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The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-08-21

capital, cannot be stored. Neither God nor
man can stay the course of time, and the
policy that enables him to use his time, is
the policy for the laboring man.
90 not seek to control the mind Of any
man, but no words can describe the havoc
which has been wrought. How costly to
the country has been the policy of the DEM
ocratic party is told best by the smokeless
chimneys and idle spindles. Who put the
crown of thorns on labor's' brow? Who
crucifed her hopes on cross of free trade?
There was no question as to the above in the
last congressional election when West Vir-
ginia retired Mr.. Wilson to the ranks of
private citizens and the farmers of the west
retired an ambitious young man from Ne
braska. Bryan sat next to Wilson and re-
gretted that the Wilson bill did not go farth-
er. At that time he was trying to give
big purchasing power to dollar and didn't
think of increasing the price of farm prod
ucts. When the Mckinley law was re-
pealed his colleagues bore Wilson out into
the open air of Heaven, and accurate his
tory says that one William ]. Bryan car
ried out his left hind quarter. Bryan's
energies were then devoted to free trade.
Tie democratic party has changed its base.
The former representative of this district,
with whom debated yesterday in an ad-
joining county did not mention the Wilson
law or the tariff. The democratic policy
had cut down the prosperity of the country.
In the twenty-three years of republican ad-
ministration 1700 millions of debts had been
paid; in three years of the Wilson law 262
millions of debts had been made. l don't
wonder they have changed their policy.
They know the American people are for the
protection of American industries and they
have changed their issue from free trade to
another free thing. Its loaded to the muz
zle. Its more dangerous than the last. 1
learned when boy that whenever / went
into free show 1t cost more to get out than
the show was worth.
Yesterday Mr.. Tarsney was quoting from
book to show that the prices of farm
products had gone down terribly since the
demonetization of silver. l took up the
book and read that in 1878 the value of
farm products was $11.43 per acre, later it
rose to $12.65 per acre. He said the acre
age had been made less valuable because of
the crime '73. read, value of wheat per
acre in '73, S14.s7; in III 1t was $15.0S.
After the decentralization of silver the aver
age value of the acreage of wheat was $40
to S12.. During the first four years Of
Cleveland's administration IL sank to So and
during the three and half years of Cleve-
lands second administration, 1t sank to
S6.91. Mr.. Tarsney read the figures show
| Continued on page 2)
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-08-21
Burton.

Frank Glover, an old and much esteemed
resident of this place, died Tuesday, August
18th, after long illness-Mr. and Mrs. w.
Mitchell returned home from their visit with
st. Clair relatives, Monday-Mr. and Mrs.
A. e. Cadz spent Saturday and Sunday with
friends in Rew--Rew j.. G. Scott is in
Lansing this week attending the West
Michigan M. p. onference--George Soule
is building an addition to his house, and re-
modelling the interior of the old part--Miss
Lizzie Scott, of Orion, is visiting her par
ents, Rev. and Mrs. j. G. Scott--Mr. and
Mrs. s. w. Ferguson and daughter, Miss
Pauline, of Ovid, spent last week with Mr..
Ferguson's mother, Mrs. r. Williams
Rev. S. Windrem, of Capac, was called here
to officiate at Mr.. Glover's funeral--Mrs.
j. N. Mcbride and brother, Perry Dunbar,
with relatives in Charlevoix--Miss Anna
Hallen, of New Haven, Mrs. ii. p. Dunbar,
of Owosso, Mrs. p. III. Wilkin, of Rev, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Cadz, of this place, were the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. j, w. Rose, Thurs
day of last week--Ge0rge Stevens and
Miss Kate Cramer, of Thetford, Genesee
county, were the guests of the Misses Eva
and Nellie Cramer last week--Geo. b.
McCaughna, of Owosso, addressed free
silver meeting at Garland, Monday evening.
Several from this place attended and were
not very faYorably impressed with the
speech--Mrs. E. B. Simpson was very
much surprised last Friday, on returning
home from Owosso, where she had gone to
do some trading. On entering her home she
found large company of relatives and
neighbors who had come to help her cele-
brate the anniversary of her 57th year. 1t
is needless to say all had most enjoyable
time.
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Hon. Paul G. Sprague died at his home
In Laingsburg, Monday, aged ninety-two
years. The deceased was highly respect.
ed citizen and had been prominent In county
affairs for years. He was member of the
house of representatives in 1s63-64.
The Holly Cycle Club will give a race
meeting at Holly, Aug. 81, with liberal
prizes in the five events open to riders from
any part of the state. This is fine chance
for some of Owosso's fast riders to win
fame and capture prizes that are well worth
going for. The fact that Jas. Slocum Is
secretary and will have the management OF
the meeting ensures fair treatment to every
contestant. Send to him for entry blanks.
There will appear in the September At
lantic two articles that suggest and Tin Q
sense contain the most eventful chapter in
modern history. One Is "The Story oi
Uncle Toms Cabin" by Charles Dudley
Warner, who tells the unprecedented his
tory of this book; and the other is "Tht
Awakening of the Negro" by Booker T
Washington. The most daring prophe,
could not have forseen Tuskegee institute
IN Alabama forty years ago; in fact nothing
conceivable would have seemed so improb
able.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-08-21
Headed Toward Home.

