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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-02-07
Reduction Sale.

Y You all acquainted with Mrs Rummage, the Bar
" gain Fiend, and how her frenzy buying things
cheap is always getting herself and husband into
trouble. We are not catering to bargain fends,
after trade. We know talking
people who appreciate their opportunities and take adj
vantage of them. Here's your chance. We have just
finished stock taking and have something interesting
you. No, it's not parrots, chest of god music box,
they would look rather homogeneous
LIsK ENAMEL and TIN WARE It's not because they're
damaged old stock that have reduced price,
but simply because have supply 'sLskv
stamped article stands for quality. Heavy anti rust
goods which have equal There seconds in the
It's all new ware and goes
The line an Enamel Wa1e auclvdes
Water Buckets, Water Pitchers Wash Basins Tea
Potts. Coffee Potts. Pie Plates Sauce Pans and Pudding Pans
In Tn Ula1s.
Sauce Pans and Pudding Pans We want to close them
out Call and see Them and we're sure you'll buy.
are making preparations for run on fencing You
who have tested ELLwOOD and AMERICAN FENCE
is without parallel We load of it in the
future load Of OLIVER CHILLED PIows and REPAIRS
will soon be on the way also.
Skates Ice Hooks Flexible Flyer and Lightning Guider
Sleds Snow Shovels and Sleigh Bells
Cook Stoves Room Stoves and Ranges
WHITE and RED OL-the kind that burns without
charring the wick, smoking the chimney. WHTF-13c
ga.-12c in 5 gal. lots. RED-15c ga-14c in gal.
lots If you're not oil list register 1t will
pay. Gasoline by the gallon or BARREL
We offer liberal discount for for goods bought to
the amount OF %. 90 and over.
Write us, phone us, or call and us. We here
to do business
HAINES & KIRK,
RISING SUN, MARYLAND.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-02-07
Ayers Pills greatly aid the cherry
Pectoral in breaking up a cold.
Woman delegate To Conference.

For the FIRST time in the history
Of the conference, SO far as known,
woman delegate will attend the
~ conference of the Wilmington
tethodist Episcopal Conference,
fich is to be held during the last
NO days of the ministerial con
renee beginning March 49, The
delegate will be Cynthia Lod and
who has been elected delegate by
the Christiana Methodist Episcopal
Church. She is 70 years old.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-02-07
Pretty Bad.

"Well." asked Stinjay, "what do you
think OF the cigar? My doctor especial
ly recommended that brand to me-"
"Hmf'' coughed Knox. $50 he wants
to cure you Of the tobacco habit. ehT'
philadelphia Press
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-02-07
When Greek Meets Greek.

"Gracious. my dear" said the first
society belle. Il do hope you're not i'll;
you look so much older tonight.
I'm quite well. thank you, dear" re-
piled the other And you-how won
derfully Improved you are! You look
positively young" philadelphia Press.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-02-07
Her Mission.

"She always reminds me Of a public
Office"
That's curious"
"Not so very. She's continually seek
ing the man. you know Chicago Rec
ord-Herald.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-02-07
susnieious.

Horse Dealer-'E jumps well. e trots
beautiful. 'e's as quiet as lamb. and
Ill let you ave i'm cheap. Possible
Purchaser-w Why. what's wrong with
him. London Answers.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-02-07

Facts are Gods arguments. We
should be careful never to misunder-
stand or pervert them. Edwards.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-02-07

Nothing is so new as what has long
been orgotten.-Gerlnan Proyerb.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-02-07

The best farming lands in Siberia
are those nearest to China.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-02-07
little dabs of Powper
Little baubs of Paint
Ornoirsa will make q MALE Fl

Little baubs of Paint
Ofcourse will make pale face
: Look as if it amt"
But little Rydales1 Tonic
Taken thrice day,
Makes The pale cheek rosy
III wise old Natures way.
1t beats the artificial
Applied both thick and thin.
And can't be rubbed off with rag
For it's underneath the skin.
SO throw away your paint box Lass,
The painless pink looks best
And Rydale's Tonic never fails
Whene'er given a test
Eli T. Reynolds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-02-07

Woman Is a thing Of beauty and an
expense foaesek.-Lifs.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-02-07

