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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-11-30
No Reciprocity.

Annie Nibbns is the meanest END
of a gossip"
What variety is that"
"She's the kind that doesn't tell any
thing herself. but gets you to tell all
you now."-Chicago Record.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-11-30
Bulldogs as Table Delicacies.


Here Is an amusing episode In con-
nection with Ii Hung Chang's visit to
Europe in 1896. The chancellor, out
of respect to General Gordon, had
placed wreath at the foot Of his
monument in Trafalgar square. The
Gordon family were much touched by
this homage, and wished to find some
means of reciprocating. In vain they
cudgeled their trains for suitable
present until a nephew of Gordon, a
great lover Of dogs, was suddenly
struck with the idea Of presenting to
Ii Hung Chang remarkable prize
bulldog of which he was the owner. 1t
was sent to I'll Hung Chang just
as he was embarking on his return to
China Some months later came the
following acknowledgment: II was
much touched by the splendid present
yor have been good enough to make
me: the beast was magnificent. Tn
fortunately. my digestion Is not equal
to such a delicacy, but my suits en-
joyed 1t very much."
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-11-30
CASTo7IA a.
Bear. tn. Hm' KIND You Have Always s''fS
''s. 81 &xAzIAsr
Not to He Encouraged.

ENVs 10 NC H1"CO"H"BNUs
"What do you think of a man who
regularly carries his business home
with him?'
"Well, that depends. Now, If mans
business Is to sell liquor, for instance.
it isn't just the thing for him to take
great deal of it home with him every
night Boston Transcript
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-11-30
Iell-O. The New Dessert.

plea>eS a. the family. -Four havors:-
Lemon Orange, Raspberry and Sua~Deiry.
At your grocerS 10 cts. Try 1t today
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-11-30

some magazine poetry should be
used as ammunition for magazine
guns.
The man who is unable to find his
match may have to go to bed In the
dark
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-11-30
probate Order.

State of Michigan County of Shiawassee, SIS
AT session OF the Probate Court for the
county OF Shlawassee held at ire PROBATE once
yemocr, In the year one Thousand nine hun
Present. Matthew Bush, Judge OF Probate.
In the matter of the estate of Franklin J.
Snyder, deceased; Eugenia NJ Snyder as adj
ministratrix OF said estate having rendered 10
this court her final account.
II Is ordered, that the nth day OF December
1ext az ten o'clock in the forenoon, AT said
Frooate once be appointed for examining ana
allowing said account.
and u Is further ordered, that copy OF thl,
-oraer De published three successive weeks
Rrevlous TO said day of hearing In THE Owossc
lin LIN hs, newspaper printed and circulating IN
said county OF Shiawassee.
MATTHEW BUSH,
Judge Of Probatf.
Probate Register.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-11-30
VT Toledo, Saginaw & Muskeaan Division
SLEEPING AND pARlOR CAR SERVICE.

1908 q. m. train has Parivr car to Grand Raj
Ids Extra charge % cents
7:17 p. m. train has Parlor car to Grar1 Hav'
en-. Extra charge rs cents.
EASTBOUND.
y:05 a. m. train has Parlor Car to Detroit. Ex-
ira charge 2S cents. Pullman Parlor car. Dt
troit to Toronto, connecting with Sleeper for
the eAst and New York. Connects with Y.
g. f. division at Durand for Chicago and Pt
huron and with c., 8. q M division for Saginaw
and Bay City.
e:O4 o. m. train has Parlor car to Detroit. E1
TIA charge 25 cents and Pullman Sleeping car
Detroit to Toronto, Suspension Bridge, Buffalo
Philadelphia and New York Connects at Du
rand with c., y. and M. div. for Saginaw anc
Bay City and with O. & q. T. for PIT Huron ano
Battle Creek.
Alb. CONVEY. Agent, Owosso.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-11-30


