the Grand circuit meeting at Lexing-
ton. Colorado Range, owned by
George EstabroOk of Denver, was Sec
ond, and Deroche was third Best
time: 2:0S1a.
At National League Park, Philadel-
phia, the official figures for receipts
and attendance are: Total attend
ance, 2O,3O6. Total receipts, $52,O29
National commissions share, $5,2O2.90.
Players share, $28,095.66.
The Benson signal., 1915-10-16
FOREIGN.

Harold Chaplin, American actor, was
killed in an action in France.
Premier Venizelos of Greece, not be-
ing able to agree with King Constan-
tine on matters of national policy, has
resigned.
A Zapat;sta attack on the City of
Mexico is said to have been repulsed
with loss to the attacking party of
700 dead, including one general.
Camille Saint-Saens, the most dis
tinguished living representative of
French musical art, received many
congratulations at Paris on his S0th
birthday.
President Yuan Shi Kai promul-
gated the bill adopted by the State
Council authorizing the President to
call peole's convention for the pur
pose of deciding the form of govern
ment China is to have in future.
A report has just leaked out that
the Prince of Wales was shot in the
arm by a jealous corporal, to whose
wife the prince had passed few re.
marks while being served at an inn.
where the wife was a waitress.
An epidemic of typhus fever has
broken out in the state of Victoria,
Australia, according to a Reuter- dis
patch from Melbourne, which says 447
cases already have been reported. OF
this number 1874 have resulted fatally
The government of the Philippine
islands is reported to be negotiating
for the purchase of stock of the Ma
Mia railroad, the securities of which
now are held chiefly by a syndicate
headed by James Speyer, the New
York banker.
Raymond Swoboda, who was ar
rested last March charged with setting
fire to the French line steamer La
Touraine on a voyage from New York
to Havre and later was accused of be-
ing German spy, will be sent to a
concentration camp. The charges
against Swoboda were not proved.
Queen Sophie received William H.
Hamilton of New York, representing
the American Mercy and Relief com
mittee, with whom she talked for two
hours concerning the relief of Greek
refugees from Asia Minor and other
Turkish territories, some 100000 of
whom have found asylum in Greece
Pope Benedict received in private
audience at Rome the Most Rev. Fran
cisco Orozco y Jiminez, archbishop Of
Guadalajara, Mex, together with Mon
signor Francis G. Kelley of Chicago,
president of the Catholic Extension
Society in the United States. The
visitors presented an important plan
in connection with the present condi-
tion of the church in Mexico.
The Benson signal., 1915-10-16
WASHINGTON.

Postoffice inspectors, after investi-
CATION of the holdup on the Baltimore
& Ohio train near Central Station, W..
Va, said that less than 100000 in
currency was taken by the robbers
Alberto Garcia Granados, minister
of the interior in the Huerta cabinet,
was executed in Mexico, according to
State Department advices, charged
with completely in the killing of Presi-
dent Madero.
Capt. Roger Welles, now command
ant at the Newport naval training sta
ton, has been assigned to command
the new superdreadnought Oklahoma
to be placed in commission about Jan.
l, next.
In re the German note on the
Arabic, Secretary Lansing announced
that Germany 'had disavowed the
sinking of the Arabic and was pre-
pared to pay an indemnity for the
American lives lost"
Specific protest against shipment Of
six forty-foot motorboots from Boston
to England has been made to the
State Department by the German en-
bassy on the ground that they are war
vessels designed to aid in the British
campaign against submarines.
Recognition of the. Carranza govern
ment as the defacto government of
Mexico was unanimously decided upon
by the Pan-American conference.
The engagement of President Wood
row Wilson and Mrs. Norman Gait
mas been announced. Though the
date of the wedding has not been set,
it will probably be early in December.
The governments October crop re-
port estimates the wheat production
of the United States for this year at
more than 1,000000,00O bushels, the
largest crop ever raised by any ma
tion for one year.
The Benson signal., 1915-10-16
Enterprisinq White.

