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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-03-12
Manuring For Wheat.

know of no way in which greater
effects can be gotten from a small
amount of stable manure than in thin
applications upon the surface Of ground
being prepared for wheat. When ap-
piled in this way, its mechanical effect
is equal to its fertilizing power. Har-
rowing and dragging fine it and leave
it as O mulch on the surface, and it
helps to insure a stand Of plants. Most
soils have sufficient fertility to make a
big yield of wheat if good fall growth
Of plants can be gotten. Thin soils
usually fail because they cannot force q
strong growth before winter. A light
coat of manure OH the surface starts tho
wheat and lessons the danger of heav-
ing by frost The idea that stable ma
nure should be plowed under for wheat
is abandoned by most farmers. The
common mistake now is to use too much
Of the small supply of manure on small
fields near the barn for spring crops,
when larger, though more remote, re-
turns would be gotten by top dressing
all thin land that is seeded to wheat
and grass. Cor. Farm and Fireside.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-03-12
ION, you MISGUIDED cHILDlo

'oH, YOU MISGUIDED CHILDr'
have next to nothing from her father
now that the new wife has borne him q
SON."
Maybe it was her fancy that she heard
q hoarse chuckle. What is beyond dis
pute is that the raven flew away.
Matilda sank back upon the soft car
rage cushions with thrill Of delight.
"If these were mine" she began, then
checked herself angrily and said:
"Wben these are mine, I shall drive
ont every day. like godmamma's things
ever so much better than what we have
at home. She ought to be very happy to
have mo for her heiress, and am sure
shall take care to be very happy in what
am to get"
"H you get it," something said
through the window. Matilda started
and sat very upright, craning her neck
and trying to look high and scornful as
she had sometimes seen her godmamma.
Butwheu she peered out Of the big, clear
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-03-12
Bedding For Horses.

1t is common practice for livery
men to use sawdust as bedding for
horses where that is abundant and straw
is hard to get. But if you raise grain
we should advise you to save what is
needed for bedding, no matter though
the sawdust be offered free. Sawdust
with manure makes it very hard to rot.
much more so than is straw, though
both, being carbon, have scarcely any
manurial value. Market gardeners OBJ
ject to having sawdust in manure piles,
though they always compost their ma
nure before using. 1t is better to use
either bedding as economically as posi-
BILE, and without doubt long straw bed
ding can be used with less waste than
can sawdust, partly because it is less
absorptive. The excrement, either liquid
or solid, passes through the straw with
out doing more than discolor it. So by
shaking out and drying the straw can
be used repeatedly until it has rotted
and broken up. The liquid manure is
best saved, not by absorbent bedding,
but by layer of three or four inches Of
wood loan underneath the horse or
COW. This also is much better for horses
feet than standing on hard floors, either
of wood or concrete. A little chopped
straw lying on this earth will prevent
the animal from being soiled with it.
The earth flooring should be cleaned out
once week and replaced with new.
With the excrement it has absorbed it
will then be quite rich, but if the loan is
scarce it may be dried and used repeat
eddy until it has absorbed all it is capa-
BILE of holding. America Cultivator.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-03-12
Farm, !. .sea,sas.s.s:sr
tNTa4ss;; s. sslEED&s
asse GAKPEN
GROWING MUSHROOMS.
Methods Practiced by Pennsylvania Pro
ducers Of This Esculent.

