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The San Francisco call., 1897-03-17
TELEPHoNED TO HIS DOG.
Now Tom Reynolds Has to Be Mighty
Careful, or He'll Lose the Dog.

Now Tom Reynolds Has to Be Mighty
Careful, or He'll Lose the Dog.
Tom Reynolds of ReynoldsvilIe. was in
town this week. Tom has an intelligent
dog, which was sent to him from Australia
and of which he very fond. The dog is
also badly infatuated with Tom, who has
telephone in his house. Tom has taught
the dog to understand that the machine
can talk by holding the receiver to the
dogs ear. On several occasions when Tom
has been away he called up his resiuence
and had the dog brought to tine phone,
when he would talk 10 the canine In such
soothing language as to I'LL the canine
with delight. He would, OF course rec
ognize his masters voice, and make all
sorts of demonstrations of Joy. About
two weeks ago Tom brought the oog to
Punxsutawnev, and while here talked
over the phone TO his friends at home.
He also permitted his dog 10 listen. From
this the dog got the idea hat there were
only two phones in existence-one at his
home and the other at the Hotel Waveriy
IN PuDXsutawney, as the circumstance
about to be disclosed will abundantly
prove.
Last Saturday Mr.. Reynolds came to
Punxsutawney and called up the dog at
home as ususual The dog barked and
whlned and made great ado, all OF which
could be heard over the wire.
About an hour afterwar,i, just as Tom
was about to leave. judge of his surprise
to see his dog come bounding into the
hotel! He had run fourteen miles III less
than an hour.
Now Tom says that, as the dog is firmly
OF the impression that there is but one
other telephone box in the country besides
the one in his house, he will not dare to
talk to the dog from any other point, be-
cause it he does taat dog will start imme-
diateiy for the Waverly Hotel, Punxsu
tawney, expecting to find him there.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-17
FREE TO EVERY man.
THE METHOD OF A GREAT TREATMENT
FOR WEAKIESS OF MEN.
WHICH CURED HIM AFTER EVERY
THING ELSE FAILED.

Painful diseases are bad enough, but when
man is slowly wasting away with nervous
weakness the, mental forebodings are ten
times worse than the most severe pain. There
is no let up to the mental suffering day or
night Sleep is almost impossible, and under
such a strain men are scarcely responsible for
what they do. For years the writer rolled and
tossed on the troubled sea Of sexual weakness
until it was q question whether be had not
better take dose of poison and thus end all
his throubles But providentia1 Inspiration
came to his aid in the shape of a com bination
of medicines that not only completely restored
the general health, bnt enlarged HIS weak
emaciated parts to natural size and vgor, and
he now declares that any man who viii take
the trouble send his name and address may
have the method OF this wonderful treatment
free Now, when say free mean absolutely
without cost, because I want every weakened
man TO get the benefit of my experience.
am not a philanthropist, nor, do pose as
an enthusiast, but there are thousands of mefi
suffering the mental tortures of weakened
manhood who would be cured at cncs could
they but get such remedy as the one that
cured me. Do not try TO study out how can
afford to pay the few postage-stamps necessary
to mail the information, but send for it ana
learn that there are few things on earth
that, although they cost nothing TO get, are
worth q fortune to some men and mean a life
time of happiness to most OF us. Write to
Thomas Slater, box 2293, Kalamazoo Mich,
and the information will be mailed in piaiu
sealed envelope
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-17
FIGH TING FOR A
TRIAL BY JURY
Hrs. Craven Ready for the
Ordeal on Her Deeds
to Begin.
Attorney Delmas Throws Ont
the Invitation to a Legal
Ban quet.
But the Fair People Fight Shy and
VIII Struggle Desperately
for More Time.