MYTH the beginning of the New Year comes an
NkI earnest determination to make this years
Wv business larger, and in every way salts
factory to our many patrons, than the one that
has just past into history. As it is price
but value the purchaser is looking for, shall make
the rule that every purchase made at this shall
be worth the money. just at this time making
little clearing sale and Offering splendid
bargains in Flannelees, CaIcos and Percales and
large line of Remnants just suited for quilting parties
And we have the Cotton Bats to line the quilt, at
the right price.
Mems Suits and Overcoats at prices way below
what they were formerly. We determined to sell
them and to that end marking them price that
every customer will be quick to appreciate.
full line of Bed Furnishings, including nice
lot of White Spreads, Blankets Sheets, &c
Canned Goods and Groceries full ne always
fresh, and the finest brands
In Leather and Rubber Goods while sales
have been far ahead of any former pay
the strctes attention to the quality OF the grade
Offering and the price is right. 1t is value the puI
chaser is looking for, price is not object.
A cordial invitation to everyone to make our
store their headquarters while in town.
Call us-both phones.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-02-07
STUNTS.
BY a STAR BoARDER.

wsIrrns yoa The MIDLAND 5ounsAL.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-02-07

ALLEE & SHEPHERD.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-04-03

one thing more 1 want to say" ssaS
the farmer, "and that's about black
head.
1.-The farmers keep breedin' from the
same stock, and the turkeys get teeto-
tally worn out.
'"Then they get to droppin' yellow
stuff around, and they do nothln' but
loaf and drink and sleep and die off.
l cut one open, and it had sour crop,
it's liver was spotted, and it's innards
showed red spots"
"Can 1t be curedT" we asked
"Yes," he answered. maria and me
experimental with red pepper and
peppermint and cinnamon and lauda-
mum and liniment, and they was all
no good. We just put few drops Of
coal tar and quart of venetian red
In gallon of water and gave the tur-
keys nothin' to eat, and they soon
drunk themselves we'll
But" unused the honest old farmer,
"the turkey days on the farms are
over, and the times a-comin' when all
the turkeys will be Matched and raised
in machines and be done up in tin cans
and be sold in grocery stores, like 9th
err canned goods"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-04-03
BY FLORENCE LINDSEY,
Probate Register
Notice of Registration and Enrolment

To the electors OF the City of Owosso:
Take notice that the Board OF Registration
will meet in the several wards In the City of
Owosso.
SATURDAY, APRIL 4TB. 1908.
for the purpose of registering the qualified
voters Of the City OF Owosso to vote at the
spring election, Monday. April 9Th for the
election OF Mayor, City Clerk Treasurer Con
stable School Inspector, one Alderman in each
ward and one Supervisor in each ward.
The several Boards OF Registration will meet
OF the following named places:
ES1st Ward, 2l0 West Exchange street.
2nd Ward, Times Printing ONCE f.. Main ST.
Bird Ward, City Hall, Clerks Office, e. Main
street.
4th Ward, Fourth Ward Voting Booth South
Water street
Sch Ward, Hose House No. Q, West Main st.
and at the same places mentioned above, the
Boards of Registration, acting as Enrolment
Boards, will meet for the purpose of enrolling
the names of legal voters members OF what
ever political party who may make proper
application for such enrolment. 1t will not
under act No. 1871, Public Acts of 1905 to again
enroll under the provisions Of this act IL they
reside in the same voting precinct as then.
Any person duly enrolled who has changed his
residence to another voting precinct may be
enrolled in the new precinct and vote therein,
provided he has resided In the new precinct
twenty days and obtains from n member OF the
enrolment board where he formerly resided a
certificate stating that he was duly enrolled in
such district and is entitled to enrolment Ia
the new district.
The Boards Of Registration will remain In
session from o'clock o. m. to 8 o'clock D. m
Owosso, Mich, March 10th, 1908.
ARTHUR H. DuMoND.
City Clerk.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-04-03
An Expert on City Liahtino Plants

Other things being equal, power and
light should be produced with greatest
economy by private enterprise rather
than by changing municipal govern
ments whose available financial re-
sources and general business aggres-
siveness are more limited.
The experiment of municipal owner
ship Of lighting properties which has
now been quite extensively made has
not proved actually successful. Some
few municipality operated plants have
produced current continuously. at COM
paratively low cost, but in most cases
the properties have ultimately fallen
through political changes into the
hands of incompetents, with disastrous
results. In some instances honest man.
agement has been maintained, but such
vital elements as depreciation have
been wholly unprovided for during the
period of apparently successful opera
ton, resulting in impaired service and
in greatly increased operating costs
and In some cases in the abandonment
of plants.-Judson H. Boughton in En-
gineeriLg Magazine.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-04-03
Lax Methods In England.

