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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1902-12-19

G. ]. Cudworth g. Co., of Detroit,
have purchased the Black stock of dry
goods and will close the same out at
bargain prices.
John Schroeder, who was to have
been tried Monday in Justice Walsh's
court for whipping Harry Renker
moved out of town Sunday night.
Parkers monument works recently
set monument in the Dewey cemetery
Owosso township, over the grave Of
Ezra Mason. Another will be set in
the Catholic cemetery over Mrs. Joseph
Dudeck's grave.
Street Commissioner S. A. Crane viii
busy himself this winter keeping the
board sidewalks of the city in repair.
All workmen employed during the sum.
mer on sidewalk work are laid off.
Mrs. James H. Layerock and Miss
Mae Butterfield will arrive home this
week from Crystal Falls, U. p, The
illness of Miss Butterield compelled
them to stop in Chicago.
Local officers arrested William Swev.
Ter at the home of his sister, Mrs Amos
Brands, near Burton Sunday Swevler
was taken back to Bradner o., on two
criminal warrants, sworn out by q
young girl.
Louis Deal is one fourth owner OF
2, 500 acres of ranch land in Texas, near
the New Mexican line. He is associated
with three other young men. They are
seventy miles from railway and
twenty from post Office. Gaines
county, in which they live, has popu.
lation of fifty-six.
George B. Symes and L. A. Sander
hoff will build modern hotel at the
corner of West Main and Lansing
streets, next spring, if brick can be Sc
cured. Mr.. Symes is now living in the
Mason Wood house on the property, and
the building will be incorporated in the
hotel.
Workmen digging in the city gravel
pit recently, brought up regularly
shaped piece of graystone about the size
of pail On being set near the fire the
stone exploded, flying into thousand
pieces with loud report. One pic CO
struck Charles Tobias, South Lansing
street, in the breast knocking him down.
The explosion frightened a team Of
horses standing near, and runaway
resulted. 1t is believed the stone was
hollow, and had been filled with pow.
der and cached by Indians years ago.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1902-12-19

Mail Carriers Ellis and Priest, and
Stanard and McGilvra have exchanged
routes.
Miss Grace Dewey is expected home
today from Gambler, Ohio, for the
holidays.
A water-pipe in the west side Grocery
Cos. store, west Main street, burst Sun
day night, flooding the cellar.
Charles Doane, of o yosso township,
has been moved to the home of his sis
ter, Mrs. Jabez Perkins, in this city.
He has been sick several weeks.
Capt. n. II. Petrie, of the Salvation
Army, is raising funds and collecting
supplies to give the poor people of
Owosso, Christmas dinner.
A. S. Shickle, of Breckenridge, broth
er of DIR. Charles Shickle, has purchased
e. Allingham's meat market. Mr.. Al
lingham will sell insurance and real es-
tate.
Thomas Watson, of this city, lost a
horse last week. The animal was being
led to Corunna behind buggy, and had
leg broken by jumping in front of the
street car.
Mrs. j. H. Layerock was called to
Crystal Falls, U. p, last week by the
serious illness of her sister, Miss Mae
Butterfeld, who has been teaching
school at Crystal Falls.
Thirty friends attended pedro party
given Thursday evening by Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Cheal in honor of their son
Roy, of Denver. The prizes We're won
by Mr.. and Mrs E. E. ellis.
When A. NJ. Bentley left Shortsville
N. Y, the last of the week, snow was
sixteen inches deep. He drove from
Durand to Corunna, Sunday, his train
having missed connections.
James Mccarthy, of this city, was
working on the interlocker at Lakeland,
last week, when the yard engine struck
him. Mccarthy was thrown ten feet
into the air, but came down uninjured.
The butchers have organized a union
and elected Edward Galloway president
VIM. Wise vice president, D. S. Lewis
secretary; John Bowers treasurer; John
Metzger guard; and Otto Nagel trustee
Mrs. Rogers, mother of Mrs. w. H
AFFORD, is now at the latter's home
Mrs. Rogers, who is an invalid, was a.
j. Figg's, East Main street, for year
Mr.. and Mrs. Figg want $500 for caring
| for her.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1902-12-19

