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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-09-30
Beach Bessinger.

Mr.. George Beach and Miss May Bessin-
ger were married Wednesday afternoon at
Asbury parsonage. Rev. W. W. Benson Of
floating. Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Rose, now
of Pontiac but formerly of this city, stood
up with the happy pair. Mr. Beach. who
was formerly a'trimer in the carriage fac
in this city has numerous friends in the city
who will congratulate him. He Is now em-
ployed in Pontiac. Mrs. Beach Is the
daughter of MIR. and Mrs. Frank Bessinger,
of Prindle street. The wedding ceremony
was performed in The presence of only a
few of the most immediate friends After
the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Beach took the
evening train for Pontiac where they will
reside.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-09-30
0IEAnY lNcnME At HOME. You ca!
Guardian Sale of Real Estate. /,

State OF Michigan, County of Shiawassee, SIS
In the matter of the estate of Betsey Com
stock, an incompetent person.
Notice is hereby given, that in pursuance and
by virtue of an order granted TO the under.
signed, as guardian of the estate of said Betsey
Comstock by the Hon Mathew Bush, Judge OF
Probate in and for said county, on the first day
Of August, "A. D. 1895 there will be sold at public
vendue, to the highest bidder, at the premises
hereinafter described in the city OF Owosso in
said county, on Monday the twenty-sixth day of
September, A. ID. $685. at nine O'Clock in the
forenoon of&said day all the right, title and
interest of said Betsey Comstock in and to the
following described lands and premises, situat.
ed in the city of Owosso, county Of Shiawassee,
state OF Michigan, TO witt Lot one az and the
north one fourth Of lot four ca in block three (3)
OF the plat Of the village NOW city, of Owosso,
according TO the recorded plat thereof
CHAs. II. OTIS,
Guardian of the estate of Betsey Comstock, an
incompetent.
Dated the eighth day OF August, A. D., 1898.
The above sale is hereby postponed TO We'd
nesday, Oct. 26, 1898.
CHAs. II. OTIS,
Guardian of the estate OF Betsey Comstock, an
Incompetent
Dated, the 26th day of September, A. d., 1898.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-09-30

A special low rate excursion will be Civ
en- by the Ann Arbor r. r. to Manstee,
Sunday, Oct. I'd. Train leaves Owosso at
4:30 a. m. Fare for the round trip $1,000
Returning train will leave Manstee at p.
m, giving six hours in the city.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-09-30
Mail Messerg4r Service.

Seized "f,, '..a, ar III iUi carrying
'h- Unr-i >'a''.s n.si Route No. 237,-
lo2 o-t"eeh M po> ric-. at Owosso,
Mich. and r X y q " Il NJ. r.
K and A \ r r. ,srN way, For fur
Their inf rnl ION arnIy po-t"fti.e.
& ! AwRENCE r. M.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-09-30

Miss Myrtle Wiley is again quite sick
r. II Nix will snnu r.'nnvr a. ny tn
reside, having leased photograph gallery
Mrs. CEas. McAulitfe rsurns to Detroit
toby after visit with Miss Mary Stack 10
this city.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-09-30
PRICE 25 CENTS PER BoTTLl

Why not step In and get bottle and by
using it be assured of good health through
the trying hot months. We sell it and
guarantee 1t to give satisfaction. or money
refunded. For sale by Sprague Il Co.,
Collins & Co.. Parkill IL Son, l.. Nj. Watson.
j.. G. johnson and j. s. Haggart.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-09-30

ger a step or force
a pallid smile;
young women,
who as girls were
blithesome, merry
and never knew a
sick day,now thin,
sallow and nliser-
a BILE. Is 1t any
wonder thesuicide
list increases, or
that constant irri-
ia bility succeeds
an gelic temper,
and our homes and
hopes are blight
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-09-30

To Grand Rapids, Sunday, Oct. 2. Train
leaves Owosso 9:40 a. N. Fare for round
trip, Sl00.
To Detroit, Wednesday. Oct. 5. Train
leaves Owosso 1880 a. M; returning, leaves
Detroit ZOO p. IN. Fare for round trip,
S125.
To Chicago, Monday, Oct. TO- On trains
leaving Owosso at 900 a. m. and 900 D. m
Good to return up TO and including October
ID Fare for round trip, $500.
e. W.. WYKEs. Agent.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-09-30


