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The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-05-01
THE TIMES

Goes into the best homes
in Shiawasses county and its
contents are carefully read by
an intelligent class Of readers.
he use of its advertising col
umns convinces advertisers of
this fact.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-05-01

j. f. Mabin received on Thursday from
K. f. White, Of South Natck, Mass. fine
eleven inch cucumber, a specimen from the
garden of Mr.. White who is raising garden
produce for the early Boston market. Mr..
Mabin was somewhat surprised when he
opened the package and learned Its contents
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-05-01

Charles Starr has new Office safe in hi s
store.
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THE BOWERY MISSION.
A New York Philanthropic Enter nrige Run on Business Principles.
"Details of This Noble work-something About the yorkers-Outcasts Who Find Refuge and Comfort
 There-strange Facts.
fcePyR1GHr. 1S96.l


 Because the Bowery MIsslon' Ne" York. is conducted with approximately successful union of business and phl- Ianthropy, it possesses a special elalil to journalistic recognition. While not refusing to help the helpless, It Pre1ers to help those who manifest the desire to help themselves. The institution IS conducted on business principles, under the proprietorship of man Of buslness' He is described as "a plunger in phllah- thropy." but he does not plunge un- less he has made careful soundlngs. His philanthropy, in short, IS an eA- pression of benevolence wisely admins tered.
 The Bowery Mission is q great insti- tuition, benefcent because 1t relieves necessity, and, what is better, because it's policy and methods are so formed and administered as, if possible, to make of outcasts, men. "Sponging" is not permitted, so far as intelligent Ylgl- lance can prevent it; nothing is given away excepting upon adequate evidence of real need. As it's proprietor, pr. Louis Klopsef. says: "It is better that a man should pay for a meal as the re- suit of begging, than not pay for it.
 The employees of the mission are re- quired to present a scheduled account of all business transacted.
 The system now in operation was be- gun April 1, 1895, with the result for tba f,.e+ 7Taay aS follows.
 Gospel meetings held ..................- dgg 9g1 Men confessed conversion. ....-..... S,6H Men and boys sheltered in lodging no house. 't.-' .. -5s ee7 Meals served ia restaurant .....#..#.... .oSS,5zI Patients treated in free dispensary topened August 20, 1S95l .............. lg6S ,363 Surgical cases. '.... '.+++' .t+... .''.. '0V Number of men and boys fer whom oo employment was secured ..e..-4.... 955 After all this had been accomplished, there was a balance of ten dollars in the treasury in favor of the mission.
 The daily reports are made out by fill ing a blank as relentless as the appli-
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might we'll be compared to an immense opera bouffe. He muzzled the press to begin with, and then started news bureau of his own. His news was start ling, interesting and amusing. He soon proved himself a fallir par excellence. First he killed Antonio Maceo, the rebel chief, who, to prove that the Spanish general lied, came to within a few miles of Havana and footed and burned one of the principal cities in the prov inee. Then Weyier chased the arch rebel with his red headed pins on the map of Cuba, until he lost him some where in the swamps of Matanzas.
 About this time some of Weyler's soldiers found an American tramp who had lost his way on country read, and fallen asleep by the wayside. The soldiers imagined that they had got hold of some person of importance, and although the poor fellow could scarcely speak word of Spanish, Weyler issued an extra announcing the capture of d celebrated rebel chief known as In glesito. The tramp was put in jail to be immediately ourt-martialed, and in all probability he would have been shot if the right Inglesito hadn't mixed up the case by opportunely appearing in the vicinity and burning a planta- tion.
 After Weyler had lost Maceo and his rebe1lious hordes in the swamps of Matanzas, he published the news that they were driven out of Havana and
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WHY WEYLER HAS FAILED.
Ne Is Not Butcher, But Is h.
 hnitoly Worse.
At Heart an Arrant Coward-Thomas R. Dawley, Who Knows Wey1er Well, Tells of His
 Infamy.
IeopYRIaHr. 1s90.l

