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The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-10-14
JUST BEFORE
BREAKFAST
A FEW ITEMS THAT ARE EAS-
lily DIGESTED.
ARE PREPARED ESPECIALLY
For People Who Eat Hurriedly and
Chew Their Food on the Way
to Their Work.

You have probably noticed that
there is nothing more touching than
a youth with a struggling mustache.
x ~
A person may be left out in the
cold here but it does not follow that
such will happen in the life to come.
x x x
1t is hard to find a man so deep
that he has no shallow spot.
x x x
1t is wrong to define gossip as idle
talk. 1t is one of the most industrl-
Gus things you ever saw.
x x X
"Why is it Indiana summer pa,
This best time of tibet year?
Where does the Indian come in?
Pray tell me, father DEAR
"Because men hate to waste the time
At work We call it so;
The noble red man never likes
To 90 to work, you know
X x
GA shoemaker is running for COVER
nor of Massachusetts,
eyes, and I'll bet everybody on
the other side is claiming this will be
his last run
Whine a man goes home at night
and finds his wife ont to a card club
and no signs Of supper. he feels like
going into the same business himself.
The climax is reached. though, when
his wife comes home and says :
"Why George, how early you are to-
night.' If George had been late for
supper what would she have said?
x X X
"There s nothing half so sweet in
life as'-oh, no you don 't-as sugar.
X x X
Some families in Richmond quit
using eggs because the price was so
high. Some one suggested that the
high price was caused by the fact
that the eggs were laid so low.
X x X
The limit was reached this morning
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-10-14

Worlds Fair excursion tickets to
st. Louis will be sold via Pennsyl-
vania Lines at approximately one
cent per mile each Tuesday and
Thursday until September Goth, valid
N coaches Of through trains, good
returning within seven days. These
are the lowest fares at which Words
Fair excursion tickets to st. Louis
IRE sold. Fifteen day tickets, sixty
day tickets and season tickets sold
daily at reduced fares, good in sleep
ing or parlor cars with required Pull
man tickets. For full information,
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-10-14
HEROIC FLAGMAN
At New Castle Saves a Baby at Risk
Of His Own Life.

The New Castle Courier has the
following to say of heroic "Buddy'
McGrath the fagman at the Penn
sylvaniacrossing at Newcastle who
is known to every railroad man on
the Richmond Division of the Pan
handle.
"Buddy" McGrath should have a
gold medal awarded him for his last
bit of heroic work in saving a life at
the Pennsylvania crossing on Broad
street The genial fagman has saved
over twenty-five persons from in
slant death on this crossing and Tues
day evening about 5 80 he not only
saved a three-year- boy from be-
ing struck by a through freight but
risked his own life and barely escap-
ed being run down.
"A lady. whose name could not be
learned, and her young child were
walking toward the railroad from
the east, the little boy running on
ahead of its mother and not paying
any attention to tia train. When
the woman saw that the train was
so near, and as she was too far away
to rescue her child, she threw up her
hands in despair, expecting to see
the little boy killed. McGrath was
standing half way between the L. E.
and w. and Pennsylvania tracks,
tagging for trains on both roads,
when he saw the perilous position
Of the child He ran his fastest and
grabbed the cloak of the boy, swing
ing him off the track when the train
which was going at good speed, was
but three or four feet away "Bud-
dv' cleared the track just in time
or he would have been struck him
self.
A number Of people who were wait
ing for the 5 40 passenger train, wit
messed the narrow escape and thought
it badly possible for the boy to be
rescued.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-10-14

Send 2 cent stamp for itinerary of
pecial personally conducted tours to
California, leaving Chicago August
sth and 25th, via the Chicago. Union
Pacific & Northwestern Line, ac-
count Triennial Conclave Knights
Templar at San Francisco. $50 round
trip from Chicago. Correspondingly
ow rates from all points. A. H. Wag-
gener, % Fifth Avenue, Chicago, III.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-10-14

