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The Owosso times., 1902-07-18
WHILE WE SLEEP.
The .Irscles and Organs of the Body
Are Still Working.

If the organs of the body cannot be
said to sleep, neither can the voluntary
muscles. Witness the phenomena Of
sleepwalking, the Positions in stage
coach days who slept in their saddles
and cavalrymen who do 1t today, in
fantry who have been known to sleep
Tn forced marches, sentinels who walk
their beats carrying their guns in a
fixed position while they sleep. For
ali we know policemen may do it too.
People who talk In their sleep are ia
miliar to all of us. Experiments made
by Speir, Armstrong and Child on 200
college students Of both sexes showed
that AZ per cent Of the men and 81
per cent Of the women talked in their
sleep. A number of things might be
proved by these statistics. OF these
sleep takers one-half Of the women
and one-third of the men are able to
answer questions while asleep. More
women than men could answer ques-
tions on any subject, not alone that of
which they had been talking. 1t has
also been found that most sleep talk
ers are under twenty-five years Of age.
Evidently, then, with the muscles
and organs Of the body all working, It
Is the brain only that sleeps. and by
no means all Of the brain. The senses
Of sight, hearing, touch, smell and
taste may be very much awake while
the subject sleeps. A sleeping person
hears and answers questions, rear
ranges his bedclothing, covers his eyes
to keep out the light, draws away his
hand when the experimenter tickles IT..
A child Is broken of the habit of suck
Ing his thumb while asleep by putting
aloes on 1t. He Is conscious of the BIZ
ter taste and dreams Of wormwood.
The nerves, then, and the brain GEN.
ters corresponding to them are awake.
A busy lawyer, exhausted by over
work, one night went out to supper
with some friends, ate, talked and
walked with them, and the next day
remembered absolutely nothing Of the
occurrence. He had not been drinking.
The man was simply asleep during the
whole evening. His conscious men,
ory-that is, consciousness itself-slept.
-Ainslee's Magazine.
The Owosso times., 1902-07-18
Whut Puzzled Louis.

Louis Philippe was wit. What he
specially excelled in was the clinching
Of an argument, such as, for instance,
his final remark on the death Of Talley-
rand. He had paid him visit the day
before. When the news Of the princes
death was brought to him, lie said,
"Are you sure he is deadY "Very
sure, SIRE" was the answer. "Why.
did not your majesty himself notice
yesterday that he was dying" 81 did,
but there is no judging from appear
ances with Talleyrand, and l have
been asking myself for the last four
and twenty hours what interest he
could possibly have in departing at
this particular moment"
The Owosso times., 1902-07-18
Taken Away by Cholera.

Menominee, Mich, July 16.-A
cablegram has been received from
the Philippines by Mr.. and Mrs. Anton
Leanna, telling Of the death of their
son Ephie, who was bugler in Com
pany F, Twenty-eighth infantry, u. S.
regulars. A letter was received from
Ephie at the same time as the cable.
gram, saying that the cholera had been
all wiped out in his regiment and that
he was in the best of health. When
word of his death was received at the
same time as the letter in his own
handwriting, It gave a great shock to
his mother, from which she has not
yet fully recovered. The deceased was
twenty years old and enlisted four
teen months ago on April IA. He still
had twenty-five months to serve.
The Owosso times., 1902-07-18
500 Reward 500.

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all its stages and
that is catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is
the only positive cure now known to
medical fraternity. Catarrh being a
constitutional disease requires a consti-
tutional treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure
is taken internally, acting directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system, thereby destroying the founda-
tion Of the disease, and giving the pa
tient strength. and building up the con-
stitution and assisting nature in doing
its work. The proprietors have so much
faith in its curative powers, that they
offer One Hundred Dollars for any case
that it fails to cure. Send for list of
testimonials.
Address F. j. CHENEY & Co.,
Toledo, o.
Sold by all druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Owosso times., 1902-07-18
A Queer Library.

A curious collection Of books is con-
tanned In the library of Warstentein,
near Cassel, in Germany. The books
appear at first sight to be logs Of wood,
but each volume is really q complete
history Of the tree it represents. The
back shows the bark, in which a small
place Is cut to write the scientific and
common name as title. One side
shows the tree trunk In its natural
state, and the other is polished and
vanished. Inside are shown the leaves,
fruit, fiber and insect parasites, to
which is added full description Of the
tree and its products.
The Owosso times., 1902-07-18
Don't Fail to Try This.