1t will not be the fault of the Craven
ATTORNEYS if the effort OF the Fair people to
delay the trial of the pencil deeds by an
attempt to thwart the wish of the
woman to have jury in the case
succeeds. Judge Slack spent yester-
day listening to the merits of her re.
quest. Attorney Delmas had the floor
morning and afternoon to expound
the law. 1t was, of course, legal argu-
lnent, but there was spice and relish in
terlarded through it that gave il a zest to
the layman.
Delmas is anxious to go to trial at once
with the big case. 1t should have begun
yesterday morning, but at the last mo-
EHeht Charles L. Wheeler discovered that
the cause was one which the bonanza
helrs were not anxious to submit to a
Jury. Forthwith on behalf of Miss Vir-
ginla Fair there was interjected into the
a1alr the fog of equity; that is, that the
helress' rights could be better determined
In court of equity.
1t was to fight this plan of delay on the
part OF the army of lawyers in the employ
OF the dead bonanza kings millions that
Deimas was fighting, and in his odd satiri-
cal moments he took some strong thrusts
at the Fair people.
AoSAC dS grim SATIRE In his invita-
ton to the long-deIayed legal banquet.
our hlgh-priced experts are here.u he
began. PRO fessor Kytka is here with his
Dig camera. Your double magnifying
glasses and your microscopes are here. If
All these facts which you have dinned into
our ears are true, if our deeds are foreer-
les, which you ought to be now able to
prove by the voluminous evidence YOU
nave taken, and the army of experts.
cameras and microscopes, come and prove
It, We are ready for the ordeal now.
II our deeds are forgeries they can be
proven so in a court of law, and a iurv
verdict 10 this effect will annihilate them
as thoroughly as any decree OF q Judge
sitting as chancellor in court of equity.
IL the deeds are bad IN law they are bad
in equity.
You have declared they are forgeries.
NOW Is your time to prove it.
The attorney proceeded to Law down the
law and the facts. The lawyers who had
charge OF the interests of the estate had
all, In written agreement, stipulated
that the case could be tried by Jury upon
ten days notice 1 was the Fair people
who had asked for repeated DELAYS and
now when the court had decided that no
more OF these tactics would avail any-
thlng, other subterfuges had been resorted
10. Ihe bonanza interests had said that
MIS- craven had no ii lie to the property
she claimed, forsooth nothing could be
more easier than 10 make good. ~
Inc suit was a plain action to Quiet
title, continued Delmas. NOBODY ever
dreamed 1t was anything else" he con-
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-17
BICYCLE SURGERY.
Various Diseases Which Are Treated b,
London Repairer.

Various Diseases Which Are Treated by
London Repairer.
There are enterprising bicycle people in
England as well as in this country, says a
writer in Harper's Round Table. A year
or mere ago London was flooded with the
following circular by bicycle repairer,
which is ingenious enough in its wording
TO have been the product OF a Yankee:
Bicycle surgery.
Acute and chronic cases treated with
assurance of success.
"Languid tires restored to health and
vigor.
Tires blown up without pain. Wind
fee. No cure, no pay asked.
1--WE understand the anatomy, physiol-
ogy and hygiene of the wheels, and
homeopathic and allopath C treatment, as
Individual cases require. Sure cure guar
anteed.
Testimonials:
my wheel had three ribs fractured,
and you cured it In one treatment
my tires were suffering from case Of
acute aneurism, which had been pro-
nounced fatal by other bicycle doctors, but
you cured the disorder, and l did not lose
day of my tour
Thousands OF testimonials like the
above on application.
''DR. BLANK, B. S. bicycle Snrgeon.)
NO. Tottenham Court Road"
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-17
New Laws in the Interests
Of the Three Fair Children.

The present Legislature has passed three bills especially the
interests the Fair children in their fight against the Craven pencil
deeds.
The first approved March and section of
Civil Code referring property fixing
defective certificates of acknowledgment shall
amendment provides that certified shall be
in evidence until the genuneness the instrument recorded shall
have been proven.
The second amends section 1890 the Civil Code
recording of conveyances.
The third section 1886 Civil Code providing
claim administrator
estate claim demand against the the deceased
shall be allowed testify occurring before
death deceased
This clause will Mrs. Craven being witness her
behalf
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-17
Charles Stanley of the Mis-
sion Adds One to the
Collection.
He Has Fixed His So That 1t
Will Allght Safely as
Well as Fly.
Uncle Sam Has Given Him a Pater
and Now Capital Is All That
Is Need d.

The imaginative flock of airships is
larger by one because of Charles Stanley's
fanciful genius.
Mr.. Stanley is an industrious and
thoughtful middle-sged mechanic now
employed at the Mission foundry out on
Harrison street and he is also one of those
men with an inventive turn of mind
whose nights are given to studying how
to make ideas work by machinery and
whose careers may be trailed by the
patents they have dropped. He belongs
so for to that great majority of this class
who have not been able to get rich I'M any
thing but inventions. Up at Vallejo he
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-17
Wire Fences in England.

