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The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1915-10-11
LEGEND OF THE ROBIN.
Indian story Of How the Brave eied
Got Its Red Breast.

Got Its Red Breast.
When white men first came far
across the sea to this country they
found many birds such az they had
never seen before. But they found one
which they liked best OF all 1t had a
pretty red breast, and they called 1t
robin. for its red breast made them
think of bird back In the Old homo
which they loved most of all
The Indians had a story about how
the robin got its red breast. They said
1t happened q long time ago, when
there was only one fire in all the cold
far north.
A hunter and his son kept the fire
burning day and night until the father
fell III, and the son had to watch the
fire all alone The great white bear
was waiting for chance to put the
fire out so he could have all the north
to himself. He saw the boy fall asleep;
then he Jumped on the fire with his
wet feet and put 1t out
But a gray robin saw him, and when
he was gone she pecked about in the
ashes till she found q tiny live coal
She famed it with her wings until It
blazed out and turned her breast red
Then she flew away to every hut in
the cold north. Wherever she touched
the ground fire sprang up, and soon
there were plenty Of fires to keep the
people warm After that the robins
breast was always red instead Of gray.
Exchange.
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1915-10-11
Judces' Wios.

The wig is only worn by English bar
risters to give them a stern, judicial
appearance, and no one can say that
it fails in this respect The custom
was originated by French judge in
the seventeenth century when. happen
ing to don marquis wig one day, he
found it gave him such a stern and
dtgnif1ed appearance that he decided to
get one for himself and wear it at all
times in court This he did, and the
result was so satisfactory from legal
point Of view that not only judges, but
barristers also, took up the custom
throughout Europe.-London Graphic.
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1915-10-11
MONEY STONES OF zap.
Natives Of The Island Do Not Caery
Change In Their Pockets,

Natives Of $he Island Do Not Ca<ry
Change In Their Pockets.
Propped up against the house Of the
native chief Of zap, which is one Of
the Caroline islands lying southeast Of
the Philippines, may be seen a row of
money stones" the current coin Of
the island. In shape these stones are
like millstones, but they do no grind
ing. They serve simply as a parade of
the wealth of the village Their value
lies solely in the difficulty with which
they are obtained.
The yellowish granite Of which they
are made is found only in the island
Of Palao, 200 miles away, and when
the monsoon favors forty or fifty ma
tives voyage there in their canoes.
After pacifying the king of Palao with
presents the work Of hewing the wala-
ka, or money stones, begins, lasting for
months until the monsoon changes,
when the toilers start homeward with
their "coin."
The smallest of these stones Is about
a foot in diameter and three inches
thick, with a round hole through its
center. 1t will buy food for a family
for a month. The large stones, about
three feet in diameter and eight inches
thick, have relatively much greater
value, since It is more difficult to trans
port them in cranky canoes over such
long stretch of sea. Indemnides can
be paid with such stone OF the aid
OF neutrals purchased In time Of war.
William l. Cathcart In 81. Nicholas.
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1915-10-11
MIGHTY MOUNT RAINIER.
BesSoaded by Volcanic Explosion, b
Still Towers Up 14,40S Feet.

Still Towers Up 14,40S Feet
Mount Rainier, in Washington, COW
ers 100 square miles Of territory and
rises 14,408 feet into the air. In shape
1t is not simple cone tapering to a
slender, pointed summit like Fujiyama,
the great volcano Of japan. 1t is rath-
er broadly truncated mass resem bling
an enormous tree stump with spread
ing base and irregulariy broken top
Its life history has been varied one.
Like all volcanoes, Rainier has built up
It's cone with the materials elected by
It's own eruptions-with cfnders and
steam shredded particles and Jumps Of
lava and with occasional flows of liquid
lava that have solidified into layers of
hard basaltic rock. At one time it at
tanned an altitude Of not less than &c.
600 feet If one may judge by the steep
inclination OF the lava and cinder layers
visible in its TANKS. Then followed a
great explosion that destroyed the top
part of the mountain and reduced its
height by some 1000 feet. The volcano
was left beheaded, with a capacious
hollow crater surrounded by a jagged
rim.
Later ON this great cavity, which
measured nearly three miles across
from south to north, was filed by two
small clnder cones. Successive feeble
eruptions added to their height until at
last they formed together low round
ed dome-the eminence that now con-
stitutes the mountains summit. The
higher portions Of the old crater rim
rise to elevations within few hundred
feet of the summit and. especially
when viewed from below, stand out
boldly as separate peaks that mask and
seem to overshadow the central dome.
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1915-10-11
Cast and Wrounht Iron.

