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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-05-14
Probate Order

State OF Michigan. County of Shiawassee, SIS
AT session OF the Probate Court for the
County OF Shiawassee. held at The Probat,
ONCE In the City OF Corunna on the 7th day o.
May In the year one thousand nine hundred ant
nine.
Present Matthew Bush. Judge of Probate.
In the matter OF the estate OF James BRAY
deceased, Edward Bray as administrator with
the will annexed having rendered to this Court
his final account
1t is Ordered, That the 7th day OF June ne
at ten O'Clock In the forenoon, at said Probate
ONCE, be appointed for examining and allowing
said account
And 1t Is further Ordered, That copy OF
this order be Published three successive weeks
previous to said day OF hearing. in the Owossc
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, 1909-05-14

State OF Michigan, County OF Shawassee, IS.
AT session OF the Probate Court for
said County, held at the Probate ONCE
In the Citv of Corunna. on the Sth
day OF May, in the year one Thousand nine
hundred and nine.
Present, Matthew Bush, Judge OF Probate.
In the matter OF the estate OF George W.
Smith deceased, Robert G. Smith as executor
having rendered to this Court his final account
IL is Ordered, That the 9TH day OF June next,
at ten O'Clock In the forenoon, at said Probate
ONCE, be appointed for examining and allowing
said account
And 1t Is further ordered, that copy of this
order be published three successive weeks
previous to said dav 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, 1909-05-14

The Grand Rapids board of education
is not satisfied that the entire amount
Of money available in the primary
school fund was distributed in the ap.
pOrtionment made this month and will
investigate the matter with view of
instituting proceedings to compel the
auditor general to make new appor-
tionment if their claim is verified.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-05-14

The April number of the American
Sugar Industry published and COM
mended the part of Cong. Fordney's re-
cent tariff address in the house referring
to the sugar industry. 1t also. gave a
splendid cut of Fighting" formerly
Sugar Beet joe"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-05-14

Jackson county will remain dry, the
supreme court having refused to issue
mandamus compelling the canvassing
board to re-canvass the vote on local
option. The move was made by the
brewers who claimed irregularities in
certain townships.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-05-14

The legislature has passed bill
limiting the number of deer which each
hunter may kill TO one--it was previous
~ two. The same law prohibits the
killing of quail, fox, black and gray
squirrels until 1919; fixes the duck sea.
son from March Is to April %, and Oct,
l to Dec. 81; red squirrels and rabbits,
Oct. to March 1.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-05-14

~ There is considerable work along the
line of cleaning up about the city which
aeeds immediate attention from SAM
tar7 point of view. Do this work right
away and save doctor bills later on.
Then also think how much better your
property and the city look will if every
thing is kept up as it should be.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-05-14

The state board of canvassers an
nounced the result of the spring cleo.
lion. Wednesday. showing an average
majority of about 1875, 900 for the repub.
hean candidates for justices of the su-
prene court, regents, members state
board Of agriculture, etc. Justice
Blair received the largest vote.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-05-14

On May first there were in operation
40, 525 rural mail routes in the United
States, while 238 more have been or
dsrsd 81 and will be established this
month and next. Petitions for 1854
routes are pending.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-05-14
The Testimony of the Juvenile Court

Ia the Juvenile Court l have found
that manliness and good conduct can
be aroused and stimulated in boys, no
matter what the offense of which they
haye been guilty, if only they are not
cigarette fiends. When a boy has be-
come addicted to the use of cigarettes,
tho disease is in his blood and brain
his moral fibre is gone; he becomes apa-
thetic, listless, and Indifferent; his vi
sality has been Slapped away, and all
Tho vigor that should characterize the
moral boy is gone. We have found
!, that we have but small chance to reform
!. and help the cigarette fend unless the
habit can be broken. 1t is fight with
tho boys appetite, which, like the burn
ing thirst of the inebriate, rarely listens
ITO moral suasion, and when boy is in
this condition, he easily drifts into
ssEfae. Judge of Indianapolis Juvenile
Court
The Yale expositor., 1909-04-02
Travel In Persia.

