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The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-06-01
Personal Mention

Mrs. Peter Ross is visiting relatives near
Flint
Mr.. and Mrs. Spencer Corey left Monday
for lonia.
Nj. b. Faughner, of Alma, was in Owosso
Monday.
G. S. Williams and wife were in Lansing
Wednesday.
T. u. Dewey attended the races at Lapeer
on Wednesday.
f. Wykes spent part of the week in
Grand Rapids.
John Marrah, of Milwaukee, is visiting in
the city,.
Miss Gertrude Gardner spent Wednesday
in st. Johns.
Mrs. Hugh Hunter, of Clare, was in the
city Monday.
Carl Beuter will spend Sunday at his
home in Jackson.
Ex-Gov. ID. II. jerome, of Saginaw, was
in the city Tuesday.
Z. A. Gould and j. N. Mcbride were in
Sand Beach. Tuesday.
Mrs. w. Wadley, of Byron, is the guest
of Mrs. +. j. Storrer.
Mrs. Geo. Fowler and son, of st. Johns,
are visiting in Owosso.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-06-01
|[UNTs
1ew Garden Seeds.

/ have the sole agency for
Owosso for Landreth d.
Sons reliable garden seeds.
This is the oldest seed
house in the country and
the only firm who do not
come around in the fall
and take back the old
seeds and so keep them
going. This firms burns
up, puts into my stove all
seed that are left SO | know
they are destroyed. They
also stamp on the back of
each paper of their seeds
the year when they were
put up. All of these seeds
will be stamped 1894 in
plain figures so you can
see exactly what you are
getting. Good seeds go a
long ways towards having
a good garden. If you
want the best and fresh.
est seeds call for Landreth
& Sons. Call and ask for
a catalogue at
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-06-01
TIE Times.
owosso. MICHIGAN. JUNE /, 1894.
RUGGISTS G. CHEMISTS,

Entered at the postoffice in Owosso for
transmission as second-class matter.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-05-05
WANTS TO BUT BURST NOT,

never have to bother about what children
need.
rm not obliged to furnish bread ana other
things to feed;
1 ncver have 10 keep my eyes upon the small
boys shoes.
never have smile, say 'yes," or gloomily
- refuse.
never have to foot the bill for little baby's
milk.
Ard one sends itemized account Of
daughters silk:
L IN never told cal upon the corner druggists
store,
And order sent SOME soothing strip, d dozen so
more.
I never have to give my cash to buy the chill
dren books.
And no one vet has dared to soy: HE has his
fathers looks
No creature me push a gig with baby in
the park
Although watch The tots that trot between
the light and dark
never have to do these things that men detest
and dread,
At least. so married men toll mel am alone
instead:
And 20 alone, I'd like to try and start my life
And practice things I've mentioned hcre-but
now don't have TO do
II. s Keller, in Good Housekeeping.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-05-05
Early Christian Cursings.

Cursing, it may be observed, con-
tinued in full vigor in Christian times,
often harmonizing i'll with our modern
notions of Christianity. Some are al
most horrible in their ferocity, as when
the violator OF the tomb is told that
Gle will be accursed of God forever"
or that "He will give account to God,
Who will judge the quick and
the dead There is one which
perhaps will rather provoke Il
smile. The offc nder is threatened with
the curse of all the fathers Of the
Nicene council. ale that throws rub
bish in this Enclosure" the inscription
runs. ''has ike anathema from the
three hundred and eighteen fathers, as
an enemy of God Sidney Smith once
alluded to forty-parson power (of
preaching, if we remember aright,
but the matchmaking ability of
three hundred and eighteen Nicene
fathers is a much more appalling idea,
and there is ludicrous contrast be-
tween this terrible but vague penalty
and the very prosaic and familiar Of
fense.- Magazine.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-05-05
A ROMANTIC MARRIAGE.
He offered the Fest Security He Had
!IImself-and :he accepted