AZ local government board inquiry
ut Monmouth on the 9th of November
in regard to an application from the
council for power to borrow 10000 for
expenses already incurred in connec-
ton with the electric lighting under
taking it was stated that certain work
and that large sums of money had been
paid without proper investigation hay
ing been made. Money had been paid
on the certificates of the engineer, and
the officials had been unable to produce
the bills showing how the expenses
had been incurred.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-04-03
Order Of Publication.

State of Michigan, County OF Shiawassee, S.
AT q session of the Probate Court for said
County held at the Probate once, in the
City OF Corupna, on Wednesday, the 25th day
OF March. In the year one thousand, nine hun
dred and eight.
Present, Matthew Bush Judge of Probate.
In the matter Of the estate OF Louis
Strauss, deceased. On reading and filing the
petition Of Katherine Strauss praying that the
administration OF said estate may be granted
to Frank Bessinger or some other suitable per-
son.
1t is ordered that the goth day OF April
next. at ten O'Clock in the forenoon, at said
Probate ONCE, be assigned for hearing
said petition.
And 1t Is further ordered, that a copy of this
order be published three successive weeks
previous to said day OF hearing in THE OwossO
TIMES. newspaper printed and circulating in
said County OF Shiawassee.
MATTHEW BUSH,
Judge Of Probate.
BY FLORENCE LINDSEY,
Probate Register.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-04-03
NATURES REMEDY
Owosso Pee pie Must Recognize and
Heed II.

Kidney ills come quietly-mysteri
ously,
But nature always warns you.
Notice the kidney secretions,
See if the color is unhealthy
If there are settings and sediment,
Passages frequent scanty, painful,
It's time then to use Doan's Kidney
Pills,
To ward off Brights disease or dia-
betes.
Doan's have done great work in
Owosso.
August Spiegel, living at 937 Fac
tory street, Owosso, Mich, says: II
suffered so severely from kidney
trouble about year ago that I was
unable to work. 1 lad sharp pains
lin the small of my back, extending to
my shoulder blades. The secretions
from the kidneys were very frequent
in action and 1 experienced a scald-
ing sensation in passage and would
have to rise frequently during the
night. 1 procured box of Doan's
Kidney Pills, felt great relief and
continued their use, until 1 had used
another box, when 1 was cured. / do
not hesitate to recommend Doan's
Kidney Pills to anyone suffering from
kidney trouble"
For Sale by all Dealers Price SOC.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New
York, Sole Agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doans-and
take no other.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-04-03

Yes, where are the big red headed
turkey gobblers that spread their tails,
displayed their crimson cravats and
posed and strutted on the fence at the
old wagon shed?
few years ago as we drove through
the country we gaZed on flocks of
giant bronze and Hollands, white as
snow, gathered round the big barn,
roosting in the trees and gazing and
gobbling from the fences and the
yards. Today we may drive for miles
through fertile farm lands, we may go
from farm to farm "when the frost is
on the pumpkin and the cora is in
the SHOCK" and never hear the gobble
Of the strutting turkey cock.
THE FARMER TELLS US WHY
EYES," says he, 1--WE used to raise a
smart lot Of turkeys round here.
"The weasels, minks and hawks got
some, but these all fired smart town
chaps got to huntin' round our fields
and timber and shootin' our turkeys
and takin' 'em home and passin' 'em
Off for wild turkeys, and we got tired
Of it and quit.
'"Then," continued the farmer, "it
brought on so much scrappin'."
"Well, of course" we innocently re.
piled, turkey toms will scrap, and
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-04-03
Notice of Election of the City of
OwoSsO