In her attempt to put down the Cubau insurrection Spain has shown her un- expected resources to surprising ex tent. h sending men and arms to Cuba she has surpassed the efforts of the French in Madagascar, and the English i'll any of their colonies. In fact, no nation of modern times has raised and sent abroad the number of troops that Spain has sent across the sea to Cuba. She has armed them with one of the most modern rifles made and supplied them with an abundance of ammunition, yet with all this force of arms Spain has failed to dominate an island much less in size than the state of New York
 Almost at the very beginning of the uprising she sent her greatest general to command her forces, but the insur- rection spread from the east over the whole island, and Martinez Campos was forced to admit his failure. However signally Campos failed, he was a man
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far in advance of his country's civiliza- ton, and to this fact may his failure be attributed.
 Campos believed that the Cuban had certain inalienable rights. As soldier 1t was not his duty to question the ae- tion of his government. As command CT in chief in Cuba he could apply his own methods of pacifying the island. He realized that the insurgent ranks were being increased by the unem- ployed, and he endeavored to open up new avenues of industry; but he wat de eeived into believing that the insur~ee- ton, as in the last war, was confines to the east. He did not complain bees use he found the insurgents armed, bus he went boldly into the field to direct in person the operations of his troops. He pursued human methods, refusing to kill his prisoners. He seolded his ofIl- eers for their misrepresentatior of facts, and even issued an order ceI;sur- ing them for their ridiculous repolgs of victories which never occurred.
 Spaniards could not understand these methods of an enlightened man. Their conception of war to-day is the name that it was 400 years ago, and conse- quently Campos not only had the insur- gents to fight, but the centuries of Spanish barbarism as we'll They elamored for blood and for victories, which were never won; and because
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were on the run towards the east, where they could do no further harm. But no sooner had he published this news than the rebels came flashing back across Havans province again. Then there was the news of great battle in which the Spaniards claimed to have Filled q lot of horses, and they guessed they had killed some rebels. In spite of this battle, the rebels continued their raid across the country, sael1ing and burning all the towns they came to, while Wey- ler's troops got somewhere behind them and reported that they were chasing them.
 Then Maceo invaded the province of Pinar del Rio for the second time, and Weyler built his celebrated trocha to keep the invaders in the country, which they had invaded. He thought they would get tired of devastating the fruit ful country, and then when they at tempted to come out he would catch them on the trocha and exterminate them. But they didn't attempt to come out, SO Weyler announced that they were all starving to death, and issued his decree of amnesty, offering pardon to alI who would come in and surren- der. As they didn't show any signs of taking advantage of this decree, Weyler sent the battalion Alfonso XII. to see what the matter was. The rebels drove the battalion into the sea, and then
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cation form of a well-administered in- surance company. The mission has a restaurant, on account of which bal
 ance must be drawn every day. and every meal check issued traced and &C., counted for. So with the lodging-house departments; it must be shown how many beds have been occupied on each floor, and at what price. The totals show much money was deposited in the bank each day, and the balance brought over. In the charity depart- ment' which is a necessity, it is a mat ter of daily record how many frea meals and free beds are given. and for now many men employment was round. The same minuteness appears m the records of meetings held. Fyerr- thing IS noted; the date, time of omen. ing' attendance, how many arose for prayer, the converts, the speakers v;si+. ors, general remarks, the person ;,, charge and time of closing. With equal care every cent of expenditure is Watehed. As a natural result of +bie thoroughness of administration +ha mlsslon IS constantly increasing it's sf- ncieney and widening the field of ac. tivity. -ieio oi ac-
 The Mission building, at No. 1o5 Row. cry IS spacious structure. incl,,dina . restaurant in the basement, which Tas e opened in May, 1895, where a rnan v ';s ;s furnished a good meal consistino as S soup bread and coffee, for five eents ana other refreshments at eorresnors lr's' ingly low prices. There are 15o ppaa baa on the premises, occupying laroe snooe eoe on four floors. The free med;eo1 1fase si pensary is under the charge of . nrali al5
 neo medical practitioner who +raa4s a.'4l cases not sufficiently serious to nead I,ats a4 tention at hospital. Relioions enu p,aal a.- ,ngs are held in hall seatino -mes.. rna than 800 men and provided with . r,pte n'a. Iorm' organ and piano, a snnrI,. l''as, ]. hlDles and hymn books, and eyerrtb y tb;.. o. else necessary for "rescueo worl '1pai' pa. or this hall can be shut off for ,,sa s. :. : ar'
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inquiry" room and for Bible, c,.-- Lodgers and visitors have tba ,s asses. well-provided reading-room. of T a baths are indispensable, and s, sourse ments are in progress for the ada.as of laundry, so that poor fellou ting off his clothing at night can @ <, pu1- to find them clean in the mo,nir - sure the Bowery mission "cleanlin@ A next to godliness;" beds and evar,,ss Is else stand inspection well-bv 4 'ning ercise of eternal vigilance" ba ;ae ~ ex-
 As a matter of course, pravina v sald ing and exhorting have wo,, slhs- hence in the daily activities of tbd ploml- There are three services on snaa paace' Those of Thursday evenings ana principal Sunday service are cond,, ,ile by philanthropic lady, Mrs. saras se'ea Bird, who gives the "boys," as she qn na,, S' them, a sandwich and coffee at bar salls expense on the week-night eyenino e"l similar refreshments before and =. sla her Sunday meeting, which ofton S1'ef four hours or longer. Mrs. Rird 'aSN been worker among the poor nas degraded for more than 30 wears D. sia sessing wealth and a beautiful residan in one of the loveliest places in We NV Jersey, she lately left her home = '1' near her work and occupies an oaal v ment near the mission, in the m;dss the slums where she is free from ooa.', interferenees. Two weeks affar ,'' |, death of her husband, five wears e to '.get out of herself" as she exnrass.s it to the writer, she added to her actiSs ties work among the East-side lodoiaa house class of men; and in the snr;T of 1895 made arrangements with ns Klopsch for her meetings in fine mis sion. On the evening when the write, H attended one of these, 40 men staroa to be counselcd by this good wom.n Mrs. Bird has young lady living witb her, the accomplished daughter If United States naval officer. who teaches the kindergarten in a neigbborins street, and is always present at tbess meetings in the mission, one of tbs happiest and most useful folks there An afternoon tea for women and o,l. was lately added to the hospitalities of the mission. The first was attended by about 100 persons, 30 of them m. fortunate girls from Chinatown. tbe eldest scarcely 16 years old.
 As the Bowery has a floating popua. tion of some 3o,ooo men, of wLom at
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SPANISH SOLDIERS PREPARING DINNER. CAMP AT RELGA

