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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-07-23
Did the Best He Could.

In the absence of the regularly ap'
pointed spokesman, Mr.. Makinbrakes
had reluctantly consented to make O
presentation speech.
"Miss Higham," he said, "unfortu'
nately 1t is my-er-fOrtunate lot to
fulfill the embarrassing-the pleasant
duty of-of inficting a few remarks
upon this occasion-which is highly APP.
preciated, l assure you, and by none
more so than myself, for the reason
that-in short, as 1 may say, it falls to
my lot to convey, SO to speak, the as
surances of-that is, with the assur.
ances of those to whom-to whom ]
have occasion to refer to-more or less
in this connection, together with the
best wishes, If l may so express my.
self, Of those who have dubbed togeth.
er-who have associated themselves
not that you need anything of the
kind, of course, but as a token of-as
token of-of-with which few re.
marks, Miss Higham, it is my-my
pleasant surprise to hand you this gold
watch and chain. II thank you
Chicago Tribune.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-07-23
Returned by the Glacier.

One Of the first instances ON record
Of body returned by Swiss glacier
is that Of the Hamel accident, which
took place in 1920. Several guides
were swept down by an avalanche and
hurled into crevasse. Hamel prophe.
sled that the glacier would yield them
up again I'm the course Of thousand
years, but DR.. Forbes believed that
the end Of the glacier would be reach.
ed by the bodies in forty years. This
statement was considered bold, but
It's accuracy was borne out by the
event. In forty years the flow Of ice
brought the bodies to light.
In 1866 Henry Arkwright was lost
in a glacier. In just thirty-one years
his brother received a telegram from
the mayor of Chamouni that the body
was found. Every article Of clothing
was intact. His name and regiment
could be read clearly on his handker.
chief, and his gold pencil case opened
and shut as easily as when he last
used it three decades before.-"True
Tales Of Mountain Adventure"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-07-23
Sure Enough Tale.

In a certain private school there is
small boy who is always cheerfully
miles behind everybody else. He is
not dull boy, but learning does not
appeal to him as being a thing espe-
cially to be desired. Recently the
teacher told the class in composition
that on the next day she would expect
each of them to be able to write
short anecdote. She explained with
great care the meaning Of the word
anecdote, and next day when she called
the class up to write all but the lag
gard went at once to work.
"Why don't you write an anecdote,
Rob-" asked the teacher.
81 forgot what an anecdote is" said
Rob, undisturbed.
II explained to you yesterday, Rob,
and you ought to remember" said the
teacher, a bit out Of patience. IAN
anecdote is tale. Now write"
Rob bent over his slate and, with
much twisting of brow and writing
Of lip, ground out his task. When the
states were collected his was at the
very top Of the heap. The teacher
picked It up, and this is what she read:
yesterday we had soup made from
the anecdote of an ox."-London Mail.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-07-23
BREAKS ALL RECORDS.
Wilbur Wright Flies For an Hour and
Twenty Minutes.

Washington, July 21.-Establishing
a new record for aviation in America,
Orville Wright, in the Wright aero.
plane, late Tuesday, at Fort Myer,
made a spectacular fight of hour,
20 minutes and As seconds duration.
The longest previous flight was OF
"a minutes, made by Mr.. Wright at
Fort Myer last fall. 80 -,N31
During the entire flight the machine
was under perfect control, but sew
eral times appeared to the spectators
to be on the point of diving forward.
Several thousand people were given
an exhibition which included the most
daring feats of aviation yet accom-
plished, and at its conclusion a mighty
cheer went up from the throng in
recognition Of the splendid achieve
ment.
The machine travelled distance of
about seventy miles, it was estimated
by Wilbur Wright, and at one time
during the fight the height attained,
between EGO and 280 feet, exceeded
the highest point ever reached by a
heavier-than-air machine on this CONT
nent. The most wonderful part of the
fight was the execution of three COM
plete figure eights," which required
careful maneuvering in directing the
machine.
Not the slightest mishap occurred
during the flight.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-07-23
PENNSYLVANIA MATTERS.
The Farmers Didn't Get Much From
the Last Legislature.

me FARMERS Olont Get mucn from
the Last Legislature.
Answering a question as to what
special laws had been enacted by the
legislature Of Pennsylvania at the past
session in the interest Of the farmer,
State Master Greasy writes as follows:
The session Of the Pennsylvania leg
islature which adjourned in April did
very little for the farmer. The only
thing Of any Importance that was en-
acted was a change in the township
road law whereby the state pledges
itself to pay 30 cents for every dollar
raised in cash for road purposes, such
amount not to exceed $50 per mile.
But the appropriation to carry this
out was reduced from $1,50O,O00 to
100000, which will not be enough
money to redeem this promise. The
grange will make determined fight
to have this pledge redeemed by the
next legislature. The appropriation
for state roads was also very ma
terially reduced by the governor.
The state grange is giving special at
tention to the picnic season, and in ex-
tending the order q number Of new
halls are being dedicated. The grange
sentiment is growing. and we expect
to add a number of new oranges to
those already organized and reorgan-
lied. w. Il. GREASY.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-07-23
Why the Earth Cannot Explode.