He offered the Iscst Security He Had
!IImself-and :he accepted
''TallS about romantic marriages."
calculated u wcll-posted rounder the
other morning. ''Therc goes a couple
up Fifteenth street who came together
in the most renlarl1;, bic way you ever
heard of, and who are enjoying d great
deal of happiness, too. Don't mention
any names and I'll tell you the story.
Some time ago the man, who was in the
real estate business, advertised for
sum of money, repayment of which
BILE security. The advertisement met
the eye of a young and buNom widow.
who had several thousand dollars
which she wanted to invest, and she
answered it in person. When
she visited the advertisers Office
she was doubtless favorably inn
pressed with his appearance and
had an opportunity to study him per-
haps, because there We're several call
ers before her. At last he was olsen
gagged, and stating her mission the
widow inquired what security would
be given fo1. the loan.
"'Madame,' said the agent, 4 am a
man of ups and downs in the world;
now successful and then unfortunate.
Sometimes am on my way to the exec
utive mansion and at others my path
leads in the direction of the work
house. But such l am offer my
self as security for the loan I have adj
vertised for. Marriage, madame, mar
riage, is the security offer you.
Naturally, the widow was illustrated
and shortly withdrew, stammering
out, with violent blushing, that she
would consider the proposition. That
her consideration must have been IA
vora bic goes without saying, because
they were married in less than two
weeks aftervvard, and they are just as
happy, to all appearances, as if their
courtship had been two years long. -
Washington Star.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-05-05

How lsalIoOns May He Managed DnrlnD
Operations In the Field.

Ope ratiOns In the Field.
Balloon and wagon have formed's
junction and are ready to start With
the troops. Away goes the wagon, with
the balloon hanging to its tail, while
the attendant sappers on each side keep
it steady. The train moves along al g.
good round pace, easily keeping ur
with or even passing the infantry, and
makes for the particular spot at which
it has been determined to commence
ballooning operations, which is usually
on the top Of a good, high hill. Al
ascent is an easy enough matter. anG
is soon accomplished. The balloon is
securely fixed to the end of the wire
rope, and the two men who are tc
ascend take their places. At the
word of command the men who have
been holding down the car let go
and up shoots the ballooz-. unwlndlna
tile rope it rises, and allowed some
times to ascend to a height of one thou
sand feet And suppose the officer re
ceives instructions to move the position
of the balloon, is it necessary to ham
H. down? Not bit Of it. A man II
placed at the end of the wagon who
carefully guides the connecting rope
SO that it ca not get entangled or run
risk of being cut. and away goes the
wagon, sometimes at n trot, across
fields. and up and down hill, until the
balloon itself is a long distance from
it's original station. Next, suppose
that it is necessary to lower the bal.
loon, is it needful to wind in all the
wire rope that has been paid out from
the reels? No such thing. The bal.
loon is brought to earth in a much
more expeditions manner. A long,
stout pole, in the middle of which is 4
pulley wheel. is laid across the rope
Half u dozen men seize the pole
and run it along the rope and
their weight soon brings the balloon
down to the ground. Passengers
can then be carried on, and then the
men run the pole back, and up shoots
the balloon again many hundreds of
feet into the air, without having been
away from its exalted position more
than few IN inutes. But it is not
necessary to lower the balloon in this
any other way whenever it is re-
quired that messages should be eN.
changed between those below and those
above. There are various continuance,
for doing this. Sometimes. for in.
stance, wire in attached, through
which messages can be sent to tele,
phone. Another plan is to send mes
sagcs down the wire cable. A little
wire hook is fastened around the cabl;
and the letter on cable, weighed dowA
with n small sandbag, is sent futtering
down. The human voice, it may also
be added, can be heard both from a
considerable height and depth, so that
verbal communication is not difficult il
there is no ,vind.-N. Y. Times.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-05-05

''Oh! call me Daisy. Coots; that's
good enough for my STYLE"
''Your style! You're too modest.
You are fit to star. You will some day,
too"
"wen. hope you're right. All I
want is to get hold of an angel. III
work the duck for all he is worth!
Twelve dollars week is rocky, but I
have to do it or get off the earth.''
''Wait till my luck comes back to
me-" cried Coots "Ill back you then.
I'll have a piece written for YOU"
you dear boy!' she laughed.
They did not take car. She said
the fare; and Coots was sure he had
much rather walk AS long as she was
at his side.
Tell me, Coots-how did you ever
happen to get down to this?" she
asked.
Then he told her all about it. and she
called him a foolish fellow, but he did
not agree with ner.
Mother sends me money every now
and then. without the governor know
ing it, he said. "rll get along all
right until l find opening and do
something to give me a foothold.''
Coots never forgot that walk down
broadway and the warm pressure given
his fingers by her plump little hand
,
That night she was in all his dreams.
Sidney Temple belonged to the
'legit," but he was in hard luck; the
''Bowcry Flower company, in which
he had played the heavy villain, having
stranded in Oshkosh, where they were
deserted by their manager and left to
get back to New York as best they
could. Temple had come in on his
pers. and he was staying at the second
rate actors boarding house until he
struck another engagement How he
obtained money to pay his board was
some thing Of n mystery, but it was no.
ticed that he had become very friendly
with Coots. the two being together a
great deal. Daisy was the first to sus-
pect the truth, and. one day. she &C.
cused Temple.
"You are playing Coots for a sucker.
Temple!'' she declared. her brown eyes
flashing. II know he has money from
his mother, and you are beating him
out of it at cards! You are encourage
ing him to drink. too
Temple laughed. well, what of it,
Little Spitfire? He'll blow himself
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-05-05
PcseintsmS.

