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The Ordway new era., 1911-10-20
COULDN'T BE CONVERTED
Pastor Of Church Confesses His inabiI.
Ity to Pass a Counterfeit Sii.
yer Dollar.

The minister walked solemniy to
the front OF the platform. and after
gazing intently at the congregation
for some moments he cleared his
throat and spoke.
Il am sorry to have to announce"
he said slowly. that some member OF
this congregation on Sunday last put
a counterfeit silver dollar In the con-
tribution box. What his motive was
l know not. He may have assumed
that for the heather spurious dol
lar was as good AS n real one. but It
should not be understood that tho
actual money We take in here does
not go directly to them. and | hope
that the individual who gave the
spurious coin will be good enough to
redeem 1t. | am sorry to have to
make the request. hut the fact Is that
I have tried three times to pass the
dollar In question on myself. and in
every case unsuccessiully, wherefore
I consider that It is up to the donor
to make good"
Il am the guilty party. parson."
said n little red.headed individual sit.
ting In the third row OF pews. rising
and taking genuine dollar out OF
his pocket. II had hoped. sir. that
a man OF your stronG powers OF ex-
hortation. who has made good man
out of such unpromising material as
myself. would be able to convert that
dollar"
You will please resume your seat.
Mr.. Skinnerton." said the Clergyman.
The treasurer will negotiate the ex-
change at the conclusion OF the serv-
ice The ushers will now proceed
with the collection. and while they are
about 1t please let me say that. rs be-
tween counterfeit money and suspend
or buttons for the collection plate. |
most unQuestionably prefer the latter.
The suspendcr button can be made
useful. but spurious money Is not only
useless. but involves the clerical con-
science in too great strain. consider
ing the size OF the average minis
terial salary."-Harper's Weekly.
The Ordway new era., 1911-10-20

inal founder OF the family, a criminal
who came to America In the latter
part of the seventeenth century. were
criminals, feeble-minded persons or
degenerates. This family being stud
led by Prof Goddard shows an
even higher percentage OF feeble-mind-
ed members. Dr. Goddard has already
spent three years In compiling and
classifying the information about this
family. gathered by seven trained in
vestigators who have been constantly
in the field. Another year will elapse
before the record Of every member
of the family Is traced and the work
completed, but the facts gathered 80
far enable DR.. Goddard to declare the
case OF the Jukeses Is not an isolated
one-as many have believed-but a
typical one. In fact, every state in
the Union will furnish several fam
lilies. he declares.
For obvious reasons 1t is impossible
to give the name OF the family. but in
1882 n young man Of a proud New Jer-
sey family wronged feeble-minded
girl in the village near his home. Then
he went his way, married a girl OF fine
ly respected. In 1887.
But the feeble-minded girl gave
birth to n son of feeble mind. and this
son became the father of 13 children.
seven Of whom were idiots. One Of
the feeRe minded sons married a
feeble minded woman and all their
children were idiots. In the next gen.
Grafton one of their feeble-minded
sons Ito follow only one branch of the
family fell in love with a feeble-mind.
ed woman. Nobody prevented them
from marrying. They brought II chill.
dren into the world. And one OF their
idiot daughters bore II children
And the last In the direct line Of
horrors Is a girl Of IA in the train.
Ing school at Vineland who has the
mind Of child of two. This. mind
you, is tracing only one member OF the
family in each generation. That one
youth who wronged that feeble-minded
girl more than n century ago became
the ancestor through her OF LAG hui
The Ordway new era., 1911-10-20
ChiroQraph.

"Ethelinda writes II very peculiar
hand" said Maudc.
Yes" replied Maymc. its just n
lot Of straight lines and angles. When
You read It. you have to guess at the
spelling, the same ns she does"
The Ordway new era., 1911-10-20
Terrible Suffering
Eczema All Over Baby's Body.

"When my baby was four months old
his face broke out with eczema and at
sixteen months of age his face. hands and
arms were in dreadful state. Tho
eczema spread all over his body. We had
to put n mask or cloth over his face aud
tic up his hamls. Finally we gave him
Hoods Sarsnpnrlla and in few months
he was entirely cured. Today he is u
healthy boy" Mrs. lncz Lewis. Barring.
Maine.
Hoods Sarsaparilla cures blood diseases
and builds up the system.
Get it today in usual liquid form or
chocolated tablets called Sarsatabe.
The Ordway new era., 1911-10-20

Nrs. wfnslows Soothing Syrup for Children
t""thlng, softcns the gums. reduces infnInTia
ton, nllays pain, cures wind collie, &c bottle.
The Ordway new era., 1911-10-20

Giving other people the best of II
is a good investment And besides
It may not cost you anything.
The Ordway new era., 1911-10-20

Whenever you have pain think of
II ulins Wizard Oil. For Headache.
T"uthachc Earachc. Stomach ache. and
III nv other painful ailments there is moth
in. better.
The Ordway new era., 1911-10-20

Some men never succeed in putin,
In, r best foot forward because the.
are unable to decide which one 1t is
The Ordway new era., 1911-10-20
When tho World Was Made.

