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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-09-20
MICHIGAN
Women Teachers in Japan.

The Japanese have apparently come
20 the conclusion that women make
better teachers than men. Fifteen
years ago, the women preparing for
the profession of teaching were only
20 per cent. of the total number. To-
day they constitute SIS; the demand for
women as instructors is much greater
than that for men. The number or
girls who receive regular education
is eight times what 1t was decade
ago. There is also an ever-increasing
invasion OF business Offices; in some
of the largest houses in Toxic and
other cities, most of the clerks are
now women. 1t would be mistake,
however, TO interpret this movement
as a sign that the women OF Japan
have suddenly become, mannish. They
have from time immemorial done the
hardest kind of drudgery, such as
weaving, coal-heaving, and filling the
soil, which is infinitely more the work
of man than teaching and bookkeep-
ing. Their new employment may
mean a relief from their more arduous
old ones.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-09-20

AS to the general policy OF going
abroad and buying or borrowing ideas
whenever we can find good ones, 1t
should be encouraged. Great as this
nation is, it is not in possession OF all
of the worlds available stock OF Wis.
ible supply of wisdom, says the Wash.
ington Post II Japan had been as
narrow-minded and bigoted as China,
II she had been so much enamored OF
herself and so contemptuous of for
eign devils" as were the celestials
few years ago and as most Of them
are to-day, she would have turned her
face to the past, her back to the flu
ture and continued in that position.
But having a splendid equipment OF
practical sense she sent her most In.
telligent young men into all progress.
sive countries to gather the results
OF experience. From those she Sc
lected the best and 1t is only justice
to say that in many instances she i'm
proved on the best. And that is why
Japan has achieved more progress
in SO years than any other country
ever made in 500 years.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-09-20
Good Sheep Lands.

ID. II. Hunter & Bros, with head
quarters in Pendleton, Ore, have pur
chased the Sullivan stock range anc
adjoining farms in the vicinity of Chip
pewa Lake, making total OF 5000
acres. They have imported over 1900
sheep this summer, and have 5000 now
on hand.
Il have visited every state from Ore
gon to Michigan and some of the
southern states and have found nont
equal to Mecosta county for pastur,
land" said ID. II. Hunter. Stock in
creases one-quarter Of pound a DAY
in weight on the pasture here. | re
greet the removing of the spur branch
of the Pere Marquette from Rodney
to Chippewa Lake, as We now have to
drive our sheep from and to Big Rap
ids, distance OF IL miles"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-09-20

The raising OF the Japanese battle
ship Mikasa, which was sunk at Sa.
sebo last September after an explo.
sion, not only gratifies a natural sen.
timent, but may help to solve mys-
terry. The Mikasa was Admiral Togo's
flagship in the famous battle in which
the Russian fleet was practically
wiped out of existence, was in the
thick of the fight and sustained the
heaviest loss of any vessel on that
side. The accident which caused her
TO sink was greatly deplored by the
japanese, who will rejoice that she is
once more afioat, and doubtless there
will be careful inquiry as to the
cause Of the explosion, which sent her
TO the bottom and resulted in the
death of several hundred men.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-09-20
Sa1inaW's Great Drouth.

Rains partially broke one of the
worst drouths Saginaw county has suf-
fered in years. Pasture fields have
been discarded long ago and farmers
have been feeding their stock from
silos. The excessive heat has ripened
everything prematurely. October" po-
tatoes are already on the market and
late fruits are all month early. Dairy
butter is not to be had, while eggs are
at December prices. The ground has
been so hard that farmers could not
pillow for fall wheat sowing. These
same conditions prevail for $50 miles
north, the drouth covering probably
$4,000 square miles. Produce men say
that the damage to farm products has
exceeded $1,000,000 in the dry" belt.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-09-20

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of Pen.
sions Warner has worked economies
In the service which have saved the
government s201,346 during the last
fiscal year. He has reduced the ex.
penses of the bureau $92.552. has cut
the expenses of special examiners $780,.
39S, of examining surgeons $4,000,
has made a saving in salaries and
clerk hire at agencies Of s7,242. In
rents and contingent expenses of
agencies, 1864, and In the examina-
ton of pension agents has saved
$500.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-09-20
A Mystery Cleared Up.

