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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1903-10-02
Curly Shavings.

A shaving of wood curls up owing
to contraction on one side and eXpan-
sion on the other. This expansion is
accelerated by what is known as the
"back iron" or "cap iron" which is used
In most planes.
The object of this "cap iron" is to
break the shavings into short lengths
and to prevent the cutting iron" from
tearing or splitting the fibers of the
wood, which lie always more or less
in slanting direction.
The nearer the edge of the "bacl1
iron" is placed to the edge of the cut
ting iron" the shorter the shavings are
broken off. These are smooth on one
side, and the serrations on the other
correspond with the distance between
the edges of the two irons.
All wood, too, is formed in circular
rings, such as can be seen in the sec
ton of any tree trunk 1t follows,
therefore, that when the rings of wood
are cut across, as they are to certain
extent in the act Of planning, they are
relieved from tension and curl up in
the endeavor to expand themselves.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1903-10-02
POULTRY POINTERS.

Sulphur for the nests, whitewash for
the house and kerosene for the roosts.
Common road dust with little sui
phur mixed in 1t makes a good dust
bath.
On the farm pound of poultry meat
can be grown at less cost than a pound
Of beef.
Pullets hatched in summer will not
lay until spring, and 1t is rarely best
to keep them.
An egg from q good layer will be
more likely to produce q good layer
than an egg from a poor layer.
Sorghum seed makes good feed for
poultry. When the cane is harvested
for molasses the seed should all be
saved.
The larger and more scarlet in color
the comb is the nearer the pullet has
approached the period that she is about
to lay.
For good winter layers save the pull
lets that were hatched early, not later
than April. and the yearling hens that
moir.early.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1903-10-02
Chnrm of Cfrcus Life.

"Ihere is Il charm, a fascination.
about circus life that is hard to ex.
plain" sa'1 veteran Snowman. ut is
surely tough existence, being buffet
ed about from place TO place, often
without q bed to sleep in, and the
wages, outside of the salaries paid to n
few stars, are amazingly small. Yet
when man once gets taste of circus
life it's all up with him. He's never
good for anything else and never wants
TO be. There must be germ bred of
the sawdust, that gets into the blood.
Take the canvasers. for instance. They
get $50 month and their board. which
usually consists Of bad grub and an i'm
promptu bed in wagon. Often they
don't take their clothes off for weeks
at time. There's one fellow 1 know
who possesses more than the average
intelligence. He has trade, and dur
ing the winter he makes on an average
$50 a week, and yet just as soon as the
circus season opens he throws up his
job and goes out on the road with a
show for $50 month. In almost every
town the management is besieged by
men and boys who want to go along,
and many of them offer their services
for their board. It's q queer state Of
affairs. "-Philadelphia Record.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1903-10-02
ARE STAR WITNESSES.
State Tax Commission to Testify In
the Railroad Fiqht.

tne railroad right.
Lansing, Mich, Sept. 3O.-The star
witnesses in the suit which the rail
roads are prosecuting against the state
to set aside the assessment of their
properties are the members of the
state tax commission.
The taking OF testimony in the big
railroad case was commenced here
Tuesday afternoon before Clerk c. l..
Fitch of the United States district
court at Grand Rapids, and strenog-
rapheN
Benton Hanchett of Saginaw is the
dean of the legal array assembled to
take the testimony for the railroads.
He is supported by Henry Russell and
o. E. Butterfield for the Michigan Gen.
trail, Alex. c. Angel Of the Lake Shore
and F. w. Stevens of the Pere Mar
quette. The states case is in the hands
of Attorney-General Blair, who is as
sisted by Congressman Charles Town
send and Roger Wyckes.
The first witness in the case was
Fred M. Twiss, who has had charge
of the field men sent out by the COM
mission to obtain values of property.
Clerk Twiss was a good witness for
the railroads, as he was compelled In
his view of the matter to substantiate
their charge that the general prop
critics are grossly undervalued.
Tax Commissioner Dust was on the
stand the remainder of the afternoon
termination Of the commission, the
statement made in the certificate at
tached to the original assessment Of
the railroads that the general prop
critics of the state are assessed at less
than cash value was correct.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1903-10-02
EvARTS' QUAINT HUMoR.
How He Passed n Poet and a States
man Into the Senate.