1
| ducers Of This Esculent.
Growing mushrooms is a simpler
thing than many suppose. Mushrooms,
in point Of fact, can be raised in q va.
riety Of situations besides under the
greenhouse benches. Any person with a
cellar, stable, clubhouse or pit where an
even temperature of 90 to 60 degrees can
be maintained can grow them. At least
this is the statement of Pennsylvania
grower who submitted his methods to
a state club not long ago. The Philadel-
phia Ledger reported on his address as
follows:
The usual method il to make a hot
bed foot or more in depth of fresh ma
nure from the horse stable and plant
the mushroom spawn in this medium
then cover the bed with about two
inches of good garden soil. In from five
to six weeks the mushrooms will COM
mence to appear, and the bed will keep
on bearing for months. Care must be
taken that the manure is fresh and that
it is prepared by two or three turnings,
at intervals of AZ hours, to bring it
down to the proper temperature previous
to making it into the bed. After the bed
is formed to the proper depth it is beaten
down firmly and left alone for day or
so. The temperature will commence to
rise at first, but will not remain long
above 100 degrees. As soon as it falls
again to 90 degrees or below the bed
should be spawned.
The mushroom spawn is sold in bricks
or cakes, and these have to be broken
into pieces the size of walnut and in
serted in the manure just under the sur
face at intervals of about nine inches,
and then the bed is pressed down and
smoothed over The covering of soil is put
on about eight or ten days after spawn
ing. All the growers consider this in
terval important. If the bed were cover
ed Immediately, it would cause the ma
nure to heat again to above 80 degrees
and kill the spawn, but after the eighth
or tenth day there is no danger.
A bed may be made Of any size, large
or small, as the mushrooms will grow
equally we'll in either. The beds may
be made on the floor and fiat or ridged,
and of any desired length. The mush-
room thrives best in an even, moist tenn"
perature of 81 degrees, and where this
can be maintained there will be no diff
Guilty i'll raising plenty of mushrooms.
They can be grown from October to
May indoors and outdoors in ridges
protected by boards during April, May,
June, September, October and Novem-
Der. An out of doors pit or cellar would
be an excellent place to grow this crop.
but it would require artificial heat dur
ing the winter months, except during
mild weather. The pipes would go in
the first thing, of course-say four inch
hot water pipes around the pit. Make a
flooring above the pipes about four
inches clear and build the bed on this
in the usual way. The best guidebooks
on this subject are Mushrooms; How
to Grow Them" by William Falconer,
and Mushroom Culture" by William
Robinson, the latter being an English
work. The former was written for the
climatic conditions of the United States.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-03-12
THE MOUNTAIN IF.
BY MARTHA m'cULLocH WILLIAM,
Copyright, 1897, by the Author.l

copyright, 1897, by the Author.l
Remember, now, Miss Matilda,
Nurse Elspeth said impressively, 81
you do not behave prettily and SHOW
your dear godmamma how well yol
have been brought up you will get nj
fine doll upon your birthday nor an.
Melted purse with a goldpiece inside -
Matilda tossed her head and shool
herself so hard as to set her broad, blue
sash aflaunt in nurses face. 1t is NJ
wonder she shook out two Of the curli
which nurse had coaxed laboriously into
twining over her yellow head and abou
her rosy face.
"Therei Now that has all to be done
over. and the carriage may come for yor
at any minutev' nurse cried despair.
ingly. "'Oh, Miss Matilda, how could
you, when you know godmamma hates
unpunctuality next to mortal sins?"
II shall hate her and you and every.
thing about the day." Matilda said,
twitching out of nurses hands. "But
am not afraid" she went on. "It is
just your way of frightening me. Ever
since I was big enough to talk you have
been telling me, fyou do that, IF you
do not do this. III hate ifs. Besides,
there is no need of them. I am very
pretty. You know it, though you will
not say it. Godmamma must give me
things. There is no one else she can
give them to-"
"Oh, you misguided child If you do
not mend your Ways nurse began,
but stopped and gave all her strength to
the curling iron. She had caught the
roll of wheels and knew the carriage
was at the gate She knew, too, the
coachman had orders never to wait long
er than three minutes for Matilda to
come down.
Remember, you lose everything if''-
she began afresh as she hustled her
charge down stairs and out upon the
steps. Matilda gave herself fiouncing
shake which set curls and ribbons flying
as she answered with scowl
"Do stop that I tell you I cannot
bear another word"
"Willful, willful! Idon't know what
will become of her, )" nurse said, signing
deeply as she watched the carriage bowl
away 1t was fine and trig, with sleek
horses and spanking silver mounted
harness Mime. Jansen, Matilda's god
mamma, had heaps of money aud liked
nothing SO well as to spend it in max
ing show
"She is big enough to know better. A
girl rising IA is very nearly woman"
Nurse Elspeth went ON, shut she is
motherless, poor dear, and has been hu-
mored and spoiled all her life! Mme
Jansen has done much Of the spelling,
but that will not make her any more
patient with it. If Matilda should set
her off in rage
swell, and what if she should?" sorne-
thing said over her shoulder. Elspeth
gave cry. There was nothing alive in
sight but wicked, wise looking old
raven, hopping along from sill to sill as
though in search of crumbs. Something
she did not in the least understand i'm
PEELED her to answer as though human
being had spoken.
1T means ruin to my nurseling. She
has been brought up in luxury, yet will
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EP IEpsEY OR FITS positively cured failing
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Evening journal., 1897-01-14
AFTER THE COUNT.
A Wronged and Indignant Woman In
Pursuit of an Alleged NoblemaR.

