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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1901-05-17

Six hundred employees In the hrick and
terra Gotta works of s.. Louis had their
wages advanced ten per cent and over be-
ginning with the first OF this week. The
common laborers now receive Sl.5O per day
In the works audit isn't in fifty cent dollars
aifhar
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1901-05-17

The great French economist Leroy
Beaulieu is still asserting the commercial
supremacy of the United States. In the
latest number OF 81 Economists Francois, u
he brings up mass of statistics to prove
his position, which is that the twentieth
century shows the ''preponderance' Of the
United States in the commercial world.
That means that the tide OF amazing com.
mercia prosperity and successful manage
ment Of mammoth enterprises which the
last few years have seen set in is, according
to the best judgment of this eminent thinker,
bound to continue for years to come, and
that the United States will show the most
marvellous development in the management
of great enterprises which the world has
ever'yet Witnessed.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1901-05-17
And Still the Calamity HowIers Com
plain.

An unpleasant note in the generally
satisfactory agricultural conditions is
the scarcity of good farm labor, as
brought out in our investigation pub
lished last week. There seems to be q
scarcity of desirable farm hands
throughout the country from the Dako-
tas to New Jersey and New England, at
good wages, varying from s15 TO $50
per month, including board and other
inducements The Industrial Commits
sion at Washington has also been max
ing Investigations along this line, and
results show that the average rate of
farm wages has been nearly doubled in
so years, and is now fully as high as
at any time in 90 years, and higher
than in any other country. There is
something awry in economic and social
conditions when against this picture is
placed that of the thousands of unem-
ployed in our great cities. Truly, there
is an opportunity for young men of the
right sort living in the crowded cities
to find healthful and profitable employ
ment in the country. Many a man of
good habits and industrious disposition
can save money and enjoy more free
dom on the farm employed during the
summer months than in the cities.
Young men, and men with families
may well look to the country, get more
comforts, undergo fewer anxleties and
have better opportunities to secure per-
manent homes and social position -
American Agriculturist
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1901-05-17

All OF which Is respectfully submitted
FRED EDWARDS,
City Clerk.
IL was moved and supported that the report
Oh tne CITY clerk be adopted and that Albert l..
Densmore be declared elected alderman OF the
iourtn Waru, which was carried, ayes 8, nays o.
Upon motion council adjourned.
e. FRED EDWARDS,
~s- City Clerk.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1901-05-17
Why not repeal the ordinance providing
for fire limits? II Is not enforced.


next week. 1t is the privilege of every tax
payer to view the roll and TO have his as
sessment corrected II he feels that it is un-
just. Make 1t point to be present as
early as possible.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1901-05-17
Reduced Rates For Decoration Day

The Ann Arbor Il. Il will sell excursion
tickets May 29sh and 30th, limited to re-
turn May 3lst, to stations on its own line
OF connections within $50 miles OF starting
point at fare aud one-third for round trim.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1901-05-17

Antrim, Dist. 3. .............8 l 10
Bennington, Dists /, 3, 4. 3D.. IL "a
Burns, Dists. 2, 3, 5, fir. z, fir. g.. 13 81
Caledonia, Dists. 6. 7...... q 35
Fairfield, Dists. /, 2, 3, fir. 4, 8, b IA 90
Hazelten, Dists. q, 7........... 26 SO
Middlebury, Dists. 1, 6. fir. -. 4 Al
New Haven. /, fir, 2, g. A, fr 6, rs 81 SO
Owosso, 1, 4, 5. fir. l, fir. 2. fra,
fir. 4. IA IS
Perry, l, fr. 2, 5, fir. 6 49,. 80. 81 10
Rush, fr l. Fl 2, 4. 5........... 12 81
Sciota. /, 3, @, fir. 9......... IL 80
Shiawassee. l, II. 3, 5. fir, 8, fir IL IA 43
Venice, l, 2, 4, 8, fir. 6, z, So. 16 33
Vernon, FIR. I, 3, A, 49,. AZ 38
woodruff, 3, 6..........., ...... II 80
$3.50 "a
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1901-05-17
Sending Letters by Express.