urine scalds the flesh or II, when the child
reaches an age when 1t should be able 10
control the passage, 1t is yet afflicted with
bed-wetting, depend upon It. the cause a
the difficulty Is kidney trouble, and the firse
step should be towards the treatment a
these important organs. This unpleasant
trouble Is due to diseased condition of tho
kidneys and bladder and not to a habit q
most people suppose.
Women as well as men are made mis-.
cradle with kidney and bladder trouble,
and both need the same great remedy.
The mild and the immediate effect q
Swamp-Root is soon realized. 1t is sold
by druggists, in fifty EE
cent and one dollar 64ajI5EssE ASs:.::fEE:5s
sizes. You may have u s ss,:
sample bottle by mail ~ hs.s:ss
free, also pamphlet tell Home of swampRoca
ing all about it, including many of the
thousands of testimonial letters received
from sufferers cured. In writing DR.. Kilme9
& Co., Binghamton. N. Y, be sure and
mention this paper.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-11-30
Women as Well as Men
Are Made Miserable by
Kidney Trouble.

Kidney trouble preys upon the mind. d.
courages and lessons ambition; beauty vigoe
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-11-30

skin active and healthy and IN proper
condition to perform its part towards
carrying off the impurities from the body.
If you have Eczema, letter, Acne, Salt
Rheum, Psoriasis, or your skin is rough
and pimply, send for our book on Blood
AID Skin Diseases and write our physi-
cians about your case. No charge what
ever for this service.
SWIFT SPECIFIC COMPANY, ATLANTA, GA.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-11-30
Eternal vigilance 70 the I7ri00
of a beautiful COnspIexiOn

purifes an d invigo-
rates the old an d
makes new, rich blood
that nourishes tn e
body and keeps the
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-11-30
$780,.
DR.. e. De,chon's Anti s,ure,c

May be worth to you more than 800 II you
have child who soils bedding from inconten--
once of water during sleep Cures old and
Young alike. 1t arrests the trouble at once. VI.
Sold by johnson 8 Henderson. druggist.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-11-30
BAD BLOOD,
BAD COMPLEXION.

The skin is the seat of an almost end
less variety of diseases. They are known
by various names, but are all due to the
same cause, acid and other poisons in
the blood that irritate and interfere with
the proper action of the skin.
To have smooth, soft skin, free from
all eruptions, the blood must be kept pure
and healthy. The many preparations of
arsenic and potash and the large number
of face powders and lotions generally
used in this class of diseases cover up
for a short time, but cannot remove per-
manently the ugly blotches and the red,
dis6guring pimples.
Eternal vigilance 10 the S,ri00
of a beautiful complexion
when such remedies are relied on.
Mr. II. T. Shobe, 77o4 Lucas Avenue, St Louis,
Mo, says: my daughter was afflicted for years
with dishguring eruption on her face, which
resisted all treatment She was taken to two
celebrated health springs, but received no bene-
fit. Many medicines were prescribed but with
out result, until we decided to try S. S. S. and by
the time the first bottle finished the eruption
began to disappear A dozen bottles cured her
completely and left her skin perfectly smooth:
She Is now seventeen years old, and not sign OF
the embarrassing disease has ever returned"
S. S. S. is a positive, unfailing cure for
the worst forms of skin troubles. 1t is
the greatest of all blood purifiers, and the
only one guaranteed purely vegetable.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-01-29
Lights XIII the Birds.

Scarcely a morning passes but
quite a number of birds, large and
small. are picked up in the courtyard
of the city hall in more or less injured
condition. Some dying, some dead.
They are birds usually found some dis
tance away in the country. Linnets,
finches, yellow birds, even occasionally
biackbirds, robins and larks. 1t is sup
posed that they are attracted by the
brilliant electric lights around the base
OF the Penn statue. 1t is a well-known
fact that at the foot of the statue of
liberty in New York harbor hundreds
of birds are picked up every year.
They have flown with such force
against the metal figure while blinded
by the intense light as to kill them
selves.-PhiladeJphia Inquirer.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-01-29
A Remarkable Charity.

