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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-11-02
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that
Contain Mercury

as mercury will surely destroy the sense OF
smell and completely deraDge the whole
system when entering 1t through the mucous
surfaces. Such articles should never be
used except on prescriptions from reputable
physicians, as the damage they will do is
ten fold to the good you can possibly derive
from them. Halls Catarrh Cure, manu-
featured by +. j. Cheney q Co., Toledo, o.,
contains no mercury, and is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. In buying Halls
Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genuine.
1t is taken internally, and made in Toledo,
Ohio, by r. j. Cheney & Co. Testimonials
free.
Sold by Druggists, price 75c. per bottle.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-11-02
GENERAL HowARp's SPEECH.

Famous Old Fighter Gave a Stirring,
Patriotic Address IN the Armory Satur-
day Night to the Largest and Most En-
thusiasiic Audience Which has Greeted
Any Speaker During the present Cam
paign.
There was no question about the
audience being with the famous one
armed old veteran commander, General
0. D. Howard, Saturday night when he
faced the largest audience in the armory
which has assembled in this county this
year to listen to any political address.
The audience was with HIM from the
start and so thoroughly with him that
even the boys who helped out the APP
plause with tin horns quickly took the
kindliest sort of hint that the noise
from those instruments was little
sharp and confined their cheering to
other sorts of noise.
The General referred to himself near
the outset of the address saying that he
had applied for command at the out
break of the war but whether it should
be charged up to Secretary Alger or to
President Mckinley, he had certainly
been unable to get assigned to field duty.
He then told how he undertook the
work of the Christian Commission and
went south to make the army life easier
and better for the boys. His story of
the cheers which were given him after
he had addressed southern regiment
in its camp in the south. and of how at
his suggestion they cheered the old flag
as heartily as they had just cheered
him told eloquently of country once
divided which is now united.
If the boys of thirty and forty years
ago had been taught properly the ma
ture of this government, said the gener-
al, there wouldn't have been any popu-
lism in the land. He then proceeded to
give an exposition of the nature of the
government of the United States des-
cribing it as an equilateral triangle with
the executive, the ltgs alive and the
judicial departments as he three equal
sides of the figure IN considering the
legislative side vi tt, government. he
took up the senate first and refuted
disdainfully the idea that the senate of
the United States was made Up in the
majority, of anything but the best state
manship which this country or any
other in the world could produce. A
number of the senators had at some
time in their college courses been class
mates of his or had been associated
with him in other work The house of
representatives, too, he declared was
not excelled in integrity, or in the exer-
else of wise craftsmanship by any
other lower house in the world. So in
the judiciary and in the various depart
ments of the executive branch of the
government The duty of each was
most briefly touched on while from his
rich store of personal knowledge he
spoke of the virtues of the men who
were in them serving their country.
Other American institutions besides
these branches of the government were
taken up and the American family,
the American schools, the American
churches, and those allied institutions,
the Masonic, Odd Fellow and other fra
:-ruhioS w"ro considered The last of
the l., l.uio,l> nsidered under the
different parts OF the American govern
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-11-02
Opportunities For business.

During the past year the Chicago %
North Western Railway Company built 474
miles of new line through the most fertile
portions of Iowa and Minnesota. These
new lines OF railway are now in full opera
ton and are dotted with promising towns,
which are trade centers for we'll located
communities. A descriptive pamphlet with
a list OF the business opportunities in each
town may he obtained upon application to
agents of the Chicago & North Western
Railway or to w. B. Kniskerr, General
Passenger 4 Ticket Agent, Chicago, Ill.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-11-02
Southwest Shiawassee

Delayed letter.
James Worden is preparing to move
to Morrice the latter part of the week
Mrs. VIM. Scollon and son. Roy,
have returned home from weeks visit
with relatives in Saginaw county
Last Thursday young son arrived at
Mr.. McElroy's-Mrs DR.. Cook. OF
Morrice, visited Wednesday at p. Jor-
dan's-Will Jordan made a business
trip to Rush township Saturday--The
corn huskers are putting in their work
pretty lively, the only hindrance TO the
work being an occasional yell for a
favorite candidate, or spirited political
argument--Mrs. F. Mccartney, of
Rush, and Mrs M. F. Conley, of Hazel
ton, returned to their homes Sunday
after weeks visit at their old home.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-11-02

