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The times., 1894-12-14
Co. GEntertalnS

The most military, the best looking and
jolliest company of the Michigan National
Guards Is located in this city and as the
Owosso Light Infantry marched into line
before Major p. M. Roth and Capt A. M.
Hume for inspection under command Of
Capt. A. j. VanEpps, Wednesday evening,
every one of the 800 spectators was proud
of the organization. The foot movements
of the men are nearly perfect while the
equipments and dress of the men were
without fault or flaw.
An informal hop for the active and honor
ary members and their ladies followed the
inspection, music being furnished by the
Reineke brothers and Henry Gregory, men,
bers of the company. 1t was one of the
most pleasant affairs of this year and THE
TIMES hopes it may be repeated.
The times., 1894-12-14
Concluded to Change.

Charles Gabriel is fairly good fellow
in some things but like many men he is sub
ject to the fascination of women and the
result is he is sojournlng in Canada or some
where else with Mrs. Otto Helm, wife of
Ex-alderman Helm. The pair left Saturday
night driving to Bennington where they
took Michigan Central train south, leav-
ing the horse tied to a post near the depot
1t is said Mr.. Gabriel left large number of
unpaid bills, borrowed. money from others,
including his wife. He had recently sold
his saloon, drawn his money from the bank
and Is probably fixed to stay for some time.
The times., 1894-12-14
Cash Dividends
No. 744 gets $1,000 cash.
No. SS4 gets 300 cash.

No. 744 gets $1,000 cash
No SS4 gets 800 cash
Following ten numbers get 81 90 each; /;
$50, 81, 81, 33, 207, us, 2G1, 1856, 7SO and
706. Holders of above numbers will
please call and get their cash. If your
numbers have not been allotted cash
dividend, keep your tidkets until Dec.
3lst, as there will be another distribu-
ton then.
Don't Fail to Read our Large
"Ad" on the First Page of This
Issue.
The times., 1894-12-14


Reineke brothers and Henry Gregory, mem
bers of the company. 1t was one of tn
most pleasant affairs of this year and TIL
TIMES hopes it may be repeated.
Society Elections.
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
Clerk-Mrs. c. Mccormick.
Treasurer-Mrs. M. l.. Stewart.
DeacOns-J. w. Zimmerman, j. j. Par
nelly.
DeacOness-Mrs. E. Ii. Jacobs.
Superintendent Sunday school-E. 4
Austin.
STAR OF HOPE REBEKAH LODGE.
n. G.-Mrs. Emma Munson.
V. G.-Mrs. Lima Dewey.
Secretary-Mrs. Minnie Smith.
| Financial Secretary Mrs. Edith Charlton
Treasurer-Mrs. Lizzie Cady.
MEMS SOCIAL CLUB.
The Mems Social Club of the Baptist
church elected the following officers at Its
| last meeting:
PRESIDENT. III. Keller.
Vice Pres.--J. w. Simmons.
Secretary-H. p. White.
Treasurer--D. G. Clapp.
The club will meet the first Friday even
ing of each month.
owosSo LODGE, 1. o. o. f.
y. GA. Monroe.
V. &C. A. Doane.
Secretary-M. r. Gibson.
Permanent Sec'y-W. e. Mckenzie.
Treasurer-G. +. North.
BAPTIST MISSIONARY SOCIETY.
The Home and Foreign Missionary So
ciety, of the Baptist church, elected the
following officers on Friday last:
President-Mrs. j. w. Simmons.
Is Vice Pres.-Mrs. @. Mahaney.
I'd :. Mrs. w. 3. Matteson.
Secretary-Mrs. p. d. White.
Treasurer-M w. White.
BAPTIST SUNDAY SCHOOL,
Superintendent-J. w. Simmons.
Asst. Supt.kMlss Adah Curliss.
Supt Primary Dep.-Mrs. ID. II. Lamb.
Secretary-H. p. White.
Treasurer-Ethel Mclean.
Librarian-Bruce Bartlett.
Choirster-H. A. Wckham.
Organist-Miss Hattie Hunt.
DEGREE OF HONOR, a. o. U. w.
The following officers were elected Tues
day evening"
G. H.-Mrs. y. G. Dlngman.
l.. H.-Mrs Harry Cole.
C. C.--Mrs. G. Morse.
Recorder-Mrs. George Sargent.
Receiver-Mrs. G. Reed.
Financer-Mrs. w. Douglass.
/. W.-Mrs. d. Duff.
0. W.-Mrs. Ii. Gausha.
Rep. to Grand Lodge-Mrs. j. W. Zim-
norman; alternate-Mrs. G. w. Owen.
Trustee-Mrs. III. G. Titcomb.
THE owosso SAVINGS BANK.
The annual meeting of the Owosso Say
ings Bank occurred Tuesday. The report
of the officers showed the bank to be in
nourishing condition. Tile stockholders
elected as directors, +. IL, Gould, G. e.
Rigley, A. f. Gould, G. s. Williams, w. A.
Woodland, c. w. Gale, A. ID. Whipple.
Messrs ID. M. Estey and f. Salisbury de-
clintd to serve longer as directors. The |
directors organized by electing the following |
officers:
President-C. S. Williams.
Vice Pres.-C. f. Rigey.
Cashier-A. ID. Whipple.
A ss't Cashier. G. Van Camp.
The bank will declare its usual semi
annual dividend the last of the month.
owosso LODGE F.&A VI.
w. M-F. ii. Watson.
S. W.. G. VanCamp.
j. Was. Loeb.
Treasurer-A. ID. Whpple.
Secretary-N. Baldwin.
s. D.-J. ID. Crum.
j. D.--Wm. Holmes.
Tyler--P. EIwell.
A banquet followed the election and all
present had very enjoyable time.
oUAcKENBUsH W. r.. C.
Presldent-Mrs. Mary Hunt.
Sr. Vice Pres.-Mrs. Rosmand Jacobs.
Jr. g Mrs Sarah Mackey.
Treasurer-Mrs. Hannah Mason.
Chaplain-Mrs. Nettie Fowler.
Conductor-Mrs. Emma Baker.
Guard-Mrs. frankie Sanderson.
Delegate to Department Convention--.l
drs. Nellie Whited, Mrs. Helen Hobart;
'lternaies, Mrs. Emma Smith, Mrs. Matilda
5oycc. J
The times., 1894-12-14

