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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-10-15

parents or guardians of any person OF
persons who may be admitted are able
to contribute to their support in
whole or in part, they may be required
to do so, as the board of control may
direct.
Received on Trial.
All children will be received upon
trial. Persons applying for admission
of inmates must fill out and return
certain blanks, copies of which will be
forwarded to any address on applica-
ton to the superintendent.
A bond will be required in all cases
Excepting children who are county
charges) with sureties, to insure the
removal of the child when required BY
the superintendent, free of charge to
the institution, its officer or agent,
and to provide comfortable and suit
able clothing, or to pay for such as
may be furnished by the institution
during the continuance of the child in
its care. This bond should be accom-
panied by a certificate of the county
clerk that the sureties are responsible.
Like its other institutions, Michi-
gan has spared no expense to make
the home par excellence to its con-
temporaries. Spacious and well kept
grounds surrounding group of sub
stantial and appropriately constructed
buildings greet the eye of the visitor
as he approaches. There Is one large
main, or administration building, and
several smaller structures called cot
tages, wherein the patients are housed.
There are, of course, other buildings,
such as barns and the like, for with
the home is also maintained large
farm, which affords the raising of
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-10-15
Scotch Breakfasts.

Dr. Redgill. in Susan Terriers "Des-
tiny" dwells on Scotch breakfasts
with gusto. After proclaiming that
Scotland in general is "a perfect mass
Of rubbish and the cookery not fit
for dogs. he adds: But the break
fasts. That's what redeems the land,
and every county has its own peculiar
excellence. In Argyllshire you have
the Lochfine herring-fat, luscious and
delicious, just out of the water. falling
to pieces with its own richness, melt
ing away like butter in your mouth.
In Aberdcenshire you have the fin
nan paddock. with flavor all its own,
vastly relishing, just salt enough to
be piquant without parching you up
with thirst. In Perthshire there is the
Tay salmon. kippered. crisp and juicy
"A very magnificent morsel. In other
places you have the exquisite mutton
Of the country made into hams Of q
most delicious flavor.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-10-15
Teaching the Feeble Mind.
Receive Training In Com
mon School Branches, In
Farming, Housekeeping
and Manual Training.

products for the table, besides giving
employment and instruction to the in.
mates. One OF the objects OF the
home, it will be recalled, was ito de-
velop as much as possible their (the
inmates) intellectual faculties
and fit them as far as possible for
future usefulness"
High Education Impossible.
Not to farming alone does the man.
agement attempt to fit the inmates
for future usefulness" 1T is impos.
sible in a general way to educate the
feeble-minded to any great heights in
an intellectual way" explains Super
intendent Chamberlain. There are a
few cases, however, that warrant a
trial. who would become self-support-
ing and could be transferred from the
institution. School not only gives
them an insight into the common
school branches, but goes far to train
them so that they can be useful to
themselves and to others, thereby be-
ing a great help to the state. More
particularly speaking, our girls learn
housekeeping in all of it's branches,
sewing, do all the ironing in the laun-
drv. and become valuable assistants in
the kitchen and dining room. The
boys are not only taught outdoor work,
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-10-15

A Little Sound Advice Will Help
Many Sufferer in Owosso.

No woman can be healthy and well
if the kieneys are sick. Poisons that
pass off in the secretions when the kid
neys are well. are retained in the body
when the kidneys are sick. Kidneys
and bladder become infiamed and swol.
len and worse troubles quickly follow.
This is often the true cause of bearing
down pains, lameness, backache, side.
ache, ETC. Uric poisoning also causes
headaches, dizzy spells, languor, nerv.
BUSINESS and rheumatic pain.
When suffering so, try Doan's Kid
ndy Pills, a remedy that cures sick
kidneys. You will get better as the
kidneys get better. and health will re-.
turn when the kidneys are well. Let
an Owosso woman tell you about Doan's
Kidney Pills.
Mrs. William Brockline, 1925 Ryan
street, Owosso, Mich, says: II heartily
recommend Doan's Kidney Pills in view
of all they have done for me- Last
fall suffered from distressing kidney
weakness and my back ached almost
constantly. The kidney secretions
were too frequent in passage and caused
me no end of annoyance. Two boxes
of Doan's Kidney Pills drove away the
backache together with the other
symptoms of my trouble"
For sale by all dealers. Price so cents
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, 1909-10-15
Story of q Foot Race.

