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The Springfield herald., 1904-06-10
Low Rates from Lamar via
the Santa Fe Route.

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Coach Excursions to St. Louis
and KANSAS City, June, 1904.
Rate-Round Trip to Kansas
City or St. Louis, $l7.l5. Dates
of sale, June 11,h and June 25th.
Limits-Tickets will be good for
return leaving Kansas City or St.
Louis Is days from date OF sale.
Children between 5 and II years
one half of above rate.
Worlds Fair Tickets.
Fifteen day tickets may be sold
at *27.
Stop over al Kansas City of ten
days on Worlds Fair tickets may
be allowed by depositing ticket
with Joint agent at Kansas City.
Special Round Trip Rates to Chi
cago and return June lst to Sept.
30, 1904. Rate $3.50 for round
trip. Dates of sale June 1st to
Sept. Both. inclusive. Final re-
turn limit Oct. 31st, 1904. Tick.
cts may be sold in one direction
,(eiiher going or returning) via st.
Lonis. Stopovers OF ten days will
be allowed upon deposit oftickets
immediately on arrival ut one .of
the validating Offices and pay
ment of fee OF $1.0O.
Excursion Rates in Colorado.
Effective May 18th. Saturday
or Sunday and return Monday.
Colo. Springs $G.45 for round trip,
Mnnitou Sc 90.
Palmer Lake 1870.
Sunday only. Round trip.
Pueblo SO so,
Colorado Springs $455,
Manitou $40,
Palmer Lake $3.50.
Summer Rates, Colorado.
Assembly Rates-Round trip
tickets sold daily from June 11th
to Paln er Lake and return, Rate
$3.50.
Also reduced round trip rates
from Pueblo and Colorado Springs
to Aspen, Buena Vista, Canon
City. Leadville, Grand Junction,
and other mountain towns.
Louisiana Purchase Exposition
Worlds Fair, St. Louis, Mo.
April 30 to November 30, 1904.
Season Tickets.
Rate, $36 for round trip, Dates
of sale-Daily April Is to Nov. Is
inclusive. Final limit Dec. IS,
1904.
Sixty Day Tickets.
Rate $50. Dates OF sale, daily
April % to Nov. 90, inclusive. FL
nal limit-Tickets good to leaye
St. Louis within 60 days from date
of sale but not later than Dec. Is,
1904.
Ten Day Tickets.
Rate, $27. Dates of sale-Dai-
ly April 81 to Nov. so, inclusive.
Final limit-Tickets good to leave
st. Louis within ten days from
date of sale but not later than
Dec. 5, 1904,
Joint Agencies, st. Louis-Un-
ion Station-World's Fair Ground
Transportation Bld'g.-World's
Fair Sta.-Wabash- 1929 Olive St.
No. 13 North Seventh St. between
Chestnut and Market Str.
Extension of Limits.
Extension of return limit will
only be granted upon the payment
of the difference between the fare
paid and the proper fare for the
limit desired plus an extension fee
ot 25c. such extension limit to be
made by the validating agent,
Stop overs at st. Louis on
through tickets or all one way
and round trip tickets reading
through St. Louis to points beyond
during the exposition period a
stop of ten days will be permitted
at st. Louis by deposiling ticket
Immediately upon arrival with
ihn validating aren't at nnY one oil
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-09-02

The old Teutonic and Saxon races
In central and northern Europe, be-
fore the Introduction and spread of
Christianity, had great veneration for
trees. They would never willingly
damage them. Under large trees, espe,
cially old oaks, the great councils
were held and judgment given, and the
graves of this people were. found in
groves, they always being buried I'M
der the roots Of a tree This all was a
result of the superstition that their
gods lived In those trees. In the linden
tree Berchta dwelt, benign spirit who
took charge of the babies and rocked
their cradles when the nurses fell
asleep; in the oak, Donar, the thunder
god; in the willows all sorts Of spirits,
in the elder trees the dwarfs. When
ever the festivals of these gods We're
celebrated their trees were decorated
with lights, wreaths and questen (tas-
sels), and offerings were hung in the
branches, which, however, were plum
dered again when the festival was
over, the gods being supposed only to
appropriate the best.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-09-02