Energy and mirth are contagious.
A drupkard is a beast minus the in
stinct.
Deceit is a cockatrice and its eggs are
suspicion.
of the soul.
A man who is honest from policy is
not an honest man.
The more stupid person the better
satisfied is he with himself.
We generally hate man who hits a
target that we have just missed.
1t is not unpleasant to hear tales
against those whom we have wronged.
AS tendrils to climbing plant so is
curiosity to the vigorous intellect.
Few persons stop to reflect that we
always bore those who are boring us.
Human nature is not altogether bad.
Few people sec others in distress WITH
ont wishing that somebody else would
help them. Mary N. scott, in Judge
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-05-05
INFORMATION WANTED.
Tho Butcher Heard His Story and Sup
pled lfia Nee<le.

The Butcher Heard His Story and SUN
/ p3eel His Needs.
! "Is raw bed good fur a black cye?"
he asked, as y entered a butcher shop
on Michigan venue the other evening.
ut is ACCENTED a good thing" re-
piled the buther. Take off the hand
F., kerchief andhet me see. Phew! but
you got a ham one, didn't you?"
II was unconscious fur ten minits
after the fella hit me. Gimme about
four pounds o raw matcrial!'
you don't want over a pound at
once. A felloY hit you. eh?''
HE did. lie jest hauled off and
drew in his breath and jumped on the
blow. I thousht had been struck by
Il thunderboli. Cut the meat purity
thick"
II suppose Fou were talking poll
pened his knife.
mo, sir--never talk politics."
But you had disoute?'
No, sir-ncver dispute. If 4 man
don't believe as do let him believe
as he wants to-"
"Maybe YOU called him a liar?'' per-
sisted the butcher, as he cut at the
meat.
mo, sir-ncver called a man liar
in my life. Better make that two
pounds. You see, I was down to the
depot to see about trains and I met 4
man with Nailcr eyes. Ever see IL ma n
with yaller eyes, same Il cat's?''
81 don't think ever did
"Nor ], ether. Struck me as rather
curious. / spoke to a Teller about it,
and he said it also struck him as rather
curious. a Teller with cats eyes ought
to be able to see in the dark hadn't
hep"
II should think So
80 should I. spoke to another fell
Ter about it, and he said he should
think so, too. II you could see in the
dark you wouldn't get mad about it.
would you?''
''Of course not"
''Neither would I. I spoke to an.
other Teller about it, and he said lie
wouldn't, either. If you'd bin thcrc
would you have asked the yallcr-eycd
man if he could see in the dark?'
why, yes, think 500
'Thank you. I thought I was the
only fool in Michigan, and it consoles
me to find n partner. I put the nucs-
ton to him, and the depot and Il wheat
elevator and warehouse all hit me in
the eye at once, and wen I recovered
consciousness yaller eyes had departed
on the train. Better make that ten
pounds, for I can feel my whole head
swelling and I'll beef it clear down to
the chin!'-Detroit Free Press.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-05-05
CARE OF PIANOS,