A voluble negro who was discovered
pacing fast heat across the Tenth
street viaduct the other night explain
ed his haste to the policeman who ar
rested him.
He explained that he had been to O
swell dance and had paid the sum OF
$3.50 for the rent of the startlingly
correct attire In which he was clad
During the progress of the dance a
short yellow man had repeatedly bump
ed against him in a most offensive
manner He related the story with
dignity and JUNCTION.
"Thish yere yellow niger, he KEEP
a-bumpin' inter me till ses to him,
ses. III see you after this dance out.
side, ] SEES to him.
'He ses. Very well. sub; I'll see you
after this dance
II didn't like the looks of him no.
how. and when we gifts outside he
pulls big razzer, and he SEES. IN cave
YOU he ses. jes' that er-way.
81 thinks Of that suit pays $3.50
fer, and | gethers up all the rabbit they
is In me, and starts to runnin'. and !
runs fast. | runs like jack rabbit
ontell gifts to the vi'duc'. and a big
police he hollers to me:
Hey. there he hollers. 'Whar
you-all gwine so fas'?'
rs jis' a-runnin' to ketch a cyar,'
I hollers back. But he grabs me. and
he SEES:
"Ketch a car. niger! Why, youse
passed four cars a'readyv-Omaha
World Herald.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-10-15

but become good housekeepers The
boys as a rule enjoy outside work Of
whatever nature"
Manual Training Taught.
Besides the above mentioned things
maintained for the Improvement Of
the minds of the patients, there re-
main two more departments to speak
of, which were only recently estab-
lished. Although lacking in the ability
to reach high standard of attain
ment, as Superintendent Chamberlain
states, it has been found possible to
develop considerable skill IN some pa
tients in the use of mechanics tools,
hence a manual training department
has been established, with the result
that even chairs, tables, taborets and
different ornamental pieces of furni-
ture have been executed.
A diversion. for idle old ladies has
been found in the sewing of carpet
rags that are woven into rugs of diff
ferent sizes and designs by few of
the brighter and stronger girls, on a
loom recently set up in the hallway of
the school building.
Something over eight hundred HUI.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-10-15
Unfortunates In Michigan
Cared For In Beautiful
Home Locates Near City
Of Lapeer.
Bv ROY J. BUELL..

HEN those who saw the neces
ny sity of the maintenance OF a
w home for the feeble-minded
and epileptics in Michigan
and placed q Gill before the legisla-
ture of 1928, which finally resulted
In the establishment of such an insti
tuition at Lapeer, they incorporated
this paragraph in the measure:
1.-THE object of this institution shall!
be to provide by all proper and feas-
IDLE means the intellectual, moral and
physical training of that unfortunate
portion of the community who have
been born or by disease have become
imbecile, feeble-minded or epileptic,
and by judicious and well adapted
course of training and management
to ameliorate their condition and tic
develop as much as possible their in
tellectual faculties, to reclaim them
from their unhappy condition and fit
them as far as possible for future use
fulness."
Unsuitable Expense.
Therein is contained the reason,
concisely stated, for which the Mlchi.
gan Home For the Predetermined and
Epileptic was established For the
maintenance of this home the state at
the present time is spending some
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-10-15

mans, who are not the equal of their
fellow beings mentally, or have physi-
cal infirmities, are cared for in the
home and aided as much mentally as
is possible. One hardly conceives the
possibility of the bringing together of
so many thus afflicted, considering
the number of population drawn from.
But when it is learned that the insti-
tuition has a waiting list of over five
hundred besides, wonderment in
creases. 1t is the desire of Superin-
tendent Chamberlain and the board Of
control to increase the homes capac-
ity, and the last biennial report urges
upon the governor and legislature the
feasibility of making sufficient appro-
priation to carry out such a purpose.
Many improvements, too, are de-
sired by the home, as is evidenced by
the report of the board improvements
recently made and noted therein are
also mentioned. In part, it says:
The appropriation which was grant
ed us. by the last legislature for the
purpose of identifying the grounds,
has been partially used in the employ
ment of a landscape architect. who
has made survey of the grounds and
buildings and prepared for us a COM
prehensive plan for beautifying the
same. We hope that an appropriation
may be given us by the next legisla-
ture for continuing this work so that
the grounds of the home may compare
favorably with those of other state in
situations and reflect credit upon the
state itself.
1--WE asked the last legislature for
a sufficiently large appropriation to
build two new cottages of a capacity
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-10-15

