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Amador ledger., 1903-05-22
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Ledger and Daily Bulletin, one year 49,. sol
Ledger and Semi Weekly Bulletin, yer Z col
Ledger and Weekly Bulletin. one year.. 8 col
Ledger and Daily Chronicle, one year. 7O|
Ledger and Weekly Chronicle, one year 3 sol
Ledger and Weekly Examiner, one year. 3 sol
Ledger and Daily Examiner, one year =. Q so|
Ledger and N. Y. Weekly Tribune, yer OOI
Ledger and N. Y. Tri-weekly Tribune, ly s sol
Ledger and Cosmopolitan Magazine, VI s6I
Ledger and S. F. Weekly Post, one year. 8 oo|
Ledger and McCalls Magazine, one year rs
Ledger and st. Louis Globe Democrat, 1y OO|
Ledger and Twice Week." one year. >. ooI
A<The above rates are strictly in advance.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1903-07-03

f. III. Watson was in Lansing on bust
ness Tuesday.
Louis Weeks is working in a drug
store at Lowell
The business places of the city will
practically all be closed all day tomor-
row.
A son was born recently to Mr.. and
Mrs Herman Nielsen, of Napanee, Ont.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nielsen formerly resided
here.
Miss Phoebe Fairchild, of Saginaw, is
guest at the home of her sister, Mrs.
VIM. Broad.
G. S. Allison 81 Son have presented
st Agnes Guild handsome gold ring
set with opals and pearls for the lawn
fete Thursday evening.
The papers for the transfer of the site
for the new post office building have
been approved by the U. S. district at
torney and forwarded to the attorney
at Washington.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1903-07-03

Miss Cynthia Payne is bookkeeper for
Payne & Co.
The Ladies Library rooms will not be
opened tomorrow, the fourth.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. L. Davis are spend
ing two weeks vacation at Howell.
d. H. Traphagan, who formerly lived
here, has left Seattle. Wash for Nome
City.
Mrs. E. A. Garrison, River street,
entertained friends Tuesday evening
Ice cream and cake were served
Mr.. and Mrs. T. j. Tubbs, who have
been visiting here for some time past,
leave Sunday for Grand Rapids to visit
her mother.
Mrs. Eli Wilkinson, arrested for
smearing Minnie Himburg's face with
carbolic acid. was discharged by Justice
Walsh, Tuesday, that officer ruling
that there was no evidence on which to
hold the woman to the circuit court.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1903-07-03


! Albert Goetzen has gone to Cleveland
for vacation.
Miss Lulu Beebe has gone to Benton
Harbor for the summer.
Miss Lucy Rutledge leaves next week
for Grand Rapids and Chicago
E. P. Gilbert and Nj. w. Willoughby
are home from long stay at Linden.
Mrs. w. M. Fitzpatrick and children
returned from Ohio Tuesday evening.
j. j. Moorish and family, of Hailers,
Genesee county, have moved to Owos-
So
Mr.. and Mrs John Kiefer, North
| Washington street, are in Grand
Rapids for visit.
A picked team from this city defeated
Bennington Athletic club at Benning-
ton, Sunday, by score of 10 to 1.
Prof. A. J. Cadman is enjoying an
outing at Toronto and the Thousand
Islands before locating in another bust
ness college.
G.. T. Campbell will leave Monday
evening for Omaha, Neb., to attend the
annual meeting of the National Editori-
al Association.
Mrs. R. j. Tick returned Tuesday eve
ming from short visit to Olivet. She
was present at the wedding of college
friend Tuesday
Hon. Chas. A. Towne is to be the
principal speaker at the 4th of July cell
ebration given by Tammany Hall in
New York City.
John Cook will shortly receive visit
from his brother Thomas Cook, of
Lander, Wyoming, whom he has not
seen for Is years
Emerson Greenman entertained
party of As little friends at the home
of his parents, North Washington
street Wednesday afternoon.
Owosso Company No. As Uniform
Rank Knights of Pythias will be the
guest of Detroit Company at an outing
at Put-in-Bay July Is, 16 and II.
The First National Bank of Corunna,
from January /, to July 1, 1908, inclu-
sive, cleared per cent, and declared
semi annual dividend of four per cent.
Edward Crooks, an Ann Arbor brake
man, whose home was formerly in
Owosso, and whose spine was injured
in a recent wreck, is now at the Alma
sanitarium.
Mrs. Edwin Morris and daughter,
Stella, ia Ottawa street. left today for
a two weeks visit among friends and
relatives in Owosso and other places.
Lansing Republican.
Fred M. Gage, a sugar factory work
man, was working in the sewer tunnel,
Monday, when section of cribbing fell
upon him. He received broken rib
and severe bruises.
Mrs Thomas Mears, of $40 Gilbert
street, died Saturday of brain trouble,
aged 30 years. She leaves husband,
but no children. Mrs. Mears was
daughter of Fred Sanderson, of Venice
The supreme court has reversed the
decision of the circuit court in the SLAM
der case of David Dell VS.. James Nc
Bride. In the lower court the case was
taken from the jury. The case will
probably be retired.
The board of supervisors on Tuesday
accepted the plans of Claire Allen, of
Jackson, for the new court house. The
plans make the Shiawassee County
edifce a counterpart of the court house
at Paw Paw. The board has adjourned !
until July Is.
John Derham, living two miles east
of Corunna, was married to Miss Hattie
Schmidt, of Owosso, Tuesday evening
by Rev. G. H. Hanks. Mr.. Derham's |
first wife, May Rose Ada Derham, Sc
cured divorce from him and received |
damages for SANDER from his father,
William Derham.
The Washington times., 1903-08-02

