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The advocate., 1897-03-17
THURSDAY.


In the Senate, Senator King, Chair
man of the Railroads committee, re-
ported fsvOrsbly the House bill to
regulate express rates. A bill msking
appropriation for the Boys Reform
School and for an industrial depart
ment in connection with the same, was
passed. A bill providing for a fund.
Ing of portion of the State debt was
passed. Appropriation bills for the
0lathe Deaf and Dumb School, for the
University, for aid for the Children's
Home Society, and for che State Nor.
NAL School were passed, The bill re-
vising the law relative to the Appellate
court was passed. The House bill
making appropriation for the execu-
tive and judicial departments was read
the first and Lecond time and referred
to the Ways and Mems committee, A
resolution to investigate methods of
trusts and corporations doing business
In Kansas was not adopted. The OBJ
lection seemed to be that inVestigs'
tlons entail too great an expense with
out reasonable returns. The bill to
repeal the metropolitan police law was
stricken from the calendar, and 1t was
thereby effeCtually killed so far as this
Legislature Is concerned. In Commit
tee of the Whole TrueblOod's House
resolution to make the term of State
officers four years and to make them
ineligible for q second term was re-
ported with the recommendation that
the enscting clause be stricken out,
The report was not agreed to, although
It failed by a tie vote. The bill regu.
lSting express charges was passed,
This bill had already been passed by
the House, but the Senate amendments
necessitste It's return to the House for
further action. The bill relating to
fraternal organizations was indefinitely
postponed, which action amounts to a
polite killing. The House bill pPohib.
iting the appointment of detectives,
such as the Plnkertons, as special po.
liCemen and Deputy Sheriffs was
passed. The House bill providing for
interchange Of Judges In the several
Judicial districts was passed. In case
tie Judge Of the District court Is for
any reason disqualified from trying q
case, the Judge of another district may
be called in, to prevent the expense
necessary to take the case to another
district. Several local House bills were
then passed. They were sll bills Of
little Importance except to the imme.
diRte localities affected.
In the House, certificate was filed
The advocate., 1897-03-17
FRIDAY.

In the Senate, the miscellaneous sp-
preparation bills were under considers.
tlOn, Items of various sorts were pro.
posed. Numerous claims against the
State Of questionable character were
considered and but few of them got
into the bill. Many Of these were sf.
terward cut out by the conference
committee. Considerable trouble was
experienced over the salaries of Dis.
trlCt and Appellate Judges. 1t was
finally agreed that they should remain
at $4,000.
The University appropriation bill
cuts the Chancellor from $4,000 TO
$4,000. Salaries above 81 900 were cut
1215 per cent. with scarcely an excep-
tion. Salaries of less than 81 900 were
not disturbed. The bill providing for
q tax levy makes the levy Al mills as
compared with levy Of AIS two years
ago. This will make a difference Of
about S80, 600 in the tax drawn from
the people.
The Smart-Rlggs contest was taken
up. Riggs, according to the recount of
votes, was declared elected by % votes
by unanimous vote, Mr. Smart hay
ing protested that the Senate had no
jurisdiction, the case will be taken to
the Supreme court.
The advocate., 1897-03-17

the session was given up largely to
consideration of conference committee
reports and messages from the Gov
ernOr approving bills.
The advocate., 1897-03-17

LIN the House, certificate was filed
from che physician in charge of d Buff
falo, N, ", hospital that Representa-.
tlys Maxwell Of Grant county had been
conAned there for over two months
and would be unable TO leave for sev.
The advocate., 1897-03-17

In the House, the Judiciary commit.
tee reported unfavOrably on the petis
tiOn 60 impeach Judge Hazen OF the
Shawnee county District court. The
report states that Che entire bar Of che
The advocate., 1897-03-17

WILLIAMSBURGH CITY FIRE INS.sCO.,
of New York City.
Risks written during 1896. ..,... .S77, ,668 00S00
Premiums received thereon...... 682544.73
Losses incurred in 1896. ............ 233078.22
Dividends paid In 1896. 51170.OO
Gross aSsets,........... ........... 1.63I326.57
Liabilities except capital stocl) 5733l6,69
Income. Observation-Disclosures. 63S516.52
Expenditures. S...............,....... 550052.95
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-07-30