VIM f. Curtis in Chicago Record-Herald
The Government reserves as monopoly
the right to carry the malls. For the con-
venience of the public letters may be trans
mltted by express upon the payment of the
regular express charges provided they are
enclosed in Government stamped envelopes
1t is violation of the law for an express
company or individual TO transport mail
upon which the postage has not been paid
in that way. An adhesive postage stamp
will not do Imprinted postage stamps
can not be cut from one envelope and used
upon another. Should Government
stamped envelope be defaced any post
master may redeem it If it bears no mark of
having been previously used.
Express companies are not authorized to
cancel imprinted stamped envelopes which
they are permitted to deliver, but 1t is ex-
pecled that the receiver will in opening the
envelope render 1t unfit for further use. 1t
is apparent that wholesale frauds could be
practiced were 1t permissible to cut i'm
printed stamps from envelopes used in for
warding mail through express companies
and use them in paying postage upon mails
transported by the Government.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1901-05-17
Primary School Money.

County Treasurer Kay has apportions
ed the primary school money as fol-
lows to the several townships and
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1901-05-17
Stops the Cough and Works off the

Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tablets cure
cold in one day. No cure no pay. Price
o. cents.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-10-12
A TALL SMOKE COLUMN.

During the burning of the Standard
Oil company's tanks at Bayonne, N. j..
in July, 1900, an immense column of
smoke, shaped at the top like an UNI
brella, rose into the air, where very lit
tie wind was stirring, to an elevation,
measured by triangulation, Of 13;411
feet, or more than two miles and half.
Above the column white clouds formed
in an otherwise cloudless, sky, and re-
NAMED visible for two days, the fire
continuing to burn and the smoke to
rise. After the explosion of a gas OIL
tank flames shot up to height of 5000
feet, and the heat radiated from them
was felt at a distance of mile and
three-quarters, where it was more no.
tieeable than close to the fire.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-10-12
] HEAT FROM rHE STARS.


From experiments made at the Yer
kes observatory with an extremely
delicate radiometer. Prof. .. f. Mich
OILS has determined the relative inten-
sity OF the heat radiated to the earth
from the stars Vega and Acturus and
the planets Jupiter and Saturn. Ac-
turus gives little more than one ten
millioneth OF the heat Of q candle
placed at q distance of one meter.
Jupiter gives more than twice as much
heat as Acturus does. Although Vega
and Acturus are equal in the brilliance
of their light, the latter gives twice as
much heat as the former. Vega is
blue-white and Acturus yellowish, or
reddish. in color. The heat radiation
of Saturn is less than one-sixth as
great as that of Jupiter.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-10-12
DAIRY AND POULTRY,
INT REsTlNG CHAPTERS FOR OUR.
RURAL READERS. sIs..
How guceess9ui Farmers oPera4e This,
Department of the Farm Few
Hints as to the Care OF. Live stock
and Poultry.
A Swiss Concerning Factory.

81 Some interesting particulars are
given by Mr.. +. G. Harrison, bacteriol-
ogist to the Guelph Experiment Sta.
ton, in description published by him
OF the great condensed milk business
Of Henri Nestle and Co., carried on by
them at vevey, Switzerland, and else
Where. The article says: The milk
supply Is drawn from over ESQ villages,
but the firm does not buy from indi-
vidual farmers. When the peasants
wish to do business with the company
they form into a cooperative society,
and appoint one Of their number as
manager They then sign an agree
ment which binds them to feed certain
foods to their cattle, to keep their
sheds and utensils clean, and to do
many other things for the good Of the
milk milk. The manager arranges the terms,
settles difficulties between the COM
munity and the company, and exercises
a general surveillance over his society.
The Nestle company have twenty five
inspectors, each with a horse and rig,
whose duty is to drive continually from
village to village, seeing that all is
right and in good order. The ,inspec-
tor is always drawn from remote vii
lage, has no association with the viii
lages he calls at, and is selected for
MS vigilance and experience. The
company also have their own veter-
mary surgeons, whose duty is to ex-
anime all milking utensils, and see that
they are scrupulously clean, also that
the Dyres are clean, well ventilated, and
drained. The cows diet is confined to
hay and grass, and the inspector must
see that no forcing foods, like oil
cake, are used. Milk is transported in
cans to the factory, and is there care
fully weighed, sampled, and tested
every day, to ensure that all cream is
present.
The contents of all cans are then
turned into huge vat, where the milk
remains until required for boiling. It
is then run into a copper boiler and
carefully scalded. Syrup cooked in an
other boiler to the right temperature
and consistency is added, and the two
are then mixed together. Next the
milk is pumped into the condensers
and there: condensed within vacuum.
The condition Of the contents is ascer-
tanned by means Of tube attachment,
which is rotated into the interior Of the
chamber near the bottom and drawn
out with sample for examination.
Condensation completed, the hot fluid
is run out into cans to cool. To give
an idea of the immense size Of the
Nestle factories it is sufficient to say
that they daily handle $4,000 gallons
OF fresh milk, the production Of Is, 900
cows. II - :. 81. =. ~. +
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-10-12


