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The Owosso times., 1897-07-02
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$S from Cleveland to Mackinac and return,
81 from Toledo to Mackinac and return,
S6 from Detroit to Mackinac and return.
The above special tourist rates will be put
into effect June Goth, via Detroit 81 Cleve-
land Steam Navigation Co.'S new mammoth
steel passenger steamers. The round trip
from Cleveland, including meals and berths,
costs SIG, from Toledo $14, from. Detroit
Sli.5O. Send 2 cents for illustrated PAM
phlet. Address A. A. Schantz, G. p. A.,
Detroit, Mich.
The Owosso times., 1897-07-02
Thursday, July 2oth
MIDLAND, MICH,
Probate Order.
STATE OF MICHIGAN, |
COUNTY OF SHIAWASSEE (

SoONif Or hiAWAoohhl
At a session of the Probate Court for said
county, held I the Probate office in the city OF
Corunna, on Tuesday, the Goth day Of June, in
the year one thousand eight hundred and nine
ty-seven.
Present, Matthew Bush, Judge of Probate.
In the matter OF the estate OF Nancy Q. Kemp,
deceased.
On reading and fling the petition OF Charles
Freeman praying that administration OF said
estate may be granted TO Newton Baldwin or
some other suitable person.
1t is ordered, that the 26th day OF July next,
at ten o'clock In the forenoon, at said Probate
office, be assigned for hearing said petition.
And it is further ordered, that a copy Of this
order be published three successive weeks pre-
vious to said day of hearing. in The Owosso
Times, newspaper printed and circulating in
said county of Shiawassee.
MATTHEW BUSH,
Judge of Probate.
The Owosso times., 1897-07-02

English SPAWN Liniment removes all
Hard, Soft or Calloused Lumps and Blem-
ishes from horses, Blood Spavins, Curbs,
Splints, Sweeney, Ring Bone, Sprains, Sti.
fes, all Swollen Throats, Coughs, etc. Save
$50 by use of one bottle. Warranted the
most wonderful Blemish Cure ever known.
Sold by johnson & Henderson, druggists,
Owosso. 6.30-'98
The Owosso times., 1897-07-02
Fourth of July Excursion Rates.

Excursion tickets will be sold by the Grand
Trunk Ry. system, lines west of the Detroit
and st. Clair rivers, July Sd, 4th and 5th,
1897, good to return up to and including
July 9th, 1897, at rate of one fare for the
round trip, between all stations.
The Owosso times., 1897-07-02

To Cure Constipation Forever.
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic lOc or 2oc.
re q. @. fail to cure, druggists refund money.
The Owosso times., 1897-07-02

Hawaii is fertile, and it has a glori-
ours climate. But, even if Hawaii were
sterile and barren we should want 1t
as a coaling station for our navy In time
Of war particularly; but also in time
of peace. I have not introduced my
resolution in the present congress, be-
cause knew that President Mckinley
would act wisely in the matter. But IL
the senate should fail to ratify the
treaty by the necessary two-thirds vote,
I shall Introduce my resolution, and 1t
will pass both the house and the senate
by a good majority; and that will en-
able the president to carry out his
plans"
Near Blanchard, Mecosta county, a
!. community recently prepared,a petition
y. for a new postoflce, to be named after
s'sConeressman Mesiclssn but as there is
another town In Michigan by that
name the new office cannot be called
Mesick.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-28
HITTING THE BICYCLE PATH
Many Popular Runsthat Are Well
Patronized.
ROADS ON WHICH wHEELMEN SPIN AWAY
Hills, DnIcs and Level Stretches over
which the Local Cyclists Pedal
During the Months of
the Merry Season.

Shady lanes and smiling fields, dark
wooded hollows and grass-topped crests of
hill covered with nodding green plumage,
the wildness of the primeval prairies and
forests and the cozy LONELINESS of cultivated
farms. long strips of level roads bathed In
shade and sunshine, dips and rises that are
cloaked with the green ovcrdress OF trees or
lie In the glorious rays Of a glorious sun, In
an undress of grass and 1owers-such a
kaleidoscope of natural topography and
beauty, to the average wheelman or wheel
woman of Omaha, would, in all probability,
appear to him or her to be a vision of some
unearthly bicycling paradise. Yet 1t is here;
It Is to be seen In almost every direction
within a radius of fifty miles Of this city.
There are many bicyclists in Omaha who
Sigh for the long, level, smooth asphalt boule-
wards of Chicago, or for the straight level
stretches of road about Denver, or for some
other plains. They are the novfces at wheel
ing; they have not found out the secret
or the true fascination Of a bicycle rum
they keep to the pavements and dodge the
vehicles; they do not know the spring OF
the country road; they have not breathed
the ozone of Nebraska's country air; they
have not seen the beauty Of Nebraska's
prairies; they have never climbed a long,
laborious hill and then thrown themselves
down upon the crest TO gaze out for miles
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-28