In a paper recently read before the
Society of Chemical Industry the state
ment was made that the strength Of
cast iron was affected by the addition
OF wrought iron in the following pro-
portions: With 100 parts of cast iron
ten parts of wrought iron increase the
strength 2 per cent; twenty parts of
wrought iron increase the strength
32 per cent; thirty parts of wrought
iron increase the strength 60 per cent;
forty parts of wrought iron increase
the strength only 80 per cent The
maximum result is therefore produced
with 80 per cent wrought scrap.-In-
dianapolis News.
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1915-10-11
The Harm Of Damp Houses.

1t is dangerous to health and even
to life in a damp, moldy house or one
built over a moldy cellar. Many years
ago the London Lancet In an article
on diphtheria traced the disease In GER
tain cases to the presence Of certain
molds and fungoid g-owths which
seemed to be breathed into the throat.
Remember. one Of the best disinfec-
tants is lime. Moldy cloths, such as
shoes and other articles that are unfit
fOr use, should be destroyed at once.
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1915-10-11
LESSON OF THE LETTERS.
A Warning the Thoughtful Old Lady
Gave che Needless Young One.

A Warning the Thoughtful Old Lady
Gave che Needless Young One.
They were two women, one young.
radiant; the other gently, beautifully
old.
But, auntie, it's such fun"
The older rose.
Wait"
In a moment she had returned Two
faded, yellow letters lay upon the
young girls lap.
''Read them"
Wonderingly the girl obeyed The
first read:
DEAREST leave you to John. 1t Is
plain you care for him. / love you.
Just now it seems that life without
you Is impossible. But can no longer
doubt. If you cared there would be
no doubt. John is my friend l would
rather see you his than any others.
since you cannot be mine. God bless
you. WILL"
The other:
"BelOved-I am leaving you to the
better man. For me there can never
be another love. But it Is bAst-it Is
the right thing-and I am--yes, am
glad that it Is VIII you love instead OF
me. You cannot be anything but hap.
by with him. With me-but that is q
dream I must learn to forget. AS ever
and ever. JOHN"
Joseph Hall in Lie.
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1915-10-11

have the effect Of increasing the mum
Der Of active cells in the blood to a
very remarkable extent, the increase
sometimes amounting TO one-ffth or
even more. This Is one of the ways in
which the cold bath increases the re-
sisting power Of the body, and rallies
the blood cells, so to speak, calling
them out from their hiding places and
preparing them to fight with vigor the
battles which must be waged every
moment in defense Of the body.-Good
Health.
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1915-10-11
BaPriefer1a FaAe.

The barrister's fees are irFeeoverable
In law. but he can pick and choose his
customers and can also insist on cash
In advance. Until recently every bar.
rister had on his table a gentle re-
hinder in the way Of fee bowl. In
earlier times the client used to drop
Surreptihously the money in a little
bag at the back Of counsel's gown A
trace Of this receptacle still figures in
legal costume.-London Chronicle.
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1915-10-11

Il hope the motto OF this railroad is
safety first"
1T is" replied the man who thinks
only Of pecuniary pFecaution. IT no
dce 1t never lets anybody travel a mile
without paying In advance. Washing
ton Star.
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1915-10-11
Registration Notice

Notice is hereby given that the
Registration Books .are now open,
and will remain open at the CITY
Hall, until the 9th day of Novem.
Der 1915.
Voters must register in order to
qualify for the regular City cleo
ton to be held December Dist.
1915.
David L. Paulk,
el-Nov. 8. City Clerk.
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1915-10-11
FUTURE OF THE HORSE.
Can the Heavy Draft Animal Survive
the Motor Truck?