HUMPHREYS HoMEo. MEDICINE co. Corner
william and Ann Streets, New York.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-10-15


thing like $150000 per annum. Even
a cursory investigation into its work
justifies in the mind of any public
spirited man the necessity of its keep.
ing.
Who are admitted to the home for
the feeble-minded and epileptic. one
will ask. The last biennial report of
the board of control, which. by the
way, is composed of men appointed by
the governor, the same as other state
institutions and asylums, contains this
statement:
Persons above the age of six (the
best age for training and instruction
is between eight and twelve) who are
feeble-minded or CT ileptic, or so de-
ficient as to. be incapaOie of being edu
Gated at an ordinary school, and who
are not insane, part!yzed, extremely
helpless, or afflicted with contagious
disease, may be admitted upon receiv
ing certificate of admission from the
superintendent
Persons from Michigan are admit
ted to the home without charge for
tuition, boarding, washing, medicine,
or medical attendance; but where the
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-10-15
An EcIIspe.

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wears on the market. Price 25c, DUO
and 81 90 per bottle. Sold by Johnson
<, Son and Sprague d Go.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-10-15

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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-10-15
Isr,t Il TrueY

Mrs. Baker-George is going OH 10
Get strong. I think he ought to stay q
fortnight. but he says no. only nan
thar time. Friend-You're right, OF
course. Seven days only make one
weak.-Lippincott
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-10-15

IL must have been tough on the peo.
n,e of the stone age when they tried
70 turn over a new leaf. = Pittsburg
Press.
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-07-26
THE LODGES.
MASONIC NorlcEs.

4 MASONIC NOTICES.
xFvisitors always welcome.
/V\Hall over 1857 West Main.
MARSHALL LODGE 10s A. F. & A.
M, work in second degree next Friday
evening, July 80, 8 o'clock. G. Hoeck
w. M. M., II. S. Lawrence, Sec'y.
sIGNET CHAPTER No. rs. r. A. M.
Special convocation Monday, July 26.
. o'clock p. m. Work in M. NJ. degree,
g. n. Boggie. III. p.
I. s. Willard, secy.
KING SOLOMON COUNCIL R. q q.
M.-Stated assembly Monday, Aug. 16.
8 p. m,
A. D. Meeker, T. I n.
l. T. Forbes. Rec.
ST. ALDEMAR coMNIANDERY NO,
80 K. T.-Stated conclave Tuesday eva
enfng, Aug. II, at 8 o'clock.
+. M. Wilbur, b. G.
Fred Wallace, Rec.
CENTRAL CHAPTER No. 81. o. 8.
|S.-Regular meeting Wednesday, Aug.
II, at p. m.
Mrs. Geo. Downing. w. II.
Edna G. Fularton Secy.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-07-26
T1nfEsREPuBIIoAN, MARsHArLTowlS, IOWA

countered. But this is no reason fol-
Iowa to neglect the improvement OF its
public highways.
About the only regret regarding this
July is that it contains but thirty-o one
days.
It's to bad that the man who never
deviates from the custom of sowing his
turnip seed on the 25th of July, wet Or
dry, had to do 1t on Sunday this year.
Perhaps Hobson will tell US pretty
soon that Japan is trying to provoke a
scrap with China merely for the sake
of a little practice preparatory to
pitching into the United States.
There is nothing strange or surpris-
ing in the recent discovery that the
wild buffalo, now nearly extinct, in this
country, once roamed the prairies of
Iowa. The bison had good sense and
enough of it to know that by simply
crossing the Missouri river from Ne
braska he would find the finest of graz
ing grounds in all this broad domain.
1t isn't likely that Spain will get
such a drubbing at the hands of the
Moorish tribesmen as the United States
gave her few years ago.
The expected has happened again,
altho not quite so soon as expected.
That is the resignation of the French
cabinet.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-07-26
A BAD MORTGAGE.