The theory is frequently advanced
that planets and even suns sometimes
explode and that the earth may some
day blow up like bombshell. No
celestial body the size of the earth
could possibly explode. If the entire
molten interior of our globe could be
replaced with nitroglycerin and deto
mated the explosion would not lift ths.
earths crust. In other words. IL va.
assume that the crust Of the earth T.
from fifty to a hundred miles in thicM
ness 1t would require something mu1
more powerful than even nitroglycer.h
to burst the shell. 1t Is necessary 81
to do little figuring to see that ~
pressure of the earth's crust at s.
depth of from fifty to hundred miles
far exceeds the pressure exerted by
the most powerful high explosive
nudson Maxim.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-07-23
DEDICATION OF HOMES
The New Ceremony introduced
Into New Hampshire.
The Home Of the President of the New
Hampshire State Board of Asricul-
ture and Treasurer of the State
Grange Selected For First Honors.
Especial Correspondence

Especial Correspondence
One Of the late events in grange cir
cles in New Hampshire was the first
use of the new ceremony for dedicat-
ing the rural home, the ritual for
which was written and presented to
the national grange, or the Order of
Patrons of Husbandry, by Mortimer
Whitehead If New Jersey, past lee
turer Of the national grange, and which
was formally adopted by that body at
its session last November. The work
was performed by team" from the
eastern New Hampshire Pomona
grange, being committed to memory.
George r. Drake, secretary of the state
grange, acted as director.
The Pomona grange first met In reg
ular session with one Of the largest
attendances in its twenty-five years
history, as $50 sat down to the sump-
tuous dinner. The home dedicated,
which is named Hill Top Farm, was
that of Joseph d. Roberts, president of
the state board of agriculture and
treasurer Of the state grange. 1t is a
farm Of 400 acres devoted to dairying
and fruit growing and has been in the
Roberts family for several generations.
The ceremony was smoothly and
impressively rendered, and it was uni
versally commended. Nearly all the
officers Of the state grange and the
head Patrons Of the state were pres
ent. State Master Herbert o. Hadley
gave an able address on "Our Homes"
The universally high praise with
which this beautiful home dedication
ceremony has been received by the
Order everywhere promises, its right
to live, and hundred years from now
and as long as the grange stands and
rural homes are to be built up, beau
tilted and protected in our land Of
homes it will be n monument to the
lifelong devotion and work of Morti-
mer Whitehead in assisting in building
the grange and to his efforts for the
higher and brighter life Of the farm.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-07-23
TELLS ABOUT
SUTT0N'S DEATH
BeYan's Account Differs From
That Of Adams.
BUT SAYS SUTTON SHOT SELF

Says He and others Were Holding
Young officer Down When He
Pulled Pistol and Committed Sui
eide-scenes Bordering Those Of {
"Wild West" Rampage Took Place.
Annapolis, Nd, July 21.-The pro
ceedings at Tuesdays session of the
court of inquiry which is investigating
the death of Lieutenant James n.
Sutton, United States military cadet
of Portland, Ore, took a sensational
turn when First Lieutenant William
F. Bevan of the United States marine
corps, now attached to the battleship
New Jersey, took the witness stand
near the adjournment Of court and re-
lated his part in the tragedy in the
early morning Of Oct. 10, 1907, when
young Sutton met his death. Lieuten-
ant Bevan was officer Of the guard in
the marine camp on that night, and he
was one of. the first men to reach the
scene Of Sutton's death.
Like Lieutenant Adams, he testified
that Sutton deliberately shot himself,
but beyond that cardinal fact his de.
scription Of Sutton's alleged suicide
varied in important details from the
story told by Adams, the man who
said he had participated in life and
death struggle with the young Oregon
lieutenant just prior to his act OF self.
destruction.
On Top Of Sutton.
The most glazing disagreement with
Adams story came when Bevan swore
that he and two other officers were
on top Of Sutton, trying to hold him
down to prevent him from using his
revolvers, when Sutton freed an arm
from under him and fred bullet into
his own brain, after someone had re-
marked that he (Sutton) had killed
Lieutenant Rocker. Adams testified
that he had risen from Lieutenant
Suttons body and that Sutton lay ex.
hausted and alone on the ground when
he saw him raise his right hand and
fire the shot that ended his life.
Bevan's testimony also revealed that
a situation bordering on wild west"
rampage had existed in the marine
camp Just prior to the shooting, when
Sutton had been trying to make Lieu
tenant Rocker dance by dwelling two
revoivers at his feet and afterwards
rushed from the camp, disregarding
- arrest by the officer of the guard,
and shouting that he would quit the
marines for good and all.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-07-23
Have Plenty of Seats.

