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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-01-12
Camp Alger.

Alger Camp No. 6, National League Of
Veterans and Sons held their first install
lation OF officers at their hall in the
Richardson block Friday evening, the
hall being crowded with members and
visitors. Comrade w. A. Richardson
acted as installing officer and discharged
his duties with the precision of an ex-
perfenced official. After the installation
Col. John Moyses was introduced as
POSTMASTER land in that happy manner
for which the Col. is noted, he kept his
audience in good humor and made the
evening short and pleasant one. Hon.
Jerome w. Turner was the first called
upon to respond to toast and as usual
Jerry" pleased the crowd immensely.
He was instrumental in locating camp
in Owosso and gave some very interest
ing facts relative to the history and bene.
fits of the organization. w. S. Carson
addressed the meeting and urged. the
members to be ever on the alert to in
crease the membership, thereby stimulat-
ing the power of the organization for
good work. Mayor Hume was called for
and entertained the party for half hour
with. droll stories and incidents of his
soldier life while a member of Pings
army.
The genial Doctors remarks kept the
audience in a roar and he succeeded in
convincing his hearers that one of his
speeches as remedy is far superior to
his medicine.
Capt. McCaughna, of Co. H, spoke of
the benefits OF the organization to soldiers
who had seen service in the regular army.
The occasion was enlivened by several
songs by Comrades Moyses and Van
Dyne.
While the organization is scarcely three
months old it has membership of over
100, and excellent prospects for prosper
Gus year.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-01-12
The latest x Ray Invention

Is the Endoscope, which is for the purpose
of examining the interior of the stomach.
IL Is claimed. that with this instrument, the
treatment of stomach troubles will be rev.
o zied as IL locates the cause of dis
ease. With due respect to science, how
ever, would state that the causes OF stomach
troubles have been~known for the past fifty
years, and likewise their cure, which is
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, a medicine
that has many imitatOrs, but no equals. lt
cures dyspepsia, indigestion, biiousness-
constipation, nervousness, insomnia. Ii al
so prevents malaria, fever and ague, and
keeps the bowels regular. When not feel.
ing right, take dose. 1t is the standard
medicine of the American people. Look
for Private Revenue Stamp over neck of
bottle
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-01-12

Th ere's story of farmer and his son
driving load to market. Of the team they
were driving one was steady reliable old
gray mare the other fractions, balky black
horse. On the way the wagon was stalled
and the black horse sulked and refused to
pull. "What'll we do father" said the
younger man. "Well' said the father, IL
guess we'll have to lay to lay the CAD on the
old gray" That homely compliment to
women: 1.-THE grey mares the better
horse" suggests how often when there's an
extra strain to be borne it is laid on the
wUman's back. How often she breaks
down at last under the added weight of
some ''last straw" Women who are drag
ging along YEARLY through life can gain
real strength by the use of DIR. Pierce's
Golden Medical discovery. 1t puts back in
concentrated form the strength making
material which working women use up
more rapidly than it can be restored by ma
ture in the ordinary processes of nourish-
ment and rest. DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pei
lets are universal favorites with women
because they are easy to take and thoroughly
effective in curing the consequences of con-
stipatiOn.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-01-12
respectfully submitted,
Board of Public Works,

John L. ASH, Sec.
Aid. Curry. chairman of the special committee
presented the following report and resolution
and moved they be adopted; motion prevailed;
'payes.9, nays 0.
Gentlemen:-Yourc committee to whom
was referred the matter of procuring a
clear title to Fayette Square, beg leave to
submit the following report. We have
turned over to Mr.. A. Lee Williams city
order for FIVE hundred and fifty dollars,
1850 and received from him deed for
one-sixth part of Fayette Square and q
deed for "The undivided four-sixth (4-6)
part of Fayette Square," Except such
portions Of said square as was conveyed
by A. L. and B. 0. Williams to Christ
Church, Owosso, September 3rd, A. d.,
1859, subject to the condition that the
City OF Owosso retain possession and
maintain said premises in perpetuity as a
: public park; and we submit herewith the
deeds, recorded by the Register of Deeds
of Shiawassee county.
The city, hereby, comes into posses
sion OF Fayette Square for park purposes
and the council can now improve and
beautify 1t as 1t deems best, from time to
time, knowing that they are doing so for
the benefit OF the people of the city.
Mr.. A. Lee Williams and the heirs of
the A. l.. and b. o. Williams estate. have
thus carried out the design OF the origin
al founders of the city and have decided a
beautiful and valuable piece of property
to be enjoyed and used as park in ali
time to come. In view of their generosi-
ty in the matter, be it hereby
Resolved, By the Common Council of
the City OF Owosso that in behalf of the
citizens of Owosso that we hereby extend
to Mr.. A. Lee Williams and the heirs OF
A. L. and b. O. Williams the thanks OF
the citizens Of the city for their munif.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-01-12
Patriarchs and Plebians.