The free traders are seeking to evade the
fact that the reduction of the tariff duties
by the Wilson law caused the reduction in
coal miners wages. by asserting that there
was no increase In the importatlons of coal
under the Wilson law and hence 1t could
not have reduced prices They assume APP
parently that the public does not understand
that the reduction in tariff enabled the low
priced Nova Scotia coal TO come into compe-
tition with that dug by the miners of the
United States, and by reason of its low
prices drove the West Virginia coal out of
the eastern markets. This was the fact and
no befogging of the situation will prevent
anybody understanding that 1t was the re-
duction in the price at which Nova Scotia
Goals were laid down In eastern ports that
drove eastern Goals out of the east and into
the west, producing the war which resulted
in the reduction of coal miners wages.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-07-30

1t is not necessary to run cheap excur-
sions on Sunday in order to get paying
crowd. This fact was clearly proven by
the success of the excursion Tuesday to
Detroit when 1900 people took advantage
of the low rate to visit the metropolis. The
excursion viewed from every standpoint
was the most successful ever run out of
Owosso. The arrangements of the several
roads will find that their profits from the
excursions will be larger if given on week
days, beside which the Sabbath will not be
desecrated
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-07-30
A Promise Redeemed

From the Cadillac News and Express:
On the first of August, one year ago, the
total amount of specie held by all the New
York banks was SAC, 1854, 700. At the pres
ent time the same banks hold 800. 400. 600.
and this latter amount could be largely in
creased were 1t not that other money cen.
tiers have as largely increased their specie
holdings. The absence of specie from the
banks one year ago was not due to its In.
yestment in business but to its withdrawal
from business through fear of the future.
All this fear has vanished and the money
has been returned to the banks In order
that itImay be loaned for business purposes.
This absence of fear, this confidence In safe
conditions, this return of confidence so faI
as investments and the safety of values are
concerned, was the promise made by the re.
publican party in the event of the election
of Mckinley, and 1t was promise which
has been fully redeemed. 1t is further true
that the conditions which it was predicted
would follow the establishment of safety are
rapidly developing, and in spite of the
efforts of political house of hopelessness
and free silver fanaticism, they will soon
shed their brighter and better rays over the
happest and best country on the globe.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-07-30

Another indication of the sound financial
judgment of the average farmer comes to
the surface in the series of reports produced
by the New York Sun (democratic) in which
it shows that the farmers in all parts of the
west, are paying off their mortgages with
the increased prices which they have re-
ceived for their farm products, and there Is
reason to believe that the good prices fol-
the crops which are now being gathered
which are promised by the condition OF
light crops abroad will go far toward reliev-
ing the agricultural element of the burden
of Indebtedness about which the politicians
have been so much troubled.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-07-30
Dingley Predicts Great Prosperity

WASHINGTON, ID. c., July "a, 1897.
The country has reason to rejoice over
the final enactment into law today of
tariff bill. Framed, as 1t is, to secure
adequate revenue for carrying on the govern
ment, and, at the same time, with duties so
adjusted as to open up new opportunities
for our own labor, the law will relieve the
country of the uncertainty that has existed,
and set the wheels of business in motion.
1t means the beginning of that prosperity
that was displaced in 1892, after thirty
years. continuance. This law will give
increased opportunities to American labor,
afford the masses purchasing power which
will enable them to buy more of the farmer,
more of the merchant, more of the manu-.
facturer and more of every producer in the
land. Then confidence will return, prices
will begin to rise to paying point and
prosperity set in upon our country. The
operations of the law will increase our
revenues to that point where every ex-
penditure will be met, and there will be a
surplus left with which the government can
resume the payment on the principal of the
public debt.
AS to the increase in duties in the present
law compared to former bills, the largest
increase has been made In the duty of
sugar partly for revenue and partly for the
purpose of encouraging the production Of
our own sugar. 1t is this increase which
raises the average equivalent advolorem
apparently above that of the tariff of 1890,
in which sugar was free.
We have heard much reckless denuncia-
ton of the proposed tariff as "the highest
ever known" as matter Of fact, the average
ad valorem of the tariff of 1924 was sou
per cent, and 61% per cent in 1880, 4s]1
per cent In 1867, and, this too, before un-
LIBERALIZATION became science.
NELSON A. DINGLEY, JR.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-07-30
Senators Mcmillan and Burrows are to