Remember that according to his own
statement the election of the democrat
nominee for prosecuting attorney will mean
that the Office OF the county prosecutor will
be In Durand. Any one who thinks thatj'
will be very convenient thing for the tax
payers OF this county to be compelled to, go
TO Durand, away from all the other county
offices every time the prosecuting attorney
Is to be consulted, will be excused OF course
for voting TOR the democratic nominee, A.
though the inpxperience ~ the young m an
who occul les that pnsltion might we'll In
duce few other careful voters who wish
to save the county money to vote for IN,
repub, can candidate insteaa.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-11-02

Greatly reduced one-way and round
trip second class rates will be in effect
from Chicago via Wisconsin Central
Railway, to points in Minnesota, North
Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Oregon,
Washington and British Columbia each
Tuesday during October and November:
For detailed information inquire OF
nearest ticket agent, or address
Jas c. Pond, Gen'l Pass. Agent,
Milwaukee. Wis.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-11-02
Republican Meetings.

Venice Town Hall-Friday, Novem.
Der 2. H. H. Pulver.
Perry-Friday, November 2, H, r.
Pattengill.
Pittsburg-Friday, November 2, G.
w. Cook, G. M. Hamper.
Henderson-Monday, November 8,
H. H. Pulver, Odell Chapman.
Shaftsburg-Saturdav, November 3,
G. w. Cook, c. M. Hamper.
Shiawassee Town Hall-Saturday
November 8, A. f. Richards.
Laingsburg-Saturday November 3,
II. r. Pattengill.
Morrice-Saturday, November 3, Fred
H. Allen.
Chaplin, Friday, Nov. 2.-Hon. j. W.
Fordney and Hon. Watts S. Humphrey,
2 p. m.
Oakley, Friday, Nov. 2.-Hon. j. w.
Fordney and Hon. Watts s. Humphrey,
7:30p. m.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-11-02

Energy all gone? Headachep Stomach
out of Orderp Simply case of torpid liver.
Burdock Blood Bitters will make new
man or woman of you.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-11-02

The list vf advertised letters remaining in
the post Office Oct. 27th. are: Carlos
Beebe, Mrs. Catherine Williams, l.. d.
Rolston, Ralph Rott, Minnie Meyer, Mrs.
Fred o. Berry, Mrs. j. w. Hutchinson,
Thomas Holland, Chas. Holmwortb, f. II.
Hearscb, Chas. Wilson.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-11-02
For Senator, Fourteenth District,
JOHN ROBSON, of Lansing.

For RepreseL tative in the State Legislature
GEORGE I. MASON, OF Owosso Township.
For Judge of Probate,
MATTHEW BUSH. Of Vernon. -
For Sheriff,
STEPHEN A. CRANE, OF Owosso..
For County Clerk.
JOHN Y. MARTIN, Of Caledonia.
For County Treasurer.
RICHARD F. KAY, ot'Woodhun.
For Register otDeeds,
JAY d. ROYCE. OF Burns.
For Prose- cutting Attorney,
AUSTIN E,f RI. HARDS, OF Corunna.
For circuit Court Commissioners.
,JOkiN b. STOCKD ALE, OF Owosso.
WILLIAM j. PARKER, of Corunna.
- For County Surveyor,
ELMER f. JOSLIN, OF Burns.
For Coron RS,
HIRAM MONROE. of Owosso.
AUGUSTINE T. HOLCOMB, Of Hazelton.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-11-02

Hundreds of lives saved everv year by
having DIR. Thomas Eclectric Oil In the
houce just when Ii Is needed. Cures Group,
heals burns, cuts, wounds of every sort.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-11-02
Republican Nominations.

Republican Nominations.
For President,
WILLIAM MCKINLEY.
For Vice President,
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
For Representative in Congress, Eighth Con
gressional District,
JOSEPH w. FORDNEY.
For Governor
AARON Il. BLISS, of Saginaw.
For Lieutenant Governor,
ORRIN w. ROBINSON of houghton.
For Secretary OF State,
FRED M. WARNER, of Oakland.
For State Treasurer.
DANIEL MCCOY, Of Kent.
For Auditor General,
PERRY r. POWERS, of Wexford.
For Commissioner of State Land once,
EDWIN A. WILDEY, OF Van Buren,.
For Attorney. General,
HORACE M. OREN, OF Chippewa.
For Superintendent OF Public Instruction,
DELOS FALL, of Calhoun.
For Member OF State Board OF Educat on,
JAMES H. THOMPSON, OF Osceola.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-11-02
Marriage Licenses.