Whenever an honest trial is given to
Electric Bitters for any trouble it is rec
ommended for, a permanent cure will
surely be effected. 1t never fails to tone
the stomach, regulate the kidneys and
bowels, stimulate the liver, invigorate
the nerves and purify the blood. It's a
We nderful tonic for rundown systems.
Electric Bitters positively cures Kidney
and Liver Troubles, Stomach Disorders,
Nervousness, Sleeplessness, Rheuma-
tism, Neuralgia, and expels Malaria.
Satisfaction guaranteed by John S.
Haggart and Will e. Collins & Co.
Only 80 cents.
The Owosso times., 1902-07-18
KIM Safely Removed.

Portsmouth, July licking Edward
arrived here from London before 2
p. m. Tuesday. The removed of his
majesty from the train to the royal
yacht was safely accomplished by blue
Jackets and the kings couch was
placed In a reception room which had
been specially constructed on the up
per deck. The warships in the harbor
fired royal salute as the king en-
barked and all the vessels dressed
ship and manned yards or decks. The
royal yacht steamed off almost imme
diately after the transfer was COM
pleted.
The Owosso times., 1902-07-18
Shake into Your Shoes

Aliens Foot Ease, powder. 1t cures
painful, smarting, nervous feet and in
growing nails, and instantly. takes the
sting out of corns and bunions. It's the
greatest comfort discovery of the age.'
Aliens Foot-Ease makes tight or new
shoes feel easy. 1t is certain cure for
sweating, callous and hot, tired, aching
feet. Try it today. Sold by all druggists
and shoe stores. Dent accept any
substitute. By mail for 25c. in stamps.
Trial package FREE. Address, Allen
S. Olmsted. LIE Roy. n. Y. r.
The Owosso times., 1902-07-18
Berrypickers Had Smallpox.

st. Joseph, Mich, July 16.-The fau-
lily of George Howard, living some o.
teen miles south of this city, has been
quarantined for smallpox. The dis.
ease was diagnosed by Dr. e. j. Watt
OF this city. Great excitement pre-.
walls over the fact that the family has
been afflicted with smallpox for two
weeks, when they thought it was only
chickenpox. and all of the time they
have been picking berries for the Cal.
cago market.
The Owosso times., 1902-07-18
Police Injured in Riots.

Belfast, Ireland, July ia report
has reached here that a score of po.
licemen and a district inspector were
injured while attempting to quell {,
riot last night at Newry, counties or
Down and Armagh. A number Of the
Orange and Natalist combatants also
were injured. II. Breden, Presby.
terian clergyman, was knocked from
his bicycle and severely injured by a
blow on the head with a stone.
The Owosso times., 1902-07-18
Major Wheaton Retired.

Washington, July 15.-Major Gen.
eral Wheaton closed his active mill.
tary career Monday, having reached
the statutory retiring age of sixty-four
years. He is at his home in this coun-
try, where he recently arrived from
the Philippines. The vacancy caused
by his retirement already has been an.
ticipated by the appointment of Briga.
dier-General John c. Bates, now con-.
manding the department CT the Mls
souri, at Denver
The Owosso times., 1902-07-18
Do Their Own Threshina.

Carlton, Mich, July 16.-About all
OF the owners of threshing machines
in this vicinity have Joined the Thresh,
ers' National association and raised
prices for threshing. One settlement
of farmers decided not to submit to
the raise, so they have formed a club
and bought an outfit to do their thresh
ing
The Owosso times., 1902-07-18
MICHIGAN LAID UP
The D. S. Steamer in Collision at
.n.- 49,. EriA Pa.
STRUCK BY BIG FREIGHTER
While. at Her Disadvantages viii
} Amount to s1o,ooo-WiI Not Inter
fere With Cruise of Michigan Naval
Reserves.

