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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-07-30
Personal Mention.

Miss 10 McCaul is on the sick list this
week.
Mrs. Emma Colou, Of Detroit, is q guest
OF Mrs. Calvin Dell.
Miss Mabel Trask visited Ovid friends
the first Of the week.
A. Hookway returned yesterday from a
visit at Three Rivers.
E. T. Shelton went to Long Lake yester-
day for short outing.
Albert Darling left Wednesday for Trav-
erse City for short outing.
Mrs. G. c. Gregory is visiting her brother,
DR.. Charles Wood, in Detroit.
Miss Hattie Lawrence is making weeks
visit at Detroit and Port Huron.
Rev. E. o. Smith, of Cleveland, o., will
occupy the Baptist pulpit Sunday.
l.. B. Lee, of Chicago, spent a few hours
in the city Tuesday with 1. G. Curry.
Mrs. Martha Phillips, of Windsor, Ont,
is visiting her son, Richard Phillips.
w. F. Bradley, of Durand shook hands
with his Owosso friends Wednesday.
James Ellis is suffering from severe at
tack Of erysipelas in one of his hands.
Mrs. James Bartrem is entertaining her
uncle, Christopher Barker, of Bay City.
Cyrus Reimer will make trip through
the south next month for Jackson firm.
j. B. Hurst and wife, of Durand, visited
Owosso relatives and friends, Wednesday.
Geo. w. Chapel returned Monday from a
two weeks visit in and near Rochester, MY.
Miss Grace Robbins went to GAINESVILLE,
o., Wednesday for visit of three or four
weeks.
+. Gale Osborn has returned home from
the east where he has been for the last six
| months.
l. d. II. Ralph did business In Cleveland
for the street car company Tuesday and
Wednesday.
Mrs. N. w. jerks, of Ovid, was the guest
OF her sister, Mrs. g. M. Edwards, the FIRST
OF the week.
DR.. T. Edwin Carmody is acting as as
sistant in the offices of an older dentist at
Hart and Shelby.
e. @. Goddard, instructor In mathematics
at the University, was In the city Tuesday
on business trip.
Mrs. Clinton Williams and sons, of Mich
iyan City, visited relatives and friends In
the city yesterday.
Mrs. Ed Carpenter, Of Saginaw, is the
guest of Mrs. George Carpenter and other
relatives this week.
Mrs. Ann Rosencrans left Wednesday to
make a months visit with relatives In
western New York.
Harry Mackey has been transferred tenn
porarily from the car shops here to the
| round house at Durand.
Oliver L. Davis and Miss Clara Smith, OF
Howell, are guests at s. T. Van Dusen's,
and j. j. Davis this week.
William s. Jones, travelling salesman for
the Owosso Casket Works, Is back from @
months trip In New York.
General Manager Hays. Of the Grand
Trunk railway, passed through the city on
q tour of inspection, Saturday.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-07-30
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Sale !!

shall put on sale the First day
of August a wonderful bargain in
the way of 25 cent Japan Tea.
This tea is generally sold for 40
to 80 cents. Don't buy pound
of tea until you have tried this
tea, and we don't ask you to buy
this until you have tried a free
sample, which we will give you
by asking for it. We mean strict
ly what we say when we claim
that this issthe best tea ever sold
in Owosso for the money. We
want you to compare this tea with
the tea you get from other places
--see which is the best--decide the
matter yourself-don't believe
everything you are told by mer-
chants about sales, bargains, etc.
We have all grades and all kinds,
and will give you the right prices
on anything you may need.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-07-30
THE OWOSSO TIMES.

