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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-06-25

The following significant paragraph ap.
pears in late Washington correspondence:
Zone by one the assertions of the silver
orators of last fall are being disproved.
One of the most prominent of these was the
frequently reiterated statement that prices of
farm products and other articles kept pace
with the price of silver. No statement
made during the campaign has been so
thoroughly disproven by the evidence of the
past six months as this one. Wheat has
practically doubled in value, wool has gone
up fifty per cent, sheep have nearly doubled
in price, and other articles of farm produc-
ton have largely increased in value, while
silver has steadily gone down in price until
itthas reached nearly or quite the lowest
point in its history"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-06-25

w. K. Brown, publisher of the Isabella
Co. Republican, made THE TINES fra
ternal call Saturday.
F. G. Achard has just finished completely
remodeling his house, Gil N. Adams street.
He has put in gas, bath, sewer connections,
ETC., and has now new house with every
modern convenience.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-06-25

Take the Great Rock Island Route to the
Northwest. The opening of the Ogden
gateway enables the crock Island" to re-
sumo sale of tickets to the Northwest via
Denver, Colorado Springs and Pueblo, and
the Scenic Route to Sault Lake and Ogden,
thence over the Oregon Short Line to
Idaho, Oregon and Northwest Pacific coast
points. Quick service. Low rates. Ad-
dress for particulars.
JOHN SEBASTIAN, G. p. A.,
Chicago.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-06-25

Mayor Gould did the proper thing in veto.
ing the ordinance passed by the council,
Monday evening, providing for the appoint
ment of city sealer of weights and meas
ures at an annual salary of $3.50. The
salary is entirely too high for the duties i'm
posed, and while good would doubtless
result from the appointment of such an
official, there is no need of paying $3.50 for
$25 worth of work. The action of Mayor
Gould is commended on all sides.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-06-25
OWOSSO, FRIDAY, JUNE 25. 1897.

Labor Commissioner Cox announces that
he intends to strictly enforce the law against
employing children Under fourteen years of
age working in factories. Within ten days
125 children have been taken from the fac
tories in the Muskegon and Detroit districts.
The law is good one and cannot be too
rigidly enforced. Commissioner Cox will
have plenty of support in his effort to
carry out this law.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-06-25
Notice.

The undersigned purchased with the
plant all subscription accounts due the
Daily American and the Shiawassee Ameri-
can. All persons are hereby warned not to
pay any subscription accounts to any one
except the undersigned or their duly author
ICED agents. Mcintosh & Holden.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-06-25
Surrey for Sale. III. b. PETERSON.

Surrey for Sale. III. b. PETERSON.
Where are you going July 5th? Why, to
Muskegon of course, to see the railroad col
lision. 1t will be the biggest exhibition
ever held in Michigan-wouldn't miss it for
SO!
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-06-25

To Cure Constipation Forever.
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic l0c or CSC.
III g. q. Q. fail to cure, druggists refund money.
Educate Your Bowels With Cascarets.
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever.
l0c. 25c. II @. G. O. fail, druggists refund money.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-06-25
The Charity Ball Receipts.

All OI WIIICII 10 bIUIIIlCVCU WIIII G0dIIhS
for favors received from dealers in sup
plies, purchasers of tickets, and all who
aided in the good work through the long,
cold winter. Not dollar has been spent
without personal investigation in every
case, and relief has been prompt. The
treasury is now empty; the balance sheet
tells the story.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-21
VITRlFIED BRIC&
Its Value ns n Paving Material Now
Widely Recognized.

