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The Owosso times., 1903-01-02
The Flemish Ffshyyffe.

She is monstrous big creature, aa
unrcstrained in her physical growth as
she Is in her expression of the smallest
or the largest emotion that stirs her.
Two Of her walking side by side fill
the narrow street with a broad ex-
panse of hips which leaves no room
for anything else to squeeze past her.
Her back view is as imposing and not
unlike the mighty Flemish horse in
motion in front Of one. Her great
broad feet are comfortably bestowed in
wooden sabots that make pleasing,
leisurely clatter as she moves majestic
ally along. Her massive chest is
crossed by the knitted shawl she al
ways wears. The strings Of her apron
have never yet succeeded in reaching
clear about her waist. Her face, broad.
red, lightly wrinKIed, as quick to tight
ell with anger as to broaden with
laughter, has never been shaded by
hat nor schooled to conceal a thought
that moves her. Her hands are huge.
strong, quick. And her tongue!
The Owosso times., 1903-01-02
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Blaze In Bloomington, Iff.-Fire In
ne business section of Bloomington.
ILL.,, Thursday night caused a loss Of
about 100000.
Home For Masons' Daughters.-Will-
lam l.. Elkins OF Philadelphia will
found homo In that city for orphan
girls, daughters OF Free Masons of
Pennsylvania. that will cost s500,000.
Poor Health-suicide.- amin N.
Thornton of Atlanta, GA, committed
suicide Thursday night by shooting
himself through the right temple. He
was about 80 years of age and prom
inent socially. He was in poor health.
Fatally Stabbed.-Ernest Wimber.
ley, a well-knoyn young man of Mo-
mile, Ala, was fatally stabbed Thurs
day night by two negroes. Charles
Humphreys and John Golden were ar
rested charged with the crime,
Pope viii lnvestigate.-The Rome
correspondent Of the London Daily
Mail telegraphs that as an outcome OF
negotiations with the Saxon court the
pope has senat prelate to Geneva to
inquire into the, circumstances Of the
flight Of the crown princess of Saxony,
with view to- arranging reconsilia-
ton.
The Owosso times., 1903-01-02
GENERAL MARKETS.
Wednesday, Dec. 81.

CHICAGO.-Wheat: Dec, 1855,
May, 765sc. Corn-Dec., 44Kc; May
49Hc. Oats--Dec., 321ac; May, 33Ac
Pork-Jan., S1727; May, $16.45. Lard
jan, 1922; May, $9.55. Ribs-Jan.
$S.47; May, 1882. Timothy-Jan.,
$425.
DETROIT.-Wheat: No. white
73c; No. 2 red, SO%c; Dec, SO%c;
May, S0%c. Corn-No. mixed. 4Sc;
No. yellow, soc. Oats-No. 8 white
35Ac; No. white, 34c. Rye-No. O.
53Kc. Beans-Dec., 1925; May. s2.45
Clover-Spot, $3.50; March, $685..
Live Stock Markets.
DETROIT.-Cattle: Good to choice
butcher steers, 1000 to 1000 lb. S4.25
@5: light to good butcher steers and
heifers, 700 900 lb, $3.25@4: mixed
butchers and fat cows, S3.25M3.75.
Veal calves-s4.50@775; milch cows
and springers, $25@50. Sheep and
lambs-Best lambs, S5.25@5.50; light
to good and good mixed lots, S4.25@
4.75; yearlings, $3.25@375; fair to
good butchers sheep, $3@3.5O; culls
and common, s2@3. Hogs-Light to
good butchers, $6.15@6.20; pigs and
light Workers, Sc; stays, one-third off:
roughs, s5.25@5.75.
CHICAGO.-Cattle: 10@15c lower:
good to prime steers, s5.4O@6.40: poor
to medium, S3@475; bulls, s2644O:
calves, 1907. Hogs-10@15c higher:
mixed and butchers, s6.2O@6.65; good
to choice heavy, $6.60@6S5; light,
$6@6.40. Sheep and lambs, strong;
good to choice wethers, $4@4.5O; fair
to choice mixed, $3@5; native lambs,
$4m6.
EAST BUFFALO.-Cattle: Prime
steers, S5.5006; shipping steers. $50
$50; butcher steers, s4@5; veals. tons,
SS.5060.50. Hogs-Hesvy, $6.65@6.7O;
medium, s6b0W6.G5. Sheep and lambs
Top lambs, S60610; culls to good,
$3.50 500; sheep, top mixed, S3.66D
1885, cuils to good. S1.7503.50.
The Owosso times., 1903-01-02