Don't forget that Case, The Tailor's is the
best place in Owosso to get fitted lie can
ct the worst forms.
Mrs. A. l.. Kieff is visiting Caro- relatives.
S. c. May was in Howell yesterday at
tending the street fair.
Sample silver polish free at Allison's.
The first layer of stone for the pier of the
Main street bridge is nearly all laid, and
the pier will soon be rising in the air, The
work of tearing out the old abutments and
excavating for the new ones is progressing,
Cranberries have again put in an appear.
lDce at the groceries.
Miss Bertha Dingwall is clerking at 0s-
burn & Sons.
Rev. and Mrs. Arthur Metcalf, of Ban
croft. were guests at the home of their cou-
Elm, Miss Ella Smith, during the Congrega-
tional association meeting.
j. Dodge attended the Howell street fair
yesterday He returns today by way of
Fowlerville.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-09-30

F0und-On east Main street between
Washington and Park streets. pocketbOok
containing small amount az money.
Owner can have same by calling on o. l..
Bristol. COruDua.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-09-30
Lincoln Rams for Sale

twenty dne yesrlngs and lambs, thor
ougi-Dred and high grades, al prices 10 suit
the times
G. e Posr, Ovid, Mich.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-09-30
FOR SALE!
CHOICE SAGINAW COUNTY FARM
LANDS.

IN TOWNSHIP OF.CHAPIN, T 8, n R E.
ex of Nv y of section /, W y of y Of
of section %
IN TOWNSHIP OF BRADY. II 2 N re
Is OF NV u section 25 all cleared; n W OF
W "a section 25 lightly timbered; G y of
of section u, all timbered; W 4 OF W of Sec
ton 81, all timbered ;eK ofne \ section2S, all tim
Dered wv OF n section 2s. all timbered;
of W "a section 2s, all timbered; W \ OF W a
section 2S all timbered; also in same township,
q OF s \ Of section -26-i20 acres an i'm
proved farm at Oakley station, all cleared fair
buildings and about 10 acres been cultivated
heretofore known as the Reed" FARM
TOWNSHIP OF CHESANING, T n R3 f
--e e OF u section ~ nv \ OF n Q a OF Sec
ton IL.
Soil rich clay loan; no better farming lands
In Michigan. For prices, terms, etc, address
=. y. EVAN g,
Land Age and Attorney.
80 Msdjson Ave, Detrou Michigan
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-09-30

Hadsall, Dr. B. S. Knapp, G. j. McNally,
Geo. b. McCaughna.
Jurors: ]. H. Robbins, James Osburn,
DR.. A. L. Arnold, f A. Gould, Nj. H.
Knapp, l. H. Keller, d. NJ. Estey, j. H.
Copas, c. w. Gale, L. E. Woodland, w.
II. Bigelow, G.. r. Lyon.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-09-30

Hall Bros. are buying cider and drying
apples-want so car loads. 4w..
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-09-30

Thousands OF once happy wives, now
respondent and scarcely able to stag
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-09-30
A Great Entertainment.

For some time the entertainment COM
milIee of the Y. M. c. A. has been
looking for an entertainment that would
be refined, instructive, exciting and fun
provoking and at length has found it
in the form o: one of the great mock
court trials which has created such a
sensation in very many OF the largest
cities of the country, Crowded houses
and delighted audiences have been the
rule wherever they have been given,
while the leading newspapers have given
them more frequent, extended and fav-
orable reports than any entertainments
of local nature have received in years.
The entertainment will be given in
the Opera House on Wednesday evening,
October 9Th, under the personal direc-
ton of its originator, Col. A. V. Newton,
the well-known lecturer-lawyer, of Wor-
cester, Mass.
1t will be assumed that one of our
prominent citizens has paid midnight
visit to the hen house of another prom
inent citizen and taken therefrom a val
liable Plymouth Rock rooster, without
the consent Of its owner. In other words
he will be tried for larceny of the fowl.
A large number of our well-known
people will take part in the proceedings
and there will be fun by the acre. Let
all remember the date of the great Mock
Court Trial. Particulars will be found
in our advertising columns. The follow.
ing is the makeup of the court:
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-09-30

Paving operations arr still held up.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-09-30

Grand Trunk Railway System Excursion
Notices.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-09-30

= TNWW AIV' UUW AIIOTNFY-
80 Msdison Ave, Detrou Michigan
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-08-03