IA local branch OF the above organic;
ton, mention Of which was made in
recent issue of TFE .owosso, TIMES wa
organized Monday evening. The follow
ing officers were elected and will be il
stalled next Tuesday evening:
Premier. r. Stockdale
Prof Notary-V. M. White
Past Premier-Mrs. Johnson
Prophet-Mrs. Marsh
Picket--Palmer DAILY
Pilot-Fred Green
Provost-Will Mathews
Patrol-Geo. White
Precentor-E. o. Dewey
Prefect-Mrs. Stark
Preservervor-Dr E., L. Wilson
Protector-E. o. Johnson
Provisor Nat Vernon, Mr.. Marsh
Purser-S. +. Henderson
Pennant-N. w. Kelley
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-01-12
Banker Routs A Robber.

j. X. Garrison. Cashier of the bank OF
Thornvile, Ohio, had beenr obbed of health
by a serious lung trouble until he tried DIR.
Kings New Discovery for Consumption.
Then he wrote: cit is the best medicine 1
ever used for severe cold or bad case OF
lung trouble. l always keep bottle on
hand" Don't suffer with Coughs. Colds, or
any Throat, Chest or lung trouble when you
can be cured so easily. Only SOC and Sl.00.
at j. s. Haggart and w. K. Collins & Co.
drug stores.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-01-12
MARRIAGE LICENSES.

NAME AND RESIDENCE. Aol
Carl Broker, Owosso .......... 2s
Charlotte Mueller, Owosso -. "a
Charles Dennison, Perry. :. -. 39
Emma NesbetL, Antrim. ...... 81
VIM. Flowers, Venice. .....,. 2S
3 Rena Gleason, Venice. ....... Is
Herman Miesen, Owosso ..... 81
Maggie M. George, Bennington. Is
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-01-12
s. s. S. FOR THE BLOOD

drives every of mpury the blood and in this way
permanently the most obstinate deepeted ulcer
the only blood remedy guaranteed purely vegetable and
tains not particle of potash other mineral
Contagious Blood Poison Scroua Cancer Catarh Eczema
Rheumatism Sores Ulcers Bos other blood trouble Insist
upon s. s. s.. nothing take its place.
Valuable books mailed free by Swift Specific Company Atlanta Ga
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-01-12
of s. s. S. /; every claim

made for It is backed up strongly by convincing
testimony of those who have been cured by it
and know of its virtues by experience
Mr.. L. J. Clark, of Orange Courthouse, Va, writes
''For six years had obstinate running ulcer my
ankle, which at times caused intense suffering.
disabled for long while that wholly unfit for
business One OF the best doctors treated constantly
but did good then tried various blood remedies
without the least benefit. s. S. highly recon-
uended that L concluded try it, and the effect
wonderful 1t seemed to get right at the seat of the
disease and force the poison out, and was
petely cured" Swift's Specific
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-01-12

People who never lose their temper seem
to have 1t always with them.
The little folks love DIR. Woods Norway
Pine Syrup. Pleasant to take; perfectly
harmless; positive cpte for coughs, colds,
bronchitis, asthma.
AS things go In this world, heaven help
those who have no desire to help them.
selves.
Scratch, scratch, scratch; unable TO at.
tend to business during the day or sleep
during the night. Itching piles-horrible
plague. Doon's Ointment cures. Never
fails. At any drug store, so cents.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-01-12

Some men labor very hard trying to live
without work.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-01-12

"He plays we'll that wins" Hoods, Sar-
saparilla wins the victory over disease be-
cause il possesses genuine curative power,
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-01-12
What We Eat.

Is intended to nourish and sustain us, but
it must be digested and assimilated before
1t can do this. In other words, the nourish-
ment contained in food must be separated
by the digestive organs from the waste ma
teriafs and must be carried by the blood to
all parts of the body. We believe the rea.
son for the great benefit which so many
people derive from Hoods Sarsaparilla lies
In the fact that this medicine gives good
digestion and makes pure, rich blood. Ii
restores the functions of those organs which
convert food into nourishment that gives
strength to nerve and muscles. 1t also
cures dyspepsia, scrofula, salt rheum, boils,
sores, pimples and eruptons, catarrh.
rheumatism and all diseases that have their
origin In impure blood.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-01-12
Common Council.
Common Council Chamber.
OwossO, Mich, Jan. 8, 1900.