During the last days of Oliver Wen
dell Holmes life he visited Washington
in company with Robert c. Winthrop
and both Of the venerable men visited
the senate chamber on the occasion OF
some ceremonies which crowded the
galleries with people, so that they were
unable to obtain seats. They sent their
cards to Mr.. Evarts, hoping that he
might arrange q place for them, and
when he met them in the marble room
he explained the difficulty.
"The galleries are crowded, as you
KNOW" he said, land the rules Of the
senate admit to the floor of the cham
Der only members Of the two houses
Of congress, members of the cabinet,
justices of the supreme court, ex-sen.
ators, persons who have received the
thanks of congress and private secre-
taries to senators. 1 cannot get you
admission in any other capacity, but
if you will accept highly respectable
and 'remunerative employment as my
private secretaries !, will find you seats
on the floor" Both the poet and the
statesman accepted, and Mr.. Evarts
took them to the door, where he ad.
dressed the doorkeeper as follows:
"My dear sir, these two young men
are my private secretaries. You will
observe that they are both very green
and ignorant, but l am trying to have
patience with them and overlook their
deficiencies. l wish you would take a
good look at them so that when they
come here again to see me you will
know them" And with that he pushed
open the swinging doors and motioned
DR.. Holmes and Mr.. Winthrop to pass
in, while the doorkeeper in bewilder-
ed sort of way remarked in an I'M
dertone:
"Well, I'll be blanked"-Chicago
Record-Herald.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1903-10-02
FIRE AT SAGINAW.
Entire East Sidt Threatened-Three
Concerns Burned Out.

Entire East Sidt Threatened-Three
Concerns Burned Out.
Saginaw, Mich, Sept. 2S.-At 10
o'clock Sunday morning fire was dis
covered in the storage warehouse Of
the Bartlett Foundry Co., on South
Tilden street, and in a few minutes
the mammoth building, a wooden
structure so by 245 feet, four stories
high, was a mass of flames. A heavy
west wind was blowing and for a time
the entire east side was threatened
with destruction.
Before much Roadway had been
gained by the fremen the flames had
spread to the new shops of the Christie
Buggy company, across the street, l..
Clinkofstine's junk and scrap iron es-
Enlistment and the foundry of the
Bartletts, all of which were entirely
destroyed. 1t was at the last point the
chief fight was made, and in it oc-
Cured the principal losses. All of the
firms valuable patterns were de.
stroyed
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1903-10-02
A POETS ALooFNEss.
The Manner In Which Wordsworth
Was Regarded by His NeighbOrs.


Was Regarded by His Neighbors.
The worthless of Wordsworths vii
!age in the lake country of England
had their own ideas of his value as a
man AMI a poet. When questioned
after his death as to his personality
they readily admitted that he was kind
to those who were in sickness or need.
They could count on him on pinch.
But he did not hobnob with his neigh
borsa
He did not notice them much" said
an old man in answer to questions
asked by the author of Lake Country
Sketches"
"A Jem Crow and an auld blue cloak
was his rig" continued the old man.
"And as for his habits, he had moan.
River knew him with pot i his hand
or pipe i his mouth"
After deep probing the author brought
out:
"Yes; Wordsworth was fond of q
good dinner at times If you could get
him to it. That was the job"
Then the poets aloofness was again
touched upon.
"He was forever pacing the roads
and his own garden walks and always
composing. poetry. He was terrible
throng in visitors and folks We nun
ken at times, but If he could get AVA
fra them a spell he was out upon his
walk.
"And then he would set his head a
bit forrad and put his hands behint his
back. And then he would start album
ming, and it was bum, bum, bum, and
go on cumming for long enough right
down and back again. suppose, ye
ken, the cumming helped him out a
Bit"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1903-10-02
lated
To Die of Paralysis
Like Father.
Helpless Invalid For
Three Years.
DIR. Miles Nervine Made
My Nerves Strong.