Weyler, losing all patience. declared his intention of going in and eXterminat- ing them. As he breathed dire yenge- ance upon them, he located their stronghold upon his big map of Cuba. Running across his map in the center of Pinar del Rio was a mountain range. On the top of this mountain range he found the rebels at a place designated as Cacaraiicara, and he stuck a black pin there to represent them. Then with red-headed pins representing his own troops he marched two columns upon Carcarajieara. The thing worked beau tifully. There be had the blaek-headed pin representing the black hearted rebels taken between the two fires of his own troops. He rubbed his hands with glee, called his chiefs to look at his plan, and hastened to telegraph his orders to the front.
 Gen. Suarez IncIan was on the north side of the mountain range, while Gen. Bernal was on the south side, just in accordance with the captain generals Hans, and so Weyler telegraphed them that they must both march to the top cf the mountain from their respective sides and there take the rebels between two fires. Gen. Bernal looked up at the mountain from his side, while Suaiez Inclan looked up from his side. Then Gen. Weyler from his palace in Ha- yana gave the word to march. Bernal bad no map-spanish officers in the field never incumher themselves with such contrivances- so he pressed a peasant into service to show him the
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Campos told the truth and refused to kill except in battle he was accused of being in sympathy with the insurgents.
 In nominating Gen. Weyler to sue ceed Campos, the Canovas ministry found champion of true Spanish sen timent.
 Why, then, it may be asked, has Gen. Weyler with all the resources of Spain at his command and the sympathy of the Spanish people failed to put down the Cuban insurreetion.
 Campos, admonished his officers for not reporting the truth. Weyler began his campaign by denouncing as an enemy of Spain anyone who should tell the truth if it reflected npon the valor of Spanish arms. Campos refused to kill his prisoners. Weyler began by al- lowing his troops to slaughter the male inhabitants of village almost within sight of Havana. Campos gave all cor respondents free passes to go out with his troops and watch his operations. Neyler took these passes aryRy, pro- hibited correspondents going out, and finally put two of them in Morro castle on the supposition that they had inves- tigated his massacre of peaceable citi- zens at Guatao.
 Notwithstanding the fact that Weyler has pursued methods just the reverse of his predecessor, he has not only failed to bring the insurrection to an end. but under his rule affairs in the island have gone from bad to worse.
 If it were not for the ruthless slaugh- ser of noncombatants. his campaign
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WHO COMMANDS THE FRENcAq
Corps Commanders and Division Generals Hold Equal Rank.