The Dorcas Society is ahead $40, as the
result of the Butterfly entertainment. The
same persons will repeat the entertainment
at Corunna, Saturday evening for the bene.
fit Of the society.
Don't buy anything but Tube Rose flour.
Best in the market. e. g. Duff, agent.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-10
Swedish Men and Women.

What enormous fellows and what dish men and women are! Nowhere will you see such noble specimens of adult humanity as in Stockholm's streets. The feature seems to pcrvadc all classes, though it is not least striking among the nobility. Six feet is a common height for a man here, and really do not be- lieve I exaggorate in saying that men of feet or inches are as abundant in Stockholm as men of 6 feet with us.
 The tallncss of the women is just as noteworthy. You remark it less, how ever, because they are so well propor toned. They say it is easy to tell by the size of the boots outside the doors which rooms of a hotel are occupied by the Swedish fair This is very cndur- able hit at the Swedish ladies. Though they do wear s7Nos or scvr:t5 in shoe leather. no sculptor would find fault with them n professional :srtnmda. Moreover. tiuy hnV" most WiM~ulne cumplcNiull@, Hi,l of course lIlur eyes are nowhere more intensely blue than here.
 It is comforting to llnow-I speak on the evidence of one of the pensionnaires that Swedish maidens have great admiratl,a! for English bachelors. They rcsri French novels, but they believe ill English bridcgrooms. The blood bond still exists, I suppose, between them and us. Cornhill Magazins.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-10

TWENTY years from now the cause of oppressed woman is likely to be cham pioned by two highly interesting public speakers of their own sex. In their present state of evolution they are only a pair of twin girl babies, whom a rich and eccentric spinster in Brooklyn has just taken from an orphan asylum for the avowed purpose of educating them to be champions of her down trodden sex The young suffragists are pretty and healthy b .Lies, with first rate lung power and monster appetites. The experiment will be watched with lively interest, and is nl- ready causing considerable debate and s,me laughter in Brooklyn society. Whether or not their guardian will be com prlled to isolate these young women when they grow up in order that they shall not be subject to the wiles pcrSuaSUns and scductiCnS of man k T serioui question. They will be taught. however that no man Is worth giving up mission for. Both Mrs Lease aud Mrs Ellen Foster. however, have husbands whom they habitually carry with them, so if the twins are well grounded in the principles of woman suffrage, perhaps matrimony will not be fatal to them.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-10
ELECTRIC SPARKS.

