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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1903-10-02
Eighteenth Annual Ohio Excursion

On Wednesday, October 7th, the Ann
Arbor r. r. will give its 18th annual
Ohio excursion. Special train will
leave Owosso at $3.50 a. m Excursion
tickets good for return until November
7th will be sold to Toledo at So. % for
round trip and at correspondingly low
rates to all stations in Ohio on the
Wheeling 81 Lake Erie, Detroit South
ern, Hooking Valley, Ohio Central
Lines, Cincinnati, Hamilton e. Dayton
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern and
Wabash Rys. Call on nearest Ann Ar
Dor r. r. agent for further informa-
tion or write
j. j. KERRY,
G. p. A.
Toledo Ohio.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1903-10-02

30, to San Francisco Los Angeles, Port
land, Seattle and Tacoma and other Pa
cific Coast Points. Very low rates to
Helena, Butte, Spokane, Ogden and Salt
Lake City. Corresponding low rates
from all points. Daily and personally
conducted excursions in Pullman tourist
sleeping cars to San Francisco, Los
Angeles and Portland, through without
change, double berth only $500. Choice
Of routes. For particulars address W. H.
Gnerin II Campus Martius, Detroit
Mich.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1903-10-02
r. M. Conference Appointments.

Rev. ]. A. Spencer has returned from
the F. Nj. conference at Shower, Sanilac
county, which began last Wednesday.
Rev. M. DeVoist was reappointed district
elder of the Flint district. F. Wilkin-
son is supply pastor at Oakley and Fer
gus; j. A. Spencer, pastor of Corunna
and Owosso: w. J. Hallead, Locke and
Perry.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1903-10-02
Killed by Grand Trunk Train.

Abraham Whitman, section foreman
on the Grand Trunk railroad at Perry,
was struck by a fast freight train Thurs
day morning and received injuries
which caused his death later in the day.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1903-10-02
Are You Going West7

BEGINNING September 10, and contin-
uing every day thereafter until No
,vember goth, there will be special rate
to all points in Washington, Oregon,
Idaho, Montana and British Columbia.
For maps, rates, routes and other infor-
nation write at once to II. w. Steinhotf,
District Passenger Agent Wisconsin
Central Ry,, Saginaw, Mich, CIV. 50
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1903-10-02

For Sale. AT my place in Owosso, 10
Shropshire rams, from one to two years
old, eligible to registration.
low. A. e. HARTsHORN.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1903-10-02

Watson & Chapman have filed a bill
for divorce for Bessie VS. Chas. NJ.
Bailey. desertion and non-support being
alleged.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1903-10-02
saa 90 to- the Pacific Coast

Via the Chicago & North Western
Ry from Chicago daily Sept. ID to Nov
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1903-10-02

William Mcknight. of Mt Pleasant.
is visiting his parents east of the city.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-27

Gradually but steadily MT Bryan has been drifting away from the standards of the plain people. Gradually and steadily he has been adopting all the devices and conveniences of the rich. Gradually and steadily he has thrown overheard the habits which he once deemed it necessary to follow in order to prove his devotion to the common folks. Now he has gone abroad, and to-day he stretched his legs under the mahogany with ambassadors, aristo- crats and all that sort of thing. And he was the guest of honor, too! We are sure We shall be pardoned if we smile. Hartford Post.
 Sure, laugh right out good and loud if you want to. Perhaps MT Bryan attended that Choate dinner for the purpose of getting material for the next campaign. Surely if President Roose- welt can go gunning and stunning. the man he defeated should be allowed to eat an eight or ten course dinner now and then.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-27

It did not need the misfortunes of the rich adventurers ruined in the late financial crisis. however, to teach the public the lesson of this Wall street craze. says a writer in Leslie's Monthly iii speaking Of Wall street and it's ups and downs. The revelations of charac- ter wrecked and promising careers blasted by the sudden possession of boundless paper wealth, are far more impressive than the mere show of con- tracing bank accounts. One of the most brilliant careers in American in dustry was that of a young man who
 starting at the bottom in Andrew Car negie's steel mills, worked his Way up to the presidency of the great Car negie company, and from thence went to the head of a billion dollar steel trust. Still a young man, with the greatest name in the steel trade of the world, possession of the torrent of wealth poured into his hands brought him into the ranks of the promoters and spectators whose reputation is the least savory part of the past three years experience, and lost him not only his great office but the esteem of all the business community. These are but isolated types of the mischief that our imitation craze of 1901 has done.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-27

