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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-10-20
What is Your Family WORTH

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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-10-20
Probate Order.

State of Michigan, the Probate Court for the
County of Shiawassee.
At session of the Probate Court for
said County, held at the Probate once In
the City of Corupna. on Thursday, the 18th
day of October in the year one Thousand nine
hundred and eleven.
Present Matthew Bush, Judge of Probate.
In the matter OF the estate of George J
Leonard deceased.
II. Rush as administrator praying for a license
to sell real estate.
1t is ordered that the 18th day of November
next. at ten O'Clock In the forenoon, at said
Probate ONCE, be assigned for hearing said
petition.
Ana It IL further ordered that copy OF this
order be published three successive weeks
previous TO said day of hearing, in the Owosso
Times newspaper printed and circulating In
said County OF Shiavassee.
gts MATTHEW BUSH,
Judge of Probate.
BY FLORENCE LINDSEY
Prob ate Register.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-10-20
Sues Pullman Company for osmagas

Sues Pullman Company for Dsmae3,
Atlanta, Ga, Oct. 19-Charging
that she was routed out of the berth
where she lad gone to sleep and was
compelled to march barefooted and
clad only in gossamer nightie into
another sleeping car in the presence
of many male passengers who gazed
at her, Mrs. Mary Barnhill, prominent
in Atlanta society, has filed suit
against the Pullman company for $40.
Quo 0amages, HIT
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-10-20
Chinese Rebellion Snreadino-

Fankow, Oct. LIT is reported that
the rebellion is spreading to Hang
Chow, Hsao-Kau and elsewhere. The
concessions here are prepared for
emergencies.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-10-20
Yellow DRAGON Elan Absent.

Hong Kong, Oct. ia feature of
the celebration on the anniversary Of
the birthday of Confucius was the
total absence of the yellow dragon
flag of China. The crowd shouted re-
peatedly Down with the Manchus."
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-10-20

Any skin itching is temper.tester.
The more you scratch the worse it
itches. Doan's Ointment cures piles,
eczema. any skin itching. At all drug
stores.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-10-20
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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-10-20
REvOLUT|ONISTS
INSIDE NANK|NC
Chinese of San Francisco Hear
Important Tidings.
EFFORTS TO RECAPTURE CITIES
Eight Large Warships In the Yangtse
River lombard the Fortifica-
tions at Wu-Chang-Un-
easiness In London.

San Francisco, Oct. 19.--Cable-
grams received at Chinese headquar-
tiers in this city state that the revolu-
tionists, following a weeks siege of
the city of Marking, took the first line
of Notifications by assault and are
now inside the walls of the city fight
ing the imperial garrison in house
toulouse combat They are aided by
the Chinese inhabitants of the city
who. following the entrance of the
revolutionists. are aiding in attacking
the imperial troops.
Hankow. Oct. 19-Fighting began
at dawn between the revolutionary
army and the imperial troops.
The Chinese warships in the Yang
ste river simultaneously began to
lombard the Wu-Chang Notifications.
The land forces engaged in the bat
tie include about 10000 rebels, and
1000 government soldiers. In the
bombarding fleet there were eight
large warships.
The government forces are trying
to recapture both Hankow and W.
Chang from the revolutionists.
The first battle was indecisive. The
revolutionists drove the imperial SOL
diers back from their position, but in
doing so exhausted their rifle ammuni-
ton and were compelled to retire on
their base at Wu-Chang.
The Red Cross neutral camp, under
charge of. DR.. MacWillie of the Amer
lean mission, received and cared for
the rebel wounded.
While the fighting was in progress
the thirteen foreign naval vessels in
the river landed a joint force under
Vice Admiral Sir Alfred l.. Winsloe,
commander Of the British eastern feet,
who, because of his seniority, had been
given the direction of the men engag-
ed in the protection of the foreign
concessions.
The warships used a large quantity
of ammunition, but the effectiveness
of their fire was hampered by their
fear of endangering the foreign con-
cessions.
The Holbrook news., 1911-03-17
wlll Ranlsh old Mexican Coins.

