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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-08-06
Curly Hair Means Obstinacy.

The curly headed man uttered an ex-
clamation of maze.
STRANGE" he said. 81 have been
drawn for juries time and again, but
l have never served. They always
challenge me. I wonder why?"
ut Is your curly hair" said a law
yer. "a curly headed man kills jury.
He always causes it to disagree"
THAT Is not true. You must be
crazy" said the other.
at Is the gospel TRUTH" the lawyer
persisted. Curly heads are as obsti-
nate as mules. They think they know
It all. They disagree with everybody.
at Is because" he FASTENED to add.
their curly hair makes them so good
looking. In childhood they are spoiled
by their parents, and in maturity wo-
men spoil them, falling In love with
them on every side. SO they become
conceited. They disagree with every
body. Lawyers the world over recog-
nize that as jurymen they would never
do."-New Orleans Times-Democrat.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-08-06
A Heroic Dor.

Near the Hospice of st. Bernard,
Switzerland, Is monument to Barry.
one of the dogs. which always inter
ests tourists. This animal died some
years ago, and n writer In the Wide
World Magazine tells his story: Our
ing the ten years he was at the hos
pice he saved the lives of forty per.
sons who had lost their way in the
snow. On one occasion he found q
child ten years old lying in the snow
under the influence of the fatal slur
Der which precedes death. The do"
warmed the child with its breath and
then reused It from sleep by licking It.
This much accomplished, Barry by
lying down on It's side gave the child
an obvious invitation TO get upon its
back and ride. The child did so and
was carried to the monastery. Barry
was killed by some unknown person,
probably in mistake" The inscription
on the monument is: BARRY, the Hero.
r.. Saved the Lives of Forty Persons
and Was Killed by the Forty-frst."
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-08-06
Notice of Special Assessment.

To H S Williams, - Tick, Colby,
Sackrder, Whipple. w Plerpont. p
Bigelow, M Brewer, ] Parker, b L Brow II,
Congreg atonal church, ID Gerow, j 0 Parker,
T. Dudley, Anna l. Dudley, w + Gallagher, Il
o Dewey Ed Carr T o Christian, Fred Gould,
City of Owosso Mary Estey Est, o Estey,
Waters and Lena Gregory, Fred Osburn. -
Gregory est, + f Hoyer. L Taylor, II Nsgel.
d Beardsley, M Dewey, II Sturtevant, A
M Bentley Dimmick g. Son, G Williams, A M
Bentley Albert Todd. Wm Fitzpatrick. =
Sutherland, Chas Gale w II and II Bigelow,
G J Stuart, Albert West, r ID Matthews,
Methodist Episcopal Church Society, German
Evangelical Church, Myra Buckminister,
Fletcher tate, E b Dewey, Jane Copas l. M
esrss Mckenzie NJ osSSrn DE- Boards 81
ley Louisa Gould o b Estey. G Williams.
c s o Williams. A Lee Williams, N
e Josiin. G L Sheppard, w d Murray, Con
gregational Church Society, Geo Carpenter
estate. Champion estate, b s Stratton, + g
Greenman, German Evangelical Church
Dewev estate. Fraternal Order Eagles, L T &
r. f Struber. III Peterson estate. German
Lutheran Church, G O Dun, Myra Buckminister
and to Gil other persons Interested, take
notice.
That the roll OF the special assessment here.
tofore made by the board OF as ess ors for the
purpose OF defraying that part OF the cost
which the Council decided should be paid and
borne by special assessment for the cOnstruo-
tion OF pavement on Washington street from
Mason street to Oliver street and Oliver street
from Second street TO Dewey street Is now on
file in my ONCE for public inspection. Motto /,
is also hereby given that the Conncil an I
Board OF Assessors az the City Of Owosso will
August 9th. 1909. at 7:sOlo'clok, r. m. to review
said assessment at which time and place OPP
portunity will be given all persons interested
DATED July 2Srd 1909
ARTHURH DUMoND,
City Clerk.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-08-06
FEATHERS AND EGGsHELLS.