The camel is good soldier, says a
London writer. 1t may be stupidity,
and it may be bravery, but q camel is
as steady under fire as a tower. The
Persians mounted small cannon ON the
backs Of their camels and called them
Zambwahs, or "little wasps." This
fashion was adopted in India, and aft
er the battle of Sobraon 1000 of these
artillery camels were captured. In the
Indian mutiny the British had cam
ell corps of $50 beasts, and on the back
Of each camel sat Scotch highlander
in his kilt. In 1916 Sir Charles Napier
had camel corps in Sindh, and in one
day he marched seventy-five miles,
defeated brigand chief and marched
home again. In 1878 the British used
camels against the Afghans, and the
government paid for $4,000 camels that
died in those campaigns. Many of
these were driven to death by their
owners in order that they might claim
the government bounty.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-09-02
JOHN BANlSTER.
An English violfnist Who Won Fame
In the Seventeenth Century.

inc seventeenth century.
Public concerts owe their direct en-
enlargement to John Banister, who
had won fame by his playing on the
violin and who succeeded the cele-
brated Baltzar as leader of Charles lis
band of twenty-four violins. Pepys, in
an entry In his diary for February,
1867, tells us the court gossip Of the
day-"how the kings viallin Banister
Is mad that the king hath a French
man come to be chief OF some part Of
the kings musique."
BanisteTs concerts at the close of the
year 1872 were advertised in the Lon
don Gazette as follows: "These are to
give notice that at Mr.. John Banister's
house (now called the Musick SCHOOL,,
over against the George tavern in
White Fryers, the present Monday will
be musick performed by excellent mas
tiers, beginning precisely at of the
clock in the afternoon, and every after
noon for the future precisely at the
same hour"
Four years later on we read again:
"At the Academy in Little Lincoln's
Inn Fields will begin the first part Of
the Farley of Instruments, composed
BY Mr.. John Banister" The admission
was at this time as a rule a shilling,
and these concerts seem to have been
held pretty regularly down to within
short time of BanisteTs death, which
took place in 1679.-Chapbers' Journal
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-09-02
Monster Beds.

Though the beds of the royal per
sonages of England were deliberately
carved and hung with rich curtains
even 80 late as the Tudor period, it is
recorded that King Henry Wills bed
contained only straw beneath all its
finery. A curious order exists as to
precautions to be taken against the
possibility Of intended mischief to the
royal person in the making of the bed
for the usher was to search the straw
through with dagger, that there be
none untruth therein, and to tumble
over on the down bed for the better
search thereof" The bed Of Henry
VIII. was nearly eleven feet square,
and of even more generous dimensions
is the great bed to which Shakespeare
refers in a well known passage In
Twelfth Night" which was twelve
feet square. This great bed Of Ware
has been a marvel for centuries.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-09-02
COTTON SPINNING.
The Scheme by Which a Workman
Kept His BObbins Clean.

The father Of the famous Sir Robert
Peel was cotton spinner in COM
paratively small way until he sudden
ly went straight ahead of all his COM
petitors. The earliest cotton spinning
machinery gave serious trouble
through filaments Of cotton adhering
to the bobbins, thus involving frequent
stoppages to clear the machinery. The
wages of the operatives were affected
by these delays, but it was noticed that
one man i'll the works always drew full
pay. His loom never stopped.
1.-THE onlooker tells me your bobbins
are always Clean" said Mr.. Peel to
him one day.
AYE, they be-" said the man, whose
name was Dick Ferguson.
"How do you manage it, Dick?"
"Why, you see, Mester Peel, it's sort
o secret! If towd yo', yo'd be as
wise as I am"
That's So" said Peel, smiling in
response to Dicks knowing chuckle.
I'D give you something to know.
Could you make all the looms work as
smoothly as yoursY
livery one Of 'em, mesterv'
swell, what shall give you for your
secret, DickT'
The man smiled and rubbed his chin.
"Well, Dick, what is it to beT'
Come, I'll tell thee" was the re-
ply. "GP me quart of ale livery day
as I'm in the mills and I'll tell thee
all about it,"
Agreed" said the master.
"WelL then," returned Dick, beckon-
ing Mr.. Peel to come closer and let him
whisper in his ear, "chalk your bob
binsp'
That was the entire secret. Ma
chinery was soon invented for chalk
ing the bobbins, and Dick Ferguson
was given a pension equal to many
daily quarts of beer.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-09-02
First stogies Made In Pennsylvania