Pursuit of an Alleged NoblemaB.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. IA woman, in
PRODUCING herself as Mrs Bertha Juster,
called on Captain of Detectives Miller and
said she wanted him to have her husband
brought back from Chicago. where he was
arrested a week ago The man is William
Juster, alias Count dc Justcr, alias DR. dc
Juster, alias DR.. Rhoads.
Mrs Juster declared that she spent
couple of thousand dollars to keep him out
Of Jail on several occasions, and that she
would now gladly spend that much more
70 see him behind bars if she had the cash.
The reason for the sudden change in her
feelings for the man with whom she fell
in love i'm November 1894, and TO whom
She was married after an acquaintance of
only couple of weeks, is that when JUS
ter. who had posed as "a count i'm Chicago,
was arrested it was found that couple of
months before he had married a woman
known as Bella Cults.
The charges upon which he was locked
up were forgery and embozzlement in Den
yer, and Mrs. Juster of this city, who. as
far as she knows, is the first Mrs Juster,
/ fearing that he may be set free, wants TO
press the charge of bigamy With this OBJ
| iect in view she wrote TO the Chicago au-
thorities and received "a reply from In
/ spector Fitzpatrick that the Denver people
have first claim upon .Iuster, but that she
can go west and prove her right to bring
the charge of bigamy. Armed with her
marriage certificate, Mrs. Juster will start
at once for Chicago, with the probability
that she will have to go to Denver before
meeting her truant husband
Mrs. Juster, whose home is at 1909
/ North Sixteenth street, says that it was
there that she first met the man, who came
as a boarder, announcing his intention OF
studying dentistry. She said that he stud
led only about one month.
As to the money she spent to keep him
out Of jail, she declines to say much, but
intimated that it was largely in settling
bills for him. She says that his father is
a wealthy broker i'm Roumania and that
her husband went there six months after
their marriage, returning last August
She has not seen him since then.
Evening journal., 1897-01-14
RothschiId BUYS a Gold Mine.

NEW YORK, Jan. 14-An important
deal has been arranged in this city, where
by the great Tom Boy gold mine Of san
Miguel county Colo, passed into the
hands of the Exploration company. This
company is more widely known as the
Rothschild syndicate, whose investment
of S25, 600, 600 in the Anaconda copper
mines year ago set the financial workld
a-talking The Tom Boy is recognized as
one of the richest gold mines in the Unit
ed states. Itwas first opened six years ago
by Ernest Walters and then passed
through "a company made up of Governor
Adams of Colorado, his brother Frank and
Messrs. William Bailey, O. p. Posoy and
:. L. Underwood These gentlemen trans
ferred their interests TO the Rothschild
syndicate for 81 600, 600.
Evening journal., 1897-01-14
EeeED ON THE DOCTOR.
A Napoleon OF Finance Meets His Wnter-
loo In New Hampshire.