up to the work by the most delicate kind
Of a feeding device. and Is so arranged that
the balls travel over the entire face OF the
wheel. After the rough balls are placed in
the machine the top ring Is put down on
them, the grinding wheel is fed up to touch
the balls and the grinding begins. At first
the sparks come In splits and flashes, but soon
there Is a steady stream Of fire, whirlins
like n ring of sparks. which indicates that
the balls have been ground to spheres.
GAUGING AND GRINDING.
Tho machine is then stopped and the balls
are taken out and measured by a micrometer
gauge. The rough grinding is continued
until the balls have been ground down to
the required size, which is within one
thousandth inch Of the polished and finished
ball. The rough balls are taken to the
Inspectors table, where they are examined
for imperfections. Each inspector uses q
shallow tray made OF pine and finished with
shollac varnish. Enough balls are placed
In the tray to cover two-thirds of the
bottom.
The inspector gives his tray a twist and a
turn, which changes the position Of every
ball and brings them all up close together,
Then he holds the tray in such a position
that the lights reflect from them. II
the balls are round there is a ring OF re-
fected light from each one OF them, but any
imperfection in the form of a ball d~istorts
the reflection, and thus betrays the imperfect
pail. SuCn is llIteu from the tray WIN n
magnetized steel pencil, and the selection is
carried on until none but perfect balls re-
main in the tray.
The perfect balls then go to the polishing
machine, where they are placed in a groove
similar to that in the rough grinding
machine, and are covered by a gray iron ring,
but otherwise the two machines are entirely
different, for there Is no grinding wheel In
the polishing machine. The balls are
polished with oil and fine. emery, and every
few minutes the operator stops the machine
to measure samples OF the balls. and this is
kept up until the polished balls are of the
exact size required.
The next step in the process Is to harden
the balls. This Is done by giving them an
oil temper. They first are heated in an iron
vessel, which is constantly kept In motion,
so that the balls will be evenly heated.
When the proper temperature has been
the balls are suddenly dropped into
oil, and thus receive the temper which
them hard.
The hardened balls are next placed in an
oaken tumbler barrel, where they are
tumbled around and up against each other
until each ball Is FURNISHED until 1t looks
like a globule of mercury. Then they are
inspected, measured and sorted, the
and asserting being done by very
automatic machinery.
Balls are made from one-eighth inch in
diameter to five inches in diameter. the latter
Tor use In pump valves. Most of the balls
made for balls-bearings are used in bicycles,
but millions OF them go into sewing
machines, and in other machinery where 1t
s desirable to reduce friction to a minimum.
One factory in this country turns out 49,
lOn lnl a month
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-28

One road is along the bottoms and Is level.
| The other is along the foothills and is some
! what rolling. They Join about fourteen
miles out, where the foothills are entered.
The remainder Of the road is billy, and IS
wound up by a smooth run into Glenwood.
Another Of the runs quite favored is the one
to Elk City, which Is a part OF the fremont
run. It is out along the Military road, past
Benson and Irvington to Elk City, a distance
of about twenty-five miles. No portion OF
this run, after leaving Benson, could be
called level. From Elk City to Fremont,
! which Is thirty-seven miles from Omaha,
the road Is so level hat water will not run
off 1t and 1t is a bit sandy. The trip Is a
| very enjoyable one. Bennington Is on the
same road, some sixteen miles out from TINS
city, but a little to the northwest.
Many wheelmen frequently ride to Elk
horn. which Is out the Dodge street ROAD
some eighteen miles from the city. After
leaving the end of the macadam there Is 1T
tie else than hills to climb all the way
Two miles further along, on a level road,
Waterloo is reached. A few riders take
this road to Fremont, but they are very
few.
The Plattsm outh run is another that Is
pretty we'll liked. 1t Is a continuation OF
The run to Fort Crook. After leaving the
fort rhe road hits the bottoms and is almost
level. being broken up by a few rises, until
LaPlatte is reached, eighteen miles away.
The only objection to the run rs found here.
The Platte river must be crossed on the ties
of the railroad bridge. One gets another
level ride along the bottoms for some miles.
Then there Is a long climb to the crest OF a
hill, from which there Is a coast into Platts-
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-28
THE sCORCHER.