Regular meeting of common council with the
Mayor A. M. Hume, presiding.
Aldermen present at roll call, Gould. COpas,
Mclean, Harmon, Jordan, Palmer and Walsh,
The minutes of the last meeting were read and
corrected and approved.
The following CLAIMS and accounts were pre-
sented and upon motion were referred to the
committee on claims and accounts.
From Contingent Fund-Fred Edwards II 20,
Times Printing Co. 10 u.s. OwossO Press Pub Co.
Is rs, j. ID. Royce 30. G. Lawrence co. John
Brooks & Son AZ SO, Geo. w. Loring II 20,
Police Fund.-. III. Ross "a 90, Geo. A. Griffith
"A 90. l.. II. Alderton "a 90, Al. Burke co. Owes.
so Press Pub Co. 70.
Frem Highway Fund-H. j. Shep l %, r. n.
& M. l.. Parshall 72.
Fire Dept, FUND.-. Murphy IS IS, Sprague &
Co.. so.
Light Fund-OwOsso Gas Light Co. 442.
From Water Works Fund.-. a. G. Electric Co.
90. John Brooks & Son 4 rs, o. & c. Electric
Go, 80, @. Lawrence O0. j. y. Hunt 30, Fred
Edwards 90.
Elm & Saginaw Street Sewer-J. & H. Friese-
ke11 10.
General Sewer-J, & III, Friseke OF.
Int. a. Sinking Funds-Home Savings Bank
3 AZ, Citizens Savings 81.
The city treasurer presented the following re-
port which upon motion was accepted and or
dered placed on file.
Cash on hand Dec. l, 1S99........ S2a,00i 81
Inv aac \
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-01-12
Sls,9sO 70

Cash on hand Jan l. 19O0...... S1g,9s0 20
THOMAS M. WILEY, City Treas.
The Board of Public Works submitted the fol.
lowing report which upon motion was accepted
and ordered placed or file.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-01-12
RUNNING SORE
ON HIS ANKLE.
After Six Years Of Intense
Suffering, Promptly Cured

Nv entire circulation is in depraved condition They
" Va Va "a drain the SYSTEM and
santy sappng away the vitality In every poison
be eliminated the blood and amount of external treatment
have effect
There uncertainty about the merits Of s. s. every claim
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-01-12

Aid. Palmer reported that In his judgment
the check given the city for lights out as report
cd by Aid. Copas was sufficient and moved that
the check be accepted; motion prevailed.
Aid. Copas moved the clerk send bill to the o..
q q. Electric 90. for lights out as reported by
the police; motion prevailed.
Aid. Copas, chairman Of the committee on
The Meeker herald., 1900-02-17
Vest wn. Disconfited.

"Arter Vest returned from the South
he commenced the practice of law at
Sed,.lia with John F. Phillips. Wilhelm
his office at Sedalia one day Vest told
mo this story: When boy at Frank
fori, just starting out on his career
of public speaking he penetrated the
knobs of Franklin county, Ky. He was
making speech to a small crowd
y hich had scattered about the stump
on which he stood. The audience
either sat or lolled back on the ground
while he spoke. AS he expressed it
afterward. he thought he was playing
the old Harry with the opposite side.
when. lat the height of what he consid-
cred splendid flight of oratory, some
long. lean, lank, one-gallused, shrill-
voiced fellow arose from a 1ounging
position about the middle Of the group
and said: Go it. my peckerwood,
Vests hair was very red. and he wore
a blue suit. He was knocked clear on
the stump and adjourned the meeting"
st. Louis Republic.
The Meeker herald., 1900-02-17

San Francisco, Gala. Feb. 8.-The
Sunset Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany with lines in California, Nevada
Arizona and Washington, has Just Is
sued and sold bonds amounting to 81,
900, 600, the proceeds of which are to be
used in extending the system. Among
the extensions contemplated very soon,
and which called for the issue of
bonds, is that for the line to Ogden and
Salt Lake. According to the manager
of this company, the Colorado Telc-
phone Company is to build to Salt Lake
or Ogden and there make the connec-
ton through to San Francisco. He
saws the Colorado company is also go
Ing to build toward Chicago and that
the Chicago company is ut the same
time coming west from its present
western terminus and that soon San
francisco and Denver and Chicago
will be connected.
The Meeker herald., 1900-02-17