EDITOR OF The TINES:
Since writing you last l have made my
way through Switzerland, France, across to
Canterbury, London, and have spent this
Sunday in beautiful Oxford. do not know
that ever any place has left such al impress
sion on me as Oxford.
The day has been cool and cloudy and
the students and professors are all gone,
so that the quiet of the town, the lowering
skies and the rest from activity which Sum
day brings, have all combined together to
make me meditative, dreamy, and almost
homesick. These old buildings speak so Of
the past, and to walk where Addison loved
to tread, to drink in the beauty of nature as
presented in some of these gardens and
grounds, to mingle all with the sweet chimes
of bells and the cooling of doves, is to trans
late one into new world. / have thought
while here that If the rushing business men
and women of our American cities could all
be immersed with Oxford life Tor rather
absence of life as 1t has been today for even
one day, they might get revelation of a
world so different from theirs as to make 1t
seem unreal. And there is nothing wrong
about being diligent in business either.
start In the morning for the Shakespeare
country. From there go toward the north
where our Congregational history had its
beginnings, thence to Scotland and down to
Liverpool. am now touring 1t alone, hav-
ing left my friend Mr.. Dowd in Paris.
This not because he and /, like Paul and
Barnabas at one time, had any difference of
opinion or quarrel, only he wished to tarry
longer in France than 1 could possibly re-
main and see what wanted to Of England.
Having left nobody any definite directions
as to where to write me, have had little
or word from you. l trust that all is
well however. Hope soon again to be
back and at work, JEREMIAH CBoMEB.
Oxford, England. Aug. 10, 1896.
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The Pioneer Society,