Charles Esterbrook, the much muir
dered man, who was reported killed by
an Indian near West Branch, has
turned up alive and well, arriving in
Saginaw Wednesday. He says he has
been on a two months tour of the
northern counties selling horses.
AT the time of my reported murder
was 200 miles north of West Branch,
most of the time away from a rail
road, and ! didn't see the newspapers.
The first | heard about being dead
was in little town in Iosco county"
Esterbrook declares positively chat
he did not start the rumor himself. al
though he thinks he knows who did,
and that the purpose was to injure
him In some way. He says he had no
trouble with an Indian; in fact, did not
see one on his trip.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-09-20
Barbarous Treatment.

The family of Michael Lukowski, OF
Bay City, for several months perse-
cuted by some unknown persons, is
in a state of terror over the continu-
ance of acts of violence.
Their home has been fired twice by
an incendiary, the house was entered
while the family slept and 500 worth
of clothing was slashed TO pieces vii
a knife, and now a child is i'll FRI
drinking medicine left on the dope,
step Around the bottle was a path
writtvu upon II. ~
AT the same time the stream of
anonymous threatening letters con
tinues. One daughter, Louise, is the
special subject of attack, and death
by mysterious means is threatened.
Matters growing out of the trouble
nave been in court, but apparently the
FAMILY do not know who their perse-
cutor is. The police and United States
authorities have been working on the
case for over three months without
nnding single clue. Every effort
has been made to trace the letters
back. The handwriting is always the
same, although the signatures are
sometimes different, in one instance
the name Of prominent attorney be-
ing used
Members OF the household take
turns at staying awake all night to
watch for attacks. There are ten
Children in the family
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-09-20

The charges preferred by Chicago's
police chief against Inspector Patrick
j. LAWN were aired before the city
civil service commission. A former pa
trolman under LAWN testified the lat
ter instigated the robbery of a jewelry
store in order to help his promotion by
restoring the plumber.
John Carter was arrested in front
OF the Hibernia bank at San Francisco
where he was exciting the timid depos.
itors, who are continuing the run on
that bank. Carter was urging the 81.
derby women in the throng TO sell
their bank books to him, declaring that
the, failure OF the bank was imminent.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-09-20

Potatoes command 30 cents per
bushel in Kingsley. The apple market
is quite active. Afexanders are the
leading variety being marketed.
The National Surety & Loan Co. has
begun suit against the city of Coldwa-
ter for $4,000 The city holds that the
company has not finished the sewer
which II contracted for and is holding
back $1,000 on that account.
Donald Mckay, an employee OF Port
Huron jewelry company, was held up
and robbed OF diamond ring worth
$3.50 and s25 in cash by three foot
pads late Thursday night. Mckay had
walked home with woman friend and
when crossing dark spot at Fifteenth
and Howard street was commanded
shell out" his cash and jewelry. He
onered no resistance and the footpads
searched him.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-09-20
Killed by a Vicious Bull.

Green Olney, aged about AZ years,
one of the well known and highly re-
spected farmers of this locality, died
at Harper hospital, Detroit, Wednes-
day evening, from injuries received
while caring for an ugly bull at the
state fair grounds at Detroit, at the
commencement of the fair
A widow. one daughter, his mother,
and large circle OF relatives survive
him. He was brought to Vernon for
burial, this being his home town for
many years past, having formerly
come from New York state.
Mr.. Olney was owner OF large and
valuable farm, and was known in this
part of the state as owner an breeder
Of valuable cattle and horses.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-09-20
The Age Of Machinery.