Senators Mcmillan and Burrows are to be
congratulated on the successful work done
by them to aid the passage of the new tariff
law. As member of the finance commit
tee Senator Burrows had an especially fine
opportunity to push Michigan interests, and
he was not slow ia avaiing himself of 1t.
The interests of this state, particularly that
of agriculture, are we'll cared for and our
senators are entitled to great praise for their
untirlng work.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-07-30

The number of railroad cars owned and
used by circus nowadays determines its
size and Importance. In old days the
standing of show was gagged by the
number OF elephants it possessed and ex-
hibited. Judged by either standard the
Barnum & Bailey Show is far and beyond
all others, owning and actually using on
the road GA cars of over 70 feet in length,
and exhibiting this season three herds OF
"a elephants.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-07-30

Prosperity cannot be very far away when
one thousand, one hundred and eighty per-
sons from Owosso and the rest Of Shia-
wassee county can all take In an excursion
to Detroit on the same day, spending In the
aggregate probably not less than four thou
sand dollars for railway fares and purchases
and expenses in Detroit.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-07-30

them to increase their output to quite an
extent. The experience OF the last six
months is gratifying In many respects, and
the outlook for the next is the most en-
couraging for years.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-07-30

The indications from all sides point to a
revival in business. Speaking of the iurni-
ture sale in Grand Rapids, the Democrat
says that the largest number of furniture
buyers since 1892 attended this sale.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-07-30
1t is estimated that the wheat crop of the
state this year will be worth $40, 900, 900.

THE TINES is the only paper in Shla-
wassee county to print the Dingley tariff
law in full. To do this four extra pages
are Issued today, three of which are given
to a comparison of the new tariff bill with
the Wilson bill
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-07-30

Leaders of the gold democrats are greatly
encouraged by the reports which they re-
ceive from every part of the country, indi-
eating that large numbers of men who sup
ported the Chicago platform and candidate
in the last campaign are laboring with the
gold democrats in the various states where
elections are to be held this fall.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-07-30

The appointment of Jas. E. Agnew Jr.
as postmaster at Henderson was announced
Wednesday. Thus another lively contest
has been settled and we think to the salts
faction of large majority of the patrons OF
the Office. THE TIMES extends congratula-
tlons to Mr.. Agnew.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-07-30

Gov. Pingree will undertake the job of
defeating Senator Burrows for reelection.
He is booming Col. John Atkinson for the
place.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-07-30

Silver reached the lowest price ever known
yesterday. The New York quotations
on that date were 5716 for bar silver and
As for Mexican dollars.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-07-30
Try Grain-O! Try Grain-O!

Ask your grocer to show you package
of GRAlN-O, the new food drink that takes
the place of coffee. The children may
drink 1t without injury as well as the adult.
All who try 1t, like 1t. GRAIN-O has that
rich seal brown of Mocha or Java, but 1t
Is made from pure grains, and the most del
icate stomach receives IL without distress.
u the price of coffee. 15c and 25c per
package. Sold by all grocers.
For sale, full blood Jersey heifer calf.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-07-30

Remember the time and place. The
National Hotel, OwoSSo, Two Days only,
Thursday and Friday, Sept I'd and Sd.
SPECIAL NOTICE:-The headquarters of the
British Medical Institute in the United States
is In Detroit, at 473 Fourteenth Ave. A limited
number of patients can be accommodated with
private room and board in the Institute while
under treatment This Is the only private med
ical institute in the city of Detroit that offers
these Accommodations.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-07-30
AIGRETTES.

l lot Aigrettes, sale price, each SC
lot Aigrettes, sale price, each 10c
1 lot Aigrettes, sale price, each 15c
l lot Aigrettes, sale price, each Csc
lot Aigrettes, sale price, each S5c
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-07-30

place.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-04-29
A BAD CAST.

