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The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1893-10-13
TIE Times.
OWOSSO, MICH, OCTOBER Is. 1898.
Entered at the postoffice in Owosso for
transmission as second-class matter.
LOCAL NEWS.

The Gas Co. is sinking large well at the
works.
A. T. Thomas cider milo commenced
operations Tuesday.
The Owosso Mfg. Co. is putting in the
most of the time in the manufacture of snow
shovels.
M. Wood & Co. started up their shop
yesterday after being idle the first half Of
the week.
The members of the Asbury church ten
der the Rev. c. E. Hill reception at the
parsonage this evening.
Fuller Bros. will hereafter manufacture
their patent mop sticks in Ludington, for
which point they left Monday.
Two thugs attempted to hold up Frank
Nelan as he was going home one night this
week, but Frank was too quick for them and
escaped.
Rev. E. b. Bancroft will talk to young
men at the first M. E. church next Sabbath
evening. Subject, "The young man for
the Times"
A 100 pound BELL made by the Stuck
stede Bell Foundry Co., Of st. Louis, Mo-,
has reached Owosso. 1t is for the new
Salem's church.
Rev. G. Daniels, pastor of the Corunna
Presbyterian church, will preach at the
Union chapel next Sunday at 2 p. m. All
are invited to attend.
The picket fence around the Estey shops
has been rebuilt so as to keep tramps at a
greater distance from the buildings, the re-
cent fires in the lumber proving the wisdom
of such an act.
The T. & A. A. has graded up the trestle
work near Robbins shop, leaving only the
passage way under the track for the side
walk. The grade looks better than the old
trestle work did.
Some idea of the amount of work being
done under the direction of County Drain
Commissioner Mason can be gained when it
Is stated that nearly 400 men are at work in
the county cleaning out old and digging
new drains.
The first mail was carried from Owosso to
Hartwellville, Pittsburg and Sageryille on
Monday. This is star route which has
been carried formerly from Vernon. The
trips are made daily, the carrier leaving the
Owosso postoffice at $3.50 p. m.
DR.. Jopling was called to Burton recently
to attend to valuable colt belonging to
VIM. III. vanDerVeer. The animal was
being driven around and becoming fright
ened broke away and ran into barbed wire
fence, cutting itself so badly that some forty
stitches were required to close up the
wounds.
The large barn of VIM. Cook, northeast of
the city, was totally destroyed by fire yester-
day afternoon at o'clock. The barn con-
tanned 80 tons Of hay, a binder, mower,
rakes, many small implements, several head
of live stock. Loss about $4,000, par
TALLY covered by insurance.
The annual reunion of the 10th regiment
Michigan Cavalry occurred at Corunna on
Tuesday, about SO members being present
including many from other states. An adj
dress was delivered by Gen. Trowbridge, OF
Detroit. Short speeches were made by a
number of the comrades. The officers elect
are: President, w. A. Palmer, Grand
Rapids vice president, e. j. Brooks, Grand
Rapids; secretary, James Cummins, Holly.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1893-10-13

l Lot Ladies', Misses and Children's Jackets and
Cloaks former prices from 50 90 to $780, each
400 yds. &c Novelty Dress Goods, at. 25c
500 " SOC at................ zoe
We will sell good Rag Carpet at 23c per yd worth
400 yds Extra Super All Wool Carpets, at 55c
$50 g Cotton Chain Carpets, at $1,000. 35c
Root Arroc of Il
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details OF the trouble as | tell them to
you And they wiz be Gods truth. And
I will not t~y to shield anyone, or to
blame anyone upon whom blame does
not rest
When the duchess of VeraGua was
expected TO arrive in Chicago was ap-
pointed one of the committee to receive
her. Invent down to the train with the
rest of the reception committee and
together we waited in the station until
the train .rolleFiD. When the whistle
blew and the train steamed into the
yard, Mrs. Logan rushed out with
Mayor Harrison and the city reception
committee and gushiHgly welcomed
the duchess. I tender you the hearts
of the whole American people, said
she and then she hurried the duchess
away to the carriages that were await
ing. while VIC stood in the depot yard,
cooling our heels and waiting to be
presented.
st was pouring pitchforks, as the
down east boys say, and before we
could find cabs 70 take us TO the fair
grounds we were drenched TO the skin.
when we got to the fair grounds on
the opening day in the cabs which Wa
had hired at our own expense. we
were told that carriages were not al
lowed in the grounds. so we get out
and walked We took our places in
the space allotted to the reception
committee and again we waited. By
and by the grand procession arrived.