English devotees of the hunt are meet
ing with occasional disaster on account of
the growing habit among farmers of in
closing their lands with wire fences,
sometimes barbed. in the place of rail
fences. A few farmers are so obi ing as
to take down these wire fences in the win
ter, others tie rei rags on the wire, so that
the obstruction may be announced in time
to the horseman, but few farmers who
are against the hunters on principle say
that if men are going to ride over their
lands they do so at their own risk, and re-
fuse to announce the presence of wire.
The other day a slx-season mare, as
clever hunting horse as was in the dis
trict, was literally cut to rass, the strand
of barbed wire being run loosely through
the top OF a hedge and tapping around her
like snake when she was brought down.
The mare was shot and the rider esca ped
broken neck only by miracle. This
happened in one OF the most fashion able
hunting districts.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-17

tinued, tand this was an issue for jury to
pass upon" Decisions and legal references
were quoted at length.
"For months" concluded the attorney,
I'VE have been called forgers. The news
papers have been filled with interviews
and statements to hamstring and cripple
our cause. The Grand Jury has been in
voked, and criminal persecution against
our witness threatened. Surely now that
we ask that we be tried for these charges,
our request will be granted. If the
ether side could prove these deeds fraud
~ a simple mathematical demonstra-
Aon,' we ask that it be done. If our wit
nesses could be convicted III the Grimm al
cburts jury would have done so. We
ask that IN this trial, when the -eputa-
ton and even the liberty of Mrs Craven
is at stake, if it be proved her deeds are
forgeries, that we be also tried by jury"
Attorney Wheeler will take up the dis
coarse this morning TO fight for delay.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-17

upon which the latter deliberately spat
into the open palm Petherick was so en-
ragged by the seeming indignity that he
was about to knock the chieftain down.
On second thought he resolved to return
the com pliment, which he did with more
emphasis than elegance. This seemed to
delight The chief, and later Petherick
learned that splitting into the visitors
hand was the mode of saIutation in that
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-17

ing strength, self-confdence and endur-
ance. Encouragement should be given TO
every form of athletics, properly con-
Quoted, that promis,s to increase the
bodily strength and health of women.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-17
Skipped - Year.

a curious coincidence is related by
Colonel z. w. Higginson in his re mi n
iscences in the Atlantic Monthly for JAM
uary. He says it was often his habit to
read late into the night, and sitting up
till one morning he left his bookmark at
an unfinished page, having to return the
book to the college library.
A year later he happened to take the
book from the library again. CHANGED to
get up at O'Clock to read and began
wnere he left off. Afterward, looking in
his diary, he found that he had skipped a
precise year between the two days and
continued reading the same passage. ~ays
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-17
A Curious safutation.

When Petherick. the traveller, came
upun the Mehr tribe OF the Nile country
be was given great reception by the ma
tivrs. Finally the head chief of the Mehrs
entered Petherick's tent. The latter ex-
tended his hand to welcome the visitor
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-17

carry away from the houses which they
were abandoning, as they thought. to the
plilage which was about to burst forth
over the country. The cannon had begun
to thunder at daybreak.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-17

Lincolnshire is the most level and West
moreland the most hilly county in Eng
land.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-17
FEW TO-DAY.

The annual coal bill of the P. and O.
ine of steamships exceeds f600 900.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-17
NEW rc-pAY
NEW TO-DAY
THE DELIGHT
OF THE
HOUSEWIFE
is TO BUY THE
Best GROCERIES
FOR THE
LEAST MONEY! (!
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and
SATURDAY..

Old Virginia Cheroots, staple price
Ioc package, noW..................... SC
Io-lb. pals Pure Leaf Lard.......,.... 75c
Large cans Boneless Sardines........ 221zc
lib frame Pure White Honev..... oc
Choice Eastern Sugar-cured Hams,
per ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. TIC
Full Cream Cheese, per lb............ roc
Large Fat Salmon Bellies, just in... SC
Crosse & Blackwell's Mixed
Pickles, 35c ize..................... I5c
Crosse & Blackwell's Mixed
Pickles, 6oc size. 25c
Hecker's Farina. regular price I5c,
this week ......................... oc
Hecker's Self-rising Buokwheat
Flour, per package I5c
Port and Sherry, worth 81 so a gall,
this week ....................... 75c
All 81 Bottles Whisky, this week.. 7oc
Gordan & Dllworth's Tomato
Catsup, 3oc size................... Ioc
Io-lb. Sacks Eastern CornmeaL..... z21lc
Genuine imported French Sardines,
3 cans for. .......................... 25c
Marin County Creamery Butter,
nothing better made, per square,. CSC
Fancy Ranch Eggs, per dozen-..... I21lc
Fletcher Cocktails, all kinds, regu-
lar SI.25, this week.................. 75c
Postum Cereal, 25c size........-...... Ioc
Postum Cereal, I5c size............. nc
Eastern Cream Cheese, per lb. $500. I2Isc
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-17

BuHSrrr's Corn Cure. s27 Montgomery ST 25t
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-17
NEW TO-DAY.
PICKED UP ON BROADWAY.

incidental
diton
to be covered with
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-03-12
Horseshoers Organize.

