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The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-12-06

The silver national convention held at
st. Louis, Mo-, adopted the following reso-
luton, as an expression of the wishes of the
silver miners, viz: Resolved that the List
Congress be requested by this convention to
provide at its first session for opening the
minis of the United States to the free and
unlimited coinage of standard silver dollars
of the present weight and fneness, to be
lcgal-tender for all debts public or private,
equal with gold, and that until such pro-
vision is made the Secretary of the Treasury
be required to coin the maximum, 1924, OOO.-
600 worth of silver per month, as now au-
thorized by law" A national committee
was also appointed to press legislation on
the silver question at Washington during
the present winter. Michigan was repre-
scented in the convention, according to the
report in the N. Y. Tribune, by Hon. (?)
Ben Calvin, of st. Charles. When, oh!
when. and where, oh! where did that re-
puted brainless crank get the title of honor
able? Perhaps the N. Y. Tribune can in.
form us.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-12-06
Old Fashioned School Ma'am.

How dear to my heart is the old-fashioned
schoolma'am,
When sad recollections present her to
view;
The way which she'd often us boys with a
rule lamm
Would make the whole future look fear
fully blue.
And still In my fancy feel my flesh tingle,
Time never can quite the sensation de-
stroy,
For when she got ratified she made the
house jingle
The Old-fashioned schoolma'am l knew
when a boy.
The red-headed school-ma'am, the strong
muscled schOOl-ma'am,
The argus-eyed schoOl-ma'am | knew
when boy.
If we dared crook finger twas quickly de-
And followed at once with punishment
dread,
Until all the boys in the school half sus-
pected
She could see just as we'll with the back
of her head.
There, then, was no use in our trying to
fool her,
She had an impression we couldn't de-
Str0y,
And so she would earnestly lay on the
ruler
The old-fashiOned schoolma'am 1 knew
when boy:
The red-headed schoOlma'am, the strong
muscled schOOlma'am,
The argus-eyed schoolma'am l knew
when boy.
And yet, notwithstanding her constant en-
deavOr,
Our school days with sly, boyish pleasure
were fraught
We always were into some mischief when
ever
We thought we could do it without being
caught.
We threw paper wads and were noisy and
pranky,
And did everything which we could to
annoy;
No wonder that once i'm while she was
cranky
The old fashioned schoolmaam l knew
when boy:
The bOarded-rOund scho0lma'anl, the under
paid schoolma'am,
The much-abused schOolma'am / knew
when boy.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-12-06
Our Public Schools.

ApropO to the controversy now going on
between our correspondents, Rev. John
Donnelly and Rev. Father DOMAIN, we give
place to the following extracts from the
ably written article in The Forum of De-
eember by Rt. Rev. b. j. McQuaid of
Rochester, New York, in opposition to our
school System. DR.. McQuaid says: "a
radical principle underlying the state
school system is its unadulterated commun-
ism. The assertion that the state has right to
educate at the common expense one class of
children to the practical exclusion of another
class, Is communism in its worst form.
Every argument adduced to justify it in
relieving parents, in one line of duty, of
burdens they are able to carry, may be
brought forward to relieve them i'm other
lines of duty. 1t is the duty of father.
who is not pauper, to feed, to clothe, to
shelter, and to educate his children. The
state, in the name of humanity, does for
parents only what they are unable to do for
themselves. Chicago people are as logical
as Herbert Spencer, and deduce from the
statc-schoolism the justification of state
tailOrism. Children i'm Chicago who plead
that they cannot go to school for want of
suitable clothing, are supplied by that city
of sOcialistic tendencies with state trousers
frOcks, and Shoes"
Another radical defect in the system of
state schools, is that it takes a poor mans
hard-earned dollars to help richer neighbors
provide their children with an education
that will fit them for their life work. for
college, for profession. The state school
has ceased to be school for an elementary
education. There was time when friends
of the state schools had much to say about
the Republics need of an elementary
education for the children of the Masses
1t Is mockery of the truth to talk, in these
days, of an elementary education in any of
our cities or towns. The system embraces
everything from kindergarten to college.
1t needs only two other provisions to be
perfect-A nursery for babies and univer-
sity for the states pauperized pets. Kinder
gartens are for children too young to go to
school, but troublesome to keep i'm the house,
whose parents are willing to be relieved of
material and home cares for few hours in
the day, at the expense of the state. Why
not provide cradles, baby wagons, and at
tendants?"
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-12-06