A Napoleon OF Finance Meets His Water
loo In New Hampshire.
An itinerant corn doctor took posses
sion of the public square in Charles
town, N. H.. one evening and proceed
ed to transact business which was Of
land Office dimensions while it lasted.
But he closed mp early.
Eggs were flying at him from all di-
rections, and he was a sorry looking
sight when he reached the friendly shell
ter Of the hotel
He had imposed upon the confidence
Of the unsophisticated, and the shower
Of eggs was their way Of expressing
their righteous Indignation.
The doctors" modus operandi was
something like this: He had a corn
salve that was unequnled and unap-
proachable in its virtues. He wished to
advertise it and would for 10 cents give
a sample Of the salve and check, on
the presentation Of which later he would
/ give q present.
The present" end Of it caught many
who were old enough TO know better and
several children, but great was their
surprise when on presenting their checks
they were handed 10 cents rs present.
This was making money very fast.
Each purchaser had realized 50per cent
on his investment. The doctor had ar
tiole No. to advertise and would also
give a present TO every purchaser who
would pay 20 cents for sample.
Those who had bought one package
of No. 1 took two and three of article
No. , and were given checks, as in the
previous instance. OF course they
thought this man who gave them u
cents for 10 would certainly give then
at least 30 for %.
But he didn't.
Ho probably thought he had gon
tho limit and when the speculator
presented their checks they were givei
a bit of taffy candy by the smiling doc
tor, who said, 81 told you / would Civ
you present, and / have done so, am
while he continued to give them tn
laugh they began TO see the coke.
Several of those on the outside Of th
crowd got their heads together and the
went to o nearly provision store and in
vested all the money they had in eggs
and the less modern they were the NOR
. desirable for their purpose.
When they returned, the voluble doc
, tor was telling his audience not to fec
i bad over the matter. He had, ho said
travelled a great deal and had "got it il
the neck" himself and never complained
Well, just then he got it'in the neck
! and in tho back, and ON the head, an
I in several other places. There was
perfect shower Of eggs.
The DOCTORS smile vanished, and h
did not stand upon the order of going
but got quickly. He made 50 OF SO, bu
t no needed new suit Of clothes. -Bo'
ton Globe.
Evening journal., 1897-01-14
Confirmation In Havana.

HAVANA, Jan 1.-THE war is going on
so fiercely around the city of Havana that
General Arolas has established his head
quarters at Guanabacoa with force Of
over 5000 men besides those already there
The capital is in constant commotion over
the bold attacks made on the suburbs by
the insurgents. San Miguel del Padron, a
town very near to Guanabacoa, and San
Francisco de Paula have been burned by
the Cubans after severe engagements, in
which the Spanish troops We're compelled
to retire Every one here is astounded at
all this and in fear of raid upon the capt.
tai itself. General Weyler refuses TO talk
on the situation and in the privacy of his
palace refuses TO receive any one except the
members Of his staff and few personal
friends
Evening journal., 1897-01-14
- Nj Inrlalntnro.

ALBANY. Jan lI.-In the senate ap-
pointments to minor places were an
nounced. Senator Grady offered a resolu-
tion instructing the railroad commission
u investigate the Manhattan Elevated
road The reference Of that portion of the
governors message relating % the civil
service caused a brief discussion. as did
the announcement that two additional Re
publican members of the railroad commit
tee had been appointed. In the assembly
Speaker O'Grady announced the standing
committees. A number of bills were intro
duccd after which the members selected
ennfa
Evening journal., 1897-01-14
A Human Nose Two Feot In Length.

Elephantiasis is a peculiar form Of
leprosy in which the limb and features
swell to horrible proportions and out of
all semblance to the legs, arms and
faces Of human beings Cases are known
where the legs have become so swollen
that they measured y feet in circum-
ference. The ears of the Same victim,
Walter Brisbane, an English sailor,
were Is inches in length and his r9se
elongated to upward of feet when ~
the last stages of the horrible malady.-
St. Louis Republic.
Evening journal., 1897-01-14
SPEAKING PIECES.

Coshl But them actor chaps recito
Their plays too much Hike toit.
spoakin in public i5 amt right
To Joke an chat an walk
Wy DON'T they yen an stompitho fioor
AS mo an Narthy would
A-spcalzin pieces up before
Tho hull dorm nciphborhood2
practiced in the hess barn lof'.
Then wien tho time had come
Ia murmur "Dingon' low an sof'
or make ole Capuay hum
As Snartacus. Tho roof 'ud shake.
Lochiol d beware the day.
Ny ia wu1 sartin sure I'd make
A president somo day.
Child'n an parents wore their best
School exhibition days,
An llSo a vision o the blost
wuz Marthy Ellen Hays
A-snyin curfew mustn't ring
BY gosh. she meant it. tool
A sight TO make on angel sing
In tho gownd hor ma dyed blue.
o. course sonio gals wuz ruthcrishy,
Twiatin thor ap'un strings,
An somo boys trimaled-l dunno'w y o.
But ON the hull, by iings,
We beat them player fcllcrs fair.
An as fer form an face
10 Moo York actress could compare
18th nlarthy Ellen's grace.
j. l.. Hcaton in "The Quilting Bee"
Evening journal., 1897-01-14
Siam Ignores the United States.