The royal guests were in carriages and
SO was Mas. Logan. They had fine
seats where they could view the open
ing exercises from beginning to end.
And SO had Mrs. Logan. But we could
hardly see any thing.
When it came luncheon time, Presi-
dent Caeyaland and his party with the
duke and duchess of Veragua and their
suite, repaired to the dining-hall In
the Administration building and had
magnificent luncheon, the menu OF
which WIS telegraphed all over the
United States by the Associated press.
Airs Logan was with them. The pa
pers said that she occupied a seat op-
poeite the dukes son.
The rest of the reception commit
tee went without anything to eat. al
though we greatly enjoyed hearing
that Mrs Logan had fino lunch and
that she wore bunch of orchids from
horticultural hs!i.
I'VE had neither lunch nor orchids,
and at five O'Clock we gathered up the
skirts of our BEST gowns which we had
donned for the benefit of the duchess
TO whom we had not been presented
and wsded back to town in the mud
and rain.
''Of course we were mad. II we had
been men we would have sworn, but
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prepossessing appearance. She has been
thoroughly educated at Hampton in
ititute and at training school and has
all the advantages of an educated and
Intelligent woman.
l am told by the ex-patient of the
hospital that the wild blood of this
Minnehaha of TIE pill and pestle shows
but in one way, and that rather an adj
vantage, in room where there are
sick women. At night her tread is
absolutely inaudible. She moves as
quietly as her great-great-gra ndfather
might have done on the quest for
scalps-much as cat does when there
is forbidden cream in sight. During
the day her step is no more noiseless
than that of other women, though al
ways light and springy
It might not be bad idea for some
benevolent person to train up a whole
lot of Indian girls for gainful occupa-
ton, to which they seem SO well adapted
by inheritance.
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be returned to congress. We have now
a surplus of S1G3. 900. With this money
we could all stayvall summer and leave
something over 1t cost only about
sl5. GOO a month to keep US all in Chi
cago.
But no. That did not suit her lady
ship, our madame president. So she
read US curtain lecture on our fool
ishness in even commenting on the fact
that some were to be sent home while
others were to STAY And then she dis
missed us and we went away like
whipped spaniels, estecming it a.priv-
ilege to lick the hand that had ehas-
tised us.
Il tell You it makes me sick, and
am glad that I cannot afford to stag
and pay my own board in Chicago,
because should be sick in bed from
seeing such things go on
All the lady managers, except
Phoebe Couzins, agree that Mrs. Potter
Palmer is the most charming woman
on the face Of the earth. She is a
beauty. She is gracious Lady. And
she is as fair-minded as any person on
this sphere can be.
As the venerable Isabella Beecher
Hooker puts it: ''She is my queen and
7 salute her as such.
But Miss Phoebe Couzins doesn't be-
lieve in queens and she is not going to
do any saluting, until she thinks it is
time to salute.
Miss Phoebe is the finest old war
horse in the west. She halls from St.
Louis. where she has ridden every
hobby from the woman's suffrage
question to managing home for deaf
-mrtes. She leads all the hobby riders
of St. Louis, ard to be left out of all
committee work goes hard with her.
II is like striking her blow in the
face and following it up with kick.
At first Phoebe could not understand
it. She could not realize it. Her sym
pathizers and followers, and there are
many OF them on the board of lady
managers, implored her to keep quiet.
They told her that Mrs. Palmer would
never forgive an aggressive movement
OH the part OF anyone.
But what did Phoebe care for Mrs. ,
Palrner's forgiveness? She had been
sighted, and in sighting her, Mrs,
Palmer had, sighted ST. Louis and the
whole OF Missouri And Miss Couzins
swore mighty oath that all the world
should hear of it, even Duke Colon de
Veragua and the president.
And they have.
1t has occasioned much surprise
among the women that isabella
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Beecher Hooker was not appointed
upon any of the committees that are to
remain. Her enemies say that she
was sighted because she Endorsed
Phoebe Couzins But her friends say
that she has reproved Phoebe and has
tried to make her see the errors of her
way.