An interesting political question is i'll
v0ved i'm the result of the late election in
the s5th representative district in Iowa.
One John Law, a republican, was elected
by decided majority. It's claimed, though
that remains to be proven, that he is not a
citizen of the United States. The demo-
cratic state committee are contesting his
right to certificate in the courts. The
question is, if he is not citizen, and con-
sequently not eligible to seat, does that
fact entitle the defeated democratic candi-
date to the seat? We think it does not,
though the democratic state central commit.
tee of Iowa seem to think otherwise.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-12-06
The prompt organization of the House of

The prompt organization of the House of
Representatives on Monday by the election
of Hon. Thomas Bracket Reed of Maine,
for Speaker, Hon. Edward Mcpherson, of
Pennsylvania, for clerk, Hon. A. j. Holmes,
of Iowa, for sergeant-at arms, Hon. Chas.
w. Adams, of Maryland, for doorkeeper,
and Hon. James A. Wheat, of Wisconsin,
for postmaster, is matter for earnest con-
graduation. And though in common with
all Michigan republicans we should have
been more than pleased to have seen the
distinguished honor of being Speaker award
ed to our accomplished fellow citizen Hon.
Julius c. Burrows, yet aside from him,
there is in our opinion, no man in Congress
so worthy of that high position, and no man
who can discharge its important duties as
ably and as efficiently as can and will he of
Maine to whom the position has been assign
ed.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-12-06
Horses for Sale.

Sixteen finely bred horses: Two geldings,
one and one years old, 6 brood mares,
one 2-year old gelding, weanling colts, 8
stations, one six years old by Louis
Napoleon, one 9 years old, by Byerly Alb
dellah, one 2 years old, by Louie Abdallah.
The above horses are by such sires as
Byerly Abdallah, Bonnie Wilkes, Rob. S.
Strader, and Owosso Prince, bred for the
farm, track or road. Terms: Part cash,
balance on good approved notes, for one or
two years. For Further particulars inquire
at premises, 81 miles northwest of Owosso.
M. w. WuLoUGHBy.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-12-06
a great reduction in subscription rates is

a great reduction in subscription rates is
announced by the publishers of the Breeders
Gazette. This beautifully printed and
handsomely illustrated periodical is so gem
orally conceded to stand at the head of pa
pers of its class that we need only say that
1t is regarded as an absolute necessity by
all who are making study of the breeding,
feeding and management of any description
of live stock. 1t has heretofore cost SO per
year, but can now be had under special
offer just announced, at 80 for single sub
scriptions and Sl.50 where five names or
more are obtained. Send for sample copy
and terms and list of prizes to agents, to the
publishers, the j. ii. Sanders Publishing
Company, 226 La-Salle street, Chicago, iii.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-12-06
The Intervening Years.

When man writes of an injury received
in infancy, we know he has passed through
many intervening years of suffering, and
consequently, one sympathizes and appre-
ciates what blessings there are ever at hand
for us, when reading such letter as the
following: Carlisle, Pa, Feb. IL, 1889. /
was hurt in the left hip in infancy and had
tried several physicians without relief. Less
than half bottle of st. Jacobs oil cured me
There has been no return of pain i'm four
years. JOHN u. SHEAFER.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-12-06
GEORGE M. DEWEY, EDITOR.

IT has just leaked out that corruption
fund of some seven or eight hundred thous-
and dollars, of which the brewers associa-
rion contributed S125, 900, was used by the
Democrats of New York in the late election,
and legislative investigation IS said 70 be
impending,
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-12-06
Complimentary and Deserved.