When the Sensitive Instruments Get Out Of
Sorts.
''Sometiues a piano gets Sick said
an expert tuner yesterday. ''This Buff
falo weat Their seems to give them the
grip. Pianos, you know, have feelings
same as anybody. Didn't you know
that? Well. they have. This piano 1
have just doctored was not SO much
out of tune it was sick; run down.
1t had caught cold from changes of
tempera ture. There has heen u sort
of epidemic lately and eyer SO many
pianos have had to take treatment.
There are two other complaints COM
mon with pianos. One is lack of exer-
else and the other is ovcrwork.'
about how much exercise should a
piano get?"
I'm most cases from one to two hours
a day, to keep it in the best of health.
More than two hours day slowly sa ps
a piano of its vital energy. Another
thing about q piano is that it has to
breathe. This fashion of smothering II
piano in clothes-I mean draperies
and such things hanging down their
baclss-isn't any better for it than to
jam it close up against wall. A
piano should stand two or three inches
out from wall. SO that it can get
plenty of air. How can piano be eX-
pected to be reasonab I'd like to
know, if it isn't treated like one of the
family; and if it isn't attended to when
it complains?''
why isn't piano-tuning just the bus
ness for women this music physicic
was asked.
well, he replied thoughtfully, 80
far as the hours and physical labor
are concerned. the business is just the
thing for women, but, although they
have the ear. somehow they don't
ca tch the science of it or the spirit of It..
They don't seem to get into sympa-
thy with piano. l suppose it may
be a good deal like the difference in
doctors. Some of 'em understand you
and you think you are going to get
we'll, while others who have just as
good pills can't help you a bit. Buff
falo Express.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-05-05
a Well-Traveled Colorado Cat.

TEe,e is cat out in Colora do which
has proba bly, viewed more scenery in
the Rocky Mountain region than any
other member of the feline species. 1t
was special pet of the wife OF the
engineer of Il freight locomotive, and
it accompanies him on every trip he
makes. When the train makes one of
its long waits at the depot the cat will
go in search of fun mice, and at
some of the most used functions it is
quite a local pet. While the engine is
running the cat sits in the cab or on
the coal, and as its fur is jet black, it's
beauty is not greatly impaired by its
peculiar surroundings. Pussy must
have travelled many thousand miles,
for it has been doing duty for several
years and has never been known to
miss trip. The first journey or two
there was much difficulty about keep
ing the animal from jumping off, but
there is none now, nor does its owner
bother himself about ascertaining
whether his feline passenger is aboard
or not. The absolute Indifference of
cats to persons and their attachment
to places and environment is seen IN
this instance, for when last year the
engineer got injured in IL wreck and
was laid up for three months, the cat
stayed around the shops until the en-
CINE was repaired and then resumed
her rides with the substitute engineer.
st Louis Globe-Denocrat.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-05-05
Knives and Forks.

AS regards ia BILE furniture, forks we
know were not in general use until the
seventeenth century, though as early
as the thirteenth we find instances of
gold and silver ones being kept for
special purposes. Six silver forks and
one of gold occur among the list of the
valua bles OF Edward 1. John Duke, of
Brittany, is Mentioned as using one to
pick up ''soppys," and Piers Galveston
had three for eating pears with. The
custom, however, was considered an
effeminate one, and for the general ac-
commodation of guests nothing but
trenchers. napkins, and spoons were
supplied; knives-a broad knife and a
narrow one-were indeed laid by the
panther on the high table along with
the bread and salt, but these were for
the use of the attendants only in cut
ting and removing pieces of bread. For
cutting up their own meat the guests
had recourse to those they themselves
wore, and the carver carried his, which
were of a Particular pattern, in n
case. A very handsome set of carver's
knives, with handles of ivory and sill
yer, may be seen in the British museum.
Quarterly Review.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-05-05

-Ernesto Camille Sivori, the eminent
violinist, whose death at Genoa has
been reported, enjoyed the distinction
of being Paganini's only pupil. He
was born in Genoa, seventy five years
ago, in the theater San Agcstino, while
Paganini was giving concert there.
His mother died at his birth, and this
circumstance led the famous performer
to give him lessons, after having heard
him play when he was only six years
old. At ten the little pupil had carried
Paris by storm. and was already ia
NOUS -Manchester Union.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-05-05

some way and I've got to live till get
on the road again.
Its shame!'' cried Daisy, warmly.
you are a scoundrel and he is nothing
but boy!"'
lit seems to me you take a remark
able interest in the kid. l believe
you're stuck on his bang"
IL don't care what you believe. I'm
not going to see him beaten out of his
money!
GLOW will you help it?''
II know 4 way. There's a man on
Twcnty-third Street who would give
something to know where to find you,
and he says he is willing to pay your
board at Ludlow street Jail for awhile.
If you don't let up on Coots, that man
is pretty sure to find you.'
II pass!' said Temple, ruefully.
you hold high cards and the pot is
yours"
One day Coots came to Daisy with a
strange look of mingled grief and Joy
on his face.
Its awful!'' he said, chol<ingly.
Fathers dead. Terribly sudden.
Heart failure.''
He saw the sympathy in her eyes.
and he went on. before she could
speak:
"He was rich, you know, and his will
leaves one-half of everything to me,
providing give up the idea of going
on the stage"
"Of course you will do that,"- she
said. YOU'D be crazy if you didn'tr'
"Yes, ! shall give it up don't know
as was cut out for an actor, after all.
l told you my luck would come back to
me, and 1 would not forget you then.
There is nothing in the will to prevent
me from marrying an actress and back
ing her, if 1 want to do it. If you'll
marry me. Daisy, I'll put you out in a
new piece and at the head of a first-class
company"
you dear, good boy!' she cried, with
q laugh that was half sob. II
signed contracts for next season yes
terday, and l am to marry Sidney
Temple next Saturday! We are going
out together in the same company
Coots' luck had truly come back to
him!
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-05-05
HINTS FOR MOTHERS.
How Make Children's Gowns Inexpen
sivcly, Yet In Good Taste.