A British soldiers letter relates how.
At Glencoe. As he was about to transhx
On elderly Boer with bayonst, his
ankle s'turned" and he fell. His op-
poasnt, with dubbed gun. came at him
vsngefully, but younger Boer inter-
vsned and averted the impending blow.
the older man, still implacable. strove
to accomplish his purpose. but the
pleadinss Of the younger prevailing, he
turned wrathfully away. His preserver
propped the Englishman against a
rock, refreshed him from his water
bottle, land them" concludes the SOL
der, "he gives me a cigar and carries
me on his back down the hill. When
he gets to the bottom he puts me down
and says, They'll flnd you here all
right Then he shakes my hand and
bolts, and our patrol soon picked me
up." One hopes that the mercy and
humanity displayed by this chivalroua
Boer may be shown him, should his
needs ever require them.
The Meeker herald., 1900-02-17
PARIS ERlvoL,r,Es
Fin DsbbIss OF Genius, skating STAN
and Jewels.

ahn JoW0A. |||I
I'VE had fewer New Years cards
this year than ever before" writes Fin
in a letter from Paris to the New York
Commercial Advertiser. ''It Is not at
all chautelaire to send shop-made I'M
ages to ones friends. and only the
poets and the authors and the painters
send cards now. Ordinary persons
content themselves by posting their
ordinary visiting cards, with a few
words of greeting, and perhaps wee
photograph of the sender placed in one
corner OF the card. But If one is
personage-ah! then 1t Ii done differ
emily. One paints charming little
picture and has it reproduced on as
many cards as one wishes to send
away: or one writes some pretty little
triolets and has them printed In gold
and powdered with diamond dust, OF
one writes touching and beautitu'
little story suitable for New Years
reading and has 1t printed and bound
for private circulation. All this for
the friends of clever folks. II one is
not a celebrity or the cherished friend
of a celebrity one Is forgotten In these
days. But If we have not had New
Years cards we have had skating. and.
as you know, skating In Paris Is pic
turesque proceeding always. but es-
pecially SO this season, as the 'batons
de vclours' velvet s.affs) Of the second
empire have been revived, and added
much to the beauty of the scene at the
Horseshoe pond on the Bots de Bou-
logne. These staffs were brought into
use by the poor Empress Eugene when
that exalted unfortunate took her first
lessons In skating. The empress had
two instructors. but etiquette forbade
their holding the hands of their pupil
to guide her uncertain glides over the
ice. M. Carter was at that time the
king of skaters, and he invented the
stan. which consisted of stout rod
covered with wadded velvet. The ends
of the rod were held by two professors.
while the empress, placing her hands
in the center and leaning her weight
upon 1t. was supported and guided
without having occasion to touch the
skating masters. The stats have ap-
peared this season in great numbers
and are of all colors, but bright red
and blue predominant. 1t is impos-
sible. ma chere. to imagine anything
prettier than pretty woman holding
one of thes,, stats and accompanied by
two beaux cavaliers, gliding birdlike
over the ice. Do not say, Birds do not
glide always think of seagulls when
see fine skating. have seen a won
derful Jewel in the Rene de Ia Paix. 1t
is pigeon-blood ruby. surrounded by
smaller rubies. to represent burning
flame. the shape of the flame being out
lined in brilliants Of exceptional bril-
liancy and beauty. Beneath the flame
and attached by an invisible gold
thread is large moth composed OF
curious gray crystal found In the
mountains OF America-on dit-and
surrounded by diamonds. the filmy
outstretched wings also Of diamonds.
with an outline Of paIe-colored emer-
aids! VOLTA, est-ce-beau?"
The Meeker herald., 1900-02-17

Nv law of Iowa, no intoxicants can
he sold within three miles of the State
Agricultural School. The friends OF
the State University, at Iowa City, are
naturally asking why that institution
should not be equally protected. In
Boston. no saloon Is permitted within
three hundred feet Of a schoolhouse
Thus the question of prohibition bal
snces itself on compromises. License
and local option both imply the right
of restriction, partial or entire. Wheth-
er deemed necessary or unnecessary,
the drinking habit is generally under
suspicion and Is felt to be an evil.
The Meeker herald., 1900-02-17