future. 1t will be true to the original
in every detail. from the Jumps of
coal to the Davy lamps on the miners
cap.
Great care was expended, notwith-
standing, on the present model It was
built on a frame of wood, which was
afterward covered with plaster. The sur
face of the plaster was roUghened to
represent stone, and finally lined off,
The model is made on a scale of one
twentieth, so that it is twenty-five
and a half feet long. Every stone on the
exterior of the bridge is reproduced.
The model represents half section of
the bridge, showing the arches of the
interior and the nine-foot water main
Even the inscriptions on both sides of
the arch appear, together with the
erasure OF the name Jefferson Davis
Secretary Of War. the motto 'Esto Per
petua," and Gen. NJ. c. Meigs' name.
This model building must be tedious
business after all 1t ought TO be almost
The Washington times., 1903-08-02
THE WHALES MYSTERIOUS ENEMY

heard for several miles If the whale
was fortunate enough TO submerge his
body before the blows came. the spray
would fly for a distance Of 100 feet from
the effect Of the strike, making a report
as loud as a yachts signal gun
What seemed most remarkable to me
was that no matter which way the at
tackled whale went. or how fast Cthe
usual speed is about fourteen knots).
that great club would follow right along
by its side and deliver those tremendous
blows at intervals OF about four or five
seconds. It would always get in from
three 10 five blows at each of the three
times the whale would come to the sur
face to blow. The whale would gener-
ally rid Itself Of the enemy when It
took its deep sound, especially If the
water was forty fathoms OF more deep.
During the day the attack was always
of shore. but at night the whales would
be attacked In the bay and within 4Oc
yards OF the fishery.
I do not know Of any whales being
killed, but there were several that had
great holes and sores on their backs.
Questioning the Indians about IL, l was
told that there was only one, that 1t had
been there for many years, and that it
once attacked an Indian canoe and with
one stroke Of the great-club mashed the
canoe into splinters, killing and drown
ing several of It's occupants.
The Washington times., 1903-08-02

them-the drummers and CAPITALISTS
beating as If for wager, and the from
bone men, the cornettists, and bass horn
players, with red, swollen cheeks from
their lusty blowing-even II one were
deaf the sight of the listening crowd
with the varied incidents which take
place, the bright color of the trees and
plants. green as paint, and the band
playing for all that is in them. why Il
should almost cure deafness.
Placed on their elevated platform,
they are in plain sight all over the
grounds. and the music seems to come
from all around. such an effect does the
slight height have on II. II gives you
thrill TO see so many men using so
many different instruments, yet all NOV
ing together under the leaders little
wand It is as IL the great Hermann
were conducting the orchestra and had
cast spell over the musicians.
Washington can offer no view which
will stay by the visitor longer than that
OF the promenade down Pennsylvania
Avenue after the concert is over. The
crowd moves slowly. slowly down the
magnificent ihoroughfare between the
White House, the State, War. and Navy
building, and the masses of green IN
Lafayette Park. Like a long ribbon OF
many colors its Winds about the broad
streets, in and out from the two mar
row entrances of the White House gates
Ii does not seem like an American
crowd. IL is more like a gathering or
their English cousins. There is no push
ing showing. or dashing madly after
cars the music has had a quoting ef-
feet upon every one
This crowd is recruited from every
quarter OF the city. The washerwoman
NAV rub elbows with the society leader
and the common lounger on street cor
pers with the F Street broker A spirit
OF unusual good-fellowship. as II this
attractive pleasure had drawn all closer.
pervadcs the air
All this makes a picture which the
visitor to Washington will be glad 70
take away with him in his mental cam
era. and the city man should be glad
TO have him leave with such good neg
attire
The Washington times., 1903-08-02
SUPERSTITIONS ABOUT COMETS