The circulation of large 1-cent cop per coins. generally known as "cen- tavos grandes," and also the 5-cent silver coins called ''quintos. will cease at the end of the year. and be replaced on the first of January with new, small 1-cent pieces and the oth- CTS by 5-cent nickel coins.
 Owing to the announcement that this money will soon be out of exist ence, frequent incidents occur be- tween the public and the merchants, especially in small stores, where they refuse to take those coins and the people are compelled to go to many places before they take them.
 To prevent such trouble, the banks and the mint will exchange those coins for new 1-cent and scent pieces. and in order to prevent the lack of change in the commercial transac- tions and in the market the mint will strike a sufficient quantity to furnish the public all that is needed in Janu ary of next year.-Mexico Herald
The Holbrook news., 1911-03-17

Responsibility of Almanac Makers.
 Compilers of aln1anacs in France are legally responsible for the accur- acy of their publications. This point was determined in case tried in the days of Louis Philippe. Ouvrard. a well-known army contractor. fell into difficulties and was severely pressed by his creditors. According to French law debtors cannot be arrested be- tween sunset and sunrise.
 One evening OIvrard sallied forth in quest of fresh air and was seized by bailiff as be stepped out of his house. He protested. and produced an almanac showing that 1t was three minutes past sunset. The bailiff pro- duced another almanac. showing that the sun did not set for another nine minutes.
 On his release from prison Ouvrard sued the publisher of the almanac which had misled and obtained dam. ages.-London Chronicle.
The Holbrook news., 1911-03-17
The Two pramatists.

Thompson Buchanan, the brilliant young dramatist, was praising the dramatic critics of New York
 If these men err" said MT. Blu chanan, it is on the side of generos- ity and forbearance. Set dramatists to criticising one another, and there would be a different tale to tell.
 For dramatists are cruel critics. Two dramatists once sat opposite each other at Christmas dinner A waiter, in filling a glass with cham pagne, joggled against the older mans ear. He growled:
 Be careful there, waiter Remem- Der, please, I've got a head on my shoulders.
 But the younger dramatist said. with nasty laugh, across the table:
 "A head? Rubbishi You've only got a pimple on your shoulders that will never come to head"
The Holbrook news., 1911-03-17
woman,s RIahts In Japan.

In the higher education lies, unfor- tunately. not only the promise of a betterment of all the conditions of their life in the future, but a present seed of discord. The Japanese still retain their old demand upon their women of obedience, dependence on and service for husband and parents in-law. The Japanese girl is expected to marry young. to marry. the man se- lected for her, to live with his father and mother and bend her will to theirs, and to live life devoted en- tirely to them. to him, and to her children. Education. fortunately or unfortunately, inevitably brings with 1t a feeling of independence, and inde- pendence Is not only dangerous under those conditions, but entirely con trary to the Japanese ideal. More over, early marriages interfere with education. to the great disgust of those girls who love 1t and want to graduate; and education also raises ideals in girls mind that the man selected for her husband cannot come up to. It Is easy to see that the in- evitable result will be a readjustment of the conditions in time.
The Holbrook news., 1911-03-17
nInne TreeU

Tn rne early days of Merrick county, during the 50s, there stood on the north bank of the Platte river south of what is now Central City giant cottonwood tree. This tree was close to the old Oregon trail, and for miles up and down the river there was not another tree to be found. Under it's spreading branches emigrant trains halted for rest to escape the heat of the day under its benef1cent shade. It came to be known to the early travel CTS of the plain as the Lone Tree.
 Finally its branches withered and its trunk routed and the old tree fell down, and the spot where 1t stood was almost forgotten. A short time ago move was set on foot by the old settlers to set up some suitable mark on the spot where the Lone Tree stood, and the matter has been taken before the county board of supervisors. marble shaft will be set up. On the shaft will be the simple words, Here stood the old Lone Tree on the Ore gon trail."-Omaha World-Herald.
The Holbrook news., 1911-03-17
Evils of Modern Fiction.