Make the rally an informal outing,
active, joyous and one that leaves a
sense Of having been a pleasure ex-
ertion" well worth while. Avoid hir-
Ing professionals or introducing clap
trap devices for amusement. The
grange can develop leaders for recre-
alive occasions as well as all serious
An important detail is to have plenty
Of seats for the company, located not
too far from the speakers stand.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-07-23
TRAVELLING Expenses For Taft.

Washington, July 21.-The urgent
deficiency bill was passed by the
house Tuesday, after four days Of tenn
pestuous debate. The amount carried
by It is $454 ,s09, or $20,40S more than
the original sum, and includes the $685.
900 travelling expenses for the presi.
dent.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-07-23
GIRL Tilted HIM.

Soldier Kills Sweetheart Employed In
Home Of Captain.
Fort Leavenworth, Kas., July 81
Because she had Tilted him, Private
Charles O'Neal of the Thirteenth in
fantry shot and killed Minnie Schar-
beno, aged twenty-three years, a
French maid employed in the home Of
Captain Charles N. Murphy. o'Neal
was pursued a long distance by sou
cavalrymen before being captured.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-07-23
IshpemInq Man Hanaed.

Bodwin, Eng, July 21.-William
Hampton, formerly of Ishpeming,
Mich, has just been hanged in Bod
win jail for killing his sweetheart,
Emily Tredres, at Firth, May last. The
woman had refused to have anything
more to do with Hampton, whereupon
he choked her to death.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-07-23
New ENGLAND Fruit Show.

There is to be a big fruit show in
Boston in October. All New England
is getting interested The subject is
now engaging the attention Of many
oranges, particularly in Maine. A pre-
MUM list Of $4,000 is already as
sured.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-07-23

Often esteemed contemporaries"
speak Of the president" Of a grange
There is no such officer The presid.
ing officer is the master"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-07-23
HeIned Some.

F1eTpeu ooHe'
"He got a check to his career"
Indeed! Too bad!'
"Not at ALL"
"Why notf
"It was for $4,000"
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1909-12-08

Crowds Are Attending The
Daily Services.
HEFiFTEEN DAY SERIES
Meeting Il First Prc>hy hytcrtan Church
Attracting Widespread tttcn-
ton Tic Singing,

WE "'
With no fear OF error 1t may SalciN
be stated tina; one OF the greatest re-
,,ivol mactinrs pye,, neId in the civ
,.,... -. ,,,,
'IrS' lIeSoS ''' '"' '""' -"
crowds are attending each service
particularly at night; hut, hard as
!: is to get people to attend an after
room service. the meetings at $50
o'clock have been decided success.
:'rom ;he very start, the opening
nigh1. last Wednesday, the attendance
Was past the most sanguinc of hopes,
ana il has been ON the increase since.
At Tie night service last Sunday,
ne attendance was a record breaker,
lu the recollection OF the Oldest mem
acrs a. the church there has never
loon "uch a crowd in the church's
G,lt,o"um; it was estimated that
,ol 100 people heard tue sermon
~onG;.y light This was even greater
nan the auGicnc" that greeted Dr.
The gold leaf., 1909-07-22