TAKE NOTICE, that the regular Spring
election will be held in said city on Monday
the 9th day of April, 1908, for the purpose OF
electiug city officers for the ensuing year to-
wit: Mayor, City Clerk, Treasurer, Constable
School Inspector one alderman in each ward Z
and one supervisor In each ward OF said city.
The following named places are hereby desig-
mated as the polling places in said city for such
elections:
LIST Ward, 2i0 West Exchange street.
end Ward, Times Printing ONCE T.. Main ST.
3rd Ward, City Hall. East Main street.
4th Ward, Fourth Ward Voting Booth, South
Water street.
5th Ward, Hose House No. 9, West Main St.
The polls Of said election will be open from
o'clock a. m. until 8 o'clock D. m.
Owosso, Mich, March 20th, 1898.
ARTHUR II. DUMOND,
City Clerk
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-04-03
ARTIFICIAL LIGHT.
The Most Brilliant illumination Is Not
Always the Best

Always the Best.
A writer in an engineering maya
zine offers some disconcerting informa-
ton on the subject of illumination, dis
concerning because the reader will
probably find that he has been, inno-
Gently enough, following q course of
procedure there described as injurious
For instance, in the case of eye strain
he may have felt that even the dim
light by which he worked was too
strong, and so turned down the light,
thus increasing the difficulty, or,
what is more likely to be the case,
when the strain has been caused by
too brilliant illumination he fancies
that what is needed is stronger light
and so increases it.
Overstrain from too bright light is
said to manifest itself by an fsching
sensation in the eyeballs, with the
tendency to rub the eyes for relief.
The proper course, then, is to see that
the light is more perfectly diffused or
softened and that it falls in the right
direction. After these precautions
have been taken it is worth while to
try a smaller quantity of light, this
trial to continue long enough in time
for the eyes to become fully adjusted
to the change The value of illumina-
ton is not to be judged by the appar-
ent brightness of the lights when look
ed at directly-the brighter the light
the better-but by the effect on the OBJ
ject to be looked at, and the most de-
sirable effect, so far as the eyes are
concerned, is not always produced by
the most brilliant ights.-Indianapoli
Star.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-04-03

especially at breeding time, when half
dozen go to counting one old hen"
young man." said he, "you don't
catch my meanin'. There was folks
round here who never set a turkey egg,
and yet when the fall roundup come
they had more turkeys than all the
folks for five miles around. These
folks was always complainin' bout the
foxes ketchin' their turkeys, and all
the time it was the two legged foxes.
"Well, we had a whole lot of law
suits, and it ended with the lawyers
gettin the turkeys that the other foxes
didn't get, and Maria and the rest of
us, jest worn out by these scrappin's,
let the turkey business go.
another thing against turkey rails
in" continued the farmer-"help Is
scarce.
"We can't keep our boys and girls
on the farm any more. These newspa-
pers are BLOWN round that the farm
er's havin' a good, easy time of it be-
cause there are self binders and hay
forks and hay leaders and manure
spreaders and windmills. They have
us all sittin' in rockin' chairs, cuttin'
coupons and smokin' quarter cigars"
AS If to give emphasis to what fol-
lows, the farmer shook the ashes from
his cob pipe and said: 81 want to tell
you, young man, there are some wind
mills in these editor offices, and they're
run by hot air too. What do these kid
gloved city chaps who sit behind glass
doors and drink champagne know
about farmin'?
"Yes. 1 know they are tellin us how
to do 1t.
"Bill West tried one of their pre-
scriptions on his old gray for the wind
collie, and that horse just up and died
the next day. He went into town the
next week to see the editor, and they
told him the editor was away lookin'
after his fences.
what do city editors know about
fences and farmin', anyhow?
"Well, one day a paper came here.
and at the top,it read, Go west. young
man, and grow up with the country
"That night my boy John skipped
out, and the rest followed, and now
Maria and me are left alone, and we
can't do all the farm work, let alone
foolin' with turkeys"
But" we asked, "can't you get
help?"
Hardly" he replied, 'and the fell
lows you do get are lazy, good for
nothin'.
'Tt used to be, when the children
were home, we all took a hand with
the work. John had the horses, Bill
stopped the pigs, Mary had the chick
ems, Dave had the cows; Jennie, the
Oldest, had the turkeys, Sallie had the
butter, and Maria and me took hand
with all of them.
"But now" said the farmer as he
wiped tear from his eye, they've all
gone, and mother and me are left
alone to shift for ourselves, and turkey
raisin' Is out of the question.
"To explain this turkey panic there's
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-04-03
to furnish long distance service to IL,