A writer gives a little sketch of
black and white in Natal. He tells
how he came across white boy, some
fourteen years old, and group Of raw
natives playing a game. They were
shooting with an old muzzle-loading
shotgun at bottle on the top of a
case. When the youngster smashed
a bottle he received a "tickel" "a
threepenny bit) from the natives.
When a native hit it he received three
pence from the boy.
THAT seems a funny sort of game
remarked the witness to the boy.
"Oh, the games all right, SIR re-
piled the lad. "You see, l load the
gun"
The Benson signal., 1915-10-16
LATEST NEWS
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FROM TELEGRAPHlc REPORTS
THAT COVER THE WEEKS
EVENTS.
OF MOST INTEREST
KEEPING THE READER POSTED
ON MOST iMPO RTANT
CURRENT TOPICS.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
ABOUT THE WAR.

Twenty-three American aviators
are reported to be with the French
air squadron.
Turkey, according to a dispatch
from Saloniki is sending $4,000 men
to Varna and Dedaghatch to help in
the defense of those ports.
Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, was
attacked and taken by German-Aus-
trian force estimated at 10000. Off
cial announcement of the fall of Bel
grade was made at Berlin
Georges Clemenceau and other sena-
tors have proposed that an urgent sec
ret session of the Senate be called to
give the French government an oppor-
tunity to explain it's Balkan policy
Pope Benedict has been successful,
the Paris Matin declares, in his eff
forts to obtain from belligerent gov
ernments a pledge that prisoners of
war will be permitted to abstain from
work on Sundays.
A Petrograd dispatch to Reuters
Telegram Company says that the Rus
O1oA 1ICO OAOo0 oONAOIy PoOASANO
a list I of forty-six Sisters of Mercy
who perished in the bonbardment of
a hospital by the Austrians and Ger
mans
Although the Bulgarian minister at
London, who has not received or
asked for his passports, declared that
Bulgaria had no quarrel with England,
an attack on Serbia would be consid-
cred by England as sufficient reason
for quarrel.
German forces have begun the in
vasion of Serbia, 100000 men having
been sent across the Danube, the Save
and the Drina rivers in an attempt
to crush the Serbs and cut their way
through the kingdom and effect a
juncture with Bulgaria.
Gen Mehmed Cherif Pasha, one of
the leaders of the Radical Turk party,
writing in the Paris Matin, affirms
that the Young Turk party has .sold
Constantinople to Bulgaria, with the
pledge of receiving in exchange Rus
sia's Asiatic possessions, Egypt and
all of north Africa, always assuming,
of course, that Germany and her allies
defeat the quadruple entente powers" "
The Benson signal., 1915-10-16

fault, so I took Dodd's Kidney Pills.
They were the means Of saving my
life"
Dodd's Kidney Pills, soc per box at
your dealer, or Dodd's Medicine Co.,
Buffalo, N. Y. Dodd's Dyspepsia Tab
let's for Indigestion have been proved,
soc per box. Write for Household
Hints, also music of National Anthem
English and German words) and
recipes for dainty dishes. ALI 8 sent
free.-Ad~
The Benson signal., 1915-10-16
GEN ERAL.

The birthday of James Whitcomb
Riley was celebrated at his home in
indianapolis. He is g..
There are now $4,000 out in the
strike of the General Electric Com
pany at Schenectady, N. Y.
Suit was filed in St. Louis. to fore
close the $2O0,00O,OOO first and re.
funding bond issue of the ST. Louis,
Iron Mountain & Southern railroad.
In view of the wild riot of specula-
ton on the exchange, New York
brokers have doubled the margins re-
quired for protection against break
in prices.
Mrs. Eleanor Elkins Widener of
Philadelphia, widow of George D.
Widener, who was lost with his son
on the Titanic was married at Bos-
ton to DR.. Alexander Hamilton Rice.
The son of A. G. Spalding, who died
recently at San Diego, Cal, leaving an
estate valued at $1,000,000 to $2,000,-
900 has brought suit to have the will
SET dSlu0, C1dI SlII6 u1luuS lIl1IuCIlCS
William J. Bryan, in a statement at
Atlanta, Ca, today said that "the
plans | have made for the remainder
of my life include active participation
in politics, but do not include the
holding of any office" He said he en-
joyed the liberties of a private citizen.
Officials, both civil and military,
along the Brownsville part of the
Texas-Mexico border, were almost un-
animous i'll declaring their belief that
recommendation for recognition of the
Carranza government will end the
Texas bandit trouble and any attempt
to carry out the so-called' plan OF
San Diego
Robbers during the night went
through the residence of United States
Senator A. B. Cummins in Des
Moines, Ia, while the family slept and
secured $1,000 and the family dia-
monds.
The Benson signal., 1915-10-16
Period of Romance Ended.