In great contrast TO the extraor'
binary progress made in transportation
In Africa is the backwardness of
Persia, one of the oldest countries of
the world. Its transportation facili-
ties are much the same as they were in
the days of Alexander the Great and
Marco Polo. There are only six miles
Of railroad in the whole country and
often these are not under operation.
There are only three or four good dirt
roads, and almost all transportation Is
done by pack trains. Camels, horse,
mules, donkeys and men are used
as beasts of burden. The traveller can
usually ride the post horses, but these
are rather poor animals and it is GUS
tomary to buy or hire horses and pack
animals. This costs a native about
20 cents a day, but no foreigner can
hope to travel so cheaply. 1t would
be prodigal. however, for anyone to
pay more than five dollars a day for
two servants, four or five animals and
their feed.-Travel Magazine.
The Yale expositor., 1909-04-02

taking Lydia L. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound to see what 1t would do,
and / am restored to my natural
health. Mrs. ETA DONOVAN, Box
200, Willimantic, Conn.
The success of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, made from roots
and herbs, Is unparalleled. 1t may be
used with perfect confidence by women
who suffer from displacements, infam-
nation, liberation, fibroid tumors, IT.
regularities, periodic pains, backache,
bearing-down feeling, flatulency, indi-
gestion. dizziness, or nervous prostra-
tion.
For thirty years Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound has been the
standard remedy for female ills, and
suffering women owe it to themselves
to at least give this medicine a trial
Proof is abundant that it has cured
thousands of others, and why should it
not cure you?
The Yale expositor., 1909-04-02

Good morning, Mr.. Pratt" she says,
I'm very glad to see YOU"
Same here, ma'am, I'm sure" says
l. 'How's Redny?"
who? Dennis? Oh, he's almost
well. We left James in charge of the
children. Are you all well here? Is
Eyes, ma'am. He's doing first-rate,
You'll find him in the dining room"
She Redeemed up like a climbing
rose-bush in June, but she left me and
headed for the house. The minute she
stepped her foot on the porch, that
wise critter Eureka lodged out of the
kitchen door. She knew her business,
that girl did, and whether it had come
to her by instinct or from Home Com
forter reading don't make an atom of
difference.
About 20 minutes after that hap
pened to have an errand in the kitch-
en-. l made a dickens of racket on
good work wasted. Hartley and the
Page girl was standing by the parlor
window looking out, and didn't appear
to hear a sound. They'd left the doors
open and could see 'em. Martin
hadn't only one whole arm, but he
seemed to know what to do with that.
Van Brunt come into the kitchen
after a drink of water. He see the
tableau in the parlor. When we was
outside again he spoke.
We'll" he says, with a kind of
sigh, that settles it. And yet, by
George! I'm glad. Yes, sir; it's as it
should be and I'm thoroughly glad
of it."
l couldn't think of nothing to COM
fort him, poor Teller. But l squeezed
his hand hard. ! guess he knew what
The Yale expositor., 1909-04-02
Advice to the MiddIe.Aaed.

An English physician declares that
persons of middle age or more should
not assume an upright position imme-
diately upon awakening from night
sleep. The danger from jumping out
of bed at once upon becoming con-
scious is a disturbance of the cir
culatory apparatus. At such a time,
he says, there is undoubtedly a Sc
we're strain upon the heart and blood
vessels. The blood pressure at such
a time and under such circumstances
is intense, and is calculated to further
damage a weakened heart or arterial
system. Lie quiscent for ten to twenty
minutes upon awakening. BY doing
so, he says, persons will not suffer
from vertigo, a sense of fullness in
the head or a staggering gait-all evi.
dences of a profoundly disturbed cir
culation.
The Yale expositor., 1909-04-02
Innocent by Deduction.

Speaking of the GOODNESS Of the
average Englishman." said he. "You
know these little compartments they
travel in over there? Well, an English
man was smoking his cigarette in one
alone with young woman. who all al
once sprang up with shrek and
pushed the button that stops the train
in case of accidents and that sort oil
thing and bring everybody to the com
partment that has done the stopping
When they got there the young
woman was tearing her hair and cry.
Ing out that the Englishman had In
suited her. What did he do? Why
nothing. Just quietly went on smo
king his cigarette. which was enough
The ash on 1t was about an inch long
which showed conclusively that he had
not moved out of one position for ten
minutes at least, possibly Is"
The Yale expositor., 1909-04-02
Submarine Ball In Vienna.