of Shiawassee county, invites all people to
meet in Caledonia Park, Sept. 4th, 1890 a.
M, for basket picnic. Addresses are ex-
pected from Hon. j. w. Turner and Judge
S. f. Smith of Owosso, Mr.. j. Kanouse and
Mr.. Barber, of Howell, Col. Moyses, of
Venice, and others, with music and pioneer
stories for chinking.
The park is on the river midway between
Owosso and Corunna, the electric cars run
to the park, fare cents from either city.
Teams might be left in the city barns and
the people enjoy the delight of trolley ride
to the park. Admission free.
A. II. PARKILL,
CHAs. HOLMAN, Secretary.
President.
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with small branches torn from their stems
in the trees, and the water poured down
both the southern and northern declivities
in flood. 1t was an hour of the majesty
and power, in which men put juster esti-
mates upon themselves, than when silence
and peace are regnant Just such storm
met me years ago as neared James Colby's
h0stelry this side of the Grand River road.
1t Is since then that Rudolph Colby was
born and became county treasurer. BY the
by, learn that he has performed the duties
OF that Office with exceptional satisfaction.
He has kept the accounts of the state and
county well. In the treasurer's Office the
incumbent is not only the servant of the
bailiwick in which he is elected but he acts
also as agent and trustee for the state. In
this office one must make no mistakes. He
is held to the high accuracy and exactness
of figures. He keeps the statement of every
mans financial relation to the state. No
one can record his deed unless he can show
that the obligation to town, county and state
has been discharged. If he would have the
advantage of public registry he must pay
his tax. In hundred ways the treasurer's
Office Is one of great responsibility and de-
mands ability of high order. l believe
Mr.. Colby has met this demand to the last
degree. i see it stated that he will haye no
opposition in the nominating convention,
and undar cuoh circumstances e,oh n rae,,,X
would naturally be expected. We have had
from first to last considerable trouble with
the treasurer's Office in Shiawassee county,
and 1t is cause of no little qualification to
feel that we are in no danger of it now.
Confidence in the man who carries "the
bag" is not only great relief but matter
of value that cannot be estimated.
The sun is blistering bot, and the branch
es of the trees writhe in the wind as in
kind of helpless agony.
An oriole just now flew into linden tree
"a winged coal of fire, that for moment it
seemed might ignite the whole wood!
A battle of the elements was fought last
night, and the thunderous cannonade
Evoke the echoes" in the direction of Oak
wood. l sat at the window and watched the
flashes from the guns. l saw
'The lightning like some bright, wild beast,
Leap from his thunder-lair"
The wind came to. Not to be out of fash
ion nowadays it rides cycle, and we call
1t cyclone! 1t whirls and twists and the
power of the screw is transferred to the air!
1t gave the building in which l sat Wig
orous wrench" and the roof cried out in
pain, and was allowed to remain No won
der we hear of ''the spirits of the air." that
vlewless medium that flows over and around
us like an unseen ocean-how its currents
rush and roar and scream In the madness of
strife Everything goes down before the
stroke of its ''aerial club"-houses, barns,
trees, men-men blown like insects and
comminuted dust How everything bends
and does obeisance to 1t as 1t passes No
wonder that the lordly husband in Jane
Eyre should exclaim, on looking at such q
picture, ''Jane, who taught you to pain,
the wind?" ABNER ScoTr.
Owosso Mineral Springs, Aug. 1896.
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Vernon.

Mrs. G. Golf visited at Byron Tuesday
and Herb Nichols are. visiting
here this week.-Mrs.. Loves is very sick
Mr.. Harrington, of ST. Louis, visited
here the last of the week.-Mrs.. j. f. EN-
erick is on the sick list-Ernest Sidney
spent Sunday at Corunna-Mrs. Sickles,
of Gaines, visited at ID. Jewell's this week
IS. E. Barker is very sick and there is
little hope of his recovery-E. Crane and
wife, of Lansing, spent Sunday with rela-
tives here. Q. Davids is able to walk
about-B. X. Holmes and wife were at
Owosso on Tuesday-Mr. Chadwick is
spending his vacation at Grand Haven
Miss Maggie Yerkes visited at Corunna on
Monday-Effie Goss is on the sick list
Miss Grace Graham returned from Capac
this week.-Mrs.. Frank Goss is visiting al
Argentine Robert McLarin is quite sick
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-08-21
Gute's Hill.
Mr.. EDITOR:

Mr.. EDITOR:
A storm of wind and rain swept through
the woods on 'the hilp' today, and had
barely Itime to ''get in out of the wet"
Great drops Of water hustled against the
window panes with sound like that of shot
and the wind tossed the tree-tops like feath-
ers! l saw then what Tennyson meant
when he used those words, "Caught and
cuffed by the gale!" The skies were filed
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-08-21

Goes into the best homes
in Shiawassee county and its
contents are carefully read by
an intelligent class of readers.
the use of its advertising COL
umns convinces advertisers of
this fact.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-08-21
for Infants and Children.

Castoria cures Collie, Constipation,
Sour Stomach, Diarrhopa, Eructation,
Kills Worms, gives sleep, and promotes di
gestion,
Without injurious medication.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-08-21
Have You Seen the
Have You Seen the
NEW LAMPS
AT BANNERS BAZAAR.

We have just received the largest and finest line of Lamps
in the cty-Banque Lamps Vase Lamps, Sewing Lamps,
Fancy Glass Lamps all kinds of Lamps at prices to suit the
times. You will soon need Lamp comeand make your
choice while the assortment is complete.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-08-21

ssCastoria is so well adapted to children that
recommend it as superior to any prescription
known to me-" II. A. ARCHER, M. D.,
iii So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-08-21
September Jury List.