The horseshoers of this county have long
realized that it would be far better for them
selves and infinitely so for the "Black
Beauty" entrusted to them to be fitted with
shoes. if the standard of proficiency in their
trade could be raised. Not every man who
can nail shoes to horses foot is competent
to do the work as it should be done and
many valuable horse has been ruined by
men of this class. The object of the Master
Horseshoers'Protectiv Association of Mich
igan. branch of which was organized i'm
city on Friday evening last by Jos. Carr.
state organizer, is to raise the business to
higher level and not to increase prices or
seek.to control the business. The officers
elected are: President, A. Steggal; first vice
president, John Wood, Corunna; second
vice president, B. Ii. Hazep; secretary, f. j.
Melvin, Jr.; corresponding secretary, II. ID.
Hanes; treasurer, Geo. Cook: sergeant-at-
lrms, V. O. Cook.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-03-12
course he may make enc emies, but he
will benefit the schools.


will benefit the schools.
Here, perhaps, l might stop; but the
remainder of your circular letter de-
mands attention. / pass over your sug-
peal OF our present law, as an argument
merely written to fill space. The only
argument in your letter that can pos
sibly persuade anybody to vote for you
is your promise to return to the county
part of the salary of the office. l do not
agree with you regarding the worth
lessness of the office; yet regardless of
other matters | shall vote for the man |
believe the best candidate, and person
who does agree with you regarding the
law may yet find it impossible to give
you his support. hesitate to write
this part of my letter and beg you to re-
member that it was written at your re-
quest.
| cannot find word in your letter
that promises work or honest effort if
you are elected. Indeed, the sentiment
your letter conveys to me is that the Of
flee is useless; hence, that if elected you
will NOT devote your time to it. Be-
sides, understand that you have other
duties that take your entire time am
not IN the habit Of voting for men who
proclaim that, if elected, they will neg
lect the duties of the office. In my own
work as Commissioner, 1T was often my
privilege, in the mere routine duties of
the office, to save districts, and on one
occasion to save an entire township,
their primary money. | am not in
favor of electing any one who will not
do the work.
You promise to refund part of the
salary. do not like the way this prom
ise is expressed. You say that you will
do one OF three things: return a portion
of the salary to the county, provide nor
NAL training classes for teachers, o. es-
tablish in the county Is scholarships at
the Agricultural College. This sounds
to me like clever, lawyer-like promise
that is framed so as to be easily evaded.
If you mean anything, why do you not
state prescisely what you will do, and so
leave no loop-hole of escape. To be
frank with you, | do not believe that
you will keep this promise in way
that will be of value to the county. My
| special reason for this is that according
to my best recollection you once before,
in the winter Of 1890. when you were
Secretary of the Board of Examiners, a
position paying 81 100, aud at the same
time candidate for supervisorship of the
census. a position paying $1,000, told
,.me that, ifappointed, ou-would-getslrn
one quarters salary as Secretary, $27j.
to the institute fund. You received the
appointment, held both the offices at
the same time, and have not yet, so far
as my knowledge extends, paid the S275
' to the institute fund. | do not claim to
De your con>cir,r' Keeper; but decid-
edly object ~ supporting you for this
or any other Office. Saying nothing
about your failure to pay quarters
salary to the institute fund, the fact that
you saw nothing wrong in holding two
high salaried offices at the same time
prevents me from having full confidence
! in your sense of right and wrong.
Very Respectfully,
HUDSON SHELDON.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-03-12
eide whether the legislature shall enact
the bill heretofore mentioned.

eide whether the legislature shall enact
the bill heretofore mentioned.
Your approval of the measure can be
made apparent by putting an (X) oppos
site the name James N. Mcbride for
School Commissioners, who if elected
land the law remain as it is now) agrees
to carry out the letter of the law, in the
spirit of the foregoing by returning a
portion OF the salary to the county
treasury, or by providing several normal
training classes for teachers, or to offer
$500 as a scholarship to one student
in each township and city Us in all to
attend the short term course in agricul-
ture at the Agricultural College next
winter. The history of the short term
courses in Wisconsin is very crafty
ing, and with the possibilities of sugar
beet culture soon to be before us, IS
young men studying along the along
the lines OF improved agriculture in this
or other lines for six weeks would mean
much more to this county in the course
of ten years than the expenditure for
school visitation has in the past.
Theabov is my reason and sole rea-
son for asking for your votes, and am
equally frank in saying that if you dis
approve of the attempt to reduce tax.
alton and unproductive expenditure
please don't vote for me.
Very respectfully,
JAS. n. Mcbride
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-03-12
DURAND.