The fiction hero of the day is said to be weak and unheroic. and the charge is made that the women are the cause. There is no doubt" said a literary agent recently. that heroes of wide class of writers are deca. dent and unheroic. They do nothing worth doing. They are weak and al most effeminate, and lack strength of character. This is not the author s fault It seems to be the natural se- quence of the conception of the up- to-date heroine, for it is impossible to imagine any decent, old-time hero put ting up with the modern heroine. The authors, too, seem to think that they get strength into their stories by deal ing with what is repellant. There is no doubt that there is much that is morbid in the predominating type of fiction heroes
The Holbrook news., 1911-03-17
Danced on Husbands Grave.

When Erwin S. Moore, the insur ance man, saw woman, evidently in a high state of excitement, go rush ing into a cemetery the other day, he followed, intuitively thinking he might be the agency in averting a tragedy according to the Cleveland Leader But there was no actual tragedy, says Mir Moore in telling of his ex- perience. The woman marched over to a newly-made grave, in which-as I afterward learned-her late husband had recently been laid to rest-hopped up and down on the freshly-turned earth two or three times and then. turning to me, shouted with all her strength: At last I've got him where want himi'"
The Holbrook news., 1911-03-17
KNEW LITTLE OF COMFORT
Old English Houses Designed Simply for Protection Against Ineiem-
 ent Weather.

The habitations of English common people for centuries consisted of a wooden hut of one room, with the fire man increased in family and wealth. a leanto was added and later another and another. The roofs were of thatch, the beds of loose straw, or straw beds with bolsters of the same, laid on the floor, or perhaps event ually shut in by a shelf and ledge like the berths of a ship or by a small closet.
 The Saxon thane or Knight" built more pretentious "hall." large open room like the Roman atrium with a lofty roof matched or covered with slates or wooden shingles. In the cen ter of the hard clay floor burned great fires of dry wood whose thin acrid smoke escaped from openings in the roof, above the hearth or by the doors, windows and openings under the caves of the thatch.
 By day the "hearts-men" and visi- tors, when not working or fighting, sat on long benches on either side of the fire. and. as John Hay puts it, calmly drinked and jawed;" or gathering at long boards" placed on trestles re- galed themselves on some sort of DOT ridge with fish and milk" or meat and ale.''
 At night, straw or rushes spread on the floor formed beds for the entire company in the earlier and ruder days. when the "baser sort" were glad to share their straw with the cows Charles Wipslow Hall, in National Magazine.
The Holbrook news., 1911-03-17
PROMOTE ALFALFA GROWTH
Ten Rules Laid Down as Necessary for Growth of Plant for Period
 of Ten Years.

Dr. Beal, of the Michigan experi ment station, in an address not long ago, laid down the following ten rules as necessary to make a growth of al falfa for a period of ten years or more;
 Select land that is deeply drained Swampy lands or soils in which the hardpan comes very close to the sur face will not make a proper place for alfalfa.
 Prepare the land as for a crop of wheat
 If the soil is not alkaline apply air slaked lime
 Sow about four pounds of good, clean seed to the acre at the time of corn planting, or else early in Aug ust, if the soil is moist then.
 With alfalfa seed SOW orchard grass or tall oat grass, about a peck each to the acre. Excellent results may al so be obtained by adding two pounds of timothy seed.
 Under no circumstances should a so- called nurse crop be sown.
 If nodules are not produced on the roots. inoculate with soil containing them.
 C1p young growth from one to three times
 Cut when a few plants of alfalfa are first in bloom.
 Leave a moderate growth in the fall as mulch.
The Holbrook news., 1911-03-17
THE POWER OF SUGGESTION Remarkable Consequences that Re suited Because of Mlxup of
 Doctors Letters.