When Lottie returned from her first
visit to Sunday school she was asked
what she had learned.
God made the world In six days.
and was arrested on the seventh day..
was her version OF the lesson impart-
ed.-Lippincott's.
The Ordway new era., 1911-10-20

Ii you wish beautiful. clear. white
rlolhcs. use Red Cross Bag Blue. AT all
good groccrs.
The Ordway new era., 1911-10-20

A woman thinks n man Is sensible
if he tells her that she is handsome.
The Ordway new era., 1911-10-20
BEAUTIFUL POST CARDS FREI

O. told Embossed Birthday. Flower and Mott,
Post ards: brautiful coors and "vriirs, designs
Art Post Card Club. al jackson St. Topeka. Kansas
The Ordway new era., 1911-10-20
SEVENTH GENERATION
zoo INSANE DESCENDANT.
TRACED AND 2O4 EITHER
ePitEpTICS on NORMAL.

$50
afeeblem mohe
The Ordway new era., 1911-10-20

A man cant kick If his monument
is a put-up job.
The Ordway new era., 1911-10-20

of the feeble-minded chill.
dren come from 10 per
cent OF the community.
Idiocy feeble-minded-
ness. Is simply another name for it
is a matter of heredity.
There has been a terrible increase
in the number OF feeble-minded chill
dren In the past few years.
predetermined mothers are twice
as prolific as normal women.
The country cannot build institu-
tions rapidly enough to house and take
care OF the feeble-minded.
THE only solution Of the problem is
the unsexing Of all feeble-minded per-
sons to prevent them from breeding
moro feeble-minded children. and the
training Of the feeble-minded who are
now here to be selfsupporting"
These are a few OF the conclusions
reached by Prof. E. r. Johnstone
and DR.. Henry II. Goddard Of the
training school for feeble minded chill
dren at Vineland. N. j., after a care
full study Of more than $50 families
In which feeble-minded children have
been born for several generations. In
four Of these families the records OF
2.7O0 individuals were traced. OF which
number 6S7 were feeble-minded. or
nearly one-fourth Of the entire num-
ber.
At the present time DR.. Goddard.
who Is in charge Of the research de-
T..rtment Of the institution. is engaged
in tracing the records Of the members
NJ olp l., To-, tnl,
rival II not actually to surpass the rec
ord OF the notorious Jukes family.
Jukes. 1t will be remembered, Is the
famous family Of criminals usually
cited as the most glaring example OF
heredity in crime. More than two
thirds OF the descendants OF the orig.
The Ordway new era., 1911-10-20
Where II Belonged.

"Whcrc are you going?"
ITO fetch some water. sorr."
What, In those disreputable trou-
sers?"
NO. sorr. in this ere pail. LON
don Opinion.
The Yale expositor., 1911-07-13
Invites People to Use Department.

State Insurance Commissioner
Palmer, realizing that few people in
the state are taking advantage OF the
information bureau Of the state in
surance departm ent. desires to make
it known to the public that the de-
partment is the forum Of the people
and that all questions involving insur-
ance policies, whether life, causualty
o. fire. win receive attention when
referred to the department.
Mr.. Palmer asserts that a great
many poor people have in the past
paid at least half Of their insurance
money TO some lawyer who did no
more than answer a few questions
regarding the policy, or made an eff
fort to hasten the collection from the
Insurance company.
Mr.. Palmer is of the opinion that
the people Of the state can save many
thousands Of dollars each year in at
torney fees if they will use the de-
partment more as q medium of in
formation and makes public the fol-
lowing communication which is ad-
dressed to the people OF the entire
state:
I'VE desire TO call to the attention
Of the insurinG public Of Michigan
our conception of the functions Of the
insurance department in it's relation
with them. In our opinion the insur-
ancc department is the forum of the
people, ana we cordially invite the
people of our state TO freely com,
municatc with this department in all
matters pertaining 10 insurance. and
particularly whore there are dimeren-
ces between the companies and the
insured, to consult this department
before rceorting TO leCal procedure. as
many times large portions OF amounts
due bcncGciarics are frittered away IN
needless legal expense when the Whole
matter hight be adjusted by coming
to the insurance department for adj
vice. The department cannot settle
vour differences but it can ana Will
GLADLY advise you as to the law COY
orninr in insurance questions sub
mitted to il for consideration
The Yale expositor., 1911-07-13
Grsncers Win Case.