and that ID by dipping them into vaz
or pagallne: hut this ID tedious meta.
#od, and one that involves much time
and labor
The very best way OF preserving esgs
10 by freezing them. and this is the
only way, we think, by which eggs can
I be kept quite fresh and good. or course
there are very few poultry keepers who
are able to do this as very few possess
q freezing chamber, and are thus able
to freeze their eggs For this reason
we have put IL last, as the ordinary
poultry keeper it is quite useless.
Too much Importance cannot be at
tached to having the eggs perfectly
fresh when they are put down. and un-
less they are in this state they will
never keep. No egg should be put.
down that is more than twenty -four
hours old, and even less than this is
advisable.
AS to whether fertile or infertile
eggs are the better for preserving, it is
difficult matter to determine. We
think-and several experiments that
have been made go to prove it-that
the infertile ones are the most suit
abIe
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-10-12
Methods of Preserving Eggs.

Doubtless some OF our readers arr
interested in the question of presery.
ing eggs. For such we publish the fol.
lowing from the London Rural World
The method most commonly in use
is as follows: The eggs are placed in
large vessel Or tub, holding large
or small quantities, as the case may
be, and these are all piled up, one or
the top Of the other. A preparation
composed of a mixture of five gallons
Of water with one gallon of fine slaked
lime, to which about gallon Of salt
has been added, is made, and
when the water has dissolved
as much lime as it can, it is
poured over the eggs until they
are entirely covered, keeping back any
lime that may be at the bottom which
has not been dissolved. The eggs may
be kept in this manner for a very long
period, but one drawback to this sys-
tenn is that the shells of the eggs be-
come so brittle that they break. with
the slightest touch. It is necessary to
keep adding a little lime from time to
time, otherwise the preparation will
lose its effect, and the eggs will not
be in very good state when the time
comes for them to be taken out. When
the eggs are wanted for. use, they are
taken out of the solution and wiped
dry, but they should be used as soon
after as possible: as they. do not. keep
very long. It may. here be said, and
this applies to all methods Of presery-
ing eggs, that it is absolutely essential
that the eggs shall be put down: quite
fresh-if possible, the same day as laid
otherwise they will not preserve
nearly as well. z
Another method adopted is that of
placing the eggs in salt This keeps
the eggs in splendid condition, but
there is a slight taste given to them,
but it is not by any means disagree
able. The salt absorbs a little mois-
ture from the interior OF the egg, hence
the inside becomes rather loose, and
as there is a rattle when shaken, it
gives one the idea that the egg is stale.
AACGAOOs54A$. COluuIOI# uSS+8Sa Iii
some parts Of the country is that Of
making a mixture OF sulphur and lamp
black. The eggs are placed into a box
with a small hole in one side, and the
mixture referred to is put upon a
saucer and lit inside the box. The
eggs are by this means entirely COW
cred over with a covering OF black:
and it is claimed for this system that.
the eggs can be kept for any length.
Of time, and always be quite fresh and
sweet. Whether this is good method
or mol, can best be judged by the read
.ers. Personally, we do not recommend
It, as the eggs being quite black would
not increase their market value rather
the reverse
There are other systems adopted In
various parts, but the ones that we.
have given are the. chief English ones.
There is another by which it is claimed.
eggs can be Kept fresh for a long time.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-10-12
LIQUID OXYGEN FOR BALLOONIsTs.

LIQUID OXYGEN FOR, BALLOONIsrs.
The balloonist' has long used hydro
gen to enable him to ascend into the
upper regions of air, and now efforts
are being made to furnish him with
oxygen, to prevent asphyxiation when
ne has risen too high to breathe with
ease. The use Of oxygen carried in
rubber bags for this purpose has not
proved satisfactory, and the French
savant, L.. Cailletet, proposes to substi-
tute liquid oxygen, contained in a
small bottle and allowed to vaporize as
needed. The oxygen is breathed by
means of a mask fitting. over the nose
and mouth, and the apparatus is so
arranged that air, in any desired pro-
portion, can be admitted at the same
time. a.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-10-12
HYDROGEN AS AN ILLUMINANr.