He tumbled from his weary wheel
And set 1t by the door:
Then stood as though he toyed to feel
His feet on earth once more;
And as he mopped his rumpIed head,
His face was wreathed in smiles;
"A very pretty rum" he said,
II did a hundred miles"
"a hundred miles," / cried. "Ah, thinki
What beauties you have seen!
The reedy streams where cattle drink,
The meadows rich and green.
Where did you wend your rapid way
Through lofty woodland aisles?"
He shook his head. 81 cannot say
/ did a hundred miles!'
What hamlets saw your swift tires spinf
All. how / envy you!
To lose the city's dust and din
Beneath the heavens blue:
To get a breath OF country air;
To lean DER rustic atilesp'
He only said: The roads were fair
1 did a hundred miles!'
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-28
PLAYERS RIDE IN SINGLE FILE.
look at polished steel balls through a magni-
fying glass. These are the balls which mako

look at polished steel balls through a magni-
Tying glass. These are the balls which make
the ball bearings. The balls are not only
Inspected, but are sorted at the same time
and In the simplest manner possible. Before
the inspector on an incline Is q steel scale
with a slot running l~engthwise. The slot
gradually grows wider as 1t approaches the
bottom.
Half a dozen balls are released from the
box at the top of the scale at the same time.
They run down over tine slot. aided some
what by a bent steel picker which the in
spector uses. AS they roll under the mag
nifying glass he can readily see any imper-
f%ections, and the imperfect ball is thrown
to one side. As the balls roll down the
slot they drop through when they come to
the proper point, and thus each size falls
into Its W compartment of the box under
the incline.
The process of making a complete steel ball
from the blank is described in the American
Machinist, which says that the making OF
these balls in this country is in the hands
Of three companies, all of them east. In
short. the process of making the balls is as
follows:
The first BLANK is either forged out OF a
steel bar with a steam hammer or 10 turned
out by an screw machine, leaving
the blank In the shape OF a roughly shaped
sphere, with two little nibs, one opposite the
other. In this form 1t. with numerous others
like II, Is fed into the rough grinding ma
chine, where 1t is started on It's way toward
the perfect sphere. No attempt is made to cut
on the little necks or nibs before the blank
10 fed into the machine. for the grinding
stone soon eats them away.
The principal part of the rough grinding
machine consists OF a "~holding-down"
ring, which keeps the balls In the V-shaped
channel which runs around the groove"
disk. Below the groove disk Is the grinding
wheel, the whole supported on a vertical
shaft. The ball blanks are placed in the
circular, open-bottomed V-groove. with a fiat
revolving ring over them, thus giving the
blanks three points of bearing by which they
are supported. so that the bottom line OF the
blanks projects a very small distance below
the bottom face OF the circular ring and the
circular disk.
Below the ring is the grinding wheel.
which is 90 supported that 1t can be fed"
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-28
A NEW BICYCLE GAME.
Call for Fast Riding and COnsids
nbIe skill,

"
nble skill.
A new bicycle game, or rather a game
which can be played on wheels. has lately
been evolved by a cycling genius.
1t is called the royal game and requires
a court or field, divided into alleys. Two
teams of nine riders each take part and the
field is divided into a right and left field.
with the courses chalked out plainly. An
alleyway, constructed Of ropes and cables.
extends from the upper to the lower field
on the division line between the right and
left field. Gables also form two upright
sides between which the play wheel rolls
and is driven backward or forward by the
riders in passing at any point between the
lower and upper field. The play wheel Is
a single bicycle rim, having a four and one
half inch pneumatic tire.
TIL idea of the game is to drive this play
wheel from the center field through attack
from opponents to a goal ahead, the riders
using sticks especially made for the game.
The ends Of the alleyways are the goals for
the respective teams.
Players ride in single file and always
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-28
Gifts on the d

Harper's Bazaar: Buy your wheel from
me. sir" said an enterprising dealer to q
prospective customer. "and u will make you
a present OF a c~yclometer."
you are not the man ! am looking for"
replied the shopper. II am trying to find a
seller OF ~eyclometers who will throw In a
bicycle"
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-28

I circle to the left. Thus the two trains are
constantly meeting and passing each other
In opposite directions on the upper sides OF
the alleyway.
Royal is a game requiring swift riding
and much skill, and a novice would scarcely
venture to form one of the team.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-28
How Prices varied.

Son data for interesting reflection may
be furnished by presenting in order the diff
ferent prices for which high grade wheels
have sold since the beginning OF wheel
manufacture in America:
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-28
Why He WouIdn,t Suit.