Wesley, during his life, gave to the
poor 100000, although always on a
meager salary, says the Boston Trans
cript. Wesley started in England an
organization similar to the associated
charities of today, and also inaugu-
rated an enterprise for leaning poor
people small sums of money, whereby.
they could be tided over business diff
flculties, and there is on record case
where he leaned a eobbler $40 to en-
large his business, and he lived to see
the cobbler doing a business OF $l50,OOO
a year. He believed the scheme a good
one for helping not only financially,
but in helping manhood. A picture OF
Wesley might be made as a student
leaving Lincoln college with a basket
of provisions in one hand and Bible
in the other. Wesley was the first to
start medical dispensaries in England
and, in a letter to Wherefore, implor-
ed him to do all he could to stop slav
cry in the British empire, while, on the
other hand, Whitfield was a slavehold-
Ter, Just before his death, bequeathed
his slaves to Lady Huntington.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-08-03

OF smUnc ..~----- --
perpetual menace. Subject to such vi
cissitudes and portents, the climate Of
Manila is, Tor the tropics, a not I'M
healthy one. 1t may be noted on the
the seasons, as above given, is re-
versed.
Products.
The Philippines possess very fertile
but imperfectly developed. In many
localities the soil must be quite or
nearly virgin. Where cultivated the
products are sugar, hemp, tobacco, rice,
coffee, cacao, gums, arrowroot, indigo,
cotton, hides, pepper, cochineal, gutta
percha, sesame betel root, arecanut, CO.
coanut, cocoanut oil ,pinacloth, tortoise,
shell, birds nests and trepang; also
bamboos and rattans, with logwood,
ebony and other hardwood timber. The
material known as Manila hemp" is
not produced from the plant Of hemp
with which we are familiar (Cannabis
sativa) but from the fiber of a species
of banana (Musa teXtilis). The rice OF
the islands is the staple food Of the ma
tives. The cultivation of sugar is jeo-
pardized by the terrible plague of To-
gusts, to which this crop is subject;
these insects arrive in ''swarms of mil
lions" The manufacture of cigars,
ETC., was for a long period the monop-
oily of the government, and extensive
cigar factories were esta blished in
Manila and Cavite, but the monopoly
induced universal contraband traffic,
and was discontinued in 1882. The en-
tire trade OF the islands with other
countries in the year 1894 (the last
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-08-03
Making Money.

"In war time" said a man Of mature
years, there are always unusual
chances that are taken advantage of by
men OF foresight to make money. This
reminds me of what Josh Billings said,
that If our foresight was as good as
our hindslght we'd all be rich or
words to that effect. At the outbreak
of the civil war in this country there
were long-headed men who stored
away manufactured cotton goods,
bleached and unbleached cottons,
sheetings, and so on. AS the war went
on, what With the curtailment OF pro-
duction and the blockade Of Southern
ports, the price of cotton scared sky
ward and manufactured cotton goods
increased in value eorrespondingly.
Most men peddled out their holdings
as the price rose, but some held on and
got for their goods six or eight or ten
times what they had PAID for them.
There has been no such money as that
made in this war yet, and | don't sup
pose there's likely to be, but it would
be easy to pick out things that have
risen in value and that man might
easily have made fortune on II he'd
known what was going to happen.
Suppose he'd have bought all the bunt-
ing there was, for instance, or taken
fall our of sulphur, or put away few
hundred cases of Spanish olives. He'd
have found money in all these things
and in various others. But then man
can fin money in time Of peace, too. II
he knows how to look"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-08-03

great power in the hands of unscrupu-
ious officials, who used it corruptly
against the more prosperous for the
purpose of extorting money. These
grievances became so general that a
secret Revolutionary Society or League
was formed, which by August. 1896.
rose to the proportions of an army of
o0'oO0 men, Cavite being the center Of
the revolt. The original rebels were
joined by deserters from the armv
vagabonds and escaped criminals. In
the course Of their conflicts with the
forces of the government. which was
instructed from Madrid to show no
mercy, spirit Of atrocious inhumanitv
was developed on both sides, and saw
age destruction of life ensued. The
killing of prisoners captured or sur
rendered, smothering of captives in
dungeons, burning alive, mutilation
and dsemboweling were practiced by
both, without any regard to the usages
or civilized warfare. The Spaniards, to
extort confessions, resorted to the
-humbscrew and revived the tortures of
Inc lnquisition. Their proceedings
we're claimed to be justified by the plea
II retaliation, but no law or exigency
'ouid justify retaliation pushed to a
Joint so malignant and brutal. And
Us fatal impolicy is shown by the fact
nat the instruction has not been sup
PRESSED, but is suspended only.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-08-03
Coughs.