Maud-Last night Jack told me
that he wouldn It marry the best girl
living. ss-what-unless she took
HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea.
BRIGHT fellow. 35 cents, Tea Or Tab
let's. A. G.. Luken & Co.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-10-14
$4,000 to Colorado and Return

$4,000 to Colorado and Return
Via Chicago, Union Pacific & North
Western Line. Chicago to Denver,
Colorado Springs, and Pueblo, daily
throughout the summer. Correspond
ingly low rates from all points east.
Only one night to Denver from Chi
cago and Central States and only two
lights en- route from the Atlantic
Seaboard. Two fast trains daily.
A. II. Waggener, % Fifth Avenue,
Chicago, Ill.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-10-14
Through to Worlds Fair
Richmond to st. Louis
In 1.-THE Worlds Fair Special"

Via Pennsylvania Lines. Leave Rich
mond, Ind, 1908 p. m. daily, arrive
St. Louis 7:22 a. M, in good time for
locating at hotels or boarding houses
and still have the day to see the
World S Fair. Only a few weeks more
Of the Worlds Fair. Fifteen-day
tickets on sale daily at very low fare
for the round trip. Ascertain partic-
ulars from C. W. Elmer, Ticket
Agent, Richmond, Ind.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-10-14
Special Fares to Cincinnati Via Penn
sylvania Lines.

Sunday, October 10th, excursion
tickets to Cincinnati will be sold via
Pennsylvania Lines at 81 round trip
from Richmond going on special train
leaving at 700 a. m.
The Owosso times., 1904-07-01
Only ofDnl.v

An exchange says: "There is class
of men who are seldom If ever appre-
ciated at their true value. In this en-
llghtened age they are commonly called
Dad 1t Is dad that humps himself
year in and year out on the farm, in the
Office. store or workshop in order that
his boy and girl may go away to school
and upon their return home that the
boy may have fine horse and top bug
gy and the girl costly piano. 1t is dad
that hustles and cultivates great cal
loused knots on his hands and becomes
stoop shouldered in order that his Off
spring may revel in luxury and make
tarnal fools of themselves. His sons
and daughters have learned at his ex-
pense to despise his old fashioned ways.
They secretly laugh at the style Of his
Sunday coat and his bell crowned hat
On Sunday, when his daughter has
company and he would sit In the parlor
and listen to the music. he is given In
various ways to understand that his
presence is not desirable, and the poor
old man goes into the kitchen and re-
mains the balance Of the afternoon.
God help the son or daughter who goes
back on dad! In the catalogue Of low
down cussedness that Of ingratitude to
ones parents is the most contempti-
blev
The Owosso times., 1904-07-01
THE BANANA.
Fruit That Ripens on the Plant II
Not Suitable For Food.


There is vast amount of ignorance
prevailing among Intelligent people of
the noyth concerning the growth, pro-
duction and marketing Of bananas.
Many people imagine that the natives
in tropical cllmes step out OF their huts
In the early morning and pluck and
eat bananas from the plant, the same
as they would oranges and other fruits.
Bananas rlpened on the plant are not
suitable for food and would be much
the same as the pith which is found in
the northern cornstall1 or elder. Ba-
nanas sold in the United States, even
after travelling 5000 miles in q green
state, are every bit as good as bananas
ripened under a tropical sun. This is
probably true Of no other export fruit.
The plant of which baAanas is the
fruit is not tree, nor is it q bush or
vine. 1t is simply a gigantic plant,
growing to height OF from fifteen to
twenty feet. About eighteen feet from
the ground the leaves, ofttimes eight
feet long, come out in a short cluster.
from the center Of which springs a
bunch of bananas. These do not grow
with the bananas pointing upward nat
urally, and If the stem grew straight
they would hang exactly as seen in
the fruit stores and grocers' windows.
This, however, is not the case. The
stem bends under the weight of the
fruit, and this brings it into directly
the opposite direction, with the large
end OF the stalk up and the fringes
pointing toward the sun.
a word OF explanation concerning
some banana terms. Each banana is
called Finger" and each of these lit
tie clusters Of fingers surrounding Il
stalk is called "hand." The quality
and value OF each bunch depend on the
number of hands it has. Some may
wonder how the fruit is cut from the
top Of plant fifteen feet from the
ground. The native laborces cut the
stalk part way up its height. The
weight of the fruit causes the stalk
to slowly bend over until the bunch
Of bananas first nicely reaches the
ground; then the bunch is cut off with
the ever ready machete and carried
to the river or railroad for shipment.
The plant at the same time is cut
close to the ground. The banana Is q
very prolific producer Of itself, and
Mt every cleaning of the land 1t is
necessary to cut down many Of the
young plants, or suckers" as; they are
termed, in order that they may not
become overcrowded up to q certain
limit. The fewer suckers on a given
area the larger the fruit they will pro-
duce.-Chicago Chronicle.
The Owosso times., 1904-07-01
IA. S T 60 El Z "A.
Bears the 1Ihs Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature ss &<N2ZzZll
The Wren.