Anyway Mrs. Hooker goes home. She
viii stop at Evanston, I'll, to visit
some relatives of Frances Willard
and then will go east to see her sister,
Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Before Mrs. Hooker goes home she
win unveil bust of Mrs. Stowe and
will present it to Mrs Potter Palmer
for the library of the IEoman's build
ing.
The bust is the work of Miss Anne
Whitney, of Boston, who charged one
thousand dollars for doing it. The
money was raised by contributions of
ten cents each from the school children
OF Connecticut. and after the fair the
bust is to be put in the public library
Of Hartford, where Mrs. Stowe lives.
No one who has not read Uncle Toms
Cabin with pleasure has been allowed
to contribute toward the Stowe bust.
Unfortunately. Mrs. Stowe is too feeble
in mind to understand what is being
done. But Mrs. Hooker is far from
feeble. And she will present the Stowe
bust with a vigorous speech and her
voice is as powerful as trumpet al
though she is-nearly eighty years old.
Mrs. Hooker feels very keenlv the
fact that she is not on any OF the per-
manent committees, so her friends say.
And they intimate that her non-ap-
pointment IS slight put by Mrs.
Potter Palmer upon the woman's SUI
frage movement.
Frances Willard, one of the leading
suffragists,i is sick in Europe at the home
ofLady Henry Somerset. Marv Seymour
Howell is detained in the east until
fall. Mary Seymour, of the Business
Noman's journal. most devout and
earnest worker for the woman's suf-
frage movement, died early in the
spring, lamented by all. May Wright
Scwall Is kcad-over-heels in work with
her National Council of Women.
AUGUSTA PREsCoTr.
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He works with the green goods men
and brings them victims when the
gambling dodge won't work. and when
sites he always knows a frail lady who
will help to play the badger game upon
him.
The bunco steerer used to be in the
habit of greeting a stranger effusively
as Judge Smith, of Wayback. In
formed with much dignity of his error,
he passed the word to his pal. who
presently went off with Squire Jones,
of Goshtown. and told him lot about
the folks Ito hum
This doesn't work now. The papers
have printed the story 50 many times
that the first rcncontre would awaken
Squire Jones suspicious. The present
method is to get the names from the
hotel registers by various devices of
and then 10 make a hasty study of
their homes.
Suppose man comes from Swanton
Centre, VT. An air of verisimiitude
can be given to a bald and uninterest-
ing narrative by study of the gazet-
teer and map. And when 4 man says:
Why, Squire Jones, how are you?
Don't remember me, | suppose. Saw
you once at the Center, but that was
years ago. I'm from Franklin myself
Been here four years now" it's very
convincing, especially when backed up
by some bit of state gossip, easily
CLEANED from the Boston, Springfield
and Albany papers And the squire
who hesitates is lost.
1t is only in the case of the most
transparently stupid visitor that the
clumsy old device can be worked any
longer. But by more subtle methods
I've known even city man of some
experience to be taken in. Only the
newspapers don't print I'll He never
squeais!
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THE pARk,es OF OLD POINT.

A n Natural Servisor the Negro Il work
ing Out . Perfect SalvssfOn.
The overcoming smile OF the cour-
teous head-waiter. whose long service
has made him an authority on matters
germane TO Old Point, rnitigafes the
situation and robs grumbling of ITS
sharpest edge. The way the soft az
swers of that kindly son of Ham turn
away wrath is the greatest triumph OF
Christianity have witnessed for many
long day.
The patience Of these negroes, who
work from daylight TO late into the
night, appeals TO me. says writer in
Kate Fields Washington, as nothing
else has in old Virginia 1t IS one more
proof of the splendid qualities of a race
belonging to the soil and only needing
industrial and moral training TO be a
blessing 10 themselves and To the re-
public. They sre the right people in
the right place, and when j hear pale
faces declaiming against lazy nigyers.
wonder where their eyes are situated
There are lazy niggers,' lots of them.
just as there are white tramps, but all
negroes are not lazy.
