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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-19

The experts at Washington who
keep tab on such things are authority
for the statement that because of the
high prices of coffee. many Americans
have taken to using more tea and
cocoa. It is also interesting to note
that these same experts state that the
average import price of coffee is now
tan cents a pound against seven for
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-19

Were it possible for General Sher-
man to visit this earth again and take
a squirt at the fighting in the Mexican
revolution, it is likely that he would
revise his famous characterization of
war to something like this: War is
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-19
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
LFrom the New York Press.1

LFrom the New York Press
Success makes success sometimes,
but enemies always.
Love thy neighbor as the disagree
able fellow ought to you.
A loud brag gains more credit for a
man than a real merit.
Most people want to go out so much
a funeral is better than nothing.
Most men can mistake the size of
their feet for the power Of their brains.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-19

And speaking of the laws delay in
this country, the last case to be filed
with the supreme court of the United
States will not be reached for argu-
ment, in the usual course of events,
until three years time has elapsed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-19

Thus does the world move on. One
of the greatest events in paleonto-
logical science will be pulled off next
week when a skeleton of a chalico-
there's is placed on view at the Car
negie institute. Pittsburg Pa
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-19
FROM OTHER PENS

NO LEGAL BAR TO RECIPROCITY.
What little objection there was. on
the ground of it's possible legal inval-
idity, to the passing of the Canadian
reciprocity measure, has been removed
by a decision of the customs court
1t has been held in some quarters
that the favored nation clause in the
American treaty with England would
extend automatically to England any
reduction in duty made on the pro-
duct of another nation. 1t was not,
of course. the intention of the United
States to make concessions to England
in connection with the agreement with
Canada, but the point was raised that
the Washington government could not
help itself once it had made a deal
with Ottawa.
The decision that set aside this OBJ
lection was a simple case in which
there was difference of opinion on the
amount of duty to be laid on whisky
coming from England and France.
The court held that the duty on the
English product must be paid as speci-
fed; that the existing trade agreement
with France could have no influence
on any other business.-Clevelan
Plain Dealer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-19
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal is q member Of the
Associated Press and receives the full day
ganiEadon for the exclusive afternoon
publication in Topeka
The news e received IN The State Jour
pose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-19

In the big grain marts throughout
the country the price of wheat is
strong one day and weak the next
In other words, the grain spectators
are toying with the wheat market as
is their wont.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-19

Yeggmen seem to have considerable
discernment. In Kansas they rob the
banks and in Chicago they rob the sa-
looms.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-19

We find, upon investigation, that the
Irish girl with the Spanish name, who
figures prominently in the Cooper di-
vorce case, is a Swede. The Cooper
testimony is scrambled in other de-
tails, but we consider this the most
important
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-19

police shoot two holdup men on the
West side" is a Chicago headline 1t
follows, of course, that they were head
ed east at the time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-19
YOU CAN'T BEAT IT.

We may feel kid-ish for a day
1t but portends a sudden drop;
The barber says: my gosh, you're gray,
And wot is worse, it's thin on top
His words bring retrospection cold;
We're growing old-yea-growing old.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-19

John Dawson thinks he has discov-
cred the meaning of the ''B s" sign.
One time-about ten years agone, this
department gave Johns version to
society reporter who was thirstinS for
knowledge; but it was evident that she
was not satisfied, and consulted other
authorities. She ceased to use 1T in
her column.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-19
INSECT-EATING BIRDS.