Entered at the Postoffce In Owosso for
transmission as second class matter.
Published every Friday noon.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-09-18

a mordant of sulphur. of copper, alum
and verdigris until they have assumed
the coppered or blue-black hue of
sword sheaths and decorative articles.
Another of these is "gni-shi-bu-ichi," a
copper alloy with 80 or so per cent of
silver of the well known gray color.
What is called "mokume" is a com.
pound of several alloys. About thirty
plates of foils of gold, shadlxo, copper,
silver, and the last mentioned alloy
are soldered together, holes are made,
the plate hammered out and put in the
mordant. The finest Japanese brass
''suichu" consists of ten parts copper
and five of zinc, and of bell metals the
"karakane" is made of ten parts of cop
per, four of tin. one-half iron, one and
one-half zinc, the copper being melted
first, and the other metals added in the
above order.-New York Ledger.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-09-18

bath bicycle. 1t consists of an ordi-
nary bicycle, with the wheels removed.
Attached to the rear sprocket is a little
pump, which connects with an up-run-
ming pipe terminating in a spray ar
rangemGnt like that on a sprinkling-
can. By placing the machine in bath
tub partially filed with water and
pedaling la wheelman all the delights
OF cool spin in the park can be COM
bined with the exhilarating joys of a
shower-bath.
Only small amount of water is
needed, none being wasted.
Mr.. Brinkmeyer expects that his in
vention will prove a boon to the sub
urbanltes above all others. 1t will he
says, do away with the surreptitious
and troublesome dip in the wash 0b
in the cellar. BY putting a longer con-
nection to the machine and setting it
out in the garden it can be converted
into a sprinkling pump. AS a corol-
larry to his bicycle shower-bath" he
has also invented a "rocking-chair boz
reas," as he calls it. This is nothing
more than an easy rocking-chair with
bellows under the seat and a pipe
and spray similar to that in the bath
ing machine running up the back OF
the chair and pendant above the users
head. When the chair is gently rocked
spray of cool air is blown down on
the sitter's head, and the effort neces-
sary to produce a regular freshet of
wind is not more than that usually ex-
erted by a man who sits rocking on
shady veranda in vain endeavor to
keep cool.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-09-18
HAs No USE FoR HAY.
Horse That Prefers Meat to Any Other
Kind Of Diet.


The most extraordinary appetite
known in horse belongs to Billy, a
handsome bay owned by A. Decour-
tieux & Son. the butchers of the Pa
cific Fruit Market. Horses are FREE
quently known to show a liking for
sugar and instances are related where
they would drink beer, but who ever
saw horse that was fond OF meat and
fish? Billy's duties are to draw the
firms delivery wagon and his stand
is on Merchant street in front of the
shop. Here he is often on exhibition,
eating with an apparent relish steak,
liver, tripe and in short almost any
variety of meat handed him. Some
times, after having had his fill of oats
and hay, he refuses to munich meat,
but this seldom occurs. Billy's appe-
title developed several months ago. No
one knew Of it until one day he was
seen to reach into butcher cart that
was tied just ahead of him and calm
~ began eating a steak. After that
he was often fed with the firms wares,
and many bet has been won and lost
on his appetite. The horse formerly
varied his carnal meals by purloining
fish, but he was cured in a manner
that was ludicrous to the spectators
but very painful for the equine phe-
nomenon.
He reached into a fish wagon one
day when his olfactories detected the
odor of his favorite smelt. but an ac-
tive and belligerent crab took ofRense
at the intrusion and promptly fasten-
ed to his lower lip. Billy shook his
head frantically and whinnied in pain,
but the crustacean held on until he
was crushed by being banged against
the side OF the wagon. Since then the
horse has kept clear of fish. Billy is
the favorite of the market, and a
strange teamster who had the temerity
to lay his whip across his back one
morning to make him give room was
nearly mobbed by indignant butchers
and fishmongers. He is also the pet
of his owners family, and his sleek
hide and general evidence of good care
show that he does not lack attention.
San Francisco Call.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-09-18
Orr on Michigan.