"The last age of love in mans life
Is the dotage," says Dorothy Dix in
Ainslee's. "This Is peculiar to wealthy
old men, and its most pronounced
symptom is a mania for presenting
diamonds and opening bottles for
chorus girls, who call him papa. At
other times In mans life he has some
slight msgivings about love being al
ways conducted on n reciprocal basis,
but when he reaches this age he throws
fears to the winds. He knows he Is
loved for himself alone. The man at
twenty-five doubts his power TO win n
womaa's Eeart. The laGn Of sevcnt".
five Is ccc.:Surc chat he is Il challaer
nothing feminine can resist. lie knows
the ratio of his fascinatioDs has in
creased with his advancing years, and
he quarrels with his family, who are
cruel enough to suggest that the debu-
tante he leads to the altar may have a
weather eye on his will.
"The last age of love is the most dan
gcrous OF them all and is generally fa-
tai. In fact, love is like the measles
II Is safest and goes easiest with man
when he has 1t early in life"
The Owosso times., 1903-01-02
THURSDAY.

Omaha Car Lines ConsoIidate.-The
plan for the consolidation of all the
street railways of Omaha, South Oma-
ha and Council Bluffs has been made
public.
Steamer Wrecked, Passengers Saved
The steamer Nagata Maru of Yoko-
hama was wrecked during storm
forty miles from Taku, in Shangtung
province, on Nov. 20. The 700 Chinese
passengers and crew were landed in
safety.
General Swayne Is lll.-General Wa
ger Swayne of New York, who has
been i'll for some time at his residence,
Is reported to be very low. His recov-
cry is not hoped for. General Swayne
served with distinction in the civil
war. He has practiced law In New
York since 1880.
Be Paid in 'Frisco.-The president
has issued an order directing that,
beginning Jan. 1, all pensioners OF the
United States residing in Hawaii, the
Philippine islands, Guam, Samoa and
other islands in the Pacific ocean be-
longing to the United States shall be
paid from the United States pension
agency at San Francisco.
China May Pay In Silver-UnofTicia
advices have reached Washington that
China intends to pay the next INSTALL
ment of the boxer indemnity in silver.
The reports indicate that China ;s
driven to this course by the fact that
all her revenues are payable In silver,
and the great internal financial strain
makes It Impossible to obtain gold.
The Owosso times., 1903-01-02
SATURDAY..

A $4,000 Fire.-Fire in Newark, N
j., did $4,000 damage to the Goerke
company's department store, the es-
Establishments of the Paris Cloak & Suit
Co. and the Ray Tailoring company.
Postmaster Committed Suicide.-Z
L. Greening, postmaster at Cortland,
Logan county, Illinois, committed sui
eide Friday by shooting. A postoffice
inspector has found his accounts to
be $1,400 short.
Jumped observation-disclosures Of the
French line steamer La Touraine from
New York Dec. 1S, which arrived at
Havre Thursday, report that saloon
passenger, John Echevarria, commit
ted suicide by jumping overheard Dec
81. His body was not recovered.
SnoWslides Impede Traffic.-The
Great Northern main line track, from
Everett, Wash, to the Cascade tunnel
has been abandoned since Wednesday
owing to the bridge at Madison being
carried away by a snowslide and tre-
mendous snow slides between Madison
and the tunnel.
Build Road by Electric Lights
Building a railroad by electric light is
novelty that will be introduced by
the Sante Fe company when it begins
construction of it's cutoff to connect
it's Pecos Valley line with its main
line in New Mexico. A large electric
light plant will be installed at the
mouth of Abo Pass canyon so that men
can work at night as well as day.
The Owosso times., 1903-01-02
WEDN ESDAY.