No report was read with more inter
est by the public than that which de-
clared experiments with alfalfa -four
had resulted in the finest kind of de-
licious, nourishing bread. If alfalfa
can make an ostrich, build a chicken
and strengthen a horse to pull, why
can't it build up man?
There is an idea prevalent that salt
kills chickens. 1t takes teaspoonful
of salt to kill q chicken. We flavor
our mashes with just about as much
salt as would make them palatable to
human being. If one of your flock
gets dose of salt quickly give it the
white of an egg and feed it on milk for
a day or two.
The early chick gets the best growth.
is least liable to disease and brings
March Matched birds and ask, "You
don't mean to say those are this years
chickens" The later the chick the
less liable to be raised and the greater
the cost.
The eastern fanciers have had pref
Wheat $1.40, corn So cents, oats CD
cents, buckwheat 90 cents-that's too
high in n region where free range is
limited. Yes; those western alfalfa fel-
lows have us licked.
It's wise squad raiser who keeps
on the good side of the physicians and
trained nurses in his vicinity. They
are often perplexed where to buy good
birds. A breeder sent samples to q
number of physicians and nurses and
thus secured the trade Of two large
city hospitals.
The practice of driving vast focks
Of geese to the London market still
continues. To shoe them for the jour.
ney they are first driven over tar and
then over sand to give them Trilby
feet. This is tar and feathers with q
vengeance.
Barley Is not much used In certain
tections on account of the price. Where
1t is grown and cheaper it brings more
money from eggs than 10 sell IL to the
histilleries.
Rye is little used for poultry The
hens do not care for II. 1t ferments
and causes sour crop. If rye is bad
for the hen, old rye Is much worse for
men.
In the famous Fountain valley of
Ohio geese are plucked four times q
year, while i'm England their feathers
are pulled five times.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-08-06
BURNING DOODLE.

Yes. it's the old story-burning boo
die for bargains. A friend paid $75
for $50 pairs guaranteed mated HON
ers. They were antiques, and POI were
cooling roosrers. A second bought a
$50 egg incubator and brooder for $12
and freight paid. They were junk.
A third paid $3.50 for 100 guaranteed
White Orpington eggs. They were
tested out eggs. A fourth got twelve
birds guaranteed to win at any show
for SIS. He cooked them. And so II
is all along the line, multitudes invest
ing in a wildcat gold mine.
The nearest way to success is not
by steerage. Start wrong. end wrong;
buy cheap, accumulate junk; burn
money, and If you don't quit you must
go back and start all over.
Don't be caught by hot air picture
books.
Don't be mesmerized by the elo-
quence Of silver tongued gold brick
boodlers.
Don't burn Doodle for bargains that
are bubbles that Dust"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-08-06
Had an Answer.

This story is being told on Swede
in central Kansas who was given to
excessive use of the bottle. He was
working at a certain house, doing odd
jobs. and the daughter Of the house
knew of his reprehensible habits. She
thought 1t tlpe for some one to re-
monstrate with him on the error Of his
ways.
"Why." she asked, "are you not
ashamed to spend all your wages and
make your wife take In washing?
Why don't you give her some money!
WELL" he answered, 81 have an In
come besides my wages"
'Oh. is that soT said the daughter.
somewhat Modified.
"Yes," he said, 81 have an income
from the queen Of Sweden"
"What forw asked the girl.
''For minding my own business" an
swered the Swede, going on with his
work.-Kansas City Journal.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-08-06

FIG. xIII-GRAIN IN BREEDING PLOT.
ences in the yielding ability Of differ
ent heads is not fully taken into ac-
count. The only way to tell which Of
two equal sized heads will yield the
most is by actual test. If the greatest
improvement is to be made individual
head tests will have to be resorted to-
Individual Head Tests.
These individual head tests are car
ried on i'm much the same manner as
the individual ear tests with corn. The
heads should be carefully selected in
the fall In addition to the size Of
heads, the stiffness of the straw, its
height and freedom from rust and
, other fungus diseases should be noted.
The rows in the breeding plot should
be four inches apart and the kernels
dropped the same distance apart In the
row. The aim throughout should be to
have the conditions as nearly like
those of the field as possible. The
number of rows will depend to con-
siderable extent on the time that can
be devoted to the work. The larger
the number the greater the PROBABLE
fly Of producing something good. Fiji
ty rows is good number to start
with
Increasing the Yields.
In the fall the rows should be care
fully examined. Some will be lodged
badly. Others will have poorly filed,
short heads. Still others will be badly
rusted or smutted. Discard all these
and harvest and weigh the produce Of
each good row separately. There will
be few that will be considerably bet
ter than the resi-. From these enough
Of the best heads should be selected to
plant next years breeding plot. The
rest should be thrashed together and
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-08-06