the M0toF ruckI
The heavy draft horse Is doomed.
He will not vanish suddenly, but his
hour has struck. Motor vehicles al
ready are displacing him in cities. The
cheap farm tractor will do the same in
the country. In a few decades the
great, magnificent bruteS will be little
more than a memory. Their places
will be taken by bloodleSs machines,
that never whinny greetings to a kind
master, never search ones pockets for
sugar-and never break their legs on
icy pavements or drag out friendless
old age under the whips of stupid,
greedy drivers.
When one thinks Of these last con-
siderations the horseless age doesn't
seem so gloomy a prophecy. But If
man is wise there will be no horseless
age.
II man has any real wisdom-and
that belief, though often disappointed.
never dies-the horse will be promoted
to the position Of humanity's chief pet
and plaything, but always with sub
stratum OF usefulness which will keep
him from desenerating into mere toy.
The draft horse, the trotteT-even the
general purpose aAimal"-may go, but
the saddle horse ought to stay and
thrive. Just as medical prescription,
he is we'll worth while, for the old Eng
lish phrase that "'the outside Of horse
Is the best thing for the insIdes Of O
man" still holds true, and as an in
structor Of youth and a means Of real
contact with nature he has no rival but
the dog.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1915-10-11
Warship pennanes.

The commission pennant on United
States war vessels goes up when the
vessel is placed in commission and is
flown continually while she remains So
The jackies have many pet supersti-
tons based on the way this bunting
behaves,
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1915-10-11
THE NUMBER NINE.

Easy 60 Multiply by Il n You VIII Re-
member This Rule.
Examine any one Of the statements
Of equality in the multiplication table
Of nine, up to and including nine times
ten. Select, for example. 9x7-63; or
0X2-lS.
Observe that in each case the first
digit In the product is one less than
the number By which nine Is multi
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1915-10-11
Well Informed.

There goes man who has delved
deep In Roman history"
An authority on the subject, ehT'
"Sure. He knows lots more about
Julius Caesar than the average voter
knows about his congressman. $50
kane Review.
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1915-10-11
Disguised.

Oustomer-I'm going to a masked
bali, and / want something that will
completely disguise me. Costumer--
Certainly, sir. I win give you some
thing nice.-Pele Mele.
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1915-10-11
SIN In Advance.

BoaFoer-YoU made me pay in adj
vance at first because was stranger.
That was all night. But I am not
stranger now. Landlady-No; know
you now.-BoSton journal,
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1915-10-11

During the latter years Of GoOmaa
Ills reign all performances OF Shake
speare's King Lear were forbidden
IN consequence OF the madness Of che
king.
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1915-10-11

Patience-Do you ever look back
over the past?
Patrice-Why, bless your heart!
That's the only way one can look at
the past."-Yonkers Statesman.
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1915-10-11

His Whichever mind If you have
lost everything. You stu have me.
Mr.. Bustup But you're not an asset;
you're a running expense. -JudaA
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1915-10-11
MiLestones In Life.

"Did anything ever feel more con-
spicuous than your first long trousersr'
"Onfy the vast expanse Of my first
dress ShiTA"-Louisvtlle CourieW-Jour-
nal.
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1915-10-11
Cold Rat,a.

A few years ago the remarkable dis
covery was made by Professor Winter
nit2 Of Vienna that general cold baths
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1915-10-11

Prejudice corrupts the taste, az Il
perverts the Judgment In all the con-
Germs Of life Racine.
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1915-10-11

Exercise is the chief source Of i'm
provement in all our faculties Blair.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-27
RELIEF SHIFT
is REVIVED BY
POLICE DEPT.

Beginning Nov. J.. all uniformed
men Of the police department will
return TO the former system Of two
eight-hour shifts and relief shifts,
Of four hours each. according to
an order issued Tuesday night by
Supt. Ernst Marquardt. APPROX
mately 1000 men are affected by
the order.
Under the system in effect the
past year, patrolmen have been
working eight-hour shifts, but com
plants frequently have been made
by the officers that they have little
time with their families because OF
the arrangement. The return to the
old system will satisfy the men, II
Is believed. Now the day men are
working from 6 a. m. to p. m, and
the other two shifts are OF the same
length. Starting next Monday, the
day shift will be from a. m. to
p. M, and the night shift from
S p. m. to a. m. The relief men
will be on duty during the inter
vening four hours.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-27
DRY RALLY !.
NOVEMBER
Large List of Noted
Speakers to Fire
Opening Guns