Erie, Pa, July 16.-An accident hap
pened to the United States steamer
Michigan at 10:30 Tuesday that was
quite serious.
The Michigan was laying at Ter
dock when the freighter M. B. Grover
hove in from the Pittsburg dock.
While under full headway, full for the
Michigan, the captain Of the Grover
evidently lost control Of his boat, for
she stove into the Michigan, driving
her down the bay fully $50 feet.
The crash was a terrific one. The
nose Of the Grover ploughed into the
Michigan, tearing her from her fast
enings and held her in front while
the Grover carried her all that dis
tance. There was great excitement
aboard the war vessel. The collision
was unexpected, and naturally enough
the crew were demoralized by the
abruptness Of the thrilling event.
Spinters flew and threshed about aud
the air was full of debris.
Captain c. r. Baker of the Grover,
it is said, places the blame on Second
Engineer James Murray. The boat
was moving toward fuel dock near
the Michigan berth, and he signalled
to reverse the engines. Instead Muir
ray gave full speed ahead.
Detroit, Mich, July 16.-Lientenant
Bingley r. Fales Of the Detroit Naval
Reserves, in the absence Of Command
er Hendrie at Grand Rapids, stated
last night that there had been mis-
apprehension as to the cruise of the
reserves. The cruise, as has been the
custom, will be taken on the Yantic,
and the accident to the Michigan will
not affect the summer cruise, begin
hing on Aug. IL.
Commander Winder of the Michi-
gan was TO accompany the Yantic on
the trip to Mackinac, as he is usually
detailed for government inspection,
Lieutenant Fales said. THE Detroit
reserves were to have their target
practice on board the Michigan in the
Straits of Mackinac. Perhaps that de-
tail will be altered and the practice
will be taken on board our own boat
but in no other way will our cruise be
interfered with"
The Owosso times., 1902-07-18
A Matter Of Fact.

"Do you see the horizon yonder,
where the sky seems to meet the
earth?'
"Yes. uncle"
"Boy, have journeycd so near there
that couldn't put q sixpence between
my head and the sky!'
"Why, uncle, what whopperw
ITS a fact, my lad. hadn't one to
put."-London Tit Bits.
The Owosso times., 1902-07-18
Excellent Explanation.

"Why is woman-honest, now
why is wife crcssr
Before marriage she was gn |.
After marriage she leaned on another
|, and they formed an Y. OF course
she's cross, and so are you, IN bet."-
New York Times.
The Owosso times., 1902-07-18
Overcrowded Steamer Sunk.

st. Petersburg, July 16.-Thirty
persons were drowned Tuesday by
the sinking of a small passenger
steamer on the LUCE river, near Pro.
broa-Schenskaia. The disaster was
caused by overcrowding. Only those
of the passengers who were on the up.
per deck were saved.
The Owosso times., 1902-07-18

For forty years DR.. Fowler's Extract
of Wild Strawberry has been curing
summer complaint, dysentery, diarrhoea
bloody fux, pain in the stomach, and it
has never yet failed to do everything
claimed for IL.
The Owosso times., 1902-07-18

Benefit your friends, that they may
love you more dearly still BENEFIT
your enemies. that they may ut last be-
come your friends.
The Owosso times., 1902-07-18
AGENTS Wanted

LIFE OF T. DEWITT TALMA0E. by his Son,
REV. FRANK DEWITT TALMAGE and asso-
ciate editors OF Christian Herald. Only book
endorsed by Talmage family Enormoss pront
Writeimmediately CLARK & co 771 s. 4th
s., Philadelphia, Pa. Mention this paper.
The Owosso times., 1902-07-18
Ellrneapollr soodIer sklne.

Minneapolis, July 19-Polioe SUI
perlntenGent Fred W. Ames, indicted
q week ago IN connection with the cur
rent municipal corruption exposures,
has skipped.
The Owosso times., 1902-07-18

A boy is usually ready to eat every
lime he stops playing.-Atchison Globe.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-27