According to Uncle Dan, they were i'm
possible creations which no self respect
ing trout would look at twice. Their
gaudy colors particularly offended him.
/ have seen trout caught with these
same impossible flies, but it would have
been rank heresy to admit as much to
Uncle Dan.
There was q time, when l was q sort
Of undergraduate in Uncle Dams pisca-
torial college, that thought none but
| those who had the advantages of his
tutorship could really enjoy trout fish
ing. ] am convinced now that this was
q mistake. A tramp over country roads
and through dewy meadows on bright
spring morning; the plunge through
dripping, fragrant underbrush; the ex-
citement which begins with the first
nibble and does not end until the last
speckled beauty lies gasping in the creel;
the long walk home again; the anticipa-
tion and the realization of platter Of
crisp, smoking trout-these are delights
which even the veriest bungler and tyro
may enjoy.
But when the trout are scarce and
wary, then the skillful angler tastes the
full sweets Of victory, for nothing is
more humiliating than to come back
empty handed after long days tramp,
especially when the same roof shelters a
sportsman who has brought back fine
string from the same stream. have
fished several times in brooks which |
believe had not known trout for years,
but these are occasions which would
rather not recall. like to remember,
however, a mornings sport once had
in the heart of the White mountains.
That little brook we could step over
with ease, yet in little more than an
hour three of us caught two dozen trout
of fair size and with the crudest kind
of tackle too.
The United States government has
recognized the virtues of the White
mountain brpok trout and each year
stocks streams in various western states
with the spawn. This is noble work,
for the New Hampshire trout is the
most beautiful fish that swims, and when
he is fried in salt pork and cornmeal
makes the daintiest morsel that the wa
ter furnishes to man.
SEwEIL FORD.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-04-29

wanted TO hunt for deep pool, but
Uncle Dan said it was too early in the
day / learned that before the sun began
to shine strong on the water the trout
sought their food in the rapid, shallow
waters, and Uncle Dan pointed ont just
the spot where there probably would be
big fellow lying head up stream on
the wait for any choice morsel that the
current might bring along. Under
Uncle Dams direction l made a cast up
stream and let the bait float down. Sure
enough, there was trout there, but at
the first nibble put the whole strength
of my arm into an upward jerk of the
pole and got---nothing.
1t was then Uncle Dan showed me
! how TO make a proper strike. He taught
me the quick inward sweep Of the wrist
which will so surely hook trout. But
It was not all done in one lesson. The
impulse to yank the line into the air
with a vicious swish was hard one to
subdue, although Uncle Dan eloquently
pictured the commotion which such an
event would make below water. Ny de-
sire to "play" the trout was also
checked 1t might be we'll enough to try
those tactics if we were fishing for salm-
ON or black bass, Uncle Dan said, but
there was no trout in that brook big
enough to smash his tackle and there
was no sense in frightening all the other
fish in order to catch one.
tried to absorb faithfully all of On
Gle Dams wisdom, but it was with in
different success His fishing was done
with the skill Of an artist. His eyesight
was marvellous. No trout could break
in foamy shallow and escape his eye,
1t seemed as if he could see clear to the
depths Of tho brook, and when he cas-
1t was with unerring aim. 1t was nj
trick at all for him to make his hool
drift around the corner Of a bowldel
and drop down temptingly just undeI
the nose of a speckled FOUNDER which wal
lying sulkily in the shade. With on,
finger on the line, he would drop thu
bait noiselessly into deep pool at mid
day and bring out the prize trout Of th'
lot.
He was a thorough fisher too. Uncl
Dan did not thrash up and down tn
brook in any such haphazard manner a
l have seen other fishermen do. He dit
it systematically and let no wary trou
escape. Sometimes he would talk to tn
fish, and his odd monologue sparklet
with q dry humor that was delicious
But it was when the time for fly fishin
, came that he became really eloquent
, What invective he would use in de
l nouncing the lures which the fly hoo
=. of the untutored amateur contained
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-04-29