BANGKoK, Siam, Jan lt.-Americans
and Europeans here are indignant over an
assault by Siamese soldiers on the Amcri-
can vice consul general i. Y. kellett
Aflidavits by European witnesses show
that the assault was brutal and without
excuse. Siam virtually ignores the protest
Of the United States minister resident and
Consul General John Barrett. No Ameri-
can gunboat has been here for five years.
American prestige in the orient demands
prompt action.
Evening journal., 1897-01-14
sPooNER FOB SENATOR.
Wisconsin Republicans Nominate Him to
Succeed Villas.

MADISON, Wis, Jan. 14.-Colonel John
c. Spooner was unanimously nominated
for United States senator by the Republic
an joint legislative caucus Being conduct
cd before the caucus, the nominee made a
brilliant response, declaring for protection,
reciprocity, the right of the federal govern
mont to arbitrarily invade states to protect
property, for currency reform and the pres
cnt monetary standard.
John Colt Spooner is a native of lndi-
ana, and his father, Judge Philip l.. Spoon
er, was once an eminent legal authority in
that state Tho family came to this city
Evening journal., 1897-01-14
KirkpatrleI. Indor.ed hy be MInl.ter..

ROCHESTER. Jan. l4.-At. meeting of
the Universalist Ministers association of
western New York a committee consisting
Of Rev. J.. II. Squires. Rev II. P Morrell
and Rev. II. b. Bard was appointed to
draw up resolutions condemning the re-
cent assault upon the character of Rev.
Mr. kirkpatrick Of the Second Universal
st church of this city They were read and
adopted unanimously The association is
composed of all the Universalist ministers
of western New York.
Evening journal., 1897-01-14
caIlirrer ~ succeed TIimseIf.

CONCORD. y. H., Jan. i4.-Sonator ia
cob H. Gallingcr of this city was unani-
moEsly nominated as United States soma
tor 10 succeed himself The nomination
was made in the Republican caucus of the
members Of tho legislature. In the Same
caucus Ezra :. Stearns of Rindge was
nominated for secretary of state. Solon A.
Carter of Con-nrd for state treasurer and
Arthur r. Clarllof the Manchester Mirror
for state ,,rintcr, These officers viii be elect
cd mex week.
Evening journal., 1897-01-14

in 1859 The son graduated from the State
university in 1864 and at once entered
the army, in which he remained until 1866,
when he was mustered ont as brevet colo
mel
He studied law and was admitted to the
bar in 1867, and after serving for some
time as an assistant in the attorney gener-
ais office he located at Hudson In 1872
he was elected to the state legislature and
in 1855 became United States senator for
the term ending in 1891. As the Dem
ocrats then controlled the legislature he
was not reelected
Evening journal., 1897-01-14
Sound in Principle.

THE SUN publishes all the news all
the time. but it does not allow its col.
umns to be degraded by unclean, i'm.
moral or purely sensational matter.
Editorially. THE SUN is the consist
ent and unchanging champion and de-
fender OF popular rights and interests
against political machines and monopo-
lies of every character Independent
in all things, extreme in none. 1t Is
for good laws, good government ant
good order.
BY mail Fifty Cents a month. si1
Dollars a year.
Evening journal., 1897-01-14
rhe Pnne,s condltlon.

LoNDoN.Jan l4-Thc Standards s Rome
correspondent reports that the pope ply
sicians recommend the greatest care in
preserving an even temperature for his
room and i'm dieting on G ggs and cid wine.
This correspondent says of the pope's ap-
tcarance, Ellis bowed attitude when
sanding has been much increased lately. -
Evening journal., 1897-01-14
Janan Inerea.lnr Her Saw.

LONDON, Jan. 14.-It is reported in a
Berlin dispatch to The Post that word has
been received there from Tokyo that 20
German firms of engineers and shipbuild-
ers i'm Japan have formed "A syndicate to
contract for the work Of the military and
naval equipment TO which Japan win de-
vote the Chinese war indemnity.