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The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-06-13
A PIea For pruneS.

I am waiting, sadly waiting, for the very
 worst to come, I am waiting for the widest, weirdest woe
 of all the sum. They've monopOllzed our bread, and they
 have cornered all the beef: Our coffee, tea and sugar they control be-
 yond relief, And all the luxurles of life are drifting past our reach. And 1t doesn't do the slightest good to rise and make speech, But while the prices soar aloft like gay and
 light balloons, We pause and all are glad there's no mo-
 nopoly on prunes. It is steadfast friend that clung when hckle fortune strayed; That stalwart fruit has stanchly stood when others fled. dlsmayed! Though mentioned in derisve glee, though jeered at and despised, In moments of necessity how truly is it priZed! The saccharine establishment in which it lightly rests Is nectar for OlympGn gods to place be- meath their vests! And yet it holds no naughty pose; at morn ingS, nights and moons The simplest and most frugal board is proudly graced with prunes. 0, mighty men of money, for whose favor kings must sue. Pray, spare this precious viand for another year or two! With golden bands our railroads tic, like mighty sheafs of steel; The OK, likewise the porker, place beneath q giant heel; But this, our joy in leeting youth, our prop in years mature 0, let us feel that for little while it is se- cure, Though all our other comforts fly, as wax and wane the moons, In this one case have pity! Don't put up the price of prunes!
 Washington Star
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-06-13
A WAY TO MCYe0Se yonr Mc0me.
 FOR LIFE.

Many persons of advanced ages find their incomes reduced on account of the present low rates of interest--Savings Banks will pay 4 per cent. on $I.ooo but only 3H per cent. on larger sums.
 Que 7HoNsamd Dollars used to purchase an annuity will yield the following Mcomes foy Life.
 At age of 60. ... $ 9S.S1
 " {" 65... 112.61
 :" {" 7O.... 794.77
 :" |" 75.... 15S:73
 i" {" SO.... 784.16
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-06-13
LIGHT ON 4 POLICEM4N'S DUYE

Al
 A question which often arises arose in the Superior criminal court in Boston day before yesterday, and was prompt ly and clearly dealt with. A case had to be delayed because police officer under summons sent word that he was in the District court of South Boston, and could not come. At the request of Assistant District Attorney Sughrue Judge Harris then laid down rules for the future guidance of the police. He found that wrong point of view had been held. Not infrequently cases have had to be put over because of the fail ure of a police officer to appear in re- sponse to a summons, because of his appearing in a police or municipal court. The higher court had first claim It was more expensive to run the Su- perior court than the municipal court, as there are no juries in the latter. In the Superior court there were usually several juries and the county ought not to be put to the expense incident to having juries waiting for something to do. Police officers should bear in mind the fact that their first duty is to attend the Superior court and hereafter the court would not accept as an excuse the fact that they were engaged in the low CT courts.
 This is a reasonable view to take of matter which sometimes causes not little trouble.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-06-13
ADVERTISING RATES.

Situations, Wants. Rents. and other small advertisements. One Cent Word each h. sertion. Five Cents Word for full week iseven tlmesl.
 Display advertisements. per inch. one h. gertIon, S1.20; each subsequent insertion, 4O cents; one week. S3.20; one month, S10; one year. $4u
 Obituary Notlees. In prose or verse. ID cents ger line. Notices of Births. MarIi- ages. Deaths. and Funerals. 50 cents eacf' Lucai Notices. 15 per line.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-06-13
FITTED.

Farmer Whiffie-"Is yer hoss used tew autermobies?"
 Farmer Gardner-"Yep; when a au- termobile tries to pass him on the road now, he lets it."-Puck.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-06-13

Rockefeller shares the throne of intel 1ect with Shakespeare, says President Cyrus Northrop of the University of Minnesota, land ragtime music hushes the melody of the hymns our fathers and mothers loved to sing. Professors attract notice to themselves and their institutions by utterances that ought to consign them to the investigation of of a commission de lunatico inqurendp. Something new is wanted and wanted all the time. It need not be true. It need not be valuable, but it must be astounding, and must attract general attention. To be unknown and un- noticed is death but to be notorious, even as a literary or educational crank or lunatic, is fame"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-06-13