with comets. Superstitious Romans
said the blazing star seen after his
death was celestial chariot on which
his soul was carried TO heaven.
Still. our superstitious friends have
some argument on their side. Attila
was summoned when the comet of A. D
451 appeared; Valentinian by the comet
of A. D. ass; the comet OF a. D. 632 an
nounced the death of Mohamet: Louis
the Debonair was called by the comet of
A. d. So. and Charlemagne went to his
death while the tail of the comet of >
d. s14 still stretched its fiery trail
across the sky.
The superstitious are entitled to their
beliefs. but most modern thinkers pre-
fer 10 trust TO Tycho Brahe. who did
much to dispell the mist OF superstition
in 1857. by announcing that comets are
celestial bodies. and Sir Isaac Newton
who later demonstrated that they are
governed by the law OF all matter.
The Washington times., 1903-08-02

ders while the third was armed with 2
brOadsword. Though Kreiss was riding
his old dun-colored mare and the
strange creatures behind him were on
foot, they gradually gained on him. I'M
til overcome by fear, Kreiss jumped
from his steed and climbed into a tree
on the road side. When they reached
the tree the ghostly looking trio stop
ped Immediately beneath it. The man
with the sword started a fire under the
coffin, which was still kept aloft by its
weird pallbearers, and the man with
the sword began waving his weapon be-
tween il and the flame Suddenly one
Of them said:
Who shall keep the fire off the
coffin next?'
Kreiss. was the response of the
other two.
" Come down. Kreiss. and keep the fire
off the coffin was then demanded of
the poor old Dutohman. who. nearly
dead with fright. jumped from the tree
wherein he had hidden himself and
sprinted for a m,Il on the road not far
from his farmhouse. Here he took
refuge. but in a moment or two the
blood fToze in his veins when he saw
steering straight for the mill the same
men with the same coffin and the same
broadsword. They didn't knock at the
mill door, but entered without the
slightest ceremony. and as they stepped
over the threshold the mill hopper be-
gan 10 grind furiously. The men with
the coffin threw it, with whatever the
contents IN 1t were, into the hopper. and
the devil was 10 pay. Wild shrieks and
groans and pleadings made the old mill
house vibrate. but soon it stopped, and
then the same voice that had asked who
should keep the fire of the coffin said:
The Washington times., 1903-08-02

big nails in it. In a week he had neat
cabin erected, a clearing made. and was
comfortably at home within
After a while people began to be
charmed with the scenery about the
little old gentleman's cabin Settlements
sprang up here and there and stragglers
coming and going noticed the solitary
cabin in the little clearing. Many of the
passersby tried 10 strike up converse
tion with the hermit, but they got scant
satisfaction. man who has spent a
year in the woods alone is never quite
sane afterwaTd, at least he is never
very laxative. The little old gentleman
spoke English, when he spoke at all.
but it was difficult TO understand him
even then. for he was toothless and his
speech was favored with a strong
foreign accent.
It was a Yankee who finally prevailed
upon the little old gentleman to tell the
world what his name was. The Yankee
The Washington times., 1903-08-02
WHEN THE MARINE BAND PLAYS AT THE WHITE HOUSE

ence. Here is an old gentleman whose
fortunes are perhaps broken. He wears
a Prince Albert, once black. but now
green and shiny along the seams. You
patch and blacken those shoes as much
as you like, old lad. but you know we'll
all the while that they are perilously
thin on the soles. He may appear shabby
but he is not cast down over his i'll
luck Have you noticed the bright car
nation in his buttonhole and the new
tie he wears? See him sitting there, his
hands clasped and mis- elbows on his
knees, tapping a smart bamboo cane on
the great stone tagging as If he were
deep in thought. Who knows what he is
The Washington times., 1903-08-02