And now we have another reason
for the high cost of liviug-a reason
furnished by the secretary of the Ma
tional Association of Audubon Socie-
ties. The lovely plumage on the
Easter bonnets comes from birds that
eat the insects that destroy the pro-
ducts of orchard. garden and field that
furnished the food that nourishes the
people that pays for the plumRge on
the Easter hats.
Not only the higher price of vege-
tables ard fruits, but also of cotton, is
said by the Audubon folks to be due in
great part to the sacrifice of bird life
throughout the whole cotton belt. The
birds that killed the boil weevil are
disappearing, and the loss on last
years cotton crop was more than $685.
000, 900, which has to be borne by
every one who buys a yard of cotton
cloth.
If We have to fight with the insects
for our food, the sensible thing to do
is to engage the services of our bird
allies in the war and let them do the
heavy fighting. 1t may well be that
some of the high cost of living is due
to the slaughter of insect-eating birds.
Boston Globe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-19

The management of the local theater
is overworking that expression, mat
artist" We object. The local theat-
rfcal press agents may think the ex-
preston euphonious, and they may be
right but it is a poor one, for all
that. No artist ever worked on mat.
An artist works only upon slight
salary.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-19

Chicago also furnishes the report
that a girl who had just drawn Royal
Flush, dropped dead before she could
1eop the@pot. Decease under sad CIR
cumstances is not unusual, but this
is our idea of a sad finish.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-19
sTATUELEss PRESIDENTS.

The misfortune to Franklin Pierce's
memory is not that he is to be without
a statue in his native state, but that
the honor should have been proposed
and refused. The Senate Of New
Hampshire has definitely killed, for
the present at least, the house bill
providing for statue of the only
president New Hampshire ever had.
Most of our presidents are statue
less. We do not recall any such hon
ors to Madison or Monroe or Tyler in
Virginia, although the first was the
father of the Constitution and the sec
ond the sponsor for the controlling
doctrine in our international policy.
Neither of the Adamses has received
a statute in bronze from Massachu-
SETS Has the State of New York
erected a statue of Van Buren,, or
Tennessee of Polk or Johnson, or
Pennsylvania of Buchanan, or Ohio of
Hayes? We believe not; yet every
schoo1boy has to know that they were
presidents, and the name oe Franklin
Pierce will live on the lips of all the
coming generations of youths while
1.-THE republic lasts.-Boston Globe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-19

Willie Allie White should have bro
ken 1t to us gently. 1t is rude OF him
to slip us that "Stubbs for u. s. Sem
ator" thing without word of warn
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-19

Ten years ago, the writer met Harry
O'Brien, the actor whose arrest for
vagrancy in a Kansas City police court
furnished the best story of this week.
O'Brien, with four rubes as support
played Faust in a little upstairs
lodge hall at Chapman, Kan. He was
a broken down ham at that time, but
a better actor than Modern Topeka has
seen during the past decade. The wri-
ter had the honor to lend him the cash
to get his trunk out of hotel hook next
morning, and week later, received a.
courteous letter from the thespian, who
was in a Kansas City hospital In
that letter he deplored his inability to
repay the loan, and admitted that he
was "an in" This department has
suspected poor old O'Brien of being
dead for the past half dozen years.
H G p
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-19

The lobster famine is over. This
news will undoubtedly incur some
thought on your part. 1t is barely
possibly that you hadn't missed any
Of them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-19

Mistress (engaging servant)-I hope 70
know your place? Scranton, yes
muml The last four girls you had toll
me all about it.-London Opinion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-19

"What cured him of flirting?" "I
started a filtration with a lady who turn
ed out to be selling an encyclopedia a
$500 a set."-Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-19

''How did the fatal accident in the all
omnibus happen to DR.. Jenks?" "FIe was
used to stepping off the street car before
it stopped. and tried it with the air bus. u
-F1iegende Blaetter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-19

She-But, George. you could never sup
port two. He-Well, I'm only looking for
one.-Newark Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-19

''I don't know what to buy for my hus-
band. He has stacks of neckties' "Ci-
gars' HE gives them to the janitor."
-Suspenders? HE wears a belt know
what I'll do. I'll buy him a hall rug and
a pair of bedroom urtainsi"-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-19

Hicks-Bluffer is talking of purcbasinp
an automobile Wicks-BlufferI Why he
couldn't buy charge of ammunition for
an air gun.-Boston Transcript
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-19

Hoax-I have discovered the only sure
way OF keeping ahead of the races. Joax
-How's that? Hoax-Don't follow them.
Philadelphia Record.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-19

What's the matter with your nephew
that's sick over at Skeedee?" "Oh, he
prescribed for himself out of a doctor
book, replied the Old Cadger, land near
ly killed himself with misprint. Puck.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-19

PA, what is a philosopher" "a mill
osopher, my boy, is one who tells other
people that their troubles don't amount TO
much. Detroit Free Press.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-05-05
Buried In Secret.