The production Of oxygen and hydro
gen on an industrial scale by the de-
composition of water with electrolytic
apparatus in Germany has led to the
suggestion that hydrogen thus pro-
duced may find a wide field of employ
ment as a lighting agent. It's now used
for Initiating military balloons. For
lighting purposes it is compressed in
steel cylinders. With proper burner
it is said to be cheaper illuminant
than acetylene, the relative cost for
equal illuminating power being as Is
for hydrogen to 50 for acetylene.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-10-12
NO Il ES ON SCIENC E
CURRENT NOTES OF DISCOVERY
! AND INVENTION.
/, Scaling InstrumensH Heat from tho
stars Hand Band Dating stamp
Hydrogen as an nluminant.

THE PREVENTION OF SKIN DISEASES
Diseases Of the skin result from a
great variety Of causes, but as the
study Of them progresses, more and
more are found to be due to the &C
ton of some parasitic, Microbe Ring
worm, acne. boils, carbuncles, certain
forms of eczema, BARRIERS itch, and
caused by the presence and growth in
the skin of certain microbes. These
differ in the different affections, but all
of them must b. brought from with
out in the first instance, and be de-
posted in the skin, before the par
ticular disease can be produced.
It is not always possible to deter
mine how the germ of the disease is
carried to the skin, but very often,
probably in the great majority OF
cases, the infection occurs in the toilet.
It is a curious fact that we are never
SO careless regarding the transmission
of dirt from one person to another
for that is really what infection is-as
we are in the process by which we try
to make ourselves clean. 80
The common use by number OF
persons of the same piece of soap, rest
ing often in dirty dish, of towels,
and of hair brushes and combs. is one
of the best possible methods of trans
hitting skin diseases Children are
doubtless more careless in this respect
than their elders-the school wash
room is a capital clearing house for
microbes, and loathsome animal para
sites as well-but one need only look
into the Mushroom of any hotel, even
the most pretentious, to be convinced
that the grown man has but little more
'hygienic sense than his son. e
Another place where diseases of the
skin and scalp are freely dispensed is
the average barber shop. Hair brush
es, combs, scissors-more than all, the
patent hair clipper-shaving brushes,
razors, cups and soap, towels often
only mangled, and not boiled or even
washed-sponges, powderpuffs, stick
pomade, and last, but not least in their
offending, the hands of the barber,
may all become vehicles to distribute
But there is perhaps as great need Of
reform in the home as in public. places.
Each member of the .. family should
have soap, towel, hair brush, and every
article of the toilet for his exclusive
use as absolutely as he has his tooth
brush; and his toothbrush should rest
upon its own dish, or, better still,
hang by itself, and not share a dish
with one or half a dozen others. 49, -,
This necessity of individuality in the
toilet should be impressed by precept
and by example upon every child from
the very beginning, for the practice of
perfect cleanliness may not only pre-
vent some disagreeable skin eruption,
but also more serious disease. 49,.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-10-12
FISH-SCALING IMPLEMENT.

To scale fish rapidly and effective
ly: without tearing or otherwise dam
aging the flesh is the object of the in
vention of Elias S. Harrington of
Idaho. It consists of a metal scaling
blade, which is slightly curved and
provided with teeth on it's front edge,
together with a wooden frame in
which the blade is mounted for use.
Directly in front of the toothed edge
of the blade, when adjusted for use, is
curved wooden bar, which serves to
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-10-12

bands are the same
as 'solid rubber
type" vulcanized
together at, the
base, and so con-
structed that they
permit the use OF a
cushion base for the
accompanying rub
Der die. The date
bands are made Of
finest: rubber that
can be procured
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-10-12
Lawto1i Julip.

This recipe answers equally well for
currants or any kind Of berries, and
is particularly fine for grapes. Rinse
thoroughly and crush the fruit, strain
and mix with half Of the fruits bulk.
OF crushed Ice. Put two tablespoon
fuls Of crushed ice il each glass, add
two cubes Of sugar and a crushed mint
leaf. Fill the glasses to within an
inch Of the top with the juice, add a
trife OF lemon juice to accentuate the
favor, and crown the top with seven
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-10-12
BLADE IN FRAME FOR REMOVING
7t THE SCALES.

raise the scales up directly behind the
bar SO that the blade may engage be-
meath the elevated free edge and re-
move them without tearing the flesh,
the scales Being deposited on the blade
as the cleaner is pushed along with
the hand. Set screws are provided for
adjusting the angle Of the blade In re-
lation to the frame, and the blade may
be slipped out for cleaning purposes.
In use the fish is grasped in one hand
and the scaler ploWed across 1t with
the other, or the fish may be laid on 4
fiat surface If more convenient.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-10-12
When a girls beau is "big bug. :"
she doesn't care if he is a kissing bug,
philadelphia Bulletin.
AFTERNOON BLOUSE.