Christmas trees have appeared on the
local market.
Geo. M. Dewey was home from Lam
sing yesterday.
Miss Ethelyn ellison is at home to re-
main until after the holidays.
Martin Peru will be driver for the
Pacific Express Company
w. A. Sparkling has severed his con-
nection with the o. 81 G. e. Co
August Graf is driving the merchants
delivery in the second ward
G. w. Nagel, the boilermaker who left
the city Thanksgiving, is at Port Huron.
Miss Jennie Hughes sang solo at the
Congregational Sunday school, last
Sunday,
J. j, Reed, T. S. e. NJ. passenger con-
ductor, is enjoying two weeks vaca-
ton at his home here.
Miss Kate Corlett comes home from
Blue Island, Ills. tomorrow, to spend
the Christmas vacation.
The o. L. /. band expects to play at
the Knights of the Grip convention at
Battle Greek, Dec. 30 and 30.
A chester white hog which weighed
475 pounds dressed, was recently sold J.
A. Barrie by Reuben Morris.
Henry Stanhope smashed two fingers
of his right hand last week in helping
w, L. Parker unload stone.
Frank L. Coinstock has returned home
from an extended stay in New York state,
called there by the illness of his wife.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Jewell, Michigan
avenue, entertained at pedro Thursday
evening Fred Smith won first prize.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. Willover are hv.
ing in one of the Dimmick houses on
Saginaw street, just north of Williams.
Miss Agnes LaClear, who formerly
attended school in this city. was mar
ried Wednesday to S. futile Leonard
at Elsie.
Ruby, six year old daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. William Marble, Mack street.
was buried Friday night. She died of
a contagious disease.
The Masonic friends of DR.. A. M.
Hume, of this city, will ask the coming
session of the grand lodge of Masons to
elect the DR. as marshal.
E. F. Joslin, of this city, who has
been experimenting the building of a
sewer system in Durand, has closed up
the work for the winter.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1902-12-19
Mrs. Charles Rindge. Pine street, il
very seriously i'll with nnenmonia.

Mrs. Charles Rindge. Pine street, is
very seriously i'll with pneumonia.
The board walk which had been, torn
up onWest Main street for distance of
eighty rods, has been replaced by a
gravel filing
Edith, thirteen year old daughter of
Worden Post, living seven miles south
west of the city in Owosso township,
is i'll with diphtheria.
The Vigor-O Health Food Company
has adopted likeness of an Indian in a
canoe for its trade mark. The Indian
is Chief Owosso'
M. b. Blacks dry goods store at 100
north Washington street has been sold
to G. j. Cudworth, an up-to,date dry
goods man who has been in the business
twenty years and has conducted stores
at Richmond, Armada, and Detroit.
At the council meeting on Monday
evening, DIR. George Ranney, of Lansing.
presented corrected bill for 500 for
consultation with DR.. Parker on sus-
pected case of contagious disease. It
was again laid out by the objection of
the third ward alderman.
John Ostrom, who carries the mails
for l.. G Barnes between the post-office
and the depots, has curious bangle
which no secured 26 years ago in San
Francisco. 1t is made of two and one
half dollar gold piece, two one dollar
gold pieces, one fifty cent and one TWEEN
ty-five cent gold piece.
Mrs. William Jopling has been elected
president, Mrs. VIM. Harris vice pres
ident, Mrs. j. M. Terbush treasurer, and
Mrs. F. NJ. Grove secretary, of the Lucky
Twelve Club, the organization compris-
ing those who went to Saginaw Dec. 10,
1901, to visit Mrs. F G. Achard The
ladies were entertained Friday by Mrs.
G. w. Haskell.
The Keystone Dramatic Company
played East Lynne to crowded house
at the opera house, Sunday evening
Rev. j. p. Warner denounced the com
pany's action in playing on the Sabbath
Sunday morning from his pulpit. Mrs
Ellen Quinn, acting for the Dorca
society, refused to take the 1922 of
fered by the company as charity's shar,
of the evenings proceeds, and the Cen
trail Labor Union will distribute thu
money. 1t is most certainly to be hopeC
that the city authorities will see tina
the city is not disgraced by any NOR
Sunday theatres
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-04-08
Lamp Boys Of London.