INTO THE BROOK AFTER BIG TROUT.
say "my Uncle Dan," for there was no
tie of kinship between us. He was Uncle
Dan to the whole village. He should
have had more dignifled title, say pro-
fessor, for professor of piscatorial learn
ing he certainly was. True, he was an
unlettered man and knew not the nat
ural history Of books, but he knew the
brook trout like brother. What the
trout liked to eat and when and how he
dined, as we'll as when and where he
played and rested, Uncle Dan knew as
well as if he had had fins himself and
had passed months on the brook bottom.
At rare intervals Uncle Dan dispensed
some of this great store of knowledge,
but only to his ardent admirers and
faithful disciples l was among these
favored ones. Like the stole philoso-
pliers of old, Uncle Dan used the fields
and woods for his lecture room, and
the brookside was his rostrum. Humil-
ity, docility and navy plug in moderate
quantities were the rates of tuition he
expected. l gave them gladly and threw
in unbounded admiration.
Perhaps / learned something about
trout fishing myself, but | have never
dared to express that opinion, and !
hesitate to do so now. Uncle Dan never
would admit that did. Only by an alb
sence Of adverse criticism was encour-
aged to hope that cast was properly
made, strike rightly executed or a
landing accomplished according to the
code. Once or twice l have sneaked of
alone and caught fine mess of trout,
but it was always with guilty feeling
that there had been something unsports
manlike in the doing Of it, and never
boasted before Uncle Dan of my sue
cess.
/ wish I could forget the infinite
scorn and contempt with which HI
glanced over my kit when 1 presented
myself for my first lesson. 1 had II
foot pole Of jointed ash adorned with
brass ferrules and big brass click reel
big book of flies, gaudy AS the birds
of q Brazilian forest, and line stou
enough for cod.
"Goin after pickerell or bullheads?'
inquired Uncle Dan.
protested that he had agreed to g
trout fishing with me.
"Waal, you don't need derrick te
pull in trout WITH" retorted Uncl
Dan. "Ye might ketch a trout will
one Of them hooks, but it would be al
accident. AS fer that brass band on ye
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-04-29
A NEW ENGLAND TROUT POOL.
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FROM photograph
pole, the noise of it might amuse the
trout, but it won't induce 'em ter swal-
low yer bait"
Uncle Dan put the ban on the whole
outfit. The pole was too long and too
heavy, the line too thick and the flies
entirely out of season.
"Worms is what we want, and I've
got 'em. There's a dozen white grubs
in the bait can beside"
Uncle Dan had been busy with the
spade at sunrise. He gave me an eight
foot trout pole with silk line, lance
wood tip and black rubber reel that
ran nolsele6jly and was clamped to the
very butt Of the pole, not half way up
the first joint. 1t was as flexible as
willow wand and light as feather.
When we came to bait, l began to load
up the short shanked hook with what is
commonly known as "gob'' of worms.
"We amt goin ter bob fer cells, " re-
marked Uncle Dan. Then he took all
the worms off and put on single one,
covering the hook neatly, but leaving
about an inch of worm dangling down
In lifelike manner.
"a trout hez more sense than ter ex-
pect worms ter come doatin down
stream in gobs. said he.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-04-29
IN SECLUDED BROOKS.
The Delights of Hooking Spec
kled Trout.
UNCLE DAMS PIs0AToRIAL LORE

He Was wise In the Ways Of the FInny
Tribe and Impaired the Secrets of Sue
cessful Angling to His True Disciples.
Tho White Mountain Trout.
In April the law withdraws its pro-
tecting hand from tho brook trout, and
the wanton fisherman is left free to kill
the speckled beauty as best he may.
The law is "off" on the 1st, but it is
well toward the middle Of the month
before the "snow water" is out of the
mountain brooks, and the ice does not
go out Of the Rangeleys and other north
ern trout haunts sometimes until well
into May. The boys up in the Green
and White mountains are probably still
waiting for trout time, but in most
other sections of the country tackle is
being prepared and worms dug.
All this reminds me that once took
course in trout fishing myself. Uncle
Dan was my instructor. Mind, I do moi