We begin with this issue the publication
of the advertisements of the 'F. E. G..
Remedy" of Rochester, N. Y. This medi-
cine has been in the market a number Of
years, its merits giving it solid popularity
wherever introduced, and we commend it
and its claims to the attention and patron
age of our readers. 1t is manufactured by
responsible people, who authorize the trade
to guarantee satisfaction with every bot
tie, thus demonstrating their own confidence
in its merits-a confidence that ought under
the circumstances, to be infectious.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-12-06

With Ely's cream balm child can be
treated without pain or dread and with per-
feet safety. Try the remedy. 1t cures
catarrh, hay fever and cold in the head 1t
is easily applied into the nostrils and gives
relief with the first application. Price soc.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-12-06
Handsome willow rockers, at Knapp
Smiths.

Handsome willow rockers, at Knapp &
Smiths.
Again this week THE TIMES job depart
ment has sent out elegant cards for four
weddings. We have magnificent line of
samples to select from and several fonts
of new type purchased especially for use on
this line of goods.
A person often bears the charge of lazi-
ness when it is only poorly acting liver or
wearied stomach which is the cause of his
sluggishness. One thus suffering should
use laxador and be relieved. Price only 25
cents package.
If you don't know where to find your hat
why just step into Knapp IL Smiths and
buy hobby hat rack.
Fresh Baltimore oysters at f. II. Banis-
ter's.
Morning journal and courier., 1889-04-26
TH ORN g.

A thorn in the bush is worth two in the hand.-Harper's Bazar.
 Good women are the salt of the earth wher they are not too fresh.-New Orleans Pica- yune.
 It may be difficult to build warships, but il is not 50 hard to rear admirals.-Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph.
 A rich 1aundrymsn is mixed up in the cen. tennisl affair in New York. This is appro- priate in 8 washing ton celebration.-Pitts- burg Chronicle.
 Al man of fixed habits is one to be most relied upon; and no young man should neg lect to fix his habits, even if he is obliged to sit up nights to do it.-New Orleans Picay- une.
 "What is colloquial Englishp asks writer in one of our magazines. Well, "Cheese it, cull, here comes de cops" is an illustration of 1t which occurs to us at the moment.- Burdette.
 Our French friend got all tangled up in a remark about the removal of the New York telegraph poles: "Wy," he said, ''you raise him when you take him down. Dat does me with despair fll."-Boston Post.
 Evangelist Moody declares that eff Ga briel himself should go to Chicago he would lose his character before he had been there six weeks" This is probably an exaggera- ted estimate of Gabriel's power to resist evil and corrupting influences.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
 Cautious-Salesman Gin clothing store)- ''The gentleman who ordered the check suit this morning has sent it back" Proprietor -tsWhat's the matterP Salesman-"Says he doesn't know the house and prefers not to take so large check unless it is certified. "- Detroit Free Press.
 New Boston Society-Tourist-tO course you have no exclusive society here, no-'' Prominent Citizen (of New Boston, Ksnsas) -"Hain't, heya You bet we have. If hit wasn't fer one thing. we'd have an exclusive 400 here, like McAllister has corralled in New York" Tourist 'Indeed? What obstacle prevents it's foundation?" Prominent Citi- zen-"A blamed good one. You see, pod ner, New Boston hain't got but 309 inhabi. tants."-Puck.
 The attention of the passengers in Cana- dian smoking car was riveted on a strangely behaved negro. He rocked himself from side to side without teasing. "Whats the matter with you2" asked a traveller who was "Yes." "Well, sah, he sold me silbsl watch for twenty dollars" continued the negro, still swaying from side to side; ian eff stops movin' dis here way, the watch don' go no noah. ."-Exchange. A correct diagnosis. .-George-"Eh9 You got engaged last nigha Gus, my old, deal friend, tell me how you did it." Gus "Really, hardly know myself Couldn help it. Just like falling down stairs. wal on the edge of proposal, she gave me push, and there I was-engaged." "Well, haven't had any such experience. Every time I try to start, my knees knock togeth CT, and my teeth chatter, and my tongue cleaves to the roof of my mouth. I've triee a dozen times to pop the question to Miss D, Pink, and slumped every time" "And die she let you slumpa" ssYes." "You ar' l courting the wrong girl."-New York Week ly.
 She hit the nail fearful whack- meant to say, she tried; She bathed her thumb with arnica, And then sat down and cried. -The EDoch
Morning journal and courier., 1889-04-26
COMMUNICATIONS.
Prohibition In H1assachusetts