Editor ID. l.. st. Clair, in Sanford Express.
When the busy day is over with its anxious
hopes and fears,
And the telephone stops ringing and the last
clerk disappears,
With q sigh he leans back weary in his
swinging Office chair,
And his heart goes back to Dixie and the old
plantation there.
He can see the ancient homestead, broad
and white beneath the trees.
And the fields OF growing cotton and the
corn blown by the breeze;
He can see the bees and blossoms and the
orchard on the hill,
Where he shook down harvest apples for the
old straw cider mill.
He can see the upland pasture dotted DER
with grazing sheep.
And the wheat fields waving golden, ready
now for men to reap.
He can see the dogwood thicket where the
squirrels used to play,
And the meadow near the river with its heaps
OF fragrant hay.
He can see the cedars where the mocker in
the moonlight sings,
And the swallow and the robin dip and rise
on morning wings;
He can see the humming bird hurry to the
hollyhock
And ont where the shadows play the crick cts
leap across the walk.
He can see the cattle standing meath the
willows in the brook,
Where he used to fish for reaches with n bent
pin for hook;
And the marsh where grew the lilies that his
sweetheart used to prize,
When light as sweet as heaven shone in her
merry deep blue eyes.
And he sigbs while fancy fingers DER each
well remembered scene,
OF the happy days in Dixie thrown by
memory on the screen;
And he'd give what he's gained in Wall
Street, his gold and treasure rare,
To go back one day to boyhood and the old
plantation there.
The gold leaf., 1909-07-22
Crops and the Calamity Howler.
Concord Tribune.

Concord Tribune.
We do not remember a year but in
the spring and early summer the
crop talk was most discouraging.
1t was too wet, too dry, too some
thing or other, until we felt like lying
down and weeping over the direful
result sure to follow. Somehow this
feeling always prevails. There is SO
much wrong. But in the end every
thing seems to right itself and the
crop turns up a certain percentage OF
the average, whatever that means
This season has been no exception,
and almost daily there has been
poor crop talk, much of which has
found its way into print. 1t may be
put down that in spite of too much
rain, too little rain, hail, grass,
drought, boil weevil and chinch bugs
there will be a crop harvested this
fall, in all respects very much like the
rest of them that always start of
with the very poorest sort OF pros
poets. In truth the good Lord gives
us bountiful harvest in spite OF our
mouthing and complaints. And the
funniest thing about it all is that
the smallest percentage OF this talk
comes from the men who are work
ing the crops and depending directly
upon them.
The gold leaf., 1909-07-22

radically and the threat of anarchy to
continue to menance the conceptions OF
right and justice upon which the average
mans ideal are founded
The Constitution can add little to
this fearless and penetrating indict-
ment.
Coming from SO high a source, it
cannot be ignored.
'.It is with our lawmakers that
it lies, and the ''house-cleaning must
be resolutely complete"
These are the remedies Of a man
who has the paramount right to ap-
pear in the role OF physician in the
particular case.
They lay a solemn obligation upon
the citizen, every where, who is not
too timorous to face a situation that
does not improve of its own accord,
that is recognized and deplored by
the highest authorities in the land,
and that holds sinister possibilities
OF multiplying its own evils indef-
nitely.
THE PEOPLE, THROUGH
THEIR LAWMAKERS, SHOULD
BREAK THE SHACkLES THAT
BIND THE COURTSr
The gold leaf., 1909-07-22
Murder on the Increase, Why?
I.umberton Robesonian.

In his charge TO the grand jury last
Monday Judge {. t. Lyon. who u
holding Robeson Court, called at
tention To the fact that murder has
been on the increase in North CARO-
lima for the past several years and
said that lie could see no reason for
il unless it is because murderers have
not been properly punished, 1T i-the
certainty. and not thu severity oil
punishment that deter men from
committing crime" declared Judge
LYON. putting his finger on the ex-
act spot. II punishment sure and
swift were as certain To follow muir
der as the night the day. humanity
speaking,-it il, of course, taking the
eternal sweep OF things-many men
would be walking the earth now 1.-THE
deep damnation' OF whose taking OH
has not served 10 secure conviction
and punishment for their slayers-
The gold leaf., 1909-07-22
20 Years
WithHeartTroub

"Dr. Miles Heart Remedy has
cured me OF heart disease of
over 20 years standing. | was
sD bad that | could not do nv
work, and could scarcely draw
. ."Il breath without fainting or
s"".herlng. The doctor told me
J." cpuld do no more for me
then / commenced taking the
Heart Remedy. | shall never
forget that night. I slept better
than ] had before in months. |
kept right on getting better, un-
til was perfectly we'll"
MRS. LAURA RUSSELL,
Logan, Iowa.
When the heart action is
weak, 1t fails to pump the blood
through the lungs with sufficient
rarldlty. Then the lungs do not
absorb the proper amount of
oxygen, although they may be
taking IN a normal amount of
air. The result is shortncss Of
breath, smothering spells, diff
cult breathing, oppressed feeling
III chest. DIR. Miles Heart Rem
cdy strengthens the heart nerves
and muscles, and in this way
increases the circulation.
Get a bottle from your drug
gist Take it according to dircc-
tons, and if it does not benefit
he will return your money.
The gold leaf., 1909-07-22
New Bern Journal.