extensive Indian camps, and they learned that the tribes of all the surrounding country sent their sick there for treat ment and while there they were at peace s4ass 7as ntsS sS2a1si l1g
 the spring5< <SytH Ei}anusf Prddhofzfne, Louisiafia plahter, who went to Hot sprinssY in 1897 to bathe fin the waters for his healh and spent two years there. He occn- pied the cabin built by the Frenchmen and claimed the springs as his exclusive property. John Perciful and Isaac Gates followed Prudhomme in 1908 and were welcomed by him with great hospitality Perciful decided to make his permanent home at the springs and when Prud- homme returned to his Louisiana plant ation he generously donated to the for mer the hot springs and all he laid claim to. Perclful thereafter claimed every thing and for many years was consid- cred by visitors the sole owner of the springs and his name has figured in all litigation concerning them in State and Federal courts up to the findings or the Hot Springs Commission in 1877.
 The year of the war with England. lSla saw the first influx of visitors to the springs of any extent. Many went there to escape service and other troubles of that year. Two years after there' were thirty cabins in the valley and from that time the popularity of Hot Springs waned again until in 1928 there were only hait d dozen of the huts remaining and not a single permanent inhabitant. In this year Ludovicus Bedding moved to Hot Springs and took possession of everything he found there. including the springs, and by virtue of having cultivated a garden in iS2s and 1929 and living there continu- ously for two years. claimed the right to pre-empt the 16o acres of land upon which all of the hot springs were To- cated.
 It was two years after this that Con- gross created the reservation with the hot springs in about the center and dedi- cated it to the whole people to be known as the Hot Springs reservation. o..
 Tn IS34 IT, Nj. Rector, afterward Coy ernor Of the State, settled in the valley and laid claim to the springs by virtue
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-27

water alone has made the place. whencs 1t comes no one knows except that for ages 1t has been flowing in prodigal pro- fusion from the sides of the mountain. The Indians knew of it's magic power ions before the white man crossed the Mis- sissippi The early explorers found them In great numbers and the different tribes were all at peace in the healing valley as 1t was known to them. There are too many people who have derived benefit from the water for its elf doubted. It is all under control of the United Sates Government. which has walled up and covered over ali but two or three of the springs and built the system of pipes and reservoirs for storing it. Government officials have charge 'of the water from the springs to the bath houses, and here the Government exer- cses it's most rigid control. No monopoly
 Is possible for individuals. All extoftion
 Is kept down and the bath houses being regularly inspected are kept clean and free from infection. There are seventy two of the springs. and all come from
 the slope of one mountain, known as East Mountain, and are found all the way from the creek level to points 200 feet above the grade. The average tempeTa- ture is 135 degrees Fahrenheit, although the largest springs roach l57 degrees
 Four magnificent public fountains supply all that could possibly be desired for drinking purposes and immense quantl- ties are consumed in that way. Crowds
 stand around the fountains day and night and the water flows into the cups at al- most boiling temperature. It Is as clear as crystal and bathing In it is a luxury or course it has to be tempered down, as it Is too hot to be endured at It's natural temperatures. These baths are entirely different from tho ordinarS ones at home. It is an adage here thAk 1t requires twenty-one of thesn to perfect the system and to work Out cures Pps each day is the rule if conditions permit They are taken at any hour of the ddN from a. mi to p. m. and 1t Is auNisa. ble not to indulge until at least an hour or hour and a half aftsE eating. some care must be exercised ~ to the warmth of the water and the general advice is tc begin with not exceeding s5 degrees. and not to go over 100. The time Is generally ten to fifteen minutes. It is great lrx- ury to have the full benefit of the not water charged with it's gases and the feeling that follows Is one never to be forgotten After about ten minutes you can spend three to five minutes in nat uraI Yapor room. where the perSpirati0u fairly rolls off of you. Then you can spend twenty minutes in the hot room if you so desire. This. and the vapor bath. is as g rule discretionary with the bath er A good hard rubbing by the strong
 linbed attendant and from thirty to forty minutes In the cooling room and you have had the bath which thousands go to Hot Springs to take. Great quantities of the hot water can be drank during the time the bath is being taken as wetl as at any time during the twentyrfonr | (Centinued on Page 19p
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-27

solid Royal porcelain tubs, marble floors
 and partitions. private dressing rooms and in addition to the hot baths have
 rooms for electric and massage treat
 ment. All give vapor baths from the hot water. have sweat rooms cooling rooms
 and parIors; while some provide reading and writing rooms and gymnasiums. The relations of All the bath houses to the Government are the same. They each pay water rental to the Interior De- partment of so per tub per year. The combined capacity of all the bath houses
 Is about 540 tubs. so that tho Govern ment derives revenue from thls source -alone of over $l6.000 per year.
 The price of baths for all tho bath houses Is fixed by Government. and once fixed no departure can be made from them: neither greater or less price can
 be charged than the schedule. The volume of water Is about 1O0O,OoO gallons per day.
 The Hot Springs are held as d Govern
 ment monopoly, just as the making and
 sale of postage stamps are, and the in-
 come derived from the use of the water
 by the various bath houses is all eNpend-
 cd in improving and beautifying the res
 erVation. The process of Improvement
 has been going on for years under the
 charge of the superintendent appointed by
 the Secretary of the Interior. in whose
 Department the control of the springs is
 vested. It Is one of the government &
 