First Stogies Made In Pennsylvania.
'"The first stogie was made by hand
in the wilds of Pennsylvania" said q
tobacco man Of Allegheny City.
'The story which they tell once in
awhile In West Virginia and which
must be true Is that the long cheroots
derived their name from the town of
Conestoga, Pa. An emigrant train Of
wagons was finding its way across the
state, and a supply Of tobacco was
found at Conestoga.
"The emigrants got lot Of It, but
failed to get any pipes and so could
not smoke unless they made pipes
themselves. Necessity is the mother
Of invention. You may have heard
that remark before. Anyhow one Of
the men rolled leaf Of the tobacco in
his hand and wrapped it with another
leaf. That was the first stogie. 9th
ers followed his example, and they all
called the article that they made a
'stoga' in honor of the town at which
the tobacco was secured. That Is said
to be the true story Of how the name
'stogie' originated. "-Louisville Courier
Journal.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-09-02
STATE OF MICHIGAN-THE CIRCUIT CoUR
FOR TIE COUNTY OF SHIAwAssEE In CHAN

STATE OF MICHIGAN-THE CIRCUIT COURT
For TIE COUNTY OF SHIAwAssEE In CHAN
Gerry.
Ida M. Lee complainant, VS.. Bert Lee. de-
PENDANT
Suit pending In the Circuit Court for the
county OF Shiawassee In Chancery at the city
Of Corunna In said county, on the 10th day Of
August A. d. 1904.
In this cause it appearing from affidavit on
file, that the defendant Bert Lee Is not q resi-.
dent OF this state but resides at Buffalo In the
state of New York.
On motion OF w. g. Cadwallader, solicitor for
the complainant, 1t Is ordered that the said nom
resident defendant Bt TT Leo cause his appear
ance to be entered In this cause within four
months from the date of this order; and In case
OF his appearance he cause his answer to the
Complainant's bill OF complaint to be filed and a
copy thereof to be served on said Solicitor for
the Complainant within twenty days otter
service on said non resident Defendant OF a
copy of said Bill and Notice OF the order, and
that ia default thereof, said bull be taken as
confessed by said nonresident Defendant.
And IL is further ordered, that within twenty
days the Complainant cause O notice of this
order to be published in The TINES. news.
paper printed published and circulated In said
county and that such publication be continued
therein at least once in each week for six weeks
in succession, or that he cause copy OF this
order to be personally served on said non resi-
dent defendant 1T least twenty days before the
time above prescribed for his appearance.
STEARNs +. SMITH
Circuit Judge.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-09-02
A Fussy Nuisance.

OF prominent lecturer Of London an
acquaintance says: ION one occasion
he was the guest Of friend Of mine, q
busy Liverpool merchant, and when
the popular lecturer returned from the
hall he asked for all sorts Of impossible
dishes and liquid concoctions peculiar
to abstainers, demand which some
what upset the routine Of the house
hold. When In bed his nervous tenn
permanent was tried; he could not bear
the ticking of the clocks, so he paraded
the house in the small hours OF the
morning and stopped them oil. In con-
sequence of this the servants had to be
reused by violent bell ringing. But the
guest was not to BIO distressed, 80 he
arose again and ordered the servants
back to their rooms and locked them
In and then went back to bed"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-09-02
Origin of Texts.

The custom of taking text as the
basis Of sermon originated with Ezra,
who, accompanied by several Levites
in a public congregation Of men and
women. assembled pulpit, opened the
book Of the law and, after a prayer,
read in the book in the law Of God
distinctly and gave the sense and caus-
ed them to understand the reading"
Previous to the time Of Ezra the
patriarchs delivered in public assem-
blies either prophecies or moral instruc-
tons, and it was not until the return
Of the Jews from the Babylonish cap
tvity, during which they had almost
lost the language in which the Penta-
touch was written, tina - became nee
essary to explain as wd to read the
Scriptures CO them.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-09-02
Old Time Remedies.

Strange as it may seem to some, the
ingredients Of the witches caldron in
Macbeth" at least part of them,
were once standard remedies among
Europeans. In the tenth and eleventh
centuries a sovereign cure for ague
was the swallowing Of a small toad
that had been chicken to death on St
Johns eve, and splendid remedy for
rheumatism was to fasten the bands
OF clothing with pins that had been
stuck into the flesh Of either q toad or
a frog. Physicians frequently recon-
mended the water from a toad's brain
Tor mental affections and that a live
toad be rubbed over the diseased parts
as cure for the quinsy.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-09-02
A SNOW EXPERIMENT..
Frozen vapor From the Action of
SuIphide OF Carbon.