Like all other United States senators, MT. Dietrich of Nebraska has great many engagements, but being a trifle forgetful about such things he has adopted an emphatic method of re- n1inding himself. He carries with him a small alarm clock. If he has an en- gagement, say at o'clock, the alarm goes off ten minutes before that time. Then he sets it for his next appoint ment and so on through the day.
 Consul-General Mason in a special re- port to the State department says that the outlook in Germany for fruits and vegetables is the worst since 1886, but that the prospects for wheat, rye and other cereals are excellent. Germany had a late cold and wet spring, and growing crops and vegetables of all kinds are fully three weeks behind their condition at this date in an average season. Field crops. although rendered late by the tagging spring, are general ly in a promising condition. Consul Mason says that the campaign to limit the planting of beet sugar is having it's effect, and that a decrease of Il per cent. in the area planted is noted now as compared with last year.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-06-13

You miserable sinners, said Elder Dowie of Zion City, "who long for more than eight hours sleep may the Lord have mercy on you. Will I have to wander through the streets of Zion with horn at my lips to rouse you from your sleep on the morning of the Sab- bath?" Guess he will if he wants to have them wake up.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-06-13

Pension Commissioner Ware has made it a practice all his life to pre- serve his letters In his office at To- peka he has a great letter file contain ing more than 25,000 letters of private character and another file containing as many of business character. He has these letters indexed in such man. one of them by name. date or subject matter.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-06-13

DELIVERED BY CARRIERS IN THE CITY 15 CENTS WEEK, 50 CENTS A MONTH, s3 FOR SIX MONTHS, SC A YEAR. THE SAME TERMS BY MAIL.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1902-08-29
Paying the Premium.

Some few months ago young ma
tron telephoned to one of the young
men she knew, who is connected with
large insurance firm, asking him to
write a policy covering her new house
hold effects.
Don't tell Dick" she asked. IL want
to surprise him. He really thinks l
have no business head at ALL"
The young man assented and issued
the policy. He waited considerable
time for the payment of the premium.
His friendship for the young woman
caused him to resist sending the bill,
but he finally did so. The recipient
complained bitterly to an acquaintance,
who is considerable of a wag, and he
readily encouraged her in her ideas.
"Now, really" she said, wrinkfng
her pretty brows, this bit of paper
costs next to nothing. l could have
written it myself"
YES" sad he. but If you have a
fire the company will have to pay the
loss
WELL" she suggested. "let them de-
duct what they say owe them. Then
they won't be out anything. Chicago
Record-Herald.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1902-08-29
Home Of Swamp-R ooa,
Snafls,

The popularity of the snail as an ar
ticle Of food is not confined to Paris,
but extends throughout southern Eu-
rope and some parts of Africa. DR..
Edrard, q French writer, in q pam
phlet says that 10000 pounds of snails
are sent daily to Paris from the gar
dens of Poitou, Burgundy, Champagne
and Provence. Those reared in gar
dens are fed on aromatic herbs to i'm
prove their flavor. Their market price
is from francs so centimes to 3 francs
80 confines a hundred, while those
from the hedges, woods and forests
bring only francs to francs 80
centimes. The proprietor of one snail
cry in the vicinity of Dion nets over
1000 francs annually.
The snail is reared and fattened with
great care in some cantons of Swift
zerland as an article of luxury and is
exported in a picked state. 1t is also
eaten as a relish and nutritious article
Of food in Austria, Spain, Italy and in
some sections of the United States.
The Ashantees and other African
tribes smoke them and eat them as
daily food all the year around. In
Algeria in the markets large heaps Of
snails are sold by the bushel and the
hundred as an article of food Vendors
hawk them in the streets of Cairo. In
modern Rome fresh gathered snails
are hawked by women from door to
door
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1902-08-29
MICHIGAN BRIEFS.