LANSING, Mich, Oct. 27.-One OF
the biggest gathering Is In the cause
OF prohibition ever held In Michigan
will take place in Lyon tabernacle
Tuesday, Nov. 2. under the auspices
Of the Anti-Saloon league. It will
be an all-day program with men and
women speakers Of prominence In
the prohibition movement. At noon
luncheon will be served in the First
Baptist church. and In the evening,
the banquet will have for speakers,
former Congressman Richard p
Hobson, OF Alabama: James Scher,
merhorn, Grant Slocum, A. H. Ryall
Lieutenant Governor Dickinson. r.
A. Kulp, T. b. Preston. A. B. Cook
r. C.. Betx, o. J. Price, the Rev. J.
VI. Barley and the Rev. r. H
Bready.
The gathering Ia one of two to be
held previous to the launching of the
statewide prohibition campaign.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-27
JEFFRIES HAS
CAR MEETING
ALL TO HIMSELF

Judge r. J. Jeffries had a meeting
at Lukanowski's hall. No. 1885
Chene-st., all to himself, Tuesday
night Announcement had been
made that Senator Murtha and
Prosecutor Jasnowski would speak
for the purchase plan. but they were
not on hand and Judge Jeffries made
long argument IL FAVOR of the
unit construction plan Of getting q
municipal street railway.
In the Evangelical Lutheran
church, Mt. Elliott and Pulford-aves.,
Attorney X. 3. Greece spoke for and
Judge Jeffries against the plan. An
swering question by Mr.. Greece.
Judge Jeffries declared that inter
ruption to service while units of
municipal track were being built
could be avoided the same way the
d. U. r. avoids interruption while
track rebuilding Is going on, by
temporary tracks laid on the pave
inent beside the tracks which are
being built.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-27
Doesn't Want Any
without Sight or
Seem" Deal
POURS SHOT INTO
DETROIT NEWS
Says He's Tired of
Oakland County >
Government"

Attorney James II Pound and
Street Railway Commissioner John
+. Dodge, who once served together
as members OF the water board
first assured crowd Of about 300
In Timken hall. Fort-st. west and
Clark-ave., Tuesday night. that they
have high regard for each other
Then each proceeded 10 show wha!
monumental error OF judgment the
other Is making In his stand on the
street car purchase plan. Mr.
Pound attacked the proposed con
tract and most OF the men connect
ed with It. directly or indirectly
Mr.. Dodge defended II and took oc
casion to remind Pound that in
their days on the water board. the
latter had acted differently than ne
IL now advising the people to act
Mayor Marx and Richard I. Lawson
also spoke, but most OF the interest
centered on the battle between
Pound and Dodge. who directed
their fire at each other without
warning the audience that they
would engage In debate.
Pound ridiculed the idea that the
ID. U. r. would agree to any scheme
which would benefit the city.
II saw the first street car run
down Gratiotave.," said the veteran
In OvAr Sand fro,, that a,v ,,ustI
now, never knew the time when
the railway company wasn't grab
bling everything it could lay its
hands on.
when I was boy. l did what
almost all OF you have done. I trad
Cd knives, without sight or seein'
] had a bad knife switched on ia
me. I'll admit. but it taught me a
lesson. That lesson holds good to-
day. and that Ia one of the reasons
Ill not vote TO buy the ID. Y. K
under this scheme. because II did
I would be submitting to q 'withou,
sight or SEEM principle insofar az
the price Is concerned.
Our street car commissioners
know what the d. ". n. is worth.
They know the city owns the streets
on which the lines are run. Why,
then. couldn't they name price
and let the people decide whether
the price should be paid? The ID
U. r. is now in our power. and
must do as we say. We don't have
TO go before any judges to have the
price fixed.
I'm not impugning the integrity
OF our circuit judges, but ! Will say
that II In not right that the ques-
tion of tine price OF the railway sys.
TEN should be submitted to men
who never drove n mai, in their life
and never handled the working part
OF machine.
"We hear a lot OF men asking us
what viii happen II we vote down
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-27