Owing to the new acctylcuc lamps
which appear today for the first time
Oh 1900 omnibuses says the Wcsmins
ter Gazette. certain group Jf street
characters familiar to Loudouers arc
lost from view. There are The agile
lamp boys posted at various points
along the principal routes over which
Che Omuibuscs rum Their chief duty
consisted i'm clambcriug swiftly up th,
bus and dcStorously removing some.
times while tine vehicle was boo motion
the old oil lamp. which is to- he hap
PLY seen no more in our midst mn,
new acetylcne lamp viii require INC
attention cn route. aud for Tine couduc
tor TO light up it viii only Doe necessary
for him TO turn a small tap Before
the bus leaves the compauys yards
TN the morning, an official places q
cake Of carbide of calcium iu "a small
slot beneath the lamp. aud bcyon,
filling a small tank with water nothin,
else is required to- provide the power
ful new illumiuant.
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a Warning.

Very little money says the Waterman
(Bapt) OF Boston, lis given by rich men
to the distinctive work of the churches
to evangciizatiou or missions - compared
with the vast sums devoted to education
or to general phlanthropies This fact is
symptomatic OF the prevalent philosophy
OF life, and OF the relation of the pubic
mind to religion. To the average rich man
there Is something far more concrete and
tangible in education than in evangcliza-
tion. good education is an actual. i'm
mediate addition TO the benedciary's CAPT
tai 10 Is a positive assistance to him in
his efforts to get on in the world His
conversion belongs TO an unreal and mysti.
cal realm. about which we do not know
much. That apparently is the way men
reason, u they reason about the matter. at
all And underlying an is q conviction that
we promote Christianity boz the most eff
fectve way when we contribute to- the
advance of civilization We believe that
before long Christian men viii open their
eyes TO the fact that the relation between
education and religion is becoming very
teuuous and chat thc promotion oi what IS
called civilization may he auta-oujstic TO
the advance of the kingdom of Cod
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Primitive Justice in Idaho

Judge w. Ii. Hepburn. of Wallace,
Idaho, who comes to Washington on
matters before the Supreme Court,
registered ut the New Willard during
the week.
Contrary to Eastern impressions,
said Judge Hepburn, we are develop
ing quite Il high state of civilization
in Idaho. 1t is not so very long ago.
however that conditions were rather
crude in our parts. We had a Judge
on the bench out there who was an
unterriied product, / assure you. He
had never read law, but had picked up
in some mining camp Il copy Of the
statutes of British Columbia. and he
adjudicated cases by that code, and
some Of his rulings were bizarre. One
day a chicken peddler drifted that
way from another State and was
promptly arrested
You are fined $50 for selling
chickens without license said the
judge, when he had heard the cvi-
dence.
But 1 haven't that much money
walled the defendant
h"he IL twenty-five, thcI, de
clared the judge.
81 haven't even that amount, fall
tered the peddler
How much have you gotT dc
mandcd his honor.
" Just $3.50 replied the defend
ant
The prisoner is ordered to pay q
fine of $3.50 exclaimed the judge.
and his chickens are confscated by
the court
THAT night a pcnnless pcddlcr went
sobbing ont Of the village. and an m.
worthy judge RECALLED himself and his
friends on the appropriated fowl ]
ann glad TO add chat a higher sense OF
justice now prevails I'm Idaho w.
Washington Times.
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Diamond Shoal lightship. No. n.
Capt. Tawes. arrived I'm Baltimore from
her station to be installed with a new
electrical apparatus. which is TO send
q l3-inch beam OF light from the ships
deck to the clouds, says the Baltimore
American. Two clusters of lights now
at the tops of the two masts are visible
thirteen miles az sea. but II is expect
ed that the pillar OF light rising to the
skies may be seen thirty and forty
miles mt sea- This new marine signal
is the device OF Commander Albert
Ross. Inspector OF the Fifth Light
house district. and will be put In op-
Grafton Jan. i. II IS expected that the
sky piercing shaft Of light will also
be adopted at Fire Island. Sandy Hook
and Nantucket Shoals lights. It is not
proposed 20 abolish the present mast
head beacons. AS a guide TO mariners
coming iu from sea the 13-inch cleo
trio beam. reaching up I'm the dome
of might viii be- ass far ahead OF big
electric bcacous of the nrst order as
hoEbcacons were ahead of oil lamps
TING innovation SIS not only OF local
butt worldwide interest
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PASSING OF The cAsco.
snaiSelike and Ancient Filipino Craft THAI
Lighters win Soon : uppIant.