"For many years / suffered from terrible
headaches and pains at the base of the brain,
and finally got so bad that.I was overcome
with nervous prostration. had frequent
dizzy spells and was so weak and exhausted
that could take but little food: The best
physicians told me l could not live; that
would die of paralysis, as my father and
grandfather had. / remained a helpless in
valid for three years. when l heard OF DR..
Miles Restorative Nervine and began using
it. That winter felt better than / had be-
fore in ruany years, and | have not been
troubled with those dreadful headaches since
/ first used DR.. Miles Restorative Nervine.
NV appetite is good and my nerves are
strong."-Mrs. N. M. Bucknell, 2o2o Oak
land Ave-, Minneapolis, Mimi.
"For many years / suffered from nervous
prostration. aud could not direct my house.
hold affairs, nor have any cares. My stom-
ach was very weak headaches very Sc
we're, and / was so nervous that there was
not night in years that 1 slept over one
hour at time. We spent hundreds OF dol
lars for doctors and medicine. l was taken
to Chicago and treated by specialists, but
received no benefit at ALL Finally l heard
of DIR. Miles Nervinc and began its use:
was surprised that it helped me so quickly,
and great was my joy 70. find, after using
seven bottles, tat bad fully recovered my
health"--Mrs. w. A. Thompson, Duluth,
MINI.
All druggists sell and guarantees first bot
tie Dr. Miles Remedies. Send TOR tree book
on Nervous and Heart Diseases. Address
DIR. Miles Medical Co.. Elkhart, Ind.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1903-10-02
Blew His Own Head Off.

Utica, Mich, Sept 29-I. Shreeves,
bachelor about So years old, has
lived alone in this village since the
ieath of his maiden sister in Detroit
hospital few weeks ago. He had not
been seen about town since last Fri.
day. On Sunday some friends entered
his home and found him sitting in a
chair alongside a table with the top
of his head blown off, The rifle was
firmly grasped in his right hand, and
it is supposed that he killed himself
about $4,000, and all his papers, bank
book, deeds, mortgages, ETC.. were laid
on the table before him. 1t is sup.
posed that he was victim of melan.
cholia
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1903-10-02
Growth of the PapaI Crown.

Originally the headdress of the popes
was only a cap, but Clovis, king of the
Franks, to show his respect to the
church of Rome, sent to the palace Of
st. John in Lateran royal crown Of
gold, which Anastasius, emperor of
Constantinople had presented to him.
The Pope Hormisdas placed upon the
tiara this crown, which was at that
time nothing more than a circle of
gold surmounted by leaf work, being
much such a coronet as is nowadays
borne by marquises in France. The
successor of Pope Hormisdas con-
tinued to wear the tiara with one
crown only up to the time Of Boniface
VIII, but this pope, having claimed
authority over things temporal as well
as spiritual, wished to mark this dou-
BILE dominion on the pontifical tiara,
on which he placed two crowns in
stead of one. Ultimately Pope John
XXI. added q third crown. - ST.
James Gazette.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1903-10-02
A BEDROOM Rnokcasc.

A pretty bookcase for a bedroom or a
cupboard for a few choice cups and
saucers can be made from four oblong
boxes about II inches by inches. Put
one of the boxes on top of the other,
having the top one meet the outside
edge exactly, but standing on its small
er end. Screw the boxes together in
the centers. Put the other two boxes
together evenly and screw. Then screw
the two pieces together through the
sides. Stain with ponce or mahogany
or paint white. Buy small brass rod
or use curtain wire instead Of rod.
Make a silkoline curtain the depth Of
the lower boxes and not quite so long
and pull back about half way.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1903-10-02
Want Him ParoIed.

Manistique, Mich, Sept. 30.-An eff
fort is being made to secure the parole
of John Gonyea, who last July was
sentenced to term of years in the
Marquette prison for killing an II.
year-old boy. Gonyeas case is pitt.
able one. He is nearly 73 years old
and in poor health. Last April, hav.
ing been annoyed by number Of boys
who were throwing tin cans at his
door, he got his gun, went out in the
yard and blazed away. The bullet
struck and killed a young lad named
Lundvall. The petition asking parole
is being largely signed.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1903-10-02
TELLING TREES AGES.
only Accurate Way In Said to He by
Girth Measurement.