We live In the age of machinery.
The thinking, directing mind becomes
daily OF more account, while mere
Drawn falls correspondingly in value
from day to day. That eccentric phil
osopher, Ebert Hubbard, says In one
Of his essays, where a machine Will
do better work than the human hand,
we prefer to let the machine do the
work"
1t has been but few years since
the cotton gin, the spinning Jenny
and the power loom displaced the
hand picker. the spinning wheel and
the hand loom; since the reaper and
binder, the rake and tedder, the NOW
ing machine took the place of the old
cradle, scythe, pitchfork and hand
rake; since the friction match SUI
perseded the flint and finder; since
the modern paint factory replaced the
slab and muller, the paint pot and
paddle.
In every case where machinery has
been introduced to replace hand labor,
the laborers have resisted the change;
and the farm laborers protested
against new-fangled looms, sewing ma
chimes and agricultural implements,
so in recent times compositors have
protested against type-setting ma
chimes, glass blowers against bottle
blowing machines, and painters
against ready mixed paints. And as
a., tl.1 81 oh
classes of an earlier day, so with their
imitators of to-day, the protest Will
be in vain. 1t is protest against CIV
ilization, against the common veal,
against their own welfare.
The history of all mechanical im'
provements shows that workmen arc
the first to be benefited by them.
The invention of the sewing machine
instead of throwing thousands of wom-
en- out of employment, increased the
! demand to such an extent that thou
sands of women have been employed,
at better wages, for shorter hours and
easier work where hundreds before
worked in laborious misery to exc
out a pitiable existence. 1t was so
with spinning and weaving machin-
cry, with agricultural implements-in
fact, ii is SO with every notable I'M
provement. The multiplication OF
books in the last decade is direct
result of the invention of linotype
machinery and fast presses.
The mixed paint industry, in which
carefully designed paints for house
painting are prepared on large scale
by special machinery, is another Inn
provement of the same type The
cheapness and general excellence OF
these products has so stimulated the
consumption of paint that the de-
mand for the services of painters has
CORRESPONDENCE multiplied. Before
the advent of these goods well-paint
ed house was noticeable from Its
rarity, whereas to-day an ill-painted
house is conspicuous.
Nevertheless, the painters, as a
7 .rnle-. following the example set by
farm laborerT 5 s8T9 sfHesi and the
oppose the N,mrovement II is r h
improvement however ana s,r,r,, ca
cause of that fact the sale or s1cf
products has increased until during
the present year it will fall not fal
short of 90,000,000 or 100,000,00O gal
Ions.
Hindsight is always better than
foresight, and most of us who d-plore
the short-sightedness of our ancestors
would do well to see that we do not
/ tn, t,,r ft,r {eI, 10
our posterity.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-09-20
lmpaled en- a Pitehfork.

In falling from a straw stack
on his farm near Lapeer Satur-
day afternoon, Harry Lansing's
bowels and stomach were pene-
trated by the tines of his fork. He was
given prompt medical attendance, but
suffered terrible agony until his death
Sunday morning.
Harry Lansing was rs years OF age.
He was the son of John Lansing, who
resides two miles east OF Lapeer.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-09-20
EX-GOVERNOR AARON T. BLISS
Died from Stroke of Apoplexy in Milwaukee Sunday.

Sacred Heart Saniarum at NIL
wauk Aoclock Sunday mornin a of apopeXy
unexpected his
ton was that troke momentariy looked for
awoke and aroused his nurse VINO
his bed with the AID OF
the bed when he stricken and
o
the and
redo hisp TENTS but found him dead
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-09-20
Live Wire Victim.

Howard Mckenzie, a lineman in
the employ of the Lansing lighting
commission, narrowly escaped death
Wednesday when he accidentally
touched live wire while climbing
pole. He was unable to free himself,
but fellow workmen finally pulled him
away and let him easily to the ground
He was bleeding at the mouth and his
shirt was smoldering. In doctor'i
Office he soon regained consciousness.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-09-20
The Michigan Bean cro,.

DO you know" said Secretary KEEL
sey, of the Bean Jobbers' association in
session in Saginaw, chat Michigan is
the most important bean state In the
union? Our estimated crop this year
of 100000 bushels leads them all. IL
Will surprise most people to know, too.
that the handlers of beans pay out to
farmers and growers about 81 zoo. 900
more annually than the much talked
OF sugar beet factories. The Michigan
bean, also, has the finest quality of
any produced, being conceded in the
markets to be superior to that of the
celebrated New England grown varie-
ty"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-09-20
LIVING. But Legally Dead.