Hold Equal Rank.
 According 10 the regulations the min- ister of war IS commander in chief of the French army. But an act passed in 1888 provides that this high dignitary must remain in Paris if a war breaks out. The actual command will be assumed by a major general designated for that purpose by the mmistry-at present Sen. Saussier. We'll and good. But this officer has no right to prepare the army according to his ideas in time of peace. Hr receives the command over the differ ent corps from another man, with whom, perhaps, he differs materially in opinion The responsibility for the state of The army is thus divided and cannot be fastened upon any one person. Further, the highest rank in the French army is that of division general There arc some higher functions, such as the command of an army corps and the army inspection, but hese functions are attended to by the division generals, who stand in the same rank with their interiors in command. In times of peace this causes unpleasant jealousy, during war time it may lead to conflict and disorder. With regard 10 the com- handlers of army corps the matter is not so bad, as they are in touch with troops and leaders under their commands. But how is q general te command an army if the chiefs of four or five army corps and some 20 divisions all hold the same rank as himself2 Will he be oheyed?
 The impropriety of this state of things is well known to the French, but the conditions of the republic exclude the possibility of suitable reforms. If any general were given an extra feather for his hat or an extra star on the collar ofhiscoat he might use hisnew authority against the republic. On the other hand, the hundred or so of division generals hold each other in check Yet, the re- sponsible heads of the army fear that serious difficulties will arise in case of war, and the present minister of war has drawn up bill for the mitigation of the evil. He suggests the appoint ! ment of a responsible council of war and the creation of new rank, that of army general Twenty-Five of the division generals are to be raised to it, and they must be chosen from the otli- cers who already act as army commando CTS and army inspectors.
 It is, however, doubtful that even this moderate reform will be allowed to pass the chambers. Already the radiealsan socialists raise a TOW and declare that Billet is preparing fora coup d'etat. On the other hand the military press points out that il would be much better to give tue future commanders of armies q higher hierarchic position and to en- able them to exercise some power over the troops they are tos lead in time of war. But the military authorities un- terstand that. if 25 commanders are raised to a higher rank the present ditli- culty in the appointment of chiefs is at least narrowed down. More radical re- forms would be likely to meet with still greater opposition than the proposition which Gen. Billet has formulated with the assistance of his civilian fellow min- isters.-Berlin Rundschaa.
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q am just tired to death," began Mrs Whimper.
 T am not surprised at all" said her husband.
 Why should you be 2" asked the lady, tartly
 "As l said before, ain't. Some peo- pie might be surprised at your continu- ing to talk after you are dead, but am not. t."-Indianapolis Journal.
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least half leave it's numerous cheap loos1 ing-houses every morning, and s0as| walk the streets all night, not hasns| the price of bed, the scope for pnllar thropy in this great thoroughfaTe 2 by no means restricted. It IS louA that many unfortunate men are ol F spectable antecedents. From WIFI ness, morbid curiosity, or a real assu' to improve their condition, they n'. come to the great city, spent 'na money, and pawned their clothes, upI they have assumed that "loopeo ~ widowed raggedness which is so mon a sight in New York. The change of good clothing for rags fatal step in many cases, cuttlns absolutely any lingering purpose 'o, turn whence they came. In many 's they are unwilling to apply for ready for them. They find their Ne' prison or to the East river. It was P' ful to learn that many young meni'. home because of the unfair tres.iD they received there. Unpaid ton 7, New England farm is thing the. .ta urally desired to escape from; pusn ind the tender mercies of the D0e' even harder to bear. ...
 And don't be surprised in invespss ing the secrets of the Bowery, '" yourself in conversation with cong graduate, or the son of local glea ~, a judge, or what not. Rags anu ~ sandwiches are the portion oi few young men on the Bowery' ,'a h sisters are among the fashionap,sTy .sys In the country home; ana N George" " they say, ''is doing wen ,nss .s York;" while in fact he is stai',s' the Bowery. Ayowed jail blras ' ss infrequently seen at the missl0l, < pa looking at some of them, one z tbss pared to believe all they say aDoa' selves. ,sa
 The mission has an able suPe' ert and assistant superinte enusta t,a laymen. One of them is q nsR Rev T. D. Dewitt Talmage, 7 z
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ADVICE TO MEN.
Don't Wear Long Hair and an Air of
 Dishabille.