Leland Sugden, Shiawassee So. 80
Mabel Jackson, Shiawassee -. IL
Cecil Mclaughlin, Vernon ...... %
Jennie Perry, Durand 22
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-11-02

~ a - Il, - EN -
A~& HIss Kind yss Have A!xss M~n
''.s" IXAzzNx
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-11-02

PERRY s. HEATH.
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-14
SHREDDED CORN NOTES.

;, The topped corn fodder (st.,ver)
contains IS per cent. of digeatible
matter.
Do you know that corn fodder when
fed alone will very nearly maintain
cattle? ,:.. Fn:~
Convert all of your corn stalks into
nice, palatable fodder, every particle
of which cattle will eat and grow fat
on<I " /. .:$.s
- Do you know that the corn fodder
or stovers from, one acre yielda :. az
much digestible matter as two tons
Of timothy hay? ar>IE .fg{.s -
By using the best machines the
largest and heaviest corn stalks grown
can be put through equally well az
the small stalks. ;, ss>% - ,.,. ~
Cure and store shredded corn tod.
der in the same way that you would
hay, and you will have little trouble
in its heating. ~. EgE .ss:s @ II. I.
You can shred your corn fodder as
cheap as you, can husk corn, to say
nothing about the great value. of .th|
shredded product. . = 81 ~ 1.-sz
The corn fodder shredder 1is the
greatest feed saving machine ever in.
vented. No other. machine enables
farmers to save 70 per cent Of any
crop. ]e ss gss. - a5sst y. ~. ~
The value Of an acre OF shredded
fodder put through ! good maEhint
10 more than three timex @ much s
the expense to the arr1mner e husldna
his corn alone.-Prsirie Farmer
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-14
WAS NOT ASKED AGAIN.
One Occasions When the Pisty of =
Michigan Politician Was Not
sConspiouous.

N. =. Chittenden, the Michigan politician
own own initials @ +. g.. be .iS .lw.ys a insisted. I
stood for Msthodist Episcopal churrh,Which
organization, could It have secured him,
would have acquired 1 very lively member.
Mar, :, % Mr.. Chittenden was familiArly
called, relates the Chicago Chronicle, par.
tally lost his hearing some years ago and
communication with him thereafter was one
Of the fine arts. Being the agent Of
the Standard Oil company Tor . large terri.
tory, he Travelled considerably, and on Ger.
tain occasion fell in withsa couple Of friends
lt Hillsdale, who invited him to 60 with them
to dinner at the house Of resident &C.
host: "Mr. Chittenden Is an exceedingly
pious man and likes to have the food blessed
before partaking. You must invite him to
ask the blessing. L &4.
Accordingly, when all were seated, silence
fell upon the company, while the host turned
to MI. .Chittenden with "Will you ask the
blessing?" .S .ss5- e.. =. #5s1# '>.%% ;.
Up went Chittenden's 8 hand to his ear, with
his usual, quick, nervous gesture, as in a
listening attitude he responded in tone
more decided than unctuouS: .-.
: 1--WE. grown 90 alfred deaf lately that if
you've got anything t. say to me yoa'l have
: A roar from the two friends disclosed to
Chittenden and the astonished host that
they bad been the victims Of practica! joke.
But Chit" enjoyed it amazingly when be uu.
derstood what had happened.
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-14
PRESENCE OF MIND.
Work with q Wide Awake
Man.

If there be one thing that more than an
other admireit is the having ones wits about
one perhaps because I never had mine. To
be possessed only of resprit d'escaliers is
simply an aggravation, writes John Paul in
Harper's Magazine.
As Illustrative of ready-witted men I re-
call an incident that I have often told but
never published. Let me do that now in
justice to one that is gone.
In company with the late J. r. Osgood
once .of an evening dropped in at Wallack's
old Fourteenth Street theater. We could
get no seats, az there was standing room
only.| At the end Of the first act two Or
chestra seats were vacant in front, and we
walked down and took them. Barely were
we seated when two gentlemanly looking
young men came down the aisle and ad-
dressed me.
BEG pardon. but have you checks for
those seats?"
I was on the point of rising, when Osgood
replied: mo. Have you?
They hadn't. It was merely bit of su-
.preme bluff. But how few would have had
the readiness to meet and parry it.
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-14
AKlNG An INVENTORY