Wilson II. Mawrer, mourned Tor
dead in Marcellus for 20 years, after
he had suddenly disappeared, and
legally declared SO in the probate
court, when his mothers estate was
settled the past summer, has come
back to life through his arrest at Mish-
awake, Ind.
His mother died last spring. and
when the estate, consisting of few
hundred dollars, was brought into
court to be settled, every effort was
made to find Mawrer, the only missing
heir.
His arrest in Indiana was caused,
it is alleged, by making love to wo-
then leaving with their monneeS.n ffe &nass
young man when he left there and
little is known of his career.
George Studebaker, aged 16, of Mus
kegon, has been missing for month.
His mother has asked the Detroit po-
lice to try to locate him.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-09-20
Mrs. Johanna schef,er.stronr now

Mrs. Johanna Schefiler-Strong. now
In Battle Creek, former domestic in
Banker Stensland's home In Chicago,
believes his downfall due to misplaced
confidence In friends. She denies his
alleged intimacy with women.
The recent statements at the four
Pontiac banks show an increase of
$4,000 in the total amount OF savings
deposits. This means an increase of
80 per capita for every man, woman
and child in Pontiac during a period
OF three months. II the prosperity
continues Pontiac people bid fair to
have more money than they know
what to do with.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-09-20
A New Fire Theory.

j. c. Nelson, prominent farmer of
Orion township, advances a new ex-
PLANTATION for the destruction of SO
many barns in Oakland county by
lightning.
Recently w. K. Carpenter. secretary
81 the Monitor Insurance Co., made
he statement that steel hay tracks
in the roofs Of the barns attract the
lightning and cause destruction.
Mr.. Nelson points out that newly
cut hay or grain gives off dampness
until the hay or grain is thoroughly
cured. The hay or grain is piled in the
barns and allowed to cure there. Inc
dampness rises to the roof and. as 1t
dries out, becomes a gas. Until the hay
Is thoroughly cured this gas continues
to generate and escape.
During storm the gas is escaping
from the barn. The air is heavily
charged with electricity, which comes
In contact with the gas, and the next
instant the gas inside the barn Is ex-
nloded, the lightning following that
course. Mr.. Nelson points out q num-
Der OF instances where barns were
suddenly found mass of flame all
through the interior, during an cleo.
trical storm.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-09-20

A deaf-mute has become able to
talk and hear as result OF being run
over by an automobile. 1t is not ex-
planned how or why he happened to
refrain long enough from walking on
railway tracks to get run over by the
automobile.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-09-20

The refusal of Grand Duke Nicholas
Nicholaievitch to accept the post OF
commAnder-in-chief of the Russian
army makes him entirely eligible for
membership In the Wise Guyovitch
club ..----------
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-09-20

The rays of happiness, like those
OF light, are colorless when unbroken
-Longfellow.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-09-20

An alarm clock always gets busy
Just when a man doesn't want to be
bothered
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-09-20

PUTNAM FADELESS DYES color
more goods, per package, than Others, and
the colors are brighter and faster.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-09-20

| would not enter on my list or
friends the man who needlessly SETS
foot upon a worm.-Cowper.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-09-20

Mrs. WinsIow's Soothing Syrup.
For children tcething softens the gums reduces In
famins, aays pain. wind collie. 25c bOttlr.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-09-20

There is no task too hard for .
lazy man not to attempt.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-09-20
90,000,000
BUSHEL
THAT'S THE WHEAT
CROP IN WESTERN
cAAhoA THIS YEAR
S9ySsE
pSeessSaSa1
This with nearly ~.
s...n f.no A.Azf. - 49,

and 100000 bushels of barley means con-
tinuaton OF good times for the farmers OF West
ern Canada.
Free farms. big crops. lew taxes. healthy
climate good churches and schools, spiendit
railway service.
The Canadian Government offers 100 acres OF
land free to every settler willing and able to
eompiy with the Homestead Regulations.
Advice and information may be obtained free
from w ID. Scott superintendent OF Immi-
grafton. Ottawa, Canada: or from authorized
Canadian Government Ageuts-M. V. McInnes.
Avenue Theatre Block. Detroit, Michigan OF
G. A Lanrier, sauit Ste. Marie. Michigan.
The Jersey City news., 1906-06-11
DIED IN A DARK CELL