 To the Editor of the JOURNAL AND COURIER:
 When the friends of rum in Massachusetts, whether licensed or free, recover their senses again will they be wise enough to analyze the vote just cast? It may be safely pre- sumed that the friends of rum and license mustered all their forces. and still they cast less votes by 19,000 than the Democratic candidate received for governor last year, and he was 2S, 900 votes behind Governor Ames. It was not the majority of the voters of Mas sachusetts casting their votes against the amendment that defeated it, but the 125, ,000 stay-at-homes who let the matter slide for lack of interest. Even that champion liar of the Topeka Democrat, all the way from Kan sas to do missionary work in benighted Mas sachusetts, has not sufficient gall to claim that anything like majority of the voters of Massachusetts, of whom there are at least 360, 900, are in favor of rum. Until he can muster corporal's guard at home to defend his mendacity, it seems cheeky at least for him to hawk his State exploded falsehoods in the East except that goods far fetched and dear bought are good enough for any body" In his case they have not even the questionable merit of originality.
 PROHIBITION.
Morning journal and courier., 1889-04-26
soRRo Ws OF A MARRIED MAN.
Why He Went Into Details Concerning
 the Purchase of q Tie.

 From the Boston Transcript FoQg meets Brown, who sports new nsok- tie. Fogg-Hello! got new necktiel Where did you buy it? Brown-Got it at Shopleigh's. "How muoh?"
 "Seventy- five"
 "Did you pick it out yourself!" ''Of course I did,"
 "Were there many people buying neckties when you bought ita'
 "Half a dozen, perhaps"
 'Did any ybody buy more than ones' "I didn't notice."
 ''I'm sorry for that. But what colors seem- ed to be most in request" "Oh, some bought black, and some black and red, and others took blue or green" 'Did any of them choose white?" 'I think not"
 ''You are sure of that?'
 '1 didn't see ybody."
 "How old were the people-the people buy ing, I mean!" "HoW in thunder do you suppose know" "None over 80, for a guess.'' "No I'm sure of that.''
 s'Thst's goodl And none under 10s'' s'Sure of that. too"
 'Thank you, Brown. Very much obliged. You don't know how much Pm beholden to you. Of course, I don't care anything about it myself, but when tell my wife you've got a new necktie she'll want to know all about it-she always does you know-and it makes fellow feel queer when he can't answer a few simple questions from his wife,"
Morning journal and courier., 1889-04-26

itical economy who teaches the doctrine of protection, has been taken up by the Ameri- can Economist and investigated, and it finds that there are thirty-seven colleges and uni- versities in the country where protection is taught. The New England institutions in the list are Boston university, Colby univer- sisy, Bates college, the Maine State college of Agricultural and Mechanical Arts, and Mid dlebury college, Vermont Most of the other institutions are in the West. and they include such colleges as Oberlin, Marietta, Iowa, the University of Pennsylvania, the Northwest ern university, etc. A large number of ool- leges treat the subject without special advo- cacy either side of the question About thirty of the more influential colleges of the east lean toward the doctrine that customs duties chould not be made means of pro- noting domestic industries, and of these from four to six are sggressively for free trade.
 Of the late Sidney Bartlett, of Boston, it is told that he understood his own value and represented it in his bills. On one occasion client called on him with long bill of items which had been sent him, the total of which seemed to him very large. "Mr. Bart lett, ;" said the client, ''this seems very large bill." "AhH' said MT. Bartlett, with his diHusive smile, as he hooked the glasses over his nose; ''let me see it pleases" as if asking 8 favor. MT. Bartlett ran his eye carefully down the pages until the final figures were reach- ed, when he politely returned it. "Indeed it is," he said, in the the same suave tone. The clients hopes arose. 'It seems to me, Mir. Bartlett, a very large bill" said the client. Again the eyeglasses were replaced, the hand extended for the bill, the same careful scanning process took place, the bill was handed back, and the same words in the very same voice once more greeted the clients ear. ''Indeed it is," said Mr. Bartlett. s'Could you make it something less, MT. Bartletts" said the client. Again the glasses were mounted, the same formula of examination repeated, again the bill was returned and the same cheerful voice replied "No, sir!" The client saw the folly of his ways, paid his bill, and said no more.
Morning journal and courier., 1889-04-26
THE MODERN sPIRIr OF BERLIN.