A submarine ball is the latest at,
traction devised by the Princess Met.
ternich. Every year the Princess
opens the Vienna season with a ball
at her palace. This year she sought
the assistance of well-know1 scenic
artists. and the result was a scene
rivaling In splendor and ingenuity the
most gorgeous scene at a pantomine.
Every guest In devising their Co.'S
tunes had to borrow something from
the fora and fauna of the sea. The
salons represented a gigantic aquari.
UNI. or more correctly. the bottom OF
the sea. There were enchanted grot.
tos, strange rocks, peculiar plants and
beds OF coral The dancers appeared
in costumes decorated with sea roses.
corals of the most delicate shades and
all sorts of shellfish. including lob
sters.
The Yale expositor., 1909-04-02

paper once about how some rich big
bug give a swell dinner to a pet
monkey. The Twins are Solomons
alongside of him. And, anyhow, they're
mighty nice young fellers. Money may
have got to their heads, but their
hearts is in the right place"
"'Tain't a question of hearts" says
Scudder. Way 1 figger it out the
Almighty sends 'em down here on
purpose. We poor folks alongshore
don't have much chance to earn an
honest living, and so the Lord takes
pity on us and makes men like these
two get cracked and banker TO live
in the sand and spend money. You
put your trust in the Higher Power.
He evens matters up in the long run"
His lordship broke in then; and my
but he was top-lofty and scornful.
Crazy yourselves!" he shifts. MY
'eavens. I've done some travelling in
my time, with Lord 'Enry and the
rest; I've been all over. And never in
my life ave l seen such a Gawd-for-
saken country as this, or such bloom
ing lot of ignorant 'ayseeds as is ERE.
wy, you don't know 'ow to live at all
and yet you're proud of II. You 'aven't
no conveniences. and you eat with
your knives, and you've no manners.
Lord 'elp you, say! You're all crazy
together, and don't know 'ow to act
in good society. Mr.. Van Brunt and
Mr.. 'Artley is gentlemen. and what
you call their craziness is nothing but
the eccentricities of gentlemen. And
IL you think they're eccentricl Wy
compared to some I've worked for, like
Lord 'Enry-"
Twas high time to stop him. But
they're so crazy loose with their
money" says l.
He was hotter than ever. do you
suppose" he asks sarcastic, that a
real gentleman as time to 'aggle over
few dirty pennies?"
Nobody said any more for a spell.
Then Eureka says. like she'd been
thinking:
The Yale expositor., 1909-04-02

to the ark of safety" was his pet words
when he testified in prayer-meeting.
II guess So" says. still wouldn't
|. kick If / had your knack of getting
double price per pound for the bones.
You've managed TO fertilize with 'em
pretty well, Nate"
He fetched a sigh. They're sucl
nice obliging fellers." he says. And
such good hands at business. Never
no beating down nor jockeying for a
trade. / always feel perfectly safe in
dealing with EN-"
l cal'late that statement want ex-
aggerated. Most likely a shark feels
the same way about dealing with a
school of porgies.
Nate had agreed to take back the
hens and the pig, as an accommoda-
ton. He was to pay three dollars for
the hog and the fowls was hove into
scales for good measure. There was
a lease of the island, too, that had to
be Cancelled. Them supplemented
Tea Leaders had, in the first fever Of
Naturalness, signed lease on Horse
foot Bar TO run till November, Now
that their pulse was normal again
they wanted to break that lease, and
the job was considerably more painful
and expensive than breaking Hartley's
arm had been. But Nate let 'em break,
though / thought he'd break them
afore he got through.
Him and Eureka and me had good
many talks about the Twins when we
was alone together. The last of these
talks we had on the afternoon of the
day afore the grand final emigration.
Lord James was over on an errand
and he was in the kitchen with las.
Eureka begun the talk.
Il amt quite made up my mind
whether they're really crazy or not"
she says, referring to the Heavenlies.
They don't act much more loony
than some of the earls and such in
books. And yet they must be some
out of their minds or they wouldn't do
such fool things. Once they was all
for living poor and Natural. Now
they're all the other way. Switching
round like that is sure sign of weak
ness in the top stories"
Most city folks act to me some
crazy" says l. And perhaps these
two, being the tonlest kind, 10 crazier
than others. Maybe the higher up you
go the loonier they get. read in a
The Yale expositor., 1909-04-02