Michigan Cyclist: A Boston young woman
broke a marriage engagement because her
wobbled while riding a wheel. She
argued that a man who could not ride
straight on a wheel would wobble while
treadlng the matrimonial path and she
wasn't going To take any chancea
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-28
Science Too Swift.

DetfOIt Free Press.
"Oh. dear, dear me-" said a damsel young.
How depressed this makes me feel;
They've gone and Invented flying machinea.
And l haven't yet learned to heel"
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-28

Probably the chief point suggested in con-
sidering this table is that the increased popu-
larity OF cycling and larger sales have fol-
owed In the wake of every reduction In
price.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-28
BETTER Denniuon Needed

Better DehnftIOn eed
Adams Freeman: Jaggs-So your girl 10 a
scorcher, Is she?
Snaggs-Yep.
Jaggs-Cook or bicycle riderf
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-11-13
The Education Of Marie Antoinette.

Miss Anna T.. Bicknell contributes to
The Century an article on Marie Antoi-
nette as Dauphine, which contains much
new matter drawn from the state papers
at Vienna. Miss Bicknell says:
Marie Antoinette ,Josephe Jeanne Of
Hapsburg- Lorraine, archduchess of Aus
tra and future queen Of France, was born
on Nov. 2 feast Of All Souls), 1755--the
day after the terrible catastrophe at Lis
bon, when that city was nearly destroyed
by an earthquake. Maria Theresa daugh-
ter was taught the correct pronunciation
of French by two actors of the Theatre
Francois, while the French Able de Ver-
mond was appointed to direct her educa-
tion which, however, was unhappily very
incomplete. The writer's who glorify the
maternal care and vigilance of Maria
Theresa are contradieted by the most trust
worthy witnesses, the truth seeming to be
that the great empress, engrossed by her
political cares, left her children far too
completely to the discretion Of governesses
and subordinates who were neither very
capable nor perhaps very conscientious.
Drawings were shown to the empress as
the work of Marie Antoinette which tho
latter afterward declared she had never
touched, and this make believe" system
seems to have been carried on throughout
The Able de Vermond directed only her
French studies, but although good and
well meaning man, the results which he
obtained were far from creditablo to his
efforts He does not seem to have had the
art either of interesting her in any serious
pursuit or of acquiring proper control
over her mind and character. Her hand
writing even, as proved by autographs,
was utterly uniformed and childish at the
time Of her arrival at the court CT France,
and her spelling wes detective.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-11-13

PROPOSALS FOR LUMBER, ETO.-U.
T. Indian Service, Pueblo, etc., Agency,
Santa Fe, New Mexico, Nov. !, 1897
Sealed proposals, endorsed "Proposals
for Lumber, etc.," and addressed to the
undersigned at Santa Fe, N. NJ, will be
received at this agency until ~ O'Clock
M, of Monday, Nov. 20, 1897, for furnish
ing and delivering at the Jicarilla sub.
agency, Duloe, N. M, $1,000 feet of lum.
Der, 30 squares of corrugated iron and 10
feet ridge cap, with nails for same. The
right IS reserved to reject any or all bids,
or any part of any bid, If deemed for the
best interests of tho service. Certified
hecks.-Each bid must be accom- panied
by certified check or draft upon some
United States depository or solvent ma
tional bank in the vicinity of the resi-
dence of the bidder, made payable TO the
order of the Commissioner of Indian At
fairs, for at least Ave per cent of the
amount of the proposal, which check or
draft will be forfeited to the United States
in case any bidder or bidders receiving
an award shall fail to promptly execute
contract with good and sufficient sureties,
otherwise to be returned TO the bidder.
Bids accompanied BY cash in lieu Of
certified check will not be considered.
Specifications may be obtained upon APP
plication to the undersigned. For any
further information apply TO O. E. Nord.
strom, Captain Tenth Cavalry, Acting q.
9. Indian Agent.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-11-13
ONE ON THE COLONEL
HE WANTED AN ANSWER, AND THE
SCHoOLBOY GAVE 1T.