A physician Is fond of relating a personal experience showing the pow CT of suggestion According to Health Culture, he says that a young clerk Jagged from overwork and the heat of trying summer. consulted him as to his condition.
 He put the usual questions to him examined his heart and lungs. gave him certain instructions and told him that he would receive more detailed directions by telephone or letter on the morrow.
 The next day the patient received letter from the physician telling him that one of his lungs was seri- ously affected and that his heart was not quite as 1t should be. He was told to put his affairs in order; that though he might live for weeks, or even months. 1t was important that he should leave nothing of import ance unsettled
 Naturally such news. practically a death warrant quite unnerved the patient. He stayed that day from the office, and in a short time was in hOsI bSTlOuS Sldle- HIS peOplS, alarmed, sent for the doctor.
 On his arrival the physician was as founded. Why. my friend. what have you been doing to yourself? You cer- tainly were all right yesterday"
 My lungs. doctor" said the patient.
 Lungs. fiddlesticksl There's noth- ing at all the matter with your lungs" replied the doctor.
 Why" said tte patient. "you told me in your letter that my lungs were SO seriously affected that I had but a few days more to live" And he produced the fateful letter.
 Well" said the doctor. 'here Is a pretty mess. wrote you to take few weeks vacation at the seashore or in the mountains. and you would be as good as new in a short time. The letter you received was intended for another man. My secretary must have mixed up the envelopes"
 As may be imagined. the patient was overjoyed. It is needless to say his recovery was rapid.
 And the other. be with the weak lungs and a not too strong heart. on receiving the letter intended for the other man. went at once to the noun tains, with the result that though years have passed, he Is in reasona- ply good condition.
The Holbrook news., 1911-03-17
MAKE WAR ON THE BUGS NOW
Begin the Fight Early and Keep It Up If You Would Eliminate
 Garden Pests.
By J. FISHERY

By J. FIsHER)
 All insects pass the winter in somI stage of their existence. The ques ion is, Where and how?" Certainly not on the wing and often in a way that they can be easily. destroyed.
 Watch the fences and weather boarding of unpainted buildings for the chrysalis of the cabbage worm neatly suspended by a couple of silk en threads Some of these mischief making butterflies will emerge and they will prove many times more diff hcult to destroy.
 Many insects pass the winter in egg or larval form in the rubish about the farm, old weed stalks. clumps of dead grass and the remains of last years crop being common lurking places. Fire is sure destroyer and cleans the ground nicely for blowing. Early plowiny in the spring Is hard on the insects, the freshly exposed sod being cleared of them by frost. This Is especially a favorite remedy for cutworm, though the finely pull verized soil, which is a resultant, in vites the ants freely.
 The pupa of the tomato worm is often plowed up in the garden and is distinguished by an appendage like the handle of pitcher. While in this stage most insect life is dormant, the tomato or potato worm pupa expresses its disapproval of being disturbed by a series of hops. If placed in shiny window 1t will develop into a magnifi- cent butterfy-but every one knows the horrid green larva which follows
 Every one Is familiar with the snap ping bugs or click-beetles. which creep into our windows and amuse us by falling on their backs and feigning death. Presently they make a click ing noise and flop up several inches. If they fall on their backs the per formance Is repeated until they alight on their feet when they scamper of.
 Their larvae live near the surface of the ground, and from their long scarcely tapering form and hard GOV ering are known as wire-worms. There is hardly a cultivated plant which they do not infest, and. working as they do beneath the soil, they are dlf- ficult to cope with. If the cells con- taining the pupae or recently trans formed adults are broken their in- mates perish.
 The lady bug in various forms Is quite common indoors and out, and should be always carefully guarded as one of the best aids in destroying aphis. The little red lady bug with black dot on each wing cover is often found about houses in winter and should be transferred to the con- servatory or window garden.
 It is often mistaken for the buffalo beetle and destroyed, though the lat ter is smaller and black and white, with simply longitudinal band of dull red along both sides of the back
The Holbrook news., 1911-03-17
Head of the Dairy Herd.