Tn the December McClure's maga- azine there is strong, poignant draw ing of John Rockefeller, the Standard Oil magnate whose methods are being so mercilessly revealed in the same publication. The picture is full of hu- man interest. It is profile, the profile of a hard old man, with a cunning, pointed chin, and a mouth closed tight like leather pouch-purse. A skull cap covers the absolutely bald head, the cheeks are hard as parchment, the eyes deep-set. The ensemble Is one almost incredibly hard and cunning; and yet from it's contemplation 1t is not fear, or dislike that we feel as much as pity. In that visage there Is no life, no blood, no merriment. It Is a deathmask, a death-mask in whose rigid lines are congealed cold, cruel. calculating greed and dread, dread almost pitiful. There's a while sermon in that one page picture of George Variar
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-27
LEMONADETHELATEST DIET
Curious Food Fad of a CIub of WO-
 men In POrtu&nI.

Curious Food Fad of a CIub of WO-
 men In Portugal.
 'The only way to prevent poverty is to convince persons that it is unnec- essary for them to eat" So says the Baroness Stemsel, and, what is more, she practices what she breaches, says the Chicago Record Herald. For many years the baroness resided in one of the Baltic provinces, but recently she re- moved to Lisbon, and there she form ed, with several other women, a club, the members of which have pledged themselves not to eat anything. Two glasses of lemonade day every mem- Der may indulge in, but nothing more.
 The baroness says that she has lived a long time on this daily allowance of lemonade, and she defies doctors to prove that she is not as healthy and as vigorous as any ordinary woman of her age. Solid food, she claims, does much more harm than good, and she warns every one who desires to be- come a member of the club that in- stant expulsion will be her fate if she dares to eat even as much as mouth full of bread.
 In this strange experiment both the Lisbon doctors and restaurant keepers are much interested and for obvious reasons.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-27
Box Party For Dogs.

Some women of the spectacular set" might follow the example of a western woman who sat in a proscenium box in Weber & Fields at New York the other night, says the New York Press. She diverted attention even from Lil- Han Russell. She wore black lace over white and with a great deal of ermine; but it was not her gown that drew stares. Before the end of the first act somebody saw dogs head poked out over the box rail; then another. The animals were black and white King Charles spaniels, and as the stage show went on they sat in their mistress lap and watched the actors with apparent interest. Between acts they frOlicked about or sat on the box ledge and blinked toward the audience. Their owner had smuggled them into the theater under her voluminous furs.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-27
BAN ON coRsETs.
EngIishwomen Wmgfng H Crusade Against Time HonoPed Article.

Englfshwomen WagfnE Crusade
 Against Time HonoPed Article.
 Perhaps it is too much to say that the thew woman" has inaugurated campaign against feminine traditions, but it is certain that from Leeds and Birmingham blasts have been sounded upon the trumpets of the anticorset crusade, while in London and the sub urbs the new rainy day skirt, which within the last few months has been seen in large numbers, is already work ing a reform in teaching women to be careful how they walk, says the New York Herald.
 Leagues have been formed for the suppression of that first mentioned ar ticle, which has so long been regarded as essential to feminine dress, and men are being enrolled among the members.
 That women are bad wallkers-many being pigeon toed-is declared to be one revelation of the new skirt. Phys ical culturists, discussing the question, say the greatest offender is the man nish girl" whose attempt to assume mans ease and freedom is an absurd mimicry. Watch a woman going up- stairs at railway station Tn nine cases out of ten they will plod labori- ously up, their feet coming down at ei- ther side of the stair, toes turned in.
 In sitting, too, women are guilty of 8 number of sins of awkwardness. A stout woman invariably sits squarely, with her feet planted twelve. inches apart. The lean woman winds her feet about the legs of the chair or else crosses her legs and thrusts her feet out in front of her, while the small woman either sits with her feet dan gling in helpless way or perches her self on a high seat with one foot touching the ground and the other hooked around the ankle of the first.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-27
TEACHER IN MANILA.