Two solid bodies, one yellow, sui
phur, the other black, carbon, unite
under certain circumstances to form a
colorless liquid called sulphide of car
bon, which must be handled with much
precaution on account Of its great ex-
plosive property. The soluble property
of sulphide Of carbon renders 1t valua-
BILE to take spots off garments. If
Its odor is more disagreeable than that
OF benzine or turpentine, 1t has at least
the advantage of being dispelled quick
ly In consequence Of the prompt evap-
grafton of the liquid. There is nothing
equal to 1t to take off spots of paint on
clothes. 1t does not do it however,
without creating great fear in persons
who use 1t for the first time, for they
see on the very place where, to their
great pleasure, the paint had disap-
peared large white spot, the nature of
which is hard for them to define, and
the more they brush the more unsightly
and the larger that white spot grows
Is then the garment lost? No, for
fortunately after few moments the
spot melts away never to show again.
It was snow and nothing more. The
sulphide Of carbon in evaporating takes
heat from the cloth and surrounding
air, and the result Of that is q sudden
lowering Of temperature sufficient to
freeze the vapor Of the atmosphere.
Without operating on your clothes
you may make the experiment in the
following way: Fill q small vial with
sulphide Of carbon. taking great care to
do 1t far from al flame or heated stove.
Then close the bottle with cork stop
per through which you have previously
bored small hole. In this hole place
piece Of plotting paper made up into
small roll. The paper must reach to
the bottom OF the bottle and about an
inch above the cork. Within fifteen
minutes you will see the outside Of this
paper covered with snow. the quantity
Of which gradually increases The
liquid has risen through the pores of
the paper as the oil Of lamp through
the wick. When 1t gets to the open air
1t evapOrates, and water contained in
the surrounding atmosphere, being
brought to temperature below 80 de-
grees, has been frozen. If you divide
the paper outside Of the bottle into sew
eral pieces you obtain flowers and most
charming effects You may make the
experiment in summer and In the full
rays Of the sun. The result will be
obtained then more promptly. evapora-
ton being more abundant.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-09-02
WHEN STAMPS WERE NEW.
Trouble In Getting People to stick
Them on the Envelope.


"When postage stamps first came in
to use," said a veteran postal clerk
''the public didn't know how to handle
them. You remember how, when tea
and coffee first appeared among us, the
people fried the tea leaves and the cot
fee berries and served them with salt
and pepper? Well, the people treated
their stamps as absurdly in 1854.
"Some folks would put the stamps in
side their letters, out of sight. Here
is the official notice that we issued to
stop that practice"
The clerk took from the drawer an
aged bulletin that said:
1.-The stamps upon all letters and
packages must be affixed on the out.
side thereof and above the address
thereon"
He put back this bulletin and drew
forth another one.
People would pin the stamps on
their letters instead Of cumming them -
he said, "and when they did gum them
they would not do it right; hence this
second bulletin" and he read:
persons posting letters should af.
fix the requisite number Of stamps pre-
vious to depositing them in the letter
receivers, as when posted in a damp
state the stamps are liable to rub off
and thereby cause the letters to be
treated as unpaid. Do not pin on the
stamps
"Still," said the clerk, "the public
didn't understand. Think of tit
didn't understand the simple matter Of
sticking a postage stamp on letter.
SO we got out third bulletin"
The third bulletin, in big. impatient
letters, said:
''The simplest and most effectual
method Of causing stamps to adhere
firmly is first to moisten well the out
side of the stamps and afterward the
gummed side slightly, taking care not
to remove the gum"
The clerk said that philatelist had
offered him SO apiece for these three
queer bulletins.-Galveston Tribune.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-09-02
The Overland Limited.

The luxurious electric lighted daily
train for San Francisco, Los Angeles
and Portland leaves Chicago 500 p. m.
daily via Chicago, Union Pacific &
North Western Line. Less than three
days enroute to the Pacific Coast The
best of everything. Two other fast
trains leave Chicago daily 1890 p m
and 1875 p. IN. For illustrated book
let's, reservations and full particulars
apply to your nearest ticket agents, or
address
w. III. Guerin, II Campus. Martins
Detroit, Mich.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-09-02
Probate Order.