" Who shall be ground in the hopper
next?
&" Kreiss,'" shouted the other two de-
mons. That was too much, and the old
man leaped from a window and cut out
for his home where he related his ad-
ventures to Franklein KTeiss, and was
tenderly put TO bed and nursed into for
getfulness.
In the morning the first thing the
old fellow did was to go into his stable
TO look after his old mare. There she
was safe and sound. He had the worst
headache he ever had in his life before,
which was OF course attributed to mis-
frightful experience Of the preceding
night.
Some OF Mr.. Kreiss' unkind neigh
bors were mean enough to say that he
was simply suffering from overdoses Of
Mynheer Won Tromp's finely favored gin.
but to his dying day Kreiss denied that
and his high standing in the village
church precluded the possibility of his
word being doubted"
The Washington times., 1903-08-02

through an impromptu ragtime minuet
to the air of a Strauss waltz. What would
the great Herr have to say 10 such inter
probation of his music? Probably when
he wrote that waltz it was intended to
be the talk of the fairest and bravest IA
Vienna. In America 1t is being used to
put life into the heels of these little
darkies. Well it is that Herr Strauss is
dust these many years or he might turn
over in his grave at the thought.
Watch, too, how the babies express
their appreciation. Some of them crow
and laugh, others are hushed into
silence that lasts until the concert is
over. Some of them have inherited the
The Washington times., 1903-08-02

w re sit on our front doorstep
Nv and watch the comet which
is now favoring earth with
a friendly call. with no trepidation and
with no thought that it is the harbinger
of Ill. Science. with its telescopes which
fathom the sky and with its extensive
theories, has assured the people that
comets can do the earth no harm But
contrast this with the beliefs OF our
forefathers. In 1850 the conscientious
astronomer, Kepler. assured the world
that the conjunction OF Saturn and
Jupiter in the constellation Leo was a
harbinger of danger, but that event
which was attended by a comet. meant
something serious; he predicted Ill for
the Roman Catholic Church Fortunate
ly for Kepler's reputation as a prophet
there were cruel prosecutions in 1850
The superstition which said Comets
are the harbingers of war. pestiIence
and famine" voiced the sentiments of
the past. Perhaps Shakespeare shared
in the common superstition when he
wrote:
When beggnrs die there are no comets seen;
The heavens themselves blaze forth the death OF
princes.
About the time the Turks had gotten
possession of ConstantinopIe and were
threatening Europe. Halley's comet ap-
peared, and was regarded with super
stitious dread All devout Christians
added to their Ave Maria. Lord. save
US from the devil, the Turks. and the
comet"
Vespasian. in A. D. 80, seems to have
been threatened by a comet, but the
witty monarch dispersed the fears of his
people, saying: BE not so set up:
that hairy star does not portend evil
for me; it menaces rather the King o,
the Parthians. for he is hairy man
and / am bald"
Julius Caesar had some experience
The Washington times., 1903-08-02

ILT HAVE often heard my old grand
father relate an incident in the
career of one of che friends Of
his youthful days," an old Washington
story-teller remarked to group of his
particular cronies one day last week
My grandfather" he said, came TO
this country from Scotland and located
out on the road leading to Blandensburg
His particular chum was an old
Dutchman named Kreiss-Wilhelm
Kreiss-who first saw the light of
day on the banks Of the Zuy-
der Zee. Grandfather was a thor
ough Presbyterian in his religious
made-up. and old man Kreiss
was an orthodox Calvinist suppose
that was partly the cause Of their fond
ness for each other. Old man Kreiss
was a patriotic old Dutchman. and loved
every production of his native land, ano
particularly was he partial to the Juice
Of the juniper berry. and often did he
linger late at the roadside tavern Civ
ing evidence of that fact
"One night he was more than usually
dilatory in REPORTING to Fraulein Kreiss.
The long-stemmed wax-end pipes were
fragrant. or the tobacco in their bowls
was. and the brew. though strong
seemed much better than it had ever
been before. All this combined made
it rather late when the old Hollander
started for his weIl-kept farm. lie had
not gone. far when, as many people
residing in that part of the State can
vouch for. by hearsay evidence, today
he saw three men, two of whom
were carrying a coffin on their shout
The Washington times., 1903-08-02

tried TO have him tell all about his past
life, too. but the old gentleman refused.
His name he said was Captain John. p"
In time the old gentleman and his
cabin as well came 10 be known as
Captain John and the surrounding
country took on the same name. The
little cid gentleman and his cabin were
forgotten during the Revolutionary War.
but long after the lighting was over and
the city had sent cut a long, brick
feeler almost as far as the cabin an
enterprising German set up a tavern in
the neighborhood. He took possession
with his frau and family and soon be-
came famous for his delicious suppers.
fried chicken, hot biscuits, and tea.
which cheered but did not inebriate.
Whether that German was an artist and
invented the name or being a German
pronounced the real name in that
fashion is a matter of doubt; but ever
since he set up his inn the little old
gentle man, his cabin and the inn itself
have been called Cabin John instead OF
Captain John
The Washington times., 1903-08-02

