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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1903-08-28

stable Charles Owen while the latter
had Knapp's brother Delbert in charge,
was convicted of assault and battery by
a,jury Friday in Justice Walsh's court,
! and paid al fine and costs.
Otto Hecke, by Watson & Chapman,
has begun suit before Justice McCaugh-
ma against Charles Ellsworth. Hecke
paid 5000 for half interest in pop
corn machine which cost but 1915, he
claims, and is an old machine at that.
| Mrs. Mary R. Chamberlain, OF 40S
Higgins street, Owosso, has begun suit
for divorce against her husband Henry
Chamberlain, street car motorman, on
statutory grounds. The couple were
married eighteen years ago and have a
family. The correspondent is Clara
Bell Williams, of Oakley.
John French 90 years of age, Hills
dale farm hand who has been working
in Bennington township, has been sent
back home on account of insanity, after
being confined several days in the
county Jail. French imagined he was
selling patent medicine.
FHEIn the summary proceedings case of
w. E. Mckenzie VS. Davis & Loop for
the ejectment of the City Restaurant
from the Mckenzie building on East
Main street, jury in Justice Walsh's
court refused last week to turn the firm
out.
Joseph Chapman, of 52S Corunna Ave-,
has made declaration of his intention
to become citizen of the United States.
s. S. Miner was in Durand, Thurs
day, as acting prosecuting attorney in
The inquest over the wreck of Wallace
Brothers show
The summary proceedings case of w.
E. Mckenzie vs. Davis & Loop, of
Owosso, has been appealed from Circuit
Court Commissioner Walsh's court to
the circuit court.
!. Henry Atkins, of Ionia, who stole
grip belonging to Conductor Edward
Matthews from an NJ. G. train, and was
arrested after trying to check the grip
to Ionia, was sentenced on Tuesday by
Justice McCaughna to 80 days in the
Detroit works.
Paul Barnswki, sugar factory Pole,
because angry at others who boarded
at August Shutte's, threatened to carve
them with a razor. He paid the costs
to Justice Walsh.
The horse replevin case of Thomas
Buckley VS. Mark Brophy, both of New
Haven, in Justice McCaughnas court
Tuesday, resulted in Mr.. Buckley get
ting his horse back.
Frank Coils, who removed to Mason
with considerable household furniture
for which he had not paid, was brought
back this week. and paid the Owosso
Quitting Company $31. 10 to settle the
case.
A. L. Chandler and j H. Collins have
been retained by Henry Chamberlain,
of Owosso, to look after his interests in
the case instituted against him by his
wife.
w. " Robbins and Lyman Cooper, of
Owosso, and Albert and Arthur Cooper,
of Shiawassee town, were convicted in
Justice Patchels court on Thursday at
Durand of dynamiting fish in the Shi-
awassee river ON June 7. They were
fined, with costs, $50 each. Deputy
Game Warden w. K. Brewster conduct
ed the case against them,
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1903-08-28
Ann Arbor Earnings for the Past Year

Toledo, August 21.-The annual re
port Of the Ann Arbor Railroad Co. fol
the fiscal year ended June 30, was giver
out today. The gross earnings were
50, 031214 so as compared with 81 1893,
400. 90 for 1902. The operating expenses
were 81, 1924, O51.63 as compared with
81, 222, 822.17. The net income was
1896, 131.07, as against $3.50, 5000 last
year. The freight earnings increased
FIJI per cent, while the train mileage
decreased 1.9s per cent. The passenger
earnings increased 20.1S per cent, while
the passenger train mileage decreased
.12 per cent. The earnings of the
freight department were 69.43 per cent
of the earnings and and the passenger
20.60.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1903-08-28

Jay Hempsted's team caused sensa-
ton Tuesday afternoon at the depot.
The horses became frightened at a
freight train and in turning around
overturned the bus. Two passengers,
Mrs. Castree and daughter, Kate, of
Owosso, were in the vehicleIat the time,
and Mrs. Castree was considerably
bruised. -Fenton Conrier.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1903-08-28

Gold democrats and the re-organizers
in Ohio were compelled to bend the
knee TO Tom johnson in the State con-
vention, that gentleman being nominal
ed for governor by reclamation. The
principles of the last national plat
form" were also endorsed.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1903-08-28
Popular Rural Route Carrier.