to furnish long distance service to It's
subscribers, which the private company
Is unable to do, yet it has less than one
half the subscribers the private COM
pany has, and out of this comparative
ly small number so per cent are dupli-
cations. In fact, the strength of the
government system is due solely to the
reason tl,at 1t can furnish long distance
service. The financial statements are,
needless to say, presented in such a
manner as to show n profit. The ex-
penSes are combined with those of the
telegraph department, and it is prac-
tlcally impossible to dissect them. In
fact, the manner in which the expenses
of the department are presented, to-
gether with the padding of the "as-
SETS" is an excellent example of the
way in which the figures of many of
the continental telephone and telegraph
departments are presented.
l am convinced that municipal own
ership in Sweden has neither cheap
ened nor improved the commodity in
which it trades, reduced taxation or
alleviated the conditions of the work
ing classes. On the other hand, the in
debtedness of the cities that have in
dulged in municipal ownership has
rapidly increased. In 1899 the popula-
ton of Stockholm was 302, 452 and the
tax per capita was $3.50. In 1908 the
population had increased to 311,043
and the tax per capita to $5.94-an in
crease of 50 per cent.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-04-03
FAKE EXPERTS.
The Business of Deceiving Cities by
Worthless Estimates Is a Profit
able One.

Worthless Estimates" Is a Profit
able One.
No one is doing more to bring about
a feeling Of hostility between public
service corporations and the people
than the men who, posing as experts,
deceive the people by their estimates
Of profits to come because Of their sup
posed technical knowledge Of the bust
ness concerned. These men get large
fees for giving misinformation to cities
about undertakings Of which they
have no practical knowledge. One of
the best known M. o. gas experts"
recently testified under cross examina-
ton in western city, whittier he had
gone to deceive the people at great
profit to himself, that he had never fit
ted himself for the profession Of gas
In gas house except in the capacity of
visitor.
Another even more noted electrical
expert" leaped at bound from pro-
fessorship Of political economy into
that high technical knowledge which
Is necessary for man to qualify as an
electrical expert and which it takes or
binary men many years Of theoretical
study and practical experience to ac-
quire. Yet it is upon the evidence Of
such men, whose claims to expert
knowledge are clearly fraudulent, that
cities condemn the corporations that
are serving them and embark upon en-
terprises that are attended with great
risk even under the most sllil!ful guild.
ance.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-04-03
Lost arc. Won at Shiloh.

Many an Amusing incident of army
life is given in Lew Wallace's autobl-
ography. For example, he writes thus
Of Il tented paradise" which was lost
and won ut the battle of Shiloh: with
in our lines there was q drinking tent
on which was written Paradise 1t
was taken by the Confcderates in the
first days fight, and the victors wrote
beneath its name Lost BY Beaure-
CARDS order all camp furniture was
left intact, as he expected to possess
the whole field in the morrow's strug-
gle. The Union army recovered their
ground by the second days battle, the
pleasure tent was retaken and to the
two names was added the word Re
gained
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-04-03
Mistaken Economy.

According to the Marshalltown Times
Republican, the municipal electric light
plant of Elma, Ia, was recently de-
stroyed by fire. A new dynamo had
just been installed, and the loss was
$4,000; insurance $4,000. Underinsur-
ing Is a common fault with municipal
plants, the object of course, being to
keep down costs and prices. But saw
ing at the spigot only to lose at the
bung is false economy.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-04-03
Tho NioIin's Scroll.

The Throwing" of the SCROLL or head,
Of n violin betrays the masters style
the same as handwriting. To an anna
teur all violin heads may appear the
same, but the connoisseur knows q
"Strad;" Amati or Guarnerius ut once
from the physiognomy of the scroll.
This has been likened to the painters
touch-that is, difficult to initiate so as
to deceive one who is thoroughly con-
versant with the individual work OF
the great masters.-Circle.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-04-03
Thames eteambeat losses.

The report of the highways commit
tee of the London county council shows
that the loss on the steamboat service
amounts to S6S5,00O for the three years
during which it has been operated by
the council. That municipal methods
of operation are not satisfactory is
shown by the fact that, while 3,GS3,012
passengers were carried the first year.
the number dropped to 3,217, $50 in
1906 and 2,31S,447 in 1907. Several Of
The boats will be sold.