On June Police Justice Manning
committed William Greenborn, of No.
3S4 Montgomery street, who had been on
a protracted spree. to the County peni-
tentiary for thirty days. On Friday last
he died in a dark CELL The body was
sent to his home. There it was found
that the skull had been fractured and
that there We're bruises about the head
and body. Chief Murphy was notified
County Physician Converse is to make
an autopsy at Hughes's morgue this af
ternoon Greenborn was on the verge
of deErium tremens when he was placed
in accordance with the usual custom to-
work in the quarries. On Thursday he
became extremely violent. and it took
the combined strength of Keepers Kelly,
Wissig and Donelly to subdue, him. DR..
Schlemm, deputy county physician, re-
ported that Greenborn's death was due
to alcoholism. Warden Grimes says he
is satisfied that the keepers did not mall
treat him and that his injuries were re-
ceived by beating his head against the
iron door of the cell and the stone floor.
The Jersey City news., 1906-06-11
Keefe of the Royals Proved
Too Swift for the Skeeters
While Moren Was Slow
THREE DEFEATS FOR BUFFALO
ORIOLES WON THE WHOLE Sc
RIBS FROM THE BISoNs-PROv-
IDENCE WINS TWICE FROM To-
RoNTo AND ROCHESTER, FROM
NEWARK-CLUBS' STANDING

The Royals shut the Skeeters out in
Saturdays game at West Side Park and
scored a quartette of runs. Buffalo was
also shut out by Bt'timore. So Jersey
City still retains the lead. The Skeeters
were unable to find Keefe. They got
only three hits. while the Royals got
seven off Moren The visitors scored in
the first inning. Joyce was given a pass
Bannon hit to Cassidy and went out. but
Joyce reached second. Wagner hit at
Cassidy, but the latter let the ball get
away from him. Joyce scored and Wag-
ner got second. He was caught off sec
ond. Huelsman hit fly to Clement,
who fired The ball to Keister for double
play.
A brace of runs We're added in the
second inning. Massey, the first man up,
went out. Connors hit to centre and
scored on Dillon's hit to right Hanford
let the ball get away from him and Dill
lon advanced to second Keefe sent a
grounder to Bean, who threy him out
at first. but Dillon got to third; he was
left on Ioyce's fly to Clement. The Roy
ais scored again in the fourth. After
that there was no run getting.
The Jersey City news., 1906-06-11
Ella Fuller Dixon Claims
Five Years Pay Due Her
Uncle George Frederick
Fuller
WILL APPEAL TO PRESIDENT
ONCE PROMINENT WOMAN NOW
LIVES IN GREAT WANT IN BER-
GEN COUNTY

Mrs. Ella Fuller Dixon. authoress. ac-
tress and traveller, has a claim against
the United States Government. approved
by Congress forty-eight years ago. and
which now, with accrued interest,
amounts to nearly $4,000, but she is
poyerty-stricken, unable to buy feed for
the little flock of chickens. on which
product she depends for her own nveli-
hood. Unless relief reaches her quickly
she will make public appeal for sufff-
Gent funds to enable her to go to Wash
ington and present proofs of her due to
President Roosevelt.
Mrs. Dixon is the niece of George
Frederick Fuller, who died eleven
months ago. He was the sale surviving
officer of the Texas Navy-a midship-
man on the flagship Austin. which took
part in the battle of Campeche in 1912.
In July, 1S43. all vessels of the Texas
Navy went out of commission, and in
1857 Congress appropriated FIVE years
pay to the officers in lieu of rank in the
navy of the United States The bill was
passed and President Pierce signed it.
Isaac Toucey, then Secretary of tine
Navy, prepared to contest the bill. but
before he could formulate his plea. the
civil war came on. and all claims were
ser aside After reconstruction the heirs
of Capt. Tod, having fought on for twen-
ty-eight years, received $125,OOO in gold.
which represented the original claim.
with compound interest
In his younger days AIidshipmau
Fuller, retired. gave little attention to
his claim for pay. Painting brought hins
comfortable income. His prosperity
was further increased when he embarked
as a theatrical manager of Joe Jeffer-
son. John L. Owens and Maggie Mitch
ell. On March 3 of last year. feeling
! that he had not much longer to live. he
prepared pathetic appeal to President
Roosevelt, in which he recited the his
tory of his service and his claim. He
was then penniIess and unable to earn
living
MIR. Fuller's will bequeathed the claim
absolutely to his niece, Ella Fuller Dix
on. She was then trying to save off
foreclosure proceedings on her home in
North avenue. Montvale. Last week she
received a peremptory notice, through
former Magistrate Henry A. Brann, Of
Manhattan, that the interest in default
must be made good forthwith. or the
foreclosure would take place immedi-
ately. Yesterday she did not have the
price of a meal