More Buffalo For Yeilowstone.-The
government has purchased four more
buffalo from private herd in Idaho
for stocking the Yellowstone National
park. The herd in the park now mum
bers about forty-fve.
A Fatal Wreck.-In a head-on col.
lision on the Pennsylvania near West
Middlesex, Pa, Tuesday night, Engi.
neer Neal Doherty of Erie was killed
and four were seriously injured and
almost a score hurt.
Will Be EIectrocuted.-Leona
Quint, an Italian, aged 16, who shot
and killed Virgil Blake, fellow work.
man, four months ago in Columbus,
O., was found guilty of murder in the
first degree. Quint will be sentenced
to be electrocuted.
Pope Won't AnnuI the Marriage
Cardinal Vannutelli, president of the
apostolic penitentiary, which deals
with matrimonial questions, Is author.
ity for the statement that the pope will
not under any circumstances annul
the marriage of the crown prince oil
Saxony.
bers, prominent young man living in
Barboursville, w. Va, Is dying, and
George Thompson of Saffaire Creek,
w Va. is thought to be mortally
wounded, the result of duel with
knives fought near Logan Tuesday
morning. The men had been at outs
over the fact that both loved the same
young woman.
The Owosso times., 1903-01-02
The Extinct Qunggn.

The quagga, the half cousin to the
wild ass, has vanished from Africa
and only exists as imperfect specimens
in the European museums.
The quagga exists as name still In
South Africa, for the name has been
wrongly applied to Burchel's zebra,
but the true quagga, which took its
name from it's cry ''quacha," has been
extinct since 1872, when the last of
his or, rather, of her race, for this
quagga was female, died in the Lon
don Geological society's menagerie.
It's extinction in South Africa was
due solely to the zeal with which the
Dutch farmers hunted it for it's hide
and it is n saddening reflection that
thousands of Kaffirs used to be fed on
it by their Boer masters.
The idiotic wastefulness of thus eX'
terminating species becomes the
more marked in view of the fact that
the quagga, which was midway be-
tween zebra and wild ass, could
be broken to harness and was the
bravest as well as the hardest of ami
mails. Some Boer farmers used to
keep tame quaggas OH their farms to
Craze with horses in order to protect
them from beasts of prey.
The Owosso times., 1903-01-02
The Wedding Cake.

The wedding cake is a development
Of the three ears Of wheat carried by
the bride in very Olden times as pre-
sage Of plenty Of the good things Of
life. In time the grain thus formerly
carried was ground and made into
small cakes, which were thrown over
the brides head as she entered her first
house. A pile Of these fiat cakes was
laid one upon another, after the man.
Bible times. Thus by natural evolu-
tion came the present form of one huge,
round cake, for whose elaborate ap-
pearance and composition we have the
French to thank.
The Owosso times., 1903-01-02

Health is a magnet which irresistibly
draws the man to the woman in life's
mating time. Health does more than
tint the skin with beauty it puts music
into the voice and buoyancy into the
step, as we'll as happiness into the heart.
A great many women covet beauty and
are constantly seeking aids to beautify
them. Let a woman first seek perfect
health and all other charms shall be
added to her.
There can be no general health for
women while there is disease of the
delicate womanly organism. The first
step to perfect health is to cure womanly
diseases by the use of DIR. Pierce's Fa-
vorite Prescription. 1t establishes regu-
larity, dries weakening drains, heals
inflammation and liberation and cures
female weakness.
rI used four bottles of your 'Favorite Pre-
scription and one of Golden Medical Discov-
cry writes Mrs. Elmer ID. Shearer. of Mount
hope, Lancaster Co.. Pa, oand can say that am
cured of that dreaded disease, uterine trouble.
Am in better health than ever before. Every
one who knows me is surprised TO see me look
so well. In June i was so poor in health that
at times could not walk. To-day am cured
/ tell everybody that DIR. Pierce's medicines
cured me-"
FREE. DIR. Pierce's Common Sense
Medical Adviser is sent free on receipt of
stamps 10 pay expense of mailing only.
Send 2I one-cent stamps. forthe book in
paper covers, or 81 stamps for the cloth
bound volume. Address DIR. X. " Pierce,
Buffalo, Ny.
The Owosso times., 1903-01-02
Mlcni6AN BRIEFS.