1t is to be noted that If moro than
a year old wrens come directly to their
nesting site Of the preceding summer.
II it is still intact, alps well. There is
no lettering in the neighborhood, nor
has it ever happened, SO far as my OBJ
servation extends, that single bird
appears and a mate subsequently
comes upon the scene. The pair arrive
together. This is unquestionably true
of my doors-ep wrens Of the past seven
summers and suggests that the marital
tie is not voluntarily broken, whatever
the birds careers from August to April.
The male may lose his mate, but he
soon finds another, and the widowed
bird may lose her lord, but she prompt
ly mates again, and so one or the other
keeps the old summer home in mind.
and 1t is never forsaken. 1t becomes
fixed feature Of their lives. - DR..
Charles G. Abbott in Lippincott's.
The Owosso times., 1904-07-01
Local News

The derrick used in hosting stone to
the top of the new court house at Cor
unna gave way Monday while large
block was being hoisted. and fell to the
ground. The loss in broken stone and
machinery 20 the sub contractor, Sam
uel Pickles, of jackson, is about 81, 800
None of the worlsinen were injured.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert o. Austin, of
Newark, Ohio, welcomed son to their
home on June s5th.
Elmer S. Atherton is ready for the
county convention. His prospects are
really fine. He has had good argu-
ment to use in his campaign, and many
promise to assist him to take the seat in
the probate office. .-Durand Express.
Mr.. Edward Lotridge, of Owosso
township and Miss Nellie Dwyer, of
this city, were united in marriage on
Tuesday evening by Rev. FIR. p. j.
Slane at the Catholic parsonage. They
are residing on North Saginaw street.
The marriage of Mr.. George Bradley
and Miss Marguerite Thompson took
place at the Corunna avenue parsonage
Wednesday morning, Rev. j. Rowe Off
ciating. The bride was attended by
Miss Jessie VanHouten and the groom
by Mr.. Allie FL. Thompson, brother of
the bride. They left for an extended
trip in the eastern states. The groom
is a well known conductor on the Ann
Arbor railway. They will make their
future home in Durand and be at home
after August 1st.
Frank T. Pine, of Buffalo and A. l..
Rankin, of Columbus, the men arrested
as suspects by the'police the day before
the circus and confined until after the
show had left town, have notified the
common council they expect suitable
for their detention. The
men buy old gold and silver and claim
to clean up $500 month. Mr.. Pine
says he is suffering from sciatic rheu-
matism as a result of being confined in
q cold, damp cell.
The Owosso times., 1904-07-01
"A Day With Hudson Maxim. &"

Following the plan which st. Nichol-
as has carried out for several months,
the July issue will have an instructive
article designed to present valuable
facts in way entertaining to both
young and old "a Day with Hudson
Maxim is the title of Joseph Fl Adams s
sketch, which will sell many interest
ing details of the great inventors life
and work Hudson Maxim's residents
is in Brooklyn. where visitor finds
him as much at home among his high
explosives as his cook is in her kitchen.
Mr.. Adams tells, among other things
of being invited to lunch on Welsh rab-
bit cooked in a chafing dish over q
lamp filled with-not alcohol but nitro
glycerin.
The Owosso times., 1904-07-01