From Detroit Press: II read very
carefully the newspaper reports of the
meeting in Mayor Maybury's Office last
Monday to arrange for the care of the
poor of the city during the coming
winter" said Rein Orr, the national
treasurer of the street railway en-
ployes, to Free Press representative,
"and not one of the gentlemen present
offered any plan for the permanent i'm
provement of the condition of the
poor. The prospect is that another
100000 will be raised and disbursed
for temporary charity the coming win
ter, the same as last, and every poor
family will be as bad off next spring
as it was this spring. The times are
hard, but Michigan is in position to
completely negative their effect if the
leading men of the state will have the
courage to adopt the right policy-and
that is a policy which will open up the
vacant lands of the state to settlement
If the poor were given a chance for
their lives they would rush in and
possess these lands, and immigration,
once regarded as desirable, would make
Michigan the gal den of the union. 1t
will never be done, however, while the
vast money making properties are ex-
elupted from taxation, or while the
poor man is first compelled to pay for
worthless lands and then taxed for
making them valuable; it will not be
done while two public officials are en-
ployed to do the work of one, and each
given a salary from two to five times
that accorded by business men and
methods for the same services; nor
will it ever be done under a policy
which drains off the earnings of the
people in paying of interest on debts
contracted for that which was not an
absolute necessity. 1 would like to
see a statement of the aggregate wealth
taken out of Michigan by the non-res-
ident owners of one mine, the Calu-
met and Hecla, with the total amount
of revenue the people have received
from it in the shape of taxes. l be-
lieve 1t would make my contention so
clear that even the wayfarer would
see where the trouble lies"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-09-18
General Labor Notes.

Twelve new unions have been or
ganized at Galveston, Tex, during the
year.
Texas farmers are talking seriously
of forming military branches to carry
on their alliance work.
At the Tennessee state mines 100
coke ovens have been erected and many
convicts will be employed.
John Kane of the United Mine Work
ers says there are 100000 miners in
this country, or about 10000 more
than there are jobs for.
There is a move ON foot to have
retail clerks from Toledo, Detroit, Sag
NAV, Cleveland and other towns meet
at Put-in-Bay.
A new law of Idaho provides that
none but citizens or those who have de-
clared their intention to become citi
zens may be employed in the mines.
Hartford merchants who have agreed
to make a rate on all goods sold to
members of trades unions who
present checks showing their member
ship are reaping quite a harvest.
The Philadelphia shoeworkers de-
withdraw from the A. f. of L. because
the latter body depends solely upon
the antiquated strike and boycott to
cure social ills.
The International Union of Bicycle
Workers will pay the A. F. of L. or
ganizers the sum of SIS for each local
union of bicycle workers of not less
than ten members organized in any
city or town where no local exists.
For the quarter ending March 81
there is shown a total membership of
2,28S. OF this number 2,151 are ac-
lively employed at the scale rates, leav-
ing only 1872 unemployed and these
few are sustained by Out-Of-work ben
efits paid by the union.
In the general weakness and loss OF
vitality shown by trades unions in the
glass industry the organization of
green glass blowers is striking excep-
ton. That organization is now enjoy
ing as great numerical and financial
strength as it ever knew in it's his
tory.
The entrance of Japanese imml,
grants into California has attracted
considerable attention there, though
the number of Japanese who have thus
far arrived to obtain employment in
the beet fields is small The men who
arrived were engaged with great
promptness, a circumstance which gave
rise to the suspicion that they came to
the United States under contract to
labor. Up to the present, at any rate,
the movement has not been of suffi-
cient volume to justify the alarm ex-
pressed over it in some quarters.
The Compressed Air Workers of
America is new union that has been
brought into existence by the work on
the new East river bridge, New York
The longest time that the men say they
can work in a day is eight hours, and
that at moderate depth. At great
depth, where the atmospheric pressure
is very great, they say they cannot
work over three hours, with intervals
of rest between. The schedule of prices
and hours of labor as prepared by the
union are as follows: From 55 to rs
depth, SITS for six hours work; from
70 to 80 feet depth, SO and four hours
work; from so to 80 feet depth, SO. rs
and two hours work; from 80 to 100
feet depth, $3.50 and one hour and
twenty minutes work. For overtime
they will charge double rates.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-09-18
Postal Savings Banks.

Henry G. Barter of Detroit, has re-
ceived from Robert Askew, secretary
treasurer Of the Northern Mineral
Mine Workers Progressive Union Of
America a letter saying:
Enclosed find literature relative to
postoffice savings bank, which has been
started in Duluth, MINI. 1 hope you
may see your way clear to have the
same pushed in the lower peninsula. :"
81 shall do all can to help this mat
ter along" said Mr.. Barter, who is
president of the Michigan Federation
of Labor and secretary-treasurer of the
longshoremen's international associa-
ton.
The inclosed literature, sent out un-
der the auspices of the Federated
Trades Assembly of Duluth, is pre-
pared by Don A. Palmer of that city.
who has secured the pledge of Con-
gresham Page Morris to introduce and
engineer the necessary bill. It shows
the total of savings lost through bank
failures during the past few years;
gives the foreign countries which have
adopted the system, and presents many
arguments for the scheme. 1t is the
purpose to secure the unanimous petit
ton of organized labor and as many
others as possible in its favor, and to
this end the endless chain" system
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-09-18
Convenient ButtOnhOle Cutter.