A new storage battery street railway has been inaugurated in Paris, running from the Bastille to the suburbs.
 Dogskin tanned by a new electrical proc ess, whereby it retains the utmost flexi, bility, is now the favorite wear for ladies' boots in Paris.
 Where the telephone wires are overland, the speed of transmission is at the rate of 16,OOO miles a second. Where the wires are through cables under the sea, the speed is not more than 6,020 miles a second.
 A Boston electrician has completed a novel device for electrically extracting from wood or rag pulp used in the manu- facture of paper by series of moving cleo tro magnets all traces of iron contained in the pulp.
 An electrical constructing engineer from Milwaukee has Invented and patented an underground conduit for the use of electric trolley roads which, it is said, is Q solution of the problem of keeping the conduit free from moisture.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-10
TEACHING CANARlES.
Sole Occupation of Seven Hundred Fami-
 lies In a Small Town of Saxony


 lies In Small Town of Saxony.
 In small town called St. Andreas- berg (Saxony) some 700 families are en- tirely engaged in tho task of rearing and educating good canary singers. A great proportion of these singers is sent abroad, far or near-to London, to Aus tralia and to the United States, where one single firm ships 100, 900 birds each year. These canaries are the inferior birds, the schreir, as they are called in Germany, on account of their notes. These schrcir, which are bought from 70 to so cents in the Harz, are sold for $2, $3 or $4 in America. The best birds are kept in Germany, where they are called hohlrOilcr. A good hohlroller cannot be had under $8 or $10-in the Harz-and SEQ and $25 are no unusual prices. But such birds arc certainly splendid singers. The Germans have quite number of words, each of which applies to different sort of tune, or intonatiOn; the beulrolle is in minor key; klirgerolle applies to silver tones; koller to a Warbling which reminds of the mur1uur of water, gluchrolle is similar to the nightingale notes. and one may say that every detail of the canary's song has been named, and that for every one there is standard of per lection which the expert fancier knows perfectly well. The song of all canaries is not exactly similar. Each race has its special points, and while the ono is great on beulrolle, for instance, it is weak on gluchrolle, while the case is reversed with another race.
 Of course singing is a natural feature with canaries, but the influence of edu cation is considerable. The educational curriculum begins in May for the young canaries, and they are, as soon as pOssi ble, separated from their parents. Ed ucation is all in this: Keep the young bird from hearing any but excellent singers. Some 15 or 20 young canaries are put in one cage with an older bird, an especially good singer, and he teaches them the elements. They try to initiate him, and hence comes his beneficial in fuence. In August each of the young birds is put in small cage and kept in the immediate vicinity of the cage of the teacher. At this time the fancicr tries to gather some idea of the prog ress achieved and of the aptitude of the different birds. The best are put in the nearest vicinity of the teacher. In or der to prevent the young birds from getting disturbed their cages are W1ap- ped With cloth, so as to prevent them from seeing what is going on around them, and in order to encourage sing ing the cages arc generally shaped in form of a dome; this shape intonsifirs the sound, and the birds arc pleased with their own music.--Popular Science News.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-10

THE rather vague hints of Gladstone at grave complications which might come up at any time gave rise in England to fears of impending war. Nothing has happened in the comparatively short time since the general election which was not expected. The opposition of the lords to the home rule bill and the other measures advo- ca:ed by Gladstone was expected and his majority though small, was cohesive and stood by him on every important measure. Nothing at home is of sufficient gravity to warrant a step on the part of the grand old man which will probably disrupt his putty, and naturally the public eye is fixed upon the threatened armaments and vast standing armies of the continent. Where the bolt will strike and how England will become embroiled remains a subject of anxious query. But there are a great m my people on this side of the water who believe that struggle in Europe would hlve beneficial effect upon the business of hrV Crld.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-10
FIN, FEATHER AND EUR.

A good male Senegal lion is worth about sl 900 in London. Females are worth half this amount.
 The American common black bird and tbe British cuckoo are the only known birds that never build nests
 The teeth of rats continue to grow as long as their owner lives The animal Is obliged to gnaw all the time to keep the ends ground off
 The cat belongs to the same genus-felis -as the lion and the tiger, genus better armed for the destruction of animal life than all other quadrupeds.
 The shark is the fastest swimmer of the fish tribe over long distances and finds no difficulty in keeping up with the swiftest vessels, swimming and playing round them, and ever on the lookout for morsels, small or large.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-10
AN ENGLISH SOLDIER.
He Wants Ito Talk to the
 American People.
And He is Full of Very Interesting
 "Reminiscences
He Tells the Story Which Interests
 Him Most of All.