"NO more shall l hear his footsteps
on yonder walk just as the clock
strikes eight"
Gracious Jeannette!"
"And the old parlor light will never
burn low for him again
You don't mean it?"
Il do; and, furthermore, he will new
er sit on this sofa three nights week
and call me pet names, as he has been
doing for two years"
II am astOnished"
And tonight / am going to burn all
the old love letters in my chest OF
drawers"
'B-but why? Are you going to dis
card him."
Discard him! Why, you goose, I
am going to marry him!"
The Benson signal., 1915-10-16
Too Much for Them.

It was minstrel performance, and
in the intervals between the songs the
usual jokes were being perpetrated.
What am de difference between an
old maid and a married woman
asked Sambo.
Il done give it up" replied Bones.
why" exclaimed SambO, "de old
maid am lookin' for a husband ebery
day, an de married woman am lookin'
for i'm ebery night"
There was a pause, and several eld-
erly gentlemen got up and stole softly
into the night.
The Benson signal., 1915-10-16
CUTICURA SOAP BATHS
Followed by a Little Ointment for
Raby's Tender Skin. Trial Free.

They afford infants and children
great comfort, permit rest and sleep
and point to speedy healment Of &C.
zemas, rashes, itchings, chafings and
other sleep destroying skin troubles.
Nothing better at any price for the
nursery and toilet.
Sample each free by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. Ky,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
The Benson signal., 1915-10-16
What He Used Them For.

Customer want another fire ex-
tinguisher Used the last one all up
last night.
Clerk--Glad to sell them to you, sir,
but aren't you rather careless at your
place. That is the third one I've sold
you in week.
Customer-Oh, don't use them for
fire. They are the greatest thing on
earth for chasing out your daughters
late callers.-Judge.
The Benson signal., 1915-10-16
implement Generally Used.

"Sir, we are starting new railroad
and want your daughter to drive the
first spike"
Il have no doubt she will consider
it an honor to officiate"
THANK you. We have provided a
small gold spike. Also silver ham,
mer."
"One minute. I don't think she
could drive spike with hammer.
Better provide hair Brush
The Benson signal., 1915-10-16
Not Here.
She was looking for an apartment.

She was looking tOr an apartment.
1T must be in a first class neigh
borhood," she said, "and it must have
ten large rooms, three baths and all
modern improvements, and won't pay
a cent over $40 month"
II know the very place you're look
ing for" replied the agent, "but if you
want to find out how to get there
you'll have to consult clergyman"
The Benson signal., 1915-10-16

ralgia, cramps in
my muscles, pres
sure or sharp pain
on the top of my
head and nervous
dizzy spells. / had
OF b er symptoms
showing that my
The Benson signal., 1915-10-16
No Compromise

els Jiggers consistent in his vege-
tarianism?"
"T should say he is. Why, he
won't even eat cabbage, because it is
so intimately associated with corned
beef"
The Benson signal., 1915-10-16
Whv They pidn't Go.

"How did it happen you didn't go
away during the summer? l thought
you were having an extensive outfit
prepared for your
THAT was the trouble. By the time
I got the outfit paid for didn't have
any money left"
The Benson signal., 1915-10-16
SAVED MINISTER'S LIFE.

Rev. w. H. Warner, Frederick, Md,
writes: 'My trouble was Sciatica.
My back was affected and took the
form of Lumbago. I also had Neu-
The Benson signal., 1915-10-16
Exclamation.

"What's an automobile lunch?"
why, the kind you see put up all
ready for a motor trip"
The Benson signal., 1915-10-16
GETTING Even.

"The cook asked for a week off to
get married, so / gave it to her."
Il don't think I would have done
that. You can't spare her very well
now"
81 know I can't, but it was the only
way l saw to ever get even with her"
The Benson signal., 1915-10-16

The silk hat falls too often into the
hands of those who are strangers to
the art of scenic investiture.
The Benson signal., 1915-10-16
The Menu.

