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The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-05-16

away from home whenever she Is left
alone. AS Henry punished her for
misbehavior, an agent Of the Humane
Society caused his arrest.
The Canadian department of marine
has ordered the purchase of New
foundland whaler with which to ex-
plore Hudson bay and establish the
practicability of short steamship line
to Europe for northwestern grain.
A north-bound passenger train on
the Illinois Central route was wrecked
by rail placed across the track, near
Duck Hill, Mississippi. Henry White,
the engineer, was killed, and four other
train employees were slightly injured.
Blaine on Thursday secured the four
delegates-at-large from Minnesota, and
captured fifteen votes in Texas, thir-
teen in Maryland, six in Oregon, and
two in Rhode Island. Arthur added
twenty-one to his string, and Edmunds
three.
Ida Lewis started out in her boat,
Wednesday, from Goat island light
house to rescue four drunken men who
had capsized in the harbor, but she was
outrowed by crew from the wrecking
schooner, who saved the imperiled
men.
Moses Fraley, the st. Louis specula-
tor, has declined the offer of several of
his creditors to settle at 33t cents on
the dollar, and has given notice that he
is prepared to pay all accounts in full.
He owes $3.50, 900. more than half of
which is due in Chicago.
Joseph Fifer of Bloomington, Sena-
tor Horace Clark of Nation, and WI.
Calhoun of Danville, are the leading
candidates for the district attorneyship
of southern Illinois, made vacant by
the appointment of James A. Connolly
as solicitor of the treasury.
The delegates-at-large from Yer
mont to the national republican con-
vention are j. Gregory Smith, Redfield
Proctor, Frederick Billings, and b. s.
Harris, who are instructed to vote for
Edmunds for president, and who favor
Lincoln for vice president.
The stralght-out republicans of Vir-
ginia proclaimed themselves for Blaine
and Lincoln, but sent their delegates
to Chicago uninstructed. The sixth
plank of the platform condemns Presi-
dent Arthur for permitting ruthless
violation of the civil service lawn Vir-
ginia.
A general strike OH the main line and
branches of the Union Pacific road
commenced in earnest Friday morning,
fifteen hundred men going out at Oma-
ha. One coach of the hourly train to
Council Bluffs was taken off and side
tracked by the strikers. AT dark an
announcement was made by Manager
Clark that the order for reduction in
wages had been rescinded.
Three thousand members of the pro-
duce exchange of New York gathered
in the old building Tuesday to hear a
valedictory address, when they formed
in line and marched to the new struct-
ure, where ChaunceyAM. Depew was
the orator of the day. He took the
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Of surface with the same number Of
pounds, is simple. easily applied. and is
also suitable for the frcsco painters use.
PROFESSOR KEDzrEs LETTER no THE ALA
BAsTINE COMPANY.
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.
LANSING, April 10, 1884
To n. 3. Church, Manager:
DEAR SIR-The Alabastine put on the
walls of the Chemical Laboratory more
than four years ago is in as good condition
and bright In appearance as when first ap-
piled. save where water from leaky roof
has injured it. The Alabastinc seems to
grow harder with age, making firm and
coherent covering, and has no tendency to
soil the clothing by contact, as whitewash
and kalsomine will. am well satisfied
with Alabastine. Yours faithfully,
r. G. KEDzIE,
Professor of Chemistry.
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among the residents OF the aristocratic
and fashionable district of Milwaukee
over the project to establish large
beer-garden in their midst.
Charles Ford, one of the brothers
who killed Jesse James, slew himself
with revolver at Richmond, Mo. He
was 26 years old and has for a long time
shown consumptive tendencies.
Lucia Zarate, the Mexican midget,
while left alone for moment in a
museum ut Cleveland, was carried of
by two men, who dropped her when
they found themselves pursued.
1t is understood that if Tilden de-
clines to be the Democratic candidate
for the Presidency the Oregon delega-
ton to the Chicago Convention will
Import Judge Field, of California.
Grain is being taken from Chicago to
New York at a rate varying from II to
lS cents, per hundred pounds, and
agents who cling to the Is cent tariff
are unable to secure round lots of
freight.
In order to make the most out of its
dynamite sensation, Toronto sends out
a statement that one of the cartridges
discovered beneath the parliament
building was found to be filled with
dualin.
The Canadian railways have abolish
ed the special privileges heretofore en-
joyed by commercial travellers, and
placed that class on an equality with
the public in the use of thousand-mile
tickets.
T. III. Hodgson, formerly heavy
produce operator in Montreal, who
failed for $500, 900 year ago, has re-
turned to that city to settle with his
only remaining creditors, two of the
city banks.