FIG 4IV-dOOD AEAD OF BEARDED WHEAT.
termine the differences more exactly
1t Is necessary to weigh a hundred
oats or so on a fine balance such as
any doctor or druggist possesses. the3
press out the bulls and weigh them
and calculate the per cent. The weight
Of oats to the measured bushel varies
from twenty-five to fifty pounds. The
heavy oats are Of course the most
valuable. Nearly all grain elevators
have a small device for testing the
weight per bushel.
Another point to be considered is the
tendency to stool. In localities where
the summers are cool and late varie-
ties can be grown, tendency to stool
considerably is desirable, since thick
stand can be secured with less seed
Where the summers are hot and early
varieties must be grown, however, the
tendency to stool to any great extent
should be discouraged, since stooling
always delays ripening. Often hull
will be seen partly inclosing a smaller
oat. These small oats are known as
pin oats. They lessen the yield, and
a strain which contains many of them
should be Disseminated against.
There are three general types of oats
side oats, hulless oats and spreading
oats. The hulless varieties do not yield
enough to be of any great value. The
side oats, in which the berries are all
on one side of the head, are grown in
this country to limited extent only.
Most of the oats grown are Of the
spreading varieties. There are varie-
ties of oats of almost every color,
white. yellow, black and green being
the most common. There is little diff
ference in yield that can be ascribed
to color If they are grown in q COM
munity in large enough quantities so
that they can be shipped in carload
lots the selling price will not vary
much.
Selecting Wheat and Barley Heads.
In selecting wheat heads those that
do not shell too readily should be given
the preference, since much wheat is
lost by Smelling during harvest. The
grains should be plump, smooth and
bright. The seed coat should be tough
and not cracked. Where the bran is
brittle and cracks easily it is difficult
10 separate it from the flour. The
kernels should be hard. Hard wheat
makes better -four owing to the great
er percentage of gluten. and millers
will pay more for it. Beardless wheat
is more easily handled, but 1t does not
yield as well as the bearded varieties
In barley the hull adheres to the
kernel in thrashing The grains should
be bright. as the quality of brewing
barley depends largely upon the color.
The best barley for brewing purposes
is that which contains the most starch
This can be determined by cutting
through the grain and noting the per-
erntage Of starch to horny parts. For
'ceding purposes a smaller percentage
VI starch is desired.
Bcardless barley is little less hardy
ard yields q little less than the beard
ed sorts. but the convenience of ham
ding more than makes UP for this
There are two types Of barley. the two
rowrd and the six rowcd The six
row,d varieties have given the best
81 tisraction i'm this country.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-08-06

used for planting an increase bed. The
seed from the increase bed Is used to
plant bigger field and the seed from
this for the general fields or for sale.
BY selecting the best heads for each
years breeding plot Improvement is
rapid and marked, 1t takes two or
three years after the improved seed
has been produced to obtain it in suffi-
Gent quantities for general use, but
the results will pay for all the trouble,
even If you produce seed for your own
use only. After the superiority Of
your new strain Is once shown, how
ever. you will be besieged with re-
ably to your income by supplying the
demand thus created. The trade will
continue good. for each year you will
have something little better to offer.
In addition to the selection for yield,
strong straw and freedom from dis
points that should be considered.
These depend to a considerable extent
on the use to which the grain Is to be
put.
In selecting oats the per cent Of hull
Is one Of the most important points to
look to. This varies from 20 to 80
per cent Of the entire weight. Since
oat bulls are Of little more value than
straw, it is evident that the smaller
the percentage of hull the more valua-
bic the oats will be. A mere examina-
ton will show the difference between
a thick and thin shelled oat To de-
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-08-06
Fixing the Blame.

The young man had returned from
his wedding trip and was again at his
desk in the office. 1t was the day after
his return that the junior partner call
ed him to his desk and said:
Nov that you're married, Mr.. Quilts
l trust you will be considerable in your
treatment Of me-"
81 don't quite understand you. sir,
exclaimed the young man in surprise.
"Oh, it's n little early, / know" ad
mitted the junior partner, "but there's
nothing like taking time by the fore
lock. l suppose you haven't been Out
late at night yet"
Certainly not, sir"
"And it's none Of my business If you
have. But when you do stay out some
night be considerable. Remember that
| have a reputation for fairness and
humane treatment Of everybody In
this office that ! would like TO retain
Don't tell your wife that you're sorry
you're late, but that that slave driver
at the Office piled work upon you to
such an extent that you had to work
right into the night. Don't tell her
that the tyrant you work under gave
you Is. Cd. for dinner and told you
that you would have to post all the
books in the office before leaving for
the night Just invent some other ex.
cuse. you know"
The young man thought the matter
over for q minute or two and then
asked anxiously:
"Well, If l should be late what shall
/ say?"
"Oh, put 1t on the senior partner, rs
l do. He can stand it"-London An
swers.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-08-06