[Sioux City Journal.1
In a booklet issued by the Greater
Des Moines committee 1T is told how
Hiram c. Wheeler owned nine Sec
tons of Sac county land a great
farm Of $3.50 acres. He had acquired
the land at about 81 an acre. and the
story is that he sold it for $40, think
ing himself fortunate. Mr.. Wheeler
went to Texas and made an invest
ment there. He was not fortunate.
Obviously, Mr.. Wheeler would have
done much better to have held his
broad acres in Sac county. Probably
the farm could not be bought today
for 500 an acre. But the Greater
Des Moines committee does not tell the
whole story.
Mr.. Wheeler made the mistake Of
going rather depely into politics. The
first, year of the Eleventh Iowa con-
gressional district was 1882. There
was a considerable bunch Of candi-
dates for the republican nomination,
and Mr.. Wheeler was aanbitiously in
the running. AS long ago as that it
was urged the farmer had claims. The
convention met in Sioux City, and at
the end a dark horse was nominated.
1t was Isaac c .Struble, who held the
place for eight years.
At the time Governor Boies was rails
ing corn at a loss in Grundy county,
Mr.. Wheeler was raising corn at no
very great profit in Sac county. The
political bug kept after him. Boies,
democrat, had defeated Joseph G.
Hutchinson, republican, in 1889. In
1891 Wheeler sought the republican
nomination against Boies, and got 1t.
AT that time republican nomination
for governor was altogether the hot
end of the poker. Boies was elected
for the second time. 1t was alleged
at the time that the state was prohibi
ton thruout all its borders, and the
democrats, with their republican allies
represented determination to preserve
personal liberty to the people. 1t was
not the time for the farmer issue.
If Mr.. Wheeler owned his nine Sec
tions free of debt he had better have
stuck That he considered himself
out of politics is shown by the fact
that he went to Texas.
Many good Iowa man has been
ruined by politics, and Iowa men are
not exceptional in this regard.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-07-26
Topics of the Times

Altho refused permit to do bust
ness in Iowa, the Western Union APP
pears to be clicking away so far as
if it held the "key" to the situation
The lazy bug and the bed bug are no.
synonymous, nor in any wise related.
John F. Ready, a prominent attorney
of Fairfield, was married the other day.
1t scarcely need be added that John had
been ready a long time.
There are other progressive cities
than Chicago. Kansas City is also
planning a s2O,ooo,oOo union depot.
A Northwood home is saddened by
an awful accident at Abel. A loved
daughter is sacrificed in the treach-
erous waters of the Raccoon. This I'M
governabIe river has more victims to
Its credit than any other river or body
of water in the state. One always runs
a serious risk when swimming or row.
ing in the Raccoon.
II was reported that the Glidden
tourists said they found worse roads in
Iowa than anywhere else on their west
ern trip up to the time Of traversing
this state. Now they say the Nebraska
roads were the worst they have en-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-07-26