this plan. They say they are tired
of haggling over street car matters.
I might be tired Of 1t, too, but I'm
not SO tired that would give up my
liberties as n citizen OF, Detroit
without nghting on"
The Detroit News supplements.
crowded with publicity In favor OF
the purchase plan, had been plaster
ed all over the hall. Pound held one
OF the copies aloft.
"rhis," he cried. lis the flag which
the gang 10 following. tell you
that I. for one, am tired Of having It
dominate our public affairs. I'm
tired of Oakland county government.
BY that / mean that the leader of
this organization does not even live
in Detroit. There isn't an Office in
the whole county which this pa
per is,.t mixed up In up to the arm
pits. Through It's secretaries and
other employee. 1t has put In public
office, 1t could try to force this plan
down our throats. The whole thing
il nothing but the result of a com
tination of scheming politicians"
DR.. Dodge followed Mr.. Pound. He
started out with a reference to
their days on the water board.
I'VE wanted piece Of property
he said, and the prize asked was
too high. Mr.. Pound at that time
rose in protest against this hoid-up.
Wen carry 1t t. the courts he
shouted. Now, you see, how con
sistent he Is. He would 20 to court
then to settle a purchase price. but
he cries out against that same meth
Oh now"
Dodge's remarks was loudly
cheered
Dodge frankly declared that the
u. u r. was In a position 10 de
mand good price for its lines, be
cause of the fact that II still holds
franchises on the flag ends of every
line in the city.
"How could we operate a system
without these parts?" he asked
THE city was liberal I'm giving the
company these long.term franchises
Now say we will have to pay for
our liberality."
Mayor Marx told the audience
that the reason the commission
found II necessary TO go TO court 10
settle the price was because II
could not agree with the ID. U. H.
on the question of bonded indebted
ness.
Mr.. Lawson devoted most of his
argument to an effort TO prove that
IL was certain that the system would
give profits that would cover the
purchase price.
What will you have II 20 uvote
this plan down." he asked. You
still will be paying fares and get
ting nothing but your ride. by
adopting the plan, you'll be getting
your service, as well as a citizen 4
interest In the system"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-27
DISCOVER NEW
SIBERIAN TREE

LONDON. Oct. 27.-The last mem
bers Of the Siberian expedition pro-
NOTED by the Oxford Univcrsity's
school OF snthropology and the Phila.
delphia Museum have returned TO
London with rich collection OF ma
terial and new information about a
strange region.
The strangcst tribe met in their
travels was the fungus. n primitive
nomad people OF the Monaghan type,
who live TO themselves. have only
vague notions about the Russians
and the car and no system Of writ.
ing They live I'm wiPwams and have
no occupation ether than the breed
ing Of reindeer and the hunting of
white foxes. Their religion Is be-
lief in god and evil spirits.
A large collection Of costumes.
weapons. implements and copper and
iron ornaments was brought home
by the expedition.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-27

though OF course he didn't need 1t
the least bit in the world, having
plenty OF other things to eat.
But when he reached the place
where ne had seen the little Bob
White fall there was no little brown
bird there. No sir, there was not
sign Of that little bird save few
feathers. You see, he hadn't killed
the little Bob White, as he had sup
posed. but had broken a wing so
that II could not ny. But there was
nothing the matter with It's legs
and no sooner had It hit the ground
than II had run as fast as ever II
could through the stubble. So the
little Bob white wasn't where the
hunter was looking for him at all.
or course his dog helped him hunt
and with that wonderful nose Of his
he soon found the scent Of that lit.
tie Bob White and eagerly followed
II. II just happened that In that
field near where the little Bob
white fell was an old home OF
Johnny Chuck's, and all around the
entrance to II the sand had been
spread out. Now sand does not hold
scent. The little Bob White knew
nothing about that, for he had not
lived long enough to learn all that
Bob White has to learn. but he
did see the open doorway. Across
the yellow sand he ran and into
the doorway and just a little way
down the hall. where he hid under
some dry brown leaves which had
blown In there. He was almost the
color OF them himself as he squat
ted close TO the ground and drew
his feathers rs close to his body as
possible. In doing this he was do
ing very wise thing, though he
didn't know Il at the time. You
see. his feathers drawn tightly
against his body that way prevented
the scent which might have told the
keen nose OF that dog where he was
As II was the dog lost the scent
mt the edge Of the sand and neither
he nor the hunter once thought to
look in that old hole. SO while they
hunted and hunted the little Bob
White squatted perfectly still.
though his broken wing burt him