Bishop Toebbe. of the Roman Catho-
lie Diocese of Covington, KY, died
Friday, after lingering illness. He
was born at Meppen, Hanover, in 1929.
The immediate cause Of his death was
heart-diSease.
With over $4,000, 900 bushels of grain
in store in Chicago, there is still idle in
the river vessels with capacity of
1000 bushels-a fact almost without
precedent in the history of lake naviga-
ton III May.
The brewers of Minneapolis have
raised fund to test in the courts the
legality of provision in the license Or
dinance forbidding the establishment
of saloons outside of the active police
patrol districts.
Dr., Ryerson, of Chicago, whose
earlier years were spent among the
Ottawa Indians, has formally present.
ed to Lincoln park bronze group rep
resenting race which has become
well-nigh extinct.
The Oldest financial institution in
Mexico, the National Bank of Monte
de Piedad, refused peremptory de-
mand by the government for large
sum of money, and closed its doors to
protect its creditors.
Henry Ward, of Elgin, Ills, has a
mother over l03 years old, who runs
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ground that Chicago speculative opera
lions in the past years had made wheat.
fields in India, causing us TO export
gold and accumulate debts.
Grant & Ward, stock brokers in New
York, suspended payment Tuesday, on
account of the failure of the Marine
National bank. The partners are Gen.
TT. s. Grant, James d. Fish, u. 5.
Grant. Jr.. and Ferdinand Ward. Gen.
Grant states that the firm Is nearly
$500. 900 short, but no accurate figures
can be given, as Mr.. Ward has disap-
peared and the safes are locked.
1t appears that the So, 000, 600 of first
mortgage bonds which the Fort Wayne
road proposes to issue are to run one
thousand years, to be guaranteed by
the Pennsylvania road, and TO be ex'
changed for the original STOCK certln-
Gates, giving the Pennsylvania road the
actual ownership of the property. The
annual meeting of the Fort wayne
company has been postponed TO May II.
The forest fire at Elkton, Md, is still
consuming valuable timber. Nearly
five thousand acres have been devas-
tated at Matawan, N. j., from the care
less burning of brush by a farmer.
Rains extinguished the flames on the
mountains along the Lehigh Valley
road, in Pennsylvania, and in Orange
and the adjacent counties in New DIRK.
The losses in the latter region are estl-
mated at $2,000,000.
In the Methodist general conference
at Philadelphia, the address OF the
bishops asked for more stringent regu--
lations with regard to the marriage OF
divorced persons. Rev. DR.. Hatfield
gave some life to the gathering by
characteristic outburst against wire
pulling in the election of bishops, and
positively refused to be silent until he
had declared that delegate could not
get out of car before being button
holed by candidate.
The Chicago Times says: Careful in
Quiry as to the preferences or instruc-
tons of the delegates chosen to the re-
publican convention shows 329 votes
for Blaine, 295 for Arthur, 70 for Ed
munds, 81 for Logan, % for Sherman,
II for Hawley, and 81 doubtful. The
Tribune estimate is Blaine 1863, Arthur
273, Edmunds II, Logan 81, Sherman
20, Hawley 12, scattering Is. The Inter
Ocean claims for Arthur 42O-or nine
more than necessary for a nomination
Blaine 253, Edmunds rs, Logan 40,
Sherman %. .tf
The iron steamer State of Florida,
en- route from New York to Glasgow,
was wrecked about April %. She had
thirty-fve cabin passengers, among
whom were Thomas Taylor, wife, and
four children, of Chicago. A sailing
vessel picked up the shipwrecked crew,
and the steamer Devon found two of
the Florida's lifeboats. London dis
patches represent that there were
dynamiters on board with plenty of the
explosive, but advices from Toronto
show that fur thief named Bryson
was the man for whom the Glasgow
detectives were watching.
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are now made to initiate and substitute
for Alabastine, cheap, untricd preparations,
a plain showing of the name lAlabastine)
is given, with description Of the article
and statement of how 1t was perfected aud
its durability proven.
Unlike all kalsomines, which il is like
only In form. being made of sulphate of
lime (alabaster rock), and not dependent
on glue for its adhesiveness. 1t is per-
manent finish, that hardens with age,
while all preparations before known for
the purpose are made of carbonate of lime
Gnert chalks and clays), with glue. which
soon decays and scales or rubs of. as all
are aware.