They say that only 10 per cent Of the
people in New York belong to the
churches. The trouble 10 we need
more Churches of the Best Licks and
less of the fashionable meeting places
where women come to show their
gowns and where men come to hide
their infquity. On the whole the peo-
Pile outside the churches are not to
blame. Let evil quit the New YORK
churches and good will come In.
The Meeker herald., 1900-02-17

velvril is the name by which a new
substitute for rubber and guttapercha
In to be known. 1t Is to be used largely
for deep-sea cable insulation, to take
the place Of rubber. The desira-
bility Of such substitute being found
II seen in the fact that one cable re-
Gently laid required over 500 tons OF
rubber, or one-afth Of the annual out
put for its insulation. The new insu-
lator is a mixture Of nitrated linseed.
or castor Oil, with nitro-cellulose. This
gives q homogeneous mass. the elastic
and other properties of which can be
modified by changes In the proportions
Of the constituents. A good imitation
of Para rubber is secured by mixing
two pints Of nltrated oil with one pins
OF nitro cellulose. Castor oil yields
better results than linseed oil. The
elasticity of the product is rs per cent.
1t is said to be more durable than rub
ber. and it can be nodded under heat
and pressure or worked by dissolvinE
in any suitable solvent. and then eyap-
Grating the solvent. velvril Is claimed
to be superior to vulcanized rubber, In
that 1t is without action on copper. II
appears to possess many advantages
but satisfactory information us to Its
cost of production Is not yet forthcom
ing. The purposes for which 1t Is ex-
pected to be specially adapted are ma
chine betting, the manufacture of port.
manteaus, camping-out sheets, loir
cloths for horses, balloon materials
hose and tubing, carding wire founda-
tons for. spinning rollers, floor cover
ings, paints, enameled leather and fish
ing lines. 1t is non-explosiye. and moi
more iuHammable than other kindred
organic products.
The Meeker herald., 1900-02-17

The greatest judge that the world
has ever known is the American citizen
standing in an election booth ready to
mark his ballot. On the justice Of his
decision hangs the destiny of the
greatest nation on which the sun ever
shone. II every voter understood his
awful responsibility. our institutions
would last into the centuries. But
alas! the sacredness of the ballot box
IL thoughtlessly violated by too many
voters.
The Meeker herald., 1900-02-17

Because a political party dominates
= bad man for constable 1T is no good
reason why adherents of that party
should be expected to vote for him.
Vote down bad men on all occasions.
The Meeker herald., 1900-02-17

Mayor Payment OF Ottawa, Ont..sives
each soldier who goes to the front from
the Canadian capital the sum of SIS.
Never, perhaps, was the old query OF
whats In a name?" more effectively
answered.
The Meeker herald., 1900-02-17

The Merchants Association of New
York has sent Il protest to the Western
Classification committee Mt ChicagYa.
against the new classification which<s
has recently been adopted for all rail
roads west of the Mississippi river.
The Meeker herald., 1900-02-17

Appendicitis has become such
common disease that it Is now within
the reach OF all, and is breaking into
the free wards OF the hospitals-
The Meeker herald., 1900-02-17

Tho Beers can always find the time
70 lay aside their Bibles whenever
there Is chance to take crack at
Britisher.
The Meeker herald., 1900-02-17

Every man owes something to him
self, but it's what he owes to other mer
that causes all the trouble.
The Meeker herald., 1900-02-17

Some men work themselves to death
trying to keep up payments on their
life insurance.
The Meeker herald., 1900-02-17

A. . rule the woman who is her own
drsssmaker gets into many bad hab-
itS.
The Meeker herald., 1900-02-17

Tho street vender's business Is moro
OF . calling than trade.
The Meeker herald., 1900-02-17

The man who has nothing to be
proud OF Is apt to be proud of that.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-25
DIVORCE AN ABOMINATION.
Bishop Leonard, of Ohio, Criticises
the Systemt and Also the Bill
board Bictures.

Bishop Leonard, of the Episcopal
diocese of Ohio, in an address TO the
city ministers union Of Cleveland, crit
icised present-day church methods in
a severe manner. He denounced the
divorce system in the strongest terms,
md gave it as his opinion that the walls
~ the home are crumbling In conse-
lueuce II the extent to which the sys
TEN is carried.
Marriage after divorce he said, "is
nothing but polygumy. legal polygamy
in the sight Of man, perhaps; but an
abomiuation IN the sight of God"
From divorce Bishop Leonard turned
to bill boards, aud said that the dis
plays on some Of them were enough to
bring the blush of shame to the cheek
Of maiden, and that they ought TO be
abolished.
There is less spirituality to-day" he
said. than formerly. The religious
life Is too secuarizcd. and for this the
churches are themselves responsible
II is little wonder that the churches are
not filled. In former days men could
no, be seen driving through the parks
on Sunday. This is n practice that
should be stopped and cannot be too
severely condt mned."