Every person who coughs should not
alarm himself with the idea that he is
in a bad way. Experience has con-
WINGED us of fact that there are two
distinct kinds OF coughs-cne proceed
ing from an affection of the lungs and
ATTITUDES, as in cold, the other pro-
ceeding from effervescence in the stom-
ach. The lungs cough is symptom
which all know to require attention,
lest serious consequences ensue. The
stomach cough is much more simple
matter, and may easily be got quit Of
1t is caused by the food and drink
which are put into the stomach effer-
vescing, and producing an irritation.
A knowledge of this fact ought to lead
persons SO affected to ponder little
on the nature of their ailment and the
tone of their digestive powers.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-08-03
TINY HOUSES.

A most curious insect is the tree
vorticella. 1t does not build a house.
but instead, with its fellows. builds I'D
sort OF tree with waving branches
from which the insects hang like flow
ers' swaylng back and forth in their
gay colors of green and yellow.
Inc most magnificent palaces Quilt
by man for dwelling rlaces senl into
lnsignlhcance when compared with
some OF the houses constructed by in
sects. An interesting example is the
Drlckmaker, who lays bricks with the
skill or a mason, making house OF
tiny bricks or pellets laid regularly
and so evenly there are no chinks be-
tween them. 1t makes its own bricks
and lays them up with ohelp. These
orlck houses are usually fastened to
the leaf of some water plant.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-08-03
Napoleon's Table Manners.

It is said that the table manners OF
Napoleon Bonaparte were very bad.
and that he was so fast an eater that
he had invariably finished his dinner
before those who dined with him had
got half through In fact, those who
had the honor OF dining with the EN-
peror were wont to remain after his
majesty's departure. Upon one occa-
sion Eugene de Beauharnals, the step
son of Napoleon, rose from the table
Immediately after the emperor. But
you haven't had time to finish your
dinner" said Napoleon. Pardon me.
sire" said the prince. II have profit
ed by experience: / dined before !
came"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-08-03

titles, appointed from Madrid. the
incumbent frequently changed with the
changes Of ministry These changes
nave been most prejudcal to the in
terests OF the islands; some CT the Gov
ernors have been provisional only, and
the uncertainty of their tenure has very
materially impaired their efficiency.
hach province has Lesser governor of
us own; each peblo a gobernadorcillo.
OF captain, species of alcalde who is
commonly mestizo or native Indian.
Inc Governor General commands the
army, but the fleet remains subject to-
the Ministry of Marine at Madrid, and
is under the orders Of the commandment
OF the station. The church is governed
by Metropolitan Archbishop at Liam
iia' with bishops for the most populous
''n 'o""l ecclesiastical au-
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-08-03


thority is mostly in the hands Of the
religious corporations of Augustine,
Dominican and Franciscan monks and
friars, whose members are legion.
Some eff the fraternities ard Of the indi
vidual monks have become most opu-
lent; their landed possessions immense,
their revenues enormous, the moras-
teries and converts almost palatial,
their equipages even costly and elab-
crate. That they have been the chief
civilizers of the Indians, that they have
repeatedly interviewed with good Offices
between the natives and their civil OPP
pressors, is undeniable At the same
time the records of the church in the
Philippines abound with evidences of
hostile and protracted controversies
with the authorities of the state, and
Of bitter contentious between the or
ders themselves.
The Climate
There are two seasons at Manila,
the wet and the dry, or the seasons of
the southwest and northeast monsoons.
Broadly speaking, the wet, or rainy
season, ushered in by the southwest
monsoon, is from June to November;
the dry season, when the northeast
monsoon prevails, is from November
to June.
In the wet season the country is in
undated, the roads become impossible,
and bridges disappear. The annual
rainfall at Manila is variously report
ed at from rs to 81 inches. The hot
test months are April and May; the
droughts are then long continued, and
accidents from fires are to be guarded
against; it ID then that the mosquitoes
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-08-03

fully reported) was valued at the fol-
lowing totals Exports, s33.149, 1884;
imports, s2S,529.777. The revenues of
The Spanish government from the is
lands in 1895 were estimated at some
thirteen and half millions; the ex-
penditures at but little less. Besides,
the products above specified, the yield
is abundant OF fruits. grown spontan-
as the orange, banana,
mango, pineapple, roseapple. mango
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-08-03

imposed by the government and en-
forced by extortionate officials, among
which, besides the grievous and unrea-
sonable pecuniary mulcts, was the cor
wee OF forty days labor for public pur-
poses which every man was compelled
annually to furnish. The grievance OF
the taxes was aggravated by the usu-
rious loans to which the natives were
compelled to submit to raise money,
and especially by the connscations of
-nrcncrtv which were rt-rrted to where
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-08-03
MORE ABOUT THE PHILIPPINES.
Racial, Commercial, Ehtical and Social Con-
ditiOns of the Inhabitants of
Those Islands