A Bad Accident.-Joe Hodgins, liv
ing near West Branch, was struck or
the head and his skull fractured by 6
piece falling from barn door. He is
III critical condition.
Serious Cave-in at Negaunee.--A Sc
|. rious cave-in occurred at the Queen
nine at Negaunee Tuesday, by which
several hundred feet of the track oil
the South Shore was carried down and
several houses were endangered.
Harness Makers Struck.-Fourteer
union harness makers in the shop OF
Brown & Schler at Grand Rapids went
on strike Tuesday because of alleged
favoritism on the part Of Foreman
Schultz toward five non-union men ep
ployed in the shop who refused to joir
the union.
Gave Him Five Years.-Herbert AID
ans, Port Huron youth who pleaded
guilty to feloniously assaulting his sis
ter and abusing her in shocking man.
ner, has been sentenced to five years
Imprisonment at Ionia.
Wants Husband Pardoned.-Mrs. w.
Fl. Groner, wife Of w. H. Groner, who
was sentenced to two years at Jackson
last spring by Judge Smith for black
mail, is circulating petition amonS
Milford people asking that Groner be
pardoned
Financially Embarrassed.-The Mag
ic Manufacturing company, patent
paint concern in which several prom
inent Ann Arborites are interested,
has gone up in the air and a petition
will be made to have it declared a
bankrupt concern.
More Rural Oelivery.-An additional
rural free delivery route has been or.
dered established at Fenton, Genesee
county, on Oct 1, the carrier to be ap.
pointed later. The route will be 223s
miles long, will cover an area OF "a
square miles and serve 500 people.
To Claim a Fortune.-W. p. Cum.
mings, an old-time resident of Niles,
has left for England to claim a fortune
q: $4,000 left him by his father, who
dIed six years ago. Cummings recent
" picked up a New York paper and
read an advertisement requesting him
to return to Hernebay, England, to
claim his fortune.
First Spiritualist Marriage.-The
frts marriage ever performed in Grand
Rapids by a spiritualist took place
Tuesday. The principals were Miss
Mabelle Olive Sanford and Wellington
Grove. the service being performed by
a sister Of the Rev. Emmilless Blake,
who is an ordained minister in the
spiritualist church.
Bad Mishap; No One killed.-A
steam pipe at the Port Huron Light &c
Power Co.'s plant blew up shortly be-
fore o'clock Saturday evening and
temporarily put the concern out of
business. One hundred and fifty
pounds of steam were carried at the
time and the explosion tore out part
of wall and cut out about 200 square
feet of roof as clean as though sawed
out by hand. Fortunately NO one was
injured.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1902-08-29
SATURDAY..

Women Raded the SaIoon.-Bel.
mont, small town six miles west OF
Nashville, Ind, was the scene of much
excitement syhen mob, composed Of
women, made raid on a saloon and
completely demolished it.
Bodies Thrown Into Seattle Brit
ish steamer Trent, which arrived at
Kingston, Jamaica, Friday from West
Indian ports, brought news of an
alarming increase of cases in the Sec
ond outbreak of smallpox at Barbados.
where the bodies of the dead are be-
ing thrown into the sea.
Fought Over Woman.-It Is report.
ed from Sofia, Bulgaria, that two Bull.
garian officers, Major Mirkow and Cap
tain Sebremitch, quarreled in the
streets of that city about a woman.
The encounter ended in the death of
Mirkow who was literally hacked to
pieces by cavalry sword in the hands
of the captain.
Wouldn't Bury Her Sons Body
The Kentucky penitentiary mutiny in
cident was closed Friday by the burial
Of Wallace Bishop. The body was in.
tered in the prison graveyard. War
den Lillard received letter from Mrs.
c. E. Bishop of Hammond, Ind, moth
er OF the dead man, saying: "Ken-
lucky murdered my boy. Let her bury
him. What is lump of clay to an out.
ragged, broken-hearted mother?"
Opposes New Tangled" Religion
DR.. w. G. Moorehead, president of the
United Presbyterian Theological semi
nary, was given an ovation Friday and
greeted by the largest gathering at the
National Winona Bible conference at
Warsaw, Ind. In the course of an ad.
dress on the righteousness of God"
DIR. Moorehead severely criticized the
Twentieth Century testament and took
occasion to voice emphatically his
sentiments against what he termed
new tangled religious methods"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1902-08-29
Centuries In RuiIding.

Persons who are disposed to grumble
at the length of time required to finish
public buildings should take heart
from the example of the Cathedral of
st. Peter, in Cologne. That structure
was 632 years in building. 1t was be-
gun in 124S and was pronounced COM
pleted in 1880. The great Cathedral
of Milan was begun in 1886 and was
not completed until 1905, 40 years lat
er. Rostermel castle, in Cornwall, took
ninety years to build, and one-third
Of that time was employed in excavat-
Ing for the foundation. The late Lord
Butte was engaged for over twenty
years in building his great palace in
the isle of Butte, and his successor is
still at work on it. The palace of the
Dukes of Atholl in Scotland, has been
building since 1880, and the work is
still going on. In the cases OF the 9th
er buildings mentioned, however, the
money for their construction did not
come entirely out of the pockets Of the
taxpayers, which. after all, makes
difference as to the mat
ter of looking at it.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1902-08-29
- -
TUESDAY,.