Alabastine was invented in its primitive
state ten years ago at Grand Rapids, Mich,
and has been experimental on by the in
ventor and present manager Of the enter
prise by practical application, the first few
years brushing on many thousand yards
himself on all kinds of walls and in all
climates. About five years ago he succeed
ed in overcoming
SOME DIFFICULTIES EXPERIENCED,
and having had the work standing for ref
erence, and having minutes of how each
job was done during the ten years, he was
able to know why some was good and per-
manent, having hardened and improved
with age, and why some had scaled like
kalsomine, making it necessary TO scrape
and wash IL Off. He was then able to
remedy and make all like that that proved
to harden and improve with age. This
could not be done In any other way but by
practical use and experience and lapse
of time to prove each experiment to profit
by it.
The material was then put upon the
market as an article Of manufacture and
advertised extensively.
ALABAsTINE DEALERS
IN any ,o,on s,M tell phere ,oalIs can be seen
M,n haue had Ainbdsfine on them from one
10 fire gears 10 pr0oe The great claims Of
durability. and that IL Is no experiment..
The Alabastine Company have
TWO LARGE MILLS
running night and day, one grinding up
aud manufacturing the Gypsum from
which they make the Alabastine, and an.
other making Alabastine. They quarried
out
FIFTEEN THOUSAND TONS
of the rock during the last summer, and
have ground and shipped the most of 1t.
In the West they sell Alabastine only to
carload buyers at each large distributing
point, who supply the smaller dealers.
They also make and ship land and calcined
plaster during the season when no house
cleaning Is being done to drive them with
Alabastine shipments.
The ertensice deposits of Gypsum in this
country are said to be adequate to supply
the rock to make this, though only the
best will make good Alabastine, and the
demand will yet be very large, as it will
take the place of many thousand tons Of
whiting or chalk previously and now i'm
ported from the chalk beds of England tC
this country; also other preparations uset
for renewing walls, and will take the plac,
OF the finishing coat of plaster and wal
paper. In making Alabastine, there Il
also used large amounts of other ingredi
ents, including fine coloring matter, tina
the company buy in carload lots, COSTING
many thousand dollars annually, which i
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INVITATIONS AND lEFRINGEzENTS /!

Some cheap attemp ted limitations of .A1a5as-
tine, also i'trtngenaents on our sererai patents
on u, and IT'S uses. are being offered IN some
places TO Ald6aStine dealers. under different
names and at ce7y much iOicer prict. .haa
AtabaStine could BE- sold for.
In speaking of limitations and infringe.
ments we do not include straight kalso-
mines sold on their own merits not repre-.
sented by manufacturers or dealers to be
the same as Alabastine under other names.
or made from the same materials, and max
ing the same claims of permanence, hard.
ening with age, etc., but If they are irving
TO sell on the merits of Alabastine they arc
inferior limitations and probably infirg.
ing on our patents.
Being the inventors OF this prcpauif'i.n.
| the first OF its kind, we of course. ubl;t, ed
| good patents on IL. as the law provides.
and shall prosecute MI who damage US 10y
Infringement, from the manufacturer 10
the dealer and those who use 1t OH their
buildings. We are not obliged to notify
to hold good our claim against infringcrs.
but wish Ia warn our customers that they
may not he imposed upon with inferior
preparations. especially when they are sold
on such representations that Alabasiine
viii be blamed for the poor work they do
All acquainted with the line know that
l,cforc Alab:istine was brought 10 their no
; lice they never knew of any preparation
making these claims OF pernancncc, and
adapted to applying as many coats as de.
sired, one over another for years, harden.
ing with age, improving the wall every
time coat is added, or TO cover half the
number OF yards to the pound that Ala
bastine will. BY comparing the circulars
| n nj bel a..
will be seen that this is true, and now the
attempting imitators of Alabastine touch
these claims very lightly in print. Though
our customers tell us that some statesmen
tell them on the sly that the imitation is
the same thing as Alabastine, soAich Il
false, and fraud, which they will see,
after 1t has been on the wall few months
and especially in years.
TO CHEAPEN MANUFACTURED WALL
FINISH
depending on good quality for durability
Is unsafe, as a poor wall-finish viii spoil
the wall, and its
DURABILITY CANNOT BE PROVEN ~ ONE
YEAR
Now those who
HAVE FOUND ALABAsrfNE TO BE DURABLE
hardening on The wall with agc. improving
the original wall will not risk uniricd prep
sral'ons on one room in hopes of saving a
AcnEaP. INFERIOR MANUFACTURED WALL
! FINISH
can be made so as to impose on the public
with less chance of detection when first
used than most
ANY KIND OF ADuLTERATIoN.
Common kalsomine appears to be very
fair finish when first put on, but no one
claims that 1t Is durable.
ALABASTINE COMPANY.
n. B. CHURCH, Manager.