State OF Michigan, County OF Shiawassee SIS
AT session of the Probate Court for said
County, held in the Probate office In City of Co.
ruuna, on the 10th day Of August A. d. 1904.
Present, Matthew Bush, Judge of Probate.
In the matter of the estate OF Carl r. Brendahl
deceased On,tiling the petition of Louisa Brend-
ahl praying for the probate of the will Of said
deceased now filed in this court.
1t is ordered that the 10th day OF September
next, at ten o'clock in the fore noon, at said
Probate office, be appointed for hearing said
petition.
1t is further ordered that a copy of this
order be published three successive weeks
previous to said day of hearing in THE Owosso
TIMES, newspaper printed and circulating In
said county of Shiawassee.
"a true copy)
MATTHEW BUSH, Judge of Probate.
BY Katherine K. Kelsey, Register Of Probate.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-09-02
Burglars Ransacked the House

Detroit, Mich, Aug. 31.-Burglars
broke into the residence Of DR.. Alex-
ander Walter, 1876 Third avenue, the
other night and secured 1915 in cash
and quantity Of silverware and cloth
Ing. They visited nearly every room
In the house, ransacking drawers and
chests, and leaving everything In
chaotic mass on the floor
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-09-02
His Occasional wish,

"Why don't you ever want to 60 to
a weddingT snapped Mrs. Enpeck.
Il don't believe you've been to we'd
ding since you attended your own"
NO" mildly responded Mr.. Enpeck.
I haven't. And" he added softly to
himself, II sometimes wish 1 hadn't
attended that one."-Philadelphia Bull
letin.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-09-02
Died While PIayinu Finch.

Grand Haven, Mich, Aug. 81
Francis B. Little, aged II, hailing
from Chicago, where he was retired
lumberman, is dead at Highland Park,
where he Lad been stopping several
days. Little was engaged in a game
Of finch with party of friends in his
cottage when he dropped dead from
Heart disease.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-09-02
Merely wished to KNOW.

Miss Passay," he said, ''there is
something I have for some time wish
ed to ask you"
oh" she gasped, I'm so glad-that
Is, II mean, is 1t anything person
alT-Chicago Record Herald.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-09-02

Passenger ION ocean liner of the fu-
ture)-Will you please direct me to
my stateroom? It's No. 727. Clerk
It's about half a mile aft. Take trolley
car on starboard promenade Chicago
Tribune.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-09-02

The finest human hair Is golden, and
red Is the coarsest.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-09-02

The cow tree of Venezuela yields a
palatable grayish milk which hardens
into q toothsome gum.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-07-28
DRUNKEN +BRAWL

to raid the houses of disrepute ev-
cry night and fine the inmates so
heavy they will be glad to get
out of the city and stay away.
There are some of the toughest
women at the present time in
Happy Hollow that can be found
in the country. They drink and
carouse all night and quite fire.
quently visit the main part of the
city. They are a disgrace to any
community, and their lewdness
should no longer be tolerated by
good citizens of Sistersville.
Property owners should make
them vacate at once, and in the
future rent their houses to only
people of good character.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-07-28
LEGISLATIVE
SESSION

tempting to catch the boys by is
suing out trip passes.
The Republicans will hold a
caucus and the party lash will be
drawn in an attempt to compel
the Legislature to swallow the
bills as a whole without amend
ment. Whether this can be done
or not is a question, as it can be
heard on all sides that due consid-
Grafton should be given all bills
offered and that the railroads,
coal operators and corporations
generally shall be taxed. Besides
a number resent the interference
of Senator Scott and Congressman
Dayton, both known to be cOrpOr-
alton men. Scott is on the ground
and wants to give advice, but
those who know him feel that it is
only a play for Scott and not for
the good of the people.
The Democratic members have
decided to offer the original tax
bills and place themselves on rec
ord for true tax reform. In all, it
looks like a prolonged session and
a lively one.
Gregory, of Tyler, is favoring
tax reform in any conservative
shape, and says the railroads
should be taxed. Hill, as every
one believes, will stick to the B.
& O., as he did in the House two
years ago. Railroad passes 60 a
long way with some members of
the West Virginia Legislature.
Charleston is filling up with
politicians, and the hotels will
soon be overfowing.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-07-28
KILLED AT AN OIL WELL

to house in the vicinity and a
physician was summoned, who re-
moved several large pieces of the
skull. but the brain was so badly
shattered that the wound was nee
essarily fatal, and death resulted
Saturday afternoon.
Whitecotton was about 80 years
of age, and married, his home be-
ing near Petroleum. He had been
working in the oil fields for about
twenty years, and was held in
high regard by Lis employers.
This is one of the most deplora-
BILE accidents that has occurred in
the local fields for some time.