Here is a very interesting story told by man who has served Tn the English army, and knows by sad experience the sufferings of soldiers life. But he has had great CT trial than even this. Several years ago he determined to come to America.
 He has since become widely-known throughout the city of Lawrence, Mass, where he has for several years resided, at 433 Broadway. He is prominent Odd Fell ow. This well-known gentleman is MT Mather, and he expresses his feelings in the following letter:
 "Fourteen years ago began to have bad pains in the small of my back. I con suited different doctors but was unable to get any relief. My nerves began to give way un der the terrible strain, aud l went from bad to worse.
 I kept up as long as it was possible and finally was obliged to dispose of my stock and close out my business. I was so weak that could not lift ten pounds and my hands trembled and shook as If I had the palsy.
 For two years I was unable to do any work and suffered torture with pain in my back, which the doctors pronounced rheu- matism. My nerves were in such state that could not take hold Of anything, as I could not keep it i'll my hands, but would drop it.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-10

If bonnets are to be de rigueur, then veils come into peculiar prominence. A hat may be independent of a veil, a bonnet hardly so.
 The combination of black and rose color. also fawn and pink and blue and pink. is much affected among elegant evening toi- lets.
 Point de venice in 5, and inch widths will be used for Recamier frills on corsages rounded on the neck for sleeve epaulets, berthas and gathered basques.
 Both modistes and milliners have com bined in great earnest for ribbon trim mings for the decoration of their gowns and millinery for the spring season.
 A new beautiful watered silk shows Q china ground of shadowy pinkish mother of pearl, with pompadour figures of shaded pink roses and shaded green leaves.
 The new grade of swivel silks will be in great use for stylish spring costumes They are of handsome quality, they quickly shed dust, do not wrinkle and are warranted ab- solutely fast color
 New neckscarfs, to be tied in large bows at the throat, separately or completing large cape collars or Vandyke collarets, are varfously named the Incroyable, Sans Gene, Alsatian and Directoire
 The revived Louis XV style of evening dress in Paris introduces brocaded moires foy the pointed bodice and pannier overdress, with full elRQY sleeves, valois collar and underskirt Qf plain satin or velvet.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-10
MAIDS AND MATRONS.

Mrs. Hermen Oelrichs has very white skin and wonderfully glossy black hair.
 Ellen Terry told a Boston reporter that the progressive woman lis more in danger of wearing out than rusting out"
 Mrs. Emma c. Langenour has just been elected member of the board of directors of the YOlo county (Cal-) savings bank.
 Mrs. Hicks Lord has a stornacher repre- senting large diamond sun, in the center of which Is a splendid star emerald sur rounded by rubies. The rays are of dia- mOnds.
 Mrs. Rebecca Ann Lichner of New May, Ills. is said to be the oldest woman in the state. She was born Dec. 1S 1776, and there fore is IF years old. She is of Norwegian descent.
 Sarah Hosmer. worker in an English factory, supported a student in the Nes- torian seminary and out of her earnings sent five native preachers for five years to preach the gospel in the far east.
 Mrs. Alice Wordsworth is one of the reign ing attractions of the nobility and gentry in England. Mrs. Wordsworth is a teacher who gives lessons in skirt dancing and other fancy terpsichorean specialties.
 Lady Frances Wolseley, the heiress to her fathers title, is tall, graceful girl, with a round, lovable face, dark eyes and magnificent hair, which curls prettily round her brow and softens her high, broad fore head.
 Isabella Sparks Kress is the name of a young woman in Brooklyn, who is known as the Gospel Nightingale" She Is the widow of an army officer who has given herself up to the work of singing evan gelist.
 Mrs. Harriet Lane Johnson. who presid- ed over the White House during the ad- ministration of President Buchanan, has purchased the old Travis mansion in Wash ington and will make her permanent home at the capital.
 Mrs. L. A. Dessar of New York has as a gift from her father an ivory fan of 9 sticks, on each of which Is an oil painting by some of the most prominent artists As a work of art and artists 1t is beyond ap- preciable valuation.
 The first woman mayor in the British em- pire is Mrs. Yates of Onehimga, New Zea- land. Her husband, Captain Yates, former ly held the office. The new mayor will prob ably be raised to the magisterial bench, when her title will be ''her worship"
 Mrs Martha Miller of Chicago. the pio- neer in systematic prison reform, was first moved to her work by knowledge of suf- ferings undergone by man for deed he did not commit. This was in St. Louis in 1854, and she has since continued her efforts in this field.
 Mrs w. H. Slocum, daughter of Moses Williams of Boston, is worth $500, 900, and Miss Elizabeth Brigham of Boston enjoys a share in the use of her late brothers large estate, which, when the last legatee shall have died, will endow hospital to be call ed by the name of its founder.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-10