Don't Wear Long Hair and an Af VI
 Dishabilie.
 Tn seeking to win the affection and friendship of women, dear boys, you will find dress an important thing to be considered, says a woman writer.
 Although l will not go as far as to say that woman's heart has ever been broken by badly-brushed hat, l have known woman to look at bulging shirt bosom and decide that even if she could ever consent to pillow her head upon such an uncomfortable-look spot the loud vivacity of the waistcoat beneath would make rest there quite Impossible. l am not going to tell you what to wear That is the work of mightier intellects than mine. And there are the young lady male imper- senators of the variety stage to copy. These represent the woIan's ideal of mans clothing. I may, however, prove myself useful in telling you what not to wear. To begin with, there is one rule you should have written on your mir TOTS It is this:
 Do not dress like genius, even if you are one.
 The average woman has strong aversion to go out with a gentleman who-because laurel wreashs have gone out of hion-substitutes for them long hair, short trousers, decollete shirts and a generally carefully ar ranged dishabille.
 The average woman is a silly little thing, you know, and she would rather that you looked commonplace and we'll groomed than that every newsboy should be able to tell that she is walking with an intellectual giant.
 As for the woman above the average
 well, she knows that you're not genius. anyhow. You can't fool her with freak neckties and doorlxnoh studs
 Remember that I am directing your fo;ngs to meet the tastes of the major ity of women. There are ladies who go riding on tandem bicycles with gen. tlemen who wear red suits. and some women love the society of necktie or vest that almost barlxs.
 The ring, watchchain and bric-a-brac habit is popular with young ladies who stand on the other side of the foot lights and have taste for anything that glitters even if it isn't IS carat.
 By this class of lady you may be loved for your searfpin, but a large percent age of the weaker sex prefer to do all the glittering that is to be done them selves. IN. Y. World.
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How q Lobster Use, His Lepx

The lobster's legs, all told, are ten in number, but only eight of these are largely used for walking. The front pair. or big claws, have been special ized, as in the crab and most other of the higher crustaceans, into prehensile organs for catching and crushing the prey, Their use is obvious. Chicago Tribune.
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Perfectly saf~

T don't see how you dare insult that fellow"
 'oh, he won't fight; he's profession al pugilist. Town Topics.
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The care with which a school teach IT puts periods and com mas in rlaca when writing q note to a pupils parents. is almost painful
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seemed, Reasonable to Him.

THOMAS R. DAwLEY, JR-