l thought of him and his self-sacrifice
And yet. a couple of hours later,
when l told Eureka, she didn't seem
to think SO much of II.
"Humph!" she says. "Self-sacrific,
ing's all right, but you look here"
She took me by the arm and led
me to the woodshed window. Down
by the cove on the beach was Van
Brunt and Margaret Halford. walking
up and down together. They was both
laughing and acting perfectly con
tented
Eureka gave me nudge and a wink
81 told you had my ideas about him, "
says she.
The Fresh Air girls went back to
Eastwich that afternoon. When they
had gone Van turns to me.
And now, skipper" says he, slap
ping his hands together brisk; now
then for packing up. and back. back
to little old New York. oh, Uncle
John! isn't it nice on Broadway OF
words to that effect"
They was all going together; the
Heavenly Twins and Lord James and
the Fresh Air girls and all their tribe
Redny's sickness and the worry that
It brought had made Agnes and Miss
Talford anxious for the city, whore
doctors was plenty and green al 1les
scarce. And the Twins was piningsfoI
what Van called "the intoxicating de
generacy OF an effete (whatever that
isl civilization"
We packed up. That is to say, me
and Eureka packed up. while the
Heavenlies superintended and enjoyed
themselves. Scudder's face. when he
heard that his private gold mines wal
going to leave, was a sight TO see. But
after a couple of lengthy interview,
with the Twins, he seemed TO ieel bet
ter.
Il shall miss 'em terrible" he says
to me. But this worlds a valley o.
dry bones, anyhow. amt IL. PTattf"
Valley of dry bones and "nseinl
The Yale expositor., 1909-04-02
s TO THE "spolLEp. CHILD:
He May Rts!ly Be Receiving the Best
of Training.

Often, writes Woods Hutchinson, in
the Success Magazine. the spoiled
child is the one really best trained for
life. Real life, that is, not the sham
travesty upon it so carefully played in
the nursery and the schoolroom and
termed education" The difference
between a spoiled child and well-be-
haved one is chiefly matter OF frank
ness of expression. The spoiled child
says right out just what he happens to
think and feel, and you hear and are
panied by his expressions OF skepti'
cism, OF resentment, even of rebellion.
Nine times out of ten the model
child feels exactly the same senti-
ments-but refrains from expressing
them. When the spoiled child has ex-
pressed himself-it may be even i'm
pertinently or rebelliously-the muir
der is all out, the subject is fairly on
the carpet, and you can argue the case
with him on its merits, or If it be be-
yond his grasp, assert your author
lty and ask him TO trust your superior
experience, which he usually will, nine
cases out of ten. if he is appealed to
In this way. In any case, you know
the worst that is in him and can gov
ern yourself accordingly. Your model
child may submit in silence, without
discussion or remonstrance, but you
may depend UPON it that he will dis
cuss the question on its merits with
the nurse, or the cook, or the hired
man, or the bad boy in the next street;
and that, whatever feeling of resent
ment or injustice he may smother in
his own little interior, so far as ex-
pressing them toward you is con-
cerned, he will pass on with interest
TO his puppy, his kitten, or his younger
The Yale expositor., 1909-04-02
curlou. Old EnaIIsh custem.

At Hornchurch. in Essex. England.
the lessee OF the tithes belonging to
New college, Oxford. formerly sup
plted at Christmas day a boar's head.
dressed and garnished with bay
leaves. In the afternoon It was car
ried in procession to the mill field. ad-
joining the churchyard, where II was
wrestled for, and afterward eaten by
the rustic conqueror and his friends.
There are many accounts Of old char
tiles quite as singular as the ancient
tsnurea. to which they are closely
allied.
The Yale expositor., 1909-04-02
SYNOPSIS.

Mr.. Solomon Pratt began comical mar
ration of story, introducing well-to-do
Nathan Scudder of his town, and Edward
Van Brunt and Martin Hartley, two rich
New Workers seeking rest. Van Brunt, II
was learned, was the successful sutton
gaze Hartley up. Adventure at Fourth
of July celebration at Eastwich. Hartley
rescued boy. known as ''Reddy" from
under a horses feet and the urchin
proved to be one of Miss Pages charges
whom she had taken to the country for
an outing Van Brunt rented an island
from Scudder and called il Ozone island.
poor children Miss Talford and Miss Page
visited Ozone island. Eureka Sparrow, a
country girl, was engaged as a cook and
Van Brunt and Hartley paid a visit to
her father, who for years had been claim
ing consumption as an excuse for not
working Upon another island visit by
Miss Page, Eureka diagnosed Hartley's
case as one of love for Agnes. Hartley
invented plan to make Washington
Sparrow work. In putting the plan into
effect Hartley incurs wrath OF Miss Page
for whom the sick man" sent. Agnes
then appealed to Van Brunt. Sparrow
10 escape the treatment proclaimed him
on Ozone island, Van Brunt and Hartley
tired of the Natural Life" Hartley suf-
fered broken arm while hunting ply
stefan for Freddy" supposed to be suffer-
ing from appendicitis. "Reddys" ailment
later proves to be an overdose of green
apples. Eureka told Agnes of Hartleys
heroism in behalf of the boy and Miss
ness for denouncing him in the case of
Mr.. Sparrow. Ozone island was made
the scene of the reconciliation between
Hartley and Agnes
The Yale expositor., 1909-04-02

walk u pS I q i + 8
without stopping
on the way. 1
tried three differ
emit doctors and
each told me some
thing different. L
received no benefit
from any of them,
but seemed to suf-
fer more. The last
doctor said moth
ing would restore
NV health TbaUan
The Yale expositor., 1909-04-02
No Resentment.