From the Saginaw Courier Herald:
The argument that the auto is the
superior of the horse in delivering mail
on rural routes because it is cheaper to
maintain has little force with Carrier l.
Poplewski, of route No. 1, east side
Office. This rural carrier gets proven
der for his horse in plenty even without
the asking from residents along his
route, who: have taken this means of
showing him their appreciation of his
services.
Carrier Poplewski recently was
brought into public notice by discov-
ering skunk's 'nest in one of the boxes
on his route, which peculiar find was
noticed in The Courier Herald at the
time. He ifpopular with those whom
he serves or bis sroute, largeSpropor-
ton of whom are farmers. One of
these Paul, Robinson, gave him the
promise of = load of hay fast winter,
and a few days ago, as proof that
the promise had not been forgotten he
made delivery of the goods, to Mr.
Poplewski s'extreme qualification. The
present season has resulted in an abund-
ance of all lines of produce, and other
farmers on the route came to q tacit
understanding among themselves that
each would give to the carrier sither, ten
bushels of oats or load of hay. Over
200 bushels of oats arelexpected by Mr.
Poplewslzi, of which the first install.
ment of 10 bushels has just been deliv-
cred to him by Fred Schroeder,
The incident illustrates the good feel
ing which prevails genel ally between
the farmer and the rural mail carrier,
testifying at once to the Importance of
the latters service and that it is thor
oughly appreciated.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1903-08-28

The Third, Michigan Cavalry will
hold its 49d annual reunion n Grand
Rapids, Sept. 16 and II. Among those
known hele who were members are d.
A. Barnum, of Detroit, and o. F. Web
ster s. II. Alliton w. II. Halstead and
M. A. Halstead
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-08-06
Love- Making in Various Lands.

A curious inquirer into amorous Gus
toms and traditions has lately set forth
SOME interesting observations on 1.-THE
way Of a man with maid" in different
parts Of the world. In Japan, 1t ap'
pears, the affair is carried on with
characteristic delicacy. There, the
lover who wishes to declare his love
throws bunch Of plumfower buds in
to the lady's conveyance as she enters
it on her way to the wedding Of a
friend. Should she fasten them to her
gown it signifies that the suitor is &C.
cepted; should she throw them away,
however, the fates are against him.
In the arctic regions less amiable
habit prevails. The Eskimo lover cares
little for the usual amenities Of civ1liza-
ton; he walks boldly into the fair
ones abode, seizes her by the hair, or
by her garments Of fur, and drags her
away to his home.
The Hungarian gypsies use cakes as
love-letters. A coin is baked into the
sweetmeat, which is then thrown at
the favored lady as she passes by. If
she eats the cake and retains the coin,
all is well; but if she should fling back
the silver, it would be fatal to the
lovers hopes. Among the sayages OF
the Arabian desert the girl Is ap'
preached without ceremony while pas
turing her flocks. She resists strenu.
ously. attacking her suitor with sticks
and stones. If he succeeds In driving
her into her fathers tent she is his,
but if she should repulse him, lifelong
disgrace would be his portion.-Har-
per's Weekly.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-08-06
The Thin Mans Adventure.

They were talking of strange adven-
lures. The big man from the North
west told of one which astonished his
bearers.
"Some years ago." he said, II was
sleighing in the country and my way
lay across a frozen river. I knew the
ice was thin, but determined to cross.
The team scurried over the river under
whip, and we were midway between
the shores when the ice suddenly gave
way and the sleigh, horses and myself
sank within a second to the bottom.
However, the speed Of the horses was
so great that we were carried by the
momentum safe upon the other shore
a little wet, to be sure, but not much
the worse for that"
The thin, silent man had listened
with great interest to the story.
ut is strange" he said, "but the
same sort of an accident happened to
me. The issue, however, was more
tragic"
The big man squinted at the speaker.
"And what was the issue?' he asked,
suspiciously.
"Well, I was drowned" said the thin
man, seriously.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-08-06
plan For NAVIGATING Amazon.