An appeal has appeared in Berlin
contemporary fer remarkable char
ity. Some two hundred years ago,
says the Jewish World, when the Ber-
lin community was still very small,
pious Jews founded society in con-
nection with the religious service
then held by mourners at break of
dawn. In order, however, to enable
the poor to observe the seven days of
mourning for relatives with some de-
gree of comfort, the following scheme
was devised and which is still, we be-
lieve, in use in other towns besides
Berlin. Two boxes fitted with one
and the same key were sent to the
house of the mourner. In the first
was purse the mourner had to emp
ty. If in need he retained as much
of the money as he required; if in fair
circumstances he could put the money
in the second box, and even, if he
chose, augment the sum from his
pocket. None but the administrative
committee had therefore an inkling
of who had given or who had taken.
For discretion, simplicity and trust
in human goodness this Jewish char
ity cannot well be xcelled.-London
Globe.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-01-29
Didn't Know KiDlinp,

Mr.. Howells has lately spoken of
Rudyard Kipling as the most famous
man in the world today. 1t would, in
deed, be difficult to suggest man
whose name is more widely known.
The following story is a curious COM
mentary on the value Of fame: Dur
ing Kipling's illness, Henry James, the
American author, was one night driv-
Ing home in a cab from his club in
London. The news had just come that
the crisis was past and the great writer
was on the road to recovery. AS he
stepped out on the sidewalk, Mr.. James
handed the paper he had bought to the
cabman. "Kiplings all right" he said
The cabman took the paper and leaned
down with puzzled look on his face
Il don't seem to know the name O. the
'oss" he said.-St. Louis Republic.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-01-29
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Every adverse wind that blows upon
the gold standard gives it a chill that
endangers its vitality. To mention
silver is to throw it into spasms call
ing for n rush of all sorts of physi-
clans, even testers, to restore it to life
and jubilation. Another blow is given
it from an unexpected adversary who
does not mention the bugbear of sill
yer, but makes it feel the same cold
chills.
Count Won Posadowsky- Wehner, the
German minister of the interior be-
came a2 open hereto in the presence
of Andrew d. White, U. S. Ambassador
at Berlin, and of other dignitaries of
the German empire, all of whom
agreed with him, at least, nobody dis
puted him.
''If this unterbilanz (meaning bal
ance of trade'') against Germany con-
tinues, says he, eve shall have to drop
the gold standard" Here is a nice ad-
mission. The gold standard then, is
not the creator of a balance of trade
in favor of the nation adopting it. 1t
certainly is not, in fact it is and al
ways has been the direct opposite. The
fact that the balance of trade has been
so enormously in favor of the United
States during the past two years, is
wholly due to our enormous produc-
tions and not to the gold standard
That 1t is not due to the gold standard
is evident from the remarks of the
German count whose grievance arises
out of the fact that the gold standard
gives balance of trade against Ger
many. and if it keeps on he will drop
it. The counts declaration was di-
rected at the United States, and he de-
sired some advantageous commercial
treaty which would equalize this bal
ance of trade, that is, give Germany
an advantage by reducing the balance
in our favor
European financiers, as we'll as some
OF our own, regard the enormous sum
of about six hundred millions of dol
lars, the annual balance of trade in
our favor, very good thing for the
country, too much, in fact, for If it
be continued several years longer, it
Will absorb all the money in the
world. But when we investigate. it is
discovered that our balance of trade
is as fictitious as the quantity of our
circulating medium. In 1889, the
balance of trade in our favor was in
excess of six hundred and sixteen mil
lions of dollars in gold. AS matter
of fact, deducting from the amount of
gold actually received, the total
amount of our exports, there was only
about eighty millions balance, and that
was not all coined as the mint reports
show. 1t goes, some say, towards pay
ing interest on our Indebtedness
abroad, expenses of Americans in Eu-
rope, steamship passages, ETC., etc. 1t
certainly never gets into circulation,
for our money stock, instead of in
creasing, is being constantly con-
tracted, and our debts are increasing
faster than our output of gold and bal
ance of trade combined. The impe-
rial minister of the German interior
is undoubtedly correct in his evident
belief that the dropping of the gold
standard would restore the balance OF
trade in favor of Germany, a result
that would be experienced in every
producing nation in the world.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-01-29

There is a decidedly humorous side
which occasionally comes to light in
connection with the undertakings of
municipal corporations, but the action
of the enterprising city fathers of a
small Hungarian town is certainly
unique. The mayor and whole town
council, consisting Of eight members,
formed themselves into band of forg-
ers, and carried on thriving business
in the town hall, manufacturing paper
notes current in Austria, which they
circulated pretty extensively A work
shop, well fitted with the necessary
implements, was fixed up in a cellar
Of the town hall, and they actually set
policemen to guard the door while they
were at work. This remarkable state
of affairs existed for over a couple OF
years, when the business was detected,
the mayor and councillors fighting like
professional brigands on being ar
rested
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-01-29
CHICAGO PLATFORM.
NEVER CAN BE SEPARATED
FROM DEMOCRACY.
1t Came from the People as Protest
Against C1evelandism, CarIisleism,
Whitneyism and Wall Streetism-with
1t Reafiirmed the Party VIII Win.