How Make Children's Gowns Inexpen
sivcly, Yet In Good Taste.
The com bination of simplicity aud
good taste is in general pretty safe
rule for childrens gowns, but for girls
between twelve and sixteen the dresSe:
have become such ambitious little
copies of those worn by their mother:
that much of the desired simplicity is
lost, particularly if the material en-
ployel is silk or wool. A pretty model
is Of soft wool ia brio. which in color is
an indcscribable blending of pink aHG
blue. The quaint little collar, which
is the special feature of the dress, is
made up of pink bengaline and
trimmed with Il frill of lace The
small yoke and lower part of the
sleeves are of the same lace The back
is like the front, except that the collar
is open where the waist fastens The
skirt is plain and full, with two little
crimpcd folds of silk at the bottom.
Berth;s of every shape and descrip
ton, both double and single, are used
on dresses for young girls. Double
bcrthas, edged with lace or EN- broidery
are especially pretty for ginghams and
nuslins. and make nice finish for
guimpc waists.
Another simple gown is made of wool
in pale pink, tleclsed with green. The
waist is Of green bengalinc, and over
this u piece of the material is folded tc
form jacket, back and front alike. A
bertha of green silk cut wide and full
over the sleeves, and tapering toward
the back and front, where it meets,
finishes the jacket at the top. A belt
and sash of bengaline complete the
trimming. The sleeves are of the reg
n!ation leg-of-mutton shape, finished
at the wrist with silk cuffs Crepons,
china silks and challies are popular
materials for young girls wear. The
challies are particularly pretty this
year, with a little dot of silk in them
to brighten the effect of the Towering,
and they are always serviceablc, be-
cause they wash almost like cotton
cloth. Cashmeres are fashiona BILE again
for very young children.-N. Y. Sun.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-05-05
Gowns OF Black Braid.

Among the many novelties of the sea-
son are entire gowns of black bra id
made over colored silk The whole
skirt is formed of bayadere stripes of
braid about an inch wide Joined by
open herring-bonc stitches of black
silk. through which is seen a colored
taffeta petticoat, one of the prettiest
showing pale Parma-violet silk. A
round waist of violet brocade is COW
cred by a bolero of the black braid in a
fanciful open design of leaves and flow
rrs Joined by the silk stitches. Large
mutton-leg sleeves Of black satin are
quite plain. A stock of white lace with
a cravat bow held in a jet-bluckle has
long scarf ends that fall over the front
pi the brocaded waist.-Harper's Baxar
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-05-05
Among the libraries of Ne

Among the libraries Of New York
the Astor is the most impressive, the
Mercantile the most business-lil<e and
briskest. the Lenox, the quietest, and
the Mechanics the most popular in the
root sense of that word. The deliver
for out-of-the-way information finds
the libraries of New York disappoint-
ing. and a writer seeking authorities
upon SO simple a matter as the early
history OF lotteries in the United Sta ties
was driven to the Philadelphia libra
ries. after long and vain search in New
York.
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tried to pass him, but he caught at her
arm. The next instant he lay fat on
his back. and Coots was walking away
with her.
"Oh, thank you, Coots!' she said,
with catchy little laugh that was like
the gur9le of a brook to him. THAT
cad has bothered me for a. week. Per-
haps he'll keep away now he h-s got
svv.ped.'
He did not mind the slang; he ex-
pected it. He had found every body
talked slang at the boarding house, and
it sounded rather sweet and "chic"
from her lips, when he would have
thought it coarse from some other
woman.
I'm almost ashamed to think
struck him so hard" he said; ''but my
blood boiled when I saw him put his
hand on your arm, Miss Thorus,"