The following gentlemen have been drawn
to serve as jurors at the September term OF
the circuit court:
The sun., 1896-10-18

causes thought to penetrate. or an image to
rise up Immediately before the mind. or by
strained efforts At rhetorical effect. II is also
possible that, as VirRlrs language became as
simulated to the thought and feeling Of success
sive generations, IL may have lost something of
the cOlorinH OF sentiment md association, OF the
delicate shades of meaning and OF the vital
force which 1t originally possessed. II has en-
tered into tho culture OF the world chiefly
through Impressions produced in early youth.
when the mind. though susceptible OF graceful
variations OF words and har monious effects of
rhythm, is too immature to realize fulness of
meaning, half concealed by the wel-tempered
beauty ana musical charm OF language. Tho
style Of Virgil Is the fruit of long reflection and
It requires long reflection and familiarity to
draw out all It's meaning. In apprehending the
charm of his style 1t ia not Of the spontaneous
fertility OF nature that thinks. but OF tho
harvest yielded to asslduous labor by a soil at
once naturally rich and obedient to cultivation.
These characteristics OF virGil's nrt we're likely
to be overlooked In an age which demanded
from the literature OF imagination n succession
OF varied and powerful impressions.
Prof. Selar. himself. comedies that, although
some of the causes, which half n century ago
tended to lower the estimation in which Virgil
had been held, wero only temporary in their
operation.i can hardly be doubted that his claim
10 prominence IN Latin literature and to n high
rank among the greatest poets of II time, must,
ifpnt forward at all, be now maint cd on some
what different grounds than those on which
his position formerly rested. He never again
can enter into rivalry with Homer NJ the in
spred poet OF heroic action. He cannot again
enjoy the advantage OF being widely known at
the $ ame time that access to his predecessor is
confined to few scholars not much in SYM
pathy with the poet OF an age far tcpara, ed
from their own as the Homeric. Tie art OF
virgil. in so far as II Ia copy of the
art OF Homer, has already produced all
the effects on the culture OF the world. which 1t
IL destined to produce The life OF the heroic
age Will continue to be known to all future
times as II was originally fashioned by the
creative mind OF Homer not as 1t was modified
by the afterthought Of Virgil. Nevertheless
Prof. Seilar has prepared this volume Of four
hundred pages for the purpose OF demonstrat-
ing by detailed examination of his various
poems. what charm Virgil had for his country
men. as the reviver OF the early poetry OF
Greece. and the first creator of the early
romance OF Italy, and also what permanent
ers of tho secrets OF nature and of the meaning
OF human life. His conclusion is that al
though VirRil's supremacy has been shaken
and is not likely ever again to be fully re-
established, survey OF his various works will
show that 1t was not through accident or caprice
that ono of the highest places in the dynasty of
genius was allotted to him. and that his atil re-
mains one OF the few great names which belong
not to any particular age or nation. but to all
time and to every people. M.WH.
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st the Door man n he suA.