 erty.
 In an official circular signed by George
 M Sternburg, Surgeon-Gcneral of the
 U. $. Army and R. A. Algcr, late
 Secretary of War. the Government makes
 known just what ailments are treated
 and benefited at this hospital IL states
 that relief may reasonably be expected
 at the Hot Springs in the following con- ditionS: In tho various forms of gout and
 rheumatism. neuralgia. paralysis, not of
 organic origin. locomotor ataXia. early
 stages of Brights' disease. functional
 disease of the liver. dyspepsia. catarrhal
 affections of all kinds, malaria and skin diseas ses. Thus the Government not only conducts the hot springs, buts endorses
 them for the cure of this long list of
 human ills
 The matter of expense can be regulated at Hot Springs as easily as anywhere In the world. Al the leading hotels. the three already mentioned. representing an outlay of S2,W0,oOO, everything IS con- ducted on scale equal to the best in the largest cities in the country, The Arlington is open the entire year, and the Eastman and Park only during the season from January to April or May There are quite q number of other estab- lishments at which most comfortable ac- | commoda tions can be obtained at far less l cost than at the great hotels while there are still others whose charges bring them within the reach of those who have to | seek cheap places. It Is given out by the | Bureau of Information that one can stay l at Hot Springs at d cost ranging rom l tin to SIS per month. including holrd- ! lodgins medical attention and baths lto'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-27
MAGNIFICENT HOT SPRINGS AND
 THE GOVERNMENTS BENEVOLENT WORK

portion, until such time as the higher courts of the country could adtudicate the titles.
 Meanwhile Hot Springs was growing. For years it was the only resort Of the whole country west of the Mississlppi River. It attained the proportion of village. and there was a demand Tor prop crty for business and residence purposes. The only way 1t could be obtained was by lease from one of the above claim. ants. None of the property could be soio for clear titles could not be given. when 1t became known that Congress or the Supreme Court would ultimately decide the titles the original claimants were giv- en and endless amount of trouble, and had no protection except force of arms. was scramble for possession. Squat ters were numerous. hoping that being found in possession when the f1nal de- cision came they would be given title to the property they were on.
 The claimants, all being men of nerve, Their best was the shotgun and revolver, and they were freely used. For the time being. therefore. Hot Springs was not the place of peacc' 1t had been to the red men before the advent of the whites. The claimants attempted to keep their titles good by collecting rent from the squatters and when they went on a rent collecting expedition. instead of the re- ceipt book of later times they carried a shotgun If a man was not shot il was sure receipt for his rent for that month. Congress created the Hot Springs Com mission in 1877, and 1t was given almost unlimited power and Jurisdiction In the settlement of the various claims. It sur. veyed every claim. large and small, laid off the city of Hot Springs as it now exists and fixed sthe price that each should pay for a title to the property he occupied. In this distribution many of the sauatters were given the land they had had the hardihood to hold.
 Children and grandchildren of Hale. Rector Bedding and Gaines arc still resi- dents of Hot Springs stiil own much of the property held by their forebears. and are leaders in the business and profess sionaf life of the city.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-27

of what was known as New Madrid warrant. which was issued to his father, Elias Rector. on account ot land lost m the New Madrid earthquake of lSll.
 Tn lssiJ John C. Hale claimed ihf springs through having purchased John Perciful's rights.
 This made three able-bo lied cl1iman $ to the hot springs besides the Govern ment of the United States condition or things which made interesting history for the next forty years in the valley. Later on 1t was further complicated hN the advent of Major w. H. Gaines in 1881 He was from Gaines Landing. Ark. where he had been one of the most ex tensive planters in the Mississippi Valley. lie married Miss Maria Bedding. one of the Bedding heirs and soon after all of the rights at. Hot Springs claimed by these heirs were assigned to him. The rival claims were taken into the State courts. and strange to say. a compro- mise was effected without serious di'h- ciItv whereby Gaines was to hold posses sion of thc lower portion of tho NalIcy, Hale the central spd Rector the upper