In 1896 a large number of people
had become restless under, and dissat-
isfied with, the management of these
commercial politicians who had con-
trolled party organizations, and con-
cluded to take matters into their own
hands. The Chicago convention, rep
resenting a great party, took that par
ty out of the gambling arena of the
stock markets, and put it once more
on the high plane of public welfare.
With their eyes on the future, with the
voices of their ancestors and the pa
triots of '76 in their ears, and with the
weight of the heritage they should
leave to their children resting on their
hearts, they presented as issues funda-
mental truths. AS champion they Sc
lected a statesman from the west, with
clear brain and honest heart and de-
voted to the interests of the people.
Since that time these professional is
sue makers have had dull market for
their productions. Lately they have
been trying to persuade the allied
forces of reform that a new set of prin-
ciples is needed. We have re-eXamined
the construction of the Chicago pro-
duction and the material of which it is
made. 1t does not show evidence of
wear or indication of decay. 1t has in
1t life, power and purpose. It's cham
pion has been tried and has been
found to be true in purpose and intent.
We are not much impressed by any
reason advanced for laying aside the
platform of the standard-bearer. These
commercial agents have abandoned
the idea of new construction and set
up repair shop. They have been to
see MIR. Bryan to persuade him to give
his consent to their employment to
make few trif1ing changes. In their
ignorance of the principles upon which
the structure was builded, in utter mis-
conception of the character and ability
OF its architect, they advise the changes
that would destroy the structure. 1t
is time to remember that intellectual
fcrce, that motives, that moral respon-
sibilities, are individual. There is no
intellectual power in n corporation.
The motives of every such organiza-
tion are the motives of individuals.
The moral responsibility must be paid
upon the individuals. Make what legal
restrictions and limitations you can,
what good are the restrictions and lin
itations if the individuals that fur
nish the intellect and the motives are
able to escape observation, retain what
they extort from their victims by the
aid of these monsters, and preserve
their standing among their fellow
men?-A. ]. Van Vorhis.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-01-29
AGUINALDO'S PROPOSITION.

New York, Nov. 23.-A letter to the
World from its Hongkong correspond
ent, under date of Oct. 10, gives re-
markable interview with Aguinaldo.
The interview, according to the corre-
spondent, comes from an American
who has lived for years in the Philip
pines and has known Aguinaldo for a
long time. He has been through the
lines and has been two weeks with the
insurgent commander-in-c chief.
This American is a business man
with several correspondents on tho
New York Produce Exchange and
agent of one of the firms running a
line of steamers to Manila. For years
he was Philippine agent of Russell
& Co., of Hongkong, San Francisco,
New York and Boston.
According to the interview Agui-
willing to repay the $20000000 which
the United States paid to Spain for thxl
Philippines, and will consent to Amen.
ican soldiers remaining in Manila till
the debt is Cancelled. He wants re-
public to consist of a president, con-
gress and judiciary, the president to be
elected by the votes of the people, the
congress to be chosen in the same
manner from all the Philippine ISL
ands; a judiciary to be appointed by
the president or by the senate; local
governments in all districts and cities
to be elected by the legal voters there
of; the American soldiery to be with
drawn with some exceptions) from
the country; to satisfy the American
people subsidy on the receipts from
the customs and exports to pay the
American government $20,000,000 the
amount paid Spain; also the taxes of
real estate and personal estates to be
dedicated to the same, and all to be
repaid in five years; American SOL
diers (the number to be agreed upon)
to remain at Manila until this debt is
paid, then to be withdrawn from the
island.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-01-29
SCENERY
Now Painted Upon Tough Brown Paper
for Portability.