"You modern women" said the pro
lessor sternly, have in some form all
the habits of the savage female"
ooh, now. professor" responded a
matronly individual, surely you are
mistaken. Why. IL jungle lady were
80 grossly insulted by big. over
bearing bully she would be certain 70
resent Il, and see how calm we are
The Yale expositor., 1909-04-02
safe and sure.

mended and endorsed by physicians and
nurses is Kemp's Balsam, the best cough
cure. For many years it has been regard
ed by doctors as the medicine most likely
to cure coughs, and it has strong hold
on the esteem of all well-informed people.
When Kemp's Balsam cannot cure cough
we shall be at a loss to know what VIII.
At druggists and dealers, 25c.
The Yale expositor., 1909-04-02

A man talks about love as though
he felt ashamed of the conversation.
The Yale expositor., 1909-04-02
AFTER
DOCTORS
FAILED
LydiaE. Pinkham's Vegeta-
bic Compound Cured Her.

Willimantic, Com. five years
I suffered untold agony from female
troubles, causing backache, Irregular
ties, dizziness and nervous prostra-
ton. 1t was impossible for me to
The Yale expositor., 1909-04-02

II duty would use a megaphons
more of US might hear the call.
The Yale expositor., 1909-04-02

ONLY ONE "BROMO QUININE."
That Is LAXATIVE BROMO QUlNINE. Look fot
the signature of Il. w. GROVE. Used the World
over " Cure a Cold In One Day. 2Sc.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-05-25
Ifye and Rape as Catch Crops.

ot the crops which | soweu ahead
OF the cultiVatOr at the last cultiya-
tlon OF corn and potatoes to get a
growth to turn under in the spring
and to protect the land from winter
Washing, Y and Dwarf Essex rape
were most satisfactory.
Rye was sOWn one wear when tbn
potatoes We're taken out in September.
ana a heavy sod it made to turn under
for oats in April.
Another year rye was sOWn on corn
StubDle after the corn was cut at the
rate Of one and bushe
per acre: and it made a fair cover
crop, which | know prevented wash
ing, though the ground was narrowed
only twice before drilling in the seed.
DWaf1 rape | nave always sOWn
at the rate of ten pounds of seed
per acre Just before c%ultivating the
corn the last time in July. and have
nau a good growth until late in the
tall, which would have made exceI-
ent pasture, but a cover crop was do
sired so it was left till spring and
turned under for oats to enrich and
make humus in the soil.
should take its value as q fer
tlilzer is about 6 per acre. and tho
Seeu costs only Z cents per pound.
some OF the rape was green all winter
ana persons seeing the growth it had
made IN the standing corr were sur-
prlsed, While the growth of COW neac
IN the same field was not encouraginp
cllmson clover is a good catch crop.
!, one can secure a stand, n it lives
through the winter. Rape il the best
crop for me, considering the cost Of
seed and it's fertilizing value. and rye
IS very good, especially when it is 70
De turned under for potatoes or one
wishes to pasture it in the fall n
Clover, Pennsylvania.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-05-25
PLANTS ABOUT THE HOUSE.
They Add Beauty and Dignity as Well
as an Air of HOmeneSS and
Comfort.
BY EBEN +.

To the writer, a house with exposed
foundation always seems unfinished.
1t needs the grace of growing plants
to take away the bare look which IS
never pleasant, no matter how eXpen-
SiVe the foundation may be. There is
a beauty in leaf and flower that AN
not be put into stone n mortar.
IllStratiOn No. l makes clearer the
idea | have in mind about hiding the
Foundation walls than any verbal M
can. In it the house seems to be less
prominent than it WOu!d be if no
plants grew there, and it therefore
lacks that aggressive tone which char
aCter.zes h house whose walls are
not relieved by growing plants.
Perhaps [ ma be allowed to use
this eNpressiOn-the use of plants
close to the house. while not detract-
ing in the least from the dignity and
importance of it. prevents us from
looking upon It as something that
boldly challenges the attentiOn-an
idea not in keeping with the home
sense which ought to characterize the
building in which those I've who care
less for show and admiration than for
beauty. All of us nave seen houses
which seem to absolutely force them