Farmers in this vicinity have COM
menced haying-Mrs H O'Neil and
daughter Miss Gene Mcpherson, of
Chicago, is visiting relatives in this
place. Mrs O'Neil is niece of Mrs d S
Cramer-Mr and Mrs r e Vincent
welcomed a little son into their home
last Saturday June 25, Mr. Vincent
will now have someone to assist him in
his supervisor work-MrsS S Nj l. Brann,
of Durlnd, has been the guest of her
friend Mrs N Mcbride for over week
Mrs ID Young has been confined to
her room by illness for the past week
Miss Gertie Martin, of Elsie, visited
her mother Mrs Martha Martin from
Saturday until Monday-Mrs Nancy
Parmeter, of Potterville, was the guest
of her cousin Mrs John Potter the past
week-The rains we have had the past
week have greatly benefited crops and
vegitation- Mr. and Mrs n l. Randall
entertained the Alliance Club Wednes
day m at their pleasant home Mrs
Sarah McKelpan, of O0osso, has moved
her household goods to her fathers, |
Deninson, and will soon join her hus-
band in Cleveland-Mrs Arvilla Bag
ley who has been visiting her sister
for some time, returned to her home in
Ovid this week-The Misses Laura
Scott and Addie Ockerman were the
guests.of Mrs e B Simpson Tuesday
Mrs. e Q Snyder and two son Emery
and George, of Ovid, visited relatives
in this place the past week-Miss
Inez Cramer was the guest of Editor
and Mrs @ @ Vaughn, of st Johns, over
Sunday A & Cadz and daughter
Hattie spent Tuesday afternoon with
her sister Mrs r q Vincent
The Owosso times., 1904-07-01
Probate Court.

In the estate Of Frederick Miller, de-
ceased, Anna Miller petitioned for the
probate of the will. Deceased resided
in Bennington township and left an es-
tate worth about $50, 600. Hearing July
25th.
John Crane will render his accounts
as administrator of the estates of Jas.
w. Tyler, Edward A. Tyler and Lewis
Tayler, deceased. Hearing July 25th.
An order was made allowing claims
before court in the estate of Lucy A.
Bignall, deceased.
A. S. Thomas was appointed admins
traitor of the estate of Marshall Van
burger, deceased, late of Durand. s. G.
Patched and j. NJ. Fitch appraisers and
commissioners ON claims. Value Of es-
tate $3.50.
Accounts Of G. E. Godfrey, admins
TRAITOR of the estates of John Atlzin and
Mary A. Atkin, deceased, were allowed.
The Owosso times., 1904-07-01
Animal Curiosity.

A cow will approach a new object
fascinated, but with timorous suspi-
cion, and horse is even more tinid,
gazing at distance for awhile, ready
to flee in moment. The monkey will
snatch at everything that is new and
deliberately examine it till, finding
that he cannot eat it or mock mankind
with it, he will drop it and let it pass
from his shallow memory. There is a
pathos in the slenderness of animal
curiosity, 1t is so easily satisfied. The
thought, If thought it be, usually ends
with the first flush Of surprise and the
impression Of safety.
The Owosso times., 1904-07-01
Cigars.

"There is very little difference be-
tween good cigars" said a dealer,
though they have many names.
have been in the. business for many
years and at one time or another served
most Of the prominent men Of the
country. l have always smoked and
consider myself a critic, but after I
have had cigar or two l can't tell for
the life Of me by the odor what is the
name of the cigar l am smoking. OF
course l can name 1t by its shape, and
anybody knows strong cigar from q
mild one, but the most expert can be
fooled on brands. In spite Of this
many prominent men insist on certain
brands and are unhappy IL they don't
get them. Sometimes they complain
that an inferior tobacco is being used,
but that is not true. Their taste has
palled, and they need change"
The Owosso times., 1904-07-01
a Very Close Call.