I've never rung my bell but IL has
been answered promptly by black boys
as courteous and painstaking as their
elders in the dining-room, The cham
bermaids are equally civil and good
natured, and shall return north, moro
and more convinced that the negro is q
natural servitor whose defects are due
10 slavery and neglect With enlight-
eminent and opportunity the black race
will fulfill great mission Assertion
and insolSnce are the growth of igno-
rance and wrong. Abolish both. and
these people viii redeem themselves"
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a most jaunty effect can be given by
turning it back in large revers which
fall over. the sleeves. The blazer eff
fects SO popular last summer are all
displaced by the short jackets. and,
ergo. we all wonder how we could pos
sibly have worn them so long and SO
! generally as we did
F, At garden party last week. saw
some delightful costumes. a lady
who stood out above all the
rest of the bright throng was
robed in a grenadine of blue and
straw color. which hung over petit
coat of pale yellow. The skirt was
1 Loie, Fuller, accordion-plaited, very
graceful 1t had no trimming. The
bodice was merely gathered into mar
row, full belt of blue. and had small
white mouse-like yoke inserted. also
gathered. At the joining of the chemi-
settle and the bodice was a blue bow.
. The oddness of the gown was a scarf
that fell over it, Enthusiastically embroid-
cred in many bright colors. 1t started
at the waist line in the back. where it
was fastened to the dress. both ends
joined in point. The point gradually
widened as it rose. and finally an end
fell over each shoulder, down front,
even to the feet, where it was edged
with long sill1en fringe. The sleeves
were two puffs, reaching but to the ell
bow, long yellow gloves coming up to
meet them. The lady evidently was
not satisfied with the amount of color
ing exhibited thus far, for she had
added graceful, curving chip of cream
color, trimmed with red buds and cream
lace.
In marked contrast to the brilliant
figures, stood a harmonious picture in
ecru silk rayed with narrow stripes of
satin, just dead-leaf shade. The edge
of the skirt was prettily trimmed with
full fans OF lace. The fans fell over q
twist of ''ursuline' colored or plum
velvet, caught every few inches with
a big velvet rosette. The waist was
all of fine folds OF guipure, plated
over white. Narrow plum bretelles
went over the shoulders, falling
down the front, under the broad belt
and over the hips for about twelve
inches, terminating in rosettes. There
were also rosettes just below the
shoulder, at each side of the front
The sleeves We're made of ruffle of
lace above and a lace cuff beneath
separated by puff of the silk of the
gown. A tiny velvet ruff finished the
collar; and fiat black hat surmounted
the whole, trimmed with ''ursuline"
plumes.
a most winsorne girl was there, that
attracted not so much by the graceful
folds of her pale-colored gown, as
by the careless coil Of her grace
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Sandals Tor ffe--ze,s.

Mud shoes for horses are common n
certain parts q Wssh.ne>oa state. be-
i1c used on horses ~ plosF i0g tie low
and vet lands Il tie valley north -
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worn on The horHe s 100. tcr which Il "a
intended j. Placed unt.l &, burns int,
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have bong toe and lgur oor<A A
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tae top part q The h1-9s - .len .,
tachec % tbe boa-i ard over TIE hoe.
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foot One e-4 % ne hand - fastened
70 the lizard with srresv. which ssf.s-s,
t.gfIteae4 holds The l.aarsz a. s4s,szrelv
90 the bottom o. The ioos a. = 8, lad
grown there. TIE fc.rzes ic~ar.. g.
custozaei - wearing tAer.. Aad alta
day Or two eEissTse1.ee 60 slf.Eo.ltf r
working II ts4era b t5ssz ra1as.A fs.~z-s.
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ture. President Dcshon. Of the south
ern club. is himself a lawyer. and a
representative of the new south" or
younger element. Roger A. Pryor and
Col. Fellows, both able lawyers. are
eX-confederat tie veterans. Ex-6Iov. Wise.
of Virginia. is a New York LAWYER
now. In literary circles the great pop
ularity of southern stories has at one
time and another brought to the me-
tropolis people from every southern
state. have been in drawing-roorn
where almost every picture was mute
reminder Of southern scenes, and con
versed in IA single evening with Mrs.
Bryan, the Atlanta poet and novelist:
Mrs. Lee {. Hardy. offs il Louisiana?
Mrs. Belle Hunt Shortridge, of Texas,
and Mrs Lucy Polk Smell. Of Tennes-
see. a niece or something Of President
Polk, besides minor lights At other
times Gable and Joel Chandler Harris
have been the center Of "a more rnascu-
line assembly. John Keller. the pres
ident IF the Press club. Is southern
or. So IS Mrs. GailIard, - no edits s0u1e
kind OF a medical journal Mrs. Bur
ton y. Harrison is the most famous Of
ali the southern women here resident.