Two ancient kings were buried in Sc
cret. Attila, king OF the Huns, after
his siege Of Rome. died In Hungary
A. d. 453. His soldiers. DESTROYS Of
giving their great leader right royal
burial. inrlosed his body first In a
casket OF gold, this In one of silver and
this in one of lead. and transported 1t
into a desert There slaves were Sc
lected. and under the direction of men
who were. sworn to secrecy they dug
the grave Of the dead monarch. When
this was accomplished no traces of the
spot were left The slaves were all
cruelty slain.
Alaric, king of the Goths. the cele-
brated conqueror of Rome, died when
with his army at Cozenza, south Italy.
His men turned the course of a river.
inferred the body of their sovereign.
with much treasure. in its bed and
restored the stream to its channel.
No man has ever lighted on the rest
ing place of either Of these kings. who
in this respect resemble Moses. of
whom 1t is written, mo man knoweth
Of his sepulcher unto this day."
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-05-05
Died From Bad writino.

German handwriting attains a de.
gree Of Eligibility unknown in Latin
script. A. tragic instance Of this fact
was afforded by the death Of Johann
Bacher, an Austrian musician of the
last century. Bacher spent most of
his leisure for fifteen years in compil-
ing a history Of the viennese opera.
When the manuscript was completed
he submitted 1t to the Imperial acad-
envy. which had promised to publish 1t.
In three months 1t was returned with
a statement that no member of the
academy could decipher 1t. Bacher
then sought to have it copied. but no
copyist capable Of deciphering 1t was
to be found. AS last resource he de-
termined to dictate his work to an
amanuensis only to discover that the
greater part Of the manuscript was
illegible even to himself. The thought
Of his wasted years Of labor unhinged
his brain. and in a fit Of depression he
committed suicide.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-05-05
Obituary-Samuel Lyon

Samuel Lyon, who died at Owosso
April 10, 1911, was born near To-
ront0, Canada, February %, 1928,
where he spent his boyhood. At the
age OF Il, he went to Detroit, where
ne was employed as a ship carpenter
Cor number of years for the e. B.
Ward Shipbuilding Company.
Torty-three years ago he located
an farm in Hazelton township,
living there the greater part of the
9me spent in Shiawassee county. On
sceount of i'll health and old age, Mr..
Eyon came to Owosso last December
r0 reside with his daughter, Mrs.
Emma Hopkins, 1000 Corunna ave.
On Nov. 2, 1852 he was married
10 Miss Elizabeth Greenway of Essex
Ont, who died June Is, 1868, leav-
mig seven children. two of whom are
now deceased, w. III. Lyon and Mrs.
Robert Campbell
January 25, 1870, Mr.. Lyon was
married to Mrs. Julia A. Burroughs
who survives him. Three daughters,
Mrs. Mary Lyon Melvin of st. Johns;
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-05-05
Going Back a Long Way.

Pick up any peerage book and you
will find it bristling with ancestral
names whose presence is much more
difficult to explain than that of the fly
In the amber. And as you descend in
the social scale the fictions multiply
from the pedigrees Of the landed gentry
to the family trees proudly cherished in
hundreds of middle class homes. But
these lineages, aspiring as they are.
are of mushroom growth compared
with many that are claimed with seem
Ing honesty. At Mostyn hall you may
see vellum roll, seven yards long
headed by no less famous an ancestor
than adam. son Of God" Another
pedigree at the college of heralds
starts thus mOdestly with Adam and
the garden of Eden. and Wales has
many family tree which traces de-
scent with unerring hand from the
same remote origin.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-05-05