Girth Measurement.
"The only accurate way to estimate
a trees age is by the measurement OF
its girth," said botanist 1.-The count
ing of the rings of 'oxogenous trees can
only be applied to such as are cut
down In their prime, for these trees,
when they begin to die, cease to add
their yearly rings. Girth measurement
is the only safe guide to the age of
trees.
Hence all over the world botanists
have now for some years been meas
uring trees of known and unknown
age. compiling thus volume Of sta
tistics that will become more and more
valuable as it increases in size.
1.-The yew is the longest lived of
trees. Three feet century, our Stats
tics show, is its normal growth. Ac-
cording to this rule, the Portugal yew
of Scotland, which was fifty-six feet in
girth in 1869, must have lived over
1,S00 years. The Tisbury yew, in Dor
setshire, is thirty-seven feet in girth
and should be, therefore, 1,200 years
old.
"There is a table of the age of oaks
that differs from this. 1t is not very
satisfactory table, but it was compiled
from trees of known age, and there
fore it is statisticaily very valuable.
According to it, 40-ycar-old oak had
circumference of feet; SO years,
II feet; 100 years, Is feet; 200 years,
20 feet; 250 years. 81 feet; 300 years,
33 feet."-Philadelph Record.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1903-10-02
. ASToEIA.
Bears the 1Ihe Kind You Have Always Bought
''s; !; IRE NMAzzzw


If the opportunities afforded to wom-
en- by farming were more generally
understood, fewer farmers daughters
would seek for employment in cities,
where positions are overcrowded and
often undesirable. Instances are be-
coming more and more frequent of
women winning success in the line of
general farming or in some special
branch of stock or vegetable raising.
Cattle and swine breeding have been
undertaken with marked success by
many women, and some of the best
known exhibitors of blooded stock have
been of the feminine sex. In scientific
agriculture there is a wide range Of
possibilities.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1903-10-02

Mark Twain's Joke on the Bishop.
Bishop Doane of Albany was at one
time the rector of an Episcopal church
in Hartford, and the services at this
church Mark Twain would occasionally
attend. Twain one Sunday played a
joke upon the rector.
"Dr. Doane," he said at the end of
the service, 81 enjoyed your sermon
this morning. l welcomed it like an
old friend. l have, you know, book
at home containing every word of it,"
"You have not" said DR.. Doane.
81 have So" said the humorist.
swell, send that book to me. I'd like
to see it,
"I'll send it," Twain replied.
And he sent the next morning an I'M
abridged dictionary to the rector.-Bos-
ton Post,
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1903-10-02
Killed While RescuIna Cow.

Millington, Mich, Sept. 30.--Leon
Clough, the 6-yera-old son Of Charles
B. Clough, Of this place, was driving
the family cow home from pasture
when Michigan Central train came
along. The COW was upon the track
and In his anxiety to save the animal
little Leon was himself run over and
killed. The COW was unhurt.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1903-10-02
Arrested For Giving a Spanking.

Bay City, Mich, Sept. 30-Because
he spanked his stepdaughter, John Ma.
lover has been arrested here on a
charge of assault and battery. The
specific act is spanking his stepdaugh.
ter, who is Is, but looks II. Malover
is about 2s. He does not deny having
administered the punishment, but he
says the girl has been absenting her.
self from school when she was sup
posed to be there.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1903-10-02
Raised Price of Bread.

Bay City, Mich, Sept 30.-All of
the bakers of Bay City have raised
the price of bread to cents a loaf to
dealers for straight pound loaves and
resolved to discontinue making pound
and a half loaves for S5s cents. Here
tofore consumers have bought both
at cents, according to where they
traded. Now the bread-eater will have
to be content with the smaller loaf,
which will cost cents straight.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1903-10-02
Manager Wanted.

Trustworthy lady or gentleman to
manage business in this county and adj
joining territory for well and favorably
known House of solid financial standing.
$50 90 straight cash salary and expenses,
paid each Monday by check direct from
headquarters. Expense money advanced;
position permanent. Address Manager,
610 Monon Bldg, Chicago, Ill.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1903-10-02
A Good Curtain Hint.

A novel method of prolonging the
usefulness of handsome but very old
pair of lace curtains is by appliqueing
them on a foundation Of sheer silk Of
pale rose or some delicate shade. The
curtain is carefully basted on this foun-
dalton, most of the net cut away and
the pattern outlined with soft linen
floss of the same shade as the founda-
ton. The effect is really charming, the
richness of brocade being combined
with the airiness of lace.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1903-10-02
Kalamazoo to Vote Bonds,

Kalamazoo, Mich, Sept. 9O.-The
common council last night decided TO
call special election for the purpose
of authorizing an issue of bonds, not
to exceed $4,000, to be used in fur.
nishing the required bonus for the new
normal school. The election win be
held Oct 10.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1903-10-02
QUINCY sCoRcHEb.
Entire Business Portion For a Time
Threatened to Be Consumes.