lifS Convict Is Dsad.-William Har.
rison. life convict from Missaukee
county, where he was convicted OF
murdsr less than two years ago, died
In Jackson p.ison from cancer Of ths
stomach. aged &c years.
Burned to Death In Logging Camp.
1t has been learned that John Mat
teson OF Menominee was burned to
death in the fire which destroyed the
logging camp of c. J. Anderson, three
miles west of Koss, Mich.
Ex-Editor Smiley Left.-It Is said at
Augusta that Joseph Bert Smiley, the
erratfc editor-poet Of Galesburg, has
diana, and his wife Is employed on the
Beacon at Augusta as a compositor.
Goats to Buck Milk Trust.-The
dealers of Three Rivers have formed
a combine and will shove the price OF
milk up from to cents per quart.
One firm which uses a considerable
quantity talks OF importing herd OF
goats to buck the combine.
Little Sufferers Return.--Anna Ma
comb, Paul -Kruska, Paul Beattie, Eu-
genia Pratt ami Willie Oppenheim,
the Saginaw children sent to Chicago
to undergo the Pasteur treatment for
hydrophobia, returned Tuesday. They
are all we'll and in good spirits.
A Text That Stumped Him.
81 once heard a minister who boas sted
from his pulpit that lie was able to
prSach from any text In the Bible OFF,
hand without thought or other prepa-
ration, and as a test of his talent in ex-
temporaneous speaking he invited his
congregation the next Sunday morning
to hand in any texts they would like
him to preach from, when he would
show them what he was able to do"
relates the Chicago Record Herald. 'In,
order that he might not be suspected Of
surleptitious preparation the passages
of Scripture were TO be written upon
slips of paper, sealed up in envelopes
and placed upon the pulpit Immediate
ly before the opening of the service.
The next Sunday morning the pastor
came bounding in, pride and confidence,
cleaning In his eyes, and found num-
Der of sealed envelopes lying upon the
big Bible. After the preliminary serv-
ice he called attention to them and said
he would preach from the text con-
tanned in the envelope that lay on the
top of the pile. The remainder he
would reserve for future Sabbaths.
Tearing it open, he unfolded slip of
paper and read the words once ad-,
dressed to the prophet Balaam, Am 1,
not thine ASST"
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Sun
Stroke Shattered NY
Nerves.
Gave Up Preaching
For Two Years.
DR.. Miles Nervine Put
Me On Active List.

Are you well1 Do you sleep well2 Do
you get up rested, fresh and yigorousl Is
your mind clear and activel If not read the
following. See what another has suffered
and how he recovered.
"Some years ago / was afflicted with sun
stroke which leA me with shattered nerv-
Gus system and exceedingly poor health. I
suffered terribly with pain in my head, the
top of my head would feel hot. l could not
study, and after striving for two years to
wear the trouble off, was compelled to give
up my pastoral labor and retire to my farm
where spent nearly two years trying to re-
cuperate. 1t was all of no avail. Physicians
treatment and patent medicines failed to re-
lieve me. | was exceedingly nervous and
irritable and sometimes would shake terribly.
] could not bear any noise. At the least ex-
o,.em ut III. bio d would rush to my face
and mad. Two years ago | was induced to
ty DIR. Miles restorative Nervine. After
using one bottle | could see improvement in
my condition so | continued taking il for
nearly a year. l am happy to say no
longer have those pains in my head or nerv-
GUS spells. My appetite is good and / am
able to preach three times on Sunday with
out fatigue. | consider DIR. Miles Nervine
the most wonderful medicine ever discov-
cred. Rev. ID. Alex. Holman, Pastor u. b.
Church, Marion. Ind.
All druggists sell and guarantee first bot
tie DR. Miles Remedies. Send for free book
on Nervous and Heart Diseases. Address
DR.. Miles Medical Co.. Elkhart. Ind
The Owosso times., 1903-01-02
sunfiower Seed. as Food.

The sunflower crop is one of the best
paying in Russia. A good crop is worth
as 1t stands in the field $50 an acre.
The seeds are sold by the farmer for
about $1.50 pound; then the mer-
chants salt them and retail them for
$3 a pound, and at every street cross
ing in Russian provincial cities are
stands and peddlers with baskets sell
ing to the passersby the salted prod.
uct Of the big sunflower, which is
eaten,
The Owosso times., 1903-01-02
Didn't Have n Chance.