Al successful business men annual
y invoice their stock; they are not
simply satisAed with 8 bank account
which shows that they are growing IN
dnancial strength; but the stock on
hand . gone over that Just what u on
hand may be known and also what ID
it, present value, whether Il has ad-
vanced or deprecated, whether Ger
tain classes Of stock are ready or slow
sale and Ill like considerations that
the yearly inventory reveals to the
thorough going business man.
The farmer usually knows how
many head Of horses, cattle, sheep and
pigs are on tha farm and can closely
estimate the bushels Of wheat, oat>
or corn and the quantity of timothy
but these are not the most valuable
facts that IN invoice on the farm
should disclose: But rather, how
many acres have been required to
sustain q given number Of cows, sheep
or Ptgs. What are the yields per acre.
what the prohtableness Of certain
kinds Of grain, what the farm knowl.
edge gained from the experiment
patch, what has well systematized
crop rotation done for the farm. what
has the flock of hens done towards
lessening the cash outlay for house
hold expenses; what has the garden
paid, what has been the actual
amount paid in cash or rade for fam.
lily expenses, what expenses have been
incurred for farm machinery and >re.
pairs, are there unnecessary fences on
the farm, what disposition has been
made of manure, and like questions
should be answered as the seasons
harvest reveals the contents Of store.
house and barn.
When the merchant has completed
his inventory he Immediately prepares
tor the new stock and its sale, though
he may give the impression OF doing
little; If he is to enlarge his business
he Is at work; SO the farmer known
by his thrift and fine farm is now,
when harvesting his crop, planning
by the light of his own experiences
and by gaining knowledge from those
of other farmers preparing for tie
crops of another. season. The history
OF excessf-e yield always reveals that
the soil was studied, the seed. careful
~ selected and the most intelligent
cultivation given. If the inventory
the farmer makes shows where mis-.
takes have been made as we'll as sue.
cesses scored it is accomplishing -.
purpose.-Colman's Rural World.
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-14
AEooeTENITElD 4 ] 1 MIND. 1 !. q! !

IT'S better, in IN humble hut s.sae ~
Contented to abide,
Than to be throned upon the peak
OF worldly pomp and pride.
The mountains top must front and feel
The fury Of the gale, .
While at its base no sound disturbs
The quiet Of the vale.
The lowly sparrow envies not,
Safe in her meadow nest,
The eagle perched in lonely pride
On his cold mountain crest.
Men cast aside the happiness
Which In contentment lies
TO snatch and wear the crowns Of fame,
Ambition's thorny prize:
Or sell their, souls to fill with gold
The meshes Of their purse,
Only to find that wealth, thus won.
A burden and curse.
They follow Folly's motley crew.
Toss high her FOOLS cap bells.
Or feast and revel in the halls.
Where Death with Circe dwells.
Pride, passion, sin and selhshness,
Their roles alternate play;
In grim, fantistic masquerade,
''Thus runs the world away"
The poor in spirit are the rich.
The humble are the wise:
In contented mind alone
The bliss of living lies.
Charles w. Hubner. In Atlanta Constitu
tion.
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-14
4 LITTLE NONSENSE.

sJohns,n always keeps his word.s
Why shouldn't he? No one viii take
It. Town Topics. /. (.
We have never seen queen bow to
her applauding subjects, but we have
formed some idea of how she does IL
BY seeing an amateur singer respond
to an niencore.-Atchison Globe. s s.
b Horace-"Uncle George, I see good
deal in the papers about roof-gardens.
Whatarer eroof-gardens, Uncle George p
''They are places, I believe, where
young gentlemen SOW wild oats." -
Boston Transcript. - r.
He Helped Him 0ut.-""And your
stepfather told you to get out into
the world and earn your own living?
He should have given you helping
hand" He gave me helping foo" "
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"Iknow that great many people do
not like my business" said the Chin
ney sweep, ''but it scots me-" After
due acknowledgment of the courteous
smiles of his audience he went up the
due.-Baltimore American.
Clara-''1 wonder if Tom thoughtme
. silly goose for refusing him." Maude
-"Perhaps that il what he meant" "
Clara-"What he meant? Why, what
did he> say?" Maude-"He said you
were no spring chicken."-Chicago
Daily News.
The Old Jealousy.-"Just home from
London, eh?" "Yes," replied the
western man. ~ took in everything
worth SEEM in the town." "How did
St. Paul's cathedral impress your
"Didn't go near it. I'm Minneapolis
man myself.-Philadelphia Press.
Robinson-"1 was just thinking how
strange 1T is that q short stick can
never belong to man, no matter
how he may become possessed of it. !"
6harpson- "1dontsee that, for though
the stick may be short for you it would
probably be long to Iom Thumb
Ally Sloper.
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-14
FARM CIDER PRESS.
lt Enables Fruit Growers to Make
Use ol Bushels OF Apples That
/ Often .0o to waSte. q

On the farm where there - no cider
mill q large number Of good apples are
wasted every year. These might be
converted into cider. The accompany
ing illustration il of an easily made
press for the purpose Of utilizing those
apples. Simply procure plank about
four feet in length, and as broad as avail
able, and stout pole (b), Is to 20 feet
long. Make frame, or vat, to hold the
apples to be pressed. It can be con-
structed Of one-inch boards, about one
foot square. Set this vat on the plank
(a) and have q channel cut round it in
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-14
SHREDDED CORN FODDER.
II Well Dfied When Put In 1t Will
Keep sweet and Wholesome
In the Now.