Vitrified brick is highly spoken of as
a paving material, in which capacity
it promises to become strong rival of
both asphalt and wood. The brick is
thoroughly annealed and blended, so
as to obtain the maximum degree of
hardness and toughness, together with
the minimum tendency to absorption OF
water.
The bricks made from shale are the
best. The silica, alumina and iron they
contain give a material that is harder
than steel. 1t is the only substance that
will successfully resist the calks and
heels of the horses shoe. 1t wears uni
formly AS the bricks are non-absOrb-
ent and uniform in size they present an
absolutely water-tight pavement which
is easily cleaned by washing or sweep
ing, and affords the best sanitary pave
ment yet discovered. Brick pavings can
be easily repaired. They are COMPARE
lively noiseless and less slippery than
either granite or asphalt. They have
been successfully used in Holland for
100 years, and in iscountry at Charles
ton, w. Va, without any repairs for 25
years. They are now the standard
pavement in many other cities.
One of the best tests for determining
the value of a brick for paving purposes
is the RATHER or abrasion test. The
bricks are put into a foundry RATHER,
together with 300 pounds of scrap iron,
and revolved for 200 revolutions. They
are weighed before and after. The per
centage of loss is said to be equal to 25
years wear in the street. In such tests
the Alabama-made brick lost 10 per
cent, while other bricks lost ~ to
is per cent.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-21

Often the trouble from souring milk
can be traced to the refrigerator. 1t
may have waste pipe leading directly
to an uncovered bell trap in the cellar
floor, or indirectly by a rubber pipe
through the kitchen or dining-room
floor to the cellar basement beneath,
thus leaving all the contents Of the re-
frigerator exposed to the influence of
the sewer air, gases and disc ase-pro-
ducing organisms. Or again, the re-
of the great difference between its tenn
perature and the cold outside, while it
is in fact not cold, and by reference to a
Thermometer may show its temperature
to be even above 90 degrees Fahren-
heit.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-21
Novel Macudnm Roads,

What is termed model macadam
Rad is being built at New Brunswick
N. j., under the supervision of the de-
partment of agriculture, the street
treated being College avenue, in the
residential part of the city. The trap
rock is crushed on the ground, spread
by improved distributing wagons and
laid to depth of four inches. 1t is then
rolled by heavy steam roller and treat
ed with a covering of cinders and a
fine coat of screenings. When this road
is completed a 6Oo-foot length of farm
ers' macadam" is to be built. This road
will be so feet wide and five inches
deep.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-21
SECTIONAL VIEW OF PIT.

top; above the bank, glass is used on
ends and roof.
Some so feet from the pit, a trench
two feet deep is dug and to the
side of the pit, and opening intoit from
beneath the foundation. Five-inch
drain tile are laid in the bottom, be-
ginning at the pit and running to the
surface, the ditch being filled in again.
AT the rear end of the pit ventilator
pipe runs up from the pit, thus causing
III all mild weather, when the pipe cut
offs are open, a constant current of air
to pass under the stage on which the
plants stand. The cold air in its I'M
derground passage becomes warm
enough to keep plants, ordinarily, from
being harmed by the cold.-Farm and
Home.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-21
JUST A SUGGESTION.
How Employment Might BE Found
for All Seekers After Work.

Tor All seekers After work.
1t seems pity that some one well
primed with statistics does not take up
the cause of Good Roads" and the
Question of the Unemployed" COM
bined. 1t seems strange indeed that a
community will take no interest in the
welfare of its citizens, and see that they
are provided with employment where
by they may secure for themselves and
those dependent upon them the neces-
saries of life until some offense against
the community has been committed.
1t must be admitted that no single
line of improvement can be mentioned
that can employ so many hands and give
such immense interest on the invest
ment.
First, to the owners of the property
AUDITING.
Second, to the township.
Third, to the county.
Fourth, to the state, and
Fifth, to the whole country.
The proportion that each should pay
toward a general and systematic i'm
provement of the roads is matter that
can be determined after a serious con-
sideration of the question.
A standing offer of one dollar per
day for road work all over the United
States would practically annihilate the
army of unemployed, thus giving en-
ployment TO thousands of deserving
men, doing away completely with one
cause for crime, suffering and suicide,
md giving a healthy increase to the
valuation of taxable property all over
the country.
Many suggestions might be advanced
as to the methods of paying such a vast
| army, and have no doubt but what one
can be evolved that would be both sim
pie and feasible.
In regard to the use of Convict labor"
on the highways of this nation, am Of
the opinion that there are phases of
expense and danger to be considered,
while in the use of the unemployed
there is certainly no element of dan
| ger, and the expense need be no greater,
| if as great.-Alvin Plummer, in L. A.
W. Bulletin.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-21
ROADS IN GERMANY.