Blouse OF white
embroidered linen,
made up over rose
.taffeta. The fronts
are cut with straps
which confine the
ends of the black
velvet cravat. The
odd collar is of the
embroidery, bor-
dered with a ruff.
he of the plain ma
terial. The sleeves
have a plating let
in on the outside
at the bottom, to
rvsvy1 &h 4r~~
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-10-12
pnospHoEEsoENcE OF n1Amonns

PHosPHoREsCENCE OF DIAMONDS.
Gustave lie Bon finds a striking diff.
ference in the phosphorescence Of Bra
lillian diamonds and those from the
Cape. The former, which are noted for
the liveliness OF their light, and which
have become quite rare Of late, exhibit
a brilliant phosphorescence after being
exposed to the radiation Of a magne-
SUM ribbon, while Cape diamonds. In
similar circumstances, show very little
or no phosphorescence. This is thought
to be means Of detecting diamonds
falsely offered as Brazilian gems.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-10-12

ana are consequently elastic enough
to give a clear print under heavy
pressure without blur. It is difficult
to fit common band dater so that it
will produce the most perfect results
with a cushion die. This dater over
comes that difficulty and works to per-
lection. Notice the advertisement on
the last page of the cover.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-10-12
CURIos1T1Es OFF THE COCO Tppr

The cultivation Of coco, says writar
in the Scientific American, is at pres
ent an inviting agricultural pursuit II
Trinidad and parts of Venezuela TIA
COCO tree cannot Withstand strong sun.
shine and the young plants have to be
shaded by banana or .plaintain trees
and later, when they attain their
growth. by tall trees known as I'M
mortels,' or the mother Of the COCO !,
These make a kind Of canopy over the
entire plantation. The fruit Of the coco
tree is a pod, resembling cucumber.
and growing on the trunk or large
branches, where it looks as though
q IT were artifcially attached The seeds
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-10-12
Records of Holstein Friesians.
(From July s to u, 1901

Y &
During this period thirty-four re-
ports have, been received, Of which five
We're of full-age cows, averaging: Age,
6 years, months, IL days; tested AZ
days after calving;; milk, 442.8 lbs;
butter fat, 14.185 lbs. equivalent but
ter, 80 per cent fat, IL lbs, lit o., or
16 lbs. 8.a or, IS per cent fat. Three
were of the four-y ear-o1d CLASS, averag-
ing: Age, 4 years, 2 months, % days;
tested As days after calving; milk,
418.8 lbs; butter fat, 1855 lbs; equiv
alent butter, so per cent fat, 16 lbs, Ii
o., or 15 lbs, IS per cent fat. Six
We're of the three-year-o class, aver
aging: Age, years, months, "a days;
tested 46 days after calving; milk,
1886 lbs; butter fat, 11.197 lbs. equiv
alent butter, 80 per cent fat, Ii lbs, 1873
o., or ID lbs. l o., 85.7 per cent fat.
Twenty classed as two-year-olds, aver
aging: Age, 2 years, month, % days;
tested ~ days after calving; milk, 1885
lbs; butter fat, 8.699 lbs; equivalent
butter, 80 per cent fat, 10 lbs, IA o.,
Or 10 lbs, "a o., 85.7 per cent fat.
These records, nearly all, were made
during the intense summer heat Prac-
tlcal 'dairymen recognize the danger Of
testing during the summer months
The least danger is in testing two
year-old heifers and hence the great
preponderance of this class. x.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-10-12
HAND BAND DATING STAMP.

The Commercial Stamp Trade Jour-
nal tells of new invention called
hand band dating stamp, an illustration
Of which appears herewith. The peculi-
arity Of this band dater is that the
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-10-12

are like large, thick Lima boaas ena-.
bedded In pulp. Thase form the COCO
beans Of commerce. The processes Of
curing and drying require much ate
tention.