Iron In Norway.-Great veins of
rich iron ore are reported to have been
discovered at Vadso, Norway. The ore
contains so per cent iron.
Town Nearly Destroyed.-The prin-
cipal part of Ruskin, little town near
Waycross, Ca, was burned. The town
was formerly the home of the Ruskin
Commonwealth colony of socialists.
Railroad Official Drowned.-C. p. Oh
son, for twenty-five years superintend-
ent of bridges of the Burlington rail-
road system west of Missouri river,
was drowned Monday at Burlington,
La. Mr.. Olson resided in Lincoln, Neb.
Negro Strung Upton Jones, a
negro charged with crlminally assault
ing Mrs. William Smith near Seven
Springs, N. c., last Friday, infiicting
injuries from which Mrs. Smith died,
was lynched near the scene of his
crime by ten men.
Kruger to Resign.-As a result Of
the conferences between former Pres
ident Kruger and the Boer generals,
Dewet, Botha and Delarey, Mr.. Kru-
ger is to resign the leadership of the
Boer people. General Botha was unan-
imously designated future leader Of
the Beers.
Rio Grande Is Rising.-The Rio
Grande is rising alarmingly in New
Mexico. At Rincon the river is full to
the banks and still rising. 1t is feared
that the town may again be washed
away. The dams and bitches at Las
Cruces, N. NJ, will not be sufficient to
GIssipate the stream.
Brigham Young Ill.-Unofficial an
nounceEent is made of the serious i'll
ness Of Brigham Young, president Of
the quorum of twelve apostles OF the
Mormon church at Salt Lake Presi.
dent Young has been operated upon
for dropsy, and is said to be in a crit
icai condition.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1902-08-29
A MEMORY TEST.
The Act by Which One Controversy
Was Decided.

Was Decided.
Three men were disputlng in Berlin
one day as to which of them had the
best memory, and finally they asked
Oskar Blumenthal, well known writ
er, to decide the matter.
"Read me any page of Goethe's prose
works." said one Of the three, land
will at once repeat 1t word for word"
81 can do better than that" said the
second one. Put me in a corner of
this room, and will play three games
of chess simultaneously without ever
looking at the boards"
/ "That's nothing to what l can do"
said the first speaker again. Begin a
conversation with me now about the
most absurd things possible, and at the
end of an hour l will repeat the entire
conversation to YOU"
The third man was silent. and Blu
menthal said to him: "Why don't you
tell us what you can do? A few min
utes ago you were Boosting good deal
of your wonderful memory"
Il know it," was the reply. 'but
did not then know that my two friends
took the matter so seriously. And as
they are so much in earnest will not
try to surpass them, for l cannot for
get that each of them did me a favor
yesterday"
Yesterday" asked Blumenthal.
EYES," was the reply.
"And you have not yet forgotten it?
In that case the laurels belong to you,
for you have indeed wonderful men,
ory."-New York Herald.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1902-08-29
HIGHEST PRAis e
Some Owosso Citizens Grew En-
thusiastic on the Subject.

Some Owosso Citizens Grew En-
thusiastic on the Subject
The highest praise for Owosso public.
Is hearty expression from Owosso
people
Doans Kidney Pills are endorsed in
Owosso.
No better.proof of merit can be had.
Here's case of it, We have plenty
more like it.
Mr.. w. White inisher at Robbins
table factory, says: For two years l
was bothered good deal with pain and
weakness through the small of my back.
If stopped it was extremely painful to
straighten again and when l caught
cold il settled in my back and made me
worse. / had seen. Doan's Kidney Pills
highly recommended and / got box at
Johnson q Henderson's drug store.
They relieved me of the distressing an
noyance right away
For sale by all dealers Price 90
cents. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo N.
Y, sole agents for the United States.
Remember the name, Doan's and take
no substitute.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1902-08-29
SUMMARY OF NEWS
Happenings of the World in
IL Brief Dispatches. a
MTETHEE
MONDAY.
-.E.HyNs

MONDAY.
Volcano In Action in ItaIy.-Mount
Altomonte, in Calabria, Italy, has been
in eruption since last Friday and is
emitting showers of stones and flames.
Telegraph Men Get RaIse.-Four
hundred telegraph operators, one-half
the force employed by the Northern
Pacific road, will get raise of salary
Sept. /.
Killed by an Elevator.-Luke E..
Ryan was killed at Indianapolis Sun
day afternoon in an elevator of the
Grand hotel. The body was mangled
beyond recognition, being forced
through space five inches wide.
Shot Himself-William B. Meadow
croft, cashier for the Pacific Express
company at Milwaukee, committed
suicide Sunday in the Office of the
company by shooting. No reason is
known for the deed
Broke Her Week.-Mrs.. Jane Newell.
aged sixty-five years, prominent
woman of Springfield, o., was killed
in a runaway accident. Mrs. Newell
in jumping out Of the carriage, fell on
her head and broke her neck, killing
her instantly.
Five Were Suffocated.-The four
children of William Kronberg and his
servant girl of Portland, Me-, were suf.
located in fire in a two-story house.
When the firemen arrived the father
stood half clad on the sidewalk calling
piteously for time to go to the aid of
the children, but there was no chance
for them.
Town Was Shaken.-Sharon, Pa,
was shaken from end to end Sunday
by five successive explosions at the
National Steel company's furnace,
north Of that city. The explosions
were caused by the molten iron break
ing out Of the stack and running into
the water around the bosh. The shock
was so great that houses were rocked
as If by an earthquake. Great dam
age resulted.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1902-08-29
What is Mont PeIee Doinq +?