still This is possibly due to the fact
that there is more space for a stroll at
the White House. The music. too, has
a different quality; you miss the greater
volume, but in it's place there is an add
ed softness which more than makes up
for it. The setting. too. makes the mu-
sic sound somewhat different from what
1t does at the Capitol. White House
audiences seem to favor waltzes and
dreamy nocturnes, while stirring patriot
ic airs and brisk marches touch the
folks at the Capitol in a tender spot.
When the leader arises in his place
at the White House concert and lifts his
baton the laughter and light talk die
The Washington times., 1903-08-02

thinking of-fortunes squandered, homes
broken. lives wrecked and all because
the scarlet cap and jacket came in last
under the wire instead of first. He
seems 10 be looking through the pave
ment instead of at it. A brave fight it
has been and the old gentleman is prob
ably saying TO himself that it will soon
end IL the blood gets any brighter on his
handkerchief.
New Strauss Interpreters.
There are gayer pictures of course.
There goes little darky and her brother
dancing with all the airs and graces OF q
pair, of cotillon leaders They are going
The Washington times., 1903-08-02

charm The Goddess looks down calmly
and seems to enjoy the music as much
as anyone in the crowd.
Do not forget. either, that new zest
is given to an air played by a uniformed
band. It IS even said that such a com
pany of musicians can give any piece
and may be sure of applause. That is
as it may be, but at any rate. a story
is told OF a shrewd old band leader who
made up for the absence of a trombone,
a bass horn, and a peir of cymbals by
serving out gilt frogs 10 his musicians.
The thought that these men may be
ordered TO go out on active service makes
The Washington times., 1903-08-02
New Cure for Insomnia.

Two distinguished Berlin physicians.
| Prcfs Emil Fischer AID Won Mer-
ing. have discovered what they re-
gard as an infallible cure for insomnia
They call II veronai. Il has been used
With remarkable results. IL is said. in a
large Perrin hospital by Prof. Lillen-
field who expresses the firm conviction
tina, no other medicine 10 produce sleep
approaches veronal in certainty and In
tenstty.
He administered $50 doses 70 sixty pa
tients OF both sexes and various ages.
Each moT2ing after the dose the pa
tient was fresh and felt as II the sleep
had been wholly natural. In all of the
experimental cases the heart and lungs
performed their functions with the Ut
most exsctitude.
The Washington times., 1903-08-02
Types of Music Lovers,
Loungers, and Odd Char
acters Seen on the Green
Lawn on Summer After
noons-Effect of the Music
on Different I emperaments

~ EFoRE you leave Washington.
X stranger, and before you, too,
dweller in the Capital City, pass
bored criticisms on life here, go to the
Marine Band concerts at the White
House and Capitol. These musicales are
given twice a week. and seem to have
caught the fancy of the majority OF
Washington's people for the past ten
years or more.
The music played at the White House
and Capitol plaza is of the best Lieu
tenant Sautelmann has a wide taste. and
his programs range from Schubert TO
Sousa- For this reason the music lover
is always sure to be present; for him
this semiweekly treat is one of the most
charming features of Washington life.
He viii go to the Capitol long before the
appointed time and choose a seat from
which he can get the full benefit Of the
superb view of the city in the sunlight.
When the band arrives and begins to
play he surrenders himself TO a couple OF
hours -unaIloyed enjoyment.
But the long haired gentleman, with
the white. tapering fingers of a pianist.
is not the only member of the city's
thousands who appreciate the music
Half an hour before Lieutenant Santel-
mann waves his baton for the first num-
Der to commence the great flight OF stone
steps which lead 10 the rotunda, as well
as the shorter steps on the House and
Senate wings. are black with people The
bicyclists, with their machines, are in
their appointed place; the seventeen
year-old man. with the girl who happens
TO possess his heart al that time; ladies.
with their bright dresses and parasols /;
gentlemen. in darker clothes; urchins.
who run about and shout like college
rooters; the dignifed policemen, in
natty blue suits and gray helmets; COL
o-ed 'msmmies." with baskets Rugged
close. are therein short, a cosmopoIi-
tan crowd IS present
It IS strange 10 see how the music
affects the different people in the audi
The Washington times., 1903-08-02

the concert much more enjoyable for the
average man.
The White House Music.
The close observer will notice that
there is somewhat of difference between
the crowd that gathers at the Capitol
and that of the White House concerts.
Under the eye of the Goddess the aud
fence seems to be more quiet, it seeks a
bench, and keeps it throughout the
whole program At the White House 1t
is different. Every one seems to be in
motion: promenading couples dot the
lawns here and there. and the assem-
blage about the band stand is never