Mrs. Rives-C hanler Is not New York
woman, but is often seen here. SO Of
Matt Grim and Octave Thanet. George
Cary Eggleston IS from the south A
considerable proportion Of professors
and undergraduates At Columbia are
from below Mason and Dixon line
Dawn WECH-LFE
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four of the larger clubs are purely so
cial in their nature. The Union
League and Manhattan were formed
for political reasons. There is host
of literary clubs whose members are
humdrum. hard working people. The
president Of the Century club is Daniel
Huntington of the Academy. of the
Authors club is E. c. Stoiman. OF the
Players club is Edwin Booth. The
Aldine. Lotos AID Grolier clubs all
have literary members and are delight
fully dudeiess.
There are more chappies on the
waiting list Of the Union club than
al the others put together. But they
have TO wait so long before govt and
Bright's disease kill off the older mem
bers that the brashness is pretty well
worn of most OF them before they real
~ get il.
The chappie IS not myth. He ex-
lists, but there are not many of him.
and no more in the clubs than any
where else
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being women we cried. We were so
mad that, as Ph9be Couzins said, we
could nave killed.
The next day but three We adj
lourred sine die. l. had been passed
al one of our meetings that the lady
managers could all so home. except
certain compnttecs that were foreman
throughout the fair to attend to GER
tain pieces OF work.
"pt course we all wanted to rc--,:. in.
The falr IS very attractive now. and.
having done all the hard work. we
wanted to stay, and enjoy the fine cy-
hibitS But Chicago life IS very cx-
pensive. and. deprived of our salary as
lady managers, we would have II co
home except a few who are wealthy
enough TO pay board out o: their own
funds.
"All of Mrs. Pal5ner's narso-a5
friends. aud all of what We call .tAe
Chicago click, are on the committees
and are to stay IS long a thcv please
with expenses paid and enough left To
so home with snug l;ttle SUM Of
money Ii their inside pockets.
Mrs. Palmer says that the rlcuov
t--st Is left from our appropriation win
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preserve the light and airy effect.
Lawns are almost equal to organdie in
this respect. The dotted lawns
and muslins will be very popular;
the newest are made III blocks or
fine stripes of white and one other
shade-lavender. blue, pink or pale
Ereen-the shade being so very faint
that you have to examine the ia brio
closely to discover it. 1t is sufficient
however, to cast a sheen of color over
the material, relieving the pure white.
These stripes are bordered after the
same manner: except that the stripes
are little broader, and the color is
a tribe more intense. The tiny white
dots cover the whole, Of course.
| saw pretty pink lawn. that was
scattered with sprays of lilies-of-the-
valley, in their natural shades. The
lawn was also covered with q silhen
thread that was wrought n square
Roman pattern.
But, to come to the more sensible
materials, we find Scotch bingham
foremost, as ever. The gingham Of
this season, however. is so transformed
by the beautiful silken stripes and
threads running over and through it,
that It is scarcely recognizable. Cling
ham is. after all, most satisfying. for
it will laundry perfectly, looking just
as pretty after the wash as it did in its
first freshness. The French zephvrs
are simply refined editions OF the
Scotch ginghaE3s; and You may procure
the incest Of either for thirty or thir-
;y-five cents per yard, and 4 most desir-
able quality often for as low as twenty
or twenty-five cents
What promise 10 be particularly
popular are the linen fabrics-the
glazed linen. very heavy. to be had in
gray, ecru and navy blue; the lighter
French linen. coming IL almost all coli
ors, even pretty pale ones; and above
all. linen duck. coming in white, pale
yellow or ecru.
The linen is so delightfully."- coo,
that il viii be used largely for
outing purposes OF course al the
gowns are made 70 wash easily. since
,he light suits must be kept spotleSs.
The most popular way - make them
upis the full gorei skirt trimmed with
rows Of braid Of Z contrasting shade,
such aS dark blue or ecru or else mar
row folds OF darker shade of The In
en- GUipures are also popular tor
skirt trimming. The small Jacket ef-
fects are almost invariably cInpioved
for the waist. with sleeveless silk
bodices beneath, making the costume
brig and attractive. Rows OF braid
sAoslla also ba added tn ;ba iaaLa. and