It is important that the dairy herd be headed by a pure-berd bull of some dairy breed, by all means of a distinctly dairy type, masculine in ap- pearance. prepotent and a descend ant of recognized milking stock. The farmer owning a small dairy herd will do much better to go in with his neigh bors and buy good bull than he will do to buy one for himself. In this way a better animal at a less indi- vidual expense, will be secured. The foundation of neighboring herd will thus be laid. bred along similar lines, and the neighhoring farmers will find a source of mutual profit.
The Holbrook news., 1911-03-17
Feminine Loqic.

Hailed as The Master of Femin. ism," Marcel Provost endeavors tc make good his right to the title by the following bit of philosophy: ''Is a woman's hat meant to cover her head? Is woman's sunshade meant to shade her from the sun? Are 8 woman's shoes made for walking? Or her bejeweled watch meant to tell her the time? Why, then, should a wom. ans letter be meant to convey her real thoughts! s!"-Argonaut
The Holbrook news., 1911-03-17

change or improvement about the farm house would, in your opinion, be of the greatest benefit to the housewife in other words, what one would you rather have?" To this query more than 53 per cent of the women who replied gave it as their opinion that the greatest need of the farm house, the one improvement that they most wished fer, was some system of run ming water in the house. To one un- acquainted with country conditions such unanimity in the replies received may seem rather remarkable. Yet
The Holbrook news., 1911-03-17
PREACHED HIS BEST
CANDIDATE THOUGHT HE MADE
 AN IMPRESSION.
But He Should Have Heard the Comments of the Flock He Was So Anxious to
 Shepherd.

The candidate has done his best He believed that 1t had made a deep impression on the church, before which he was "candidating." He might have changed his mind had he heard the following comments on his effort by the people as they passed out of church or fingered for the aft ernoon tea sort of chatter that ob- tains in some of our modern churches:
 Well, how did you like him?"
 Fairly well. but he ain't no way up to what dear Pastor Elder was"
 Did you notice that he said eye ther?' always hate to hear min ister say that"
 His denv'ry want none too good. I could not make out some of his words"
 'I didn't just like him having that pink rose in his buttonhole. Looked a little vain to me. like to see a min ister dress rather soberly."
 Didn't his coat fit awfully? I'd you notice that the sleeves were too long? And his trousers were too 5uCTl- lHluh ludI d A1ln1olSA has lot to do with the impression he makes"
 q can't bear to see man with his hair parted in the middle. and if he should be called to us I wouldn't make no bones of telling him so."
 Wasn't some of that poetry he quoted beautiful? I do love to hear a minister express himself in poetry"
 Seemed to me he wasn't very deep. When you come to think 1t over, he didn't say much hadn't heard be- fore"
 Seemed to me he was rather sing song in his delivery. Didn't Pastor Fourtherly have beautiful delivery? He never said much of anything, but his delivery was so beautiful that he held you with it.
 T didn't like the way he hammered the pulpit with his fist. I like to see minister calm and dignified in the pull pit. Always makes more of lasting impression"
 Did you notice the way he began so many his sentences with And? And I was just reading the other day IQdI one SHOulu never DGSlu 6SAI- ence with and
 'T didn't like the way he rolled up his eyes. It seemed so sort of sane timonious."
 'Tt didn't seem to me there was much real spirituality in his sermon, and don't like a sermon unless 1t Is downright spiritual"
 q don't believe that he is the man for us."
 Seems to me that he's better suit ed to some church where they don't really expect much of the minister"
 "If they called him I think that should take my letter to some other church"
 Wasn't he just splendid. I think his sermon was just lovely! Seems to me he is just the man we are look ing for!"
 q wouldn't want 1t said as coming from me. but I have heard that he didn't resign of his own accord the last pastorate he had If his resigna- ton was asked for. seems to me we ought to know the reasons why. = Tuck