There is in Prussia and in the other
states a corps of educated, highly
trained state employees who have made
roads their profession, and they know
their business. Constant repair is one
main reason for the condition of the
German roads. Comprehensive and mi
mute regulations are strictly enforced.
III some provinces the village mayor is
held strictly responsible for the good
condition Of all the roads in his dis
trict except the state roads. The work
of repair is constant and the labor is
constantly supervised.
Another main reason why the build
ing of roads is carried out honestly is
the virtual absence of temptation to do
otherwise. The laws are very strict and
violations are severely punished by fine
and Imprisonment.
There are three kinds of highways
the provincial, the Kreis and the Ge-
meinde Wege. The former two are
those whose building and maintenance
rests on the shoulders of the provincial
or district representative bodies. All
the rest are communal or private roads,
and the same strict regulations apply to
them as to the provincial roads.
In Prussia alone $11,000,0OO per an
mum is paid out of the public funds
for the maintenance of roads, and this
does not include the moneys expended
by individual communes and by pri-
yute companies and individuals.
On the highest grade of public roads
it is forbidden to use vehicles
with protruding wheel nails, screws
spokes or otherwise Objectionable gear
The horseshoes must be of particular
kind. Heavy loads may not pass over
the roads without special permission.
The tolls eXacted on the German
roads, though at one time generally i'm
posed, are now small and infrequent
AS the maintenance of the roads is fixed
by specific laws and regulations, so toe
are the conditions of constructing new
:oads.-N. y. Evening Post.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-21

ney for creating an air shaft is also in
cluded, as portrayed in Fig. 2. In Fig
is given a view of the pit in perspec-
tive, showing also the manner of bank
ing up with earth and the door at the
entrance. Fig. gives lengthwise sec
tional view and shows the peculiar in
terror arrangement. In its construc-
ton there is first pit, some four feet
deep and about seven feet wide, as long
as desired, of the shape shown. Above
this the framework is erected, resting
on a foundation of stone. The sides OF
the house are banked up nearly to the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-21
MIX Cans Need Good Care.

The buttermaker, if up to his busi
ness, can detect off-havored milk at the
receiving can, but cannot always tell
the cause. There are two causes that
are most prevalent. First, the cans are
not properly cleansed. Second, the milk
has not been properly cooled. The last
is the one we want the creamerymen
to talk to their patrons about. The
milk can be cooled in water even if no
ice is available, if the water is run
ming and the milk is stirred according
ly. There should always be Stats in
the watts so water can circulate under
the cans, and even when sitting on the
floor it will be a great advantage to
have the cans raised from the fovr. A
little attention to these details will in
sure better milk and better butter
Elgin Dairy Report.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-21
A DeadEier WenDOn,

Mosely Wraggs - l knowed you
wouldn't git anything at that house.
But wot did ye run fur wen the woman
come to the door? 1 thought you'd
faced too many of 'em to be skeered
off by a woman's tongue.
Tuffold Knutt-I wuzn't afeerd of her
tongue, but she come at me with
Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-21

The rain fell sullenly. Truck horses
plodded along the sodden street, pa
tiently, heavily.
Gladys De We're stood at the window
looking out on a sloppy and dismal
world. The loneliness of the day
weighed on her soul
81 am heart hungry" she sighed.
aye, heart hungry"
But what was the use? There would
be liver for breakfast just the same
Indianapolis Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-21
Cultivation in the Orchard.

1t matters not how or in what way
tree has been propagated, whether by
budding, whip-grafted, a piece-root
or whole root used, or grown from a cut
ting, so it is a good, straight, thrifty,
,gell-rooted tree, with an evenly bal
anced top; good tree is a good one and
u poor tree is poor one. 1t all de-
ponds upon the planter, upon the care
he gives it, whether it ever becomes a
tree and bears fruit. Cultivation is the
one thing needful; cultivation is the
essential part above all others.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-21
SnNe the Hardest Kinds.