st. Thomas, d. w. l., Aug. 27.-Ad-
vices received from Dominica say that
between 10 in the morning and 3 in
the afternoon Monday, clouds of dust
were seen in the direction OF Mont
Pelee, Island of Martinique, and that
detonations at long intervals were
heard till the morning. Light showers
Of volcanic dust fell on Dominica.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1902-08-29
CAUGHT II From Cattle.

Pratt, Kan, Aug. PA Mrs. Kim
ball is dead from "lumpy jaw" caught
from cattle. and Mr.. Cochran OF the
Pratt Republican, is dangerously Ill
with the disease. The doctors here
say there are only six cases on record
where human beings have caught the
disease from cattle.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1902-08-29
FRIDAY.

Carnegie Library FOR DaWSon.-An-
drew Carnegie has made an offer of
$4,000 to Dawson, Alaska, to supply
! free library for that city. The Of
Ter will probably be accepted
Thomas Nevns Dead.-Thonas New
ns of East Orange, N. j., died at his
residence, Mount Shannon, County
Limerick, Ireland, Thursday Mr.. New
ms was man of wealth.
No More Horse Cars.-The last
horse car disappeared from Berlin,
Germany, streets Thursday, owing to
the abolition of that means of trans
portation in favor Of moremodern con.
veyanceS.
Committed Suicide.-Johanna Jakob-
son, thirty years old, who registered
with her husband, reputed to be a mer-
chant Of New York, committed suicide
by taking poison Thursday at a hotel
In Berlin.
Women Can vote.-Wisconsin wom-
en- will have the right to vote for state
and county superintendent of schools
at the coming general election, and
separate ballots must be provided for
their accommodation.
He Beat Nancy Hanks.-Cresceus
(2:02A) stepped a wonderful mile al
Indianapolis Thursday afternoon over
the State fair grounds track, clipping
cne-quarter of second off the track
record for trotters, made by Nancy
Hanks in 1892. His time by quarte 5
was as follows: :31R, 1:02h, 1874,
20AA.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1902-08-29
A UNIQUE DORMITORY.
One That Is Owned by the Universit.
of the South.


Dean Hoffman was noted for char
liable impulses, which his large income
allowed him to indulge in. Some years
ago the dean invested heavily in land
in small southern town which was
then enjoying "boom" period. Among
the deans other investments was a
beautiful little hotel, exquisitely ap-
pointed and perfect in every detail.
After awhile the "boom" fell through,
and the little hotel became losing In
vestment
At this time the chancellor of the
University of the South, an old friend
Of Dean Hoffman, was on hunting
trip with him in the mountains Of
North Carolina.
1--WE are badly in need Of dormitory
down at Suwanee." said the chancel-
lor.
EYES," said Hoffman and sat think
ing for moment. "Well, you can have
the hotel building down ut B." man,
ing the town. "You can take 1t to
ought to make a pretty little dormi-
tory"
The chancellor was greatly pleased
and made all the arrangements to
move the hotel, when, to his astonish-
ment, the citizens Of the town obtained
an injunction against its removal on
the grounds that the hotel In a way
was public property and that to re-
move 1t would leave the town without
any hotel accommodations. A legal
fight followed, but the university won
out in the end. SO the University of
the South revels in the luxury OF the
most unique dormitory in the world
New York Times
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1902-08-29
Quick CAPTURE.

st. Joseph, Mich. Aug. 25.-The
farmhouse Of Farmer Hartman. near
Eau Claire, was robbed just before
noon Saturday. A neighbor saw three
men leaving the house with valuables
In two hours the men were captured
and are now In the county Jail.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1902-08-29
Battle Creek Man killed.

Hinton, W. Va, Aug. 25.-James
Vincent, aged thirty-fve, OF Battle
Greek. Mich. leaped from a train ten
miles east of here and was instantly
killed, his neck being broken. He was
travelling man. The coroner's jury
returned a verdict OF accidental death