L
Lighters win Soon SuppIant.
'The march of progress is undoubt-
edly going to be great thing for the
Filipino one of these days said
man who got back from the islands
not long ago. But one of the prices
he's got TO pay for it is the gradual
wiping out of picturesque customs and
traditions of many centuries standing.
A good example is the passing of the
Filipino casco before the improved and
wholly unbeautihed lighter of western
commerce.
THE casco is craft for coast and
river commerce. ana at the same time
the permanent home Of It's crew and
commander, or patron. the former liv-
ing forward and the latter aft. 1t Is
long, crude-looking structure. hooded
OF covered with bamboo. and under
the manipulations OF expert boatmen
is capable of rather surprising agility.
Manila is not n city OF good wharves
nor Is Manila Bay n deep-water har-
Dor hence when big ships arrive their
cargoes must be lightered ashore and
this has been the cascos work for
ages.
The largest cascoes have a tonnage
of from twenty to 100 tons and the
smaller ones, or casquitos. of from
eight to twenty tons. and they range
from twenty TO ninety feet i'm length.
with a twclve-foot extreme beam. and
when loaded draw only two and half
to three feet of water. They are built
of light, tough wood grown i'm the
Province of Batam. which resembles
teak and will last for centuries on land
or water.
"Cascces are usually propelled by n
bamboo pole eighteen or twenty feet
long, in the hands Of the husky Fill
pino river men. The poles are spiked
and padded, so the crews may place
them against their shoulders to give
force TO their pushes.
1.-The crews number from FIVE to ten
men, and they and their families live
almost wholly on rice, fish, oysters.
clans and shrimps. Their pay is a
peso day, about fifty cents
''At night the bow is cleared and the
deck spread with palm mats and on
tHese, men, women ana children lie
down like sardines in box.
"The cascO has made number OF
Americans rich in the past three years.
The daily rental used 10 he from fifteen
to forty pesos a day, although under
Spanish rule it was only about thir-
| teen. When this Government tool.
/ over the islands in 1898. these men.
who had come to Manila rs SoldierS OF
| fortune without a cent. saw at glance
| that the unloading and landing of car
goes and soldiery and the vast stores
and munitions necessary for a period
Of war, was going to be big problem
They went to work and cornered
every casco in sight at low rental
Then prices shot up, and the Govern
ment in its emergency. had to pay
what was asked.
The casco has long been the home
| of a class of the ladrone element-a
retreat for thieves and thugs 1t is to
| them what the great wharves of Amer
lean and European ports are to the
water rats and harbor pirates. and it
has always been a favOrite and safe
place to secrete plumber
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Gin VINO can Not Iaorb.

Susie 70. jenkins. twenty years ola
OF philadelphia. says. "I have seen
nearly all the funny shows that have
come TO Philadelphia in recent years
and not one Of them could make ns
laugh. My mother has often tried Ia
make me laugh by tickling me but
even that won't work Ever since Z
can remember people have been toll.
ing mo funny stories and cutting mr.
ell sorts OF capers in the hope that Z
could be induced to smile. but AIN their
efforts nave been in vain have al
ways enjoyed perfect health.
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GODS MESSAGE TO MAN
PREGNANT THOUGHTS FROM THE
WORLDS GREATEST PROPHETS.