If peaches were as hardy as apples,
there is no fruit that would pay the
horticulturist as well as the peach.
But from ten to fifteen per cent. below
zero will surely kill the fruit buds. To
improve the hardness of the trees,
seeds of the hardest varieties of both
seedlings as well as budded varieties
should be selected and planted out;
when these come into bearing, the
choicest and hardest kinds should be
cared for and the poor and most ten
der be cut out.-Western Plowman.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-21
Just Like Him.

Mr.. Duffy-Mrs. Kelly, it pains me t
infarm yez thot yure hoosband has jist
bin blowed oop boi a doinomoite car.
thridge. We found his head in wan
lot, an his body in another lot, an his
ligs in another lot, an his arms an
fate in another lot"
Mrs. Kelly (proudly)-Begorra, that's
Moike all over.-Toronto News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-21

Laura-What terrible fashions the
European nobility have for remember
ing their ancestors.
Nonie-What do you refer to-thciI
picture galleries?
Laura-No. l heard that every arts.
tocratic house keeps a family skeleton
in the closet-Pittsburg News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-21
Couldn't Come Out.

Mrs. Nexdoor-I haven't seen your
parents for ever so long.
Little Fannie-Mamma has got scar
let fever, and cannot come out.
Mrs. Nexdoor-And what has your
papa got?
Little Fannie-He's got six months.
and he can't come out either-Tit-Bits.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-21
had had luck 2"


Then there ID no hope, doctor?"
asked the fair woman, her face believed
with the tears of a great grief.
None at ALL" answered the savaut,
murmuring: "IIow she must hove
him!" in a soft aside.
"You are sure?"
perfectly sure"
well, I'll risk it, Ia hate, though, to
buy that bit of black goods and have
him get well on me."-Judge.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-21
short SuRerin

"She never complains of her hus-
bands ill-treatment of her" remarked
Squildig. She suffers in silence"
IF she suffers only when she is 81
lent" replied McSwilligan, she doesn't
suffer long at time" - Pittsburgh
Chrouicle-Telerraph
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-21

Mamma (severely)-Daisy, you have
been at my work box again! I'm afraid
that everything 1 tell you goes in at
one ear and out of the other.
Daisy (aetat five well, mamma, why
don't you top one of zem up?-Pick
Me Up.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-21
An Odlity,

Funny thing" said the observer.
Call a young fellow puppy or an old
man brute and see how mad they'll
get. But call the young fellow a sad
dog and the old man gay old dog and
youth see EN- burst with pride. IN. Y.
journal
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-21
Not Sure of the Monument.

whether man is happier working
for his own good or for the good of
others is merely matter of tempera-
nent," said the philosopher. 1T all de-
ponds on whether a man would rather
have money or a monument. Indian
apoliE journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-21
A PUZZLE.

That new cook from the country
that the Blueberrys have been boasting
about insisted on sitting on the porch
last night when they had company"
Didn't she feel out of place?'
She did afterwards" - Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-21
A Theatrical Hit.

We've got Hamlet fixed up so it will
create a furore this fall"
What have you done to it?"
"In the grave-digger's scene the old
fellow shoveling in the hole is to throw
out gold nuggets as big as hickorynuts."
Chicago Record
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-21

'It's jes' my luck" said Farmer Corn
tossel, gloomily. I'm the wust guess
er a-goin'. The only sure way fur
man to git along is ter make up his
mind what he's a-gointer do an keep
dom jes' that"
Have you had bad luck?"
"Nothin' else. Last year l raised
wheat when orter hev tuck in summer
boarders. This year l tuck in summer
boarders when 1 orter hev raised
wheat" -Washington Star.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-21

Anxious Mother-I don't understand
how it is, BERTHE, that you are at the
bottom of your class.
Bertie-I don't understand it myself;
hut know it's dreadful easy.-Tit-Bits,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-21
Can They stnnd Thisf

Lives of Boston maids remind US,
As we wander down the pike,
That all chunks Of icy GOODNESS,
Are not found in the Klondike.
Chicago News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-21

Every time l see you, you are buy
ing something for your wife. Do you
never buy anything for yourself, old
man?"
ooh, yes, peace."-Detroit journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-21
FARM AND GARDEN.
IMPROVED PLANT PIT.