The Rev P. F. Jernegan, so well re- membered in Cromwell and Middle town, is now a teacher in the Normal school at Manila. where he draws a salary of $1,5O0 a year. He has been doing this for two years and half. It appears, therefore, that it is not wholly impossible to induce Americans of talent to accept positions as teach CTS in the Philippines. Mir Jernegan recently consented to talk to a cor respondent concerning his celebrated sea-water gold scheme and its results. He said:
 I left the United States with much less money than people generally credit me with. It was supposed I had at least $3OO.OOO. AS a matter of fact I had but little over S1OO,OOO. Within a few months found myself in England. I felt nearer to my own people by being there. As soon as I got settled I looked about for an op- portunity to invest my money. You may be surprised to know that the in vestment that appealed to me the strongest was one that was singularly like the scheme had myself exploited in America. l fell in with company that was actually trying to do what 1 had done, or rather what I had at tempted to do-extract gold from sea water. From the very first I was fas- cinated with the scheme. I saw where I had failed and where they would succeed-at least I thought I did. After pretty thorough investi- gation I invested heavily, much more heavily than I was warranted in do ing. The result-well, was swind- led out of my money. I was literally robbed. Every cent I put in was swept away.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-27
DOGS TO HELP WOUNDED.
Italian Officers Train Co1Iies to Take
 Them For Use In War.

Italian Officers Train Co1Iies to Take
 Them For Use In War.
 The use to which dogs have been put by the monks of the Hospice of St. Bernard, in the Alps, in searching for lost persons and administering most urgent aid in the shape of cordials and food has suggested to the Italian army the training of dogs to discover wound ed soldiers and to bring to them the water and stimulants they may need after long exposure in the field, writes the Rome correspondent of the New York World.
 At the recent maneuvers of the 1tal- ian army, which took place near Ven ice, several collies which have been educated by the officers were tried for the purpose of discovering hidden sol diers lying supposedly wounded in the least accessible points of the field, and wonderful was the sagacity displayed by them in searching for the wounded and gently lying beside them in order to offer the cordials they carried in f1asks tied around their necks>
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-27
HEARD IN PASSING

The football season closeth and the baseball crop awaiteth the coming of spring, but fettered by no convention ality of time or place, there remaineth ever with us the highball. York American.
 It was not so long ago that the royal college of Bavarian surgeons tried to have law passed when steam engines first came into use forbidding people to ride on them. It was claimed that the terrific speed of 14 miles an hour would drive people mad.-Exchange.
 A beneficent rule at the new five-cent free bath house is, that every appli- cant must take a good wash before taking a bath. This will deprive oD- ponents of the fee, of half their pet argument. as it provides for two baths for a nickel.-New Haven Palladium.
 Even if Columbia should arrange for her, own obsequies as the result of at tempting to work a colossal scheme of national graft it would be impossible to feel much pity up this way. When Ebenezer Hoar was asked if he were going to attend Wendell Phillips flu neral he replied, 'No, but I approve of It. -4N6W 1OIh N1dll dllu EA press.
 A man may be a genius, but if he hides his light under q busheI. the big world may never hear of him. The mer- chant who has good goods sells seldom if he refuses to attract public attention to his inducements, through advertis- ing X successful merchant under stands that the newspaper columns are the Intermediary of seller and pur- chaser.-New Haven Union.
 Dr RainsfOrd had a habit at one time of conditioning his actions with the 1 phrase. ' Dec volente." or God will 1 ing" or something of that sort. An old woman. the head of an aristocratic 1 family. invited him to dine. ''I shall l be delighted to accept he said, Eff I can he spared' Perhaps the woman thought she sniffed cant in the terminal 1 phrase. for she said quickly: 'sOh. if you're dead. I promise not 10 expect you. Christian Register.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-27
GET TO THE POINT
o o o o o 0 o % o o o o RN RRILIN n