"My friend is a woodman."
"Then why not order chops ?"-Bal-
timOre American.
The Benson signal., 1915-10-16

And a lot of people would rather be-
lieve lie than the nude truth.
The Benson signal., 1915-10-16

Makes the laundress happy-that's Red
Cross Bag Blue. Makes beautiful clear
white clothes. All good grocers. Adv.
The Benson signal., 1915-10-16
The est.

Il have been chasing a smuggler."
Il call that a pursuit of duty"
The Detroit times., 1915-01-20
CLIPPERT SCHOOL
Editorial stan--Chief. lone stuetser,
sssocfatesI yelma Stnetser. Cecflis
McCann. Oscar Harnish. Fred AmbA
Dorothy MfkoIic.

Wednesday afternoon Miss Coleman
came To the Chppert school TO mark
the AS class in posture. She gave
us the three tests, which are as fol-
lows: The pupils are arranged in
lines and the teacher examines each
line, They are then given the exer-
else tests. consisting OF several exer-
cises, which prove whether they can
hold good posture or not. The third
is the marching test. The pupils are
marched up and down and are sup
posed TO hold good posture through
out the marching After each test
those who have poor posture are sent
out of line Those pupils do not try
the remaining exercises.
Thursday afternoon each pupil In
Room A had to write story OF an
imaginary trip with his milkman.
Tuesday morning several rooms
saw stereopticon pictures OF the teeth
in their various stages OF decay, de-
formed teeth, etc.
Ethel Buday, OF room B, is the first
pupil OF this room to succeed in nm
ishing the Courts tests in arithmetic,
This series consists of "a drills.
The Detroit times., 1915-01-20
DANGEROUS DEL iIT

Debility may result from 3 numOer
OF causes-worry, after-eflects ~.
acute illness. lack of nourlshment due
10 disordered digestion. OF anything
that makes the blood thin. thereby pre-
venting IL from carrying health aud
neCrishment TO the tissues OF the
body.
The symptoms OF debility vary but
weakness Is always present, often a
tendency TO fatigue easily, ringing in
the ears, black spots passing before
the eyes, weak back, dizziness, wake
flilDess caused by inability. to stop
thinking. and unrefreshipg sleep.
Debility N dangerous because il
weakens the body's defence against
disease. For instance, debilitated peO-.
pie take cold easily and winter Is al
ways trying time for them When
one cold follows another the system
surely needs building up.
The treatment OF such rundown
col Gitions with DR. Williams Pink
Pills Is based on sound medical ,prin-
ciples and common sense. These pills
build up the blood so that II nourishes
every part OF the body, nerves as well
as muscles and brings vigor, strength
and health
Mention this paper and we will mail
"" The booklet "Building Up the
Blood" Address, DIR. Williams Medi
clne Co.. schenectady, N. Y. .nfYour
own druggist sells DR.. Williams Pink
Pills,-Adv. HrU
The Detroit times., 1915-01-20

A. new and exclusive fashion was
introduced into the ranks OF 4 room
boys, one boy, evidently on the war
path. having appeared in Indian
moccasins, which we Judge are i'm.
ported.
The luncheon given I'm honor OF
Miss Hardie. Miss Bachmann and
Mr.. Willard, the manual training
teacher. was unanimously declared
a success. The class colors. blue
and gold, were carried out effectively
in the decorations. The menu con-
sisted OF tomato soup, potatoes on
the half-shell. pork chops. Waldorf
salad, egg custard and coffee.
Very attractive place cards were
printed by Bildred Matthews, vice.
president OF the AS class.
The AS class has completed its
course In history and Is now study
ing American poets, authors. paint.
ers, essayists, historians. sculptors.
and philosophers.
The final examinations are now
drawing near, and pupils may be
seen burying their heads in books.
studying at the last minute does
not accomplish as much as II IL
were begun earnestly at the begin
ming OF the term
Pictures OF the editorial stan and
soccer team have been taken, and
when developed will be sent 10 The
Times, with their kind permission
Then, readers. will be your chance
10 see the boys who have made for
themselves such fine record in SOC
Ger.