To safely keep fruits and vegetables
during severe weather is problem with
many. An idea, simple in design, is a
cold frame, warmed some degrees above
the outside temperature by air without
fire heat. Its distinctive feature is an
air tlue, leading from point down the
incline on which the pit is situated
through the earth mainly below the
frost line, in order to temper the fresh
air that is admitted, somewhat. A Chin
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-21

"Sedgeley's marriage wasn't happy
one, was it?"
well, that depends on the point of
Jew"
The point of WE'VE"
Eyes, the neighbors had no end of
fun out of il. "-Chicago Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-21
How He Won Her,

Miss Charmynge-Don't you think I
was meant for a business woman?
Jack Hustler--No, don't. l think
YOU were meant for business man.
3rooLlyn Life
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-21

Lives of great men all remind us,
As their pages DER we turn.
That we're apt to leave behind us
LETTERS that We ought to burn.
IN. Y, Journal
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-21

Julia" said the old gentleman, re-
proachfully, ''if | am not mistaken you
gave that young man a kiss"
Il did no such thing" returned the
young woman with emphasis. 1T was
a rade."-Chicago Post.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-21

How is Mr.. Levinsky to-day" asked
the man at the door With solicitude.
"He seems to be fail'ag," was the re-
ply.
"Of course" said the man at the door;
''but I didn't ask about his business.
How is his health ?"-Chicago Post.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-10-21
Growing.

Visitor Cat the picnic)-The music is
rather Indifferent. 1t isn't full band,
is it?
Chairman of Committee of Arr9nge-
ments-No, but it's getting full.--Chi-
cago Tribune.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1897-10-20
Egg and Poultry Business.

According to the report of the
United States Commissioner of
Agriculture. England imports
for annual consumption 4S,OOO,-
600 worth of eggs. New York City
and state alone consumes $4S,-
OOO,O worth of eggs and poultry
every year. The United States
yearly consumes $500,OOO,OOO of
eggs and poultry. Canada exports
$50, 600 900 of eggs annually. The
egg industry is worth $15O,OOO,-
900 more than all the dairy pro-
ducts of this nation. The poultry
products Of tins country aggre-
gate more In a year than any
single crop. OF all the country's
industry the poultry industry is
most generally pursued. In 1896
the poultry earnings of the United
States amounted TO 1920. 900 900,
being greater value by $52,-
OOO, 900 more than our entire wheat
crop, S105,000,000 greater than
our swine brought us, $50 100000
more than our cotton crop, more
than three times as great as all
the interests paid on mortgages
during the year, $112,000,0O0
more than we spend for schools,
and yet there are people who
think the hen small potatoes"
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1897-10-20
4 NINE MILLION CROP
The Estimate of an Authority
That Has Struck it Right
Twice in Succession.

New York, October 13.-The
Daily Dry Goods Record to NOR
row will say: Working on those
lines by which such close esti
mates to the actual cotton crops
of the last two years were obtain
ed the figures just now obtained
indicate crop for 1S97-9S, which
varies from S.953,7SS bales to
9,371 $50 bales of 500 pounds
each. For the last crop of 1896
81 our estimate was S,722,901
bales, against S,11I,011 bales, as
the actual returns, while the es-
innate for the previous year, or
1S95-96 was 7.142,000 bales
compared with 7,lG2,473 bales.
The closeness of these estimates
to the actual returns had stamped
them with the imprint of correct
ness, and for the current crop
year our estimate is submitted
with degree of confidence that,
barring unexpected happenings,
the yield for lS97-9S will not OK
ceed the maximum figures of g..
37l,522 bales of 500 pounds each.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1897-10-20
The Little Farm.

Six acres of land is not much
OF farm, but it can support a
family in comfort, if intelligently
managed. \ Santa Cruz CCal. J
paper, gives a case--and it is not
an unusual one-of a man doing
well on plot Of ground as small
as that.
"When +. y. Stocking came to
California, he was in search of
health and a living, but discour-
agement stared him and his fami-
ly in the face. TO find employment
seemed impossible, so he bought