w. E. O'keefe, of Memphis, who is
in Joplin temporarily, is one of a party
who have a novel plan for going up
the Amazon River. The river, as Is
we'll known, passes through country
which has never been explored. The
forests are practically impenetrable,
the air is deadly to all but natives, and
the natives are extremely unfriendly
and dangerous. Mr.. O'Keefe and his
party intend to navigate the river in q
steel boat, which will be propelled by
gasoline, and will have guard rail
which can be charged with electricity.
The boat will be eighty feet long and
seven feet deep. The steel exterior
will protect the party from any weap-
one the natives are likely to have, and
if they should attempt to board they
would be given an electrical shock
from the guard rail. There will also
be turret on the boat containing two
rapid-fire guns.
"The party" says Mr.. O'Keefe, lis
being fitted out at the instance OF a
number Of Antwerp men, several OF
whom are scientists, and the rest ad-
venturers. If the expedition is sue
cess we will try going up the Congo
River on the same kind Of trip
Kansas City Journal.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-08-06
A MISTAKE.

One great mistake made by tlovices
in fruit tree planting is in planting in
sod. Clover sod is not so bad as a
timothy or blue grass sod, yet no
young fruit tree will do well in any
soil unless it has been worked long
enough previously to free 1T from
grass roots, weeds, etc., and make 1t
mellow and fine. Some few peach
growers start their young orchard in
clover sod; plowing the Intervening
places between the rows and cultivat-
ing in corn. This IS better than let
ting the place remain In sod, though
MANY Of the trees are choked to death
by the grass roots. Sowing any kind
OF. grain, either wheat, rye or oats, be-
tween the trees is sure to seriously,
and In many cases permanently, In
lure the trees. Only cultivated crops
should be grown. If, when the trees
are we'll grown and in heavy fruiting'
it is desired to partially check the
heavy growth of wood and foliage re
sulting from liberal manuring and
good cultivation, SOW cloverseed alone,
and after one good crop Tin rare cases,
two) Of clover hay has been secured,
plow down the sod and put in corn.
and subsequently other cultivated
crops.-Philadelphia Record.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-08-06
Tho Apafeur PHILOSOPHER.

"Men boast Of their superiority,
said 4 Chicago doctor who has weak
ness for philosophizing, taking 1t Tor
granted that they are far in advance
of all other things that live here on
earth It is true that they have some
wonderful achievements to their
credit, but did you ever see horse,
for instance, that was cross-eyed?
Compare the number of deformitles
among children with those OF young
animals and you will find that among
all the horses, cattle. sheep, hogs,
dogs, cats and everything else belong
ing to the animal world, there are no.
where near as many congenial deform-
tiles as among people. This undouot'
edlv is due to the fact that the AMI
mails live more nearly as nature in
tended them to than we do. But we
musn't find fault. Think OF the spec
ialists who would be working as day
laborers if every child came into the
world perfect. And our tailors anu
dressmakers would all be forced out OF
business If nobody had defects to hide.
We must never lose sight of the fact
that our shortcomings are arts great
est similus-Chicago Record-Herald.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-08-06
Turt1eA.


OF the several orders Of reptiles, trr'
ties are the least repulsive to most peo.
pie. Among them, however, may be
found those which may not be handled
with impunity. I shall never forget
my first interview with swapping tur-
tie. I was q schoolboy at the time and
1 was engaged IN fishing for eels in a
brook, when 1 chad q bite" good one,
and to my joy I hauled out on the bank
kicking, struggling, four-legged crea.
ture with a mud-colored, moss-covered
shell and with horny spikes on the
upper edge of his tail. I put out my
hand to remove the hook, bent pin,
when the wicked head shot out like q
streak Of lightning and the jaws came
together with a snap. Luckily my fin.
gers were just out Of reach, or I might
have. lost one or two Of them.
The fat-shelled painted turtles, the
round!shelled spotted turtles, and in
fact nearly all our common turtles
with the exception Of the snapper and
the alligator-snapper, may be handled
and examined without the slightest
fear. lost of them are water-turtles,
and feed chiefly on animal food, but
the interesting box-turtle lives upon
the land and feeds chiefly, if not alto
gether, on vegetables.-Woman's Home
Companion.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-08-06
IS IT CUPID OR HEREDlTY7
Facts About Marriages Set Forth by
Gene aiogist.