81 stuck to my engine, although every
joint ached and every nerve was racked
with pain, writes @. w. Bellamy, 10
comotive fireman, of Burlington, Iowa.
81 was weak and pale, without any ap-
petite and all run down. AS l was
about to give up, got bottle of Elec-
trio Bitters, and after taking. it, ! felt
as we'll as l ever did in my life" Weak,
sickly, run down people always gain
new life, strength and vigor from their
use Try them. Satisfaction guarantees
ed by w. e. Collins q Co and Haggarts
drug stores. Price 80 cents.
The Owosso times., 1904-07-01
TWENTY-ONE DROWNED.
Russians Met Terrible Death In Sub.
marine Boat.


Russians Met Terrible Death In Sub.
marine Boat.
ST. Petersburg, June 30.-The sub
marine boat Delfin sank at her moor
ings in the Neva, off the Baltic ship
building yard, at II o'clock Wednesday
morning, with the loss Of an officer,
Lieut.. Cherkasoff, and wenty men.
The accident was due partly to the ex-
cessive number Of the crew, mostly in
experienced men, and chiefly to the un-
fortunate attempt of man to escape
while his comrades were screwing
down the manhole.
A score Of novices were anxious to
go with the officers. The Delfin's nom-
inal capacity is ten men, instead Of
which thirtytwo entered the boat,
bringing her manhole in dangerous
proximity to the river level. Just then
a tug passed. sending a heavy wash
against the boat. AS soon as the wa.
ter splashed into the submarine boats
interior it created a panic among the
novices and one Of them tried to get
out of the manhole, which the older
hands were screwing down prepara-
tory to the descent, the submerging
compartment having already been
opened. The water rushed in and as
the submerged vessel sank like a stone
the officers and some of the men were
saved by being blown up through the
manhole by the rush of escaping air.
The Delfn shortly afterwards was
raised!
The Owosso times., 1904-07-01
A LOST ISLAND,
Old West Indian Legend That Date
Back to Columbus, Time.

Old West Indian Legend That Dates
Back to Columbus Time.
There is an old legend in the West
Indies which has been handed down
from the time of Columbus to the eff
feet that somewhere among the numer.
GUS Gays Of the Caribbean sea there
exists an island inhabited only by wo-
men.
The aboriginal Caribs and Ararwaks
found it inconvenient to have women
around in times Of war. Usually when
the enemy conquered q number Of the
tribes fairest maidens were carried
off. So goes the story.
The deplorable possibility Of losing
all the women Of the tribe was averted.
however, by the prompt action Of the
chiefs, who ordered all Of the remain
Ing female element to this unknown
island in the Caribbean. According to
the legend, the place is copiously
watered by ideal streams, overshad-
owed by breadfruit, mango, plantain
and all the necessaries to life and
poetry. The husbands and lovers were
allowed to visit the island paradise not
more than twice year in times of
peace.
But It. is further handed down that
all the men of the tribe were even
tually wiped out in an Indian war and
that all trace of the isle of women was
lost. According to Washington Irving,
even Columbus made vain efforts to
find 1t.
The Owosso times., 1904-07-01
Common Council