The Patrons Mutual Fire Insurance
Co. of Lansing. the state grange in
surance organization, hes finally won
it's fght to establish tho right to re-
ouire all policy holders to submit
their differences with the company
relative to settlement losses to arbi-
tration, by supreme court decision
handed down by Justice Bird
Some time ago the attorney-gen-
erals department ruled that the arbi-
tration feature Of the patrons policy
was in contravention Of the statutes
and prevented the adjudication in
court Of points at issue between Gem
pany and rolicyhodcrs. The com
pany applied for writ to compel the
Encouragement to approve of the
policy form and tho court has granted
It, stating that the agreement in the
policy is q voluntary one and declar-
ing "tte doctrine is well established
in this state that members Of a vol
untary society may set up a tribur Il
TO adiudicate the differences that
arise between the association and its
members and make it's decision final
in the absence of bad faith or re-
fusal to act or pay after an adjudica-
ton has taken place"
The Yale expositor., 1911-07-13
Endorses Rule Of Reason.

In an address before the Michigan
State Bar association Attorney General
Wickersham gave his unqualified in
dorsement to the application Of the
so-called rule Of reason" in the SUI
preme courts decision in the Standard
Oil and American Tobacco company
cases.
Those who have yielded to the SUI
perficial conclusion resulting from the
application by the chief justice of the
rule Of reason to the Interpretation OF
the Sherman law" said the attorney
general, can find but little to justify
the idea that the law has been made
ineffective. by those two decisions.
"The most cursory examination Of
the decree in the tobacco case, the
most casual consideration of the dras-
tic and remedy imposed, makes 1t
perfectly apparent that the Sher-
man law, perhaps for the first time,
has been demonstrated to be an
actual, effective weapon for the &C.
complishment of the purpose for
which 1t was intended.
IF this law shall now be clearly I'M
derstood; if it's true purpose shall be
recognized and it's beneficent conse-
quences realized, the twenty years of
slowly developed Interpretation and
widening precedent will not have been
without great value"
The Yale expositor., 1911-07-13
CLEANUP" DAY
TO PREVENT FIRES
STATE FIRE MARSHAL PALMER
ASKS ALL MICHIGAN TO
COOPERATE.
SPECIFIES JULY 25 AS "CLEAN-UP
DAY FOR MICHIGAN"
Marshal Palmer Has Sent Out In.
structions to Presidents of VII
lagos and Fire Marshals
Throughout the State.

State Insurance Commissioner
Palmer, who, under the recent act
passed by the legislature. was made
state fire marshal, is endeavoring to
make several changes in the present
conditions relative to fire protection,
and along this line has caused to be
sent out to the fire chiefs, presidents
of villages and fire marshals Of the
state few instructions to follow, and
has designated Tuesday, July %, as
Cleanup day for Michigan"
The work is an entirely new de-
parture in the state, and it is hoped
that the commissioners effort will be
net with results.
Here is the letter being sent out:
1T is the desire of this department
TO have a concerted, uniform effort
on the part of all officials made so by
the fire marshal law to clean up. oui
state. and to accomplish. this we have
set. apart Tuesday, July 20, to be
designated as Clean up day
Will you not make 1t your especial
business on this date to see that the
munity with reference to the clean
ing up of easements, alleys and haz-
ardous buildings?
This is the time of year when, be-
weather we are especially confronted
with the danger of fires. and Will you
not do your part to help prevent the
great loss Of life and property occa'
stoned through the carelessness OF our
people in the storing of rubbish, shay
inGs, excelsior tissue paper and the
like in Easements and in alleys, and
see to it that your locality upon this
date is cleaned up?
GIVE the department the benefit OF
your active cooperation in its enorl
to reduce fire hazard in Michigan, and
thereby reduce the cost of fire insur-
anCe to our people"
The Yale expositor., 1911-07-13
SAN-JAK

No other medicine in the world raises
the specific gravity if too low and pre-
vents the dissolution Of salts from the
tissue and prevents swelling Of the
limbs and other parts of the body.
You may have the ability to manu-
facture the normal quantity of uric acid
alkaloids, but if the specific gravity is
too high, nue. to weakened condition of
the kidneys, the normal quantity is not
eliminated. If normal quantity is not
eliminated and is carried back by the
circulation Of the blood, absorbed into
the tissue causing soreness and lame
ness or rheumatism, catarrh and many
other disagreeable symptoms. We re-
turn the price of one bottle of San.Jak,
800, if it fails to do good in any case.
The Yale expositor., 1911-07-13
NEVER IN
BETTER CONDITION
Simpson Gives Account of His
Six Months Administration.
ECONOMY IS WATCHW0RD
Per Capita Cost OF Feeding Prisoners
During 1911 Was $13.56, as Com
pared With $14.65 in
May, 1910.