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IL THE BEST FINISH
FOR ALL THE FOLLOWING.
SURFACES.
On Brown Plaster or Sand Finish u Makes the
best Wall Finish Known.
A SOLID "HARp FINISH"

It makes as good as new, as 1t Is substau-
TALLY the same thing Except the lime) with
which il assimilatcs and becomes o part.
filling and cementing the cracks.
ON WOOD CEILINGS.
Such as RAILROAD DEPoTs, SroRE and
VERANDA CEILINGS, PARTITIONS. Ere,
whether painted or not, It is a better finish
than paint, as it does not discolor, and
large. cracks between the boards may DC
filled'with tho brush and thick ALABAsTTNE,
which will set as hard as the board
PAINTED WALLS
can be beautifully tinted as easily as the
paint can be washed.
OVER OLD WALL PAPER
the result Is surprising. as 1t obllterates all
stripes and colors, covers patches. and
will not cause wrinkle or blister in the
paper, and the room is made proof against
bugs, etc., by brushing ALABAsTINE in
the cracks and around the castings and base,
where 1t sets like stone,
OR ON BRICK OR ON ROUGH BOARDS,
the interior of FACTORIES, MILLS, BARNS,
and any place of the kind where cheap,
durable Jre-procf painting is desired.
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Letters from Prof. II. C. Kedzie to the
Alabastine Company After
Testing Alabastine
Four Years.
Why II ShOuld Please the Painters
Il aud KalsOminers.
Positive Proof Of its Hardening with
Age Can De Seen in Any Town.
Cheap and Easily Applied by Anyone.
INVITATIONS AND INFRINGEMENTs
Remember the Name.

,Alabastinc was long needed, and now
seems necessity, not only TO those who
have buildings TO keep in repair. BIZ: ell
who occupy them.
1t is O cement, manufactured ready for
use, in beautiful tints and alabaster white,
and is easily applied by any one who can
read the directions and use brush, with
which plaster walls can be finished or old
ones refinished and kept like new with less
expense than they could be washed n
made of marble. To renew Alabastining
the occupant Is not turned out of doors, as
has been necessary to have the old kalso.
mine or wall paper removed.
Alabastinc Is no experiment, but Is KEEP,
in stock by paint dealers and Is In use In
sveay ,, v,,nasc anu .own, wnerc prooi OF i.s
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M B. Church, Manager for the Altjasttne
I1yi,o0o,J.

M B. Church, Manager for the Ahja.tine
Company:
: DEAR Sm-At your request l have
analyzed specimens of Alabastine manu-
featured by the Alabastinc Company, of
Grand Rapids, and find no traces of poison
Gus or spurious materials. The material
was carefully tested for arsenic and cop
per, but none could be found. My study
has been Alabastined, and am very well
pleased with the result The Alabastine
makes very firm and durable covering TO
the wall, and seems 10 be free from any
tendency to crack or scale. 1t is also free
from any disagreeable odor. Yours truly,
H. G. KEDZIE, Prof Chem
Agricultural College, Lansing, Sept. 2, 1880.
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ALABAsTINE works we'll over OLD KAL
soMINE AND WHITEwAsH. and will stick
10 them until they come off, but we do moi
recommend putting it over them, as they
are temporary. and the only way TO get u
permanent finish is to wash or scrape them
of and Alsbastine the hard walls.
After Alabastine has been ON few
weeks to harden,
II MAY BE WASHED
with q sponge and water, sufficient TO &c
move spots of crock, lead-pencil marks, or
anything except grease, without spotting
1t, by using care to rub only long enough
to remove the marks; while drop OF
clear sodter soiU spot kdlsonine, and the least
spot cannot be removed In any way.
ONE POUND OF ALABAsTINE
will cover double the surface two coats
that the same amount of kalsomine will.
In addition to the other many advantages,
Alabastine
DOES NOT DIscoLoR
like other preparations when subjected to
the same influences. The peculiar com
bination with n sulpbate instead of car
bonate). does not absorb the discoloring
gases and smoke that turn tho ordinary
whitening mixtures dark. hut is only soiled
by whatever lodges on its surface, as is
something the case with the ordinary white
coat of plaster. which all know stays white
better than after the wall has been once
covered with kalsomine or whitcwash.
Also the colors in Alabastine are made
permanent by the setting Of the cement.
Fifty cents worth of ALABAsTINE will
cover fifty square yards OF average wall
with f~o c0ots. and one eoat will produce
better work than cnn I've done NTH one coat
of amy other preparation on the same sur.
face.