'I expected to die, and have no doubt but for the aid of Greenes Nervura blood and nerve remedy I should have been in my grave. By the advice of druggist, I began taking the Nervura and at once noted the change. The pains left me, and my nerves seemed to be greatly strength ened.
 I continued taking this medicine, and soon my hands stopped trembling and l was able to go to work. To-day I am a well man and can do a hard days work. My rheumatism is entirely cured and my hands are as steady as a rock. I have the greatest faith in Dr Grecne's Nervura blood and nerve remedy and am glad to be able to give any one the benefit of my experlence. I cheerfully reccomend it., and am confident that it will do all that is claimed for it.
 Mir Mather is most enthusiastic in his praise of this wonderful medicine, for 1t has saved his life. Think of it sufferers everywhere, you who are bowed down with the sorrows of sickness. If you will but take this great medicine, Dr Greene s Nervura blood and nerve remedy, you will be cured. It is purely vegetable and harm less. Dr Greene, its discOvercr, is our most successful physician in curing all ner- vous and chronic diseases. He can b" consulted free of charge, personally or by lt tier, at his office B West 1lth street New York
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-10

TIi0IAS MOONLIGHT. land Of great Op- portunities. Colonel Moonlight first saw the light in Scotland trifie over 60 years ago. Early in life he started out to make his fortune. and as he was with out money Ee worked his passage on a ship bound for the United States. He earned 8 little money chopping wood, shearing sheep and carrying the bod in GlassbOrO and Camden, N. J., saved his earnings and used them to pay for two winters of nealed schooling.
 In 1853 he began g five years service in the Fourth United States artillery Company D, tried farming in Kickapoo, Kan, in 1859, and like "Old Put of Revolutionary fame dropped the blow to take up arms in the civil war. He was elected captain of Light Battery Com pany D, Fourth Kansas volunteers, served throughout the war, and by gal lantry during the Price raid of 1864 was promoted in rank until he was colonel of the Eleventh Kansas infantry and cavalry and brevetted brigadier general of volunteers.
 While in the field as brigade com mander after Price he was elected a presidential elector for Lincoln. In 1868 he was chosen secretary of state for Kansas, served two years and then be- came a Democrat. He was state senator for two terms, presidential elector fol Hancock and Cleveland in 1880 and 1881 respectively, adjutant general of Kansas under Governor Click in 1S83-4 and Democratic nominee for governor ill 1886. He was beaten ill the gubernatO- rial contest, but received a very heavy vote. His appointment by President Cleveland as governor of Wyoming fol- lowed, and he held the office until 1889, when President Harrison removed him. In 1890 he ran for congress ill the First Kansas district, but was defeated. He will succeed Frederick J. Grant of Wash ington as Bolivian minister. The salary of the position is $5,000 a year.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-10
THE LIME TREE PLANTED BY G. w. CHLDs.

THE LIME TREE PLANTED BY G. w. CHILDs. number of trees planted by distinguished citizens as memorials of the fair The scheme was abandoned, however, and MT. Childs' lime was the only tree planted. It now stands as the only me- morial of the kind on the fair grounds.
 The tree thrived from the start, and now, after nearly two years growth, it is about 9 feet high. MT. Childs mani fested much interest in this tree when he visited the fair last summer, and when he donated his collection of plants val ued at $10,O00 to the South park com missioners they agreed to protect his memorial tree during the mutations that were to follow the passing of the fair That the tree will ever be carefully cher ished, now that the kindly hands which planted it are cold in death, may be talk en for granted.
 The tree was planted on stormy day. About 50 people went down to the fair grounds in a special car, and MT. Childs performed the ceremony in 8 driving rain. The shovel with which he worked is now treasured as precious relic by Uncle John Thorpe, the chief of fioricul- ture.