Poem The SRbbath-If Remorse Gnaw,
Forever There il No Possibility OF q
Heaven OF Peace and joy BENEFITS
From Conservation to God.
Sundays the pillars are
On which heavens palace arched hes;
The other days fill up the space
And hollow room with vanitieS
They arc the fruitful bed and borders
In Gods rich garden; that Is base
Which parts their ranks and orders
The Sundays OF mans life,
Threaded together on times string,
Make bracelets to adorn the wife
OF the eternal glorious King.
On Sunday heavens gate stands opc;
Blessings are plentiful and rife
More plentiful than hope.
George Herbert
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The newest steamships have device
In the bridge by which an the comuari.
meut doors can Doe closed zoo once. WITH
another appliance or two. TO- enable tho
man ON the bridge TO feed thc fire and
regulate Che engines. the vessels would
be as nearly automatic ass DO would be
safe TO make them Philadelphia
Ledger
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God is not indifferent. and uuou those
who cast such "a charge upon His infinite
love Tie pronounces the Judgment of doom.
is 10 not Thus CHAT we are to explain the
Judgments. the catastrophe. Che sorrows
that from time To- time sweep over nation.
al and individual lfcg What is the mean.
ing of such events. incxpHc1bic as they of.
ten appear but Tho declaration of God
Himself that Tie Is in H.s world to control
its destiny Rev DR. Mlckdy.
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pnnrcr in tire Ticnrntirc.

Why. pa, this is roast beef" cx-
claimed little Willie at diPncr on the
evening when Mr.. Chumpeigh was
present as the guest Of honor.
."Of course, said the father What
o. that
Why, YOU told ma this morning that
YOU were going to bring a mut:on-heaG'
home for dinner this evening"
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Miss Marion Cunningham, the Popular
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Club Of Emporia, Kans, has This to Say of
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A religion without a Bible Be- religion
of harmless distractions and aImicss p.ar.
tudcs. incapable of being rr1-rcl hy tine
tiou4iist Chicago
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ne"arc OF Otntuents For Catarrh That
Contain Mercury

as mercury will surely destroy the sense of
smell and completely derange the whole sys-
tom when entering it through the mucous
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10 the good you can possibly derive from
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directly upon tho blood and mucous surfaces
Oh the system. In buying Halls Catarrh Cure
De sure TO get the genuine 1t is taken in
formally, and is mado In Toledo, Ohio, by f
y. Cheney Il Co. Testimonials free.
Va Sold by Druggists; price. Toe. per bottle
Halls Family Pills are the best
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Thirty minutes is all the time required to
'lXc with PUTNAM FADELEss DYES. Sold hy
all druggists.
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Labor now so to- live that at the bour
OF death thou mayest rather rejoice than
fear Thomas a Kcmpis
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Two hundred and fifty Trappist monks
are now working at twenty-five stations in
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Some people who seem 10 think the
world owes them a living are too law 10
collect the debt
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Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, soften the gums, reduces infamma-
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Does the detective have to get a pointer
In order to dog criminals footsteps?
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Tea consumed in England is subject to
duty of twelve cents pound.
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In the BInn Grnss Rneion.

81 take on my hat TO a sos. box OF Tetter-
Inc. 1t has cured me Of skin disease which
doctors in seven States failed 10 cure. &C.
W. Cantrel. Louisville, Ky. 5Oc. Il box by
man from j. T. ShuptriEe, Savannah, Ga.
II your drui ei3t don't keep it,
The child that cries for the moon NAV
grow up and want the eartb
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nsu1 'iso's Cure for Consumption saved
- me three years ago.-MRs. THOMAS ROB
BINS, Maple ST., Norwich, n. Y, Feb. II. 1900