New Bern Journal.
Mischief for idle hands to under
take has necessitated laws, which
compel idlers to work, or suffer the
penalty. The very fact that idle
people, and it is not a matter OF sex,
are certain to become a menace to
society causes an alarm to be sound
ed in every community, where idle
ness prevails. From the idler, to
loafer and vagrant is not always a
quick transition. But the danger
exists, hence the wisdom, if possible,
in first preventing the boy or girl
from becoming inOculated with the
germs of idleness. There is some
kind of work for every age in both
sexes. There is no reason for anyone
| to become an idler in the first place,
that is, one who refuses to undertake
| tasks that are possible. One idle
4 youth would not enjoy his or her
own society, but with additions,
there develops too quick the loafer,
\ vagrant, criminal. And before the
last can form, society must enact
and enforce laws which shall take
hold and correct the vagrant before
he becomes the criminal. The parent
that does his duty should be the
first to prevent the idle boy, and so
keep down the loafer. But when the
vagrant has become a certainty,
then the law must be active, firm
and sure. If it hesitates, then soon
is society shocked by the criminal
that vagrancy has developed and
grown.
Because a municipality cannot pro-
vide work for vagrants, it does not
follow that the vagrant arrested,
may not be put to some kind OF work.
Farm work is always near, but where
is there any town or city whose
streets cannot be improved by the
labor that it's vagrants can beforced
to give. No community should give
a days grace to any vagrant.
Watch should be kept, and policemen
ought to be able to quickly determine
the existence of a vagrant, and the
trangressor be given the chance to
reform. Slackness in permitting va
grancy to exist, is often followed by
some terrible crime, a devastating
fire or other calamity. Keep vag-
rants from becoming settled by fore
ing them to work.
The gold leaf., 1909-07-22
Sees rlother Grow Young.

''It would be hard to overtaketh the wonder
full change in my mother since she began TO
use Electric Bitters, writes Mrs W. l.. Gill
patrick of Danforth, Me. Although past
10 she seems really TO be growing young
again. She suffered untold misery from dys-
pepsia for 20 years. At last she could
neither eat, drink nor sleep. Doctors gave
her up and all remedies failed till Electric
Bitters worked such W wonders fer her health. y
They invigorate all vital organs, cure Liver
and Kidney troubles, induce sleep, impart
strength and appetite. Only soc at Melville
Dorseys drug store.
The gold leaf., 1909-07-22

Hyou have pains in the back, weak back
or any other indication of a weakened or dis,
ordered condition of the kidneys or bladder,
you should get DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder
Pills right away when you experience the
least sign of kidney or bladder complaints,
and Bladder Pills. We know what they will
do for you. and If you viii send your name
to E. C. Dewitt & Co., Chicago, you will re-
ceive free trial box of these kidney and
bladder pills. They are sold here by all
druggists.
The gold leaf., 1909-07-22
Scathing Indictment.

Severe Analytical Arraign-
ment of the Conspiracy of
Technically and Archaic
Procedure that Often Lays
the Shadow of Chaos and
Blight of Injustice Upon the
Administrative in Amer
ica," by Prominent Member
Of the Georgia Judiciary
"The People, Through Their
Lawmakers, Should Break
the Shackles that Bind the
Courts.
The gold leaf., 1909-07-22

In the death of John GOode Vir-
ginia lost one of her most illustrious
sons-one whose brilliant record of
achievements reflects credit lot only
upon his native state but the nation
at large Peace to-the ashes of "The
Grand Old Man OF Virginia. Char
lOtte News.
The gold leaf., 1909-07-22
Life 100. 900 Years Ago.

Scientists have found in a cave in Switzsr-
land bones of men, who lived LOG. 900 years
ago, when life was in constant danger from
wild beasts Today the danger, as shown
BY A. W. Brown of Alexander Ne, is largely
from deadly disease. eff Is had not been for
DIR. Kings New Discovery, which cured me,
I could not have lived" be writes. suffer.
ing as / did from a severe lung trouble and
and stubborn cough" To cure Sore Lungs,
Colds, obstinate Coughs. and prevent Pneu-
mouia, its the best medicine on earth. zoe
and 81. CO. Guaranteed by Melville Dorsey,
druggist. Trial bottle free.