manufacturer against the Door man n he suA.
ject Of wages and of the poor man aga ana.
chinery, which by supplantinP him doomed him
to starvation; such, under the name OF compe.
ttion. was the characteristic feature in the
situation Of things regarded from commercial
and manufacturing point OF view. Here were
to be seen markets Elutted and capitalists In
despair; there workshops closed and tho oper.
ativca famishod: commerce degraded By
tacit consent into n trafflc OF tricks and
lies: nll the conquests. achieved by the genius
of man over nature. converted into weapons Of
strife and tyranny. multiplied. In some sort, by
progress itself. There was no longer any com
munity of fnlth or belief. nor any attachment tn
traditional usanes; while the spirit OF inquiry
denied everything, and affirmed nothing and
religion was supplanted by the love OF lucre.
The nation turned to mercantilism; even mar
riage was made q speculation. matter OF bar
gain. Daily tho newspapers presented to the
eyes OF the public the lamentAblo spectacle OF
brothers wrRnElinZ for scraps and fragments of
the paternal property. Among the laborinG
classes penury figured as the principal pri-
mary cause for debauchery. 1t engen-
dered cu6inage, and concubinage infan-
tcide. In n society in which oppression like
this was possible. charity was but q word,
and religion but bodiless remembrance"
Such was Louis Blanc's arraignmont of the
July monarchy, the three aspects Of which he
summed up in ono sentence: I'm the social
order there was com petition, In the moral order
skeptcism. in the political order anarchy" II
is not surprising that he came TO exercise .
tremendous influence when. with such power Of
invective, he disclosed to the people Of France
the character and work OF tho bourgeois Govern
ment. The volumes Of his history, published
continuously from 1s4l to 1s46. passed through
many editions, and each volume, q small
duodecimo. became, in the hauds Of the people,
party pamphlet furnishing facts and figures
Of nature damaging. nay. destructive. to the
party then In control Of France.
We look forward with interest to the second
volume OF this work, which. among other
things. will deal with the rise OF the Second
Empire and the policy Of Napoleon ILL.,; tho
Crmean war; and the progress Of tho Eastern
question from 1850 to onr own day; the accom-
pishment of italian and German unity; and the
REORGANIZATION OF the dual HapsburE monarchy.
The latter chapters we are told. will be devoted
to the history Of the various European ooun-
tries since 1870. not, indeed. for tho purpose OF
drawing final conclusions. but to discover the
problems. in political and social life, that are
undergoing solution.
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France It was only needful that to the proofs
OF constitutional weakness should be added owl
dence Of military inoflciency and Of an unsound
judgment concerning external affairs. to bring
about coup d'etdt; this evidence tho acts Of
the Directory eventually supplied. Bonaparte
had only TO withdraw to Egypt to show the ina
bilty Of tho Directory to cope with the interna-
tional conn pilcatlons that he had created and q
few forced loans, law regarding hostages.
and an uprising OF the cho,dns were suf-
cient to mako manifest tho inability of
the Directory to control affairs at home.
France. onco more threatened with in
vasion, wearied with factional disputes,
and alarmed by the steady increase OF in
surrection and hrlrandaCe. feared a relapse
into Jacobinism, and. to escape anarchy, will.
ingy yielded herself to the only person that
seemed able TO dominate the situation. In a
word. the cup d'ttdt of the 18th Brumnre was
possible because the people wished It, Bona
parte represented successful conquest and stood
for unity ana order. for the integrity and pros
perity of the nation; and knowing that France
was tired Of tho Revolution. he was able to
overthrow the Directory. tho last Government
systematically founded on the ideas and princi-
Piles of 1903.
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Modern Europe.

II Is rather n collection OF essays than de-
tailed and exhaustive history which CHARLES
NJ. ANDREWS. Associate Professor OF History in
Brvn Mawr College, has projected under the
title. The Historical Development Of Modern
EurOp, from the Congress ~ Vienna tO the Present
Time Putnams). 1t certainly lie not an ex-
haustive history. because the author tells US
next to nothing. 40 far at least. as he has gone,
about Russia and the Danuban peoples. and
very little about the political and social
movements. which. during the present CEN
tury. have taken place in Spain. Portugal. Swift
zerland, Holland. and tho Scandinavian States.
1twas not, indeed. his purpose to furnish the kind
OF information which may be obtained from
cyclopedias. His aim. as we learn from the
preface. was to keen in view the continuous de-
velopment OF the life and thought OF Europe,
and. to that end. to study those movements that
have made for progress. rather than TO describe
events in detail or to present all subjects with
historical completeness. such being his specific
aim, Prof. Andrews has naturally discarded the
chronological method OF exposition. and has
treated separate movements and topics. such
as the European political system. the Rest"ra-
tion In France. the July Monarchy. and the
Liberal movement In Germany, as logically
rounded wholcs carrying each forward to its
issue before turning to the others. There is much
20 lie said for this mode Of treatment. especially
when work is designed. as this is, for the ger
eral reader rather than 10 he a text book for ad-
vanced students in universities. OF the two
volumes contem plated. the first. which 10 now
published. carries us to about the year 1850. but
instead of beginning. as the title would lead us
to expect. with the task OF reconstruction under
taken at the Congress OF Vienna. II contains two
preliminary chapters on the French h Revolution
and Napoleon Bonaparte. We shall here note
some OF the authors conclusions respecting the
significance and Consequences OF the phenomena
discussed.