The Philippine group were discover
cd by an expedition under Magellan in
I52l, the islands, on the occasion of a
later expedition under Villabos, were
named Philippine in honor of the then
Prince of the Asturias, afterwards
Philip II. Manila was founded in 1871,
and since that date has been held by
the Spaniards, except for a brief in
terval between 1862 ard 1854, when it
was occupied by the British.
Situation. Topography.
The islands of the Philippine archi-
pelago are described by Sir John Bow
ring as "innumerable." Other author
tiles variously estimate them at from
4OO to 1000 in number. The eleven
most important, embracing some 95 per
cent of the total area computed at
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-08-03
q staff surgeon in the royal Swedish ar

q staff surgeon in the royal Swedish ar
my, who has been to the front with
Skaters army. has returned tempor-
arily to Washington, and called on
Surgeon General Sternberg. DR.. Rud-
berg took an active part in caring for
the sick and wounded on the battlefield,
and has nothing but words of admira-
ton and praise for the excellent and
skillful manner in which this was
done. BY the aseptic method Of treat
ig the wounded, many amputations OF
limbs found necessary in former wars
were entirely uncalled for in the pres
ant conflict
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-08-03
Population.

The population of all the islands is
probably between seven and eight mil
lions, but the estimates are NECESSARILY
somewhat conjectural in view of the
difficulty in computing the inhabitants
OF the remoter localities. OF this to-
tai not over 10000 are Spaniards. In
few days hence the American popula-
ton will number $4,000 men. The pop
ulation Of Manila in 1896 is stated by
Wakefield at 100000, including 10000
pure Celestials," $4,000 Chinese mes
tizos" Offspring of Chinese father
and an Indian mother), 1900 pure
Spaniardls and about the same number
of Spanish mestizos-of whom he saws
mot more than $50 settlers are of
European origin apart from Spaniards.
and the remaining 147,000 or there
abouts, are all natives of the Philip
pines" OF Cavite (Old and New Ca
vite) the population is said to be up
wards of 10000; of Iloilo some 10000:
of Cebu, 10000. OF the constituents of
he population in general, the Chinese
ind Chinese mestizos are the most val
liable. The Chinese, many of whom
nave acquired wealth, are the retail |
and the greater part of |
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-08-03

and white ants are most troublesome.
The coolest months are December and
February. when the freshness is crate
full at night. The average Temperature
OF the year is about so degrees. The
periods Of the changes of the mon
soons, In May TO June, and in Sep
TENDER to October. are marked by the
heaviest blows and thunderstorms.~
Cyclones. typhoons and hurricanes
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-08-03
An Interesting Japanese Custom.

At tte birth of a Japanese baby
tree Is planted, which must remain
untouched until the marriage day OF
the child. When the nuptial hour ar
rives, the tree is cut down. and skill
full cabinetmaker transforms the wood
into furniture. which Is considered by,
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-08-03


the local trade is in their hands. Their
arrival in the islands Is said to have
anticipated even the coming Of Ma
gellan. The mestizos furnish the edu-
Gated and professional class" hold most
of the minor Offices and with Indians
compose the army. The Indian OF
Manila is an indolent creature, given
up to gambling and cock fighting. The
Spaniards taught him gambling as we
taught our Indians the taste Of whisky.
OF the forms of gambling, cock-Hght-
ing is the most popular-is, indeed,
almost universal throughout the is
lands. The Philippine Indian, it is
said, is as much attached to his gallo
"as is a Bedouin Arab to his horse"
An early Spanish writer characterizes
the Indians as perpetual idlers, who
go from cockpit to cockpit, those uni
versities Of every vice" Investing in
lottery tickets sold on the streets is
also much favored, and the government
adds materially to its revenues by TAX
ing advantage Of these practices in
exacting license fees for the mainten-
ance CT places of gaming.