FOR NEW BUILDINGS
ALABAsTINE not only takes the place OF
Kalsomine, Whitening, etc for refinishing
walls, but Il is the best possible finish for
new walls In place of what is called Hard.
finish. or white putty coat of plaster. II
makes a much more durable finish and
handsomer wall
IN ANY DELICATE TINT DESIRED.
II Is cheaper and more convenient, being
done after the other work Is finished, and
the building is all dried out. and fills and
hides the cracks always found in new walls,
caused by the shrinking of the timber
after being swollen by wet plaster. The
work can be done by any person who Can
use q whitewash brush, being easily and
nicely done in tints on brown plaster with
one coat. IL the plaster Is dry, and care Is
taken TO touch every spot The quantity
of Alabastine required for this work M no
more, unless the plaster Is very rough and
poor, than for the average wall, as given.
There arc different ways of plastering
for this purpose. Thatmo used and much
admired, is made with what Is called fine
browning, foated or trowclcd of level.
II a smooth wall is desired, 1t should be
made with fine, smooth sand finish. as
for nice papering, etc.
On the ordinary first coat of hair mortar
it makes good finish.
Although it works well on very ~ougl
wall, as sometimes made in churches, 9
smoother wall is cheaper finished with
Alabastine, and Is more desirable.
The new plaster should always be thor
oughly dry before Alabastining.
Ask your dealer for circular containing
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A Durable Finish Long Needed for Re-
finishing Walls.
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the twelve beautiful tints and full inslruc-
lions.
Manufactured by Aiahastine Company, N. d.
Church Manager. Grand kapids Mich.
For safe 10y paint dealers everywhere.
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Made from the Extensive Gypsum or
Alabaster Deposits OF Michigan.
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Made from the Extensive Gypsum or
Alabaster Deposits Of Michigan.
A LARGE EXPORT OF THE STATE.
A Durable Finish Long Needed for lie.
finishing Walls.
Old, Hard.flnished Walls Made Better
Than New, at Trifling Cost.
No More Moving from Stores and
Houses 60 Have the Old Kal:
s0mine, etc., Scraped .
on.
When Alabastine Was Invented and
: crf When Perfected.
Years Of Experimenting and Practical
Use by the Inventor.
The Michigan State Board OF Health
e Reports on the Finish Of Walls
and their Relation to
Health.
Letters from Prof. r. c. Kcdzie to the
Alabastinc Company After
Testing Alabastine
Four Years.
Why It Should Please the Painters
W aud Kals0miners.
Positive Proof Of It's Hardening with
Age Can De Seen in Any Town.
Cheap and Easily Applied by Anyone.
INVITATIONS AND INFRINGEMENTS
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-03-08
Campaign Opened.


The Democracy of Oregon are called
to meet IN State Col,ention at the
Dalles on the 18th day of April. The
committee saw fit to recommend
that primaries be held on the fifth and
county conventions on the eleventh of
the same month. OF course this is only
a mere suggestion, and as meeting of
State and County Convention come
close together it would be prudent if
not necessary for remote counties to Sc
lect an earlier day for holding the lat
ter.
At last the war note is sounded and
it is with sigh of relief that We greet
it. We enter this contest not sanguine
of victory nor Respondent of the result,
but with an errnesevaeterAination to do
our very lavel best to accomplish the
very best. If we do our duty and fail
VIC 4tttC dU 1GlSO tuO COIlSClOuSIkhSS VI d
quiet, easy conscience which is above
all earthly dignities. But halt! we
neither want to be defeated nor do we
mean to be- The battle on our part is
one of aggression and not of apology.
Our State convention anticipates that
Of the Republicans, and very compo-
sedly will the traps be set to be success
fully sprung in June.
The Democracy can honestly de-
nounce monopolies and their various
ranifcations, and the Republicans
have to assent or go under. The Dem
ocracy can wisely and safely denounct
a system Of tariff which protects CAPT
tai and oppresses labor, and the Repub
licans must respond in the same waJ
or lie sufocated in the simeon of cor
ruption The fact is we have la,
the courage to enter the field first, anc
our Sauntiet VIII not rest Tor th
doughty knights of federal lucre t
touch it only to drop it again in confu-
sion and defeat. We want no lon
platform-it is sufficient to say that W
are Democrats of the Jefersonial
school, backed with Jacksonian pluck
The integrity of the States, the prcser
vation of our government under th
, constitution and the welfare of til
whole people is all We need esrous'
!: These epitolnizs out principles and VIII
should not our labors be crowned wit
the wreath of victoryR Up, men, an
+ at them! A long pull, a strong pull,
, pull all together and we have reachc
, the goal.