Facts About Marriages Set Forth by q
Gene aiogist.
THE marriages Of family are q
good guide to 60 by in determining its
characteristics, said a woman whose
business is to hunt up pedigrees. i
should warn any girl who has many
old maid aunts and bachelor uncles not
to daily with her first proposal If she
would not be an old maid herself.
Likewise believe that girls chances
for remarriage if widowed early can be
judged pretty accurately from the an
nails of her family in this respect. Z
"Just as 8 certain sort OF eyebrow
or cheek or chin formation is to be
traced throughout an entire family, so
the attitude of the family toward mar
riage seems to be handed down.
when in the course Of my work
am in doubt about the identity OF a
family am guided good deal by the
character of the marriages set down,
for these illustrate the dominant family
traits which govern as much In love
matters as in other concerns of life.
I'm some families early marriages
predominant. The men Invariably
marry before they are twenty-five and
the women at a correspondingly early
age. Again late marriages will DE the
rule with members Of either sex.
"Some family trees show few second
marriages and rarely third marriage.
no matter how soon the married state
come to an end. Other records are re-
plete with second and third and even
fourth marriages on the part Of widows
and widowers.
"Often it occurs that in families OF
nine or more brothers and sisters, only
two or three have married, and the de-
scendants of these two or three dis
played similar proneness to bachelor
hood and spinsterhood.
"'Our family are not great on marry
ing q girl, one of four single sisters
remarked to me lately regarding the
family likenesses she was showing all
grouped together on one wall panel.
"And l could not but feel that that
array of contented-looking single .entl-
ties among her kinspeople must exert
some influence on her own matri-
monial prospects.
"Some families display a marked ten
dency to marry their own klnsfolk, or
The connection of relatives Of their kins-
folk. Others again seem by common
impulse to have gone as far from home
quarters as possible in search OF
mates."-1ndianapolis News.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-08-06
BOYS IN TRAINING.
The Young Athlete Should Have All
Around DEVELOPMENT.


The first care of the school athletic
trainer should be to remember that be
Is training boys, and that he has not
full-grown men under his charge. The
growing boy is capable of great deal
of work, but this should not be made
too severe, or he will lose the nervous
force which is at the bottom of all
success in any kind of athletics. The
exercise should be made as pleasant
as possible. and the young athlete
should not be allowed to specialize, OF,
at least, not in the same manner as the
full-grown athlete. 1t IS all very we'll
for the young athlete TO have his favor
ite event, and to have one in which he
is most proficient, but he should also
have certain amount OF sprinting, dis.
tance running, lurdling, jumping and
especially exercise in some form OF
light gymnastics, such as the chest
weights, Indian clubs CT dumbbells.
This will give him the necessary rein
forcing of auxiliary muscles which he
will need later on when as college
man he makes real speciality Of some
event. By giving the young athlete
exercise that teuds ito an all-round de-
velopment the trainer will be fulfill
ing the object of scholastic athletics,
which is to send the young man forth
from the school fitted for college not
only in mind but in body as well.
In their great desire to "win OUT many
trainers lose sight of this real object
of athletics in any school. They must
have winners at any cost, and they
force the young athlete to such an ex-
tent that, though while at school he
does some very creditable perform
ances, he is never heard of afterward
because his nervous force has been
impaired. This is the great danger
toward which competitive scholastic
athletics are drifting, and it is the duty
of the principals to see that the future
health of the boys intrusted to their
charge is not forever lessened through
over-anxious athletic instructors.
The principal Sn0uld also De uiost
careful in the choice Of trainer, who.
because lie is older, may exercise very
great influence on the boys ideas OF
fairness and true sportsmanship.
With but one remark on diet we shall
turn our attention to training proper.
The young athlete need not undergo
any system of diet. He should be
merely cautioned against eating too
much pastry, etc, and three or four
days before competition the trainer
should ask him to give up everything
but plain, healthy food, leaving out
pastry, candy and all sorts of highly
seasoned viands, for If he attempts to
put them under q strict regimen they
will either 80 to one extreme or the
other.-St. Nicholas.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-08-06
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the cow to take on flesh, but it will
not make her give larger quantity
Of milk.
In many cases, however, the cow
has never had an opportunity to do
her best. In these instances better
feeding will be likely to turn the pres
ent loss, If any, to a gain, or consid-
ably to increase the profit where one
is now being secured. But here we
are met by the objection that better
feeding involves a larger outlay, and
thus tends to defeat the end which it
is proposed to serve Multitudes OF
farmers and dairymen are not now
feeding their COWS as we'll as they U.s.
ually do, because they fear that at
the present high prices Of grain the
Increased quantity Of milk which
would be produced would cost more
than it would be worth. They real
ize that there may be loss in forcing
an excessive yield as truly as there is
in having the yield too small. But be-
tween these extremes there lies what
may be called a fairly liberal rate OF
production, which with good COWS that
are suitably fed will be quite profit
ahle.-New York Tribune Farmer.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-08-06
FATTENING DUCKS.