A New York man tells this story Of
friend who was very fond Of field
sports and possessed fine pair of red
Irish settlers. One night he visited a
fashionable gambling establishment.
taking the dogs with him. He sat
down to enjoy supper, when the pro-
prletor, who was very fond of shoot
ing, remarked:
"Those are very fine animals, Mr..
Blank. Are they broker
Heavens! No." was the response.
"They haven't been in here five min
ntas"
The Owosso times., 1903-01-02
nUMPHR REYS'
Witch Hazel Oil
THE PILE OINTMENT.
One Application Gives Relief.

II cures Piles or ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
or Internal, Blind or Bleeding, Itching or
Burning, Fissures and Fistulas. Relief i'm
mediate--cure certain.
1t cures Burns and Scalds. The relief
instant.
1t cures Inhamed or Caked Breasts and
Sore Nipples. Invaluable.
1t cures Salt Rheum, letters, Scurfy
Eruptions, Chapped Hands, Fever Blisters,
Sore Lips or. Nostrils. Corns, Bunions'
, Sore and Chafed Feet, Stings OF insects,
Mosquito Bites and Sunburns.
Three Sizes, 25c., SOC. and $l.OO
Sold by Druggists or sent prepaid on receipt Of price,
HUMPHREYS MED. Co.,
Cor. william e. John sts.. NEW fOhh'
The Owosso times., 1903-01-02
Fed hx the Queen.

London, Dec. 29.-Queen Alexan-
dra's dinner Saturday afternoon to the
widows and children of those killed
In the South African war formed the
most striking demonstration In Lon
don's observance of Christmas. Long
before the festivities began crowds
gathered In the streets adjacent to the
Alexandra Trust building; which was
gaily decorated without and within.
Over 600 widows and 500 children par
took OF the queens Christmas fare.
The Owosso times., 1903-01-02
An Unfortuumte, Selection.

A member of Brother Dickey's con-
gregation said to him:
"Dey's so many chil1un i'm my family
we got tired lookin' roun' fer names fer
'em. so we done name de twin gals
Poverty EN- Riches"
"You done wrong" said Brother
Dickey. you'll never git 'em off yo'
han's-kaze all men II quote de Bible
on you en- say, Gimme neither Poverty
nor Richest Atlanta Constitution.
The Owosso times., 1903-01-02
DO Fishes Hear?

Did any one ever see a fish's ears
Do fishes have ears? 1t has been pref.
ty well proved that they hear. Sci
entists have made up a list of about
100 fishes that make sounds. Why
should they make sounds unless they
expect to be heard? The drum drums.
The puffer croaks. Even the weakfish
complains with an internal voice when
the cruel fisherman leaves it to die in
the bottom of the boat. Possibly fishes
hear through their teeth.-New York
Press.
The Owosso times., 1903-01-02
someone Turned the Switch.

Quincy, Ind, Dec. 31.--In the wreck
of through Chicago-LouisvilIe freight
train ON the Chicago, Indianapolis &
Louisville railroad (Monon) here Tues.
day. Engineer Albert 8. Barker, Fire
man Joseph ]. Eglin and Brakeman
Hiram Perry were killed and the en-
gine and eighteen cars, loaded witt
hogs and cattle, were piled up in a
ditch. A switch lock had been broken,
supposedly by tramps. and the switch
turned.
The Owosso times., 1903-01-02

Asked his age In court Of justice, a
Georgia darky replied:
swell. sub, ez ole ez de big white
oak tree on Marse Toms plantation"
"And how old may that be?'' inquired
a lawyer.
swell. sub, ef makes no mistakes,
de white oak tree is de same age ez de
mill dam, en- de mill dam amt day
older dan de red barn, what come nigh
ter bein' burned up de stars felledv'
Atlanta Constitution.
The Owosso times., 1903-01-02
Naval Cadets TO BE Increased.

Washington, Dec. 31.-The members
of the house and senate naval COM
mittees, after conferences with the
secretary of the navy, have practically
decided on a plan for the increase OF
the personnel Of the navy. 1t contem
plates an additional naval cadet from
each congressional district, two for
each senator and TEN annually to be
appointed at large by the president.
The Owosso times., 1903-01-02
Cholera Ravaqinq the VILLAGES.