Women who have been fastening
their clothes with pins because they
could not cut buttonholes have no
longer an excuse for their habit, which
savors of untiliness, besides being de-
cidedly inconvenient. There have been
shown on the counters of some of the
department stores this week samples
of little contrivance which obviates
all difficulties and most of the labor
of the buttOnhole cutting. 1t has
been called an ''idear 0uttonhole cut
ter, and judging by the ease with
which work is performed with this
wonderful little instrument it is not
a misnomer. The woman whose du-
ties necessitate the making of button
holes in all kinds of garments, from
the sheer dimity robes of the baby to
the heaviest clothes worn by thSSuan
of the house, can have at her disposal
an article that will cut quickly and ac-
curately. And she does not have to
lift, haul, turn, measure, or fold as she
used to when scissors were the only
means.
For generations past the average
woman has been cutting buttonholes
by jabbing the point of the scissors
into the cloth, after which she trimmed
off the Rawlings and bound the incls-
ions of various shapes and sizes. Then
buttonhole scissors were adopted, but
even they are primitive in comparison
with the latest invention in that line.
The new cutter is simple and easily
understood. 1t consists of a circle of
steel from which project four blades of
well-tempered and ground razor-steel.
These blades are of different sizes, and
with them can be made holes to fit
any sized buttons. The circle of blades
is regulated by means of a spring,
which, when pulled outwards, allows
the wheel to revolve until the desired
size is at the end of the cutter, where
1t is held firmly in place by dropping
the spring. Anybody who can draw a
line and press down with ordinary
force can use it. There can be no
bungling. All that is necessary is to
spread the cloth or garment smoothly
over board or table, mark where the
buttonholes are to be, bear down with
the edge of the blade and cut them
in perfect line and of exactly the same
size. Absolute uniformity is secured,
together with freedom. from raveling
and the tearing of the cloth at the end
Of the hole The new cutter aims to
save time and secure neatness and will
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-09-18

cording to this account there is car
ried on in small village in France and
also in a small place near Philadelphia
the unique industry of growing spiders
for market. These creatures are raised
with a view to stocking the cellars OF
wine merchants in order that they
may weave cobwebs over the wine bot
ties. These spiders are sold at the rate
Of ten dollars per hundred, and the
people engaged in this industry are do
ing fiourishing business. The value
of a cobweb covered bottle is likely to
be sadly diminished as soon as the
facts about this new branch of trade
become known.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-09-18
The Handllnr Of sewnre.

London is most admirably equipped
with machinery and a plant for taking
care Of the sewage from the largest
cay area in the land. On either side
of the Thames there are pumping sta
tions which are constantly at work re-
lieving the sewers of their contents.
The stations can pump 500, 600, 900 gal
Ions in a day. There are settling tanks
and all necessary appliances for puri-
flying the sewerage, which amounts in
dry weather to about zoe, 000, 900 gallons
daily. The sludge is loaded upon
steamers and thrown into the open
sea, at a distance of about fifty miles
from the works. In addition to the
regular pumping apparatus, there are
storm stations with a capacity of $780,
100000 gallons per day. These are used
in rain storms, the object of them being
to prevent flooding in the lower quar-
ters of the city.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-09-18
Non-InfammabIe Fnhrlos.