The Colonel Was a Little Fellow and the
Teacher Was a Swapping Six Footer.
With This Data the Boy Knew Exactly
What He Would Think.
His name wasn't Colonel Bourbon,
but let him be called that for the sake
of this Kentucky chronicle.
That he was a little bit of chap
could not be gainsaid by any one who
looked at him. Neither could it be de-
MED that he was interested in education
and was a school trustee or visitor or
whatever it is prominent citizen be-
comes when he is interested in the pub
lie instruction of his county.
Not long ago he visited school in
the country Taught by a strapping six
footer, and he was asked by the teacher
to make speech-an invitation the
colonel never refuses, and the same
may be said of another not to be men
toned here.
A leading feature of the colonel's ad-
dress was mutual confidence between
scholar and teacher, and he sought to
make it plain by example.
CHOW, children" said the colonel in
the course of his lucid exegesis, point
ing through the window toward the
railroad, which passed quite near the
little log schoolhouse, "what is that we
see out there crossing the creek on a
bridge?'
GA railroad" answered all the school
with yociferous unanimity.
"Ah? And how do you know it is a
railroad?"
Because we can see it. "
Every good" smiled the colonel.
Nov, what railroad is it?'
1.-The l.. and N"
"How do you know it is? You can t
see l. and N. written on it anywhere
can you?"
'No, sir; the teacher told us. j"
There was great unanimity on this
point, much to the colonel's delight,
but he wasn't through yet.
"You believe what the teacher tells
you, do your" he asked.
Yes, sir, yelled the school.
"Now" the colonel became very
abstruse in his tones--''you don't know
me as well as you do your teacher, and
what would you think if were to tell
you he was lying to your
This was a poser, and the children
staggered at it for minute or two. Fl
| nally tow headed youngster, with a
scratch on his snub nose and one Of his
front teeth gone, held up his hand.
"Well, my boy?" and the colonel
smiled encouragingly.
The boy looked critically at the little
colonel lined up alongside Of the six
foot schoolteacher, and then ran his
eye up the teacher from foot to head
"I'd think, " he said in the most mat
ter of fact tone, "that he'd wallop the
waddin outen yer in about two shakes
Nv sleeps tail. "-Washington Star.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-11-13
Read Up
CHICAGO & CALIFORNIA LIMITED,

CHIUAGO IL CALIFORNIA LIMITED.
Trains No. 3 and carry only first class
vestibued Pullman sleepers and dining
cars between Chicago, st. Louis and Los
Angeles. None but first. class tickets
honored on these trains.
CHICAGO, MEXICO AND CALIFORNIA
LINE.
Train No. westbound, carries through
Pullman and tourist sleepers to Los An
geles and San Francisco.
No. 2 eastbound, carries same equip
ment to Kansas City and Chicago.
No. l and 2 are limited trains and stop
only at principal stations.
No. 20 eastbound is local train, stops
at all stations, carries through sleepers
Ell Paso to Kansas City; chair cars Ell
Paso to Denver, via D. & R. G. R. R. and
Trinidad through without change.
No. 81 westbound is local train, car
ries through sleepers to Ell Paso, connect
ing with trains for Mexico.
For information, time tables and litera-
ture pertaining to the Santa Fe Route,
call on or address,
81. 8. LUTZ, Agent, Santa Fe.
w. j. BLACK, q. P. A., Topeka.
oity Ticket Office, First National Bank
Building.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-11-13

Connections with main line and
branches as follows:
At Antonito for Durango, Silverton
and all points in the San Juan country.
At Alamosa for Jimtown, Oreede, Del
Norte, Monte Vista and all points In the
San Luis valley.
At Salida with main line for all points
cast and west, including Leadvil.e.
At Florence with F. 4 O. O. B. B. for
the gold camps Of Cripple Greek and
Victor.
At Pueblo, Colorado Springs and Dem
yer with all Missouri river lines for all
points east.
Through passengers from Santa Fe will
have reserved berths in sleeper from
Alamosa if desired.
For further information address the
ladersigned.
T. J. HELIX, General Agent,
Santa re, N. M
8 K. Eoopss, q. p. A,
Denver, Colo.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-11-13
A Curious Superstition.

Among the superstitions u the Seneca
Indians was this most beautiful one:
When young maiden died, they impris-
oned a young bird until it first began to
try its powers Of song, and then, loading
1t with caresses and messages, Il ey loosed
its bonds over her grave, in the belief that
it would not fold its wing nov close its eye
until it had flown to the spirit land and
delivered it's precious burden Of affection
to the loved and lost one. st. Nicholas
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-11-13

"You know" said the steady loafer,
"that I have never betrayed anything
you told me. +"
Exactly" said the editor.
"Well, I want to know how you
could publish portrait of the girl who
snubbed the prince on the same day
that the cable dispatch came You know
very well that the dispatch didn't come
until about ten minutes before the pa
per was closed.''
"Oh," said the editor, "the lady sent
us the picture three weeks in advance. :"
Cincinnati Enquirer