o o o o o o o o o o o BE BRIEF. o We have our living to make, and 0 O it takes considerable of our 0 0 time to do it. O o o o o o o
 The accompanying card confronted me when I went into a New York busi- ness house recently and drove it's les son forcibly home. A little later, in Chicago, l ran across a similar warn ing not to waste the time of business people. Such posted notices show two things-the immense value in modern life of dispatch and quick perform ance of business, and the presence in business of lot of persons whose sole visible mission seems to be to prevent this being done. The day of the bore and the long-winded discourser is past, and these notices fNrnish polite way of telling these time wasters what could not be told in words with ' out offense. Modern methods leave no place, no tolerance for them.
 If there is anything that exasperates a business man. 1t is to try to do bus- ness with men who never get any where. who never come to the point, who ''beat about the bush," with long introductions and meaningless verbi- age. Like a dog which turns around half dozen times and then lies down where he was in the first place they tire one out with useless explanations, introductions and apologies, and talk about all sorts of things but the bus1- ness of the moment.
 There are some men you never. can bring to the point. They will wander all around it, over it and under it, all ways evading and avoiding, but never quite touching the marrow. Their minds work by indirechon. Their mental processes are not exact. They are like the children in the play called poison-they try to avoid touching the designated object. It seems unac- countable that people will take so much trouble apparently to avoid coming to the point. --Orison Swett Warden in Success
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-27
Christmas.

The snow lies deep on the moorlands, The night sinks gently down, While the chill winds sad vibrations Shake the forest bare and brown; But, although the night is dreary, There's a glory in the skies For, behold, the little Christ Child In the manager lowly lies, Oh, wild winds, carry the story And spread the tidings afar That the birth of the King of Glory Is heralded by a star! Oh. angels with exuItation Sing loud your praises sweet While the wise men haste from distant
 lands
 To worship at his feet. For he was by angels welcomed And by prophets long foretold, So they travel far through the gloomy
 night
 To offer him nnyrrh and gold. St. Nicholas League For December.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-27
wreckproof and FireprOof~ Cars.

The Pennsylvania Railroad company is putting the finishing touches on q passenger car of new design in their Altoona shops, says the Iron Age. The sides, frames and floor of the car are of steel. The inside of the car is covered by a thick layer of asbestos. Very lit tie wood is used. It is designed to be wreckproof as well as fireproof and will be tested shortly on the msin line of the Pennsylvania railroad.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-27
A Definition.

Philip was studying his spelling and, coming to the word coroner" asked to have its meaning explained. Sister Ruth, big schoolgirl, who sat coming her lessons near him, was ap- pealed to. Said she:
 "A coroner is a doctor whose duty it is to inspect cases where persons have died without medical assistance!'- New York Times.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-27
How to Bottle Horse Radish.

Use white wine vinegar of the best quality. Fill the bottles loosely with grated horse radish, taking care first to remove all skin and black specks. Pour in the vinegar until the bottle is brim- ming; lay tissue paper on top and cork tightly dip the corks and the mouth of the bottle in melted beeswax and rosin; wrap in thick paper. Light will change tha nnInr
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-27

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY Take Laxative Bromo Quinfne Tab lets. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. E. W. Groves sig nature is on each box. ?
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-02-06
FOR COUNTY FAIRS.