she was gone on this, one Of her many
deeds Of mercy.
Alone. Miss Emily entered the room
and went to the window. where she
could watch her sisters tall form
through the fast deepening darkness.
A lamplighter came by as she stood
there and lighted the lamp In the
street below, just Ia front of the win
dow. AS she moved from the. window
the audacious CLEAN of light pene-
trated past her, falling directly on the
opened box Of keepsakes.
Dreamlly, yet half startled, Miss
Emily moved toward them. She knew
we'll enough what they were-the
package Of letters tied with a narrow
black ribbon were Andrew Arnold's
letters of love to Rachel: the little box
beside them held a we'll known tur.
quolse ring, but the picture that lay
| on top, surely she might see that again
after all these many years.
Half guiltily she lifted It and held 1t
in the light, eagerly scanning the face.
Then, with little sob, she sank on
her knees, the picture still clasped In
her hand, her hidden face resting on
her arms.
Silently thus the minutes passed. yet
Miss Emily took no heed. And so
Miss Rachel. coming home to a dark
ened, unlocked house, found her 8 lit
tie later.
For moment she stood in the door
way, lost In wonder at her sisters still
form in the lamplight; then she adj
vanced swiftly to her side.
Emily" she said-"Emily, dear, are
you HIP"
Miss Emily sprang to her feet as If
suddenly walked from a dream. One
hand still held the photograph, but
after an instant she dropped it on the
desk, and, clasping her hands, she
cried in a low, passionate yoice-a new
voice to Miss Rachel:
ooh, Rachel, Rachel, forgive me!
He did not know; he never, never
dreamed 1t. You, you only, had his
life and all of it, and. oh, could not
help 1t! Surely have suffered enough,
and ! never, never meant to wrong
you"
Miss Rachel stood so still she might
have been carved Of stone. too terribly
bewildered for the simplest form of
thought. But her sister went on with
her passionate pleading.
"Can't you forgive me, Rachel. when
he never. never knew and you had all
his lover"
Miss Rachel's voice trembled.
"But Steve-Stephen Loring"
"He caught my glrlish fancy, Rachel.
But when found out how l felt
about-your Andrew-I sent Steve
away. And the next week Andrew
died so suddenly-his heart all yours
to the last. Oh, Rachel, sister, you
cannot forgive me, know! 1 will go
away-alone"
Flush. child" said Miss Rachel
sternly. 81 have nothing to forgive.
You are the greater sufferer. as you
have always been. But go away for
awhile. l want to be alone"
Next morning the sun had scarcely
dried the radiant dew when Miss
Rachel opened an unused gate and
went over to her neighbours. In her
hand she held the tiny package of seed
she had placed last night on her desk.
Next year two rows Of sunflowers
nodded across the fence-the same low
picket fence-not by any means six
foot hiph
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-08-06
kURIos FROM CORRESPONDENTS


Q. was much surprised today to
find a live hen with maggots crawling
about her fluff. What are cause and
remedy? A. Big breeds often get
punches of filth about vent. If not re-
moved this causes Inflammation, and
sores and blowflies do the rest. Clip
off filthy feathers, wash with warm
water and soap and apply carbollne to
sores.
Q. Do you publish a poultry book
Please state price. A. We have re-
ceived number Of letters asking this
question and wish to state that we
have no book on market at present.
Many of our readers are making a
scrap book Of Poultry Notes" and are
thus accommodating reliable practical
information for present and future
use.
Q. I have fully matured Light
Brahma cockerel that has never crow
ed. What is the matter? Is he ft to
breed from? A. Perhaps he is not fully
developed. To be so he must weigh
ten pounds. Perhaps there is some
thing in his throat or he may have
poor lungs. If he wheezes, it is the
latter. Rather doubt If we would let
him head the pen. Get some nearby
fancier to examine him.
Q. Do hens always quit laying in
Noting season? How long do they
stop? How soon after finishing the
mott do they lay? A. The great ma
jority. AS long as mott continues
from two to six weeks; longer if very
fat.
Q. How can keep my chicks from
overlooking the first day? A. BY first
day you likely mean the second, as
you should not feed for twenty-four
hours after hatch. Do not keep feed
before them all the time or give their
first feed toward evening. Always
feel their crops to see If they are get
ting too much or too little.
Q. Will you kindly tell me why
lost so many of my early squads?
They were Matched in February and
March. A. You were fooled by the
pretty weather, like more Of the boys.
Part of February and early March
were very pleasant. You mated your
birds then, and your squads came out
just in time to be caught by bad
weather, which gave them cold and
canker. Late in April is time for fam
cy matingS.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-08-06