Fattening ducks and geese IS best
done. when they are confined in little
stalls, or when only two or:three are
together. Like pig, duck or goose
will eat more when it has compan'
ion than when it is alone, as greedl'
ness is one of the characteristics be-
longing to both. The food need not
be expensive. Boiled turnips, carrots
and potatoes, with corn meal, make
the best mess with which to get ducks
and geese fat quickly. They must be
kept very quiet, given plenty OF water
for drinking, and allowed pulverized
charcoal ice day. Ten days is long
enough for getting them in proper
condition. and Farmer.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-08-06
IMPROVING POTATOES.

It is generally agreed that imma-
ture potatoes are much more watery
than those which remain undisturbed
in the soil until fully ripe. Analysis
supports this view by showing that
from 100 pounds immature tubers near
ly 80 pounds water may be dried out,
leaving onlysabout 20.pounds dry mat
ter, while 100 pounds fully ripe tubers
have been known to yield 90 pounds
solid matter thoroughly dry. believe
that leaving them in the soil to ma
'ture causes an increase Of dry matter.
Some varieties are dryer than
Others For instance, Connaught Cups,
or Irish Cups, contained large pro-
portion of solid matter, especially of
starch-21 per cent starch and II Per
cent. other solid matter, and were gen
orally considered TO be a superior
quality. sss:s.sss: s
AS to effect Of soils upon quality,
generally such potatoes as grow on
heavy clay contain most water, while
those which nave grown on sandy soil
contain least. Watery potatoes are
seldom held in high esteem for table
use, drier ones being generally pre-
ferred, especially those which are rich
in starch. The proportion Of starch
varies considerably, from 10 IL to 21
per cent. in different lots of potatoes,
and averages about II per Cent. in
tubers fully ripe.
Warm climates and dry seasons, as
we'll as dry soils, appear to increase
the percentage Of starch, which also
increases as the tubers grow and
ripen. In keening from fall to spring,
potatoes lose starch, a portion being
changed to sugar, gum, etc. This pro-
cess Of change seems necessary pre-
paration preceding growth. Potatoes
in which starch is most abundant are
said to keep best, but observation and
experiments seem to indicate that
whatever increases the proportion Of
starch diminshes the proportion of al
bumen and saline matter, both of
which are necessary to the fruitful
ness when used for seed.-Charles W.
Ford, in New England Homestead.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-08-06
SOIL FOR CUCUMBERs.

For a number of years have used
sod ground for raising cucumbers tor
nv method is to manure the sod in the
early spring and let the ground lie
until about the first week In June.
This method has convinced me that
far too much manure is plowed under
even on clay soil, for have always a
good growth of grass to ploW under
even on land that seemed thin SOD.
A greater part Of the manure should
be nut on sod land or meadows, ana
then when the land is used for corn or
other crops it will be In much better
condition than when the manure IS
put in hills for corn or worked into
the plowed ground. You will not have
sd. many weeds to contend with on
YOUR new seeding. The manure
spreader seems to solve the problem
of putting the manure on the meadow
Il. C. Seltzer, in American Agrlcul'
turist.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-08-06
FOR GROWING PIGS.

While there arr several methods OF
handling young pigs during the sum-
mer, there is no doubt but that the
plan which gives them pasture with
more or less grain produces better re-
suits than anything else. The ideal
plan would be to give the growing pigs
the run of a clover pasture and make
their grain diet of one-third corn meal
and two-thirds wheat middlings mixed
with skim milk. This ration fur
nishes all material for the building OF
bone and muscle and will put the ami
NAL in the best possible condition to
e'fattened in the fall. Moreover, this
is the method that produces pork
cheaply, and IS superior to either the
pasture and slop plan or the feeding
of grains without the pasture; the
first is almost valueless, the second
too expensive by far. This plan as re-
commended is the one used by exten-
siye pig raisers after years of expert
menting with numerous other meth
ods.-Indianapolis News.