my eyes hastily over the few line
dimly traced on the back: Bearer 10
an he represents himself to be; you
may do business with him safely.-G.
P. L." glanced upward at the anx-
ious fcce of the man opposite; he was
evidently tingling with excitement.
you know him, senior? You know
the handwriting! You believe him?
What is it he says? I read not the
English"
yes; we are acquainted. He is
George Loring. friend of mine. He
says you are what you represent your
self to be, and that l may transact
business with you in perfect safety.
Now, then, what are you-an agent Of
the police?"
He shrugged his broad shoulders,
spreading his hands deprecatingly.
mo, no; Cielo, no! Does he not
tell you my name?"
I shook my head negatively, my ill.,
terest already deeply increased.
mo! He was most cautious. It
was best so; but now tell you, and
you believe" Again he leaned forward,
MS voice sinking to mere whisper.
i am Don Emilio de Castillo"
MY face must have expressed no
familiarity with the name, for he
sprang briskly to his feet, shaking a
TAT, ofactal.looking envelope before
my eyes.
What! you recognize 1t not? Car
amba! then shall show you, senior.
You read Spanish, ST? This will tell
why speak with the authority Of my
nation. See-I am admiral of the
Peruvian navy. have the power, the
right, the authority, to say what now
speak to you. You believe that.
senor?"
YES" I replied, soberly, by now
fully awakened to the fact that this
was to be no ordinary meeting. II
believe all you say; more, now I re.
member your name, Don Emilio; but
what are you doing here? What is it
you desire of me?"
you know not! You know not
what all this means?" he questioned,
pointing with trembling finger toward
the window. Before 1 could answer he
burst forth vehemently: ut is war,
senior; war. disgracefully declared this
very day between Chile and my coun-
try-the pigs! the cowards the bull
lies!" He sprang to his feet as II
crazed with sudden excitement, and
began pacing the rsom, waving his
hands with wild gesticulations. They
think to fright us. senior. but they will
learn lession. We will fight, senior;
fight to the knife. 1t will not be
vivas they will shout-these. Chilean
dogs-when the Peruvians come to
their country. Then they will be beg
ging on their knees for mercy. Sangre
de Cristo! but we will show them
what war means!"
(To be Continued)
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-07-26
BUYING MORE HAN WE SELL.

Completed figures of the 1909 trade
in 100 principal articles forming the
Imports and exports of the country,
give the first available view of the
trade of the full fiscal year 1909. They
show marked advance in imports of
manufacturers material, considerable
advance in the Importation of certain
foodstuffs but falling off in the i'm
portation of finished manufactures. On
the export side the falling off extends
to all the great groups-foodstuffs raw
material, manufactures. This state
ment is subject to slight notifications
because of the fact that the advance
figures of imports and exports of the
100 articles, as supplied by the bureau
of statistics of the department of COM
merce and labor, are only those of
values and not of quantities, and as
prices have in some cases declined it is
possible that she lower figure of value.
an some cases at least, represent larger
quantities than last year. but in general
terms, it may be safely said that i'm
portations of foodstuffs and manufac-
turers' material show an increase and
those of finished manufactures a de-
crease. and that on the export side all
of the great groups show a decrease,
when compared with 1908.
The decline in imports of manufac-
lures occurs chiefly in the textiles
products OF cotton, wool, silk, and
fbers; also in manufactures of iron
and steel. The increase in impor sations
of manufacturers material occurs in
nearly all of the important articles
hides and skins, india rubber, raw
wood, and other articles of less i'm
portance. The decline in export of
foodstuffs is due apparently to IN
usually high prices prevailing in the
markets of the nited States and con-
sequent reduction in the unatity ex-
ported; in cotton, to low prices per
unit of quantity as compared With
those of last year, the quantity export
ed being more than 600 million pounds
On excess of last year, but the value
falling 20 million dollars below that of
last year. In manufactures the fall in
exports occurs chiefly in iron and steel
of various grades and classes, copper,
naval stores, lumber, and other manu-
features of wool, and miscellaneous
articles.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-07-26

industry. The product in this indus
try was valued at ss,527,59s, or 24.9
per cent Of the total convict product
in all industries. The other leading
industries in order Of value Of product
are farming, s2,sSs,S75; clothing, ETC.,
$2,644,511; chairs, tables, etc, s2,371,-
70S; brooms and brushes, $1,7s0,s34;
roads and highways, $1,657,17o; coal
mining, s1,sS1,s4s; binding Irvine, ST.
513,252; lumber, s1,1O02,032, and build
ing trades. s1,oS4,SS1. In all, so diff
ferent industries were found to be car
ried on in the different prisons and jul
venile reformatories in the United
States.
These prison made goods are so far
as is possible sold outside the states
where they are made for obvious polit-
zeal reasons. They compete with the
product of free labor in every state.
They eliminate possible fctory enter
prises all over the United States. The
so cent a day wage paid by contractors
for prison labor settles all question of
competition. Missouri with her 21a
millions Of prison made goods sold out
side the state, is competitor against
her adjoining states and in this respect
not desirable neighbor.
The convict should not be used as
a lever whereby to pull down employ
ment for men who are living honest
and useful lives; but the convict should
be employed. The neglected highways
offer an opportunity. Why not work
him there?