Quincy, Mich, Sept 30.-One of the
worst fires in the history of this place
occurred Tuesday afternoon AT 5
o'clock a gasoline stove exploded in a
restaurant, and in few minutes it
looked as though the entire business
portion Of the town on the south side
of Chicago street would be destroyed.
Although the fire department respond
ed promptly, they were unable to con-
troll the flames until five business
houses had been destroyed, causing a
loss Of $4,000
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1903-10-02
Two Flint Men Sentenced.

Flint, Mich, Sept. 30.-Tommy Mes
bitt, young fellow who has served
more than half his life in prison, was
given ten years at Marquette by Judge
Wisner for breaking into a freight car.
Howard Champion was given three
years at Ionia for larceny.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1903-10-02
Artistic BooIxbinder..

In the city of Chicago there are eight
or ten women who find a profitable
occupation in artistic bookbinding. In
this work taste is especially brought
into play. Book lovers do not mind
paying high prices to have it done
right and to know that the inside of
the book finds expression in the cover.
Art feathers, vellum and rich silken
brocades are fabrics used.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1903-10-02
Manager Wanted.

Trustworthy lady or gentleman to manage
business in this county and ad joining territory
for we'll and favorably known House of solid
financial standing 5000 straight cash salary
and expenses paid each Monday by check
direct from headquarters. Expense money ad-
vanced; position permanent. Address Thomas
Cooper, manager, 1880 Caxton Bid, Chicago.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1903-10-02

A boon to travellers DR.. Fowlers
Extract of Wild Strawberry. Cures
dysentery, diarrhoea, seasickness, nausea
Pleasant to take. Acts promptly.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-06-05
THE OHIO CONVENTION.

Opponents the Roosevelt administration can gather no
crumbs OF comfort from the Ohio Republican which
ended its sessions Columbus yesterday 1t
harmonious political gatherings held i'll that OF
significant features the enthusiasm with which
mention of President Roosevelts greeted
Not only his administration endorsed and his
for the presidency urged but both Senator Hanna
aor Foraker united prasng his public service Moreover
two distinguished citizens their speeches showed that the
of personal hostility which have been ndusousy
wholly without foundation The platform adopted
in scope and sound in all the principles Of its
should be read pondered men
Mr. Bae of the coal trust and Mr. Parry president
Association OF Manufacturers.
This declaration As Republican legislation has always pro-
ded work for those who would work while
has produced the opposite result laws state and
national have been largely OF Republican origin We
extension equitable ALL particularly designed
promote harmonious conditions rights
IN settlement OF strikes Public welfare quite as much
the interests of employers and employees"
Mr. Baer ought distinct declaration that evasion
OF the findings OF the anthracite viewed with
compacence and Mr. Parry should recognize clear dsapprova
OF his plan for organizing the employers gigantic
combination Tor the purpose OF crushing union labor
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-06-05
THE RAvAGEs OF FOREST FIRES.

For three days England has been under dense pail OF
Yesterday the smong cloud took such an unusual hue
enough remember readily recalled the yellow Day
September That manifestation due TO causes very
present phenomenon essentially home product
of widespread destruction which
will require many years of and outlay repair Forest fires
devastating wide of territory New England in New
Maine ablaze and flames
ing through parts New Hampshire Vermont and Massachusetts,
Rhode Island considerable stretches of woodland have
been burned
already certainly the Millions and
still danger only of further destruction of property but
of loss of human life This the appalling and tragic feature of
the the that should induce payeu petition OF
that plentiful rainfall that the only certain of still further
damage
Maine Canadian provinces fires
burning weeks within the past three
four days have broken beyond the control of the who
fighting them and have everything their path Fires
in tbeands been of annual in the New
England this the but they have been
general destructive those raging For example the
whole of Massachusetts present threatened
while Aroostook county Maine vcrable furnace in which
only its woodlands of its village communities
destroyed.
destroying drought that preceded it. The situation trying
cepona but should dsmayng the hardy people New
England who have themselves brave
selfeant when compelled face conditions far
those that confront them