Common Council Cha amber
Owosso, Mich, June 2s. 1904
Special meeting of Common Council, Mayor
Stanley Parkill presiding
Aldermen present at roll call Nichols, Lam
from, ,Copas, Brown, BRANDED, Heyer, Rigley,
Clerk read the following call
Owosso, Mich. June 2s. 1904
To the Aldermen, City Clerk, City Attor.
neey and Street commissioner of the
Gentlemen: There will be q special meet
ing of the comm on council at the common
council chamber on Tuesday evening, June 29,
at 80 o'clock p. m, for the purpose of acting
upon and allowing the claims and accounts
which We're before the council at its regular
meeting, June27
STANLEY E PARKlLL
Itwas moved and supported that the claims
and accounts, which were presented at the
regular meeting of the common council of
June y be allowed and the city clerk be in
structed TO draw orders for ths same, which
was carried, ayes nays Rigley
To the Honorab ble Mayor and Common Coun-
ell of the City of Owosso.- -
Your committee to whom was referred TN
several claims and accounts would respectful-
ly report favorably on the following and ask
the unanimous consent of this council that
said claims be allowed and the city clerk in.
structed to draw orders for the same
From Contingent Fund -E o Dewey So, w II
Collins q Co 25c. Opdyke % Saunders 80 38
argus Pub CO go, Clara Byrnss 1857, Fred
Edwards 90 67, Owosso Press Pub Co 5S55
Times Print Co 9, II p Bigelow so, G NJ McIn-
tosh
From Sidewalk Fund.- Russell SIS, p Ed
wards 52, b Ingraham 10 so, G. Freet 25c, Jas
Odell 40 30, Beckwith est 3 80, l. E Woodland
6S, A Todd e. Co S5 &C. NJ Tanner, 10 30, E
Cook 10 90. w M Burton 10 50 w Gard 10 so, W
Ward 1850
From Highway Fund-Louis Freass $40,
Shick 10. Jas Doyle 10 < Crane Is. W Doug
lass 9, o Brewster rs. L + woodard 78s
From Fire Department Fund-W Robertson
$40, e Martin 10, Owosso fire department 15l so,
Geo cook so G Curry 13 40
From Sprinlxling FUND.- Hayes s13 + Fow-
Ter IL, q Virgins Is
From Board of Health Fuud-A Beal SOC
From Water Works Fund-A A r r Co
$50 06, @ w Sprout 2 10, 4 Atkinson 400, II
Bloomer so. c Jackson 80. Ashford 50,y s
Hunt so, @ II Cossitt rs, X Irish 03. J L
Shaw 4 30, A Ketchum 437 G w Spront 525
From Contingent Fund-W Douglass So S5,
H Douglass 35, j Van Dusen 25c. l. e Wood
ard IL 81
From Police Fund.- Ross SIS. Bert
Hodges IA. g j Denyes IA, + w Smith 8, ] z
Cady8
Upon motion council adjourned.
FRED EDWARDS,
City Clerk
The Owosso times., 1904-07-01
CORTELYOU is PROMPT.
Orders Immediate Re-inspectlon Of
New York Boats.


Washington, June 30.-Secretary
Cortelyou Of the department of COM
merce and labor has sent the follow
ing telegram, which 10 saf.explana-
tory:
Washington, June 29. 1904.-Mr.
George Uhler, Supervising Inspector
General of the Steamboat Inspection
Service, New York, N. Y: You are
hereby directed to begin at once the
re-inspection that has been ordered of
the passenger-carrying steamboats, in
New York harbor. Detail the very best
men in your service for this work and
order that those who made the inspec-
tion OF any particular boat earlier in
the season shall not make the rein
spection now.
Telegraph the several supervising
inspectors in the service except Capt.
Birmingham Of San Francisco, who is
too far away, and ask If they can
spare, without detriment to the inter-
ests committed to their charge, some
% their best men to assist in this
work. Final judgment upon the char
acter Of the Inspections heretofore
made must properly await the report
of the federal investigation now in
progress, but I believe this re-inspec-
ticn should be made. In making this
re-inspection the regulations and the
various circulars that have been is
sued by the department from time to
time for your service afford its officials
definite Instructions under existing
law.
Report at once by telegraph the re-
ceipt Of these instructions.
GEORGE B. CORTELYOU,
Secretary"
The Owosso times., 1904-07-01
Mummy Paint.

Ground up mummy makes brown
Of a certain rare color that nothing
else can give. 1t is on account of the
asphaltum in the mummy that this is
so. The Egyptians wrapped their dead
in garments coated with asphaltum of
an incomparably fine and pure quality.
This asphaltum as the centuries passed
impregnated the tissues Of the dead
themselves. 1t turned them into the
best paint material in the world Be
ing exceedingly expensive, 1t is used
only by portrait painters in depicting
brown hair.