The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-03-19

box. There was no chance of germs or
microbes getting at its pages. Therefore
it was not for sanitary reasons that the
president elect refused to use it. Mr..
Cleveland is not credited with being q
sentimental man, but he has vein Of
sentiment in him, and it came to the
surface when he sent word to Clerk Nc
Kenny that he wanted to take the oath
on shabby little Bible which his moth
er had given him when he started out to
shape his own career. Mr.. McKenny is
bit of sentimentalist himself. So
when President Elect Harrison was to
be sworn in he would not use the Bible
he had bought for the Cleveland inaugu-
ration, but purchased o brand new book,
leaving the Cleveland Bible to become
one of the relics of the supreme court
files. President Mckinley was sworn in,
as you know, on Bible which was the
gift of the African M. E. church.
The Fertile Promoter.
The new secretary of war, General
Alger, told me the other day that he
had lost $40, 900 within the last year
through the unfortunate investments of
man whose business he capitalized. If
General Alger is disposed to use his
money as freely for the relief of INDECENT
congressman who have "sure things"
needing a little capital. he will find OPP
portunities enough. Washington is one
of the best fields for the promoter in the
whole United States. Senators and
members of the house who are impecu-
NOUS have no conscience about going to
their weather. colleagues and asking
them to subscribe to the stock Of ven
lures in which they are interested. The
people they have "struck" most often
are Brice of Ohio and Cameron of Penn
sylvania, and there was wall from the
poverty stricken when these two ''good
things left congress on the 4th of
March. Next to these two rich eastern
ers the wealthy Californians have been
visited by the promoters most frequent
ly. Men like Stewart and Jones Of Ne
vada are known as good spectators.
Stewart is not q producer, although
he is always ready to go into anything
involving risk.
Some time ago member of the house
was trying to get capital to establish a
factory to make new explosive. This
sort of thing appeals to men in congress
because they know the government can
be persuaded to buy large quantities of
an explosive if it is good and their in
fiuence with the appropriations commit
tees of congress will be Of great value
in getting the matter through. The ex-
plosive in which the Massachusetts man
was interested was very remarkable, to
judge from the tests made, and the
member had little difficulty in interest
ing number of capitalists in it. To-
ward the end of the session of congress
he called on one of the California sena-
tors and urged him to subscribe for some
stock. He commended the explosive es-
pecially for use in mines.
I'm not a practical MINER" said the
senator, ''but here are two members of
the house, b. and O., who are Perhaps
you can interest them.
How 1t Worked.
The two members, who were sitting
at the other side of the room, were called
over, and the virtues Of the explosive
were explained to them.
eff it will do all you claim for it, "
said G.. Il will not only subscribe, but
work up an interest for you in Califor-
MIA. But want to ask about one thing.
Many of these explosives have been in
vented. All Of them go off with great
noise and display enormous force. But
the difficulty with all of them is this: In
exploding they create gas which is
dangerous to life, and this gas so fills
the mine that work has to be suspended,
sometimes for day or two, until the
gas can be pumped out.
''That is all right, said D., who had
the explosive in charge. II inhale the
gas fnom this explosive every day"
And to prove what he said he put some
of the explosive Oh the register in the
floor, and leaning over seemed to inhale
the fumes.
"Let me inhale it, said G. More of
the explosive was put on the register,
and G. took q good lungful.
''It seems harmless" he said. There
upon an appointment was made for the
following morning.
Toward noon OF the following day 9.
came into the Office Of the senator. His
face was yellow, his hands shook, his
legs gave way under him at every third
step.
"Can you tell me what happened yes
terday?" he said to the senator's clerk.
II have dim recollection of being here,
but i remember nothing else except nv
dreams. My wife tells me have been
out of my head, and I have seen the
most wonderful things ever saw in my
life. What happened? Did I have a
fight? Did any one hit me ON the head?"
well, I'can't remember that any
thing like that happened" said the
clerk. "You were here with B. and d.
of Massachusetts,, and d. showed you
an explosive. believe you both inhaled
some of it,.
"That's it'll That's it' cried c., do
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