Except as regards the part that
mechanism plays, the scenic artists of
Italy are the best in the world as ef-
fective painters, and the fact is so we'll
recognized in these days of almost all
scenery being done by contract--a res
Sent scenic artist is getting to be a
rarity-that great trade OF this sort
has sprung up between the painters of
Italy and the managers everywhere.
And this is particularly so as regards
companies that come to America. So
heavy has been the cost of transport
ing tons of scenery. and so exacting
have the customs officials been of late
years, that the generality of managers
at one time found it cheaper to have
new scenes painted after they arrived.
But the Italian system has largely
done away with all this, for it includes
the painting of the scenery on large
sheets Of peculiarly tough sort of
brown paper, these being numbered
and Joined together with unerring ac-
curacy. A recent grand opera produc-
ton In this country depended scenic
ally upon these sheets of paper alone,
and not even the oldest playgoer in
the house could distinguish any pecu-
liarity. OF course, the sheets are
spread upon canvas in the ordinary
way, and a "toucher-up" Is required
after they are spread, but the system
is imenseful useful when new pro-
duction is taken from one capital to
another at great distance, and the
Italian artists are sending their sheets
to managers all over the world.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-01-29

The most forlorn object in Atchison
at present is man who is visiting his
kin. He is accompanied by his wife.
She is being taken around to after
noon parties and is receiving and re-
turning calls. She has the appearance
of being in her element. He wanders
up ono side of the street and down the
other until meal time. In the evening
he feels like talking, having been lone
some all day, but the men of the
household have been working all day,
are tired and go to bed, and the wom-
en- are being entertained" so he
goes to bed at $50 o'clock. .-Atchiso
Globe.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-01-29
To Stop Nose Bleeding.

Bleeding of the nose is often very
difficult to stop, but the efficacy of the
following method is vouched for by a
correspondent of the New York Times.
The writer says: Cut some blotting
paper about an inch square, roll it
about the size of a lead pencil, and
put 1t up the nostril that is bleeding.
The hollow in it will allow the sufferer
to breathe; the blood will fill the space
between the tub, and the nose, and
will very soon coagulate and cease to
doWn
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-01-29
NO DEAD ISSUES.

| The American people have always
been confronted with political issues of
vital importance to government
the beginning of the nation to the pres
ent day, not single question con-
cerning the people, or bearing upon
their welfare and proper manner of
government, may be said to have been
abandoned or cast out into any fancied
Gehenna of dead, extinct issues. An
issue can only die, become extinct,
when a radical change in our form of
government makes it treason to broach
it, or impossible to maintain it.
The principles of human freedom,
equal rights and political liberty rest
upon so slender foothold, so delicate
ly are they balanced in the scale of hu-
man ambition and greed. that it be-
hooves a free people to beware of be-
ing caught mapping when the bogie
man of Imperialism comes prowling
about with the intent to subvert or un-
dermine their liberties.
Because a certain issue is not con-
stantly reiterated is not reason why
that issue has been abandoned, or even
substituted by other issues. National
autonomy, and the integrity of our ma
tional existence upon the lines estab-
lished in the constitution. which was
and is but the fulfillment of the princi-
pies given to the world in the declara-
tion of independence, are issues not to
ho frrt a l. II
italities and covert sneers of derision.
They are living issues and draw with
them all other issues in any man
ner pertaining to them.
The people know where the Demo-
cratic party stands on the silver ques-
ton; they know that the Chicago plat
form enunciated a financial doctrine
incapable of being argued out of ex-
istence because of it's vital importance
to the welfare of the whole people,
and t,sc. fact that it is not dead issue
is patent from the continued efforts of
the Republican party to keep alive the
issue of the gold standard, with it's
most radical and pernicious results.
Having established that financial tru-
ism, 1t is assumed that the Democratic
party should become blind to all other
issues, and forsake those which are
also of the greatest moment, and of the
most vital Importance. inasmuch as
they are pressing upon .he people with
all the power Of an administration
which assumes upon itself all of the
prerogatives of government, to the ex-
clusion of its other coordinate
branches.
Whatever issues are of material in
terest to the welfare of the people are
within the province and policy of the
party of Jefferson, of Washington and
Lincoln, and it purposes to include
those issues as living issues whether
sounded through a trumpet or implied
In its opposition to any and all meas
ures foisted upon the people under the
guise of loyalty to President McKin-
ley or the Empress of India. Let all