DURAND.
Pres, &C DeCamp; clerk, w. Ii. Putnam;
treasurer, w. II. McPhet; assessor, A. G.
Cowles; trustees, n. Goodyear, A. Mcbride,
A. +. Pratt. BY vote of 100 yes to IS no,
the village decided to appropriate 81, 200 to
purchase land for a park, which means for
the Grand Trunk Ry. system.
BYRON
Had two tickets in the field, regular and
citizens, the former electing all nominees
except treasurer and one trustee Presi-
dent, A. f. Hunt; clerk. +. ID. StOwelI as
SCISSOR. l.. +. Luz; treasurer G. j. Will
iams; trustees, E. f Luckey, Perry Had
sail, William Harper
PERRY.
The republican ticket was easily elected:
President, DR. l.. NJ. Marsball clerk, Il X.
Hawley; treasurer, &. M. Spaulding; asses
sor, G. T.. Calkins; trustees, G. Il Brandt,
G. II. Calklns, 4 Bolsford.
VERNON.
The entire citizens ticket was elected by a
large majority. President, Henry Clark;
clerk, G. w. Ljndley; treasurer, j. d. Nc
Intosh; assessor, j. H. DeHart; trustees,
f. f. Burt, l.. w. Van AIs:lne, +. E..
Kirkham.
BANCROFT.
Two tickets in the field, citizens and the
peoples. RESULT President, G. IL. War
rem; clerk, G A. Bradley; assessor, b. ID.
Black; treasurer. Henry Williams; trustees,
c. f. Godfrey, A. J. Kent, G. b. Simon
son.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-03-12
THE SOLDIERS MONUMENT.
Every Patriotic Citizen Should Contribute
to Pay for II


The. Soldiers Monument committee held
| a meeting Monday afternoon at the Owoss0
Savings Bank parlors to decide upon some
plan for raising the fund required to pay
the balance due upon the monument order
ed by the committee, which is to be dedi-
Gated on Decoration Day. The Woman's
Relief Corps and g.. A. II Post have nearly
$500 on hand. The monument committee
appointed from the Business Mems Associ-
alton, w. r. q. and G. A. Il. desire aid
from the citizens to raise about $500 more
to pay the balance and other necessary ex-
penses. They would like to receive the CO.
operation of the newspapers of the county
in receiving voluntary subscriptions and in
publishing in their columns the names Of
the donors and amounts contributed. They
desire that the whole amount shall be raised
by voluntary subscriptions, If possible.
A special committee consisting OF Messrs.
o. f. Webster, M. c. Dawes aud II. G.
Frieseke was appointed to secure permis-
sion from the School Board to allow SUBJ
scription paper to be placed with the teacher
of each department of the schools to receive
subscriptions from the children. The teach
ers will be furnished with cards or circulars
giving description and view of the monu-
ment, with perhaps an attached blank re-
ceipt to be filed out and signed by the
teacher, on payment of any subscription.
The object is not only to raise funds but
also to interest the children in the work of
erecting the monument and enlisting their
respect in years to come for the memory Of
the soldiers who offered their lives in the
defense of our country.
Mrs. M. G. Dawes was appointed treas
urer of the committee, to whom subscrip-
tions may be made. Subscriptions may
also be paid to A. d. Whipple at the Owos-
so Savings Bank, or left at THE TIMES Of
fee,
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-03-12
iROF. DAYTON G. MILLER.

The Marvellous XRays-Baptist Church.
Wednesday Evening, March II.
The closing lecture in the Y. M. G. A.
Star Course will be given at the Baptist
church, on Wednesday evening next, by
Prof. ID. q. Miller. Subject: ''X-Rays."
THE TINES hopes that every person in the
city and surrounding country who can at
tend this lecture will do so. The manage
ment of ths course has decided to reduce
the price of single admission to % cents, in
order to give all an opportunity to learn
something of this new and marvelous
scientific discovery.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-03-12

The regular meeting of the Junior Litera-
ry Club will be held at the home OF Miss
Name Hoyt, Water street, Saturday after
noon. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward will
be the author discussed. Olllcers will be
elected for the coming year, and the entire
membership is urged to be present.
Supervisor Crane, OF Rush, is arranging
20 enlarge and improve his residence.