wrote to Mrs. Pinkham for advice. In
a short time had gained my average
weight and am now strong and we'll"
Mrs. SALLIE STEVENS, r. F. D., No.
8, Box 81, Waurika, Okla.
Another Grateful Woman.
Huntington, Mass.--"I was in q ner.
vous, run down condition and for three
years could find no help.
owe my present good health to
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com.
pound and Blood Purifier which / be-
lieve saved my life.
"My doctor knows what helped me
and does not say one word against it,"
Mrs. MAEI JANETTE BATES, Box
1874, Huntington, Mass.
Because your case is difficult one,
doctors having done you no good, do
not continue to suffer without giving
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound trial. 1t surely has cured
many cases of female ills, such as in
flammatiOn, liberation, displacements,
fbroid tumors, Irregularities, periodic
pains, backache, that bearing-down
feeling, and nervous prostration.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-05-05
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

". Smith to r. Harris pit lot blk
L c. E. Dennison's add .Durand $3.50
A. Currier to B. & o. Chaplin NV "a
III nw14 sec II Vernon $4,000.
w. Eagan to W.Wease and wife
lot 13 blk 38 A. l.. Williams add
Owsso $4,000.
w. Eagan to c. Reid lot on sec.
"a Owosso $3.50.
s. Terry to H. Rothmore and wife
Got II sub blk 26 d. l.. Co.'s Sd add
Durand, $3.50.
NJ. Loucks to A. Frost and wife
sk of swA sec IA Venice $4,000.
J. Warren to F. Pearce pit lot 1
Strubers sub, Owosso, $3.50.
w. Mckenzie to G.. Perrigo lot on
sec "a Owosso 500.
g. Finch to l.. Drury pit neA sec.
s Bennington $1,450.
G. Posthumos to R. Tabor and
wife lot sub reserve / A. L. WINS
add Owosso $4,000.
e. Retain to L. Retain pit. lot blk
10 Ow0ssO $400.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-05-05
His Qualifications

Writing to the leader of a string or.
chestra.- an aspirant for position was
requested to state his qualifications.
Complying by mail. he said. among
other things:
Yours reed. can play the fiddle and
some on tromboan, also zillyfoan. Have
played foot at parties. but prefer picltleos
Respt, O. M.
p. S.-Have taken twelve lessons or
the gatar. Would be willing to teach my
self the cornit. Terms. union raitY
Respt.. O. M.
New York Press.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-05-05
Mrs. VIM. scott Dead:

Mrs. Hannah Scott, wife of VIM
Scott, died at 6:4O Sunday morning
ut her home. 332 North Dewey street
after an illness of several weeks with
Aeart trouble. She had been confin.
ed to her bed only during the past
5wo weeks.
Mrs. Scott, who was 50 years old
Was born in County Tipperary, Ire
saad, and came to this country when
6ut young girl. Fifty years ago last
August, she was united in marriage
with William Scott, in New York
City, later moving to Ann Arbor,
where they remained for about 25
years. Mr.. and Mrs. Scott moved
Aere about 25 years ago and have
remained here since that time.
Mrs. Scott was possessed of a
kindly disposition, and was loved
and admired by host of friends.
Surviving are her husband, one
daughter, Mrs. John DIX Caledonia
sownship; two sons, William. a rail-
road man in the southern states and
Ioha, engineer on the Ann Arbor
The funeral will be held Wednes-
day morning at 1880 at st. Paul's
Catholic church, Rev. FIR. p. j. Slane
0fkciating. Interment in the Catho-
liG cemetery.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-05-05
What s.e.m. of tho Trousers.