. 1tthas been amply demonstrated not
only by experiments, but by practical
tests made by feeders, that shredded
corn fodder will keep satisfactorily in
the NOW if it is well dried when it is
put in; it should not contain more
than rs per cent. of moisture. On the
other hand, if it is put in damp it will
mold. The quality of shredded fodder
has a great deal to do with its value,
and especially its commercial value.
Whe1A shredded fodder is baled and
sold \" hay if it is free from mold
it will bring a. much as good timothy
hay, in most instances it sells from
IS to So ton. We look for a great
deal Of the bright shredded fodder to
be pla~ad on the market this year.
A Nebraska feeder says that to secure
the incest product the corn should be
shredded just as soon as it comes
out of the dough, and that it will
keep all right if ricked outside with a
roof over it, but that it will heat if
it is put in the earn in bulk. Another
feeder says that if the fodder is dry
when shredded it will not mold if
put into the barn in great bulk. An
Illinois feeder says that he has
stacked it outside and it kept well,
but that it was packed SO solid that
water could not run into it. All of
these feeders prefer to have it under
roof and especially in barns where it
can be easier handled during the win
ter. In reply to direct inquiry from
~ about the only answer we get is
that the shredded fodder will not
mold nor spoil if the fodder is fully
cured in the shock and is free from
rain when shredded. This is a very
important point and should be re-
membered by every one who has his
fodder shredded this year. Be sure
that the stalks are right before they
are put into the shredder.-Prairie
Farmer.
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-14
CIDER PRESS IN POSITION.


the form of the letter Y. Place the
plank and vat at the base of tree or
stump, using a few blocks to raise it
from the ground one or two feet. Now
cut deep notch in the tree or stump
about 1h or 2 feet above the plank and
insert the heavy end Of the pole. At
the other end Of the pole set four pins
- shown.
The apples to be squeezed with the
press are thrown into the vat a few at
a time, and heavy wooden stamper is
used to crush them. When the vat is
full of the broken-up apples, a wooden
cover, fitting inside Of the vat, islaid on
top. A few blocks are placed on top of
this cover % as to allow the pole to
press down on the movable covering.
The. pole is weighted down with heavy
stones or powders placed between the
four pins at the end remote from the
press. Cut several small, V-shaped
openings round the bottom Of the vat,
or make system of channels, connect
ing with the large channel, to collect
the juice and permit it to follow the
course along the plank until it reaches
the vessel used to receive it.
The illustration shows the press when
completed, and also explains the man
ner of using it. I can confidently as
sure any farmer readers that this press,
which will cost practically nothing,
will give entire satisfaction.-J.G G. ALL
house, in Orange Judd Farmer.
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-14
. Rotation for Western States.

We centrally do all the fall plow-
ing we can for all kinds of grain. We
let oats follow corn in the rotation
after which we seed with clover and
timothy and let them stand for two
years. Then we turn under the sod
and plant with corn and rye. Our fall
grains we SOW the last of August or
the first part of September. We gen
orally get the best results from early
sowing. When we grow early pota-
toes we put them in as early al the
ground is fit. For late potatoes we
plant from the 18th of May to the 1st
of June. c. Thompson, in Farm
ers' Review.
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-14
WATER WHEEL FOR IRRIGATION.

foot wide by four feet long: and il
suspended between two boats which
rise ana fall with the stream, there
by keeping the paddle of the wheel
and the elevator buckets at the prop.
er depth in the water It all times
without attention. The boats are
each one by three by ten feet. The
elevator buckets, Of which there are
81, each hold one quart, and make one
complete circuit every 70 seconds.
The elevation that tho water is raiesd
is 13 feet.
AS may be seen from conditions
stated, nearly 300 barrels of water ure
raised every "a hours, On amount x,.fi.
cient for considerable inexpensive If.
rigation.-James E. TAggart, in Chic
Farmer.