The recent disaster at Paris has
called the attention of the public to
the Importance of making articles of
decoration or of wearing apparel non
infiammable, and experiments have
proven that even wood may be made
capable of resisting an ordinary flame
Textiles are very easily made fire proof.
One of the dangers of exhibitions is the
presence of celluloid and the attention
of scientists is being turned toward
some treatment of celluloid which will
decrease its dangerous qualities. Gel
luloid is being used in a thousand ways
for every day purposes, and the fierce
ness of the flame when It takes fire
makes it an exceedingly dangerous
thing in careless hands. It, therefore
ought to be made in some way less in
fiammable.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-09-18

dearest ODSs
Whose love mine early life hath blest;
OF thee and him-our baby SON
Who slumbers on thy gentle breast;-
God Of the tender frau and lone,
oh, guard that little sleeper's rest!
And hover, gently hover near
To her, whose watchful eye is wet
The mother, wife-the doubly dear,
In whose young heart have freshly met
Two streams Of love, so deep and clear
And cheer her dropping spirit yet!
Now, as she kneels before thy throne
Oh, teach her, Ruler of the skies!
That while by Thy behest alone
Earth's mightiest powers fall or rise,
No tear is wept to thee unknown,
Nor hair is lost, nor sparrow dies;
That Thou canst stay the ruthless hand
OF dark disease, and soothe its pain
That only by Thy stern commaIVl
Inc battles lost, the soldier slain;
That from the distant sea or land
Thou bring'st the wanderer home again
And when, upon her pillow lone,
Her tear-wet cheek is sadly pressed,
May happier visions beam upon
The Frightening currents of her breast
nor IroWntng look, nor angry tone
Disturb the sabbath of her rest!
Wherever fate those forms may throw,
Loved with a passion almost wild
BY day, by night-in joy or woe
BY fears oppressed, or hopes beguiled-
From every danger, every foe,
. God! protect my wife and child!
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-09-18
Japanese Allows.

The japanese are noted for their me-
tai work, and efforts have been made to
discover the secret of the alloys of
which much of their finest work is
made. The following is therefore in
teresting, the secret having been d.
vulged by workmen who are familiar
with such alloys. The "shakko" is an
alloy of copper and from ] to 10 per
cent of gold, the object being placed in
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-09-18
A Delightful Invention.

Adolph Brinkmeyer, a native of
northern Minnesota, went to live in
st. Louis. When the Missouri climate
began to get in it's deadly work on
Mr.. Brinkmeyer he was driven to in
venting and the result is a shower
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-09-18

Of petition has been adopted. Every
one receiving a postal card from Mr..
Palmer or other person will send pc
tition to his own congressman, and
also send petition cards to ten others.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-09-18
An Important becIsIon.

An opinion OF vital importance to
railroads and other corporations and
employees generally has just been filed
by the Appellate Court at Mt. Vernon,
III.
The suit was brought by former
freight conductor of the road to re-
cover $4,000 on declaration charging
that, although the plaintiff had been
faithful empIoye. of the railway COM
pany for ten years he was discharged
without cause, and that the customary
letter or clearance card, showing time
Of service and general capacity, was re-
fused.
1t is alleged that the defendant road
and other railroads have a custom,
which is charged to be a conspiracy,
not to employ a discharged employe Of
a road without such a letter or clear
ance card. The court affirms the YER
dict of 1915 awarded to the conductor.
In its decision the court says:
1T is almost like depriving him (the
conduotor) of the right to earn liv-
ing by the pursuit of an honorable call
ing, right inherent, of which he can
not be deprived by any rule, regula-
ton or practice of employees of men,"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-09-18
Growing spiders for Market.

THINNING t h e
good gifts of nature
is an excellent
thing when proper
ly conducted. but
very few people
will appreciate that
form of utilization
which is described
in a bulletin Of
the Division of En-
t m olo gy. Ac-
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-09-18

Food, drink and tobacco cost the peo.
pie of New York city one million dol
lars and over a day.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-09-18
organlzed Labor PLllar Of sooIOty.

Organized Labor a pillar of Society.
In last Sundays Cincinnati CONNER
cial Tribune, c. Henri Ware writes as
follows: There is a moral side of the
labor movement which makes it valu-
able to the nation. Fair wages en-
ables man to provide good home
for his family and to educate his chill
dreR. Organized labor has elevated
the moral standing of it's membership
by. condemning intemperance and en-
couraging sobriety. There is less in
temperance among workingmen today
than there was in the earlier life of
our trade unions. A shorter working
day, instead of increasing dissipation,
has reduced it."