Manila, Dec. 30.-Moros on the is
land of Mindanao report that the
cholera is depopulating the villages on
the east side Of Lake Lanao. At Maciu
there is an average Of fifty deaths a
day. The disease also prevails at
Bacolod. II has appeared on all sides
of Lake Lanao, but the Visayan resi-
dents Of the island don't seem to have
been attacked
The Owosso times., 1903-01-02
Strenuth of the M, NJ. G.

Lansing, Mich, Dec. 30.-Adjutant.
General Browns annual report to the
secretary of war shows that the total
strength of the Michigan National
Guard is 1890 officers and enlisted
men. There are 2,527 privates and
2,768 privates and non-commissioned
officers.
The Owosso times., 1903-01-02
An ENEMY Kills His Cattle

Flushing, Mich, Dec. 29.-W. H.
Barden Of Thetford township has a
relentless and mysterious enemy. Dur
ing the summer he lost several cattle
and sheep by poison, and recently
found one of his horses dead in its
stall. The animal had been killed with
an AK
The Owosso times., 1903-01-02
Wanted the Whole outat.

A friend once wrote to Mark Twain
asking his opinion on a certain matter
and received no reply. He waited a
few days and then wrote again. His
second letter was also ignored Finally
he sent Il third note, inclosing sheet
Of paper and two cent stamp. BY re-
turn post he received a postcard on
which was the following: Paper and
stamp received. Please send envelope"
The Owosso times., 1903-01-02
The CHARGE Is Murder.

Detroit. Mich, Dec. 30.-Forrest
Webster was Monday arraigned in the
police court, charged with numbering
his stepfather, William F. Haskett.
He pleaded not guilty and his examina-
tion was set for Jan. 6. He will be de-
Tended by George F. Monaghan.
The Owosso times., 1903-01-02
Deed of One Bandit.

Louisville, KY, Dec. 51.-A bold at
tempt was made by lone robber to
hold up the New Orleans ?Cincinnali
northbound express of the Louisville &
Nashville railroad as the train was en-.
tering South Louisville at 2:30 o'clock
Tuesday morning. The highwayman
secured but little booty, and is be-
lieved to have been shot by the con.
ductor, J. d. ,Keene, who pursued him
with a Winchester.
The Owosso times., 1903-01-02
Old People In Denmark.

Denmark is the paradise Of old peo-
pie. Any man or woman over sixty
years Of age who can show good rec
ord is hcMsed, fed and clothed at the
expense OF the nation. The cost per
head averages. only % cents day, or
one-half of what it is in English and
Russian warehouses.
The Owosso times., 1903-01-02
Won't Go to Manila to testify.

Washington, Dec. 29.-Secretary
Root has decided that it is imprac-
ticable for General Chaffee, General
Smith and other officers to go to Ma
nila to testify before the Glenn court
martial, as the purposes of the inves-
tigation can be fully subserved, so far
as the testimony of the officers named
is concerned, by securing their deposit
tiOnS
The Owosso times., 1903-01-02
TUESDAY,.

Negroes and Whites CIash.-A shoot
ing affray between whites and negroes
near Williston, Ala, resulted in the
death of two negroes and the wound
ing Of two white men.
New Ocean Steamship Line-A new
steamship line, which Is to provide 9
monty service between Hongkong and
Mexico, via Honolulu and San Francis
CO, is soon to be established.
A 100000 Fire in LouisvIIIe.-Fire
Monday night in the wholesale whisky
house of Bonnie Bros, In the heart oil
the wholesale whisky district of Louis
vile, KY, caused loss Of 100000.
Loves Tragedy.-Chick Harris, q
married man, aged 36, Of Washington
Ca, shot and slightly wounded Allie
Edmonds, a girl of 1S years, and then
killed himself. He was infatuated with
Miss Edmonds.
4 Pension Their Employes.--Standa
oil company has announced a general
pension plan for the benefit of its EN-
,ployes.t The plan is on the several
lines of those which have been an
nounced by various railroad com
panies. ..r,l =. s- - ~
New York, Banks Consolidate
Plans are being made to effect the
consolidation of the National Broad.
Mercantile National banks OF New
York. The combined bank will 90
known as the Mercantile National, and
it is likely that It's capitai and surplus
will amount to $10,OO0,000.