OF Judge Parry's many stories Of the
Manchester county court that about
the comedy Of a mans Sunday trousers
is one OF the best. In the PLAINTIFF 8
box was a woman, I'm the defendants
an elderly collier. The plaintiff stated
her case: II lent yon mons missis my
mons Sunday trousers to pay is rent
with. an want 'em back" The de.
PENDANT at first replied. There's nowt
In It at all" Pressed for a more deti-
mite reply. he scowted at the judge aud
protested, "Why. the ole street knows
all about them trousers" But Judge
Parry was not the "'oie street." and
he patiently encouraged the defendant
to talk until he got the explanation.
why, yon woman AN my missis drank
them Sunday ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Gazette.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-05-05

Mrs. Emma r. Hopkins of Owosso
Mrs. G. w. Weber of Alaska; two
sons, George Lyon of Owosso and
John Lyon of Flushing; seven grand
sons, four of whom with two great
nephews were his pallbearers; two
granddaughters, Vera M. Hopkins OF
Owosso; Gladys e. Stratton, Spok-
ane, Wash. and three great grand
children, survive him. He also leaves
an aged brother, w. H. Lyon OF
Owosso, who is the last remaining
member of large family. Nieces
nephews and. large circle of friends
are also left to mourn his loss.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-05-05
Governor vetoes Unnecessary Items

Lansing, May 2.-Governor Os-
born Monday cut $137,005.02 from
some of the appropriation bills
passed by the last legislature. He
also put his signature to So bills
making them laws. One of those
signed provides for the repeal of that
act which made possible the board
of mediation and arbitration for dis
putes between employers and en-
plCyes, another abolishes fraterni-
ties, >sororities and all other secret
societies among the pupils of public
schools of the state. A third provides
that convicts shall be paid for over
time when engaged in manufactur-
ing, on public account.
The Foster bill providing $4,000
annually for the public domain COM
mission was cut to $4,000 by the
governor. Other vetoes were as fol-
lows: Jackson prison, $6,372.13 and
Michigan State Normal Ypsilanti
$4,000 for improvements; Western
State Normal. Kalamazoo. current
expense appropriation cut from
100000 to $4,000; $4,000 grant
ed the legislature for new building
and equipment being entirely elimi-
mated; Criminal Insane asylum at
Ionia appropriation for new building
cut from $4,000 to $4,000 other
items totaling $5,912, also being
vetoed
The following were also signed:
An act making county truant officers
possible; an act providing a penalty
for the opening of sealed milk bot
ties; an act providing for better pro-
lection against the starting of fires
by traction or other portable en-
gines; an act defining and regulating
the treatment and control of depend,
eDt, neglected and delinquent chill
dren, and which keeps LDem from be-
ing confined with hardened crimi-
nails in jails.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-05-05
Probate Order.

State OF Michigan, the Probate Court for the
County OF Shiawassee.
At q session of the Probate Court for the
County OF Shia held at the Probate
once in the City OF Corupna, on the 26th dav OF
April in the year one thousand nine hun
dred and eleven.
In the matter OF the estate OF Olan ID.
Hoag, deceased.
The Administrative of said estate having
rendered final account to this Court.
II is ordered that the Esd day OF Nav
next ut ten o'clock In the forenoon, at said
Probate Ofce. be appointed for examining
and allowing said account
Ana IL is further ordered that O 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 Shiawassee.
MATTHEW BUSH,
Judge OF Probate.
BY FLORENCE LINDSEY.
Probate Register.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-05-05
Probate Order.

State OF Michigan. the Probate Court for the
County OF Shiawassee.
At a session Of the Probate Court for the
County of Shiawassee. held at the Probate
ONCE In the City OF Corunna, on the 25th day OF
April In the year one thousand nine hun
dred and eleven.
Present Matthew Bush. Judge of Probate.
In the matter OF the estate OF william J.
Watson deceased.
The adm nistrator of said estate having
rendered final acc ount to this Court
IL Is ordered that the 22d day OF May next
at ten O'Clock In the forenoon, at said Probate
once, be appointed for examining and allow.
ing said account.
And it is further ordered that copy of this
order be published three successive weeks
previous TO said day OF hearing, In the Owosso
Times q newspaper printed and circulating In
said County OF Shiawassee.
MATTHEW BUSH,
Judge OF Probate.
BY FLORENCE LINDSEY,
Probate Register.