German Phtlistineism in Imperial
 Quarters.
 After the funeral of the late Emperor Will jam, says a writer in Macmillian's Magazine for April, French journalist visited his study in the palace on the Linden-the room which was his own, the room in which his own tastes had full rein. The journalist was curious to see the literature affected by man whose name had become historic, and carefully scanned the backs of the few books about. They were all military or official hand-books; of literature, properly .so-called, there was not single example. No wonder the Frenchman, quick to seize the contrast, recalled the charming room at Sans Souci- with its panelled wall, its bookcases filled with the choicest works of the best French writers, it's music stand, it's windows, looking not over the busy street, but over the far famed terraces of his own design-in which the great Frederick spout his leisure hours. The contrast is no less typical than lstriking. Emperor Williams study reflects the modern spirit of Berlin, spirit almost entirely mili- | tary and commercial, in no sense humane. Either commerce or the army possesses the | mind in season and out of season, and it is | in the intense jealousy of our success in the | former that is to be found the secret Of the bitter personal hatred which the name or 1 nnr country excites in Berlin at this moment. ! It is not question of courts, nor of doctors,
Morning journal and courier., 1889-04-26
Friday, April 26, 1ss9.
TO BEAT THE SUGAR TRUST.

TO BEAT THE SUGAR TRU The big sugar trust is getting along well enough now, but beet sugar and Claus Spreckels may yet be to much for it. MI, Spreckels is on the warpath. Last Saturday the few remaining shares of 8 $5,000, GOO stock company, of which he owns majority, were subscribed in San Francisco, and new company incorporated which will be amply able to supply America with beet sugar. Ten new factories at cost of $500,OO0 each will be built in different parts of California. They will turn out only the raw sugar, it having been found impracticable to attempt to refine at the factory during the season. The pro- duct will be sold to refners. Mir. Spreckels believes that with what he has to work with ! he can stand against any trust.
 It has been found that in California 13 per cent. of sugar can be got from beets, while in Europe only 9 per cent. is obtained. From ! what has been done in Europe it is evident that beet sugar can be proftably made in this l country. The Germans, whose methods have greatly reduced the cost of refining the sugar ! and have been adopted in France very gene | rally, produce sugar, exclusive of the \ cost of the beet root, at one cent per pound, ! ana SlOgl6 uauuIdclOfy III FraucS WHICH ran but one hundred and twenty days netted a profit of two million dollars. In the last
 ten years the production of sugar Tn Europe
 has doubled and beet sugar is now sent to
 this country, mixed here with cane sugar and
 sold at the full price of the latter by the ap- ! preciative dealer. At the same time the Eu- ! ropean product has decreased the price of sugar, the world over, one-half. The statis-
 tics of the beet sugar business are very sug-
 gestive fin one other respect and that illus
 trates the immense possibilities of the busi- ness in this country. In 1875 Germany pro- duced twenty-five hundred tons of sugar,
 while last year the same country turned out one million three hundred thousand tons.
 MT. Spreckels will not begin his great fight
 with the trust without knowing what be is
 about. He has beet sugar factory at Wat
 sonville, California, which been running
 8 year. During that year they had to educate
 the farmers who grew the beets and the workmen in the factory, but dividend of 5
 per cent has just been declared. Success to the greater scheme.
Morning journal and courier., 1889-04-26
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