Lansing.-At the board of con-
troll meeting Warden Simpson submit
ted report of his administration from
his arrival January / to June 80, 1911,
and the report gives ample evidence
that Jackson prison was never in bet
ter condition in every respect than at
present. The past six months has
been a period Of many reforms at the
prison, not one of which has fallen
short of success, and the board is
deeply gratified at the results shown
in the report.
The greatest evil In the prison on
the warden's arrival, according to
his report, was the presence Of
drugs and the consequent disabling
of many convicts, and a general
prevalence Of slack methods result
ing from their use. Today Jackson
prison is practically a business in
stitution, every avenue through
which drugs entered having been
closed.
Economy is the keynote of his
administration and to enumerate
the instances in which great saw
ings have been effected would take
columns. Great reductions Of ex-
pense have been made by buying
products by free bids in the open
markets and in great quantities,
and thus the per capita cost OF
feeding the inmates during 1911
was $1356. as compared with S14.65
in May, 1910.
The efficiency and cooper alton OF
the prison officers have been ma
terially increased and at the same
time the expense has been decreased.
The personnel of the prison force
has been much changed, 20 officers
having left the institution since
last January, 10 Of whom were re-
leased and % new men have been
employed to take the places Of those
who left.
Despite the additional expense of
employing six extra wall guards, so
that the walls may be guarded day
and night, the payroll has been de-
creased in the last two months
$97366, as compared with April and
May, 1910. This is made possible by
reason of seven shops now run
ming by inmate supervision without
the presence of an officer.
The Yale expositor., 1911-07-13
Keep Students Out Of Saloons.


Lansing.-It is just possible that
when the students return to Ann Ar
Dor next fall those who are frequent
ers Of the local saloons may find
themselves up against a surveillance
that will be far harder to avoid than
the one provided by the laws of the
state of Michigan.
should create new Office, that of spe-
ciaI university officer, to see that the
law that students must be kept out Of
saloons is rigidly enforced. The law
as II now stands is worthless, and
the student who keeps out of these
places does so because he wants to.
and not from any fear Of the law.
City officers say it would be impossi-
BILE for them to arrest a saloonist
every time a student got anything to
drink In his place, and the saloonist
claims he is not able to tell when a
man comes into his place whether he
is a student or not. AS result there
is positively no discrimination made,
and a student is served at any bar in
town just as quickly as any one else,
state law to the contrary notwith-
standing. 1t is a noticeable thing,
however, that few of the better class
saloons sell to freshmen, and they
seem to have little If any difficulty in
making that discrimination.
The proposed new university official
shall be duly engaged for just this
work of surveillance over students.
1t is no part of the plan that this Off
cial shall work in secret. but rather
that he shall be known to the stu
dents and saloon men alike. Once a
student is discovered in a saloon, or
drunk, 1t shall be the duty of this
officer to go into the case of the Of
Tending student, and unless he has
broken some city law, that he shall
be dealt with and punished by the
university officials.
According to Governor Osborn the
regents have it in their power to
create this office. That done, It would
seem that student drinking in Ann
Arbor might be done away with very
effectually.
The Yale expositor., 1911-07-13
ETHEL BARRYMORE TO SUE
Actress Takes Steps to Institute ri.
vorcc Proceedings Against Million
aire Husband, Russell G. Colt.

Los Angeles. Cal, July S.-Ethel
Barrymore, the actress, who is playing
here, took steps to sue for divorce
In New York from Russell Griswold
Colt, young multi-millionaire, to
whom she was married less than two
years ago. The papers were taken
east by special agent and are to
be filed Immediately upon his arrival
in New York. The grounds alleged
are statutory and the name of
prominent New York society woman
Is brought into the complaint.
The Yale expositor., 1911-07-13
SPARKS FROM LIVE WIRES