child urinates too often, if the urine scalds
the flesh, or if, when the child reaches an
age when it should be able to control the
passage, it is yet afflicted with bed-wet-
ting, depend upon it, the cause of the diff
Guilty is kidney trouble, and the first
step should be towards the treatment of
these important organs. This unpleasant
trouble is due to diseased condition of
the kidneys and bladder and not to a
habit as most people suppose.
Women as we'll as men are made miser-
able with kidney and bladder trouble,
and both need the same great remedy.
The mild and the immediate effect of
Swamp-R0ot is soon realized. 1t is sold
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-08-06

vigor and cheerful
ness soon disappear
when the kidneys are
out of order or dis
eased.
Kidney trouble has
become so prevalent
that it is not uncom-
mon for a child to be
born afflicted with
weak kidneve 1ffhe
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-08-06

Doan's Reglets cure constipation,
tone the stomach. stimulate the liver.
promote digestion and appetite and easy
passage of the bowels Ask your drug
gest for them. % cents box
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-08-06

dDout 0WuHr IN00t, Home OF Swamp-Ro
including many of the thousands of testi-
monial letters received from sufferers
who found Swamp-Root to be just the
remedy needed. In writing DIR. Kilmer
& Co., Binghamton, N. Y, be sure and
mention this paper. Don't make any
mistake, but remember the name, DIR.
Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and the address,
Binghamton, N. Y, on every bottle.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-08-06
In Pinch use ALIENS FoOT.EASE

A powder to shake into your shoes.
1t cures hot, tired, aching, swollen,
sweating feet and makes walking easy.
Takes the sting out of corns and bun
ions. All druggists 20 cts. Don't &C
cept any substitute.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-08-06

by druggists, in fifty
cent and one-dollar
size bottles. You may
have a sample bottle
by mail free, also a
pamphlet telling all
oho,1t Cwnrnn-R GOT
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-08-06

There's nothing go good for sore
throat rs DR.. Thomas Eclectric Oil.
Cure it in few hours. Relieves any
pain in any part.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-08-06
Women as Well as Men arc Made Miserable
by Kidney and Bladder Trouble.

Kidney trouble preys upon the mind,
discourages and lessons ambition: beauty,
The sun., 1909-11-05
ELEVENTH AVENUE TRACKS.
D-Csdy Herrick Referee-City Says Rail-
road In q Trespasscr.


road In q Trespasser.
by consent OF both sides D-Cady Herrick
has been appointed referee in the suit
Of the New York Central Railroad Com
pany for an injunction pendente lite
restraining the city Of New York from
removing the tracks from Eleventh
avenue and other streets. Assistant Cor
poration Counsel Burr put in yesterday
the citys answer to the complaint. The
first special defence is that the city and it's
predecessors in interest never had au-
thority to confer franchise rights in per-
petuity upon the railroad and that the
alleged grant and consent Of the city in
perpetuity was and il an attempt to vio-
late the trust imposed by the people OF the
State upon the defendant lthe cityl and
its predecessors in interest to hold invio-
late the streets and avenues OF the city
for the use and benefit OF the people Of the
State and that the grant Of the people Of
the State to the railroad had duration
OF fifty years. and no more
As a second special defence the city
sets forth that the railroads. use and
occupancy Of the streets in question and
the operation OF the railroad through the
streets has been the cause OF great num-
ber OF fatalities to persons lawfully NOV
ing in or on or about the streets in ques-
ton: has resulted in great damage to
private property and delayed the growth
OF the city. and that the tracks are public
nuisance.
The city also alleges that since the rail-
road company g franchise to use the streets
In question expired in 1897 and the COM
or a new franchise the right to use the
streets under the old permit has expired
The railroad company is described as a
trespasser since 1884,