Some time ago the Bee suggested
that the bill which had for its object
the encouragement of county fairs,
by paying them a bonus, was uncOn-
stitutional The friends Of the meas
ure have come to the same view and
have prepared substitute bill which
provides that the county commission
ers may appoint board to handle
the money that is raised by taxation
for the assistance of such county fair
associations. But just how this pro-
vision will cure the defect in the
original bill is not very clear. The
constitution of the state provides
that "NO county, city, town, munich
pality or other subdivision of the
state shall ever give or loan its
credit in aid of, or make any dOna-
ton or grant by subsidy or otherwise
tc any individual, association or cor
poration." The appointment of such
q board by the county commissioners
would in no way make the law con-
form to the provision of the constltu-
ton. if the board is to use the money
to assist the county fair association.
as seems to be the purpose Of the
bill.
The surest way to make the law
constitutional would be to provide for
the appointment of the board of com
missioners by the governor, and en-
power them to hold exhibits and pay
premiums to the exhibitors for the
encouragement of agriculture. horti,
culture and other pursuits and Occu-
Tations. BY holding such exhibits at
the same time and place as the meet
ings of the county fair associations
the same object would be attained
and the work would still be independ
ent. and no money or subsidy would
be paid to the fair association. In
deed. il might be possible to have
the commission or board supercede
the fair association entirely: but the
matter and other sports could bes1
be handled by q private association
and for that reason two distinct or
carnations would no doubt bes
serve the purpose. In any event the
measure is meMtOriOus one, and i
is to be hoped that it will be passed
in legal and proper form.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-02-06
The SOCIALIST MEETING.

Many of those who went to hear
Mr.. Hagerty eXpound the doctrine of
socialism on Wednesday evening
We're both pleased and disappointed.
Mr.. Hagerty is an able and fluent
speaker and did not fail to entertain
his audience; but those who went ex-
peCting to hear a clear and lucid ex.
PLANTATION of the principles of social
ism were disappointed. for Mr.. Hag-
erty confined his remarks to de-
tailed statement of the ills from
which society is suffering, with the
bare assertion that socialism is the
only remedy. His only argument for
socialism was an appeal to the class
prejudice of the workingman. Mr..
Hagerty made the assertion that he
was a better Catholic than the pope,
because he understood the principles
of socialism, while the pope did not ::
but the speaker was careful not to
impart any of his knowledge of such
principles to the audience. No argu-
ment is needed to convince the work
ingman that he receives an unjust
proportion of the product of his toll
or that he is imposed upon by quack
doctors and fake breakfast foods
What the workingman wants is a ra
tional method to correct these evils
and if socialism will do this he has
only to be convinced Of that fact tC
adopt it.
The reasoning powers of the work
ingman are quite as acute as those
of other classes, and those who ig
more this fact make the mistake
which marks the difference between
success and failure. If the grea
body of workers are ever converted
to socialism, it will be through cleal
and logical explanations of its prn
ciples appealing to their reason, ant
not through any effort to herd then
into a class by themselves like S,
many sheep.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-02-06

probably not a dollars worth of the
against the real thing when Mr..
Schirmer arrived here last fall and
advanced the price of grain SO per
cent over the pittance the Royal Mill
ing company tossed the farmers to
take or leave. In nearly every in
stance they had to take it, as an un-
holy combine with the Great North
ern railroad and the Royal Milling
company prevented their shipping
their wheat elsewhere. In the Ham,
mond Milling company the Royal
went up against a different PROPOSE
ton: their business was valuable to
the railroad company and they saw
chance of two hauls for Flathead
wheat: first as wheat, then as flour.
Mr.. Schirmer, on behalf of the Ham,
mond Milling company. contracted
with farmers for wheat to ship to
Seattle and paid them nearly double
the price the Royal Milling company
grud2ingly allowed. Mr.. Schirmer is
here AGAIN and 1t is hoped he will be
remembered by the farmers and mer-
chants with gratitude. as the instru
ment by which many Of them were
enabled to spend q merry Christmas
superinduced by 60 cent wheat, and
& Happy New Year in the promise Of
of the new crop thus ad
vantageously. The merchants of Kali
ispell are also indebted to Mr.. Schir-
mer in part for the largely increased
sales of the holiday season, which
the same would have not been note
worthy had the Royal Milling COM
pany alone been in the field and re-
lieved the farmers of their crop at
d nominal price. However. the good
which resulted was merely the sequel
of reprisals. When thieves fall out
honest men may get their dues. and
if the Royal Milling company had not
invaded the western territory of the
Seattle millers. perchance the rise in
Flathead wheat would not have Oc
Cured last year. 1t is to be hoped
the corporations will not sign a truce
before the seasons crop is harvested.