James r. Keene. the New York
fnancier, is i'll in London, and he is
quoted as having said that he intend
ed to hasten back to America to die.
DR.. Harvey w. Wiley, pure food ex-
pert, predicts that within fifteen
years smoking and tobacco chewing
in public will have become obsolete.
Rewards aggregating $1,000 are out
standing for the capture of w. II.
Wolfe, believed to be the murderer of
the two young children of w. H. Over
man, who were killed at their home
near Calexico. Cal.
Governor McGovern has signed the
bill returning to Senator Stephenson
$25, 900 which he gave to the Wiscon-
sin park board on condition that the
new state park in Door county be
named Stephenson park.
Two girls, giving the names of Mary
Johnson and Clara Peterson of SCOTS
Bluff. Neb., attired in boys clothing.
were arrested at Thermopolis, Colo.
They had beaten their way from
SCOTS Bluff on freight trains.
The National Reform association,
through Clement II. Congdon, it's ex-
ecutive agent, selected Portland, Ore.
for the session In 1913 of the worlds
Christian congress. The session will
begin June 20 and close July s.
Giles Lewis, secretary Of the New
ton Tea company, Cincinnati, was
found dead in his office. The safe,
before which he apparently had been
kneeling, was open. The police be-
lieve Lewis was overcome by the heat.
Governor Wilson of New Jersey has
been "docked" again. When he re-
ceived his salary check for June as
executive Of the state he found. that
it was short $50. He had been alb
sent three days in June, finishing his
western trip.
The committee stage of the veto bill
for the curtailment of the powers of
the lords was concluded in the house
Of lords in London. Although numer-
Gus amendments were proposed by in
dependent members. all were with
drawn or rejected.
Mrs. Marshall Field, Jr., OF Chicago,
gave dinner and ball at her new res
idence In Carlton House terrace, Lon
don. For two years the place has
been in the hands of architects, who
have converted it into a palace
Rev. John II. Dietrich, who resigned
the pastorate OF st. Marks Reformed
church. Pittsburg, when the Allegheny
Chassis charged him with failing to
preach in accordance with the creed
Of the Reformed church, has decided
to unite with the Unitarian church.
The New York state law that
makes it a felony for an automobilist
TO run away from the scene of an &C.
cident without disclosing his identity
is unconstitutional, in the view of the
appellate court, as it compels a per-
son to become witness against him.
self.
Establishment Of an immense pre-
serve at Onava, n. NJ, upon which he
intends to propagate all kinds of wild
game and experiment in producing
new breeds, is the plan of Jacob
C"Buffalo'O Jones, who passed through
Trinidad, Colo, with two carloads of
bison.
Believing that her husband is being
purued by Indian mystics, who desire
the return of a marvclously hideous
ring he possesses, Mrs. Josephine
Swanton of Chester. England, arrived
in Boston on the four hundred and
sixty-ffth day of her search, which has
carried her to India and across the
continent to Boston.
The Yale expositor., 1911-07-13
Stirs Up Big Row Among Lawyers.

Before the Michigan State Bar as
and fish dinner at Gull lake, some of the
lawyers present We're scarcely on
speaking terms with the others.
1t was all caused by Prof. ]. G.
Knowlton's argument that all stu
dents OF law, no matter where
graduated should be made to take
the state examination. The Uni
versity of Michigan law instructor
seemed to be limiting strongly that
he didn't think a Detroit college or
law diploma was sufficient to admit
a man to the bar.
Attorney T. A. e. Weadcock Of
Detroit took exception to every
thing Professor Knowton said in
sisting that the state board of eX-
aminers could not know so much
about a mans fitness for the law
by three days examination as a col
lege faculty by three years observa-
ton.
Attorney E. c. Lewis of Battle
Creek, late of Detroit, charged Pro
fessor Knowlton with a desire to
deprive the Detroit law school Of
the same privilege enjoyed by the
University Of Michigan. Professor
Knowlton denied this, and after an
acrimonious debate, Knowlton's
statement that it was too easy to
become lawyer in Michigan was
given the approval of the conven-
ton, by a resolution which did not,
however, carry unanimously.
The Yale expositor., 1911-07-13

Mrs. Adam Haid, Of Niles, daughter
of City Physician J. d. Greenmayer'
paid a fine of So and costs on her
plea Of violating the scarlet fever
quarantine.
One Of the police patrols that was
bought while Henry Hodge was be.
ginning his duties as police clerk
of Battle Creek. 10 years ago, was
used as a hearse to bear him to his
grave.
A years leave OF absence. which
may result In his resignation from
the presidency, has heen granted A..
Gaylord Slocum, for more than 20
years head Of Kalamazoo college.
Though President Siocum refuses TO
say whether he will retire from ac-
tive work, his age and recent failing
health make such a course seem
probable. Dean Stetson will be III
charge during his absence.